by Amgard » Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:41 am
Hm, what do I think will happen?
I think Trazuin saw that Rhue killed his mother (Wait...why didn't Kalmar recognize Rhue when they fought? Oh well) and head out for revenge.
Meanwhile, Gauis explains the aura-snatching abilities of the Shadow/Illiminati swords, and says how the Rhue he knew WAS the Phantom Slasher, and among one of the people he killed was filled with so much emotion, he absorbed the aura, it devastated Rhue, who took on his personality (Jeruh was this person). Gaius admits he has a similar sword, and killed the Pontifax, and knows what he knows now. He tells Rhue he can show him the books if he gives him his sword. Rhue refuses and they either:
-Fight and Rhue loses
-Fight and Gaius loses and dies
-Gaius gives in and decides it doesn't matter anyway, and shows him
Assuming the third one, Gaius shows him the books and he tells Rhue that his name doesn't appear, just Jeruh's name. He says he can show Rhue what his real name is, but Rhue doesn't believe any of this. Rhue demands to know if Serena is still alive, Gaius obliges, and shows him that she is alive. Rhue gets renewed hope, and is determined to learn who it is. Gaius makes a vague statement that he'll never know (That Gaius, likes to say vague things). Trazuin appears, along with Cetsa. Trazuin is pissed off at Rhue. Rhue tries to talk to Trazuin but he won't listen.
Trazuin and Rhue plunge off. Rhue just barely wins and kills Trazuin. Trazuin, in his final breath, figures out that the Rhue that killed his mother isn't the same Rhue that he knew, and dies. Gaius laughs and points out that Rhue is a murderer and will never escape it. Rhue becomes incredibly angry, but Gaius runs off. Rhue mourns Trazuin's death some more, and decides to continue on his path for Serena. Along the way, he runs into Dirk and Scatha, who return to his side. I'm guessing he meets someone new here who also joins him.
Meanwhile, Cetsa is all alone and meets up with Kloe. They decide to put past differences behind them and go in search of Gaius and Rhue. Kloe seems to be getting more detached. They meet up with Strata, who recognizes Cetsa, but not Kloe. He decides to use them as a leg-up to get to Rhue faster. He still hasn't lost his determination to beat Rhue in revenge for Lyrra's death.
Back to Rhue, he has a dream one night where he see's Lyrra in Estrana one more time. She, not being crazy anymore, tells him two mysterious swordsman attacked the children of Landorin stretch while her brother and a girl ran off. She says she didn't recognize either of the killers. Rhue apollogizes for killing her, but she passes it off. He wakes up, realizing that he's experiencing people's memories, of people he's killed with his sword, referencing what Gaius said. He figures out that Gaius may know more about the attack on Landorin, and asks the others if they heard anything about Gaius before they got split up at the End of the Way. Dirk says Gaius has a dark history about him, and Gauis mentioned a hint about where he was going.
Next time Rhue has a dream, he asks about Midian's life. Midian will reveal his identidy as someone else Rhue killed. He also says he had tried to escape Rhue's sword, but Rhue's sword absorbed him again before he could (The Pits Plunge). Rhue asks who he really was when he killed Midian. Midian has no idea.
Rhue finally comes upon Gauis again, who is more than pleased to answer his questions. Gaius and Rhue used to be partners in killing. Gauis killed the Pontifax and gained his knowledge of the Guided, and began to associate with them, but he kept his memory. Rhue was once the Phantom Slasher, but absorbed someone's memories and stopped. Gaius became the Slasher to keep true to his nature. He wanted Rhue's memories back so he kept close to Rhue, kept putting himself in his view, kept killing people around him and keeping him alive to bring his memories back. That's why he wanted Rhue's sword too, so he could destroy it and free the original Rhue. Rhue is pissed off at this point and tries to kill Gaius. Gaius and Rhue plunge off, but Gauis is obviously the better, and defeats Rhue. He decides he wants his old partner back and leaves. Rhue licks his wounds and decides Gaius is the problem in the Way, and must be killed before anything will be right. He also realizes that he has to give Serena up, but just then Kloe, Cetsa and Strata show up. Depending on who Serena is, Scatha will either recognize one as Serena, or explain who Serena really is. Rhue will finally breathe a sigh of relief and admit his quest is over.
Strata interupts, pissed off. He becomes incredibly anxious to plunge Rhue, but Scatha decides to do it. (She does have an unused plunge set) Scatha, being a lot brutiler than Rhue, slices Strata's hand off (animation there) and Strata is defeated. Cetsa has pity for Strata, proving she can care, and cares for Strata. Kloe joins up, and Scatha runs off when either Dirk, Kloe or Rhue condemns her. Dirk decides to help the others find Gaius and sets off on a lead.
That's about as far as I can see ahead