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

[000Ronald]

MIT Dropzone: Basement Factory
Nadalia/Rugal/Icarus/Boss/[color=00ad83]Insano[/color]

Boss shot Icarus a dirty look; his index and middle finger momentarily stopped massaging his temple as he did. "I know you're...like...sixteen? But seriously. Show some self-respect, man. We're on the job."

"[color=00ad83]Oh please.[/color]" Insano said, presumably rolling his eyes. "[color=00ad83]Don't act like you weren't scoping that-[/color]"

"I wasn't, actually." Boss said, resuming his psychic stance [http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_charles-xavier_5523.png]. "I'm scanning the area, trying to figure out how all of this-"

"[color=00ad83]Wait, what? Scan? How would you go about doing that?[/color]"

Boss gave Insano the most flabbergasted look he could possibly give. "I'm a psychic. I psychic thi-"

"[color=00ad83]Yes, yes, I understand that, but I thought you were the kind of psychic that eventually became possessed by some kind of cosmic life-force and ate a star, not the kind that got body-swapped with a ninja and immediately became a waste of space.[/color]"

"I...I don't..."Boss shook his head, and resumed his 'scanning'. "All of my powers revolve around barriers, and I can make these barriers as strong or as weak as I want. If I make them really, really weak, and just kind of fling them around everywhere, I can get some sense of the general shape of the area around me. Trouble is, that only gives me tactile information; not what anything looks or sounds like, just what I would feel if I were stumbling around in the dark."

"Clairsentience. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairvoyance#Clairsentience_.28feeling.2Ftouching.29]" Insano said, nodding. "[color=00ad83]I'm to understand that it's incredibly useless.[/color]"

"...you have been correctly informed, then." Boss said, shaking his head again. "I'm actually doing it most of the time, and it barely gives me anything useful to work with."

Insano made a mental note of that claim, and turned back the way he and Boss had come. "[color=00ad83]What do you think the odds are that we get there before someone does something really stupid?[/color]" he asked, to no one in particular.

 

[StormShaun]

Shadow Wanderer [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/24/58/72/245872571834f97032c2e068a0216252.jpg] (Currently in a Janitor outfit) & Caim Vs Catalina.
Location: Maintenance | MIT.

*I lied. Theme change!* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pZ-UpjtlXY]

Listening to Caim, dark Wanderer nodded a single time. "Well ... good thing we don't know how to use the internet." The Murderous Joker hummed out, with his great, evil smile. Whipping back, a thunderous voice called out in the mental plane of the Wanderer. ("Liar, you have a habit of commenting on internet forums, gossiping about the crew, and then trolling who dare to deny the claim!") Clicking his tongue, Shadow Wanderer took a silent ponder about how he could seal this habit from his other self.

Bursting his thought bubble, the two witnessed Catalina's last and hopeful final assault, Wanderer smiled and touched his chin, pondering. Placing his weapons back into his coat, and grabbed something bigger. "Well, there are several ways to stop an explosion. Good armour, a bigger explosion, but seeing how we don't want a crater here ... it'll be easier to completely destroy it." Wanderer said to not one in particular as the enemy charged, his smile defying the kamikaze attitude of Catalina.

Pulling a much larger tube-shaped object from his coat, it was as if Wanderer had magical powers of his own as the large object turned out to be the very thing that almost annihilated Catalina before. With seconds to spare, Wanderer had placed a almost blindingly glowing cube into a empty section. To Wanderer this was a different type of ammo this time, it was overcharged. Easily moving the large weapon, Wanderer's evil smile turned into a scowl that a living corpse could possess.

Spoiler: Tesla cannon. Aka, GTFO.

"Seems I went too easy on you last time, *****." He spat out, with his current rage, feeling the muscle mass come back to his face. It was actually mutating back into it's normal form. "Caim, block her for a few seconds. This needs to charge!"[footnote]I don't know how this works, but I didn't want to leave Caim alone for this part.[/footnote] The 'normal' side called out to his ally. Hoping that Caim did his duty, Wanderer allowed power to fill the weapon. The light within the weapon was only growing stronger as Caim was keeping her back.

Feeling it was charged, Wanderer called to Caim. "Get down!"

Still, the blood ran streaks on his face as he blurted a almost shrieking laugh. "Now DIE, my love!" Wanderer hissed with a vile tone as his finger was easily pulled back. Light exploded from the cannon, easily becoming bigger than the actual weapon, and almost filling the width of the whole hallway. It didn't help that Catalina was right in front of it as it was shot.

Storm [http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/330/8/9/toshiro_hitsugaya_render_1_by_roronoaroel-d5m9t5d.png], Alpha [http://media.tumblr.com/2e810595bdd3afb970d246379deaf03b/tumblr_inline_mybdqxc9JR1r2xyr2.png], Teri, Garm, Dimitri VS Marines.
Location: show floor | MIT.

Storm.

Confident after his last attack, Storm smile like a victorious hero. Dodging the marine, it was as if Storm was dancing around the man, making fun of the situation at hand. Suddenly noticing that he was playing with his opponent, Storm grabbed his katana once more, and prepared to do a drastic measure of cutting both the man's arms off. "You should make better use of yourself." Storm said to the marine as he was suddenly struck from behind.

Storm's face switched to darkness as he prepared to face the rest. "

[color=nvayblue]Aaah![/color]

" A soft yelp swept by his ears. Suddenly looking to his beloved on the other side of the battlefield, he did not notice that grenade that caught the side of his katana. Not knowing it's purpose, Storm was all too late and blown away to the side. Sliding along the wet ground, he could feel the shards of metal toy with his outer flesh. More importantly, he felt the bolt of pain from the small shards that dug themselves into the bandaged side of his face.

The Spartan was still on the floor, but he made a sudden scream for the pain. It almost sounded like a wolf's howl as it was reintroduced to the waking moon. Stepping back up, Storm's left eye barely caught the charging marine. Yelling with vigor and a anger that reminded himself of the darker Wanderer, he thrust his katana forward. This was not lucky for the marine, for the katana's target was not his legs, armour, or even head, but it was his rampaging fist. The energy covered katana easily plowed through the fist, and ultimately skewed his arm. Smiling fiercely, Storm then made an upper cut, which submerged from the bottom of said arm, leaving it dangling like a sheet in the wind.

Jumping backwards towards some cover, Storm reached into his costume, and pulled forth a pistol. Then he began to take shots at the marine who had just headbutted his beloved AI.

Alpha.

Being headbutted off the marine, Alpha could feel pain on her forehead and nose. As she was flung, Alpha took her rapier with her. As she was sent back into the ground, and slid along the ground. Her AI interface still shook from the damage, but she felt more weak in her physical self. Taking cover by Storm, she yelled to her allies. "

I'm going to help Dimi with Viscus!

" Once announcing that, she took one look at Storm, who simply smiled back before firing. "Don't worry, I'm her by you." Storm said and touched her arm once. Comforted by this, she once again went into the mainframe.

Alpha [http://static.zerochan.net/Hatsune.Miku.full.324503.jpg], "Dimi" VS Viscus!
Location: Cyberspace.

Meters away from Dimitri, Alpha was materialized into the cyberspace. Her form looked like her natural dress and look, except the colours were lighters, and she also carried a microphone. Listening to all of the conversation, Alpha nodded. "

You hinder our goal, and aim to serve your own selfishness. For the times before, we will eliminate you.

" She said before raising her microphone. A soft tone emitted in high pitches, and it sounded like if she was singing some kind of lullaby. Yet a force-field protect the two AI from droid's fire.

Going on the attack, the girl AI raised her hands, and then two abnormally large speakers were created besides her. Without wasting any time, the microphone was placed to her lips once again, but instead she screamed in a musical tone. The soundwaves dashed towards one of the droids.

[hr]

Spoiler: Meanwhile, Back at the White Crib.

The President of the United States Saints., Pierce, Shorn, and Johnny Gat.
Location: White Crib | USA: DC | Avatar Adventure.

The Boss sat in his chair, hands roughly gripped the arms for it, it almost looked like as if he was about to rip them off. "Pierce is right Boss. Everything here could become a shit show any day." Gat said truthfully. "But I ain't the one to make the plans. Just point and I'll kill" He shrugged, but that message was clear ever since the days back in Stillwater, the only thing clearer is how he dealt with 'personal problems' which he buried ... literally.

"I know, I know. While we wait on Matt, we need to raise the polls." The Boss said, his tone reflecting the frustration that he couldn't just simply kill his enemies and win the heart of the country again. Then like a cartoon light bulb, an idea was created within his mind. Smiling, the President gestured to the guys that they come close. "You know how I got this position? I saved DC from a nuke. All we need to do ... is something similar.[/color]" The President said while leaning over the Oval Office desk in excitement.

Already he could see Johnny's smile and Pierce's horror. Leaning back on the chair, he looked up.
"Anyway, get Kinzie to find a situation for me to save, and we need to get the two magicians to find a way to neutralize that mind control look. By the end of this month, I want Vega to beg me not to shove something up his arse."

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

MIT Dropzone: Basement Factory/Hallway near Stage 1
Nadalia/Rugal/Icarus/Boss/Insano

Rugal was merely annoyed as Icarus's wandering eyes became the topic of conversation, letting out an amused sigh as he shook his head.
"People...Task at hand please? Thank you." He kindly asked as he went about trying to find a way out of the factory, looking along the walls for some kind of access point.
"Can't say I know who this Birkin fellow is, I've been out of the loop for a while, but I agree with trying to find the others. If the cat isn't already out of the bag, there ain't going to be much hiding it for long." He then said as he soon found another passage on the opposite side of the production line.
"Alright, think I found a way out, Follow me." Rugal called out to the others as he went up the passage, his lungs already thanking him for moving away from the fumes of the factory.

The passage lead into one of MIT's boiler rooms, namely the one beside Stage 1, the passage having been hidden inside one of the older boiles by the covert art of-
"...Did they literally just put an out of order sign on this thing?...Good Grief, such a rookie move..." Rugal groaned as he rolled his eyes, pushing back into the main concord, only instead of being full of happy convention go-ers, it was a frantic mess of people running around as gunfire and other sounds of warfare could be heard as the rest of the crew clashed with nearly every guard in the building.
"...Oh goddammit..." He groaned, knowing that Kazuya would just LOVE to hear about this when they got back.
"...Well, I guess Cortex knows we're here now..."

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

The Escapist Avatar Adventures​

Location: The Rising Dawn | Landing Bay | Kazuya, Violet, Rising Dawn Guards, ???​

[color=9f2b86]".. Let me take a look then.."[/color] Kazuya groaned as he swiped the letter from the guard's hands, between all the stress of just capturing Cortex alone on top of all the other matters he had to worry about, he had little patience for the Madness that the Rising Dawn was usually known for.
[color=9f2b86]"...I also look forward to hearing how the hell someone could deliver a letter to a airship hundreds of feet in the sky above the sea on the east coast of America with dozens of armed guards..."[/color] He called out to the guard as he opened it, the fact it folded out several times only increased his annoyance

To the members of the Rising Dawn...​

If you are reading this, let me personally thank you for taking the time to do so, and pardon me for surprising you all with this letter. I will not waste anymore of your time and get down to business- my name is Elise. I am not of your world, but rather- I come from Runeterra where magic and science collide. There is an island that is marked as 'Valoran' where the two houses are at war with each other, one is Demacia and the other goes by Noxus. Demacia can be seen as this holy, morally rightful house that stands for humanity while Noxus is a faction, ruled by corrupted leaders that are seen as power-hungry... which is putting it kindly. In order to prevent the houses from ruining the entire island, if not outside of Valoran, they turned the island as whole, into an open arena known to all as the League of Legends. Summoners are the right hands of both houses, whom summon Champions from arou-

That was about as far as Kazuya got before he gave up and crunched the letter up into a ball and threw it over his shoulder, he had more important things to do then hear the life story of some extra-terrestrial being.
[color=9f2b86]Why, oh why, must they insist on interrupting me on this exact operation?...[/color] He asked himself as the letter rolled over to Violet's desk as he was sitting on his office chair going though the file that Icarus sent him as he sang along to God only knows what [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcLox-o5GKU].
~"I will never, ever run away.
I'll be here to fight another day.
I will make you realize
I'll always be right by your side.
Now our love is sanctified,
I'm here to bust a g-...Huh?..." He was interrupted by the letter rolling under his desk, prompting him to take a break from his oh so busy workload to pick it up and read it, noticing the shard as well.
While he couldn't make out all of the details due to Kazuya damaging it, he did however notice the parts where this "Elise" went on about how beautiful she was and that was good enough for him!
"...Ummm, Kaz, can I be excus-"
[color=9f2b86]"Go on, get out of my hair...[sub]Anything to shut you up[/sub]..."[/color] Kazuya instantly cut in, giving Violet the chance he needed to sneak out of the hanger towards a more quiet part of the ship, settling on one of the older cargo holds as he looked at the shard.

"....Right....okay then...Ummmm...Did ti say how this worked?....Ummm...Alright, er...KLAATU...BARADA...NIKTO!" Violet then said as he held the shard, expecting something to happen.
"...What's wrong with this damn thing!? Come on!" He then impatiently said as he held the shard in his hand and shook it up and down, as if that would suddenly power it.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Escapist Adventures | MIT | Admissions Building | Office | Secret Lair of Midget Man!
#Wut?!​

Cortex wasn't exactly happy to hear that Katya didn't know much about the group she came here with.
[color=b4b4]"Tch, naturally I would have to capture the dumb one...Then again, you are using BWEP so I guess that was to be expected."[/color] He groaned as he paced around the lab, trying to get this device to power up as Katya watched, prompting him to turn around and say [color=b4b4]"Feel free to help you know!"[/color] as she just stood there.
As he was mashing the Start key, she then asked him about his gaming habits which gave him pause for a moment.
[color=b4b4]"...How did you know my Online Username?..."[/color] He then asked, he often referred to himself as NeCo-1099 on his Battle.net, Steam, Origin and Upl-....nope, can't say that last one with a straight face.
Either way, it got him thinking about the teenager he had control over.
[color=b4b4]"...Ain't you that girl that keeps coming into my Lobbys and getting wrecked? And can't shut up on the mic?...and she sounds a lot like you?..."[/color] He then asked, slowly starting to realize who he was talking to.

The Escapist Avatar Adventures​

Location: The Rising Dawn | Old Cargo Hold | Violet, Elise​

Violet was about to call it quits when all of a sudden the shard lit up and blinded him with its light, prompting to recoil back and fall down on the ground as a feminine voice called out to him.
"Hmm, why so tense? Relax."
"Whoa?! Who said that? Hell, hu-.....Whoa...." He frantically asked before he saw Elise sitting on one of the crates nearby, both somewhat relieved that it had worked, though she wasn't quite what he was expecting, leaving him somewhat fearful of what he had just released onto the ship.
"Allow me to introduce myself .. I am Elise, assuming of course you've gotten my letter. I am here on my behalf to join the Rising Dawn, and guide the crew into divinity-"
"But of course, And I am G-Corporation's Finest Agent, The brains of the operation as well as the style, the one and only Dr. Vio-" He went to say, only for Elise to cut in and take back her letter, looking rather annoyed.
"My masterpiece, my ... beautiful letter. What brought you to ruin such a lovely letter?"
"...-let?...." He finally finished as he gulped slightly and adjusted his shades while she tried to fix it.
"Still ruined. Does this please you, after all i've done to make it special for this occasion?"
"....Wah-...Oh! No! Nononono! That wasn't me! See, um, your letter ended up in the hands of my boss and, well, he wasn't really in the state of mind to really truly appreciate the effort you put into it! I mea-I-i-i loved it, what I could read when he was done with it of course!" He then nervously explained as he instantly regretted letting his heart (And other organs) do the thinking for him.
...I think Kaz might actually kill me for this....

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Spoiler: Meanwhile, Back at the White Crib.

The President of the United States Saints., Pierce, Shorn, Kinzie, and Johnny Gat.
Location: White Crib | USA: DC | Avatar Adventure.

Pierce was not exactly trilled by the President's idea of increasing his poll numbers.
[color=66023C]"Boss...You really considering launching another nuke at the country JUST to improve your polls?..."[/color] He rather densely asked as one of his team went to contact Kinzie to find some mess for him to clean up.
[color=66023C]"Look, I'm going to be honest, I really don't see how we're going to counter both Vega's bullshit AND keep Armstrong from stealing the moderate vote. Unless you can either promise me full employment or get married in the next few weeks, we're...Fucked."[/color] He sighed as he took a drink of a 40oz on the table before rubbing his face.
[color=66023C]"Urg...I should have just stuck to music...."[/color]

After an tense wait, the man returned with a tablet, stating "Sir, we have the Press Secretary on the line." before sliding it onto the table, showing a hologram-like projection of her in her usual spot, sitting in a ball in front of a laptop.
"Kinzie, Listen, I ne-"
[color=C71585]"-need my help to improve your poll numbers."[/color]
"Well-uh-yeah, becau-"
[color=C71585]"-because you don't want Vincent Vega and Steven Armstrong to beat you."[/color]
"Right!-An-"
[color=C71585]"-and you don't want to actually do your job in order to improve them."[/color]
"...Yeah..."
[color=C71585]"Hang on a moment..."[/color]
There was then some minor shifting on the table as Kinzie Kensington [http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/saintsrow/images/5/55/Kinzie_SRIV_website_promo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130615233128] suddenly crawled out from under the table, prompting groans from everyone in the room, even after all these years, she still insisted on doing that all the time.
"Seriously?! I went all across the building to contact you!"
[color=C71585]"Should have just looked harder. Seriously, for guards, you really suck at looking under tables."[/color] She pointed out as she put her laptop on the table and then got to work.

[color=C71585]"To answer Pierce's question, No, we won't be launching a missile. The cost of that alone would fund an entire ad campaign. Instead, I might have something that the Boss can do until then. We've been tracking the people who kidnapped Pierce using the evidence we retrieved from their bodies. We turned up a lead, the devices they were using can be used from extreme distances, but they still need to be connected to a local network at first before they can be enabled. We tracked the location to a warehouse in the city, police records state that it's some hub for criminal activity. If you really want to try and save the day, might be worth a look."[/color]
And just like that, The President was instantly reminded of why he kept Kinzie around, even if she kept trying to weasel her way out of actually doing to press events and doing her job.

 

[StormShaun]

Spoiler: Meanwhile, Back at the White Crib.

The President of the United States Saints., Pierce, Shorn, Kinzie, and Johnny Gat.
Location: White Crib | USA: DC | Avatar Adventure.

Clasping his hands together, The President's smile looked full of energy, unlike the previous months. Taking a single swig of his bottle o' booze, he examined the people around him. These were the people who were his allies, and even some were friends with him before all of this happened. The Boss' mind went back to the times they were a gang, then a company, a enforcement group, and finally the government, he really did feel thankful to all of them. He pointed to Kinzie next.

"That's why I love you Kinzie."
"[color=C71585]No you don't[/color]."
"... until you turn into a scary *****."
"[color=C71585]That's why you keep me around[/color]."
"No, that's why I keep Shaundi around. I was talking about sex."


The two bickered, until it had turn entirely awkward for the group. Giving a single cough, The President looked to everyone in front of him. "Okay, Johnny, you're with me, we're leaving now. Kinzie look for more situations for us to 'solve' and look better. Pierce, see what the Rising Dawn is up to, and try to wake the mages ... and for fuck sake, someone call Keith David back from his vacation!" The President ordered, his foreign voice cutting with confidence.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

The Escapist Avatar Adventures​

Location: The Rising Dawn | Old Cargo Hold | Violet, Elise​

"You act as if i'm going to bite your face off. Ha hah ha."

"Well, that nearly did happen the last time someone came around to our neck of the woods..." Violet laughed once more, recalling out..."Eventful" Nadalia's arrival was and just how long it took to tend to all the wounded.
Still, as she began to lighten up a little, he was starting to see that she was just like one of G-Corps very own "Violet Girls" [http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/214/e/4/violet_girls_by_lingkazama567-d59k6yy.jpg], all too keen to show off her looks.

"Though... I must ask~ if your boss didn't even finish reading my letter, why would he instruct you to summon me? That doesn't exactly add up, does it?"
"Well-...He "Didn't". I kinda took it upon myself to bring you into the G-Corporation family. I run new applicants as it is already and looking though your "Resume" made it clear you would be a great addition to the team!" He then totally lied, half the time they weren't looking for a job, they were just people who teleported in and he had to deal with them because Kazuya was busy.

"All well. You took the liberty of appreciating my hard work and that's good enough for me. So thank you, Dr. Vio-let. Apologies for cutting you off during your introduction of course. The time I spent on that one letter your boss so easily mistreated took an hour of my time... and I value my time. Does he treat you in the same regard, or the others by any chance? Not really any of my business Dr., but if i'm going to 'join' your organization ... everyone has to be to good terms. It's my policy."

This made Violet pause a little before he went though the same song and dance he did whenever Kazuya got into a disagreement.
"Well, it's less that Kazuya treats people badly and more that he's always under so much pressure ever second of the day. Running the company, it's military, conducting foreign policy, engaging otherworldly threats, it's quite the burden to bear. I mean, could he be nicer? Most likely, but I'm not going to hold it against him. What I can say is that the rest of the organisation is very welcoming! For example:"
Once he finished his statement, he then bowed slightly before taking Elise's hand and kissing it like a proper gentleman.
"Welcome to G-Corp." <3

Spoiler: Meanwhile, Back at the White Crib.

The President of the United States Saints., Pierce, Shorn, Kinzie, and Johnny Gat.
Location: White Crib | USA: DC | Avatar Adventure.

[color=C71585]"If you were really scared of me, you wouldn't keep coming back."[/color]
Following that info dump of "Administrative Duties" that we really didn't need, Kinzie quickly relayed the address of the warehouse to the President while Pierce went to contact Keith David.
[color=C71585]"When you are done, inform me and I'll contact the media with a story designed to show you in the best light. Oh, and guys?...
Try not to kill any police this time..."[/color]

The President of the United States Saints. and Johnny Gat.
Location: Abandoned Warehouse | USA: outside of DC | Avatar Adventure.

A short transit later and they arrived at the target, an old warehouse that looked to have forgotten about back in the Regan years, as had most of the nearby neighbor hood, if he felt like pushing for something, maybe a re-development plan for this region would be a good idea.
Either way, the warehouse [http://art-club.pl/albums/userpics/10456/IMG_5004s.jpg] itself looked like a big shack of crap that didn't even have a wifi signal, but this was where Kinzie said that those horrible "Eye-Cams" were first activated.
Something was amiss here...

 

[StormShaun]

Spoiler: Meanwhile ...

The President of the United States Saints. [http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/saintsrow/images/1/1a/Iron_Saint_Outfit_SRIV.png/revision/20150210200906] and Johnny Gat.
Location: Abandoned Warehouse | USA: outside of DC | Avatar Adventure.

With an easy ride to the mentioned location, The President easily equipped his Iron Saint suit. Most of the forces in the chopper gazed at him, some in fear, and some inspirational that The President's rumoured supersuit was not false. Little did they know, that it was not functioning at all, and no one in research knew how it works, so it was basically walking armour for The President. Meanwhile, Johnny was kept quiet, pondering about a fateful choice that led them all here, but that was another story.

Once on the ground, the helicopter took off again, waiting until it's forces were needed. The President took looks all around him. "What a shit hole!" He spat, almost harbouring the feeling to take a leak on one of the walls to suit it's atmosphere. "Well, you could do something Boss." Johnny responded with his sly smile. Stopping, the former gang boss looked around, "Yeah ... a strip club." The President muttered, almost poking at a turd on the ground. Johnny stopped too, and simply looked at the President with a questioning look. "Fine, we'll ask to place several orphanages here ... and a strip club in the middle." He said. Johnny stayed silent for a couple of seconds, and suddenly giving a snickering laugh. The Boss gave his own laugh too, satisfied, and reminded about days of old.

Arriving to the entrance of the warehouse, the door was equipped with a heavy, rusted chain across it. "I'll do this." The President said before launching a kick, which surprised the President by launches the double doors of their hinges. "Fuck."

 

[Generic NPC 22]

Escapist Adventures | MIT | Admissions Building | Office | Secret Lair of Midget Man!
Insert Post Title Here...​

Now it might not have been obvious to Doctor Neo Cortex The President but he'd just signed the death warrant for his personal gaming rig as well as his digestive system. Believe it or not, Katya was rather obsessed with her online First Person Shooter rankings and she was rather pissed that the player known as NeCo had dethroned her from the #1 position in many, if not all, of the major FPS titles in existence. While it may have been the fact that NeCo was a better player than Katya, it was as far fetched a thought as Angels of Lightning coming to the Earth to become part of a rag tag group of Super Heroes. This meant that as far as Katya was concerned, NeCo must have been using hacks. There was only one punishment that a hacker of FPS games truly deserved.

With that obsession thought in mind, Katya had made a few modifications to B3WP's programming, one of which was a priority override of B3WP's behaviors when someone identified themselves as NeCo.

//Written By: Katya Rostikova
//Purpose: Find NeCo and make him eat his Mother Fucking Motherboard!
if(Target==NeCo)
disable(Target);
dismantle(Target.computer);
remove(Target.computer.Motherboard);
dismantle(Target.computer.Motherboard);
feed(Target.computer.Motherboard, Target);

Unfortunately, there had been a number of smart asses that had identified themselves as NeCo with some rather traumatizing results. Though these individuals were ultimately forced to eat their own motherboards, NeCo kept reappearing online. In Doctor Neo Cortex's, the override that Katya had written superseded all other programming, including the one that the pint sized professor had installed.

"00000h j00 juzt s@1d t3h m@g1c w3rdz M1zt3r Pr3s1d3nt." Katya said as B3WP unleashed a dozen tendrils, wrapping up Mister Midget Dude The President and holding him aloft in the air. Others reached forth and seized the gluttonously expensive consolesthat NeCo had been working on and started dismantling it, taking extra care to remove the motherboard piece by piece.

"N0w s@y @hhhhhhhh! H3r3 c0m3s t3h a1rpl@n3 c0m1ng 1n f0r @ l@nd1ng," The Obsessive Hacker Heroine said as she started forcing bits and pieces of silicon wafer down Neo Cortex's throat.

"

Little Miss.  I've cleared out the foreign code that allowed the Target to override my systems.  He should not be able to perform that hack again.

" B3WP informed his mistress as he opened communications with the Rising Dawn members.

"Y0 Cr3w I g0t h1m... I g0t... 0h h3y wh0 d@h h0tt13?" Katya's asked as she caught sight of the hanger cam and Elise and Violet, before quipping, "M@n R th0s3 tw0 g0nn@ g3t 1t 0n?"

Distracted by the potential for pr0n, the tendrils that had been force feeding Neo Cortex his computer started loosening up... allowing the good Doctor the opportunity to escape.

 

[000Ronald]

MIT Dropzone: Basement Factory/Hallway near Stage 1
Nadalia/Rugal/Icarus/Boss/Insano

"[color=00ad83]Nothing to be done about it.[/color]" Insano said, and began shooting the guards with the electro-disruptor. [color=00ad83]BUT AT LEAST TELL ME YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF PLAN![/color]" Insano shouted over the sound of gunfire.

Boss, meanwhile, had teleported to the entrance of the convention center and was guiding innocent civilians away from the battle. "ENTRANCE IS OVER HERE!" Boss shouted. "COME ON! CALM AS YOU CAN! NO STAMPEDING OVER EACH OTHER! DON'T WORRY, THE RISING DAWN HAS THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL! WE'LL TRY TO DO AS LITTLE DAMAGE AS POSSIBLE TO THE BUILDING, BUT IF AN EMERGENCY ARISES I MAY RIP IT OUT OF THE GROUND AND THROW IT AT SOMEONE!"

Spoiler: Meanwhile...On The Rising Dawn...

Edge streched out, walking towards the canteen. Nothing like a good sleep, he thought to himself. Although there's nothing worse than only being able to get a good sleep every few days. Edge touched the wall as he walked by. I did miss living on a boat. There's nothing quite like this.

Taking a deep breath, Edge walked into the canteen, sat down at the bar, and knocked on it. "Hey! Barkeep! Are you serving?"

The bartender smiled. "[color=eca222]So long as you're over 21.[/color]" he said, chuckling to himself. "[color=eca222]....A little joke to keep the mood light. What do you need, friend?[/color]"

"Just some club soda for now." Edge said. While Edge, as far back as he could remember, had never been good with names, but had always been good at remembering people's faces. This new bartender though? He didn't even recognize this guy a little. And that gave him an idea. "You'll have to forgive me. I haven't been around in awhile, and I don't specifically recall there being a bartender on the ship. What's your name?"

"[color=eca222]I'm fairly new on the ship.[/color]" the bartender said, pulling a glass out from under the bar. "[color=eca222]The name is Lucas Cypress. However, please call me Luke.[/color]"

Edge nodded. "Luke. Like Skywalker. Gotcha." Edge scratched his short gray hair. "...y'know what, hell with it. Do you have any French beer back there?"

"[color=eca222]Name your brand, and I can probably find it.[/color]" Luke said. "[color=eca222]This place seems to have a history of alcoholism.[/color]"

"Any kind of bière de garde will do." Edge said, almost without thinking. Luke hesitated a moment before reaching under the bar and pulling out a label-less bottle and a pint glass, pulled the cork out of the bottle, and slowly poured the beer into the glass. Edge picked up the glass-slowly-pulled part of his mask back and drank. Nostalgia hit him like a hammer; this kind of taste only came from someone making something that they wanted, from humble, genuine effort. "Fantastic. I haven't had one of these in years. Do you have a lot of those back there? I might be hitting you up for a few more; I have a friend who still thinks Billy Beer is the greatest thing ever made."

"[color=eca222]I can make sure it stays well stocked, if that's what you mean. It's not too hard for me.[/color]"

Edge nodded. "Good. Thanks." Edge drummed his fingers on the bar, thinking"...you're a knowledgeable sort, right? I mean, I don't know that anyone gets on this boat without knowing what they're getting into first."

Luke grabbed a glass off of the bar and began cleaning it. "[color=eca222]I have my ways.[/color]" he said, smiling.

Edge nodded. "Good. I need some information, to help a friend." Edge looked around; no one around except the imps and a couple of Kazuya's men. That would have to be enough. "I have a friend with certain...gifts." Edge said quietly. "Powerful gifts. The kind that a person maybe shouldn't have, and almost certainly can't control. I thought I could teach him how to control his power, but...I've come to realize I can't. I'm out of my league, here." Edge leaned in closer. "I need to know where I can find a psychic. The more powerful the better. Because if this person doesn't get a hang of his power, I'm sure he's going to get himself killed. Or worse, he's going to kill a lot of people, accidentally or deliberately."

Luke nodded, his eyes never left the glass he was cleaning. "[color=eca222]It sounds like that's a very serious problem your friend has there. Now, finding a psychic willing to help you will be problematic. Everyone has a price, you know? Are you willing to pay whatever prices those people may ask of your or your friend?[/color]"

Edge took his beer by the bottle and drank the rest of it. "Without question or hesitation." he said, putting the bottle back on the bar.

The faintest trace of a smile touched Luke's lips. "[color=eca222]That's good to hear. If he wants to control his power, he can't half ass it. Now, this can go one of two ways. I can either call in someone I know, and it will cost you some service on your part. Or, I can simply point and we touch and go from there. What will you decide?[/color]"

Edge leaned back. "I'd rather meet whoever you have in mind in person, if it's all the same to you."

"[color=eca222]I can tell you about them. That's about the best I can do with what I'm able to do.[/color]" Luke looked thoughtful for a moment, and said, "[color=eca222]...I don't want to say it directly, but let's put it this way - the way I work is within strict rules and regulations. I can't step very far out of them.[/color]"

"You can't even tell me where to go find this guy?" Edge asked.

"[color=eca222]Well, I can point you in the direction, yes. However, there is an issue. The place you seek is not in this realm. The place you would seek to tread is... Well, it's a bit beyond your current abilities. The Rising Dawn, by nature, crosses realms and dimensions fairly often. However, the narrative that winds and flows through us all does not take us there right now. To place you in that realm would take some serious intervention of the divine or demonic kind.[/color]"

Edge, having traveled between worlds fairly often himself in the past, nodded. "I can see how that would be a problem."

"[color=eca222]Furthermore,[/color]" Luke continued. "[color=eca222]Due to your.... Interesting nature, my normal method of deal making isn't going to work here. I can offer you this - you owe me a favor, any time I ask for it. I will send you there, and guarantee the two of you can return here. Fair enough?[/color]"

Edge's eyes narrowed. There were a large number of things about Edge that would qualify him as 'interesting' he had no way of knowing what specifically about him Luke was referring to. And he didn't know that he was going to get another opportunity to do this. "...Yeah." Edge said. "That works."

After saying those words,despite the multiple windows and light fixtures, the Canteen of the Dawn grew dark. A sole light, the one hanging above the bar, shined brightly as the shadows over the bartender and Edge sharpened. Luke's gaze returned to his glass, as if nothing had changed, but Edge knew better. He could sense something lurking nearby, hear some form of whisper in the dark, and swore he saw something slithering behind the bartender.

In a flash, Edge saw movement again, behind Luke once more, but this time, the sound of rustling feathers entered his ears and - all was dark. His vision went black, as if he entered the darkest depths of a cave through some unfortunate happenstance. And yet, it was gone again. Light filtered into Edges eyes again and - that was when he realized he wasn't on the Dawn any longer....

 

[bluerocker]

MIT Dropzone: Service Entrance

MIT Convention: Cosplay Contest: Storm, Alpha, Teri, Garm, Dimitri, Selena, AIMBot VISCUS!

In Cyberspace - Dimitri and Alpha vs Viscus - FIGHT! [http://tindeck.com/listen/wkber]
[small](now that Alpha has officially joined the battle, the music link is different. Go click it!)
Also, the information Dimitri gains in his scouter was pre-approved by Diablo.[/small]

Dimitri wouldn't say it aloud in front of his arch nemesis, but he was relieved when Alpha showed up for reinforcements. The last time Dimitri tango'd with Viscus, he had Vermilion on his side with her varying wits and artillery; to go it alone was intimidating enough. However, with one of the combat droids being distracted by Alpha's attack, that left Dimitri a large room of opportunity; especially given that his shots were being eaten up by something in Viscus' cage. As he scanned with the SCOUTER, he noticed some distinct details reading out:

[color=3897E0]

>HOSTILE: VISCUS STATUS -SHACKLED-
>CONNECTION CABLE TO MAIN NETWORK
>>ENABLES SENDING AND RECEIVING OF DATA AND SECURITY
>>ENABLES CODENAME: 'GILDED CAGE's DEFENSES

[/color]

In noting all of this, Dimitri shouted to Alpha and his programs, [color=3897E0]

"That cord attached to his cage gives him connections to the rest of the network. Sever him from that, and he can call in more help! Seiryu, work to slow down Viscus' process, Principality, get to those guards, and Orochi, get that cable!"

[/color]

At Dimitri's call, PRINCIPALITY hovered by the unattended droid that was looking to back up it's partner and waved it's stave, causing sparks to fly from it's body and forced the droid to begin shooting towards it's allied droid. SEIRYU and YAMATO_NO_OROCHI approached the cord in the meantime, SEIRYU staying in the air to allow it's cloying processes seep into Viscus as the aforementioned OROCHI charged towards the connection cord and attempted to snap at it with it's many heads. Dimitri could only hope this whole plan went without a hitch, or he'd have to call in CHANSEY for help too....


Everyone Else - Storm, Alpha, Teri, and Selena vs 7 Guards - FIGHT! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCuOjfyUHnA]

Teri gave Selena a nod of thanks, and readjusted herself, allowing her Healing Aura to spread around to her comrades as she readied herself for her next move. Seeing as she was closest by, Selena was the first to feel the Aura's effects wash over her, soothing the small hurts from the recent damage incurred by her head on collision with a costume stand and beginning to heal up whatever cuts or bruises she had.

However, the Cleric wasn't done just acting as a passive healer. As Rugal had once told her in their training sessions, "There is no such thing as a fair fight. " With Selena's entrapment in place, now was the time to strike. Taking a fierce stance (Fire), Teri took a deep breath before readying Sadei and began muttering [color=0e59e4]"Mudamudamuda!"[/color] under her breath (whatever the hell that meant) before delivering a series of rapid fire strikes against the marine's armor[footnote]The best visual reference I have for this is a move Kilik from Soul Calibur does, or this gif [http://static.tumblr.com/h22naym/oqGm92kp1/gif20ren20over20soul.gif][/footnote] before drawing Sadei back and delivering one last jab in the Marine's direction; hoping and praying that she was causing some kind of damage to his armor.

[b]12 seconds till next 2nd level spell.
30 seconds till next 3rd level spell.
18 seconds till next 4th level spell.[/b]

Garm, in the meantime, was happy that Selena's magic had come in when it did. Having a large servo enhanced arm, regardless of the damage he was beginning to do to it, was not a comfortable thing to have shoved in his mouth. Wrestling himself free from the grip, Garm jumped back, and growled before opening his maw wide open and shooting a blast of freezing cold ice at his former captor (and, if there was some poor saps around him, maybe they'd get caught too).

[b]6 Seconds til Garm can use his breath weapon again[/b]

MIT Convention: Holding Area: ARES 35, Cadolblog, Ton Ton, Angry Marauder

"Ohhhh, trying to trick me are you!? SUCK ON THIS!"
As the Marauder began to shoot wantonly, Ton Ton hung onto the Marauder for dear life, 'shouting' over his pact link to Cadolbolg,
[color=15650D]"Duck and weave! I-I'll try to think of something!"[/color]
"I could try to electrocute him? Metal conducts electricity, right?"
[color=15650D]"...Worth a shot. I'll try to get another stab in, but I don't know how well that'll work![small]This is going to suck....[/small]"[/color]

After going over this plan, Cadolbolg opened his mouth and shouted to ARES (Whenever she got up anyways), "Watch out for the lightning, robot lady!"
Following this, an electric blue stream of lightning shot towards the Marauder, and began to dance up and down his metallic body, Ton Ton wincing in pain as the electricity began to course through his little body. Here was hoping he could keep holding on....

MIT Convention: Maintenance route to Stage 4: Wanderer, Caim, Catalina

"Get down!"

It didn't take Caim twice before he hit the ground and watched as Wanderer's... Whatever it was, go off (Caim was a professional in melee weapons, not necessarily in the strange items Wanderer had in his possession), causing a huge blast and a hefty explosion in it's wake. Summoning what energy was built up in Windsinger, Caim called forth a great tornado to swirl around his body and knock back any sort of debris that threatened to come his way. After a few moments, the tornado died down, and all Caim could see was a great twisted wreckage of concrete, metal and... Yep, that smelled like smoke, fire. Things were going to get ugly fast, and Caim decided that perhaps it was best to find the Wanderer ASAP. Digging through the rubble, he found the Wanderer on his back, and offered the mad Wastelander a hand, along with a "chuckle" from his PDA,

"So, tell me, what did you do to piss that woman off? She seemed dead set on having you mounted on a plaque."

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Escapist Adventures | MIT | Admissions Building | Office | Secret Lair of Midget Man!
Insert Post Title Here...​

Between all the hardware that was being shoved down his throat and the fact that Katya managed to find a way past his programming, Cortex wasn't exactly pleased with how this entire operation was going.
[color=b4b4]"WMHPWARMOH-STO-PLEA-CAN'T...BREATHE!"[/color] He struggled to say between RAM chips and other forms of electronics now being shoved down his gullet, prompting him to cough blood more often then he'd really like.
He got his opening when Katya was distracted by...something (Hard to take notice of such matters when you are bleeding out though your gums), allowing him to reach for his phone once more as he quickly inputted another line of programming, one that would be certain to keep Katya off his back until he could get his device online.
All of a sudden, while she was peeving on Violet and Elise, she got a notice that a download had completed, followed by the image of a purple gorilla swinging into her view, obscuring her Vision and even her HUD.

"Well, hello there! I don't believe we have been properly introduced. I'm Bonzi! [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBuddy] What is your name?"

Before she could even answer, Katya found herself up to her ass in adverts from everything to custom mouse pointers to fake PC cleaning apps.

By the time she was able to close all the ads and purge the monkey from BWEP, she got a tap on the shoulder, causing her to look behind her, seeing nothing but a large metal torso.
A slow pan upwards soon revealed why as she soon found out just what exactly Cortex was trying to activate.
[color=b4b4]"...Sup?..."[/color] Cortex asked before a huge fist impacted her teenage form in the gut, launching her into the air and into the ceiling of the lab.
And the ceiling above that.
And the ceiling above that...

MIT Convention: Main Concord/Boss Fight! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKqswWZ0Tz0]: Nadalia, Rugal, Icarus, Boss, Insano, Katya Vs. Cortex!

Rugal was assisting Boss with the evacuation, after all, I'm sure the thing that everyone needed to be calm during a battlezone breaking out in a public place was a blood-soaked man with a chicken mask for a head.
"EVERYONE OUT OF THE BUILDING! MOVE! MOVE!" He shouted to the attendees lucky enough to make their way out of the build with Nadalia was Insano held off the guards, right as Katya let everyone know that she managed to get her hands on the Doctor
"Y0 Cr3w I g0t h1m... I g0t... 0h h3y wh0 d@h h0tt13?"
"Katya?...What the hell are you talking about? Do you have cortex or not?...Katya?" He then asked over the rings, only to get his answer right in front of him.
The guards fighting the duo suddenly froze for a moment as the ground they were standing on shook, right before it suddenly burst open right at their feet as Katya was sent clean though the ground, using BWEP to protect herself, which is more then I could say for the Marines as they were rag-dolled to hell from the impact.
As the dust began to settle, a large shadow began to become visible as a 8 foot mech armor hovered out of the hole before landing on the ground in front of them.
[color=b4b4]"The Doctor...is in."[/color]

Spoiler: Now who's the Midget?!

Shout out to Caramel once again! <3

MIT Convention: Cosplay Contest: Storm, Alpha, Teri, Garm, Dimitri, Selena, VISCUS!

With the marines more or less taken care of, it left our heroes standing in a mostly empty hall, the only things remaining was webbing, injured/dying/dead marines and tons of trampled convention stalls.
The fight quickly left the marines as their psychoactive drugs wore off, leaving them drained and tired, unable to fight even if they wanted too.
However, the battle for MIT was still raging as they soon received a call from Rugal.
"Rugal to all points, Cortex is in the main concord and he is currently armored in some battle mech. Requesting assistance right now!" He frantically pleaded over the rings.
There should be more here but there isn't, Sorry ^^;

In Cyberspace: Dimitri and Alpha vs Viscus

Once his connection to the network was cut and his defense drones were disabled, Viscus quickly found whatever limited power he had over the college's systems fade quickly, the entire area going dark as it "Powered down", leaving only him in a cage, unable to escape.

"....You win..."

He grumbled, resignation dripping from his voice as he looked over to one of the remaining monitors, seeing Cortex in the main hallway about to fight the rest of the crew.

"...Have fun [u]killing[/u] him too..."

He then spat at the duo as he knelled down in his cage and bowed his head, aware that there was a 0.000000000001% chance of him managing to avoid deletion now.

MIT Convention: Holding Area: ARES 35, Cadolblog, Ton Ton, Pissed off Marauder

"EHGIAUWEGBLHIAWBRGLhdvflajwgevflwufvlsdfgvaslefyVWLEFGVALUGFVAELRGVLARV-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-...uhhhhhh..." The Marauder screamed as he was shocked, this armor didn't protect against lighting too well, as Ton Ton held on, the smell of roasting flesh could be smelt leaking from the enemy's helmet before he flopped lifelessly onto the ground, twitching on occasion but for all intents and purposes, defeated.
But before they could get too comfortable, the sound of a massive impact could be heard as they could make out Cortex's dramatic entrance, leaving them little doubt that the fight wasn't over yet.

MIT Convention: Maintenance route rubble to Stage 4: Wanderer, Caim

After Catalina's attempt to drag both men to hell with her, the entire hallway was in ruin, in the sense that there was so little left of the hallway that they were basically outside right now.
But as Caim was well aware, then there was nothing happening, something bad was going down, as Rugal reminded him.
"Rugal to all points, Cortex is in the main concord and he is currently armored in some battle mech. Requesting assistance right now!"
There should be more here, but there isn't, sorry ^^;

((Other reactions up later, sorry))

 

[Orinon]

MIT Convention: Main Concord/Boss Fight!:
Nadalia/Rugal/Icarus/Boss/Insano

Icarus saw the huge Mech enter, he sighed and opened a portal to the void, he switched the bag for the trident and drew Dark Excalibur. His fingers gripped the handles a crackle of black electricity, out of the corner of his eye he had seen Nadalia choose to spare a man. Icarus took to the air, Twirling the Trident he fired a set of bolts each time the trident pointed at Cortex. The shields were raised rather quickly, the shield was never meant to take such serious amounts of energy Icarus tried to press the attack hoping to force the pressure on. As the vollies of lightning fired that odd feeling from before when he fought mango was returning bit much more eagerly, the air began to feel cold, a sense of dread slowly began to creep into many people's minds.
As Icarus focused he began to smile his skin seemed paler, his pupils seemed narrower, his canines were elongated.

MIT Convention: Cosplay Contest: Storm, Alpha, Teri, Garm, Dimitri, Selena, VISCUS!

Selena smiled as the many heroes took advantage, of her spider web spell she suddenly got a strange feeling as many of the people at the convention began evacuating. Selena took out a silver broom charm, it extended in a 6 foot long broom she sat upon it and levitated high into the air she preferred to float above a crowd, mob mentality was not gentle.

"Rugal to all points, Cortex is in the main concord and he is currently armored in some battle mech. Requesting assistance right now!"

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

The Escapist Avatar Adventures​

Location: The Rising Dawn | Old Cargo Hold | Violet, Elise, Kazuya​

"Oh and... I also have to ask- are you going to keep me as a secret from 'Kazuya'? He's going to find out of my presence eventually, even if I go along with you in laying low."

"Oh I'm sure he won't mind. So long as you don't get in the way of his work, I really doubt he'll even know you are there!" Violet answered, though whether Kazuya ignoring her was a good thing or not would be up to Elise as Violet offered to show her around the ship.
"Now, the first place we will be going to is the Hanger. It's where Kazuya has set up his operation and where-."
"Y0 Cr3w I g0t h1m... I g0t... 0h h3y wh0 d@h h0tt13? M@n R th0s3 tw0 g0nn@ g3t 1t 0n?"
Freezing in place, Violet then suddenly pulled out his PDA and mashed on the buttons to shut it up, all while giving an awkward smile and saying "...Eh-heheh, must have been a prank call..."
Katya's interruption aside, Violet then lead his new Intern into the Hanger, right as all hell broke loose.

[color=9f2b68]"-BLACKOUT ALL MEDIA, NO ONE IN, NO ONE OUT. I'M NOT ABOUT TO LET THOSE RIGHT WING HEADCASES PIN THIS ONE ON ME!"[/color] Kazuya was screaming at his men as they tried to limit how many people knew about the situation at MIT, all while the image of Cortex in a Mech hung around on the monitors.
The vein in his forehead was about to pop as the mission began to spiral out of control.
Near instantly, Violet regretted bringing Elise here, stating "....Errrr....How about I show you our Canteen first and we can come back to this area later...after Kaz..."Cools off"..."
[color=9f2b68]"Where's Violet-VIOLET! I WANT EVERY NEWS STATION IN THE REGION TO START SUFFERING TECHINCIAL ISSUE-AND WHO THE HELL IS THAT?!"[/color] The man in question yelled as he pointed to Elise.
No hiding now...

 

[StormShaun]

Wanderer [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/24/58/72/245872571834f97032c2e068a0216252.jpg] & Caim.
Location: Ruined Maintenance | MIT.

Lying back on the rubble, a low groan came from the body of Wanderer, which actually had a syringe sticking out of it. "I am ... officially glad I came prepared!" He said clear and loud, yet he could already feel the creeping smile on his face. Wanderer and his glowing eyes looked around, with partial curiosity, but mostly excitement. Looking to the Warrior, it seemed Caim was already. "Ah ... good." He said with happiness in his voice. The right person had survived the blast.

Griping Caim's hand, Wanderer still looked at the ruined hallway as he explained. "Uh ... well it first started at San Andreas. A lot had happened, but it ended with me blowing her and her car up with this." Wanderer said as he weakly raised the arm that held the giant cannon. "Still, she should be dead now ... I used a max charged shot unlike then." Wanderer said with a comforting tone and a genuine smile, almost cold.

One thing Wanderer noticed, was the lack of clothing covering his body. The only fabric existing on him was covering his below region. "Give me a sec ...." Wanderer said as he pulled out the syringe from his shoulder. A minute later, Wanderer came back in his Shepard cosplay and plasma rifle [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/6/60/Q35mattermod.png/revision/latest?cb=20110209014551]

"Well, that was fun ... somewhat ... not at all. At least I have my trophy." Wanderer said, holdind what seemed to be the leftovers of Catalina's left arm, which dripped a mix of blood and oil. "Ugh, gross. Now ... I believe we deserve some res-" He began to state, but over his Pipboy, a message began to play. "Rugal to all points, Cortex is in the main concord and he is currently armored in some battle mech. Requesting assistance right now!"

Looking behind, Wanderer could see the light, and only groaned as he realized that he had a whole less freedom than he had in his world. "Well ... that way we go." He said with a unenthusiastic voice, and legs slowly walking the opposite way to the light.

Storm [http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/330/8/9/toshiro_hitsugaya_render_1_by_roronoaroel-d5m9t5d.png], Alpha [http://media.tumblr.com/2e810595bdd3afb970d246379deaf03b/tumblr_inline_mybdqxc9JR1r2xyr2.png], Teri, Garm, Dimitri, and Selena.
Location: show floor | MIT.

Storm.

With the storm of the battle dying down, the Spartan looked over his cover. The battlefield was covered with water, blood, ruined sandwiches, trampled figurines, and the dying marines. "Well. Defense successful." Storm said, playing at the military tone he once obtained. Looking next to him, was the delicate figure of Alpha. Poking her cheeks twice, he whispered, "You'd done?" Suddenly, life came over his own ring, and it sounded like Hell.

"Rugal to all points, Cortex is in the main concord and he is currently armored in some battle mech. Requesting assistance right now!"

Lightly slapping his AI, Storm stood up. "Okay everyone, form up and get ready, we need to move our asses over there ASAP!" Storm yelled, using his commanding voice in a serious tone. Sheathing his blazing blade, Storm went over to the others to make sure they were ready.

Alpha (Cyberspace).

Alpha, who was helping "Dimi" with Viscus, sighed with relief as the AI gave up. "

[color=nvayblue]Now be a good boy and stay there[/color].

" She teased. Looking over to Dimitri, the message from Rugal began to play, and Alpha immediately nodded. "

[color=nvayblue]I'm going back now, we should be able to do something[/color].

SHe said with a smile.

"You'd done?" A soft voice called, Alpha's smile lit up as she pulled herself back to her physical body. Feeling the light slap from her partner, she had awoken to him ordering the group to move out. By the tone of Rugal, she knew it was time to become serious.

 

[Generic NPC 22]

Escapist Adventures | MIT | Admissions Building | Office | Secret Lair of Midget Man!
That's more Power Armor than Mech!!!!​

The world was a galaxy of stars and little birds swirling around Katya's aching head that had been caused by the blunt force trauma of crashing through several layers of concrete. All the head shaking in the world didn't appear to help clear the haze any as the Haxxx0r heroine staggered around in a daze.

"Holy crap that hurt..." The young woman said, her normal mode of speech having been beat out of her temporarily. Looking at the hole that she just been spewed out of, she could only repeat the curse "Holy Crap!" when she saw the over sized suit of power armor climb out of the crater. Clearly the wearer of that suit of armor had some sort of complex about his size.

"BEWP. Anything you can do about finding a ***** in that armor of his?" Katya asked as she looked around and saw hundreds and hundreds of panicked cosplayers looking for a way out, the main exit having been blocked by rubble that had fallen from the convention center at the start of the fight.

"

I will attempt to do so, Little Miss and might I say that it is quite refreshing to hear you speak nor-

" BEWP started to say before the annoyed angry gamer girl interrupted him.

"Shaddup, BEWP. Soon as this fog clears outta my head. I'll be normal again." She said as she started running away from Cortex's Power Armor and towards the mob of scared costumed geeks.

"Yo! Move! Scuse me! Outta the way! How's a woman supposed to fight in armor like that?! Ooohh... booby trap, I gotcha. How about... wait... let's save this for later. I got your Personal Info. Dox you later! Move it squid face!" Katya called out as she passed through the mob and started climbing to the top of the rubble, "Hey Geeks! Imma rip a hole in this wall and get you outta here! Just be nice and organized, like I'm a CT [footnote]Counter Terrorist[/footnote] and you're a hostie[footnote]hostage[/footnote]! Alright?!"

"BEWP gimme a bit of a strength boost," The Young Haxxx0r ordered as she started to move large pieces of rubble, tossing it to the side, pausing long enough to see how the others were doing.

 

[000Ronald]

MIT Convention: Main Concord/Boss Fight! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKqswWZ0Tz0]: Nadalia, Rugal, Icarus, Boss, Insano, Katya Vs. Cortex!

[color=00ad83]Insano[/color]

"[color=00ad83]Well that can't possibly be good.[/color]" Insano said, switching his rail-gun to rail mode and firing at Cortex. "[color=00ad83]WHAT KIND OF BLACK MARKET STEROIDS DID YOU TAKE TO GET SO HUGE? I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF YOU, AND YOU'RE...LIKE, FOUR FEET TALL! AND HALF OF IT IS YOUR GIANT SWOLLEN HEAD![/color]"

Boss

The entire room went silent as Cortex stood in...what was a wall, in happier times.

[color=b4b4]"The Doctor...[/color]" Cortex said. "[color=b4b4]...is-"[/color]

Cortex was cut off by what was left of the convention-goers each screaming at the top of their lungs and bolting out of the doors. "HEY!" Boss yelled. "I SAID NO TRAMPLING! CALM-" As the last of the civilians left through the door, Boss sighed and hung his head. "Rugal. Honest question. Is preserving the structural integrety of the building still a top priority? 'cause it's either that or protect the people fleeing, I don't think I can do both. Either Cortex stays in the building and wrecks it or leaves the building and kills people. And of the two, I think the one that doesn't involve all kinds of people dying is the better one."

Spoiler: Meanwhile...In The Real World...

"I don't have a phone." Edge said, stepping inside.

So he's a member of The Rising Dawn. Edge thought, as Ryan rambled on. Or...was.

Of all the things Edge had been expecting when he came here, the one thing he had not been expecting was...some...scrawny, blonde-ish college-age hipster. Someone who seemed almost normal. Then again, since Boss was a scrawny, college-age, wannabe beatnick, he was willing to withhold his judgement for the time being.

Edge shook his head as he sat down. "No, I don't know...Annie, was it? And I don't know you, either. And while I'm curious as to how you knew I was a member of The Rising Dawn, I-"

"Well, you're not a student." Ryan said. "And pizza guys don't usually carry around swords. And I figured that The Rising Dawn would be around to at least visit after a while, so..."

Edge scratched his head, trying to work out the best way to explain it. "My name is Edge. The bartender on The Rising Dawn-a tall man named Luke-brought me here because I told him I needed someone to help train a friend of mine before he ends up hurting himself, or someone-" Edge shook his head. "No, that's not even true. He's already hurt himself; he nearly got himself killed fighting this leech...tentacle...thing over the ocean a few months ago."

"I thought I could train him myself, but I'm in way over my head." Edge sighed and rubbed his face. "Of course, none of this matters if the bartender sent me to the wrong place, or if I happened to knock on the wrong door. So...can you help me? Or can someone you know help me?"

"Of course I will." Ryan bluntly said, leaving Edge blankly sitting there. He didn't expect the ex-Rising Dawn member to agree on such terms without question, let alone without hesitation in the least.

Edge nodded, and tented his fingers. "Is there some kind of catch?"

"Pppft, no catch or some sort of favor you must return. Think of it as me doing the Rising Dawn a favor for ditching them during an important part of their lives. I'm also not the kind of guy to risk denying a ninja help when he can easily behead me.. haha."

Taking a seat, Ryan spun in his chair once before giving Edge his full attention, leaning forward with his chin relaxing on his united hands.
"You came to the right place, i'll tell you that much. But it's not me who's capable of helping your friend out. No, i'm not the dude who holds any sort of psychic ability. Rather, you're going to need me to escort you to Faith."

A short pause, Edge wondering who exactly this Faith was."...You'll have to forgive me, but I don't recall a 'Faith' being on the Rising Dawn, either. What kind of person is she?"

"Won't lie, Faith isn't human. She's a Pokemon known as a Gardevoir, like your friend Jenny... except, she's Shiny [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shiny_Pok%C3%A9mon]. Like, one of those extremely rare breed of Pokemon that comes out a different color scheme from their particular race."

"But unlike Jenny, Faith has... mastered her capabilities. She's one of the most skilled psychic types in the Hoenn region if not the world. She alone, bested the Elite 4 along with their previous Pokemon League Champion... and not only took out a dangerous Legendary Pokemon, but fought another Legendary in space to prevent mass destruction. Ryan expressed, looking upwards at his own ceiling ... lost in his train of thought.

She's someone I never imagined having around, plus she can communicate with people using her mind over the vocal cord... so .. like, she can talk to you through mental communication over words ... does that make sense? I kind of ramble on, bad habit of mine.. sorry."

Edge nodded. "Is there any way I could speak with your friend Faith? Right now? There are certain...issues with me, that might end up being problems for that plan, and she can probably explain it better than me."

"Right now, as in... now, now? Alrighty, shouldn't be a problem actually. While it'd be nearly impossible for a Rising Dawn member to perform this, i'm an author from the real world. We break the rules, with red tape here and there. But I can surpass that with my limits. .. ..."

Ryan excused himself from the black chair, and walked in the middle of his living room. He cuffed his hands together, like if he was praying... yet, he wasn't. Instead, the room's air became slightly thicker and had tiny vibrations of heat strokes echoing through, visible to the naked eye. The author took a slow, relaxing sigh before closing his eyes.

". .. Don't you love having - hmmm .... to focus this heavily? .. I like the idea of having to take- hhaha.. ahh ... forever in summoning someone, and how exhausting it truly is. .. ahah, ahha.. ok."

Edge noticed how Ryan's nose had a drop of blood rush downward, across his lips and escaping onto the cushy floor beneath him. Suddenly, wind started to pick up in the room which caused the sheets and clothing in the closest to flap along the current ... only for Ryan to cry out, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!! (Summoning Technique)"

Ryan went for his thumb- biting the edge of it, making it leak blood- only to press his thumb against the other hand's palm... and bring it against the floor. Spirals, perhaps a ritual or alchemy of some sort formed, Edge's eyes seeing flickering blue streams across the blackened symbols before a flash appeared- blinding him for a second.

When Edge recovered from it, he noticed there was someone else in the room now. A slim, tall humanoid looking thing with skyblue skin and orange eyes was staring back at his. She seemed rather stumped as to what's happening, taking a blink or two before looking left-to-right in a confused manner.

That is, until Ryan spoke which caught her attention on the go.

". .. Aahhoouuu ... yea that isn't easy, even with my capabilities. But here you have it. Edge, I would like you to meet Faith." Ryan got back up, brushing his shirt from getting all wrinkled, only to stop and slowly peer with horror over Faith's direction.

She had the biggest, cheesiest smile before glumping him .. nearly making Ryan fall back.
"Whhaaoo- okay, okay! It's super good to see you too Faith! Alright, yea i'm hyped seeing you sweetheart." Only after, she kissed him upon the cheek with warmed up eyes, hugging him closer. That is, until Ryan communicated with her via thoughts.

"Love your affection, but ... we've got company. See that ninja-"

".. Don't hide the truth from him. It doesn't hurt to tell people that you're close to me.."

". .. C-come now Faith. It's taboo for people to see us like that ya know? Heck i'm sorry, just gotta respect my fellow crew members."

Even though Edge couldn't understand what they were saying (let alone know they were actually talking mentally), he noticed Faith making a puffy 'angry' face with her cheeks bloated and mouth all wiggled ... her hug becoming a bear hug, Ryan yelping in fear of her physical strength.

"You're such a jerk... that hurts Ryan. Just because you're my trainer, doesn't mean you can treat me like-"

".. I'm sorry."

Ryan kissed her on the forehead, making her freeze ... only to blush afterwards. She then had an expression like her heart just melted, and remained hugging the author with no intent on stopping.

There was an awkward pause as Ryan glanced back at Edge, giving off an embarrassed smile.

 

[NotYetForsaken]

Spoiler: Paradigm Story

Paradigm Story - He Who Would Be God
Chapter: 4 - Observing Eyes, the Nature of Observers
Location: Unknown House | Sweden
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Titania

Titania gave BEWP a long hard look. He has lost his mind. Elsewise there are more than just two Observers playing me for a fool. She shuddered at the thought. The day outside persisted in its overcast grey, the sun was lost behind the white veil. The snow and the clouds together cast light upon everything, there was no shadow here.

The driver hummed softly to himself as he drove. Deborah and Dolores napped.

"Those memories," Titania said softly. She pulled Ruby close and spoke into her ears. Her lips were so close that they brushed the skin of Ruby's neck. "Those memories are not yours," Titania placed her hand on the back of Ruby's head, "where did you get them? Who did you meet?"

The car hit a speed bump that stirred Dolores briefly from her slumber. Her azure blue eyes fluttered open briefly as she smiled sweetly with her pillowy lips. Titania felt her heart skip a beat. Where her eyes always like that? They must have been, there was no other way. It cannot be a glamor or anything else of the like. It must have been a trick of the light.

There felt like there was a stifling presence in the air. Something unbearably hot and humid wile being simultaneously freezing and dry. It hurt to breathe.

[color-yellowgreen]"You look a little under the weather Tania,"[/color] Dolores smiled. She was more or less awake now. The ambient light made her green eyes glow.

Titania waved it off "Its jetlag for the most part," Titania replied. She brushed several white locks from her face. They seemed more pastel-gold than the true white that it usually was. What in the world... She pulled a small hand mirror from the breast pocket of her robed and checked. Her eyes had faded from blood red to a duller mahogany, more brown than red. Did I always look so... mundane? Or is it a trick of the light? She put the mirror away and turned to Ruby.

"How are you holding up Ruby," she put her forehead on Ruby's "No fever,but you are a bit cold. When we get to you uncle's I'll make sure to get you something warm to eat."

Dolores smiled and she said something to Ruby that Titania couldn't make out. It sounded blurred, something between a mumble and white noise.


The Storyteller

"Miss Selmy said the following to me: Observation is the right of every sentient being. She had no recollection of speaking those words."

 

[Generic NPC 22]

Spoiler: Paradigm Story

Paradigm Story - He Who Would Be God
Insufficient Data...​

I didn't bother looking at my listener as I continued to recite the events that had unfolded years ago. I didn't need to as I knew that he was still patiently waiting for my next words. Up until this point in my recitations, it had never occurred to me as to question why it was that I was telling him all this. There was a vague pulling, a nagging, at the back of my head that this sensation, these obsessions with completing a task for which I was normally disinclined to perform, all this was familiar. As quickly as the thought came, it was brushed aside.

Looking back at the listener, I continued.

"It bothered me that my mother, Titania, appeared to be acting to strangely. My internal chronograph indicated that several minutes had passed since my last entry in my log files and yet, I remembered nothing of those minutes. Struggling as I was to determine what had happened, my mother's question was graded a higher priority. Accessing my recorded memories of the individuals that I had met since leaving my previous plane of existence, I ranked them based on indicators of beings that could have been Observers based upon the characteristics that I had noted from my mother."

"While the obvious answers were the beings on the wing of the airplane, there was another entry on the list of ranked individuals that appeared, one whose name was not known at the time and still eludes me to this very day."

"'There was a ma...' I started to say, my mouth freezing as I started to make the words describing the being that I had passed during the process of entering this realm."

"'There was a ma... a ma... a ma... a ma...' My mouth, my memories were stuck within a loop as the car hit the speed bump, jostling the slumbering passengers within the vehicle. Before the world changed I managed to blurt out the words when I realized what was about to occur, 'I had a bad dream on the plane about a man in black.'"

"Just for clarification, I was, of course, speaking of the man on the airplane's wing, the Subject: Blackharte, not Johnny Cash. By that time however, the world resumed a sense of normalcy. Looking out the window, I started anticipating the sensation of food in my belly since airplane food, no matter which class you fly, is still airplane food."

"As I looked out the window, Miss Selmy said the following to me: Observation is the right of every sentient being. She had no recollection of speaking those words."

I paused for a moment as I produced a bag of chip. One of the habits that i had picked up since the last time I saw my listener was the habit of eating in the middle of my longer recountings and I still had more to go.

"We arrived at the home not too much later, the car sliding into the car port with its cargo, ready to be delivered from whatever we had been fleeing. We were, in a sense, refugees in this land and for a short time, this place would protect us. As much as we would have preferred it, my Uncle's home would not keep us safe forever."