Call him the worst father in the history of the world, one incapable of ever helping any kind of "good" in anything but name only. Kill him again.

>>199205
Put more through his head. Hard to think without a brain.

@Dart: So, why do you have curse eyes? And what was the cause of that failed attempt to cast Shenjou on Amy?

until the armor is gone i am unsure he is dead. get his head off to be sure.

>>199192
HA HA HA!
A scumbag who just slain a catgirl whose intentions were completely honest and out of care for Cecil, slicing her in half without a blink of an eye, is speaking of violence and destruction?
Give me a fucking break, Dart. You can't even lie right. You're just cryptic and whiny because Cecil beat your sorry butt despite not resorting to your dark mana tricks. She won because she had a reason. She did this out of love for others, a truly invincible force that's beyond the grasp of your narrow, power obsessed mind.
You know you're screwed, you know why you're weak, and you can't even accept it. I don't even pity the likes of you.
In the world us spirits come from, there were countless likes of you who promised great prosperity if we offered them the power. None lived up to their promises. Even if your intentions were ever good, power corrupts - and absolute corrupts absolutely.
You're no different. You're just one man - and a horrible excuse for a person. What happened to all who sought power with empty words, will happen to you as well.
Be a man and accept your fate. Your game ends here.

@Dart
Would you just please die already? We'll handle world peace, just get fuck off the stage.

@Rai
We've just stabbed Dart through the heart, that damn defense against his body jumping better be up.

Cecil 2010/06/26(Sat)01:20 No. 199216 ID: cf68aa
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Dart stumbles then falls. The armor breaks off completely and falls in pieces around him.

>>199213
>...... I tried............ And either way... We still did it...

>Though honestly.... I would have done it differently if I could..........

>>199210
>......... The eyes.... Are a curse......... Each is unique........ Those with my eye are curse.... To never reveal 'it'......

>Oh..... It's wearing off..... Guess I'm getting close.......

>>199216
If it's wearing off, then tell us.
All those in your thrall will be freed by your death, correct?

>>199216
@Dart
We know there is another within you. The "it". If the curse fades as you die name it, please.

@Cecil
Throw shards of the goldeon dagger and ailmentor into Darts eyes, it might break the curse just long enough for him to explain what is behind this all.

@dart, you had a great goal, but bad ways of doing it, in another life we could of been friends.

Cecil 2010/06/26(Sat)01:39 No. 199221 ID: cf68aa
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>>199219
>Heh... We were....

>>199217
>As if I would... Tell the ones who killed me everything.... Here... I'll give you a hint....

He weakly lifts up his hand and moves his hair out of his face.

>Think hard... You've seen it once before....
>I.....

Cecil feels a sort of weight lift off of him.
Dart has died.

Cecil 2010/06/26(Sat)01:39 No. 199222 ID: cf68aa
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>..... It's over.
He goes near Dart and picks up the Goldeon Dagger.
Suddenly he hears Rai's voice

Cecil! The Cell Stone thing shattered! I can't maintain the spell anymore! Dart can posses again! Run!

Dart's body begins to decay. From his feet up he begins to turn to dust. As he does Cecil sees a white mist rise from the body.

>Damn!

He steps back and begins a full Aer sprint away from it.
[/i]

>>199222
Get a sample of that dust once you can.
Oh, and Cecil? Seal the white thing.

@Chel: We need you to come here and use Soul Judgement.
@Nari & RJ: Are you ok?

>>199221
Oh hell...
Am I the only one who suspects it?

@everyone: evacuate everyone, fast as you all can.

Cecil 2010/06/26(Sat)02:00 No. 199240 ID: cf68aa
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>>199231
>Both the white thing and dust are already gone..
>The dust was reduced to just nothing.
>And Rai used every bit of power he had and the red stone to try to seal Dart, what makes you think I could do the same?

[b]Cecil! Update! Dart seems to have escaped Central.
I'm sorry Cecil... I failed...
Please send a report to all the leaders.[/i]

>....

The Alimentor glows brightly on the ground. Cecil walks over to it and picks it up.

It has a little latch and a small inscription.

'It' is in here.

>>199240
FUCKING DROP IT NOW DON'T EVEN LOOK AT IT

get the watch too, having the other two golden items may help, and it can't hurt.

>>199243
and then open it, use the knife and watch to battle 'IT'.

>>199240
AND THEN STAB IT WITH THE DAGGER

@Rai
[Replay Darts final moments and thoughts and of picking up the Ailmentor and what it says]
Quickly, what do you think this means? One of the Cerin has been looking for the watch as well. Do they need to be brought together to end this?

@Gene how are things on the front? Dart is dead but we don't know if it is over yet. A Cerin is looking for the Watch, be on your guard. We might need you to bring it to us, still working on that.

>>199240
No blood or anything?
If Alex is still nearby then cast Vel on her and then use a Phoenix Down.

@Rai: Two suppressive spells covering the entire city? Few people could even manage one.

@All Leaders: Dart has been slain, although we believe his spirit has fled to take a new form. His minions should be free; have them report to Cecil immediately for debriefing.
Recall all units to the triage centers, and have them focus on treating the wounded and reviving the dead where appropriate.
We need a task force mobilized and sent to Dart's castle to free and secure his captives. Be warned that Dart has a history of using magical traps.

@Lucien: Dart is dead. Are you free? What is "IT"? What is the nature of the curse Dart put on you?

@Nari, Chel, & RJ: Are you ok?
@RJ: You should be able to get Felix to a Triage station now. If they hesitate because he's part Dark Elf then tell them you're his wife so it's your decision. It's true enough, after all. Don't worry, things will be fine.

Cecil 2010/06/26(Sat)02:37 No. 199278 ID: cf68aa
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[The leaders get their messages.]

>>199248
Gene
>All the Cerin have left! But.. The ones that were killed turned to ash or something. There's nothing left of them.

>>199244
Cecil get the Goldeon Dagger ready and opens the Alimentor.

A bright white light pours out from it.
Everything becomes hazy.
Cecil sees something.. It's faint. The world around him seems dim and suddenly he is filled with the thoughts that he is viewing someone's memories.

Dart's memories.


>"I felt so bad... I feel like this is all my fault.. If I hadn't taken her there... the tiger folk wouldn't have..."

"It's okay.. no one blames you."

>"And then the school. Out precious school.. It's gone now."

"I know."

>"All because of this irrational hatred for others! I hate this world ! HATE IT! But what can we do about it huh!? nothing! Even you, the most powerful human ever can't do a damn thing about it!"

"well.. That's not so true anymore.."

>"What?"

"I have a plan.. But, in order for it to work I need help. I need someone dark, someone like you."

>"What do you need me for....?"

"Simple. We need someone that everyone hates. Someone so powerful that no one nation could defeat it. And then we make him seem immortal. With this constant threat hanging in air people will need to work together. Do you see?"

>"!!! That could work... What do you need me to do!?"

"Well... That's the tough part...."

Cecil 2010/06/26(Sat)02:38 No. 199279 ID: cf68aa
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"I need to posses you. Not completely but just enough so we can truly work together. I need you to pull off my every command flawlessly. So, are you in?"

>".... Let's do it."

Cecil 2010/06/26(Sat)02:39 No. 199280 ID: cf68aa
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Cecil is pulled back out of the box. He sits there, stunned. He hears a voice

>Cecil, if you're hearing this that means you beat me.
>Plan A was stupid, world domination never works.
>But the real plan did.
>As my final 'attack' I give you this knowledge, not because I want to help you but because I want you to see that ultimately I
win. And there's nothing you can do about it

>>199280
>Dart: Trollface

>>199278
@Mizuno: Are you alright?

>>199280
Let us... never speak of this. It won't help.

Now then, things to do, dead to revive. ALEX IS CUT IN HALF RIGHT THERE. Felix was killed as well and who knows who else, so get on it already.

@RJ Chel Nari
It's over, time to pick up the pieces. Are the three of you at least alive?

Cecil, we need to maintain this ruse, but we can certainly give people a happier ending than this. We'll talk to Rai.

For now, just get the group together, get everybody back to health, and help them all cope. You need some alone time with Alex and Nari.

@Rai:
Alright, so your real plan worked.
Dart entrusted your secrets to us, and because of what transpired here we will keep all of them secret.

However, we have things to ask of you in exchange for this. Don't worry; we think you'll like them.

First, we want to successfully 'rescue' the Cerin Squad. All of them. Cecil will rewrite their memories so they'll believe the lie, and do a thorough enough job that it won't show cracks over time. As Cecil is immortal, they'll die before him and so the secret will never be revealed. We'll look into having another person layer the memories on as well, just as a precaution.
Second: Revive Dart in secret. We are already having Cecil devise a circle of magic which would allow him to change the natural state of things. Although it was intended for things like reversing Shoujen/Shenjou and giving Amy Sky her hearing, we could also use it to give Dart a new identity. Once the research is complete, he can go live his life.

Third: Remove the mind alterations on Cecil, because we need to know the truth to be effective. For example, we need to know what destroyed the school.

Forth: Our plans are mostly in line. We will create a new school and push for enrollment of all races, and see to groups of races being stationed in each town for the synergistic benefit.

Fifth: Name Cecil as your successor when you retire.

Do you have any objections to this plan? Or thoughts on it?

...
What an unusual way to achieve peace. So, he set you up to intentionally unite people against a greater evil? Killing many in process?
I don't buy it, but what the hell. You did the right thing anyway, Cecil. Let's fix up the fallen right now... it still hurts a lot to see them - especially Alex - like that, even if they're going to be fine. It's just... argh, you know you'll have to make up to her with more than just a revive for this. :3

>>199290
Cecil, as much as you may hate it you need to make sure this secret never gets out. The actions they took were horrible, but if anybody found out about them now it would cause a massive war. Staying silent will result in peace.

@Rai:
Oh, and we know you've already planned on some of it - the fourth and fifth in particular - but we need Cecil's actions now to match his actions before.

For example, one point of serious concern is that the souls of those who died in the destruction of the school are within months of being completely consumed by soulless. Cecil has already made it clear that he wants to save these people, so it will be expected that he maintain that goal. However, the students being revived will need to have their memories altered to match the cover story. This is a task that could be assigned to a revived and disguised Dart without arousing too much suspicion. As long as the souls of the students are saved people won't look too closely at who was doing it.

Speaking of Dart, he seems to be remarkably similar in appearance to Cecil and his father. Given how he has meddled with the Von Central line I suspect the reason for that is that he's actually a part of it. With a few relatively minor appearance changes and a bit of philosopher's stone as a prop we could claim he's Cecil's immortal great great grandfather, and that Dart's imprisonment of him is what started the feud. Cecil's father will back that claim, one way or another.

Moving right along, we intend to position Alex so she can eventually take-up the catfolk throne, and even further down the line we will look into seeing if our friend Felix can positioned to take the Light Elf throne.
That would place all the power on the continent in the hands of people who are in mixed-race relationships, if they aren't outright mixed-race themselves. I'm a general opponent of consolidating power, but in this case it's certainly an improvement, and we'll avoid generational issues that normally lead to corruption.

So, first order of business: Grab a teleport stone, get to Dart's castle, and see to it that Amy Sky's memories are tweaked to fit the plan. Same with anybody she talked to. If anybody wonders why you're there, then the simple explanation is that you found out Amy Sky was alive.

Cecil 2010/06/26(Sat)21:54 No. 199661 ID: cf68aa
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>Drop it!? Never mention it again!?
>Never! People have to know what happened!

Cecil runs into the castle and goes to the top. he sees Rai

>"Rai!"

Rai slowly turns around to face him

"Hello Cecil. I just got your little friends message. I agree to most of the terms there. 'Most' of them. Honestly I'm surprised Dart sealed his memories in that box. Very unexpected of him..."

>"How could you Rai!? All those people over all these years!"

"Yes. I do regret most of the deaths. It was all for the greater good Cecil. We truly won the battle against war. these few deaths prevented the deaths of many."

>"Damn it Rai! I swear I'll-"

"What? Tell everyone? All these deaths would be in vain. Kill me? That wouldn't work out very well, mostly because I'd crush you instantly."

>"Damn it...."

>>199661
What about his little bottle?

>>199661
THE GREATER GOOD?!

What the fuck, man?! We just traded one asshole for another?!

See? Rai was evil. ^_^

it wasn't just death, rampant rape was in there too, forcing people to carry scars their whole life, or until they take their own life away.

there is always a better way, it may have taken decades but true peace would of still happened one day without your help.

>>199661
The greater good? A fallacy. A hiding place and an excuse. A weak and simple thing that all vile dictators hide behind.

This man must die, Cecil. He is a foul and evil abomination. He is exactly the kind of thing that should be avoided in a government: A man who has no checks or balances and instead needs only the flimsiest of excuses to rape, torture, and kill.

He has angered Us. His days are numbered.

>>199661
Cecil. Calm down. What Rai did was horrible, and you have every right to be raging like a city on fire, but right now we need to do what is best for the world. That means securing peace, which means keeping these horrible secrets.

We don't like it, but calling Rai out on it would result in far more death than even Rai caused.

@Rai:
What terms do you find objectionable?
We don't intend for all the Cerin to go free, just for all of them to be alive so we can figure out which ones deserve to live.
Mizuno and Cecil's father, for example, are innocent.

Cecil 2010/06/26(Sat)22:33 No. 199677 ID: cf68aa
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>.........

>"I hate you."

"......."

Cecil leaves his castle. He keeps walking and wipes a tear from his eye

>Damn it... This doesn't feel like I won at all...

>There's peace but not the peace I was fighting for.

>Fuck..

"Welcome stranger"

>"???"

"Couldn't help but notice you look rather glum"

>"You have no idea..."

"Oh I do stranger. trust me I do. That's why I'm gonna make things a little easier on ya. It'll take some time though."

>".... How much?"

"Hehe.. It's on the house. I'll deliver it to you when I can"

>".... Thanks"

Cecil keeps walking ahead

>What should I do now..? I know there's a bunch of people I need to revive. Alex..
>What should I do after that?

Go and revive them.

What we need is to find a way to destroy Rai politically. Turn his own evil against him subtly. Hoist him by his own petard, and in such a way that no one but himself is obviously to blame.

let's explore the dark world and get as many souls as we can out. just suck them all into a alchemist stone. with the alimentor, the knife, and the watch we would be fine as we already know the knife is super deadly to the soulless and the alimentor would probably defend against them.

>>199677
Don't forget Felix. He died too. Um, our Felix. Unless RJ said he was 'dead' as in, no longer in control of his faculties.

After that, we need to use the Golden Watch to find a part of Laura's body and revive her as promised.

>>199677
After you revive Alex?
Take her and Nari to your room, get naked, and just cuddle together until you feel better.

After that? We need somebody to beat Item 21's keeper. That probably means you, although you could ask King Sils to do it. Then you need to keep learning magic.

In the longer term? Craft a circle of magic that lets you alter the basic nature of things. Not like Shoujen where you're putting a mask on top of their form, but actually changing their natural form itself. That would let you cure Amy Sky's deafness, and if Dart can be revived then it would let you give him a new identity - we know a little bit more about what happened than you, and he deserves better than this.

We've got a lot to do, but for now you should just relax. You're a hero, Cecil. It's not the victory you wanted, but the world is safe.

Oh shit I almost forgot. We need to rescue Master L and Amy Sky.

NEVER COMPRIMISE
[Advice Rorschach]
EVEN IN THE FACE OF ARMAGEDDON

@RJ: How are things now? Everything ok?

@Our Felix: Hey, do you have head voices?

@All on BCS network: Anybody alive out there? 'Lucien'? Mizuno?

>>199682
oh yes, should probably cast soul heal on her stone.

after our felix is up again ask him if he has any head voices too. would think we would of ran into them when we got in his head but it may not work that way.

End of Finale Part 1 Cecil 2010/06/26(Sat)23:11 No. 199706 ID: cf68aa
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>Dang.. That's a lot of things..
>It'll take time but I'll get everything done.

>Rescue Amy and L, revive my friends, rebuild the School, marry my loves, bring back the ones who fell in this fight, research new magic.
>I know there are more things that'll crop up over time.

>But I also know that with your help and the help of my friends we'll get them done.
>We've already done a few impossible things the time we've been together, what's a few more?

>And when we're done.. There's one more thing I want to do.
>Not now, not even a year from now but sometime in the future I will reclaim my title.
>One day I will defeat Rai and become King of Central City.

don't forget to tell alex of the wonders of artificial insemination. get preggo without needing to put tab A into slot B.

>>199706
Oh, you should go get the girl out of the box tomorrow.
We need to start researching how to cure her.

http://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/199735.html