Came up with a title: CT: Tale of the Magus
Working right now on coming up with lists of items, etc. and thinking about where to take this story. I want to somehow mix in Glenn as a kid and I'm working on figuring out how to do that, because I know which direction I want to take the Cyrus/Glenn story, but fitting it into this is going to take some doing, but it's going to be magnificent if I can get it to turn out the way it is in my head right now.
update on the story:
Prologue
Scene: Ocean Palace, year 12,000 BC, Waking Lavos. Schala, Zeal, the 3 Gurus and Janus (child) are gathered for the waking of Lavos, using the Mammon Machine.
Zeal: Janus! what are you doing here, you bad little child! Your negative engery will disrupt the flow of power from Lavos! Gurus! Get him out of my sight!
Scene: Lavos chooses this time to become active and sucks the three Gurus and Janus into Time Gates, sending them each to different era's: Belthazar to the far reaches of 2300 A.D., Melchior to peaceful 1000 A.D., and Gespar to the mysterious End of Time. Janus ends up in rural 600 A.D. surrounded by imps and a curious Ozzy. The Imps attack Janus, beating him nearly to death, when suddenly a power inside reacts and vanquishes them all. Ozzy scoops the child up and takes it back to his Fort.
Chapter 1: How to Raise a Child?
Scene: Ozzy's Fort, Throne Room. Ozzy is surrounded by his two top underlings, the swordsman Slash and Flea the magician.
Ozzy: what to do, what to do? Ozzy's in a jam! What am I to do with this child?
Slash: We could always cook it and eat it's flesh. It looks human enough.
Flea: But it's power, can't you feel it? This child is going to be a great Magician!
Slash: True, imagine how that would taste! think it would ruin the meal?
Flea: you idiot! imagine being able to turn this kid against humans. With his power we can easily take over their world.
Ozzy: That's it! That's exactly it! but how does one take care of a child...?
switch scene to Janus waking up in a bedroom inside of Ozzy's Fort:
Janus: ....Where am I?
disembodied voice: You have been moved through time.
Janus: Schala!
d.v.: is trapped in the past. she is beyond your help.
Janus: I don't care, I must save her!
d.v.: and how do you intend to do that? stuck here... and little more than a runt.
Janus: ...Lavos. I will have my revenge on HIM, then.
d.v.: hmm... maybe, maybe... only 'time' will tell.
Scene: Ozzy walks in.
Ozzy: Ok, brat, get on your feet. Today you begin your training to destroy the humans.
Janus: ...why destroy them?
Ozzy: Because they uh... well, They're keeping us penned up like animals and won't allow us any freedom! They see us as monsters and we just want to live like they do!
Janus: ...so?
Ozzy: ...And because we're naturally superior. We have skills and spells that they don't.
Janus: Now that I can believe. You'll train me to use your magic?
Ozzy: Of course! of course. Just do what Uncle Ozzy tells you to do.
Scene: Ozzy and Janus leave Ozzy's fort and travel to the forest just north of it. They walk in a little ways and then stop.
Ozzy: This is where I leave you. Either survive or die! If you survive, come back to the Fort for cookies or whatever it is kids like.
Scene: Ozzy vanishes, and 5 imps line up and then attack Janus 1x1. Janus must destroy all 5 to leave the forest and should get a level up. If he dies, he wakes up in Ozzy's Fort and has to try the test again. After beating all five, leave the forest to automatically be taken to Ozzy's Fort, front gate.
Chapter 2: A Molehill out of a Mountain
Scene: Ozzy's Fort, find your way to Ozzy. This is the player's time to explore his Fort. Some new rooms should be added for items and weapons etc. Ozzy is in the throne room. When the player is done, that is where they will find him. Also, you will find that you're able to open your menu now.
Scene: Ozzy's Fort, Throne Room. Slash is on Ozzy's left and Flea is on his right.
Ozzy: congratulations on passing the first test, kid. The second is just as easy. All you have to do is climb to the top of the little hill behind the forest and retrieve my pants that I accidentally left at the hot springs on top of the mount... the hill. You may run into a few mystics out there who won't appreciate your form, so I'll be sending Slash with you to help.
Janus: ...how many tests are there going to be?
Ozzy: Hey! just get going!
[if you passed the test the first time added script:]
Janus: what about my cookie?
Ozzy: HERE! TAKE YOUR COOKIE AND GO ALREADY!! kids these days...
scene: adds a cookie to your inventory that restores 10 hp.
[added script end]
Scene: Slash joins your party as level 5. Janus should be level 2. It is now time for the player to leave the Fort and Head north to the Mountain behind it. Once at the mountain, Slash stops for a moment to talk to Janus.
Slash: You know how to use that weapon, boy?
Janus: n-not really.
Slash: You will by the end of today, or you will be dead. I am nobody's babysitter, got it? Let's go.
