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Zerodius
Posts: 1689/2036 |
Ex turned to Dracoon.
Ex: "Biological or mechanical... it doesn't matter. If you can think on your own, then you are affected by Good and Evil. To say that reploids are not affected by Good and Evil becease they're mechanical is well... this will sound harsh but... well, it's uther stupidity. Only a complete idiot would believe that being of metal or flesh make a difference in the end. Anyway..."
Ex turned to the horizon.
Ex: "Was I the only one to notice that Schwa got away? In his current state, remaining alone isn't a very good idea. I say that we should go after him." |
Schwa
Posts: 1654/2214 |
OOC: Decided not to use an actual map. Takes some of the fun away. 
After 10 minutes of walking, Schwa finds himself in the middle of a clearing.
It's pretty different from the forest in a lot of ways... He stands in the middle of a grassy savanna, no trees anywhere but tons of green grass. The savanna isn't too big, only about a mile in diameter, but there's also a big pond on the southeast corner. Schwa can see a misty mountain to the north, the forest to the south, water to the east and finally... civilization westbound.
"Awright! An actual city! Wait a sec... I need to find a Chao. That's my first mission. But I don't see any Chao around at all... Bah, I'll sense the Chao easily when I get within 600 feet. Let's see here..."
Schwa looks around, and thinks about which way he should go. He is about to head north when he falls to a kneel, his head pounding.
"Aah! It's gotta be a Neutral Chao..."
Sure enough, a small group of ordinary Chao are flying overhead. They land in the pool nearby and play with the water. Schwa, from his painful, kneeling position, watches the three Chao play, and notices that one of them can't swim at all, and is flailing around helplessly in the water. Schwa becomes thoughtful.
"Now why would it go in the water if it couldn't swim? And should I save it?"
Schwa slowly and painfully heads toward the pool in an effort to save the flailing Chao. He can't use much Psi as his mental powers are being constricted by the presence of the Chao.
They look like normal Chao from a distance, and they are indeed normal, but the flailing one looks much darker than it should, though Schwa can't sense that. Since he wears a blindfold, he can only see with his psychic senses, and since those psychic senses are being disrupted by the Chao, he can't tell some of the visual details, jammed as if he were a radio struck by an EMP wave. |
Dracoon
Posts: 3249/3727 |
Dracoon, was... rather confused by the end of the conversation. He still didn't understand anything about anything. Only that showing a different personality would bring different results. An evil person would make an evil chao and a good person would make a good one.
Stacice: "You got all that Drac?"
Dracoon: "What?"
Stacice: "You need to raise a chao like everyone else. If we do, it should create an area around the chao that will let us be resistant against the confusion of good and evil."
Dracoon: "Good and evil doesn't effect me at all though."
Stacice thought about that for a second... It could be true, Dracoon was a reploid after all, in theory he shouldn't be effected at all. Yet... he was also able to think about everything he did and know the problems with it before hand... He was just like a human in a lot of aspects, just a very computer-like human. Since humans were effected by changes in good and evil, then he should be too, but since he's a reploid he shouldn't, but since he's human-like...
Stacice: "..."
Stacice tried to think about it again and came up with the same loop.
Stacice: "It should though... shouldn't it...? I mean... you're human like therefore it'll effect you, but you're a reploid so it won't, but because you're a reploid, you're close to human... I'm only managing to confuse myself... anyone else have a better idea?" |
Schwa
Posts: 1617/2214 |
"That's it, then." Schwa looks uneasy for a moment, but skaes it off. "From now on we each raise a Chao. Yes. Gotta go find mine.
"And Dracoon, you too. It'll be a good learning experience for you, so get to it."
Schwa focuses, and locates a direction for himself to follow. He heads off to the north, through a path, not really expecting anyone to follow him.
OOC: So far so good, guys. I will be creating a map of the sub-dimmension pretty soon. Stay tuned. |
Grey the Stampede
Posts: 2475/3770 |
Janus: "Ha, Schwa, you've got it exactly on the nose. If we each raise our own chao, then they should reflect our inner thoughts and actions, allowing in the very least a sense of our true emotions to form a bit of an "emotional bubble", that should protect us from the good/evil gridlock while they're around us. Of course...."
Grey and his Chao continued to frolick and play. Eventually, The Turtles' "So Happy Together" begins playing as they do so. It's becoming sorta sick, actually...
"....It looks like Grey's already started us off. There's not much else I can say other than to just get to it, people. I don't think this is a risky move at all, so long as our true emotions shine through. In fact, I'm looking forward to it. I just need to find a chao of my own." |
Zerodius
Posts: 1667/2036 |
Ex: "Well... Chaos make very good pets actually... altought fully grown Chaos are Omega level opponents which means that they can demolish entire cities in seconds... but it takes millions of years for a Chao to reach it's final evolution and by then, probably everyone but me will be dead... and even then, I will have grown sick of the little guy since half a million year... but maybe not. Chaos start out as simple animals... but progressively become more complex creatures, acquiring intelligence, consciousness, all those kinds of things... but that's beside the point."
Ex smiled.
Ex: "Raising a Chao... what a weird way to save the world!... well, I seen weirder before. I still remember that stupid "Amazing Island" Dimension... man! What would I have given to be allowed to whack that Black Evil dude with my sword unstead of having to liberate each village trought stupid mini-games!... anyway. I'm in!" |
Schwa
Posts: 1610/2214 |
OOC: Remember, Janus, once a Chao makes his first evolution to either Hero, Dark, or Neutral, he can't become another type, though he can still change whether he's good or evil.
"What are you suggesting by 'experiment'? Do you think...!"
He gets an idea.
"You want us to each raise a Chao, don't you? I dunno, seems difficult for me... God, I wish I could ask Sensae for approval! But I can't so... Guys! What do you think? Raising a Chao... Would that be a risky move or what?" |
Grey the Stampede
Posts: 2469/3770 |
Grey played happily with his chao as Janus consoled Schwa in his fear for the Psi Warrior breed...
Janus: "Schwa, it's simple... The chao are input/output beings. That means that whatever you put into them will eventually come out in their own way. Look at the Chao that Dracoon hugged, even the slightest bit of affection or anger can turn the balance. It's getting brighter and brighter already. Eventually, enough love and affection may give us a way to reverse the process. Stacice, if you'll kindly keep up the good work, and maybe turn things up a notch? We need the experiment to continue to see if my hypothesis is correct..."
Janus motioned to the girl, who held the now-considerably more relaxed Dark Chao in her hands. He wondered.... |
Schwa
Posts: 1600/2214 |
Schwa lifts his head off the grass and points directly at Ex. "NO!"
Pause.
"Sorry, but I'm NOT alright... These blasted Chao are causing a Good-Evil gridlock, and it's severely crippling my ability to function. That Dark Chao... It's presence is enough to make me want to fight until I drop. Gah... That has to be the ONE disadvantage of being a Psi Warrior... You're allergic to heavy Good-Evil disturbances. Ugh."
Schwa slowly gets to his feet, very wobbly.
"We're on a mission, though. We need to find out how to either:
A) Break the Good-Evil gridlock, or
B) Find a way to become accustomed to it.
"Otherwise, given the way the Gridlock is growing, Psi Warriors will eventually not be able to function.
"And that's another problem... More than half of every alive Psi Warrior is stuck in this sub-dimmension with the same problem as I! They all flew into the Dimmensional Gate, remember? Now they're stuck here.
"All I know is, whatever we do..." He points at the Chao, "...we'll need to figure out the riddles and secrets behind these creatures to succeed." |
Zerodius
Posts: 1660/2036 |
Ex stared at her now healed arm...
Ex: "Well... I'm happy that's done."
Dark Weapon: "And me?"
Ex: "Well... we'll have to find a way to repair you. Eventually, we'll find someone who can do it. For now... err..."
Ex turned to Schwa.
Ex: "Are you feeling alright? You don't look very well to say the least..." |
Dracoon
Posts: 3241/3727 |
Dracoon put the Chao down as it turned a little brighter. The chao sat at his feet, wanting to be picked up again.
Dracoon: "I lost sensors for a second... Something paused time, it could've been Star, but what would he be doing here? How could he even be here?"
Stacice looked at the chao at Dracoon's feet and walked over and picked it up since he wouldn't. The chao obviously didn't mind.
Stacice: "You really have no clue how biological beings work yet do you?"
Dracoon was taken aback a little by the sudden question. He didn't think he'd done anything wrong.
Dracoon: "What do you mean by that?"
Stacice groaned and didn't answer. |
Schwa
Posts: 1596/2214 |
"Ah... Chaos... Etheral Mending..." (no echo)
Though in dire condition, Schwa manages to cast his healing spell over Ex, completely restoring her to max vitality within 10 seconds. Problem: The spell doesn't affect the sword. Schwa just cast it over Ex, forgetting about Dark Weapon.
Schwa peeks his head up. "Weird... For a second... I though Star was here... Dracoon, what's with the Darkie? Ugh, still melted..."
Tired, Schwa plops his head back onto the soft grass. Things are not looking good for him.
OOC: With the RP neglected for a while, it'll take me a while to re-adjust to the plot. Keep that in mind, that's all... |
Grey the Stampede
Posts: 2467/3770 |
Janus: "Wait for it, Ex... Wait for it...."
The moment Dracoon began showing affection to the Chao, its skin started turning ever so slightly lighter by the second, until eventually it began to glow with a dull, white light... |
Zerodius
Posts: 1657/2036 |
Ex looks around, completely confused...
Ex: "OK... everything just turned... well... confusing. I don't even remember why we are here. What is our mission and everything? How are these chaos important to our mission? Can we get moving or what? I'M BORED!!!... and my arm is broken, in case everyone failed to notice... and Dark Weapon got damaged too, which is bad!" |
Dracoon
Posts: 3019/3727 |
Then, everything freezes, at least to Schwa. Star appears in a ghost like form for only a brief second.
Star: "Schwa... contr... self... you... to... this... yourself. Don't give up."
Everything goes back to normal and Dracoon had picked the Dark Chao up and held it to him.
Stacice: "Thats a lot better Dracoon." |
Schwa
Posts: 1425/2214 |
Schwa loses it.
"Aaaaaaaa..."
Softly waling, he falls to the ground, hands uncontrollingly emitting energy from all the different kinds of elements.
"Chaos... Good and Evil... Can't handle it. CAN'T HANDLE IT!! NO WAY!!
Being only human, Schwa can sometimes get like this. With Ex's arm broken, with so many different kinds of Good/Evil energies about, with Schwa in a sub-dimmension he's never been to before with no way to get back for now... he has an awful meltdown.
This outburst in mixed emotions should greatly affect the other nearby Chao, unfortunately... |
Grey the Stampede
Posts: 2306/3770 |
Janus gives Dracoon a little bit of encouragement...
Janus: "Come on, you'll see... Just give him a hug, be nice to him. And hurry up about it, too. I have a bad feeling about this if you don't." |
Dracoon
Posts: 3014/3727 |
Dracoon hardly noticed, his scanners were full on the Chao.
COMP: "Dark entity, personality traits resemble many evil creaturse. Destroy or change."
Dracoon raised the buster cannon and aimed it right at the Dark Chao. Energy puslated inside the buster cannon and it prepared to fire.
Stacice: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?!?"
Dracoon didn't fire, but looked at Stacice, wondering what he did wrong.
Stacice: "You can't just kill it, have you not been paying attention!?"
Dracoon noticed the Chao she held in her arms and was now confused. The energy inside the buster cannon disappated and Dracoon lowered it.
Dracoon: "What do you mean?"
Stacice: "They change depending on how they are raised, but no one can get close to that one over there or it might eat them for all I know."
Dracoon paused to think, wondering how he could emulate compassion. He couldn't fake it as he hardly knew what it was, but it seemed some people had taken to his behavoir as different emotion. Dracoon walked towards the Dark Chao who stared at him as if it would kill Dracoon if it stared hard enough. Dracoon reached down, but before he could grab the thing, the Dark Chao seemed to shriek in a twisted pain. The shriek only lasted a second though.
Dracoon: "Odd..." |
Zerodius
Posts: 1475/2036 |
OFF: I did NOT miss the point. Ex will not take the place of the main character... and I know that the plot isn't about getting more powerful.
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Ex suddenly realised something: a beam of light was shot toward her.
Janus shoved her out of the way just in time causing her to land on a big, hard, pointy rock, breaking her right shoulder.
Ex: "Err..."
Ex tried not to cry... but she couldn't stop crying. She realised in a brutal way how weak and incomplete this form was. It was merely the strenght of a normal human! Worse, she was unable to control her body's functions like she could normally and as such, the amount of pain couldn't be controlled.
Ex: "AAAAAARG!"
Ex couldn't keep it anymore and screamed in pain while still crying.
Ex: "MY ARM!!! IT HURTS!!!"
Ex looked at her arm... it was bent in a way she did NOT like.
Ex: "M... man... I j... j... just la... la... landed incorrectly... and that body is... is... is already br... br... broken?!?"
Dark Weapon: "Hmmm... Ex?"
Ex *thinks* Can't think... painful...
Dark Weapon: "I don't know about you... but maybe you should stop crying like a stupid pokegirl and focus on the mission!"
Ex *thinks* WHAT?!? I'm NOT a pokegirl! I'll show you!
Ex unsheated Dark Weapon and wacked the nearest pointy rock with Dark Weapon!
CLOING!
Ex did NOT like this sound. She looked at the second eye on the blade (the one that had struck the rock) and noticed two things:
1- the rock was still intact
2- the eye had been cut open and blood was flowing out of it.
Dark Weapon: "OH GREAT ADMIRAL! I'M BROKEN!!!"
Ex *thinks* WTF?!? I tought you couldn't be damaged?
Dark Weapon: "I knew you were incomplete but... but I wasn't supposed to be breakable! Man! My poor eye... OW! OW! OW!"
Ex stopped crying. She was not caring for her broken arm anymore. Seeing Dark Weapon being damaged both worried her and amused her to no end.
Ex *thinks* Hahahaha! Who's laughing now?
Dark Weapon: "I admit it! I admit it! You're not a stupid pokegirl! Those forms DO s**k! How are we going to defeat any bad guys if I can't even break a stupid rock! You realise that? EVEN A STUPID IRON SWORD CAN BREAK A ROCK! I'M RUINED!"
Ex *thinks* Relax. Strenght isn't everything. We have our knowledge and skills intact. That's more than enough for me. Now... we should try and find a way to repair both of our bodies. We won't go very far with me having an arm broken and you with a missing eye. |
Grey the Stampede
Posts: 2297/3770 |
Not at all fazed by the reappearance of the mysterious Cyberpokemon, Janus executes a diving tackle to shove her out of the way of Schwa's psibeam, as it heads straight for the creature! He gets to his feet, takes his hammer from his back, and gets in the way of the psibeam, deflecting the powerful attack with the head of his weapon.
Janus: "Stand down, Schwa! It's a Dark Chao, that's all!"
Immediately upon seeing the evil-looking creature, Grey's chao squirms in his arms, and begins to cry loudly, burying its head in the folds of Grey's coat.
DChao: "Chaw, haw, haw, haw!"
It points and laughs at the young Chao, as Grey scowls at it.
Grey: "Hey, now! What's the big idea with you? Janus, what is that thing?"
The evil chao's tiny hands form an obscene gesture at Grey, who starts toward it angrily, but is stopped by Janus taking a firm hand to his shoulder.
Janus: "Don't, Grey. It's like I said, that's a Dark Chao. The opposite of a Hero Chao, that thing's so evil that it's no wonder Schwa felt the need to attack it on the spot. But, my violent friend, there is a special case to these chao."
He looks over at Dracoon. Anyone else would probably get singed by this, but...
"Dracoon, you're the one in armor here... Could you please do us a favor and go over and give that Chao a hug? I know it sounds a little unreasonable, but trust me, from the looks of him he seems to be newly transformed. If you give him some genuine affection, I have a hunch that something interesting should happen. Just, be careful. He'll probably try to attack you."
Janus smiled hopefully at Stacice. Maybe she could convince him? |
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