Voyage (CANCELLED, no more posting)

[Cifero Windtail]

MUCH LATER... INSIDE THE ARROW REALM...
 
Joseph's eyes snapped open.
"What... where am I?" he asked himself, rubbing his head. His eyes opened wider as he observed his surroundings.
A strange glowing landscape took up his view.
"This is DEFINATELY not Kansas," he said, looking around. He noticed that Glamdring was no longer with him. Instead, a sabre hung at his belt. He drew it out. Its handle was wrapped in a black material that made a perfect grip, and it seemed to glow in the light. Upon closer examination, Joseph saw a single word carved into the hilt... a name.
 
Feuilly.
 
"What the..." Joseph said, remembering another manuscript he had read about a group called the Friends of The ABC. "But... it can't be... can it?"
"It can."
Joseph jumped and turned around to find a terrifying spectre standing behind him.
"Welcome to the Realm of the Arrow," it said. "I am the judge. You will be subjected to many tests. If yo ucan pass those, then you still must face the terrible beast that awaits at the end... the one that no man has beaten so far, and the reason that no one who has been shot with one of these specific arrows has received the skill at the end."
"Wait... what?"
*Sigh* "Just go wit hit. Now, there are a few stipulations. One... you fail a test, you die. Two... if you fail to kill the beast plaguing here, you will lose your soul. Third, if you kill your judge... yo ugo straight to hell."
"Okay," Joseph said. He sheathed Feuilly's sabre. "I accept."
"Good." The spectre smiled. "Let us begin."
 
(Hey, this is Pheobe. Remember how Cifero and I were sharing my profile? Well, we decided that it could be a two-way thing since this computer's reaaaally slow. So I'll be posting in this color, like when he posts with my profile.)
 
Back on the ship, Thalia was tending to Joseph as a few of the other crew members watched.
"Okay," she said to Kaya, "hold him down while I pull the arrow out."

[Kaya]

Kaya nods and holds down Joesph as Thalia goes to remove the arrow*

[Shadis]

[By now I am recovered from my exaustion]
 
*I walk up to the Captain, holding my side.*
"Captain. The Organ is in place and all of us are on board. They are careing for Joesph. That island is also crawling with all sorts of horrid monsters. I say we get as much distance between us and this place and then figure it out, where we can't be over run. Plus, Joesph is giving off some rather tempting dead energy. I dont know how long I can resist absorbing his essence. I need busy work!"

[Cifero Windtail]

Thalia ripped out the arrow... and stared in horror.
"Crap," she said. "The Ninth Arrow."
She turned to Kaya.
"His chances of survival just shrank..."
 
(Hey, this is Cifero. Pheobe aband I won't be around on Friday oand most of Saturday, so just keep going. And wolf... PLASE don't absorb my essence.)

[Kaya]

Kaya looks a bit frightened. "What do you mean shrank, and how bad?"

[Cifero Windtail]

She looked at Kaya in sadness.
"It will be a miracle if he lives..."

[Kaya]

"this isn't good...... oh goodness, he should not have gotten in the way......" kaya's ears drop in worry.* "there is some slim chance he can get out of this right?"

[Cifero Windtail]

"Yes... but it's very slim. No one so far has been struck with an arrow of this sort and lived to tell the tale."

[Shadis]

[Im not going to, don't worry. Im just waiting for Empress to get on and tell me something to do  ]

[Black-Horse]

Dominic, Jack, and Boone pull each stake from the ground. Dominic ran to the front of the ship, and Jack and Boone climbed aboard with the rest of the crew. Dominic pulled out his pouch and reached in pulling out some blue glowing dust. " Hold on to railing, the ship will jump!" Dominic through the dust at the front bow of the ship, and then sprinted away from it. The dust reacted 10 seconds later, and made a strange loud pulsing ring horizontally pushing the ship back and off dry land, and made winds all over everywhere else. Dominic then rand into the water and climbed aboard the ship.

[Shadis]

*Stares at Dominic in amazement* "Looks likes someone had a few Arcaine secrets after all. Im stunned! I didn't even know if that dust still existed or not!" *Shakes head and becomes serious again* "Orders Sir?"

[Cifero Windtail]

MUCH, MUCH, MUCH LATER, IN THE ARROW REALM... (The ship's been sailing for a while and it doesn't look as though Joseph will make it from you guys' side.)
 
Joseph panted, leaning on Feuilly's sabre as he kneeled at the top of the flight of stairs.
"So this is it?" he asked the spectre. "The beast is behind the door?"
"Yes. Kill the beast, and you will have cleansed this place of its curse."
Joseph shrugged and stepped into the room. He saw something in the corner. As he watched, it stood up, a deep growl issuing from its throat. Amber eyes glinted in the darkness as the beast stepped into the light, revealing itself to be a giant gryphon. A chain was attached to one of its legs.
"It waits for you to come," the spectre said. "It waits for you to come so that it may kill you. It will attempt to hypnotize you. You must kill it first."
Joseph looked at the gryphon, then approached it, stopping halfway to stare into its eyes. The beast's eyes glowed.
"What are you waiting for, Spector?!" the judge said. "Kill the beast! Kill it before it hypnotizes you "
Joseph stared into the gryphon's eyes a second longer, then looked down. His eyes became angry, determined slits.
"Gladly."
Joseph raised the sabre and threw it...
... impaling the judge through the chest.
The feline walked over and looked down at the dying spectre.
"(Rest in peace in Latin), you attercop."
 
 
Thalia's eyes grew wide as she checked Joseph pulse.
"Oh god..."

[Kaya]

Kaya is sitting near Josephs cot and hurriedly come over when Thalia looks frightened. "Is everything alright?"

[Cifero Windtail]

The girl stared up at Kaya.
"He's gone."

[Shadis]

*His tasks compleate, Shadis now stands over Dominic. He places a paw over his forhead and closes his eyes.* "I... I don't think... I don't think I can revive him... I have no Idea whats going on in his head, and Im afraid what would happen if I try to find out."