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Post by Malefica on Aug 6, 2008 8:02:20 GMT -5
*Malefica smiled. Young people were always so impatient.*
"Gawain - to avoid wasting time I have to ask you: How much do you know about the Holy Grail already? I would hate to tell you something you already know."
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Post by Gawain on Aug 6, 2008 8:04:21 GMT -5
*Gawain shrugged.*
"I got some images, a brief background, mostly vague things about the cup of Christ. But.."
*He glanced to the door.*
"She's a girl?"
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Post by Malefica on Aug 6, 2008 8:12:32 GMT -5
*Malefica smiled.*
"To fill in the secrets, my son: The Church has always denied the fact that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalen. They had a child. After the crucifiction, Mary Magdalen and the child got away from the Holy land, helped by numerous supporters. The family have lived on for generations. And the Guardians have always been among their strongest supporters.
Merlin and I found Dominique in a car that had exploded by a bomb. Her parents and an older brother were dead. But the mother was pregnant, and the baby in her vomb had survived. We had to cut her out of the mother's vomb to save her life. This is how Dominique was born.
After that day, we have sheltered her and protected her, as well as we could, at the same time she had to have freedom to fulfill her duties: Spreading light and hope in the world."
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Post by Gawain on Aug 6, 2008 8:15:48 GMT -5
*Gawain tried to follow, and seemed to do well with everything but one point.*
"What's a car?"
((This RP is set in the late 19th century. It would be a hard concept for most normal people to grasp.))
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Post by Malefica on Aug 6, 2008 8:21:06 GMT -5
((Okay. I will try to fill it in as best I can.))
*Malefica smiled warmly."
"In 1769, the very first self-propelled road vehicle was a military tractor invented by French engineer and mechanic, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot (1725 - 1804). Cugnot used a steam engine to power his vehicle, built under his instructions at the Paris Arsenal by mechanic Brezin. It was used by the French Army to haul artillery at a whopping speed of 2 1/2 mph on only three wheels. The vehicle had to stop every ten to fifteen minutes to build up steam power. The steam engine and boiler were separate from the rest of the vehicle and placed in the front. The following year (1770), Cugnot built a steam-powered tricycle that carried four passengers.
In 1771, Cugnot drove one of his road vehicles into a stone wall, making Cugnot the first person to get into a motor vehicle accident. This was the beginning of bad luck for the inventor. After one of Cugnot's patrons died and the other was exiled, the money for Cugnot's road vehicle experiments ended.
It was in one of these wagons on wheels that Dominique's parents ended their lives."
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Post by Gawain on Aug 6, 2008 8:24:44 GMT -5
*Gawain frowned, but nodded.*
"So...she's an orphan. And the Holy Grail. All right. What else do I need to know?"
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Post by Malefica on Aug 6, 2008 8:28:35 GMT -5
*Malefica looked warmly at him.*
"Many evil persons are out to get her. The Norse Trickster god Loke, the evil Elf King Orduag, and, I fear, also my mother, Queen Lilith of Hell. She may be the most dangerous threat. She has a huge apetite in men and may seek to seduce you in order to get her hands on the Grail. That is why I was hoping you would find a girl. I think you are a faithful man."
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Post by Gawain on Aug 6, 2008 8:31:18 GMT -5
*Gawain's frown deepened.*
"I do not need a girl to keep me from bowing to the whims of a vixen. If anything, exposure to physical love would weaken me, make me more susceptible to temptation."
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Post by Malefica on Aug 6, 2008 8:35:44 GMT -5
*Malefica smiled sadly.*
"Strange as it seems, Gawain, your father said the same thing. And now he lives in her castle, with your sister Eden. And has betrayed the Grail by giving Lilith The Black Wand of Hell."
*Her face expression softened.*
"But I do not judge him too harshly. It was partly my fault. Still, it will make our work much more difficult. Lilith should never have gotten back that wand."
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Post by Gawain on Aug 6, 2008 8:37:39 GMT -5
*Concern read in Gawain's eyes.*
"Why would he do that? It makes no sense. Surely he must have known the dangers."
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Post by Malefica on Aug 6, 2008 8:42:56 GMT -5
*Malefica looked back at him, equally concerned.*
"I will not lie to you, Gawain. I did my mistakes in the relationship with your father. I hurt him just as much as he hurt me. Which is why I chose to end it. However, if your father knew the consequences, he didn't care. Or he wanted to get back at me. But it doesn't matter anymore whose fault it was. The Black Wand that will make the world end is in the worst hands they could be in: Lilith's. The only person who can stop her now, is me. Because I am of her own blood, and a part demon, part goddess."
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Post by Gawain on Aug 6, 2008 8:47:05 GMT -5
*Gawain's eyes widened in horror as she explained. Finally, he answered softly.*
"What do you need me to do?" *He sounded ready to do whatever it was.*
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Post by Malefica on Aug 6, 2008 8:59:47 GMT -5
*Malefica smiled warmly and placed her hand over his.*
"My son, I do not know how this fight against Lilith will turn out. We may both get killed during the fight. And the fight will be long and hard, I can assure you.
If anything happens to me, I need you to be the new Guardian of the Holy Grail, and take over my duties. In return, you will receive all the powers that I yield, also the magical.
Take care of Dominique. Protect her as if she was your own child. And never EVER let evil forces come near her. Take care of Merlin, Abraxas.... and last, but not least... Nightfall. She has been through a lot, I can read tragedy in her eyes. And I worry about her."
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Post by Gawain on Aug 6, 2008 9:01:21 GMT -5
*Gawain nodded easily.*
"Of course. I have already taken my oath. I will do all I can."
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Post by Malefica on Aug 6, 2008 9:03:34 GMT -5
*Malefica smiled and placed her hand over his, then gave him a motherly kiss on the forehead.*
"I know you will, my son. I am so proud of you. You will be the best Guardian ever."
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