IGN: Emolga
Character name: Drkie => Emolga
Our story begins many years ago. Not many dared to walk the dark path of the Shadow Walker back then.
Drkie was one of the few who did. For her, there were not many things that could compare to the delight of poisoning her daggers knowing that, after the very first cut, the enemy would already regret to have started a fight with her. Years of collecting and testing different kinds of poison had paid off very well, as she could now inflict several ailments on her targets at will.
Drkie, the Shadow Walker
This, however, did not come without a cost. Drkie had little place in the groups of elite warriors that departed from Terminus. For them, she was just dead weight.
"What will you do with those butter knives little kid?"
"I REALLY don't need to heal another person, go away!"
"I said RDPS! Are you deaf? Do you even know what range is?"
Even her Guild Leader sneaked out to hunt without the burden that she represented for them all.
As tough as reality was, she never gave up. Alone or not, she trained day after day with hopes of being accepted among the warriors. But the idea of vengeance was starting to show as a tempting possibility. Darkness was taking her mind over, as she planned her revenge on all those who had hurt her.
It seemed that her daggers weren't the only thing that were poisoned, as her mind was starting to be as well.
"Tomorrow is the big day. They will all taste my poison themselves!" said Drkie that night, as she went to sleep. She didn't imagine the event that was about to befall Terminus.
"Oh no... it's happening!" Priest Karen looked at the sky
"The Radiant Sun world and ours... are becoming one!"*
Tobias fell on his knees
"What will become of us...?"
Everything shook. Many were never seen again, and not many keep memory of that fateful night to this day.
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Drkie woke up. Tobias was there.
"Ah, you finally woke up, I've been waiting for you", Tobias said.
"Tobias?", Drkie asked.
Tobias looked impressed
"How did you know my name? Never mind that. We've been waiting for you to help us stand against the Sahar army. Tell me hero, what's your name?"
"(Haven't I heard this before? What's going on? Why doesn't he recognize me?) ", Drkie thought.
"I'm... (Wait a minute... This means I can become someone else, and catch my enemies off guard!)"
I-I'm Emolga, nice to meet you
The goddess of Arcana seemed to have given Drkie a new chance. Emolga now had to start her adventure from the very beginning. She had lost all of her power, but the hate in her heart was also gone.
"Maybe this time... i can live a better life."
Emolga set out on her adventure once again, not really knowing what to hope for.
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Note: Radiant Sun was one of the 2 servers at Iris Retail. This event makes reference to the server merge, where Luminous Star (where Drkie is from) was absorbed into Radiant, and everyone changed their name. Emolga however, woke up at noScrubs.
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2 years later...
A night like any other, Emolga was finishing her daily training. Having grown fond of people this time, she usually helped those friends who couldn't kill strong monsters by themselves. Today was no different. She had just parted ways with them, and was on her way back to Terminus.
"I feel some strange energy..." she said to herself.
"How long do you plan to keep up this facade, Drkie?" said a voice behind her. Emolga turned around. What she saw left her speechless.
It was herself
There was something clearly different though... She was covered in darkness, evil without a doubt. Emolga stood there, amazed and scared at the same time.
"I must say that I'm starting to believe it myself", said the mysterious figure.
Emolga snapped out of her confusion.
"Who are you? What do you mean by facade? Why did you call me Drkie!? Answer me!"
The mysterious figure shaked her head
"Is that the way to greet... yourself, Drkie?"
Emolga felt terrorized
"D-Drkie...?". The figure nodded slowly, never taking her eyes off Emolga.
"How long are you going to keep this game going?", Drkie asked again.
"What game?", Emolga asked.
Drkie shaked her head again, clearly dissapointed this time.
"This is what I feared. You forgot who you are"
-"Who... I... am?"
-"You're a Shadow Walker, Drkie. Yet, when was the last time those daggers cut a throat? The Dark powers inside of you might weaken if you don't use them for their real purpose... I am sure that the idea of vengeance tempts you to this day-"
-"You're wrong!", Emolga interrupted
"I am not like that... not anymore!"
-"You and I both know that is a lie, Drkie. You remember their names. You remember the pain. You remember your promise of revenge"
Drkie pointed at Emolga's chest
"It's all there, and your innocent little girl's attitude isn't going to change that".
-"It will... because I have friends that trust me now!", Emolga screamed.
-"Oh but, do YOU trust them?", Drkie inquired.
Emolga stood in silence once again for a few seconds, before replying, almost in fear
"I won't listen to you... You just want to confuse me and drag me back into the dark path. I don't belong to the darkness anymore!"
-"How foolish... almost innocent. But you're an idiot. Where do you think you get your strength from? Your contract as Shadow Walker binds you to darkness. You cannot run from it... or from me!"
Before Emolga had time to react or defend herself, Drkie jumped towards her daggers first. A deep pain invaded her body as she became paralyzed.
"So this is how... my own poison feels like...", Emolga thought, as she fell on her knees.
"I recommend you don't make me have to come back" said Drkie's voice inside her head.
"Your soul is poisoned... and revenge is the only cure. Unless, of course, you want your friends to pay the price for your ineptitude..."
"Don't..." Emolga fainted.
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"Think she's alive?". Emolga heard a familiar voice.
"Of course she is, dum-dum! Emo woulnd't die that easily!"
"Iyo?" asked Emolga, as she opened her eyes. She felt a kick on her side.
"Hey! I'm here too, you know?", said Aya.
"What are you doing just laying down here? Did you fall asleep after wanted papers?", asked Iyo.
"She probably has a drinking problem we didn't know about~", joked Aya.
"Oh come on Aya, this could be serious!". They both stood there discussing as they always did, almost forgetting about Emolga's presence.
"Why are you two here?", Emolga asked as she stood up.
"Isn't that obvious, sleepyhead? We were worried because you didn't return home last night! We've have been looking for you since dawn!", replied Iyo.
"Thanks to you I haven't even had breakfast yet, do you want me to die or something?", said Aya.
Emolga smiled. She could always count on her friends to be there for her.
"But you should probably start forgetting about them", said Drkie's voice inside her head
"After all, they won't even recognize you after we show them your true self..."
Emolga walked behind Aya and Iyo on their way back to Terminus. Memories of her painful past were now clear in her mind. She would no longer be that little girl everybody pushed around. She looked at Aya and Iyo.
"Who do they think they are to tell me at what time I can or can't come back? No one bosses me around."
Emolga then took out her daggers.
*****End*****
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Profile: Emolga is usually cheerful and playful, and always willing to take on a real challenge, just for the fun of it. But beware! Dark spirits may lurk her soul for a chance to take over!
The mandatory pictures, and Emolga on her favorite dress :3
Thanks for reading.
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