Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2014 16:11:25 GMT -6
House of Light will be an anthology of roleplays and character development pieces. Each Chapter will focus on an opponent or event that will progress the character of Castiel.
-----
-----
Purgatory
It felt like he had been walking for an eternity. Nothing would have prepared him for what he was experiencing, he was fighting a battle of both physical and mental worlds. He was being tested. It could last days, weeks, months or even years before he was released from this prison and all he could do was keep the faith. Believe in scriptures that he read and memorised to keep his strength high, and to also him him ward off the evil that lurked in the darkness. He could feel it all around him, following him, watching him and taunting him. Whilst walking the planes of purgatory he had seen the most beautiful of paradises that no living being would ever see. But the paradise would soon turn to a hellish nightmare that haunted him, the images burned into his mind so that he would never forget what evil.. what true evil was capable of doing.
Every once in a while he would begin to question how this evil had gotten so powerful, why had God let it grow in strength and ferocity but he knew not to question God, for his plan was set and the retaliation of Heaven against hell was imminent. His first experience of fighting evil came at the beginning of his journey in Purgatory, the day he encountered a siren.
Present Day
"Sin."
Castiel sat in the corner of the small room, head resting against the wall with a group of candles slowly burning and flickering in the centre of the room. Each time the flame flickers we can see some markings on the ground and on the walls painted in red. Castiel moves his head slowly to look at the markings, he shows no emotion as his cold eyes just stare as if they were seeing something that we couldn't see.
"Every mortal man sins. They are weak.. they give in to temptation and they succumb to the power of The Devil and they sin. Every day the men and women of this world commit one of the seven deadly sins, playing to the music of Satan and edging closer inch by inch to joining him in his battle against God. After everything that Our Lord has done for you, you turn your back on him, you insult him and you disgrace his name."
He runs his hand through his hair and takes a breathe, remaining calm and composed.
"Sin itself is an infectious disease, it spreads like wildfire and it pollutes the mind, it pollutes the spirit and like every disease it slowly kills its host until it's time to depart and move to it's next victim. Diseases can only be stopped by a cure, and thats why I have been sent to this place, to conduct a purge of the sinful, to cure the disease ridden bodies and educate them in the way of the Lord. Starting with Kyle Travis.."
The candles begin to burn with more intensity as more markings are revealed on the walls around Castiel. Several glyphs and unfamiliar language become visible. He holds his fist up and slowly raises a finger after each word.
"Lust. Greed. Wrath. Envy. Pride"
Castiels holds his hand up to the camera and stares directly into it as if he was staring into the eyes of Kyle Travis.
"Five, Kyle. Count five of the seven deadly sins currently reside inside your soul. I am amazed at such a specimen like yourself at how easily corrupted you are by the forces of Satan himself. You are a walking pledge to The Devil, everywhere you go, every word you speak that comes out of that disease ridden mouth of yours is infectious to everyone around you. Lust, Greed, Wrath, Envy and Pride. Your the perfect opponent for me Kyle, your the one that I will send back to Satan as a warning that his work will be undone by the warriors that fight in the name of the Lord! Your the prime example of why I am here, you ask why i'm on this holy mission in a wrestling company.. you need only look at yourself in the mirror Kyle to seek the answer to that very question. This business is riddled with sin, from the highest echelons right down to the bottom rung of the ladder, men and women in a congregation of sin, disobeying orders from God himself."
"LUST and ENVY: I have watched you Kyle and I have listened to your words about how you have been mistreated in the past, about how others have been put in front of you and have prospered instead of you, you believing that your rightful place at the top of the food chain was being undermined by the higher powers. I have listened Kyle, to every word that you spoke and I am not convinced of your past, I think you are a liar. You tasted power and fame in your previous companies and when you moved on to pastures new, you thought you could walk in and resume being the King.. but little did you know that this new Kingdom you joined already had a King, and you were nothing more than a jester to his court. You watched on with envious eyes, jealous of the attention and the fame that these people were receiving all the while you performed like a clown, a show piece for the scraps that joined the company. Deep down inside you desired that feeling once again, to be the Alpha of the organisation, to rule the kingdom once again and be on top of the world. But that day never came did it Kyle? Your lust for power and infamy grew stronger.."
"GREED and WRATH:.. And your greed led you to departing the company in search for what you most desired. Your impressive reign of championships was always going to make you hungry for more, greedy for more gold to be strapped around your waist. You seemed to have a few problems along the way to glory, you took the wrong path it seemed and you found a few companies that held you back and mis-used your abilities. Again, you left. You became angry, you let wrath consume you because you felt that you were being singled out, that you were being.. in your words.. a whipping boy for so many years. So you got angry, you felt that there was a superiority complex and you were better than everyone around you. Because of the amount of championships you had won in past companies, you felt that a man of your stature was too good to be wrestling with inferior people so you packed your bags and you entered into a cycle of joining and leaving companies until you got your own way, like a petulant little child."
"PRIDE: And look at you now Kyle. You seem to be invigorated by joining the UWA. You look like you've gotten a new lease of life and your ready for the challenge ahead. And yet.. the superiority complex is still intact and your pride has grown stronger than ever. Those belts that lay upon your desks.. your trophies of your past accomplishments in life.. they wont last forever Kyle, hold on to them whilst you still can because you'll need the gold to pay Kharon for where you are going You sit in a room living in your past, glorified by pictures of your past accomplishments including ending careers of your opponents, showing off your past title belts to the world all the while wearing a smug arrogant look on your face. Self arrogance Kyle, you disgust me. You hang these pictures, you display your title belts and you wear these mementos like a crown of virtues, again thinking your The King and ruler of this Kingdom. Heavy holds the crown Kyle, and one thing you need to remember and I guarantee that you will is that Pride.. comes before the fall"
Castiel slowly gets up and begins to walk slowly around the room.
What you will understand when we meet at Mayhem Kyle is that God.. and Jesus are not by my side. There are no Angels watching over me, ready to sweep in and protect me from any harm that comes to me. The reason for this Kyle is because I have seen horrors that no mortal man has laid eyes on. I have stared into the eyes of monsters and witnessed pure evil show no mercy upon innocent beings. And I have battled with this evil. Evil doesn't let up, evil doesn't rest. Neither do I. I defeated the monsters at the end and sent them crashing back through Oblivion straight to Hell to show Lucifer that I am afraid of no evil that stands in my way. Thats why God isn't on my shoulder Kyle because I don't need him, I don't need the help of anybody when it comes to fighting off the darkness that is currently decaying this Earth. So the question I ask you is after me fighting through this swarm of evil: Why the fuck should I be afraid of you?" You can use all of your hurtful words to try and degrade me and my crusade, you can use every move your body is capable of pulling off. But I will keep getting up, time and time again, punch after punch, I will not yield to the unworthy, I will not fall to the blade of evil..For I will rise, like the phoenix from the flames, like Lazarus, and like Jesus Christ our saviour..you sinners can nail me to the cross but my will is forever, I kneel before no man or woman on this planet, I kneel to God.”
He looks around the room.
"And I don't see him here."
Castiel comes to a stop as he approaches a door, this time the door has a huge cross painted on it with a circle around it and various glyphs surrounding it. He opens the door and walks through it but then he stops and slowly turns his head slightly, talking back to the camera.
"I do not fear you, I fear no mortal man on this earth. I have walked through hell, I have fought demons and evil that are much more powerful than you. I have endured a living hell both physically and mentally and I still got up and I still fought on through no interference from God – but from my own strength and will. I believed in myself, I believed that I could overcome my torture and I knew that I could come out stronger than before. You know nothing of fear Kyle, you know nothing of Hell but I promise you at Mayhem you will experience a whole new level of fear and I will give you a taste of what Hell feels like!"
Castiel sat in the corner of the small room, head resting against the wall with a group of candles slowly burning and flickering in the centre of the room. Each time the flame flickers we can see some markings on the ground and on the walls painted in red. Castiel moves his head slowly to look at the markings, he shows no emotion as his cold eyes just stare as if they were seeing something that we couldn't see.
"Every mortal man sins. They are weak.. they give in to temptation and they succumb to the power of The Devil and they sin. Every day the men and women of this world commit one of the seven deadly sins, playing to the music of Satan and edging closer inch by inch to joining him in his battle against God. After everything that Our Lord has done for you, you turn your back on him, you insult him and you disgrace his name."
He runs his hand through his hair and takes a breathe, remaining calm and composed.
"Sin itself is an infectious disease, it spreads like wildfire and it pollutes the mind, it pollutes the spirit and like every disease it slowly kills its host until it's time to depart and move to it's next victim. Diseases can only be stopped by a cure, and thats why I have been sent to this place, to conduct a purge of the sinful, to cure the disease ridden bodies and educate them in the way of the Lord. Starting with Kyle Travis.."
The candles begin to burn with more intensity as more markings are revealed on the walls around Castiel. Several glyphs and unfamiliar language become visible. He holds his fist up and slowly raises a finger after each word.
"Lust. Greed. Wrath. Envy. Pride"
Castiels holds his hand up to the camera and stares directly into it as if he was staring into the eyes of Kyle Travis.
"Five, Kyle. Count five of the seven deadly sins currently reside inside your soul. I am amazed at such a specimen like yourself at how easily corrupted you are by the forces of Satan himself. You are a walking pledge to The Devil, everywhere you go, every word you speak that comes out of that disease ridden mouth of yours is infectious to everyone around you. Lust, Greed, Wrath, Envy and Pride. Your the perfect opponent for me Kyle, your the one that I will send back to Satan as a warning that his work will be undone by the warriors that fight in the name of the Lord! Your the prime example of why I am here, you ask why i'm on this holy mission in a wrestling company.. you need only look at yourself in the mirror Kyle to seek the answer to that very question. This business is riddled with sin, from the highest echelons right down to the bottom rung of the ladder, men and women in a congregation of sin, disobeying orders from God himself."
"LUST and ENVY: I have watched you Kyle and I have listened to your words about how you have been mistreated in the past, about how others have been put in front of you and have prospered instead of you, you believing that your rightful place at the top of the food chain was being undermined by the higher powers. I have listened Kyle, to every word that you spoke and I am not convinced of your past, I think you are a liar. You tasted power and fame in your previous companies and when you moved on to pastures new, you thought you could walk in and resume being the King.. but little did you know that this new Kingdom you joined already had a King, and you were nothing more than a jester to his court. You watched on with envious eyes, jealous of the attention and the fame that these people were receiving all the while you performed like a clown, a show piece for the scraps that joined the company. Deep down inside you desired that feeling once again, to be the Alpha of the organisation, to rule the kingdom once again and be on top of the world. But that day never came did it Kyle? Your lust for power and infamy grew stronger.."
"GREED and WRATH:.. And your greed led you to departing the company in search for what you most desired. Your impressive reign of championships was always going to make you hungry for more, greedy for more gold to be strapped around your waist. You seemed to have a few problems along the way to glory, you took the wrong path it seemed and you found a few companies that held you back and mis-used your abilities. Again, you left. You became angry, you let wrath consume you because you felt that you were being singled out, that you were being.. in your words.. a whipping boy for so many years. So you got angry, you felt that there was a superiority complex and you were better than everyone around you. Because of the amount of championships you had won in past companies, you felt that a man of your stature was too good to be wrestling with inferior people so you packed your bags and you entered into a cycle of joining and leaving companies until you got your own way, like a petulant little child."
"PRIDE: And look at you now Kyle. You seem to be invigorated by joining the UWA. You look like you've gotten a new lease of life and your ready for the challenge ahead. And yet.. the superiority complex is still intact and your pride has grown stronger than ever. Those belts that lay upon your desks.. your trophies of your past accomplishments in life.. they wont last forever Kyle, hold on to them whilst you still can because you'll need the gold to pay Kharon for where you are going You sit in a room living in your past, glorified by pictures of your past accomplishments including ending careers of your opponents, showing off your past title belts to the world all the while wearing a smug arrogant look on your face. Self arrogance Kyle, you disgust me. You hang these pictures, you display your title belts and you wear these mementos like a crown of virtues, again thinking your The King and ruler of this Kingdom. Heavy holds the crown Kyle, and one thing you need to remember and I guarantee that you will is that Pride.. comes before the fall"
Castiel slowly gets up and begins to walk slowly around the room.
What you will understand when we meet at Mayhem Kyle is that God.. and Jesus are not by my side. There are no Angels watching over me, ready to sweep in and protect me from any harm that comes to me. The reason for this Kyle is because I have seen horrors that no mortal man has laid eyes on. I have stared into the eyes of monsters and witnessed pure evil show no mercy upon innocent beings. And I have battled with this evil. Evil doesn't let up, evil doesn't rest. Neither do I. I defeated the monsters at the end and sent them crashing back through Oblivion straight to Hell to show Lucifer that I am afraid of no evil that stands in my way. Thats why God isn't on my shoulder Kyle because I don't need him, I don't need the help of anybody when it comes to fighting off the darkness that is currently decaying this Earth. So the question I ask you is after me fighting through this swarm of evil: Why the fuck should I be afraid of you?" You can use all of your hurtful words to try and degrade me and my crusade, you can use every move your body is capable of pulling off. But I will keep getting up, time and time again, punch after punch, I will not yield to the unworthy, I will not fall to the blade of evil..For I will rise, like the phoenix from the flames, like Lazarus, and like Jesus Christ our saviour..you sinners can nail me to the cross but my will is forever, I kneel before no man or woman on this planet, I kneel to God.”
He looks around the room.
"And I don't see him here."
Castiel comes to a stop as he approaches a door, this time the door has a huge cross painted on it with a circle around it and various glyphs surrounding it. He opens the door and walks through it but then he stops and slowly turns his head slightly, talking back to the camera.
"I do not fear you, I fear no mortal man on this earth. I have walked through hell, I have fought demons and evil that are much more powerful than you. I have endured a living hell both physically and mentally and I still got up and I still fought on through no interference from God – but from my own strength and will. I believed in myself, I believed that I could overcome my torture and I knew that I could come out stronger than before. You know nothing of fear Kyle, you know nothing of Hell but I promise you at Mayhem you will experience a whole new level of fear and I will give you a taste of what Hell feels like!"