The Escapist Avatar Adventure: An Open RP (Now Re-Opened!)

[StormShaun]

Hopefully this exit sequence is cool with you.

Yu Narukami, Deadshot & Russian force 1.
Location: Frozen Moscow | Shadow Realm | Personaverse.

"I would say likewise about your mother ... except the difference here is that I wouldn't need to hit on here." Yu's smile turned to smug as he shot back a mother joke at Deadshot. The worst fact is that he is probably right, many older woman have hit on him before. Deadshot would probably see this truth within Yu's gray eyes.

Looking back down at the escape item he held, Yu awkwardly stared at it, forgetting how to use the ball. "Hang on to your clothes ladies!" He called to them as he threw the ball upwards. It hovered in the air unnaturally above the group, then smoke smoke came out of the weird item, it was actually white fog and it covered the whole group. The next thing everyone in the group felt was the floor give out under them, and soon everyone was travelling through a weird black and white tunnel.

Club Escapade | Personaverse.

Back to club music. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7-eMgqCXdM]

Soon enough, the group had returned into the club. The music still pumping in the background of the main stage. They had actually all arrived into on big private room of the club, which was usually used for karaoke and group parties. Yu naturally opened his eyes and he sat with a leg over the other, his hand still holding a drink. Looking around he could just about see everyone, yet his attention was on the TV due to habit.

 

[000Ronald]

The AA-verse
Location: G-Corporation light transport: Tokyo
Time:Sunset​

Edge | Icarus

Bring forth solid metal from the ether. Can be shaped with Mold during summoning. Dissipates after several minutes.

Increase the speed of your movements; at high enough levels, you will be little more than a blur of flesh and steel.

Edge couldn't fly, but he could travel quickly by summoning metal to run on. It didn't exactly leave him in fighting shape, but they could cross that bridge when they got to it, and it was faster than traveling there by chopper.

"...the problem is," Edge began. "Whatever this thing is, it's a supernatural creature. Or at least I'm guessing it is; those stones it wants to absorb are magic. Boss isn't so good-"

Edge was interrupted by a flash out on the horizon, followed with a thunderous crash that knocked both Icarus and Edge off balance, and throwing Edge into the ocean.

The AA-verse
Location: Over the Pacific ocean
Time:Early Evening​

Darkside | Boss

Darkside waited. He had managed to plunge his dagger into Boss right as he had been hit by...Darkside couldn't even compare it to anything. He had never heard of anything that powerful, let alone experienced it. But...he had survived. He had used a ki barrier to protect him from the worst of it, but it had cost him the arm he had used to attack Boss.

Several minutes passed. The mist cleared. Boss was still hovering in mid-air, but much less steadily. Darkside's dagger was sticking out from his forearm, and blood was flowing freely from the wound. And he was gasping for air. He was weak. Vulnerable.

"Y'still there?" Boss shouted. "I'll make you a deal. We both walk away, call it a dra-"

Darkside flew towards Boss as fast as he could in his weakened state, slamming into Boss with his whole body. As quickly as he could, Darkside wrapped his one good hand around Boss's throat. Boss flailed around, physically striking at Darkside to no great effect, while Darkside's fingers dug deeper into Boss's neck.

And suddenly, Darkside was holding nothing but air. Boss was...just gone.

Darkside had won.

 

[Orinon]

The AA-verse
Location: G-Corporation light transport: Tokyo
Time:Sunset​

Edge | Icarus
Icarus was buffeted by the massive blast.
"N-no this is bad this is terrible, I didn't want this to happen but we were too late." He fished edge out of the water the warrior couched out water
"Edge, I I can;t sense Boss's energy, I hate to say it but I think he might have been killed I can still feel Darkside it's faint, but he's still alive which means, I'm sorry" he lowered his head, a twitch of anger started to affect the young half Angel, his eyes began to widen then constrict becoming oval like. His jaw clenched, his father had always been cautious of his anger, because of the threat it posed.
His wings flapped as he moved at a much greater speed than one would have expected. Carrying Edge didn't seem to slow him down
"He must die." Icarus swore.

The AA-verse
Location: Over the Pacific ocean
Time:Early Evening​

Darkside
Darkside laughed. he had won, he lost his dagger but he could sense the crystal was approaching, he merely needed to wait and ambush them. he dove under the water and waited he began charging up a large attack, gathering what strength he had left it wouldn't matter once he had the Gem he would obtain a form more powerful than anyone had ever seen.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

The AA-verse
Location: G-Corporation light transport: leaving Tokyo
Time: Early evening​

Kazuya | Edge | Icarus | Boss | Darkside

As Edge and Icarus took off, Kazuya meanwhile was examining the gems a a pair of fighter jets were scrambled to their location.
[color=9f2b28]"Alright, get this back to HQ, Lock everything down, anyone so much as fire a spitball at you, they're fired. and let them know it"[/color] He ordered the pilot before placing them into a Metal Suitcase and locking it, striking it once or twice as hard as he could to make sure it couldn't be broken open.
[color=9f2b28]"It's secure, second you land, take this to Doctor Violet, he'll know the code. Godspeed."[/color] He then finally said, receiving a salute as the Pilot handcuffed it to himself, before making his way back to the rear ramp of the plane.
[color=9f2b28]"Alright, you ulgy bastard...you want a fight...let's go......"[/color] He silently said to himself as dark energy began to flow from him, slowly mutating his body as he engaged his Devil form.
As the ramp opened, He watched as a pair of Fighter Jets raced past before leaping out of the transport and flying towards the battle.

While Devil Kazuya was making his way over, the Pair of jets slowed down once they reached Edge and Icarus, making hand signals to the duo to indicate they were going to be their escorts.

 

[NotYetForsaken]

Personaverse
Location: Dark Forest | Shadow Realm
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Akane | Angelus | Caim | Cz | Jenny | Kalastryn | Lucieon | Melethia | Ornstein | Ryan | Rugal | Slindis | Som

"If I knew, I would tell you," Lucieon replied. He eyed the shadows lurking in the dark and drew Estoc toward them, watching them and waiting to parry if they struck. Ornstein kept his vigil, very aware that he was at a type disadvantage in the forest. But the determination of the Princess Guard was strong. "It seems the more power someone has, the more mysterious and unwilling to explain their actions they become. From what I can gather from that white-haired bastard is little enough substance." He panned his eyes back at Ryan, "The authors are integral for his plan. They have to be alive, functioning, and very aware of their meta-existential location. Losing even one more of you would be catastrophic. Not only to the world of Avatar Adventure's, but to every world that it has branched to since."

Cz, protected by Ornstein's electrical field, held Jenny tenderly in her arms, pressing softly against her white skin. "You're awake," Cz said. She placed a hand on Jenny's forehead and felt for a temperature. Though she couldn't actually tell what was healthy for a creature such as Jenny, she found the warmth to be nothing out of the ordinary. Both Akane and Ryan had been godsends in the form of first-aid, and now it seemed Jenny was at least more physically stable than she was. "How do you feel, is there anything that hurts overmuch?"

The (Un)Real World
Location: Willis' Tower | Chicago | Illinois
Time: 4:05 P.M.​

Darren | Deborah | Kyre | Titania

Mrs. Himura looked away and feigned a sudden interest in the Chicago city scape. Her cheeks were a crimson pink. Barely noticeable, jut barely flushed. "I don't seem to recall... anything of the sort," she said softly, hiding behind her bangs.

Titania gave a sidelong glance to Kyre and smiled with her snaggletooth gleaming as it caught the last rays of the winter sun. Then the Queen of the Fey turned her attention back to Darren and conjured a mirror in her right hand. She held it up for him to see. The mask was black and white, split down the middle into a frown and a smile. His hair was oiled back and combed to a sheen, and the silk shirt wouldn't have seemed out of place in the Phantom of the Opera. A white blouse adorned with three blue gemstones on the front with a thick black velvet mantle draped around his shoulders, giving rise to a neckpiece that framed his figure so Darren looked both taller and stronger than he was. His pants were disappointingly simple. Ironed black slacks with dark brown lines that ran from hip to toe. Though his boots shimmered with the veneer of real leather and felt the part too. Soft, supportive and flexible.

"What a shame," Titania said, backing up and crossing her arms before her barren chest, "you missed all sorts of steamy pseudo-lesbian goodness. It was quite the scenes, I can tell you."

"Mistress Titania! Please! Don't dwaddle on that subject!" Kyre screamed, still facing away from Darren and Titania. "We have many much more important things to take care of!" There was a slight stammer in her speech.

Titania gave that vicious half-smile again and replied loudly over the winds, "Oh! I can't hear you! I was just about to TELL DARREN HERE ALL ABOUT that time you and Kurumu spent together while waiting for Danie- MMPH" The Queen's eyes were open wides, her irises shining in the light like pools of blood. Kyre had made her way to titania and clasped her hands around the small girl's mouth in such a fast motion of fluidity that Darren had not even seen the woman move.

"More pressing matters please," Kyre said kindly, smiling nervously, "alright Mistress Titania?"

Titania's expression returned to normal, the moment of surprise gone. there was a small crunch and Kyre jumped back yelping, droplets of ruby-red blood streaked the air and were swept away int he wind. The Queen of the Fey was not amused. Indeed her expression was still and mildly annoyed, her teeth, almost fangs, glistened with Kyre's blood. "More pressing matters indeed," she said simply. There was no movement in her hands or feet, Titania stood eerily still. Eerily serious. "First order of business, there are only two people in the world I will let touch me without me leave. One of them is Oberon. The Other is Him." Kyre nodded, nursing the bite marks on her left fingers. Honestly... those two seemed to come directly out of an Japanese-style animation what with all the mood swings and shenanigans.

She turned to Darren and spoke sternly. It was as if Titania was a completely new person now. "Second order of business, you are an Author and are able to work in jurisdictions that I cannot. You are like Him, but lesser in power. I belong to the boy who goes by the moniker Savasaan, so my power only extends to the worlds and power that he controls with his twisted teenage mind." Titania paused and spat at the floor, as if talking about her restrictions left a bad taste in her mouth. "It takes multiple authors to change the course of fate that afflicts another character. I am only one of the few exceptions, wrested away by one to be used by another. reformed and regiven voice, mind, and ability. But I am not ab Author Darren. Yet, you are, however miserable and undeserving." She closed her eyes and frowned, uncrossing her arms and letting her hands hang to the side of her fur coat. She looked almost akin to a penguin if you looked hard enough. A blood soaked penguin.

"And for the matter of locating Kurumu, it is but a matter of simply contacting the Dramatist, is it not?" She waved her hand and summoned a laptop before handing it to Darren. It was already signed into his Escapist account. "Send him a Private Message. And I'm sure this will stay confidential. After all, who reads these long winded expository posts but the one directly involved?"

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

The (Un)Real World
Location: Willis' Tower | Chicago | Illinois
Time: 4:05 P.M.​

Darren | Deborah | Kyre | Titania

Darren took a moment to check himself out, he looked good he had to admit, even when he brought his bloody axe up on his shoulder and posed with it.
"...Yeah...Yeah, I can see me wearing this at my wake..." He said before a full blown argument broke out between them while he was examining his outfit.
"...Yeah, I'm actually starting to see why you two would have a problem tracking her down..." Darren Snarked as he watched Kyre and Titania argue over what exactly happened between the former and Kurumu, it seemed like the easiest way for him to get killed was just to get in-between then during such a dispute.
A bit more exposition later that I skipped over, Darren did respond to the bit about being "miserable and undeserving".
"Hey, it's not exactly all it's cracked up to be you know! Hence why I'm here trying to end myself!" He spat until Titania revealed the one way to find Kurumu: The Internet.

"...Man, The sheer amount of Meta here would make Ninja's head fucking explode..." He remarked as he did as he was told.

Hey Dissy!...Remember me?....The...guy who...[sub]made fun[sub] fun of [sub] you while [sub]you were offline...[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub]
...
*Ahem* So how are you?! Long time no see! So basically me and...Well, just me actually (Because of...you know?...With Teri?...And Bruiser?...) was wondering if you could help me with something.
Basically, I'm trying to tick off a bucket list of items before I finally get out of this fucking psycho realm and one of them involves Kurumu. (Nothing Sexual, I really doubt her standards are that low ^^

...So yeah, where exactly is she do you know?

"...Nailed it." Darren then said before he handed back the laptop to Titania.
"...So...uhhh, if this doesn't work, do I still get my Permadeath?..."

 

[Orinon]

The AA-verse
Location: G-Corporation light transport: leaving Tokyo
Time: Early evening​

Kazuya | Edge | Icarus | Boss | Darkside

Icarus arrived and Edge stood on a fighter jet.
"You, what did you do to the person you were fighting?"
Darkside cackled seeing the assembly his right arm was gone but no blood dripped from the wound.
"I have dealt with him he is no more I recommend you hand over the crystal before the same happens to you.
Icarus grit his teeth Black lightning crawled along his arms like black erratic snakes.
"You sick bastard" he clenched his fists tightly his knuckles turned white, and his nails dug into his hand.
It was clear he wanted to charge in, he managed to restrain that instinct, Kazuya noticed the half angels mood was flaring.

 

[bluerocker]

Frozen Moscow: Annie, Cadolbolg, Constance, David, Devon, Ella, Garm, Teri, Ton Ton, Yu, Deadshot

After the smoke cleared and the party were back with one another, the festivities weren't really able to begin as a man dressed in a Shadow Operatives uniform approached the group. Doing a quick head count, the Operative gave a quick nod and muttered to himself before beginning with,

"Oh good, you're all here. While you guys were grabbing Deadshot, we found out about the Shadow Zones in the city and sent forces ASAP. It's partially why there's a club to return to at the moment; we grabbed the Generator a couple minutes ago. Anyways, my Boss wants to talk to all of you. She's at the back door."

Giving a little wave, the Operative ran off to continue whatever job he was doing, which lead the party to realize something else... There were no employees left in the bar. In fact, it was now crawling with Shadow Operatives who were examining every nook and cranny of the place.

Cadolbolg gave a cheerful yawn, probably not realizing the implications of the lack of customers and was the first to vocalize his pleasure in leaving the icy wasteland that was Moscow, "Man, it feels good to get out of that cold place! We should get something nice and hot after talking to the boss lady, Devon. Maybe some more of that beef bowl stuff from yesterday?"

Ton Ton gave a nod of approval with Cadolbolg, but his expression seemed a bit more concerned than his counterpart's, [color=15650D]"Last I checked, there were workers in this place... Where did they all go?"[/color]

Garm remained close to Teri, who was still looking over Deadshot in the process, giving a small shake of his head before sniffing around to get a further idea of what was going on. However, the scent of alcohol, cigarette smoke and... "other smells" were too much for the wolf to properly pinpoint anything; to which he gave a snort of distaste. As for the Cleric in question, after deciding the final diagnosis of a full checkup, said to the exhausted gunman, [color=0E59E4]"Looks like you need another good healing spell, and you'll be up and running. We can finish that up after speaking with Ms. Mitsuru, hmn?"[/color]
After asking this, the Cleric turned to Ella and 'sent' over the rings, [color=0E59E4]"Hey Ella? After taking care of the patient here, you want to hang out a bit? I bet the both of us could use letting off the steam, right?"[/color]
Sure, the question sounded a bit awkward when she asked, but if there was progress to be made in the right direction, this was a start.

Calming Clearing: Akane, Angelus, Caim, Cz, Jenny, Kalastryn, Lucieon, Melethia, Ryan, Rugal, Slindis, Som

With Melethia's Shadow finally brought back to a reasonable state of being, a held breath was released among the pact partners. Caim put away his sword and gave an acknowledging nod to the young elf,

"I wouldn't expect less of you. You're a tough one, Melethia. Now, to get that Nise-Mono character... Where did she sneak off to..."

Angelus, in the meantime, was a bit more concerned about her charges, and called off Echidna's protection as she looked over them both, "You two aren't hurt anywhere else, are you? Do let me know if you are not feeling well. Jenny, you look pale..?"
True to the title of her Persona, Angelus had already taken the role of a somewhat fussy mother, examing the two carefully for wounds or ills. Now if only Angelus could see the true cause of Jenny's pain...

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Club Escapade: Annie, Cadolbolg, Constance, David, Devon, Ella, Garm, Teri, Ton Ton, Yu, Deadshot

David was one of the most thankful to get out that frozen hell hole, hoping that he'd never had to return to that dark period of his life again.
"Brrrrr...Cheers, We're going to thaw out and then we'll be down." He said to the Shadow Operative that greeted them before he went over to the nearest radiator to warm out.
"Ohhhhhhhh yeeaaahhh...Well, I guess Deadshot going on that little trip worked out well. Managed to flush them out of here and might have opened up some new leads. Still, This might prompt them to act out, you saw how quick they were to push the button. We're entering the End Game people..." He said to the others as he watched the Shadow Ops do all CSI on the area.
"Oh, Sweet, Thanks Yu." The Sniper then said before shamelessly helping himself to the students drink as he leaned on the radiator.

Deadshot on the other hand, while he was going okay, he looked like someone from another world altogether, with his tattered frozen attire starting to drip onto the floor as he transitioned to a much warmer area.
"Y-y-yeah, yeah, just give me a minute. Brrr, I've literally got Blue Balls." He shivered slightly as his body began to get used to the fact he wasn't in Moscow anymore.
"Hey, who do I have to stab to get a change of clothes over here!?" He then began harassing the Operatives on the scene for something that was warm, dry and still intact.

Calming Clearing: Akane, Angelus, Caim, Cz, Jenny, Kalastryn, Lucieon, Melethia, Ryan, Rugal, Slindis, Som

"Leave her. Unless she is also in the Shadow Zone, And I see no reason why she should, she'll most likely had made a break for it right after we were sent here. Right now, our priority is finding a way out of this Shadow Zone before someone else's Shadow tries to take a shot at us." Rugal said to Caim as he pulled out one of many bloody arrows and dropped it into a growing pile beside where he was sitting while Slindis used her Persona to fix him up.
"[sub]Ah, that smarts...[/sub] Best we can hope for is that Mitsuru managed to snatch her up. She has a lot to answer to..." He added as he began pulling one out of his leg, personally wishing that the Shadow just used bullets instead.

Jenny merely groaned as she attempted to sit up, still feeling weak and light headed from the blood loss she had suffered thanks to Melethia's Shadow, not to mention Ryan's, err, "Medical attention".
She winced as she moved her leg, now having an nasty looking burn from where the wound was sealed as she looked around to see everyone taking in victory over the Shadow: A Victory she did nothing to assist in...
"[sub]...My skin is white, I always look fucking pale...[/sub]" The pokemon spat at Cz and Angelus as she tried to stand up unassisted, failing miserably as she did.
"Wow...You really suck at this whole "No, Really, I'm fine!" thing. Sheesh, can't even lie right..." Her Shadow taunted as she finally managed it in the end by supporting herself on one of the trees, only to fall to her knees due to the pain Ryan's Cauterization caused her leg.
"Jenny, please let me hel-"
"Jus-..Shut it!" She then said before jerking away from Angelus arm as she picked herself up before glaring at the rest of the group.
"...Well?! Can we just fucking get out of here!?" she shouted, the frustration and pain clearly starting to take their toll on her mentally and it was showing.

 

[StormShaun]

Yu Narukami, Annie, Cadolbolg, Constance, David, Devon, Ella, Garm, Teri, Ton Ton and Deadshot
Location: Club Escapade | Personaverse.

Tearing his gaze from the TV, Yu came back to life as he heard one of the operatives speak to the group. "Here? Better report to her then." Yu said out loud but it was mostly aimed at himself. The sudden hand of David came and snatched the glass from Yu's hand. "It isn't alcoholic ... only soda. I am underage." Yu pointed out easily, as the drink tasted something like Dr. Pepper, except a tad different. Getting up from the sofa, Yu walked to the door of the karaoke room and turned around.

"I'm going to report to Mitsuru-san, you are probably all free to lounge around a bit seeing how you just left a shadow zone, usually it takes a lot of energy out of a normal person. But as I've seen, you are no normal group. Still, feel free to rest a bit before travelling back." Yu's voice was normal once more, except he was putting up a strong face, the fatigue was setting in. This was from both the environment, the lack of clothing and his previous experiences with the Shadow zones.

"Ah, a busy day." Yu said to himself as he left the doorway and walked casually downstairs in a slow but brisk pace. Paying attention to the environment, Yu indeed wanted to know why all the Shadow Operatives were all here. Was there a possibility that someone, probably an enemy, their enemy, created this situation for a reason. Getting to the backdoor, Yu was ready to report in to tell Mitsuru about the details of Deadshot's Shadow Zone. Yu only hoped that Deadshot won't get punished for anything, even if the guy is a bit annoying.

Wanderer
Location: The sky | Personaverse.

The high speed wind felt like nothing, especially to the Wanderer who felt a bit weird in his digestive system system. The Gas Station visit was not a good one, after filling the gas and paying the cashier, he had gained the attention of the only other customer of that certain station. While wearing his own Doctor gear, he met another lab-coat comrade across on another gas pump.

After glazing at each other for a solid minute, the Wanderer placed on his Jetpack but found the other Doctor nowhere to be seen. Only a weird bottled vial remained, giving a grunt the Wanderer took the challenge of the Doctor, only seeing a note placed underneath it. "You look sick, have this. Dr. Edo" Was the note, giving a smirk, the Wanderer gulped the small vial in one mouthful, surprisingly it felt like he drank some kind of super energy booster.

Yet minutes later it felt like he had drank a laxative potion instead. " ... damn that, Edo!" The Wanderer cursed as he continued his search for the Shadow Operative Tower in the night sky.

 

[Kalastryn]

It was a pretty rare sight for Jenny to be so calloused when people were just trying to help and Kala knew it. Even with the hardship they just went through... it'd probably be best to help her face it now, rather than let it fester any further. Realizing this, she called out to the rest of the group inconspicuously to keep her (and the rest of them) here so they could help in the only way they could. "I'm just as opposed to staying here as all else, but it'd be for the best if we stayed here and looked. We aren't going to be done for the day with this anyway. If I remember correctly, apprehending Nise-Mono was our primary objective. Might as well have that to show for all this." She said just before Ryan had guessed the same as her. *sigh* "Well Ryan, Jenny, it won't help anything to leave now then... Jenny has to come to terms with it, and sadly, the only place where we can help that along is here. Jenny, I'm no stranger to self hatred. As a bit of a confession... that city Slindis and I once called home? Originally, I was a spy there. I've hated that aspect of my life for every day since, but it didn't stop me from changing." She said, looking to Slindis knowing she wasn't really guilty of too much, but in an apologetic manner nonetheless.

"So then, out with it... what's troubling you?"

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Club Escapade: Annie, Cadolbolg, Constance, David, Devon, Ella, Garm, Teri, Ton Ton, Yu, Deadshot

Not long after his vocal complaints, Deadshot was in fact offered a change of clothes, mainly just some generic sweater and sweatpants to replace his ruined jumpsuit.
Now clad in something that was warm and dry, he then joined Annie back at the bar before leaning over the counter in his usual search for booze, pulling out a bottle of whiskey as he did.
"Ahhh, they say this stuff helps warm you up..." He sighed thankfully as referred to survival advice that had been debunked a long time ago as he poured himself a drink, offering one to Annie as he did.
"...Think it goes without saying I owe ya one. Tsh! Fucking Moscow...How the hell did things get so..."Freakish" in my life?" He pondered out loud, trying to figure out how his life went from killing people for money to something out a Japanese anime.

David meanwhile more or less stayed put, not moving away from the warm warm radiator as he watched the Shadow Ops do all the hard work.

Calming Clearing: Akane, Angelus, Caim, Cz, Jenny, Kalastryn, Lucieon, Melethia, Ryan, Rugal, Slindis, Som

"Jenny, you're not acting like a lady right now."
"WELL CRY ME A RIV-[sub]uggghhhh[/sub]..." Jenny was about to protest until the pain got in the way, though Ryan clearly had her attention now.
However, panic began to set in as both him and Kalastryn began talking about her shadow, the language of Ryan willing to get himself killed being extremely distressing.
"Look, I am-I'm fine! We-we just need to leave here, alright!" She said, clearly attempting to dodge the question, but her Shadow begged to differ.
"Wow, Ryan...you don't need to go that far to get this one to spread her legs, you know?"
While that comment alone would be enough to cause concern for Jenny, what was worse was that statement wasn't in her head, her Shadow was out of her head and around here somewhere.

Rugal wasn't exactly paying attention until that statement, it was something that stood out from the rest of the conversations.
"Excuse me? Who is doing what now?" He uttered in confusion, clearly not getting the memo in relation to the Shadow

 

[NotYetForsaken]

Personaverse
Location: Calming Clearing | Shadow Zone
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Akane | Angelus | Caim | Cz | Jenny | Kalastryn | Lucieon | Melethia | Ornstein | Ryan | Rugal | Slindis | Som

There was a pause as Lucieon turned around and gave Jenny a long hard stare. His eyes were death, blue, lonely, and piercing. Ornstein let out a growl and flash stepped forward, his spear twirling around his hand until it landed in both hands, facing outward toward the forest dark.

Lucieon stayed calm however and walked forward, addressing Ryan first, "We are aware. That is partially the reason I have been dispatched to monitor the group." He flashed his black card and gave Ornstein the same deathly look. The Dargonslayer stepped forward and swiped twice with his spear, leaving a floating arc in the space in front of him. He eyed the brush and waited for the voice again, hoping that it would vibrate the delicate equilibrium of the arc of lightning.

"If it were that easy to get a girl to spread her legs," Lucieon finally said, breaking the dread silence, "I've died many, many times to vindictive women with large swords. Even more time to sorceress'. and ten times more to butchers." His Princess Guard ring flashed gold in the dark light. "Come on out, I have a lance for you that you won't soon forget."

Avatar Adventure
Location: Sears Tower | Chicago | Illinois
Time: 4:10 PM​

Darren | Deborah | Kyre | Titania

Titania snapped the laptop shut and tossed it off the side of the tower, letting it fall to the ground and land on someone with a wet crack. She stared at Darren without speaking, looking at him posing with his axe. She stopped and breathed through her teeth, clenched in either anger or annoyance. "Your death will come only if you achieve your objective successfully." There was death in her words. A subtle indignant air that seemed to set the cold winter chill aflame with swirling heat.

Kyre took a step back and looked up from nursing her hand, "Mistress titania...?"

The young girl did not respond to Kyre. She stepped forward and stepped on Darren's foot, cracking the cement roofing slabs. "You should not speak to me with such an oblique air. You and I are not familiar... If you seek my anger, I will show you that there are things worse than eternal life wrought with guilt."

Ding!

Titania was caught off guard by the sudden ding and jumped backwards, her eyes wide and hair floating gently down around her. There was a stand with a bell that appeared in front of them. Everyone except Deborah seemed surprised. Then the bell rang again.

Ding!

"What... is that?" Kyre asked. She walked forward and gave the small silver bell a hard look over. Her single green eye sparkled in the half-dead sun. Her hair draped over her face, and she smelled sweetly of winter berries.

Titania was flustered and turned away. She looked around them for anything that could make rational sense of the

Ding!

The bell rang again and Deborah nearly fell off the edge of the sear tower with a large set of mahogany double doors appeared where she was standing.

"What in the Seven Hell's!?" She backed up, hopping on one foot, off balance but on-balance.

Kyre turned from the bell to examine the door, almost unfazed now by the appearance of random household objects. Titania slowly began to realize what exactly was happening, and yet again, she was not happy about it. She breathed sharply through her teeth, whistling a high warbling pitch before grabbing Darren by the shirt and throwing him against the door and breaking it in two. Kyre looked at Titania, who merely pointed, and Kyre nodded, following Darren through the hole in the door.

Then at last, Deborah and Titania were alone again.

"It was Red Mage?" she asked.

Titania shook her dainty head, "No. Someone worse. It was a writer, but I do not know who."

The Break Room
Location: Great Library | The Archives of God
Time: Distorted​

Darren | Kyre

Darren was falling, there were so many shelves that flew by him, an infinite number of wooden towers that reach high above to to the door he was thrown through. Then another figure appeared in the line of his vision, and it quickly grew larger, and larger, and larger, until it hit him right in the stomach.

It was a warm feminine softness, and the world was streaked with strands of ruby red, the soft fragrance of winter berries dabbled the air. Kyre had slammed into Darren feet first and thrown both of them into a uncontrolled freefall.

"Sorry!" she cried over the roaring wind.

It was a few moments later before they hit the floor. Darren landed first, breaking over a hundred fourteen bones that he consciously knew about, and twenty three bones that medical professionals had yet to identify. Then Kyre landed on top of him and crushed the rest of his organs and skeletal structure. Kyre looked bereaved, shocked, and almost regretful and the mess of a man she was sitting on. His clothes and mask were perfectly fine, but he was undeniably dead... Until she started to feel the flesh underneath her shift and reform, and Darren sprung spontaneously back to life.

He coughed.

Kyre jumped up, embarrassed, pulling Darren up by his arm. "I'm so sorry about that Mr. Darren." She muttered, looking at him with her left eye. It was brilliantly green. Deep, sparkling, and full of life. More than they could say about the environment they were in. What was it? A huge library with shelves upon shelves of papers. Not even books, but just papers. Papers stacked and combined together into piles and stacks and compilations.

"...Where are we?" Kyre asked.

---​

High above the shelves a robed figure looked down, his hair tousled long and uncut. He had spent too long wandering these archives, looking for a cure. Looking for a solution to his problem. And just as he was on the verge on insanity, some people had dropped from the sky. Where had they come from? He wondered. He moved closer to take a look while the sunlight still streamed into the library. His heart stopped and he gripped his staff and liquor tightly.

[color=CC8899]"Kyre? Darren? What are they doing here!?"[/color]

 

[000Ronald]

The AA-verse
Location: G-Corporation light transport: leaving Tokyo
Time: Early evening​

Kazuya | Edge | Icarus | Darkside


Edge clenched his fist. If Boss was dead...no. No, he couldn't be. Boss wasn't a goddamn moron, if he couldn't win he would have teleported as far away as he could. Hell, he was probably back over in Japan, trying to meet up with them. Darkside had to be lying. He had to be.

Edge shook his head. He had to think clearly, and calmly. "Not buying it, Slithers." Edge shouted. "Boss messed you up pretty bad. I can see that from here. And there are three of us here; two of us made you run like hell at full strength, if I recall. Not only that, but Black Ops over there-" Edge nodded towards Kazuya. "Decided to get his horns on, and brought some fighter jets, which are a tad bit sturdier than helicopters. And the man you killed..." Edge drew his one good sword. "...was my best friend. No matter what happens, you aren't walking away from this with your life."

 

[StormShaun]

???
Location: Skies of Japan, above Tokyo.
Time: Early Evening.

The skies of evening began to settle, just like the life around it. People were hustling back to their homes, families and loved ones. Little did they know many things were happening around them, with many characters involved. A few clouds have appeared in the sky, not enough to disturb anything down below. Little did anyone in the city or world below this sky that a figure would emerge from legend and come to this world for many a purpose.

It all began with a single spark, these sparks flew in the air from nothing and then, lightning. Elemental electricity flooded around the clouds, covering a mile around the city. This electricity soon began to make lines, lines and more lines until it had made what looks like a large circle hovering above the city center. Accompanying this circle was a smaller circle which was similar in size to the master circle but smaller, as if forming a ring like shape in the sky.

Symbols began filling this weird electric ring, weird symbols no one could tell unless they have immersed themselves with magic, dark arts or lore from another world. Finally, the smallest of circles, one that a small person could stand in was formed right in the middle of that large ring. suddenly, more electricity surged towards the center of the ring, towards the small circles. This amount of power was enough to make the city's lights blink on and off.

Finally the electricity was gone, the ring and small included. All that remained were the weird symbols and a hole that seemed covered in a light substance like paper. Then, a rip, as if someone and they indeed did rip a tear in the fabric of this universe. A small object came through, to many it would only be a small dark shape, yet this was a person. "Hmm ... wrong calculations I see, should change that later. Was all he could manage to say before pulling out a small book.

"Now that is done, now where is it ... " The mature yet young like voice rang out, his fingers moving as if he had done this a million times before. "Obice." he said calmly and pointed a finger to his falling body. Suddenly a magical circle appeared behind the man as it blocked and bounced it's way off a radio tower. Right now the height was getting lower and lower, but the magical person knew exactly what to do.

In the path now was one of the largest skyscrapers in Tokyo, the projection was clear and then.
*BAM*
A loud collision between the object and the building's horizontal roof was heard.
Once more a magical circle was below the Wizard as he opened his eyes. Pushing himself up, he inspected his environment. "A building ... this high? Is this suppose to be a castle?" He asked the new world before him.
The circle suddenly faded away into nothing and the wizard dropped down to the roof, but still fixated on the city below him. Slightly looking up, he saw the paper portal close up, as if someone had applied glue to it. Now a star remained in the direction of the portal.

"Well, I never knew a Royal Wizard would end up here. Is this what I get for serving that Arthur?" Another question emerged from his mouth, yet a cocky and happy smile emerged on his face. This was another world were he would learn even more magic and do more good, or his name isn't Merlin.

Spoiler: Merlin

Spoiler: Images

Name: Merlin Ambrosius.
Age: ??? (Presumed around more then a millennium)
Race: Eternal Human.
Class: Master wizard/Royal Druid.
Origin: Arthurian legend/Mabinogi. (A MMO)

Titles: The Wizard, Magical Prankster

Weapon: Lightning crystal/gem gauntlet.
Skills: Master skilled level magic, master of all forms of magic, expierienced brawler.

Apperance: In picture.
Color: Light blue

They say a true genius is born only once in a hundred years. The century Merlin emerged, he changed magic forever. But that was generations ago, and he has faded into history.

And now there are reports of a youth fitting his description helping those in need and pranking evildoers...

He cast his first Lightning Bolt at age three. When he was eleven, he invented his first new spell. By the time he was twenty-three, he'd mastered every known form of magic.

The magic community expected much from Merlin. He was soon made the Royal Castle Druid and put to work on research and defending the kingdom. However, these tasks lacked the challenge to keep Merlin interested, and it wasn't long before he vanished in search of adventure. That was over many, many years ago.

No one knows what Merlin did after that, but they say that if you're ever in need, a Druid fitting Merlin's description will come to your aid. They say he hasn't aged a day, and that he's ever the playful prankster that he was in his youth.

 

[Orinon]

The AA-verse
Location: G-Corporation light transport: leaving Tokyo
Time: Early evening​

Kazuya | Edge | Icarus | Darkside

Darkside laughed cruelly, He moved and something happened that the jet pilots couldn't see but Kazuya and edge caught it, Darkside was extending his arm to make another Ki attack, when suddenly Icarus charged in dropping his guard to get in close, Icarus rammed his elbow as hard as he could into Darksides gut the Mutant let out a cry in pain. Icarus began delivering punches directly to Darksides chest, Kazuya noted that Icarus was attacking on the monsters right, without his right arm it was harder to block incoming attacks.
"Now DIE" He screamed they noticed Black lightning was coursing over his right fist when it connected it transferred to the monster body it howled in pain and delivered a kick to Icarus's face, The young angel backed up, but Darkside wasn't going to let an opening pass he began attacking and Icarus was put on the defensive. He took a lot of blows though he let out another bolt and backed away.
He unslung his sword.
"This sword could kill you, It drains teh life force of whom it strikes and imbibes it into the wielder an expert could slice you to ribbons, but I'm not such." he turned to edge
"catch" he shouted and tossed the sowrd and scabbard to the ninja
"Consider a short term replacement for the one you lost."
he turned and suddenly Darkside had disappeared, he closed his eyes trying to sense the beast, he 'looked' around and suddenly Darkside was behind him and grabbed him tight Icarus struggled as Darkside laughed, he had him in his one good arm. He couldn't fight but then again he could crush the little half angel.
"Now surrender Those crystals to me, or the half angel will die here and now"
Icarus screamed in pain, he struggled Darkside tightened his grip.
"I can hear his bones, they'll start to crack I suggest you hand them over." Darkside laughed cruelly thinking he ad won.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Calming Clearing: Akane, Angelus, Caim, Cz, Jenny, Kalastryn, Lucieon, Melethia, Ryan, Rugal, Slindis, Som

"Now, now, don't go putting ideas in her head..." The Shadow remarked to Ryan's "critical Intel" while Jenny just seemed to get more and more embarrassed.
"J-just did you have to explain that?" She cringed as she backed away while the rest of the group went on high alert, limping away with her bad leg.
"Everyone be on guard, We have no idea what this Shadow can do." Rugal warned as he kept his eye on the branches above, seeing how Melethia's shadow used those as well.
"Look, jus-Listen, We should just leave!"
"Oh come on! What's a little scrap between friends? Tell you what, I'll even start with the one you like the least!"
"W-wha-" She was about to protest before an unseen force plucked Rugal off the ground and into one of the forest's trees, firing him off with enough force to uproot the tree in the process.
"OOOF!...Oh...[sub]Oh, it's going to be one of those fights[/sub]..." He groaned as he picked himself up, wincing from the dozens of splinters be most likely had in his back.
"...So, What?...Going to hide like a coward!?"
"Well, given whom I'm spawned from, it *did* cross my mind once or twice..."
"Oh, the youth and their one liners...So? Going to fight us face on or what?"
"*Sigh*...If you insist..."

After saying that, a black figure descended down on top of the King of Fighters, landing on his shoulders before cracking him over the head with a transparent staff and driving his face into another tree before leaping off again, preventing him from countering.
She landed in the center of the group, appearing to be wearing some sort of Ninja suit and holding a glass-like staff made from her Telekinetic power. (Visual)
"...What's the opposite of 'overwhelmed'? Because that's what I'm feeling right now..." she boasted despite putting herself in a position where she could be easily attacked by basically everyone.

 

[Kalastryn]

As Rugal was repeatedly thrown by Jenny's shadow, Kala had seen just about enough of people getting injured for the day. She summoned Demi with the slash of her Tarot card, activating her death aura. Little did she know her dark and damaging aura, in pokemon logic, could screw with psychic abilities targeting her. "Hey Jenny, got a favor to ask you... make peace with this thing, before or after I slash it into cubes of jelly, I couldn't care less which!" she says as she flew into the air and dropped into a well delivered dive bomb towards the shadow, sword held in front of her.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

The Break Room
Location: Great Library | The Archives of God
Time: Distorted​

Darren | Kyre | Guy who might be who I think it is

Ironically, Darren was the one least concerned with the fact he basically died, after the first 10'000 "Deaths" it tends to lose it's impact.
After becoming pavement pizza, he began to stir again, looking rather annoyed that he did.
"[sub]Death by fall. One of my least favorites...[/sub]" He groaned as he sat up rather unaffected about the fact he fell from such a height.
"...Oh, cool, Suit's intact." Was his reaction tot he fact that his outfit wasn't a bloody mess, one of the reasons he disliked throwing himself off tall buildings as it was a nightmare to clean up.
Now for the setting, he was a little confused: "...A Library?...Urg, I can just see where this is going...Okay, that's actually a lie, I have no idea what the hell is going to happen..." He sighed, aware of the fact he was now in one of Meh and Dissy's trademark wacky sub-plots.
"...Urg, I should have just donated myself to medical science...Or starving Cannibals..." He said before picking up his axe and walking around, glancing around the place as he did.
It was then that he saw someone moving towards them.
"Hey you! Yeah, You!...Where the hell are we?" He called out, unaware of who it was he was talking to.

The AA-verse
Location: Skies over the coast of Tokyo
Time: Early evening​

Kazuya | Edge | Icarus | Darkside

By the time Kazuya made it to the fight, Icarus was currently in the grasp of Darkside, his desire for revenge for someone he hadn't even met yet was quickly his downfall.
[color=9f2b28]"Goddammit..."[/color] He cursed as he landed on one of the wings of the pair of Fighter Jets, he had been in this situation time and time again, where some super powered asshole held someone hostage in exchange for a list of demands.
No matter how many times this happened, it never got easier.
[color=9f2b28]"...He understood the risks. No deal. I don't find his life valuable enough to trade for a world with you in it, I figure he'd agree."[/color] He rather coldly said as he raised his hand for the jets to arm their weapons, seeming to be willing to blow them both up rather then give into Darkside's commands.

All the while, his Bionic Eye remotely zoomed in on the creature's face as Icarus struggled with him in midair, locking on to it as it did.
[color=9f2b28]Please let there be grey matter...[/color] he thought as he made his move, ordering his jets to fire.
In the same instance that the missiles and guns began to fire and got Darkside's attention, he fired off a aimed eye beam for the invader's face, hoping the headshot would give Icarus the opening he needed to get out of the way of the missiles.
Failing that, he wasn't going to lose any more sleep over his death then everyone else's that occurred this day.

Immigration issues
Merlin, G-Corp Soldiers.
Location: Skies of Japan, above Tokyo.
Time: Early Evening.

Not long after Merlin appeared, he realized that something was up as flying machines ruled the sky and metal siege machines rolled freely on the streets.
There was also the glimpse of a mid-air standoff over in the distance, but quickly, that became the least of his concerns.
Behind him, he heard a door get kicked down before a battalion of Strange looking Knights storming in and began taking positions on the rooftop around him.
"Confirmed Extra-Terrestrial, not the target, moving to engage. ATTENTION! WE MEAN NO HARM PROVIDED YOU DON'T INTEND TO HARM US! DISARM ANY WEAPONS AND/OR ABILITIES YOU HAVE AND GET ON THE GROUND WITH YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD! DO THIS AND WILL NOT, I REPEAT, WILL NOT BE HURT! FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS A VIOLENT ACTION AND TERMINATION WILL BE DEEMED NECESSARY!" The Leader of the "Knights" shouted slowly, as if Merlin didn't know how to speak English.
Sheesh, hell of a welcome wagon.

 

[Orinon]

The AA-verse
Location: Skies over the coast of Tokyo
Time: Early evening​

Kazuya | Edge | Icarus | Darkside
Darkside yelled as the blast hit his eyes, Icarus out of desperation used one of his more dangerous techniques
"Banko-urgh Bikun, no bikuri- oh screw this
Thunder Shock Surprise he shouted as He unleashed a finishing technique.
Black lightning coursed through Darksides body he screamed even louder he let go he could feel his energy was almost empty. Icarus then flew away. The Mutant growled as he sank downwards not having the energy to even fly. he let himself fall and swam away. Icarus gasped for breath.
"Kazooie, this is why I didn't trust you, lucky for you I go out of there." he gasped and snapped his fingers making the black sword he tossed to edge disappear.
"And lucky for me he couldn't grab this" he said holding out the red crystal. it floated into the air and dissapeared.
"Now then Can we get something to eat? That took a lot out of me, and before you complain he has no energy a missing arm, and no dagger, he is screwed unless if he finds the remaining crystals but they are still in Tokyo so if he gets them it'll be your fault, like my nearly broken ribs"
He glared at Kazuya there was something oddly familiar about this teenager.