Zippy Zip-A-Long

[Maharg67]

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/Dragonpen61/Forum%20Additives/ForumAddit0031.jpg

[Maharg67]

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/Dragonpen61/Forum%20Additives/av-1464967-1-1.jpg

 

-36-

THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULINE

HERCULINETAO AND A LICHE HIGH PRIEST

 

The lich had been a high priest of much power and though enslaved now by a powerful necromantic curse, it was still very deadly. It hurled undeathly magic at Herculine's clone-daughter and HerculineTao leaped to one side, the powerful projectile burning a good sized area of stone wall. The walls dripped with pale undeathly ectoplasm that was not like normal ectoplasm at all. In dried blood were scrawled over walls garish, ugly symbols of the AntiDivines and the greater undead. A row of corpses rattled their cages, not really undead but animated unnaturally by the unintentional influences of the lich.

 

HerculineTao hurled a couple of silver throwing-blades that stuck into the creature's chest. The lich priest screamed unholy rage and agony. It reeled backwards dropping the great cursed sword it had been wielding and then died as HerculineTao leaped forward and thrust her magical silver longsword through its solar plexus. One place to kill any greater undead was the head and another was inside the chest. One could use other means such as sunlight or cutting off the head.

 

The powerful undead monster, cursed to guard the temple area she was in, was killed and so HerculineTao began to look around. Yet she was no fool and took great care. If some force was powerful enough to bind such a dangerous lich with a curse, than other undeathly threats could have been left to deal with intruders.

 

Then she found them, the thirteen great volumes made of mer skin leather and not paper but something that felt unnaturally fleshy, almost greasy to touch. Yet she had found something of amazing value for here was a full set of copies of the CHRONICLES AND ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MEHRUNES DAGON; The books were subtitled THE TRUTH OF FALSEHOOD, THE TWISTING OF TRUTH, THE SECRETS OF THE DEADLANDS.

 

She took the books up and teleported to Herculine's transmagical-ship.

 

-CONTINUED-

Edited September 15, 2011 by Maharg67

[Maharg67]

For the moment have no constant access to the internet but this will change soon.

 

New basic feedback idea.

 

:thumbsup: = okay

 

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: = good

 

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: = very good

[Maharg67]

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/Dragonpen61/Forum%20Additives/av-1464967-1-1.jpg

 

-37-

THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULINE

HERCULINE: YET DEEPER INTO CLOUD RULER TEMPLE AND BEYOND

 

Herculine, Ninajina, along with a group made up of Blades and others, moved deeper into the amazing maze of levels, sublevels and other features down there. Some had gone, some had joined the group and many had staid. The wounded were gone to be taken care of, as were the exhausted. Now they were joined by some new style Mythic Dawn Hunters, those BladeAgents being trained to focus totally on dealing with the Mythic Dawn and the traitors who dealt with the daedric cult of Mehrunes Dagon. This time they left the actual Cloud Ruler Temple proper, going through heavy armoured hatch doors as guarded by a force of BladeGuards and some BladeMages.

 

Beyond that point they went into areas deliberately and strongly sealed off by physical and magical barriers for many centuries. Down there, along time ago, treacherous Blades had dared to deal not only with daedric magic of the worst kind but with necromantic and other dark magics. The episode had been concealed from general history, the Fallen Blades had been burned to death, after being dosed with pain stealing drugs, and their ashes had been entombed in the depths in strong stone tombs warded with powerful arcane magic.

 

But something had destroyed the magical wards and had freed the cursed souls, the wraiths, of the Fallen Blades. Though weaker than they had been as live traitors, the Fallen Blade Wraiths were still a deadly threat to deal with. Yet three attempts to destroy them all had largely failed; many wraiths had been destroyed but others remained, including the powerful cadre of six. The dreaded Shagonus was the leader of the Fallen Blade Wraiths, who were not typical wraiths. They not only created normal zombies from dead bodies but could possess one and convert it into a kind of super zombie monster, a thing like an undead ogre in power.

 

Sometimes treasure or knowledge seeking fools got into the Forbidden Zone beneath the Cloud Ruler Temple despite the efforts of the Blades and the Mages Guild to stop this from happening. Sometimes it was Vampire Hunters or others seeking both loot and glory by destroying the Fallen Blade Wraiths. So far none had survived to return from that place.

 

They passed through an underground area of ancient cut stone tunnels and chambers, dotted with ancient crumbling statues of unknown lesser deities and once famous folk. Down there lay remnants of a much older temple fortress than Cloud Ruler Temple was, a place that the Blades or others only spoke of with great reluctance, a place that most people did not even know had ever existed. For there dwelt the Secret of the Dark Divines, of the treacherous Divines that were no longer known of by most. Yet they met no threats at first but the background tingle of lurking evil, giant rats, some nasty slicer-crabs and a small pack of goblins that soon fled away in sensible fear.

 

-CONTINUED-

Edited September 25, 2011 by Maharg67

[Maharg67]

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/Dragonpen61/Forum%20Additives/av-1464967-1-1.jpg

 

-38-

THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULINE

HERCULINEAFA AND HURCULINETAO IN THE TRANSMAGICAL SHIP

 

The two clone-daughters of Herculine met in the control chamber of the Transmagical Ship where they studied each other quietly for a moment. Then HerculineAfa spoke. "Dracula gave us some assistance and you found the books after killing the powerful lich. It appears that we are either very lucky or that we are being assisted somehow."

 

HerculineTao responded. "There is no real proof of the second suggestion being correct but I also 'sense' something odd about what is happening."

 

A mixed population of clones, refugees, Blades and others were a fairly large population in the transmagical vessel now. There were areas in which crops grew, where workshops were active, where factories made things, where soldiers trained, where artisans made or fixed things, where mages worked their magic and much else. In the compressed time of the ancient transmagical realm people were growing up as were animals. An army was rising to support the Cyrodilin Empire and other resources were appearing to be used to do the same. Resources were brought into the transmagical, transdimensional, space to be utilized in various ways such as the growing of food, the making of weapons, tools, armour, clothes and other items. Even arcane magical spell-emblems and devices were being made in fairly small numbers. An army of soldiers, workers, steeds and other lifeforms were growing faster there than they could in the outside, bigger realm.

 

HerculineAfa smiled. "Like having a semiautonomous twin sister."

 

HerculineTao smiled right back. "Quite so. I suggest that we focus on analyzing the materials we gained from Dracula and the lich priest. I have the 'sense' that the information inside those materials is going to be vital for us to learn to deal with both Mehrunes Dagon and the Undeath forces threatening the Cyrodilin Empire."

 

They had a small but fine meal, some fruity wine and mugs of fine quality coffee before they set out to start the big research task. From the start they found the going tough as the writings were not straight forwardly done, there were riddles, contradictions and gaps in knowledge. Yet, from the start, there were bits of valuable information gained and a strong hope of gaining much else.

 

-CONTINUED-

Edited December 3, 2011 by Maharg67

[Maharg67]

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/Dragonpen61/Forum%20Additives/av-1464967-1-1.jpg

 

-39-

THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULINE

INTO THE FALLEN TEMPLE OF THE DARK DIVINES

 

Herculine, Ninajina and their companions entered the Fallen Temple of the Dark Divines only with much reluctance. The feel of the place, from the very start, was deeply unsettling. The place was strangely silent and even seemed to muffle normal noises.

 

There were no signs of normal life, not even such as cockroaches or giant rats or even normal rats or even typical slime or mosses. Twisted morgue light glowing substances grew over walls and softly ghastly glowing creatures, small but unnerving, scuttled across ceilings and walls but did not go near the floor of huge flagstones. Herculine soon knew why as she insisted on leading the group as she carefully read symbols on the various flagstones before them. Thus it was she had them avoid deadly threats of undeathly magic, of cunning magic preserved mechanical traps and other forms of death. Once a scuttling horror bug fell from the floor and fled towards the nearest wall only to touch the wrong flagstone and to burst into flames, screaming and bouncing around in an unholy fashion.

 

At last they came upon a great hall of a temple. There huge statues of the treacherous Dark Divines stood, whose very names and identities the Nine Divines had tried to erase totally from known history. Once they had been deities of good, had served the natural balance of holy forces and of nature itself. It was not really known, even by the Divines, how or why they had become seduced by the Dark Side. What was known was that something whispered to them, a dark and seductive voice full of promises of greater power, of their own worlds to rule with out the unwanted interference of other, greater Divines. For the seduced deities were amongst the less powerful and wise of the Divines of the Mythic Age.

 

They were five, two being female and the other three being male. They became known as Shevagz the Murderous Healer, Hurovagz the Heroic Coward, Sanzovagz the Great Unwise, Blethvagz the Charming Brute and Sherrivagz the Virgin prostitute. All the Five Vagz were of dark twisted contradiction, of insidious criminal insanity, of monstrous appetites that had become burning addictions that would never be fulfilled.

 

Question was, what did they have to do with the plot against the Cyrodilin Empire, the assassination of the Emperor and his sons, the rise of powerful undeathly forces and the invasion attempt by Mehrunes Dagon and his followers, both daedric and treacherous human? Herculine feared that she was being drawn off course, was wasting her time and energy, and yet at a deeper level she felt the instinctual feeling that she was doing exactly what was needed to be done.

 

-CONTINUED-

Edited December 5, 2011 by Maharg67

[Maharg67]

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/Dragonpen61/Forum%20Additives/av-1464967-1-1.jpg

 

-40-

THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULINE

AMAZONIS IN CYRODIIL

 

Amazonis appeared in Cyrodiil, close to the city of Kvatch, with a majestic horse and some amazon companions of Red Sonja, Xena and Gabriel. All were beautiful, strong and dressed in tight fitting armour of reinforced hardened leathers. All had swords, knives and shields. Amazonis had her powerful composite bow. Red Sonja had her big broadsword. Xena had her throwing rings. Gabriel had her steel capped wooden quarterstaff. All had magic. All had each a mighty warhorse with two spare warhorses and four packhorses. There were also two big hounds, an eagle with Red Sonja and a big cat with Amazonis. The large, muscular dogs were also with Amazonis.

 

Amazonis had been called to assist Herculine and had brought other assistance with her. She knew that she was dealing with both dangerous daedric and necromantic forces so she was not going to underestimate the threat in the least. So they set out moving the grassy, lightly forested hills not on horse back but on foot, leading their horses through the semiwilderness. After a while they came upon a village, with its wooden palisade newly erected and reinforced. Nervous villagers stood guard with pitchforks, some basic swords and a couple of hunting bows. They were understandably wary of the newcomers at first but soon were chatting. That Amazonis was willing to share of good quality beer was a good ice breaker.

 

Andy Snodge scratched himself in an ungentlemanly fashion. "Kvatch had a big battle and it would have fallen to the daedric scum if help had not come. They say the mighty Herculine came and also that werewolves joined in the battle against the daedra and human traitors serving Mehrunes Dagon. Some say there was more than one Herculine in more than one place, using mighty magic. Me, I doubt it to be so but then again, such mighty good looking heroines, who is to say? I would love to have her as a wife."

 

Amazonis looked at the scruffy, plump Andy Snodge and did not bother to point out the obvious. "Have any other strange things been happening in the area?"

 

He snorted. "What hasn't been happening? The wildfolk like the trolls and the imps are acting funny, like they are joining forces with each other. Somebody has been organizing the bandits, training them better, equipping them with better armour and weapons including magic stuff. The goblinfolk are being odd. Goblins, hobgoblins and gremlins, all being restless and extra protective of their territories as if they expect something bad is going to happen. The Empire is calling for the better organizing of local militias and is building up the Legions, the Guards, the Aeronavy and Navy. Oh, yes, that new Imperial Mageforce of not just battlemages but healers. Troublesome strangers have been lurking around but who can say they be Dark Brotherhood or Mythic Dawn or Undeath Dusk or even Imperial agents of some kind."

 

She gave him a single silver coin, a good imperial one, and the group moved on. They made good time along a secondary packed dirt highway until they reached a larger village, complete with a proper inn, and a hard surfaced a proper imperial highway. It led to Kvatch but for the moment the group staid in the village inn. Darkness fell and they had a nice meal, some good mead and fresh picked fruit.

 

 

-CONTINUED-

Edited September 29, 2011 by Maharg67

[Maharg67]

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/Dragonpen61/Forum%20Additives/ScreenShot002-2-1-1.jpg

Edited September 29, 2011 by Maharg67

[Maharg67]

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/Dragonpen61/Forum%20Additives/Vault_Boy_Dock_Icon_by_oloff3-1-1.png

 

-61-

FALLOUT BLUES

DANZ003 (DANZER)

SEEKING A FERTILITY SOLUTION

 

Danzer assisted Professor James Ashworth with his investigations on the fertility problems of the people of the Republic of the District of Columbia. They soon found a possible source of problems being a FEV created virus. The two, with the added assistance of some RDC scientists and a good quality AI-supercomputer network-system, were soon trying to find a solution to the virus that had managed to infect many people of the republic.

 

The DC-Republicans were pleased to know of the discovery. The President himself came to see the work team and promised them more assistance. They kept on working quite hard. As for the others, Jasmine, Argyle and Herbert Daring Dashwood read PreDD books, watched some PreDD holotapes and found that they were not allowed to really mingle with any of the locals. It was as if the RDC Government was trying to hide something from the outsiders.

 

James turned to Danzer with a frown one day, when they were alone, in the rather cramped laboratory that was their main work area. "The virus is not a 'normal' virus at all. It is both FEV created and yet is itself an offshoot of a type of Forced Evolutionary Virus. Yet it has undergone some other kind of subtle but powerful influence. It has a taint of undeath about it. I would suggest that those effected by it might experience more than sterility at times and that those born with it may be more than sterile or malformed in some 'natural' way. What would be born would be some kind of undead entity or at least such could be born. I really do need more information but if the RDC has it, it is not telling us everything."

 

Danzer frowned. "Question is, how did so many of these DC-Republicans become infected by this bizarre virus?"

 

Professor James Ashworth frowned. "The answer to that question may just assist me to gain some vital information for Project Purity. The pattern of Project Purity is firmly there, in my mind, and yet it has gaps, has fragmentary links." He stared at Danzer. "You think that I am insane."

 

Danzer frowned. "I am linked to other clones of my kind. We can assist you, professor, if you would agree to be more careful in your drive to make Project Purity function fully."

 

Suddenly alarms began to chime through out the underground bunker complex that they had been taken to in order to carry out their work. There came the muffled sounds of weapon firing. A local scientist ran into the room, her face twisted in fear. "We have to get out of here. It is happening again. We have been betrayed."

 

Danzer turned to the woman. "Please explain."

 

The pretty young woman turned to him even as she stood there clutching a 10mm submachinegun. "The virus was supposed to make all of us more resistant to extremes of radiation and to make us more fertile, stronger, fitter and more healthy. You have been told lies about poor 'morons' and other 'malforms'. What women give birth to are monsters but they are not undead, no they are something called unlifen. They..." She gulped before going on. "they seek to kill all those that carry the U-virus."

 

Danzer nodded. "That is the unlifen way, to seek and destroy the undead or that which can lead to the creation of the undead. We must find a way of eradicating the U-virus with out killing people and in such a way that the unlifen will stop trying to kill those with the U-virus in them."

 

The professor frowned. "Yes but I want to take a sample of this U-virus with us when we leave. I suggest we get to work."

 

-CONTINUED-

[Maharg67]

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/Dragonpen61/Forum%20Additives/Vault_Boy_Dock_Icon_by_oloff3-1-1.png

 

-62-

FALLOUT BLUES

ALL OF THE DANZCLONES?

IN MANY PLACES

 

Danzeclone the First, Danz000, continued to prepare for the exodus that would now got to Megaton. Other Danzclones, along with others, were assisting. It had been decided that everybody and everything would leave the vicinity of TekVault0100 that was getting increasingly crazier and more dangerous.

 

Danz000, Danzron, made contact with Danzer, Danzlena and Danzie to make sure all had all updated information.

 

Danz001, Danzlena, was in Megaton with Danz007, Danzie.

 

Danz002, Danzlili, was assisting Danzron with Project Exodus.

 

Danz003, Danzer, was still with Professor James Ashworth and the others in the group now trying to find both an antidote and an inoculation against the U-virus.

 

Danz004, Danzable, was also Danzron with Project Exodus.

 

Danz005, Danzsash, was also Danzron with Project Exodus.

 

Danz006, Danzronda, was also Danzron with Project Exodus.

 

Danz007, Danzie, was in Megaton with Danz001, Danzlena.

 

Danz008, Danzio, was now fully active and assisting Danzron with Project Exodus.

 

Danz009, Danzent, was now fully active and assisting Danzron with Project Exodus.

 

Danz010, Danzray, was now fully active and assisting Danzron with Project Exodus.

 

Danz011, Danzfay, was now fully active and assisting Danzron with Project Exodus.

 

Danz012, Danzlori, was now fully active and assisting Danzron with Project Exodus.

 

Danz013, Danzshi, was proving to be problematic and was under observation by Danzron.

 

-CONTINUED-

Edited October 20, 2011 by Maharg67