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Post by Erico on Jun 12, 2005 12:06:07 GMT -5
As I begin to wind down Mike's epic journey in the rest of his summer between St1 and St2, I'll be posting various updates on my progress in this thread from now on. Update 6-12-05: Well, Chapter Five is all finished and ready to print...but Fanfiction.net isn't working. Bastardly little thing that it is. Unless you all feel like re-adding a 'stories' page to the site, we'll just all have to sit tight until FF.net fixes itself to read more of Mike's adventures. -Erico
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Post by Matt on Jun 12, 2005 12:10:20 GMT -5
Awwww, that sucks.
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Post by Scotty D. on Jun 12, 2005 16:24:52 GMT -5
BOOO!!!! @ Fanfiction.net
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Post by Coralcola on Jun 15, 2005 15:08:34 GMT -5
Ahhh, that sux...
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Erico
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Post by Erico on Jun 15, 2005 16:35:58 GMT -5
June 15th, 2005:
Fanfiction.net has restored the document upload functionality. Chapter Five, "Storm's Fury" has been added. Like always, it lacks the proper dividing lines between sections...so walk with caution. Usually, there's a line of
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Between things, but not at ff.net. Seriously. Anyone here willing to put up a Fanfic section so you can see how this thing is SUPPOSED to look?
Pushaw. The story is updated. You may now read.
-Erico
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Post by Matt on Jun 15, 2005 17:08:15 GMT -5
YAY!!!! going to read now bbl ;D. Edit: Just finished......my god that is amazing. You may as well be my new favorite author . Seriously, you should ask Nintendo if they will let you publish this. Well, I'll be looking forward to more in approximately three months . Though I think I speak for everyone when I say that I hope it is sooner .
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Post by Scotty D. on Jun 15, 2005 21:20:29 GMT -5
Oh awesome...I'm about to go read it right now.
[EDIT]I just finished reading the most recent chapter, and I've got to say, Erico...your writings never cease to astound me. I just wish there was some way to crank out those chapters faster!! haha. Keep up the awesome work![/EDIT]
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Post by Michael Jones on Jul 27, 2005 10:28:38 GMT -5
Amazing! I really like it
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Erico
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Post by Erico on Jul 28, 2005 23:23:18 GMT -5
Update 7-28-05: Nobody said that saving Princess Mica, defeating Zoda, and saving the world all over again would be easy...
Neither is writing something you've been looking forward to doing for many many months. Trying to get it exactly right is tasking...but I manage about a page a night, after my workage and whatever else. The project still lives, and now we're being thrown into the battle sequence.
On his first trip through the ruins of Rellini-Uros, Mike tangled with bouncing statues, rotting mummies, buddhas that shot fireballs, and an Easter Island head who could have won a few Emmys for the yarns he spun.
And those were the things in the Starseeker's lost home that WEREN'T ASLEEP.
Now that Zoda's large and in charge...and doing everything he can to try and stop Mike while he tries to complete his 20 odd year mission...Just what else is going to appear? More of the same, certainly. And a few new tricks.
Will the Super Nova and his unreliable, latent talents be enough? Can one boy stop a monster thousands of years in the making? Can love...really conquer all boundaries?
As for the great Prophecy...Will Mica live and die by it? Is Mike a slave to it?
Or do we carve out our own destiny, despite the foretellings of those that came before us?
Coralcola and the last of the Argonians wait with uneasy breath.
Time for Mike to be the hero that the Argonians always thought he was... And time to see just how much in destiny we can believe.
-Erico
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Post by Scotty D. on Aug 1, 2005 9:52:39 GMT -5
I cannot WAIT to see the next chapter!!! This cliffhanger is amazing in itself...the next chapter is going to be great. Keep it up!
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Post by Erico on Sept 10, 2005 2:22:13 GMT -5
September 10th, 2005
The farther Mike ventures into the ruins of Rellini-Uros, the slower my own progress seems. Is it that I fear for him? Perhaps I think he isn't ready. I ask myself just how much is running through his head...how truly in control of himself he is, if he isn't instead running on some instinct or hidden potential yet undiscovered. No matter my doubts, I know there's little room for hesitation or fear in his own heart.
He only fears one thing. Losing Mica. Everything else is just details at this point.
He's overcome one guardian of the ruins he had not had to face before; a present left to him by Zoda. Charging through new and unexplored corridors after the great alien menace, he is beginning to learn more and more about the curious power he wields. He still fears it to a great extent; after all, he reminds himself...He shouldn't have it.
Unless he really is the Starseer. And that's something he'll never really come to terms with, if it's true or not. A wise man might later say, what matters isn't the truth...but your perception of it.
Thoughts for a quieter time, definitely. For the moment, Mike has bigger fish to fry. A Princess to save. A monster to defeat.
And unlike Link, from that "Legend of Zelda" game he played back in Seattle...he doesn't have any silver arrow and Magical Sword. All he has is his Super Nova, his untrained and literally useless Shilivre...
And the Island Yo-Yo given to him by a grateful Giskard.
Fight on, Mike. Not only for her sake.
But for mine...So I can finish writing your tale.
-Erico
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Post by Scotty D. on Sept 10, 2005 10:26:40 GMT -5
Oh man...I can't wait to read the next chapter!! I'm wicked excited about it!
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Post by Michael Jones on Sept 11, 2005 17:02:22 GMT -5
I agree with you S2HCreationsINC Erico's story is amazing and I can't wait to read the next chapter either!
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Post by Erico on Sept 25, 2005 2:53:49 GMT -5
Update: September 25th, 2005.
Work continues, and at a pace I find more acceptable...still, while I'm unwilling to show the majority of what's going on, I can whet your appetites with some FLASHBACK material. For while Mike struggles in his own quest, we must also remember the trials faced by the Starseer long ago...
A Long Ago Reality...The Forgotten Trials of the Starseer
The Star Devils were monstrous both in temperament as well as appearance; a deadly combination for those facing them. Still, that didn’t stop the Starseer. His people were hidden below the soil of their planet, far from the reach of the lifegiving sun, but also out of sight from the beasts that came from the very stars they worshipped. One stood beside him, though. Out of all the teeming masses that he had been chosen to protect, one single person had chosen to go with him. Maybe the stars had spoken to her too, though he felt no touch of the divine spark in her. Just a raw, determined force of will borne from grief and bitter forged hatred…and a trust and attraction to him that even somebody without Shilivre could have seen.
The Star Devils had created a stronghold on the surface of their world, in the middle of what had once been a lush and teeming field of grain in the temperate midplains. Had been. Now, dead and stagnant soil was all that remained, ominously guarding the unhallowed edges of the towering black spire that the leader of the Star Devils kept watch in. Countless rows of the lesser minions sent by the singular Star Devil had fallen before them as they charged at it, the Starseer’s Ellini snapping out in all directions to destroy the beasts it had been forged to fight. The young woman that fought beside him, the daughter of the former chieftain of some destroyed village known as Sellarus Argos did not have his divine gifts, but she fought with as much courage as he did, her sword and force of will somehow strong enough to fell the lesser beasts that escaped his notice. They moved and fought as one…and in those dark days, that kind of companionship, that level of friendship and trust was rare, and all the more powerful for it. The doors had fallen in moments, an explosive blast of energy shot forth from the Starseer’s palm too much for the dark energies of the gate to handle. The closer they came, the closer to the leader of the Star Devils, the Star Devil himself that they came, the fiercer he fought. The more his talents emerged, the more wicked they became. Not even the most dreadful of the Devil Guardians could stop him, and soon she realized that she was falling behind…and that there was nothing more she could do to assist him. Reluctantly, she fell back and trailed behind him, unable to do anything but watch as he tore through the last remaining barriers and took them to the top of the black spire which the Star Devils had used to gaze over their land.
He was breathing heavily; despite the awesome power he wielded, the continued exertion was growing to be too much. There was nothing left in their way, outside of the doorway which would lead to the Star Devil himself and he still did not stop. Sellarus felt her breath catch in her throat as he straightened himself and glanced to the door. “He’s waiting for me.” He said, his eyes distant and seeing. “I must go alone.” “No!” She cried out, suddenly afraid for him. In that moment, everything snapped into focus. Why she followed him, why he inspired her, why she had listened to her heart… She loved him. There was no denying that.
He turned about and looked at her, a quiet pity and knowing in his eyes. He knew. He knew. Unable to stop herself, she took a step back and raised a hand to her throat, not wanting to gasp again. “Sellarus…Where I’m going, you can’t come with. Who I’m fighting, you can’t hope to destroy. And if I don’t do this, then your people will never be free. Never.” He stepped towards her, Ellini hanging at his waist as he set his hands on her shoulders. Already beginning to feel her eyes burn from yet unshed tears, she looked up at him. “I don’t want to lose you.” She whispered. “I…I…” He drew her into a tight embrace, silencing her. “I know.” He answered gravely, and she could tell her was fighting back tears as well.
They stayed like that for what seemed an eternity, but she would have had two. Eventually he separated from her and nodded solemnly. “Get away from this place…Whether I live or not, this spire of the darkness will not stand.” He concluded. Despite that warning, Sellarus could not move from where she stood as he turned about and pushed through the final doorway.
The greatest challenge of his life lay beyond. And he was doing it for her people, truly… But in her heart of hearts, she felt a feeling, a strong belief that had never been there before. Perhaps he had given her a little of his gift in that moment. He was doing it to save her. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The leader of the beasts from their beloved stars was a brute; four heads taller than the Starseer and broad as a sun, he towered over his foe. But that fact escaped the young man of the glowing aura. It didn’t matter that the Star Devil, as he called himself, had decimated his people and poisoned the land with the presence of his kind. It didn’t matter that just to look at him would inspire fear and terror in all who looked. He had been chosen by the stars to save his people…to save Sellarus’ people. That mandate had forever changed him…for he now saw things as they truly were.
He saw how the stars shimmered and sang, anxiously waiting for their champion to dismiss the fallen warrior. He saw the Star Devil for what he truly was…an exiled celestial being, once of the light, but now and forevermore of eternal darkness. There was no fear in his eyes, for that had been burned away by the Shilivre he had been given. Ellini in his hand, a teardrop from the youngest star in the sky, he fought the Star Devil’s attacks with his own ferocious blitz. And he was winning.
Angrily, the Star Devil hurled a cloud of his enveloping darkness at the Starseer, hoping to engulf him and snuff out that celestial flame once and for all. That was all the Starseer needed. After endless rotations of a clock’s dial, the Star Devil had exposed himself. In his superior fashion, he had thought the Starseer nothing but a carrier, an instrument to wield Ellini and the star’s grace. It was his pride that ended his life…for the Starseer did have Ellini, and it was a celestial weapon, but he had his own strength as well. In the total darkness of the chamber, lit only by the light that poured forth from Ellini’s shimmering tines, the Starseer’s eyes shone clear. “Fly.” He whispered to the chained mace, hurling it out before the cloud of darkness engulfed him. Caught off guard, the Star Devil was dealt a serious blow, and he fell to a knee wheezing for his life. Ellini, its attack concluded, fell to the ground. Through his pain, the Star Devil managed an insane grin. He had won…even now, the cloud of the void’s darkness was shrinking, crushing the Starseer within its maw. The Starseer’s battle for his people, for his planet, was ended.
And then everything the Star Devil knew to be true exploded into pieces. The shadow stopped and trembled about the hidden body of the Starseer, as if contemplating its next move. Out of the cloud flashed a tremendous light, and the Star Devil’s crushing attack was blasted to shreds. The Starseer slowly stood back up, a thick and powerful aura of white energy about him. The Star Devil cringed in horror and dismay; it had known such power once, and had lost it. Now, that strength was anathema. Awestruck, realizing his end was at hand, the Star Devil looked up to the youth.
The stars were with him. “Sellarus’ people will forever be safe from you.” The Starseer proclaimed, extending his hand out. Eager and loyal, Ellini leaped through the air to rejoin its master. “Never again will they ever fear your kind. Never again will the stars be anything but friend and ally to them. You sought to eradicate us…but because of you, Sellarus’ people will spread throughout the stars, and bring light to every dark corner.”
If the Star Devil could have spoken something in response, it would have cursed him. Weakened and defeated, it realized too late its horrendous error. Soon, the void it had pledged itself to would claim him as well. The Star Devil closed his eyes, and the Starseer threw Ellini one last time.
In a cloud of vapor, a pool of sludge, the Star Devil collapsed and disintegrated under the blistering rage of the stars’ might. Ellini flickered a few more times in the Starseer’s grip, then fell silent. The Starseer himself was also weakened…but had enough strength, as he felt the black spire of the Star Devils begin to shake apart without a master, to will himself beyond its walls.
So it came to be that as the black spire collapsed, the man known only as the Starseer and the weapon known as Ellini reappeared beyond its dustcloud. Waiting for them as they gave out and fell to the barren ground was a woman of impassable beauty and a heart of the purest spirits. Crying as she held him close, Sellarus Argos trembled with the joy of countless years of suffering ended in one triumphant moment. “You did it.” She whispered, feeling a burning sensation along the back of her neck as the skies cleared…and for the first time in years, the sun above their world shone down in its blinding might. “You’ve saved us all.”
The stars above, invisible in the restored day but always present, still whispered their secrets to their champion. The Starseer closed his eyes and fought the urge to cry. They had told him a great deal in his time as their elected messenger. There was only one last message they had to give to him, now that the Star Devil was destroyed and Sellarus’ people were free to live and thrive. For the first time since he had been given the strength of the stars, the Starseer cursed them. For he had won their happiness…by foregoing his. Sellarus wanted him to stay, to be with her. To raise a family, to stay as one spark the rest of her days.
Only the stars knew what destiny was truly meant for him.
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Post by Scotty D. on Sept 25, 2005 12:34:04 GMT -5
::finishes reading:: excuse me...I think I need to change my pants...
CANNOT WAIT!!!!
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