baylaust

Well, it's been fun, guys.

Unsure if this RP is still going, but if it is, I wanted to let you guys know that I decided to leave the site permanently. Some painful memories here that I need to leave behind. If you're all still here and reading this, then Star, as my long time RP partner, I hand over control of all my characters in this RP to you. I had no plans for them laid out, so do with them whatever you please. It's been a fun few years, guys. Good luck to all of you in the future.

Hey guys. It's been a while since I did a personal post like this. As any of you who know me are aware, I've toned down my activity on this site substantially on this site, but I still posted occasionally to do reviews, RPs, stuff like that. Well, I'm afraid that's coming to an end. I've recently decided that I'm leaving this website, and as of now, I have no intention of returning again. I've had plenty of good memories with this website, but without getting into specifics, I'm trying to move on with my life and get rid of some inner demons that have been haunting me for a while. And in order to do that, I can't keep coming here. It's just not good for me. Now you're probably wondering why I decided to make this post instead of just never coming online. Well, there's a couple of reasons for that. First, for the longest time, this website was a second family for me, and regardless of all the memories here, good or bad, that doesn't make that time any less valuable to me. So it just didn't feel right to leave without saying that. And second, I've talked about this for a while, but I'm finally doing audio reviews now, and I hope to begin doing Let's Plays in the very near future, including hopefully, KHHD. I posted my first audio review of RWBY episode 6 on my channel (also named baylaust), so if you want to check those out or if you want to keep in touch with me, find me on YouTube. And yeah, I suppose that's it. I had a good run here, but it's past time for me to go. I wish everyone here the best of luck. And for the final time, baylaust out.

(I really need to stop taking breaks from this site...)

Jason closed his eyes and breathed out heavily. "Marina... do you honestly think I want to live...?" That sentence alone quieted Marina. "This is a world that everyone sees as good and evil... black and white... and here I am... the living embodiment of grey." Despite the particles still rising from his body, Jason flipped himself onto his stomach. "I've been alone ever since I was a child... and the only friends I had, the one reason I had to live for... have been dead for a thousand years, and there's no way for me to return to my time. I've been dead inside for a long time... this is just my body finally catching up with my heart. This... is the only way I'll ever see them again..." Damian looked down. "But why...? Why would you want this? You're a hero, Jason..." Jason was now on one knee. "Being a hero means nothing when your life has amounted to nothing but conflict... and I'm not a hero... there are two heroes right behind you." Damian looked behind him, to see Alex and Marina standing there. "I fight because I have to... but you fight... because you choose to. I came here to protect the worlds in a time where it needed protection... but the worlds have you to protect them... they don't need me anymore..." Alex looked down for a moment, then dismissed his Keyblade. Damian turned around quickly. "Dad, what are you-" "His heart's set on this. It's what he wants. More importantly, baylaust couldn't think of anywhere else he could take Jason's character." Alex folded his arms. "We should respect that." Jason slowly, and shakily, stood back up, particles rising out of him faster and faster. He turned over to Dante, amazed at how distressed he was over what was happening. Using what little strength he had left, Jason drew his Keyblade one last time, and spun it so he was holding it by the blade, extending the handle to Dante. "I don't need this anymore... so you put it to good use for me..." Dante slowly took the blade in his hand, and Jason's arm dropped. He then turned to Alex and Marina. "Do me a favour... when this war is over, stop your fighting... Don't waste your life on battle like I did..." Alex and Marina looked at each other. Jason then turned away from the group, and raised his hands up, though they were shaking incredibly. "Quentin... Azura..." Jason grabbed the hood of his sweater. "...you won't be alone any longer..." Jason raised his hood back over his face, concealing himself in shadow one last time. Dark flames began appearing on his body, starting to spread over him. Jason collapsed to his knees, then fell to the ground as black fire consumed his body. Withing the flames, light was blasting out, and particles of light were rising into the air with greater and greater intensity. And when it all cleared, Jason was gone. Alex looked down at the ground. "Jason..."

The cure spells managed to close the wound in Jason's throat, and he started breathing. His Keyblade was still in his hand, and he gestured for everyone to stand back. He rolled himself onto his stomach, and stabbed his Keyblade into the ground in front of him. Using the blade as support, he slowly managed to get himself onto his feet, and he let out a deep breath. Then his Keyblade clattered to the ground beside him, and Jason collapsed onto the ground once more. Alex and his family sprinted over to Jason, with Alex drawing his Keyblade. "Alright, come on, maybe if we all use a cure together we can-" Alex then felt a hand grab his Keyblade. It was Jason. He was breathing slowly. "Don't..." Alex leaned forward. "But if we don't do anything, you'll..." Alex looked down for a moment, then looked back at Jason. "You didn't have to fight alone. We could have helped, you know. If we did, you wouldn't be... like this." Jason closed his eyes and gave out a weak chuckle. "Trust me... if this wasn't the outcome I was hoping for... then I wouldn't be lying here right now..." Then particles of light began to rise from Jason's body, with dark embers mixed with them. "Jason, come on! We can help you!"

Jason was on one knee, breathing heavily and coughing. Behind him, the barrier he had formed around the group was starting to flicker, showing that his power was quickly running out. Jason pushed himself up with his Keyblade, and gave one last charge at Kokayo. The two clashed blades, and continued swinging at each other. Sometimes they would clash, sometimes Jason would get in a slash, sometimes Kokayo would manage a cut, but neither would go down. Alex pressed himself hard against the barrier. "Jason, drop the barrier!!! We can help you!!!" Jason swung his Keyblade several times, clashing again and again with Kokayo. But then, Kokayo managed to swing his own sword at the perfect angle. It struck the hilt of Jason's Keyblade, and knocked it out of his hand, sending it flying back. And immediately after, Kokayo plunged his blade into Jason's stomach. Damian pressed himself against the barrier. "JASON!!!!!" Jason doubled over, coughing up blood. His arms momentarily went limp, and his legs just about gave out from underneath him. Kokayo had an evil smirk on his face. Then Jason's fist began to clench. "Well... Kokayo... I guess now's the time... for you to be happy..." Jason unexpectedly took a step forward, bringing himself closer to Kokayo and forcing the blade in his stomach to go in deeper. Jason looked up at Kokayo, and opened his eyes. One of them was glowing blue, and the other was glowing gold. "...because your suffering... is almost at an end..." Jason swung his right hand back and summoned his Keyblade once again. With Kokayo off guard, Jason thrusted his arm forward and drove his Keyblade into Kokayo's chest. Jason's left hand began to glow brightly, and a barrier formed around the two, extending up to the sky. Jason's Keyblade then began burning with black flames. "DARKNESS!!!" A huge blast of black flames consumed Kokayo, forming a giant pillar of black fire that shot up to the heavens. When the fire cleared, Jason still had his Keyblade in Kokayo's chest, and Kokayo had dark embers on him. Jason pulled himself back and ripped his Keyblade out of Kokayo's chest, also pulling Kokayo's blade out of his own stomach. Jason was breathing heavily, his legs extremely weak. Kokayo fell to his knees, and Jason held his Keyblade to Kokayo's neck. Although Kokayo had gone down, Jason himself had maybe minutes left until he was going down as well. Still, Jason continued to give a fierce expression. "So... if you have any last words... now's the time to say them..."

Jason stood still as wind blasted down everything around him. He had a slash mark on his cheek from when Kokayo had cut him, and blood from the wound was blowing into the wind. He gripped his Keyblade tightly, and walked forward. "My name is Jason Halfblood. I am a chosen wielder of the Keyblade. The power of both light and darkness flows through my blood... and I will make you suffer." Spinning his Keyblade a few times, Jason swung as Kokayo dashed at him at breakneck speeds. They clashed, and a huge shockwave of energy blasted out around them, and cracks appeared in the ground beneath them. As the two clashed, Kokayo reached out at Jason's Keyblade and grabbed it, his hand glowing red. However, nothing happened. Jason glared at Kokayo as they remained clashed. "The Keyblade... is as strong as the heart of the one who holds it..." With that, Jason raised his blade, parrying Kokayo. He drew back his left hand. "Light!" Light consumed his left hand, and when it cleared, his fist was coated with what appeared to be crystals of light. He then swung full force, and punched Kokayo through the forest. Jason then vanished in a mist of darkness, and reappeared behind a still-moving Kokayo. Jason then swung his Keyblade up, striking Kokayo into the air, and Jason jumped after him. Damian pressed harder against the barrier. "Come on, Jason! You can do it! Show him what a true hero is made of!!" Jason and Kokayo continued clashing in the air, but this time, Kokayo got the upper hand. Parrying Jason, he managed to slice at his arm, and then slashed him in the chest, sending him hurtling towards the ground. Jason struck the earth, creating another huge shockwave, and he left a crater where he landed. Kokayo then charged down from the sky with his blades, and Jason pressed his hands into the ground and pushed himself into the air, out of Kokayo's way. He landed a few feet back, breathing heavily. Jason was pushing his Keyblade skills, as well as his mastery over light and darkness, to their limits. Both Jason and Kokayo had taken brutal beatings, but both of them refused to give in. They were going to keep fighting until one, or both of them, dropped dead. Jason clenched his left fist to his heart, and two dozen blades of light appeared behind him. Jason then swung his arm forward, and all the blades shot towards Kokayo.

Jason flew through several trees before crashing into one, a branch piercing his abdomen. Kokayo had appeared again once more, with his blade aimed at Jason. Coughing up blood, Jason pushed himself off the branch and fell to his hands and knees. Suddenly, Jason raised his hand and placed it on Kokayo's stomach, blasting him with a dark firaga. Kokayo then flew back through the forest, as Jason stood back up, clutching his stomach. His light blades appeared in his hands, and Jason sprinted forward. As Kokayo landed, the two began to clash blades quickly. Kokayo pushed Jason back, and Jason quickly connected his blades at the ends, forming a double edged light blade. Jason began spinning and slashing with it quickly, managing to pierce Kokayo's guard a few times and cutting him. Kokayo then began pushing back, and gave a slash that shattered the light blades. Before Jason could summon more, Kokayo slashed him across the face and kicked him back. Jason rolled across the ground, streaks of blood appearing on the spots he was rolling. To Kokayo's surprise, Jason still managed to get up. Alex pressed his head against the barrier. "What's he doing...? He knows that we can help him, so why is he fighting alone?" Jason took a few steps forward. "I know what you're thinking, Kokayo. "Why aren't I dying?" Well, let me explain a few things to you..." Jason slightly doubled over in pain, and he removed his hood. "I lived in a time where entire worlds were threatened by those who would seek to enslave everything. I've fought entire armies and won. And in that entire time, I was completely alone. I only had two people I cared about: Quentin Victor and Azura Stargazer, two Keyblade masters, and two of the greatest people I've ever known. But in order to come here and stop the threat Athxson presented, I had to go into the realm of darkness to end up here in the timeline. That was a one way trip. There's no way back to my time. I'll never see Quentin and Azura again. And ever since I made that choice... to sacrifice being with the only people I had left, in order to protect the worlds..." Jason pressed his hand against his chest. "...ever since I made that choice... in my heart... I was already dead." Jason straightened himself, and glared at Kokayo. "Do you understand yet? You can't kill me... because there's nothing left for you to kill." Damian continued to ponder things in his head, when upon hearing what Jason said to Kokayo, he snapped his fingers. "That's it..." He then looked over to Alex and Marina, looking slightly grim. "I know why Jason is protecting us here while fighting alone." Damian then looked back outside. "He wants to die." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIedFGQJur0 Jason's right hand suddenly began to glow brightly. Jason felt a familiar power coming back to him, and once he realized what it was, he gave a small smirk, looking back to Kokayo. "I want you to listen to me, and listen well. Maybe I have nothing. Maybe I left everything behind. But I still live to protect others. Like all the men, women, and children behind me right now." The ground beneath Jason began to glow with light, and the light in Jason's hand began growing brighter. "I may not know everything about them, but I know that they are not only friends, but they are good people. People with families! People who have been through hell!" Four pillars of light shot up from the ground around Jason. "And if you think I will stand by and watch them get hurt, you're sadly mistaken! I will not let you bring harm to them, or anyone else, ever again!" A blast of light came out of Jason's hand, and in it, was the shattered hilt of his Keyblade. Jason raised it into the air, and a ring of light blasted out of the ground, surrounding Jason, as light began pouring into the blade. When the light cleared out, Jason's Keyblade was back in its true form, and completely repaired. Jason now had an aura of light around him, with bolts of darkness shooting off from him. In the blink of an eye, Jason rushed forward and struck Kokayo in the abdomen, sending him flying through several trees in the forest. Jason then spun his Keyblade and swung it, and its end anchored into the ground. Light pulsed from his blade into the earth, and a series of blue explosions started to shoot out of the ground, heading towards Kokayo.

Jason quickly shot a blast of dark fire at the ground in front of him, as bullets were blasting towards the cloud. Alex pressed himself against the barrier. "Jason!!" He punched the barrier in front of him. What are you doing?! As the smoke cleared, Jason was on one knee, with a barrier of light around him. The barrage of bullets that were shot at him were lying on the ground all around him. Dismissing the barrier surrounding him, Jason slowly stood up. "Maybe you didn't hear me last time: I don't need a Keyblade to kill you. I have two weapons with me, wherever I go. They're more powerful than any sword. Light, and darkness.Now, you're free to come and allow me to demonstrate their power to you." One of the Barian soldiers tossed his gun aside and ran at Jason. As he threw a punch, Jason sidestepped it and grabbed his arm. He punched the joint, breaking the Barian's arm. He then delivered a roundhouse kick, with his foot burning in dark flames, and struck the Barian's throat. Jason knocked him down, his foot planting into the ground and cracks appearing on the ground beneath him. Jason then drew one of his light blades, and sliced the Barian's throat. Another Barian was reloading, and Jason hurled his other blade of light at him, impaling him. Jason then raised an arm into the air, and beams of light shot down from the sky, blasting the Barian until he collapsed to the ground, lifeless. Jason then dashed at incredible speed towards another, with dark flames and cracks appearing in the ground behind him. He grabbed a Barian's throat and lifted him into the air. The Barian's body became drenched in black flames, and Jason dropped him to the ground. Jason then grabbed him by his throat, and delivered a devestating punch right to his head, and everyone in the barrier heard the sound of the Barian's skull cracking. Damian slightly backed away from the barrier. "Woah..." Jason looked at the other Barians, who suddenly stepped back as Jason looked at them all. "Next...?"

Jason kicked Kokayo away and his light blades materialized in his hands. "Hello again..." Jason looked around as he saw Barians surrounding them, guns pointed at everyone. There were at least 10-12, including Kokayo. These guys outnumber us... if I don't do something, we're all dead... Alex drew his Keyblade, spinning it and resting it on his shoulder. "Alright, you guys want a fight? Then let's go!" Alex began running forward, but ran into something and fell backwards. Jason had created a barrier of light around everyone. No one could get in, or out of it, until Jason dismissed it. Everyone was inside of it, except for Jason himself. Damian ran up to the barrier with Alex. "Jason...?" Jason looked back at the group, sighed, then turned back to Kokayo. "Get out of our way..." Kokayo didn't move for a moment, then Jason stepped forward, gripping his light blades tightly. "Okay, I'll repeat myself one more time... get out of our way, or I will kill every last one of you, and we'll keep going to where we need to go."

Damian smiled at his sister, and looked over at everyone. He sighed and looked over to Alexia. "You know, it's so unfair that we aren't able to use Keyblades while everyone else here seems to be able to pull one out whenever they need to. Why can't we get one?" Alex suddenly spoke, overhearing his son while walking beside Marina. "It's just not the right time. Don't let what anyone else says fool you, no single person can just give another a Keyblade. The Keyblade chooses who gets to weild it, and it only chooses people with strong hearts. And don't kid yourselves, both of you have very strong hearts." Damain sighed with frustration. "Then if our hearts are so strong, why don't we have Keyblades? Why aren't we able to fight with all you guys?!" Alex scratched the back of his head. "Well, when the time is right, you'll figure out how to use it. It'll come to you when you most need it." Jason and Athxson were leading the group as everyone continued to follow them. Jason had his arms folded. "Athxson, I want you to listen closely." Athxson looked at Jason while the hooded man didn't bother turning his head. "If you think for a moment that I, or anyone else here trusts you, then you're sadly mistaken. There was a point where you were going to destroy the universe, and if you try to pull anything, don't think for a moment that I'll waste a second in killing you... but if you're really so straight up with everyone, then just keep this in mind: everyone behind us, they are good people. They don't deserve to be going through these things. So whatever happens, you make sure nothing happens to them because of this whole journey."

"Outfits and battle gameplay will be introduced another time"Please tell me he's not going to ditch Sora's criminally underused KH2 outfit...

So in other news, the entire planet sucks apparently.

So I turned 19 about a week ago, and my parents took me out to have a small celebration. It was nothing big, but I like it that way, so it was all good in my opinion. Then my brother brought out a cake. In my PS2 days, one of the first games I played on the PS2 was Final Fantasy X. To this day, that remains to be not only my favourite Final Fantasy, but my favourite game of all time. Why do I tell you this? Because my brother's a smartass.

As far as I know, it's not happening. So you should probably give up hope on that for the foreseeable future.

They did the same thing with the Final Fantasy XV trailer, with the same people. Apparantly the two were just really tired from E3 when they did them, but these two rewind theaters were absolutely pathetic. Not to mention, they barely even rewound anything.

Happy birthday, CirqueDuKat.

So I'm 19 today. Better study for exams as my birthday present.

Jason had his arms folded. "Well... I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to explore around here." Alex looked over at him. "Uh... maybe you didn't realize, but we're in THEIR universe, bud. Going around and exploring probably isn't the smartest thing to do." Jason nodded his head. "Yes it is. Think. We're in THEIR universe. Their home turf. Which means that here we're either going to find a way back to our universe, or we're going to find a way to finish them. Either way, there's only one way we're going to find out; by searching." Jason started walking into the forest. "I'm looking. If any of you want to join, then by all means." Alex crossed his arms and looked down. "Well... I guess he does have a point... and who knows, maybe by the end of all this, we'll get to have an action scene that lasts longer than one damn post." Damian looked at Jason walking away, then looked up to Alex and Marina. "He's right, though. If we just stand here, we're gonna get nowhere. We have to go out there and find a way to deal with those guys."

Alex and Damian stood beside each other, both of their eyes wide. Damian looked up to Alex. "I take it you haven't seen her in this form before?" Alex shrugged. "News to me." Alex looked at his Keyblade, and gripped it tightly. Small bolts of electricity began to shoot off from him, coming from his Keyblade. "I might not have fancy armour, but I get the feeling that I have my own gift..." Alex swung his Keylade to his side, and an aura of energy surrounded him. "Now... let's go!!" Alex charged forward at supernatural speeds, the concrete breaking under him as he charged. He stopped in front of Judar, made a lightning fast slash, and before Judar could retaliate, Alex was gone again. Alex then dashed behind Judar, slashed again, then ran away. He next appeared jumping over him, giving another slash, and continued to move. Alex was moving so fast that it was almost impossible for anyone to even see him as he continued to cut and run. After around 20 lightning fast slashes, Alex's eyes began glowing blue. He sprinted towards a building, jumped onto it, then vaulted himself off the side of the building, shooting a beam of light into the air that made the sky glow white. Alex started spinning his Keyblade. "Light..." He landed in front of Judar and slashed downwards. "...RAIN DOWN!!!!" Beams of light began shooting down from the glowing sky, continuously blasting and consuming Judar.

I like how despite being the reason KH3 has taken so long, so few people seem to care about Final Fantasy XV.

Absolutely without a doubt.

Smart move.