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

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Captain's Quarters: Rodem, Kura

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?! YOU ARE TRESPASSING ON PRI-...Oh, Right behind the ears, right behinds the ear, ohhhh yeah..." Rodem thought as all thoughts of trying to tear out her throat and of the intruder faded.
He purred (Or whatever bit cats do instead of purring) as Kura petted him, lying down on his side as she played with him.

Spoiler: Santa Monica

[color=6c1504]"But...I've trained so long...so very long, I gave up so much for power. AND FOR WHAT!? So I can live with a Nicolas Cage lookalike!?"[/color] Bison shouted as Inuart walked off.
[color=6c1504]"At the every least, My master can't see me now..."[/color] He added, revealing a little known fact: He even had a master.
[color=6c1504]"Right...How much do I owe you for the Shampoo?..."[/color]

Inuart meanwhile went outside to clear his head, taking in the warm air of the Los Angeles coast.
He looked around and thats when he saw it: A small window that let light into the basement, since they arrived, that window was emitting the glow of Bruiser's TV, never turning off, never changing.
It was then he realized that Bruiser had been downstairs for nearly a week now.

 

[bluecrimson]

Training Room: Raven, Devon, Edge, Caim, Cutie Bruisers



As Raven ran around the room, Devon created a rather strong countergust to scatter the smoke away. Right after that, Slindis entered the room and Greased the area right in front of Raven right as Melethia loosed a fire-tipped arrow onto the grease to set it ablaze.

Meanwhile, Lupito stalked the halls for any other signs of intruders.

 

[mcpop9]

"See, i'm not so bad." she said petting him. "I don't know if you can understand me, but i'm a friend. I'm not here to hurt anyone, this is just the nicest room." she said petting him some more. "Are we ok Mr. Kitty?" she asked him.

Spoiler: Santa Monica

"It's $10 bucks a bottle. And before you say anything, i know how much of a killing they're making on it, it's ridiculous." Mizune said, then looked at him. "Listen, you ever need to vent, just come talk to me, i got nothing more to do. and if you use my conditioner, i'll castrate you, ok?" the witch asked him.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Rodem

"I am NOT a kitty cat!.....I DIDN'T SAY STOP!" Rodem thought as he nuzzled against the would be intruder.
"....Eh, Master will kill her if he want's her dead..."
And with that, Rodem left Kura to her shower, now with some fur on her hands and legs.
He then stepped out into the hallway and said to Lupito "This Room is clear! I'm going to secure it"
Translation
"I'm going back to sleep."

Spoiler: Santa Monica

[color=c61504]"...Yes...Yes..."[/color] Bison muttered under his breath, a way of saying "No bloody Way!" to Mizune's offer.
[color=c61504]"...Well....Best wash this milk out..."[/color] He then said in the same defeated manner Bruiser usually talks in, not a good sign for Bison's future if he was going down the same path of despair that the Machoke was undergoing.

 

[mcpop9]

Kura stepped into the shower, cleaning herself off and coming out in a robe. "Wow, this fits me well. Must have been My Aunt's." she said and put on her underwear again, then climbed into the bed and passed out in it, sleeping rather softly in the massively fluffy pillows and extravagance of the room.

Spoiler: Santa Monica

"Come on Bison, Look up on the bright side. You're not dead, tomorrow will be a new day with new opportunities and you're living an, albeit moderate and rather bland, but comfortable lifestyle with no worries other than Doom blowing off another prostitute's head because they touched his hidden missile or Wesker going on a drinking binge." she said to him, laying a hand on his back.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Spoiler: Santa Monica

Bison merely shrugged off the Witch before re-entering the bathroom, a notable lack of bad 90's rap singing in the air.
"He'll be alright..." A voice belonging to Wesker said after the Dictator had left.
"You were listening in?"
"He said he was going to quote "Violently Murder" you. I was a bit concerned. While me, Doom, Cortex lived here before, I don't think Bison is used to it yet. Still, he'll get over it sooner or later." He explained before jangling car keys, namely Max's car keys.
"Got a job interview in the city, want to come for the trip? Knowing our luck, something crazy will happen..."

 

[Moros]

Matt walked into the training room carrying two long staffs with tall metal cylinders that were covered in tiny holes at the tops. "I have a better way of getting this assassin but you guys might to get near the door. You don't want to get caught in what I'm about to do," Matt said as he placed the staffs upright in the center of the room.

 

[bluerocker]

Training Room: Raven

Cadolbolg let out a grunt of pain as he was slammed and stomped, something Ton Ton himself could not avoid. With a slight wince, he growled with anger as Raven missed his attack to the legs. After Devon cleared the smokescreen the Ninja tried to pull up; Caim charged in after Raven, the polearm Windsinger taking place instead of the blade he had in his hands a moment ago. With a forward thrust, a sonic blast went Raven's way. Following after it was a bolt of fire from Cadolbolg; and Ton Ton running in behind it.

Shooting Range: David, Teri, Garm

[color=3897E0]

"Commencing scan now..... It appears that in training room 1099, there is an unidentified person combating Users: Caim, Devon, Ton Ton, Cadolbolg, Slindis and Matt. The subject is exhibiting supernatural feats of speed, but otherwise, is not an identified subject. I think these complaints about a lack of a proper security system are becoming increasingly viable... I will need to fix them."

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In the meantime, Garm continued pacing around the passed out Cleric; fulfilling his duty of watchdog to a T.

Spoiler: Santa Monica

After finishing his duties with the trash, Inuart wandered to the door that lead to Bruiser's place of wallowing, and knocked,

"Bruiser? It's Inuart... Are you alright down there? You haven't left this place since we've arrived...."

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Training Room: Raven

Following the removal of his cover and the environment being lit on fire by Slindis and Melethia, Raven was exposed and grounded, forcing him to fight.
The Sonic blast he guarded against, even if it did mean a painful ringing in his ears.
It was then that Cadolbolg sent more fire his way, his deafening preventing him from avoiding it and resulting in him having to discard his top and all the equipment he had in it.
Once he threw it off, he glanced down and saw Ton Ton attempt to stab him, nothing that a few back flips away couldn't fix.

Now for an offensive, as standard for all Strider Operatives, they are given a special self defence device for situations like these.
Pulling out a pair of metal orbs, he said "Formation: Ouroboros: Activate."
On cue, the orbs came to life and started to orbit around him, sending out small laser shots in all directions, making him nigh impossible to physically attack him.
Ranged Weapons and Spells were still an option, but they'd have to be careful to not get hit in the process

Shooting Range: David, Teri, Garm

"Gee...Ya think?..." David snidely answered as Dimitri's scan showed no other intruders.
"Well...That's that then..." He said before taking the room off lockdown.
[color=3897E0]

"Shall I watch over Her Ladyship?"

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"Nah, odds are they'll have it all solved by the time I get there..." He said in a defeatist tone.
[color=3897E0]

"Are you certain?"

[/color]
"Look, just fucking run a simulation and see who wins and get off my back. Caim alone levelled half of DC, one guy who can beat Usain Bolt in a race doesn't really compare."
He then went over to Teri and picked her up, Fireman's carry, before saying "Right, if you are going to bed, at least be out of my hair. Come on, doggie."

Spoiler: Santa Monica

When Inuart knocked, he found the door was open as his knock pushed it open.
Once he was in, He walked into Bruiser's "Room".
It was just an storage room with old arcade sticks and consoles as well as something draped behind a cover.
Bruiser was sitting on a roll-up mat watching a small TV in the corner.
From the way he looked, he hasn't moved/eaten/slept since they got there, his once proud pecs starting to thin away into just bones.
His latest defeat would seem to be his last as he let himself waste away, all while watching actual bodybuilders fight on WWE.

 

[Moros]

Matt stood calmly between the two staffs he set up as he programmed them. He had to dodge a few lasers but that was it. When he was done hundreds of electrified thin steel wires embedded themselves in the wall above the heroes' heads. It looked like a giant steel cobweb had filled the room. What made it evil though was the twin flashbangs that went off above the staffs which Matt was unaffected by.

 

[mcpop9]

Spoiler: Santa Monica

"If there's nothing better to do." Mizune said and changed into a black and white striped dress, something allot more formal than her current attire. She looked serious and quite frankly, strangly beautiful.
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Spoiler: pic of what the dress looks like.

Wesker was actually staring at her, not even realizing he was doing so. "Whats the job for?...

...

...

...

Hello? You paying attention?" Mizune asked him, dragging his attention back up to her face, putting her hat back on to complete the outfit, and the hat strangely fitting and working with the outfit.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Spoiler: Santa Monica

Wesker was indeed distracted for a moment by Mizune's appearance.
"...When...Did you get that dress?...Did you always have that?...Even at AIM?" He asked as he examined the dress.
"So you like it then?"
"No, I'm just wondering why you didn't wear this instead of that cardboard box cut out ensemble you usually wear." He said before he went off to get changed, leaving Mizune to process what he just said.

A few minutes later, Wesker was down in one of his older outfits, being rather over-dressed for a Sanitation Officer Position.
"MAX! Me and Mizune are taking the car! See you in a few hours." He shouted as he went out the door, ignoring any possible protests.
Getting in the drivers said and starting it up, He honked on the horn for Mizune to get in.
Have no idea how she's going to fit in that hat of hers...

 

[bluecrimson]

Training Room: Raven

As soon as Devon saw his chance, he motioned to the others to give a bit of space as he took a rather deep breath. [HEADING=3]"STOP!"[/HEADING]

 Devon casts Shout! [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/shout.htm]

Next Level 4 Spell: 12 seconds

If Raven had thought the sonic blast from before had been loud, he would be blown away by this spell. It was so loud that he couldn't hear much of anything. That combined with the shattering of his glasses made it harder to counterattack, although he could feel the small shockwaves from a number of the Ouroboros failing and exploding. The others got in a few shots in, though, and Devon would be feeling them in the morning. Thanks to him closing his eyes when he Shouted, the Flashbang wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been.
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Slindis saw her chance and gathered her Ki, then blasted the man with a single well-aimed Hadoken. Even if it didn't hit Raven, it would take out one of the Ouroboros. If it hit Raven, though, the blast had a good amount of force behind it. She was also stunned a bit by the Flashbangs, but she recovered rather quickly.
[hr]
And finally, Melethia removed a grate that had a good line of sight on the area and nocked a few arrows as she started raining down a hail of arrows on Raven in between a gap of the net Matt had set up earlier. It took a good deal of focus, but she certainly had the arrows to spare. The Flashbang hit her left eye fairly well, but she switched over to the right eye as she continued firing.

Melethia used Manyshot! Granted by taking 6 levels in Ranger, this feat allows Melethia to fire multiple arrows with every bow attack he makes for the next 20 seconds.

he number of arrows depend on the character's base attack bonus: +12 means three arrows per attack. So Melethia just fired 12 arrows in 6 seconds.

 

[bluerocker]

Training Room: Raven

Using the opportunity bought by several of their allies, Ton Ton and Cadolbolg sped in after Raven; fire balls being shot at whatever remained of the Ouroboros before the Tonberry leaped from his companion's back; the knife flashing as it readied itself to stick into the flesh of their assailant.

Caim, on the other hand, was equally dazed by the flashbangs that went off, and readied himself in case something tried to take advantage of his state.

David, Garm, Teri

As David carried Teri along, Garm following close by with two watchful eyes, he heard the girl mutter, [color=0E59E4][small]"Can we have steak again?"[/small][/color]

Yes sir, Mr. West, you've got a sleep talker on your hands. Better get used to it.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Training Room: Raven

After being blinded by both Matt's flashbangs and Devon's shout breaking his glasses, Raven was left wide open to attack from basically everywhere.
The duo of Ouroboros droids were taken offline with a vengeance by the efforts of Slindis and Cadolbolg as Arrows rained down from above.
This combination attack followed by Ton Ton's pounce resulted in the would-be assassin falling back on the net and getting entangled as Ton Ton had the knife to his throat.
After a few attempts to free himself, it became clear to him that this mission was a failure, much like his CO.
Dammit Hien... He thought as he did nothing or said nothing, mentally bracing himself for a interrogation

David, Garm, Teri

David rolled his eyes at this girl.
"Sleeps though gunfires AND talks in her sleep. What's CAN'T she do?..." He wondered out loud as Garm whined.
"Just saying Garm, don't you get sick of how fucking weird this damn world is? And this is the LEAST weird thing she does. I mean, how lets themselves be adopted by a Lord of the Rings Character and one of the worst fucking human beings on the planet?..."
....
"...And I talk to animals now...I swear, you start talking back, I'm just going to say "fuck it, I'm done" and jump out the airlock."
...
"...Good, I thought I was Doctor Dolittle for a moment there."
After some trial and error, he managed to find Teri's room.

 

[bluecrimson]

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Training Room: Raven

Melethia made her way through the vents to get to her room, seeing that the situation had been handled - but not without setting small traps in them along the way. With how extensive the setup was in here, not having any defenses here would be foolish. Said setup had distinct types for each area with different smells. That should work. They have to get caught in it, of course, but if they trip one, the scents should tell me in the future where the attackers are coming from.

Back in the room, Slindis removed Raven's weapons through the gaps of the net to prevent an armed attack on the others. Due to the fact that only one had come in, there was one of two scenarios that first came to mind. The first one could be that the Striders had complete faith in the man sent here, and thus did not have to send any more. Unfortunately, that didn't mesh well from what she'd picked up from seeing the others training while she had sparred with Kazuya. She'd overheard the talks about the other lower-ranking Striders being reasonably paranoid about how the crew had been able to move as one. She had seen Kazuya fairly effortlessly spar against a pair of the newest Striders. The rank and file for them, while quite good, didn't have much of a chance against the whole crew at once. They would want more than one man to attack the ship, and the assailant had that Strider training of deception.

And the relatively weak planning of the attack here tied in with the second scenario. If this had been from the entirety of the group, the Striders could have gone after far more than just trying to kill the people at random. Khyber, why didn't they try to take out the power supplies or cripple the ship in some other way? She'd seen that in the Space Battle with the Corrupted Fleet, and it would have caused an incredible amount of damage. There was the clear lack of planning, and considering the Strider's methodical nature (From what she'd seen on their carrier, at least) it did not mesh at all. There was something brewing in the Striders' ranks to make them follow through with such rash and impulsive behaviors, and she did not like the feeling of it. [color=c20000]"Which one sent you? I'd rather not have to extract it from you, but we will find out when the night's through."[/color]

Devon was finally able to cool down, and he checked up on the Cutie Bruisers as he lowered the alert on the ring. Man, if I can see those guys that made these rings again, I'll buy them a drink. Just saved our asses back there, after all!

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Training Room: Raven

"....."
Raven didn't answer, rule of any interrogation: Keep your mouth shut.
All she had was theories (Or so he thought) so he had nothing to worry about.
The only think he really noted was Jenny looking on from the background, silently cursing herself for letting this happen.
Taking a deep breath, he laid back and relaxed and awaited whatever tortures they had in mind.

Training Room: Rugal, Jenny

Rugal took a more hands on approach, grabbing the assassin's throat and choking him.
"How much do I need to hurt you? Striders, Talk!" He demanded, Raven not talking
"...I can keep you alive, but I can ensure that you won't want to live..."
Still nothing.
"Right, what limb do you like most: Your Arm or your Leg?" He said as he brought up his slashing aura...

Jenny could only watch the mess she'd caused unfold infront of her and silently slipped away and she tried to figure out how to fix this mess.

 

[bluerocker]

Training Room: Raven

Caim kept his hands ready on his familial blade (having swapped back to it in the lull), and pointed at Raven; acknowledging the ninja as he had before he got a mechanical voice box of sorts,

"Don't go lying on us and say Hiryu sent you. You may be a Strider, but you're an idiot; pulling the attack in the way you did. If he REALLY wanted us dead, you'd have known how to kill us properly.

Not to mention my sister is working under him. She'd have warned me ahead of time if something was afoot."

As he 'said' all of this, Ton Ton 'sent' a similar message, his knife still trained carefully at Raven's jugular, [color=15650D]"I am fine, Mr. Devon, thank you. The Daemons have thrown out worse abuse. But your assessment is a true one. I'd like to shake the hand of whoever invented these. They've been very handy."[/color]

Cadolbolg flew over and landed on Devon's shoulder this time, being that the business of a possibly rogue Strider was still in the room and the baby turtle dragon didn't want to reduce Devon's visibility. Still, even after being stomped he didn't look too terribly harmed. Such was the resilience of pact partners, it seemed. However, he seemed to be a bit deflated, in a manner that almost resembled embarrassment....

[small]"I barely helped at all, Friend Devon... Friend Ton Ton seems to have this much more under control."[/small]

Teri's Room

Garm lightly tapped David's hand with his nose, a gesture of empathy only a canine could do just right, and listened quietly to the ramblings of his Pup, as well as the grievances of the Irish soldier. As he muttered complaints, Teri's brow furrowed almost emphatically, and her ramblings became more rushed, but equally incoherent.

[color=0E59E4][small]"Red suits you... My eyes aren't green like your's.... You're not supposed to cut your beard till I graduate, remember?"[/small][/color]

As she said all this, David saw a flickering on the Tablet strapped to the girl's side, and a stream of images began flowing on the screen, finally stopping on a group picture of several individuals, one half of them distinctly taller than the other. In the middle, stood what appeared to be the 'heads' of this grouping, a tall man with an imposing, but friendly stature and a bushy grey beard. Next to him, with an arm around her shoulder, was a much shorter woman with copper colored hair and vibrant eyes that seemed to border on the line between green and blue. The rest of the group was an eclectic mix of statures, hair and eye colors; almost as if the taller and shorter members were from entirely families. To the right of the copper haired woman, David could see one familiar element in the mix. Her hair style was different, and she looked a tad younger, but there was no mistaking the smile that was in the photo. It was the Cleric in question that was dreaming before him.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Training Room: Raven

"....."
Though it all, Raven said nothing, not even a grunt of pain, though he was suprised how quickly they caught onto the fact this wasn't an official mission.

Teri's Room

"....This must be her....Ah..This isn't weird at all..." David remarked as he tucked the Cleric into bed before watching her thoughts unfold.
She recalled Family outings, her birthdays, holidays as he watched on.
"So this is a Pay Per View of her head?...And she doesn't password protect it? Hell, not even a 1234? Man..." He said as he began to flick though her thoughts like a boy with a girls diary.

 

[Moros]

Matt walked up to where everyone was at with his gun drawn. Instead of asking any questions he simply fired his gun and put a bullet in one of the Strider's legs. This made everyone stop talking and look at him. "So tell me Strider, who sent you and why? Every minute you don't answer I put another bullet in one of your limbs," Matt said in a calm voice.