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Project Dark Angel - Prologue Part 2

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I light the north candle.

"Guardians of the North, element of Earth. I call upon thee to be present during this ritual. Please join me, and bless this circle. Thus shall it be."

I light the east candle.

"Guardians of the East, element of Air. I call upon thee to be present during this ritual. Please join me, and bless this circle. Thus shall it be."

I light the south candle.

"Guardians of the South, element of Fire. I call upon thee to be present during this ritual. Please join me, and bless this circle. Thus shall it be.

I light the West candle.

"Guardians of the West, element of Water. I call upon thee to be present during this ritual.

Please join me, and bless this circle. Thus shall it be.

Four candle are lit, only one remaining. For each element is a pillar of the universe, only me, the soul, the last pillar needs to be raised.

I light the final candle.

"Gods, Goddess and Guardian Angels! I call upon thee to be present with me during this ritual.

Bless this circle and keep me protected. No unwanted entities are welcome here! Only pure, devine beings are invited into this space!

The circle is cast, thus shall it be!"

Immediately after the circle was cast, May started to breath hard, and rapidly. Under the white blanket, i could see sweat wetting like a waterfall almost instantly. This is how powerful "magic" can be. The demon is reacting to the circle i have established. He is not welcome here, and he knows that perfectly. But this won't be enough to expel the demon.

"May, i know you can hear me."

Two souls in one body bare the same eyes and ears.

"I'll get it out of here."

"No matter what happens, don't worry. You'll be fine. I promise."

*Heehehehee…*

That was not May. But i know she could hear me.

It's time to get it out of here. I need his name.

"You are in my realm and obey to my laws vile creation!"

*hahahaha!!*

"Who are you!! I command you to tell me your name!"

*HAHAHAHAHA!!*

*I LIIIKE YOUUU!! I like you alot! Such a WILL!! Soooo STRONG!!! HAHAHAHA!!*

The blanket flew onto my face. Resolved, i immetiately removed it from a single swift move.

I looked at May's eyes, not your usual all black like you see in movies, but rather golden like a flame. One eye however, was still a pale green…

Her face was pale white. Veins were clearly visible, and bruises all over her body and face proved that she suffered alot.

She had enough.

Dripping my pentacle necklace in holy water, i am preparing my mind for an ugly moment where i would torture the demon until he tell me his name.

I rapidly struck my pentacle necklace on her forehead. Both sweat and dripping water were evaporating rapidly as the demon let out a piercing scream of pain.

"I WON'T STOP UNTIL YOU. GIVE. ME. YOUR NAME!!!"

*AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!*

*I CAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN'T!!!! IT HURTS!!! TOOOOO MUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCH!!!"

"TELL ME YOUR NAME! NOW!!"

*AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!*

My mind goes numb, he's attacking me. I must keep the pace and stay concentrated. But despise my strong will, my eyes black out. My mind, suspended is it's own realm where i hear in a dark, deep voice, his name.

*…Irritum…*

I fell on my knees as soon as i hear the name and immediately come back to my senses. The strenght of my will is still there. While i see May's body, looking exhausted, i know May isn't the exhausted one.

"Irritum…"

"I know you. I heard about you."

"Demon of all sorrows."

[cont.]

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By the time i was done with Irritum's orchestra, the underground began to crumble over my skull. As an opening appears nearby, i see my only chance to escape, and stay alive.

I feel like a gigantic meteor lifted from my shoulders.

Why in the world am i trying to survive?

It's no use… But something… a feeling, tells me i should press forward to an unknown fate.

I jump into the dark crumbled entrance, to the unknown catacombs of the citadel. The forgotten city of Tallsky*.

(*Tallsky was the old name of the citadel, named such due to it's large and tall castle, watching over the rest of the city.)

As i walk trough the catacombs, i feel like multiple presences stairs at me. I see people, dead people… It is filled with…

Void. Emptiness. Nothing.

In this place, nothing can be done to improve the afterlife of the inhabitants. No hero would ever bring hope. No ideology would bring order. No court would bring justice. No war shall bring peace.

I stumble across an old grandfather clock as i find my way trough the catacomb.

[cont.]

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(Cut scene start)

==Best result audio track:== https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MftAdj7sQE

"This clock…"

"time…"

"…Space…"

This clock was very familiar. I've seen it somewhere…

"It's ticking…"

"…time is ticking."

I touch the wooden frame that i cannot physically feel. And yet, i felt something. Something much deeper than just physical contact. A whole new kind of contact. I felt warm, calm… happy… glad…

…love…

"MAY!!!??"

The time on the clock was 11:59.

Still ticking…

And for every ticks, it felt like a knife trough a heart that i no longer carry.

"MAY!! COME BACK!!! PLEASE!!!"

Silence, at the exception of the ticks.

Even the feelings sought most by everyone's lives and soul was just a suffering. Thanks god, the orchestra doesn't exist anymore.

As i walk away from the clock, it's tickings finally reached 12:00.

As the bell rang, a foul toll could be heard. Dreadful, and twisted toll.

I don't have much time left. I must not fail May!

Most mortals would think they have come to a dead end with this locked door, and once upon immemorial times, was a simple entrance for an apartment block. I see a skeleton nearby…

"Hey! I need your help, this is vital!"

… (The meaning here is that the skull is silent in the game, only Skell can hear it.)

"Cmon please… you have to help me!"

Tiny, faint, blue dots appeared in it's skull. (Making eyes like Skell, but much smaller. Dot-sized)

"I need to find the key… can you help me with that?"

… (The skull tells Skell that it'd be right back. After fading away. What the soul inside the skull does is infact searching it's memory to find the key to the door. Of course, the skull is familiar with this door, he died next to it. To search it's memory, one's soul can travel back in time (since they are four-dimensional beings: time, which is supposed to be the fourth dimension. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDaKzQNlMFw) to find the key)

The soul inside the skull then slowly faded away. Leaving me all alone for a few moments, before it's jaw opens, and drops a beautifully crafted brass key.

"It was there all along?"

The dots reappears inside the skull i am speaking with.

"Why… how did you died with a key in your mouth?"

…(Here, the skull tells that the key was hidden because of two reasons. First, this key is a relic. It actually opens any doors, and was invented by the overseers in secrecy, until a citadel insider blew the whistle on the overseers secret projects (excluding the Dark Angel Project, which came after the cataclysm) it was given to a random person on the street by the insider before getting murdered just before the civil war occurred, pre-cataclysm era. Second, when the person's (the soul in the skull) home was raided by the citadel overwatch troopers, right before the civil war occurred, the overwatch troopers ordered him to tell everything he knew about the insider, or else they kill him and his family. All along, the key was in his mouth, because as someone who was enraged with the overseer's corruption, putting they key in his mouth was the best solution he could have think to never open his mouth, in vain. Since the insider was killed later after. (This also subtly explains why it is one of the only silent souls in the game.) THE ART TO INDUCE THE AWE OF THE SUBTLE!)

"I see…"

"…I see…"

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"Thank you. I owe you."

…("Finish this, sorcerer. Once and for all… I bid you, in the name of me and my beloved family… Good luck." And thus ends Skell's encounter with the game's most clouded character. It is a character with no name, no ambitions, but with a story.)

I climb the sharp stairs with no exhaustion at the top. Outside, i see rubbles and dirt blasting trough space. The ground shattering with the impact of highly dense energy-based projectiles. Our brave militia was making a desperate push for the citadel, and overthrow the overseers.

Desolation is now the only true ruler of this once radiant land, with it's once tall, and proud society, as a rift suddenly tear the sky apart above a large plateau.

:Slat.:

The salt dropped onto the plateau.

:Bone Powder.:

The bones of the most innocent of children were dropped on the plateau…

:Coal.:

Tons of coals, with a foul, hellish smell, were dropped on the plateau…

:Ashes.:

Ashes of corrupted sinning citizens, were dropped on the plateau…

:They were all sinners anyway…:

:It is time. Light the candles!:

:This is it…:

The overseers and almost finished. 5 candles are lit. North. East. South. West. Soul.

"It can't be…"

:And now, one, single drop of gold.:

A precise droplet of gold was then placed in the middle of the plate.

This is it…

:Gentlemen, The Dark Angel Project, was a success!!:

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Slowly materializing, a gigantic, powerful demon appears in front of the militia. They have no hope to win against such monstrosity.

I failed.

May… I failed you…

My bones crumbled onto my knees. I gaze into the Dark Angel's eyes, as it gazes into my soul. Powerless, i feel what everybody is feeling: Despair times ten. Hundred. Thousands.

And then… time came to a halt.

Irritum appears before me.

*Are you desensitized yet?*

"…How can i be desensitized when you never stop hurting me?"

*eheheheh…*

*You have gone trough so much, sorcerer!*

*You did good! You did good all around you… at the cost of your own well-being.*

*I wonder, sorcerer… How is your…pfhm… "Partner" is doing…*

I close my eyes, recalling my "Partner".

The happiness she gave me.

*Is she here to give you a break?*

The hopes she gave me.

*Is she here to comfort your mind?*

The sorrow she gave me.

*Is she here to hold you?*

Comfort…

*You are pathetic…*

It's true.

Sadness…

*You're the man right! YOU are the ONE WHO MUST HOLD HER!!*

And i did.

Worries…

*YOU are the ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE SWAYED HER TEAR!!*

And so did I!

Tears… of pain and joy…

*YOU are nothing but a crybaby now, JUST LOOK AT YOU, SORCERER!!*

Is it still ok for me to cry?

Her smile…

*You brought her along with you in your insane adventures…*

She was involved since the beginning…

Her face…

*You gave her the means to fight and destroy what's left!*

We destroyed and created so much together…

Her eyes…

*You pained her on purpose to get her attention!*

I was desperate, and afraid. I've always been… my whole life…

Her soul…

*You desired her for yourself so much, and NEVER TOLD ANYTHING!!

I'm scared…

Her voice…

*You are lame…*

It's true…

Her lips…

*You are so lame, sorcerer!*

It's true…

Her silhouette…

*You are never, EVER GOING TO GET OUT OF YOUR CAGE!!!*

Stop…

…Her love…?

*You shall NEVER, EVER FULFILL, ANY YOUR DESIRES!!!*

"I WILL MOTHER FUCKING KILL YOU YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!"

(Cut scene ends, final boss battle start.)

Project Dark Angel - Epilogue

LICENSE: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

(After a boss battle against Irritum, the demon of sorrows, he fused himself with the summoned Dark Angel, becoming "Irritum: The Dark Angel". To increase the sence of urgency in the player's mind, you have very limited time (3 minutes) to beat him. Which require you to cast your spells rapidly, without getting hit for a total of three times, or you will loose a considerable amount of time. The boss fight is initially thought to be a very precise fight that requires alot of coordination, which makes it's difficulty.)

(This is the end of Project Dark Angel.)

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There was one flaw with the Dark Angel.

Me.

Summoned using Irritum's name by the overseers, he was able to fuse himself with it.

However, a long, long time ago, I've cast out the same demonic entity out of a person's body… And turned out to be an invaluable friend.

From that day, when the cataclysm occurred… i not only realized that it wasn't entirely my fault, but i also became Irritum's greatest weakness.

*No…*

*Not this again…*

Irritum, The Dark Angel. He needed one final blow to leave this plane, and never come back.

I know what i must do.

"Irritum."

*STAY AWAY YOU!!*

*I… CANNOT… DIE…!!*

Yes. Yes you will.

"Pain was my whole life, Irritum."

"It was unwanted. I never asked for all this."

"And you know it."

"You did not belong in our… my world."

"You do not belong in the realm of existence…"

"…Just like me."

May…

…

…Goodbye.

:Skell…:

:Never say goodbye, Skell…:

:I'll be waiting…:

…

"I love you…"

:I love you.:

This is my last will: Purge Irritum.

I throw candles at the Dark Angel, and magically manipulate them to fall right in place.

The heat from the Dark Angel's coal-based skin, lit them up for me.

North. East. South. West.

I am soul.

I am being.

I am benevolent.

I am sinner.

I am hero.

I am failure.

I am mind.

I am skull.

I am human.

My name is Skell. I am a metaphysical practitioner. A paranormal investigator, An occultist, A magician, and this is my last will before ceasing to exist.

"GODS AND GODDESSES! HEAR MY ONLY, SIMPLE CALL!!!"

Irritum, terrified, screeched so loud, that ears of all beings, dead or alive, simply exploded out of their skulls.

"ACCEPT MY SOUL!! MAKE MY LAST WISH COME TRUE!!!"

*EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!*

"THUS SHALL IT BEEE!!!"

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"Farewell, cruel, cruel world."

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[Best result soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjPUSTkyjSs]

Skell charged the Dark Angel, with tremendous strength of will power. He fused his soul with the Dark Angel's golden core to destroy it.

When Skell fuses with the golden core, the Dark Angel was no more.

So was Irritum, and Skell.

The Dark Angel, now an unstable abomination, fell apart into ashes.

The searing wind of the cursed zone, began to soften, becoming a gentle breeze.

The dark clouds in the sky once again were fluffy, and white.

The surviving citadel citizens once again became human beings, with a mind and their morals.

Commander Stevenson, joins Evanny's side.

"This sorcerer… Skell was is name?"

:Yes…i heard he's gone trough a very painful existence.:

:…He was very sad.:

"I've seen him one time… i mean… felt him, i think…"

:Was he ever happy?:

"Yes, this is what i remember the most from him! This is what i've felt!"

:How?:

"Oh i know… it was his companion!"

:Oh, right! They were go great together! i loved to see them.:

:May, was it?:

"Yes, he was devastated when she was killed."

:Yeah… i remember… feeling his… i don't know.:

:I don't know what he felt, but…:

"Evanny."

:hm?:

"I get what he was fighting for."

:…i think i get it too.:

"Really?"

:Humanity is beautiful when they are together.:

:Just like Skell and May.:

"Evanny…"

:Nature, Steve. We are part of it.:

:…I think it should stay that way.:

"Balance with nature."

:But… we fought for freedom… If we enforce straight morals, the people won't be-:

"Evanny."

"We just seen the edge."

"We've been at the edge."

"This is where not only you and I get their lesson, but mankind as a whole."

"We all got our lesson…"

:And this nice little couple was our light at the end of the tunnel…:

"Everything will be alright now…"

As rain of pure water falls down into the wastelands, The overseers were overthrew by necessary force.

The citadel walls wet, and shine with the sun, rising on the horizon. This is the dawn of a new era.

We shall make things right.

=The End.=

Why not choosing a credit song?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XW0v_R5uo8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R79eCtDfC-Q (lel credits)

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May and skell were reunited in the afterlife, and became a symbol of hope and dignity to the people of the timeline where they died in. Their souls, now trapped into a world that wasn't their, now found their ultimate purpose. "Proving" that the world they were both born into wasn't theirs.

They found a place among legends.

Their souls shall never die, for as long as humanity will be able to remember.