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Post by luvarchfiend on Jul 7, 2004 20:12:36 GMT -5
how prophetic chung kyun...as you wish oh VIB don't kill him.
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 7, 2004 20:22:50 GMT -5
ho gwon set his jaw. his eyes glared defiantly at ui min.
"so tell me nangjang, who is it that you are really working for?" ui min asked casually.
ho gwon steeled himself and said, "go ahead and kill me."
"i'd rather you stay alive and satisfy my curiosity" ui min responded. "i do love a good story." when ho gwon looked down at the ground, the archfiend raised his axe and with surprising precision chopped off ho gwon's thumb. impressively, he did not scream. "you know, the opposable thumb is one of the few things that separates man from beasts. I'd hate for you to lose the other one as well" he implied threateningly.
Ho gwon remained silent. the archfiend sighed. "you're not very good at this game are you?" he asked. and when he did not reply, the archfiend chopped off his index and middle finger. as the commander bit down on his lip, ui min said with a laugh, "well you left two questions in a row unanswered. shall i explain the rules to you again?" blood was pouring out of the stumps where Im ho gwon's fingers had once been. "again" the archfiend said patiently, "who do you work for?"
at his silence, the archfiend was about to strike again when ho gwon shouted, "I am a servant of the temujin of the mongol empire, ghenghis khan!" there was a hushed wave of voices throughout the army.
"well, that's better" the archfiend smiled brightly. "now, were you previously in league with the choe?" ho gwon saw that jin jae's eyes gleamed with satisfaction.
ho gwon shook his head and then screamed as the axe removed yet another finger. "alright alright! i was in league with them, i offered to be their spy in the imperial city."
ui min nodded approvingly. "good. you're getting better and better at this game every minute. did you kill ji young's consort?"
ji young stared at Im in disbelief. "Never!" ho gwon shouted.
"wrong answer" the archfiend said and took another finger. ho gwon nodded his answer as tears streamed down his eyes.
Ji young cried, "you bastard! you were using me all this time!"
"and it was all too easy" he said smugly, but the smile disappeared when the archfiend took his last finger.
"oh i forgot to tell you" he said apologetically. "if you speak without being spoken to, you also lose a finger."
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Post by Chung Kyun on Jul 7, 2004 20:22:52 GMT -5
im ho gwon looks up at the heavens and smiles, so this is how i go. i have failed the people and my dynasty. ( he thinks to himself)
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Post by luvarchfiend on Jul 7, 2004 20:31:25 GMT -5
VIB i hope you are wrapping up the story. won't be the same without chung kyun, unless he is another character.
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 7, 2004 20:33:12 GMT -5
motioning to one of the archers, ui min took his arrow, still burning and handed it to one of the soldiers restraining ho gwon. "seal up those wounds would you? we don't want our guest to bleed to death. i mean, what would the temujin think?" the soldier saluted and thrust the burning arrow into each of the bleeding stumps, instantly cauterizing them. The smell of charred flesh and ho gwon's screams filled the air.
when ho gwon had stopped screaming, the archfiend ordered, "take his other hand." forcing his other hand on the slab, the archfiend then asked him, "did you order the murder of general du kyung su?"
ho gwon averted his eyes and then screwed them shut again as the archfiend took another trophy.
"did...you...order...the...murder...of...du...kyung...su?" the archfiend enunciated to his grimacing face.
when ho gwon took too long to respond, the archfiend chopped off his index and middle finger. "whoops, my aim must be slipping at my age he apologized
"yes yes yes! i ordered him killed?" ho gwon finally said through his teeth. the pain he was experiencing was unbelievable.
"is it true that you arranged for a mongol invasion force to enter the imperial city?" ho gwon did not want to betray his leader any more than he already had when he felt the archfiend saw through the last of his fingers. he started screaming and then his screams turned to laughter. Chucking triumphantly, he looked at the archfiend and announced, "yes i sent word to bring a regeiment of soldiers here. and now your precious imperial city is probably in ruins. AND you are out of fingers!!"
after branding his other hand with the arrow, the archfiend looked at him and smiled. but there was nothing funny in his tone when he replied, "yes, but you still have ten toes..."
ho gwon paled.
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 7, 2004 20:34:38 GMT -5
chung kyun, do you want to die in this story? or can i keep you alive, as per LAF's wishes...
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 7, 2004 20:43:02 GMT -5
the archfiend set down his axe and looked Ho gwon in the face. "tell me" he said in a serious tone. "why does a man, born in koryo, betray his brothers to the mongols?"
Ho gwon felt anger stir within him and said proudly. "the mongols are a strong race of warriors. and what did koryo have to boast? warriors that killed their rulers, squabbled with each other and continued for 30 years of individual wars that drained the people. there are no true warriors in this land and i am ashamed to be koryo or shilla. and i intended once i had killed your stupid sons to hand the throne over to the mongol emperor as a gift. perhaps then, the people would learn the meaning of honor and bravery, instead of seeing the selfishness and greed of their countrymen."
ui min looked at ho gwon thoughtfully. "what has happened to put so much anger in your soul?" he asked.
Ho gwon looked at his ruined hands and then at ui min. "that the soldiers of this era killed my father and forced me to live in exile in a foreign land!" he shouted at the archfiend. before the archfiend could ask, he stood and said proudly, "I an chung kyun bu, son of chung kyun and madame yim! and though i was not able to turn this empire over to the mongols, i have claimed vengeance for my father's death." turning to the archfiend, he said, "now....kill me."
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 7, 2004 20:44:16 GMT -5
CK do you commit suicide or do you live? i need to know how to end this chapter...
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Post by Chung Kyun on Jul 7, 2004 20:44:28 GMT -5
chung kyun, do you want to die in this story? or can i keep you alive, as per LAF's wishes... why you asking me? i was waiting for you to finish him off. he has no fingers, i was just waiting for his death hurry up already. ;D
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 7, 2004 20:45:40 GMT -5
the archfiend won't kill him either you take your own life or you live...
which do you prefer?
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Post by luvarchfiend on Jul 7, 2004 20:48:14 GMT -5
live ck, live
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Post by Chung Kyun on Jul 7, 2004 20:48:42 GMT -5
the archfiend won't kill him either you take your own life or you live... which do you prefer? if ui-min can't do it, tell choi bu to do it. i have no fingers how the hell will i kill myself?
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 7, 2004 20:53:15 GMT -5
(sorry about this LCB, but it's what the man wants...)
the archfiend looked at hung kyun bu and told him, "no, i will not kill you. i will send you back to mongolia to tell the temuchin that the people of shilla will not be another casualty of the mongol invasions."
"tell him yourself" kyun bu retorted, and with that, he jumped off the cliff into the ravine below.
the archfiend surveyed his broken body. pity he though. he was a brave man, if a morally bankrupt one.
"Hwang sang bae ha!" a soldier saluted, running up to him. "the imperial army soldiers have managed to fend off the mongol reinforcements and are routing them north as we speak!"
"excellent" ui min said. "let us return to the imperial city."
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 7, 2004 20:53:53 GMT -5
did you change your mind CK?
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 7, 2004 21:01:40 GMT -5
CK?
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