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

[Sgt_Jakeman214]

To battle!

Fall back and come with me! Two for one quote, heh!

Jake, Akane, Slindis, Caim, Teri, Kala and Fionn - Training Rooms
Akane charged in and started slicing at the Elder Fire Elemental, but to little effect. Jumping back to the back row she sheathed her sword and began to glow with the unique blue taint of foxfire. "I fight with finesse, not raw strength! I can't hurt it! But, I'll try to keep it's attention with my foxfire, and Jack always said you can fight fire with fire!" she shouted.

The next fireball of the Elemental was met by a blazing blue fireball of Akane's, the two mixing brilliantly before dissipating. She smiled, glad to not be a wasted force in the battle.

Jake meanwhile, followed his master and charged. Whilst Caim fought with anger and bloodlust, Jake channeled his desire to protect into a veritable force and the determination showed in his eyes.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!"

His longsword sliced into the Elemental and he launched into a combo series of strikes, a little slower than Cam but nearly mirroring the Bloodwarrior's strikes.

 

[bluerocker]

Before the party arrived

Teri decided that she could try one more time with a turn; and called out

"In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit; KNEEL IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY!"

Yet again, the elemental was not moved. That was when the girl had realized that her resevior of those Turns was gone, and felt panic began to creep into her mind. That was when the party burst in.

"Teri, Kalastryn, leave. Men, on me!"

Caim immediately charged in after the spell was cast; a sonic blast being extended towards the Elemental as he whizzed by the Cleric and the Tiefling.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Teri bolted for the door, dragging Kalastryn's arm along with her. As the two exited the door, she took a look at the console and wondered to herself,

"How do we stop the sequence..? I don't think anyone here aside from Jake knows about technology... Hmn; some use I am.... Wait a second! Dimitri! Yes, that's it! I can't believe I'm doing this..."

And so the girl began to Write on her tablet, her stylus flowing over the tablet as she began to formulate a new character; at least, one to save their skins for the moment. As she continued to Write; the image of a butler with a hat; in resemblance to a character she had seen in a game at one point. And thus; a new creation was borne unto the Writer, one to cherish and take care of. This creation, was Dimitri. A butler appeared on her screen, silver haired and yellow eyed, and spoke to his creator:

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"Greetings, Madam. How might I assist you today?"

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Spoiler: Dimitri's appearance

"I need you to hack into this system and cut off the matrix causing the rate of escalation. If they kill that thing without deactivating the program; their collective power could make things get really ugly!"

There was a whirring effect in the AI's eyes, and he said, [color=3897E0]

"Plug me in, we'll see what I can do."

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Using the Tablet's USB cord; she plugged it into the console, and watched as green and blue coding started to segue and battle one another.

 

[bluecrimson]

The fire elemental merely threw out another fireball as it moved to engulf Jake, quickly picking him out as the weak link. Meanwhile, the assault on the elemental continued as Slindis kept fiercely stabbing at the elemental with both rapiers. Fionn opted to use his shotgun, but was quickly dissuaded when the lead pellets melted on contact.

In the computer, Dimitri encountered some coding that seemed to be angelic in nature.

[color=dandelion]"There's someone aiming to stop the purge. Delete him in the name of the Holy one!"[/color]

 

[Sgt_Jakeman214]

Jake tried to fall back but the Elemental was quicker, due to it being three times his size and right there. It slammed him, and although Slindis' charm protected him form the fire damage, he still took the brunt of the slam.

"Ooof! I can't take another one of those..."

Jake struggled back to his feet and spat blood. Steadying himself he raised his sword and charged back in, careful to strike and retreat each time.

"I think it's targeting me!" he called out.

 

[bluerocker]

Caim gave the beast another gritted attack with the spade, and called out;

"It is! And for that, we have an advantage. Act as bait; and dodge it's attacks! That'll enable the rest of us to get clean shots!"

The Blood-Warrior slammed the heavier part of the spade into the elemental's 'flesh' and growled in anger when the weapon did not seem to do too much to the beast. But he could still feel the magics within the weapon slowly begin to awaken...

"Soon..."

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Dimitri adjusted his collar in distress, and said to his User: [color=3897E0]

"Madam, I need higher clearance! Censor programs have detected my presence! If you do not act, I may be deleted!"

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"What?! Oh right, Angel Tech. Okay, I'll try to Write you in a target specific worm. We'll see what happens then. It's under your command, Dimitri!"

As the Angelic Programs began to close in on the (mostly) defenseless program; a digital blue light appeared; and the worm

YAMATA-NO-OROCHI.EXE

appeared. Bearing 8 heads, the serpent roared as it began to tear into the defense programs; allowing Dimitri to pass further into the system. Upon his call, the Worm followed.

Spoiler: image

 

[bluecrimson]

Slindis quickly cast a Cure Spell on Jake, not healing him fully but keeping him in the fight as she continued to attack the elemental. She seemed to get slightly weaker with some of those attacks, but the elemental was clearly affected by them as there seemed to be a small burst of light coming from the Paladin's blades when she attacked. [color=c20000]"Caim, your attacks aren't enough. Put more effort into them!"[/color] Fionn thought for a moment, and decided to see how the fires liked electricity with a few casts from his gauntleted hand. Although the elemental was able to evade some of them, it took a great deal of them to painful effect.

The elemental was unamused by this and threw fireballs at the group again before slamming into Caim with the full brunt of its attack.

In the computer system, Dimitri ran into more of the angelic programs.

[color=dandelion]"Purge the wicked one before he hinders the purging of all the corrupt ones on the ship!"[/color]

They charged the program and the eight-headed serpent, swinging away with blades of purest light.

 

[bluerocker]

As Caim was hit by the slam and knocked back, he gave a dark grin; "Thanks for that; it's just what I needed! UDINE'S SIGH!"

Holding the weapon aloft; 8 spheres of water appeared in the room, floating and swirling in anticipation;

"Touch those and they explode! Lead the elemental towards them! But watch out; they explode idle too!"

He rolled to the side to avoid another fireball flying his way; shield or no, and charged at the elemental again for another sonic burst.

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[color=3897E0]

"They're adapting to the code! Please hurry Madam! Also, if I could have a weapon of my own, that would be most helpful!"

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"I'm trying! You know I know nothing about IT save for the basics! Hell, I'm only hacking this damn system because no one else knows how!"

Sweat began to poor down Teri's brow as she began to type more on the tablet; which was inexplicably floating?! Her fingers began to fly as she thought of names, functions, and appearances for each of the new programs; and as each was sent into the computer; the Cleric felt weaker and weaker.

In the Computer

Seconds after Dimitri gave his request, and the Serpent began to start fighting off more Angelic programs; he could see as a zip file was sent in the computer.

"OPEN IT!"

Doing so; three files were executed automatically:

SEIRYU.EXE, PRINCIPALITY.EXE

and....

NINE_IRON.EXE

? The first two were another worm and trojan, respectively, and the third was a clearance upgrade. The weapon appeared in Dimitri's hands, and he felt a buzz fill him as the weapon's properties and protocols began to work it's way through his systems.

"The more that interact with Principality and Seiryu, the better! Principality's a trojan that converts the Angelic files to attack themselves, kind of like HIV and Koryu slows the non-converted! NOW HURRY, they look close to finishing the damn thing off!"

With his three allies, and new weapon; Dimitri charged at the hoard of programs, in order to get to the Master Control Protocol.

Spoiler: moar images

Seiryu

Principality

Nine Iron

 

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Slindis noted it and skillfully directed the elemental through four of the orbs while Fionn fired more electricity on each impact, crippling the elemental.[color=c20000]"Just a bit more!"[/color] At this point, the Elemental was doing its best to stay on the plane, and its bond was beginning to fade

Inside the computer, the two new programs aiding Dimitri did a great deal in aiding his advance, and he got to the MCP which looked a good deal like a member of the angelic host.

[color=dandelion]"The Holy one showed us on the Battlefield that mercy does not fit the Host's purposes. Consort with succubi and tieflings shows that this ship has already been corrupted, and it brings me great pleasure to say that I will be passing the message along after your defeat."[/color]

The Archon drew a blade of the purest light and initiated combat with Dimitri.

 

[bluerocker]

Caim's toothy grin increased in ferocity as he charged at the fiery beast again; bringing another heavy impact onto the Elder Elemental.

"Fall by my blade, beast!"

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Dimitri blocked the attack with The_Nine_Iron with gritted teeth; but did not buckle. Throwing the Archon back; the AI stood proud as Principality and Seiryu kept the entrance clear of any straggling invaders. Holding the The_Nine_Iron at ready; he glared down the program and yelled,

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"Incorrect! Matthew 22:39, New International Version (1984): 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' You are the faulty program; for you seek to harm the users that inhabit this ship. This breaks preconceived protocols of The Most High. Your safety protocols are malfunctioning and thus, you are the one needing to be fixed; not myself. YAMATA-NO-OROCHI, to me!"

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The serpent was eager to answer it's master's call as it slithered towards Dimitri like a loyal dog; heads still poised for attack. Angry poison (malignant file creators) dripped from the snake's fangs as it charged towards the Archon with all the head's combined strength. Dimitri took this chance to run up the back of the serpent's head and jumped to deliver a diving blow to the Archon's head as the serpents took in attempting to bind him with their jaws.

 

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The elemental drunkenly charged Caim and Slindis, clipping two more of the orbs as well and causing it to suffer even more damage. A few fierce stabs from Slindis and some slashes from Fionn brought the Elemental close to death, with its flames becoming much more subdued. [color=c20000]"Caim, you get it while I tend to the other man!"[/color] Slindis moved over to Jake's side, healing up the injuries that he had taken.

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The Archon laughed coldly as it swung its blade with cold precision, dealing severe damage to two of the snake's heads.

[color=dandelion]"Program, do not spout your hollow verses to me. The harlot that created you was already corrupted by their influence, considering her cooperation with that tiefling in there. You will be judged, and your tainted creator will be punished for their crimes. Now, with this strike, be-"[/color]

Before it could deal more damage, the Archon was severely bitten by all six remaining heads of the serpent as Dimitri delivered a fatal blow to one of the eyes.

[color=dandelion]"The Holy one will not forget your temerity...[/color]

 

[bluerocker]

When Dimitri pulled the Golf Club away from the Angelic program's eye, he glared coldly at the Program and said, [color=3897E0]

"Do not speak ill of Her Ladyship again. It's very rude to call a lady such things; even if the lady does not like being referred to as a lady. Now; a query. If your Holy One were so angry at Her Ladyship for her cooperation, then why was she enabled the gifts that she has now? Hmn? No answer? I thought so. Good day."

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Dimitri brought down one final stroke on the Archon; and began to start working on fixing the protocols on the escalation program; as well as the damage to the safety protocols, and rewriting the locks on User-based control. The most important, the escalation program and the User Locks, were fixed right away; followed by the other aforementioned repairs.

In the meantime; Teri sunk to the floor with sudden relief; knowing full well what had happened in the Computer. Dimitri had overcome the odds, and was fixing what was wrong with the computer's protocols. As for herself, exerting her will against a nasty fate took a toll on the girl's vitality. She was sweating like crazy; and her breath had grown shallow. Not only had she created a computer AI on the spot, she had forced a computer to do what she wanted to with several video game referencing programs. Not everyday you get to do that, and the girl was wiped out for her efforts. Hell, where she was sitting now; she did not know if she had the strength to stand at the moment.

"Bravo on your debut, Dimitri."

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"Tis no problem, M'lady. It is simply in my programming."

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[Kalastryn]

snip

"Teri, was it? That was an impressive display... but might I ask, how exactly it is that a cleric-in-training holds the power of creation? We can talk about it in a minute or so, after you can catch your breath... but, forgive me, I find it very hard to believe that is an ability any run of the mill cleric could learn. I may be stranger to this world, but I can't help but notice that seems beyond anything Slindis could have taught you. Silence is an acceptable answer, but I'd like to know." she says, crossing her arms in her sleeves. "and with "Dmitri's" little encounter, I'd fathom a guess the ship itself doesn't want me here... I could hear it through Dmitri's communication with you. Pity, I thought I'd gotten away from the hate of my old world. but instead it seems I've simply lost the progress I had made towards acceptance there."

 

[bluerocker]

Teri shook her head softly as the console was slowly being re-written;

"Don't blame yourself, Kalastryn. The stuff that helped keep this ship together was Angel Tech; the very stuff that we're fighting against, and a bunch of zealots to boot. No doubt, Viscus, another AI, has worked hard to suppress it in vital areas; like the Canteen or our bedrooms. It's only natural little hiccups happen every once in a while. Are you still okay, Dimitri?"

The AI appeared on screen, as well as a view of what was happening around him. The AI looked a tad wounded, but nothing completely out of place. As for the other programs, YAMATA-NO-OROCHI was wounded, PRINCIPALITY's cloak was a bit ragged and it's wings drooped as it held off the hoard, with it's companion SEIRYU in similar condition.

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"Things are going well, Madam; but I am not without danger. My friends are doing well to show me that. In a few more moments of time, I will be sending in a system wide Worm that will re-write all malignant Angelic files. For the sake of Irony, I think I shall call it LIGHTBRINGER.EXE."

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Teri smiled at her AI's sense of humor (did he even have one?) and continued to watch the AI's progress. [color=0E59E4]

"As for your other question.... That's a long story. And trust me, by no means is it unlimited. Look at me! Just writing in Dimitri took a lot out of me."

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[Kalastryn]

snip

"Oh I don't blame myself for other people's hatred. It's not my fault that people don't realize that there are honorable people among all walks of life. I once met a thief who, instead of hoarding wealth for himself, gave it to people less fortunate, paid other people's taxes, and sometimes secretly helped to put the more greedy thieves behind bars. I never did catch his name, but back to the point. While I admit I am a bit of a hate magnet, I know that it's not my fault. But still, it went as far as to endanger you because you were acquainted with me. It was annoying when people used to be up in arms at my presence, but it stings all the worse when I realize someone else can suffer for it too." she says, not showing too much sadness, but you can tell it definitely stung her emotions a bit. "Also, about the long story, I don't mind. I've listened to many an interesting tale." she says, helping Teri to her feet. "You look like you could use a drink." she says, pulling her flask out of her robe. "this flask never runs out, and the wine it contains is actually non-alcoholic, which helps a lot in drinking games, or for a peace offering that doesn't look like your trying to get the others at the table drunk." she says with a smile.

 

[bluerocker]

The girl gave a harsh laugh as the Worm was deployed, and her AI; as well as his various programming weapons, began their return to the Tablet. However, her face remained stony as her programs returned; melancholy coloring her.

"I.... It's very [u]hard[/u] for me to talk about this; especially because you weren't involved with that incident."

"Wait, what are you talking about? Incident?"

Teri shook her head,

"Well, more or less, in the world I came from; I was a normal girl, no Cleric powers, no poofing things in, nothing. That was before a man known as the Red Mage came to us; spouting nonsense about us being parts of a prophecy and some Gods; but none the less. He tried to kill us; and because of the Rising Dawn's team we survived. However, Red Mage's influence on our world left us... Changed. So, the few of us that survived his attacks; especially those of a creative persuasion, had the ability to use their creative powers to literally make things appear. However, it's draining; and we can't use it too much, or it'll make us sick. Hacking this terminal with bare minimum computer knowledge, as you can tell, was an exercise in endurance unto itself.

I don't usually tell people about it, because someone might try to stretch me beyond my means... Do you understand? if things weren't so desperate, Dimitri wouldn't even exist beyond the faux sentience I claim he has!"

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"If I may, I am happy to have my existence, even if it is an accident of necessity."

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Teri smiled and 'said',

"That is true, Dimitri. I already acted like your terminal was alive anyway; so I guess this fits."

[color=3897E0]

"Too true, Madam. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to fix myself and my allies' breaks in code. That battle did a number on poor YAMATA-NO-OROCHI."

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"Of course. Do as you need to."

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Bruiser and Bison nodded to Inuart's response.
"Chad my man, This could be the start of a beautiful friendship. Heheheheh..."
And thus the VTOL took off for AIM's Bunker.

Several Hours Later
After what seemed like forever, the VTOL landed at the location of the bunker.

A untouched island with white beaches and clear waters.
He followed the Duo though a metal hatch which in turn lead onto a large platform.
[color=6C1504]"Please keep all hands and legs inside the vehicle at all times."[/color] Bison joked as the platform began to move down into the base.
After several more minutes, Windows came up on all sides, revealing the lab interior which seemed to go no forever as thousands of men ran about moving Weapons, Supplies and other minionly things.
(There should be more here but there isn't /: )

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

"Who the Hell are you?!"

Cyberspace
Before LIGHTBRINGER.EXE could finish, Dimitri was tending to his allies when something strange happened.
The subject files began to disappear one by one without pause.
He moved towards those areas to investigate and he found out what happened.
It was the Cyber version of a mass shooting, the AI files were systematically mowed down by Viscus's minigun, within the space of a few seconds, all enemy code was deleted.
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"What in the..."

[/color] Dimitri asked before Viscus interrupted.

"I was monitoring this breach. It arrived on board after I tried to track down Tomoya though a PDA one of his people had owned. I left them be and began to track any out-going packages to track down their master. But there is no hope of that happening now....so that leaves one variable:"

He then took aim at Dimitri, his minigun beginning to spin.

"You. Identify yourself."

 

[StormShaun]

Riki & Kud
Location: Rising Dawn, Canteen.
Time: Early morning.

Some time ago when everyone was eating.

The effects from Kurumu's 'special' stew were working successfully on Riki. His face was red, his temperature was rising... and the worst part was erecting itself below the table. Riki could do the only thing he could do, put on a determined face and faced Kud who was right next to him. "Ku... Kud... help." Riki leaned over and whispered into her ear, "What is it Riki~?" She said concerned but still smiling because she knew what was going on. Riki couldn't say a single word as his eyes darted towards his pants.

Immediately Kud saw a >Insert Adult stuff here!Insert blank you know what.<

Now. (Aka some time later)

After much time together, Kud decided to have a shower whilst Riki laid on the bed half dead and naked. Though he was snoozing silently, Kud wanted to explore the ship even more now due to the darkness. She always imagined exploring the school at night, so she had decided to do it on the airship. Grabbing the keys to the room, the girl headed towards the room but crawled over the bed to her lover. "Good night Riki~" She said to him and left the room.

Leaving the room Kud could see the rusty hallway of the ship clearly thanks to the moon light but a sudden noise made he jump and have a cold shiver. "BADUM" It thumped, "Wafu~!" She jumped but got her confidence back quickly.

Spoiler

"It will be alright... it will be alright." She said to herself and began to walk in the abandoned hallways until she had reached the armory of the airship. The armor was basically a giant locker of guns, sword and every weapon you could find. "Oh wow... so many weapons." She said to herself as she began to wonder around the room, looking for anything from japan.

Dark Tomoya, Braden, Shaun and Corrupted Storm-178
Location: Blackhawke, Cell VIP 1.
Time: N/A

Cell VIP 1/Shaun's cell.

The cell which contained Shaun was not like the ordinary cells on the ship. He was locked in a holographic cell which projected his own very room. Everything looked like it was home (Except there was no furniture), he was still chained to the ceiling though. This made him uncomfortable and scared. Well... who wouldn't be scared if the Arch villain of this arch captured you and was very pissed?

Unnaturally the room began to fade for a second as a futuristic door came out of nowhere, and both the Dark Angel and his corrupted Spartan dog came in. Dark Tomoya stood right in front of Shaun whilst Storm-178 stood behind him, silent. "Time to wake up..." He smiled as he set his fingers to cattle prod voltage and jabbed Shaun in the side. "AAAAAAAARH!" He screamed awake, his eyes darted across the room and finally at the two in front of him. "You... what do you want!?" Shaun spat at him.

The Dark Angel smiled at him as he lifted Shaun's T-Shirt to admire the injury. "Hmm... nice. Good to see you are finally up... but mind your manners. Accidents do happen." He laughed as he poked him again at a much lower setting. Shaun didn't scream which left a frown upon his face. "Fine... all I want is to... kill all life. Simple as that... now do me a favor and scream a bit more." Dark Tomoya said as he picked out his dark katana and slapped Shaun in the ribs with the flat side, which was painful as chemical acid at work.

The screams echoed across the prison bay. Scaring most of the human hostages they captured in New York.

Cell 17903.

The screams of Shaun echoed all through the prison bay. It even echoed passed Braden's cell. It was basically a more futuristic prison cell, except it had no faults and thousands of guards monitoring it.

 

[bluecrimson]

As Kud wandered through the dark armory, she could barely make out the sound of footsteps above her. [sub]"Okay, who's sneakin around in here like that?"[/sub] It was a bit concerning, but something that could be shaken off. However, when she got past a hole in the ceiling, she felt a light tapping on her right shoulder and heard a young girl's voice say, "Boo."

 

[bluerocker]

Inuart

The bard looked on, impressed at the layout before him. "You weren't kidding. This place is bigger than most castle cortyards; if not castles themselves. I cannot even begin to fathom how you keep all of this hidden. Much less how it stays funded. You weren't kidding about deep pockets..."

Dimitri and Teri

The AI held up The_Nine_Iron in a defensive position and called out, [color=3897E0]

"I am a low clearance Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Assistant to my Creator and User: Teri Gravel; Third Level Cleric. My programming is not malignant towards this ship and terminal, as it was not made as such. Rather, it was made as such to prevent the users in the training room from being overwhelmed by an increasing algorithm of higher and higher tiered monsters. If you do not believe me, the Madam will be more than willing to verify my credentials."

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"And that I shall. Viscus; he's mine. Now, do not delete him; it took a lot of effort to make him in his current state; and I'd rather not have to do that again."