[Arrow Rinehart]

He had to agree it almost did sound a bit of a dream didn't it? He'd known enough about that as even living it was something that always pushed him to a different edge. At least with the sake of finding battle, when the war as there was, he was always finding himself wrapped in seeking the next opponent.  "When I was doing battle with them, my life was on the line, but it felt almost...surreal. I mean like, I can't imagine anything short of it, even after the battle was over. I realized how difficult it was, but I was still one to keep myself in lieu of everything. I never once let myself back down. I mean, it was just more than duty for me, it was one of those weird things about how I treated things." 

"But about the temple, yeah...it was ceremony, nothing really positive in any of this. They were really just blood worship in there, I could see they were using their own blood for their odd revival Ceremony. It was not of my people, if only since their blood is brighter red, not quite so crimson." he shuddered a moment at the thought of it, he was used tos pilling blood, but something about the snake blood really did bother him so. 

"I fought a Serpent Wizard within the temple, then confronted their odd, but incredibly powerful serpent...deity I suppose? I couldn't be sure, it was large and was incredibly strong over that." he expanded his hands and then tried to show how big it was. "60 feet? 70? I don't know, it was HUGE! I mean it could've eaten me, possibly...it was big enough that even Solo-Wing, here might have an issue with the snake trying to constrict him. I mean, in terms of relative size." slowly he'd gone about his business and found himself just gripping his fists, it was difficult to consider how huge it was. "I was using a lot of my techniques to bounce off of its body, escaping its nabbing and biting fangs. It spat poison, fireballs, sometimes a mix of both. It was exceedingly dangerous and launched bricks, massive stone slabs really at me, when I was in flight." 

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"So it was magic." Keil stated bluntly upon hearing the still surreal words "blood worship". Somehow, the idea of fighting some snake wizard didn't come across as strange, but Keil's brows shot up at the description of the serpentine deity.

"Huh...sounds like things we fought. Big enough to grab us too. A tip, I guess, is just to never get touched." A spark of pride settled in Keil's chest as he then explained shortly, "Hehe, we dealt with creatures like that cause we can see in all directions together, it's pretty hard to not dodge unless the enemy can be clever...doesn't sound like this snake thing did more than attack like an animal."

Settling back down, he got back into the listening mood, "And? You beat what else down?"

[Arrow Rinehart]

"After those two had been defeated, I took off next to attack their Fortress, it turns out that I was very close to their main city. But where I stood was actually a bit...well fortified doesn't put the words to justice. So I had just one choice to do in reaction to it." this being where that mechanical nerd in him blossomed, as this was the best part for him really. The most exciting leg of his journey, as it became a trip to the fortress within the center of their military filled streets. 

"I was forced to summon Spark Robo to back me up. As you can imagine, I am slippery, swift, and capable, but I could not escape something like this. Not from all that enemy gunfire. Bolts of energy, fireballs, just all kinds of stuff aimed at my huge Robot, well I had some serious running to do. Even as I put full speed into it, I had to essentially run and defend myself while on the way in. I really had a hard time, since Axle attacked me during this time, with missiles from his own Robot. It was quite the back and forth I suppose, ever present and just the kind of challenge that the part of my that loves them had to engage in. It was deadly, but...my blood really was rushing, I had done my best."

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Needless to say, as the talk turned to the Spark Robo, Keil started listening more intently, eyes gleaming as he listened to the tale of danger, distressingly similar to his own, yet keeping him on the edge of his seat. It was exciting, and perhaps even story-like, maybe that was why.

"Sounds like my adventure." Keil claimed easily, not lying in any fashion as he reminisced on the strangely exciting danger. Mutants everywhere, having to move faster than he ever thought possible, and his eyes being the only thing to help the Dragon complete the mission. Even now, his heart ached and beat with familiar fear and adrenaline. "I'm really glad for the Solo Wing knowing what to do, I would be totally lost. I'd be grateful for that spark Robo too if I rode it."

[Arrow Rinehart]

If anything that seemed to be in part of it, there as his eyes held that gleam still working over this. "They were pretty wild, I mean the Robo's a little slow, but it is fast enough on the way that uses its fuel, it boosts a bit faster.  At least in terms of how it moves and boosts on, there is enough to be said on this part." 


He'd said this while he let off a soft laugh while he wiggled his fingers and moved his hands forward as he looked on. "These particular foes, they were clever with how they attacked. With those on parachutes, some on odd flying machines. They approached with many ways and means of assaulting or attacking their target. They had all kinds of crazy explosives! Even some landmines of these, it is pretty wicked I mean. With how they had tossed them down at me, given they hadn't buried any ahead of time." 

At this point, Sparkster looked on about how it went, especially since his brother had made it into a serious battle. "I also wanted to say, that is one thing that I am glad that you had, Keil. Your partner, Solo-Wing knew what to do, that denotes a bonding, at least a friendship on some level strong enough to get you through your own perils. I am glad that they were strong enough for some major success. I ended up trouncing my foes, though it was by the skin of my teeth and some guesswork. I got lucky and honestly, I am glad that I was able to have that capacity of success." 

His hands wiggled again and then lowered as he brought them up into fists. "And even though boxing is not my forte, my brother and I ended up trading serious blows with Spark Robo versus his powerful Robo. Though his had more offensive builds, once I finished beating him. I was able to finally enter the major front door. Or rather should I say, incredibly sized iron gate." 

More explanation on his part, though of course, the fight with his brother had been something he was vague on while crossing things. He was keeping his own feelings about his brother out. But if asked? He'd certainly share it with Keil, he was here to give the adventure, not his personal sense about his foster brother.  

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Keil looked back at the resting Solo Wing, still as a statue. "You're right on that. Never could have found that black Dragon again without them. Never had to leave them too, thank gods." Their trip had been easy enough, Keil didn't remember ever being hurt himself, and the Dragon regenerated the damage it took whenever their flight was peaceful. The only fight that had more difficult was against beasts far bigger than the Solo Wing or the Black Dragon, and he passed out after the latter, so he didn't even know how much damage had happened. "If it was easy because they cared for me, then I'm happy. I wouldn't just be a replacement!" There was the laugh again, a little happy, a little lonely, "Don't get why they didn't want to stay in a home together then!"

The subject of the brothers fighting came up again, and Keil spoke, "Was he happy to fight you again? I mean, if he considered you an enemy, that'd make since...but, you know, surprise me if you want. Or not, either way, I'm guessing some big boss was on the other sdide of that gate."

[Arrow Rinehart]

"Honestly I don't know, but I do think that my brother really enjoyed the battle, the fight...he was clashing with me and he'd always be smiling. It was borderline sinister, maniacal even...perhaps a screw loose? I've always wondered, since he is frightfully strong, a deadly Rocket Knight in his own right. But he just could never defeat me, no matter how many times we've clashed. Even by the skin of my teeth these victories that I barely pull out, he still fails to defeat me and just comes back as he knows what I know. At least, up till now I've never been able to strike him down. I just...I can't do it." it was no mark of weakness and he knew it, though for all of it, he'd imagined that it was just the way of things. With his brother always there, constant to return in some antagonistic form yet again. A wannabe Black Knight, in his eyes he'd never be worth that title. 


He was the Purple Knight, a sword for hire that ruthlessly did the bidding of those he was paid by: though Axle always took direct pleasure from opposing Sparkster it seemed. Though without that word as to why, it remained an assumption at the end of the day. "I'd accuse my brother of being mad, before all else. because he makes no sense. But whenever we've fought, he seems of complete sound mind, as none can fight that well without chaos within." at least it was how he had learned how to read the blade of his opponent. Though he could speak on his brother and bring conjecture to the thoughts, he'd decided that he'd move on with the story, though with one more closing statement since his brother was still going to be a returning subject in this topic. 

"Though I have to admit his tenacity is one thing that is top notch. Because after I beat him outside of the castle, he was waiting within...he challenged me with his damaged mech and these two very odd, ballet dancing robots...it was an odd three vs. one, but they were not a match for my craft or what I can do with it. They sure did have some oddness protecting the main hall, but finally I made my way into the enemy stronghold!" was he nearing the end? Sorta! There was something that had definitely stood right out. That this was an odd place ultimately, he wondered if that would illicit any questions from his listener?

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Sensing Sparkster's own disappointment in himself, Keil spoke up, "Killing something needs a reason, one way or another, and if you can't, you can't. Nothing wrong with that, rather you don't than you kill something you'll regret. If there's a reason it needs to happen, you'll know when you actually do it." He was a hunter, they ate kills, killed for self-defense, and he and the Solo Wing destroyed another Dragon in their pursuit to not make the world even worse. Yet that wasn't something he flaunted, he knew when he had to shoot for a vital, and made peace with it...but even he was uncertain if he could shoot at a person. "Besides, he sounds calmer fighting you, maybe one day he'll just...stay calm."

For a second, it seemed Keil didn't notice the oddness in what Sparkster said, but he just barked out a brief laugh and shook his head, "That's so weird...and then?" He needed to know the end of all this, Sparkster's world was weird though, that much was obvious.

[Arrow Rinehart]

As it were the degree of his body keeping his mind focused on this part as he brought himself as he looked to Keil while listening to him. He had considered that to be exactly the case about him. He simply couldn't let it go and in fact had gripped his weapon a bit more firmly. It became clear that the Rocket Knight was rather appreciative of what he'd heard. He could feel that he was no longer second guessing himself on the issue: more as if he did such a thing, or rather continued to that it would make itself only grow as an instability within him. It was something that he was prone to due to loneliness, the very prospect of his own inscurities devouring him from within. He felt it poignant enough to actually thank his new friend over.

"..Thanks Keil, I really did need to hear that. Sometimes you'd be surprised at how something that should be so simple to know, is a bit hard to grasp when you only hear it within yourself." he'd worried so much about it in the past, and it was just rather refreshing to be able to let it go. With that, he moved on with a bit of a smile at that degree.


"Well after the defeat of those odd dancing robots, the major second door opened up. I headed into the main defense, and was rushed by lots of armored soldiers. Some armored with strange weaponry that fired flames, some with massive spiked shields. They were suffice to say, very intent upon stop me. I even came across teleporting, half robotic lizard knights that had come with their special weapons to stop me. Those no doubt created by the wicked combination of science and magic, that which was wielded by Emperor Gedol's very best and Elite kinds."  the explanation did rather helped explain itself, these were no doubt the best that the enemy defenses had to offer in terms of soldiers and capacity.

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Keil felt dwelling on kind words for too long made one look like a fool...but that did not stop him from smiling dumbly at receiving a thank you from somebody, "I just...hehe...I just said what I thought. Glad it helped." The words helped him wipe that dumb grin off of his face, thank goodness that it didn't last too long.

It seemed the story was nearing some kind of climax, Keil assumed, pulling his knees up to make himself lean towards Sparkster again, "Elite soldiers, big robots, and your brother...there's only a few things that can up that, a leader of some kind, I'm guessing?"

[Arrow Rinehart]

He nodded to his very words, there were a few things that helped and at times there were just the right words said that could have thier built up impact. It improved Sparkster's morale a great deal and it was a wonder to be seen, he'd been nearly beaming right now where he stay. "That's the best thing about this, sometimes a completely random thing that is said can be all that's a lifesaver. In this case, to being a pick me up." 

He smiled gently and then persisted on with the thought, how right Keil was without even really knowing it. He had certainly seen a lot in his time, such that built up such a range of changes within him over the course of his own adventure. Sparkster might have to inquire about that a later time, though that was another later point! More to match the foe that he faced, it was something that the Rocket Knight himself had to do. Always stay evolving, growing to match whoever he fought, it was something that had him eager and focused on his mind, body, and soul's preparedness. But here he was mentally thinking too much, it left him quiet for all around 50 seconds and had him comment on it in passing. "My apologies, I am sorry for being silent so long, just thinking too much about what prep it took me to be so strong. I mean in order to match my foes, it was a bit of a trial, but one must grow and I found even at battles I was having: I grew beyond some limits when pushed hard enough." 

"If anything, I can thank my brother for that, he's a terrible person...but strong enough that each clash, I knew that I had to surpass him in a way that was proper." Over all of this just let him smile gently while he looked at her with a light chuckle, before he looked on and gently made a gesture with his hands. "But I digress on with my tale."

"Though you are right, it caught up with Emperor Gedol...after YET another fight with my brother. He had the last of these sacred swords..." at this point, Sparkster had drawn out the second blade below his golden hilt blade and held the double edged sword out before him. "This is the Sacred Sword of Seclaes or now as it has absorbed its counterparts, I call it Seclaes of Seven."

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A sword. Sparkster had a sword. Keil clutched his hands together, almost wanting to grab it but holding back out of a basic sense of property. It was called the Seclaes of Seven! That sounded important! "W-what is it? Is it really important...wait, that's stupid...it's important, isn't it?" Now that his words got going, they poured, "What can you do with it? Must be pretty special if it's sacred." In a world of magic and robots, what could a sword do in such a situation?

It wasn't Keil or Sparkster's words that woke the Solo Wing, but even then, the Dragon's eyes snapped open as its head whipped towards the sword and let out a confused rumble. Power was coming off of this weapon like some kind of river, multiple power? As its eyes narrowed and it started to examine it closer, Keil chuckled and mirrored its excitement, "Would you look at that? Got us both curious now. Even a Dragon, must be special. Why's it sacred? Maybe that's attracting them."

[Arrow Rinehart]

Unable to help his amusement at Keil's response, the opossum was left grinning a little bit, eyes focusing on Solo-Wing as he noted the partner of the hunter had perked up as well. It was true, when free of its sheath, the blade had emanated with raw energy. An onset of magical prowess matched only by its sense of presence, perhaps Holy was too much of a word to use? Then again, Sparkster had felt the blade was such, especially with how he used it to dispatch the Emperor Gedol with its mighty powers. There the original seven blades, now as one? Had their own dense aura, such that burned across the blade slightly as Sparkster adjusted it so that it may be seen easier. The once silver hued, double-edged sword had since taken on a soft golden shade with a thing golden sheen visible upon it. 

"I admit even since I've become the wielder of the blade, I can tell you very little about it, but I will share what I know with you Keil. As you imagine, this holy blade, once actually once seven individual blades. They were considered hallowed and were all hidden around Elhorn. I discovered them when I clashed with the Gedol army, as the region they inhabit was where I found all but one. They come from an ancient time, where Rocket Knights were just becoming the first line of defense against true evil they say." with a small chuckle from the knight, he pressed on, with a subject that he knew decently from the history of the ruins he'd looked into. 

"The Seven were all identical, created in times of yore I cannot say how they came to be, only that when I found all seven, the last taken from my brother's hand upon defeating him the last time for this particular adventure. My brother, awaited me at the top of the fortress and was my final foe. It was then the energies all of all seven blades, united with my...sense of justice and urgency? I mean, it honed in on my spirit, the energies permeating into me, and transformed my armor and the last of the seven blades into a golden sword of unmatched might. I call it for shorthand: the Seclaes Sword, due to the region the blades were found in. Each of them in some protected ruins, except the sixth blade: excavated by the Gedol Forces and held in the Fortress that I invaded, and seven, which I mentioned was with Axle." 

"I could sense things greater than I could prior to that time, my brother had been wielding the blade with his usual fervor. His skill is not easily matched, but as we clashed the sword was resonating with me...was it because I had the other six blades? Perhaps it hoped I could free it from him? I honestly cannot say, but once in my hands I thought I might need this power in the future to save the Princess and I asked it for power then. I...use it sparingly, but I have been trying to train with it, so I can learn to better harness its strength."

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The Solo Wing and Keil both appeared captured by the story, and for similar reasons. For Keil, it was an amazing discovery that there were things left behind by predecessors to protect the current people, similarly to Dragons. The Solo Wing was noting down the information Sparkster was generously offering, a task rather easy for it, one that have remembered the location of Towers all over the world...programming in the Dragons gave them information, no matter how new they were, remembering new information wouldn't make it any harder to remember it's own world.

"...Wow. I mean, pretty obviously cool...I didn't know other worlds had things to protect their people too." Keil admitted, "I didn't think your world would need something from the past to protect it...like mine, we were already nearly destroyed, the Solo Wing just makes sure it doesn't happen again." The Solo Wing bobbed its head in agreement, paused for a moment before it's eyes locked upon Sparkster and it sent a message at him. A warm, orange feeling...a thanks?

Either way, it seemed the story had increased in one audience member, the Solo Wing now awake and alert.

[Arrow Rinehart]

Having looked on he'd found himself blushing, while he looked on from Keil, then to Solo-Wing as he offered a deep nod in return. It was a bit closer to a head bow, but just turned out short of such as he raised his head shortly so that he could speak up. "I admit I've never have known about it if I wasn't looking into it. I mean, not even for the strength...not for the power of it. Just because I thought my brother might be after something that he should not have, should not touch...like this." he'd said this while examining the blade a moment before slowly placing it back in its sheath. 

"No doubt, its purpose to protect the realm from darkness does have a greater place than being in the hands of my own, but as the blade is presently within my grip, I hope to be worthy." though of course, he was humble, sometimes to a fault, it was nothing that Sparkster took lightly. For now, he accepted that he was the wielder, its guardian, and at this point now was going to be responsible in its use. He had no intention of doing less, than being the just, model knight when considering this in mind. It was a staple of his, perhaps as if he were trying to be the market standard for what one should be at least. 

"The Emperor Gedol now...there was a fierce opponent, as he pretended to be the Princess first...he nearly finished me in his first attack. His illusion magic? Was perfect, frightening...the first attack I evaded just barely in that moment. This was certainly someone worthy of being the Emperor, his form..? He was no less than 12...maybe 15 feet tall. I was out sized, though this was just his first form. The very first of the terrors I'd face, and even after barely dodging him, he simply laughed at me, while I looked...well I was very nervous. I was wondering actually, if I could even harm him and we'd barely started fighting." doing his best to unveil the initial start of the battle, the final fight with Emperor Gedol. He revealed the horror of the magical illusion used, and this...this was just the bare bones of his greatest foe, if he could choose? Worst ever to face, and at that time had done nothing but toyed with him.