On his way back outside Marcus was interrupted suddenly by Lissette wrapping her arms around him and stopping him in his tracks. His smile widened as he listened to her words, and moreso when her tone changed. He stumbled forward a bit when she shoved him softly, and he couldn't help but chuckle slightly. Marcus turned to face his demon priestess, placing one hand around her waist and the other around her back as he picked her up into a tight hug. Laughing slightly out of joy Marcus said, "I could never leave you. I'm just not very good with these things." He sat Lissette back down, placing his hands on the sides of her neck as he kissed his demon priestess softly. "I knew you were okay, you're the strongest one in the group. Just look at how large your horns have gotten!" Marcus gently rubbed his fingers up one of her horns. His tone became more serious as he placed his hand closer to her stomach and said, "Why would I leave you? I need you in my life, I want to start a family with you and grow old with you. I love you."

OOC: FREAKING DEVOUR. GAWD DAMN MY FEELZ, HOW DARE YOU SILLY CANADIAN-MAPLE-SYRUP-HEAD, GEEEZZZ........ *snifs*

I imagined everything with this song. I got dem feelz

Jessica's smile was plastered on face, she looked around every corner every texture and ever color and she couldn't believe that she was seeing for the first time her eyes started to get teary as she realised that it was over, Gabriel went off to look for his sword. She chuckled as she thought that he just wanted to look though with his blade in hand, and then he started to talk, she stood up and looked at him as he spoke... and then... he placed the sword in front of her, Jessica's face could be clearly seen on the reflexion and suddenly her expression changed, she stood still looking at it and her eyes widened. She touched her cheek, her nose... she brushed her hair to one side to see her ears for one second and kept looking at her eyes

"Your eyes have the color of the moon babygirl"[/I]

A memory from the past crossed her mind, she could hear her mother.

"Your hair color is quite unique as well Jessy, just like you are"[/I]

Her heart speeded up, and suddenly she looked at her scabbard as if she remembered something, she took out her sword desperately and threw it away. Taking out the belt where her scabbard was she turned it upside down and shaked it, after a few seconds a piece of paper fell, she gasped loudly and her breathing could be heard, she took the paper with shaky hands and looked at it as another memory could be heard.

"I know that you can't see it at all. But we could recover this from your house"[/I] Jessica remembered the voice of a policeman, handing her a picture. The woman had placed the picture at the bottom of her scabbard and kept it there for all these years.

Jessica turned the piece of paper and looked at it, it was her brother, her mother and father along with her sitting in the garden of their house. Under the shadow of a beautiful blossom tree, they all were huging eachother smiling at the camera. Jessica droped a few tears being careful to don't damage the picture, suddenly more memories came to her mind, but this time instead of just hearing her mother's voice, everything took color she saw her mother's face and the garden in the background. She remembered how her brother and her used to play around the big tree and how much she enjoyed give him a long piggy ride around it until she was so dizzy that they both ended in the grass laughing hysterically. All her memories went full of color and suddenly she heard another voice in the distance behind Gabriel, she looked up "Thank you Jessica..." said her mother, she saw her whole family surrounded by a bright white aura, they all were looking at her with a wide smile on their faces. They were slowly fading away "I'm proud of you, my brave warrior" said her father, "Thanks for kicking that demon's ass for me big sis, I love you" said her brother as they all dissapeared.

Jessica didn't say anything, her eyes got flooded with tears. The woman hug Gabriel tightly and between sobs she thanked him for giving her a reason to live "This is the best day of my life".

OOC: I guess now is as good a time as any. Here goes.

"I knew you all could do it. My only regret is that I missed the battle." said a familiar voice. "Still, I suppose I should be happy. If I die in someone else's place, I can just be bound to another phylactery." Ahriman Zhern stepped out from a shadowed corner, as if it were a portal. "I can even do it myself when I possess all three Tomes of Anwynn, but I was called upon for a favor before I could begin the ritual." He salutes the liberated Archangel "Rae-Ala, I deliver a message on the Angel of Death's behalf. He warns that the fallen king's blade must either be destroyed, or hidden where no being can ever find it or a new Demon King may rise to power."

OOC: I mean... if you revive... I want Septimius to revive as well. Tho I'm pretty sure a player cant revive by his own will.

OOC: :( Desmond has been forgotten. Anyways, it might just be an epilogue for himself?

OOC: I...I really don't want to count that as canon, like at all. I guess you can have an epilogue where he revives, just not get in the middle of everybody.

"You have all done great services to me," Rae-Ala spoke, her voice going down from a powerful boom to a sultry tone, "You all have earned your place among the greats, even if you may not have started out the holiest of people."

"From arch angel, to paladin, to beast in limbo, to demonic shape shifter, to the swords woman with a checkered past...You are all deserving of so much more than I have to offer."

She smiled softly, "However, I do have one offer I'm sure none of you will turn down...peace...and prosperity. Go forth, all of you. Go and make your own of the world. Live the rest of your lives in whatever way you'd like...your work here is done."

As she spoke those words, the entire world around them began to change, even if they couldn't see it. Demons and werewolves and vampires simultaneously ran back into their secluded areas, leaving the town in rubble but void of any enemy forces. The humans in Aunorgard suddenly garnered a surge of energy, a large advantage over imposing forces. They managed to take the whole city back within the day. Worborrow began to become repopulated again, Falarog rebuilt, and Ravenholt drained of its vampiric forces. Tarenborge became more peaceful than diverse, and even out in the cave flowers began to bloom.

They had brought the arch angel back, and so they had brought back the hope everyone had sorely needed.

OOC: Getting pretty close to the final posts. I'm glad this ended well.

It was a long time before Gabriel broke the silence, arms wrapped around Jessica's form as the Angel simply willed away a lifetime of war and chaos, something that he could never even imagine.

It was a damaged world for sure, cracked and torn under the weight of a long and desperate war. But damaged things could be repaired. Even if it took a long time, eventually the world would be back, and better than it ever was before

It would have to be done piece by piece, one little part of the world becoming whole and good again at a time. And as Gabriel looked down at the form of Jessica in his embrace, tears of joy flowing down her face as a lifetime of cruelty and pain disappeared into something good for the first time...

Maybe their worlds would be the first to have a little piece of happiness.

"Do you remember what I always used to talk about?" He asked, not wanting to end their embrace. "If we ever made it through this alive, I always thought that I'd want to settle down and raise a farm somewhere and live a quiet life for a while." Pausing for a bit, the tired soldier tried to figure out how he wanted to say what he was thinking. "But now that the world is peaceful again, and now that you can see, I realize that there's such a beautiful world out there now, untouched by the corruption of evil. The war began since before I was born, and it would be a waste not to go out there and see it all."

Looking down and gazing into those strange and wonderful eyes, he was finding it hard not to shed a tear as well. But his smile was just as big as hers. "How about we put off the quiet farm on a hill for a little while?" He asked her. "And we go and travel the world instead? Together."




Edit: And looking over to Marcus and seeing him leave, Gabriel waited until he was looking his way until he pretended to strum an air guitar, giving him a knowing smile. He wished them both the best of luck in their lives out there

Ravin stood for a good long while and thought. He shifted nervously from foot to foot

"The world is saved. Gabriel is alive. Sirrah Marcus and Lissete are together again. All is right in the world. Now what? Besides the immediate goal of making a new arm, I'm lost. I might settle down, become a poet, or a bard. Write the story of what we have done. Imagine me, traveling from city to city, all the young maidens swept off their feet by that devilishly charming troubadour that saved the world!"

He attempted to clap his hands together, but in his moment of glee forgot his current situation. After awkwardly recomposing himself, he began muttering to himself about how to start what was sure to be an absolute masterpiece.

"How to begin... Let me regale ye the story of the King Slayers! No, much to bold... There I sat, surrounded by the most motley of crews! No, too egocentric..."

He paced back and forth like this fro a while, trying to find the right words for expressing the end of their journey

She smiled to him and answered back. I love that idea, in the meantime you can teach me the name of all these colors and like I mentioned, I'd love to be able to read as well, is kind of embarassing not knowing...", the woman blushed "And after that, we can go to my house.... it has... been abandoned for 7 years and it's quite far from the cities surrounded by a large field that actually belongs to my famil-- well, to me...." she looked at his eyes "to us...".

Talking to Lissette, Ravin and Marcus "Whenever you guys fell like it, you can come visit us. I'm pretty sure you'll want to follow your own path from now on, but... I feel like this won't be the last time I see all of you" she smiled to all of them "Thanks for everything friends, we'll meet up later ok?". She was really happy, after so much suffering and pain, and after being about to die multiple times Jessica will finally have peace... it looked like the ending of a fairy tail, and the best part was that she was ready to enjoy her new life.

Marcus smiled as he held Lissette close like they were when they stood together in the river. Even though there journey here was over, he knew that his journey with Lissette was just beginning. He smiled at the thought of a family with her. Their kids would probably be just as crazy as she was, and that was a good thing. When Marcus looked into Lissette's eyes his spirit became calm. "Whenever you're ready to depart, my love."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbS-TLEoRA

As everyone made their way out, Rae-Ala continued to put forth her knowing smile, a light glow still around her. As the others would turn over their shoulders to thank her, she would be gone, faded away into the heavens. Her work was done.

With the world safe from harm and the enemies brought back to their seclusion, the heroes would be able to live their lies normally once again, without the thought of another enemy. Now they can simply live in peace, and be free. It's a wonderful thing to come out from such a deadly time and still withold the happiness and love that the heroes had within themselves. Sure, they lost a little bit of there selves along the way, but...that's just how the world works. You change, and you improve. Now they had the rest of their lives to improve.








As the others made their leave, hours later that onyx sword still sat within the depths of the cave, lying on the ground, lifeless. Then, all at once, a hole in the ground formed, and the sword fell within whatever hell was down there. A small chuckle could be heard, echoing from the hole into the cave. Soon, it turned into hysterical laughter.

....I...will be back.

THE END?!?!?!




OOC: It's over guys! Celebration time! And thread locking! YEAH!

OOC: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY lol. I love how boomy was waiting for this moment xD Should I lock the thread by when we complete this page btw?.