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

[bluecrimson]

Jenny, Kalastryn, and the hunt for Green October (Melethia)

Spoiler: Engine room

The barriers immediately proved their worth by stopping a rather large gout of fire that popped up from the side at the same time that spikes and arrows pelted the mental barriers from above and below with a large amount of force.

Jenny also heard the characteristic hissing that would be associated by the engine room, although it was followed up with one line of thought from Melethia. [small]...Better put on that mask...[/small]

 

[Kalastryn]

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Kalastryn's eyes grew wide at the instant assault, even if unaware of Mele's strange thought. To reinforce the reflect barriers Jenny had put up she created more floating disks in the same pattern, which didn't shield them from all of that, but with the other 5 disks set up the one under them and the others around them began to move, following the path of hair strands.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Jenny

As Kala moved to reinforce their protection, Jenny heard the warning from Melethia.
"...Melethia just put on a Mask?..." She asked herself out loud as she cleared her throat slightly before rubbing her arm.
"...What th-..." she asked as she found it harder and harder to breathe, coughing slightly.

Then it hit her.
"GAS! She's using G-*Cough*" she managed to get out as her skin began to sting, causing her focus to break and her Reflect barriers to fade.
"Get us out of here!" she said as she tried to get them back up before they were hit by something.

 

[Kalastryn]

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Kalastryn's eyes and throat began to burn, spreading to wrenching sting in her lungs as she, unfortunately for Jenny, put flew her back to the vent, throwing her in the side she came from and following in behind her as well, closing off the side they came from with the disks she had made. A lot of coughing ensued one of which almost caused her to throw up... but she cast prestidigitation in an attempt to clean the gas off her skin, to good effect, and did the same for Jenny. Still, it didn't substitute for what she breathed in, and while it was lessened she definitely felt pain... a lot of it. "So... I-*Cough* think we're going to have to find another point of entry... or at least wait until it clears out the other side of the vent." She said, the pain beginning to stop.

 

[bluecrimson]

Jenny, Kalastryn, and the hunt for Green October (Melethia)

Spoiler: Engine room

As the cries of the two were heard, Melethia began moving over to them as they were assaulted by more spikes and even a few repurposed pistons as they moved out of the fire Jet area. Although Kalastryn's shields provided protection, they were being sorely tested by the relentless assault.

Also, how had they entered this area in the first place? The room was so complex it was almost mazelike. More importantly, if this kind of gas was in here, why wouldn't it affect other areas of the ship through the ventilation?

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Jenny

Jenny gasped in huge breaths of clean air as they escaped from the gas threatening to eat though their skin and bones.
"*Gasp Gasp* Where did she get that stuff!?" she asked as she thought about their situation.
"Wait...How....The gas. It's only in this room, otherwise it would have gone though the vents and everyone on board would be a risk..." she mused, wondering how the hell she did it.
She also attempted to reach out to the elf, saying "Melethia, please stop this. We only want to talk and you know that I have no intention of hurting you. Hell, I don't even think I could if I tried!"

She then peered back into the room, hoping to find the source of this gas.

 

[Kalastryn]

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Kalastryn also cast the "message" spell and with the revelation that the gas doesn't enter the ventilation shaft, dropped the disks down to form a sort of makeshift elevator should Mele decide to come up. Mouthing the words, which due to the spell were audible to Mele as though Kalastryn was whispering in her ear, she spoke to Mele with.

"Mele... I'm sorry. For what I said and how it made you feel that is. To be honest I don't even understand why I said what I did... I'm not angry, and while I may have been truthful in my seeing it as a tragedy that our world forced you into being so strong... I'm also proud of you that you've mastered the trades you have at such an age. If your still angry with me, I understand. You have every right to be. However your mother is very worried about you since you ran out. Sometimes I feel like I might no miss our home as much as most... but that might be on my long list of opinions due to the fact that you and Slindis, the only precious friends I had, are here with me. So... can you come up and help us get back out of here, and back to your mother?" She apologized. one of the disks facing out into the room making a sort of motion of swinging open a door, to let her in should her words have made enough impact.

 

[bluecrimson]

Jenny, Kalastryn, and the hunt for Green October (Melethia)

Spoiler: Engine room

She sounded bit sullen as she responded to the two, not being all that surprised at the mental contact. "Just stay in the vents. The gas won't get at you there, Miss Jenny, but I really don't want to be lectured about how I live. It's the life I've made, and I'm still functioning rather well." Of course, the two that had followed her knew at this point that she wasn't that well off considering the amount of traps she'd put through those areas. She must have learned early on that these kinds of defenses were needed, and what safe home does that?

Melethia made her way over the gas cloud through the higher levels of the room, knowing the vents she'd installed in the floor that she activated would clear out the gas. As she did the last climb into the vents, she hit a few small areas before calling back to the two that had searched for her. "Follow me, don't head anywhere else that I don't give the okay. I don't want you to hit the freezing jets in here." Considering she had set it up on her own, she used the small backdoors she put in to make the way through much safer.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Jenny, Kalastryn, and the hunt for Green October (Melethia)

"Thank you." Jenny sent back as she followed the Elf though the passages she made though the constant barrage of traps.
"I just wanted to make sure you were okay. This ship can be confusing at times and your mother was worried sick about you. I mean, you just took off so suddenly and if you wanted to be alone, that's okay too, but in the lower levels of the ship?" She added as she followed every instruction to the letter, not wanting to be hit by an ice beam.
"Still, that's behind us now. I'm just glad you were okay. Kala here is too, isn't that right?"

 

[Kalastryn]

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"Of course Jenny, why wouldn't I be? Listen Mele, I'm sorry I said what I did..." she said as she followed Mele with exact footsteps through the gauntlet of traps she set up. "I had no right to go off on you like I did. I guess I was a bit troubled on the loss of our world still, and I kinda lashed out. I'm sorry... for the first time in a long time I truly felt like a monster for what I said to you. I also realize now I had no right to lecture or criticize you for anything." She said with a sigh.

 

[bluecrimson]

Jenny, Kalastryn, and Melethia

Mel finally led them through the vents, having made a very exacting path with little room for error. "I think I know my way around my own traps, Miss Jenny, and I did set this up rather well.It's a good thing ya two got out when ya did, since that mist would have torn your lungs apart if ya'd been in there any longer."

Upon the mention of the homeworld being blown up, Mel laughed. "Hey, it's no problem! Just get a break an' we can put this behind us." However, Jenny could feel the slight twinge of guilt in the girl's voice.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Jenny, Kalastryn, and Melethia

Jenny let out a nervous laugh at the idea of the gas "Tearing her lungs apart" as they managed to hook back up with one of the main hallways.
"Well, it's a good thing we did then!! Hahahah!" She said unconvincingly as she dusted herself off, a thin layer of soot coating parts of her body after bypassing those flamers on her way over.
She then noticed that Melethia looked like she was feeling bad about all this, thus wrapped an arm around her and said "Boy, I could use a Aprijuice right about now. Want one too?"

 

[bluerocker]

Avatar Adventure
Location: Canteen | Rising Dawn
Time: Standard Noontime​

Canteen

Teri listened to Slindis' story, and got feedback from Dimitri that a large heat signature had been found in some of the interior of the ship.

[color=0E59E4]"I bet Jenny found her...Good...."[/color]

After another moment, and more angry message sending, Teri turned to her mother again, [color=0E59E4]"You're only saying she knew older Elvan? But she's scared of Elves... Mum, you're not telling me something in all this. Look, if anything, there's the rings. If you don't want to say it out loud, at least tell me there?"[/color]

Devon, Ton-Ton

Ton Ton listened carefully to Devon's words and perked up a little, and approached Devon's arm, giving it a little hug, [color=15650D]"Okay. That's all I needed to know."[/color]

Curled up in the crook of Devon's arm, the Tonberry continued, [color=15650D]"For a moment there, I was worried you were a bad guy pretending to be our friend. I'm glad I was mistaken. Still, even if you can't fix your past mistakes, that doesn't mean you can't keep trying, right? I mean, I kinda understand. I'm no closer to finding the Mistress, but I keep trying..."[/color]

Caim | Rugal

Caim let out a gasp as he was struck in the chest by the blow, and thrown backwards a good 30 feet before tumbling on the ground. Looking down he saw a small dent in his armor and grimaced. It took Melethia some time to repair that... no matter, he could fix it up himself later.

Standing up, Caim pointed the staff at Rugal again and began firing off volleys of the runes at the King of Fighters till the staff ran dry and then swapped to Ozymandias's Might [http://lparchive.org/Drakengard/Update%2046/12-freebird21.jpg], something Rugal thought could be along the lines of an oversized paddle, and charged in....

Both men stared each other down, huffing for breath and covered with cuts, bruises and various other signs of injury. But true to their stubborn nature, neither man backed down. Both had seen the worst that either could unleash, as the blows on Caim's armor and the various scorch marks (and bits of wind torn clothing) on Rugal's body could illustrate to an viewer; and yet still they stood. But both looked ready to instigate another charge; before the door to their room opened, and Angelus wandered in, Cadolbolg on her shoulder.

"Father! Are you okay?"

The dragoness shook her head with an irritated noise in the back of her throat and said, "They're fine, Cadolbolg. Just a pair of fools seeing the extent of their limits. Now, I thought you were sparring, not having some kind of gladiatorial bout? It's been 12 hours! Get to the medbay and check yourselves out with Teri. I'm sure she'd be wanting to know either of your conditions."

Caim looked ready to shoot Angelus a curse regarding his contempt for the Author in question, but held his tongue when he was sharply reminded with a glare by dragonness, "Remember who you speak around. Kindly change that thought before you make your circumstance worse... Like her or not, you know of whom she is connected to now."

With a growl, Caim rolled his eyes, and 'said',

"I don't need the Medic's approval to know I'm fine. I can go on for longer if I need to."

After 'saying' this, Caim wobbled slightly, and used his polearm, Windsinger to balance himself again.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Rugal

12 hours!? That long? Felt more like 5 minutes!
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Yep, Still got it"... Rugal thought, letting out a little grin to himself as he could confirm that he had not gone soft since joining the Rising Dawn.
Least, he thought he was grinning.
"As Could I. But for purpose?..." He said as he eased up, letting his guard down slowly to show that he was finished for the time being.
He then looked up at the damage they had done to the place, Dents in the walls, pieces of torn metal used as blunt objects, a perfect arm sized impression from a missed backhand from himself.
"Besides...We can go on, but this room can't. Another thing that'll need doing..." He sighed as he picked up his jacket, the one thing in the room that wasn't torn to shreds at this point and put it on in a fruitless attempt to clean himself up.
"No one is forcing you to go the Medbay, though we are heavily implying it. Still, it's good to just cut loose and really just tear it up. Good show, very good show." He added before offering his hand to shake in a spot of good sportsmanship.

Jenny

As Teri and Slindis talked, Jenny and Kalastryn walked in with Melethia in tow.
"It's okay! We found her!" she let out gladly, as if returning from some god awful ordeal.
Her appearance gave away her attempts to downplay this though, her being looking slightly charred from having to crawl though several meters lined with flamethrowers.
"Right! Aprijuice! Go!" she said, short of breath, before letting herself collapse on one of the chairs.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

[HEADING=2]Arc Start: GTAA[/HEADING]​

After several days of travel, the Rising Dawn reached it's destination, The Santa Maria Beach in the city of Los Santos, San Andreas.

Perfect Summer weather, mostly clean waters and tons of people hoping to get a nice relaxing break from the madness of their lives.
Sounds of music from the nearby Pier Fair and of children playing filled the warm sea air as the Airship docked some distance offshore, well out of range of any one of the ground ("Hey, it's a rough neighbourhood!" Rugal defended his choice of parking).
A minute long boat ride later and the crew was now on the sandy beach of the Santa Maria.

David/Jenny

David let out a sigh of relief that their trip went off without a hitch (A hitch being some cosmic BS) as he walked out onto the creamy coloured sand of Los Santos.
"Well...Guess I best be getting a move on. Thanks for the Lift guys! Keep in touch Guys, Later!" He happily said as he grabbed his Duffel Bag full of his belongings.
"Hope you do well in your new job, David!" Jenny said as David waved goodbye before going to get a cab, giving out a metric ton of silent prayers that this wasn't going to end badly like it usually does.

Rugal

Rugal meanwhile was glancing over the whole beach, unlike nearly everyone else, he knew what this region was really like: A hotbed of crime and corruption where you could get mugged/carjacked/shot/blown up/ran over/kidnapped in a heartbeat.
And that wasn't even the full list!

Once David had gone his way, He said "Alright, we'll be staying here for a while. I having some new equipment brought in for the Rising Dawn, just a few extra precautions for someone waiting to pluck us up and dump us in a another world.
Do whatever until then, but watch out. I've been here before and while it looks alright now, believe me.

This is not a town you want to be caught out after dark in. Understood?"

Spoiler: Arc Notes

-This is a Map of the San Andreas Region (It's a large image with a lot of detail so heads up)
We are in the Beach at the bottom center of the map.

-The rest of the map is completely open, Go wherever you want to find interesting NPCs and Events!

-The Main plot will start shortly, this is just us getting settled in.

-Any questions or issues, feel free to bring them up with me!

-Have Fun!!

 

[NotYetForsaken]

Avatar Adventure
Location: Santa Maria Beach | Los Santos | San Andreas County | California (?) | USA
Time: Day​

Lucieon

The soft wind of the beach blew from the west and gently ruffled his velvet cloak, and the salted air sifted through his airy golden hair. His eyes looked forward into the horizon, into the thing line where the azure of the ocean evaporated into the soft powder blue of the summer sky. The same glittering sunlight reflected off his own sapphire eyes. It was brilliant, had he breath he would have lost it.

Then of course he turned his head and eyed the people on the beach. Women, Children, Men, old, young, fat, fit. There were so many polluting the natural beauty of the world. Lucieon gave a soft sigh and p[laced the Magnus Catalyst in the shifting sands and closed his eyes. He could almost see it, the Jade sea, stretching out before him on his cargo ship, a dozen other vessels flanked him from the left and right, all flying the colors of Merizidan Trading. A seaward fleet headed toward the old world.

Then Rugal's little exposition shook him out of his memories.

[color=dark gold]"Do you need assistance acquiring our supplies, Captain Rugal?"[/color] he was no Captain Bernese, but he supposed that this crazy crimelord was decent enough to follow. At least, it seemed that he respected the Undead Merchant's own ulterior motives, [color=dark gold]"I suppose that my gold pieces here are not going to buying me anything but robberies, and my frail wispy body seems very targetable. I'd be appreciative if I could follow you around."[/color]

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Rugal

"If you wish to follow me, I have no objections." Rugal answered the Undead Merchant as he took in the scenery.
"We are going to be meeting up with one of my old contacts from my "Career" days. Last I heard he was still active in the region. With any luck, I'll be able to pull a favor and get us hooked up. Still, just keep a means of self defence handy." He warned as he got a map of Los Santos up on his PDA.
"Hope you don't mind walking, it's in the Ocean Docks area, beyond the Airport. Still, bit of sun might do you the world of good."

Captcha: Uncharted Island: "Hardly..."

 

[bluerocker]

Rising Dawn Training Room

Caim could only give a small smile, and shook hands with Rugal as well; satisfied with being able to find a sparring opponent that would not break easily. Following that, he finally relented, and found himself being almost lead by his pact partner to the Med Bay...

[HEADING=2]Arc Start: GTAA[/HEADING]​

Caim | Angelus | Cutie Bruisers

"Caim, the mask, if you would?"

Unlike those who took a boat ride, Caim was content to go to shore on dragon back; a motion Angelus was also pleased with. She had been itching to stretch her wings, so to speak. It was a great feeling to have the sensation of wind on the pair's face, to taste the salt of the sea on the air and be so free. At least, that last one applied to Angelus. Having been confined in human flesh for so long, this was a welcome change she did not intend to reverse for some time. If it meant that she would not be accompanying Caim unless otherwise needed, then so be it. The skies were her domain, and she intended to drink them before some other endeavor took her from them again. Regardless, the flight delivered her mortal counterpart to the shores, and she took wing to fly over this new territory, taking in the sights and sounds as she got a good look over the city scape....

As for the mute, he was left on the beach with the rest of the party, and wondering where to wander off to next. With Rugal mentioning the deals, Caim decided that being backup muscle for something going terribly wrong could be the best course of action. Sheathing his sword, the warrior wandered to the King of Fighters, waited a moment for his 'children' to let go of himself and go elsewhere, Caim gave a nod to Rugal and the PDA rattled out,

"No point in being wary of whatever consequences could come our way when I can prevent them, eh?"

Teri | Cutie Bruisers | Garm

Garm, rather than the Cleric, was the one most relieved to get off of the boat, as his scramble to get out of the loud, noisy and shaky craft proved. Were it not for his Pup gently prodding him onto the damn thing, he probably wouldn't have gotten on in the first place. After the girl and her oversized wolf got off of the boat, Teri took note of Rugal's assessment, and saw that Sadei followed suit, shifting back into that pen form she was in during the time in that alternate school. The process took about six seconds, but when she finished, no one would be the wiser. Teri grinned ear to ear, and slipped the pen in a robe pocket, and 'sent' to her staff,

[color=0E59E4]"Nice job there, buddy! Now... If only I could stop looking like a LARPer for about 5 minutes, I might be able to fake being a normal human being. Then again, I guess I stopped being normal the moment I learned I was a Reality Warping Author..."[/color]

Taking a look over herself, Teri couldn't help but shake her head with an amused smile, [color=0E59E4]"I'm not ungrateful for having protective equipment, Devon, but we stick out like sore thumbs. What's gonna be your excuse? Comic convention? That's gonna be mine..."[/color]

As she laughed at her jest, she and Garm looked around the area with interest, taking in the sights, smells and sounds of the beach. It had been some time since she had gone to one of those in a while....

In the meantime, Cadolbolg saw that his father was busy, and fluttered away to land on Devon's head, a content smile covering his face when he waved a greeting to Devon and Ella, "Hullo, Friends Devon and Ella! Is not the sun quite nice?"

Oh yes, it had to be nice for Cadolbolg. His scales were nice and warm from the sun's UV rays, not even close to being affected when he had a nice layer of armor like plates on his flesh. Which of course translated to the little guy being almost like a piece of asphalt sitting on Devon's head.

Ton Ton, on the other hand, found himself nearby Melethia, and gave a gentle wave of his lantern in greeting. If anything else, he didn't want the girl to think he was still mad at her.

 

[Ninjamedic]

The far side of Santa Maria Beach

As the group disembarked the Rising Dawn, a man was in a private pool on the far side of the beach, finishing a swimming lesson. He emerged from the pool and walked over to the instructor "So how am I doing?" "Well Sir, you should be fine around here anyway, planning on exploring these parts?" The man responded as he put on his shirt, a Hawaiian. "Maybe, I'm thinking on trying different things, fishing, diving, making the most of my time off" He leaned over and picked up his wallet, paying the instructor over ten times the bill. "Here, treat yourself kid, you've earned it." "Wow sir! Thanks!" The instructor sprinted off as the man sat down on a chair, leaning back and relaxing. "Yep, two solid weeks of relaxing. Should be a good change."

 

[bluecrimson]

[HEADING=2]Arc Start: GTAA[/HEADING]​

Devon/Teri/Ella/Cadolbolg

Devon gave a grin after hearing Teri comment about the look and waggled his finger [http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af134/gnosblax/y-edgeworth-tskc.gif]. "That's what a Glamer's all about, you know. I prefer calling them 'Armor Appearance Kits', though. It'd be a bit harder to work out, but I'd still keep it." He stretched, more than a bit uncomfortable with Cadolbolg's heat on his head but deciding to keep calm for now. After all, he would cool off in a bit.

Meanwhile, Ella responded to Teri. "I thought it'd be time for me and Devon to finally have that dinner we were talking about tonight. Maybe we could do some sushi or something like that? It would be pretty easy to fake an ID, after all."

As he went to an Ice Cream Vendor not too far from there, he pulled out some dollar bills from his wallet and bought ice cream cones for the four of them. "Teri, want to ask Mel if she wants one?"

Rugal/Slindis

She nodded at Rugal's response, feeling the underlying tension that those words entailed. [color=c200]"Considering how the past you had these contacts, I had a strong feeling something was up. My outfit can manage well enough here, but if I'm hoping to blend in here, I will need to get some more details. More importantly, we need someone to keep an eye on Melethia. We both know what kind of trouble she can get into normally, after all."[/color] After Sending Teri a message advising her to keep her gear on, she mentally told Lupito to head off to the Celestial Plane to help lower her profile.

Melethia/Ton-Ton

She looked down at Ton-Ton after finishing the last of the ApriJuice from earlier and grinned, not having heard Rugal's warning. "Oh man, now this is the kinda place I like! All these people here, they don't know what's lying just beneath. I can smell the traces of gunpowder from here, the groupings of people in their clans... Ton-Ton, stick with me. I'll make sure ya don't get shivved for some cash." She walked over to a food stand and pulled out some dollar bills to pay for a hotdog for the both of them, briefly wondering where she got them. After all, she had been reaching for the Platinum, but if the man was willing to take these pieces of paper, she wouldn't complain.