Lord Joyde The Madman: Heylo, everybody! How're you all doing?
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Yey!
We got our very first legend! (And by that I mean my first ever Pat-me-pls-reon!)
Sorry about the delays... even tho I promised more chapters, turns out this week was a bit more difficult than I originally planned for.
Anyways, here comes the next chapter of EUPHORIA! I sincerely hope that you enjoy, let us begin!
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The Following Morning - The Smoldering Ruins Of Pittings - Yvonne's Point Of View...
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Welcome back, Destined One.
"Mmmaaaaah..." A loud yawn escaped my lips as I felt myself materializing into the world of Euphoria.
I am currently sleeping inside of a scorched inn, the same place where my two newest recruits, Nicolai and Helen, decided it would be a good idea to have lots of kinky sex.
Meh, who can blame them. The occasion was clearly suited for such a thing."Ahh, there you are, girl. 'as wondering when you'd come back, ha!"
My darlings voice echoed loudly within my ears and my soul as I felt shivers running up and down my spine."Yyl-sama! Forgive me for not arriving sooner... there were.. complications back in my world."
"Oh? What happened?" He asked, uncharacteristic worry in his voice.
Hearing myself giggle as I get off the bed and dress myself, I reply."Nothing much... I was simply trying to find a certain contact number."
"A.. contact number?" His confusion makes me giggle again as I walked down the seared stairs and left the remainder of the Inn behind me with a slammed door.
"Just a little something which allows for me to communicate with Rhean back on our world. Figured we'd need his opinion always available if we want to get things done quickly and efficiently... well, available most of the time, anyways." I explained it as I stretched myself and took a good look around.
"Ha! Good that you've done that girl, for we have need of his opinion right about now!" Darling exclaimed with excitement and I quirked an eyebrow in confusion."Hmm? Is that so?"
An imaginary set of nods are planted into my mind before my husbando replies."Indeed. You see Yvonne, the souls we've managed to claim during the sacking of this miserable little town are enough to summon the cathedral."
Blinking in surprise, I felt myself stop dead in my tracks as I asked."Wait, it hasn't been constructed yet?... seriously?"
My darlings laughs at my disbelief before saying."Yes well, it would appear that the sudden influx of Destined One's ensured that the world posses a previously unseen amount of heroes. My unloved siblings are attempting to summon the cathedral to exploit its power for themselves, but the constant barrage of heroic insects has deemed the completion of such a summoning... an impossibility."
"That is... fortunate for us, even if it makes me somewhat terrified." I reply with a somewhat shaking voice as I opened up guild chat.
An imaginary blink of confusion is sent my way."Terrified? How so, dear?"
Swallowing down hard and managing to prevent my *happy-time* from happening because of that *dear* word, I reply."If the cathedral has not been summoned yet, even when the ga-.. the connection to your world has been stable for a whole month, then that means that Madness has taken a heavy blow to its efficiency."
In Euphoria, the primal powers are divided into three main categories: Order, Madness and Chaos. Order encompasses perfection, good and light. Madness encompasses destruction, evil and dark. Chaos encompasses essence, alchemy and life.
My darling grumbles in agreement."Hah, I suppose that is a cause for worry... but with the Emperor at our side, surely we won't have to suffer weakness like the rest of my brethren."
A nod from me."Yeah, but still... its a tad bit disappointing."
A sigh from the both of us as I shake my head in disbelief."In any case darling, I assume you've found a suitable place to summon the Cathedral?"
"Yes, I have... and you are standing on it." I blinked at his rather blank reply and looked around.
This place is way too open for something like the cathedral. The only reason why Rhean would even allow such a thing into his territory is for its benefits... and the probably loss of them should the cathedral be in plains sight, especially so close to his new capital, is a good way to get him to tell us to fuck off."Uhh... honey, I hate to tell you this but... Rhean's not gonna approve of summoning The Black Cathedral in plain sight."
He shakes his many heads and sighs as the images play in my mind."No, that's not what I meant. The slavers tunnels, the entire mining and gladiatorial complex dug into the mountains runs below the town as well, something the *heroes* did not mention beforehand. The sheer amount of hate, agony and despair that has been felt within those dreaded halls is more than enough to sustain the Cathedral for several years if left undisturbed. Plus, the victims of Rhean's little flytrap that he's planning to make out of this town may be used to bolster that festering darkness and further empower the Cathedral."
"Well, in that case, let me just call Rhean and ask him about it." I say as I close the recently opened guild chat and say."In game call."
I say out loud to seemingly nobody as my darling blinks in confusion."What are you doing?"
Call Request Accepted; please insert your desired number.
An intricate, bluish keyboard appears out of thin air in front of me and I press several numbers with a yawn before replying."Shh darling, I'm calling Rhean."
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A few seconds later... - The Zatara Mansion - Leonardo's Point Of View...
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*BZZZZZZZZZZZZ! BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! *hand slams on table*
"Argh! What the fuck!?" I exclaimed loudly as I was quite rudely woken up by my android.
Don't think I set any form of alarm clock yesterday... which can only mean somebody is calling me. Blinking as I crack my neck and throw at look at the wall-clock to see that its nine in the morning, I angrily take my phone.
An unknown number is calling me. Still quite affected by waking-rage, I take the call."What?!"
My angry shout startles whomever is on the other side and I recognize the yelp to be coming from Ayano."Uhh, is this a bad time?"
"How many fucking times do I have to tell you not to call me in the early mornings!"
"Dude, its like, nine AM."
"YEAH, ITS FUCKING NINE AM! Who do you think I am? Some kind of fucking rooster?!"
"Well, with how many chicks you screw on a daily basi-
"Shut. The Fuck. Up."
"... Ok..."
"..."
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"..."
".. What the hell do you want?"
"Me and honey wanna summon The Black Cathedral in the tunnels beneath Pittings... darling says the place is rich with suffering and stuff."
I blinked."It hasn't been summoned yet? Well okay then, just make sure to do it as quietly as possible... and tell Yyl that whomever gets caught in my future trap can be used as a sacrifice. Since we wont be able to keep that up forever, make sure to abuse it while it lasts."
"Thanks... was that hard?"
"Girl, fuck you."
A loud laugh is heard coming from the other side as I fling my stupid phone into a nearby wall, thus shattering it. I blink again at the scene as I realize what I just did and sigh.
"You... really need to get laid. As quickly as possible." Yomi's overly amused voice echoes in my head as I breathe out in frustration.
"Shut up and let me sleep. I'm still exhausted and in horrifying pain from yesterday..."
"Well, I don't know what you expected to happen when you didn't tell little Aria to reset your brain limiter back to normal. You are lucky your muscles are still relatively intact."
;_; I'm sorry daddy, I totally forgot about it...
"Its fine honey just.. daddy just needs to sleep this one off... sleep a lot, that is... good night... zzz...
"Poor guy.. almost makes you pity him." Yomi's laughter was the last thing I heard as my bloodshot eyes were closed shut once again.
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Back with Yvonne And Yyl - Yvonne's Point Of View...
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"Well that was an interesting conversation to experience..." An imaginary sweat-drop forms on my darlings image within my mind and I laugh even louder.
"Not used to Rhean in his off mode, are you?" I asked with some amusement in my voice.
An honest shake of his many heads in a negative motion."No... I most certainly am not... In any case, now that we have his approval, how do we proceed?"
You could give me the damn quest to start off, is what I want to say, but keep myself quiet as I ponder on how to word this properly.
You see, even if I know that the quest is available, I still need proper word usage in order to actually get it, which is a quirk of Euphoria that not many non-rpers enjoy.
Thankfully, I ain't one of them."Well darling, we should first gather as many of our available cultists to commence the summoning, although it will take time for an agreeable amount of our girls to arrive."
An imaginary nod forms in my mind."Indeed... I should seek out my other servants, shadows and abominations which are hunting nearby. They will act as decent guardians for our daughters and you."
EVENT! Quest Alert - Construction: The Black Cathedral Having found a suitable location to summon this symbol of pure darkness and possessing the approval of The Crimson Emperor, you and your beloved have decided to begin gathering your followers, both mortal and immortal alike, to aid you in this bold undertaking...
But be aware... allies of the light are always on the prowl and even those bound to Chaos like yourself cannot be truly trusted. Failure Success Success with Bonus Condition: The summoning ritual is interrupted.
-20% darkness damage dealt for a week.
-20% to all dark reputation.
+500 infamy for attempt.
+20% summoning speed for the next attempt (cannot stack) Condition: The ritual is successful.
+5% permanent boost to darkness damage dealt.
+20% to all dark reputation.
+800 infamy Condition: Complete the ritual without alerting the allies of Light.
+all the benefits of the normal success.
+100 gold to all participants
+20% to all dark reputation.
+Cathedral power growth increased permanently by 10%
Reading the blue screen gave me a moment of pause as I took in those bonuses and pondered upon what it implied. Shaking my head out of my stupor with an immense sigh, I promptly closed the guild chat."Hmm, seems like that idea is out of the window..."
"Something wrong, darling?" Yyl asks me with a raised eyebrow and I sigh again."No, nothings wrong. Merely that the void promises extra rewards should we succeed to summon the cathedral without alerting the allies of light... which means we may need to put the actual event on hold for now."
"And why is that?" He questions with some confusion and I reply."Because with Mendrion and Lunarie being our Emperors newest allies, we need to ensure their compliance in this endeavor. After all, taken by Chaos or not, they are still beings of Order and should be held at an arms length."
"And how do you propose we... hold them at an arms length?" I sighed, this is gonna be difficult."There is a very simple, if incredibly suspicious and hard to actually accomplish, way."
Cracking my neck as I turn myself towards Incerum and begin walking."We find other *allies*, ones which do not care enough to stop us but are willing to help us boot the unwanted elements out of our hair... and tentacles."
"Why is that exactly difficult though? Incerum is a massive font of Chaos, shouldn't it be easy to find such people there?" I smirked at my darlings innocence."Oh honey, honey... you underestimate the opportunistic nature of the Destined Ones, especially those aligned with Chaos. Even the greatest evil among them would easily betray us to the light should the rewards be promising enough."
"So how do we know who to recruit then?"
"By the glint of gold being reflected in their eyes." I found myself grinning from ear to ear as I took out my pouch of money, recently filled to the utmost brim with shining gold from the raid."For you see, if there is one thing certain about Chaos and those afflicted with it... it is that their hunger can never be truly sated. They each have received an enormous amount of loot from the raid which means that they're surely celebrating their spoils right about now... what do you think will happen if we shoved yet another such reward into their eyes view right now?"
"They would be eating out of our palms without uttering a word... but where exactly do you intend to acquire such wealth? Though their hunger is indeed endless, you still need a big enough feast to catch their collective attention."
"There will easily be enough money if all of our daughters and myself pool in our recent earnings, which is a good way to test their loyalty to you, honey... so make sure the rewards on our end are worth the effort too, okay?"
"...Very well, I'll see what I can do."
Shrugging at his reply, I summon the beautiful black mare given to me by the people of Incerum and start traveling to the aforementioned City whilst digging through my friends list for the contact numbers of the girls... and guy, in hopes of establishing communications more easily and more quickly than having to wait for them to come online.
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Okay then, I think this is enough for this chapter.
Gonna write the second part of the first day as soon as I post this.
Well, start writing it anyways, probably finish tomorrow.
Heh, right. As if... (inb4 I actually do it and surprise the shit out of myself xD)
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