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Kirbynite
Posts: 877/1366 |
OoC: Well, when everyone agrees on something, I'll go ahead and do something  In the meantime.. I guess I'll do my entrance... If you call it one.
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A reluctant hero treaks across an unknown land...
Somewhere... In Nevada....
An oddly shaped person stood infront of a rundown building. He was quite a plain character. His face consisted of a cross shape, with no other visible features. An armless hand moved up to where a mouth should be, and takes a puff from a cigarette. Everything was very calm, the clouds barely letting any light through. A lazy day like this deserved some action.
Eeeeerrr--BOOOOOM!
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!"
The person was splattered on the wall with soot and fire scorches. A glowing, starshaped object had crashed into the person, with a very sorry driver aboard. The driver wore a green helmet, which seemed to cover his entire short body. He leaned a bit forward, looking at the poor fellow whom he crashed into.
"... You know.. I don't think I'm in the right place..."
The flowing, red cape behind the driver began to whip around as the star started to move away from the building.
"Ugh... Where the heck is this headquarters supposed to be? I can't seem to find it anywhere in this stupid state." |
Grey the Stampede
Posts: 2005/3770 |
Originally posted by Zerodius
OFF: Plot hole, Sonicandtails, plot hole!
OOC: He's got a point. We need to fix that, it was really supposed to be important that the information be exchanged only between Janus and Star...I think someone should ask Kirbynite or JDavis to delete the posts that transpired after my explanation post to Dracoon. Or else we should edit them so that the events in them never happened... |
Dracoon
Posts: 2729/3727 |
Star (BM): "I don't have that kind of power over time anymore, and even if my other self did it, he would die before we were done, and then we'd all die because of the repercussions." |
Zerodius
Posts: 1159/2036 |
OFF: Plot hole, Sonicandtails, plot hole! |
Violent J
Posts: 278/749 |
OOC:Allright guys. According to Grey, noone but Janus and Star is in the room, or supposed to hear what Janus is saying to Star. So why are Schwa and Ex in there!? |
Schwa
Posts: 1215/2214 |
"And I believe you," Schwa continues, "but part of what I'm saying is, brute strength is DEFINITELY not the answer. We need to be good at everything, but most of all, teamwork. Remember, nobody can die. That makes it a little harder..." |
Zerodius
Posts: 1156/2036 |
Ex stares at Schwa...
Ex: "Dark Weapon is not the sole reason why I am powerful... else, I could be defeated easily by taking Dark Weapon away from me. Furthermore, I'm not entirely defenseless!"
Ex took out her Blaster handgun.
Ex: "This is a standart issue Blaster handgun... and believe it or not, I use it almost as much as Dark Weapon! Dark Weapon is powerful but cannot be used against some types of foes and furthermore, I need an emergency weapon in cases like this one. Believe me, I will prove to be very useful in this mission even without Dark Weapon!" |
Schwa
Posts: 1208/2214 |
"This is difficult," Schwa mentions, obvious as it may be. "The whole paradox thing... It has me thinking. Isn't there a possibility for one of the Stars over here to seperate the timelines just like in our Buster Beetles adventure? It would be a tad harder, I presume, since things are going to get more chaotic than that adventure ever got... And chaos is hard to control in great amounts."
Schwa paces. "Ex, I believe there may be some ways you could be incredibly useful on this mission. I... just, well, haven't found out what yet. I've seen your Dark Weapon in action before, as you know from a previous adventure we had, but... It seems there are angles we have not yet looked at. You guys follow me?" |
Dracoon
Posts: 2720/3727 |
Star (TC): "Yeah, thats the basis of it. Ever since I broke the time barrier."
Star (BM) kind of looked at his other self, wondering what he was getting at. Time had barely changed, it had only been... delecate because of the constant interference. Janus was just as much to blame as Star.
COMP: "Ex Lightheart is basically human."
Dracoon: "Thank you, keep me informed." |
Zerodius
Posts: 1143/2036 |
Ex: "OK... so it seems like Time and Space are a bit... delicate in this Possibility. Well... at least Dark Weapon can still be used to defeat the enemy... right? Dark Weapon?"
Ex stared at the pendant.
Ex: "HEY! Wake up!"
The pendant opened itself and transformed into some kind of sword.
Ex: "Good! So... how are you feeling? The transfer was a success, right?"
Dark Weapon *thinks* Errr... no.
Ex: "What do you mean, no?"
Dark Weapon *thinks* Well... the fabric of Time and Space in this Possibility is very delicate and unstable and as such... none of my powers works in it. In short... not even my resistance works. I'm just a stupid iron sword. Talking about embarrassing... of course, I can always be revived easily but still... I'm just a stupid normal sword! How humliating... if Calibur would see me in this state... she would flip!
Ex: "Just great... Dark Weapon has no powers in this Possibility... Well, do my Blaster handgun works in this world?"
Dark Weapon *thinks* Yes it does.
Ex: "Well... at least THAT works."
The sword returned to the form of a pendant.
Ex: "Well... you know, guys? It looks like Dark Weapon's transfer wasn't as successful as I first tought..." |
Lord Rahl
Posts: 726/792 |
The young-looking boy just stood around, looking confused as many things he didn't understand were said. I take it I'm not home any more. |
Dracoon
Posts: 2718/3727 |
Star (BM): "Won't work Ex."
Dracoon turned to stare at Star (BM) as he clearly interfered with something big.
Dracoon: "I thought we weren't going to interfer, I could've told her it wouldn't work."
Star (BM): "I just don't feel like people going in to get surprised. My other self already knows this though. He'll explain to Janus in a second if you listen."
Star (TC) heard the other Star, but shrugged it off, apparently he had been through this all before.
Star (TC): "Well, he's right. Anytime the time line is interfered with by someone other than myself, I feel it. If Ex freezes time it'll alert me and I'll follow back here. If I find myself, I'm not sure what will happen and I don't want to find out. If you want to do this right though, it'll be easy. I just need the exact date and time and I can send us there in a flash."
Star began to open a rift in the time stream. He would hold it there till they came back, but he'd have to do this in a different way if they wanted to do this right.
Star (TC): "Before we do this though, I have to warn you. We can't have our bodies in the physical plane while doing this. Stopping time while that is going on may be to hard. If we stay in the time stream while doing this, it'll work out a lot easier... Oh yeah, don't underestimate me. I watched your battle with Odin, that hardly pushed you over me."
Star (BM): "Don't act like your so strong. You know if you had another fight you'd lose."
Star (TC) looked at his other self. He must have gotten a lot stronger than it seemed, because he had an air of complete superiority.
Odin: "You know whats going on?"
Fenrir: "Yes, if you had better ears you would know to."
Odin was ready for a fight, but with Fenrir sitting there, he was about to explode over him instead. |
Violent J
Posts: 260/749 |
SaT(Sonic):"Well, might as well find out whats going on."
Tails took the initiative to speak for once, and asked softly.
SaT(Tails):" Exactly what are we doing here anyways?"
Noone even flinched at his question...
SaT(Tails):" Grr..Can anyone inform me on what the hell we are doing here!?"
SaT shouted loud and clear. A few people turned, and he awaited one to approach and explain to him.
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Edited by what was told to me. |
Zerodius
Posts: 1141/2036 |
Ex turned to Janus.
Ex: "Saving three people like in Chrono Trigger, right?... and without causing a paradox? OK... got it. We're also going to fight a deity? I think I can help you..."
Ex closed her eyes and began to concentrate and then...
FLASH!
Some kind of pendant appeared in Ex's right hand. She opened her eyes and looked at it, pleased by the result...
Ex: "Just as I tought. Dark Weapon's transfer was a success. I'm definitely going to be an important part of your plan since Dark Weapon was transferred successfully. You see... Dark Weapon can stop time and ignore defenses, striking the soul thus damaging even immortal foes... as such, it will be useful in both saving the three Agents and destroying our first target, Algus."
The pendant began to glow and then, it transformed into a sword!
Ex: "I will make my soul resonate with all of the others and then, I will stop time at the moment the enemies will try to destroy the Agents giving you enough time to replace the originals with the dummies you created. Then, we'll all escape and I'll unfreeze time just when we finished escaping so no paradox is created."
Ex paused.
Ex: "As for Algus... well, Dark Weapon was created to defeat such targets. Unless Algus has special "Links" protecting his soul, I'll definitely be able to cut him into pieces."
Dark Weapon was returned to the form of a pendant. Ex placed the pendant close to her heart...
Ex: "I've been into many dangerous situations before and as such, I am not afraid and will stay with you until the end of this mission. I won't ask for anything in return for my services either. The mission itself shall be my reward..."
Ex smiled again.
Ex: "I have only a single question now... If I am the one who perform the finishing hit on the target, Algus... then may I feed his soul to Dark Weapon or must his soul survive for the sake of the timeline?" |
Grey the Stampede
Posts: 1994/3770 |
OOC: *Slams head against wall* Where's Kirb when you need him? OK, split personality, Ex being, not one, but two versions of my main character's rival, and a guy I've never even heard of saying he's fought me in the past. I can deal.
Janus was taken aback by the sudden influx of warriors who had appeared. Star and Schwa had apparently recruited more people than he thought... In any case, the more the merrier. He was still waiting on some attendants, himself. Still, Star needed to know more of what was going to happen, especially since he and Janus would be doing most of the engineering here. Janus took him aside and continued to explain a few things to him while the rest of the group got to know each other...
Janus: "Star, seeing as how you can travel through time too, I'm going to need your help here. I'll assume you remember what I told you about the Radiant Order, right? How there's five of them and they're terrors to the human imagination? We need to destroy them or convince them to stop their ways. You know all of this already, though."
He didn't wait for a response.
"Well, I was wrong. Minus me, there's four. And one of them went the same way as me, making three. Trouble is, I can't seem to find her, which sucks, because she'd be a hell of an ally."
He paced back and forth in the private room he was conversing with Star in, and worried a bit more...
"Are you sure these guys are good enough? I heard the rest of your alliance talking about how you haven't made a serious boost in power for a long time, and since I'm gonna guess you were somehow connected with recruiting these guys, I'm worried. Remember, I told you that nobody can die. NOBODY. Everyone has to be returned to their proper times. Since nobody can die, they have to know what they're up against before they join in."
He then pulled a screen down from a nearby wall in the room, which was furnished with a desk and chair, as well as basic fluorescent lighting. On the screen was a display of three strange looking people, two male, one female. Janus pointed to the male on the far left, a short, stout fellow dressed in black with chains and shackles all over his body. At his side he carried a paintbrush and across his back was a collapsable easel.
"This is Algus, the first of the three remaining members of RO. He's our target this time. He is the presiding deity of art, and is a master of visual manipulation. I've managed to locate him after about six months of searching. If he managed to show up, Odin should know the most about this area, he's in northern Europe, somewhere around Finland. Grey found the general area, we just need to search for his hideout.
You might ask why I insisted on raising an army, I suppose. The thing is, there are obviously subsidiaries to each patron that need to be dealt with. There are hundreds of different kinds of art. Concept art, mosaic, sculpture, you name it, it exists, and Algus presides over it, with one of his subsidiaries managing it. Thus, to deal with these people and their powers, we need counterpowers of our own. Hence the army."
Janus pointed to the middle person, the female. She was a tall, thin woman, blonde-locked, with loose, baggy pants and shirt. Her stare was fierce, and the very picture of her would strike fear into the hearts of men and women, despite how non-threatening she seemed at first glance. She had a camera bag at her side, and a video recorder in her hand.
"This is Raon, the second member. She presides over film and television. As such, she too is good with visuals, but we're not dealing with her this time, so I don't think I need to brief her. I knew her personally, as did I Algus; She's much cleverer than him, though he's far more intuitive. But we aren't ready to take her on yet, she's far too strong even for an army. We need something more, and Grey is still researching the film industry as it is."
Finally, Janus pointed to the man on the right. He was tall, garbed with buckles all over his body and slicked back brown hair. What was creepiest about him, however, was that at his side he carried a duffel bag, much like Janus's....
"This is Axel."
Janus spat out the words. He stared at the picture with an intense scowl on his face. The very thought of Axel made Janus want to lay waste to the world around him. But control was key. He'd get his soon enough.
"I'll talk about him later..."
Janus then turned to Star, and walked a few steps closer to him.
"But before we do all of this, there's one problem we have to cover, and it involves you and I expressly. We need to save the lives of Evan Williams, John Blase, and Jason Miller, better known to you as Agents Red, Blue, and Green. I've devised a plan to save them and still keep the timeline intact, without my realizing that they are alive, and to bring them here without paradox, but to do this I need your help, as well as the help of one other person.
When they died, I was unconscious. As far as I know, they were blown to smithereens by Axel and Raon. When I awoke, I didn't find any trace of them anywhere, which leads me to believe that they were entirely eradicated and destroyed. In other words, so long as I don't find any trace of their bodies back then, the timeline will remain intact. The catch is, we would have to save them while they were being destroyed, so that no trace could be found and they would be pulled away at the right time.
It's a bit like Chrono Trigger, actually. I've had wax duplicates of them made to perfect detail. We need three people because we need three bodies to be carried, and that's too much for just you and I. The plan is to carry the figures to the moment where Red, Green and Blue are about to die, then replace them at the last second with the duplicates by stopping time and taking their bodies back with us to this time. It's risky, and I'm not sure if it'll even work, but it's a plan that's definitely worth trying. Are you in?" |
Zerodius
Posts: 1137/2036 |
OFF:
To Sonicandtails: Semi-original character! He's quite original but the fact that he's created from two existing characters stops me from calling it totally original.
Anyway... I have one major pet peeve against your character... it's name. "Sonicandtails"... it's not possible to think of a more lame name in my opinion. Even something cliched like "Fusion" would have been better.
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Ex: "Hmmm... this is weird but... this looks like a Fusion creature! Indeed, I can see it... the reason for this creature to be so strange is that two bodies and souls have been merged into a single one.... well, apparently. I cannot see clearly into their souls but that's what I can see for now."
Ex approached the strange half-hedgehog, half-fox thingy...
Ex: "You look like a mix of the hero of Dimension 9, Sonic, and his side-kick, Miles Prower. Are a clone or something?... or did the two merge into a single creature in this Possibility?"
Ex smiled.
She hoped nobody would notice that the human's eyes had turned white when she had received the memories and powers... for Ex was, in truth, "blind". She was blind in the way that her eyes didn't need to work... unstead, she was able to "see" with her very soul, thus allowing her to see beyond appearances. Varrying on how powerful the soul she is looking at what and how much of her power is unlocked, she would see more of the "target" soul...
For now, since she was quite weak, she would only see the feelings of people... but as she would grow stronger, she would be able to see progressively their memories and even, eventually, their toughts. But for now... only the feelings of non-protected mortal souls. |
Violent J
Posts: 253/749 |
OOC:First RP
A bi-plane not to far off outside was passing by, and a figure inside looked relaxed as possible. The figure was of a spiney creature, with the look of two tails fluttering behind in the wind. Suddenly, the creatures Scanner Radio began to stir, picking up what sounded like chatter and talk of warriors.
???:"Hmm...Sounds interesting. Maybe we should check it out!"
????:"But, what if it's another trap! We still have to find that hidden fortress!
???:"We're obviously lost so why not take a detour!"
The plane soon swerved to the right and stopped when the signal got stronger. The figure was clueless where it was coming from.
????:"No! We are going this way! We need to find the fortress!"
The plane swerved to the left with ferocious speed.
???:"Damnit all! Your gonna kill us!! Dont make me override you again!"
????:"Grrr..I still don't get how you do that! If you know then I should know too!"
The plane now swerved back to the right, and without notice went 90 degrees upward straight at a building.
????:"Oh..."
???:"Shit..."
The plane ripped through the building, coming out the other side leaving scattered debree everywhere. The plane slowly made it's decent downward for one wing was torn completely off and the other bent downward.
????:"Where going to..."
???:"CRASH I KNOW!"
The plane soon came close to the ground as it stopped in mid-air.
???:"What in the hells!?"
The figure opened his eyes and noticed they were stuck in a tree above a sidewalk.
????:"..."
???:"..."
Suddenly the air bag popped out and hit the figure in the face.
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Later, after finding where the signal was coming from, they saw a huge building, with the words Whitelight HQ strewn on it. The building was secluded outside of a large bright light city.
???:"I guess this is it..."
????:"Lets see...The doors guarded...so we're gonna have to find another way in."
After keeping distance and scouting around, the figure found a vent cover laying on the ground. It looked up to find a open hole in the side of the building with a rope hanging off it.
???:"Aww...it looks like we've been beat to the party. Well, let's go then!"
????: (in head)"Not a good idea...Not a good idea..Not.."
???:"Will you shut up already!"
They climbed in and went through what seemed to not be so complicated a vent system and found another opening soon. They peered down and listened in on the conversation. Before hearing two words, the figure talked.
????:"S.s.s.so...so..s!"
???:"Shut up! They'll hear us!"
????:"So..so..so!"
???:"What! Oh...SHIIIIIIIIT!!!"
The vent collapsed beneath them and left the figure falling down ontop of someone...
????:"Oof.."
As the figure got up, everyone stared in awe at the second coming of someone from the vent, and noticed a what seemed to be a blue hedgehog with a fox face, red pants jacket...and two fox tails!
???:"Heh heh. Hi. I'm...Sonic,"
????:"And Tails,"
Sonicandtails(Sonic):"I guess you guys need help with something?"
OOC: Any confusingness can be cleared up by reading my profile in the profile thread. |
Lord Rahl
Posts: 725/792 |
OOC: I feel like getting back into RPing, and this seems like the best story currently starting. ^^
A purple-black vortex flared to life in the center of the group, and what looked like a young boy walked out from it. A scythe sized for his 3 foot 6 inch frame was straped to his back, the weather-worn handle not matching the ornate rune-covered blade. His brown hair was tied back in a topknot, and his black and red robes fluttered around himself as he looked around the room, hood swaying from side to side.
"This isn't my house. Where on Vana'diel am I?" |
Zerodius
Posts: 1134/2036 |
As Ex stared at the two versions of Star, she smiled.
Their anwser had been a bit shorter than espected... well, much shorter to say the truth. Maybe they didn't wanted much to remember that incident?... very probable.
The Chaos Heaven was, after all, probably the most nightmarish of all places. A place where no logic existed exept the logic of pain and despair... a place where no life-forms could exist, only twisted nightmares and feelings of hatred made physical by the awesome power of Evil incarnate, NeoBowser.
A simple trip there was enough to break the mind of most creatures and as such, Ex tought that it wasn't surprising after all that Star hadn't given a long anwser... in fact, she should be surprised that she actually espected a long anwser.
Maybe all those centuries travelling trought Possibilities gave her those twisted perceptions of what is "fun"?
Anyway... all those toughts aren't going to lead her anywhere. Janus is probably going to explain everything and she can't wait for the explanation.
She's hitching to see if Dark Weapon's transfer into this world is successful and if it is... she will most definitely want to slaughter a few thousands villains! |
Dracoon
Posts: 2713/3727 |
Star hardly looked up, he remembered everything. He had learned everything he needed to know within 3 seconds of his life, all the things that humans should and shouldn't know, he knew. His knowledge was far from complete and he wanted to keep it that way.
Star (BM): "Yes, I do."
The other Star shrugged, it must be happening sometime soon.
Star {TC): "Care to explain Janus, you haven't told me everything yet and how you plan to do it." |
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