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[The Colosseum] Sacrifice; Chapter 3
Topic Started: Aug 6 2007, 07:41 AM (2,024 Views)
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Legen...dary

The brave heroes from Wodengrad, along with the Mapmaker and the strange wanderer called Calahan sailed into the night away from Kesmith, headed south. Calahan manned the wheel, while the others stood by the railing. Occasionally, Calahan would order someone to adjust the sails or man the oars. It turns out, the barge was more than what Maltha told them. It was a fully functional ship.

"I need someone to man the fighting top and be on the look out." said Calahan as he pointed to the top of the masthead where a small booth was perched. "Easy on the ladder, it can get slippery."

He seemed at ease ever since the encounter with Groenberg and company. His cloak fluttered with the breeze, his long unruly blue hair getting in his face, his posture upright but relaxed. He was in his element, commanding the ship. Some of the men noticed his expertise and began wondering what Calahan did before he became a Sentinel.
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Legen...dary

[Time to move the story along...]

And so the men from Wodengrad continued sailing down the river for three days, by which time the supplies have gone out. The rations in their packs were depleted, and they needed to find water. It was on the fourth day, when they spotted a dock downstream. The dock was deserted, and there was a sign that read:

Welcome to the Colosseum!
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Negro please.

Tyr smirked.
"Well, let's make a stop. I'm this close to eating your flesh and drinking my own urine."
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Ben watched as they came closer to the dock. A chill came down his back. Thus far their luck with "deserted" places had ended with narrow escapes from Daemon onslaughts. Ben wasn't too sure this Colosseum was truly empty.

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The ship slowed down and parked side by side with the dock, thanks to Calahan's expertise. "C'mon, let's see what this Colosseum is. There might be people who can help us."

They docked the ship, and were walking up the path through the overgrown bushes. When they walked to the top of a rise, they saw an immense circular structure that towered over everything else. It was the largest building any of them has ever seen.
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Ben strode silently behind Calahan staring upwards as the towering building grew larger as they approached.

"These people cared greatly for their bloodsports to have such a monument for it..."

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Ben was referring to the huge larger than life statues of men in battle all around the Colosseum grounds.

"There's the gate. It looks open." Donar pointed.

Calahan looked around cautiously. "It's too quiet here. I don't like it."

The leaves and the grass hardly moved. The air was heavy and humid. There was not a sound of wildlife around them, just grass and bushes for miles around the structure.

"If there will be any trouble, it doesn't seem it will come from outside the Colosseum." Calahan said matter-of-factly.
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Ben kept his hand steadily on his sword hilt as they watched their surroundings.

Walking into that colosseum could be a trap....or a place to corner us...

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PWNZED BY BREATH ATTACK!

The Mapmaker strode behind Ben. The entirety of the Colosseum was quite grand, making you feel small. The fact that the sun could not beat its way through the thick overcast of the sky, and offered very little in the way of light, made a person cower in fear. A chill went up the Mapmaker's spine, and it made him shiver. He instinctively reached into his pouch to calm his nerves, and again, produced a map of the Colosseum and its surrounding city.

"There is... something else familiar about this place. I definitely know I've been here, because I remember those massive statues. Still, there's too many places for those creatures to hide in there. I don't know what we will find by-"

A flash of insight struck the Mapmaker, a hidden memory that bubbled its way up to the surface and popped before he could take a good look at it. All he knew was that there was something worth finding in there.

"I would suggest sticking together at this point, but we could cover more ground if we split up. I have a feeling we will find a great deal of weaponry and provisions here."
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I've got a Ph.D in kicking your ass.

Long Fang listened to the other's words with empty thought. He tried to sense if there were any minds in the imediate area around them.
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Kaworu's eyes suddenly widened in anger and exertion, putting a good deal of spiritual power and physical strength into himself as he slammed his spear shaft vertically forward against Jeff's locked blade to send him back.

"And you would give your life for such a meaningless task? Delaying me will not halt my goals."

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The silence was eerie. Calahan moved toward the gates and peered inside. "Seems empty. Donar, stand guard at the gate. If something happens, just unleash some fireworks." He said not too seriously.

They proceeded to enter the huge dome. The moved through a long hallway and emerged in the center arena.
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I've got a Ph.D in kicking your ass.

"Much larger than the arena of Salvation," Long Fang said quietly. "More bloody battles too, I can sense that much without mind powers."
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Kaworu's eyes suddenly widened in anger and exertion, putting a good deal of spiritual power and physical strength into himself as he slammed his spear shaft vertically forward against Jeff's locked blade to send him back.

"And you would give your life for such a meaningless task? Delaying me will not halt my goals."

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Negro please.

Tyr walked along with them, on the outskirts of the group, slowly staring at the different parts of the Colosseum he felt drawn to.
"Much blood has been let here, how marvelous."
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Erille took the rear of the group. Not much from being the rear guard but more of hesitation. This Colosseum brings back bad memories, for he too has participated in bloody battles for other people's amusement. He was quite disturbed with the way Tyr was smiling, whilst absorbing the scenery and atmosphere that the Colosseum projects.
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Hawk trudged ahead of the rest of the group, and began to look towards the rows. Carefully, he looked over every seat, scanning the countless rows of the Coloseum. Hawk almost seemed to spin in place as he looked. Slowly, he studied the arena, and looked for any signs of life, or anything that appeared to be out-of-place.
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Theodor walked just in front of Erille. He wondered whe he would get his chance to fight someone or some thing, and he started to fell like he should be doing some forging a big hobbies of his. He was bored to put it into lamens terms, yet exited to find something i this colosseum.
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