Minecraft: Realm of the Endermen

[Thaedael]

Thaedael squinted, the torchlight slowly illuminating the moss covered bricks of the ancient stronghold, the smell of zombies still fresh on his iron sword. He scurried to and fro, his feet resounding heavy on the floor, echoing all around him as he entered the hollow chamber. "Finally" he said to his companion, "We have found what we are looking for". Just out of reach of the orange glow of torch light was the raised staircase leading to the portal, ancient magics long deemed too dangerous for man. He pulled the glass eyes from his pocket, their form instantly illuminating in an azure glow before flying to the archaic portal, a crackling of black energy ripping through real space and time. He looked back, a third member had made it through the ambush, a sigh of relief escaping from his thirst cracked lips. "Glad you could make it? Shall we ladies?" Thaedael said, motioning towards the ozone stench of the portal. He flipped his tan oilskin coat over his form once more, before jumping in, in an instant the world went wrong.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

(Yeah. That's exactly how it happened.)

Claire sighs. "Let's do this. But I have a bad feeling about this." she says. She jumps into the portal.

[berserkerhorn]

A guard from the North walked up. She was number 24 in the group that was ambushed. She slowly follows Thaedael through the portal unsure of whether to be afraid or excited at this moment in time

[Thaedael]

He fell through himself, through the world, through reason and time, only to end up in darkness, the thick of black crushing upon his very reasoning, dulling his sanity on all edges. He took a step forward, the sound of his footsteps echoing into an infinity. "Hello?" he shouted aloud, his voice seemingly distorted, even alien almost, as it mocked him, each echo vastly different from the first.

"Claire?" He shouted once more, afraid the alienation of his voice would scare even his most trusted companion away from him.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

"Thae? Is that you?" Claire shouts. She looks around, but everywhere she look is dark. "What is this place? Why is it so dark? Do you have any torches?" she asks.

[berserkerhorn]

"I do!" the guard says and pulls out a torch.

[Thaedael]

"Yes it is me" he screamed back, his heart lifting a few beats faster as he heard Claire over the static of the realm, nothing sounded as it should, her voice becoming almost demonic in nature. He fumbled looking for a pitch soaked rag, trying to get a torch lit, it seemed he had used the last of them finding this cursed portal. He heard the voice of the third companion, a woman he hardly knew, one he recruited from the local human village on the rim of the alchemical guild. A few seconds later a blaze of a torch was made clear to him, the edges of light being consumed by the very air itself he thought. He jogged in the direction of the light, his sword firmly gripped in two gauntlet-ed hands.

[berserkerhorn]

"Do any of you see the light?! If you do come towards it!" the guard screams. She takes out her sword as she was feeling things watching her

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire looks around. "I can't see the light. I might be farther than you guys. Just keep talking so I can follow your voice." she says. She rubs her eyes and then walks towards the voices.

[Thaedael]

Thaedael ran forward, his senses dimming as he neared the light, the all consuming darkness eating at his mind. He couldn't even make out the ground he was walking on, only realizing that it supported him. The more he thought about it the less sense it begun to make, this was not the realm promised by the ancient scriptures, this was not the holy land of all, the realm of the gods. He shook the thought out of his head, it was their safety that mattered in the immediate present. He finally came to the edge of the light, slowly bringing down the pace to a walk, his weathered face unshaven caught the light of the torch as spare embers fell from it. He wasn't a handsome many by far, his hair having grown out into long furls of black, his beaten face from one too many days under the sun. He walked fully into the light, his metal form catching the light in an almost angelic manner. With one strong hand he planted his sword into the ground, before moving torwards the girl.

"Thank the AEther that I found you" he said, before warmly embracing the girl in a strong hug, clasping her form to his chest. He let go of the awkward hug, before turning back to the darkness, "Claire can you see the light?" he shouted, his voice regaining composure despite the awkward distortion of the realm.

[berserkerhorn]

The guard looks at the priest. "Are you okay?" she asks and takes out a flask of water. She listens to Thaedael screaming for Claire"CLAIRE!! WHOEVER YOU ARE FOLLOW THE VOICES!!!" the guard shouts.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire starts walking towards the voices. She soon sees the light. "I can see light! There's two shadows by the center of it though. Should I walk towards it?" she asks.

[Thaedael]

[A Priest? =P]

Waving a hand Thaedael calls out to Claire ,"It's fine, get over here before the torch goes out" he shouts back to her, her darkened form slowly emerging into the light

[berserkerhorn]

[what you wrote made you sound like a priest ]

The guard feels a chill down her spine. "Umm... I think there's more than us around here." she says

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

(It's a trap!)

Claire walks towards the light. She rubs her eyes and sighs with relief as she sees her friends. "So what is this place?" she asks.

[Thaedael]

The three of them gathered in the burning amber glow of the torch, a reunion between the three surviving members of the expedition. "It was supposed to be the realm of the gods, the makers of this world" he said with his confidence in this information clearly shaken. "However it would seem that it had not worked as it was supposed to" he said with disdain in his voice.

He turned to the guard, looking her up and down, before finally looking into her eyes once again, "What is your name?" he asked gently, his spine running up and down with shivers as he contemplated her remark. He thought he could feel the glare of eyes on him, hints of purple eyes appearing from every side, but the more he looked the more it seemed to elude him. He huddled closer into the group.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

"Well. I hate to say it, but what if this is the realm of the gods? We've just always thought it was a happy place. Maybe it's not." Claire says. She starts to look around. She also moves closer to everyone.

[berserkerhorn]

"My name is Cassie." the guard said. She noticed the purple eyes in the distance. Every time she stared at a pair they moved closer.

[Thaedael]

Thaedael suddenly stepped closer to Cassie, "My name is Thaedael, now don't move" he whispered dangerously close to her ear. He was but a hairs breadth away, the heat of his body escaping from the joints of his armor, the smell of the girl filling his senses. From behind her a pair of purple eyes appeared, the eyes of an endermen, insanity given form. He drew his sword from the ground, gripping it in his right hand as he wrapped his left hand around Cassie defensively. "These are the cursed endermen, whatever you do, don't make eye contact" he snarled from under his breath. He looked torwards Claire, "This is anywhere but the realm of good Gods" he said motioning for her to come closer with his sword arm.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire nods. She moves towards Thaedael. "Why aren't we supposed to look into it's eyes?" she says. Her eyes start to wander from it's mouth up towards his eyes. She stops at it's nose, if it has one.