Tomoya had a blurred vision as he was waking up from being knocked out earlier, he remembered being washed down deeper inside the cavern that he was sleeping in and hit his head on a rock but as he was about to wake up he felt tired, Tomoya sighed and went back to sleep, but as Tomoya was getting comfortable he heard a loud noise within in his ear and jumped to his feet...
"THREAT DETECTED
THREAT DETECTED
EM FIELD DETECTED RADIATING FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
EM SIGNATURE RECOGNIZED
NUCLEAR DETONATION DETECTED
BROADCASTING WARNING SIGNAL ON ALL CHANNELS TO ALL PERSONNEL"
Tomoya spoke "That does not sound good", then Tomoya tried to call the ship "This Okazaki, airship come in, come in...." their was no reception then Tomoya checked his watch, it said it was 11 pm, he knew that was bullshit Tomoya then said "Well it looks like this is broken" Tomoya sighs then he takes a look around but it was too dark, he remembered Zero gave him a torch earlier, Tomoya then takes it out and pushes the button and then suddenly the torch emits a huge beam of light that lit up the whole cavern, Tomoya then spots a exit and goes to see if he can get out of here.
As Tomoya steps into the tunnel he steps into a puddle and then sees a light at the end of the tunnel "Finaly a exit" Tomoya mutters to himself and runs to the light as Tomoya breaks into the light, Tomoya stares at the sceanery that beholds him now, it was a temple, a mayan temple and Tomoya has just stepped into the entrence.
Well im gonna split Tomoya's story into a few parts over your guys partd and he will be back with you within three posts
Jack took each platform with a single step. He had 100 metres to run, and not enough time to do it. He reached the Fire Stone and grabbed the pedestal with one hand and the Stone with the other, his momentum swinging him 180 degrees to face the sinking platforms again. Jack let go and kept running, the Fire Stone safe in his arm. He poured on more speed and ran harder than before. At halfway there was 5 inches left before the platforms sunk completely. 25 metres, 25 steps, 2 inches. Jack could see he wasn?t going to make it. So could Farrago, who was shouting at Jack. Jack didn?t even realise. He was in the moment, running for his afterlife. At the seventh platform from the cavern floor the lava spilled over onto the platforms. Jack jumped high, and knew he wouldn?t make it.
CRACK ? CRACK!
Jack felt something hot engulf his outstretched hand and as he thought of death?s embrace once more, he was yanked forward by a huge force! He hit the cavern floor and rolled seven times before stopping in a bruised heap. He opened his eyes to see Farrago standing over him, a whip in one hand and a fedora on her head. ?Sleeping after a good breakfast?? She inquired as she grabbed Jack by the arm and hoisted him to his feet.
?I... uh, thanks.? Jack said as they looked at each other for a single moment. Then they both sprinted for the stairs. They took them two at a time as the lava began to spill into the middle of the stairs. ?We won?t make it Farrago!? Jack shouted.
?I didn?t come all this way to become Kentucky Fried ANGEL!!!? Farrago returned as she grabbed Jack and jumped, stretching her wings wide and flying for all she had. Jack hugged the Fire Stone as Farrago blasted through the doorway into the first chamber. The firewall sprung up and blocked the way as lava flowed from a hidden nozzle in the roof of the room. Farrago didn?t stop, flying at the wall of flame. She curled her wings around Jack as she hit the flames, prepared for the burning pain.
It never came.
Farrago burst through the flames unscathed and she unfurled her wings, braking hard to stop herself before they hit the collapsed exit. She gently put Jack down and landed behind him. ?Jack, where?s the Fire Stone!?? She exclaimed, seeing he did not have it. Jack smiled, and turned to the collapsed wall of ice. ?The Fire Stone is mine. It is with me.? He said, and fired a ball of flame from his hand into the wall, melting it. Jack laughed as flames consumed him, and he blasted off through the exit in a ball of flames. Farrago smiled and took off after him, back to the airship. She had to check on Youmu and see if Ryan had got to her in time. Youmu certainly wasn?t at the temple entrance anymore, and there were marks in the snow from Ryan?s Aircycle.
Now he can fly, and summon fire in any way he wishes. May God have mercy on the souls of those foolish enough to stand in the way of the Sin of Wrath now... Farrago thought as she tried to keep up to Jack. At least he?s laughing and happy for once!
In the medical bay
Ryan was sitting by Youmu, she was lying on a bed, her leg had been bandaged up. What's more Ryan found a steam powered translator.
"So an icicle landed on your leg, in a volcano, where they kept the fire stone."
"That's right." said Youmu's translated voice
"Such a strange place. but I have faith that Jack and Farrago won't have any trouble. It's the grim reaper and the angel who loves him."
"Wait arrago loves Jack?"
"Yeah isn't it obvious.
however according to my radar they'll be back soon."
Ryan looked at the self updating medical chart.
"You can walk with a crutch lets have a little celebration for obtaining the first stone.
CHEESE FOR EVERYONE."
"Please hand over your passport."
- Tokyo International Airport - 11:12 AM -
Chihaya pulled out her passport and handed it to the security guard.
"Thank you. Here you go," The guard handed her back the passport.
"All of your weapons has been cleared for boarding, but for safety reasons, they have been placed in the cargo hold of the plane. I hope you understand this and enjoy your flight to Seattle. One more thing... Can I have your autograph?" The guard asked, handing out a piece of paper and pen.
"I'll happily do that." Chihaya wrote her signature onto the slip of paper.
"Thank you! Enjoy your flight!"
Chihaya boarded Flight 11-3 that goes to Seattle, Washington. Once she sat in her seat, she noticed an interesting person sitting next to her. It was another ex-765 idol, Yukiho Hagiwara.
"Chihaya-chan! Surprise seeing you here..." Yukiho said with her usual timidness, looking away from Chihaya and making a nervous stance.
"Same to you, Yukiho-san." Chihaya greeted.
"Anyway, what are you going to do in Seattle?"
"I need to meet up with Touma. He has some information I need."
"Oh. I'm going there as a informant for Interpol. They have information as to who killed my producer. He was the best friend I ever had, and the closest person I ever developed a bond with..."
"I'm deeply sorry for your loss..." Chihaya said with a sullen look.
"Good morning, this is your flight attendant speaking..." The flight announcements began as the flight was starting...
Name: Yukiho Hagiwara
Age: 16 (December 24)
Gender: Female
Height: 154 cm
Weight: 40 kg
Blood Type: A
Measurements: 80-55-81
Hobbies: Writing poems, Drinking Japanese tea
Abilities: High Accuracy and low Recoil on Assault Rifles and Sniper Rifles.
Bio: Yukiho is a really timid person, who's on a mission to find her producer's killer, and along the way, started working for Interpol. She is one of the best informants Interpol has ever had. Her ultimate mission is to find the killer and bring him or her to justice.
Alice could not think, the massive amount of information rushing through her mind paralyzed her. There was footage of the detonation, statistical analysis of the damage. Type of nuclear radiation. The movement by government officials. Everything came to her and through her. The suit had become some sort of router.
...Statistical Analysis of Nuclear Blast Complete...
...Rearranging Deflection Field Crystallization to Counteract...
...Done...
...Airship is now fully capable of repelling after-radiation from the blast...
...Hull is also capable of surviving small scale nuclear detonation and immediate fallout...
...Releasing Control...
Alice suddenly felt the information stem, she was exhausted. There was nothing that would have prepared her for that much data to be working through her mind. It was mere seconds before the darkness consumed her and she fell asleep again.
...Interface Active...
...Launch Drone Units 51.234.124.152.97 through 61.234.623.127.53....
...Drones Launched...
...Coordinates Sent...
...Retrieval of Nanosuit 2.0 Required...
Time (local): An hour after Orinion's last post
Location: northern Pacific Ocean
The cruiser was flying along at its normal pace, carrying a very bored little android, slouching in his chair and keeping the ship steady (though it was on autopilot) with his feet. After almost falling asleep for the third time, he sat up and looked for the nav computer, typed in his coordinates and where he should be and pressed ENTER. A small voice rang out;
"Coordinates set for: BERMUDA TRIANGLE. Approximated distance: 3100 miles, Time: approximately 7 hours."
"Aw, man..." Zero groaned, letting his head fall back on the rest, "7 hours? What am I gonna do 'til then?" Not even bothering to think on that, he lifted his head again and began searching the dashboard. "Doesn't this thing have a hyper drive or something?"
He looked around until he found a rather large green button near the edge of the dash, labeled "L.S. - USE SPARINGLY". Grinning, he flipped open the glass casing and pressed it. The dashboard flickered red, and the small voice came back;
"WARNING. Ludicrous Speed enabled. Please return to your seats. Boost will begin in 5...4..."
Zero ran back to his chair and strapped in as the counter hit 1, and was immediately sunk into his chair by the gravity force as the ship seemingly ripped a wormhole in the sky and went through it, though from what Zero could tell he was just going really, really fast. 5 minutes later, and the ship slowed down, the released pressure causing Zero's head to hit the dashboard quite hard. Rubbing his forehead (or, at least, the gem on his helmet), he looked out the window and saw nothing but clouds and ocean, which according to the nav computer and the small voice was the center of the Bermuda Triangle.
"Well alright then." Zero unbuckled himself and looked around on the nav, trying to find any odd shapes or semblances that meant a temple, and found a dark square a mile or so west. He flew the ship to the spot and programmed it to hover in place, leaving his chair and heading to the drop deck in the back. On the wall, conveniently, was a reel of enough cable to go down a few hundred feet or so, which Zero tied around his waist so he could find his way back. Lastly, his systems, sensing he was about to jump in, took care of the last of his precautions:
WARNING: Aquatic landscape located ahead. Shut off Synthelung systems? Y/N
Zero opened the drop door to the ocean and, out of force of habit, took a deep breath before plunging into the ocean.
Expect me back within, oh, 2 posts or so. ADVENTUUUURE!
See thanks for the edit, I'll just say my last post was when you saw the flash mob first and was waiting 45 minutes to blow and Justin forgot to check his phone (like I often do) I was just confused becasue for a post that ended the lives of many it was fairly anticlimatic
"Its been 40 minutes since the flash mob was suppose to be down there! And according to their youtube channel they just uploaded a video of them performing! Like what did ken have to go take a dump or something? Because yeah I know power armour is hell to get out of if you have to go to the washroom, I never really got how one went to the washroom in that armour..." Justin trailed off thinking of the inevitable mess of going to the washroom in one of this giant tin cans.
Justin sighed heavily and sunk back into his chair, the popcorn had all been eaten, the beer was gone, and he was seriously considering opening the celebratory Nuka Cola Quantum.
Light! Bright, searing light on the horizon began to blind Justin and Mrs. Glados in there chairs.
"He did it!" Justin said giggling with joy "WE GET TO BLOW UP DC!" He picked up the little red button remote and pressed it, just as the light from kens explosion had died down and the ear splitting noise had reached them more light began to emit from the four other bombs. Justin tried closing his eyes to keep his eyes safe from such a bright light, but it was so intense it shone through his eyelids, only covering his eyes with his hands made the light go away.
Justin took his hands from his eyes a few seconds after the light had died down. His face and arms were sun burnt, he looked as his eyes adjusted to the darkness. Looking from their advantage point, four, large mushroom clouds.
It was breath taking.
"We should get going" Said Justin as he slipped on his pipboy glove.
"I agree" Mrs. Glados said putting her own pipboy glove on.
Together, they walked towards their new dystopian paradise.
Meanwhile Under Where the White House USE to be
"Sir, the bombs have fallen, as you expected!" Said a lowly solider cowering before his master.
"Good, good! The time is now, get the troops ready to move, now we shall retake what is ours!"
It wasn't long before Ken landed on the ground when he felt the other nuclear blasts go off around him. He sank to his knees and said, "We finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you. God damn you all to hell!" Glad that he got to use that quote for something, Ken turned on his GPS locater and saw that the other two villains were slowly making their way towards the now destroyed city. He decided he would meet them halfway and started walking towards them. He couldn't help but walk with a little skip in his step, overjoyed by the destruction that he caused.
Time: A few hours after Orinon's last
Location: Main hangar, Ryan's Airship (above Peru)
"So, how'd the mission go?" Ryan asked the two supernaturals, almost casually. Aside from almost losing someone, he didn't mention.
If he was thinking the same thing, Jack certainly didn't show any sign of it. "The Stone was where I expected it to be, as with the traps in the main room. The icicles in the antechamber, not so much... One nearly incapacitated Farrago, and badly injured Youmu. I doubt she'll be in any condition to help search for the Stones for a few days, at least."
"Yeah, well, things aren't going too badly here..." Ryan murmured. "Tomoya bugged out a while ago, and Zero's disappeared without telling anyone. As for Alice, I'm really not certain what's going on. I assume you caught her message about the nukes in DC?"
"...Yes. Yes, we did," Jack replied, omitting the fact that it was their pager that had dropped the icicles.
"Well, they went off a while back. Heck of a light show, actually. Saw it on the news. They'll probably re-run the footage in a little while..." On cue, a nearby television switched over to a news channel, which was discussing the explosion.
Farrago looked down. "It seems as though these villains were even stronger than we thought... We'll have to find the Stones as soon as possible. Now, where did you say the Earth Stone was again?"
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After Sunday, I'll be missing for five days, and I highly doubt two is enough to finish up the Air Stone plot. So I'll just leave it for now. I will continue to try and roleplay as much as possible until then, though. During the disappearance, feel free to try and control Youmu as well. Or, if you still don't really understand her character, then don't. Your call.
Tomoya was looking for the stone of light, he didnt know where to start, it could be below the temple or deeper inside it but as thought that he was doomed he saw dripping in the center of the room, Tomoya got up from the entrance stairs he was resting on and walks towards the Alter which was in the center of the room, as he nears it he spots blood on the alter, as Tomoya touched it he noticed it was dry and inbedded into the Alter and then he started to calm down.
Then Tomoya looks up towards the ceiling and sees a hole in the middle of it, it was raining again, the roof was quite high it was around 300 meters off the floor and the hole in the top looked even further away from the floor, Tomoya sighed as he knew it would take a long time to climb that high.
A few hours later.
Tomoya's hand clasped the hard, wet stone of the roof, then he climbed out of the hole and lays onto the roof and felt a cool sensation also the rain fell upon him, Tomoya decides to enjoy the achivemnt he has just accomplished, Tomoya then got up and takes a huge swig of his water bottle, but he had almost forgotten the task at hand, he was facing the forest and looked at the view and wondered where the stone was, then Tomoya noticed that the hole was closer to a corner of the temple, Tomoya looks behind him to only get introduced to a huge stairwell that leads into the black, dark cloud that rained upond his parade, then Tomoya mutterd out loud to himself "Are you kidding me!" As he puts his hand on his head, but he looked into the black cloud above and saw lighting cracking at the top of the stairwell. He then takes the first step onto the true path to light.
At the Top of the temple
As Tomoya was nearing the top of the stairwell the air was strangely getting thinner but enough to breath normaly and their was constant lightining, as Tomoya steps onto the finale platform at the very top of the Mayan temple he spots a short stone pillar and on it was a strange small light blue stone, it was around ten meters away from Tomoya and in between him and the stone were constant lightning strikes that performed a pattern, Tomoya the thought to himself "So lightning does strike twice". Tomoya decides to throw one of his two hand grenades, as he threw the grenade it suddenly got hit by lighting and turned to ash before it could hit the floor, Tomoya gazed in a frightened manner, but he knew their was no time for that and Tomoya thought of a plan to grab the stone and try to get back to the platform.
Tomoya then attaches his rope that had a grappling hook on it onto the start of platform away from the lighting, then he said to himself as he readys himself "One could never have enough faith" then Tomoya ran towards the stone and got blasted off by the side by a lightning stirke right next to him but Tomoya had different plans for himself as he fell, the rope that he had attached to himself and the edge of the platform was no ordinary rope, it was a bungee rope that he had especially made for himself, Tomoya then bounced up to the end of the platform where the stone was, he landed perfectly and was about to touch the stone but Tomoya then felt a sudden pain from behind, it was him being stuck by lighting, Tomoya then fell to the floor in pain and the lighting never did stop striking him, he got striken more then once, then twice and even a third time, but as Tomoya was dying he thought about the other heroes, the fate of the world and the most importent person to himself, his wife.
As Tomoya thought about that he didnt notice it but his body was getting up and it had grabbed the stone but , another bolt of lighting had hit Tomoya, but this time he knew it was different somehow, it felt like something was being inplanted into his back, he fell of the platform but Tomoya then reached out his hand towards the black cloud and he got hit by lightning again but instead of being hurt he was healed by the bolt, it had healed all off his injurys from the climb, then Tomoya woken up, he wasnt dead from the fall but he was floating, floating from electricity within his feet and hand, and also Tomoya saw a blue aura surroudning him, Tomoya the opened his hand to reveal the blue stone had been asorbed into his body and a rune scripure that he could decipher, it read Barakiel angel of lightning, Tomoya then remembered he had a mission to complete which was to kill the evil that has now taken the world and threatening his loved one.
Tomoya had now became the angel of lightning, or Barakiel as it read on his arm, indeed the stone of light have given him the powers of light but within the form of lightning, Tomoya now can fly at high speeds, control electricity and lighting and has other untold power, now he will have to master these powers to fight the oncoming darkness that has already taken more lives.
Sorry for the long post guys, better now then later right? Also I wanted to get back with the other, but also it will take him sometime since is in South America, he proberley will go to New York or something like that, and mabey even meet up in DC, also I proberley have played too much Infamous 2 lately, dont worry, he isnt going to have a heap strong power, it will be like Ken but less controlled (yet). Im now going to sleep
Time: 2 hours before StormShaun's last post
Location: Bermuda Triangle (underwater)
And they call it the "Devil's Triangle"...what's so bad about it? Zero thought as he swam downwards towards the entrance of the underwater temple. So far he had come across nothing; the water was dark but clear, and aside from the abscence of sea creatures and the waves above being a little tumultuous, there was really nothing down here that proved any horrific myth. Luckily the temple was perched on a shelf, about 100 feet below, behind it was a drop off into an abyss. Zero gulped on the inside; any huge temple-altering traps could mean the end of this temple, and possibly, of him. Putting that thought to the back of his mind, he finally arrived at the bottom, where a huge door, guarded by statues of sharks, was sitting. Zero swam up to it and, before pushing, checked his safety line. The line felt like it still had quite a few more length before snagging, so Zero put his feet to the door and kicked, the brittle stone giving way instantly and falling in a huge clump. The pressure in the temple, now released from the door's blockade, activated and sucked Zero into the temple and into its long, aqua-blue corridors.
Hall after hall flew by as a panicking Zero tumbled through the water current, not having the power to change his direction at all but forced to trust that wherever he was being pulled to he was being pulled the right direction. Finally the long hall came to an end and the current smashed him back-first against the hall's final wall. He felt something along his back and slowly twisted himself against the current so that he was facing whatever was protruding out of it.
He found a small, ornately decorated circle with other layers of rings inside, looking like they could be turned to form a picture. He instantly knew what to do and slowly but deliberately turned each one until they all joined to form the picture in the center. The last ring turned until a loud "CLUNK" was heard, and before he knew it the pressure that had been holding him against the wall had now diverted upwards towards the ceiling, which had slid back to allow the water to shoot him out into a large, air-filled room. Zero landed hard on his back, the impact causing his synthelungs to come back online and inhale sharply. He laid there for a second, trying to catch his breath (though not really necessary) and get a grip on what just happened. Finally he sat up, but was stopped by his safety line tugging on him; the tile that had slid back to let him out had closed again, trapping him in the room. He untied it and stood up to admire his surroundings;
It was a very large, well-lit and carefully built stone room, with stone pillars in the corners and small waterfalls of seawater pouring into wells that recycled. The most impressive thing, however, was the giant stone carving of a squid that spread all around with its tentacles and guarding another stone pillar that held a blue light in the front of the room. Zero, expecting traps, took out his Z-saber and stepped cautiously around to the centerpiece, looking and listening around for any signs of hidden weaponry. He made it to the pillar without a problem, and, putting away his saber, stepped up and carefully took the shining stone, marveling at its beauty.
A few seconds of staring at it and a small pop-up appeared on his display:
Eh, why not. He thought. The stone glowed even brighter, prompting his head gem to glow in sync with the blue aura. It dissipated and surrounded Zero with it, lifting him up for a few seconds before setting him back down. He opened his eyes, expecting some sort of godlike speech of power to suddenly come to him, but it didn't. Though one thing he did notice was a new sense come to him, as if he could feel the water outside of the temple moving.
It was short-lived, though. After a few seconds the temple shook violently, almost knocking him over. He took out his Z-saber and looked around, until he heard "RRRRRRUUUUUUUMBLE-CRACK! CRACKCRACKCRACKCRACKCRACK!".
"Oh, no." Zero managed to utter as he looked towards the front. The massive stone squid had come to life.
Aight, I'm gonna leave this here because I'll be gone until...either Sunday or Monday. But it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Justin and Mrs. Glados proceeded through the rubble of an old suburban housing district, pausing to loot through old closets, and refrigerators every now and then.
"Look a bonnet!" Said Mrs. Glados, holding up her prize.
"I don't think it will go well with your vault suit."
"But it adds +1 to perception! And perception is a contributing factor to my energy weapons skill!"
"Well if you think it will help..." Justin trailed off because in the distance he saw someone bunny hopping towards them.
The man was clearly insane, and suffering from several substance addictions. He hopped towards them, a incinerator strapped to his back.
"Don't make eye contact" Said Justin as he walked closer to Glados, just in case this insane person tried to attack one of them. The man hopped closer and closer till he was just a stone's throw (or frag grenade throw) away from them. "Who are you?"
"Reginald Cuffbert!" The man gibbered madly, foam flying from his lips.
"What do you want?"
"BONNET!... BONNET GET!!"
The dialogue instantly ended as Reginald took the incinerator off his back and began to lob balls of fire at them. Justin at first covered his head with his hands, this mad man had got the jump on them and now he was going to be burned alive. After a couple seconds, burning death did not occur, but he could still hear the incinerator throwing ball, after ball of deadly fire.
"He's... Missing with every shot." Justin said astonished as the fire balls landed all around him.
"He must not have any points in energy weapons."
"Then why? Fuck it" Justin shouldered his rifle and popped off a shot straight into Reginald's chest. The shot was dead on, and he could see Reginald was bleeding but, the mad man failed to back down, reloading his weapon with one hand, in the other sucking down a scotch.
Mrs. Glados dropped to her knee, and took aim with her laser rifle. She fired off a few shots, all of them direct hits, but even searing off Reginalds handle bar moustache, had little effect.
"We are in trouble" Mrs. Glados said as she and Justin leapt out of the way of a ball of fire
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As Ken got closer to the other two, he could hear a battle going on ahead of him. He immediately went into stealth mode and crept up to where the battle was going on. When he got there, he saw that an insane stranger with his back to him was shooting balls of fire at Justin and Mrs. Glados. Quickly forming a sword in his hand, he silently snuck up on the man despite wearing a full suit of metal armor. When he was right behind the man and seeing that he had not been detected, stood up and decapitated the man with one swift swing of the blade.
"Hey guys, did I miss the party?" said Ken with a smirk.
"It's been pretty quiet recently..." Ryan thought out loud, at the controls. "Well, I haven't heard anything from Tomoya or Zero, and nobody's tried to attack us yet. ...But on the other hand, Youmu's recovering faster than Jack thought...then again, that means she'll be gone sooner. And as for her--" The train of thought was cut off by a loud beeping noise.
Ryan looked down at the offending panel, hoping that nobody had been woken up. "What the hell?" An American missile was headed straight for the cockpit. Quickly, he tried to take an evasive maneuver, knowing that in the process, everyone would become alert. But the missile's pursuit was particularly dogged, and despite Ryan's best efforts, it crashed straight into the side of the ship.
He looked out the port window and saw something slide out. Oh, that's not good... he thought, before hitting the PA system. "Man overboard!" he yelled out. "Man overboard! Someone go find out who's the casualty!" He pushed the ship back as stable as he could. Shit, I hope Alice is awake and able to help me out again...
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Meanwhile, directly below the ship, a young boy was still awake and alone in the house. His family were all out doing something else, and he'd resolved to stay awake as long as he could. Not that he had any important work; unless, of course, you counted finishing a game in that list.
And he certainly did.
Okay, just gotta-- The sudden explosion threw him off. "What the f***?!" he shouted, unable to hold in the profanity. He ran outside to go take a look. Seeing nothing out in the street, he was about to head back inside when, for a second, he thought he'd heard a scream. Then a muffled thud! came from the lawn.
Right, he decided. I'm not going to bed until I figure out what made that noise. Taking a torch, he looked down on the ground. Okay, scratch that. Until I find out who made that noise... He reached down to pick her up, turning off the torch so nobody else would be attracted. "Are you okay?" he asked. "Can you hear me?" Shit, why did I never figure out how to take a pulse?!
The strange girl groaned loudly. "(I'm fine...I think...)" she eventually managed to say loud enough for the boy to hear. "(Who are you?)"
Taking a while to mentally translate her Japanese, he eventually replied, "(Just...call me Jim for now. What's your name?)" And why do you look like you got lost on the way to a cosplay convention? Wait...that light...it couldn't be--
Her response cut him off. "(I'm Youmu. It's nice to meet you!)"
As she bowed, shakily, he looked down. Oh, you've got to be shitting me...
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Hey, if Jakeman can use Farrago, I can use myself, right? I've got a quick character sheet for this version of me. (Mostly it's just a device for getting Youmu into 'stasis' until I come back from that break I mentioned.)
Name: Jim (if I went any further, that'd be personal)
Age: Teenager
Species: Human (slightly insane)
Abilities: None that anyone knows of
Inventory: Nothing special (yet)
Languages spoken: English (fluently), Japanese (basic), French (reasonably well)
Time: Unknown
Location: Crater where the Mayan Temple used to be.
Tomoya had woken up but with a strange feeling, it was also still raining at the time but only lightly , as Tomoya got up he looked around to only see that he stood inside a crater that he had created with his newly found powers, Tomoya mutters "Holy crap, thank god it was abandoned", Tomoya then looked at his new runic tattoo that was engrved on him by a lightning bolt.
Tomoya then crawled out of the crater he stood in and tested his new powers out, first he cut a tree in half, creates electricity out of his palms, but when Tomoya tried to copy his flying power he fell to the grounds instantly, he couldnt control it yet, so he cant fly back to the ship, but then Tomoya remembered he brought the bike with him, along the hike to his bike he tried to find more about the inscription on his arm and what it ment "Looks like I have to ask someone on the ship about this" Tomoya muttered yet again to himself.
When Tomoya got back to the bike he turned on the communicator he had recieved back at the ship and said "This is Tomoya, ship do you copy...Ryan are you there?" But no one picked it up and Tomoya sighed and touched his bike but when that happend the bike suddenly transformed into billions of electrons,and entered Tomoya's body, Tomoya looked at himself when he saw he body take apart the object with his new powers. Tomoya then thought, he had came up with another crazy idea of his own and walks towards the waterfall that was a few hundread meters away from the cave he got sucked into.
As Tomoya reached the top of the waterfall he noticed the sky was black yet again and Tomoya smirked and spoke "This is the second craziest thing I have done today" then Tomoya takes a few steps away from the edge and then suddenly runs at sprinting pace and jumps off the waterfall, Tomoya thought he was going to plunge into the dark depths below him but the he felt a the same sensation as he got struck by the last lightning bolt that hit him, Tomoya then looked at himself and saw again that he was floating, not only that but in the reflection of the water he saw on his back, wings, wings made out of electricity, Tomoya then knew something has definitely happend to him that involved the holy work of the lord, Tomoya then knew that he could fly now and launched himself through the sky in a bolt of lightning heading towards New York to get some things to brighten up his room until he could contact his friends, Tomoya then muttered "I wonder if Farrago can have a look at me since she is an angel too", then Tomoya sped at top speed as he broke the sound barrier in an electric slash.
Farrago and Jack were just landing in the hanger when the missile hit. Farrago ran straight to the crew rooms, and Jack jumped on his Skyride and roared out into the skies, intent on finding the fighter that launched the missile. Jack flew round the airship twice to make sure the skies were clear, then flew in close to inspect the damage. He hit his radio and called Ryan. ?Ryan, Jack here. I?m on my Skyride flying patrol. You?ve got minor damage to the port engine, but a hole has been blown in the ship, down by the crew rooms. Farrago should be there by now, and I?m going to stay out here and fly patrol for the time being.?
?Jack, it?s Ryan. Copy that. See if you can find the bastard that hit us! I?m bringing the defence turrets online so we?ll be unable to be hit by anymore missiles.? Ryan replied.
?Copy that Ryan. I?ll make ?em pay. Let?s TURN AND BURN!? Jack roared, anger in his voice. He hit his afterburners and blasted off into the night.
Meanwhile, Farrago was checking everyone?s rooms. Tomoya and Zero?s rooms were all fine, as was Alice?s. Alice was lying on her bed, not moving a muscle. She must be scared witless, or asleep. Well, she?s safe at least, so I can worry about her later. Then she opened the door to Youmu?s room and gasped. A huge hole had been blasted in the wall by the missile, and Youmu was nowhere to be found! ?Oh no!? Farrago gasped, and she ran to the wall phone. ?RYAN! Youmu got thrown out by the missile! There?s a huge hole in her wall, and I?m going to go find her!? Farrago said quickly before dropping the phone and jumping out the hole, dropping to the earth. She spread her wings wide and caught the wind underneath them, soaring gracefully as she desperately looked for any signs of the ghostly girl. ?Lord, please let her be safe!? Farrago whispered.
Time: 23:12 - 97 minutes before AI death.
Location: Antarctic Region - Vinson Massif
The swarm took had bunched together to weather the harsh snow storm. It's buzzing mass of trillions upon trillions of nanites slowly walked through the snow drift, each step sinking deep into the coat. A single red eye pierced through the torrents of sleet and ice in an attempt to locate it's brethren.
Unable to make out anything it continued forward. Step after step it climbed the mountain, appendages tentatively protruded and retracted when stability was needed, for this creature had no arms to speak of.
A heavy wind struck the beast of metal, it bristled and groaned. Long, lonesome, inhuman. They were not built to survive without a host, there was not much power to work with when so much was used just to stay operational. It's heart was an inferno of fire and burning fuel. Whenever it came across biomass the beast devoured it to keep itself going. Now it was running low again.
Not soon after the beast came across a frozen body. Human. With indifference it bent down and opened it's maw, consuming the body into a furnace of fire. It's belly full, the beast continued onward. The body burned, not greatly, but enough to sustain the warmth and keep the beast from shutting down. Then onward it walked for a great many miles forward and upward until it came across another curious object. It was an obsidian stone of sorts. Or was it? The beast bent down and absorbed it and stored it, sending units to peruse the object.
Smoother than obsidian, darker, stranger. It resonated softly with energy. The beast was indifferent and into the furnace it went.
Upon another great many miles onward, the beast came across what he sought. A small cave lit by fire. It entered and to great dismay saw the body on the floor, dead. It walked forward and absorbed it, filtering the data from the suit nanites and giving them a jolt of energy.
...Spore Information Collected...
...Nanosuit 2.0 Jumpstarted...
...Subject Reanimated...
The beast spat the body out as the human in it stirred. he looked up through a red visor and nodded. The beast replied with the same. Then it turned around and left, lumbering slowly out the cave and back to where it came.
Slowly, slowly, ever so slowly to where it once came.
Stone of Darkness retrieved! Albeit anti-climatically. Also, new character!
Name: Black Harte (Heart)
Age: Ageless
Species: Nanobot Colony
Ability: Immortal, Consume (restores energy and health), Recharge (see Consume), Jumpstart (Brings Machines back to life.), Reanimate (Brings Biologicals back to life.), One of Many (Rapid Self Reconstruction.), Black Heart (Has the Stone of Darkness within it. Gives him the ability to cloak, rip wormholes, and bring souls back into the corporeal realm.), Mindless (Cannot function without an overseer. Basically Alice. Also gives it 100% loyalty.), Space-Time Tear (Creates Nuclear Fusion on a microscopic level to tear apart the Stone of Darkness, breaks it and releases a massive explosion of magic/fire/electromagnetic radiation.), Stasis (Goes into Stasis mode when lacking fuel.)
Inventory: Stone of Darkness
Languages: Binary when interfacing, otherwise with a groan or growl.
Trait: Bound to Alice's service for all eternity.
You're not the only one who's doing it anticlimactically.
~~~~~~
Time: About midnight
Location: Jim's house, suburban Melbourne
By this point, Jim had almost entirely given up on ever completely understanding exactly what Youmu intended to do. He'd caught something about a rock, and that there were some people named Ryan, Jack, Alice and Farrago. Past that, he had no clue what was going on. Thankfully, he'd managed to get her to sleep, so he immediately jumped back onto his computer.
The first thing he did was check his e-mail. Nothing there but 600 Facebook updates and a piece of 'junk' from someone he'd never heard of. Making a mental note to look at it later, he opened it and switched over to another tab. Finding absolutely nothing else to do in the meantime, he decided to go back to playing Earthbound for a while.
Then he suddenly remembered the e-mail. It looked something like this:
In a few hours, a package should arrive at your house. Don't bother asking who sent it, because the delivery boy won't know. If everything's gone according to plan, there should be a rock in there. Don't touch it with your bare hands; I doubt you'd survive.
Have Youmu touch it. It was meant to be hers in the first place. It shouldn't be long after that until she's off your hands. ~~Y.Y.
"Huh," he grunted. A knock on the door quickly followed, and a confused deliveryman asked Jim to sign for a package. If Y.Y. is who I think it is, either she's torn down the border between the present and the future or she's getting help... Without saying anything, he signed, took the box, and cut it open with a nearby knife.
Youmu had come back downstairs. Nobody else was home, thankfully. "Hey!" Jim called out, trying to sound enthusiastic. "I think I just found your rock!" Inside the package was a pristine white sphere, which seemed to give off a noise like a strong gale. Another knock at the door prevented Jim from examining it more closely.
While Youmu reached down for the stone, Jim opened the door, very slowly. "What, first ghosts, now angels?" he exclaimed. "You're not even anyone I know!"
The angel nodded. "And if you're smart, you'll keep it that way. It's unlikely we can use your help."
"Hey! I got that white rock for you, in case you didn't know!"
The angel just stood there, calling inside for Youmu to come out. The latter was still staring at the ball in her hand, and as she left, Jim could swear she was almost floating... He didn't bother watching them leave. In all honesty, he was glad to see the back of them.
Looking back down into the 'empty' package, he noticed one other note. It read:
Jim, don't get complacent. You still have a role to play. Please also find enclosed a small badge. It'd be a good idea to put it on right now. The badge was there, as was predicted, and with some hesitation Jim clipped it to his jacket and kept reading the note. A war is coming. And although you may think you're useless, I'm certain you'll come to find a purpose for saving all the worlds.
~Y.Y.
P.S. Whatever you think Y.Y. stands for is probably correct.
P.P.S. When you finish reading this line, brace yourself for a shock. He looked down at it, confused. Then a hand reached out from behind, and pulled him into another world.
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With some divine intervention, but hey, I said she'd be back. (If anyone still remembers who it is, don't spoil it.) And I've managed to get all the characters I control into a position where I won't really need to do anything with them until I get back.
Till then, be excellent to each other and party on, dudes!
Youmu and Farrago left Jim's house and looked at each other. "(I want to fly. Try and keep up!)" Youmu said to farrago as she trialled her new powers, taking off into the sky in glee. Farrago smiled and spread her wings, taking off after her. The two girls swirled and soared in the night sky above Canberra, lost in the fun of flying.
Meanwhile, far above the city, Jack flew patrol on his Skyride around the airship. Suddenly, his radio crackled to life. "Jack! I've got contacts on radar at 10 miles outbound, to the north! Looks like jet fighters, 4 contacts!" came Ryan's voice. Jack grinned and hit the button to talk back. "Ryan, I'm on intercept heading now and I'm spoiling for a fight!" Jack then hit his afterburners and roared off into the night towards the enemy jets. Jack saw their lights before they saw him, and he flew right between the 4 fighters, surprising them. Noting the aircraft type and emblem on the tailfins, Jack radioed Ryan. "Ryan, the enemy fighters are HAWX Fanboys. That means they are Justin's henchmen, and they are dead meat. I'll take em all down!"
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Jack banked hard around and came up behind the 4 fighter formation. One F-16 Falcon, one F-15 Eagle, an F-18 Hornet and an old F-14 Tomcat. Jack fired his guns at the Falcon, hitting it dead on and ripping an entire wing off. The pilot ejected, his jet streaking out of control and on fire towards the ground. The 3 remaining jets all broke formation and scattered, with Jack hot on the twin tails of the Tomcat. The pilot tried his best to lose Jack, but Jack's Skyride was too small, fast and agile. Jack lined up the big fighter and let rip with his guns once more. A long line of holes bit into the fighter, but to no effect. "Dammit!" Jack raged as he wondered how he was gonna blow up this fighter. Out of nowhere a missile streaked past Jack and exploded right in front of him, a giant ball of flame coming towards him. "FUCK!" Jack shouted as he backflipped of his Skyride and it flew into the explosion and blew up. "DOUBLE FUCK!" Jack roared as he fell. Now he was pissed!
"HAWX Lead, HAWX Two. Tango is down, I say again, Enemy Fighter shot down!" The pilot of the Eagle shouted. His joy wasn't for long as he watched a streak of flame shoot from nowhere into the Tomcat, turning it into a giant fireball as it exploded. "OH SHI-" he screamed as Jack flew straight into his cockpit and firepunched him into oblivion. THAT fighter exploded as well, with Jack flying up and out in a ball of fire. The remaining fighter, the Hornet, saw all this and decided to get the hell out of there, turning for home and lighting up his afterburners. Jack saw this and stopped, hovering in his ball of flame. "Oh no you don't, you bastard." Jack formed his hands into a ball shape beside his hip, held back and low.
"FIREDOKEN!" Jack roared, blasting his hands forth with erupted with a giant beam of flame. The Hornet never stood a chance and was completely annihilated in a mega explosion of white fire.
Satisfied, Jack flew back to the airship and landed in the hanger. Ryan, Farrago and Youmu met him there.
"Remind me to never piss you off, Jack! EVER!" Ryan said in the most serious tone he had ever used. Farrago and Youmu were still in awe at the huge display of firepower Jack had shown. Finally, Farrago spoke up after what seemed like hours.
"We HAVE to go get my stone now! That is so much POWER!"
Anyways, We're off to Africa next for Farrago's Earth Stone, and then we have them all. Everyone can meet up in New York, then we can go from there.
"Gyah...!" Zero strained against the squid's hold. The arm he was in waved around, smashing into pillars and almost giving the 'bot a case of whiplash. He reached for his Z-saber, which was deactivated and pressed up against his leg when the squid had grabbed him. He strained harder, and the tip of the hilt was in fingertip reach. But that was enough. Pressing down on the small triangle, the saber activated, slicing the wrapped tentacle off him. Grabbing his saber, Zero did a midair flip, sticking a perfect landing right in front of the enraged monster.
"I can't...keep this up...forever." Zero fit between gasps for air. He looked up at the squid and squid did likewise, burning coals of hate directed at the red robot for taking the stone. Another tentacle removed itself from the ground and struck at Zero, who jumped out of the way and somersaulted with his saber to cut it, only to be stopped short when he hit the armor-like rock around the arm, deflecting his attack. He regained his footing and let out an exasperated sigh. "What is this thing MADE out of...?"
Another tentacle shot forth, and Zero tried to dodge, only for it to catch his foot. He quickly sliced it off but it kept going, plowing straight into the wall behind him. The tentacle slinked away, leaving a huge dent in the wall behind him, water slowly creeping in from the weakened part.
Then he had an idea. It was going to hurt, but if it meant getting out of here with the stone, it just might work.
Looking right back at the squid with a smirk on his face, he changed his arm to buster mode and let off a couple shots right in the squid's face. The monster roared, trying to wipe its face with its soaking tentacles, then with renewed hatred, shot forth its arms again. Zero merely jumped, dodging both effectively and using them to make more dents. He landed and ran around, all the while building a charge shot and calling to the squid. "Come on! Is that the best you got?"
Jumping over a side sweep, he let the charge shot go, whizzing past the squid's head and blowing a clear hole in the higher wall behind it. Water gushed in like crazy, filling the area below it. He started building another charge shot, this time going towards the squid and using the pillars beside it to get a higher shot to the wall behind it. The squid only helped his cause by redirecting its tentacles to attack him, only Zero continued to dodge and use them as a ram, in some cases poking holes in the walls themselves.
Finally, his last charge shot, and by last meant that Zero was literally going to collapse from power failure if he shot any more because of the buster's semi-repaired energy-leaking state, he directed right at the squid's face, letting go and burning the enraged squid one last time. The squid roared louder than ever, and Zero took this, and the several gushing holes in the temple around him, filling the water already to his knees, as his cue to exit. Running back over to the closed tile, he used his saber to cut an X into it, then kicked it in, grabbed and yanked his safety line, and jumped. The squid, roaring one last time, tried to grab him, but a rock fell from the ceiling and crushed it. More rocks fell, then the roof slowly caved in, and the squid was buried under rubble. As Zero was being pulled out of the corridors, the huge temple became heavier and heavier, and the ground beneath it gave way, causing the entire structure to slide into the abyss behind it. Zero thrust his sword out when a huge rock landed between him and the exit, effectively chopping it before it hit him. The safety line went out and up, dragging him away from the crumbling temple, up several feet of water, and to the top, where the red 'bot gasped for air as he surfaced.
He idly treaded water for a bit, going back over what just happened, then he chuckled, then laughed, then absolutely howled with crazed laughter as he was unbelievably relieved it was over. Catching his breath after a minute, he humbly tugged the line again, and it raised him up for him to flop himself onto the drop deck. A few minutes of laying there and hard breathing later, he sat up and squeezed the excess water out of his hair, then got up and went to the cockpit, found the button for Ludicrous Speed, and sat back as his brains went to his feet.
He would practice with his new powers later, but now, he needed to get back to the airship to recharge, and possibly get this fish smell off of him.
He needs to recharge, but I think I'll help get the Earth Stone if you guys want. What's this about meeting in New York?
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