|
Post by Celinra on May 13, 2005 7:52:33 GMT -5
The suspence builds.
I eagerly await more!
|
|
|
Post by Dante on May 13, 2005 8:45:19 GMT -5
I suspect that I've totally missed out on a load of clues.
I also reccommend that, if possible, Akbar writes a chapter at the end of which the murderer is revealed, but not why it's them, and then we get to post for a while discussing the verdict, and then Akbar does a final chapter explaining it all.
Or he could do what he wants, rather than what I'd like.
|
|
|
Post by Akbar Le Grey on May 13, 2005 10:21:51 GMT -5
I think Dante's suggestion is brilliant, so I'm going to follow his plan. I just hope the thread doesn't die by the time I return. I'll try to have the 'meeting' chapter up tongith or tomorrow. I leave on Sunday, at noon.
|
|
|
Post by PJ on May 13, 2005 19:14:13 GMT -5
Uh, posting the last chapter one and a half months from now is suicide. Give the last one to Derik or someone to post in a week or so.
|
|
|
Post by SnicketFires on May 16, 2005 19:54:53 GMT -5
Kelsea ducked, the arrow missing her by a fraction. Picking up her blade, she lunged at the tall girl. Suddenly two more n00bs attacked from behind. She was trapped. With a mighty jump, she cleared all three and threw blades at each of their throats. “Muah.” she said, the frozen look of death disfiguring their faces. She walked off, her long robe catching the wind and flying, like a black shroud, in her wake. I know it's a bit late but...squee, I'm mentioned. I say "muah"! It sounds like something I'd say in real life. HEART. Can't wait.
|
|
|
Post by Akbar Le Grey on Jun 1, 2005 18:42:18 GMT -5
Ennui dumbly followed Amber. He'd never known about the Underpath, and it was only Amber's years at 667 and her experience with the place saved them from getting lost. he stumbled over a large pebble, falling onto the trembling Amber. She yelped and the noise echoed through the tunnel. Suddenly a ray of light burst through the narrow walls of the Underpath. "Who goes there?" asked a smarmy, slightly sardonic voice. "By the fire that burns, with which fire is fought." chanted Ennui, trembling but with a resounding note of authority in his voice. "Oh damn. It's one of you lot." said Misery, coming into view. He held a huge old-fashioned lantern, suspended by a gold and silver hook. There was not a single speck of dust upon his glimmering Armani suit, whilst Amber and Ennui both looked as though they had just scrambled out of the sewers of New York. "Follow me," drawled the immaculate one. After about 20 minutes of walking through the grimy tunnels, they arrived at a huge cavern, lit with an unearthly blue light. "Ah," roared Dante, "the great inquirer has arrived." he stood on a pavilion on the center, in a pool of red, fiery light. His auburn ahir gleamed in the eerie place. Surrounding him were rows of seated people, nearly all the "Basic 667ers". Except for the dead ones.
------
Antenora rushed down the stairs of her half broken tower. Due to the recent controversy amongst the n00bs, an uneasy truce had fallen and the battles had stopped. The whole state was eerily quiet and Antenora occasionally mistook her white wall hangings for spirits of the dead 667ers. As she reached the bottom, she examined the charred note. There seemed to be a map of sorts on the back, made by a skilled calligrapher with spidery handwriting. It showed a place called "The Summit' which was, apparently only accessible by The Underpath. An arrow pointed to it, whilst at the end of the arrow Ennui's handwriting dictated "Here."" She rounded the tower, her cloak flowing behind her like a shadow. There, in the grass, was an eye. A silver eye insignia. She touched her fingers to it, and the fingerprint sensitive door opened.
And that's when she had arrived here. Now she sat on one of the plush chairs in the balcony of the cavern, looking down at the rest, who sat in the rows. In the exact center of "The Summit" stood Dante, his fiery presence inflaming the huge room, making it seem colder, angrier. On a lower level of the same pavilion stood Ennui, somehow managing to look dignified even in his tattered clothes. Up with her, in the moderator's box, sat the few remaining mods: Pandora, Dupin, SnicketFires, and Pandora's special guest: Celinra.
"There are murderers amongst us!" boomed Dante, suddenly, "Tonight we shall reveal our guesses. We now await only two more people. Once they have arrived the gates will be shut. And no-one will leave until the revealing."
-------
Beatrix moved with fiery determination, while Derik followed doggedly behind. They had left their cave an hour ago and had, since then, managed to get themselves lost in the labyrinth. Derik finally let Beatrix take control and now, it seemed, they were on the right path. Derik was strangely worried though. he had never seen the fun-loving Beatrix in such a steely, determined state. She turned at a sharp corner, without even looking around to see if Derik was still there. He wasn't. He'd seen a flash of blue light and had turned to see what it was. he went through a huge oak-paneled door, emblazoned with a silver eye. He entered into a gallery of sorts, jutting out from the wall of a huge cavern. The cavern was bathed in blue light, and beneath him, Derik could see rows of seats, only a smattering of which were being used. in the center ,upon a pavilion ,stood Dante and Ennui. And in the rows of seats ahead of him sat the mods. Pandora, Antenora, Dupin, SnicketFires. The only ones left. Antenora turned to look at him. Her face was lined with worry but he could not help noticing that she was relieved that he was here. Taking up a seat next to her, after greeting the mods, he said, 'What is going on here?"" Before she could reply, a voice, angry and dignified, proclaimed Äh, derik has arrived. let us get underway." Out of the shadows next to the doors, Beatrix appeared. Then another Beatrix, and another, until there were 20. "Close the doors. Now." commanded Dante. The clones obeyed. They were all locked in.
------
"Beatrix? WTF" yelled Derik, in surprise. The rest just turned to look sadly, as they were cut off from the outside world. From one of the lower rows, PJ stood up and exclaimed, proudly, "Beatrix is my invention. After the real one was kidnapped, we decided to create clones from her DNA stored in the lab, to help in the fight against the n00bs. We were going to do it with others but," his voice shook with remorse now, "those bleeding n00bs blew up the labs." Derik fell back, silent. It was obvious that it had come as a shock, an awful shock. "Now," Ennui said, grandly, " the time has come for the Revealing. through our research, Dante and I have found many clues, some red herrings , other opening even more Pandora's boxes" he giggled a bit at this point," But, our conclusion, now that, we hope, it's all over is that there was not one murderer. Not even two. Friends, 667ers, allies, there were four murderers. One who was not even affiliated with the other three. The murderers were:" Dante cut him off, and with a grand sweep of his cloak announced "Cut to the chase, you pompous fool," In the moderator's box, two girls were trembling. In the lower rows, one man was sweating, his calculative brain working to calculate the nearest exit. And somewhere in the really cool member settlements, an imposter felt a shadow fall over her heart. "Pandora. Celinra. PJ. MischaBarton's long lost sis." Dante's voice rang true. Two shrill screams and a roar of anger broke the dead silence.
|
|
Antenora
Detriment Deleter
Fiendish Philologist
Put down that harpoon gun, in the name of these wonderful birds!
Posts: 15,891
Likes: 113
|
Post by Antenora on Jun 1, 2005 18:55:38 GMT -5
Very good indeed; I enjoyed this whole story.
Although I sort of skimmed over this last bit, as I don't have much time.
|
|
|
Post by Akbar Le Grey on Jun 1, 2005 18:58:21 GMT -5
Very good indeed; I enjoyed this whole story. Although I sort of skimmed over this last bit, as I don't have much time. thanks, but it's not the last bit. per dante's advice, in a couple of days, an explanatory chapter will be released. for now, I'll leave you to make your own theories.
|
|
|
Post by Charles Vane on Jun 1, 2005 19:56:37 GMT -5
Cool chapter.
I love being the murderer, and its cool since Cel was my accomplice. I wonder what all the motives were so I'm interested in the explanation chapter.
And why are we trembling in the moderator box(cool idea.)? Is it out of fear or anticipation?
|
|
|
Post by Celinra on Jun 1, 2005 20:14:19 GMT -5
Ooh, I wonder why I did it.
I like that I'm Panny's guest and whatnot, and that we're murderesses together. Very cool.
|
|
|
Post by BSam on Jun 1, 2005 20:18:43 GMT -5
very sexy killer ladies
;D
|
|
|
Post by Charles Vane on Jun 1, 2005 20:19:05 GMT -5
Ooh, I wonder why I did it. I like that I'm Panny's guest and whatnot, and that we're murderesses together. Very cool. i like that part too.
|
|
|
Post by A. the Returned on Jun 2, 2005 1:32:43 GMT -5
Very nice. So, who killed me and why? I await the explanation chapter and plot my revenge. *evil laughter*
|
|
|
Post by PJ on Jun 2, 2005 3:44:06 GMT -5
Heh, I KNEW I'd have to be the killer. But it's been so long since I've read it, it's hard to make theories.... Perhaps I should re-read the whole lot. <<Sigh>>
|
|
|
Post by Amber on Jun 2, 2005 4:09:37 GMT -5
So it wasn't me. I thought it would be.
But I didn't want to be a murderer so I'm happy.
I also thought it would be PJ, so I was half right.
|
|