????: **Is an old man in a white hooded cloak, with white robes underneath all with gold designs on it. The cloak has 20 stones in total on it, each with a different symbol with its own color on it and they each have a gold ring around the stone. The stones line down the left and right sleeves, 4 on each sleeve. There are 12 down the back, in two rows of 6. The man has a long, white beard and gold eyes, and he holds a staff with a white rod and a golden claw on the top that holds a multicolored gem in it. He walks into a large white room with pillars in a row down a blue carpet walkway. The pillars and the carpet have gold designs on them with gold symbols etched into them. High on the walls are 20 large stained glass windows that line both sides, each with a symbol from the stones on his cloak. at the end of the walkway is a set of small stairs that lead to an altar with a large statue that goes to the tall ceiling. The silver statue is of a man with 6 arms, each with a different colored large gem that is bigger than the hands in each hand(Red, Blue, Green, Violet, Amber, and black) The clothing and jewelry on the statue is all gold and its eyes are light blue gems. The altar has a circular marble table with slots shaped like the stones on the man's cloak. He walks over to the altar and kneels in front of it and bows** Arkus, god of the runes, I come before you bearing all 20 runes. They are ready to be given to the chosen ones. The young that will become the Rune Casters. **the statue's eyes glow and the symbols on the stones start glowing with a pulse* Verywell. I shall start the ritual. **stands and holds out his arms, the runes floating from his cloak and into the slots on the altar. As this happens, a vein like blackness spreads in from the door with a violet red tintand starts to cover the room.* Arkus, God of the runes the runes are ready to be- *the blackness covers the whole room, the stained glass becoming a violet-red tint and the gold on the pillars turns silver. He quickly turns around and looks at the room in shock* No... Not at this time.
???2: **a man with a deep voice; his voice echoes through the room** Onalis, I come to claim what is mine. Give the runes to me and I will spare your life for now.
Onalis: **is the old man** Darklor! You will never obtain the runes! I wont allow it to happen. *he holds up his staff and the gem on it glows, creating a bubble of white energy that covers himself and the altarportion of the room, and everything inside of the bubble returns to its normal state*
Darklor: I didn't want it to come to this. But I guess It just will **Appears from a black and violet-red fog in front of the door. He wears a black hooded cloak with a silver four points star on the back and other silver designs on the ends of the sleeves and hood. His face is shadowed by the hood and his eyes glow red with an aura flowing from them. His hands are like skeleton hands with clawed fingers and he holds a violet-red orb in his right hand** If you wont give them to me, then I will take them myself. **pushes his right hand forward, sending bolts of violet-red energy flying outward at the bubble and they curve out, then in as they reach the bubble and create explosions on impact**
Onalis: **growls in pain and staggers a bit** Arkus! We won't have time to choose the children to bear the runes! We must scatter the runes to prevent him from finding them!
Darklor: No! **shoots another set of energy bolts at the bubble from his orb**
Onalis: **shouts in pain, the bubble growing slightly smaller** We must begin now! **The rune symbols glow brightly and the runes float into the air above the altar, creating a circle. The gems in the hands of the statue glow**
Darklor: Corruptors! Come to my aid! Destroy this sorry excuse for a rune caster and take those runes! **Large creatures burst through the glass windows and crawl in. The creatures have almost flat bodies that are in a slight sideways pyramid shape. Their mouths are diamond shaped and flat and cover the whole front flat side of their body with four teeth that open the mouth in an X shape. They have 6 thin black legs and blakc spikes down the backs of their dark blue and violet bodies. They have red eyes that glow and are placed on opposite sides of the body close to the front. The creatures climb onto the energy bubble and start to bite it, shrinking it down**
Onalis: **growls, then shouts, the bubble expanding slightly and throwing off the corruptors, but they crawl right back. The runes create a white portal in the circle they created and he looks back at it, then back at Darklor and the corruptors**
Darklor: I have the power of masses! You cannot hold me away from what is mine much longer! **shoots more bolts at the bubble and they dont affect the corruptors**
Onalis: **shouts and is holding himself up with his staff* I will not stand down until the runes are safe! **The runes slowly, one at a time, start to go through the portal**
Darklor: No! Those are suppose to be mine! **shouts and shoots many more bolts, rapidly hitting the bubble with them**
Onalis: **cries out in pain, the bubble shrinking** They will never be yours... **the last rune goes through the portal and then it closes** I am sorry Arkus. I am sorry I must leave you in a time like this. But I will find my way back to you in some time. Please forgive me... **His staff glows brighter and he disappears in a flash of white light and the bubble disappears, making everything turn black and corruptors fall to the ground and crawl everywhere**
Darklor: Curse you Onalis! I will find the runes! I will create a new world!
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Rune Casters
Science FictionRune Casters is a story set on the earth of Ethidus, an earth that was created before our own. This story takes you through the Steampunk era of this world. Following the characters: Gardy Grimstone, Zirco Claymore, and the Rune Casters in this stea...
