Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board A bunker beneath the ashes of the old "Lardy's Lair" nightclub

The room has been fully prepared. I just need to add one more touch.

(Luna holds out her hand, liquid silver begins to pour from the cracks. The silver splashes and plays until it molds its' self into a sphere. The sphere levitates to the center of the room and adheres to the rambles of the ceiling.)

That will completely isolate us. No communications will be allowed in or out and no person will allowed to enter or to leave.

You should be warned that this spell will not be pleasant, especially with us setting up a reverting incantation.

And yes, you should lie down.

Before we get to this....may I ask a question?

I had little interaction with Viviane and the Avalonians before I took off on...an extended mission. Everyone seems to know you, though. May I ask...are you Viviane in another aspect or another Avalonian who the LMB has worked with before?

(Luna looks at him like he is a fool)

The only Viviane I know is the Lady of the Lake, she is a Child of Oberon as I am.

The pretender that came here and whom's place I took is a stranger to me, I have never met her.

Now stop stalling, we've wasted enough time.

Sorry, just curious! I'm nervous, okay? <blushes>

<lies down>

Will this do? I don't have to be naked or anything, do I? <grins>

What you have on will be fine, I doubt some stranger from the past will enjoy waking up nude with me in the room.

We shall begin once I have you situated. Relax yourself, keep your head back, close your eyes and slowly breath in and out.

(Luna walks around him until she is on his right side, she place her left hand on the center of his chest and her right hand on left shoulder. Her hands glow green, the light infuses into his skin where she is touching him.)

I will set in the incantation, first. This will not be enjoyable.

(Luna's mouth barely utters words, but she goes on and on, then, white light and wave that murk the air slither from her mouth, long and continuous and flow into Lard Lad's mouth. They force their way in, infusing into him in a way he has not felt before. The searing pain is apparent by the way he jerks his body and squints his eyes.)

It is time to begin searching through you past lives, until we find the first. Are you ready?

...r-ready as I'm gonna be....<grits teeth>

This is going to be like an out of body experience as we search through you past lives. You will see each and everyone we look through, when we find the one we need, you merely need to exchange places with him.

Let us begin.

(Luna's hands glow on him again, sending them into a dreamscape-like realm)

...uh...n-no not that one...or that one...gotta go further back...I th-think...al th-the way...to the b-beginning...

<screams as the pain crosses his considerable threshold>

We have a problem.

You seem to have very power past lives, there are a few that have strong barriers on them. I will try to find the oldest one.

(The dreamscape changes, five geometric spheres form.)

These five seem to be very powerful past lives, but that is the one we are looking for.

(She points to nothing, but walks ahead, after about 100ft she presses her hand on the nothingness to show what seems to be a clear wall.)

This is blocking us, it's magic, very old. Very old. I'll try to break the block.

(She presses on the glass and makes green fizzling spark, her eyes pop.)

I'll...try again.

(This time her hands hand explode with energy and the glass barrier breaks throwing Luna and Lard Lad accross the dreamscape. She stands up with an angry look on her face, she looks at her hands.)

What the hell?!

(She composes herself and turns to Lard Lad on the ground about fifteen feet behind her.)

The block is broken.

<in the dreamscape, Lardy is ambulatory and he 'walks' shakily to where the block has been breached>

Wh-what do I d-do, Luna?

Go into the blocked area. I suppose that he...old you should be in there, somewhere.

Seek him out, do not worry, I shall be right behind you.

Am I to speak to him...touch him? Wh-what do I do?

<in the Lair, Lardy's broken out in a cold sweat and the pain is causing his body to convulse>

(Sensing his bodies distress, Luna decides not to tell him, but becomes more stern)

Lard, I can't tell you, most people don't need to go to old portions of their souls.

But here, things are made as to be perceived. Talk to him, let him know what you are here for and let him know what you need of him. The incantation will go into affect once you exchange places.

And hurry up!

O-okay....

<enters area>

...er, hello?

Who are you?

I am...you, sort of. The latest incarnation of your soul.

I...do not understand.

<Lardy finds the strength to explain>

Milennia ago, you were betrayed by a man named Zardi. He hurt the woman you loved and killed you. Worse, he put a taint on your soul that doomed every incarnation it would be reborn in to fall into darkness.

Yes, Zardi. I remember. What of you? Do you not bear this taint as well?

Y-yes I do. <fights back tears> But I'm doing my best to stave it off. <looks him in the eye> Zardi has lived all this time and threatens us in ways we can't comprehend. We need someone who knows him to help us. You. And I sense your power would be a great help as well.

What can I do? I am but a shade lost to the ages?

I am offering a chance for you to inhabit my body for a time--to get us through this crisis.

For a time?

Yes. It is your chance to right the great wrong that was done to you. I know you are Incorruptable. I know that if you give your word, you will release my body back to me when your work is done.

You know me well. I agree to your terms. Zardi must be stopped.

Then, take my hand...

<Lardy extends his right hand>

<for a moment, he's shocked to see that he has his right hand to extend at all after having lost it during the Phineas affair a few months ago>

Oh, right. Dreamverse.

<the two hands join and there is a bright flash of light>

(Luna watches as a blinding light sweeps over her. When she looks down, she is standing over Lard Lad's body, sweaty but still. She looks up and to see if her orb is in place.)

Who ever he is, he can't leave, this had better worked. The right man better be in there.

You are on Legion World. In a bunker of a fallen establishment.

Who are you?

I am Luna.

I am the one you brought you here, in a fashion.

I'll be blunt, I only brought you here on Lard Lad's request, it was his intuition that trust you, not mine.

Our headquaters is the Security Office, which is ran by Cobalt Kid.

(Luna calls down the silver sphere)

This was keeping you in here and others out. Any senses you may possess will no longer be confined.

I should report back to Cobalt Kid.

Please, do not kill yourself, at least not until we stop Zardi.

Oh and, you know, that body is not yours and so on...

(fades into a green light)

This body...so strange...

<looks at reflection in monitor>

<with a yellow glow, he causes the beard to disappear and the hair to recede into a close crop>

<touches his eyes and removes the ocular lenses that are no longer necessary>

<his costume changes to an ornate red robe with a waste-long white cape>

<holds up his arm and looks at the stump on the end>

This will not do!

<with a blinding yellow glow centered on the stump, Lardi concentrates mightily>

<slowly, bone, nerves, musculature and skin grow from nothing until, finally, a new, perfect hand is in place where there was none>

That is better. I feel fairly close to myself, now. Why this incarnation would go without a hand is puzzling.

Now, I shall go-- <remembers something skimmed from Lardy's surface memories> What? <span style="font-size: 20px;">MYLA?!?</span>

<span style="font-size: 99px;">MYLA!!!</span>

This 'Lard Lad' encountered Myla recently! My wife lives! I must find her!!!

<shimmers and disappears in a cloud of yellow smoke>