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

[StormShaun]

Technological issues.
Merlin, G-Corp Soldiers.
Location: Random tower roof.
Time: Evening.

"Intriguing, humanity has come far. With or without magic is the question." Merlin said, hand to chin, looking and smiling at humanities creations around him, from the castle to the weird machines in the sky. Seeing black dots came up in his view. "Magnificat." He said quickly and placed one hand over his left eye, shortly after a magical circle was created on top of that hand. This spell intensified his sight and the sight of flying figures was confirmed.

"Look at that magic ... I guess it should have been obvious to sense it. Guess my 'magical compass' isn't set out straight in this world." Merlin said as he gentle placed his hand down, magic circle disappearing as the door was kicked in. Listening to the 'Knight' group's demands, Merlin decided to act kind for a good start in this world.

"Good evening gentlemen, or shall I say Lords, for I do not know which Kingdom or King you serve. While I believe I should be interfering in that business ... " Merlin introduced himself and motioned towards the figures in the air. "But I shall tell you, I have no weapons on me, nor magic affecting the surrounding area. But where are my manners sirs, my name in Merlin, Court Wizard of Camelot and closest advisor of his Magesty, Arthur Pendragon." Merlin said and gave a polite bow, not looking dominating nor looking weak.

Merlin himself hoped that this world knew about him, but judging the environment around him, he may look like a joke. Already he had to adjust his manner of speaking in this world and if he had to, he would prove himself of his fame or legend one way or the other.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

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

Kazuya | Edge | Icarus | Darkside

Once Icarus broke free of Darkside's grasp and the mutant was sent down into the sea below, The two jets instantly began to hover above the water, using radar equipment to track the villain while Kazuya watched from above in case Darkside tried to give him the slip again.
[color=9f2b28]"While I confess that your survival was a secondary objective compared to stopping Darkside from getting those gems, I can assure you that comment was mostly a ruse to buy time so I could take the shot. Besides, if we want to talk about trust issues, you haven't even told me your name or how you even got those gems."[/color] He explained to the half angel as he was focused on finding a body.
It was then that he saw something that filled him with anger: In spite of his constant warnings, Icarus held onto one of those gems for himself, risking the entire operation and possibly their lives if Darkside realized he had it on him.

Suppressing his body shaking in anger, he then slowly began to break down the situation without so much as raising his voice.
[color=9f2b28]"1. My name is Kazuya Mishima.
2. I fail to see how I was responsible for an injury to your thoracic cage when I made zero psychical contact with you thus far.
3. You got out of there because of me, The fact I was able to make that shot is directly the reason we are even talking.
4. Trust or not, there was a massive flaw in your reasoning of bringing Darkside exactly what he was after.
5. On the matter of trust, I trusted you to hand over the Gems so my organisation could secure them, only to find out that instead, you withheld one for yourself.
6. Even if you didn't trust me with the gems, I highly doubt that you thought about what would happen I had not been able to make that shot and Darkside managed to obtain the gem off your person. And that, would have been your fault.
7. And I am going to do though this very slowly: your poor judgement in relation to these gems placed you, me, my men and the population of the entire city of Tokyo at risk. All it would have took was Darkside picking your pocket back when he had you dead to rights and none of us might have been able to stop him."[/color]

The half demon then leaned in closer to the half angel, Not looking very happy and finished with: [color=9f2b28]"And I am well aware of my obligations to my city and I will complain if you do something that puts it at risk like this again. Do I make myself clear?"[/color]
Without waiting for an answer, he turned to Edge and said [color=9f2b28]"I have some more jets en route. They will help you look for Boss. I'm not entirely certain of his fate, but know I will spare no expense if needed. And Darkside will pay for every life he took today."[/color]
Thus he stepped up his search for remains of either Boss or Darkside...

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

"...eerrrmmmm, Unit 4 to Base, Tango non-hostile. Receding alert. over." The Leader radioed before his men stood down, though they kept their eye on Merlin, while he didn't "Look" like an Alien, they knew that he didn't have to.
"...Okay..."Merlin". We have reason to believe that this world is not your own. While we can't confirm how this came to pass at this moment in time, we do have means to return you to your own realm. Before we do so, we'd like to take you to our..."Castle" to you to meet our..."King...Do you understand what I'm telling you?" The CO said slowly, making sure he was being clear on the matter, Kazuya would totally fire him in a second if Merlin so much as broke a window under his watch.
"Unit 4 to base, being Tango in for questioning. Get Dr. Violet on the line, he knows this sorta of thing better then we do." The Leader then said before motioning for Merlin to follow him and his men.

 

[StormShaun]

New time, new people. Better or worse, nobody knows.
Merlin, G-Corp Soldiers.
Location: A skyscraper.
Time: Early Evening.

Looking at his 'welcome party', Merlin wasn't going to start unnecessary engagement, yet his intrigue only kept on growing, so much new is laid out in front of him, this only meant that his learning was not yet done. "Oh I already know this world isn't my own. I believe that this was either a random outcome or fate itself brought me here." Merlin said, addressing the first two problems that the soldiers had. The gems and crystals on Merlin's clothing and gauntlets had stopped glowing, for the presence of magic flowing through the magician were stopped for now, necessary to have a non-aggressive interaction.

"As how I came here ... I intended to create a portcullis to another world and time. My newest spell was indeed the result of this, sure, I am experienced at creating a world portcullis, but one going to another world ... that is what my newest spell was for." Merlin's cocky smile had faded into neutral concern, for he remembered how many forbidden spells he had remembered to avoid a bitter future, these spells were used to battle such foes as Mordred. "Of course this was for research, I would never use the "Paperella" portcullis for such bad intentions." Merlin said once more, beginning to follow the soldier. [sub]"That tis a good name."[/sub] A whisper said.

"But if I could ... I would rather stay here for a bit. As the Wizard of the land, I feel like it is my duty to learn everything I can, especially anything connected to the magical sense." Merlin's honesty was practically bleeding out at this point, but yet ... "And just to mention, no one should touch me ... I would hate for them to get any foreign magic on them." Merlin said, cocky smile still present, was this a warning or a thread?

In the mind of the genius Wizard, his concern was growing. He did notice that they were trying to keep things simple, so that they would not complicate the mind of this man, yet Merlin's mind was ever-growing. Yet his concern was for this "Doctor", for he had never heard of the term before, but it certainly was a important position. Walking with the soldiers, the Wizard kept quiet, continuously thinking, from ways to get out to ways to keep the peace, the only worry was what would these people do to him.

Looking down at his Lightning Gem, Merlin was annoyed that he had to stop his magical circuit for now, but it was all for peace, this was important, for he is pretty much a diplomat.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Violet Time! (sorry this is late)
Merlin, Violet
Location: G-Corp, Floor 69 (Violet Systems)
Time: Early Evening.

Merlin was quickly escorted though the streets of the city, the Soldiers starting to ease up a little now that the Darkside matter had seemed to have been resolved.

*Scene skip because I can't be arsed writing how Merlin got there*

The next thing the Wizard knew, he was in a sort of lab, like a Alchemist's, but a lot more advanced, metal machines taking up large parts of the room with bits and pieces of robots littering the floor.
"~Just a minute!~" shouted a somewhat effeminate voice as banging noises could be heard before the man himself made his appearance.
"Sorry about the mess, oh, it's all steam ahead these days. I tell ya, Kazuya needs to learn what a Holiday is, I had tickets to a Musical. All dressed up and no-where to go..." Violet Sighed as he tip toed though the mess that the sudden mobilization of the G-Corp army caused.
"So you're the "Alien" then? Merlin, right? Well, I..." He paused before shaking his hair in a manner ripped right from a shampoo ad, slow motion, glitter and all.
"-Am the wonderful, beautiful and Excellent! Violet and I Welcome you to our still patch of heaven!" She then finished his overly long greeting before bowing vainfully.

 

[000Ronald]

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

Kazuya | Edge | Icarus

If Edge's gloves were any thinner, his hands would be bleeding; his fists were clenched so tight he couldn't feel them anymore. Here he was, a ninja and guerrilla fighter with almost forty years of experience, a marksman so skilled he could throw something the wrong way and it would still hit dead-center, not to mention more magical powers than most people had any practical fucking use for, and he was still totally and completely inept. And he hated it. He hated it. That's how he'd spent half of is life, that's why he was who he was now, and he promised himself, he promised himself, if anything ever happened to Boss-

But the ************ had to pick a fight over the water, the one place he was always useless. So Edge had stood here. Useless. Sure, he could throw a couple knives at the thing, or maybe hit it with one or two Ninja Arts, but there was absolutely no way for him to go over and stab it. The Ninja Arts were very deliberately not meant to kill; well, a handful of them were, but they were all the hardest to pull off, and weren't meant to be relied upon. No, Edge was fast enough to run on water, and clever enough to run on air if he needed to, but he couldn't do both at the same time.

So he had stood here. Useless. As Icarus got taken hostage, and Kazuya had all but taken care of the situation. And now Darkside was gone, but probably not dead, and without any doubt long gone. And there was not a damn thing Edge could do about it. And he hated it.

So let us out, Sinh. You know how ea-

Quick as a blink, Edge imagined an orange door in his mind and slammed it shut. Bastard wasn't getting out, not today. Not ever if he had any say in it, but especially not today. That's the one thing Edge knew he could do right.

Far away, Kazuya was shouting at Icarus. Something about keeping the gems safe. Wait, Icarus still had one? Goddamn moron, what was he thinking? Kazuya summed up the situation pretty well; he had a damn good head on his shoulders, an even temper, a strong sense of responsibility, and Edge could even forgive his ruthless pragmatism.

Kazuya turned to Edge.

[color=9f2b28]"I have some more jets en route. They will help you look for Boss. I'm not entirely certain of his fate, but know I will spare no expense if needed."[/color] Kazuya doubled up one of his fists. It was a subtle gesture, but Edge noticed it, and saw exactly where Kazuya's priorities were. [color=9f2b28]"And Darkside will pay for every life he took today."[/color]

Edge nodded, but didn't look at Kazuya. "You're damn right he will. I'll make sure of it with my bare hands if need be."

Kazuya nodded. [color=9f2b28]"I'm not sure how close the two of you were, but...for what it's worth, I'm sorry. Boss was a good man."[/color]

"Is." Edge said. "He's not dead yet."

Kazuya frowned. [color=9f2b28]"If he's alive, we'll find him. If he's dead, we'll recover-"[/color]

"He's at The Rising Dawn." Edge said, still scanning the water.. "Has to be. He may be hurt, but he's not dying, he's too smart to let someone get that close to him. And there are people there that can protect him if need be."

Kazuya took all this in and nodded. [color=9f2b28]"Is that where you're headed?"[/color]

Edge nodded, and looked to Kazuya. He'd seen demons up close before, even killed a few; A big scaly caprice didn't scare him anymore. "It's my job to protect Boss, same as it's yours to protect Tokyo."

Kazuya nodded knowingly, but said nothing.

"That being said..." Edge continued, looking away. "I have no idea where The Rising Dawn would be. Boss has some sort of weird...sonar...tracking sense that I've never fully understood; if he's seen something, he knows where it is. I don't have that. So...you wouldn't happen to know where it is, would you?"

 

[StormShaun]

Violent Time!
Merlin, Violet
Location: G-Corp, Floor 69 (Violet Systems)
Time: Early Evening.

While being transported through the streets of Tokyo by the kind guardsmen of G-Corp, Merlin was looking around everywhere. The technology was what most interested him, metal carriages, long plain clothing and some people even wore some kind of fabric masks. The city was in a state of small panic, with both Merlin's entrance and the figures above the city. Not just noticing the technology, Merlin inspected the culture around him.

The symbols interested him, not the English nor symbols he knew. Merlin knew this was not the land he came from, but this was highly interested, how many other places were like this? How many other lands had different cultures? The smile of intrigue was smeared onto his face. Yet the figures still came to mind, were they going to cause trouble? If so, he might have to step in.

Then one of the biggest buildings came into view.
This was the "Castle" they talked about.

*After scene skip*

Walking into the room made out of the 'designed' stone, Merlin's gaze went everywhere in a mere second. The weird metal machines, the weird metal creatures ... and most of all, the weird 'alchemist' he saw in front of him interested him greatly. The clothes of the man were bright, it almost reminded him of the maidens inside of Camelot's castle, and his talking was fruity, like some of the jesters in Arthur's court.

"Nice to meet you, as you have heard ... the name is, Merlin." Said the Magician, keeping careful about his words, still not used to the language or English of the men here. "Not really an ... ugh ... a "alien" as you may have said, just a complicated problem with a complex magic rhythm." Merlin said, giving a graceful bow as well. Rising back up, Merlin looked at his hair, wondering if he could grow it longer, but that thought was wiped out, as to listen why he is here in this advanced room.

"So what scrolls do I need to sign so I may leave and find then nearest library?"

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

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

The Shadow didn't flinch at Kalastryn made her move, standing perfectly still as the Tiefling lunged at her, She had seen this coming and knew exactly what she was going to do.
As Kala drew near, she brought up her staff to block her incoming sword swing before striking with an elbow to her face and following up with A strong swing to her skull with minimal movement between attacks.
"Predictable. Most people are, it's one of the reasons Jenny stopped reading minds: you read the mind of one slow stupid jack-off, you've read them all." She taunted as Jenny watched, prompting her to try and talk her down.
"Please! There is no need to do this!"
"Well, actually, there is, See, I got tired of laying on the ground being helpless as my friends die." It retorted, using Jake's recent death to silence her before turning back to the rest of the group.
"Well...Go on. Make your attacks in vain, I can see them all coming..." She gloated, clearly using her mental powers to predict any and all moves the party made.

Rugal paused for a moment before smirking, he knew ways to work around Telepaths reading his mind to predict his moves.
"Everyone, Don't think! Empty your thou-URK!" He went to shout out before feeling an unseen force grip around his throat, choking him as it lifted him a few feet off the ground.
The Problem was: The Shadow knew that he knew that.
"...Did someone hear something?...You're doing to need to speak up, Rugie." She quipped as she held a hand out to Force Choke him: Darth Vader Style.

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

"Sheesh, you don't need to go that far!" Deadshot remarked to the praise he was getting from Annie, though he went along with the toast anyway, noting her reaction as he did.
She seemed a little nervous for some reason, though he figured he had some idea why.
"...Still, Considering the amount of shit I gave ya since your Shadow had a go, I figured it was the least I could do." He explained as he began hatching a rather nasty ploy in his mind.
"...Want to go to a private room in the back and just fuck each other's brain's out?" He asked rather matter of fact manner all of a sudden.

<Insert Annie's Reaction here>

"HAHAHAHAHA! Ah, Relax! I'm just pulling the piss. I don't put out on the first date anyway. Heheheheh...Oh, I'm a terrible person..." he then said afterwards.

David meanwhile was getting the lay of the land from the other Shadow Ops members, attempting to get some information on their comrades who went on to arrest Nise-Mono, though he wasn't getting much out of them.
After failing to get anything there, he tried calling the group on his ring: Nothing.
"Hey guys, Can any of you reach Rugal and them? Can't seem to get a signal on this damn thing..." He asked the others, holding the ring up in the air as if he was holding a cell phone trying to get a bar of reception.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Welcome to the Internet
Merlin, Violet
Location: G-Corp, Floor 69 (Violet Systems)
Time: Early Evening.

Violet couldn't help but let out a laugh when Merlin asked for Scrolls.
"My, My, your realm is going freak out when they invent Computer Tablets...Least they have hair dye where you come from." He remarked before hopping on a office chair and sliding over to a computer.
Pulling out a Mic, he then said "Oh Agent K? (Kazuya) Brian's boys brought in a Alien, straight out of inter-space. Get over here when you can and see if they have any of those nice cream crackers I like on the way over. Bye!~".
Hanging up, he then said "Kazy will be here in a moment, he's going to talk to you, give you the laws of the land and such non-sense. As for your library...".
A few buttons later, he opened up the Web Browser and a strange image appeared on the display:

"Lets get you up to speed, shall we? Just say what you want to look for into this. Go on, see what we know." He then said before connecting a wireless mic and giving it to him.
Welcome to the 21st century Merlin!

 

[StormShaun]

Information, myth and reality.
Merlin, Violet
Location: G-Corp, Floor 69 (Violet Systems)
Time: Early Evening.

Still gaining a weird feeling from the word "Alien", Merlin was instantly distracted by the metal frame that glowed and spelled words on a pane of glass. "Interesting ... interesting indeed." Merlin said to himself as he pulled a seat towards him, understanding that it had wheels on the bottom of it's object frame. Noting what Violet said, he gave a nod as he moved to the microphone, not afraid or hesitating to learn about what this world knows about him.

Over a number of short minutes, Merlin had searched for multiple keywords.
The first was obviously "King Arthur", his lord, student, mentor and best friend.
"Hmm, interesting, in my tale the King was actually a woman ... and not killed my Mordrid. Funny enough, we became immortal through one way or another." Merlin commented.

After that, he searched through multiple words once more.
Excalibur.
Camelot.
England.
Terran/Earth.
Stars
Universe.
Magic.
God.
And finally, himself, Merlin.

"While I do have white hair, I am certainly not old. I became immortal after drinking from the Holy Grail. And I see that mostly related to me is myth or legend, especially Excalibur, which certainly lies at the bottom of the lake ... but I have been seeking much about it, just like God and the Universe." Merlin began to speak, but cut himself off quickly to stop blagging about too much of his research, especially since this person may become a rival.

"One more question ... what about magic? Does it exist? And does the public use it?" Merlin looked towards Violet with a curious gleam. Merlin himself found the name to be funny, who would be named after a colour? Certainly Merlin could spend much time in this place and research numbers of words and keywords, yet, the trust of the old paged book remained in him. Lets only hope he doesn't get into the British Library.

 

[Kalastryn]

Well, Kala should have expected that the shadow would have expected that. The blow to her head was forceful enough to push her away, but didn't actually hurt. That's when Rugal was getting force choked, after she assumed he was referencing the shadows ability to read minds. She had an idea, but she made it vanish quickly so that while the shadow was distracted they wouldn't have read it. She kept her mind as blank as she could. In fact.., she summoned Demi and changed forms... again. To any onlookers, it would seem as though her flesh suddenly rotted and decayed, though not to a degree of injury. She smelled a slight bit unpleasant as a result, but as Jenny's shadow might have detected... her thoughts were truly blank, or at least, they appeared that way. If you've ever tried to read or effect the mind of a zombie, it's a pretty wasted effort, and a damn well blank read. Kala could think because she was such a genius (34 Int. In DnD terms, the average Joe has 8.) but by assuming the form of a mindless undead, her thoughts were shielded.
"So... you know... what I think? I think... that your... done." She dragged out, apparently it taking a temporary toll on her mind, but not enough to where it would be forever damaged.

Spoiler: Zombie Form

Kala takes on the form of a zombie, and loses the effects from shroud of the vampire. She takes a -2 penalty to intelligence, and a -4 to charisma. In return, her mind is shielded by the fact that zombies are mindless, as well as a +2 to constitution and strength, Ironically making her tougher, stronger, and "healthier." She also gains a DR/slashing, meaning that only sharp cutting weapons are fully effective against her rotted, toughened flesh and dead vitals. bludgeoning and stabbing weapons are as a result, less than effective.

Kala tried the same flying stunt again, or so it seemed. When the shadow went to repeat the same effect, Kala rolled forward midair, dodging the blow to her skull and slamming her heel on the shadows head with as much force as she could muster. Ouch. Any counterattacks were met with a dodge, but not a retaliation... unbeknownst to the shadow, she was letting her aura do the work of harming it, slowly and repeatedly hitting them with dark energy.

 

[000Ronald]

The AA-verse
Location: Southern Minnesota
Time: Late night/early morning​

Boss

Boss slammed into the ground hard enough that he left a six-foot long gash where he landed. He was hurting. He was hurting bad. He couldn't remember being hurt this bad before, and it terrified him.

Boss slowly climbed out of the hole he had made, and rolled over onto his back. He couldn't feel his right arm at all; he raised it up, hoping it was still there. It was, of course; but there was a knife or a dagger of some kind sticking out of it. Blood welled on both sides, running up and down and all around his arm. Boss took several deep, gasping breaths, and closed his eyes. Grabbing the dagger by the hilt, he tore it out of his arm in one clean motion, and threw it as hard as he could. It didn't go far; he heard it land with a thick thud maybe five feet away.

Boss opened his eyes again, and looked around. He had landed in...not somewhere heavily forested enough to be called a forest, but still a pretty heavily wooded area. It was dark out; the only thing illuminating the night was the half-moon floating up in the sky. There were no animals or bugs or birds making any sounds, not that he could hear; but thought he heard a stream or a brook somewhere in the distance. And it was freezing out. Like, literally freezing; there was a layer of snow on the ground at least a foot thick. Feeling had come back to his arm, and it was hurting like a *****, and freezing on top of that; but he lacked the strength to pick himself up, even telekinetically. He wasn't sure what he was thinking coming here, but in hindsight it was very clearly a bad idea.

Somewhere in the distance, there was a clamor. Boss thought he saw a light, heard someone stomping through the snow, but wasn't cognizant enough to be sure. He needed to rest. He'd had a really, really hard day. Or...hour...or...something. It hadn't been...

 

[Orinon]

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

Kazuya | Edge | Icarus
Icarus Looked around He pulled out a small device, He opened it up, the device served a few functions a communication device, a GPS Map to name a few, it looked a lot like a small gaming hand held.
Using the stylus he pinged through a few functions before getting a track on the Dawn.
"Hey umm guys I think the Rising Dawn isn't too far away. Well if you can fly I guess, it isn't too far away." he said and lowered his head. He got a fix on it's location.
"Umm I'm gonna go over there, I think maybe I could get the sensors to get a fix on Darkside, and maybe find a way to kill it. I'l see if I can find Boss if he;s alive I think I can run the medical bay by myself, there's everything we;d need in there to heal him of any injuries."
With that the Half angel flew in the direction of the dawn moving as fast as he could.

"I'll do whatever it takes that monster can't be allowed to cause any more damage, I hope that Ninja was right, because I dont want to believe that someone like Boss could be killed by that monster, it took a massive explosion to weaken him.
No what am I thinking he has to be alive, I just hope everything is ok
I wonder if I'll run into Him"

 

[NotYetForsaken]

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

Lucieon turned his head toward the Shadow and watched with mild contempt. There were several things that had happened. First, the shadow had made herself known. Then it had struck away Kalastryn easily, and again once more. It had read rugal's thoughts and begun to force choke him, and the very last, Ryan... the Dragon Disciple, had decided it a good idea to *lick* the creature.

He held out his card, "Nothing but a ghost and a shadow," he grumbled as he commanded Ornstein telepathically. Ornstein stepped forward with his spear in hand, and Lucieon broadcast his thoughts deafeningly by using his Princess Guard Ring as a catalyst.

[HEADING=1]"Command Economy: Reflation!" he roared over the quiet of the forest clearing.[/HEADING]

A confusing thought to any mind not addled with textbook-terms-turned-attack-names as Lucieon's own. The Undead Merchant smirked as his card opened up, revealing a transparent circle in the middle where his current net worth was displayed. Suddenly the number dropped sharply. At the same time Ornstein's electric field increased in strength ten fold, sending blinding light outward in a brilliant flash of yellow-gold color.

Lucieon turned his card over, the number dropped sharply again, "Macroflation! Command Economy: Lump-Sum Taxation!" Ornstein thrust his spear toward the shadow, seeking to pierce its heart... uncaring if Ryan was struck by the lightning. It was light gathered into a lance of holy strength, the power of the sun. All of its gathered rays in the trees and earth into one lump sum.

The (Un)real World
Location: Sears Tower | Chicago
Time: 5:00 PM​

Titania | Deborah

Titania watched the door close and the bell vanish. She knew what was going on now, and she didn't like it one bit. SHe turned to Deborah who was busy sulking in the corner, looking rather neglected. The little white-haired magi sighed and waved to signal Deborah to come over, which she did, and sat her down in front of herself so that Deborah was now at eye level.

"Read to me what's happening to them," Titania commanded sternly.

Deborah nodded as if she was less than enthusiastic. The Blue Mage pulled a worn leatherbound tome from her cloak and opened it, picking out a page that was recording everything Kyre was thought to be thinking and began to read aloud.

The Break Room
Location: The Grand Library | Archives of God
Time: Infinite​

Darren | Kyre | Unknown Figure

I was thinking, something, but my mind's all fuzzy. I can't exactly make it out. There's someone above us, but he's hooded. His cloak obscured his face. He said something under his breath. I cannot hear him. My heart is beating fast and I can't help but get swept up in excitement. After so long my body is turning on without my conscious thought. My muscles tense and my breath draws fast, Darren moves ahead of me. His axe in hand. He's addressing the man above. He's being very aggressive.

The man above sweep across the suspended walkways that run across the towers of bookshelves. Darren seems unhappy about it. But there is something about the man that is familiar. Darren walks forward. Is he ignoring me? I tried to talk to him a little earlier. He didn't say anything. I should be more polite. But. I feel anxious. I want to get moving. My hand is already around Fang's hilt and I pull on the obsidian blade lightly. It's cool and smooth in my hand, unblemished by years of neglect. I move forward, my free hand finds its way to Darren's shoulder. I tug on his shirt. It's soft in my and and a little loose on his body. He turns around, masked face looking at me. It reminds me of the mask I used to wear. I suddenly feel sad, but I do not think. I pull him forward.

We are both running. Running through the darkness. I cannot see very well, the dusty air puts strain on my good eye. I blink hard, tears are coming. Bookshelves fly by, papers are everywhere. I catch glimpses of some of them. Text, written in language I cannot understand, others have some pictures on them. Different pictures of many different types and things. We keep running. The hooded man is in front of us. He has a combat staff. I'm afraid, I'm excited. Who is this person? He seems so familiar.

He turns around, wild eyes stare at us from the dark. Lonely eyes. I have seen them before. I know this person.

[color=cc8899]"Leave me along you crazy hooligans!"[/color] he said. He was jumping backward now from shelf to shelf, cloak flapping around him. I tug harder on Darren. He stumbles, he's not used to running this fast, and jumping so much. He is too heavy for me to carry. I make him endure it. I speed up, we speed up. We can't catch the man in front of us, he's too fast.

I feel alone...

Darren is behind me complaining about something, but I cannot hear him. I am caught up in the moment. The wind around me, though dusty and stale, is still the air of chase. I have prey and I feel free. I want to kill and eat and sleep. I want to drown in pleasure. Where does this come from? I feel young, but I know I am not. I draw Fang into the air, and he makes a sharp cutting noise as he frees himself from the scabbard. The ebony blade shines bright in the moody light of the library. Where does this light come from? Why do I care. I lung forward and hit the man, letting go of Darren. I move faster without Darren. I catch up and I strike, once, twice. I hit something hard, but I do not think it is the man. Something hard hits me in the head, I blink, stunned. I can't seem to see straight, but I feel him. I feel him trying to run. I lunge again and grab him, we both fall. We fall far and hit the ground hard.

I am unconscious? But I feel good. I feel alive, I want to..

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

Darren | Puce | Kyre

[color=cc8899]"What do you want!?"[/color] Puce screamed. Kyre was sitting ontop of him and holding his neck in a deadlock with her thighs. Fang, her obsidian dagger was dug deep into his cloak, pinning him into the floor. Puce was a mess, his hair long and his face scruffy and worn with exhaustion. Kyre was panting, face red. She wasn't as young as she once was it seemed, but she still had her hunter's vigor in her soul. Puce turned his eyes toward Darren, approaching the two entangled fighters. He was out of breath and dragging his fire axe behind him. [color=cc8899]"I'll say it again, what do you want writer?"[/color]

Kyre giggled and laughed while Darren and Puce stared each other down. His messenger bag was filled with paper parcels, most of them alchemical texts and magical recipes. But some were just pictures of a particular blue-haired girl.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Personaverse
Location: Calming Clearing | Shadow Zone
​

Akane | Angelus | Caim | Cz | Jenny | Kalastryn | Lucieon | Melethia | Ornstein | Ryan | Rugal | Slindis | Som

Kalastryn's "Crazy enough to work" ploy was crazy enough to work, after all, Who the hell expects someone turning themselves into a zombie?
Certainly not the Shadow as Kala managed to connect with her attack, clearly having a large effect as the Shadow was downed, while she was far more dangerous then Jenny, she bruised just as much and the Dark Aura didn't exactly help.
"Grrrr...Just when I thought you couldn't get any dumber." she growled, sounding a little tired, at she tried to land a counter hit with her staff, failing to do so as Kala was still mobile enough to dodge.
It was then she waved her hand towards the pile of arrows Rugal pulled out of his body after Mel's fight, using her power to send them flying towards her legs and wings, hoping to slow her down to limit her threat.

It was then that an image appeared in her head, one that confused the hell out of her: Mostly naked Anime school girls.
"I-i...What?" She asked, competely bewildered, out of all the times to think about THAT!
"...Ryan, What in the name of was th-" she was going to ask before the Author Licked her across the face.
She froze for a second, shuddering and retching a little, not really out of pain, but more the fact that it was EXTREMELY unpleasant.
Once she was composed though, she was livid, if the staff to the crotch he received followed by her repeatedly striking him in the face and body while he was down didn't make that clear.
[HEADING=2]"GAAHHH! YOU FUCKING PERVERTED FUCKING HORNY FUCKING MALE FUCKS ARE ALL THE GODDAMN SAME!"[/HEADING] She screamed as she laid into him, clearly not impressed by the Dragonoid's antics.

Still, while that plan didn't exactly work, the distraction gave Lucien time to charge up Ornstein's attack as well as keeping the Shadow from seeing it coming.
Thus, the Lance flew towards the Shadow, even a last minute Reflect barrier doing little to stop it's impact before the Shadow was knocked out her feet and sent sliding across the ground.
Hell, if she hadn't gotten that barrier up, it'd most likely would have taken her out, judging by the amount of cuts and gashes she received from it.
Her mask was bent and dented, prompting her to discard it as she picked herself up, revealing a fire red color in her hair in contrast to her host's leaf green.
"ohhhhh...lets see you try that again..." she said before holding her hand out and using Confusion.
The next thing Lucien knew, his mind was under attack as pain flooded his body and everything in his view began to distort and warp.
Lucien is Confused! He might hurt himself in his confusion.[footnote]The Wiki says it's a 50:50 chance of him hurting himself. Have fun![/footnote]

Personaverse
Location: Club Escapade
​

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

While Deadshot did get a chuckle out of his horrible prank, most people have a hard time laughing off a martial arts kick.
"OHHHH-...[sub]okay, I had that one coming[/sub]..." He groaned as he laid on the ground, the wind taken out of him before Annie confronted him afterward.
"You're in my good graces, but don't expect anything from me... yet." she stated before walking off, leaving him to process that remark.
"...Tch!...Yeah...This totally beats Jail..." he chuckled as he picked up his drink and carried on, not bothering to pick himself off the ground as he did.

David was going to ask what exactly Deadshot said to justify him getting knocked flat on his ass, but he decided not to pry.
"Hmmmm...Pretty sure it was a place called "Duck Burger". Sure, it's just a fast food joint, what the hell could have done wrong?..."
...
David repeated this statement out loud in his head, using the vast collection of experiences he had with the Rising Dawn thus far.
"...Okay, I think they might be in trouble. Shit! Oi, guys! Get ready, we're heading out the second Mitsuru gets here!" He then shouted to the rest of the group, Knowing their luck, their crew-mates were in fucking Narnia or something...

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

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

Kazuya | Edge | Icarus

Kazuya wasn't entirely sure if Edge was correct on Boss's current location, but nodded anyway in response to the question.
[color=9f2b28]"We do, but we've been unable to track it for the last few days. I understand first hand that the airship is a hot spot for abnormalities. Portals, Rifts, Teleportation, That sort of thing. It's not uncommon for them to disappear off the face of the earth for weeks on end. Rest assured though, it's still around, we know that much for a fact."[/color] He explained as Icarus managed to get a bead on the Dawn's location somehow.
[color=9f2b28]"Do what you wish, though I highly doubt that the Dawn is in our realm at this moment in time. Besides, we're not done here yet."[/color] He said as the second detachment of jets arrived.
[color=9f2b28]"All units spread out and patrol the water, report everything from dead fish to floating trash. I want Darkside's body. The Coast guard will make sure he doesn't wash up. You have your orders, Compete them."[/color] He ordered before his transport showed up, fresh after delivering the gems.
[color=9f2b28]"Now then, I need to get back to G-Corp, no doubt the government is asking why I had the city locked down. You are free to join me if you want to make your own way back."[/color] He said to Icarus and Edge before flying into the hanger, pausing and kneeling as he reverted back to his human form, seeming to be rather drained as a result.

Information, myth and reality.
Merlin, Violet
Location: G-Corp, Floor 69 (Violet Systems)
Time: Early Evening.

Violet was busy trying to play something called "Flappy Bird" on a rectangle shaped piece of metal when Merlin asked him about magic.
"Hm?...Oh, why yes. Yes, magic still persists around the world. The Bossman just prefers to use technology instead. As Arthur C. Clarke stated: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"." He explained as brought up another "Spell" from that metal he was holding, playing a piece of classical music that would take an entire orchestra to re-create in a theater.
"Sure, we're not *AS* good as Magic in some areas, human enhancement and other skills, but we're getting there."

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

The Break Room
Location: The Grand Library | Archives of God
Time: Infinite​

Darren | Kyre | Puce

"*Gasp Gasp* ...Nice-*Pant* one..." Darren gasped for air, seeing how he was attending a course in computer networking, athletics wasn't his strong suit.
"Alright...All we wanted was directions, I mean, I have no idea where the hell this place...Or "What" it is. So if you could jus-...!!" He went to ask before his attention turned to bag Puce was carrying before Kyre managed to detain him.
It was ironic that he didn't realize that it was Puce, I mean, even with the great amount of detail Dissy gave his posts, they were wasted on this moron so he couldn't tell that the partner of the woman he was trying to kill was right in front of him!
What he did realize was that the pictures were of Kurumu or at least a woman that could be described as a blue haired pair of breasts on legs.
"...Jackpot...Alright, doing to ask a simple question, going to get a simple answer from you. 1 question, 1 answer. Okay, This woman right here, Her name is Kurumu...Kur....Kura...Kuroa....Corona...uhhhh..."
"...Kurono?"
"Thank you! What she said. Okay, so we're trying to find her, kinda need some help with that. So...Question: Where is Kurumu Kurono...
OH! And, heh, I-i know I said 1 question, but, um, if also give us directions from here to where she is, I'll tell my friend here to stop crushing your in-between her legs...So...yeah..."
Thus he stood there awkwardly as he waited for Puce to spill the beans.

 

[StormShaun]

Information, myth and reality.
Merlin, Violet
Location: G-Corp, Floor 69 (Violet Systems)
Time: Early Evening.

Intrigued by the vast amounts of technology in this world, Merlin could only state one thing."But don't forget, magic is also ever growing, so it is logical that technology will not surpass it or even reach some places that magic goes to ... but that is true for the opposite too." Merlin said nodding to himself, his fingers now tapping at the alphabetical item in front of him. Right now even Merlin was learning how to use a computer, hoping that he could make a spell to make a magical computer of sorts.

"Maybe consulting a library would be better ... " Merlin mumbled as he typed up other multiple words before searching them. "So ... when is you ... umm ... "Leader", going to get back? I actually wish to explore this world." Merlin said, while trying to figure out how to talk and learn this world's language. Shortly after, Merlin made a weird graceful motion, each movement flooding with a strange feeling ... it was obviously magic.

"Ah, excuse me ... sometimes my magical energy escapes, one of the bad points of being very powerful in this area of expertise." Merlin said immediately stopping his movement, the weird feeling disappearing with the glow of his gems and crystals, but Violet could feel where this was coming from easily, a overwhelming flooding sensation of magic was coming from Merlin before fading away.

 

[000Ronald]

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

Kazuya | Edge | Icarus

Move instantly from one place to another, up to fifty feet. Useful for evading attacks and getting to hard-to-reach places.

Icarus and Edge slammed into the hangar with surprising force. Well, Icarus slammed into the hanger, Edge more skidded. "What was that for?" Icarus shouted.

"We're coming with you." Edge said, standing up.

"No, I'm going-"

Edge grabbed a fistful of the Angel's tunic and slammed him against the nearest wall. The look in his eyes was just short of murder. "You have shown a callous disregard for your own well being, and a profound lack of good judgement. Now you can keep that gem you're carrying, I won't take it from you, but as long as you have it, I'm going to be keeping an eye on you. And being as I'm going to be following Kazuya over here-"

"Yeah?" Icarus said. "Well what about Boss?"

Edge sighed, and loosened his grip on Icarus. "I have to trust that Boss is OK. Which I do; I know he has good judgement, I've seen it firsthand. I would go so far to say his judgement is better than mine, actually." Edge shook his head. "But that's not the point. As long as that...that thing is still alive, I'm going to stay with the person who can find it fastest. And so far as I know, that person is this guy." Edge pointed to Kazuya. "And as long as you're carrying that gem around, you're staying with me. No arguments."

 

[Ninjamedic]

A NEW CHALLENGER APPEARS.
Merlin, Violet
Location: G-Corp, Floor 69 (Violet Systems)
Time: Early Evening.

As the conversation between the wizard and the doctor about the bizarre and inconsistent nature of the universe continued, the room began to rumble. Every few seconds, a tremor shook the room, accompanied by the distant sound of an explosion, statring feint but then thundering through the building. The noise reached its climax as the wall burst open in an explosion, blowing the wall apart as if it was paper. When the dust settled, a giant figure stood, appearing to be reloading a rocket launcher before holstering it (or whatever you do with a launcher, don't look at me like at that!). He walked into the room, pointing at Violst before his voice boomed across the room.

"YOU. I ORDERED MY PIZZA OVER 40 MINUTES AGO. WHAT THE F*CK IS GOING ON HERE? DO I HAVE TO MAKE IT MYSELF?! BECAUSE I DOUBT YOUR KITCHEN CAN HANDLE MY CULINARY BADASSERY!"

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

CHALLENGE DENIED!
Merlin, Violet, SHIRTLESS MAN!
Location: G-Corp, Floor 69 (Violet Systems)
Time: Early Evening.

Needless to say, before Violet could answer, his explanation was interrupted by their "Guest".
As someone who spent most of his work miles away from anything that remotely resembled a fight, Violet was not exactly in the best frame of mind to deal with this sudden intruder.
The Shellshock from the explosion most likely didn't help either as he was knocked off his feet by the force of the explosion.
"*Cough Cough* W-w-wha?! Whe-how-...What pizza!?" He shouted though the ringing in his ears and the dust in the air as he tried to make out what the hell this man was saying.
"H-h-how did you get here?! This building is off limits!" He shouted as he began backing away along the ground from the man, after all, he DID just nearly blow up an entire floor to get to him (And from the sound of it, several others).
As he did, he was eyeing up the "Panic" button on the other side of the room...