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

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Jenny, Devon: Mindscape

[sub][sub][sub]...Jenny, please. Get out, I don't want to see him hurt you...[/sub][/sub][/sub]

As Jenny avoided the burning embers, the Houndoom known as Bruiser went in for the Crunch, using its scent and familiarity with the mindscape to close in on her. Still, that faint voice she just heard was a lot closer to what a normal person acted like, and although it was very faint, it was much warmer.

*****, do I look like that sack of shit! Well, you can't actually see me, but the point still stands. And unfortunately for you, Bruiser here's ready to shatter the definitions of the Egg Groups! Shame for your little stoner boy-toy there, but I've got the feeling he's used to sloppy seconds.

 

[Ninjamedic]

Fionn was sitting to the side with a glass of whiskey in hand, having spent the past while swirling it. He wasn't exactly in the mood for celebrating now, he doubted that drinking would bring back the dead innocents back. It's Lexington all over again, he necked the glass and turned to get another when he heard a familiar voice.

"Fionn? The fucking Grim Reaper of Angels? Christ man, how the hell are ya!?"

"Heard something about you punching a Arch Angel in the gut, You actually that badass?"

"Word travels fast doesn't it? I did nothing you wouldn't have." He grinned at seeing David again, he was one of the few people on the ship he saw eye-to-eye with. "What about the World's most Insane Sniper?" David could see that while his personality was no different beyond the circumstances, there was something now different about the Magus.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Jenny, Devon: Mindscape

Oh wow, more Rape Jokes. So Original... Jenny snarked as she strained to use Reflect, setting up a barrier in time to half the damage of Crunch, though seeing how it did double damage to her already, it still hurt like hell as the Houndoom bit down on her arm.
AHHHHHHHHH.....Get off me! She cried in pain as she tried to get the demonic wolf off of her by using Struggle

Jenny, Devon: Reality

Jenny bit her lip as she felt the pain of Houndoom's attack in her arm, confirming her fears of "Your mind makes it real".
Come on Devon...help me out here...
David

David's moods somewhat dimmed for a second as Fionn asked for his exploits.
"....I took some performance enhancers before the battle...Went rabid, nearly turned into a Zombie and chewed a Angel's face off... literally...Spent the rest of the battle laid out in the Medical bay....Yeeeaahhhh..." He confessed while also explaining why he was in a wheelchair.
"...Still, Fair play. I'm certain with you around, they weren't missing my firepower all that much." He said as he raised his straw like a glass before taking another long sip.
"So basically, I'm retiring from Soldiering once I'm back on the ground, Might take a long vacation..."

 

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Jenny, Devon: Mindscape

You know, that is a bit trite... Thanks for giving me another idea, you psychotic *****. Bruiser, burn her. Before the Houndoom let go of the Gardevoir, it let out a slow Will-o-wisp, aiming specifically for its arms.

[sub][sub][sub]Jenny, over here... Please, take this and leave. I don't want to see this happen to you.
[/sub][/sub][/sub] A small floating orb was in the distance, ans she felt that brush of kindness again, though there was a good deal of sadness in the voice.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Jenny, Devon: Mindscape

!!!
The Will'o Wisp hit it's mark and soon her entire arm was covered in the Houndoom's flames, clearly putting Jenny in extreme pain as she rolled on the ground in a attempt to put it out.
NOOO! NOT LIKE THIS! She cried as the burning pain started to overwhelm her, reducing her movements to a meek crawl, Wishing for the strength to go on.

Jenny, Devon: Reality

The burning her avatar in Devon's mind had spread to her in reality as she felt the biting pain be replaced with a flame-less burning flared up the arm she was using for the physical link.
Panting from the pain of it, she took Devon's hand in her other and squeezed it.
Come on, You can do it, Please. I won't last much longer! she begged, using the situation tactically to force Devon to fight the darkness within him.

 

[bluecrimson]

Jenny, Devon: Mindscape

The other one now, Bruiser. Show this naive airhead what it means to be alone. The Houndoom walked up with pure menace in its eyes, and even if Jenny had Synchronize, the Houndoom was immune to its own burns.

However, Jenny's meek crawl was responded with the Orb flying to Jenny at a rapid pace, honing unerringly on the real Jenny As the Orb touched her, she felt a new power [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Aura_Sphere_%28move%29] settling in her.

[sub][sub][sub]This is the most that I can scrounge up... I hope that helps at least.[/sub][/sub][/sub]

 

[bluerocker]

Garm | Rugal | Teri

"....Tell me, I've see your style and fighting, mostly zoning and attacking at range while you tend to the wounded. And I think I have a technique that might aid you in battle...If you are interested in being trained in it's use, that is..."

The Cleric tilted her head in curiosity, and nodded quietly, [color=0E59E4]

"Sure. I don't know what you could teach me though. I don't use Ki; nor do I have much physical oomph... But you got me interested, if anything! Now, I just need to do this and.... Done!"

[/color]

Backing away from her handiwork, the Cleric gave a satisfied smile and took a few moments for cleanup; giving Rugal more than enough time to get himself back on his feet. Garm was already on the case; knowing full well that his Pup held this 'Mr. Bernstein' in high esteem; and was willing to aid in helping Rugal walk around. Whether or not Rugal would accept the help was up in the air.


The Slaughter-Burn Family

As Caim, Angelus and Cadolbolg slumbered in a spare bedroom, a Tonberry stirred, and rose from the tangle of blankets, limbs and snores. Looking to his new-found foster family for a moment, Ton Ton could not help but be reminded of a Mistress he used to guard when she slept. Heaving a heavy sigh, Ton Ton crawled out of the bed, noticing his equipment was missing as he wandered the room.

[color=15650D]"This must be the price for the pact"[/color], he thought to himself, [color=15650D]"Normally, I'd be a stuffed animal now."[/color]

Looking to his hands, the Tonberry couldn't help but wonder how The Mistress would react upon seeing his current form, [color=15650D]"I wonder if she'd think this was 'cool'... Or would I scare her?"[/color]

Either way, his longing for the one who loved his existence unconditionally weighed heavy on the creature's heart. There was no way he'd be able to sleep now. After another moment's thought, Ton Ton exited the room his pact partner's family shared, and began wandering the halls, feeling a bit odd without his lantern and knife in hand. As he wandered, a faint voice entered his mind, almost as Cadolbolg did when they spoke via the pact.

[small]"...lp me!... Help....me!..."[/small]

The Tonberry froze at the sound of the voice, and waited to hear it again... However, when he did, the message remained the same; as well as a familiar feeling crawling up his spine.

[color=15650D]"Daemon..."[/color]

Rushing down the halls, Ton Ton sprinted as fast as his little legs could allow him to the source of the voice and where the Daemon lay.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Jenny, Devon: Mindscape

Jenny rolled over on her back to face the Houndoom as it readied another Will'o Wisp.
It was then her wish came true and she regained a large portion of her strength and just in time to launch a AURA SPHERE! in the face of the Houndoom before it could use it's attack.
It hit and did double damage, quickly putting the beast down and out.

Forcing herself up on her feet, the Burn on her arm still stinging, she shouted DEVON! IT'S NOT STRONGER THEN YOU! YOU CAN DO THIS!

Jenny, Devon: Reality

Jenny let out a sigh of relief that the Houndoom was gone and that Devon acknowledged her plea for help.
That's it...Keep fighting, I'm still here...
As she re-assured him, she also called for help, remembering that strange Tonberry she heard about, hoping he'd be able to help.

Rugal

Rugal reached around for a Cane or something and instead found Garm's muzzle licking his hand.
Reaching behind his head, he took a grip of his collar and said "There is really nothing to it. I'm certain that even if you don't have any, you can siphon off some of your Spell-casting energy to cover the cost. Follow me, I have a fair idea of where the training room is."
Within a few minutes and some asking for directions, The 3 of them managed to find the Training Room, dents still in the wall from when Kazuya and Slindis went at it.

"Now then: Ki energy is the standard life force of every living thing. Some have more then others, some have less. Ki Techniques can varying sizes and power. Sure, I can throw a Kaiser Wave the size of a Semi-truck, but the high cost of Ki Energy and the charge time needed stops me from doing so. Cost Effectiveness is one of the reasons for the wide array of Techniques in the marital arts.

Now what I am going to teach you in a very cost effective technique that I myself find rather useful: Reppuken: Wind Slice. A wind based ground projectile attack. All you have to do gather your energy in your hand, Imagine you are collecting your spell casting power for a large spell.

Then pretend you are bowling. You heard me, bowling, The energy in your hand the Ball. Line up your pins, steady yourself and..."
Rugal "Bowled" a projectile from his hand which raced across the ground towards the wall.
"...Reppuken..Any questions?"

 

[bluerocker]

Jenny, Devon: Reality

Ton Ton continued his journey to the voice and the Daemon; and found himself in front of a door... A locked door. With a mild growl of frustration, the Tonberry looked around some more for another way in; and found the previously opened vent.

[color=15650D]"I wonder...?"[/color]

Wandering in, the Tonberry found that his lantern and knife returned themselves to him as he approached wherever this supposed Daemon lay; making the Daemon-hunter nervous as he went onward. If he was able to call his weapons now, that certainly meant something was wrong...

Coming to the room; Ton Ton raised his lantern, and called; [color=15650D]"Show yourself, Assaulter of Dreams; Servant of the Shadow! Your presence will not be permitted here!"[/color]

Rugal

Teri carefully watched Rugal create the Reppuken, and asked her teacher to preform the technique a few more times before deciding to try to create it for herself.

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"A wind based attack and I have to pretend I'm bowling... Which I'm terrible at. Let's hope you're barking up the right tree, sir."

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Standing firm; she took a deep breath; and focused herself, thinking of channeling spell energy into her hands... But what spell would act as the best idea to focus on? Pausing, the girl thought on Rugal's words,

[color=0E59E4]"Think of it like a spell... Like a spell... It has somatic and vocal components, as well as a range; and a focus, your hands.... Let's try this!"[/color]

The girl did a few practice imitations of the motions, and decided to try pulling from her 1st level of spells; just for starters. After a few more motions, Teri took a deep breath, focused the spell energy into her hands, looked to a burnt spot on the floor as a target and with a shout of,

[color=0E59E4]

"REPPUKEN!"

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a medium blue stream of energy flew from her hand and trailed along the ground. While it didn't hit the burnt spot (on the contrary, it veered a bit to the left), the fact that the technique had worked at all caused the Cleric to leap with joy.

[color=0E59E4]

"Holy shit! I can't believe it worked! Er... pardon the language, sir."

[/color]

With each use of the Projectile Reppuken, it takes 12 seconds before Teri can use that level of spell or the attack. In this case, 12 seconds before another level 1 spell is usable.

 

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Jenny, Devon: Mindscape

The houndoom faded away and began condensing into a new form that was centered around a stone. What, you thought you'd be a Big Damn Hero and save the Dumbass in Distress? Nope, not happening here! Now where were we again? Oh yes, that's right: making sure that Blade knows exactly how damaged you are after we throw your carcass out of here.

Spoiler: Big image inbound~!

The eyes of the gaseous new Pokemon [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Spiritomb_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29] gleamed as some of the Will-o-Wisps floating around it went racing towards Jenny again, providing the only color in this bleak room that seemed to go on forever and yet feel incredibly tiny at the same time.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Jenny, Devon: Mindscape

Jenny realized that she was out gunned and began to attempt to escape from the Spiritomb, seeing if she was able to get out of this strange room she was trapped in.
As she turned around and fled, a Will-o-Wisp struck her in the back of the leg, igniting it much like the Houndoom did to her arm.
Falling to the ground as the Spiritomb neared, she crawled on, hoping to find someway, anyway to get out of the room and away from these Pokemon.

Jenny, Devon, Ton Ton: Reality

The seconds it took for Ton Ton to enter the room felt like hours for Jenny as her avatar and her shared the pain of her leg lighting on fire.
Small superficial burn wounds began to form on the affected limbs, but she wasn't going to give up.
You think I'm going to give up on you because of a little fire?

Rugal

Though he couldn't see the look of joy on her face, Rugal was able to see her gathering the energy, the focusing of it and the glow of the projectile as it raced towards it's target and missed.
He gave a proud round of applause to the cleric as he heard up jump up and down in joy.
"It's simple isn't it? Maybe if you decide to engage the enemy man to woman instead of just mending the wounds of battle, I could train you like I trained Slindis?" He said, while she didn't have Slindis's natural talent and Ki pools, a bit of his training would do wonders.

 

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Jenny, Devon: Mindscape

After a good bit of fleeing, Jenny was finally going away. There was actually color again! Lots of greens and browns, and Jenny was nearly blinded by the massive forest before her! It was lively and energetic, and it reminded her of times before she knew everyone on the Rising Dawn, back to when she was just starting off on her journey. Had Devon lived in such an area as well? In any case, all she had to do was find the Author and get him out of there.

A few twigs could be heard snapping, but they could easily be associated to the others in the forest. The sounds of a small stream could be heard nearby, and it would be a good idea to try and was the burned areas before they got infected.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Jenny, Devon: Mindscape

Glancing over her shoulder, she found the Spiritomb was gone, much to her relief.
Rushing over to the stream and jumping it, the cold water helping her leg, but not her arm, that would need some special treatment once she was out of here.
Still, she enjoyed the brief moment of quiet after nearly perishing at the hands of that Houndoom and Spiritomb.
.....
Then, Voices from afar entered her mental range.
"Target in sight: Gardevoir: Female: Level unknown."
"Pepping for capture. Specialist in place."
Yeah...all you have to do today is have a little swim....

Then it hit her.
...You sick BASTARD! She screamed in anger as she recalled the last time she heard those words.
Instead of running like last time, she attacked the Members of Team Rocket the second she saw them, hating them for what they did to her and that Mach-
Before she realized her mistake, She was turned around and punched in the face with enough force to completely nullify the type difference.
The next thing she saw was Bruiser on top of her.
"Sweet Dreams! *****!"
Then darkness as she was punched out, Bruiser taking the time to hit her again and again while she was out, just because.

She then woke up, battered and beaten, in a dark room, chained to the wall.
The cell she was kept in for all that time...

Jenny, Devon, Ton Ton: Reality

Jenny stead a tear as she relived that day, How did Devon know about that?
The Burning was bad, but being forced to go though that again? Far worse.

 

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Jenny, Devon: Mindscape

Over the next few months the torture continued on, each day worse than the next. It would usually start with the food dulling her psychic abilities already having been fed to her and the tiny window shining the harsh morning light in her eyes and no matter how much she wanted to help it, her eyes would be drawn to that window and that freedom which was so cruelly close. Shortly after either Bruiser or one of the others at the base would drag her to the torture for that day.

Some days it would be having a crippling amount of poison being injected into the Gardevoir and being forced to run an obstacle course filled with Spikes. Other days it would be her being placed in a freezer after being knocked out by one of the concoctions the Scientists whipped up and being forced to fight the various Butterfrees and Beedrills captured by the Rockets, with the victor getting scraps of food. There was even times where she would be waterboarded by the Poliwags captured by the organization and then electrocuted by the dozens of Joltiks the Rockets had stolen.

And those were the good days. Sometimes Bruiser wanted to test Jenny out for some 'fun'. Said fun would involve massive beatings, shattered limbs, and playing him in Monoply where the various places that Bruiser owned would show what parts of her skin he'd peel off with a Rusty carving knife.

The worst part of it would be that every night, she would look back up and see the same night sky that she always knew as a Ralts with her family. She would cry herself to sleep knowing that there would be little hope of escape.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Jenny, Devon, Ton Ton: Reality

As Ton Ton entered the room, Jenny relieved months of torture in the space a few minutes.
She was a sobbing wreak, while she was spared most of the horrible pain physically, mentally was another matter entirely.[color=15650D]"Show yourself, Assaulter of Dreams; Servant of the Shadow! Your presence will not be permitted here!"[/color]
Ton Ton's words were enough to snap her out of her despair and she choked up a little before saying "It's Devon. Some dark side of him has taken over, I tried to get past it but....."
She didn't finish before letting go of Devon's hand and offering it to the Tonberry.
"Take my hand, I'll bridge our minds. I need all the help I can get..." She said, starting to reflect her shy depressed self from when she first entered the AA Realm from Kanto.
Agreeing, he took her hand and found himself in another place...

Jenny, Devon, Ton Ton: Mindscape

The second they entered Devon's mind, Ton Ton noticed a drastic change in Jenny's appearance, currently looking like a victim from some kind of slasher movie, bleeding, beaten, burnt and chained to the wall.
...Like I said, I could use all the help I can get...
They were in her cell back at the Team Rocket Base were she spent all that time...
...You go on ahead, I'll keep the link open and you'd be better suited against whatever he can throw at you. Good luck.. She said, motioning Ton Ton to go on without her.

 

[bluerocker]

Rugal, Teri

"It's simple isn't it? Maybe if you decide to engage the enemy man to woman instead of just mending the wounds of battle, I could train you like I trained Slindis?"

The Cleric's jaw dropped at the notion of what Rugal just offered her, and after a moment to collect herself, she was grinning ear to ear; [color=0E59E4]

"I would be honored sir! Being able to fend enemies, as well as healing allies would be a wonderful mix!"

[/color]

Her Aura blazed brightly in his eyes, but then dulled faintly, [color=0E59E4]

"However, I'm not very strong... You and I both know that. I don't think I can be as pleasing of a student as Ms. Slindis is..."

[/color]

And here Rugal could already see Teri's biggest pitfall, confidence. In this case, a lack thereof. That would need to be weeded out quickly if she wanted to progress any further.

Jenny, Devon, Ton Ton: Mindscape

Ton Ton stared at Jenny's badly broken self and gave a grim nod, [color=15650D]"I'll be back for you, Ms. Jenny. Promise! I'll get rid of this Daemon inside Mr. Devon; and we can all go back home..."[/color]

Turning to the rest of the mental world, Ton Ton held his lantern aloft and cried out his challenge again: [color=15650D]"Show yourself, Assaulter of Dreams; Servant of the Shadow! Your presence will not be permitted here!"[/color]

In his realm, this is usually what drew out the Dream Daemons from their hosts. However, he was not certain if the oath would work quite the same way. Either way; he was ready.

 

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Jenny, Devon, Ton Ton: Mindscape

The room quickly faded to that oppressive greyscale where the Spiritomb was and it spoke to Ton-Ton. Oh boy, the Mistresses' little tool. How... delightful. Would you like to see where that Harlot is now? Would you like to see if she even cares about you any more? No, we both know that one, since it's been years since you've last seen her. She's aged, forgotten about you, and was eviscerated by those Shadow Demons. Quite amusing, really. Her cries for help were sadly unanswered no matter how many times she cried for someone to aid her. In the end, Tonberry, you were useless. worthless, a waste of flesh and your Dear Mistress' body was eaten by the wolves.

 

[Orinon]

Rising Dawn
Dillon made it to the medical bay and had been laying down as the healing array helped his body recover, about two hours later he found his body had been healed completely meanwhile his Ipod was restoring itself onto the Rising Dawn System.
"Warning we may have some errors, changes to the ship may impede and have damaged the system.
"Right then perform a reboot of the damaged systems restore original function, my voice only. Authorization by Captain: Dillon."
"Acknowledged?
He made his way to the helm, he was expecting someone to confront him, maybe even that jerk Puce, if Puce tried he'd gladly tell him to screw off, He had more important things to do then listen to someone as petty as Puce whine, it was a shame Kurmu had to put up with someone like that.
Dillon watched his iPod, the system restoration was happening quickly thanks to the Golden iPod's quantum programming the fact that he had installed a quantum program into the rising dawn was likely what had helped the system stay intact, not to mention the ship had been made for him by his patron Author.
He arrived at the Helm.
"Set Course for Aperture with as much speed as you can, autopilot and warn me of any danger."
"Yes sir."
"excellent, nwo then let's see if the Training room is open."

 

[bluerocker]

Jenny, Devon, Ton Ton: Mindscape

Ton Ton's brow furrowed a little, and the light of his lantern lowered for a moment, before rekindling itself as Ton Ton shouted back,

[color=15650D]"Liar! Shadow servant and false-tongued!"[/color]

The Tonberry charged; his knife already ready to tear at the Spiritomb; only for the creature to dodge to the right. As Ton Ton whirled around and readied his knife for another attack, the creature rebuked the Pokemon's claims,

[color=15650d]"Whoever's been giving you information has been doing a crap job! One, I've only been here six months!"[/color]

A successful hit, then a parry with the Lantern, [color=15650D]"Two, there were others ready to defend her if I fell in battle! Three, if she stopped caring; then I would have stopped moving! And lookie there, you bleed because of me! I AM NOT USELESS AND I WILL FIND HER AGAIN! AND YOU! ARE NOT! GOING TO STOP! ME!"[/color]

With all that said, the Tonberry whirled and dodged another attack by the Spiritomb, and thrust his blade forwards; the same feelings of when he used to hunt the Shadows filling him again. It would almost be comforting, were it not for what was at stake.

 

[bluecrimson]

Jenny, Devon, Ton Ton: Mindscape

Hah, like that attack of yours is actually going to get through to me-

The voice was finally cut off for a moment as the Pokemon was sent reeling from the slice, and the eyes darkened for a moment as the fires blazed around it.

That's it. Rocks fall, EVERYONE DIES.

The Spiritomb disappeared as the room started shaking, and large slabs started falling from the ceiling, intent on crushing the avatars of Ton-Ton and Jenny.