1. |
Which Witch Three
03:08
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Astrid is now more focused than ever
But Kat's grin is nowhere to be found
Sparring only hammers the wedge
Deeper and deeper down
"Come on Kat, don't hold back
Give me everything you've got!"
"Okay then, but if I win
Please do not be distraught!"
The joy that they once felt
Replaced by anxiety
Regardless of who wins
Neither will truly succeed
Forces of nature taken human form
But in their heads rages the true storm
The girls have pushed one another for years
But that pushing grows more severe
More alike than different- yet dissonant
Notes of the same key- but not content
So they go full-steam
Set the field agleam
Kat gives Astrid what she wants
A challenge worthy of her skills
But is Kat's natural power matched
By Astrid's experience and will?
Frustrated, the girls grow reckless
Draw more power than they should
Blasts sail wide, but if they hit
They may be more than could be withstood
Through intense focus Grub's voice finally cuts through
"That's enough, settle down, what's gotten into you?
Ghael's got stuff for us to do!"
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2. |
The Calm Before
03:01
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Ghael gathers the gang
“Riza just reported to me-
Things aren’t as they have seemed
Nora and Shina’s job that day
Was merely to make us look away
A tome was taken from the library archive
Ancient and arcane- deciphered by no man alive
Even Ghenim confesses ‘he who cracks this shall be revered
God forbid it be a foe, for such a man should be feared’
“He who dreamt up this plan is vile, but smart I must confess
His witch terrorists have most of Bristol obsessed
We who know the foe and strive for his defeat
Now face unnecessary hindrances while on the streets
“I should rephrase- for our enemy is not quite known
A foe, I fear, that twenty years ago we thought was gone
I sealed the mines myself- sent them back to their hell
Atlas, Ghenim, and myself- each now gone or a withered shell”
Elluryah I’ve tried my best to fend off any distress
My heart sinks since I know this- we may fall to the Novis
“Riza's tracked down a base where a group of these men stays
We must not hesitate, you girls will attack today
Find out what they’re plotting, and promptly intervene”
Ghaels looks Astrid in the eyes- “stop them by any means
“Tonight might be the reason
Why I’ve trained you both to be so strong”
Ghael looks Grub in the eyes
“Old Friend, I need you to tag along
“Though we prepare for the worst, we can’t say for sure just yet
And at Ghenim’s great behest, the king will send Garth to Eredet
With so many dark clouds hanging over us again
I know it’s no matter of if- it’s a matter of when”
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3. |
What Kat Dragged In-
01:32
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As the gang sets out Kat feels anxiety
She hasn't felt for quite a while
The glares of the Bristolites have become intense
And their words so vile
Kat recalls being told she doesn't belong here
That she should disappear, that she is evil
But then Astrid chimed in
"So we've more enemies than friends,
But we're loved by the better people."
An orphan with a rare gift- truly one of a kind
What better family could anyone hope to find?
Kat's terrified of finding herself back alone
Because home's feeling a lot less like home
She doubts Astrid would respond the same way
If the same vile words were said to her today
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4. |
Dark Clouds Converge
03:03
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The sun sets
The gang gets ready for what's beyond the door
Between the girls conflict swirls
Can they handle any more?
Astrid splinters the door with an earth gem boulder blast
A fight is guaranteed- no need for questions asked
A dozen men in white robes rush to meet them
Gems in hand, the girls are ready to defeat them
A wave of electricity surges across the room
Jumps from body to body with a thunderous boom
Kat gasps aloud, Grub shouts "whoa now!"
But the men do not go down
"A blast like that should leave you all dead on the ground!"
It becomes abundantly clear- something isn't right here
The Novis have risen again- these men are more than men
But what and how!?
A white robe runs directly through a spout of flames
Kat hops back just in time to avoid being maimed
His robe is singed but there are no mars on his skin
These men are more than men, they've something else within
Astrid shoves Kat so that the swinging sword attack is a miss
Grabs the robe's face and says "you're not going to like this"
She drains an entire volt gem, feeds it to him point blank
He staggers and finally falls, hardy as a demon of grand rank
A robe sneaks up on Grub and launches him, slung by his arm
Kat blasts the robe with a boulder to deter any further harm
She sees his face as he falls, her heart sinks even more
A man she's spared before, tried to open another door for
Frustrated, afraid, the girls refuse to lose today
One by one the cultists fall but something else is on the way
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5. |
Black as Thunder
03:13
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A one man stampede erupts into the room
His hammer dwarfed only by his presence
Which dwarfs the moon
Demanding every eye "why am I not surprised?
This cult I've seen thrice now as corpses in copious amount
And you three I've seen so much lately it seems I've lost count
"So trust me when I say you will answer for that this day!"
Garth is interrupted "welcome guests, come back this way!"
In the back room the group meets
A white robe with long black hair
"I'd ask who you all are but I can't find it in me to care."
Garth swiftly swings his hammer
With force enough to snap a tree
The White Robe raises an open hand gingerly
Garth's rattled as his momentum is stopped dead in its track
The white robe fakes a yawn and prepares to strike back
A single palm strike sends Garth tumbling
Backwards through the air
Winded, but his armor holds true
No dents or scratches anywhere
In slow motion Garth watches the room flip end over end
His mind has drifted to "The Retired Hand" once again
There was a time when there were
Many fights Garth could not win
He will not allow this white robe to bring that shame back again
The stone wall brings Garth back into the fight
"Oh what a shame" he says "that Wade couldn't make it tonight
"He prepares for our trip
Are you prepared for yours?
I'm sending you to Hell"
Garth swings his hammer again
An exaggerated blow
This one is blocked as well
But Garth had planned for this
Made a show of the swing
A low kick catches White Robe's feet
Which knocks him up into the air
Garth's right hook catches him there
And launches him into concrete
White Robe climbs to his feet- hand clenching his broken ribs
"Fine, you've earned the big boy attack
Now this one don't come cheap, I hate to blow it so soon
But I don't see these brats fighting back!"
White Robe thrusts both palms forward
From fifteen feet away
Garth's struck by an unseen force and then
Blasted back out of the fray
Across the floor he rolls
The King's Right Hand is knocked out cold
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6. |
-What Kat Dragged In-
01:47
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Kat looks around at fallen foes
And wonders if they are dead
She'd never choose to stop a heart
She'd change a mind instead
At least she tries but it seems they
Rarely hear what she has said
She remembers every face
Many strangely stained in red
She remembers Astrid shouting - at her - their first real fight
"No warrior" she said "was ever so damn nice!
Tell a thousand scumbags to change- and one just might
Just think of everyone that you've made us fight twice"
An orphan with a rare gift- truly one of a kind
What better family could anyone hope to find?
Kat's terrified of finding herself back alone
Because home's feeling a lot less like home
She doubts Astrid would care if these men died
And it makes her sad that Ghael doesn't seem to mind
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7. |
The Storm
06:57
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"Sorry kids, but Mr Tough Guy's out"
The white robe says with a grin
Grub is afraid, not really sure how they can win
"Hey ponytail" he says "try pig tails for twice the fun!"
"You're all about to die, but I'll admit I like this one!"
"We don't have time for this" says Astrid as she rushes in
And prepares to unload an entire volt gem again
White Robe raises his hand, the lightning bolt connects
His grin never wavers, Astrid is angered and perplexed
"Be careful burning through your gems, you shouldn't be so wild
You use up all of those, and you're just a helpless child!"
Astrid drives a defiant side kick into his broken ribs
But he defies logic, and nothing gives
"See what I mean?" he asks and throws a swift uppercut
Astrid folds around his fist, he catches her in the gut
She hits the ceiling and then falls hard onto the floor
Kat blasts a boulder from each hand- she can't watch anymore
A well timed crescent kick shatters both stones in the air
Grub rushes in, knows he can't win, but doesn't seem to care
His wooden sword goes to splinters
Across the white robe's face
Boulder debris blocked White Robe's view
So finally he is displaced
"His power is great but finite" Grub says
"So we can wear him down!"
Astrid and White Robe climb to their feet
Both wearing furious frowns
Astrid tosses Kat a volt stone
"Together we'll unleash all of our might!"
Grub adds "he won't survive that-
Go on girls, and end this fight!"
Grub is dealt a mighty blow
He didn't know it was coming - he's not conscious anymore
Kat winces as he takes the hit, and he tumbles across the floor
"Now that wasn't very nice, but it does no good to scold
Since that punch was enough to kill any kobold"
Kat says "we don't have to kill him
We'll beat him, arrest him, then someone can heal him"
"Oh, wake up! Look- Grub could die!
There's no time for this- let's fry this guy!"
"Now isn't this just precious?
Say, why'd you even bring this one?
I think I'll save her for last so she doesn't miss any of the fun"
Grub and Garth decorate the floor
Neither are able to take anymore
Kat's a mess, overwhelmed by stress
Wishing they'd never entered that door
Astrid is backed up into a corner
And too injured to try to run
"Kat!" she pleads "I need you
To make an exception for this one!"
Kat drops the stone, she tries to speak,
But nothing comes- she's just too weak
Not from the blows that she's taken
She's shaken- everything seems so bleak
Astrid takes a second gem in her left hand
"It'll take this much to kill that man
Ghael can pull three stones- she'd kill this guy alone
But two gems is more than I can stand
"Ever since Kat showed up, I have been second place
I push twice as hard but I can't match her pace
But when the pressure is on, it seems her skills are all gone
And all that potential just goes to waste
"Tonight I'll do something that I know Kat cannot
I must act fast, no time for second thoughts"
The room goes white and then the White Robe goes down
Lives are lost and the fight is fought
Kat checks on Grub, he's got a pulse
He starts to wake, seems he'll hold on
Astrid is battered, Kat checks on her
And she finds that her pulse is gone
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8. |
Lightning Strikes Twice
03:09
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"This isn't real- this isn't right
My sister doesn't lose this fight
My sister doesn't die tonight
"I hate these white robe men, why couldn't Garth just win!?
Astrid is lying there because I made us lose again
If I trained as hard as her maybe we'd have won here
But I fall to the floor- feeble- confined by fear
"What am I supposed to do?
Astrid, wake up, please, I need you!"
Grub, while weak, manages to speak
"The gem she gave you, Kat!"
But she doesn't understand
"At this point what good is that?"
"Lightning is what stopped her heart
Maybe it will start it back"
She doesn't understand, but a better plan she lacks
One hand holds the volt gem, one her friend on the floor
Kat's never fired a volt gem at anybody before
She pulls the energy, it passes through her heart
Into her sister's own, which then restarts
Kat's never been so relieved in her life
She sobs and holds her sister tight
Grub limps his way over to his best friends
"Did not like, would not do again!"
Astrid's skin is now marred with lightning scars
Limbs wrapped in tree roots charred
The battle with White Robe she did not survive
Yet she'll make it out alive
Kat is worried about how things will be
Once they've all gone home
And she contemplates the white robe dying, lying prone
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9. |
-What Kat Dragged In
01:44
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Kat recalls meeting Grub and Astrid
They were best of friends
They quickly took her in
She wishes to live those days again
They would stay up all night, and stay in trouble with Ghael
Grub made sure that their days never grew stale
But as years have passed
Grub and Astrid have grown apart
Sometimes Kat blames herself
And that weighs heavy on her heart
She tries to talk to Ghael but finds there little comfort
It seems that Ghael is just too concerned with the numbers
An orphan with a rare gift- truly one of a kind
What better family could anyone hope to find?
Kat's terrified of finding herself back alone
Because home's feeling a lot less like home
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10. |
A Glimmer in the Gloom
05:46
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The gang sits in silence, tries to collect their thoughts
Reflects on the white robes, and the pain they have wrought
Ghael doesn’t scold the girls, but she’s surely far from warm
Her attention turns elsewhere- Elluryah must be warned
Astrid’s intuition seems to her to be verified
Ghael merely adopted weapons- it can hardly be denied
Grub does his best to dismiss Kat’s guilt
“It wasn’t quite ideal but no one was killed
The odds were surely stacked, no one could say you failed”
It means a lot to Kat, but would mean more from Ghael
Who with Grub meets Ghenim, to discuss things with him
She warns the Novis is back, and things are looking grim
Grub is ashamed to admit a sucker punch took him out
“This weak little body can’t do much in such a bout”
Seems everything is falling apart and nothing is fine
Kat looks up to the moon and pleas softly for a sign
Astrid catches her reflection, sees what she's become now
Kat caused this transformation- or at least allowed
For years Astrid's used only volt gems to try and close the gap
But it still took her death to finally outdo Kat
With a bag Astrid leaves, says don't expect her return
Until every branch of The Novis has been burned
She'll do what neither Kat nor Ghael were able to
No matter what it takes, Astrid vows now she will push through
Ghael has grown grey, Ghenim's might was drained away
The dragonborn Atlas was lost back on that fateful day
Garth heads to Eredet to check the Nexis in the mines
What fate awaits at the end of all these fraying lines?
A few moons later, in the middle of the night
Grub awakens, finds his throat feeling tight
A routine thing- nothing to excite
But the stone he yields this time is made of pure light
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