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Slindis nodded at the explanation. [color=c20000]"Perfect sense. I'll not raise my blade, but you otherwise have my aid."[/color] The way Slindis was talking, it was closer to her Teacher personality than the friendly warrior she had come to know. It also seemed like the day had given her much to think about, but it wasn't likely for her to say anything.
 

bluerocker

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Teri nodded, [color=0E59E4]
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"Okay, I'll just deploy Dimitri and Vermilion when-"
[/color]

That was when the scream tore through the air, and Teri looked to her AI Companions, [color=0e59E4]
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"You two ready?! Things are starting to look kinda nuts!"
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Dimitri's Room

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[color=3897E0]>>THE_NINE_IRON.EXE [u]READY[/u]
>>CERBERUS.EXE [u]READY[/u]
>>NIDHOGG.EXE [u]READY[/u]
>>PRINCIPALITY.EXE [u]READY[/u]
>>SEIRYU.EXE [u]READY[/u]
>>YAMATA_NO_OROCHI.EXE [u]READY[/u][/color]
Dimitri had finished copying his Guardians in the room (thus making sure there were defenses while he carried "them" with himself to the Rising Dawn) when Teri's worried voice spoke over the intercom.

Looking up, he answered, [color=3897E0]"Whenever you are, Madam. My defenses are ready..."[/color]

[color=0E59E4]
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"Understood. Good luck you two."
[/color]

With that, the two were readied in another e-mail and sent to the Rising Dawn. Following that, Teri gave her teacher a nod and ran after the others towards the temple.
 

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Rugal
After his encounter with that...THING, Rugal stopped for a moment when he realised it wasn't following him.
"Ahhh....Goddamn flashbacks...Ok, Breathe, breathe, merely a minor episode, nothing to be concerned about..." He said to himself as he leaned against one of walls of the passage he was in.
"....Oh goddammit, I've lost my position, great...just great..." He cursed, he could memorise the way out, least before that thing arrived.
Once he was calm and collected, he proceeded.
*Click*
"...Huh?.."
He instantly realised what he just did: He set off a pressure plate trap.
The entire hall shifted as the floor slanted into a slope and he found himself falling down into an awaiting chamber behind a hallowed wall to his left.
(More to be added, Next post!)

Viscus
Viscus watched his timer countdown to the time he calculated Rugal would be dead and he would be free of the rules and guidelines that bound him.
It was then he got a alert: The inferior AI's from earlier had returned.
Thus he went back down to the mail room...
 

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Rugal
Despite an attempt to smash his fist into the slope as a sort of "Hook" to stop his decent, The material of the temple was far denser then stone or steel.
Thus all he could do was slide into the trap room, The passage quickly sealing back up behind him and the slope resetting, leaving it as if nothing had happened.
Once he was back on his feet, his first instinct was to try his luck on the wall that closed him in, Throwing massive straights and kicks at it.
While a dent did appear on the wall from the other side, he was clear this was going to take some doing to bust down.
He took a moment to charge up for a much more powerful attack, pondering what to use.
As he settled on using Galactica Phantom, A large amount of dust fell from the ceiling.
"What the-....Oh..." He said, this was one of those crushing rooms he realised as the ceiling went to come down on him.
"Just what I need! Alright, time to punch out." He quipped as he took aim and focused.
"GALACTICA PHANTOM!" He shouted as he unloaded the MOTHER of all straights at the wall.
.......
It's effect was rather underwhelming, serving only to increase the size of the dent he already made.
"WHAT!? NO! THAT COULD HAVE LEVELLED A HOUSE!" he shouted in anger as he pounded on the unique material of the temple wall, clearly designed to take such punishment.
The ceiling was about halfway down now so he came up with a idea to buy himself some time.
Setting himself up in the dead centre of the room, he pressed his hands against the descending crusher and began trying to push it upwards.
Initially, his efforts were in vain and the ceiling kept lowering.
"JESUS! WHAT IS THIS STUFF!?" He groaned as he used his strength to slowly bring the decent to a halt.
He took a second to breathe as he relaxed a little, he could keep it in place but unless someone came, he wasn't going any where in a hurry.
"....I SWEAR TO GOD VISCUS! I WILL KILL FOR YOU THIS!" He shouted in anger as he attempted to move, but any change in his body position would cause the ceiling to descend again.
So he waited....

David
David was following the trail of black water as Rugal before him did when the sounds of the temple moving reached him.
He was un-nerved by the entire set up, especially that loud scream from earier.
Still, this would be his best chance to get at Rugal, no massive power struggle of a battle, none of his bullshit, nothing to hold him back.
It was then he came across the section of the passage that entrapped his target, noticing the massive dent in the wall.
He slowly advanced, gun in hand as he noticed something on the ground that Rugal critally didn't.
...That tile is raised... David thought as he squatted down to take a closer look.
...Yep....That's a pressure plate...
Then he heard grunts and groans from behind the wall to his left.
"...Hello?....Someone there?..."

Rugal's hopes were raised.
"THE TILE ON THE GROUND, THROW SOMETHING ON IT, BUT DON'T STEP ON IT! IT'S A TRAP!" He shouted though the wall at David.
...Lucky day.. the marksman smirked as he went to comply, lobbing a rock on the pressure plate.
The Wall reopened as did the slope, but the crusher didn't retract.
"Well, well, well, quite a mess you got yourself into.." David said as he secured the rock he had thrown, making sure it would keep the trap open for as long as he needed it for.
"JUST-Find something to prop this thing up so I can get out of here!" Rugal barked, clearly not the mood for David's attitude.
"...Yeah....That thing looks heavy...like...REALLY REALLY heavy....Still, I'm sure you can order someone to drop by and get ya out...I mean, it's only a small task, nothing like say, organising a massive attack for the sole purpose of lining your own pockets...
Ooops..."

And thus Rugal's hopes were dashed.
"...David...Listen to me...I did not order tha-"
"Oh of course you didn't, I knew you'd say that, well, stop lying, Dimitri sent me everything, Besides, you have other problems to worry about..." David interrupted as he slid down into the chamber.
"BUT I DIDN'T ORDER IT! YOU'VE BEEN TRICKED! IT WAS VISC-"
"I know it was, but who does Viscus work for? Answer: You. Besides, like you'll be missed."
"YOU ARE MAKING A MASSIVE MIST-"
"No, I'm doing something that someone should have done a long time ago!.....
....
You really can't budge, can you?..."
Rugal growled as he attempted to move, but the pressure kept him rooted.
"...Hey...Karma fucks us all over..." He teased before he reached out and yanked Rugal's Bionic Eye out, de-powering him.
As David leapt out of the way, Rugal let out a massive cry of pain as the crusher began to lower itself further, forcing him in a Atlas like pose.
Once again, he was able to stop it, but at great expense.
David examined his new keepsake and chuckled.
"Give my regards to the people you killed, ass-wipe!" He said before, removing the rock, closing the trap and leaving Rugal to his fate.
He then walked off, feeling proud that he "Saved the world" From evil.
 

NotYetForsaken

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Avatar Adventure
Location: Corrupted Forest ~ Corrupted Temple
Time: Midnight​
Aftan | Akane | Angelus | Caim | Cadolbolg | David | Devon | Ella | Gabrielle | Jake | Kud | Kurumu | Kyre | Melethia | Puce | Riki | Rugal | Slindis | Tajuh | Teri | Ton Ton

The commotion that everyone was making caught Kyre's attention, and with great haste she descended onto the group moving toward the temple, perhaps spurred by that earth shaking scream earlier. She swept her crimson cloak around herself and landed next to Puce and Kurumu, a trail of falling leaves followed her.

"Don't worry," she said smiling, eyes still closed, "I'll make sure no harm befalls him."

And then she turned away and started to make a mad dash toward the temple, determined to make it in and survey what traps had been set in that magical place. If Puce were to die in the temple, she could never swallow up Kurumu, for the girl might be lost in that endless black ocean of grief. Her reclamation had to wait until at least these shenanigans were over.
 

bluecrimson

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Avatar Adventure
Location: Corrupted Forest ~ Corrupted Temple
Time: Midnight​
Aftan | Akane | Angelus | Caim | Cadolbolg | David | Devon | Ella | Gabrielle | Jake | Kud | Kurumu | Kyre | Melethia | Puce | Riki | Rugal | Slindis | Tajuh | Teri | Ton Ton

The scream had served to draw everyone's attention, so Tajuh called out to everyone as they all made their way to the temple. "Everyone, now's crunch time. While we're in there, we're going in, we're cooperating, and we're getting that orb. If you've got an issue with that, stay with me as the rearguard. I'm not going to force anyone, but we'll need long-range support to cover the main group. Make your decision quickly and stay with me if you're going to be guarding the main group. If not, stick with Puce since he's going to be the man coordinating the movements inside the temple."

Thanks to the marks that had been made, they made their way to the temple quickly enough. "Teammates of the Rising Dawn... MOVE OUT!"

For their part, Slindis, Devon, and Melethia made their way into the temple.
 

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Rugal
Not long after David left him blind, trapped and about to die, Rugal began to scream in pain as the pressure from above threatened to snap his bones, his legs starting to buckle.
It still was extremely surprising to him that Viscus of all people would be the death of him, and after all he did to keep him pacified.
"....Well if you told me, you were drowning
I would not lend a hand..."
Sang a voice that sounded extremely familiar to Rugal, one he heard back when he was 18.
"....I've seen your face before my friend
But I don't know if you know who I am..."

"...g-g-g-Goenitz!?..." Rugal managed to say with pained breaths.



"...But I was there and I saw what you did
Saw it with my own 2 eyes.
So you can wipe off that grin, I know where you been.
It's all been a pack of lies..."
Goenitz answered as he sat down next to the wall near the struggling king.

".....Help-"
"Uh, what was that?...The King of Fighters asking ME? for Help?...Oh how the mighty have fallen..." He gloated as he soaked in Rugal's misery.
"...Pleas-"
"Remember the time you had me tied to a metal cross and used me to supply that Manor of yours with electricity?....Then you were killed and sent to hell?...Broke out as soon as I got the word, That was a good day..."
"...Why.....are you....here?...." He asked as the ceiling lowered even further.
"Couldn't let you die a extremely painful death without saying goodbye...Wonder if you'll be sent to "Hell" Hell or "Everfree Forest" Hell..." He teased, reminding Rugal of the time he spent there.
"...Go...to....He-"
The angel slapped Rugal across the face, nearly making him lose his grip.

"Language, Young Bernstein! God above, Just because you've failed in your endeavors doesn't mean you have to take it out on me!" He interrupted with mock offence.
"Heh, It's pretty funny actually. All the killing, all the training, all the enhancements, Crimes, Money, power, and yet here you are, about to die because someone far better then you didn't think you were evil enough!"
"...."
Rugal was silent, Goenitz was right, No matter what he did, how strong he be-
"...Shut....up...." He then growled, knowing that he was trying to sow seeds of doubt in his mind
"Ain't saying anything you don't already know. You were weak then, ain't really much of an improvement now...Still, you want to shut me up, I don't believe if you let go right now, I could get out in time...just a thought..."
 

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Kate fished her binoculars from her pocket and watched Rugal and Goenitz. She yawned, and rubbed the back of her neck, working out an ache.
 

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David West
As Rugal battled death and despair and all sorts of other horrors, David was mostly feeling fine.
He back-tracked though the passageway, using the Black Water as a guide, and was soon back in the main hall pondering where to do to next.
.....I wonder.....If I was to input this eye of Rugal's into my skull, would I shoot better?... He thought as he went to pick a passage at random.
The sounds of footsteps filled the hall, putting him on guard, least until he saw it was just the rest of the Crew.
"Huh....Didn't expect you all to get here so fast...Still, no harm done. I've checked the passage with that weird water flowing down it, Dead End."
Heh, "Dead" end...
 

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David West
As David mused to himself, he was approached by Slindis and Melethia. [color=c20000]"I see you've already made headway. What was that scream earlier?"[/color] The Paladin eyed him up, still not too fond of him for what had happened in the village.

Meanwhile, Melethia looked down the Passage. "Mister, I don't know how good your eyes are, but I don't trust a 'dead end' until I've seen it."
 

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David West

"Wait...You guys heard that too?....Whoa...I thought it was loud but from all the way back at camp? No idea, yet to find who or what did that." David answered as he glanced around the Main Hall, noticing Melethia examining the Black Water.
"Okay...Maybe not Dead End in the "It leads nowhere" sense but more in the "Heavily Trapped" sense with undertones of "It leads nowhere." That Trail there is a Red Herring, runs out some distance in and I haven't seen anything in there to suggest that's our ticket to the Orb. Check it out if you want, but personally, I'd rather try the other passages, we got a lot of ground to cover down here."
 

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David West

Melethia grinned on hearing the 'heavily trapped' bit. "Thanks for telling me that, mister!" The girl began moving down the path and found a pressure switch, gingerly testing it to see the trigger weight.

Back with David, Slindis, and Teri, the paladin eyed up David. [color=c20000]"I took a look at everyone that entered with us, and the only person that's missing is Rugal Bernstein. Would you happen to know anything about that?"[/color] Her tone made it extremely difficult for David to tell that it was anything more than her wanting to know where a teammate was, and it was clear to him that she didn't know what Rugal had done.
 

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David West

"Whoa, HEY! Get back here! Don't wander..." David said but it was clear that she wasn't going to listen.
"...Off...Is no one going after her?....No?.....Okay..." He trailed off before she was gone.
It was then that Slindis brought up the Million Dollar Question.

".....Yeah...About him. Well, back at the camp, after...the Village mess...I got this sent to my phone." He said as he pulled out his phone and played back all the video evidence that Dimitri sent him.

"You remember back on the ship, the AI Viscus? He works for Rugal. These were taken from Viscus, Troop Movements, targets, videos, Rugal has been using his conflict to his advantage. He plans to bankrupt the US Military so after this war is over, his group AIM will be the only ones left to receive US contracts. He killed all these people just to line his own pockets. Now, I knew him before all this, This is exactly like something he'd do and has done. We can't let him get away with this and we have to make sure he doesn't get the chance to do this again."

Rugal was now in hell, on top of all his other problems, He now had to deal with Goenitz trying to talk him into just letting the crusher kill him.
All because he botched up a simple robbery...

Berlin: Rugal: Age 18
After a solid year of shadowing the Nobel, a year full of hardships, police raids and slim pickings, Young Rugal was finally going to get off the streets of Berlin and into the upper class spent his entire life working for.
Using a gun he stole off a Police Officer several weeks ago, he was going to hold up the Nobel as he went on his walk outside the city, something he did every day at 2:30PM sharp.
It was a snowy December when he set off to get what he wanted all his life.
He pulled the gun out from his po-

"I take it you are going to rob me?" The nobel interrupted, much to young Rugal's surprise.
"Oh don't be so surprised, Can't go to take a piss without you obsessing over the drops." He said again as Rugal took aim.
"GIMME THE MONEY OLD MAN!"
"Old?!....Clearly dropped on your head as a child, hm?"
"NOW GODDAMMIT!" He repeated as the nobel turned around.
"....Please....a Weakling like you?...Go ahead, shoot me if it makes you feel any better..."
And that's what Rugal did.

*Bang*
"......That all?..."
*Bang! Bang!*
"Oh sure, because that worked so well the first time..."
Confused and enraged, he unloaded the entire clip into the Nobel, growing more desperate as the rounds counted down.
*Click Click Click*
"....You done?..." Goenitz asked before Rugal threw the gun at him and pulled a knife, He was not going to let this man stop him from attaining his dream.
But he did

Present Day
"Rugal?....Rugal?....I think you are beginning to pass out on me. Christ, can't even stay awake for 15 minutes? I'm frankly amazed you even got this far in life..." Goenitz jabbed as the crusher went down even further.
*Crack*
Rugal shouted in agony as his wrist snapped from the pressure put upon it.
"...Ouch....Oh wow...Bone is sticking out and all...I know you can't see this, what with being blind now and all but...really, that does look rather painful...Come on, why bother prolonging it? Think of it this way, if you die here, no one will ever remember you and how much of a failure you are....were....Wait....do I use past or present tense?...."
 

bluerocker

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David West

Right after Mel had said that and ran off; Teri shook her head in disapproval; [color=0E59E4]
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"Hate to burst your bubble, Mr. West; but I'm afraid I must tell you that my AI was mistaken; as crazy as that sounds. I made him to be human; which means he can make a mistake just as much as you or I can. On top of that, he's a little naive, and VERY protective over me. Viscus used that to his advantage; and willingly allowed Dimitri to find that information about AIM, and tricked him into misquoting it against Mr. Bernstein. In actuality; he, and I were fooled by Viscus, and Dimitri jumped the gun and tried to protect me via that E-mail. Now, I bet you're wondering how I know all this... Viscus is human too, you see. He was never a program. He uploaded his brains into a program and made himself a program so he could live forever."
[/color]

David looked at her with confusion; and asked: "What makes you sure of all this?!"

That was when the Cleric smile and "say"; [color=0E59E4]
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"Viscus made a classic Villain faux-pas. He gloated to Dimitri about the whole thing. As we speak, my AI and Mark's are working in tandem to try and stop that scanner-humping asshole from killing us all or do God knows what else to our Airship. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've a patient to attend to. Try not to use friendly fire on the way while I'm gone, hm?"
[/color]

With that, she ran off in the direction of where Melethia went; mentally kicking herself for taking too long. She just HAD to pull out another speech, didn't she?
 

Kalastryn

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Kalastryn comes to after something apparently knocked her out for a while... she had been wandering around the forest for some time trying to find where Slinidis was... although she hated to admit it, while she was powerful she was rather... fragile. So it seemed something got a sneak attack in on her and she passed out. finding her bearings she seemed rather close to the Temple. In fact, someone or something put her only about 200 meters away in a patch of bushes. at first she thought something was up, but then she detected the aura of good, the only person she knows who could use that was Slindis, so she takes a deep breath. If this was a trap, she was falling for it... she walked inside to see Slindis and David in a rather ornate room with blackened water flowing freely across the floor. "Finally got here... though I'm not quite sure how. Anyone mind filling me in on a few things... being knocked out for a few hours tends to leave me in the dark about current events."
 

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David West
".....What?...." David said, frozen in shock as Teri ran off after the Elf.
"....Oh.....Bollux..." He cursed to himself when he realised what he just gone.
[color=c00000]"What?....Did something happen?...."[/color] Slindis asked as David looked clearly uncomfortable.
"...Well.....You see....um....Rugal....He went into the temple...I was following him because after seeing.....Yeah..." He mumbled as he began kicking himself mentally.
[color=c00000]"...What did you do?..."[/color]
David didn't finish but instead just reached into his pocket and pulled out something.
It was Rugal's Bionic Eye.
"...I'm sorry..."
 

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David West, Slindis, Kalastryn
Kalastryn noted an eerie silence as Slindis looked at David. [color=c20000]"...You're sorry? You knowingly sent one of the people you were working with to his death and the best you can say is that you're sorry? You may have had a grudge with him, you may have hated him, but to go and do that makes you no better than the people you fight."[/color] Before David had a chance to react, Slindis delivered a fierce blow to the man's left cheekbone and knocked him out, sending the unconscious man skidding to a halt near Kalastryn.

Slindis went over and grabbed the eye that had been dropped after the hit and turned to Kalastryn. [color=c20000]"Coming with me or not? Make your choice!"[/color] She started to make her way down the hallway.

Melethia, Teri, Rugal

Teri could see the girl had set up a knotted rope at the start of the incline held there by a purple spike that was hammered into the ground of the temple. Following it while keeping a grip on the rope to stop a complete fall showed Melethia pulling out a decent-sized acid to make a hole in a wall and the moans of what was clearly Rugal. "Wheathair, you've got some help! I saw the bit of your jacket on the side of the chute, and I'm using some acid to burn through the stone. It's nasty stuff, so you'll have to watch out for it!"

Rugal could faintly smell the acrid scent of an acid which was growing stronger by the second from above until it started dripping through the wall.
 

bluerocker

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Kalastryn said:
No one gets left behind!
Melethia, Teri, Rugal

When Teri reached the drop and saw the rope, she fidgetted in anxiety and called over; [color=0E59E4]
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"Melethia; it's me, Teri! Do you want me to do anything to help? Because I don't see anything I can do at the moment..."
[/color]

The Rising Dawn: Digital hell; Round 2!

As soon as they arrived in the Mail Room, Dimitri deployed PRINCIPALITY; and the duo began carving their path to the control nodes. There was no time to be wasting here; and Viscus would be right on their tail in moments.
 

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bluecrimson said:
Kalastryn nodded to slindis and followed with as much haste as possible. Dearly hoping Rugal would survive, as much as she wasn't exactly fond of him, she hadn't seen anything so far to make her think in the slightest that he deserved to die.
"so, I take it Rugal is in danger?" she said with hurried footsteps, being careful not to step on anything suspicious "You know knocking him out might not have been the best idea, now we don't know where he is."
she paused for a moment, she could hear talking behind the wall ahead of them.