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

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

The Bullet inpacted off Rugal's Chest knocking up into the ceiling before falling back down.
"Ohhhhohoho...that was a good one...Ahhh..." Rugal winced as he got back up.
He swiftly kicked Stella's Knee, Breaking it before Grabbing the Barrel of the Rifle and pressing down on it causing the Butt to strike Stella in the Jaw.
He goes to follow up with but starts having to block and parry several blows from Dillon.
He misses one and is hit again in the chest.
He recovers in the air and Using his wind powers he took from Goenitz reappeared above Dillon and connected with a Heel to the back of his head.

 

[000Ronald]

Edge had explained to Boss once that there was an entire other world to things, not just the physical part of it. Ideas, and how people perceived them, had entirely different rules and systems and what have you. Boss, when this had been explained to him, was curious enough to ask about the afterlife.

Yes, Edge said. It exists, but not in the way people think it does. It's a hundred thousand billion different places at once, and it's not as simple as good and evil or heaven and hell. Some people go to a place where they're tortured for an eternity. Some people go to a place where the floor is clouds and the sky is light. Some people go to a hole they never stop falling through. Some people go to a great palace atop a great tree where a great king resides, and fight great battles for all eternity. Some people find the people they loved in life. Some people are denied the things they loved in life. Some people go to a place where they burn. Some people go to a place where they freeze. Some people don't go anywhere, and just wander the earth as spirits. It isn't one thing that you can put a name to.

And Boss saw that now. It was not a man that stood before him. It was an entire plane of existence in and of itself. A wretched, hate-filled place where people were impaled on spikes and boiled alive and ripped limb from limb, a place where all things screamed in constant pain and anguish, where all were guilty of little more than being in the wrong place at the wrong time and suffered the same regardless, a place where all things were burnt and torn into unholy and unimaginable shapes, where the very walls and ground and water were forged from the skin and bones of the punished, and pulsated with silent agony. Hell stood before Boss, and brought all those indentured to it in tow.

It engulfed Boss. It consumed him. There was no escaping this thing, no running. You could not outrun the ground you walked on, you could not outfight the air you breathed, you could only die, die, DIE-

And then something unexpected happened. Boss's fear hit some kind of barrier. Some instinct, some training, maybe a discipline from a past life swept away the fear and said in a calm, clear voice-

Fear is what it wants. Stop it. All it's doing is throwing it's weight around. Show it what happens when you do that.

Sounds like a plan Boss thought, and slammed Hell with as much power as he could muster.

The blast traveled in a wave, ripping apart everything it touched. It was powerful enough that it ripped a hole the size of a house in Blacknoah. Strong enough that it re-directed currents. Water parted. For a moment, at the bottom of the ocean, you could see the sky.

Boss turned to Matt. He looked calm, determined "Whatever the hell that thing was, I stunned it, but it won't stay that way for long. You need to find the others and leave as soon as you can." Boss put the fingertips of one hand against his temple, as though in thought, and turned to where Alucard was standing before. "I'll keep you safe."

Spoiler: OOC

I've read a bit of Hellsing, and I hope that my description of Alucard is adequete. That's something I didn't mention; a big part of where Boss's power comes from is a different understanding of the world, which is something else I'd like to touch on, now that I'm thinking about it.

The purpose of this post is, more than anything, to establish that Boss might fight on an even level with Alucard.

And the tidal wave (and there is a tidal wave) is traveling away from the Rising Dawn.

 

[mcpop9]

Stella screamed as her knee was broken. She wasn't a true vampire yet and couldn't heal herself. She forced herself up through the pain, only to have her knee give out on her. She began to pull herself away from fight, moving backwards. One thing popped into her mind from Alucard's words: feed...
She needed to feed, something she never wanted to do, but this was something deeper than a need for blood.

 

[StormShaun]

Tomoya stepped out from behind of Phoenix and saw Kazuya standing there and a silent and frozen Phoenix, "I'm guessing your here to either stop us or blow this place to hell like us...and the air above the sea is quite eventful apparently..." Tomoya said while shuddering due to the crisp air of the fight above the sea on the airship.

Then Tomoya tapped Phoenix on the shoulder and said, "We need to hurry up and kill this place..." Tomoya said as he slide past Kazuya.

 

[The_Chief]

Pepe flew over Blacknoah, being tailed by a dozen choppers!
"Mush! Mush!" Screamed Pepe as he traveled impossibly fast in his little plane. periodically he'd pull off a spectacular manuevar, showing off for the audience that wasn't there. He looked over and saw Tomoya standing next to Phoneix. he had formulated a plan, he flew so low he would almost skim his head, dragging the choppers with him. with that thought he broke into a nose dive headed straight for Blacknoah

 

[mcpop9]

Alucard's body simply regenerated from the blast. Slowly putting itself back together from the shreds it was currently in. He simply walked out of the dust cloud clapping his hands. "You must be one of the ones who can see things not of this world. I applaud you on your effort, but you didn't see intoi hell as you were thinking. it was my soul...." He said as a unit of cavalry began charging down the hallway behind him. "And i killed each of them myself..." Alucard said coldly as the calvary charged past at Boss.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

"If I wanted to stop you, The lawyer would have died a long time ago, now shall we?..." Kazuya answered before leading the way deeper into the Heart of the BlackNoah.
The trio enters a room with several statues and a Metal Bath.
"Whoa...What went on it here?" Phoenix asked.
"Rugal made a habit out of killing his Rivals and turning them into statues, sometimes I heard, he didn't even wait for them to die before throwing them into that Bath there...
The group walked past as several horrified faces watched them pass.

 

[000Ronald]

The cavalry smashed into an invisible barrier three feet from where Boss stood. Some of them were completely obliterated; most just stopped, and fell to the ground. "Yeah." Boss said. "I can see that now. I don't know what you did, but you did something to me. Well, not you exactly. It's...like watching a movie, only to realize you've seen this movie before, and liked it. If that makes any sense."

Boss smiled. "In any case, I can make sense of...what did Edge call it? The under-world, and it's happenings. Which means I don't have any reason to fear you. I still don't know what you are, but I know how to protect myself from you, at least more than I could have before."

Spoiler: OOC

...my bullet punishes all without distinction.

See? Told you I read Hellsing. Actually, I had to look that up on Wikipedia, but that's neither here nor there-

I told you I'd tell you more about the Elemental arts, didn't I? OK. There are four of them, each of which serve a different tactical purpose.

Fire: Art of Obfuscation - Deception and sneak attacks. There are a couple of arts here that could be called offensive, but that isn't their primary purpose.

Wind, Art of Commotion - Movement, of all things. Swing your sword faster, jump higher, push things out of the way. The teleportation art is here.

Rain, Art of Rejuvenation - Concerned with healing, although it's possible to do harm with the same Arts, provided you know what you're doing. Tend to require fresh water to work properly.

Metal, Art of Binding - Keeping things in place. Metal, in this case, also means earth and stone; one can use this for construction if one were so inclined.

 

[Orinon]

Dillon fell down for a moment, but Dillon had been able to see the blow coming, at the last moment he angled his back would absorb most of the impact.
That didn't mean it didn't hurt though, Dillon was in quite a bit of pain, but with his rage and hatred that just made his black lightning more potent.
Dillon knew direct force wouldn't work here, luckily Rugal may have thought he was agile but he had several problems,
First off with his big arms and legs, he created certain blind-spots, and Dillon's thinner frame meant he could use those blind-spots to dodge out of Rugal's attacks. Second his big muscles also twitched before each strike, which was very obvious, in fact Rugal arrogant attitude also made him actually telegraph his attacks, it was subtle but Dillon's cold eyes looked through the general appearance and saw what was really happening.

Dillon then used a clever tactic, he slammed his hand onto the floor summoning five black beetles, he instructed the to sneak up on Rugal, steal some of his power, then give it to him, hopefully he could slow down Rugal.
Dillon then readied his blade, and charged the Tesla coil, a powerful blast followed by a strike with the sword, then a kick to the throat. that was his plan
Then I'm going to slice that bastartd into peices, No I'll rip him apart with my bare hands, I'll eat his heart while he watches me.

Spoiler: OOC

So yeah, no explanation as to why Dillon is able to fight so well, but I'm want it to be an equal fight, Rugal can't just slap him once and then he's unconscious.
I do have a plan for dillon to lose his Lightning power, especially since he has a tesla coil now, maybe DIllon uses it all to destroy rugal, he's really F*cking pissed at him for the AMay comment,

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Rugal Reappeared in the air, trying to keep his balance, Flying by Wind was much Harder than by Lighting.
He watched on as Dillon created more of those Beatles from that castle of his.
Oh God, More "The Mummy" references...I think I angered him enough...then again...
"Hey Dillon, Look on the bright side! You'll be able to see her...IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION PILE! OOOHHHHHH!"
And with that Dillon sent up a massive Black Bolt out of anger at Rugal, which he easily teleported out of the way of.
Sure, he might have some kind of plan, but anger is the mother of all mistakes...
"Hey, do you think an Asian can really take that much inside them at once?..."
Again, Bolt and Teleport.
Rugal landed near a beetle latched onto his leg.
"Wha- GET OFF!" He said as he tore it off and threw it off board.

 

[mcpop9]

Stella was down the hall and loaded another incendiary shell. "Suck on this." she said quietly before she pulled the trigger, aiming at rugal.

Alucard's laugh came from every dark corner, every room on the ship. "You still think you have a chance boy." he said sighting in with the jackal from the shadows.
down the hall from where he previously was, an unrecognized voice spoke out from the darkness. "Tinker tailor soldier sailor... my bullet punishes all without distinction..."] she said.
Out of the darkness came Rip van winkle with her musket.

The She aimed and fired her musket. The bullet screamed at Boss, breaking through the first barrier and heading straight at him. From the shadows alucard fired the jackal at boss.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

The Bullet stuck Rugal's Arm, while like the last didn't break the skin, but it still knocked him over.
"Ahhh...GOOD SHOT! HAVE ONE OF MINE! KAISER!...WAVE!"
Rugal began to charge energy, both his Ki powers and the Arch Angel Powers of Tomoya and Goenitz, and fired a huge blast of raw power towards Stella the size of a small house.

 

[000Ronald]

The hound, being closer, got to Boss first. He backhanded it so hard that it exploded. "Your pride will be your undoing." Boss said.

Boss smirked and caught Rip fan Winkle's bullet in one hand. "Parlor tricks..." he said. "Prove nothing. Being able to use magic doesn't mean you have mastery of it, and tends to imply otherwise." Boss nodded to the hole he'd blown through The Blacknoah. "That? Parlor trick. Anyone who knows how can do that. No grace, no form. It wasn't supposed to have those things, either." A shadow fell over The Blacknoah. Two tides of water, six miles high, had closed over her, and were falling back into their place. "All that saltwater I blasted out of the way is heading back. Fast. Best hold your nose."

 

[Orinon]

Dillon began to laugh
He really thinks I'm going to make a mistake, what a fool.
Dillon wasn't really angry, he was full of hate, he hated Rugal, he hated feeling weak, he hated losing something he held dear, and he hated the idea that he'd never recover that thing.
Black lightning Coursed through his body, as it began to change.
In Dillon's Mind
"What are you doing?"
The two entities asked the Id as the room became dark like it had when he had taken over.
The Super Ego suspected a trick, she allowed herself to glow.
"Stop, don't suppress me, work with me."
The id then turned to the Ego who stood somewhat confused.
"Take the piano kid, we need music."
The id stood tall, he wrapped his left arm around her waist, and he took her hand and extended it to lead.
At first their dancing was awkward as both tried to lead, the id had a height advantage but the Super Ego still resisted.
The id was getting frustrated, this was a gamble and for it to work they had to be in harmony.
"Listen, we can't win if we're like this."
"Well if you let me lead."
"We can't do that, his morals can't win over his hate, we need his morals to justify his hate. So let me lead and we'll unleash a power unlike ever before seen."
Back in AA

Dillon stood; the black lightening had never been together before.
He spread his new wings, compacted black lightening forming black wings, like a raven.
"Hey Beef head."
Rugal turned to see Dillon, floating in the air, his eyes were deep blue orbs with a black slit down the middle, and his canines were still longer and sharp.
Dillon smiled, raising his hand he fired off a bolt of lightning, Rugal teleported away, only to find the bolt was not one that took a straight path it kept bouncing around, curving around all of Dillon's allies going straight for Rugal.
The bolt hit him squarely in the chest, his hear almost stopped from the shock, his muscles began to spasm uncontrollably, he could smell burnt toast, oh wait that was him burning.
"Want some more?" Dillon asked, his blade were ready, he had the perfect balance no mistakes would be made on his part but Rugal had done nothing but make mistakes, like killing Amaya in the first place.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Rugal gave a shocked look which slowly turned into a grin.
"hahaha...you've entertained me quite well..."
A red aura engulfed him as he picked up his jacket.
"Now...I will fight you AT FULL STRENGTH!"
Rugal underwent his own transformation.

Spoiler: Large Pic

His Body turned dark as his hair turned white, his eyes red and his muscles expanded.
"NOW! YOU FACE! THE LORD GOD! HAHAHAHA! ROUND 1! FIGHT!
He mimicked the ringing of a bell before charging at Dillon and sent him straight though the Airship.

 

[Orinon]

Crap now I lost an awesome post

 

[Moros]

Matt found Phoenix with Kazuya just wandering around and this made him angry. "Damnit Phoenix, you had better have done something useful instead of sight-seeing. We need to leave now before our plan completely falls apart," he yelled at the lawyer.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

"Relax Matt, we are on our way to Cloning right now, follow me..." Kazuya said as he came to a heavy Door with "Private Chambers" written on it.
He kicked down the door and revealed the cloning bay.

"Oh my god..." Phoenix said competely amazed by the sight before him.
Kazuya walked past the tubes and came to a computer.
"I just need to make sure that "He" is here..."
Tomoya cut in "And he would be?..."
"Rugal's Son"

 

[Moros]

"Great, get what you came here for and then we can leave," Matt said as compartment opened up in his prosthetic leg. Inside were a couple bricks of C4. He kept a couple in there in case of an emergency. He took them out, connected them to his detonator, and planted one on the console and one on the far wall.

 

[mcpop9]

The attack laid out upon Stella like a ton of bricks, however she was protected from it by a white glow. Being half angel, she could feel another's presence. This one wasn't like the powers she felt residing in Rugal and Dillon, or Tomoya's full status. these were felling that of a new inductee, not very experienced but still angelic powers. Her knee heeled quickly and a voice was in her head. "You'll be fine, just support dillon and help him." she said an left stella's body as a glowing white form, just enough to see the outline of a familiar girl.

The apparition walked though rugal and entered Dillon's body which was somewhere off in the distance.
A pale arm was slipped around the Ego's neck as he played and a kiss planted on his cheek.
"Need help with that melody?" Amaya asked.