Deciding that his image had already been blown far enough that another transgression wouldn't matter, and to ensure the other party received the message very clearly, the Sun Knight decided to use the simplest terms possible to refuse.
“No.”
The Storm Knight looked extremely relieved about the Sun Knight's short speech and removed his hands from his ears. The God of Dance looked even more furious. He snapped his fingers twice and the Sun Knight was gracefully immobilized in the air.
The three remaining holy knights' hands leapt to their weapons, wishing that the back up the Pope had promised had arrived sooner. Even the two other church leaders standing to the side looked worried, as any god, even one as weak and out of shape as the God of Dance, would be a force to be reckoned with if it came down to a fight of brute force. Then they all realized they weren't able to move any further than from the positions they had taken in preparation for retaliation. Even the audience didn't twitch a muscle.
Then loud thunderclaps broke out over the scene, despite the clear blue sky and shining sun. By the third thunderclap, a voice rang out over the scene, louder than the thunder had been. The Son of the God of War fell to his knees, along with most of the crowd.
“WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THE GOD OF DANCE HAS VIOLATED THE SACRED RULES IMPOSED BY THE MIGHTIEST OF US IN THE CONTRACT OF THE GODS. IN USING HIS OWN POWERS TO UNDERMINE THE FAITH OF THE RESPECTED GOD OF LIGHT AND TO ATTEMPT TO GAIN POWER FOR HIS OWN FOLLOWING, WE HEREBY CONDEMN THE GOD OF DANCE TO A CENTURY'S WORTH OF CONFINEMENT WITHIN THE REALM OF THE GODS. THE GOD OF DANCE IS ALSO PROHIBITED FROM USING HIS POWER TO DISTRIBUTE BLESSINGS UPON THE PEOPLE FOR A PERIOD OF TWO HUNDRED YEARS.”
The Sun Knight daintily fell to the ground as the shell-shocked God of Dance yelled, “B-But! Big brother!”
“PLEASE. I HAVE NO WISH TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A WANNABE YOUNGER BROTHER LIKE YOU. WARFARE IS NOT A SHOW MERELY PUT ON TO IMPRESS OTHERS. IT IS A MATTER OF THE GRAVEST CONSIDERATIONS AND THE TOOL THAT ALTERS HISTORY.”
Another thunderclap rang out and the God of Dance vanished. ~~ Ahh... Lots of apologies. One apology for triple posting, a HUGE no-no on forums, but I wanted this out there. (And it would have been a double post, but I went over the word limit, 4.3k.) Then more apologies for caps abuse. (I haven't figured out how to use italics here.) An apology to the commenter with the plot bunny for me being too uneducated about dance battles to write about one. And a final apology for anyone who was planning to put a chapter up and will probably only have an epilogue left to do.
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Re: Reply 2 Story 2: A Mission
Date: 2014-05-20 10:32 pm (UTC)“No.”
The Storm Knight looked extremely relieved about the Sun Knight's short speech and removed his hands from his ears. The God of Dance looked even more furious. He snapped his fingers twice and the Sun Knight was gracefully immobilized in the air.
The three remaining holy knights' hands leapt to their weapons, wishing that the back up the Pope had promised had arrived sooner. Even the two other church leaders standing to the side looked worried, as any god, even one as weak and out of shape as the God of Dance, would be a force to be reckoned with if it came down to a fight of brute force. Then they all realized they weren't able to move any further than from the positions they had taken in preparation for retaliation. Even the audience didn't twitch a muscle.
Then loud thunderclaps broke out over the scene, despite the clear blue sky and shining sun. By the third thunderclap, a voice rang out over the scene, louder than the thunder had been. The Son of the God of War fell to his knees, along with most of the crowd.
“WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THE GOD OF DANCE HAS VIOLATED THE SACRED RULES IMPOSED BY THE MIGHTIEST OF US IN THE CONTRACT OF THE GODS. IN USING HIS OWN POWERS TO UNDERMINE THE FAITH OF THE RESPECTED GOD OF LIGHT AND TO ATTEMPT TO GAIN POWER FOR HIS OWN FOLLOWING, WE HEREBY CONDEMN THE GOD OF DANCE TO A CENTURY'S WORTH OF CONFINEMENT WITHIN THE REALM OF THE GODS. THE GOD OF DANCE IS ALSO PROHIBITED FROM USING HIS POWER TO DISTRIBUTE BLESSINGS UPON THE PEOPLE FOR A PERIOD OF TWO HUNDRED YEARS.”
The Sun Knight daintily fell to the ground as the shell-shocked God of Dance yelled, “B-But! Big brother!”
“PLEASE. I HAVE NO WISH TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A WANNABE YOUNGER BROTHER LIKE YOU. WARFARE IS NOT A SHOW MERELY PUT ON TO IMPRESS OTHERS. IT IS A MATTER OF THE GRAVEST CONSIDERATIONS AND THE TOOL THAT ALTERS HISTORY.”
Another thunderclap rang out and the God of Dance vanished.
~~
Ahh... Lots of apologies. One apology for triple posting, a HUGE no-no on forums, but I wanted this out there. (And it would have been a double post, but I went over the word limit, 4.3k.) Then more apologies for caps abuse. (I haven't figured out how to use italics here.) An apology to the commenter with the plot bunny for me being too uneducated about dance battles to write about one. And a final apology for anyone who was planning to put a chapter up and will probably only have an epilogue left to do.