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Ana stepped forward.
"Alright folks, the crazy train is about to depart. Anybody who wants to go do something really potentially stupid meet up at the door!"
She stood waiting for others.
"Alright folks, the crazy train is about to depart. Anybody who wants to go do something really potentially stupid meet up at the door!"
She stood waiting for others.
avouleance2nd said:
[hr]Hussmann54 said:
Vanessa blinked a bit as she listened to the golden haired, pointy eared woman. [color=666666] "I'm sorry but... I've got little to no clue... Maybe you've become an elf or something to that effect, if the pointy ears and golden hair are anything to go off of... As for starting... I--" [/color] She stopped midway once Ana called for people to start leaving. [color=666666] "...Maybe going on a little treasure hunting trip will help with that? Just sitting around this bar talking might not help... Either way, I'm headed off, maybe you could come along too?" [/color]
As she asked, the woman got up and walked over toward Ana, giving her a small nod. [color=666666] "I'm ready when you are." [/color] She looked back to the others in the bar and scratched her head a bit. [color=666666] "...I'm not sure many others are going to follow suit..." [/color]
Ana nodded to Vanessa.DotSlash said:
"Then I suppose this is it then hmmm?"
She turned, raising her voice so Nic could hear from the crowded bar. "If anyone asks, point them in this direction."
Nic gave a nod. "Be good."
Ana opened the door and She stepped through, Vanessa (and any others who chose to go following.
The void whirred by in a flash of colors. Time itself played by odd rules. At moments they felt as though they were actually going backwards... or even sideways...
Stars, galaxies, universes, even entire realms of existence passed them by as they seemed to float through the very notion of matter. In an almost liquid air atmosphere, they could feel sights, taste sounds.
The pull slowed down. In the blank space things changed. Now they looked around as everything was still. No commotion. A single image seemed to hand in mid air. Ana walked up to it and examined it. A smiling pair of young boys, no older than ten, geared up for little league baseball. The big game on a bright shining day with only a single small cloud to block the sun. As Ana turned around, the group stood in a small room.
A layer of dust covered much of the room, so thick that a sneeze could very well stir up a storm. Olive green walls with peeling paint gave way to wooden wall frames. The desk was flipped on its side, this looked to be an office. Papers littered the ground with some financial reports of some big business. Whatever they might have said, it was clear that things had gone down hill here and in a hurry.
"This is an asbestos lawsuit just waiting to happen..." Ana said swiping a finger across a cabinet and examining it.
"I say, never too old to learn new moves! Lead the way, and we'll discuss how to handle it while we fight!"Knife-28 said:
Thus imbued with whiskey, the men would be heading downstairs to beat the snot out of each other.
[hr]Hussmann54 said:
As Vanessa stepped through the doorway and was pulled through the void, her eyes widened at the myriad of odd feelings she was now going through. Shifting through time and space felt damn weird.... though at some point she began to figure that weird wasn't something she was opposed to. The lights, sights and feelings carried over until she somehow realized they'd stopped moving and had landed in the office. Slowly bringing herself back to reality and finding her feet on the ground, she looked around the dusty area, instinctively raising a sleeve to her nostrils. [color=666666] "Good thing whoever was here bailed before they could get sued then, huh?" [/color] She said with a weak chuckle as she looked around the area for anything of interest.
Seeing the two men heading down to the training room, Youmu took the opportunity to follow them. She was reasonably drunk as well by this point, so if she decided to get involved, there wouldn't be any problem with going too hard.FalloutJack said:
{{ my computer is screwing up and not letting me put ooc spoilers in stuff. So basically post apocalyptic London. While it isn't the fallout universe, for visual purposes it kinda is}}
After a moment more of looking at the room. Ana walked to the door. She turned the knob and with a metallic snap, it broke off completely.
"Well...." She examined it for a moment, then tossed it aside. "Thats... nice.."
She gave the door a little push, it slowly cheeped open. Ana gasped and cupped a hand over her mouth. Expecting to see the inside of a ruddy office building, it instead opened to a view of London. The building looked as if a bomb had hit it and taken off most of the side of it. London looked desolate, a state of decay hung over the land. Cars in the middle of the street. The Thames was dried up, buildings reduced to rubble.
"What happened here?"
After a moment more of looking at the room. Ana walked to the door. She turned the knob and with a metallic snap, it broke off completely.
"Well...." She examined it for a moment, then tossed it aside. "Thats... nice.."
She gave the door a little push, it slowly cheeped open. Ana gasped and cupped a hand over her mouth. Expecting to see the inside of a ruddy office building, it instead opened to a view of London. The building looked as if a bomb had hit it and taken off most of the side of it. London looked desolate, a state of decay hung over the land. Cars in the middle of the street. The Thames was dried up, buildings reduced to rubble.
"What happened here?"
So basically post apocalyptic London. While it isn't the fallout universe, for visual purposes it kinda is.
As Ana led the way, Vanessa followed suit, stepping carefully as she did. Once she caught up and noticed Ana gasping, she raised an eyebrow. [color=666666] "What happ--" [/color] Then her eyes took in the ruined landscape and her eyes widened. [color=666666] "...Oh god... Are you sure you travelled to the right place on that map?" [/color]Hussmann54 said:
She shivered a small bit as she looked around. [color=666666] ...It's like a bomb went off...and then everyone bailed at the same time... I'm starting to regret this a little bit... [/color]
Down and down the two men went, with their tagalong following closely behind. Eventually they came to a door that Knife opened, revealing a darkened room consumed by shadows. The singular oasis of light was a surprisingly clean boxing ring in the center of the room, lit by a single naked bulb.FalloutJack said:
"Huh, that can't be right." Knife muttered as he felt his way along the leftside of the wall. After walking about two meters he stopped and hit his fist on the wall. With the wirr of distant generators row after row of lights blinked on overhead, revealing a cavernous hanger-sized space filled with not only training equipment, but arenas, training dummies, jungle gyms and all manner of constructions to fight on.
"So, shall we?" Knife said, waving a hand towards the boxing ring in the center of the room.
"This can't be right. Can it?"DotSlash said:
Ana peered down towards the street from over rows of blown out floors. Cars littered the road.
"This shouldn't be here... I mean..."
She stopped for a moment. "I don't know if we are in the right place..."
She pulled the map out of her pocket and began to unfold it on the ground.
"This map..."She drew her finger across its surface till it reached the edge. A copyright mark and some other pieces of information ran flush with one side.
"... was printed in local time 1978, but..."
She ran back into the office and looked around the desk. After rifling through some items strewn on the ground she pulled up a large desk calendar.
"... this says the last recorded date was 1957..."
[color=666666] "Then... maybe the mark wasn't meant for people to go to it... but to stay away from it?" [/color] Vanessa said, putting a hand to her chin, though she was still clearly unnerved. [color=666666] "...Provided this map's time wasn't misprinted." [/color]Hussmann54 said:
She continued thinking on it for a moment longer before looking back up to Ana. [color=666666] "....What if this map isn't for this world, but another one...? I remember you saying that it would be a London I wouldn't I have known about... so maybe there's more than just this one..." [/color]
Ana looked over the map. "Maybe. But we can't be sure. Lets take a look around." She looked for a moment before spotting a flight of stairs. It creaked and a few bent under even her light weight, but held up.DotSlash said:
"Have you been around many other worlds like this?"
Seeing the room expanding out in front of her, Youmu almost entirely forgot about the two men she'd followed down. She was awestruck at the sheer scale of the room, and could have stared at it forever if Knife hadn't spoken again. The duel was probably going to start pretty soon, so she merely took the time to dash across to another part of the room, pick up a bokken and return.Knife-28 said:
"I'll take the winner," she called to the others, testing the weight of the wooden katana (and her inebriation) by slicing it through the air a few times. "If you don't mind me taking this along. I feel naked without a sword."
[color=666666] "...I've only been in one that's been in such a state of disarray..." [/color] The fedora girl replied as she stepped carefully after Ana. Her voice shook a small bit with each step. [color=666666] "It was a messy, dusty place where almost everywhere looked like a tornado had ripped it open. Bandits and power-hungry corporations ran amok, looting and killing. Needless to say, I was happy to get out of there." [/color]Hussmann54 said:
Coughing a bit as dust was kicked up, she looked around. [color=666666] "....I'm guessing you've been in a world like this too?" [/color]
"Just one. Me and Nic found it. Nice place. People seemed... different."DotSlash said:
As they reached the street, she continued.
"I think maybe people were purer souls. They were just kinder, more honest. The world spun on and on and it seemed smoother."
She approached a building." If this map is right, the first library should be on the other side of this place..." She kicked the door, breaking it off its hinges.
"When we found it, we were lost. We didn't know where we were or how to get back. We were lost and alone. We thought surely this would be a tough place to survive. But the people here welcomed us with open arms. Gave us food shelter and directions. It was paradise. We were sad to leave it."
They proceeded through the factory floor. The sun shined through the large sets of paneled windows letting in large amounts of natural light, which flooded the assembly room. Items still sat on the conveyor belts. Half completed mechanical parts, bins of screws, bolts, metal rods and assorted items.
"We always wanted to go back. But when we did..... We found a different world entirely."
The massive room could easily fit whole other buildings inside it. Her voice gave a small echo.
"The leaders failed to keep the peace. They let loose their cannons and brought their fire from the sky. Those people didn't deserve what happened to them. An entire world filled almost completely with good souls and peaceful hearts gone wrong, because the people make a simple mistake of letting those who didn't deserve to rule do so. They were deceived and angry men were given the control. They abused it. The world never recovered."
She came to a door on the far side.It was heavy and made of steel. "There should be other exits. Lets check around."
After a moment she continued. "Me and Nic felt a certain sort of grief, mixed with some guilt. We assumed bad people were there, we just underestimated them and thought they would never be able to do what they did. So we left the world as we found it. We thought we were making the right choice. To be honest, we could have stopped it and save and entire race from obliteration..."
She stopped for a moment and sat down to rest her legs. "I guess the down side to near immortality is plenty of opportunities to make mistakes." She sighed, but smiled. "Anyways..." She seemed to cheer up a little. "You probably dont want to hear some old gasbag like me ramble on. I suppo-"
She was cut off by a gunshot. She jumped up and scrambled for cover. Another shot rang out, the bullet giving a metallic ping against one of the great steel machines.
"So.. we aren't alone..."
As the two women walked, Vanessa was listening intently to what Ana was saying, thoughts and questions slowly beginning to form as they walked. As the red-haired woman continued, the questions continued to build and build while Vanessa fought the urge to brazenly interrupt to get one out. However, at the sound of the gunshot clanking against metal, the sea of questions suddenly disappeared.Hussmann54 said:
Looking over toward Ana, she nodded and whispered. [color=666666] "...Actually, I'd love to hear more about it... but we'll need to get out of here first..." [/color] She slid into cover and then slowly moved toward the other end of it, her labcoat and side of her pants coated with some dust from the floor. Suddenly, the woman's eyes changed color to a vibrant red as she looked. The form of anything living within a 10 yard radius of her would light up neon blue in her vision while the rest of the world would look like a game of Atari Battlezone.
[color=666666] "...I'd hate to ask this, but do you think we might be able to try to talk to these people and figure out what happened here? They might not be hostile..." [/color] She suggested, looking back to Ana momentarily as she processed the information her sight had given her.
Ana looked across to Vanessa.DotSlash said:
"Agreed." She nodded.
Another shot punctured the silence. From the rafters a voice called out. It was muffled slightly, but still discernible.
"State your name and your business!"
"Anastasia Romanoevsky. We are lost." She could barely hear the sound of another gun being loaded. The pointed with two fingers and mouthed to Vanessa "two of them."
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Meanwhile back at the ranch...
Nic didn't know how it had happened, but a pack of pub goers had gone down to the sparring room to watch, chairs were set up around the ring. He dragged down a few kegs and set them up behind the counter near the weapon racks. Suddenly a figure walked in among the crowd.Knife-28 said:
Victor Sweet A.K.A. "Sweet tooth" was a loansharking pimp and was about as vibrant in his personal "style" as one in that could be.
"Nicolaus Kin! Holy shit son!" He was garbed in a white pimp suit, complete with hat and cane. His cape was white mink.
Nic replied in a similar fashion. He knew how to speak the lingo. "Sweet! You shifty cat!"
"I just figured I would swing by and see what was on the happy-hap. The flo still here?"
"You know what it is brotha!"
"Good, I am parched." He proceeded to pull a massive silver chalice seemingly from out of nowhere.
"Try not to drown it. I need to give the honnies a fighting chance."
Kin took it and began to fill it.
"So what is going down over here?"
"Well..." Kin replied.... "I started the bar up with Ana, and I think we might have accidentally started a fight club."
"No shit?...."
As Nicolaus came down carrying the chairs and kegs, and was followed by someone Youmu had never seen anyone like, she started to wonder just how connected the bar was. She was so distracted that she barely managed to catch herself from striking Victor in the neck. "Oh, sorry..." she mumbled, intimidated by his style and lingo. "Didn't see you come in. I'm, uh..." She trailed off and started walking away, hoping that she'd be able to just go.Hussmann54 said:
As she turned around, though, she bumped into Yuyuko, who seemed to be smiling at the strange man. [color=3D8EBA]"Don'chu worry 'bout Youmu here,"[/color] she said quickly. [color=3D8EBA]"Not so good with the new folks, y'know. Oh, name's Yuyuko."[/color] Youmu just stared as her mistress fell into the same strange dialect, then shook her head quickly and shifted away to continue swinging her bokken at the air.