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

[Orinon]

Austin Texas: Icarus, ???
[ACCESS DENIED!]
"...This might take a while..."
Icarus examined the door he noticed a strange humming he pressed his ear against it it sounding vaguely like some sort of music, he heard percussion and violins it was oddly familiar. He then realized there were ancient runes. As he studied them, he smirked.
"You always had a sense of humor didn't you." he smirked and began to read the very Norse looking runes.
As he read the rune he smirked. He began to translate it to himself, being quite amused.

I've been tellin' my dreams to the scarecrow
'Bout the places that I'd like to see
I said, friend do you think I'll ever get there
Ah, but he just stands there smilin' back at me

So I confessed my sins to the preacher
About the love I've been prayin' to find
Is there a brown eyed boy in my future, yeah
He says. girl you've got nothin' but time

He smirked and took a deep breath, He hummed a few times practicing his tone control. Leaning in close to the microphone, he started singing he managed to sound relatively well though it would seem odd to anyone who happened to be staring, .

"But how do you wait for heaven
And who has that much time
And how do you keep your feet on the ground
When you know, that you were born, you were born to fly"

As he said 'fly' his wings appeared and spread wide open the black feathers each clearly distinguished he always seemed to change when his wings appeared he gained some sort of radiance somehow. The Raven in the knocker suddenly opened it's beak and a harsh cold wind rushed out through the beak in a wide cone Icarus folded his wings to protect himself, oddly enough the strange wind made his disguise disappear leaving him in his black tunic, dark blue legging and cloak. with the hat left discarded on the floor.
The priest was not having such an easy tome the harsh cold wind of the void was nothing if not unexpected, imagine being dipped into freezing arctic ocean, with gale winds tearing off away your clothes while encased in Ice. You'd still feel ten times warmer than the poor priest was feeling.

From the raven's mouth a strange item appeared blocking the cold wind Icarus tugged it out to see it was a beautiful master-piece

Spoiler: OOC

He looked closely and he could see inside the beak was more runes something you couldn't ever see unless you got the password, he opened the balisong and grit he teeth he slit open his palm and grabbed the knocker banging it three times. The door had a distinctly loud ring and the door began to open and other gale wind blew this one harsher than the last as the door opened a foreboding abyss was beyond the door.
"This is where we must part ways I fear you have no right to stop me, as what lies within this vault is mine by birthright and only those worthy may enter. It takes a certain caliber of resolve to enter even with the seal broken, I shall return and the door will disappear. Bye" He said and as he walked through he found his old home.
Hell.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Black Mesa - Spawn 1 - Fury's Core: Caim, Merlin 'n co.

The figure seemed to be looking around in a confused manner while there was violent screaming coming from nearby.
"Keep quiet for a moment...I'm trying to think..." She calmly said while the screaming kept up.
"You mind? I'm in the middle of something..." She then asked the man in knight's armor currently attempting to crawl away with the Blade in his shin [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/drakengard/images/7/7c/Caim%27s_Sword.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120802211439] keeping him in place.
Finally getting sick of his whining, the woman rolled her eyes before swinging the sword upwards, launching the man skyward before she let out some kind of terrible scream.
Caim wasn't entirely sure what had happened next, only there was several bright crimson flashes and the man was gone.
Well...Not "Gone" Gone, Caim could clearly see where the man "went". [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/drakengard/images/4/47/DD3_Zero_SS3.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/640?cb=20131224183608]

[HEADING=3]Pre-Set Encounter: Zero: Drakengard 3[/HEADING] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD8PapT7ts8]

"...I was TRYING to fucking CONCENTRATE! Urrggg...." Zero violently yelled at the random floating pieces of flesh and metal still falling from the air before resuming her attempts to find out where she was.
Holding her hand up to her head, she then seemed to be deep in thought for a moment before groaning.
"Of course...Why would that little bastard answer?..." She grumbled in annoyance before causally walking though the battle ground, barely reacting to anything that was happening around her.
Caim braced himself for attack when the woman walked towards him, seeing as she apparantly eviscerated a guy for no apparant reason. However, right about the time she could look him dead in the face, it wasn't the blood blood dripping from her hair and dress that caught his attention. Rather, there was a burning anger in the woman's eyes; enough to make Caim, of all people, uneasy.
She cracked her neck for a moment and-...walked right past him, casually shaking some of the blood off her sword on her way before lazily hoisting it up on her shoulder.
While he guessed that would be one less fight for him to deal with, it was as she was walking right past him that he noticed she was holding an EXACT copy of his father's sword...

"...where did you get that sword? This was my father's. There's no possible way you could have it."

He finally asked as the woman stopped walking and turned around, a bored look on her face before she examined her own sword.
"...I dunno. Found it?...What's it to you?" She flatly answered, something that managed to make Caim pause a little.

"...Well, where [b]did[/b] you find it?"

"Think it was this dead king...or was it a queen?...It's hard to keep track, You humans all bleed the same..."

"...What was his name?"

"Do you name every breath you take?..." She then answered, right as Caim looked fit to explode.
"Didn't think so. Now get out of my face, Kid. I don't have time for this..." she said before walking away, brushing her hair behind her ear as she left a trail of blood behind her.

While that was going on, Merlin and his allies were keeping an eye out for possible threats, right as they noticed an enemy soldier running along the catwalk towards them.
His knights went to attack, least before Merlin wisely gestured for them to stand down as the soldier ran right past them, seeming to make his way towards a group of his comrades attempting to block up one of the doors entering the area.
"Hurry up! It's coming right this way!"
"Oh man! I really hope this works..."
"D-d-don't worry guys! K-k-kane will protect us!"
After piling whatever they could find in-front of the door, Merlin could feel the ground shake slightly, the lava below them jiggling with ever thundering step of-...whatever the hell that thing could be.
All of the soldiers shakily kept their aimed trained at the door before the thundering steps stopped.
...
...
...
...
"...Tell Kane I love hi-"

KER-SMASH!

There was an extremely violent impact as the soldiers, the barricade, the door and basically everything within 5 feet of it was sent flying like some kind of shotgun blast, knocking them wide over the lava pit and even though clean the roof in some instances.
When the smoke settled, there was only one figure still standing: [http://pre11.deviantart.net/e02e/th/pre/i/2013/059/b/0/mech_zangief_by_pryce14-d53s90v.png]

[color=red][I-AM-RED-CY-CLONE!][/color]

It bellowed in a robotic tone before slowly marching towards Merlin and his allies, every step making the entire room shake.

[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 1: Mech-Zangief: Street Fighter[/HEADING] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdmLzdFk0Xs]

Black Mesa - Spawn 2 - NOD Barracks: Insaneo, Blackharte

Back in the Barracks, Blackharte would be rather impressed with the skill of the Combine squad, quickly sweeping from room to room and using their superior tactics to mop up the NOD units in the area, He even managed to get a few kills himself.
The radio system embedded in his skull relayed the commands going from unit to unit in an extremely efficient manner.
Then something began to go wrong.
"Who's that?"
"Someone in there."
"Movement!"
"Look out!"
"*Violent Death Scream*"
"Lost him! Where is he-*Violent Death Scream*"
"Watch out-*Violent Death*"
"NONONO-*Violent Death Scream*"
Even the Squad Leader seemed a little un-nerved as he relayed some kind of hand signal to Blackharte before turning a corne-
A quick plasma based projectile to the skull marked his end as the construct realized that they had been flanked, right as he managed to detect a nearby cloaking field powering down [http://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/pweapon05.jpg]...
It was about then that Blackharte could remember that he saw a movie like this once, but there was something off about this scene...

[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 14: Predator: Predator Series [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZMq6li2RP4][/HEADING]

Meanwhile, back in the pool room, Insaneo watched as the Combine team began to surround him, being sure to cover every single angle to strike the SECOND the barrier went down.
They didn't bother to answer, instead just deciding to wait him out until the barrier shut down while their comrades (And Blackharte) went to clear out the rest of the Barracks.
It was then that something rather strange happened as an golden after-image appeared next to one of the soldiers as he suddenly violently twitched and fell down, his throat having been slit from ear to ear.
In the space of under 5 seconds, the same thing happened to just about everyone in the room as they all seemed to died to a endless number of those golden images, each one fading away near instantly afterwards.
Once they were all dead, an old man in rags [https://gamerstherapy.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/old-altair-1.jpg] slowly walked into view, hiding something inside his cloak as he did before he noticed Insaneo.
{"What is this?...Some kind of Templar Sorcery?...Or it is the Apple-...No...It's neither...I cannot allow you to live..."} The man said in what seemed to be some old kind of Arabic, least if Insaneo's guess was right...
The man then pulled out some Metal Orb [http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/2/23593/2287566-apple_of_eden.jpg] from his robes before being engulfed in a golden light, slowly fading from view as a Much younger and more dangerous looking man [http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/2/23287/1715465-altair.jpg] appeared out of thin air before he began to sprint towards the mad doctor.
While he seemed to be using only medieval weapons, Insaneo quickly learned that not all was as it seemed as it managed to leap though the barrier and went to drive a blade right into his throat!

[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 19: Assassins: Assassin's Creed[/HEADING] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLMpQJK_ugc]

Black Mesa - Spawn 3 - Tiberium Research: Teri, Garm, Ton Ton

Parental issues aside, Teri, Garm and Ton Ton quickly found themselves facing off against an entire hoard of alien creatures, soon finding that their entire exits were blocked by this massive hoard.
"*Sniff* Let the earth be transformed. That all those wh-who believe in the power of Tiberium be transformed with it. Let the earth be transformed..." The soldier currently in a pool of his own urine began to pray, showing off his faith to the Brotherhood in one last act of loyalty.
It was then that his prayers were answered when a incoming Hydra froze in place for a moment, as if halted by time as his eyes slowly rolled back into his head, something that seemed to get his brother's attention.
It then spread like some kind of illness, every single creature stopped in place, slowly spasming but locked to their position and unable to move.
The soldier peered out from his desk to see all the aliens had halted.
"...YES! MY LOYALTY HAS BEEN REWARDED! ALL PRAISE KANE! FOR HE IS THE TIBERIUM PROPH-..." He shouted out in joy before the same fate befell him, a frozen expression of horror appearing on his face.
Kneeling on the ground behind him as a man in blue robes as he slowly put his blade back into it's sheath, a haunting ring sounding though-out the room as it did.
Near instantly, every single living thing in the room that wasn't Teri, Garm or Ton Ton violently exploded into bloody clouds as their very beings were cut into extremely find shreds, it would be hard to so much as find a hair remaining of any of them.
Teri had seen this before...but where?...
It was then that the man in blue stood up...And slicked his white hair back... [http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kdaZRS7pOoM/maxresdefault.jpg]

[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 3: Vergil: Devil May Cry[/HEADING] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Sy6thXuvM]

Once he had revealed himself, a array of floating blue swords began to appear around his head before moving into position around them, ready to strike.
"...State your name..."

Black Mesa - Spawn 6 - Hanger Bay: ARES 35

After ARES radio'd them, the VTOL quickly stopped their blind fire at the crowd before anyone was badly hurt, but rather then assist, they instead seemed to pull back to allow a different VTOL, this one containing a landing force which would then control the crowd. (Well, at least they weren't going to be killed).
Inside the crowd was a familiar face as he seemed to appear out of nowhere.
"Nice job soldier. I'm returning to the airship in order to organize the withdrawal. Get this VTOL back into the sky." David West ordered as he was waved along as a VIP, giving the man ample time to pull out a cigarette and light it up as he got on board, looking rather relieved to get the hell out of dodge, but where were the other Rising Dawn members?

[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 10: David West: AA Universe[/HEADING]

 

[000Ronald]

Black Mesa - Spawn 2 - NOD Barracks: Insano, Blackharte

[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 19: Assassins: Assassin's Creed[/HEADING] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLMpQJK_ugc]

Insano barely had enough time to grab the assassin's wrist before the blade landed, stopping it barely half an inch away from his throat. Whoever this dark-skinned man was, though, he was much, much stronger than Insano. And his strength-enhancing gauntlets weren't built to fight people off as much as they were to handle dangerous materials. As it stood, the blade was moving slowly, slowly, towards his throat.

LANGUAGE IDENTIFIED. COMBATANT IS USING AN ARCHAIC ARABIC DIALECT, CIRCA 1200 AD.

TRANSLATING...TRANSLATING...

[color=00ad83]Helpful as always...[/color] Insano thought. [color=00ad83]What about the bio-synch reboot?[/color]

11 SECONDS UNTIL BIO-SYNCH REBOOT IS COMPLETE. TRANSLATOR CONVERSION COMPLETE. YOU CAN NOW SPEAK TO YOUR COMBATANT.

"{[color=00ad83]Listen to me![/color]}" Insano said to the assassin, still struggling, arm still hanging uselessly at his side. "{[color=00ad83]I don't know who you are, but I was thrown here by a temporal mishap. I'm not with these other people you're attacking! I don't even know where they are, or where I am![/color]}"

The assassin did not heed Insano, and the blade moved closer to his throat. "{[color=00ad83]Who are you?[/color]}" Insano asked. "{[color=00ad83]What are you here for? I'm a scientist; maybe I can help you![/color]}"

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Back outside on the dam: Ryan, Faith, Angelus, Mikhail, Cadolbolg

As Mikhail was picking himself up, He began to realize just who he was talking to.
"Oh, Hey, sorry, I was just flying around with Zero and-Wait-...Who the-..." The white dragon said before his eyes met Cadolbolg, quickly forgetting his situation and shock at the sight of the little flying turtle.
There was a childlike giggle before he leapt up and attempted to butt the little creature with his nose, it as starting to sink in that this wasn't the Micheal that she knew.
"Oh, I'm gunna get cha, I'm gunna get cha!" He playfully snapped at the little turtle, all but forgetting about the larger of the dragons, least until another lighting bolt nearby frightened the piss out of him, almost literally, as he attempted to hide under one of Angelus's wings.
"W-w-what's going on?..." He nervously asked, right as a confused looking Regular Human in a blue suit [http://www.godisageek.com/wp-content/uploads/Octodad.jpg] spawned where the lightening struck, finding himself in a desert now instead of his family home before quickly phasing back out of existence.
The storm was starting to get much worse as more and more material and beings from other worlds began to rain down on top of them, making the skies much too dangerous to fly in.

Meanwhile, Ryan and Faith was watching the chaos unfold as most of the ground forces retreated inside the dam to escape the worsening storm, one of the CO's urging them inside.
Before Ryan was dragged along though, there was a loud *SPLAT!* as a body feel clean from the sky and smashed into the concrete, leaving nothing but a bloody mess.
As disturbing as that was, Ryan was fit to lose his lunch when all of a sudden, the body began to move slightly, limbs snapping back into place as the blood seemed to be sucked back into his body.
Once it was finished reforming, the person shot awake, unshaven and looking like he hadn't had a bath in years.
"No-NO! What the fuck!? Why the hell am I here?! This is total fucking bullshit! What do I have to do!? The second I get out of here, I'm going to find the nearest black hole an-..." He raved on before he saw Ryan standing there looking at him.
"...Caramel Frappe?...That you?...I swear to fuck if this is your doing-!!!" Darren shouted at his fellow Author as he grabbed him by his collar and pushed him against the wall of the dam, not happy about being brought back into the AA world.

While that "Happy Reunion" was going, one of G-Corp's finest was leading Faith from the storm and into one of the Dam's Generator rooms [http://dianewilson.us/stuff/hoover/image/upper.generator.room.jpg], where dozens of soldiers were camped out and getting medical attention, as well as a holding area for the remaining NOD Soldiers, including the ones that Elise had webbed up earlier.
"Alright, stay here until we get the clear for Evac." The CO said before moving to assist the effort.
On the other side of the room, there was a green flash as a Black Haunter with red eyes [http://i.imgur.com/XGNcr.jpg] phased into existence, reading the back of a box of Instant ramen while his finger went to push the on button.
Or at least where the on button of his mircowave would be if he was still in his home, resulting in the Ghost type attempting to push the non-existent button for a while before he realized that he wasn't in his kitchen. Or his Apartment. Or even his world
"....Wait-...This isn't Celadon City...Where the hell is this?...Since when was there a Dam in Kanto?..." He said as he looked around, only to sudden freeze when he saw her, dropping the box with shock. (Tho his jaw hit the ground first)

It was a shiny Gardevoir, standing all alone by herself, her blue hair flowing freely around her shoulder, her features as divine as only a Gardevoir could be and she had a chest deep enough, you needed a life preserver to motorboat it.
His face when he saw Faith Said it all [http://rs50.pbsrc.com/albums/f307/Darthshredder18/1253000441133.png~c200] as a Nasty Plot began to brew.
The next time Faith would look around, she would find the Haunter leaning on the railing next to her, seemingly appearing out of nowhere with a un-convincing smile.
"Girl, do you know your ABC's? Because I'm going to give you the 4th letter..." He then quipped before laughing a little too hard at his own terrible joke.
"But no, seriously. Name is Psycho, but I like to call myself "Milk". I do yo body good when I'm in ya..." He then said before taking her hand and kissing it.
"And what do I call you, aside from "Hot"?..."

 

[NotYetForsaken]

Misunderstood Intentions
Location: Nod Barracks | Black Mesa
Certa amittimus dum incerta petimus.​

BlackHarte

This day gets better and better.

BlackHarte hopped backwards away from the newcomer.

I suppose I have kept this ruse up long enough.

The technomorph raised his shotgun, braced it in one arm, and emptied the chamber at the Predator. As the pellets filled the air the Predator vanished again, sweeping low and to the right to avoid the lethal hail. BlackHarte threw the spent shotgun at him.

The Predator caught it and let his stealth field drop again. His eyes glinted, enthralled by the appearance of strong prey. They shared a silent moment. Their eyes focused against each other in mutual acknowledgement.

I could end you right now if I wanted to.

The Predator returned the sentiment. They felt as if they were equals as they circled each other.

I always did like honorable cultures. I will humor you.

He made the first strike, a clawed hand as fast as lighting struck against BlackHarte's helmet, tearing it apart and exposing the decayed abomination underneath. Half-synthetic and half-organic. Black slag which wrapped around the bleached bone of the poor individual that once owned the body writhed. BlackHarte kneed the aggressor but was caught by the heavy plating around his midsection. BlackHarte threw a punch and whiffed, the Predator having ducked away. His weapons flared online.

A security measure. Hm, no need to be so cautious. You've known I wasn't human long since this engagement.

BlackHarte hopped back and forth on his feet. He waited. The tension grew in the air around them. Then he struck, so fast that the air around him exploded. He brought both his elbows inward with such force that the internal skeleton shattered and had to be reinforced with BlackHarte's own body. But the result was there, a wave of pressurized air that had escaped violently toward the Predator.

Sonic Boom,

BlackHarte announced playfully.

 

[Kalastryn]

At first ARES felt very relieved at the combination of the peaceful result of their interaction to be expected I suppose, G-Corp appears to train their employees much more rationally than our contenders... wait...

A few things however seemed quite... off, to ARES. First of all, as far as she could tell there weren't any orders to withdraw given to her prior knowledge, at least not that it would have been easy for anyone to have picked up on within their group. In fact with their group being the task force for their mission of apprehending Wesker at what was presumably their only chance, withdrawal seemed not to have even been on Kazuya's list of options, much less even a last resort.

David seemed little concerned for their allies, the whereabouts of whom are currently unknown with the dimensional meltdown occurring, yet he seems so calm and simply relieved for himself... a total shift from even the responses at even a slightly more mundane threat like the NOD tanks on the dam. He deconstructs and rematerializes in an unknown location, and he's so calm and unconcerned for everyone else on top of it?

Lastly... this all seemed too... convenient. Sure, ARES was whisked away right where their target would need to escape from, but two people having such luck?

She levels her rifle at David and blinks stoically, "Unacceptable. Mr. West if there is one thing I've learned from being amidst you lot recently, it's that your uncanny luck gets you through a lot... but Wesker's gamble putting the both of us directly at his escape route at the same time is simply to convenient. If you need to assist with a withdraw order, of which I am unsure as to how you could be aware any more than I of the existence of, wouldn't you prefer to do so from the ground? Where you could also ensure the safety of your compatriots?"

"I'll ask once, prove what you say, "soldier" or step out of the aircraft."

 

[Orinon]

Black Mesa:Anti-Mass Spectrometer : Selena, Kane, Some Mooks

Spoiler: picture

After the darkness faded, Selena opened her eyes to see she was inside a destroyed lab, shattering metal and frantic yelling filling the air.
"-YOU COULD HAVE KILLED US ALL! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO, DOCTOR?!"
Selena tried to control her thoughts but Shaking off the adrenaline of almost dying was not an easy task.
"ALL UNITS, GET THIS PLACE LOCKED DOWN! GET ME A TRANSPORT! I want to get out of her-"
"LOOK OUT!" one of his guards warned before another massive green lighting bolt struck the ground, spawning some Ulgy looking foes [http://wiki.blackmesasource.com/images/3/33/AGrunt_Armr.jpg].
"FIRE! FIRE!" Kane shouted before attempting to flee the room while his men covered his "Brave Retreat".

One of the brutish creatures leaped forward and roared at her, Selena let out a scream and raised her hand to protect herself, her heart began throbbing her mind was overflowing with extreme emotional turmoil.
Her eyes began to glow blank white with no iris or pupil, she took in a sharp breath and screamed at the monstrous creature was doused in green acid, a vortex began to swirl around her she was somewhat hidden by a green micro hurricane of acid not a drop touched her but the metal began to corrode around her her eyes glowing as she walked forward.

She looked around her face cold and devoid of emotion, Selena was essentially not there her magic and primal instinct were active, but every part of her personality was essentially shut off.

 

[Generic NPC 22]

Escapist Avatar Adventure | Temporal Flux -> Armory
I can still taste her lovely sweat-box, she fed me such tears of ecstasy.

Katya Rostikova

​

When being ripped apart atom by atom, spread out to the four corners of the multi-verse and reassembled at a random location (or pseudo-random in the case of Escapist's Random Number Generator), there are a few variables that need to be considered.

First and foremost on this list should be the presence of any and all objects located at your reassembly location. Nothing is as day ruining as being reassembled inside of a solid granite mountain. Fortunately for Katya Rostikova, she was lucky in that she was reassembled, without the assistance of a matter assembly device of some sort, in a location free of objects. The fact that the target location was rather dark, being that it was inside a closet filled with what felt like Arctic Jackets made of Cat Fur, was a bit disconcerting, but probably not as disconcerting as what the unfortunate NOD Goon experienced when he was reassembled.

The second thing to consider is whether or not you're reassembled in the manner that you were disassembled. The safest thing to do would be to have some sort of matter reassembly device at the target location that would ensure that the your particles are placed back in the spot that they originally were. However, without a matter reassembly device, things can quickly deviate from normalcy. In the boring case of the Rising Dawn's Digital Drama Queen, she was reassembled exactly as she should have been. In the far more interesting case of the NOD Goon, he was reassembled with his Head attached where his left leg should be, his left leg attached to where his right arm should be and his right arm attached where his head would be. In short, he looked like a Ken Doll after that one bully from Toy Story, Sid, was done operating on him.

So, before we play out the scene, lets discuss something, namely the Buzz Axe.

The Buzz Axe is the most common weapon in use among the bandits known as Psychos on the planet of Pandora. While not usually too fatal in the hands of a Psycho, it would definitely be fatal if someone, namely the unnamed NOD Goon, was suddenly relocated to a location occupied by a Buzz Axe.

"Huh?" A Psycho holding a Buzz Axe huh'd as he suddenly found himself holding his Buzz Axe that had mysteriously impaled a man with an arm for a head and a head for a leg and a leg for an arm. While it would have been a strange occurrence for anyone with two braincells, it was just another day in the life of a Pandoran Psycho.

"They told me to bring a pail lunch... you look pale enough to me!!" The Psycho bellowed as he tried to dislodge his Buzz Axe from the NOD corpse.

"Holy... shit" Katya cursed as she looked through a crack in the closet door. Observing the area outside, she noted the fact that she appeared to be inside of an armory of some sort stocked full of crates with a logo for some company called Hyperion. The Psycho with the Buzz Axe was not alone however, there appeared to be a half dozen more of the crazy bastards in the armory, each one hard at work attempting to load the crates onto a pallet to be hauled off by a fork lift.

"Holy shit." The Rising Dawn's Hacker Heroine cursed again as she realized that one of the Psychopaths was headed towards the closet which she teleported into. Normally, the presence of Seven men armed with melee weapons wouldn't have scared the young woman, however, given some of the random stringing of words that they barked at each other, she figured something just wasn't right in their brain.

"The meat puppies, they come to the slaughter, like children to an ice cream truck!"
"I made finger pizza just for you!"
"NO! Mommy bled for us both! She bled for us both!"
"I can still taste her lovely sweat-box, she fed me such tears of ecstasy."

Pulling one of her pistols out of its holster, she quickly pulled back the slide to chamber a round, hoping that she would not be the next meat puppet for one of these Psychopaths.

"Holy shit." The Rising Dawn's Dame of Disaster cursed as she realized she had no bullets at all... but that didn't matter much since.

[HEADING=2]RANDOM ENCOUNTER No. 6: X-COM SQUAD[/HEADING]

"Engaging Kinetic Strike Module"

BOOOOOOOM!!!

A wall exploded outwards as a squad of 5 soldiers and some sort of cyborg charged into the room... with only one moving at a time.

"GO GO GO!" The Assault Squaddie #1 yelled as he took a position behind a crate.

"ROGER DODGER!" The Sniper Squaddie yelled as she took a position in the corner of the room.

"MOVING!" The Heavy Squaddie yelled as he started moving and suddenly stopped in the middle of the room, "THEY'VE GOT ME FLANKED!"

"

FIRING!

" The Mechanized Soldier said as he took aim at the Psycho that was right in front of him, a 95% Hit flashing on the machine's HUD as he squeezed the trigger to his Minigun. There was a loud whirring noise as the gun's eight cylinders spun up and suddenly the room was washed in the sound of several hundred bullets being fired in only a few seconds, "

MISS!

"

"THIS IS GONNA HURT!" Assault Squaddie #2 yelled as she pulled the trigger on her shotgun at another Psycho that was at point blank range, "NUTS!"

If the X-Com squad was having poor luck shooting the Psychos, the Psychos appeared to be having an equal amount of trouble as they threw their Buzz axes at the assaulting squad... which, if they weren't armored, would have ruined their day. Fortunately for them, they did wear armor and the Buzz axes really didn't do anything... which is when the Hyperion weapons were unloaded... which made it a rather prolonged and uneventful gun fight.

Back in the closet, Katya slumped backwards and watched the battle with annoyed and bored curiosity.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Black Mesa - Spawn 2 - NOD Barracks: Insaneo, Blackharte
[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 14: Predator: Predator Series [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZMq6li2RP4][/HEADING]

The Predator stood his ground before a shoulder mounted plasma cannon quickly unfolded, a single energy bolt flying though the air before impacting with the Sonic Boom, causing the two projectiles to cancel each other out[footnote]Yeah, I used Capcom Projectile Rules rather then Netherrealm Rules, but hours of Zoning Matches in Injustice taught me that the latter don't exist.[/footnote], causing another brief pause in the action as the two combatants sized each other up.
The now unmasked Predator slowly turned to his weapon, as if unsure of something.
There was a combination of clicking and growling as the weapon slowly receded back into his armor, followed by him slowly taking off his clawed gauntlets and dumping them on the ground.

This was going to be "Fair" fight it seemed.

I will humor you. Heh heh heh heh...

The creature mockingly taunted, using Blackharte's own "Voice" before roaring at him and charging forth, opting for a massive kick against the Technomorph's midsection to knock him back against the wall.
Pinning him against it, he took the chance to grapple his rival before bringing his spine down on his out-spread knee in a clear attempt to shatter it.
While he was on the ground, The Predator followed up with a nasty kick to Blackharte's chest while he was down, sliding him across the floor as he went on the defensive, still uncertain of what this "Creature" could do.

[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 19: Assassins: Assassin's Creed[/HEADING] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLMpQJK_ugc]

The Assassin would not yield as the blade got closer to Insaneo's throat, but when the Doctor began to talk, his expression changed under his hood as he explained himself.
{"...I have many names, Templar. I will not reveal them to you..."} He said to him before suddenly disappearing in a golden light, seeming to spare Insaneo before repairing in his "true?" form, namely the old man he once saw.
{"...But...If you speak the truth, then I will allow you to. Otherwise, now would be a good time to speak your last words..."} He warned as he slowly knelled on the ground in front of the barrier, nursing something in his cloak as if he was about to pull out a pistol...

Black Mesa - Spawn 6 - Hanger Bay: ARES 35

[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 10: David West: AA Universe[/HEADING]

David was in the middle of pulling out his flask before ARES stomped in, pointing her rifle at him.
In a quick movement, he stood up before pulling out his own gun, starting a kind of Mexican stand off before the sniper realized what ARES was saying.
"Jesus...You serious right now?...That-....That is you, right?...Okay...going to put away my weapon...and you do the same..." He nervously asked the Android before the two of them each lowered their weapons.
"Right...Sorry, I've been having a rough morning. After the explosion, I ended up in one of the Biology labs. The...Well...I think I've seen enough of this fucking lab for one day after some of the stuff I've seen in there...As for the withdrawal...Look around, This place is a death trap and we're losing more and more men by the minute. We need to get our forces out of the combat zone, regroup then we can start looking for Wesker...or what's left of him..." He explained as he sat back down again, looking rather shaken as he pulled out another cigarette and took a long drag.
"...Look, if you want to stay on the ground, go ahead, but seriously, they are literally jumping out from the goddamn walls. We need to get back to base, secure our wounded then we can try and take the base. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if there is some kind of "Plan B" for a situation like this. Hell, for all we know, there could be an airborne nuclear weapon en route here right now!" He said as he tapped his foot against the floor, what the hell did this guy see?...

((Second half up soon))

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Black Mesa: Anti-Mass Spectrometer: Selena, Kane

Selena's Acid Storm was enough to disable both parties in the conflict as it ate right though their weapons and armor, one unlucky Black Hand trooper running away in nothing but NOD-Brand underwear.
"FALL BACK! FALL BACK! GET THIS DAMN DOOR OPEN!" Kane kept yelling as he banged on the metal blast door as the Witch cleaned house.
What forces remained seemed to try and focus her down as she had to deal with the combined fire of both Black Hand flamethrowers and the strange Alien weapons, seeming to be some kind of electronic beams.
"PROTECT THE PROPHET! IT IS THE WILL OF NO-urk!?" One of the braver solders said before getting struck from behind and ultimately having his neck snapped.
The entire room went into high alert as a series of well-placed gunshots took down several foes on both sides, Kane having to duck to avoid getting his head taken off.
"Sorry to keep you waiting..." the soldier said as he stood over the bodies of his victims, the last person Kane wanted to see.
"YOU?! NO! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD! GAH! OPEN THE DAMN DOOR! GET ME OUT OF HERE!" The "Prophet" pleaded as the soldier turned towards the Witch in the middle of the room.
"...Huh...Showtime..." Snake [http://img07.deviantart.net/f51c/i/2013/325/4/9/mgs1_solid_snake_by_georgesears1972-d6v1k8s.jpg] said to himself before attempting to land a shot on Selena with his Pistol.

[HEADING=3]RANDOM ENCOUNTER No. 17: Solid Snake: Metal Gear Solid [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-gdYNLPMrk][/HEADING]

Black Mesa: Armory: Katya, Level 72 Bandits, Psychos Vs. XCOM

[HEADING=3]RANDOM ENCOUNTER No. 6: XCOM Soldiers: XCOM: Enemy Within [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqfHuaHvaT4][/HEADING]

The battle waged on for an uncomfortably long time as all the people involved seemed to be REALLY bad at what they were doing.
Hell, they couldn't even get hit by a bullet even if they wanted to!
"SHOOT ME IN THE FACE! IN THE FAAAAAAAACE! DO IT! SHOOT ME IN THE FACE! FACE FACEFACEFACEFACE! NOW! BULLETS IN THE FACE! WANT EM! NEED EM! GIMMEGIMMEGIMME! AT THE SOUND OF THE BELL IT WILL BE FACESHOOTING O'CLOCK! BONGGGGG! KNOCK KNOCK WHO'S THERE SHOOT ME IN THE FACE! END OF JOKE! I'M GONNA SING A SONG! SHOOT ME AT THE END OF IT! DA DA DA DA DA DA DA! BONG!! ...I NOTICE YOU HAVEN'T SHOT ME IN THE FACE! CURIOUS AS TO WHY! Maybe you're weighing the moral pros and cons but let me assure you that OH MY GOD SHOOT ME IN THE GODDAMNED FACE!! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?!" Resident Psycho Face McShooty shouted to the Sniper Squadee as he jumped up and down in front of his scope, less then a foot away from his face.
"Taking the shot..." The Sniper said with a 99.999999% chance to hit.
*BANG!* *MISS!*
"Negative, target is still standing." The Sniper said before Face McShoot howled mournfully before crying into the highly trained marksman's shoulder. much to his confusion.
"...So...Do I get promoted now?..."


A few of the more experienced and wiser bandits didn't bother taking part as they casually walked though the gunfire, not even getting hit once as they kept looting all the weapons.
"...Think we should tell the N00bs they are under-levelled?..."
"Nah, leave them to it. More new weapons for us..." one of the more level headed ones said before holding up a massive rocket launcher, examining the fine craftsmanship for a moment, it wasn't every day you found one that launched flaming rockets that in turn launched other flaming rockets. [http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Pyrophobia]
"A Maliwan Pryophobia?....Tch, Vendor Trash..." He grumbled before throwing it in with the rest of the "Useless" weapons before suddenly freaking out over finding Some kind of pistol [http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Unforgiven_(Borderlands_2)].
He was a little excited to say the least [https://youtu.be/bLQtsIhkH1w?t=3s], Least before one of his friends socked him from behind before attempting to take it from him.
While this was going on, Katya froze when a really, really, REALLY big dude [http://www.buzzfocus.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Goliath-Final-3-14-12-a.jpg] opened the closet she was hiding in.
"...Oh....Shit-" She repeated once again as the Goliath picked her up, hoisting her it's shoulder before pushing the entire contents of the closet into a large sack he was carrying around.
His attention turning back to Katya, he looked confused as he held up the young hacker, tilting his head before asking "Gun looks weird...This Dee-el-sea?" as he then grabbed her hair and legs before holding her like a minigun, attempting to find where the trigger was.
"Quit Fight So Much, Gun!" He said as he tried to make her fire, trying several different positions, first as a pistol, then as a shoulder mounted RPG, then a shotgun, all to now avail
"Awwwww Guuuuuyyyssss! This gun bang weapon box gave self-person broken gun!" He whined to his friends before holding Katya up by her leg like some kind of fish in an attempt to get their attention.

 

[Kalastryn]

Black Mesa - Spawn 6 - Hangar Bay: ARES 35

Well, with all of this unfolding, ARES naturally felt like quite a piece of trash. Lowering her rifle as David explained what had him so nervous, she climbed her way into the aircraft carrier and sat down, at least to talk for a minute. "I would like to apologize about that, Mr. West. This entire situation must be incredibly vexing, and I suppose being so mechanically calculative as myself often has its own plethora of disadvantages. I thought it suspicious that you arrived alone, but didn't take into account the state of panic you were likely undergoing and repressing... both of which are understandable in this scenario." she explains, offering a rather resigned sigh in additional apology.

"Apologies and all over with, I was honestly thrown right here just a few short minutes ago... convenient for cutting off an escape route of our target but at the same time it was surprising as hell to see a VTOL of ours ready to mow down the crowd with machine guns... thank god our people actually know how to listen, not just hear eh?" she said, gesturing to the distinct lack of a bloodbath outside.

"Especially because if it came down to it, I'd have just had to bite the bullet... still, what did you see exactly? Anything to report on the status of anyone else?" she asked, almost too quickly and easily changing the subject to asking what David saw... but nonetheless looking genuinely interested in whatever answers he'd have.

Rising Dawn - Hangar: Kazuya, Violet, Kalastryn Meanwhile as Kala had sat reading her spellbook, just beginning to begrudge her decision to stay behind, Kazuya had called for the airship to back away from the rift made by Wesker, and to advise the Daedalus to do the same.

Not hesitating to rise from her idle position, she approached Kazuya and asked.
"Mr. Mishima sir, you said earlier that I "May make my way over to the Daedalus once you deem that the situation called for their assistance, and not a second before." This being said if you deem this my cue and we have any of those spare "comms" on hand, I could probably fly my way over there if all else fails now." She nods.

"It's actually not the first time I've traversed dimensional rifts, excluding my time spent aboard the rising dawn, so in all likelihood I could act as a "middle man" if direct channels would fail as well." she says, smiling as her offer earlier to act as a messenger seems to be paying off.

 

[StormShaun]

Once again, sorry for posting late.

Wanderer and David West?
Pre-set Encounter Location: Tiberium Refinery Complex [http://lparchive.org/Command-Conquer-Renegade/Update%2027/9-CMWNe.jpg]

His eyes flickered around, swiftly taking short looks at every different thing in the strange room. Wanderer paid special attention to David West himself. The man was obviously older, has futuristic technology, and the fact that this world still contains the Dominos franchise. ("We apparently died, huh?") The more aggressive Wanderer muttered, yet that was when that little light-bulb lit brightly within this mind.

"Oh... my... God. We were just involved within a short area universal manipulation device." Wanderer muttered out loud. Suddenly point toward the future David West, the figure of Wanderer seemed to gather a seriously strong aura, "Hear me out buddy. I'm not your Wanderer." He said, placing emphasis on the word "your". Pausing for a couple of seconds, the mutated survivalist cleared his throat. "I was sent from the past. An incident with target Wesker caused a powerful machine to go crazy, and it sent me here." He said, leaving a more awkward feeling in the air.

" ...To a place where I obviously died."
"Probably like a dumbass." The more dark Wanderer overtook, puffing a sigh. "This is most likely a Dystopian world. I mean, how else can we explain you re-joining a military force, and that Dominos is the major pizza franchise, heh." He chuckled. Eyes turned blue once again, and Wanderer shook his head. "Either way, I need to find a way back... So, why are you here?"

Merlin [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/9/9d/Merlin.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width/1000?cb=20150321223917], Sir Bedivere [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/c/c3/Bedivere_front.png/revision/latest?cb=20130531223623], Sir Lancelot [http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/0/0b/Zero_berserker.png/revision/latest?cb=20121211184806], and Sir Gawain [http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/8/82/Saber_extra.png/revision/latest?cb=20130726175824]. Vs Mech Zangief
Location: Fury's Core | Black Masa

With the robot overpowering the general facility guard, the four Camelot citizens prepared for combat. Yet as the mech came closer, the Knight in black armour known as Lancelot held up his hand. "I can handle this." His dark tone grew with a hidden taste for blood. "Thou shalt look for any others to slay, for this is mine." His voice groaned underneath the helmet, as almost if their was a beast underneath. Yet the other two knights and mage understood this as his urge for them to see if there are any other dangers.

Merlin instantly gave a nod, while the other two simply gazed at Lancelot with distrust, yet nodded simultaneously. "Fine, but don't die. You owe us that." Gawain said, taking a few steps back, as did the others. Merlin smiled though, he was intrigued with the powers that this Berserker held, and he wasn't talking about the robot.

Pulling his sharp, crimson sword, the black Knight walked until he stopped a few feet from the approaching mech. "You face me, you metal beast." Lancelot scowled as he prepared [http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nNpWC63wvWs/maxresdefault.jpg] his combat skills. Suddenly, he charged, blade prepared to pierce.

 

[NotYetForsaken]

Misunderstood Intentions
Location: Nod Barracks | Black Mesa
The Dark is not the absence of Light.​

BlackHarte

Well, I suppose it's  a good time to ditch this meatsack.

BlackHarte removed himself from the wreck that had once been a Combine soldier. His black body glistened in the light. He was shimmering with movement, his skin crawled. The very nature of his being repulsed living organisms.

Ah. It feels good to stretch sometimes.

BlackHarte 'clenched' his 'fist.'
The nanomachines swarmed around his arm until the shatter calcium of the soldier were re purposed into bone-white claw.

Spoiler: Battle Music

BlackHarte moved forward and the Predator stepped back to guard. Yet BlackHarte never appeared before him. Instead he vanished into this air.

From below he rose up, bone claw striking the Predator from behind. The attack knocked the Predator airborne and BlackHarte launched himself after it. His body twisted and expanded until it was a torrent of whips, striking the Predator five times. Then he vanished again, reappearing below, twisting his body into a giant mouth and using a prehensile tongue to strike upwards. He slammed the Predator back into the air, resetting the air juggle.

BlackHarte backdashed and jump canceled into the air.

Crimson.

The air below the predator twisted and broke open. A shattered reality brought forth an innumerable swarm of bees that attacked the Predator twenty-seven times. And then BlackHarte glided forward and spiked the Predator back to the ground before landing himself, bringing his body into a vague humanoid shape.

Then he taunted, twisting his lower body into the shape of a pile of books and pretending to thumb through a volume. Then he dash canceled backwards to avoid a wake-up attack from the Predator.

Curse Crimson Percentage: 50%

BlackHarte cackled.

 

[000Ronald]

Black Mesa - Spawn 2 - NOD Barracks: Insaneo, Blackharte
[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 19: Assassins: Assassin's Creed[/HEADING] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLMpQJK_ugc]

Insano laughed out loud. "{[color=00ad83]My name?[/color]}" he half-asked. "{[color=00ad83]Well, I too, have many names. But most people call me Doctor Insano.[/color]}"

ANALYSIS OF COMBATANT COMPLETE. RESULTS INCONCLUSIVE. COMBATANT APPEARS TO BE USING A FORCE PROJECTION OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; CAPABILITIES OF HIS DEVICE EXCEED PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED PARAMETERS.

[color=00ad83]So he has higher tech than me.[/color] Insano thought. [color=00ad83]Lovely. Any chance of scanning it for duplication?[/color]

SCAN IN PROGRESS. CURRENTLY 0.000(0000000084)% COMPLETE. TIME LEFT UNTIL COMPLETION: APPROXIMATELY 48 HOURS.

[color=00ad83]I thought not.[/color] Insano thought

Insano walked over to the crystal rod he thrust into the ground and yanked it up. "{[color=00ad83]Myself and an number of others, for that matter-have come here to capture Albert Wesker. Well, they came here to capture him. I'm here to kill the bastard.[/color]}"

BIO-SYNCH REBOOT COMPLETE. RIGHT ARM FUNCTIONING NORMALLY.

"{[color=00ad83]What about you?[/color]}" Insano asked the assassin. "{[color=00ad83]You never told me what you were here for. I meant what I said; if I can help you, I may as well.[/color]}"

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Black Mesa - Spawn 2 - NOD Barracks: Insaneo, Blackharte
[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 14: Predator: Predator Series [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZMq6li2RP4][/HEADING]

Needless to say, the Predator was quick to instantly regret his tactical choices when Blackharte suddenly unleashed a rather impressive 34[footnote]If I counted right[/footnote] Combo from out of no where.
There was a dazed confusion on his bruised face, unable to really process what the hell just happened as he saw the creature Taunt him.
The Salt was real and by god he was going to let this ugly mofo (Blackharte that is) know just what they did to taunters.
Bringing up his wrist mounted computer, he began to try and input a code, hitting his palm against it a few times to knock it back into operation.
Getting back up slowly, he then returned the favor with a taunt of his own, namely the classic "Raised Middle Finger" while the Nanomorph was able to pick up an extremely strong energy signature from his now rapidly blinking wrist computer.
It was a lot like the kind that was used in nuclear fission, namely the kind used in low yield atom bombs.
The readings began to spike as the Predator charged forth, roaring one final insult as he attempted to take Blackharte and half of the barracks down with him!

[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 19: Assassins: Assassin's Creed[/HEADING] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLMpQJK_ugc]

The man seemed unconvinced, but slowly took his hand away from his weapon(?) as he stood back up.
{"...I was studying a powerful artifact, one that I who's secrets I was destined to unlock. I find myself in many strange places in time and space, and yet...this one feels more..."Real" then the others...Perhaps...if you were to help me understand what this artifact is, I might lend you aid in your..."Quest"..."} He said as he slowly reached in and nervously brought out That Metal Orb [http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130421194501/assassinscreed/images/c/cc/Apple_of_Eden.png] from before holding it out for Insaneo to take a look at.
Before he doctor attempted to touch it, he warned {"This device has claimed many lives...of my enemies, of my allies and...even my wife...And if you are not careful...it will take both of ours this day as well..."}
This was it, time to see what this old man had up his sleeves...

Black Mesa - Spawn 6 - Hanger Bay: ARES 35

[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 10: David West: AA Universe[/HEADING] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EvcItjITGk]

David took another deep puff of his cigarette before he began to answer ARES's question.
"It was some...kind of crazed creature in some sort of suit...it cared nothing for anything in it's path. Ohhhh, man....It just burned everything. Man, woman, child, just-....Burning everything..." He rambled on before suddenly jolting to attention as he saw something come into the hanger.
"OH GOD! THERE IT IS! WHY IT WON'T IT DIE!? WHY DON'T IT DIE?!" The sniper began to have a panic attack as he attempt to control his breathing.
ARES's sensors picked up the being in question as it walked into the hanger, but...something was off.
I mean, it was some kind of being in a strange suit, it was kinda like one she used to wear, and it was walking around with some kind of flame weapon but....Aside from that, it seemed friendly enough [http://www.volcom-mapping.com/hlmaps/screenshots/volcom_hud_icon/HUD_BLU_Pyro.gif] as he asked for directions or something from one of the nearby guards.
When it's eyes met ARES's, it seemed to tense up before frantically gesturing to her about-...something behind her?

It was then she found her entire power supply quickly dropping, all energy leaving her frame as some kind of EMP device was slapped on her back, shorting out dozens of her processes and drivers in the process.
David was pretty calm all of a sudden as he took another draft of his cigarette before carelessly crushing the butt of it on the malfunctioning android's shoulder.
"...I never really was on your side..." [https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/1/11/Spy_specialcompleted07.wav?t=20100625222507] a french voice purred as David faded out of few and as replaced by Some kind of Spy [http://orig00.deviantart.net/ebc8/f/2012/278/1/4/sfm_poster__meet_the_spy__red__by_patrickjr-d5gwg3l.jpg].
Placing a hand on ARES's shoulder, he effortlessly pushed the mecha to the ground before waving to the incoming Pryo, attempting to reach the aircraft before his Nemesis could escape.
"Au Revoir, you mumbling abomination! Hahahahahah!" He taunted before making his way to the Cockpit, A quick pair of gunshots signalling his hijacking as the VTOL began to take off.

((Rest of Reactions tomorrow))

 

[NotYetForsaken]

Misunderstood Intentions
Location: NOD Barracks | Black Mesa Facility
F = q(E + vB)​

BlackHarte

The Predator lunged forward, his arm out. His body tearing through the air in his bid to strike at Blackharte, yet in his rage-induced charge the apex predator had made a laughably simple mistake. He lunged forward, ready to perform a high-damage hit confirm attack, but had not assured that his opponent was in recovery. Had BlackHarte gambled that it was not a grab and blocked, it might have done some incredible damage. If he backdashed and was too slow, he would have been caught if the attack continued to follow through past mid-screen. A dash forward was suicidal, and to clash a special move with a normal would be idiotic. There was only one thing left to Blackharte. He had to perform a kara grab.

BlackHarte feinted a low medium sweep to push himself forward, performed a rapid-cancel with 25% of his meter that reset him to neutral and then tried to grab the Predator.

Too early. The strike hit BlackHarte during his recovery from the grab. In a last-ditch effort BlackHarte enveloped the fissure core with his body to soften the blow to the surrounding environment because he was wary that he had an ally nearby.

The explosion expanded BlackHarte into a perfect sphere, and then he collapsed into a fine dust. The carbon-silicate high density material that he used to form protective shielding left him stiff and brittle. It is very fortunate that this BlackHarte is in uplink to the main body while retaining his independent operating personality. BlackHarte scrumbled together and tried to reconstitute his body, aware that the Predator was now recovering from a brief cooldown period.

It was lag.

BlackHarte scoffed, bringing his body to bear again. He was hurt, bits of his black ooze had turned grey and dead. The beta radiation had really hurt some of the microsystems in his nanomachine partitions. He didn't have the tools to rebuild individual nanomachines on his person right now. He'd have to just generate more from his environment.

This is far from over.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Wanderer and David West?
Pre-set Encounter Location: Tiberium Refinery Complex [http://lparchive.org/Command-Conquer-Renegade/Update%2027/9-CMWNe.jpg]

Future!David seemed just about as confused about what was going on was Wanderer was.
"Hey, It's not a Dystopian future! I got Richie's[footnote]Phoenix Richardson, David's CO in UNIT[/footnote] Job. It's actually a fucking awesome future. As for why am I here? You tell me! I was just minding my damn business on my coffee break when the next thing I know I'm in this fucking dum-....hang on....OHHHHHHH! Dude! I remember this!" He began to ask before getting hit with a total nostalgia bomb.
"Yeah! Yeah, I remember this! We were after that Wesker guy and we were only just about able to get him out before the bastard had the entire base nuked off the face of the earth!...but wait-....If I'm here....then...where is "Your" Me?"..." He asked as he tried to remember what exactly happened to him the last time he was here.

Spoiler: Meanwhile

Wanderer and friend!
Location: Goodsprings Cemetery. Time: Midnight, year 2281

Wanderer struggled against this hand bindings until he heard some asshole with a mohawk say "Guess who's waking up over here?"
Looking up, he could see the people who ambushed him, namely 2 Great Khans and a man with a checkered suit of sorts.
"Time to cash out." Benny said as he finished his smoke, prompting on of his underlings to ask "Would you get it over with?"
"Maybe Khans kill people without looking them in the face, but I ain't a fink, dig?" This smug prick said as he held up that strange Poker chip he was hired to carry.
"You've made your last delivery kid. Sorry you got twisted up in this scene..." He said in a almost apologetic tone as he pocketed the chip and pulled out a fancy blinging handgun and pointed it at his head.
"From where you're kneeling it must seem like an 18-carat run of bad luck.
Truth is...the game was rigged from the sta-"

Suddenly, Lighting struck the ground right beside Benny as Even stranger looking man [http://i.imgur.com/uQK7oY5.jpg] phased into existence, stumbling a little as he did.
"-THAT AERAN BASTARD! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON-...Wanderer?..." David stopped when he realized he had just interrupted some kind of gangland execution, only to then get knocked upside the head with a shovel.
Reeling slightly, he pulled out his weapon before smacking the black one with the butt of his weapon.
Benny went to shoot only to get a kick to the gut for his troubles, knocking him down while David attempted to fight the mohawked one.
Wanderer watched as shovel hit against the man's hand and the last thing he saw as a bright flash as the contents of his skull were splattered all over the open grave behind him...

Back in the present, For some strange reason, Wanderer REALLY hated David now and he had no idea why....

Black Mesa - Spawn 1 - Fury's Core: Caim, Merlin 'n co.

[HEADING=3]Random Encounter No. 1: Mech-Zangief: Street Fighter[/HEADING] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdmLzdFk0Xs]

The Mecha stomped along, taking ever step in a pre-set robotic pattern, one foot in front of the other in a manner that didn't even try to seem human.
It didn't seem to even notice Lancelot at first, even as the black night raced towards him and went to impale him on his blade.
Least that's what was supposed to happen, but when the Blade impacted against real Soviet Steel[sup]TM[/sup], rather then go right though his chest, the sword instead bent upwards entirely, now looking more like the letter C then anything close to a weapon.
The second contact was made, the Mech's eyes flashed red for a moment as an audio clip played:

"Gentlemen and Ladies is-TIME TO FIGHT!!!" [http://www.tubechop.com/watch/6718063]

A small holographic display above Mech-Zangief began to count down from 99 as the machine got to work.
Two massive hands grabbed Lancelot before lifting him above the Mech's head, right before his face got shoved against a diamond hard robot crotch.

[b][FOR-MOTHER-RUSS-IA!][/b]

It boasted before launching itself into the air via hidden jets in it's heels.
Merlin and his allies could only watch as the Mech then brought Lancelot's head right down into the floor of the lab in a massive pile-driver.
When the dust settled, Lancelot's legs were the only thing visible as everything above his waist was now buried in the ground in a rather comedic fashion.

[b][BOL-SHOY-PO-BE-DA!][/b]

It droned before resuming it's march towards Merlin and the other knights, at a pace that would most likely take him at least 2 more posts before he would be able to reach them, seriously, he can hit, but MAN, him walking was like watching paint dry.
Either way, they still had an extremely powerful foe to deal with for at least another 90 seconds...

Round timer: 90

 

[Kalastryn]

ARES leveled her rifle at the pyromaniac (which is in no way shape or form the only definitive trait capable of granting them a name) only to hesitate at the lack of hostility as she half looked away from the scope to quip "Are you sure? He really doesn't look that- URGH" She almost managed to quip as the iconic backstabbing line about never having been on her side was said, Errors running rampant across her vision as the Pyro's warning fell on deaf ears.

Well with a hijacking in progress and her quickly losing all of her motor functions, and much of her energy being sapped away, she was needless to say pissed off at the situation... however, she didn't think that the (presumably international) man of mystery had any experience with the undead. Using what of her energy she could spare without the device on her back rapidly draining her into shutting down, she decided to put that theory to use, as from the other side of the cockpit door the spy would have a nasty surprise headed his way.

The pilot he had just killed to hijack the VTOL, a bullet hole in his head, (and his chest for extra assurance of death) was... not dead. Laid out prone on the cockpit floor, he pulled out a revolver of his own and capped the spy in both of his knees... twice, before the cockpit door opened and he stooped over next to ARES and attempted to pry the EMP sapper off.

 

[Generic NPC 22]

The Escapist Avatar Adventures | Black Mesa: Armory | Katya, Level 72 Bandits, Psychos Vs. XCOM
Welcome to die!
[HEADING=3]RANDOM ENCOUNTER No. 6: XCOM Soldiers: XCOM: Enemy Within [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqfHuaHvaT4][/HEADING]​

For you, dear reader, who might have forgotten what was happening when we last left the intrepid Hacker Heroine, we have prepared a quick recap of the scene as it had unfolded. We have a team of soldiers from X-COM, an organization whose goal is the total eradication of hostile alien life from Earth, facing off against a squad of Pandoran Bandits, a group of guys whose goal is to rob you, rape you and eat you... not necessarily in that specific order. Despite the fact that the bandits are quite human, having been sent to Pandora from Earth by some means here on Earth, they were considered quite the Extra Terrestrial and quite hostile. We also have Katya Rostikova, the Rising Dawn's Digital Drama Queen, being hung upside down, prized fish style by a Bad Ass Goliath.

Spoiler: Yes this guy

"New friend!" The dumbass bellowed as he pointed Katya at a soldier that poked their head in through the hole that the X-COM MEC soldier had made upon entering.

To say that this soldier was different would have been an understatement. For one, they wore some fairly bad ass looking armor, minor the sleeves. Secondly, they had this aura around them that screamed two words: "Mind Bullets."

"Oh you're gonna get it now." One of the X-COM squaddies called out, "the Volunteer is here and she's going to kick your ass!!"

The Volunteer, not exactly the best call sign for the Ultimate Psi Soldier that was responsible for bringing down the E.T.'s Temple Ship... but they were paid to kill aliens, not to be creative with their nicknames.

"Oh I don't know about that one." Said someone from the other side of the room in a voice filled with smug satisfaction. Looking at the source of the voice, Katya spotted a lady with crimson hair and blue tattoos, ones that appeared to be glowing as she entered the room, causing the Bandits to quake in their boots before realizing that she was there to help them.

Spoiler: SHE IS THE CONDUCTOR OF THE POOP TRAIN!! A Psycho roared in reply to the X-COM soldier's cheers of the Volunteer.

"Uh... no I'm not." The Siren named Lilith said, her voice slightly disgusted that the Psycho named Krieg had associated her with Poop in the first place.

The two psychopathic psychic women squared off, looking each other up and down, trying to get a gauge on the other's weakness. Silently, the guns in the room started to levitate, the sound of hundreds of bullets being chambered at the same time echoed in the silent room as the occupants waited in anticipation of what was supposed to be a hell of a light show.

"BORING!" Katya called out as she used her free leg to kick the face of the Giant that held her aloft.

CLANG!!!

The Goliath's head appeared to pop off and roll around on the ground, like Blaster's Helmet in Beyond Thunderdome.

"Mistake! BIG GOD DAMN MISTAKE!" The Raging Goliath screamed as its head stalk popped up from the base of its neck.

"What the FUUUUUUUUUUUUU... [small]ow[/small]" Katya started to curse before she was thrown against The Volunteer and Lilith.

The screams started soon after as the Raging Dick Head started killing off its former friends and foes alike.

[hr]

Spoiler: The Much Belated Continuation of Paradigm Story

Paradigm Story | She Who Would be God
"I wat?"​

Ruby Babbage-Lovelace, fictitious persona of the Artificial Construct known as BEWP generated during a prior temporal instance of which this was the second, daughter to Titania and Deborah and now sister to Irina Rostikova. Hearing the sickly sound of blood seeping into the lungs of the young woman that she'd just met for the second time, the superficially young girl rushed over to her side, her hand pressing against the grievous wound that had been inflicted upon her.

"Selmy. Selmy, hold on!" Ruby said as she tried to make heads or tails of the wound. Her hand closed around something fleshy and wet, causing the ailing young Selmy to moan in pain.

"

(That's a loop of intestines.)

" A decidedly cold and masculine voice stated in Ruby's mind, causing the girl to quickly release the bit of wet digestive organ from her hand, "

(You should just end it now.  She'll die soon but it won't be pretty.

"

Ruby knew this because BEWP knew this.

"There has to be another way..." The young girl muttered to herself as she attempted to calculate the odds of saving Miss Selmy. In her current state and with the wounds that Selmy had suffered at the hands of Lambda, Ruby didn't have enough Nano-Agents to repair the damage and maintain her personality matrix.

"

-sigh- But the secondary unit does

" BEWP stated. This would not only solve the issue of reviving Selmy but it would also help in removing Irina, an otherwise unknown variable in this temporal instance, from the equation.

"But... I... Irina?" Ruby said to Irina as she looked down at the barely living Selmy, "C... could you help her?"

While the secondary colony decided, Ruby moved on to the charred remnants of Lambda.

"Lambda... are you okay?" The young girl asked as she attempted to assist the creature that had attempted to kill them. There was a debt that needed to be repaid, even if it wasn't from this world. Looking towards Lambda's assailant, Ruby covered Lambda with her own body.

"Please. Please don't hurt her anymore. She saved me before." Ruby said to the stranger bathed in shadows, "Whomever you are, please... could you please just... leave her alone?"

 

[NotYetForsaken]

Spoiler: Paradigm Story

She Who Would Be God
Chapter: 7 - Fate Reforged
Kindle not the fire that you cannot extinguish.

The Storyteller's Wife

"Irina didn't really have a choice in the matter. She obeyed Ruby to without question, kneeling down near Selmy's writhing body and setting her hands on the young woman's wound. Speaking in pure theory, Selmy was still Irina's first friend in that world. She was loathed to let young Dolores die.

Lambda winced. Her bodysuit was torn by the flame and scrap, what exposed bits of her body had been worn an angry red by agitation. Her fragile body was ill-suited to the stresses of close-quarters combat. "I should be alright, I think." She adjusted her headpiece, half of which had been smashed to pieces when she collided with the iron wall surrounding the construction site. Lambda sat up and placed her hands on the ground in front of her. There was broken glass and twisted steel. Shattered concrete and torn asphalt. "Though its a miracle I think." Lambda's suit started to stitch itself back together.

The stranger stepped under the lamplight, her knee-length white hair caught in the cold midnight breeze. She wore a ribbon on the back of her head, keeping a half-braid in place. There was a blood-red mantle draped over her shoulders that covered the upper half of her child-like frame. Beneath she wore a white woolen shirt and a red waistcoat over that. She had on knee-high boots and a criminally short pleated skirt, both in the same somber red as her shawl.

"Don't let her lie to you traveler," Titania said. Her teeth gleamed in the light - an ethereal white. "There is no way that one of his agents could ever show even the smallest bit of emotion." She held her hands together and two gemstones on her gloves flared to life - her Ars Armagus to Ruby's knowledge - forming another ball of magicked flame. "This is my last warning. Leave the agent, intrepid traveler, or I will burn both of you in self defense.""