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

[bluerocker]

Devon & Shadow Devon| Ella | Teri | Ton Ton

"Do whatever you fucking want, Whorebiscuit, IT WON'T CHANGE A GODDAMNED THING! Shitheels like that Dingo Humper and his pet Anime Hot Topic Slayer get away with whatever they FUCKING WANT and still go back to their FUCKING FAMILIES even after all they did! Yet this FUCKUP can try whatever he wants and no gods or angels would stroke his nutsack and coo soothing words and say it's not going to be alright like what happened with those two! Say whatever you want, *****, but the only reason you even gave a damn about him was because he busted your sorry ass out of Hell! Just let me kill him so you can go do whatever you fucking want to him in hell, because we both know that's where he's going! At least he managed to not fuck up how he looks, am I right? So I'm really doing you a favor!"

Teri frowned immediately upon hearing that voice, knowing that kind of reverb and echoey sensation was something she was very familiar with,

[color=0E59E4]"This must be his Shadow... I bet Shaun's had something to do with- HOLY-"[/color]

That was when Ella picked up the Cleric and lifted her off from the ground towards Devon's coffin. The Cleric froze upon being lifted and pulled the way she was, but did not dare make a noise. Upon being deposited next to the coffin, Teri wasted no time in readying a spell to ease in opening the coffin, chanting lightly as she held a hand over the prison: a stream of light blue energies [http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/fb_gallery/83610.jpg] snaking their way across the coffin as she did so.

Teri casts Brumal Stiffening! For the duration of the spell (42 seconds), the coffin's hardness is reduced by 5; making it easier to break! 12 seconds until another 2nd level spell can be cast.

After doing so, the Cleric shouted desperately to Ella: [color=0E59E4]"Hit this thing with your best shot! I made it easier to break, but it won't last!"[/color]

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Meanwhile, Ton Ton was still engaging with the Shadow form of Devon, his knife work matching with the dodging capabilities of the Shadow's evasion. It was infuriating to the Shadow to see the little creature have so much spirit in it; especially when he thought he had broken it's spirit... However, Ton Ton continued holding off on Everyone's Grudge as he did so. He didn't want to accidentally hurt Devon again.

Garm, Mercy

The wolf sniffed at the bone; and gently grabbed it with his jaws, backing away slowly and kept his vigil in front of the Authors and their friends. As he nibbled on the bone, his eyes remained fixed on Mercy, not ready to allow her to move in case she tried something funny. Still, the bone tasted wonderful.

 

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Rugal, Slindis

She led him to one of the rooms and sat down, clearly a bit dazed at that. As she sat down on the bed, she took a moment to collect herself before speaking.

[color=c20000]"I... I don't really know what to say, but finding her here, even if she's in Teri's quarterstaff... how did I not notice it at all? Was it something I failed to do? At least one of them made it, but in that way?"[/color]

Blade, Tajuh

Tajuh turned to Blade and shook his/her head. "It may have been drugged, but I'm not angry at all. So, if the person that did this could just head over here, I'd like to talk with them. It's nothing harsh, just something I'd like to tell them."

Melethia turned to Akane, clearly very confused at Tajuh's reaction. Either she was so angry that her rage broke, or the person was genuinely glad. In either case, she didn't want to do much of anything, because this was an exceptionally odd potion with the alcohol.

Devon, Ton-Ton, Ella: Mindscape

The Shadow tried bringing in more Tombstones to create a barrier, but at this point its movements were becoming very erratic and frenzied. "Why, damnit? Why?! Why do you care so much about someone that hasn't been anything but dead weight their entire lives?! Take a look around you: compared to any other person here, he won't amount to ANYTHING! So why do you give a rat's ass about him?! Hell, even that Hot Topic ***** Angel and that Koala Molester did more, and they even got away with the shit and are probably getting shitfaced with the rest of their families, but ya know what? A worthless man deserves to have nothing to live for! He's already got nobody to live for, and you fuckers are deluding yourselves. He tried reaching out to all of you, even the Healbitch! But nope, ya had to go along and drag him into your shit! If you had just left his dumb ass alone in that shithole in Wyoming, he'd be perfectly fine just fucking things up for people there and getting bitched at by his family for fucking up there, too!"

With the way it was desperately using the tombstones as a shield, it was clear that it had lost its main form of defense in transferring the pain over to Devon.

Meanwhile, Devon struggled to focus in the coffin which had a good deal of dirt and ashes in it, and his vision was blurry from the assault he'd taken. Not to mention he still felt extremely sore from the Everybody's Grudge earlier. Yet the attack that Ella had delivered cracked the covering, and he started weakly pounding at it.

 

[bluerocker]

Devon & Shadow Devon| Ella | Teri | Ton Ton

"Move it Cleric, unless you wanna be a shishkabab!"

Teri didn't need telling twice, and moved to the side; allowing Ella to get her hit in. As Ella readied another assault, Teri drew her hand back; allowing energy to collect in it; and then cried out:

[color=0E59E4]"REPPU-KEN!"[/color]

A medium blue blast traveled from her hand, and slammed into the coffin on the same spot Ella had stabbed it; causing more cracks to make their way onto the coffin. Burmal Stiffening had done it's job nicely; as a small piece fell of one of the edges, causing the girl to light up:

[color=0E59E4]"Ella, right there! There's a small hole! Let's see if we can widen it!"[/color]

With that; Teri allowed her Positive Energy Aura to truly shine; in hopes that it would bolster her allies as they worked at widening the hole in the casket.

Teri used Reppuken: Class 1. 12 seconds before she can cast 1st level spells.

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"Why, damnit? Why?! Why do you care so much about someone that hasn't been anything but dead weight their entire lives?! Take a look around you: compared to any other person here, he won't amount to ANYTHING! So why do you give a rat's ass about him?! Hell, even that Hot Topic ***** Angel and that Koala Molester did more, and they even got away with the shit and are probably getting shitfaced with the rest of their families, but ya know what? A worthless man deserves to have nothing to live for! He's already got nobody to live for, and you fuckers are deluding yourselves. He tried reaching out to all of you, even the Healbitch! But nope, ya had to go along and drag him into your shit! If you had just left his dumb ass alone in that shithole in Wyoming, he'd be perfectly fine just fucking things up for people there and getting bitched at by his family for fucking up there, too!"

Ton Ton felt another stone hit his little self as he warded off the attack; his toughness brought from a pact making him stronger than most of his race. Still, he was patient, and could stand to wait till-

"Hey Shrimpboat!"

Ella's voice rang through the air, as she brought her spear back down on the coffin; causing a sizable chunk to fall away from the surface. Ton Ton leapt to the side of another tombstone and watched carefully as it chipped a little, [color=15650D]"Yes, Ma'am?!"[/color]

"Did you do anything to that guy?! Because it doesn't look like Devon's been taking any more damage!"

[color=15650D]"Okay- OOF!"[/color]

Ton Ton found himself knocked back in his moment of hesitance, and another stone looked ready to smoosh his tiny self. However, with Ella's words ringing in his mind, he weakly curled up into a ball and held up the Lantern, crying out, [color=15650D]"Everyone's... Grudge!"[/color] as the stone began to descend....

 

[NotYetForsaken]

Avatar Adventure
Location: Canteen - Rising Dawn
Time: ???​

Lucieon | Lucretia

Luke seemed mildly perturbed that a young girl of fourteen was already hooked onto smoking, a habit that in Candor often spelled death for those involved. Smoke obscured the sun, and the sun was the source of life, power, and divinity. To take that acrid substance into oneself was an act of religious suicide and untold heresy. Which caused, much to Luke's personal confusion, the exile of all fire shamanism in the country. A pyromancy flame was a part of one's soul and did not create smoke as they were taught. His time in Cataclama around pyromancers told him that much.

Nevertheless, Luke answered with the same disconnected air that Lucretia talked in while he scribbled down more questions with his orange soap sign, [color=dark gold]"Smoking is bad for you,"[/color] he started [color=dark orange]"and I've been here for a good long while. I think. My sense of time is very skewed as it were, having spent over a hundred years in a place of perpetual twilight."[/color]

Then it finally hit him, why those eyes had scared him at first, why this girl indeed had such a terrifying aura around her. Luke backed up quickly and swung his Manus Catalyst toward her, [color=dark orange]"I have another question for you, young one. To what Dragons are you related?"[/color] He felt sure that those eyes were the same eyes that he had spied on the countless wyverns and dragons in Cataclama. The same eyes that had been bestowed upon the enigmatic Dragon Covenant, and the evil in the Black Beast Kalameet's eye.

He felt so sure that her blood ran with the magick of the everlasting dragons.

 

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Devon & Shadow Devon| Ella | Teri | Ton Ton

THe SHadow laughed as it had finally got his opening. "I would say see ya later, but I won't! ANd you know why? 'Cause you'll be dead! Isn't it great! I'll even send the healbitch after-"

[color=15650D]"Everyone's... Grudge!"[/color]

The Stone Slammed down on the Tonberry as the attack went racing towards the Shadow and fully connected. A roar of primal pain coursed through the graveyard as the attack sent a massive amount of pain coursing through it.

"I'LL KILL YOU ALL!"

Meanwhile, Devon could feel the faintest trickle of healing come through the gap in the coffin as he pounded the crack with a bit more strength. He'd have to thank whoever was helping him get his stamina back after he got out of this.

 

[bluerocker]

Devon & Shadow Devon| Ella | Teri | Ton Ton

"COME ON YOU SoN OF A *****! BREAK!!" She screamed as she attempted to break the casket lid in half.

Teri stood back as Ella did her thing with her kama. After all with the Reppuken's she used, she was still recharging her 1st and 2nd slots, and the 2nd would be needed to recast Brumal Stiffening, if nessecary. So, she sat there, anxiously, thinking about what she could do at the moment....

[color=0E59E4]"Dammit, if only I could... I dunno, whack at it or something..."[/color]
"But you can.. Did you forget I existed, Teri?"
[color=0E59E4]"Of course! Sadei, get in here! I could really use your help!"[/color]

On cue, the staff appeared in her hands, and the Cleric ran to a side where the chains weren't connected. From there, she began beating the everloving hell out of the coffintop, in a desperate attempt to help Devon out of his prison.

Meanwhile, Ton Ton stirred under the rubble that was the rock that attempted to smoosh him; and gave a light groan, [color=15650D]"I'm going to feel that in the morning... Ugh... Alright, Daemon, it is time we ended this...."[/color]

And so, Ton Ton charged the Shadow again with the same ferocity as before. Gods above, if anything, this pesky beast was determined!

 

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Devon & Shadow Devon| Ella | Teri | Ton Ton

As Ella tugged at the chains, the cracks continued to spread until one last thwack from Sadei shattered the coffin! The bard staggered out, clearly extremely dazed from the events. "Ella, I'm really sorry you've had to see this... And you, thanks for that last bit. I'll see if I can help you out someday." He tooka a second or two to collect himself, then focused intently on the Shadow to slow it down.

"YOU PIECE OF SHIT! DON'T YOU GET IT! NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOU! NOBODY EVER HAS, AND THEY NEVER WILL! EVEN WITH THAT, YOU'LL ALWAYS BE A SIDENOTE!" The Shadow raged and sent a tombstone racing at the man, but a shaking hand brought up a barrier of winds which halted the attack in its tracks.

"You're wrong, saying that nobody cares. If that was true, why did a random stranger come in here to aid me?" The Shadow struggled to send a few more Tombstones at the group, but it was rapidly losing control.

"Still, you're right. Life will never be fair, and sometimes complete monsters will get away with things without any kind of retribution. And even if I am second best, it just means I have to do what I can to help out the others alongside me. Because in the end, we're all weak. Nobody's strong on their own."

"YOU'LL ALWAYS BE THE ODD MAN OUT! IT HAPPENED WITH YOUR FAMILY, AND I GUARANTEE IT'LL HAPPEN HERE!"

Devon sighed. "You're right. That's something I've got to work on, along with those leadership skills. Heck, those Imps I sent off to mess with the Blackhawke's electrical systems probably didn't do anything. But that's in the past, along with a lot else."

 

[Generic NPC 22]

Garm, Mercy

Mercy could only stare in what could only be described as abject fascination as the large dog - wolf she finally decided took apart the bone in a matter of moments, taking a bit of time to clean the meaty bits off of his paws as Mercy stood with her back pressed against the wall.

"*grumble*"

Seriously? Of all the moments it could have chosen, her stomach chose to declare itself as being devoid of food right now?

"Hey - um - puppy - um - you don't have any left overs from that bone do you? Heh - heh - uh - heh." The college aged girl asked rhetorically as she reached into her bag again, hoping for something for herself this time. It took a moment but her hand finally wrapped around something plastic and bag like.

"Pleasepleaseplease!" She begged whomever was listening to her pleas for some sort of food.

"SCORE!" She exclaimed as she fished out a bag of beef jerky. Now if she could only just open the stupid

"*rip! th-thu-thud*" The bag and the beef jerky said as they spilled all over the floor in front of her and the stupid giant dog that kept her from moving.

"[small]I - I - I - *sigh*[/small]" She muttered, unable to believe her luck, her lower lip quivering as she looked the dumb dog and then the beef jerky and then the dumb dog once again. Slowly, super slowly, she tried to reach for a piece.

"Grrrr!"

"FINE!!!" Mercy screamed at Garm as she pressed her back against the wall once again.

"*grumble*" Went the girl's stomach once again.

"Shut up!" The College aged courier said to her belly, wondering if she should punch it.

 

[bluerocker]

Devon & Shadow Devon| Ella | Teri | Ton Ton

When Devon burst through and began to talk down the Shadow, Ton Ton took this moment to begin charging his most potent attack; dark shadows beginning to emanate from the lantern and envelope the knife, instilling it with an eerie sheen...

In the meantime, Teri offered Devon a shoulder to support himself on, and when denied, nodded quietly, and readied some more spell energy for another attack on the Shadow. Even if Devon was managing to talk it down, there was still a chance it could lash out. As the trio made their slow walk towards the Shadow; Teri swept her arm in an arc,

[color=0E59E4]"REPPU-KEN!"[/color]

sending a larger blast than the one before and hitting the Shadow dead on, causing a shriek of pain from the creature.

Teri uses Reppuken: Class 3. 12 seconds till 3rd level spells are available.

Still they proceeded, and still Devon was starting to gain dominance over his inner darkness; his winds being a refreshing change of pace to the gloom of the graveyard.

When they stood before it, it looked up at Devon and cried out,

"YOU'LL ALWAYS BE THE ODD MAN OUT! IT HAPPENED WITH YOUR FAMILY, AND I GUARANTEE IT'LL HAPPEN HERE!"

Devon sighed. "You're right. That's something I've got to work on, along with those leadership skills. Heck, those Imps I sent off to mess with the Blackhawke's electrical systems probably didn't do anything. But that's in the past, along with a lot else."

Teri couldn't help but be proud of her comrade, and shot him a congratulatory smile before catching something in the corner of her eye. Out, from under some rubble, came Ton Ton, with a wicked looking shine to his Knife. Knowing damn well what that was, the Cleric took a step back, and the group watched as the Tonberry stood before the Shadow and said,

[color=15650D]"Your words cut like knives, Daemon. I think it's only fair I show you my Chef's Knife in exchange."[/color]

And with that, the Knife was plunged deep into the Shadow's torso, and a resounding "DOINK!" filling the air. After another cacophony of screams from the Shadow, Teri looked to her fellow Author and asked quietly,

[color=0E59E4]"We both know how Shadow fights end... Are you ready?"[/color]

Garm, Mercy

Garm sniffed the jerky on the floor before him, and lapped up a small piece of his own, eliciting a cry from the courier as he did so. After a few more moments, he allowed the courier to grab a few of the closest pieces to her, while still keeping a trained eye on the girl....

 

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Devon & Shadow Devon| Ella | Teri | Ton Ton

He looked over to the three that had helped him and nodded, although he was impressed that the one chick had played Persona 4 as well. Perhaps it would be worthwhile to get to know her later.

"Look, I know I've got a lot od stuff I liked keeping away. The problem is, I always tended to push that aside to help someone else out. So when I lost everything after the events that happened in Wyoming and all of that stuff with Slender, I just decided to push that aside and see if I could help others out, even though I should've went to someone else for help. Still, I know now that was the wrong choice to make. And in a really fucked-up way, I'm always going to have your anger inside of me. After all, we are one and the same."

Right as it looked like he was going to shake hands with the Shadow Devon, he punched it in the face. "Although that shit that happened to Jenny and Ton-Ton? Not. Cool. That's not how it should be used, and you... we know it." After that, he shook his Shadow's hand.

As this talk finished, Ton-Ton helpfully informed Teri about how the tombstones being damaged wasn't a good thing. Not too far from her, she could see one with her name cleanly sliced in half. Although a lot of the others that had been damaged were pulverized, there was a chance to fix this one.

 

[bluerocker]

Devon & Shadow Devon| Ella | Teri | Ton Ton

Listening carefully to Devon's words, Teri's eyes widened in shock; and remembered something that she had long since brushed off as a figure of speech, on a fateful day in her dorm:

"As for why I'm here, well, that whole Slender event wiped everyone I used to know off the map. Luckily I still had some cash saved up, but I'm just gonna see if I can regain my footing here."

She covered her mouth in shock, and in an attempt to hide her feelings, wandered over to the Tombstone and cast Make Whole on it, bringing the Tombstone back to it's normal state, if a little grainy feeling. However, the spell was not enough to distract her from the tears running down her face. He had suffered with that for so long, and she had just brushed him off like that.... Her back still to the Bard and Demi-succubus, Teri spoke softly, her shoulders shaking as she did so,

[color=0E59E4]"Devon... I... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I didn't understand you at the time, but I-... I thought you meant us. The Authors. I thought you meant we were scattered. Not your family, or your friends..."[/color]

Had Slindis and Rugal not been there for her when she found out the news of those (formerly) connected to her, what would she have done? How would she have survived?

[color=0E59E4]"I wouldn't have. My Shadow would probably have done something like this too."[/color]


She wanted to say more, but her thoughts were too jumbled, too chaotic. She was supposed to be a good friend to her fellow Authors, and what happened? Mark was missing, Jake had disappeared, Darren an emotional wreck, Ryan was god knows where, Daniel had died and now Devon..? Some friend she was.

 

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Devon & Shadow Devon| Ella | Teri | Ton Ton

Devon patted Teri on the back and spoke to her in a tired voice, ignoring the shooting pain going through his head. "Don't worry, Teri. I'm not mad at you, and I'm glad I could help you at the end when it came to the Bruiser incident... oh no. Teri, we need to get out of here and check up on Jenny. She's probably not doing too good..."

Right after, he turned to Ella. "I think I'll be seeing you soon, Ella." After he said that, a small portal appeared within the graveyard, providing a soothing blue light.

"Ladies and Tonberries first." He swayed as he bowed, still dazed from what had happened.

 

[Generic NPC 22]

Devon, Garm, Jenny, Mercy, Teri, Ton Ton

"I'm so gonna OM NOM NOM NOM NOM right now!" came the sounds from the college girl's mouth as the giant dog, her Mercy's eternal gratefulness, allowed her to grab a couple pieces of the beef jerky. Picking the thin slice of dried beef up, she noticed a couple of dog hairs on it, and then a couple more, and then a bunch more.

"Augh!" She screamed in frustration as she looked at the Giant Wolf/Dog/Thing and looked back at the piece of hairy beef jerky that she had picked up off the floor.

"*Sigh*" The girl sighed and tossed the jerky to the Garm.

"I hope this Devon guy wakes up soon. I really need to have someone get this mutt away from me." The Courier muttered aloud.

"*COUGH COUGH COUGH* Sputtered Devon as he began waking up, his face still wet from the snow globe soaking he had received earlier.

"I hope that I get a million dollars!" The girl exclaimed loudly, looking towards the ceiling for a million dollars to suddenly appear... and nothing.

"Oh fine."

The others started waking up as well and as patient as Mercy could be, she waited for the group to wake up and get the dog away from her.

"HEY YOU GUY! HEY HEY! SOMEONE GET THIS DOG AWAY FROM ME!" She screamed when her patience had ended, 5 seconds later.

 

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Devon, Garm, Jenny, Mercy, Teri, Ton Ton

As the others started stirring, pinched the skin directly above his nose. "I don't mean to be rude, but could you please explain what you're doing in here, Ma'am?" Garm went back over to Terias the man wiped the water off of his face.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Devon, Garm, Jenny, Mercy, Teri, Ton Ton

As everyone managed to defeat his Shadow, Devon looked and found Jenny passed out on the bed next to him, a rather nasty festering burn on her arm from where the Houndoom had burned her.
Clearly, the strain of it all, the burning, reliving captivity, everything had taken it's toll as she lay there, having somewhat pained breaths from it all.

Rugal, Slindis

Closing the door behind them as Luptio watched in the corner, Rugal sat down next to Slindis.
"Sounds like this Sadei is important to you...Tell me who she is, help me understand..." He said, offering a hand to hold.
Clearly this development had shook her to the core.

 

[bluerocker]

Devon, Garm, Jenny, Mercy, Teri, Ton Ton

Garm gave a happy whine to see his Pup up and running again, and lowered himself for the Cleric to ease Jenny's body onto the wolf's back. Teri crawled up on the wolf's back as well, and said to Devon, [color=0E59E4]

"Whoever she is, if she wanted us dead, she would have done something already. Otherwise, Garm wouldn't be this relaxed. Anyways, I'm going to take Jenny to the Med Bay and I'll see if I can work on that burn of hers."

[/color]

Before leaving, she shot Devon a glance, and said quietly, [color=0E59E4]

"And... If you need to talk to somebody, I'm all ears. Promise."

[/color]

She gave a nod to Devon and Ton Ton and then directed Garm out of the room, making sure to duck for the doorway.

After she left, Ton Ton turned to Devon and patted his leg; [color=15650D]"Glad to see you doing better, Mr. Devon. That Daemon in your mind was one of the nastiest things I've fought to date. Are you going to be alright?"[/color]

 

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Devon, Garm, Jenny, Mercy, Teri, Ton Ton

Devon called over to Teri before she left. "Teri, I really hate to ask this, but is there any way that you could try to treat Jenny's burn? One of then was kind of caused by a Houndoom, so it's gonna be really tough to treat, but I didn't want that to happen to her at all..."

After they left, Devon picked up Ton-Ton and sat the Tonberry down on the bed next to him. "I'd be lying if I said I know that I would be alright. There was a lot of stuff there, and lots of it that I didn't really want anybody to see. Plus, you're a tough little trooper, Ton-Ton. A hell of a lot tougher than I was, at least." He laughed before rubbing Ton-ton's head and offered a seat to the College student in the room.

Rugal, Slindis

Slindis looked at the man next to her as Lupito kept a watch on the door. [color=c20000]"Remember how I knew people back in Eberron? Sadei... was my godchild. I was supposed to watch over her if her mother couldn't and her mother was one of my few friends back in Eberron... Some parent I am, right?"[/color]

Melethia
Seeing the shifted Tajuh act completely calm at the complete gender shift, she was officially Freaked The Hell Out. Before anyone could really notice, she slipped over to where Teri was and looked a bit rattled.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Devon, Garm, Jenny, Mercy, Teri, Ton Ton

Jenny was soon dropped off at the Medical Bay, The Authors convincing the staff there not to tell Blade for fear of a violent reaction, settling on the story of it being a minor burn caused by a mix of Sake and a hot stove.
She would need something to remove the pain of the Houndoom's curse, but her burn was easily treated otherwise.
As they conversed, Devon's head began to hurt slightly.

[sub][color=004d]"WESKER! DOOM'S GETTING DOMINO'S WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE POWER TO GET BACK ON. YOU WANT ANYTHING!?"[/color]
"JUST SOME OF THAT NICE GARLIC BREAD...OH, AND SOME COOKIES!"
[color=6c1504]"I'LL HAVE A 4 SEASONS PIZZA ON TOP OF WHATEVER YOUR GETTING!"[/color]
"TELL THE DELIVERY GUY TO PICK UP SOME SOME PROTEIN SHAKES ON THE WAY OVER!"
[color=b4b4]"AND SOME CHOCOLATE MILK FOR RODEM!"[/color][/sub]

Reeling from the yelling, he heard Dr. Doom then say [sub][color=004d]"-And bring it to these Coordinates, you got a pen and paper?"[/color][/sub]
He then suddenly grabbed a pen and paper and took down the location of AIM's base, a island in the Gulf of Mexico.
Before he could process this, another voice spoke.
Go get them...and it's okay. I don't blame you, we all have our dark times...Now go...and please don't slam the door on the way out, I'm trying to sleep here...
After hearing those words, he looked back and saw that Jenny had a little smile all of a sudden as she slept.

Rugal

"Yes, Yes you are a good parent and don't tell yourself otherwise." Rugal said as he turned her face towards him.
"You can't keep blaming yourself. Now...We'll ask and if it really is the same Sadei you spoke of, then that's okay, She's alive. And if it isn't, Move on. No friend or relative of yours would want to see you suffering like this."

 

[bluerocker]

Devon, Garm, Jenny, Mercy, Teri, Ton Ton

Devon's Room - Before the Vision

"I'd be lying if I said I know that I would be alright. There was a lot of stuff there, and lots of it that I didn't really want anybody to see. Plus, you're a tough little trooper, Ton-Ton. A hell of a lot tougher than I was, at least."

Ton Ton inclined his head, his eyes narrowing rather like a cat's when he received the praise. Given the context, Devon would have to guess that was his way of expressing being pleased with himself. After the well appreciated pat on the head, Ton Ton spoke, [color=15650D]"I was born to protect, Mr. Devon. To fight and defend is in my very nature. And I made a pact with Cadolbolg, which I'm seeing the results of very clearly. Under normal circumstances, I'm pretty sure that rock would have at least broken something. However, I don't think that means you need to put yourself down like that."[/color]

The Tonberry's feet dangled off the edge of the bed as he looked blankly into space (he never did blink, now did he?) and continued, [color=15650D]"Sure, you have your bad moments, and sometimes the nastier parts of you get out of hand, but that doesn't make your efforts anything less, right? At least, that's what I have to tell myself. If I always thought of how I was nowhere near closer to the Mistress than I am now, then I'd never get anywhere. You know what I mean?"[/color]


Fast forward to the Present, which happens to be a couple days later

Devon, Teri and Melethia wandered down the hall towards where Caim and Angelus had laid claim to a room, and began overhearing noises in said room, getting louder and louder as they approached the room:

"I said it once, and I'm saying it again. You're. Not. Coming."

[color=15650D]"Mr. Caim!"[/color] "Father, please! Me and Ton Ton only want to help! Mother, talk some sense into him!"
*sigh* "I am sorry, little ones, but I will stand with Caim on this one. We've talked it over and.. frankly, the last couple of battles we've shared have been nerve-wracking; especially from what I've heard about the bout with Tomoya."
[color=15650D]"But we helped out a lot! Didn't we, Mr. Caim?"[/color]

".... That you did, but-... When he shocked Cadolbolg; I was certain I had lost the both of you. I... I could not bear that thought again. Please. Stay. We'll come back for you when we've freed Furiae."

The Cleric stopped dead in her tracks when she heard that name, and unintentionally shouted, [color=0E59E4]

"What?! She's... Alive?!"

[/color]

That was when conversation stopped, and the door to the little family's room opened, showing a mildly displeased pair of pact partners.

"It's considered rude to eavesdrop, you know..."

 

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Devon, Garm, Jenny, Mercy, Teri, Ton Ton

Devon's Room - Before the Vision

Devon patted the Tonberry on his head, still fairly worn out. "Thanks again for helping me out. I don't mean to kick you out, but I really do need to talk with the other ggal here and see what she needs before I get some real sleep."

After that, he started the talk with Mercy, and eventually got whatever it was after some awkward explanations as to how he got up in a space carrier.

Spoiler: Charity Case

I have to break the stalemate here. Have Ella do what she was going to do, but assume she is there.

Fast forward to the Present, which happens to be a couple days later

Devon turned around as Caim opened the door to the Cleric and Melethia, slightly annoyed. "Of course she's alive! I've been seeing her with that redheaded tool for a few days now, and I WAS just about to tell him some very pertinent information. I had intended to allow them to have this privacy in information, especially since it's family business. Caim, Angelus, it's your call, although I get the feeling these two will be a lot harder to convince than Ton-Ton and your son."