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

[bluerocker]

Garm | Rugal | Teri | Slindis | Lupito

The Cleric weakly smiled as she was helped up from the floor again, face still streaming with tears as she stood on her feet. Trying to wipe them away with another tissue proved to be a futile effort, and she giggled, [color=0E59E4]

"They won't stop! Oh geez, I think I sprung a leak!"

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Her laughter continued for another minute, the bittersweet sound filling the air as she tried to wipe away the moisture from her face, finally making some progress after a minutes time. At this point, her eyes were red and puffy, but finally dry. Looking up to her comforters, she gave a small, [color=0E59E4]

"[small]Thank you, both of you...[/small]

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However, she paused for a moment when she saw blood dripping down Rugal's face, and whispered a little in Celestial, her hand taking in a small glow, [color=0E59E4]

"Oh, Mr. Bernstein, you're bleeding again..."

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Reaching a hand towards the eye socket, the Cleric vainly tried to heal the tear duct again... But was thwarted by height, her one true weakness!

Devon, Caim, Angelus

"An attack dog?! He's doing WHAT with my sister's aggravated self?! Oh, when I find that bastard I'm going to rip him limb from limb!"

Caim gave a deep growl in the back of his throat, and punched at the wall, wincing a little at punching steel, but allowed his mind to focus on the pain rather than his anger.

Angelus had taken up a different course of action. Rather, she paced as she listened to what the Bard-somewhat-seer had to say, each of his 'visions' proving to be more distressing than the last.

AIM: Hallway

As Inuart ran after Wesker, The Goddess not being far behind, he shouted out, "She has a name, you know! Fu-ri-ae! Remember it! It might save your life!"

As he said this another mutant fell to the ice magic of his blade, and The Goddess happily shattered the beast with another crescent blade; giving a high pitched laugh as she did so. While Inuart had become somewhat used to the harpy his love occasionally became, that laugh alone was enough to make him shiver; knowing how far from the real thing the Demoness had become.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Garm | Rugal | Teri | Slindis | Lupito

"Ahhh...Don't worry about it, it looks worse then it really is..." Rugal answered as he wiped away his "tears" with a Tissue.
"Beside's, You'd just waste your spell on me...Well...Now that is over, You'd best get some rest while Tajuh arranges our "Reinforcements"..." He added, keen to get this on a more lighter note.

David, Shadow

"AHHHH!...Ahhhh!....aahhhh...ahhhhhhhhh...." David let out as he soon calmed himself down again, though holding his head after banging it so much.
"....oooohhhhhh my head.....uhhhhh...man...." He groaned as he picked himself up and leaned against one of the walls in the hallway.
"uhhhhh...man....So that's why you take the Serum....Hey, on second thought, get me a few of those, yeah...." He sighed as he caught his breath.
"So when does the super powers kick in?"

AIM: Hallway

Wesker was more focused on scoring hits on the Mutants rather then Inuart's complaints and quickly motioned for him and Bruiser to move as he calmly strafed, firing both his weapons with great skill to cover their movements.
Bruiser on the other hand was literally beating them up with a stick, namely a limb he tore from one of them, bashing in skulls as they went along.

 

[bluecrimson]

Garm | Rugal | Teri | Slindis | Lupito

Slindis kept a comforting hand on Teri's shoulder. [color=c20000]"Still, you see us as your parents? Very well... I've never been the best parent, but as your surrogate mother, I do believe you need to get some rest."[/color] She laughed warmly, knowing all those emotions could wear out even the best person.

Devon, Caim, Angelus

Devon kept focusing on the scene, and his fear at what the relatively kind woman had become was matched by an anger in his voice. "That tool's fucking threatening others with her? What the fuck!? You don't do that with people you claim to love, you dimwitted ************! Honestly, you just want her as arm candy! I don't know how long it will take, but when I see you, don't expect any sympathy from me!" His hand twitched, and it was clear to Angelus that Inuart had made an enemy before the two had even met each other.

 

[Sithmorack]

David, Shadow

"Well guessing from the dents you made just banging your head against the floor I think you already have them... though dont go crazy... the first time I tried to how should I say... speed run.... I ended up face first into a wall..."

Shadow said standing up and pulling out 5 more sirums from one of his pockets. '21 left....' Shadow mentally noted as he handed David the sirums. "Take this every one or two days.... Ill try to make more later.. for now we need to get you used to your new powers... to the training room" Shadow said as he began to walk off telling David to follow him.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

David, Shadow

"Alright...David West is back in the game!" The Sniper said to himself as he began to think of the possibilities with his new powers.
Dodging Bullets, Laughing off Gunfire, he was a total Badass now!
And to think, they said winners never used drugs... He thought as he took the serums and stashed them in his pocket for save keeping before following the Russian.

 

[Sithmorack]

David, Shadow

They eventually got to the training room and Shadow asked David to do a normal jog waiting to see if he would just take off or if he could at least jog without going super speed.

 

[bluerocker]

Garm | Rugal | Teri | Slindis | Lupito

Slindis kept a comforting hand on Teri's shoulder. [color=c20000]"Still, you see us as your parents? Very well... I've never been the best parent, but as your surrogate mother, I do believe you need to get some rest."[/color]

The Cleric turned a bit red, and looked to the floor, embarrassed, [color=0E59E4]

"I was gonna save that one for later... I mean, for a while, you two really reminded me of them. And then... Well, when I get the thought 'Mom and Dad are gonna be pissed' instead of 'Slindis and Rugal' or 'Master and Mr. Bernstein', welp... Yeah. I just got so emotional that it just slipped out. Sorry bout that. But, if you feel uncomfortable with the title, forget I said anything. No biggie!"

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And with that, Teri gave a little bow and then quickly left, fueled by a want for a shower, proper bed-rest, and generally to save face.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Rugal

Rugal couldn't help but shake his head as Teri ran off.
"Been around us for less then a few weeks and she thinks we're her parents?..." He mused, the strangeness of the situation finally starting to settle in.
"...Then again, It'd be understandable to want to cling onto something you lost..." He sighed afterwards, realizing how damaged she is going to be when this war was over...

When this war was over...
"...Right, High time we made some calls, we have a planet to save..." He said with renewed vigor before going towards the bridge to "Rally the troops".
AIM, UNIT, G-corp, didn't matter, only this mattered: He REALLY disliked losing.

David

*CHANG!*
As David ran into the wall for the umpteenth time, it was clear he didn't have any control over his new found speed.
Still, the fact he was still standing was proof that the Virus was working, he didn't even have a cut or a bruise.
*CHANG!*
"...That should have hurt more..."

Jenny

After some calls were made, Jenny soon appeared before Caim, Angelus and Devon.
"Um, pardon me, but could you all follow me please? I think I have a way for us to get up into Space." She merely said before walking off with them in tow.
After a while, they came into Tajuh's quarters as he planning their attack.
"Hi. Sorry if I'm interrupting anything, but I have a question...

How useful would an entire space station with mounted weapon systems be in this upcoming battle?"
For those who knew Jenny, that last sentence seemed rather out of place.

 

[bluecrimson]

Tajuh's Room - Tajuh, Jenny, Caim, Angelus, Devon

Tajuh looked at the entrants as he finished mentally working out the machine assignments, then pulled up a map on the highly advanced laptop for everyone to see.

"It would have some use here. The main factor are how mobile it is and what its defenses are like. From what I've heard, it's currently around the Lagrange point 1 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_point], safely out of view of the massive fleet stationed at Lagrange point 2, or L-2 for short. If we could get a lift up there, there could be some more coordination between everyone involved. For starters, it will make some final moves and assignments on my part far easier."

Even though he was still getting visions of the carnage at the Aim bunker, Devon held off on it to ask a question. "Excuse me for asking, but how exactly are we supposed to fight? It's space, after all. Kind of hard for us to do much."

Communications between Gilliam's Hangar and Strider HQ

While the Striders were preparing their forces for the assault, a video came up in the area where Strider Hiryu was overseeing the last preparations. As the video came into focus, Hiryu could clearly see a man with long purple hair.

"You are Strider Hiryu, correct? I realize that you're currently busy with preparations against the massive fleet of Tomoya, but a carrier will be soon arriving in your airspace. I can not say an incredible amount for a few reasons, but we have a common foe in Tomoya."

As he finished that small talk an image of the massive carrier was pulled up on the screen.

"However, I can understand you being hesitant to trust me on faith alone. Feel free to ask a few questions, and I will tell you if I can answer them."

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Tajuh's Room - Tajuh, Jenny, Caim, Angelus, Devon

Jenny nodded as she looked at the map, she hadn't met with Tajuh much before now so it was surprising that he knew so much of, As Hiryu put it, "The most secure location in the realm."
Then again, he might have been over going it.
"Well...While I'm not certain of what exactly The Blue Dragon has for space combat, I mean, most of the Striders power comes from being unnoticed, these ARE Ninja's we are talking about. Still, should have something and at the very least, I can arrange for us to get up there." She explained, still worried about how they would react to her bring the Rising Dawn to their Base.

Communications between Gilliam's Hangar and Strider HQ: The Blue Dragon

Since his encounter with Tomoya in Mexico, Hiryu was entirely committed towards his downfall.
But when this Stranger managed to reach them?
"....I have only one question: How did you get this channel? There is only one man who has this frequency outside our organisat-"
[color=9F2B68]"I KNEW IT!"[/color] shouted the man in question as he stormed towards the main screen:

[color=9F2B68]"I knew when you broke into my office, it was for a reason. Hiryu, this man stole the Channel's Frequency from G-Corp several months ago. Now before we blindly trust this man, I have a question: Who. The. Hell. Are. You!?"[/color] Kazuya Mishima shouted at the feed.
He hadn't let that go in the slightest.

 

[StormShaun]

[color=A4A600]Archangel Michael[/color].
Location: Rising Dawn | DC, America.

The Prince and master of fire walked slowly out of the war room and sighed.
The only thing he could think about is his brother and how he could save him.
"[color=A4A600]I need to confront him at one point in this middle of this battle.[/color]"
Michael told himself as his breathed in and out to calm him down.

"[color=A4A600]I don't need this![/color]" He said and his flesh and skin came to him, he was not a spirit any longer, he was his normal self. His wings busted into a flame which surrounded him and eventually melted into his skin. He decided he would stay on the Rising Dawn to see if everyone is what he knows already, Michael liked to check twice even though he knew most things about this world and life in general.

Though things clouded by darkness, corruption and evil are hard to see through since one glimpse into dark information could turn him like his brother even though it was almost impossible to corrupt a true Archangel.

Forgetting his Brother for a second he looked back onto his plan and what happened in the War Room.
"[color=A4A600]Hmm, I do agree that this plan is ... risky. Though this is Tomoya, he could make things worse ... [/color] Michael said to himself as he walked forward avoiding most obstacles even though he was in deep thinking mode.
"[color=A4A600]This crew annoyed me ... they don't show any respect for higher beings. That so called holy warrior didn't sound like one ... shouldn't she bow because I am the one leading the armies of God!?[/color]" Michael said angrily and punched the side of the ship lightly but leaving a giant dent.

[color=A4A600]Damn mortals![/color]
Was the only thought in his head.
He had blamed multiple people for making his brother and that man corrupt.

Sighing once more Michael thought about visiting the dojo to check on the young kids and get out his frustration, but only remembered that his power could destroy most things in a touch.

"[color=A4A600]Heh, always a double edged sword.[/color]"
He laughed as he decided to visit the dojo anyway.

Storm-178.
Location: Rising Dawn | DC, America.
Time: 11 Am.

The Spartan left the room quickly, he had to decide a room before he passed out.
He counted himself lucky as barely no one knew him without his armor off, he just looked like a complete stranger.
Although anyone smart enough could tell by his physique that he is no human.
"Woo, Time to find a room!" The spartan yelled energetically as he started to wonder the ship again.

The Spartan Storm wondered around the ship for quite a while.
He had already found the dojo where he visited the kids who helped him, went back to the canteen to get more food, visited the hanger to polish his armor but remembered that Doc T needed to look at it.
After a couple of more minutes he had reached a unfamiliar wing of the ship.
"What the ... why does this place look fancy?" He shrugged, as he was about to leave he could hear pouting.

"What is it?" He sighed as he holographic girl came out of his pocket.
"Why are we leaving, this place looks cute!" She rejected the idea of leaving. "Eh, we stayed in a small cabin most of our time, why are you yelling at me!" Storm yelled back, but the holograph adjusted her size to be a similar size to a girl.

"Baka! This is the first time I have ever seen rooms this nice! I hated staying that cramped cabin with you ... " The girl AI complained with an annoyed face. Storm sighed as he walked along with her, he had already given up fighting her, he had never won a fight against her. The two pulled up to a room number of #179 (After Riki/Kud's), the AI walked through the door and Storm gently opened it.

"Waaah, I didn't know this ship had a wing this nice!?" The spartan gasped.
The AI Alpha giggled as she looked around. "It's probably because those idiots haven't explored the whole ship." The AI Miku look-a-like smiled at the spartan.
The two looked outside once more.
"It would be nice if you got a real body."
"Yeah ... it would be."

Riki & Kud.
Location: Rising Dawn, dojo | DC, America.
Time: 11 Am.

The morning light was at it's peak. The dojo was fully lit up and the sound of both gunshots and swords filled the whole place. Luckily both the armory with the gun range and the dojo were right next to each other. The couple of Riki and Kud were training, they had been training ever since the war meeting. Both the two were dedicated to fight for their goal which was to protect each with all their strength.

Of course though they had no forgotten Shaun's mission who told them to rescue Tomoya, not kill him which looked like to be the intention mostly of everyone on board the violent Rising Dawn. Meanwhile in the gun range the young ordinary boy called Riki was focusing on his accuracy, over the multiple training days he had improved his concentration.

Riki.
+ 30 Blades.
+ 20 Small Guns.
+ 5 Concentration.
+ 5 Judgement.

Kud.

+ 20 Blades.
+ 30 Small Guns
+ 5 Concentration.
+ 5 Judgement.

When the two took their break they slumped down together on the dojo wall. They did what they usually did, laugh and play. Though a special visitor came in, he was large and better then a normal human. The man also had a holographic hang out of his shirt pocket.

"Sup you two!" The Spartan known as Storm approached them. The two greeted him politely, "Ha, you didn't need to do that. I may be half Japanese but I appreciated it ... oh how I miss that country." The Spartan smiled as Alpha stayed silent in his pocket not daring to move a muscle.

"Good to see that you are doing well senpai." Riki greeted him in a unusual way which made the superhuman go a bit red. "What can we do for you Storm-san?" Kud said getting straight to the point. Storm decided he would go with this if his saw the two again and told him his entire story, from when this whole thing happened.

"Ah, so Shaun is captured!" Kud yelped out in surprise. Storm nodded but was surprised that the two knew the Author. "You know the guy" Storm asked the two whom responded by telling Storm why they are here.
"To save Tomoya ... haha, good to see we have the same objective." Storm smiled.
The group talked some more but Storm had to leave to go get a room.

Both Riki and Kud had a bit of a longer break before they returned to training. Except this time they began to train each other in what they had learn. Riki taught Kud how to hold a gun, and Kud taught Riki had to hold a practice katana.
Whilst they were doing this the Archangel Michael looked over the two and were simply smiling before he faded away and decided to go back to his ship.

[color=A4A600]If more people like that exist I might have more faith in humanity.[/color]
The Archangel of Fire said to himself in his own mind before returning to the Firehawke and his very small fleet.

 

[bluecrimson]

Tajuh's Room - Tajuh, Jenny, Caim, Angelus, Devon

Tajuh nodded. "So, they've likely got cloaking systems, fast movement, and lowered EM profiles... useful for a flanking attack, but not the best for a frontal assault. As for you, Devon, there's already something set up just for that issue."

The bard was still quite curious how that would happen, but he got the odd feeling that he should leave it be until later. That, and he had to focus on what was going on with that Furiae and the redheaded tool.

Communications between Gilliam's Hangar and Strider HQ: The Blue Dragon

Gilliam shook his head. "Mister Mishima, I've got more important things to do rather than steal communications links. Get the right net set out, and there's all types of information you can catch. However, the defenses at your tower were quite good for the technology available to you. Not many here could even hope to crack them, and the sensor placements were quite inventive."

He took a moment to let the two react before he introduced himself. "You may call me Gilliam. Now, you can continue to get yourself worked up later, but we've got a far more important issue looming over our heads. Can I get a guarantee that the ship headed to your location won't be attacked when it arrives? It would be best for everyone involved, unless you're fond of fighting mutual allies."

Rising Dawn Dojo - Riki, Kud, Melethia

As the two lovers continued practicing, they heard the voice of a fairly young girl tsking in disappointment. "Did nobody teach ya guys how to use a blade? Really? What kinda place did ya grow up?" Melethia approached the two, holding her kukris in a casual manner.

"I mean, sure, ya can hold it, but how can ya protect against someone trying ta knock it outta your hands?" She looked over the combat, mentally thinking of some of the myriad ways one could slip through the guard - feint with the mainhand and use the offhand to slice at the arm muscles, fake an opening of her own then sidestepping to slash the intestines open, sweep their legs out and go for the neck.

Even as she kept thinking, she chimed in cheerfully. "Still, for someone new at fightin', the both of ya aren't too bad! Want me to show ya some fun things ya can do to get the edge?"

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Communications between Gilliam's Hangar and Strider HQ: The Blue Dragon

Kazuya was only slightly stated with Gilliam's response and was about to press the issue further when Hiryu stopped him.
"You have my word, both for the safety of your ship and your blood on this blade if you abuse this trust. There are not many places a Strider can't get to." He warned as he gave the all clear for the incoming Vessel.
[color=9F2B68]"Hold it! Keep the Feed! I have one more question. A Drow Female by the name of Slindis asked for me to track you down. You two must have some sort of connection. Given the amount of effort I went though to try and find you, I'd like to know why..."[/color] Kazuya added, recalling a promise he made to the Drow.

 

[bluecrimson]

Communications between Gilliam's Hangar and Strider HQ: The Blue Dragon

Gillian typed in the information as he sent the visual specs to Strider Hiryu.

Dimensions: 650 meters in length; 250 meters in height
Wingspan: 300 meters

"I can not say too much more beyond the fact that I have a vested interest in the Eberron child. Now, Strider Hiryu, you have my word that the Hagane and the forces with it will not open fire on your base. If needed, I can see to it that some of its forces will aid the defense of your base in the upcoming fight."

The man kept the comm link open, anticipating that there would be more questions.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Communications between Gilliam's Hangar and Strider HQ: The Blue Dragon

"Understandable, just know that it shall be led by our commanders and will not be allowed within more important areas of the base. Keep in mind, this is the first time that we've received aid from another party of this nature. Some of the more..."Traditional" elements of our group would be up in arms. I'm still wondering how to inform them of Hagane's the arrival.
Still, We are ready for you to dock and you have our cooperation for the remainder of this conflict. Any other questions, Mr. Mishima?" Hiryu asked the half Devil.
[color=9F2B68]"....At this time, no."[/color] He said, this would not the be last time he and Gilliam would meet, no matter how hard the Purple Haired Man tried to be rid of him.

 

[bluerocker]

Tajuh's Room - Tajuh, Jenny, Caim, Angelus, Devon

Caim and Angelus watched this exchange go on, faces both pictures of confusion; as they hadn't dealt with space travel properly... Well, Caim did once, but he wasn't particularly happy with that memory. It was before the first reset of his and Angelus' arrival there... Well, before Angelus found herself in the arms of death/undeath/whatever and broke their pact.

Looking at the schematics, he frowned and motioned to Tajuh and Jenny,

"I have nothing against having armaments in a battle in space, but this begs the question of what WE can do ourselves. Almost all of us have not encountered space combat of any sort. Save for standing around on a ship, we'd be useless up there."

Teri's Room

Flopping on her bed after a nice shower, and by some grace of God, getting Garm a bath, the Cleric gave a small sigh. Everything that had happened in the past few days had seemed so unreal, especially where Lucifer, the Shadow Beast and Tajuh's revelations were concerned. Of course, she should have known better. Drama followed the Rising Dawn like moths to the flame. Still, that didn't make the ache hurt any less. One hand on the trinket bequeathed to her, and another to the wolf's enormous head (after he curled up right next to her resting place), Teri sniffled a little, and felt her eyes growing heavy before sleep finally arrived...

 

[bluecrimson]

Communications between Gilliam's Hangar and Strider HQ: The Blue Dragon

Gilliam nodded. "You should know that it will be coming with its own defense forces. A man currently with the Rising Dawn named Tajuh will have the final word on any and all assignments of the pilots, and under absolutely no circumstances are any pilots to be assigned until he arrives. This is non-negotiable, and attempts to do otherwise will be seen as sabotage and countered by the full force of the crew on board." The extremely stern tone in his voice made it clear that he would not tolerate any actions of the sort.

L-2 region of space, just outside of the Blue Dragon's effective attack range

Shortly after Strider Hiryu was able to start informing the other Striders of what was to be coming, the Hagane appeared out of nowhere from a portal directly facing the Blue Dragon.

[color=darkgray]"Blue Dragon, this is Hagane. Requesting permission to dock."[/color]

The slightly mechanical voice came across the Comm on a short-wave radio, preventing transmission to the forces of Tomoya or anyone not within the L-2 region.

Tajuh's Room - Tajuh, Jenny, Caim, Angelus, Devon

Devon nodded. "He does have a really good point. What the heck are we supposed to do there?"

Tajuh put the laptop down as he looked at each person. "Each machine there will have a supplementary AI on it, removing much of the technical details in its flight. The proper machine assignments have already been created, so there should be no issues using one that doesn't fit your fighting style. If you would rather act in a support function, there will be other assignments available provided that you wish to do so." He looked down at the laptop to read a message indicating an antagonistic possibility from some of the Striders and filed that away in his head.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

L-2 region of space, just outside of the Blue Dragon's effective attack range

"This is Rank S Strider Hiryu, You are clear to Dock. There'll be a docking crew to assist you, Over." Hiryu ordered as the ship began to dock.

All the while, several unhappy members of the organisation were watching from a viewing platform.
One of these were Super Rank A Strider Hien.
"... Unbelievable...First those..."Pets" of his (Jenny and Blade), now Hiryu allowing a enemy ship to dock!? Might as well give them the keys to the whole station..." He sighed as him and a few others watched as the ship docked.
"Second this Angel is dealt with, I'm going to call him out on his increasing recklessness behaviour..."

 

[Sithmorack]

David, Shadow

Shadow could only sigh as he watched David keep running into walls and shit. "David.... David! DAVID!!! Try ya know.... OH NEVERMIND just come here..." Shadow said as he waited for David to come over.

Once David was close he got behind David grabbed his shoulders and told him to keep trying to control his speed. Shadow would hold David back whenever he was going to fast and tried to at least help him get used to his new found speed.

"Is it getting a little bit easier now?" Shadow asked.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

David, Shadow

After switching to this style of training, David instantly began to improve, being able to switch between his normal running speed and that of Usain Bolt's.
Getting the whole "Faster then you could blink" part was a problem, but he was improving.
"So anything I need to know about punching though walls?"