[ooc: frequents of my previous rp topic have probably noticed that it is closed. after talking with the big D, I decided to turn the last mini-plot into the beginnings of this. all the old participants are invited, though I ask that no new people come into this until we reach the first chapter (don't worry, the prelude's short). also, I'm going to try to keep this light hearted, so while you gloom and doom people are welcome, tone it down or face the wrath of embarrasing situations :mowtongue. Also, I'll be keeping track of the chapters here as they are started/completed, including pages and a short description. As new people join, I'll probably post character profiles here. You can join at any time, but the best times are during the beginnings and ends of chapters if you plan on becoming a permanent member of the group.]
edit: As some of you are no doubt aware, I've created a ooc topic with character bios, chapter summaries, and other stuff like that. it can be found here (http://clockworkmansion.com/forum/index.php?topic=1877.0)
Anyone interested in joining the rp just go ahead and drop me a pm or post there.
can't believe I let the ooc topic go this long without a link to it in the main.
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[story begins here]
[when we have last left our heroes, Moonsoul and Tophar Chee had just taken off to combat an unknown threat to the valley and the universe it resided in]
alright, tophar. I need you to be alert. as we approach the asteroid, the effects of whatever's causing the reality bending is going to be a lot more potent on it's immediate area.
(edited by D simply to fix the brackets. I'm glad you found an equitable solution)
(OOC: Could i join?)
[ooc: sure. I'll pm you when the prelude finnishes. which will be shortly after tophar shows up. 'course, if he doesn't show up for long enough I may just continue the story without him]
(OOC: Cool)
CDM pulled a lawn chair from his personal pocket dimension, and sat down to relax by the entrance to the cave. He was quite used to reality warping so he wasn't particularly concerned; however, he kept his modified camera at the ready, should he need it.
===OOC:===
It seems I failed to convince them fully, but at least I got Damaris to contact you :3
OOC: id like to join as well but im going to need a plot with the initial "prelude is done PM" and some light on the current characters.
i was part of the original one so i have a role i can play right?
[of course. on a different note, I'm going to wait until tomorrow and if tophar isn't around by then, I'll just continue the prelude so we don't keep people waiting.]
[well, that's three days without toph showing. I'm afraid I'm going to have to move this along]
*looks back, finding that tophar has also turned into a soul jewel, a dazzeling ruby-colored gem with a strange light at the center*
well, that complicates things. *transports tophar back to the cave*
alright now... I need to get to that asteroid.
*a few minutes later*
or, whatever the hell it's become.
[the "asteroid" turns out to be a large tetrahedron, nearly the size of a moon. the sides are an indescribable color, though it most nearly matches silver. it seems to be built up of hundreds of moutain-sized pyramids, which each are made up of thousands of human-sized spheres. this makeup should leave many holes, but whenever moonsoul tries to look for any, her eyes blend the setup into one surface]
well, that's definately the problem. problem is, I'm guessing destroying it's not the solution.
Indeed. Without a vessel to contain my power, your universe would quickly fade.
So you're an intelegent being. are you doing this intentionally
no, it is a side effect of difficulties I am exeperiencing. I was traveling through nearby dimensions, and was about to jump to this one. I had always wanted to meet a kitsune, and I heard there was one there. however, I became stuck between dimensions for a reason I cannot understand, and reverted to this form, which is similar to the soul jewels of your kind.
so you are stuck here... hmm... I honestly don't know what happend, but I think I can get you free. would you rather be here or the other universe you are stuck in?
here, I believe
very well then. *starts gathering energy* alright, hold still!
Like I have any choice.
um...whatever. *sends a small beam of energy into the object, which quickly spreads out into a field around it*
*the object shifts to a nearly featureless humanoid*
well, that was interesting.
indeed. I think I will be on my way now, though *disapears*
*returns to the cave, to find everyone back to normal*
well, that's that. except one thing... I'll be back in a little.
*opens a telephathic link with dune dancer*
{hey, could you lower that field around you so that I can teleport in?}
{dune dancer: of course. }
*teleports in*
so, you need a way to return to your regular form?
dune dancer: yes.
alright then.
[thousands of runes, of every shape, size, and color fly from moonsoul's hands, landing all across the giant soul jewel of dune dancer. as they melt in, the jewel begins to glow, until the glow envelopes the physical jewel completely. swiftly, the jewel begins to shrink and take on the humanoid form of dune dancer]
all done. I'm heading back to the cave. want to tag along?
dune dancer: of course.
*a few minutes later*
dune dancer:It's been so long since I've been here. kinda makes me miss the job.
hmm... you know, I do kind of feel like a vacation. if you'd keep place in order while I'm gone...
dune dancer: I'd be delighted to.
well then, it's settled. I'm going to travel the universes, and I think I'll start with my home. anyone who want's to join me?
CDM frowns exaggeratedly at the announcement that destroying the asteroid isn't a possibility. But he perks up to an almost giddy state as he commands several CameraBots to analyze and raytrace the surface of the oddly-shaped asteroid, storing it's color and properties for use as a 3D Studio material later. Because that's just the obsessive way he does things.
He puts his camera away and effectively "packs his bags" while Moonsoul converses with Dune Dancer.
"Travel the universes, eh? Been there. Done that. Feel like doing it again! It'll be like the interLOAFERs, with slightly less insanity... maybe..." The cougar anthro pulls out his handheld computer. "Will you be needing assistance in transporting people with you?"
===OOC:===
Nevermind the interLOAFERs comment, just an inside joke about my friend's stories :P
nah. I used to do tours of the delraxian six that numbered in the thousands.
e's soul crystal has doubled in size and it's pulsations have slowed. a little but other wise fine the night sky colored mass expands into roughly the shape of a tailless person before expansion to scale with the fists entity it happens to note. The mass then darken it's light winking out as it take on the shadow form of several things slowing into the form of a robot know as forte before shifting into the more familiar biological form of the k9 version of E that has become known in this location. "did i miss much" e ask a little woozy as he readjust to physical senses. As the others watch several seals appear in the air arson him and land on his body. The seals glow briefly before vanishing and the energy that e is using stabilized and he appears much recovered form his wooziness.
not much. problem was a traveler stuck between dimensions, I met an old friend who happens to be the previous guardian AND that comet (well, not anymore), and speaking of dimensions, we're going on an interuniversal vacation, starting with my homeworld. if you want to come along, pack any bags you might need packing and make sure whatever you use in leu of an oven isn't going to burn your place down. we leave sunrise the day after tomorow. also, see if you can figure out where mel, zed, and zett disapeared to. I haven't seen them since I got back.
e closes his eyes for a moment and everyone with the sensory ability to feel it feels his presence wash out from him almost like a thin cobwebs. It is easily dismissed or shake off making no effort to hold. Then it is over and e opens his eyes. " it seems that there has been a reality shift while i was out. i do believe i that they are well but it might take some time for them to catch up with us if they wish to that is.." e sighs as he looks out over the old /new world. thanks to his specific nature even thought a shift has occurred he knows what happened in both original and current reality. still the changes were minor and then again the approach of this event could have been what was bothering him and force him to rest.
Mel lands at the mouth of the cave. "It takes a bit longer for those of us who fly the old-fashioned way. This is a very long valley."
e chuckles. well you defiantly have a few tricks for maintaining speed. when i tried to catch you after you tagged me i couldn't reach you not matter hove face i flew and i was breaking the speed of sound.
"While I'm known as a fast flyer amongst my clan I don't fly that fast. Are you sure our host wasn't playing a bit of a trick on you. Kitsune love their little jokes," responded Mel as she reduced her size and stepped into the cave.
shrugs. could have been. after all i am easy to fool with illusions and the distance did seem too Constance
well, that's e and mel. that leaves tophar (hasn't returned to normmal form yet), zedd, and zet. if need be we can take tophar's jewel with us. anyways, we leave tomorrow. first destination: my home world!
Your home world eh? Well I promice my best way to serve you...*unlit cigarate in maw*
*poofs back into the scene*
(OOC: Sorry everyone, glad to be back^^)
well, I suppose that's everyone. 'xcept maybe zet. I don't know if he'll show. anyways, we leave tonight!
*ties up his belongings in his hammock and throws the now small pack over his shoulder and chest*
I'm ready
I'm fine and all packed....*as he does the ol crazy dark magic light ciggarate with thumb trick and tilts outlaw hat over face abit*
*Eyes Zedd*
That was a nifty trick
CDM strokes his chin, feeling as though he's forgetting something. He chuckles, grinning evilly, and presses a button on his computer. In a flash of light, the cougar anthro is changed into an apparently human young man with dark shades, leather boots, and matching hunting-camouflage jacket and pants.
"Road trip!" He throws his hand up into the air in the universal symbol for rawkage, shouting loudly.
At that time a camouflage truck roughly the size and shape of a large moving van, though with a canvas canopy back, bursts out of a nearby forest at a high speed. It slides to a perfect stop inches away from the young man, and "speaks" in the same voice as the lead CameraBot; in fact, both machines speak at the same time, betraying that the CameraBot is little more than a remote recon device.
"Well it's about time. I don't like being incapacitated, nor covered in branches. I'm already camouflaged, it shouldn't be necessary." The CameraBot unfolds its grabber-arms, picking twigs out of the truck's grille.
"It could be worse, K2." The young man leaned against the truck. "Of course, me, I'm having a blast!"
*looks to MoonSoul*
we still preparing to fight?
E chuckles "so i assume that most of you are more then a little excited about this trip?" e himself is looking forward to the voyage as the thinks about all the sights there would be to see. this would be a peaceful journey he believed still there was not telling what would happen.
alright everyone! I'm about to open the portal, so step lively and don't worry if you forgot anything. in fact, you'll find anything you forgot when you think of it. here's hoping this doesn't turn into a bad ripoff of sliders!
[performs twenty seven handseals in quick succession, each one spawning a blue rune rune which enters a floating "circle". once complete, the runes begin quickly rotating, then stop, with the rune at the top changing to white. the process repeats 8 times.the 9 white runes streak to the center, then the other runes start spining again, so fast that they form a solid ring. a portal that looks like a pool of shining water "explodes" out*
everyone through the ring!
*everyone follows moonsoul through the ring, and they find themselves in a forest which is apparently empty. the portal dissapates, closely followed by the ring*
no one around... kinda surprising. well, we're here everyone!
(OOC: hopefully this is a good time to get in :3)
[Up in the trees you see a black panther artho. Trying to hid for the most part of it but failing. Sometimes looking out from the tree branches at the new comers]
*eyes the newcomer*
a black panther, huh? haven't seen one of those in forever.
*pops into the tree behind snuggles*
'ello there. I take it you're new here. don't be shy or anything.
Yeah dont worry...We wont hurt ya or nothing
*Looks around at the forest which closely resembled the place he once called home*
(OOC:I might have to tie this in with my storyline. I'm not sure yet)
Murrr....? [as he see one of them disappear then reappear backs away fast, faster then most people can see, at the popping sound and a person appearing before him but before he gets away you see that he is young and now pretty scared. Now stops again a good amount of distance away keeping an eye on kitsune] Murrr....?
e steps through the portal he was expecting a ship or something like that instead he finds himself on a planet. was this how there were to travel? via plant hopping teleportation? still what sites they would see on their way."that quickly moonsoul? or is this the first stop?"
*Turns to E*
this is our first destination. my home world. oh, and the transport spell Isn't exactly unuique. I think I picked the idea from a paralell earth.
*turns to snuggles*
I'm moonsoul.
*falls out from under the truck unconscious and covered in scratches, when he hits the ground he wakes up* ugh I stop to rest for one minute and I get run over *opens his eyes* ummmm where am I?
[ooc: wow. that's some entrance. nice work there :mowsmile]
'ey zet. I wondered where you had wandered off to. to answer your question, you are now on my homeworld. over there is a... I'm not quite sure what he is, but he bears a fine resemblance to a black panther. he's young and shy. which reminds me. dig, if you could make sure your toys don't try anything that would scare the fella, I'd apreaciate it.
"Will do." DM replies, saluting Moonsoul for no apparent reason. Though the fact of the matter is, his random insanity is usually more terrifying than his devices and weaponry, but only to people who know him best.
He offers Zet a hand. "That's a nice change of pace. Normally I'm the one getting run over. Sometimes I think he does it on purpose..."
Anyone know a place I can dump my ashes from pocket ashtray? *fiddling with something on a keychain*
Mel dons her regular disquise of a small spotless snow leopard and goes to the foot of the tree. "You'd be better off coming down and introducing yourself. This crew is slightly less dangerous to friends than to strangers." Under her breath she adds, "You'd need an advanced math degree to figure out that percentage."
From nowhere she produces a blanket that she spreads on the ground and a plate of cookies. The cookies were chocolate chip and warm, scenting the air. "We can wait until you're ready. I'm Mel, by the way." She sat down and nibbled one of the cookies.
aw, c'mon mel. we're not dangerous, are we? well, 'cept mebee digitalman.
*turns to zedd*
as far as your ashtray goes...
*a large gourd appears on moonsoul's back, and as the cork pops off, the sand flows from the pocket ashtray to the gourd*
It has it's uses in spells, and should fetch a good price at the market.
*removes a metallic ball from his poutch*
*takes the ball inbetween his two fists and uses heat from his hands to transform the ball into a handy staff*
Thalium. Very heat resistant. In fact, very ductile as well^^.
(Thank you chemistry)
Mel grinned up at Moonsoul as she replied, "If you don't like dangerous how about frighteningly enthusiastic? You guys play rougher than some people fight." She tossed a cookie to Moonsoul up in the tree. "I don't suppose I should have said that. Now we'll never get the kitten out of the tree. Should we call the fire department?"
e shivers at a half processed memory involving Zombies. Well i know that we can be dangerous but all power has the potential to be dangerous." e pauses for a moment " but tell me Mel do we really seem that aggressive?"
[now seeing all of the people coming out of everywhere being more afraid of them. Everyone being so nice has never happened to him in a long time.] Murrr...? [tilts his head then asks a question in his language thats says who are you people that control factors of teleporation?]
[recognising the language, though unable to place it's origin, Moonsoul answers]
<I'm moonsoul. most kitsune have at least that ability in teleporation. anyways, these are fellow companions I have met in my travels. over there, the spotless snow leapord is mel. the guy in the shades is digitalman. don't worry too much about him. he may be a bit... odd, but he has a good heart. the humanoid robot is e_voyager. I don't know much about him, but he seems nice enough. over there is tophar. he's a cat person from a fire tribe. really nice guy, too. the accident prone one is zet, and the smoker in the outlaw hat is zedd. don't know much about either of them since they were off on their own a lot. anyways, we're all friends, and we're traveling through the universes. this is our first stop, and it's my homeworld.>
Hmmmmm *waves gently*
>well it is nice to meet you. Are you the only one that can speak my tongue?<
Begins to pace the upper branches of the trees keeping an eye on Kitsune.
<judging by the fact that no one else has spoken it, I'd say yes. though if you want to talk to the others, I can make a translation spell for you. by the way, where are you from?>
after the brief exchange E's rosetta stone translator kicks in and he checks the backlog of the conversation. he smiles. in snuggles language He responds. " i am sorry if we frighted you but were are merely passing by i think..." e looks around. " you you happen to know any places that are nice for a picnic so that we can take a break and talk for a while?"
*smiles happily*
Here that everyone, Im a really nice cat person from a fire tribe^^
>well right at the moment i want to speak with you and only you because your the only one who can speak my tongue. And to your question that you asked me i am not from around here. I am Snuggles the fast from the clan of the wind. I was sent from my world to this one when i was young. I have been trained and was one of the best in my clan almost as good as my .... master...< [He breaks on at that point. Then in a shock he moves up another branch and looks down at E in surprise that he can speak the language]
E observers this reaction and becomes puzzled. "are you okay? i did not mean to frighten you but it seems that by learning this language i have caused you some fear. if so or if i have miss spoken then i apologize." e double checks his translation program but it seems to be in prefect working order and he saw no reason for it to malfunction with over 8000 languages programed in and counting.
Mel watches e speak to the young feline and while she doesn't understand she can see that he's speaking softly to him. "No e, I don't think you're aggressive without reason or that any of us are. But I think that none of us in this group are of average abilities and we need to remember that and not scare the natives."
<my, you are a jumpy little fella. anyways, have you seen anyone like me recently? I think things have changed a bit since I was last here.>
>well yea you guys just pop out of nowhere then scare me almost into attacking and expect me to be nice to you... To answer you question yes and i am hungry so i will show you where if i can get what ever those things are< Points at Mel and her cookies.
<aw, we didn't mean to scare you. I guess I assumed everyone here would be familiar with basic teleportation, and that popping up behind you would be at most a mild surprise. anyways, if it's food ya want, I'm sure there's going to be a veritable feast for my return. you're welcome to join, of course. as far as the cookies, have as many as you like.>
e listens to the conversation even as he turns to Mel and switching over to the languages they used in the valley. " well i guess you are right. we are so used to what we have that we forget that there are otherwise that are not like us. anyway though are kitty friend is scared he is also interested in those cookies of yous so he'll give us a chance."
[Slowly moves down the tree with great ease and toward mel but when he gets close and stops at the sight of the thing that spoke to him before then moves up the tree again but only to the next branch above him. Looks up at moonsoul then points at E] >what is he... he doesn't smell like anything before now?<
<him? I'm not completely sure, but I think he's some sort of robotic lifeform. closely resembles a reploid. don't worry about him, though. he's nice.>
>robotic lifeform?< [tilts his head still unsure what he is]
e looks at the jumpy feline. in his language he says in a comforting voice. "if i make you uncomfortable like this then i can convert to flesh and blood. it is simple enough and i have the technology to do so."
<hmm. I guess you don't get those kinds of people around where you come from, so you probably wouldn't know. anyways, just treat him like any normal person. anywyas, I'm hungry as well, so the faster we get to the village the sooner we can have that feast>
>well let me have whatever those things are and i will get you anywhere you want< [looking back down to the cookies and Mel]
<just a sec>
*grabs a few cookies and puts them on a smaller plate, which I then hand up to snuggles*
<here ya go>
[Takes them happily. Smells them again then take a bite then puts them down] >alright not what i was expecting... anyway a deal is a deal< [starts off pretty quickly then come back after a min] >sorry about that i almost forgot that your the only one that can move quickly< [and starts off slower this time]
DM leans towards K2, a sort of automatic and pointless motion in an attempt to speak privately.
"Can you understand anything they're saying?"
"Do I look like a TARDIS?" The apparently intelligent vehicle responded in a rather condescending manner. "I only know recorded languages from Earth. That's all you gave me, remember?"
"Fair enough..." DM tilts his head, struggling to understand and failing horribly. "It'd be easier if they were beating each other senseless. Or cartoonishly expressive. Like that episode of Zoids I downloaded."
Seeing the panther dash off he prepares to get started, wondering if flight or driving would be easiest around here.
*gets up*where are we going? [OOC: you only said where in the secret language not to everyone else}*shapeshifts into a wingless four-legged dragon form* I'll be able to keep up this time at least *looks at the cookies and realizes he is very hungry
[OOC:this form is very fast and is all terrain :B]
Well now I am sure and packed
"Take the cookies, Zet. I guess they didn't make very good kitten bait after all."
alright everyone. follow the new guy. *shifts to my fox form*
gotta love being a kitsune. <alright, lead the way, snuggles!>
>fine but you have to keep up< [he moves quickly but not a quickly before like he is holding back. And move though the trees and bushes then he suddenly stops. Lifts up his head as if to hear something] >i think i have found them but they are talking in a weird language here i will repeat it< [having a little bit of trouble] "i don't know where that little black thing went...." >another person< "Well anyway that next time you see it kill it and move on..." [turns around to look at moonsoul] >i can't get the rest of it. What are they saying?< (ooc: they are about 10 min away for the postion that they are at right now)
<that does not sound like something my people would say. they speak of killing you so casually. such cold words anger me greatly...wait>
[concentrating carefully, Moonsoul extends her hearing range so that she can tune in on the conversation]
"Meanwhile, the rest of you keep looking for those fox things. they fetch a nice price on the black market. 'specially the small ones."
[a low, bone-rattling growl escapes from moonsoul's lips]
so that's why no one was around to greet us... alright everyone. listen up. We've got a group of some kind of enslavers about 5 klicks that way, and they're strong enough that they're going after kitsune. all of you head to those moutains over there. they have a small cave system which you can easly defend yourselves. digitalman, I want your camerabots in a defense grid of about a one klick radius, stealth mode, once you get there. also, get that camera thing of yours out. the rest of you make whatever prepreations you need to once you're there. I'll wait here until nigthfall, then do some recon of their base of operations. I'll be back by dawn, hopefully.
*shifts to humanoid form and summons a small amulet*
<snuggles, this is a translation amulet. it will allow you to speak and understand what the others are saying. stay with them, and keep your eyes and ears open. you can trust kitsune like me, but no one else outside the group.>
*disapears into the trees*
[takes the amulet and puts it on but he fells no different but then when moonsoul disappear into the trees he move carefully over to Mel, the only other nice looking one, but trying to keep an eye and an ear on moonsoul. Turns to look up to Mel] "Can you understand me now?"
Mel smiles, "Yes I can. Moonsoul neglected to tell us your name in all the excitement. Can you show us to the caves we're to make base in?"
"well my name is Snuggles and Sure i can show you to the caves?" [Looking a little more scared as the fact hit him that the people from before were trying to kill him but still move towards the caves keeping an eye on everyone and an ear out for trouble] "Just one question that moonsoul didn't explain to me very well... What is that? Moonsoul said robotic something or other but i didn't get it?" [Pointing at E again while traveling to the caves]
"E? He's a non-organic lifeform. It's amazing the variety of forms life takes. But I don't think he'd mind if you thought of him as someone wearing a metal suit if that helps you."
[getting a little closer to the caves now] "but he has no smell to him. Even if he was in armor he would still give of a smell... if he is non-organic then let him have the smell of the trees or something like it." [very puzzled now that one of his very well trained senses would be wrong about a lifeform]
e sighs as he follows the. "the reason i have no scent to you is that metal dose not hold scents very well." E considers for a moment "think of me simply as something of a walking doll if it helps. While I man not have a scent of my own 'per say ' you can track me by the scenes of those I have been near.." e holds back on using his belt as kitsune's words have him a little worried. He check his interns defense systems and finds his EMP shielding is only as 78% but that should be enough as he engages his auto repair.
"Murrr...? What is a doll?" [tilts his head toward E]
"You don't know what a doll is? I have a feeling we're going to shake up your world," Mel sighed. She thought a moment. "I've been to a lot of places where the shaman or holy person make little replica people out of cloth or clay. They often imbue them with a spirit, such as that of a recently passed ancestor. Did your society do such things?"
As Snuggles pondered Mel leaned towards e and whispered, "Beings can't smell metal? I never realized that. Is that why they make such a mess when they mine?"
"well i have heard of those things but i have never seen one before." As they finally reach the caves, "these should be clear because i haven't heard or seen any movement around here for a while." Once there he goes over to E and starts to check him over because of his instinct to check out what they have seen before.
e watched the curious feline lifting arms and legs as required. " uhm i hate to interrupt your investigation but this is kind of awkward for me."
Well now arent we just having our little fun...*as my back wings shudder*
nightfall. alright. *shifts into fox form, then casts invisibility on myself, and starts towards the base of operations*
Backs off a little "i am sorry but i have never seen something like you or any of you before except Moonsoul and now since i am a little more trusting i would i like to find out what you are" and as Zedd's wings shudder he moves back a little again "ok do you have control of those things?"
e chuckles. his wings are king of like a tail they do what he wants when he thinks about them but when he doesn't they have a mind of their own or at least they seem to" as for my my wings are really part of me they are my companion when we are on." e shrugs "but that's besides the point"
"well where i come from we have unmoving wings but we can still fly" Snuggles moves over to Zedd to check out his wings almost doing the same thing as before with E.
E's wings suddenly jump form his back as e becomes once more himself and him k9 companion gospel. "Gospel he's not trying to hurt you you know" the wolf barks and vanished into the air. " please excuse he it was getting frustrated being mered with me for all that time it seems"
The sudden form change scares snuggles right behind Mel and starts to shake.
"Okay. I think Snuggles has enough new things to think about for the moment. If we have to worry about attack shouldn't we be doing security type things?"
*chuckles at the sight of seeing Snuggles jump around everywhere* your easily surprised I see *looks out the cave entrance* ok I think we should set up defences like Moonsoul said so... hey wheres DM did he fall behind?
*Watches the chaos around him*
I need to lay off the milk. :)
"well you take my side of things... i find myself a week ago been put here, where i don't where here is. The locals here are, that i just found out, evil and trying to kill me. And in about 2 hours i find my self srounded by people that mostly change form or has something new to bring to the table that i haven't seen. There is so much a 15 year old, at least in my years, can take." Still shaking behind Mel.
*turns to stand in front of Mel in a heroic pose*
"Have no fear, TOPHER IS HERE!"
Well now this seems familer
If you are talking to me this is the first time I have ever said that...
"sorry about that snuggles. i guess you scared Gospel as well" e looks at the cave entrance. "okay who wants first watch?"
Not you Torpher...But think of going to diffrent worlds...it seems so familer
"Snuggles, I didn't mean to insult you. There is only so many new things any mind can accept in a day before they need time to reflect on them."
Mel looks at the rest of the crew bounding around and exploring the cave. She mutters something of which only the words "Peter Pan" and "Wendy" can be made out. "Okay, who is taking first watch?"
*slowly works my way down to the clearing where the enslavers are*
hmm... minimal armorments that I can see. those cages don't even look like they'd hold a two-tailed kitsune, though. that worries me, because it means they have something I can't see. hmm...
*closes my eyes and reaches out with a magi-based metasense*
that would explain it. the place is covered in proximity-activated spells. detection, fireballs, death clouds. the works... and the cages are magically enforced, with a stasis spell. they've got a real nasty operation going here.
[a voice from the shadows]: yes I do, little fox lady. and you're about to be part of it.
*steps out* you see, I can see you just fine. ya tripped one of our alarms with your probing, and boss made sure all of use could handle any resistance your kind could give. *points a metal staff at moonsoul* so don't move, and we'll do this the easy way.
moonsoul: grunts doing the dirty work, eh? I severely doubt you could handle me. *as she speaks, the tips of moonsoul's fur turns a glowing blue, along with her eyes. she also shifts to her humanoid form*
grunt: oh shi-
*with a small gesture, the staff flies out of the grunt's hand with tremendous force, dislocating both the wrist and elbow. rather than physically touching it, moonsoul impales it in a nearby tree for the moment. *
moonsoul: We're going to do this the easy way, alright. you've enslaved my people, terrorized my land, and that's only the unspeakable evils I've found about so far. When I'm finished with you, you'll wish you'd never heard of your boss. hell hath no fury like a kitsune's wrath.
*with these words, tendrals of blue light leap from the ground, restraining the grunt from any movement at all. moonsoul walks up to him and places a hand on his forehead*
moonsoul: I could make this easy and painless, but you're not worth it. In the words of yami, you are soooo getting a mind rape.
*moonsoul procedes to extract every bit of information about the enslavers and boss as arrows of pure agony shoot through the grunt's skull. when she's finnished, the tendrals disapear, as the wide-eyed grunt drops to the ground, clearly incapable of thought anymore, though various extremeties twitch every now and again. she walks slowly up to the grunt, and kneels next to his head*
normally, I detest this kind of violence. that should give you an idea just how angry you and your boss have made me.
hmm, about that staff... If I create a secondary aura about myself, I can handle it fine. I got a decent idea of this guy's aura, so I think I'll shapeshift and do a bit of good old style infiltration. work my way up, replacing each victim with a illusion. and when I get to the top, what I do to "boss" vlad is going to make this look cushy. of course, if I'm going to do this, I need to get rid of the body here.
Looks to Mel "You weren't the one that insulted me" Looking a little calmer now and looking around the cave. Then he puts his head down to think. In about a few miniuts, he lifts his head a little then perks up quickly and move to the openning of the cave with his ear out. "I think i hear two things. The first we are being followed or someone is coming. The second ... i think ... what is that sound... it is like enegry is coming from someone" Then he hears the cry of agony and moves back into the cave. "I think we should either go or move deeper into the cave." Again shaking at what he had heard.
*Looks at the grunt laying motionless at the bottom of the forrest. He decides whatever MoonSoul had done was for a good reason. He walks toward MoonSoul, hoping to calm her down and put her at ease*
If you need help, I'll always be at your side. As for those defence mechanisms gaurding the entrance, I can help with that.
*turns and looks to the top of the trees*
In my tapped form, I'm pretty much invincible unless I get saturated in water. I can help open up the cages as well, and as for that staff, if you find no use to it, I'll be glad to take it off your hands. I wouldn't mind adding on to the thalium. The more I have to work with the better off I'll be.
(OOC: YOU'RE A GIRL!!!! Sorry, all this time I thought you were a dude)
(ooc: irl I'm a guy. I play a rather interesting charachter that has the soul of both a male and a female kitsune, and the body is usually changed to reflect who is currenty in control of the body sorry if it confused you. refer to naming ceremony mini-arc in fur and feathers for more info)
hmmm... I don't know what you can do about the defense mechanisms, but it's probably best not to tamper with them. they've got that place wrapped in wards like a christmas present, and I have my doubts that even I could disable any of them without setting off ten more. however, I think I've got another idea... they'll probably send another grunt to see why this one hasn't reported in. I can easily enough give you access to one's memories and we can both infiltrate their base. it'll probably take a few days for us to get high enough in pecking order to get directly to this vlad guy. when we do, you free the captured kitsune, while I give him a good thrashing. sound good?
Hmmm do you think there will be no more distractions Moon?
In a corner of the cave, several images are projected on the walls and as holograms. DM sits silently among them, navigating them by touch. Tracking the entire area and then some, nothing would get by his imfamous CameraBot arrays. He giggles and claps giddily a few times, watching Moonsoul take out the grunt.
DM checkes the contents of his Z-Buffer, making sure he's fully equipped. Looking over the cannons, bladed weapons, gems, and assorted other pain-bringers, he spaces out, imagining the sheer damage he could cause here.
"When travelling between universes, always pack at least twice your weight in weaponry..."
A CameraBot lowers near Moonsoul and Tophar, as DM uses it for remote communications.
"You can call me in when all the good guys are evacuated." There's talking in the background between DM and K2, and some mention of 'the Führer.' "We can handle cleanup of that base."
okay, but do remember that boss vlad is mine and mine alone.
you ready toph?
Coming over to the screen "umm would you like help... i have been in the camp a few times before?"
e sighed ans he sits facing the entrance to the cave. "Gospel" at the name a drop of purple light enter the cave like a massive rain drop and the K9 was there again thong this time he was not merging with e. " let's stand watch boy and i want you to run a full system check on yourself while we wait. the wolf barks turns and lays down.
*Nods* Ready when you are
With everyone occupied for the moment Mel moved to the mouth of the cave where e was sitting. "What kind of security do we have here? Not to disparage Moonsoul's assurance of safety but she didn't know this planet had been invaded until we got here."
DM turns to Mel, speaking loudly across the cave. "In a word? Lots." The last word is accentuated, a big grin forming on DM's face. Just thinking about what he could do when properly motivated in a defensive situation makes him giddy again. If not for his respect for Moonsoul's homeworld, there probably would have been much destruction already.
K2 adds his own encouragement. "I assure you, anyone wishing to attack us here will be most apologetic."
okay. *with a few quick gestures, moonsoul makes both tophar and herself perfect replicas of the two grunts.*
<[through a telekinetic link] our minds are connected through the staves, which is impossible to detect by any means they have. you have instant access to any memory of the grunt you're disguised as, so don't worry about getting caught. I'm going to make a report in to boss vlad so he doesn't get too supicious>
*concentrates a particular way on "his" staff (still moonsoul, but the disguise is male)*
this is 421 reporting in. the alarm was false.
421, copy. why did you activate your staff if it was a false alarm? over.
some smart ass put a rock that looked like a kitsune here. reccomend ya mark the zone as off limits, though. it had a few ugly traps. over
"
*sigh* we copy, 421. get your ass back to base. and next time, don't be so damn stupid. over and out.
off we go, "359"
*nods and follows behind MoonSoul*
Hmmm well now this feels like a good trip
"i don't really know Mel. i've been upgrading my body so much that it barely feels like it's my own anymore. " E shutters (have you ever seen the marvel Vs' capcom mega man special move?) "the power i have in this body. well i go to 300% normal power i and lever a Mountain in one attack. with the exception of fortress guardian i almost never need to use that much power and some time it scares me that i have it." e rubs Gospels head not even thinking that the two of them weren't flesh and blood the however respond any happy K9 and leaning into the affection. "you'd better get some sleep Mel. i'll take first watch and even dragons need to sleep"
Mel looked down at herself and her feline illusion. "Dragon, yeah." She leaned against the cave wall, beyond the view of the door and switched to thought. "The kid is so happy that one of this crew is just a nice normal feline. I'm scared that when he finds out that I'm about as feline as you are he'll stop trusting us. How do I break it to him gently that no one here is like the folks back home?"
"But that is illogical." DM's voice comes through a CameraBot next to Mel. "It would seem that we are stronger than him. Thusly, shouldn't he feel safer, being in such capable hands?"
Back at his monitor array, he plugs a small wire into the side of his sunglasses. As his body falls asleep, his mind remains awake, monitoring the CameraBots and running several programs on his computer.
"He's lost in a strange place that probably seems pretty nightmarish. One group has been hunting him and he watches another group, made up of beings he's never seen the likes of before, step through a hole in time/space. I'm surprised we ever got him out of that tree. He's actually very strong to have adapted this well this fast. I just don't want to be the one last surprise that sends him screaming into the hills."
"I am going to head deeper into the caves." He said after watching the monitors for a while trying to figure them out and starts to bound down the caves. After a while, probably 10 min., a loud yelp comes from deep in caves as he gets caught in a trap and taken away by some grunts and knocked out.
Oh crap seems like someone is up ahead of us
"Mel has a point Digital man. powerful unknown people in an unknown but proven dangrous situation is not reasuering. oddly enogu i think that he san you use madic to all up the cookies and that he belise that topher is the none normal kitty here. he is form the fire tribe and out side of his tapped form he seems pretty normal." E thinks. " so wheere of topher nad moonsoul? i thoutl they'd be back by now"
(OOC: We are still going to the base place^^)
(OOC I know i was just making conversation with Mel form the charterers perspective.)
(OOC: I see^^)
*as the two "grunts" approach the base, they are stopped by a guard.
guard: staff, ID, and authorization code.
*presents my staff*
421, authorization code alpha-7-4-9er-zeta
<toph:359, delta-2-2-omega-pi. be sure to include an "mmm, pie" comment to stay in charachter>
Tastey password..I am glad its hard to find some of mine
*Shows the gaurd the staff*
359, delta-2-2-omega-pi.
"mmm......pie"
DM's body is up and moving before he's even conscious again. A red glow from the lenses of his shades indicates that he's awake and more than just a little mad. The metal on the bottom of his boots makes an ominous clang with each step as he walks deeper into the cave, following the path Snuggles just took.
"It would appear that it is time to destroy." It's clear that his strategy is simple; the best defense is to make sure there are no enemies left.
"I'm fairly certain that you won't be the last, biggest, nor most frightening surprise, Mel." This time it's K2 using the CameraBot as a remote speaker. "But that kid isn't the one that should be running."
e contemplates for a moment. that tone of voice reminded him of some one. e sets hes scanners on and auto sweep mover as the faces the cave he whisper to Gospel as well. "help me keep watch okay? " the wolf growls and remains stationery.
guard: alright. 27 want's to have a word with you, by the way. *mutters* you and your damn puns.
both of us?
yes, both of you.
alright then...
*looks worriedly to MoonSoul*
*attempts to whisper to MoonSoul through their connected thought*
"Psst, I'm just going to follow your lead. I don't want to cause a disruptance"
*follows the gaurd*
Mel goes to DM's monitors to see if she can figure out what set him off. It takes her a minute to figure out what she's looking at. "I guess Moonsoul overstated the safety of these caves, e. Unfriendlies to the back and they got the kid."
*transmits the entire "story that happened in the field to tophar so that he can re-tell it from 359's eyes*
*as the guard leads us to our supervising agent, 421 begins figiting nervously. unsure whether he was goingto be praised or reprimanded for his "actions". as he enters, though, he sees that 27 does not appear angry in any fassion, which is always a good sign with him. 359 is asked to wait outside*
27: I have already heard preliminary reports of your work in the field tonight. I must say I am impressed with the calm manner which you handled what could have been a very dangerous situation. however, I have not heard anything of 359's actions tonight, and would like to get your version.
421: 359, to my knowledge, performed to expectation. After I filled him in on the traps, he carefully cross-examined the area as per protocal, marking a few traps that I myself had missed. he also discovered remnants of an animation spell on the statue, which is likely the reason it appeared life-like enough to force a reaction. we have left the traps marked for a specialist team to handle when ready.
27: very well. if your story checks out, you and 359 may be in for a promotion. in the mean time, I want you to handle a recent capture by 332 and 401. small, panther like creature. they want to kill it outright, but Boss Vlad recognized it as one a wind tribe, and it will sell nicely on the delxarian slave market. see that it is prepared for such. 359 will join you shortly. you are to dismiss them of this by my authority on arrival. understood?
421: Yes sir.
27: dissmissed
*as 421 walks out of 27's office tent, towards the east position. he approaches 332 and 401*
421: you two are dismissed. I will take over care and guard for this creature.
332: by who's authority?!
421 (calmly): 27. direct order. you can check with him yourself if you don't believe me.
401 (muttering): damn beast otta be slaughtered like the animal it is.
421: what was that?
401: nothing, nothing. c'mon, 332, we've got other work we need to be doing.
*332 and 401 walk off, clearly annoyed but not daring to question the will of such a high ranking officer*
401: alright, creature, this way. the less you struggle, the less I hurt you. vlad wants you in prime shape for next week's auction.
*opens a competely undetectible telepathic connection with snuggles*
<don't worry little guy. It's just me, Moonsoul. I can't do much for you right now without giving away my disguise, but I'll have this place in my grip by sundown tomorrow, and you'll be safe enough until then. I know you've had a lot of surprises since my arrival, many of them not so good. hopefully this is one of the more pleasent ones. keep up the act, though. they watch the grunt and the prisoners like hawks.>
*As soon as MoonSoul had finished talking with Snuggles, Topher quickly opens up the telepathic connection between the two*
"MS, whats the plan. Now we have two cases to take care of. Should I take care of Snuggles, or should we both release the captives one at a time once its safe?"
E is up and dashing as soon as the word process. he follows the ion trail left but Digital man wondering whats could have happened. if digital man had anywhere near the power E suspected he could be able to handle a few unfriendlies with out help. mean while Gospel goes on high alter standing at the entrance of the cave his power core reeving for battle.
<once we've worked our way up to the top you'll be able to release them all at once. but that's a few days away. I'm going to target 170 and 143 as the next peope to replace. they'll be part of the special team tomorrow, so we can catch 'em then. I'll keep illusion clones as the grunts so that we keep the illusion up. until tomorrow night>
alright 359. We take alternate watches of the this block, paying special attention to the panther anthro. keep it in line, but don't leave any permanent marks. anyways, I'll take first watch.
After Moonsoul is done speaking with snuggles, he goes unconscious. Just now waking up again he finds himself in a different place. A little confused by what he is seeing. "Murrr? what is going on." In a little bit scare and whimpering tone of voice.
Hmmm Moon can I ask you a question?
(in charachter or out of charachter? remember, my charachter isn't exactly able to contact the rest of the group right now)
DM follows the cave until he reaches the other entrance used by the enemy. He stares out into the forest, most displeased. If he were to go levelling block-sized pieces of land it would likely interfere with Moonsoul's plan. The kitsune didn't seem to fancy the idea of mass homicide anyways.
Deciding he'd better make sure no one else came around to cause trouble, he sets up a 'minor' death trap. Considering the magical nature of the kitsune these fools were after, they would likely not expect high-density explosives. Or lasers. Or plasma blasts. Or...
DM shakes himself out of his 'mad inventor' mode before he can put in too much overkill. He looks at his masterpiece; anyone nearing that part of the cave would find it most unpleasant. It's a shame he wouldn't get to witness it firsthand, but he knew he would get to cause much destruction later.
Back at his monitor array, a holographic wireframe image appears; a machine in roughly the shape of a dragon, with angular armor. Various numbers and messages litter the three-dimensional display, as though running some kind of diagnostic program.
*nods and stands at the corner of the building, relaxing a little, thinking over his thoughts*
E sees digital man's back as he closes in on him. "Hey DM can i get a status report?"
Where on earth are we going now?
DM hears E behind him, and tilts his head. A status report? A status report.
"That's a loaded question."
He always did have a problem figuring out what information was important and relevant. He turns to face E, speaking in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Snuggles has been taken as a prisoner, which leaves him in Moonsoul's hands for now. There do not appear to be any more enemy units in the cave. This secondary entrance seems to face West, and has been rigged with a great deal of destructive mechanisms to ensure the death of anyone who goes near it. On a directly related note, I would suggest not using this entrance. Currently, K2 and I are making preparations to destroy the enemy base as soon as Moonsoul gets everyone out safely. I advise that everyone find some sunglasses. Also, the cave seems to be made out of some kind of limestone; fairly standard, but stable and secure with little apparent risk of cave-ins. Winds are from the Southwest at five to ten miles per hour. Expect partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of rain in the early morning hours. Pollen count is moderate-low. That is all the information I have when away from my monitors."
Of course, had he been at his monitors, he surely would have gone on until someone hit him over the head with something heavy.
E nodded the report had told he all he wanted to know including that DM was planing to unleash incendiary force against the base still E felt that he should help as well as he brings his reactor core up to 5o% of normal Digital man's sensors pick up and energy reaction smaller to a 300megaton nuclear bomb. "Very well. when the time for striking comes i i would like to assist.
*as night fell, moonsoul opened a telepathic link with tophar*
<toph, it's about time we switched watches. this is probably the best time for me to leave my coppies playing the grunts. we'll discuss the rest of the plan when you get here>
*closes that communication, and opens a second one to digitalman*
<I'm going to need some traps set up to cover my story. exploding artstones, proximity triggered vortexes, the type of stuff some kitsune rebels would put up. I'll also need a kitsune statue. mark all of them with beacon stones of these specification *sends dm the specification* the specialist team from here will be checking it out tomorrow morning, so you should have enough time, even if you have a robot hand-carve the statue. and when the time comes, we'll all blow this place up so much the explosions will create a dimension of their own>
In a wimpering voice, "Hello?... Is anyone there?... I need some food." Looking around the room and not trying to mess things up for Moonsoul.
ye'll get your food when everyone else does. thirty minutes from now, and don't expect anything fancy. we run a tight ship here.
"Why did you guys capture me?" Still in a wimpering vioce. "I did nothing."
mebee not, but boss says you'll fetch a good price. now pipe down.
*opens a telepathic link*
<don't worry. I'll have you out of here in a few days>
<Hey... Where are you? I am scared and afraid of them. This one in front of me is starting to get on my nerves> [doesn't know that you are in front of him]
*whimper* and starts to move in the cage that he is in.
Hmmm I wonder where i am now...*takes off his hat and scraches back of his head*
*Opens telepathic link-"I'll be there in two."
*Walks to where MoonSoul had been taking post*
*as soon as tophar arrives, moonsoul simultaniously creates two shadow clones and shifts tophar and himself to squirrelfoxes*
*in chatterspeak*
<these guys are also native here, so we can get out easily enough. also, as you can tell, they've got a complex language. we catch the two special team guys once they split up, and I can help digitalman's bots set up the scene. now c'mon, let's move>
<What the hell just happened> Looking upon the scene in front of him. Starts to pace the cage now trying to not get out of the cage by himself.
*telepathic link to snuggles*
<don't worry. we'll have you out before dinner tomorrow. until then, try not to stir things up and we'll do the best to keep you safe>
*chitters to squirrelfox tophar*
<cmon, let's go.>
<Fine but dinner better be good> Still trying to take in all of the room just in case of an escape
"I think the Führer is quite capable of destroying the base on his own... but then again, I enjoy few things more than absolute overkill, and a bigger boom sends a stronger message that they shouldn't come back."
DM stares and blinks as he receives Moonsoul's message, a reaction hidden by his shades. A statue he could probably make easily enough, but he knew nothing of kitsune magics. While he could potentially cast any type of magic, he doubts there would be tutorials on such on the local internet or whatever kitsune had in place of that. He walks back towards the main entrance to the cave.
"I'm going to need help with this one."
*uses his cubi telepathy* Anyone call for help?
e follows consult with an inner voice. this voice was his ego and as he walks he generates a holographic map in his hand. "look DGE it's not that you can't do it it's that there might be conflict if you try." with a sigh e cuts off the connection for a while. they were unable to come to terms so it was a no side case.
Since everyone ran off and left her in the cave without telling her what was going on Mel produced a deck of cards and is playing solitare.
(sorry Mel but when you told me about the abduction i ran to investigate. no worries though i'm on my way back the the front of the cave even as we speak . 2-3 more post tops and I'll be there)
DM walks up behind Zedd. "Yes, we could use some help. What do you know of kitsune magics?"
He looks back breifly to address E. "Did you say something?"
"sorry i was talking to my ego and we didn't quite agree on whats to do" DGE harrumphs inside of e's mind. anyway i need to catch up with Mel who fist alerted me to the danger form behind" e steps around DM and heads for the monitor set up were he last saw Mel.
Im not sure but it will take some time...
*chitters back in agreement*
<i enjooy squirrels^^>
*quickly exits the camp, heading to an area where we could stay the night* alright. tomorrow morning, we go after the two from the special team. 170 reports to the guy in charge of security, so we can jump to him nice and quickly, and you can open all the cages at once with him. 143's the closest of the group to vlad, so I'll take him. we make our final change at noon tomorrow, when we're supposed to report to our superiors. I'll create a diversion after that, while you unlock the cages. once they're open, I can do an instant transport for them. I give vlad a taste of my wrath, we bomb the hell out of this place, and we have the type of celebration feast kitsune are famous for.
"hello Mel" any new developments while i was scouting the trouble?"
"No one came near. It seems that Snuggles was all they were after." Then she pondered out loud. "I wonder... if they come close again if they would chase little white felines as well as black ones? They like traps so well maybe we could give them a personal view of some."
E chuckles liking Mel's active approach. he considers the traps he had access to. as well. "sounds fun Mel. want any help with that?" even as he asks calculations of were to place slime gaters and item stealing toy solders run in the back ground of his mind.
"You've been out and around, you can find the best spot to put the traps. Then we just need to invite our new playmates over."
E smiles. suddenly his hand lights up and a holographic display appears showing a variety of traps that e is familiar with including pit falls. " i probably cant set up the pit falls do the the fact that you may want to take them alive and they have a fatality rate of around 70% especially for my body type. l
OOC: Kitsune, just to make sure we aren't making wrong assumptions, the slavers are human, right? Pit traps for flying species would be silly.
(still in squirrel form)
*nods and runs up a nearby tree,where he lay for the rest of the night, enjoying a deep, calm sleep*
(ooc: most of the grunts are human or humanoid. there's one or two flyers, but they're easily enough dispatched by hand. the higher ups rarely leave the base)
*the next morning, tophar and moonsoul wake up to find the entire area has been splendidly prepared. the traps would certainly cause no small amount of trouble if the special team made any mistakes. If moonsoul was lucky, it could wipe the entire team out. but that would have to wait. She needed the two alive to get the necesary information. changing back to humanoid form, she leaps out of the tree, inviting tophar*
alright tophar. we go for your target first. It's probably best that you stay in squirrelfox form until I get rid of him. don't worry about the traps. I can protect you from their effects. after that, we split up and I take out my mark. we meet back at the enemy base, where we have a place in the inner ring by lunch. *shifts to fox form* now hop on my shoulder so we can get this show on the road!
"Okay, we'll put our traps in front of their's. When they come out in the morning to check them I'll let them spot me and drive me. Hopefully they'll be too busy chasing me to notice anything amiss."
ooc: where are you guys at the moment?
is this a good place to enter the story?
*hearing mel off in the distance, Moonsoul connects with her telepathically*
<so I hear you're preparing an ambush. wonderfull idea. if you could wait for my signal before doing so, though. once tophar and I have finnished with our targets, we can wipe out the rest of them with this little trick. I and tophar go back with a tale of their stupidity and our keen eyes.>
*the special team begins ariving, right on schedule. moonsoul and tophar wait, with a field disguise of a giant tree covering them both*
(ooc: well, luckas. depends on your charachter and how you plan to join.)
Wakes up from a long night. Starts to move around in his cage again and looking around. "Ummm... guard could i get some food"
(OOC: He could always be in the cage next to mine i just noticed ^_^)
E nods and goes out he digs a few pit falls with spikes in the bottom of it. he also throws a few slime gaters into spots as he calculated would be effective. adjusted his buster and goes to a tress. using his buster he transports a toy solider factory into hidden spots. the little dolls will jump out and hope on the solder's sabotaging weapons and snatching necessary items.
I wonder somehow we could do something...Lets see here..*makes a book appear in his hand*
*looks out to the field from behind the tree, butterflies fluttering in his stomach*
I'm ready whenever you are
DM watches his monitors, checking the status of each trap.
"Is my assistance required at this point?"
(OOC:I just may have to do illustrations for each chapter.....)
alright. here comes our target. *170 aproaches the area, carefully looking for any missed traps. as he passes the tree, Moonsoul lands on his head and immediately rips every though from her victim, transfering them all to the staff he carried so that tophar would have easy access. after disentigrating the body, she shifts tophar into his new disguise and adds a small but powerfull enchantment to the metal staff before shifting to her fox form*
when you report to the security head, just invoke it with the thought <blood copy>. doing this last one myself would give us away, so I rigged the staff to do it for me. when I give the signal, you unlock all the cages. I'll transport them out, and go after vlad.
*wanders off to where 143 will soon be, waiting. as 143 aproaches, Moonsoul takes him out with as much ease as she did 170, then assumes her disguise*
<[to mel] alright, you can take care of the rest of them. good hunting!>
*as topher is called to the security head, he tries to remember what kitsune had said. He looks up at the gaurd and quickly invokes <blood copy>*
*Returns and waits for MS's signal.*
*the staff works quickly, drawing the memories and thoughts of the security head in an instant and giving tophar his final disguise for this little adventure. Moonsoul feels this, even as she takes out number 9. she learns the whereabouts of vlad, and goes directly to him to report*
master. there are signs of an infiltration.
vlad: I know of this. there is a powerfull kyuubi among our ranks. they will be dispached. what else?
<now, tophar!>
*smiles sadistically* actually, I'm not a kyuubi. *shifts back to her humanoid form, at full power* and you are going to pay for what you have done.
vlad: no kitsune has bested me yet, fool. you will fare no better. *as he speaks this, vlad's body shifts, bends, and contorts, the skin melting off, only to be replaced by red scales, with just the slightest hint of irredecent purple. when his body finnishes changing, he is revealed to be a grotesque four-armed humaoid dragon with an arrow tale and glowing red eyes* now DIE! <sends a bolt of raw telepathic energy at moonsoul>
*deflects the bolt* you won't even be a challenge if that's the best you can do. *sends an equally strong mindbolt at vlad*
vlad *deflects with equal ease* oh, I can do far, far better. demons of the night, I summon you!
Mel heard the call and in turn called to e. <We'll be coming up the trail in a minute.> She stepped into the clear, making sure to step loudly on a stick to get the attention of the small group ahead. She froze for a full five-count, making sure they all got a good look; small feline, bright white and easy to track in the green forest. She could tell by the look on their faces that they thought they just got lucky. Then she turned and ran up the trail towards the first of e's traps.
*Topher enters his tapped form and dissapears into the a nearby vent. Speeding through many different tunnels and floors, Topher notices a cage in the corner of his eye. He spins around and slps through the vent unnoticed.. As he looks to all the captives he puts his finger up to his mouth. "Shhh...I'll get you outta hear in no time." He unlocks all of the cages and opens a telepathic link with MoonSoul. "We're ready."*
Snuggles perked up at the sounds of battle between Kitsune and the leader. "I need to get out of this cage and i guess there is no hinding it know." he thought. He starts to draw breathe and puts his paws up in front of his face and a ball of air comes out into his paws. He then puts one the the ball on the lock of the door and with quick speed smashes the lock with ease and pushes the door open and walks out. Splitting the air ball in four, one for each ball he starts to move faster than air and finds Kitsune.
Landing he takes out the guards easily then looking up at the scene with Kitsune and the leader.
(OOC:Snuggles I just let you out!)
(OOC: i guess i read the post wrong sorry. I guess forget the whole breaking out but he still will move towards kitsune in that fashion)
E replies to Mel. beware the pit falls the holograms have only a two and 1/2 second delay time so if you jump on on jump off quick. here's a mental map of the traps i setup. beware the active ones as well. they move around
stay back. this one's mine. *slams her fist into vlad, sending him into-and through-the wall.*
you think a demon, even one as powerfull as you are, is going to stand a chance against the only kitsune ever to get a tenth tail? *shifts to fox form* I am going to rip you to shreds.
*with these words, moonsoul begins moving so fast that several small sonic booms shake the compound as she shifts direction, leaving burning claw marks all across the demon's back, neck, head, legs, and arms. letting the agony of these set in for a few seconds, she then bites off hands and feet, working her way up, until the demon vlad is nothing but a torso and a head. still alive, he is obviously in excruciating pain.*
you're probably wondering why you're still alive after all of that, vlad. I kept you alive. you are the first ever to anger me enough to do that. to torture you, all the while keeping you alive so that you could feel every drop of pain. and now that agony distracts your mind, I can drill into it as well. but instead of inflicting my horrors, I'll let your horrors do the work...
*thousands of wrongdoings come back to haunt vlad. he experiences firsthand the pain of his tortures, the inocent beings he has killed and in some cases eaten. it finally reaches such a point, all of the darkness of his ways condensed into that moment, that his entire being explodes. moonsoul quickly throws up a shield to protect snuggles. if one listen's closely, one can hear...laughing? no, it is a quiet sob. as the smoke begins to clear, it reveals moonsoul, back in her humanoid form, kneeling and softly sobbing.*
I was a monster there. no better than that beast. His cruelty to my kind pushed me and pushed me, and when he attacked my friends, I just about snapped...
*she then looks back, directly at snuggles, clearly distressed* I don't want to be a monster!
[it was then, however, that a voice rang out from the halls. it was beautiful, like a crystal bell, though faint like an echo at first]
child, you are no monster. you were angry, and you had every right to be. that you regret what you did when in that blinding rage is proof enough you are a good person.
[slowly, the figure of another kitsune fades into veiw, eventually revealing a female eight-tail kitsune. she stands a reasonably tall 5'9, and her fur is a beautiful golden, like the sunrise. she appears aged, though there are small hints that the look is not a matter of age itself, but a choice. she steps over and takes moonsoul's hand, lifting her to her feet gently]
Goldenwave: welcome home, child. *smiles softly* or should I say children? I never was sure with you.
Moonsoul: mother? *moonsoul stares into the eyes of this kitsune for a second, then throws her arms around* it really is you, mother! *they embrace for a few seconds, kitsune mother and daughter* oh, I have so many stories to tell you. And new friends to meet! *points to snuggles* over there's the newest one. his name is snuggles, and he's from a wind tribe. I haven't found out much else about him, but he was really shy when I met him. come on, I'll take you to meet the rest of them! but first, we need to get the rest of the kitsune out of here. *feeling that the cages have now all been opened, moonsoul teleports tophar, her mother goldwave, and all of the kitsune out to the base of the moutain where the cavesystem was*
*opens a telepathic link with mel*
<we're out of the complex. gather everyone at the cave system so we can plan the final blow to those beasts!>
Kitsune feels resistance to the teleporation of snuggles. He is still back in the base but he feels different now like something else has taken over.
Mel heard the shouting behind her as her pursuers met up with e's various traps. She shook her head as they continued to follow, you would think that they would figure out it was an ambush when the first went down. She kept running until she only had one behind her. Then she had a thought, Moonsoul was going to need one witness to spread the message not to return.
Mel skidded to a stop, turning to face the man following her. At the same time she released the magic that made her small and gave her the appearance of a feline. The man who thought to catch a small cat found himself inches from 22 feet of dragon, roaring in his face, her wings spread to block the sun. The roar turned into a laugh when he promptly passed out. She carefully picked him up in her mouth and trotted up the path to the cave, rather like a large puppy with a stick, giggling all the way.
hey mel! looks like you caught one of them. good idea, keeping one alive so we can send him back with a message. by the way, this is my mother goldwave *points to the 8-tailed kitsune over there*. anyways, I'm thinking we hit their base with everything we have, then I send this guy on his way home.
Mel spits her prisoner out on the ground. "Yuck! Nasty!" Then she bows to Goldwave, "Good morning, madame." Then she turned back to growl at her prisoner, just to remind him to stay still.
Topher bows curtiously at someone who was clearly an elder
"It is my pleasure to introduce myself. I am Topher Chee, descendant of the a fire tribe. I learn new things about myself and my heritage everyday, and I plan on using every bit of experience to m advantage in helping both you and your daughter, and hopefully the rest of this region."
The rather tall teenage elemental then kneels down on both knees, and bows in the direction of GoldenWave and MoonSoul.
"I am at your service."
DM stands at a high point above the cave, firing projectile weapons randomly at the base. He rapidly switches between no less than 15 different projectile weapons, moving them back and forth between his hands and his pocket dimension, to give the illusion that there are many assailants. He uses one lens of his shades as a screen, watching Moonsoul, giggling and grinning sadistically at her course of actions. It's not like he was ever ashamed of what he did in a blind rage, that was like a normal day in his eyes.
Upon confirming that all the kitsune had been freed, he puts away his weapons and turns to K2, who has driven up behind him.
"K2! It's time!" DM leaps into the air and lands a punch directly on the truck's grille. In a most unusual reaction, the entire truck explodes in a torrent of polygons, all swirling around a golden glowing cube. The cube floats higher as darkness swirls around it and red electricity crackles through the air, but close examination reveals that these are special effects just meant to intimidate and look evil. "Now show 'em that you are the most powerful dragon around!"
The golden cube begins spinning around, first in one direction, then another, faster and faster until it formes a glowing sphere of energy. From this core, shapes begin sprouting. Veins? No, wires, growing in length and branching off, forming the rough shape of a body. A metal frame soon follows, then pistons and motors, and thin plating to cover the internal workings. It's shape is most definitely that of a dragon. As the final touch, armor is applied; boxy and angular, and inexplicably shaded lavender. Instead of wings, on its back are a pair of triple-blade claws. Upon completion, its eyes glow red and it lets out a mighty roar.
DM ceases his maniacal laughter, that had been going on during the entire transformation sequence. He calls to Moonsoul.
"Word to yo mutha!" In one sentence, he failed to be both gansta and funny at the same time. He decides to stick to his evil war-mongering bastard schtick. "The Berserk Führer is ready to fire on command!"
===OOC:===
Oh yes. That's right. It's that (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserk_Fury).
(OOC:If I am going to be doing illustrations for each chapter, I need some refs. Everyone who would like to be in it please provide a ref. Hope theres not too many of you because then I'll have to scrunch us all up. But since when is that a bad thing O.o?)
ah, that! here, gimme a second to join you. *millions of small sparks, appear, and as they start circling around faster, they begin taking the shape of a unique zoid. clearly based off the shadow fox, it sports laser blades like the blade liger, and in it's mouth is quite possibly one of the largest cpcs in existance. also, it sports a reversed paintcoat, gold with small sections of black*
fire on my mark! *as soon as the cpc finnishes charging, with the giant sphere of energy clearly visible, several energy anchors shoot out to keep the zoid from smashing into the back wall*
mark!
Sure I wonder if you want to look at my tome..I keep it around now and then
"And here I thought K2's power would make people in this universe fear me as much as the people back home!" DM stares in awe of the custom Zoid, clearly impressed.
The Berserk Führer, controlled by K2, turns to Kitsune, Mel and the others. "He says that, but really people fear him because he makes giant war machines based off an anime series."
"Hey, I heard that!!" DM kicks the giant metal dragon in the shin, then hops around in pain for a bit. Once he regains his composure, he leaps up onto the machine's head. "Ready!"
The Berserk Führer's foot-locks fold down, its tail vents fold out, and its blade-claws open up as it begins charging energy. In another break from the norm, one claw charges red energy while the other charges blue, with green energy forming in its mouth. DM begins laughing maniacally again, the energy crackling mere inches to either side of him.
"Anyone who wants a piece of the explosive pie, now's your chance!" Drawing a sword, he points towards the enemy base. "Fire the Charged Particle Cannon!"
DM's jacket blows around as the energy blasts by. The three energy charges combine to form a massive white beam, headed straight towards the enemy base. A green hooded ghost appears next to the Führer, also laughing maniacally.
===OOC:===
Whee, I got permission to use FamilyGhost's character there.
Dm sees a black blur coming from the base coming strait for himself on what looks like air balls at a great speed. The look in his eyes are different from what was seen earlier. Snuggles takes a deep breath again and blows out into one of his paws that take the shape of a club the sized for some one larger and takes a swing at Dm and starts to say something in a bazaar tongue.
E shake his head. he remember ll the wars with the zoids. he remembered his one Ziod the liger X and archetype of liger zero. he missed the zoid but he could not summon it in this form as any call he made woe be directed towards gospel. still it would be fun to lower the hammer on this place but they had it well in hand. mean while Dm was under attack.
"die" he says as he attacker the attacker as he strikes the shikigami with three remote minds and a spreader drill.
golden fox CPC, fire! *an energy beam nearly the size of of the the zoid it came from fires off, giving off colors that defy description. as it continues down, it takes the shape of a fox head, and an etheral howl echoes through the area*
He follows through on the hit. It was loud almost like metal hitting metal. As the three remote minds and a spreader come he puts up one of his paws holding an air ball and starts to twist it and makes it round as a sheild and uses it as a shield against the projectiles.
the mines detonates on the shield but the drill as it encounters the air shield brakes separate first into two smaller drills then into 4 even smaller drills this each have there own rocket propulsion and strikes the defending attacker doing modest damage. ( that's the way the attack works on mega man and bass. and to this day i and still trying to reach kind with more than one spare life so i can beat him)
Confident that the particle beam ensured victory, DM is caught off-guard and sent sprawling backwards. But K2 is only mostly immobilized while firing, and the cockpit hatch on the head of the Berserk Führer pops open, sending the assailant flying forward.
*seeing that snuggles has...changed... moonsoul leaves the shadowfox cockpit, quickly imobilizing the air tribe member with a powerfull spell.*
what is up with you, snuggles?
Hmm well now..I guess no one wants to help me with my tome?
"Zedd, everyone seems preoccupied with turning large things into small things right now but if you need some help that won't distract me from making sure my prisoner watches this I will be happy to assist you."
In a different voice from before. <You why do you call me Snuggles?> As He starts to move the wind hammer that was in his hand out and tries to slam it against Kitsune.
( ooc what is the condition of the creature i was attacking?)
E looks back for a moment to see the condition of DM and his zoid as he looks he is reminded of the war that the Genobreaker a predecessor of K2 "you okay DM?"
Well okays I just wondering if I could help someone with a spell Mel
Mel laughed, "I misunderstood. But I'm sure they wouldn't mind if you wanted to help them make a mess. They seem to be enjoying themselves."
*his headwing twiched annoyed like* Well now...I hope someone can tell me whats going on here...
you and me both, zedd. *throws up an energy barrier*
if you aren't snuggles, then who are you? more importantly, why are you attacking us?
"I am the spirit of the wind clan that inhabits this ones little body. I am given down from generation to generation of he greatest fighters of the clan. This one at a very young age gave his life to me and the clan. The more important question is to you..." Closes his eyes then opens them "Kitsune, Why were you attacking us?"
*notices the comotion in the distance and taps into a speeding ball of fire toward what seemed to be where MoonSoul had teleported to help DigitalMan. As he approaches a landing spot, he notices Snuggles opposing MS. He lands inbetween them and looks from side to side, not sure who to trust*
Perhaps there has been a misunderstanding. But to my knowlege, I have not attacked you. Nor do I wish you harm. if I have wronged you or your people in some way, tell me and I will do what I can to set it right.
"What that thing?" pointing at the Zoid "And what do you call this" An air pocket starts up around Moonsoul showing him the scene from before of the total descution of the leader vlad that no mercy was given to him and how Moonsoul became a Monster. "This was so disturbing enough to the little one's mind that i had to inhabit him again to shield him away." Now looking at Moonsoul when the air pocket disappears.
*clearly shocked, moonsoul nearly stumbles backwards*
that...why did you have to bring that up?.. *moonsouls voice slowly rises to a shrill wail* Is it not enough that I have to live the rest of my days regretting that?! Knowing that, for that single moment, I allowed him to drag me down to his level?! *Moonsoul is clearly hysterical now, tears flowing like a river* Must you drive it in like a javelin of shadows?! Are you really so blind you can not see the emotional agony this caused me?! And then you attack my friends, the very friends that helped the young one escape! are you nothing more than a fool and a savage?!
"You need to face what you did. The young one doesn't know how to understand what you did back there thats is why i hid him but i can fell him wanting to comfort you now so i will be in the wind...watching." Snuggles' body falls limp and then he wakes up... looks around then goes and hugs Moonsoul trying to clam her down.
*Moonsoul accepts the embrace, still somewhat troubled both by the actions of the wind spirit, and the fresh memory of what she had done to that demon. after a few minutes, she steps back. closing her eyes, she slowly begins to sing, a slow, powerful, moving melody. It starts off soft, a whisper on the breeze. as it continues, it grows louder, echoing off of the the cave walls. before long, Goldwave joins in, adding her own harmony to it. Ageless, It conveys so much without a single word. It evokes deep emotions. A feeling of belonging, the warmth of one's home. The joy of living, the power of friendship. So many others, many without names in any language. Most inportantly, a sense that it would all be alright. They continue for a few minutes, slowing and fading out at the end.*
I remember that song. I would sing it whenever I was troubled, and it always had it's way of healing me... I cannot change the past, and I must learn to live with the actions that I took in the previous few days. but I will live.
For now, however, this will be declared a day of celebration! We have reclaimed our independance, and have driven the savage opressors who wish us harm out of our lands! Let us feast, and be merry!
"what will we be eating? and don't say the stuff that they gave last night" He sticks out his tongue in disgust.
DM once again stands on the head of the Berserk Führer, gazing at the horizon. He speaks softly, mostly to himself and K2.
"For such an old spirit, it sure has a lot to learn." He pounds his fist into his hand idly.
"I don't think he'll last long with us." K2 looks down at Snuggles, DM staying balanced on his head. "And that wind spirit seems more cruel than an enraged Moonsoul and you combined. Which is quite frightening."
"Maybe I should be the one to rip apart the bad guys." DM clenches his fists a few times, then crosses his arms. "That's the daily grind to me, and being an evil asshole grants me immunity from the reprocussions."
Hearing the song, DM closes his eyes, smirking and chuckling to himself. He stares out at the horizon again, a look of both longing and determination in his eyes.
We will eat what we kitsune always eat on days of celebration. fish as far as the eye can see. Meats whose taste is indescribable. And for drink, the fine ales we kitsune are famous for. There will be singing, dancing, perhaps even a few games. we start at twilight, and will perhaps go on until dawn of the next day. If you will excuse me, I'm going to join the hunting party. I want to make a roast especially for you guys.
*moonsoul shifts to her fox form, and takes off after several other kitsune. as they continue out of the cave and into a neighboring forest, they split off. each would come back with a beast for the roast, perhaps two or three depending on the size of the target species. As the day continues, the hunters and the fishers return with their catches. most hand them over to the chefs, who had already dug pits for a roast, or created small magial fires to cook the fish. Moonsoul, an elk-like beast hovering behind her, finds an empty spot and digs her own roast pit. shifting back to her human form, she pulls a katana from seemingly nowhere, and expertly prepares the beast for the roast. she allows it to float over the pit. She then takes a deep breath and blows fire down into the pit. It continues burning, though there does not appear to be any fuel. she starts the roast slowly rotating, carefully watching to make sure it gets cooked evenly.
"It would seem that these kitsune really like to party."K2 watches the kitsune, looming overhead.
"Well, that works for me. I enjoy just the act of kicking ass, but with a feast afterward, too? We need to find more evil to beat down!" DM jumps off the Berserk Führer's head and lands on the ground. He begins speaking with a bad Italian accent. "Moonsoul, could I-a be a chef-a? I know-a just-a what to make-a."
sure, but it's byoi. bring your own ingrediants.
He looks over at the Elk like thing and now intreasted in what it was starts to sniff and other things. "Murrr...?"
*looks at little snuggles while they was sniffing around and goes back to my tome* Hmmm cute..
* the afternoon went by quickly. As the roast finished cooking, Moonsoul prepared a few simple side dishes. small seedless berries, various other fruits including a few unique to the planet, and a famous (though well guarded) bread recipe. nightfall would be soon, and it promised to be one grand feast. moonsoul glanced at digitalman, wondering how his work was coming along*
*As Topher wipes his mouth, he looks to the end of the table. "Got any milk?"
DM moves back and forth between some odd dome-like shapes made of earthen bricks. He had somehow adapted a simple forge design into a pizza oven - a very hot pizza oven - and was busy shifting several pizzas around at various stages of production. He adds some spices to a pot of sauce being stirred by a CameraBot, and some other spices to a completed pizza; it's apparent that he brings these spices with him everywhere, but no less inexplicable. As a matter of fact, it seems he would be fully prepared to whip up a pizza at absolutely any time, probably even in the middle of a battlefield.
"The Imperial Specialty pizzas should-a go great-a." He still has that stupid Italian accent. "Who wants-a what toppings?"
Snuggles is just overwhelmed by the amount of food before him. All of food in front of him is new to him and trys one of everything and has different reactions to each one. Once done with tasting everything but not really enough to fill anyone he moves to one of the trees prrring.
and... the roast, is done! *takes out the katana again and floats several large plates over, then expertly carves the meat off the bone and onto the plates. finnishes by walking over to the twelve loaves of bread, carefully cleaning the katana with a little kitsune magic, and cutting the bread into slices*
Food's ready here, guys! you get first pick!
*paitently waits for the pizza*
I want one with everything that can feasibly go on a pizza.
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(OOC:Now that most of the commotion is over, this would be a good way to probably end the chapter and get that Illustration done. Unless of course, someone has something planned....)
( i have no plans and i look forward to seeing your work.)
(ooc: yeah. I'm going to finish up this chapter shortly after the feast. )
*soon, it was nighttime. areas had been cleared for dancing, and there were drums of nearly every shape and size, all hand-made. in between them, more musician kitsune held pan flutes of expert craftsmanship, beautiful clay flutes, or perhaps a clay ocarina, each painted with their own markings*
Family and friends! Night has fallen, and it is time for the celebration to begin! The night is young, the moon is full, and we have more than enough food! Let not your cup run dry, or plate run empty! *smiles* For that matter, you shouldn't be letting either run at all. Now, let the festivities begin!
*the largest drum, one so large that the kitsune playing it had to roll a small boulder up to it just to reach, was the first to be played. It's beat echoed through the valley, and everyone present could feel it's energy. at a precise time, it paused and every kitsune there threw their head back and let out a howl. then, the real music began*
everybody dig in, guys.
Snuggles digs in only a little bit. Looking up at the people playing the music then walking over to Kitsune. "Ummm... since your playing music from your home...I was thinking since I think that i am the new person... I would like to do some music from my own place, if you wouldn't mind.
of course, of course! just let me know when you're ready.
"Well i am ready whenever they are done playing." Snuggles points up at the people playing now. "Just don't stop the song right now i kind of like it."
Hmm well seince me cubi rarely eat common food....But its rare to see it
DM ponders, stroking his chin in thought. His body moves slightly, but very precisely, in accordance to the beat of the music. He dares not try to dance without arrows to tell him how.
*glancing over at DigitalMan, Moonsoul suddenly gets a mischievous look in her eyes. Smiling an equally mischievous smile, she walks over to him, and drags him out onto the dance floor*
you look like you want to dance, but don't have the slightest clue how off of a ddr machine. maybe me and a few foxy friends can teach you :mowwink. step lively now, and follow my lead.
E smile at this action the remember a dace that he once hard with someone vaguely. he calls for Gospel and they merge gin him wing then he touches his belt becoming flesh and blood... he then looks around for a dancer partner the he hopes is free. "Mel may i have this dance?"
Mel laughed, "If you've recovered enough to try again, so have I." She curtsied to him.
E bowed then taking Mel's hand he led her to the dance area. The fist new thing she notices about him is that his hand is warm. Then she realizes he has a pulse with a heart beat that she could actually hear. "so my dear scholar . which would you prefer the land ore the sky?"
Snuggles seeing just about everyone move on to a semi-dance floor. He gets ready for his performance. Snuggles moves up in to the air and starts to dance. The tips of the trees around and start to whistle. Branches come off of near by trees and start to make themselves on their own accord while snuggles is still dancing to the beat that is given.
Looking around to make sure no one is standing too near Mel unfolds wings wider than she is tall. "As if that is ever a choice. Plus we will avoid Snuggle's flying branches."
E chuckles and eh bends his knees the launches himself into the sky. his normal flight energy having taking the forms of air magic and he follows his dance partner in the sky with a careful circling maneuver.
DM looks around, a bit embarrassed as he's dragged onto the dance floor. He regains his composure and determination, his sunglass lenses showing an audio analysis wave. He could do this, especially if he was to follow someone else's actions.
*just watches them dance and wishes Tim was here to dance with him*
*moonsoul wraps her tails around dm starts off with a fast paced dance to match the fast paced music. combining points of the waltz and tango with elements that clearly came from the kitsune culture*
*watches the impressive duo*
*Claps once the song ended and the two of them bowed*
DM follows Moonsoul's lead, making smooth and precise actions. It would take a good eye to notice he was moving based on calculations, rather than feel.
"It's not often that I dance for fun. Or at least, for leisure."
Hmmm..So true
Snuggles after he was done with his "dance" he slowly moves down to the ground. The branches come down with him but now they look like instruments of some sort and snuggles starts to inspect them throughly and seeing for any mistakes. There is about 6 in total.
I must say, I haven't done much dancing myself. on an entirely new subject, I'm looking for ideas for our next place to visit. so far, I was thinking maybe planet zi. I haven't been there since I got my shadow fox.
DM watches Snuggles, trying to figure out what he's doing. He then looks over at K2, a thoughtful look on his face.
"Well, it would certainly be interesting to test my engineering abilities against the real thing. Better get the time frame right, though, wouldn't want to pop in in the middle of some planet-shaking catastrophe." He gives the kind of grin that one would give if one had special inside information. "And of course it might be troubling for Snuggles, if he were to come with us."
Snuggles perked up at the sound of his name. Walks over with one of the instruments in hand and the rest following him in the air. "Go with you guys where?" tilted his head a little.
*looks at snuggles*
we're discussing which universe we're going to visit next. if you have one you want to visit, I'm open to suggestions. we'll talk more after the celebration (and several hours rest, of course). anyways, it looks like this song's finnishing up, so ready your instruments. also, I'm kind of curious as to what type of music it's going to be.
"Well i don't know which one I come from so i can't choose it but like you said i guess we will talk about it later." He looks up to the place that was being played on before and sets up the instruments at different places around the set in a circle and makes sure that they are where they are suppose to be then curls up in a ball right it the middle of them all.
A few min. go by with much. Snuggles looks like he is moving a little in his ball and a little shimmer of light happens. Then Snuggles comes back up and while doing so the instruments lift from their positions as well. Snuggles turns around to face his audience and he is not longer a he. He is a She with new clothing then before. She starts to dance the wind picks up a little the the instruments start to play by themselves. What is mainly sounds like is old Japanese music with a different kind of tone and shape of the body of it. She is very good at what she does.
*whispers* I just have to get the story behind that...
*as the music starts though, a small section of the dance floor clears. with slow gracefull movements, Moonsoul moves to the center and begins dancing in slow, graceful movements to the beat of the music. within a few steps, she begins to rise off the ground, before long, she is dancing above the crowd*
( were we could visit the earth on my hand to hand trainer. except that it gets blown up every once in a while. it was there that i was nicked named an eternal
*slowly dances along slowly into the wind current*
Bows to his dance partner in mid air. " are you have fun ?"
Mel was grinning from ear to ear. "Delightful. But I think we need to return to land and find out our next destination."
E nods." as you say" despite his casual respond he is tiring as it it not normally for him to be in this form for such a long time let alone with wings and flying. even though he still have plenty of energy to fly his stamina is running low and he too agrees that the should land. uncertain of the edicate he defers to Mel. "after you"
Snuggles finishes her song and on a good note. The instruments put themselves down again. Looks up at Moonsoul then back to her audience and bows.
DM runs some programs on his computer, analyzing the sound waves for use with a synthesizer. A CameraBot, once again a projection of K2, approaches DM.
"50 bucks says I'll be the only one who hasn't gender-swapped by the time this is over."
"It'd be a more tempting bet if it weren't so plausible..." DM gives a look of mildly disturbed thought. Thankfully his human form was locked as it is, and the key to modifying his anthro form was kept secure in his computer.
you know, I just might have to break out some kitsune "codebusting" on you if you keep up that attitude :mowtongue
Snuggles starts to giggle that the remark of Moonsoul.
*walks over to snuggles*
very nice performance. on an entirely different note, I was kind of curious about the story behind your gender shifting. that is, if there is one and you're willing to share it.
E chuckles as an energy entity he's had no gender and once the inhabited the robot he had become male and stayed that way but wit ha lither work DGE could totally rework DM's body but not his mind. even he had some standards though not much calling him self a god
[In a different voice] Awww you must be Moonsoul. Well I am guessing that not every cultural does this so i could be perceived as different but I am Snuggle's wife. *Now that Moonsoul is close she can see sudle differences in the fur and the height and in the same respect she can also see the similarities between the two*
an interesting concept, and one not far from my own situation. though I am curious: do you two simply switch places, and he's off somewhere else, or are you more like me, where the body changes based on the soul? in my case, both my soul and Sunheart's inhabit this body at the same time, and we usually shift the body to accomidate whichever one of us is currently in control of it.
I think that the body changes based on the soul. Right at the moment he is a combo of about... *she looks up trying to think* I'd say 6-7 people, 7 if you consider the wind spirit that is his master at the moment and as soon as he has learned enough from her he will move on to the water then earth then last fire. *She goes closer to Moonsoul and whispers* just between you and me the wind spirit is kind of a bitch if you ask me. *She back away again* but the wind spirit is about to go soon so we'll have the water spirit coming here soon. He is currently practicing the wind spirit's last lesson so in the next day or two we will meet the water spirit.
Mel looked down and regretfully decided that she couldn't land with the plunging descent that she loved so much. It was considered rude to risk crashing above crowded dance floors. She delicately fluttered down beside DM. "I have no intention of changing anything. All dragons are born with the absolute certainty that we're perfect." She smiled self-depreciatingly to show that she was joking. "Any evidence to the contrary is of course nothing but scurrilous rumor started by beings jealous of our perfection."
*doesnt know whats going on just floating around* Hmmmm...Nice place though...
ah, that. heh, I remember when I first got training in the elements. slightly different elements, though. which reminds me. I never did get my final training. If you want, I could join you for the next three elements.
I don't know that would be up to Snuggles, It is his body and since he is training right now we won't know until he get the message but i think it will be ok. Now lets have some of that food. *Looking over at it* Ohh...before i forget i am Yang *bows again*
yang, huh? it's a pleasure to meet you.
purple energy fall like a large ran drop and as the drop lands his it shatters reforms into the robotise being that is know among these friends as E. "Now now DM i've been without a gender for a while unless you believe that a robot is either male or female." e chuckle as it in in it's was a joke. the robot of the MM universe were their unique energy type and their memories. there were not mere animated piece of metal. it was because of this that he and forte were different entities and not mere copier of each other though he did recall some of the time he spent as forte there were not the same.
DM raises an eyebrow at Moonsoul, and considers removing the gender-swap features from his computer entirely; however, his girlfriend would certainly not like that.
He looks up at Mel, and gets an exaggeratedly serious look on his face.
"One could argue that we are all born with the absolute certainty that we're perfect, but society takes that away from us." He raises a large bottle of Starbucks Frappuccino, which spontaneously appeared in his hand, into the air. "Here's to being antisocial!"
K2 looks down at DM. The metal body and glowing red "eyes" remain emotionless, but one can sense a feeling in the air, something along the lines of, "Why must I travel with this idiot?" But he decides it would be rude to step on DM in front of people who weren't used to such an occurence.
And the same to you... Just to warn you and the rest of the party that the other 5-6 people in here might be a hassle to deal with. Now lets continue this party. *She moves over to the food and starts to eat some of it*
*Puts on his headset and listens to Sin with Sabastian-Golden Boy* Mmmmm...GOood tracks
*Yang finishes her food that she picked up* This is really good. So you were talking about going to another place? Where are we going?
(OOC note DM wont be here for a week cause due what happened) Im sure she will tell us soon snuggles..*hand her a cookie*
after the celebration (and some much needed rest), we'll discuss our next stop.
*Takes the cookie* Hmmm... i thought that snuggles did like these. *she takes a bite then another then finishes it* Well i think that snuggles was over reacting to this a little too much. *Yawn* well i think we should go to bed then.
Topher nods in agrrement and vanishes into a nearby trees leaves. He sets up his hammock and tries to go to sleep.
I dont sleep....But rest couldnt hurt etheir
normally, I'd stay up far later, but I guess with all of you wanting some rest now, I guess I won't.
*after a short chat with a few other kitsune, the party instantaniously moves to a location where they wouldn't trouble the sleep of others*
*shifting to her fox form, moonsoul lies down and closes her eyes*
e shrugs. sleep is optional form me. it is during sleep cycles that i defragment my memory and decide what memories well be cherished.
I had a good time with you all. Just a warning to you all, during the night we might have another change in personally again.
*Yang walks over to the tree near by and curls up next to it and closes her eye*
Night All.
Topher looks up at snuggles, "Good night."
Mel saw that the party was over and found herself a nice cool spot for a nap.
E smile as he sees everyone safe. he Had a lot of memory for the past few hours and though he would remember mot of the the regardeless he takes this time to shout down and run a few system tools on her memory as they others sleep.( i E he's pretty much sleep as well)
DM sits leaning up against the Berserk Führer's foot, a wire plugged into the side of his sungasses. While his body rests, his mind works on programming tasks and parsing collected data.
K2, not being capable of nor requiring rest, functions as a lookout.
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Yay, I didn't miss anything!
Quote from: topher chee on December 09, 2006, 11:26:08 AM
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(OOC:Now that most of the commotion is over, this would be a good way to probably end the chapter and get that Illustration done. Unless of course, someone has something planned....)
(OOC: I am thinking that it is a very good timing to get this done now before we go on.
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Just a thought)
*resting peacefuly abit as his mind paces with his hat over his face abit*
[ooc: if I could get character profiles from everyone, I'm posting them on the front page. post them here if you want to , or pm them. also, I might be starting an ooc topic for this. might not. I'll decide later. ]
Where do we post them? here?
Name: Topher Chee.
Species: Mountain lion/Kangaroo rat.
Race: Elemental (Fire).
Sex: Male.
Age: 15
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 150
Fur Color: Creamy, light brown.
Head fur and Tail: Messy brown hair, black stripe.
Eye Color: Dark brown.
Martial status: Single...?
Occupation: Student / Apprentice bounty hunter
Personality: Clumsy, humorous, open.
Likes: Rain and reading, hanging out with friends, adventures, applesauce.
Dislikes: Crowded areas (claustrophobic).
The race I belong to is called Elemental. Here's info done in Demonology format since everyone is used to that around here.
General traits:
• Magical powers related to element
• Transformation form
• Various markings based on bloodline
• Average life span: 75 - 100 years.
Inventory:
• 20 pounds of Thallium, (used as multiple weapons. He can shape it any which way h likes. Most commonly uses a staff)
• 10 gold coins
• Hammock (folded into a sack to carry other objects he finds interesting on his travels)
• Compass
• Maps of local regions
• 12 Doggy treats
General: The elemental race is made up of four, or perhaps more, different races that all share similar properties, though differ in their individual powers. Elementals are creatures that associate with an element of nature, the primary four being fire, earth, water and air. In normal form, they appear to be average beings, but some of the more eccentric elementals will blur the line between their normal and "tapped" form. Tapped is the term used for an elemental that is in his or her transformed state. The elemental becomes wholly like the element he or she is associated with, so a fire elemental will be made of pure fire or an air elemental will be a wispy tornado. Most elementals retain their normal body structure when transformed, but they may also change it to suit their needs.
Each elemental shares a deep connection with the element of their bloodline and at the same time are negated by their opposite element. More experienced or aged elementals can pull from the surrounding environment to add to their own power while in transformed, and the greatest are able to take advantage of the pinnacle of their element.
Elemental societies are sparse, but where they do exist, they are always found near the element that makes up the community; for example a village of water elementals would live near a seaport or large lake. It is very rare for opposing types of elementals to live together due to indifference in the past, but some have managed to keep a peaceful bond going. It is because of this fact that some new elementals are emerging, causing both controversy and praise from the elemental community as a whole. For most, living among beings fits just fine, as most people rarely see elementals in their tapped form, and elementals hardly need to ever transform while living peacefully.
History: Elementals have been around since the creation of nature, though it has only been relatively recent that elementals would walk among normal people. For the longest time, elementals were a xenophobic collective and only kept relations with other types of elementals, though these were mostly hostile. It is thought that elementals were originally created to keep watch over the balance of nature, each tribe assigned to a different element. Regardless of their origin, elementals have always had differing opinions on what is balanced and what is not. The crux of "balance" has been the reason behind many a conflict between elemental tribes throughout the years.
About a hundred years ago these tensions boiled over into the greatest clash between the four primary elemental tribes and many were killed because of it. In the end the damage was so much so that the newer generations began to move away from the deeply rooted cultural ties to their tribe either due to disgust in the pride of it all, or simply because their village elders had been killed and could not pass on the lore of the tribe.
Strengths: In normal form, an elemental is able to command a simple array of spells associated with their element, the choice to either develop these into dark or light is entirely up to the preference of the elemental. While in tapped form, the elemental is able to manipulate their brand of element almost completely. For example, an inexperienced or young elemental of earth would be able to lift up rocks and rubble from the surrounding area and hurl them at a target, while the most experienced of earth elemental would be able to raise pillars of earth from the ground to destroy buildings. Tapped elementals may also draw power from their element of birth to restore health or missing limbs.
Weaknesses: In normal form, an elemental is as powerful as your average being. While this varies on how savvy the elemental is with training and such, they do not have any inherent defense against the mundane or magical. Admitably an elementals tapped form allows them a variety of power; it can almost spell their downfall if they were ever to encounter their opposing element. For example, a fire elemental in tapped form would take massive physical and mental damage from being dunked into a river, and would eventually revert to their normal form in a comatose state, or worse. Minor interaction with opposing elements poses no danger, but it makes the elemental very irritable. Again, the example of a fire elemental walking in the rain would render his head a migraine.
Just in case you guys didnt know about this whole elemental deal
[ooc: I'm going to be out of town for a few days, in a few days. anyways, I'll be starting the second chapter when I get back, or shortly thereafter. If I have time tomorrow, I'll be creating an ooc topic for discussion, charachter bios, chapter descriptions, stuff like that. otherwise, that will also be waiting for when I get back. merry christmas and happy holidays, everyone!]
Name: E, Ê ,Ĕ or Σ
Species: humanoid Robot / anthro wolf / winged wolf when merged.
Race :unknown energy being
Sex: Male.
Age: ageless
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 420
chassis Color: Black with purple trim
hair color: light purple
Eye Color: changes with vision modes default is purple.
Martial status: unknown
Occupation: voyager /wanderer
Personality: confused, helpful, hidden darkness.
Likes: travel, exploring, trying new things
Dislikes: feeling powerless, being useless, waking up after a lapse of self control to a neo Armageddon. .
Favorite Quote: it really doesn't matter (who/what )you think I am. All that really matters is that you know I am
General traits:
• Energy manipulation
• Weapon copy ability
• transmutation
• super science
• Average life span: unknown current age 30b years.
Inventory:
• 8 stored default weapons with slots for up to 3 weapons
• 6 sub tanks for energy restoration
• robotizor belt ( turns flesh and blood entities into robots and vice versa. An upgraded version)
• varies 21XX and 22XX upgrades
• spare bodies. ( no one seems to know how many)
• Gospel ( a loyal wolf companion)
much of who and what E is revealed in it internal conversations with the other entities within himself.
Rrrrr!!! The dragon hates to be categorized. But here goes...
Name: Mel (P. Melodie Icewing and she's not telling what the P stands for)
Race: dragon (ice with just a touch of lightning)
Sex: female
Age: not quite 150,000
Height: ranges from 22' to 22" but generally around 5'0"
Weight: ranges from 1 1/4 ton to 10lb, depending on current height
Coloration: pearly white scales
Eye color: bright blue
Marital status: (Mel just laughs... with two very large overprotective brothers she's lucky to know what a male is)
Occupation: Gatherer although she occasionally takes a century or two off to work as a jeweler
Personality: Friendly, curious (or nosy depending on whom you ask) a tiny bit timid. Very mild tempered it takes a lot to tick her off but you don't want to be the one to hit that point.
Likes: new things to gather, rocks, chocolate candy
Dislikes: fire, bossy relatives
Skills: ice magic, illusionist, sizeshifting, odd bits of just about every type of magic picked up over the years. touch telepath/memory reading
(ooc: I'm back from vacation, everyone. I'll probably start the second chapter later tonight. Have the ooc topic done in a few.)
Name: Zedd Doisona the 2nd /Markus J Gardner
Race: Huskie/Feline incubus
Age: 401 (Modestly young for age)
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 172
Martial Status: Single
Hair color: White
Eye color: Jade green
Occupation: French Teacher at SAIA/Winemaker/Adventurer hunter(At times)
Personality: Calm at times andcan be abit quick to action at times But just dont make him upset cause of a secret of his deeper self
Likes: Curry,Hugs from anyone,tea and sweets
Dislikes: Bossy people,tight hats,and being alone..
Skills: Hand to hand skills,sword skills,transformation and most magical skills
[ooc: thanks for the character descriptions everyone. anyone who hasn't posted theirs yet, please pm them to me or post them in the ooc topic.]
*soon, it was morning. Moonsoul was the first up, always an early riser. she quickly found a few eggs of a common bird to cook, and as soon as she got back a small skillet appeared in her hand. starting a fire and taking some of the leftover meat from the feast to use for something bacon-like, she quickly had breakfast ready for everyone, as they each woke up. she ate lightly, knowing that it would probably be after lunch before they went anywhere*
*sits up and cricks my neck and streches softly* OOooh i had a werid dream like I was sleeping on a tree....What time is it moon?
about an hour after sunrise. Your breakfast is over there.
DM peers out from behind the leg of the Berserk Führer, an energy cannon in his hand at the ready. He sneaks along, performing a dodge-roll behind a rock. He points the cannon around randomly in the direction he came from, and surveys the area once more.
At once, he shouts and charges into battle, lunging at his unexpecting breakfast. In mere moments it has all been devoured; a few mere crumbs tell the tale of the devastation that unfolded. Having defeated the greatest opponent he'd faced all hour, he crosses his arms and nods.
Mel is awake and watching the silliness. "If you like I can throw the toast in the air so you can say you caught it."
good morning, dm. I must say, I haven't seen an apetite like that since my visit to ravenon. Good morning to you too, mel. While we're waiting for the others to rise, how about we discuss plans for our next stop.
Snuggles wakes up in a weird position. He is floating in mid air but when he fell asleep he was on the ground. He shrugged it off and floated back down to the ground. *Yawn* "Hello, and good sun to you all... How is everyone doing?" *Yawn*
I was hungry..I guess I have to eat the tradional way...*as his tummy turns and growls abit*
E having been alert for a few hours smiles wearyingly at their play. he stood and walking into the sun his metallic armor gleaming. in a day ore too he'll need to spend a day in the flesh ore shut down some this his body can preform it's regularing cleaning and degaussing of his power and weapon systems. he disliked them both but this was life ever since he became then entity that he was.
Well, I think that's most of us, 'cept topher. Now, like I said yesterday, we can always head to planet Zi. I've wanted to get an upgrade for my shadow fox. Beyond that, I'm open to suggestions.
Zi? is the war over there?
We can hit any time period we want to. in the last few times I've been there, it was shortly after the death stinger fiasco. I picked up my shadow fox the first one, and a second one I picked up some other things of interest.
I think if we went again, we should hit it during new century zero's time period, but that's me.
but other options...
lesee. Haven't been to the gryphon sector since trent hawkin's days, and I've been looking for a new spaceship.
but I'd really like to visit a place I haven't been before. at least not in a few hundred years.
E sighed. he hated tome travel he really did. it was almost always a nuances to him. being blames and attacked for things he had not not or at lest not done yet. meeting children that have not yet been more only to find out that there mothers were 2-300 hundred year s in either the future or the past. this was not something that he liked still he too it in stride. "okay if you say so i just hope this turned out without violence like what was called for at our trip here"
DM sits down and pulls out his pocket computer again, maximizing the holographic screen. He brings up all the information he has on Planet Zi, which is quite a lot.
"If we go there, we're definitely going to want to avoid the part where the third moon blows up, around ZAC 2055. I think most of the interesting stuff is after that anyways. And of course when the planet's axis shifted sideways it left everything in a mess for about a thousand years. While I'd be interested in picking up some Hell Armor and Metal Zi, for your upgrades I suggest going before that time period."
He sets the computer to work on figuring out the exact dates.
"As for anywhere else, it's all fine by me, as long as it's exciting."
hmm. I'll keep it in mind, but like I said I'd like to visit somewhere I haven't been in a while. E, you sound like someone who's been around a lot of places. Got any in particular you'd like to visit?
E chuckles. well there is always the digital world but i suggest we stay a little closer to our shared reality. e begin to project a glaces star map that whirs with increase speed as it zeros in on a planet in the milky way. e toggles the display and several thins standout including the lack of a moon. the display seems to accelerate ad the place glitched a fer times and the moon reappears. . how about this earth here? it is 23 years after there last major incident and all of our kinds including robots and dragons a know here. i would recommend avoid this area here thong. " he says indicate what looks like rural japan. " it's a nice place but the dinosaurs can be a bit much for those that aren't used to them and i wish to avoid harming them as well."
earth... that's definately an earth I haven't been to, and let me tell you, I've been to more than a few dimensional variants of that little blue-green ball of fun... but this seems oddly familiar... Well, that's definitely on the list. if no one has any objections or other places they'd like to visit now, I think that will be our next destination.
*Wakes up in a tree branch* Did I miss something? *grabs the branch with his tail and hangs upside down over where everyone is sitting*
E nods. "yes that makes sense as most earths have a common history up to a point. of my 600 earths catalogued only on around 30 of them did the dinosaurs survive to present day."
*Yawn* "So this earth thing,... I am in. I think i will stay with you guys until i can get back to my own world" He takes the food that is offered to him and starts to eat.
Well this sounds like a fun trip...Im still wondering how long its been
Alright. Barring any objections from topher when he wakes up, we'll be heading for this earth.
E nods then disappears into and column of energy as he crystallizes the a copy of the information and the power need to reads it for a groups of 20 into something that looks like a jewel.. he gives this to Moonsoul. "it's not quit a data crystal not quite a teleportation jewel either but it will work as both if you wish"
DM shakes his head in disbelief.
"An Earth, without the Metal Empire? Preposterous! I absolutely must see it to believe it."
E chuckles. there are many Earths without metal empires my friend. this one used to have a habit of being blown up every other decade ore so but i think that it may have grown out of it by now as they broke the reset button so to speak
*looks over to tophar*
still sleeping. 'tis okay, I like sleeping in sometimes. At this point, I think we should give him another hour, then if he's still asleep we'll just let let him sleep through the transfer. in the mean time, It's near lunchtime, so what do people want?
Finishes up eating. "All right if i have an hour i would like to practice my air element. Yell at me when were ready." And with that he moves into a different clearing and the wind picks up after a while of him being a way.
not a bad idea, snuggles. I haven't done any serious training in quite a while.
*moonsoul steps over to a clearing. sitting down, and crossing her legs, she takes a few deep breaths, then carefully draws some of the natural energy that permeates most spaces, surrounding herself with exactly seven small spheres. the spheres begin orbiting her at seemingly random paths. all are at a constant speed and distance from monsoul, and it soon becomes clear that they are under careful control as they never intersect and soon their trails begin to form various symbols. this is obviously an exercise in control.
I'll just watch and speculate...I so like good training match going on...Its not least boring one bit..Heehee
*Moonsoul reaches her hand out, palm up, and the lights condense towards it, forming a crystal. she stands and sets the crystal down in front of her, and then steps back. she conjures a rune inside the crystal, and it floats up to about chest level and is surrounded by some sort of energy in a featureless humanoid shape. the training golem takes a fighting stance, as does moonsoul. a few seconds later, a dance of blows, counterblows, feints, dodges, and shows of many complex martial arts begins between moonsoul and the training golem at a speed the eye has great difficulty following*
It being a warm day and Mel being a cool-seeking little ice dragon she wandered down to the lake to wait for everyone to be ready. She jumped in and floated, crocodile-like, with just her eyes and nose above water.
Snuggles is also doing a martial arts style but it is different. With every punch kick hand movement changes how the air flow moves around this body. The movements also also very graceful as if the air around him in not only moving around him but almost guiding the moments that he takes. After a while he finishes, he looks up at Moonsoul that is fast at the blows. "Moonsoul,... may i train/Spar with you... you said you want to learn a little."
*issues the mental command for the training golem to stop, then picks up the crystal and lets it form a band around her wrist*
sure. I really don't have much of an idea of your physical abilities, though, so I think we'll start with me just defending.
E watched as moonsoul spared. the gollum it reminded him of someone. the name rue cam to mind but it was hazy
DM jumps around excitedly. "Dood! I should train too!"
K2 looks down at him, entertaining the idea of stepping on him. "I highly doubt that Moonsoul or any of the other inhabitants would appreciate you destroying large chunks of land."
"Aww, but it's fun..." DM looks thoroughly disappointed, and understandably so, considering that destruction is what he does.
"Get to work recharging and swapping objects from the Z-Buffer. Then you'll be better prepared to do the most damage next time."
"Yes, yes, prepare for the boomies!" DM jumps and crosses his legs in midair, landing on the ground in that position. Though a creature of incredible intellect, he doesn't use it much, and his short attention span is quite apparent.
Snuggles goes up to Moonsoul and takes his right hand with his own. He bows to each shoulder then puts his right hand outstretched. "It is our custom to spar with a handicap to both people and a little bit of weight added on." And with that he controls the air above them to put more pressure on both of them. It is about 10-15lb. more but Snuggles seems to be unaffected by it "Shall we begin?"
ooc: you have me a bit confused with that last post there, which makes me wonder if you have my character's current gender confused. Moonsoul is a she, remember?
not really a handicap for us, but I suppose it would best not to overdo it to start with. *shifting her weight subtly onto the balls of her feet, lowering her body slightly, and raising her hands to protect her body, moonsoul takes a defensive stance* I am ready.
ooc: Yes that was it i am sorry =v-v=... Anyway back to sparing. I think that you are also confused at the handicap is working... The 15lb. of pressure and the fact he hasn't let go of you right hand.
Snuggles is pretty fast even under the 15 more pounds that he is under. First the left hand in rapid succession a few times then a roundhouse kick above the hand using the right hand to balance on her right hand then come sweeping under her to take out her legs.
ooc: the 15 lbs was what I was refering to in my previous post I had missed the part about the arm.
*moonsoul deflects the jabs with her left arm, then steps in, causing the roundhouse to go wide and lose most of its energy. the sweep appears like it is about to connect, when moonsoul moves with lightning speed. in the blink of an eye, the sweep is stopped cold, and moonsoul has snuggle's ankle in a firm grip.*
I must say, I'm not used to this particular form of handicap. Given this, I think it might be a bit limiting in terms of mobility for training use.
Snuggles looks surprised for a moment at how fast she was. "That was nice" and before Moonsoul knows it she is holding nothing but air and now on the ground. "Well my people always found it better to train though experience of battle not just training the style." He pulls up on his hand to help Moonsoul back you. "Would you like to try a harder handicap?"
let's lose the handholding. I think I have an idea for a different handicap, though. let me know if it's too much.
*moonsoul closes her eyes and concentrates. a ring of runes appears appears around snuggles and moonsoul, large enough for a good sparring match. the air quickly seems to thicken, taking on the restrictive elements roughly equivalent to water* or not enough.
Snuggles looks at moonsoul. "One i think it is not enough if we are both going to battle in." As he raises his arms at normal speed almost unhindered and his breathing is normal. "Second what is these rings?"
the ring is simply the method for controlling how resistive the air is to swift movement. if you have a suggestion for a second handicap, I can not think of any others at the moment.
Well we could always tie are hands or legs or something.
E laughs and odd sound as his soundtrack had not booted up yet. he wiped a nonexistent tear form his face." this sparing is about skill not power right? so why not use temporary seals to lock a portion of you power away?. "
Hearing E's suggestion, DM gets an idea. More specifically, an idea that does not involve mindless destruction, blackmailing the forces of evil, or playing Smash Brothers.
"You know, if you'd like a sparring match devoid of magics and the metaphysical, I can help with that."
I think that was already happening, by unspoken agreement.
I think having both arms tied behind our backs could be good for training, so let's go with that and the extra pressure you created. *removes the spell circle*
(ooc: sorry i was late to post)
Snuggles nods again. "Does anyone have any clothe we can use?" then directed too Moonsoul "Would you like the pressure from before you heavier?"
somewhere around 60 pounds should be good if you can handle it. *pulls two stretches of cloth from thin air* Arachnian silkweave. It won't rub or chafe, holds a knot nicely, and is quite strong. I think it will do. On a related note, we should probably leave soon. I guess we'll just have to drag tophar through with us, since he seems to wish to catch up on his beauty sleep.
*ties her arms behind her back with some telekinesis* you can check the knot if you want.
"No, no, i am good." He also ties the knot but with the air currents that he controlled. "Would like to check mine?" After Moonsoul response he calms down a little and closes his eye and the air pressure goes back up but to what feels like 60 lb. he then opens his eyes and looks at Moonsoul. "Ready?"
*takes a few deep breaths, then takes a defensive stance*
I'm ready.
Topher pops into sight. "Hey guys, what'd I miss?"
a lot i'm afraid to say. we've picked our next stop but i've forgotten were. still don't worry too much as moonsoul and snuggles are about to spare.
We're heading to a parallel earth E knows about, so you might want to take the time to make any preperations you need to. other than that, like e said, I'm about to spar with Snuggles. thus, why our arms are tied behind our backs.
You ready Snuggles?
Snuggles looks up a little at E. "We are going to somewhere called 'Earth' but i don't know what that is." He says as Moonsoul also says the same thing. Snuggles then gets into a position that looks like nothing. Just about very attack could hit and he couldn't attack back. "Ready Moonsoul."
E sits back watcher his optic sensors adjusting so that he can see the combats better. he mind sets aside a catch to record the sparing.
hah, I know that posture. *suddenly, moonsoul leaps forward. planting her left foot, she shifts low and launches a sweeping blow at snuggle's shins, then following through gracefully with a skyward kick to the chin*
Snuggle gets hit with sweeping blow to the shins but he react to it differently. Instead of going to the side so that the kick to the chin would hit, he uses the momentum to rebound on Moonsoul so it would shake the left foot trying to push her off balance then striking very quickly afterwards that look normal to block but at the last second moves inward and away from the block.
Confused, Topher looked at Moonsoul and Snuggles as they quarreled. Had something changed since he was last there? Topher shrugged it off and said, "What exactly are we doing on this Earth you speak of. Will we be fighting? And if we are then what exactly are we fighting?" With this Topher double checked that he had an abundant amount of thallium with him.
*Reacting almost instinctively, Moonsoul crouches and shifts subtly, taking only a glancing blow from the kick. She then capitalizes on the vulnerability that snuggles had created, sending a knee into snuggle's chest. without missing a beat, she also answers tophar's questions*
we'll be heading shortly to an earth that, from what I understand, has a somewhat unique history. as far as this, we're doing a training spar.
Snuggles was expecting for Moonsoul to take the bait. As she knees snuggles in the chest, he grabs her knee with both of his quickly and flips her over himself and he lands on the ground with ease and turns around to her just in time to see her fall.
*as moonsoul comes down, she bends around in ways that would make a chiropracter wince. In a unique display of flexibility and balance, she not only regains balance but launches a swift roundhouse at snuggles*
Because snuggles is in the posture that he had before, he gets hit but because of his posture he retalates quickly and lunches two kicks. The first one is to the side of the head and the moment that is give to him by Moonsoul for the second one is faster then normal and aimed for the the side of the chest.
*moonsoul does a quick duck to avoid the first kick, then allows the second one to connect, stepping in a bit to bleed off its power. she then throws her right leg over it before the attack can be withdrawn, then spins as the right leg hits ground, using snuggle's leg as a pivot and a hold, she launches her left foot to take out snuggle's other foot from the inside, following a second rotation through the motion. with of her feet on the ground and potentially none of snuggles, she instantly crouches and launches a kick to send snuggles skyward.*
Topher nods at the Kitsune and begins packing objects away into his sash. He looked up at the two that were quarreling and asked, "Ready?"
Snuggles ,as Moonsoul wanted, was not on the ground and the kick to send snuggles body skyward connected but instead of snuggles going skyward he is firmly planted on Moonsoul's shin. "I really like doing this not a lot of people have you kind of skill... that i have fought." Snuggles looks over to Topher still balancing on Moonsoul shin. "I think we are just about ready."
yeah, people of our skill aren't that common. *stands up and undoes my arm ties.* E, if you could give me the dimensional coordinates, I'll open the portal.
Butterflies began to flutter in Topher's insides. He smiled hopefully and waited for the signal to enter the portal being prepared by Moonsoul.
E speaks as well not shaking his head. " it is a earth were all matter of beings exist. humans dragons, kitsune's, aliens. everything has been to that world and unfortunately a little less then half of them have tried to conquer or destroy it. a few succeeded and it was not pretty. Still that earth is very resilient and has been pulled back together form little more then space dust all of the dead life forms returning with it. No worries now there has been peace there for about 30 years so it should be safe and it's not ... i'm sure that we're strong enough to handle what ever happens"
to moon soul e reminds her " the location in on that Crystal i gave you." "it's not quit a data crystal not quite a teleportation jewel either but it will work as both if you wish"
oh, that's right! *pulls the crystal out* now, then...
*moonsoul concentrates her energy on the crystal, allowing it to be shaped, and gets an idea of where this earth is. she then uses the crystal and it's data/teleporation structures, synchronizing them with her own magic, and creates the portal.*
Everyone ready? Let's go!
*steps through the portal*
E follows without hesitation. he still wonders how he manges to do some of the things tat he does but he has compels faiths in his abilities. in moments the groups arrives in whats appears to be a small town near a mountain district in japan. there are many people around only about half of them are human.
Snuggles also follows them as well without hesitation. When he gets there, he looks around to see what is around. Now he is waiting for what to happen next with moonsoul and everyone else.
DM makes a few calculations, and jumps through the portal. Without affecting the start and end points, he uses his computer to slightly alter the interdimensional pathway, arcing it just close enough to his universe to replenish his ammunitions and add a few new goodies to his Z-Buffer via remote transmission. He steps out in the new location, giggling and grinning evilly.
A second later, K2 exits the portal, back in his truck form, and runs directly over DM.
At first, Topher was hesitant in stepping through the portal. he exhaled, and jumped through with the others, grasping MoonSouls arm to keep from getting lost on the way. He clenched his eyes and waited for the thud in which he would fall and hit the soil of this place called Earth.
Well, here we are. E, you know this place best, lead on!
Topher opened his eyes and took in a cautious whiff of air. The air seemed slightly toxicated, and the environment was quite unpeaceful. He wasn't to sure he'd enjoy this so called Earth.
he looked around. he was unfamiliar with this town but it seemed to be a town just like any other. he spotted a Dojo and scanned his data banks fr the symbol. this was a place were they specialized in the phantom star technique. "okay i have a few limited files on this area but first i need to know what does everyone what to do?"
I'd like to meet some of these kitsune, personally. beyond that, I don't have anything specific.
Topher shrugs. "I'm just here for the adventure."
By the way, E. do you have a general where we are? I'd like to know if I should start wearing my katana.
" were are we? i think were in japan as for weapons? no. weapons are likely unneeded in this town. they have a dojo here for sparing. The phantom star is the technique that is taught there. the main cites are roughly 130-150 miles to the north. i don't know there the kitsune's are but i think that i should go fishing for lunch. 1 or 2 fish should feed this group. "
phantom star?
Snuggles perks up at the word of dojo and sparing and phantom star. "I think i will be spending some of my time at the dojo. I think that i will be able to feed myself... in about... oh i have to say an hour or so." And with that he starts to walk into town. "Oh and i would also like to explore a little bit." As kind of an after thought.
DM stands up, lifting K2 off of him with one hand. One could easily tell he's used to that.
"Hmm..." He ponders, dropping the truck next to him. "I think I'd like to cause massive destruction, mayhem and havoc, quickly becoming the most imfamous being on the planet. And then grab a smoothie." He starts walking, leaving that unsettling feeling when you're not sure if someone is joking or not.
"You may have to settle for the smoothie, since we're not sure how long we'll be here." K2 follows DM through the streets, an odd sight to behold. "It would be a shame to start the job and not be able to finish."
"Well, until we find something to blow up, check if there's an eBay, any kind of rare mineral, a difference in currency values, or any other way to exploit our interdimensional travels." Few things make DM happier than cheat codes and glitches in reality, especially when he has an Empire to support back home.
Phantom-Star technique uses an energy that projects an image that doesn't exist. Much like our favored After-Image. in this can you can produce the image of multiple hands and legs during an attack as opposed to living and shadow image of where you were. this is a third tech in this set called the mirror image tech but than one is harder to explain. i wonder if master chi is still her? i believe that by now shoren may be in charge of the dojo but it would be nice to see master chin again.. and DM in order to do that ou'd have to out do demon lord piccolo. he's a very hard ACT to follow.
Well, I think that's going to be my first stop.
Topher looks at the others and dcides that we all must be going our seperate ways for now. He thought of any particular place he would like to go and bit his lip, attempting to concentrate. Chee looked at Snuggles and said, "Wait up, I'll go with ya."
"Special effects with energy... so it caught on here. Good to know. Kinda sucks that I won't be surprising anyone that way, though..."
DM takes a few more steps, then suddenly freezes in place. He stares ahead, as the thought most crucial to his plans enters his mind. He spins on his heel to face E, obviously frantic.
"... Do they have smoothies here?"
Snuggles was far ahead of him. In a little bit for topher to get caught up snuggles looks different... again. This time his fur is a bright pink color. He is now carrying a staff that he had found off a tree and is using as a help to walk. He is slower now but still making it in town. As topher approched, He looked up toward Topher. In an older voice, "Ah, and who are you again?"
E chuckles. "yes they have them here. there should be and ice cream shop around this town some were. i think it's about a block or two away on the other side of the dojo."
"I'm Topher, Topher Chee." Topher said as he looked at the withered pink feral. "Snuggles? Is that you? You look older..." Topher's shaky voice asked as Topher began to fear he got lost. He was in a foreign place and there wasn't any way of communication with the others.
"Oh, no... i am not snuggles, i am Crystal. I am one of the other spirts sharing his body." He contiues walking into town now. "Nice to meet you Topher." He looks around. "Um... where was i going again." He looks at a sign again. "Ahh, i remember the dojo." and moves on his way.
Well, since snuggles... ah, crystal seems to be heading towards the dojo, I believe I will follow.
Crystal looks up to Moonsoul. "And you might be?" he waits for her answer. Then moves on to the dojo slowly but surely.
I am Moonsoul, A nine-tailed kitsune. well, two, really. Two souls, one body, and it has been that way since our birth. I am also a friend of snuggles. I am curious, though. how deep does the connection between you and the others inhabiting the body extend? *follows Crystal*
Hmmm welll this is home.....Its been awhile..I wonder what we can do here
He contiunes walking. "The connection between us as a whole is pretty deep but i forget a lot of things so i don't remember what he said about either of you so it is like meeting your for the first time. Also, with every person the inhabits this body has a different form from it. I think i remember that you saw Snuggles wife. Isn't she easy on the eyes? hehehe" They finally can see the dojo.
In the Dojo the Sensi is over viewing his student's lessons. to of them showed great skill in the use of the phantom star. and elder gentleman comes forms the back aera. the class stops and bow to him as does the Sensi.. the elder and the Sensi hug as son welcomes father. "welcome home dad."
Moonsoul quietly watches from the doorway, not wishing to interrupt what appeared to be a long-awaited reunion of family.
the two part and the elder nods seeing the arrivals. "it seems son that you have new arrivals." despite his friendly words and smile the elders eyes narrow a bit. "Strong new arrivals." he said.
Topher walks up the steps of the dojo and bows to a master. "I am Topher Chee, of the Forest of another world. I seek to find a better understanding of my heritage." With that said Topher showed the master his marking on his palm. "I got that about a month ago. My Master/sensei Fusheelantreeno told me that I would start developing these symbols on my body as I grew older. I do not know much of the fire tribes that i descend from. Do you know anything about my ancestors?"
*bows slightly*
I am moonsoul. I have heard you teach a technique known as phantom-star. I have never heard of this before.
*cough* *bows*
I am Crystal. I wish to learn the style and technique of the phantom-star as well.
the Sensi looks at them and nods. and bows regretfully as he addresses Topher. " i regret to inform you that i am not well versed in the ancient seals of clans. I do not even recognize that mark." he then turns the the two prospective students. " as my father says i to can sense your strength but strength is not enough to master all techniques. this one requres the understanding and utilization of your chi. in my time here i have only seen one warrior learn the phantom star in a short span. that person was a boy named Goku and he mastered it's imlpication In less then 1 day after seeing it. but if you wish i shall attempt to teach you as well."
Goku? I believe I have heard of that name. I believe on of the elder kitsune told me a astory of him.
Anyways, I am quite interested in learning the technique. *moonsoul immediately begins focusing part of herself inward, sensing the various types of energy that flow through a kitsune and selecting one "stream" which most resembled the idea of chi. I am ready to learn *bows*
Least we all have familys to go home to
Topher nods to the sensei and asks, "Might I join them in your teachings?"
the Sensi nods. "Welcome to the class. perhaps it would be better to start with a short training spar."
very well.
Topher bows in response and removes his boots, then tying up his baggy pants to his calves, in order to keep from entangling himself in his own clothing.
Crystal coughs again. "I will be ready as well i just need some water." He looks around for some.
Whilst cruising through the commercial zone of town, DM suddenly senses the combined opportunity to be convenient, gather battle data, and possibly be an ass, all at once.
Mere seconds later, DM's camouflage-clad arm is offering Crystal a pinkish smoothie, as he sips on a red one himself.
with a nod and a jest the school clears the sparing floor. the sensi then signals for two o his students to come forth. on of which he ask to fetch waters and refreshments. the other he asked if he would be willing to spar with one of the new arrivals. the answer was affirmative. her introduces the student a young K9 named Winston. "Miss Moonsoul this is one of my best students of the current class;. with he still needs work on his hand to hand skills and intuition he has a good grasp of chi control and power. he is willing to spar with you and demonstrate the phantom star in practice. i ask you two not to underestimate each other."
*Moonsoul takes another few deep breaths, focusing her chi and entering a state of mind that was good for observation, then steps onto the sparring floor, taking a defensive stance*
I ask that you strike first, so that I know if I need to limit the use of my strength.
Crystal takes the water. "Thank you very much..." Takes a big drink from it then sits down and watches Moonsoul and the student start to spar. "Will it be me after them?"
DM stands againts the wall near the door, arms crossed, dead-still. He turns on all the sensors and recorders in his sunglasses, while several cloaked CameraBots set up to record the entire area in full 3D, and K2 idles outside with a grander set of sensors - sensors from a world where machines can detect and measure exact energy levels, types and frequencies. If DM's own special-effects and psychological warfare techniques weren't superior to the Phantom Star, there was always that other ability he could utilize. And that was the reason he came to watch, in a controlled environment.
Topher sat and watched the two duel. "Yes, I'd o get a turn as well"
Winston nods and bows before talking and offensive position. his eyes narrow and he seeks an opening in his sparing partners defense for for he feint ans sweeping strike to her left.
*stands there quietly watching them both battle their spar match wearing his black hat still*
(well it's god to see the thread is still here i was away for a few days though. and i'm, ready when you are.)
*moonsoul shifts slightly, then places her hand at the edge of the foot and then flips into a hand stand, followed by pushing off winston's foot, launching her into the air and the foot into the ground, all of this happening in less than half a second*
*watches patiently as the two begin to battle*
Winston feels the push and he watched her somersault away he felt a large about of Chi found in that simple touch. concentrates his own chi the seems to vanish as he runs to the side the other the sparing area and attacks his arm advancing on her then at the moment of contact it seems to vanish with out touching her and a second strike lands beneath her guard.
*somewhat surprised by this sudden burst of speed, moonsoul concentrates her chi into a near-body shield around the area of impact, then pushes it away from her. backflipping into a low crouch, she then begins tapping into her own body's natural speed, removing a few of the limits she normally placed on herself*
was that the phantom star? or was it something of a lower level?
*moving so fast as to disapear herself, moonsoul leaps at a low angle towards Winston. planting her left foot firmly, she translates the forward motion into a swift leg-sweep. without bothering to wonder if the sweep connected, she plants her right foot, she then continues to use the momentum to pivot a swift kick to the chest. again, she uses as much of the momentum as she can, shifting into a handstand-spring into the air, coming down with a near vertical kick again aimed at the chest.*
Crystal watches carefully at the moments and motions of each combatant. Even when they move faster then most could see his eye dart around to where they would go and so fourth. He also takes another drink from his cup of water.
even though he managed to doge the first sweep Winston was caught by the second one and it's force throwing him back. it felt like being hit by a sledgehammer. He tried to stop himself but could not as he felt a pair of arms catch him. "sensei?" "That's enough Winston." "I know she's stronger then be but" "Winston that kick. i know you tried to dodge it but it fractures a few of your ribs." " I understand Sensei." Winston turns to Moonsoul and Bows. he feels the pain as he does and realises his sensei was right as much as it pains him to admit it even to hm self. "Yes miss Moonsoul that was the phantom star and at the same time it is not. despite my Sensei's kind words i am not the strongest one here. at my current level i can only generate the illusion." "Winston over simplifies things." But where i stronger then i could make the illusion real. i know i could." The sensei shakes his head" "Winston got to the nurse" .the wolf nods and leave in out history only two people have unlocked that power. one of which was my grandfather."
actually, if you would stay winston, I am a master of certain healing arts, and I don't like leaving those I spar with in pain. that is, if you have no objections to me healing you.
Crystal looks up from his cup to see winston move on to the nurse. "That was pretty intruging and you say this is the phatom star... I mean the illusion of the phatom star?" Takes another sip of the water in his cup.
Winston stopped at the door. "you can heal?" the father of the sensei face took a look of interest. " Self healing is not unheard in warriors but to be both a warrior and able to heal others is quite a feat miss." Winston had returned . his ribs were starting to hurt but he was more curious then in pain. " i would be both honored and grateful for your help miss moon soul."
*moonsoul places her hand lightly on Winson's chest, and focuses on the structure of the ribs, shifting the broken bones back to their proper places and then mending the bones and surrounding tissue.*
there. good as new.
Kitsune are, for all intents and purposes, immortal. having lived for over two milenia myself, I've had plenty of time to learn many different arts, including healing.
Winston breath deeply. the pain was gone. "thank you miss." privately he thought. two thousand years? wow. my oldest friend is not even 300 yet. he bowed to his master and when to take his seat watching the class visitors with the rest of the class. the elder and the sensei nod apprising their visitors . sensei with a new appreciation for their strengths. " at such a level there is little if anything that i can show you that you have not seen before. " he smiled
You know its all a good thing or two you know when to use your ablitys Moon
you might be surprised. If there's one thing I've learned in that time, it's that there's always something to learn.
The elder smiled. "indeed for even the wises of us still have much lest to learn. " you always say that father" " and it has always been true. anyone who truly understands life mus realize that there is much that they do not know. there is so much out that those who wish to understand must never stop learning"
*chuckles* Well its good thing I am on your good side
*nods to the elder*
yes, never stop learning.
*turns to the sensei*
I am ready to learn more of this phantom start technique.
the sensei nods and as the refreshments were passed out her took a position on the sparing area. " Perhaps you would like to observe this round Minn moon soul and let someone else spar?"
That sound's good. it always helps to balance experience with observation.
*sits down at the side of the sparring mat*
The Sensei nodded he expected such choice. "Very well." he turned to the other's that were interested in his teachings. " which of you would like to spare with me?"
Crystal gets up and slowly walks to the center of the sparing ring. "I will... this will be fun. Am i to get ready for your attack?"
the sensei smiled. "this is merely friendly spar. it is about learning how to react to and unfamiliar ability or technique." the senesi
Crystal nods and prepares himself. The sensei can sense something like chi being focused but not exactly like it. "I am ready". Crystal stance is him standing in the same position as he walked out to greet the sensei in.
the sensei smiles and nodded. with a quick step like his student Winston had done he appeared before Crystal and struck forward with his left hands? it seems as the the sensei had sprouted two sparer lefter arms for a total of 3 at the struck aims for several spots on Crystal's body. The sensei knowing that the visitors were stronger indeed in all likelihood they were all much stronger then him still could not help but hold back on his attack. the blows would be little more then taps to let the opponent know were contact had be made.
Crystal almost seem unfazed by the attack. The sensei, i am guessing, with his knowlegde of chi has never seen chi move like it did for Crystal. The wind of the blows didn't even touch the fur on his skin. Crystal turns toward the Sensei. "My, my what a strong attack could you mind doing it again?"
the sensei chuckles. " it's good to see that you have a sense of humor." he shook his head. "still as a seasoned warrior you should have recognize that that attack was not meant to injure you but to test you reaction and demonstrate speed and technique. after all what use a hammer when a feather will do" the sensei took up a defensive position. Crystals defences were something he was not familiar with. it was almost as her he were using a wall of chi to protect himself but that would make him extremely strong.
"To tell you the truth it really didn't matter whether you wanted to touch me or kill me you couldn't do it... think of it as a kind of barrier." Crystal now looks at the sensei. "by the stance you have i think it would be my turn?"
*as moonsoul watches the battle, she focuses a small amount of chi to her eyes, and the normal emerald iris color spreads to the entire eye, as various energy paths appear before her*
interesting...
The sensei nodded. " I suspected that it was something like that. there has been tell of warriors on this planet strong enough to quell nature or even destroy worlds with there power. i am not one of them." the sensei spoke truthfully for they last time he ore his father had seen such a display of power was when tournament winner Jackie Chun had destroyed the moon to stop Goku. this was something he was not something he couldn't match force for force. he would have to evade and use his martial art's knowledge to continue this battle.
Crystal nods. "if you want it this way and what about this Goku char. You seem very taken with him." and before he says anything he lift up his and snaps his finger 3 times. Moonsoul can see Crystal's chi like source ball up in his finger and fire 3 times at the Sensei stoping themselves right before that hit him. He fells like three pokes, two on his shoulders and one on his belly.
direct projection of chi. pretty good, though I'm a bit surprised to see you using that snapping technique.
the sensei's image wavers and vanishes" indeed " said the sensei. "does it require a lot of your focus" most opponents note the illusion of the after image when there attacks failed or flew through them without effect. " or were you distracted buy something else? "
*walks around slowly looking for something of intrest*
Crystal laughs a little. "if those are my only choices i would have to say that i am distracted by something but i don't really want to go full out." He snaps his fingers again firing a few more at the sensei moving around the round but doing the same effect as last time. "If you want me to stop this i could but i think you like to fight someone stronger then you because you learn whether you win or lose, you just get more from losing." Fires off another one at him.
the sensei despite his attempts at evasion was struck several glancing blows. suddenly the senei's chi flares visible for a moment and instead of one moving sensei there were there and he began using the mirror image technique though it was obvious that he was losing ground.
the sensei was tiring as he struggled to find a weak spot in the attack he began to hope that the attack was limited in distance. ring not most of the attacks would be over the audience head but there were a couple of students at the drinks and refreshment table.
mean while a young human watching the sparing match. he'd never seen the sensei working so hard. he steps back bumping into a red and black husky and spills his drink on himself. turning around he sees the visitor know as Zedd and blushing a bit. "forgive my actions visitor. i was careless"
*looks at the human kid abit with a smile* Its alright....Here..*hands him money to replace it and more* Keep the change kid...And have a nice day
So that's how it's done... Sensei, after you are finished sparring with crystal, I would like to spar with you myself and experience the technique firsthand.
"I see, good strategy but not good enough." He snaps his finger again but instead of firing one out, he sent out enough to hit each one in the chest this time a little harder to knock him off balance but not enough to go farther into the crowd. As soon as he goes down, he move faster then most people can see and bends over him. "You ok?"
the sensei coughed and chuckles. "tired and winded but other then that fine." he smiled. you thing well on your feet. I'm glad this was just a sparing match" the sensei climbed to his feet and took a few deep breathes. after thanking Crystal for the sparing match he then turned to moonsoul. " that was a combination of techniques miss Moonsoul and yes the phantom star was among them tying them together in a way. i however need a brief rest if you wish to spare with me. perhaps we can talk over tea."
meanwhile at the refreshment table the human smiled. " thank you for the thought sir but the refreshments are free. it is that class that cost." the n the kid refilled his glass with tea and scurried back to his row.
Crystal perks up at the talk of tea. "Would i be offered the same request for tea?" He picks up his staff again for the side lines.
DM strokes his chin and looks down. While it was certainly intriguing, sparring matches were unlikely to reach higher levels of power and show the true potential of the Phantom Star. Granted, some techniques simply require additional brute force, but others require subtle finesse to be at their most powerful. Many techniques could go horribly awry if done improperly, a chance DM refused - or at least was unwilling - or at least was cautious - or at least was not in the mood - to take. Without observing and recording the Phantom Star at its peak, he would have no way to duplicate it at that level.
DM's attention quickly wanders to refreshments, since he finished his smoothie already. He wonders if he'll have the chance to brew up some of his imfamous Imperial Black Hole Tea.
*moonsoul walks over to the refreshments table, smelling the air for the right one. She was somewhat surprised to recognise the smell of one of them. She poured herself a cup of it, then sat down near the sensei*
not quite like my mother used to make it, but still very good. though I am curious. from what I understand, the leaves used to make it are extraordinarily rare.
the sensei smiled and nodded "of course Crystal. come with me Moonsoul is already at the refreshment table.. the sensei made his way to the table and pours a cup oolong and sits with the elder to discuss techniques and power.
*just stands there looking inpressive but mainly quietly like a warrior or some sort*
Crystal slow moves to the snack table and grabs some tea. "so can you teach that move to people like us... i would defently be able to teach the moves i have done for your in return."
Hmm..I never seen a human up close before...*he thought* But now I have...
the sensei smiled. "sure i believe this is something that you can learn as you seem to have masted techniques that require more strength and chi concentrations then the technique demand. remember however this tool is not a hammer. it requires finesse and control in battle and is also useful ins combinations of other techniques."
as the profess spoke with the quest or at least most of the guest on young human boy was peeking at at the winged husky at the refresment table. he gets elbowed in the side. "dude your spacing" "huh of sorry " he said to his ursine classmate. " look at hims he has wings right? you don't think he' and angle do you?"
*hears one of the young students and looks around to see who they are talking about* a siberian huskie with wings? well, been a while since I've seen one of those. tell me, is he native of this world?
Crystal looks up from his tea. "I think that i would be more useful for snuggles to learn more then me but i will still get to use it."
Their refering to me... *smiles softly on his face* Sides dont you worry..I been to many places but not as much as a place like this..I really never seen a human so close before..*as her puts his hat to a tilt and looks at them with his soft jade green eyes*
hmm? oh, zedd. didn't recognize you for a second there. having a good time here?
*turns to the sensei* so, even after gaining a basic understanding of the technique, I'm still not quite sure what it is. it seems to be rooted in illusion, but with the ability to add some physical elements to the illusions.
Yes I am....Its no surpize cause time changes most of us but i still look the same
Topher falls over onto his side from watchig the fight for so long... As he hits the floor with a thud he wakes up immediately and rises to his feet. What'dI miss?!
not much. care for some tea?
"You weren't paying any attention." Crystal hits topher over the head with his staff. "You could have learned something. You..." Tries to hit him again. "Hmmmm..." Looks down at his tea and drinks some. "Now where were we?"
Topher chuckles slightly as Snuggles hit him upside the head. He accepts MoonSoul's offer and sips patiently at the tea.
"now now crystal" said the sensei "lets not get violent. and yes i suppose that the phantom star is similar to illusion except that the image you project are a part of you. the are a projection of yourself using you chi." he smiled. it i because of that that when used with the mirror image technique you can produce doppelgangers instead of mere reflections . these doppelgangers can react on their own following your will until their chi is dispelled or reabsorbed. there are many such techniques throughout the world but i digress. it is rude of me to bore my gust when you have other things you'd rather discuss."
I'd like to focus on my chi and hopefully discover more about my abilities.
the sensei smiles. "so i understand. you ma not realise this but a lot of your special powers are the result of your unconscious use of you chi. used correctly it can recover heal ore be shaped int simple objects shies as shields or attack waves. among the most powerful i have witnessed are the Tri beam cannon whites whittles away at the life of the user and the turtle destruction wave which drains the chi resources fiercely as it is used. they like. Crystal's attack and defense method during the sparing match was and examples of using chi this way. " the sensei though he felt the difference in Crystal's chi did not consider it to be other then chi for chi is a personal wavelength of energy that the body generates and though it can be altered it still remains chi. " if you would like to demonstrate you abilities then perhaps you can later after tea. " The sensei sips his tea again.
Topher nodded and sat back down. Sipping at his tea, he wonders, "What kind of tea is this?"
Crystal looks a little sleepy. "Um, where is the nearest... *yawn* bed?" Drinking the rest of his tea.
Hmmm...*slowly make a purple person sized cloud appear from his pocket* Its no bed but its sure as comfertable* Good thing this coat has deep pockets..
"this pot is Yamcha. there are others as well if you wish to try something different" The Sensei's eyes took on a look of surprise. " I've never seen a pocket nimbus before. is master Korin no disturbing flying nimbus or is there some where that you may get them?"
Topher nods. "That'd be great if we could try some more tea."
"of the ones i ave tried there is Oolong, Green tea with sakura blossom and orange spice." The sensei smiled. " i wish i could be of more help but i am not the caterer of the refreshments."
My numbis came from from a diffrent place not from from here but a place far out reach from here...
Crystal drains the rest of his tea, gets up and walk over to the cloud. "Thanks." He gets on to it and floats there for a second then starts to change again back to the color fur of snuggles and a few min. later gets back up. "Hey, guys... wait where am I?" He starts to look around a little bit.
Where just taking a break thats all I mean we need to relax for now...I hope you enjoy being on my cloud
The sensei was ready to respond to Zdd when the trasformation took place. "that is an surprising ability you have this Crystal.. you name is it still Crystal or has that changes with your appearance?"
"ohhh, No. I am Snuggles, it is nice to meet you... ... who are you?" He holds out a paw toward him.
The Sensei smiled. "oh do forgive my matters. I am master Shokin of the chin star school" he jested to the elder. "this is my father chin founder of this school."
"Hello, as I said I am snuggles, leader of rehtnap Clan. Um... i am guessing that another personalty was out... which one was it?" Kind of scratching his head.
"well at the time we met you called yourself crystal." the sensei paused for a moment considering. "i would not call you other a personality so much as a splintered soul either grown from your own or bound to you." during all this time the robot know as e was mysterously silent and seems to be fading out of perception unless one is truly looking for him
"hehehe, you are right about the splintered soul... thing except for it isn't splintered. I call it personalities because that makes sense to a lot more people." He then looks off to the side a little almost like he was day dreaming but he was taping into Crystal's mind to find out what had happened. He looks back at the sensei. "So, did he hurt you much?"
crystal/snuggles may have a point. it is getting a bit late. Shokin, you wouldn't happen to know of a nearby woods, would you? my kind are usually more comfortable sleeping under the stars.
the sensei smiled. "i am old but sturdy. still i must caution you if your group intends to sleep in the woods. there are dinosaurs and saber cats around" E steps forward seeming to come form nowhere despite having been there the entire time. "don't worry not only are the strong but the are kind and alert. they'll scare off the dino's should any attack with out killing them" the sensei looks at the being standing off the the side of the room as the class is dismisses. "have we met before sir?" e smiled. "you manners are much improved shokin but it we met it was a lifetime ago. i was following a kid name Goku" shokin's eyes lit up for a moment but e for stalled him. "either way old friends or new is the joy lessened?" E smiled. "you've grown wise in these past years." said the elder chin "though your appearance is not the same." "thats because i'm a robot now. all metal and circuits though i don't have to be." the elder shook his head. "you always were an odd one. ever in the shadows of others as if you wanted to be over looked but at the same time craved the power to be an equal." "perhaps but i learned from watcher Goku, Krillen and the other that those with true strength and power need not fame. it is enough to be the best one can be at what the love and i love to travel and explore." "wise words again" "the took me near a lifetime to learn what they mean" E bows the the elder. "thank you master Chin for telling me to seek out what my heart desires as opposed to following a boy that meant no harm. i learn much form this voyage." "then it was time well spent. though i must say i was most trouble when you first arrived at my dojo intent on defeating sky dragon. well talk later though as you friends point out it is late and you should tend to there sleeping arrangements." E nods. "Very well i hope to speak with you again soon master chin" E bows one more the turns to his companions . " there is a hotel here in town but before that i need to know where would everyone like to sleep? "
"Um... could you locate the nearest lake for me?" Looking from E to the sensei.
*smiles* as e said, we are rather strong. besides, it'll be a rather cold day in at least seven distinct variations of hell before the local wildlife of a planet troubles me.
*Turns to the rest of my group*
While it is true that I feel more comfortable sleeping in the woods, there is a second reason I asked. I and sunheart would like an evening alone. speaking of which... snuggles, I don't believe you've been introduced to my two pets.
*two small squirrelfoxes, each about the size of a large squirrel that look almost like miniature fennec foxes appear from seemingly nowhere. their body is mostly a dusty tan, with muddy brown *
this is nim and mina. They're both very smart, probably as smart as any of us. nim's the boy with the brown stripe down the forhead and mina's the girl with the two stripes on her cheeks. they are a bit impulsive and more easily influenced by their instincts than most of us. Anyways, could you care for them this evening?
"Sure, hopefully they won't be too much trouble... do they know any magic that might be useful to know about them?" Snuggles is still looking around for a large body of water.
they have some magic, I'm sure. I don't have much idea what, besides a cloaking effect, but their aura is strong. they can actually take care of themselves for the most part, just don't let them wander too far or cause trouble.
Hmmm well now...I wonder if where all prepared now...Snuggles you can keep my cloud for now as long you likes
Well, the night's not getting any younger, so I think I'll head off. Since we're splitting up, how about we make this our meeting place tomorrow?
"yes a meeting place is important." said E " how about here around midday? and moonsoul i'm sure you're strong enough to deal with any saber cats or dinos without the need to kill them right?" as the robot as he scans his data banks for a subtable areas for all. " snuggles i'm sore but the nears lager a about 30 miles down river but if you wish there is some open land near the river that i uses as a sight to dig you one. it should take about 20 minutes if i return to my normal forum."
"No, no i need a natural formed lake... Is there mountains near by?" He then goes down to pick up the to 'pets' as moonsoul called them. "hey little guys, aren't you cute?"
I will see you tomorrow around midday. *speaking to nim and mina*
<see if you can help snuggles find that lake, huh?>
*transforms to my fox form*
I should probably ask before I leave. I'm planning on hunting for my evening meal, so is there anything in particular I should seek and/or avoid?
DM grabs a handful of tea leaves for god-knows-what odd experiments he may have in mind, and heads outside to K2. With a simple command, the back of the truck is transformed into a veritible bedroom on wheels, complete with a blue-LED alarm clock set to let him sleep in excessively. While he much preferred sleeping on the hard metal armor of a giant war machine, a small comfortable bed would have to suffice tonight.
Concerned about getting some kind of traffic ticket, he attempts a quick bout of research to determine where one would be allowed to sleep in one's car.
e nods. "i can lead snuggles to the mountains about 4-5 miles up rives as you you avoid the saber cats and the vampires. there aren't many here but they do exists and the aren't really all evil just people that have an odd dietary need. the try to avoid feeding on speaking entities but you my be mistaken if you run around in that form. "
Snuggles looks up at E "Really? well what are we doing here lets go!" Holding out a hand so the two pets could get up and around his shoulder.
don't worry about that. I've got a sort of sixth sense for that. *walks out and runs off into the distance*
[later]
this looks like a good place. *a spherical aura surounds moonsoul, slowly expands and brightens. as it fades, it reveals two bodies. the first, is moonsoul in her fox-form. the second, sunheart's body, is a similar fox-form with black fur. as the two forms finish materializing, sunheart nuzzles up against moonsoul affectionately and the two settle down next to eachother*
Sunheart: it's good to see and feel you. I must say, us having one body does lack a certain something.
Moonsoul: indeed it does. And it certainly is nice to actually hear your voice. it really is too bad we can only do this a few hours at a time.
Sunheart: which is why we're after that amulet. Though I still wonder why we can't craft our own.
Moonsoul: you know why. it was crafted by one of the prime, who brought many of the spirit races into existence. They had a more complete understanding of body and soul than any of us ever will, and the artifacts left behind are repositories of that understanding.
Sunheart: speaking of the amulet, do you sense it in this world?
Moonsoul: I sense something that's...different, but I don't know if it's the amulet. for that matter, I have no real idea if it's even in this plane. The feeling is rather faint. But let us worry about that later, it's too far away to invistigate now anyways. For now, I'm content to be by your side.
Sunheart: Spoken with true wisdom, as always. Now, how will we spend the rest of this fine evening? *licks moonsoul's ear*
Moonsoul: *laughs* quietly, I should think. goodness knows we've had enough excitement for quite a while. I figure we do a quick hunt for a meal and take it from there. I'm thinkg possibly a larger rabbit.
Sunheart: sounds excelent
*the two get up, and are soon off sniffing around for their prey. They both find a rabbit, which they bring back to the area they had chosen. they eat their meals in relative silence, though make it a point to share the kills with eachother.*
Sunheart: there's something more satisfying about a meal you have to work for, I think. Anyways, how shall we spend the rest of this night?
E chuckles and smiles as Moonsoul departs. he turns to Crystal "very well but lets take out time until we leave the village. my power systems react differently in this world and it's better to be organic but changing is not something i want to do in a place like this." with that e headed towards bridge so that they can follow the river the river.
E wonders what DM is up to but does not inquire or interfere as DM fines a satellite link to the planets world wide web which informed him of the traffic rules for the general area of the country.
"Ok, Whatever you need E just at the end of this I kind of want to be near some mountains." Playing with Moonsoul pets a little bit moving on.
Moonsoul: Do you ever wonder what it will be like when we find that amulet? How we will change?
Sunheart: I don't think we'll change that much. Our minds and souls will still be intertwined as they are with one body. that's what the amulet does, it keeps the connection between us from degrading. That's what currently limits our ability to hold these two bodies, isn't it?
Moonsoul: of course. It was just idle speculation, I suppose. Anyways, I estimate we have another hour and a half before we need to return to one body. Any ideas on how to spend that time?
Sunheart:hmm... Oh! I know! We can dance!
Moonsoul: dance? An interesting idea, sure, but where'd we get music?
Sunheart: no need. The stars and nature will provide song enough. All we have to do is...
Moonsoul: listen with our hearts?
Sunheart: close enough. now let's shift to our humanoid forms.
*both moonsoul and sunheart stand up and let their bodies take the humoind shape*
Sunheart: now, adjust your mind like... so. see?
Moonsoul: Ah! You're right, this is just the right kind of music.
Sunheart: *smiles* may I have this dance?
Moonsoul: *smiles back* of course.
*the two embrace, and begin a slow waltz through the forest*
Moonsoul: let's make this a little more interesting. *starts floating upward with each step*
Sunheart: ooh, this is interesting. *follows moonsoul's steps* not to close to any trees, now.
Moonsoul: oh, no worries about that. we'll be above the treeline in a few seconds anyways. I think that's a good height to be, so we'll level out there.
E skimmed the river bank calling to snuggles. "Come on it's just a little ways this way." As he skims not quite flying he feels his power core changing. his power it reaching for it's upper limit and stabilizing. his power would become infinite so long as he didn't get too hurt but at the same time he would have a came and could not incress his power. he needed to change soon. as his thoughts ran their course he began to see the cliffs of the mountain rise about them. "snuggles? is this good ore do you want to go deeper?"
"Just cave will do can you find one?" Still keeping up looking for caves or something like it. "I am not here for the ore but in need some where the wind can't get to very easily."
Topher's head dropped to the side and he began snoozing again. That tea knocked him out.
DM lays down to sleep on the bed in the back of K2, curling up with a blue fleece blanket and a very bizarre plush toy. There is a sudden sound of pistons and gears as the canvas canopy on the back of the truck retracts, giving DM a clear view of the night sky and a great deal of fresh air.
For a few moments, silence; this is suddenly broken as K2 rockets vertically into the air, landing on a nearby building. Surely there would be no laws against parking on a rooftop.
the two travelers Snuggles and E ascend the mountain panes going nearly 25 meters high before E's scanners lock on to a cave in moments it takes a few minutes but the reach the cave. it extends nearly 40 meters deep with a 2 and 1/2 meter high clearance at the opening. " how is this Snuggles?"
mean while in the town most of the lights have gone out as the town turns in with the exceptions of a couple of bars that cater to the town's night life and the few cops walking their beats. out of sight and in the dark the K2 goes unnoticed except for a startled occupant and a few cracks in the buildings ageing roof.
[after a few hours of dancing above the treetops]
Sunheart: As enjoyable as this is, it is getting late, and I have a feeling tomorrow's going to be busy, so I think we should this last bit of time talking about our plans.
Moonsoul: you're right. how about we land over there, by that waterfall.
Sunheart: looks good enough.
*the two land shortly, taking a few more steps on the ground before coming to a stop.*
Sunheart: now, I think the first thing I should discuss is which one of us is going to be piloting when we remerge. I'd like a chance to try out this phantom star thing firsthand, but I don't think it would be the best of ideas to spring this on that person without a little explanation.
Moonsoul: I think you're right. I'll start off, and after we get there and explain a bit, I'll let you take over. now, we should also start thinking about our next destination. Though we will no doubt want to discuss this with the rest of our travelers, I would like to come to that discussion with a few ideas in mind.
Sunheart: how'zabout the crystal lands? I hear they're particularly nice this time of year, and they've got their summer festival starting in just a few days.
Moonsoul: perhaps. there's also the cave of dreams. depending on which dimension we enter it from, that could prove interesting.
Sunheart: the international adventurers guild does offer some interesting packages, so we might want to try that at some point.
Moonsoul: and I am somewhat curious about where dm comes from. it sounds dangerously interesting from the bits and pieces I've heard.
Sunheart: speaking of dm, doesn't he have a zoid? It might be interesting to take the others to planet zi. I think some time not to far from the battles of the famous bit cloud would be stunning. heck, we could probably start our own mini-tournament if the others want to. though we might have to seperate ourselves and dm. our zoid types are rather fearsome by themselves...
Moonsoul: and our particular zoids aren't exactly normal, are they? Anyways, those are all good ideas. now, I think I see a cave inside the waterfall. I hear it's very peaceful in caves like that.
Sunheart: I know. I once did some psychic training in one of those. very good for calm and concentration. also kinda romantic if you like that sorta thing.
Moonsoul: yeah. just so long as we don't actually sleep in it. I'd have aches from the rocks for weeks after that.
Sunheart: okay then. just a little bit of time, then. *grabs moonsoul's hand* off we go!
*the two walk across the lake to the waterfall, letting just the edges of their feet touch the water, then jump through the waterfall into the cave. they sit, side by side, in the center. Moonsoul reaches for sunheart's hand, and the two close their eyes. a small of something not quite matter and not quite energy forms in front of them, then a second behind. the two balls circle around in an intricate dance, taking the shape of all four elements from time to time. other lights blink in and out, joining the dance which continues for several minutes. at it's end, the two stand and embrace, and the sphere of light expands. when it fades back in, Moonsoul is left in her fox-form. *
hmm... the ground is rather smooth here, and that waterfall does sound nice... but I know if I stay here I'll regret it tomorrow morning. even this form has limitations of where it can comfortably sleep. I think I saw a nice spot near the waterfall though, so that should work.
*with that, moonsoul exits the waterfall, pads across the lake, and digs a small den, using a bit of magic to help her. she curls up inside it, and is soon asleep*
Snuggles nods. "This is great. Alright on to work." he heads inside of the cave and while doing so also pulling out a small dagger almost out of thin air. "Right I am going to need some time here. Is that ok?"
e nods. " i'll be in the town but first there is something i must do." E half jumps have flies to the far side of the mountain in large leaps. when he lands he looks around. nothing but rock and sky. he checks his belts and sighed. it needs more power thin it can generate here on this world to work. still if he feed his own power in addition to the power source it should work. he reaches into his are and pulls out a capsule and tosses i to the ground. a full robotizer chamber appeared. he could only use the capsule on a few worlds and this was one of them. he checked the power source it was nearly depleted he sighs and hooked himself into his routing his power into he chamber. it would take a little over and hour
Snuggles starts to carve into the wall symbols that goes onto the ground. He then starts to chant. He brings his paw and the knife up to the wall and the wall, symbols and the ground start to glow.
*moonsoul is awakened by a strong magic field nearby*
well... That's interesting. fairly strong magic just starting, and runic if I'm not mistaken. if I weren't so *yawn* tired, I might actually investigate. now... I'm not going to be able to sleep with that nudging at the back of my head. gotta put up a dampening spell. *moonsoul closes her eyes and concentrates. almost imediately, a simple six point spell circle engraves around her, and starts glowing a soft purple* ah, much better. *goes back to sleep*
The magic suddenly stops and the knife drops to the ground but the body is not limp like usual. The body is now covered by rocks and pebbles and starts to pound around the mountain's cave and slowly moves outside and drawing more rocks toward himself.
Topher sat up woozily and wiped the saliva from his right cheek. "Dude what was in that tea....." At that moment he fell back to the floor and back into a deep sleep.
an though Topher was sleeping well with most of the town there were isolated pockets of dissection.
The elder and master of the school were talking late into the night about what the elder learned in his travels and how the new visitors may relate.
In the upper portions of the mountains E has finish his charger and begun the process to replace his circuits and systems with flesh and blood. it was a painful process in this world but he deemed it necessary. the process it self cut his off form all outside data. or at least that which was not viewable from within the chamber.
Lower in the mountains the entity that had been Snuggles had emerged form the cave startling a passing ground squirrel. whether it was buy chance or design was nearing the ledge and soon it would either fall of be forced to change direction.
A stiff breezes blows though the woods where Moonsoul is sleeping. the energy in the wind is dispersed around the spell that she had cast..
back with DM the K2 picks up and atmospheric spike in ionic activity. there are closings gathering over the mountains as well. it was almost as if a storm was brewing.
Snuggles' body was moving about. As is nears the ledge itself, it seems to try and move the the squirrel away from the ledge so it doesn't hurt itself. As it does so it moves off the ledge but instead of falling it turn and walks down the side of it still collecting rocks. Now that is has been collecting a lot of rocks it seems to be a barrier around Snuggles body.
*curious, nim and mina follow snuggles*
nim:<I wonder what snuggles is doing>
mina: <don't know, but it looks kind of cool. some sort of elemental armor, maybe?>
nim:<maybe. let's keep following. maybe we'll find out>
*text in "<>" is in the squirrel fox native tongue, a combination of sqeeks, barks, yips, tongue clicks, and chitters.
the ground squirrel moves aside following the gestures made by snuggles. it watched as the entity walks down the side of the cliff seeming become one with the planetary gravity allowing it to move as i would while connected to the earth.
(Snuggles is should be noted they if you are waling straight down the fave of the cliff then you are headed toward the right that leads to town if you follow it down stream.
Moonsoul i'm not sure where you are exactly as the mountains are fairly bare with few trees. but there are woods of all sides of the town just none on the actual mountain.)
Moonsoul's emissaries that she summoned in town make there way down the mountain following Snuggles why the followed Snuggles and E into the mountains is known only to themselves but now they have chosen to follow Snuggles some more. they don't know what he has done exactly but it seems clear that he is the sources of the magical phenomenon. the storm picks up a notch as other events both know and unknown add to the mix of the night. soon there is a light rain starting to fall.
[I'm in the woods, nearby a waterfall. nim and mina were left in the care of snuggles, and thus, were with him]
[the two squirrel foxes reach the ledge]
nim: <well, that's a neat trick. but it does leave us with a bit of a problem.>
mina: <more of a decision really. we could try climbing down...>
nim: <or we could just jump on his head.>
mina: <not such a good idea. we don't know how he'll react like this.>
nim: <wonder if we could walk down the side like that.>
mina: <should be simple enough. we just need to create a magical attraction between us and the ground. we're probably small enough that it should barely take anything>
nim: <only one way to find out!> *runs down the side after snuggles*
mina: <nim, you reckless little...> *follows*
(E it is seeming to do that. With what he is doing he would head straight into town.)
As he moving down the mountain, he grabs a bolder and sets it down in front of himself. He moves out on top of it like it was looking for something. After a little bit, it moves off of it and going back down the mountain again.
High above the streets, under the watchful gaze of the stars above, DM lies in his portable bedroom, sleeping soundly - in body, at least. Hs mind is wide awake, multitasking through a computer interface, sorting through code and calculations to ensure all his brilliant, evil plans would flow properly when the time arose.
K2 sleeplessly analyzes the environment, recording every piece of information possible.
( if you say so snuggles. remember to reach the town you have to turn downstream. also at this point this is not much for me to add )
The elder had gone to sleep but the Master of the Shin school looked out the window. There was a lot of chi in this storm and more then a little magic. he wondered what was happening out there.
[sorry guys I don't think i have fullfilled my duties in this RP]
As Topher sleeps he peeks out of one eye. He shuts it then immediately opens both eyes in shock of what was happening to him. From his legs, his body began deteriorating until it finally left nothing more than his sash.
( sorry to see you go. if you wish you could simply take a time out until you are ready to rejoin the crew. there are others who are off doing there things as well. i just hope that this peaceful little jaunt does not turn into stop the destruction of the planet type of thing. i'm no good at scripting those)
[Haha yea ok ill go for that then]
(aw. hey topher, you're always welcome here. far as "fullfilling rp duties", don't worry. with as few people as we have, everyone's welcome.)
[as moonsoul sleeps, a mysterious figure slowly materializes, taking the shape of a lady, though few if any features can be discerned. she walks up to moonsoul and kneels, watching]
[mysterious person] : such a strange person. two souls, quite interesting. And so old, and yet she is but a child to me. I will have to watch over you, my little foxie. sleep well, for it won't be long before we see where your path leads.
[as quickly as the mysterious person appears, her body becomes mist and fades into the wind. moonsoul opens a single eye, seeing the last whisps.]
what was that?
DM groans in his mind, noting how he can't get any work done even while he's asleep. He taps into the interfaces for several CameraBots, sending them out to investigate the recent energy spikes K2 detected all around town.
---OOC:---
I was unaware we had any duties. Besides, not everyone can be doing something interesting at every moment. Even the DigitalMan rests... or at least, tries to.
Additionally, this RP moves nice and slow anyways. It's not often I could be offline for almost a week without anyone noticing.
Snuggles keeps moving down the mountain at higher speeds now. The loose rocks are still gathering around the body. It finally makes it down the mountain and slows quickly by the river almost afraid of it but turns and moves towards the town.
(Sorry not posting in awhile but I will be kinda tight at the moment so expect me not play for awhile)
(understood. anyone else with to provide a background as to where they are are are doing? and moon soul i have no ideal whom that person was but there are more entities in this world the E has data on. On top of that she could be form other world or and extradimensional visitor like ourselves. )
the storm reaches it's peak and starts to die down. Fish are jumping in the rapids as the river has expanded during the brief but intense storm. in the town the marshals arts master has left his home though not without words of caution form his elder.
"you are still too hasty shikan . i too sense the approach but there does not seem to be any malignancy in it's chi." "maybe not but there is still confusion. my help may be needed"
even now as he stood on the bridge he wondered what was going on.
inside his capsule E's metamorphoses is nearly complete as he slumps against a wall barely able to support himself. he is unaware of anything outside of his line of sight though he too has seen the storm and has grown worried about it.
(were you refering to my visitor from the last post? I'm not completely sure where I'm going with that, but it doesn't have any direct impact on our current storyline. )
[moonsoul wakes, feeling restless despite the hour. she pads around for a few minutes, wandering, before she realizes why]
*smiles softly* been a while since this has happened. during my seventh tail, if I remember correctly...
[within another few minutes, moonsoul's fox body has undergone a few subtle changes. it has become slightly more slender and decreased in height by a few inches. meanwhile, the face has undergone changes of its own, shifting from the calm, asertive, and graceful shape it normally had to one that appeared almost childishly young, expressive, and downright delighted to be so alive and full of energy. the calm smile is replaced with an ear-to-ear grin, and as she continues speaking another change becomes evident: her voice has become slightly higher and a fair amount sharper*
*to no one in particular* here's hoping it's as fun as that last time!
*wanders off in search of anthing interesting*
The now big 'rock person' starts to move closer and closer to the town. As he got closer to town, It starts to below out towards it. The ground seems to shake under the sound of it. "I Need..." it says.
[the two squirrel-foxes, still following the snuggles-golem, begin chittering excitedly at hearing it speak]
nim:<"I need"? what an interesting thing to say!>
mina:<I wonder what he needs. should we talk to him?>
nim: <maybe after watching a bit more.>
(in advance i apologize if i and pushing too much control over your characters but with things as scattered as the are a common thread needs to be drawn for what is happening. as for topher, mel and zedd well i'd like to bring them into this as well but with out know exactly were mel and zedd got to or who kidnapped topher that would be hard.)
in the mountains the capsules finished it's task and and weary flesh and blood creature falls out of it barely about to move it's muscles let alone direct them. as he lays on the ground he pants and tries to trigger sensors that he no longer has but this is normal as this is hoe he opens up his six scene and looks at the world around him.
In the town by the rivers edge the master of the chin star dojo hears the the word need on the wind. he looks forward searching out who could have spoken such words. for a moment he glimpses what looks like a pillar of rock but that could not have been could it. he approaches the direct of the plea wondering what could be needed.
on the of the building K2's sensors has decided the that approaching electromagnetic signs is strong enough to be an opposing Zoid and it sends a signal to digital man less he be caught unaware.
the young kitsune wither by chance of design soon finds her self skirting's the town. she's not sure what she's here but it's almost as if some one was whispering to her and being of the curious sort she had to find out what was being said.
The golem seems to be trying to figure out something. "Leader... Fight." He bellows, this time closer to the town. (Kitsune Ascendant, if nim and mina are telepathic they hear a cry) "Help, some one needs to get this out of town. It broke the barrier that i had up."
[suddenly, the playful curiousness of the two squirrel-foxes disappears, replaced by a calm, collected, unshakable cool as they gauge the situation]
nim: <see if you can get a more permanent connection with snuggles, find out what you can. I'll get moonsoul heading this way as quickly as possible.>
mina: <we should also try to slow it down until we can figure out what we need to do.>
nim: <agreed.>
*both nim and mina create a magical anchor around themselves, sending one end deep into the earth and the other end to the snuggles-golem. nim immediately sends out a signal to moonsoul, who acknowledges and starts off full sprint towards snuggles*
mina (telepathy to snuggles): <snuggles? can you hear me? We've called moonsoul and she's on her way here, but we don't know what to do beyond trying to keep you away from the village. any information you have or suggestions for action would be greatly apreciated, and the sooner the better!>
(ah that works out well. i was hoping that things would come together somehow. by the way snuggles how big are you now? Shiken has not really seen you yet be he's already picked up and impression of you from the energy your giving off. he's not really in the league to fight someone with that much chi or magic wrapped around them though. my own estimation have you about 1 to 1&1/2 miles outside of town since the distance between the town and the mountain is not all that great and you've been traveling for a while.)
(right now because of how it when down the mountain, about 10ft. tall... and i think that it is about a mile away but approaching the town quickly... well now slowed down a little bit)
The golem stops as the magical anchor hits into him. "arghhhhh..." I molds itself so that it is looking to where it is shackled into the earth. "what... is?" he walks back and touches the earth around the chain and molds into the earth. Comes back out a little nearer to the town and starts to move again.
(telepathy): Mina gets back a little static but it stops. Mina feels the spirit of snuggles fighting against the earth element inside. Snuggles seems to be struggling but coming back. "good just try and keep it away for the town... it is angry about something in there. Another thing, because of it being earth..." there is a pause. "urg, try and bring it off the ground... i don't know how to do it but the earth fuels it."
mina: <I'll try, but I'm not sure how long we can maintain something like that. hopefully long enough for moonsoul to get here.>
*nim and minastart glowing again, and this time fly up into the air, as a web of energy surrounds and closes around the golem. straining, they lift it almost a foot off the ground, though it takes everything in them to hold both the spells and keep the golem airborne. *
back on the mountain E's mind watched what is going on though his sixth sense and he sighs. he dose not have a complete picture but he sees one of the squirrel-foxes that Moonsoul has summoned with a being that seemed to be made of rock. he also senses that a chi powered being is approaching them from the town. they are about half a mile off. he case around for the others but right not he's not at his best. through practice and effort he's made it into a sitting position and tales a panel on his machine. the machine then disappears in a puff of smoke with a touch of sound and in it's place on the ground is a capsule. sighing more form regret then anything else E fores himself to his feet. this is so much easier as an robot. he thinks as he started down the mountain his energy slowly recovering.
The golem seems to start falling apart of Mina and Nim as soon as they pick him off the ground. But it being so low to the ground, it looks up to the both of them and tries to grab at them elongating towards them.
(telepathy) "What ever you just did weakend him..." A crushing sound happens. "arghhhh, That hurt." a few more fighting sounds. "You just need to keep it up while i control this thing."
The sound of pavement cracking is heard from near the center of town as DM impacts the street, standing but slouched over. He begins walking forward, sluggish and barely balanced. After a few seconds he regains consciousness, opening his eyes and breaking into a jog as his body resumes physical control. He executes more skillful maneuvers as his body catches up to his mind, leaping onto buildings and across rooftops to better survey the situation ahead.
The small impact fissure DM made is supplemented by a crater as K2 hits the ground fender-first. The truck tilts back, falling onto its wheels, and speeds off after DM.
[just then, moonsoul reaches the golem. leaping and quickly shifting to her humanoid form mid-flip, she kicks the arm away from nim and mina. the two squirrel-foxes fall to the ground, exhausted, while the web of energy solidifies into a sphere and lifts another meter off the ground.]
My little foxes!
[moonsoul runs over and picks up the two squirrel-foxes. for a few seconds, she just holds them, nearly oblivious to anything else around her. after making sure they aren't injured, she sets them down]
now, what do we have here?
[more curious than upset, she slowly circles around the golem]
well, well. a golem with a person inside. *telepathy* <hey snuggles. looks like you have yourself inbetween a rock and a hard place. namely, more rocks. what's the story?>
digital man reaches the end of the town and beyond seeing a figure in front of him the figure is master Shiken on his way to the center of the activity. form where Shiken is now he is close enough to see Moonsoul and the huge rock creature though he does not know what is going on. not yet.
As moonsoul kicks out the arm, it breaks away for the golem and falls to the ground. "You... Fight?" As soon as the arm hits the ground, if forms into a little smaller one of the golem and being to charge Kitsune. *telepathy* <thanks for that... to make a long story short... I fight the spirt to get a hold of him so he can train me... Right now spirt is wining... like it does mostly, but the protection... (Smashing in the background) What happened out there?>
<your stone arm became a mini-golem and is currently trying to attack me. kinda cute in a pitiful way, if you ask me. anyways, you need me to do anything else, or is keeping you de-grounded enough?>
<pretty much... keep it from... hitting the ground... don't underestimate it tho...>
The golem starts to pound against the walls of shell he was in cased in. "Fight... Me..." Looking into the eyes of moonsoul.
DM's eyes flick back and forth behind his sunglasses, the lenses split into dozens of screens each projecting a view from one of his CameraBots. His look grows more serious, as though concerned about the information he lacks. He has the equipment to sense energies easily enough, but his telepathy decoder wasn't even in beta stage, and therefore he hadn't brought it with him. The only solid conclusion he can draw from the information available is that the Earth Blade would not be his tool of choice here.
He stands on the corner of a rooftop, preparing to unleash any amount of force, should it be deemed necessary.
fight you? hmm, maybe later. seems you're already knee deep in a battle. I'm just here to make sure said battle doesn't hurt any bystanders. want to see some impressions?
It lets out a horrible roar and the earth starts to shake. "You... Fight... Or... Town... Destroyed..." He roars again and the earth starts to split beneath it.
your fight should be with snuggles right now, not me. however, if it's a fight you want...
*the sphere suddenly leaps another ten meters in the air. the entire thing epxpands horizontally to a 20 meter by 20 meter square, and the bottom flattens out while the sides become a dome*
then it's a fight you'll get, rocky. this oughta be fun.
*moonsoul takes a low tiger stance, focusing her energies into her hands*
"Good..." As it moves upward, it seems to be in pain a little bit. It seems to be drawn toward the movement by moonsoul and moves quickly over and slams the ground at him.
(ground? what ground. remember we're inside the barrier. and I'm moonsoul right now, remember?)
*moonsoul's image flickers, and suddenly disappears as she moves in for a few quick strikes to the golem's arms before appearing on the opposite side and taking the crane stance*
(what i meant from ground was the thing that they are standing on... sorry)
As the strikes hit it, a few of the rocks it had on it starts to fall off. It reshapes its form to be able to look at Moonsoul and quickly strikes back at her. "Quick..."
<Just a little longer... *smashing sound* just a little bit>
yes, I am a fast one. or I could say you're relatively slow. it doesn't make a difference how we phrase it. *moonsoul's image flickers and disappears again, reappearing mid-air then disappearing in a bolt of lightning that strikes the golem before running along the ground, where it reforms into moonsoul*
snuggles tells me that you are to become his next teacher of the elements. If you do not mind too much, I would like to join in on these teachings.
"Not... Yet..." Seeming to read moonsoul movements this time it seems to go into defence ready for the next strike against him. "You... have... do... what... little... one... did..."
By now the martial arts master has reached a point were he could watch what was happening. he knew better then to try and interfere this was a lesson he learned when watching Goku fight Sky dragon then when Goku defeated MaJunior the reincarnation of demon king Piccolo he began to grasp just how out of his league some of the fighters and fighters were. this was one of them.
*suddenly, moonsoul drops out of her fighting stance. her head tilts slightly*
what is going on in there, anyways? a battle of wills or something?
"Yes..." Seeing that moonsoul's droped her stance, it fires rocks at her from his body and from the rocks she has kicked off the ground.
cool! I've always wanted to fight a battle in my mind! *toothy grin*
for now... *moonsoul's image flickers, then reappears in ten different places around the golem. lines of energy form, connecting the ten afterimiges.*
I'll settle for this. *the ten images quickly begin circling around the golem, the circle becoming charged with magical enemies*.
"Tricks..." He swings out hitting Moonsoul dead on. "You... can't... hid..."
*Knocked back, moonsoul still retains the power that the circle had been bulding*
who said anything about hiding. foxfire wheel!
*the energies of the circle suddenly dart inward, and the golem can feel its personal chi fields being heavily disrupted. meanwhile, moonsoul is concentrating almost frightening amounts of her own chi. with a slash of her hand, she sends a massive wave*
Its chi was a little better at holding together but soon as it saw Moonsoul gathering it started to shift.
<moonsoul i am almost done>
As soon as the massive wave starts to come at him he move the rocks on his body that it wouldn't hit him but because of the wave not being to carefuly placed it hits Snuggles that was in the middle of the body.
<Shit what is happening out there?>
<your friend here decided he wanted to rumble, so to speak. it's made for a fairly interesting time. I'm trying to keep him distracted without hurting you, but you might need a light healing spell or two before this is over. hell, so might I. he's got a mean left hook>
okay, no more giant waves. *moonsoul holds out her right hand, and creates a sphere of chi the size of a baseball. pulling her hand back, she then thrusts it forward. it almost imediately breaks up into hundreds of rays, each targeting a stone*
<that really hurt moonsoul... i hope you don't do that again.>
The rock start to shift again behind Snuggles limp body so that there is not target of them. "You... keep... hitting... friend..."
<sowwy. I'll try to avoid hitting you, and I'll heal you right up once this is over.>
well, that's what happens when you go looking for a fight in my friend's body. however, you make a good point. It's been fun, but I'd rather not hurt snuggles any more. *moonsoul's body begins to draw energy inward, slowly at first, then faster and faster. as it reaches its peak, moonsoul focuses it into her hand, shaping it*
possession stasis!
*the energy, a mix of chi, chakra, and raw magic, darts out and surounds the golem in a field. the beam then widens from moonsoul's hand to a field encompasing her*
our body's movements are now connected at a fundamental level of our chi. every move I make, you mirror. you could try to break out of it, but that would probably put more strain on snuggles than I'm comfortable with, and I'd so hate to have to step in on his challenge.
"You... cant... step... in" He is trying to move but really can't. "What... is... this...?"
it's a sort of body posession technique. uses my chi along with the target's, creating a connection between our movments, with your following mine. like so.
*moonsoul sits down, and the golem, despite any struggle he may put forth, follows suit*
now, mind telling me why you were looking for a fight?
"They... use... Earth... for... only... gain... must... pay..." Still struggling out of this. "and... you... help..."
ah... that does make sense, I suppose.
look, I can understand why that would make you angry. heck, I'm not exactly fond of people who are careless about how they treat their planet, but people aren't going to change just because you trash a town or two. the townspeople are going to resent you for it, and it'll do nothing for the countless other worlds. they'll come around on their own eventually. I've seen it on plenty of worlds.
[( actually the thing i like about dragon ball worlds is that they tend to be clean conservative and remarkable fuel efficient. the main sources of power seem to be a very clean nuclear power, solar power and hydro electric power. 90 to 98% of the cars seem to run of either nuclear power of hydrogen fuel cells. while i have to admit in the preZ worlds jets seemed to rung on jet fuel i has parable been replaced by this time with a better fuel. as for land development thanks to the conversation in part to protect wildlife (Dino's and other wild things) are most of the population either advanced futuristic super cities or small rural towns like this one. the lad between them is largely untouched save by a few roads. aside form that only a few people live in the wilderness like hermits or farmers or very strong marshal-arts masters.. much of this was made possible due to capsule technology when allowed for easy transportation of most things and reduced cost and weight.. even ready made temporary homes ( solar powered with there own limited water supply ) could be put into capsules. like all worlds there are a few bad eggs. conquer or destroy the world types but that's part of the reason for the Earth's special forces volunteer soldiers. the protect the planted form Z level crisis's like when Demon lord Piccolo attacked and the march of the Red ribbon army.)]
(Ok... still he was going to challege the leader of the town to gain back its earth)
"I... Don't ... ..." Before the golem could finish his thought it started to crumble away. Leaving the bleeding body of snuggles behind.
( now worries i just wanted you to have some background information of the world we're in. also the leader the king would have had master Shekin fight as his champion. )
E had final made it to the scene of the conflict. he was not sure he's have been able to help but before he got there it seemed to be a moot point as moonsoul had the situation well in hand. E let himself slum into a sitting position as he watch and waited for it to be over.
thank goodness that's over. *moonsoul walks over, clutching her side* like I said. mean left hook. now, let's see what we do about these wounds. *moonsoul kneels beside snuggles, and holds her hand out over his body. concentrating, she focuses her healing magics. five points of light appear at her fingertips and one in her palm. these points of light scatter, one above, one below, and four at the side, and circles of energy form, connecting the points. the lines expand into a golden sphere. as the sphere is completed, snuggles can feel a strange warmth inside him, working it's way from his center out to his limbs, healing the wounds and rejuvenating him. a few seconds later, a small burst of white light expands from moonsoul's body, healing the wounds she had been dealt. *
now that that's done, let's go down and see what our friends have been up to, yes?
*as the giant sphere decends back to earth, the others can see moonsoul. It becomes clear that her human shape had changed much like her fox form. her height had decreased at least six inches. the change in height was accompanied by a smaller physique, and her face had gone from the soft, older shape that spoke of wisdom to one full of the vitality and charm that she had experienced in her youth. all in all, it looked as if her humanoid body had returned to the physical age of a late "teenager" kitsune*
hello, everyone! So very nice to see you all here, even if it's not the best of places to meet. let's head back to that dojo, shall we?
Moonsoul could see that she was healing him but for some reason his body wouldn't heal other wounds. Her damage that she had dealt to snuggles' body was healling but as she does so more wounds appear on his body that wouldn't quite heal. She also feels that his energy, equal to chi, was balling up in two places. The mind and heart.
DM Frowns a bit, disappointed that the battle ended so soon. "Aww, I wanted to blow him up!"
"I'm fairly certain that would blow up Snuggles as well..." K2's voice comes through a CameraBot floating near DM.
"Well, I wanted to blow something up. Maybe a mountain or two, I bet that would have worked." DM pouts and jumps back to ground level.
*noticing what was happening to snuggles, moonsoul turns her attention to the new wounds. finding that her attempts to heal failing and reluctant to try anything more intense without some idea of where those wounds were coming from, she decides to make a direct mental link with snuggles*
<I'm having trouble healing you. any chance you know why?>
<...> there is not a very good response from any of the minds held inside the body but it is stabilized and if nothing else happens to snuggles he will be ok.
E frowns as he watched what was happening.. he forces himself up to his feet and walks over to Snuggles. "Snuggles are you okay in there?" E asks. he looks over the poor traveler and could not help but wonder if he was guilty of this condition.
He's not happy at the circumstances of his current form as his robotic body's scanners would be better able to diagnose a normal problem but this didn't look normal. this looks almost like physic backlash. Physic backlash was an side effect of several attacks that he was familiar with including nightmare syndrome, evil shock and sleeping death. he's think it was the last except that non of those are native to this world. in fact he was not sure the first to could exist out side of and earth parallel to a digital world. maybe it was a spiritual attack after all this world bordered several heaves and hell's by it's self. only time or snuggle themselves could answer.
*still concerned about the health of snuggles, but unsure how to procede, moonsoul began to trace the pathways and flows of chi, chakra, and the form of the spirit itself, hoping for some answer or at least an idea of what the question was*
As before, they still seem to be protecting the vital organs so that he survives but all of the other areas in his body seem to be without chi or spirit energy. He is still breathing normally he just has a few big wounds on his that won't be healed.
hmm...
*sensing the concentration of chi along the vital organs, moonsoul surmises that snuggles's body is using the chi to keep it alive, and that a large amount may have been drained from either the struggle with the golem or from the golem's fight with moonsoul. she decides to infuse a small amount of her own chi into snuggle's body* hang on.
The Chi is absorbed almost as it enters the body but it seems to do very little to help. Moonsoul can feel that it is being used while more time passes the all of the chi slow inching outward.
E frowns. he really doesn't like this. he turns to the teenage kitsune that he instinctively recognized as moonsoul. " have you tried to reach his mind? I'm hesitant to try myself" e says as he watches looking for any sign of and external influence and he does he thinks and worries much like kistsune. Either of them probably had the post to fix what was wrong but the question was what was wrong.
Tried to connect with it, didn't get very much. I think it has something to do with his chi. it's concentrating itself along his vital organs... I think I'm going to try infuse a bit more of my own chi.
*moonsoul lets some of her own chi flow through her hand again, into snuggles body*
As before, the Chi is absorbed. And as before, it helps only a little bit but as the progress goes right now of the chi branching out it should be done with the whole body in a day or so.
*noticing that the infusion is beginning to have an effect, moonsoul tries contacting snuggle's mind*
<at the rist of sounding phenominally cliche, can you hear me now?>
There is a response but it isn't something that moonsoul can understand even with all of the knowledge that she has. It seems though to be a very very old tongue even for Moonsoul.
*As moonsoul listened to the strange language snuggle's mind was speaking in and realized its age, she decided that maybe whatever part of snuggles the old language was coming from would understand another old language.*
the question is, which one? hmm... this one sounds like one of the old archane tongues, maybe even the first of them. The closest one is probably ancient.
*moonsoul quickly shifts a portion of her mind to thinking in ancient, once again trying to contact snuggles. She was not the most comfortable speaking it in her current state, since the language lacked a certain character*
<that language is old, even for me. I regret to say it is old enough that before today I have never even heard of it. perhaps, however, you have heard of and can speak this language.>
The voice seems to change to the language that moonsoul is speaking. It also seems to be two things talking to her now. <"Thank your for the energy, Miss." Says a lighter voice. "The healing process is in going on." Say a deeper voice. "He will be ok. Please don't interfere again, just keep the body safe."> Moonsoul can tell that the lighter voice is familiar to her but before more is asked the connection is broken. Moonsoul also feels the healing process of the chi was slowed a little bit but still making progress.
E groans. this again. the body was likely rejecting external forms of energy because it was so used to generating it's own. " all we can do not is wait moonsoul to do otherwise will case more harm then good.
Well, I think I got in contact with snuggles... and someone else. They said to just keep the body safe. Let's head back to that dojo. it's almost sunrise, anyways.
DM checks the time and groans. He still hadn't gotten his preferred 12 hours of rest. As he walks sluggishly back towards the dojo, he scans the streets for any sign of impossibly strong coffee.
hey dm! you seem half asleep. since there probably aren't any starbucks around here, take this.
*a small light appears in moonsoul's hand, quickly reshaping itself. as the light fades, it reveals a thermos*
it's like coffee, only better! *grins*
DM mutters something about "blasphemy," but takes the thermos anyways, drinking its contents as fast as he can.
*moonsoul's ears easily pick up dm's mutterings, and she feels an almost irrational need to explain why the drink isn't blasphemous to coffee*
I have no idea why it would be "blasphemous" as you put it. it's basically everything that makes coffee coffee, distilled and concentrated. thus, coffee, but better.
DM grumbles, "There's nothing better than coffee." Suddenly his eyes go wide and an insane grin forms on his face as the concentrated caffeine drink takes effect. A shockwave of excess energy shatters nearby windows, and the thermos clatters to the ground. "Except maybe that!"
K2 pulls up and stops next to Moonsoul. Though lacking human form, the machine's voice fully portrays its incredulous and somewhat worried attitude.[/i] "It should be noted that, due to the manner in which he controls certain energies, DM is greatly empowered by caffeine..."
DM runs around the block several times, sparks flying as his boots hit the pavement.
"It's not uncommon for him to drink a Starbucks Doubleshot before a battle to ensure victory, but..."
DM zips by, leaving a sonic boom in his wake, and takes off into the sky.
"... you may have just temporarily made him more powerful than one would think wise."
*moonsoul turns to k2 and gives it a grin that said her being around dm in her current state might have dire consequences*
don't worry your little head, k2. I'll make sure things to get too out of hand. you guys take care of snuggles, now. the fox wants to play! *moonsoul starts giggling, stopping not to far from a maniacal laugh before taking off after dm, leaving her own impressive shockwave.*
"WHEEEE!"
DM spins around as he flies through the air, giggling madly. He uses his excess energy to create pointless visual effects, starting with a sparkly shiny particle trail behind him. As he climbs higher into the air, he searches for something he can blow up.
*moonsoul quickly catches up to dm, following his sparkly trail.*
hey, speedy!
DM stops and turns to Moonsoul, floating in the air. He twitches a bit, with a crazed grin on his face. He mimicks a Russian accent; "Help me find something to make go boom!"
you want to make things go boom, huh?
*moonsoul thinks for a minute, but can't remember any places that would make good targets*
then I guess I'll have to make some!
*suddenly, the air is filled with giant blobs that shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow as they dance a crazy waltz around the sky*
these'll satisfy even the most ginormous craving for explosions! they also make for pretty light shows when they go boom! watch!
*an arrow of light shoots from moonsoul's fingers, hitting one of the blobs. at first, it simply seems to disperse, but only a second later it collapses, then explodes in a combination of fire and strange lights that can not be described, only to be replaced with another blob only a second later*
let's see who can destroy the most in an hour! ready... GO!
"Ooohh... Pretty colors..."
DM stares mesmerized at the visual display. He claps his hands as the grin returns. "Boomies!" He pulls one of his elemental swords seemingly from nowhere, chucking it at a line of blobs like a throwing knife.
*watching dm pull out an elemental sword, she decides to follow suit, but deviates in its use. instead of chucking the blade, evidently an old ice fang, she teleports from blob to blob, slashing through them. instead of just exploding, they first freeze solid and then burst out in a bunch of burning ice shards, showing that the blobs may have a unique reaction to elemental attacks*
DM's Lightning Blade carves through several blobs, sending arcs of electricity to nearby blobs as its path curves back like a boomerang, returning to his hand. He grins and returns it to its pocket dimension, promptly replacing it with his classic dual Fire and Ice Blades. Though not at full power, something to be truly grateful for, he adored any opportunity to show off. He zips through the air, arms spread, his swords like bladed wings cutting through any nearby blobs.
*moonsoul, seeing dm's acrobatics, decides to show off a little herself. pulling a set of her own fire and ice katana out of nowhere, she then starts flying through the blob field seemingly at random, looping, twisting, diving, and nearly colliding with dm on several occasions. only a few seconds after she passes through an area does it become clear that there was a method to her madness, as hundreds of blobs explode in a nutso chain reaction*
Facing stiff competition, DM decides he'd better not waste time with weapons. He switches to a less energy-consuming method of flight; three orbs circle around his body, colored what can only be described as the inverse of whatever's behind them.
He grabs his right arm above the shoulder and clenches his fist. Three orbs, one each of red, green, and blue, begin circling around his wrist. They quickly accellerate, the colors blending together until they appear as a solid rainbow ring. DM raises his arm and opens his hand, the energy reforming as a large white orb in his palm. He points his arm forward, and unleashes his signature technique on a row of blobs, blasting through them with ease. "R-G-B Cannon!"
not bad, not bad! hehehe, but you're going to have to wake up a bit earlier to beat me at the explodies!
*moonsoul allows her other tails to reappear, and they quickly spread out into a semicircle. she holds her right hand high in the air, grasping it with her left hand at about the elbow as blue balls of energy form at the four outside tails' tips. the energy balls arc to her hand, changing to a ball of blue fire, which she promptly levels at the nearest cluster of blobs, blasting through them with a beam of what is best described as light on fire*
foxfire blast, fourth tail!
"Most impressive. But you've only seen stage 1."
DM quickly sets up the most powerful attack he dares to use with allies anywhere nearby. Rather than a single ring of orbs, this time he creates four, two around each arm. As they again accelerate to rainbow rings, he brings his hands together in front of him, palms facing outward. The result is a shimmering rainbow beam four meters in diameter, which DM sweeps across the whole field of blobs.
"SVGA Beam!"
*moonsoul stops momentarily, mesmerized by the colors. as she looks at the beam, an excited grin spreads across her face*
that is so awesome...
'course, I can supersize my attack too! *this time, energy balls appear on nine of the ten tails, and the blast that results is nearly triple in diameter and throws of frightening amounts of light*
foxfire blast, ninth tail!
DM moves out of the blast radius and stares, quite impressed and glad he wears shades. He sorts through his variety of attacks in his mind. Still hiked up on caffeine, he could easily go bigger and better. But those techniques were reserved for destroying true enemies, and finishing duels in deserted areas. Not to mention it'd do a significant amount of damage to the earth, which that rocky fellow wouldn't be too pleased about. He could also amplify his previous techniques, but that would involve quite a bit of pain, and he's not in a very self-destructive mood.
As a finishing thought, he decides to test how the blobs react to sound waves. DM moves to the edge of the blob field, getting them all in his sight. He clenches his right fist, and waves of energy form around his arm. He then brings his arm back as if preparing to punch something, and the energy becomes concentrated, looking almost like electricity. The technically inclined might say it resembles an oscilloscope display. After several seconds of charge time, he swings forward, slamming his empowered fist into the nearest blob. Time seems to move in slow motion as a shockwave capable of leveling a city block emanates from the point of impact, passing through the entire blob field and beyond.
"Mega Hertz Punch!"
*the blobs start to vibrate, then explode in a massive chain reaction. a few seconds later, the entire area is full of new blobs*
sonic attacks, huh? hmm... *moonsoul considers for a second. she could probably pull off a similar punch-like attack, but that lacked creativity and flair, as did direct sonic blasts. as she ran through her considerable list of options, she decides to go for a particularly dramatic one*
you might want to cover your ears, dm. Bark at the moon!
*the sky suddenly darkens to night-like conditions, and a moon suddenly appears directly behind moonsoul. Moonsoul throws her head back and the bark that follows begins echoing, as the moon image begins to shimmer and shift, then suddenly releases all the sonic energy in a burst that leveled all the blobs again*
DM grins, impressed once again. "I like your style."
He tries to think of some way to best Moonsoul's technique. Though out of useful techniques himself, he remembers one of his new toys, and quickly devises a plan. Rather than mass destruction, perhaps he could go for artistic flair.
He removes a small electronic device from his personal pocket dimension, and throws it down to the ground. Before much thought can be given to it, DM calls attention back to himself by clearing his throat and cracking his knuckles.
He raises his hands in the air, then points at a blob nearby. A fraction of a second later, the blob is ripped apart by a burst of large weapons fire from below. DM points to another blob, eliciting the same kind of destruction. He zips through the air, pointing this way and that, practically dancing as the blob field is progressively destroyed by lasers, bullets and missiles from the darkness below. His pointer fingers like omens of doom, he lights up the sky for nearly a whole minute, the explosions having a sort of rythm. As a finale, he stops and strikes a pose, and a small cluster of blobs behind him is decimated by a large energy blast.
As the lights from the destruction fade, whatever was on the ground launching such coordinated attacks isn't there now.
I definately like yours. shinies, explosions, and a good show. that one's going to be tough to top...but I think I might have something in my bag of tricks.
*moonsoul holds both hands high in the air, gathering an extraordinarily large sphere of energy. instead of hurtling it at the blobs, she breaks it into several medium energy spheres, which scatter all around the field. she then materializes two shadow clones of herself, and they begin a similar dance through the air, weaving, looping, and pointing blobs to their destruction as various colored beams shoot from each of the energy spheres. near the end, moonsoul and the two clones regroup at the bottom as the spheres dance their way above the arena, combining back into one. they begin a spiral up, creating a second spiral of destruction. once they are just under just under the energy sphere, moonsoul's shadow clones disappear*
and now for the big finale!
*moonsoul flys high out of sight, then darts straight down through the energy sphere and the blob mass. exactly a half second later, her shockwave catches up and drags the blob down as a massive amount of energy beams. as she nears the surface, she flips, then springs back up into the air, reversing the lasers mere inches from the ground. the lasers begin dancing and weaving as she aproaches the blob mass, each in just the right place at the right time to hole a blob as she makes wher way to the top. finally, she stops, and each of the beams stops nearby, becoming a point of light that quickly becomes a loose sphere. the the points of light slowly fade, leaving moonsoul with what is quite possibly the widest grin seen on her face to date*
After watching such a display, DM applauds, then bows. "I know when I've been bested. And I dare not make a bigger boom here. Maybe some poor sap will attack us later."
maybe, maybe *smiles*.
c'mon, let's head back. Maybe some other time I'll show you this nifty pocket dimension I found. It lets you use whatever techniques with no fear of harming others or any planets or anything.
*flies off in the general direction of the others*
(where is everyone?)
*continues flying back towards the town*
DM flies towards the town as well, but while climbing higher into the air. It doesn't take long before he's above the clouds, out of sight. After a few seconds, he dives straight down, punching a hole through the cloud layer, and plummeting towards the ground at increasing speed. "WHEEEEE!"
Some cross between a "crash" and a "thud" indicates the end of his downward trip, leaving a deep DM-shaped crater in the ground at the edge of town. He eventually climbs out of the crater, wobbling a bit.
"Oww..."
===OOC:===
Sorry about that, got wrapped up in more things than I'm used to. Reality sucks.
Silly dm! you do it like this!
*Moonsoul flies high above the clouds, just like dm did. as she rockets down, however, an arrow shaped aura forms around her, and when she strike a small crater is instantly pushed into the ground, absorbing most of the impact as moonsoul rolls onto her feet, then does a small curtsy*
Less painful and you get sparkly stuff!
E opens his eyes and blinks. his body feels better but is still dully aching. he looks around and spots a few of the others. "where are we?" he ask uncertain his internal sense of location still kind of woozy.
*just then, dm and moonsoul return to the rest of the group back at the dojo*
hey everyone! I think dm's caused enough explosions that he's not any real danger to any of us.
to answer your question, e, we're back at the dojo with the guy who does that technique. *grins*
e nods. and stands. a moment before he goes down to his knee a massive energy pulse escaping his hand into the ground. E's eyes glow for a few moments and then echoes of his pulse seem to ripple back to him.. with his voice and his mine he calls off a list of names. including Topher Chee, Mel Dragonkitty and Zedd
speaking of people, where is that sensei?
(Sorry I haven't been here in a little while, summer just started for me so I've been a bit "busy" relaxing).
E's eyes are closed for a moment. "he's in the garden out back but i believe he's on his way here." in E's mind the entire globe has become a grid system and he senses the energy of nearly all healthy entity on the planet. still sensing their energy does not tell E who they are only that they are there. he tries hare to feel out the familiar energy paters of his fellow travelers but he does not have a mechanical mind in this form and has to relay on memory and gut instinct.
Hey e? It seems that we're close to having done all we want. you think we should head out to our next stop once snuggles has recovered?
yes. as soon as they are ready we can go. i tried to pick a peaceful place to ensure we'd all be able to rest and recover but it seems that battle will follow us.
[Over the next few days, as snuggles recovered, Moonsoul and Sunheart were hard at work learning the finer points of the phantom star technique. Moonsoul was still physically and mentally equivalent to her kind's "teens", but offered little explanation as to why, even when Sunheart displayed similar characteristics when he was in control of their body. Currently, Moonsoul, snuggles, digitalman, and zedd were standing in a clearing near the town]
Well, it was definately nice here. I'll have to remember this place. Anyways, I think I'd like to show you guys one of the five dimensional nexuses next. It's really pretty, and they have this wonderful mall with a restaurant that serves foods I can't even pronounce. Unless anyone has another destination in mind?
"I think that i would too... but i was out for most of the time we where here. My leg still hurts me a little bit." Looking around a bit. "I don't care i just need another day or so to recover/ train."
DM runs back and forth across the clearing, attempting to capture grasshoppers with his bare hands. He pauses for a moment, pondering over what kind of restaurant might serve the unpronounceable. "Sounds good to me. I haven't been to Starbucks in quite a while."
Well, if there aren't objections...
*opens the portal*
[Moonsoul quickly enters the portal, eager to get her paws on some finer food. However, the portal flashes strangely when she enters. The others, seeing this, take a few seconds before entering themselves to make sure nothing's wrong. They arrive safely, but moonsoul is nowhere to be found. However, A cybernetic feline is seen nearby tinkering with some strange machines that looks dangerous, which would certainly explain what it was doing out in the middle of nowhere. Seeing the new visitors, he decides to go over and introduce himself]
"Oh, great, magic, just what I need... Somthing popping up from mid-air, only to pop back out, am I right?" At this he turns looking straight towards E. His left eye, metalic and obviously robotic, wizzing maddly.
"Your like me eh? Perhaps you all arn't so bad after all." He holds out his hand, "Name's Umal, just Umal. I thought someone was coming... I'm an Inventor, of sorts... and you would be?"
Topher Chee appears from the darkness and places his hand on E's shoulder. He smiles and removes his hand and walks onward. He looks to the others to see who has joined since he dissapeared for training. "I feel I am ready to continue my journey. I promise to leave notice if I ever have to do again, which I highly doubt."
He smiles to the others and introduces himself. Seeing as nobody seemed to be moving he sat quietly and organized his sash.
With Umal's attention on E, DM slips away from the group silently. It takes only a moment for him to sidestep his way to the machine Umal was working on and begin examining it.
"DON'T TOUCH IT!" He bellows without even turning his head, DM notices a small, spider-like robot scittering around where the device was, looking at DM. "You're not a very bright one, now are you? That device has a 91:1 chance of blowing the head off of any uneducated beings trying to operate it." He turns to DM with a very stern face, "Unless you want to die, I suggest you place the device down."
Snuggles leaned down his walking stick a little more. "Wow... i thought you guys were crazy." Looking around at the rest of them then looking back at Umal. "You crazy fellow... Where's Moonsoul?" Pointing a little at him.
[As the others talk with Umal, The two squirrel foxes that belong to moonsoul begin sniffing around, looking for some sign of what happened. What they find clearly worries them. They touch heads for a stronger telepathic bond, and begin exchanging rapid-fire bursts of thought, not even bothering to form the thoughts into coherent words. They arrive at the conclusion that Moonsoul's disappearance means that one of the unspeakables has returned and was likely holding her in an isolated dimension. Having done this, they slow their thoughts down enough to form them into word-patterns]
Mina: <I hoped this day would never come.>
Nim: <I did too, but we can't stand around here doing nothing.>
Mina: <Right. But what can we do? Our powers are somewhat limited.>
Nim: <Maybe these others can help. They proved to be strong in our recent encounters with trouble.>
Mina: <You're right. I'll tell them about the situation.>
*Mina turns to Umal, directing her thoughts to him*
<I don't know you, but you seem like a good enough person. If I and my companion are correct, we are going to all the help we can get. We'll include you in the explanation of what has happened, and then you can decide if you want to help.>
*mina then directs her thoughts at moonsoul's friends, preparing to explain the situation. She then gives them the mental equivalent of a tap on the shoulder to get their attention.*
Mina:<Everyone, please listen carefully. As snuggles has pointed out, moonsoul seems to have disappered. From what we can tell, a transdimensional being we call an unspeakable has awakened, and has captured moonsoul. We can not directly get to the dimension she's being held in, though. At least, not directly.>
*Nim decides to chim in here*
Nim:<The short version is that all of the dimensions that exist occupy isolated "layers". Certain transdimensional beings can move between these layers at will, but we don't have that ability. The only other way to get to a different layer is through one of seven special dimensions called the nexus gates. Mina and I hold the key to one of these gates. Problem is, that gate, like five of the others, only goes to a range of layers, while the unspeakable has likely gone to a layer that can't be reached by any of those six.>
Mina: <The seventh gate, on the other hand, is special. Called the gate of beginnings, it can be used to travel to any layer of dimensions. However, we can only enter it if we have all seven of the nexus keys. We'll need your help to find these seven keys and then rescue moonsoul. It will probably be dangerous, but if we work together we stand a better chance than I or nim alone.>
"Sure, sounds like fun." Umal smirked, "My new inventions could use a field test." he said, taking the device from DM. "Of course, I do warn you, most of these items are not 100 percent er... stable. "That, and I've only used them under controlled circumstances, so... yea. Let me just get my stuff, and I'll be ready." He goes into another room, only to come back seconds later, "Now where is it?" He asked coming out, "I had it a second ago, where could it... oh." He looked on the table where the device was, and grabbed a small, runed cube. "Ok! Ready to go!" He said, tossing the cube in the air like a ball.
DM gives a grunt of protest, certain that he had the technical expertise to make sure the device blew off someone else's head rather than his own. He shifts his focus to the matter at hand, eager to show off.
"Not to worry. I mess with dimensions all the time. I'll just adjust my Z-Buffer's address to overlap the layer Moonsoul is in. We'll go in, give the unpronounceable a swift kick in the pants, grab Moonsoul, and we'll be celebrating at Starbucks before sundown!"
DM begins hastily pressing buttons on his handheld computer, occasionally touching and moving things across its holographic screen. He suddenly pauses, and gives a look that can only be described as a technician who forgot his modem's IP address.
"I don't suppose any of you know the exact address or frequency of the layer we need to get to... would you?"
ooc: (I'm going to have go gently nudge things away from that, dm. Sorry, but the stories I have planned require the scenic route instead of going directly to kick ass. I might get a more comprehensive bit on how dimensional travel works for this rp in the ooc topic sometime)
[Nim, upon hearing dm's question, decides to step in before they all end up in a lava dimension]
<'fraid it wouldn't work. Like mina said, she's on a layer that's isolated. The only connection is the gate of beginnings, and to get there we need the keys for it and the other seven gates.>
mina: <If everyone is prepared, I'll open the portal to our first destination.>
[mina starts to glow an icy bluish white, and rises up a few feet into the air. a previously unnoticed gem in her left front paw begins glowing, and a beam of light shoots out a few feet, opening the portal.>
nim:<everyone through!> *leaps in*
"Well, I don't really like magic, but it seems like I have no choice in the matter." Umal said, throwing the cube up again.
"You have plenty of choice in the matter, you just don't want to pass up the opportunity, and besides, what about me?" A disembodied female voice chimed
Umal jumped, "Omega, your on-line!"
"Of course I'm on-line, I've always been on-line, just not active."
"Well, guys," Umal said turning to everyone, "This is Omega, she's an AI."
"Hi!" Omega said cheerfully, suddenly she changed back to serious, "If your leaving, take me with you, I've been everywhere on the Net, and besides, I'm bored."
"I swear, she acts more and more real everyday." Umal mumbled as his eye did a 180 into the back of his head, revealing a small slot. "OK, O, upload to the chip and let's get going."
"Done and done!" Omega chimed. Umal went over to one of the many computers in the rear of the room, placed the cube down, and pulled out a small memory card, and stuck it in the slot in his eye.
"Ugghh..." Umal said quivering, it was obvious he was having some sort of odd sensation, one that didn't exactly bode well. "Never will get used to that." His eye did a 180 again. "OK now we're ready!"
"You're forgetting something..."
"I am? What?"
"Oh, it's square, black and red, symbols..."
"Uhh... drawing a blank here..."
"THE QUANTUM CUBE, YOU NINNY!"
"I knew that!"
at the name omega E is jarred out oh his observed of that going on around him. "Omega? wiliy's creation omega?" little bother omega also called the final form of zero?' he thinks before he remembers two things . who he is not truly forte even through he has a body that was originally copied and upgraded form one of forte's base bodies. Secondly he met both omega and zero in the tin 22xx and omega was defeated by his original in a copied body. it was some fight but it had to be done
" i'm sorry i was defragments my member the trip seems to have hist a digital barrier of sorts and that scrambled my mind for a bit. i am E as in the 11 letter of the alphabet. i believe the language is called Greek it seems common on all worlds" starts to scan the area with more then his general optic sensors and he is looking for the Qcube and he would like to compare it to some of his external memory devices. he still wonders and the growing and agings design of his body but then his builder had stolen the original design just like for Zero
DM grumbles and puts his computer away. "It's always gotta be something. Coins, stars, shine sprites... alright, lets go find these nexus keys. But if they look and function like blades as well, I'm going to hit someone."
He jumps in surprise when he hears Omega's voice. It's not often he hears a disembodied female voice, as his robot is male. DM leans his head to one side, and speaks quietly to a CameraBot that uncloaks over his shoulder. "You should challenge it to chess."
The CameraBot tilts sideways a bit, and K2's voice responds. "But I don't really like chess. You challenge it, you're the tactician."
"Well that would be pointless, I'm not a machine."
"Well neither am I, so I don't see how that matters."
"Yeah, but he doesn't know that. You could flatten Omega, and be declared the superior AI. And I, the creator of the superior AI."
"As much as I'd like to be used as a tool to boost your ego, I don't think I could win against it anyways. You'd need Kageri for that."
"Fine, fine. Let's just go before the portal closes. Or gets hacked, or redirected... remind me to put some security measures on these things when I have the time."
DM jumps through the portal with crossed fingers, the CameraBot cloaking and following behind.
At the mention of willy, Umal's cybernetic eye went bezerk.
"Phht, he couldn't explain how a toster works, nonetheless make omega!"
"However, he did infiltrate the databanks once." Omega protested
"Meh, probaly got software to do that; anyways I made O long before he did."
"In fact, 125 years before."
"And, before you ask, no, I'm not that old, I was testing my dimention gate at the time, it didn't quite work. Now I'm stuck here, or I was 'till you all showed up."
"He was getting lonely and senile at the time..."
"Shut up."
"...so I had to keep him sane..."
"Shut up."
"...for the last year in a half."
"And her brothers and sisters were previous letters of the Greek alphabet, including Epsilon, who I also called E." Umal's eye calmed down, and he reached into the Q-cube, and pulled out a power core (about 1 in a half times larger than the cube itself), and another memory chip, and handed it to E, "If your based on my designs, you'll need these soon, the memory chip is a complete backup of your original files, I implanted a fail-safe into your files, eating away at your past, so you could start you life annew." He sighed and got into a position like a track runner on his mark. He started running, and at about three feet away, mumbled something like "I hate magic" and jumped into the portal.
(ooc: Ah, good. Looks like we may get some semblance of a decent rp flow. If people can keep checking in every day or so, That would be awesome.)
Mina (telepathy to Umal): <don't think of it as magic then. It's really just a different form of energy with a bit more access to the root properties of the local universe than most.
nim: < We just call it magic so that the uninitiated can say "oh, that stuff.">
mina: <nim, be nice.>
Snuggles goes through and lands on the ground... hard. The fur on him has changed again. The pink fur from before has came back. Crystal looks up and peers around. In the older voice again. "Where are we this time?" addressed to no one in particular.
E accepts the chip and scans it. it is compatible with his hardware at least in it's current form " here is the important thing to remember about ossan Wily" he said at last. it was hard not to think of wily as a father despite the fact that had existed for a time before stealing this a copy of wily's best robot's body of the time.
"Wily is a hack but he was an ingenues one. he would still form the best and may it his ow. my form was based on the form of the robot know as Rock man but it uses an energy he calms to have made by accident and named bassium."
E stores the memory chip in a dimensional pocket and after a moment her points his arm cannon at a blame wall but instead of plasma fire robot spec appear on the was for a robot prototype type named X. "these are plans that were stolen by one like me and delivered to wily he biased his omega on these but omega would not read his final form for 300 years. " he smiled
"there is a key difference between you omega and Wily's omega. asides form the fact that Wily's omega was first called Zero there the difference is that Wily's omega was hardware that he had a virus running as its of until it developed it's own AI via an unknown process. when that AI was stripped form the omega it revert to the killing machine that Wily had intended it to be. it's hard were was modified over the course of a century and when it returned the omega AI fought the heavily modified Omega hardware. the AI was in a copy of the original bother but manager to with skill and a little lover defeat it's overpowered original."
E shakes his head as the realise how he has gone on about a family that was barely his to claim. "I apologize for boring you" he said the robot plans were still cycling on the wall with memory flashes form his visits the the event that he mention "but i have a question for you. are you related to a thomas wright also know as Dr. Light in some places?"
A small spider-like (and sized) robot jumped onto E as he talked.
"You do realise I'm not here, right?" it said in Umal's voice, "this is a spider, s-p-y-d-e-r. It monitors areas for me, and to answer your question, I don't know." The Spyder jumped off, "About 50% of my memory was lost during the surgery for my implants, due to a short circut. I do remember hearing from him frequently, but not why, and all I know about our relation is that he was one of my supporters."
"Umm. Umal, come back here for a moment." Omega's voice added.
"Ok, O. Have to go, don't take the Spyder, there are more."
--- In other dimension
"Ok, O, what is it." Umal said, coming out of a trance-like state.
"Look down." Omega said plainly. He did. All he saw was brown dirt, with a speck of pink.
"What's that pink thing?"
"Scans indicate it's one of the adventurers you ran into."
"... How high are we?" Umal sighed, his face like this: -_-
(ooc: sorry, couldn't think of any other way to explain it)
"Umm, say 1000 feet in the air?" Omega guesstimated, "You don't have altimeter!"
"At least I know these upgrades work, can I survive it?"
"Can a bug survive being hit by a car?"
"A really big bug can!"
"NO YOU CAN'T SURVIVE IT!"
"Ok, I have an idea." Umal said pulling out a small block of wood with carvings in it.
"That's your plan?"
"Yup!" Umal said happily
"Your sad..." O said as Umal threw the block down with as much force as he could, it landed next to Snuggles a few seconds later as it's carvings started to move and form the sentence: "Does anyone know how to fly?"
Mina: <well... I'll be staying up wondering how that happened. Hold on a sec, umal. >
Nim: <actually, I think I know why the portal did that. *goes into long-winded technobabble*>
Mina: <so what you're saying is that one of the energy fields made the portal's stability matrix throw a hissy fit?>
nim: <yeah, but my way sounds a lot cooler. anyways, I've adjusted for it, so we won't have to worry about that next time.>
mina: <that's all well and nice, but it still leaves umal 800 feet in the air and rapidly falling. *sigh* I'd portal a chute up to him, but I don't know if it would have enough time to open.>
Nim: <ooh, I know! we can turn down the planet's gravity!...what? it's possible...>
Mina: <but not feasable. no, I think the simplest way is a bubble field>
[within a fraction of a second, a bluish gold bubble surounds umal, slowing him down as he falls, until he hits the ground at a modest 5 feet per second]
E had not realized that the spyder was just an extension. in his journies he has encounter many beings more often humans then not who had placed there minds and life force inside of computers ore machine of some sort. among the top of the list were those of Dr. light and Dr. Wiliy but also there ws on Ivo kintobor also know but the inhabitants of his world as robo robotnik. and reed Richards who created and entire virtual universe when he and his friends were dying due to cosmic radiation. there genetics had lack the stabilizing agent that many of there extra dimensional counterparts had that would allow them to survive their mutations. it was a sad world there.
Still enough thinking about the past. his time as a human in the other world had really affected him deeply. he did a quick head count and wondered where people were vanishing to. "snuggles? has anyone one seen snuggles?" E knew that if snuggle was missing it was likely that he'd shifted again and he know he could use some help but while he know Gospel could help him search he was hesitant to call on the other he knew would be of assistance.
Crystal moves the walking stick and trying to pull himself up but with his bad leg he can't do it. "I am here E... just on the ground. Who's the new guy?" Pointing Umal out with the walking stick.
without looking E knows who is meant as he traveled over to help crystal to his feet. whether Crystal is pointing to the actual scientist or mealy an satellite of the scientist the answer is the same. "he goes by the name of Umal" E says helping him to his feet.
The block in front of Snuggles starts to change as it's carvings move about the surface.
"Decending at this speed, I might take a while to get there." The carving stated, "It wasn't the portal, it was me, my cybernetic upgrades are a bit too fine-tuned, I'll have to go back and change them again. I'll leave a robotic Spyder to act as a communicator, don't worry it's transmited between dimentions before. I guess I'll catch up on lost sleep while I'm floating, thanks for the help."
"Umal... good name i like it. Anyway where are we?" Crystal said looking around a little bit and trying to steady himself on his walking stick this time having better luck because E is there helping him.
mina : <crystal, is it? To fill you in on the situation, we think moonsoul's been captured. To get to the dimension where she's probably being held, we need access to the seven nexus gates, so we're searching for the six keys I don't have. We're currently at the gate of water. Or, to be more precise, the universe where the gate of water lies>
Nim: <speaking of which, we should probably get going. There's a spaceport northeast of here where we can get a ship with the necessary modifications. >
Crystal opens his eyes wide then starts to look for something in his clothes. "Where is it?" He wispers to himself. Giving up a little. "Well lets get going then..." He starts to move then realizing that he doesn't know where he is. "Where would the northeast be?"
The block shifted once again: "Hello?" It read.
-- Up in the air
"Told you they wouldn't see it." Omega chimed
"Shut up..."
e frowned. all this Psyche communication was stared to interfering with his ability to map his surroundings well. " person is you could provide an energy signature then i could fin it with greater easy" he said at last broadcasting his thoughts on the same frequency that he felt mina and nim speaking one. then he addressed Crystals question."well we seem to be in a place who's Geological position seems to be less then stable i suggest that eh move before something either lands on our hears of falls out from beneath out feet."
[nim, finally noticing the small cube, picks it up and using a combination of telekinesis and gentle nudging with his paws, gets it tied to his back]
mina: <An energy signiture? I never thought to figure out what the energy signiture of that spot was. Not to worry. Just follow me an nim>
Laying down in the sheild, Umal ponders his options.
"Omega, can I use the GDW?"
"Only if you want your atoms to be pushed in opposite directions."
"Er, Gravaton grenade to cancel out the fall?"
"Too high up."
"Uh, mind jump?"
"Crazy idea, and besides the bot's in it's planning phase."
"Out of ideas... any from you?"
"Well, we could test the flight matrix."
"Over two thousand nanobots modifiying a gravaton's direction!?"
"We ran tests on them, they should work..."
"... emphisis on should."
"We just need more processing power."
"Well then, shut down the mystic complex, that should triple it." Umal suddenly felt as if he lost part of his memory.
"Done."
"K, changing the block, ahh shoot, it needed magic didn't it?"
"Ya. Umm, I could nullify the sheild."
"No, if I'm right those fox-squiel creatures can hear me through thought.... I think/"
nim: <yeah, we can hear you. so, do you just need the shield gone or do you need a little extra boost?>
"Just gone, if this works, I shouldn't need it, the flight matrix modifies gravitons, utilising them to my favor... hopefully. However, you probaly don't care, the bots are ready, so I'm ready too."
Figuring he'd better make sure Umal didn't get himself killed, DM springs into action - or, more accurately, sighs and takes his time. He backs K2, now returned to full truck form, directly beneath Umal. "There, now he can land on the canopy if his device fails."
K2 alerted him, "What about the metal bars?"
"There's only a 70% chance of hitting them. Less, if he aims well." He turns and shouts up to Umal. "Don't land on the metal bars!"
Waiting for Umal to fa- er, descend, DM inquires to the squirrel-foxes. "What kind of modifications do we need? This thing can fly, sits at least 8 people comfortably. Just can't do much fighting while flying."
*nim removes the field around Umal*
mina: <well, first of all it needs to be spaceworthy. Also needs to be compatible with a graviton pulse-wave generator. Only energy source that provides the right type of energy. But really, what we need is a competent local pilot. Someone who knows the particular area we need to get to. Space is... a bit tricky, there, and at the speeds we'll be traveling, knowledge of the area could mean the difference between life and death.>
E sighed as he watched the goings ones. he had to restrain himself form teleporting into the are where he traced the transmission form Umal. it probably would work in any case. aster all most mast class robes were protected by an ares disruption field the prevented stable teleportation near them. still this talk of energy souse if he could sample energy he could copy and produce it as well.
"maybe i can help with your energy crisis." E says over the telepathic frequency " both I and rock man are built to transmute energy to an extent at least"
<Thanks, you two. Omega, activate the flight matrix.>
"Got it. Master nanobot online." Omega responded aloud.
<Current speed equals G minus Ar. Acceleration factor equals five per second, Direction: up.> Umal thought, directing the nanobots at the same time. Umal slowed down by exactly five kilometers per second, it wasn't enough. <Increase Acceleration factor by ten.> 15 kilometers per second still didn't seem good enough. <O, have them reduce my speed so that my body is near uneffected by inertia yet I don't slam into the ground.>
"Man, your a picky one arn't you?" Omega joked as she silently commanded the nanobots.
Eventualy, Umal came to a mid-air stop. "It... It worked! It worked! I can defy physics!" he cheered. Unfortunantly, this caused him to loose his focus, and fall the remaining 10 feet. "Oww... I'm alright, hurt, but all right."
"I beg to differ, the pocessor's been over-worked and can't run the nano-repair matrix because of it."
"We'll have to add that to our shopping list then, 'New processor'"
"The portal is much like a D-gate, I could re-stablize it for a while."
"Wouldn't do any good."
"Why not?"
"I can't get up." Umal said, rolling his pants leg up, revealing robotic parts penetrating his skin.
nim <hoo boy. I can do a bit of healing, but I've been a while working with cybernetics. DM, you have all kinds of crazy stuff. Could you see if you've got a spare processor for our friend here? Or some compatable nanobots. whatever works.>
DM looks down at Umal. "Might've been safer to just hit the metal bars."
He sorts through his inventory using the holographic screen of his computer. "Personally, I don't use nanobots. No one is quite sure why, though that there is as good a reason as any. However, I make it a habit to rip the processor from every enemy I defeat. Granted, that means most of these are Pentium-based, but I have several that are a bit more exotic." He touches the image of one processor, and a small green portal opens up, dropping the real thing into his hand. "This used to control nanobots, specifically by thought. It ought to work. Nevermind the blood stain..."
E's head has begun to fill like a network router he he scans over hearing most of the trasnmissions traffic. still with crystal on his feet the ship on the ground and DM providing healing assistance the was little for him to do except seek out his Nakama and see to it that they are well. first on the list was Topher. "Crystal if you're okay then maybe you can help me locate Topher chee."
(OOC: Sry, going to be away for two weeks, I might get a post in every once in a while after the first week though.)
"Sadly, I don't think it'll work," Omega sighed, "His processor is one of a kind. I've re-stabilized the portal, so, if you don't mind, could you get us back through it? The other AIs will take care of him there, this has happened before..."
"Don't remind me..." Umal groaned, "I'll leave a spyder to tell you when I've returned to the land of the living." He placed a small spider-like robot on the ground, which just looked around curiously, and jumped ontop of Nim.
"Umal, don't joke like that, you're just going into a controlled coma."
"Exactly!"
Omega sighed, "Just get us there. Oh! One more thing: If 'Code: Red' is all you hear, close the portal immediately!" She added before she, and Umal, shut off.
(tis okay. We'll be here)
nim: <mkay. Since it's easier, I'm just going do do a short range portal and splice it onto yours. >
[nim opens a portal and lifts umal into it. the small portal reahes the one omega opened with no problems, and Umal is soon on his way]
Mina: <The rest of us need to get to that spaceport.>
*continues off*
E sighs as he knew about downtime. it was one of the least favorite things robot biased entities he was confident that Umal's people could repair him. now he had to get the the space station and find Mr Chee along the way. oddly enough he thong back to anther chee he know a robot k9 of sorts who would later come to be called Eric. he smiled at the memory and turned to Crystal whom he had not yet left. "can you follow Mina and Nim to the space station?" he asked planning of looking around for stray members of the party before he joined them via teleportation or storming in. it's what his body was copied for it what his rival was redesigned for. even before his upgrades he was well suited for the task. unless his help was needed directly it was time to go in alone.
E shook his head he was starting to think like forte again. Still he was not sure sure that such thinking was wrong at this point.
Crystal is still more or less looking around his robes. "Yeah, sure. Where are Mina and Nim again." Not really paying attention to them right in front of him.
"Well, I guess that makes me the undisputed technical genius around here!" DM starts following the squirrel-foxes while messing with his computer again. After only a few steps, he trips over a rock and face-plants into the ground. "... Ow..."
K2's wheels fold downward as the entire vehicle starts hovering a couple feet above the ground. A few CameraBots lift DM up onto the truck's hood, and K2 continues following the squirrel-foxes at a relatively low speed.
Es sighs and begins to call to Topher as he searches the area. " Topher" he calls int both vocal and telepathic frequencies. topher has been missing for a bit and that was starting to worry him.
Topher was wandering his way through the rubbish of the woods when he heard a rather ringing noise that repeated. It seemed to be echoing his voice. "Who could it be?" he thought. As he asked himself this question he thought back to his past and tried to remember who might be capable of such power. It might be Kitsune he thought, but it could also have been E or DM... In a fit frustration, he decided to blast his way up to the sky and send signals in every direction.
Blazing to the top of the branches, he slung flames in every which way, hoping to grab the attention of the group he lost contact with.
*one of the fireballs manages to hit the tip of nim's tail, setting it on fire*
nim: <what the? put it out! put it out!> *starts rolling in attempt to put the flames out*
mina: <you could probably just put it out with magic.>
nim: <uh... right. Anyways, I'm going to find out who did that and give them a piece of my mind.>
* a few seconds later, as nim arrives at the place tophar is*
nim: <they should be somewhere around here...> *bumps right into tophar's leg* <um... hi tophar. that fireball didn't happen to be from you, did it?>
Topher looks at nim with a guilty look on his face. "Hehe, I'm afraid it is. I was signaling my location hoping you and the rest of the group would notice. Looks like I succeeded."
Noticing the burn marks on nim's tail Topher chuckled slightly and said, "I hope that wasn't from me." :D
Crystal looked around a bit then put his hand to the ground. "Mina... lets get going if we are to make it. How about a lift?" He smiled a little bit.
nim: <well, it was... I guess I can understand, though. c'mon, we need to get back with the group.> *shakes some ash off his tail, then runs back to the others*
Mina: <hmm. I usually only ride on moonsoul's shoulder, but since she's gone I guess I can make an exception. > *hops on and curls herself lightly around the back of Crystal's neck* <just keep heading that direction, we should be there by nightfall.>
E catches sight of the fire display. moments later he feels rather the hears the startled exclamation of a squirrel fox. he shook his head and smiled he's received messaged form Mel that she staying behind so was not worried about her and he had confidence that in most cases Zedd could take care of himself. barring and attack on his person he no longer had a reason to run around. locking in on crystal he teleports himself knowing that the teleporter will only land him with 15 meters of his desired location. and that is only if it can fine a clear spot to land him he sighed has he vanishes in a flash of purple light headed skyward
Crystal start to move. "i think i could get there a little faster but i don't know where this place is." Starting to pick up the pace. "So what is this place going to look like?" His pace quickening again helped by some wind.
mina: <I suppose it would be easier if you had something to follow. > *creats a small a.b.o.l, which floats in the direction of the spaceport, keeping exactly 5 yards in front of crystal*
Crystal nod in thanks but consentrains on the wind behind him to speed him up. "So why do we need these key's again." He smiled. "I need a little refresher."
DM perked up at the opportunity to explain something, even if he lacked all the details himself. "Well you see, these gates-"
"No, allow me..." K2 interrupts DM, his voice with a humoring tone. "We have to gather these Nexus keys, and use the keys to open doors. The more keys we have, the more doors we can open. Once we have all the keys, we can enter the last door, defeat the final boos, and rescue the princess!"
By this time, DM had fallen off the truck's hood and is laughing on the ground. It probably wouldn't be so funny if it weren't so accurate. K2 mutters something about the princess being in another castle.
Topher nods at nims suggestion and dashes toward the group that seemed to be preparing to leave. Landing just as they started to take off he salutes the group with a thumbs up and a "Heeeeey".
after several attempts the teleporter finally locates a safe place to teleport E and her lands around 6 feet to the left of crystal and 22 feet behind him. " sorry to take so lone
"Well, just keep up." he said quickly moving away from E that just landed. "So do people know what other worlds we need to go to?" He seems to test the knowledge of the others for some reason.
"at this point i believe we're playing it by ear unless Nim and Mina have a map they would like to share" E chuckled he had rarely used maps in his history of voyaging as maps were stagenet but the worlds around them were alive and changing day by day.
Suddenly the spyder on top of nim jumped in surprise.
"Wha.. Ok, why am I on-line? I'm not fixed yet..." Umal grumbled through the robot.
"Sorry about waking you up, but the Fly King has informed me that the government has decided to try to take over the lab, and this was the only thing I could put you in." Omega apologized.
"Again?" Umal sighed, "This makes what, 317 times?"
"318, anyways, I'm activating Cerberus just in case, and setting Mars on standby."
"K, but I bet this raises a ton of questions from you all." Umal said as the Spyder jumped off of Nim and onto the ship.
"You see, I've been asked by the government to make my inventions known by the army approximately two hundred eighty seven times, I've refused every one, it would make our army too powerful. So, they have decided to take it by force. I have designed my AIs due to this. The Fly King is a spy AI, integrated into government hardware, Cerberus is designed to defend my lab, and does an excellent job, and finally, Mars, which, something tells me, you'll be meeting very soon, who is an experimental 'Alter Ego' AI, he takes over my entire body, and making me one thousand percent more lethal. However, there is my one failed experiment, which he also protects me from. His name is Silent Spring, be on the look out for him, he was made to work experiments on radioactive materials, such as Uranium, via radioactive wave manipulation, however, he went rouge, destroying one third of my lab. He has also stolen approximately thirteen fourteenths of my technology. And just to give you an example of his power: his track record is two hundred million in one on one, thirteen cities, and two entire planets."
"Umal, the link's taking too much power, I'm going to have to stop you there if you want to get fixed." Omega interrupted.
"Very well. If I'm lucky, I'll be able to see you soon without endangering you, if I do, I apologize." Umal announced before the Spyder scurried back claiming it's previous spot on Nims's head.
Nim *channeling telepathic link through the spiderbot* <Thanks for the info. We'll be heading out into space hopefully in a few days, so let me know if you need anything special to portal into small spaces like a ship*
[soon, the crew can see a large, though primative looking city]
nim:<And here we are. The city, ironically enough, is called mos eisley. Something about the founders having been big fans of star wars. We might want k2 to hang outside the city, since most people go on foot and we'd be in pretty big trouble if someone ended up a pancake because of crowding. Other than that, I don't think we have any giant slugs or stormtroopers to worry about. > *leaps off of crystal* <c'm on, I know this place where a bunch of pilots hang out.>
Crystal looks around a little bit when they enter the city. "Wow, this place is big. Almost like a couple of towns near where Snuggles lives." Following Nim but slower because he doesn't like to use his powers in front of a lot of people unless need be. That and the fact he could kill someone if they step wrongly.
e nods and he walks beside the others. " sound's like the Wily/ Wright er Light conundrum" he says. thinking abut how most of Wily's tech was stolen- copied and how if Light ever gave his tech the the army then wily would simply take over the army and have copies of his tech en mass.
The Spyder suddenly jumps off Nim, obviously distressed, scurries toward a large mass of people, jumps on one without being detected, and relays what it sees via a telepathic link with them all.
It was a fight between what looked like a bodybuilder and an Umal lookalike.
"Look, I don't want any trouble, I'm just looking for someone." The Umal clone calmly explained.
"You should have thought about that before running into me, punk." The bodybuilder said in a deep tone.
"Thought about what? The trouble or the someone?" The Umal clone smirked.
Obviously pissed off, the bodybuilder threw a punch. The clone's cybernetic eye glew a deep blood red as the incoming fist got near enough to grab. Instantly he grabbed the bodybuilder's fist and bent it back with ease. Apparently used to the pain, the bodybuilder only flinched in astonishment. Taking that to his advantage, the clone dug his hand into the builder's torso.
"Agghh! Please! Uncle, Uncle! Let me live!" The bodybuilder screamed.
"You should have thought about that before running into me, punk." The Umal clone mimicked in a deep, raspy, near demonic voice before ripping out his spinal cord Mortal Combat style. Everyone around them were petrified, staring at the bodybuilder, who they thought would win hands down. The clone then slowly turned to the Spyder and smiled as his eye slowly faded to it's normal, white color. He started to make his was to the group.
nim: <I swear, if you're an evil clone or anti-umal with little to no backstory I'll->
mina: <nim! Be nice long enough for us to find out who he is.>
"He, He, no my friends, I am not evil." He said, "I actually came to you to deliver a message from the Umal you met. You see, we each created a device that can communicate with our alternative selves, at the same time, mind you, and we vowed only to use it under extreme circumstances. This is one of them.
"From what I've heard from the Umal dimension 2386G, the military's special forces are overrunning him with supersoldiers. We couldn't figure out how they were made, but they were. Anyways, to make matters worse, Silent Spring has decided to join in on the army's side, odd though, that he wouldn't just make his own side like normal, he must be up to something. Unfortunately, due to interdimensional policy, I can't go with you, else we might nullify each other. But I can help, here." he said handing everyone a small, wristwatch-like object. "These are Rad. Shields, specially designed to protect against Alpha-, Beta-, and Gamma-waves, however they do net defend against more charged Zeta-waves, which are like Gamma-waves, but disables electronics and magic even. It takes awhile to weaponise Zeta-waves, so you can tell he's using them by his charging Rad. beam, luckily, Zeta waves only travel straight, so just run like hell. Silent Spring's robotics is remarkably like yours." He said, pointing at E, "However, he doesn't have the Robotizer, and appears to have two flamethrower fuel canisters attached to his back, that's his Uranium storage. Also, don't ever let him near any more Uranium, he doesn't need it in the canister to manipulate it. Oh! And what you just saw was Mars in action, from the point of my eyes turning blood red, an unforeseen side effect, to them returning normal." He said as his eye scanned them "Well, I must go, I can see why he likes you guys though." He said shaking everyone's hands. "
Two techno-geeks, a mental impossibility, and then some, no wonder..." He mumbled as he walked away.
nim: <hmm... rescue umal... rescue moonsoul.>
mina: <leaving either situation too long would probably be a bad idea.>
nim: <yeah. we need moonsoul, and fast. alright, much as I hate too, we're going to split up. I'll go with dm and e to see if we can hold off that army. meanwhile, mina, tophar, crystal, and zedd continue to try and find moonsoul. >
mina: <alright. I'll keep in touch. send if you need us back.>
nim: <alright. hey spiderbot? do you have the coords of our friend?>
[meanwhile, mina and her group quickly enter something akin to a tavern]
DM ponders over the prospect of helping Umal. He was good at decimating military forces - really good. It was the only way to keep his version of Earth in line. Not only that, it was thoroughly amusing. It might be harder without the rest of his crew and technology, but he had K2 and most of his weapons. As for Silent Spring, he sounded like DM on a bad day.
He smirks to himself, which turns into a bloodthirsty sneer. "It's a shame the enemy hasn't been warned. They should have time to pray."
He turns and starts walking back to K2. The truck had already activated its battering ram attachment, having reinforced bars over its grill and windshield. "To war," DM says loudly, then shouts again, "To war!"
nim: <not just to war. To victory! but before that, we need to stop by a dimension where I know this guy. If we're going to be fighting a war, I want us bringing manpower and firepower. DM, if you want to stop by your place to grab some of your forces, that'll be fine too. >
Crystal pauses for a sec. "If you need any help on stopping that army, There is a guy i know that can help." He walks up to Nim and lowers himself down. "Here, this will tell him everything. Where to go for him, well..." He tells you a place in another world pretty accrultly. "Just watch out he is a little crazy." Then Crystal walks off into the tavern like place.
DM looks at Nim as though the suggestion was completely insane. "... More... force?!"
K2 speaks up, "It might not be a bad idea."
DM thinks for a moment, stroking his chin. "But I'm still the most powerful, we're not really lacking anything. I don't think we'll need to evacuate any areas, either."
"But just in case, maybe we should bring some allies, like Damia."
"I guess a head-shot from a half-mile couldn't hurt..."
"And if we bring Kageri, every dead soldier is an ally."
DM shudders at the thought. "Man that's creepy. I hate zombies!"
He ponders over the prospect some more, then figures it'd be best to get an ally or two. Besides, he needed a large piece of quartz, and maybe a couple extra weapons from his base. "Alright. We'll go. I wonder if these Zeta waves count as metaphysical..."
nim: <meh. I'll the scientists figure out that one. > *a green crystal appears and floats over to dm*
<take this. It'll get you to where I am instantly. Now, do you have your own methods of getting back to your dimension, or do you need a portal?>
he sighed. he disliked Zombies. whether they were organic or reploid like what sigma did with his T-virus knock off were some thing he'd rather not fave. they like wily's bot armies could only do about one thing at a time and then they rarely did it well. they were mindless with no growth or imagination. this was independent of them being alive or dead mind you. when passing through one world the living zombie population had gotten so bad that the world had developed a defense in the form or a middles aged make called obvious man. but that was beyond the point. he decided that while he was well power in his current form he would likely need more power flight and space capability in the new world.
It decided touches his belt E is instantly derobotized and falls the the ground for a few moment weakened and panting with the sudden energy loss. in his hand resides what looking like a crystal weapon but it was more that that. it was a focus for his new human from. when he could focus enough to used it. he wondered absentmindedly what End and hyper were doing in there world their world were he picked up this tech. he remember the Zombies that End had stirred up and shivered. they do had be living zombies left over for a bad time in Prague but that was not something he wanted to remember. He struggled to his feet his digital powers seeking to awaken but he held them back. better to concentrate on being alive and remembering his power- abilities in this form first..
E walks up to Nim changed but still very much the same. he smiles at the squirrel fox with more then a little confidence. " well so were are off to build our army? do you think i should wait here of should i scout the dimension ahead and rely the information back to you? "
Topher looks to the others. "So, erm, do we have any leads on moonsouls whereabouts?" After asking the group he looks at each of them with a sudden expression of shock. Each had their eyes glazed over and they looked as if the had just been stupified. In an attempt to gain their attention, Topher starts to juggle balls of fire. He hums aloud circus music "Da da dararararara da da, da dararararara da da...."
mina <um... oh, hey tophar. Sorry, I guess the desert can be a little hypnotic. Anyways, we don't have leads, per se. What we do have is a very unique lack of leads. I can tell for a fact she's not in this dimensional layer. Thus, the hunt for the nexus keys. > *enters the tavern, and starts looking for the small but unique signs of a pilot familiar with broken space*
[meanwhile]
*nim opens a portal to a world of high tech wonders and some of the best weaponry in existance, splitting the portal so that DM arrives in his dimension where he needs to be*
[upon arrival, nim gets the attention of one of the robots with a sharp bark, then sends a burst of thought that is, for lack of better words, encrypted]
(narrow band to the robot)<me and my friends need access to the wargrounds.>
robot (narrow EM band that nim is sensitive to) <authorization code accepted. designate friends and a transport will arrive shortly>
Topher blushes as he now feels embarassed for his actions. He follows mina quickly as she enters the tavern
epsilon Follows Nim and DM without speaking. he wonders what all is going to happen but is confident in his abilities should the need to use them arise.
Crystal follows Mina into the tavern as well. Once in he looks around to see the look out of what is around him. "pisst. Mina whom are we looking for?"
mina: <not anyone specific, though there are a few that have helped me before. ah, he's here. I was wondering if I'd see him. C'mon, you'll like this guy. Hey, Garrick!>
*an older man, in his late sixties with graying hair and very thin hair walks up, a laid back adorning his face. While somewhat more thin and less muscular than in his prime, he has kept fit.
garric: well, if it isn't my favorite squirrel-fox. I take it these are your friends?
---meanwhile, with nim
nim: <welcome, my friends, to the war zone. This place is somewhat like a place called the lost library. Due to some downright broken timespace, it's not just larger on the inside, it's infinately so. Instead of books, though, it has weapons, spaceships, and the like. In fact, there's not a single machine of war invented that a version hasn't turned up here. Some genius figured out the structure that the layout followed, and so the better you know what you want, the closer to one of the things they have here you can get. Access is understandably restricted very heavily, and most who are allowed in are further restricted to their tech-level. I and mina are two of only ten beings in this layer that have access to the entire thing. >
Epsilon looks around." i've seen of these this before. in old dark's vault. adamantly some the the tech his is more advanced of others is less." looks at a missive battle ship the reminds him of a zentrati (the aliens in Marcos) cruiser. and shivers." i'd hate to fight some of these weapons i see here though"
"Inbound! Bombers!" Omega yelled over the chaos.
"Great, what else could happen?" Mars sighed, shooting a soldier's head.
"Umm... that would be..."
"Me." A dark, sinister voice announced from behind him.
"Shit. Hey Spring, how've ya been?" Mars cheerfully asked turning around, only to have his face grabbed by Spring's other hand, "What the..? Get off!"
"Like my new toy?" Spring asked as lights flashed before Mars.
Next thing he knew he was in the spyder on top of Nim in the war zone. "What the hell? Omega, what happened?"
"No idea, I'm working on it... there!" Then he was back in Umal.
"Thanks for the info." Spring smiled, throwing Mars on the ground. He punched the air, causing a dimensional rift and jumped through, Mars quickly followed.
[Back in the War Zone entrance]
"I demand access to this facility." Spring bellowed.
"Access denied." the guard bot responded.
"Let's try that again..." Spring sighed holding up a shining silver crystal, "I demand access to this facility..." Spring said, annoyed.
The robot cocked it's head and looked at the crystal. "... Access approved."
"Thank you..." Spring smiled, entering.
*Nim, sensing the crystal spring used, sends out a broadcast*
<We have a security breach! all capable center on gate 52-B! Activate countermeasures!>
*with these words, nim jumped in a small but powerfull starfighter keyed to telepathic commands, imprinting his own keys on it so that someone else couldn't interfere with it. Within a second force fields had sprung up around everything in the war zone, each one more than capable of repelling spring no matter what his capabilities were, cutting him off from any of the weapons or ships. Guardian robots with much more sophisticated robots appeared almost instantly*
You are in violation of code 17-D. Surrender yourself or be destroyed. This is your first and final warning.
[110 feet in the air...]
"Umm, Omega, where are we?" Umal asked.
"Well, apparintly Silent Spring got hold of a Neural Scanner, so he found out where your freinds were, Mars followed him. Our current location is D-000, an unmapped Dimention, and Co-ordnants are 40,120, altitude, about 100"
"And why are we 'about 100' feet in the air... again?"
"You got new legs, remember?"
"Barely. Can I live through this one?"
"Yes, now you can. Anyways, Rad. level is at aprox. 70% leathal dosage, he's here."
"Well, let's get ready."
"Altitude 89 and falling... 80... 70... 60... fif..." Umal slamed against the invisible force feild.
"Ow."
[Meanwhile]
Spring notices the force field as it activates. "Eh? A force feild? How primitive." Spring smiled. "You know, the funny thing is, they don't protect you from what's already inside." He punched through the air causing a rift in time-space to the other side of the sheild and walked through. His Uranium canisters started to glow, "Get ready for a nuclear meltdown!" :mwaha
Epsilon sees whats going on and sighs. more violence more conflict. when he's gone to sleep so that the others could take over he thought he he would find piece. "Tekksetter" the human transforms and in his place stands the cyber being that is Tekkaman Epsilon. he knows that his power is rusty but he's still ready to fight. he wonders if his defense can still stand up to a blase measured in mega tons. "do we really have to do this" asks the cyber being as he pulls out his weapon.
*as soon as spring was through to the other side, the force field's secondary effect kicked in, throwing him back out and several yards past while shorting out some of his systems. As it happened, nim arrived at just that moment.*
You should know better than to attack a place that has access to the defensive technologies of every single civilization, plus the improvements of each up to a millennium into the future. By the looks of it, you must be that spring character we were told about. I was hoping we would have a more climatic showdown, but you're almost infinitely out-gunned here. Then again, you could do this the way of the recurring villain.
"Shit!" Spring yelled as he was catapulted past the shields. "No matter, I can be... resourceful." He said activating a green crystal in his hand.
Suddenly a shot rang out from atop the force field, Spring withdrew his hand just quick enough to dodge the bullet "Ya know, this is getting really annoying Spring." Umal yelled, sniper rifle in hand, sliding down the shield.
"Be careful, his canister's at 55% critical, do not use destructive force!" Omega told everyone.
"You allways has been observant Omega." Spring smiled, clenching his fist, the crystal glew brighter. Nearby, a small cache of nuclear weapons started to leak Zeta radiation.
"Radiation leak! Get out of there!" Umal yelled
"Warning: Current radiation exposure level near critical!" Omega announced
"I'm gonna' need some help!"
Just when he's thong this could be resoled without overwhelming destruction.,. Epsilon ran a scan for Zeta radiation effect on his physiology as he was not sure how it would affect his aliens cyberwear. " You know him best Umal. give us a plan"
"We either have to short him out using an EMP or infiltrate his hardware, either way he still has a chance of recovering" Umal yelled over his sniper rifle as he tryed shooting Spring, only to have the bullets suddenly stop a foot away and drop harmlesly on the ground.
"Options: Magic-Based Energy Destabilitaion Device, EMP grenade, AI Link, or we could freeze him." Omega suggested.
"Always did want to test the Cyro. grenade, alright." Umal thought
<Alright, here's the plan, you all distract him while I try to find a stash of my Cyrogenic grenades, I'll throw them, releasing a gas that freezes on contact with air, unfortunantly, the material is indestructible when in it's solid state, so we'll have to put him wherever the high security is in this place.> Umal announced telepathicly.
"Omega, activate the endorphine pump."
"Warning: extended use may result in pernement muscle injury." Omega chimed, "But then again, you knew that." There was a small whirring and he was gone in an instant.
Epsilon knows the in his current forum no of his weapon well maybe the volttekker could produce an sizable Emp. but sitting here worried about E should have stayed in charge or not. it was just a waist of time to worry. a single enemy was hared to fight then a fleet of them but the battle had already begun and he had his strategy.
Epsilon decides to take the offensive. the area int not sized for hypersonic speed but he can still fly at a few hundred miles per hour and still maneuver. blade ready Epsilon flew at Spring whipping his blade try9in to cut him in half or at least slice him from his back mounted atomic pile. with the revers stroke should the fist strike miss.
Crystal moves foward and brings up his hand. "Yes, I am Crystal. It is very nice to meet you. Can we have a seat and something to drink... My leg is killing me." Geasuring down to his leg.
Spring grinned, "Fool," He muttered.
[command]
-Disarm Kenetic Sheild
[/command]
-Kenetic Sheilds disarmed
Spring did a 180 right before impact so his canisters recived the entire blow. The hole caused a massive surge of Zeta radiation, causing all electronics around him to short curcit, as well as mutate organic cells two times faster than gamma radiation. "I suppose a thank you is in order."
[meanwhile]
"Uh oh!"
"What is it, Omega?"
"Sudden surge of Zeta waves. And they're..."
"They're what?"
"Moving..." Omega said bleakly
"'No leathal force', isn't that what I told them!!?? At least there was no explosive yeild."
"True, however, one of your allies short curcited due the radiation."
"If we get to him, I could lend him my nanoids."
"There they are!" Omega yelld as Umal's cyber eye pointed to a pile of oval, blue items.
"Good, let's go!" Umal said shoving them into his Q-cube.
"Endorphine pump needs recharging."
"Guess I'm back to normal speed then..." Umal said, running back.
Epsilon watched the move but was unable to stop the swing of his blade in time. he swing Nealy splitting the canisters in half.. realizing what he did Epsilon immediately co his body glowing with a energy form his chest he draws in much of the radiation and radioactive material along with the much of the air around him and it is compressed and converted as it becomes fuel for his weapon the Volttekker. the minimum charge time was 3 seconds but for sure a weapon but epsilon wanted to be sure to draw in as much zeta radiation as possible before he unleashed his attack.
Spring paused, looking at E
[Scanning opponent...]
[Oponent shows absorbsive properties]
[Suggested course of action: Control]
Spring held out his silver crystal again, glowing much brighter than before.
The robots stoped, staring at it, as if expecting something.
[Cyber-control crystal active]
[Attempting to infiltrate AI...]
[Meanwhile]
"Endorphine pump's back online, activating..." Omega announced. Umal was gone once again.
Epsilon feels a pricking at his mind as he nears the limit of his volttekker charge. Epsilon turns facing spring with his volttekker ready. all he has to do is call out Volttekker and the energy swirling in chest will reverse direction ready to course in a beam of super charged plasma energy capable of disseminate large sections of space armadas. it was not as power of the and the mind controlled Reacter Voltekka but then he was not ready for that kind of power. Epsilon hesitates a moment before releasing the power. this spring? was he human but the pricking in his mind grows stronger Epsilon pushed back with his mind and releases the power "Voltekker" he cries out uncertain as to weather on not he truly wished to hit his target. this was no alien tekkaman but that did not necessarily mean that he was someone that deserved to be spared.
Topher Chee smiles to the old man. Not sure what to do next, Chee looked around for signs of MoonSoul. There were many in the tavern, and the large ruckus started to drone Topher out of his surroundings. He walked over to the bar and asked for some water. The bartender gave him a disgruntled look, and Topher smiled hopelessly. With a sigh the bartender walked to the far side a returned with a pint.
Shortly after his attempt to control E failed, Spring's canisters quickly recreated the missing section, stopping the radiation from spreading. However, by then, E was already ready.
"Ooh! Pure energy, thank you." Spring said as E fired. The plasma stopped within a foot of Silent Spring, and acted as if it hit a spherical wall.
[WARNING Energy sheild at %90 overload, OVERLOAD IMENENT]
[Command]
-Reroute conduit 2974 to Canisters
[/Command]
[Sheild conduit loop terminated]
-Conduit reroute complete
The canisters began to glow with the intensity of a small star.
[Canisters at %190 critical]
[OPERATION: Armagedon is a go]
[Command]
-Initiate operation Armagedon
[/Command]
-Initiating...
Large latches on Spring's canisters released, dropping them. "Well, congratulations, you get to be the first to witness my masterpiece. These canisters are past their critical state, gamma radiation is already leaking, a small internal explosive charge will result in an explosion with more force than a million Hiroshima bombs." He smiled, "Don't worry, I'm very capable of outrunning the explosion, as dimensional travel only takes me less than half a second. You on the other hand..." He grinned, "Well, I'll leave that to your imagination."
"Yo! Spring! Chill!" Umal yelled as he suddenly appeared within fifteen feet of Spring, Umal threw a cyro. grenade, only to have it bounce off of Spring's head, "That cold have gone better..."
"Ok, one, those were awful jokes, and two, you couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a starcruser."
"Yeah, I get that a lot."
"But did you see where it was falling?" Omega interrupted, "Look up!"
"Huh?" Spring said, looking strait up, only to be hit in the forehead by it, freezing him and the canisters.
"Oh look! Cold fusion!" Omega joked.
(ooc: that's what I get for disappearing. )
nim: <hey umal. Nice to see you. Now, unless that freeze grenade is more than a temporary fix, I suggest we get those to section plural z gamma. According to the computers, they specialize in zeta radiation. speaking of which, I'm going to disappear to the psionics section to see if I can't find a magical equivalent. We'll meet in a few hours. until then...> *a small crystaline badge appears* <this'll give you access to most of the areas. There's a special prison where you can take spring along the way. After that... Unless you took care of the invasion while we weren't looking, go with the others and pick out some weapons and ships. I'd recommend some good ground vehicles and a type-zeta mark XVII energy pack for epsilon. It should store enough to power one or two of those volttekker blasts.>
---
[back with mina]
mina : <order what you want, guys. Garrick and I will be talking for a while.>
*turns her thoughts to Garrick* <Moonsoul's been caught by an unspeakable again. We're hoping it's like the last time, just that one of them got too confident, but we got a trace on the first bit of its jump, and this one has enough power to hit some of the outer layers>
Garrick (using the same telepathic band) <Hmm... That could be bad. Very bad. The last time an elder unspeakable crawled out from the pit layer, we had apocalypses left and right. I'm assuming you came here because you need to reach the gate of water?>
Mina: <Of course. We're going to need to get there as fast as possible. You have anything?>
Garrick: <Yeah, I've got one of those Correlien freighters. But I'm only taking you there on one condition, and it's that you're bringing me along>
Mina: <Are you sure? You aren't as young as you were then>
Garrick: <You see how my kind age. This body may be old, but I've still got some fight left in me. But we have an hour or two before they finish repairs on my ship, so why don't you give me a proper introduction to your friends.>
Mina: <of course. Hey guys, over here!>
"Got it." Umal said, reaching into his q-cube, "But first, we have to seperate these two." He added, pulling out what looked to be Wind Fire Wheels, "These are superheated, just enough to melt a tiny section of the ice on contact. it acts much like scissors in that sence." He said, cutting out the canisters. "Annd... done! I'll take him to that prison and put this," he said, liftng the canisters, "In that section, what was it again?"
"Plural z gamma." Omega sighed
"Also, do you need any help, E? I could lend you same of my nanites if you need to heal, they replicate both organic and inorganic matter, so... Nonetheless, I perfer to use my own weapons of war, So I'll meet you here, k?" He said, trying to push the frozen robot, unsuccessfuly, "Erm, does anyone have a gravity lift I could use?"
[OOC: Example of Wind Fire Wheels (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z92/Oblivionaddict/?action=view¤t=4469.jpg)]
Crystal moves over with a foaming drink and sitting down with them. "Hi. I am Crystal." He takes a little drink from the foaming and now fog like glass. "mmmmm... I haven't had this drink in a long time. I have to say, one of the best drinking in all of the worlds i have been too."
Epsilon lands and shanks his head. he was used to being addressed as E and accepted the name as readily and any other. " no i am fine" he say and he body reverting to flesh and blood his crystal focus reappears in his hand. he wonders what would he have done had he been alone fainting spring? he would have been responsible for another disaster like Prague and that was not something he wanted on his conscious. perhaps he'd bed go back.
'No not yet' said the voice that had first awakened him.
"why not? aren't you a one army shoulder?' he asked a little angry.
'yet but your raw power is grater then my friends and you can fly faster then i can should space travel be needed you are ready. that radiation would not have hurt you much even if you hand not used the voltekker on it.' the voice explained
'get it' ring it's voltekka not voltekker. voltekker was pulseman's ability.'
' you may be right but tell me will you stay? they really need the abilities you posses."
that seems doubtful.'
trust me you can and will be a bide help. if nothing else you opened him up to attack and distracted him so that Umal could get in clot and capture him.
" fine i'll stay for a bit longer but i don't like it."
"We really do"
and then the voice was gone again and epsilon was alone with his companions on a quest he barely understood for a friend he could only remember from shared memories
Apparently, Omega caught a small portion of the conversation as Umal started to feel around in his q-cube for a gravity lift, "You hear that?" Omega asked, startled.
"Hmm? Hear what?"
"Like another person, but I can't place my finger on where it's coming from."
"One, you don't have fingers, two, are you sure your on the right frequency? You've messed up before like that you know."
"Hmm... Oh my, your right, a little too high... sorry." Omega said, embaresed
"Meh, happed before, it'll happen again." He said shrugging, "Ah here's some gravity pads!" He smiled, pulling out six little cicular pads. He put them around Spring's frozen self, "Well, I'm off."
"You don't know where your going!"
"Oh, Omega, could you download a map from one of the other robots?"
"Sure... done."
"Ok, now I'm off. See you soon." Umal said, waving goodbye while pushing Spring.
"The canisters..."
"I knew that!" He ran back, got the canisters, and went off again.
(short update to get things flowing again for now.)
[after about two hours, nim returned. He seemed a bit tired and unfocused]
<Well... I found something, alright. I haven't done magic like that since the zun-kami wars. Anyways, we probably need to head out soon, so everyone grab what you're taking. I'm bringing some unmanned starfighters, and a special starfighter for me to pilot for the initial strike. We've also got some mechs that'll be hitting the ground side hard. Fafnirs, Daishi, Various gundam and zoid models...Where the hell did DM wander off to?>
---
Garric (Adressing crystal): yeah, this place does keep some interesting drinks in stock. *turns to the others* Anyways, the crew's almost finished preparing my ship. In case we run into the scum of space I need to know which of you can man the guns.
Umal was back in a few minutes.
"Umm... Ya, that might be a problem..." Umal announced at the mention of mechs, "My lab is, at least, two hundred stories underground... Getting a mech in there, even with a portal, would be hard." Umal shrugged, "And it's sheilded against most attacks, so it can only be hit by graviton bombs or sysmic waves." Suddenly, an idea struck, "Omega, does Operation: Ultamatum still work?"
"It should."
"Good. I've got a bomb on the negitive one thousandth floor, it's name is Ultamatum. It was designed to be a back-up plan, in case the lab got taken over. It was designed to 'erase' minds, basicly like how a magnet erases a hard drive. But it's been ooc ever since it's design, I'm not sure we can trust it..." Umal explained
nim: <Alright then, change of plans. We're going for an infiltration strike. I'll have the mechs and starfighters create a diversion. Meanwhile, we'll sneak in, try to get to this bomb before they notice us. Alright. Everyone get stealth suits. Epsilon, how well can you conceal your energy signature?>
Epsilon smiles. "while i'm flesh and blood only someones searching actively should be able to find even a trace of my energy signature." he held up his crystal focus. " this is most likely the only thing i need to shield and so long as i'm not using it it probably reads as run of the mil crystal"
Crystal looks up from his drink. "I could... I might be a little rusty but i still could." He goes back to his drink again.
(sorry I disappeared for a while there, guys. Now... where were we)
Garrick: I just got a call. My ship's ready to go.
[within ten minutes, Mina, Crystal, Tophar, and garrick are aboard the correlian freighter and on their way to the planet where the gate of water lies]
---[meanwhile]
Nim: <alright. Before we leave, I'm going to have this guy go over the weapons your suits come with>
General: Since this is an infiltration mission, I equiped the suits mostly with small arms. *pulls out a handgun from the left hip holster* this handgun is based on the scorpion 12. It uses a magnetic coil to fire armor piercing titanium slugs. You'll find in your lower right vest pockets two additional charge cells, which are attached like...so. replace at 5% charge. Ammo clips are in the upper right pocket. Try to use this for as many situations as you can. It's the most silent and reliable.
In the tube-shaped right hand holster you will find your laser knife. Let me warn you that this is NOT a miniature lightsaber. While it will cut through most things, it will take some effort for anything stronger than steel.
Your left upper pockets have orion class omni-grenades. press the button to expand. This button will arm it for a flashbang effect, while this one will give it only the flash. the button on the side here will make it act like a smokebomb, and the button opposite of that will create a silent fragmentation blast. All of the above have a delay factor of exactly 3 seconds. You can also set a variable rate plasma charge by pressing this button to activate. Once activated, a keypad will materialize for you to enter the countdown and blast direction. After that, it will attach itself to the next surface you put this side against and arm. you each have 15 of these.
Finally, There's the ronin class photon acceleration rifle. purely an energy weapon, it runs on two larger energy cells, replacements for which can be found in the left lower pocket. It will fire a stream of raw energy, which will tear through just about anything, but be warned that 1: it has one hell of a kickback, and 2: it is LOUD. Don't let this bar get over 70 or it might overheat.
Now, your packs.
*opens one up*
Inside, you have an aditional 50 omni-grenades, 10 small charge cells, 8 large charge cells, a RC ground scouter, a similar air scouter, and a handheld hacking computer with a changeling port that will quickly addapt to any system.
Your helmets contain a HUD which is linked to your weapons, giving readouts for the one currently in use. The rest of the goggles are used for the wide-wavelength camera. It can overlay a second scan of any range from infrared to ultraviolet. em signitures. All of these functions are controlled by thought, so "tune" yours before you head out.
Nim, I believe you are familiar with the Jagar-class mech you'll be piloting? Roughly human in appearance and size and the arm cannon fires most of the same weapon types your companions have?
Nim: <of course.>
General: well, that's all. Good luck, and try not to pull a james bond with this stuff.
Umal just smiles "I like you and your friends already..."
"A question, General. Is it possible to attach other devices to the energy cells? That could double Ultimatum's effect range. Also, How many gravity weapons do you have?" Omega asked as Umal's smile turned into a grin, "Using that as well?" he laughed, "Talk about overkill."
"Umal," She sighed, "Spring has already lowered Earth's population to %14... It's time to switch Ultimatum... into Armagedon 2.0"
"Shit, hold on guys." Umal sighed, zoning out.
<Omega 5.201>
<Status: Optimal>
<Operation?>
<Operation: Space of Time>
<Error.>
<Operation: Snake of Infinity>
<Shutting down program. Bye!>
"Omega can't come," Umal announced after a second of vacantness, "She's been corrupted." His eye slowly turning red.
"But I can still play!" Mars announced joyfully.
General: I'll have one of the bots fetch an addapting device. Here, use this pad to select the type of connection and the draw needed.
Nim: <alright. Ready yourselves, as soon as that adaptor comes, we're moving out. Umal, I'm giving you and mars control of the portal's endpoint so you can drop us at the best spot. You'll be in charge after that.>
Topher looked around the ship with awe. Perplexed by the fighters appearance he had a wide smile of gratitude toward the man he had met in the tavern. "Lets get this baby fired up!" he exclaimed.
Crystal, a little drunk, walks into the ship. "Yeah... but i have seen bigger. *hic* No offense. *hic*
Epsilon listened intently to the briefing and familiarised himself with the tech as looked throng the bag. he could almost here the other one inside saying how there own systems were the most reliable then could have but he knew it was his imaginations. the tech here was good. until he sat them fired he could not tell how good but he doubted that any of them were voltekka strong. still he did not want to carry all of this only to have it lost should a real battle ensure.
"Excuse me Nim i believe it was?" asked epsilon. " i can see you have some good tech but if it's okay with you i've just like this gun and a few fuel cells" he reconsidered. as he spoke. " and make ten generates. the helmet would be a problem and most of this tech would be lost should i have to tech set"
nim: <alright, E, just give the stuff you don't need to the general and he'll get it all put back. Speaking of which, the adapter's here Umal. We're heading out.>
*opens the portal, keying it in to umal's world*
---meanwhile
Garrick: everyone strap in. Takeoff's usually a bit bumpy. You want to be copilot, mina?
mina (broadcasting): <I would, but I left my robotic limb augments back home>
Garrick: yub yub.
*within a few minutes, the ship had left the atmosphere, and was preparing to enter hyper-warp*
Epsilon having followed Nim's directive had decided too keep a total of 15 grenades and 8 replacement fuel cells for the hand gun and two more for the large rifle style gun which he had holstered on his back. he felt a little uneasy as the ship began to whine it's generations powering up he could tell it was about to make some kind of powered dash.
Crystal was a little takin back by the sudden shift in speed... while he was drunk... but was able to catch himself before he hit something. "Next time... *hic*... *hic* never mind." Starting to go back to his seat before the jump and gets straped in but does a horrible job doing do.
(not much I can do with the nim storyline until catfienated shows up, so I'm going to concentrate on mina's side of things)
[after about an hour in hyperspace, the aeon jumper drops out and adjusts for the next leg of the journey when a ship clearly modeled after an imperial star destroyer drops out of hyperspace and activates it's gravity well generators]
Garrick: What the? Damn, they must have been tailing us. Mina, get to the falcon's nest and launch asap! The rest of you man the phase cannons and pick off the eyeballs until we can get a lock on for a photon torpedo broadside! Crystal, if you aren't sober I suggest you pull any voodoo you can TO get sober.
mina: <already there! launch when ready!>
[roughly 50 tie fighters deploy from the ship]
<Preparing destination, location: 125, 252, -4335> (OOC: Longitude, Latitude, Altitude)
"Come on guys, the portal room's clear for now!" Umal yelled over the portal as it created a secure link to a device on the other side, "Be weary of any doors with a red light above them, that indicates the room's been gassed." He added before running into the portal.
The room was large. Umal came out of a circular device containing the portal. The room's lights were out, only the dark red glow of the emergency lights illuminating the desk nearby. Umal went straight to it. On top was a computer and a keycard, he went over to the computer and typed in his password.
<Cerberis Defence System>
<Total Active Turrets: 325>
<Total Destroyed Turrets: 152>
<Total Gassed Rooms: 572>
<Floors Infiltrated: 732>
<Status Code: Red>
<Other Info: Elevator shaft hit by nutron bomb, unable to access floors 200 and below; Level 1 through 70 collapsed; Armory secure; Power core secure>
Shit, there goes the easy way... He thought as he picked up the keycard. "It's clear guys." He announced on the communicator.
Topher nodded to Garrick's request and set off to a cannon at once. He looked out through the window and saw a fighter just behind the right wing. He aimed and fired. "Direct HIT!"
Crystal shifting himself over to one of the station. "No *hic* i am fine *hic*." Getting into the chair. Grabing on to the controls. "So i am *hic* killing, what again?*hic*." His metal state was horrible but his physical self was doing good... Actually he is doing better then he could have when he was sobber. Destroying 5 and that is his round of fire
Nim: <alright. we're heading through. >
---
43 fighters remain
Mina: <I'm beginning my assault. I'll let you know when the shields are down.>
*fires a beam that causes the star destroyer's shields to go out of sync*
"O. *hic* K. I will be wait-*hic*ing" He starts to fire at a few more taking out 4 more.
Epsilon nodded and held his weapon low and ready. "i',m ready lets go"
"Ok, this is going to be harder than expected, the elevator shaft's been blown up... The emergency stairwell is filled with these things. We can only get out by one way now: portals, which I've just started working on." He pointed to a claw-like object, "This is my prototype temporal portal generator, one shot makes one end, the second, the other. Only three problems: one: It makes two-way portals, and two, these portals oly last about five seconds, three: It uses your lifeforce. I have yet to find another sutible source of power. Oh, also, if a single shot is fired under a unit, he is lost in oblivion, seperated from time and space." He smiled, "Stole it's design frome the Aperture science enrichment center, I helped design it... until I learned what the test subjects had to edure..." He said shivering, his face grim. He quickly snapped out of it, "Still, unfortunantly there's only one... and I'll be using it..." He grabbed the device's handle. "Let's go!" he went over to a door and swipped the keycard on a cardlock, the door unlatched ad oped, revealing a long hallway.
why not rework it to use a fusion core?
"Oddly enough, the device won't accept the power, we tried every way we could think of, but no results... strange..." He shruged, "We tried all types of energy as well, it just doesn't seem to be compatible with any other energy sources... and since we were on a deadline, we couldn't rebuild it from the ground up..."
(ooc: sorry for disappearing again, but it's kinda crunch time for my summer class. short update for the nim side, mina side gets a little more to get it flowing again)
nim: <Can several be set up to feed from one person's life force?>
---
[meanwhile, with mina]
Garric: alright, we're almost in position! How is that shield disruption coming, mina?
mina: <almost have it. shields should be weak enough in another five seconds. Wait, I see a class five interceptor heading my way....interceptors shouldn't glow like that...aw sh-> *static*
Garric: mina?! Mina!...This is bad. Alright guys. forget the interceptors. I'm supercharging the turrets, and I want you all to find a spot on the destroyer and pound it for all it's worth. I just hope mina weakened it enough for us to finish the job...
Epsilon nods. understanding " if i were able to i'd make a run to voyager and pick up a few bio fusion packs but at this point i'm not sure were that ship is in relation to this universe let alone have the power to propel my way there"
Epsilon was not sure where his memory of this power systems and weaknesses were coming form he knew that they made sense but the didn't seem to be coming for the person that woke him in his mind he compared there tech that Umal had with his own and wondered and the tech that he'd mentioned. he drew parallels but realized he's need help if anything more the simple understanding were to come of it. shaking his head to clear his thongs he looks around to make she he wasn't left behind. " okay i'm ready to go" he said and the though an bio fusion filter hit his mind again and he wondered why it would not leave him alone.
[mina's side]
Garrick: what, did you all fall asleep at the guns? ...oh. that last hit must of taken out internal comms. and shields... well, no choice. I have to set this rust bucket down.
[garrick pushes a button and a small floating droid sphere soon flies into the cockpit]
internal comms are out. I want you and your friends to let the others know that they need to strap in for a rough landing.
Crystal is already strapped into the chair but he was asleep at the gun. There looks to be a pillow of wind behind his head that he is sleeping on.
Epsilon is following Umals using his physical abilities and the strange weapon umal gave him sparingly to avoid tech setting. ( sorry i've been gone most of a week but i'm back now if everyone else is ready to start up again)