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OOC: because he can!
John raised another shield of rock but this time started punching, kicking and elbowing which sent a lot of rocks the size of a normal hand flying at the meta
John raised another shield of rock but this time started punching, kicking and elbowing which sent a lot of rocks the size of a normal hand flying at the meta
<color=blue>"Indeed it has been. Our friendship has been our most valuable item. We've been through a long journey, and we couldn't have done it without it. Our companionship has always reminded us of what we symbolize in the universe. And why the universe functions the way it does."
<color=purple>"James, don't let our histories limit you. But while we're on the subject. Can you tell us a little bit about what you can do? And who you are?"
<color=purple>"James, don't let our histories limit you. But while we're on the subject. Can you tell us a little bit about what you can do? And who you are?"
James was about to point out his focus on the personal relationship as sisters rather than as forces. But when Gwen asked to hear a report on his own abilities he almost unconsciously straightened his back and shoulders as though at inspection.
"I'm a special forces operative tasked with the containment and extermination of undead personnel and quarantine of a cleared area." He said clearly and officially. "I'm trained for long range sniping and mid range combat with personal assault weapons and sidearms. I only have my Glock 18C with me. I've also been biologically modified with genetic and viral manipulation, providing me with greatly increased strength and reaction times, as well as an accelerated healing factor. Aside from my armament and specialised modification, I'm a second Dan black belt in Shotokan karate and have been trained in CQC under international instructors." Finishing his report, he grinned again.
"I guess apart from the virus, I'm basically just a soldier. But I'm a damned good one."
"I'm a special forces operative tasked with the containment and extermination of undead personnel and quarantine of a cleared area." He said clearly and officially. "I'm trained for long range sniping and mid range combat with personal assault weapons and sidearms. I only have my Glock 18C with me. I've also been biologically modified with genetic and viral manipulation, providing me with greatly increased strength and reaction times, as well as an accelerated healing factor. Aside from my armament and specialised modification, I'm a second Dan black belt in Shotokan karate and have been trained in CQC under international instructors." Finishing his report, he grinned again.
"I guess apart from the virus, I'm basically just a soldier. But I'm a damned good one."
Carmen flew to the side once again as Drom's body flew toward her. As the Meta shot at her, she managed to block the shots with her barrier. It fizzled but managed to stay somewhat stable afterward. Noting the Meta going for his bruteshot again, she took the chance to send a tornado toward Meta as she flew over toward one of the shell shocked guards.
She calmly embraced one and gave him a long kiss. As all succubi can do, that guard became her slave, his want of her outweighing his fear. It began to walk toward the connector as Carmen got ready to protect him as necessary, recharging her barrier a bit.
She calmly embraced one and gave him a long kiss. As all succubi can do, that guard became her slave, his want of her outweighing his fear. It began to walk toward the connector as Carmen got ready to protect him as necessary, recharging her barrier a bit.
Dromaeus's body crashed to the ground in a smear of blood, his weapons clattering away from his broken body. Alone, he drew in one breath, then another, a deep rattle in his throat with each inhalation. He reached out slowly with one hand, dug it into the ground and dragged himself forward, towards the Meta, leaving a crimson streak behind him. Three times he carried out this laboured crawl, before slumping down and his head falling to one side, his eyes glazed and his jaws slightly apart, blood dripping between his teeth. He didn't move any further.
<color=blue>"It sounds like you're a jack-of-all-trades. Karate, healing, genetics, sniping, melee combat... It sounds like you've been through a sizable amount of experience yourself. I felt hesitant at first to ask you about this. Thought this might be a sensitive subject."
<color=purple>"Undead? Was this a part of the aforementioned apocalypse you spoke of earlier? Were these legit corpses that came back from the grave? How did this happen?"
<color=purple>"Undead? Was this a part of the aforementioned apocalypse you spoke of earlier? Were these legit corpses that came back from the grave? How did this happen?"
The Meta ground-pounded, activating his bubble shield. The rocks and tornado would be held off, as the Meta ran out on the other side and took his bruteshot. Turning to face the others, he waited for the sight to clear.
The guard acted precisely as Carmen would expect, though something of a designflaw in his armour led to bleedings in... The lower area.
The guard acted precisely as Carmen would expect, though something of a designflaw in his armour led to bleedings in... The lower area.
"Well, the karate, healing and genetic modification all come together very nicely. Up close I'm too fast for a human to react to, and I can deliver massive trauma with strikes that a normal human could only do light damage with. But yeah, I'm the product of a war that left nowhere on our planet safe. When your life is lived in an environment where most humans wouldn't make it for long... it changes you. It changes you a lot." James said in a flat voice, not particularly meeting EMily's gaze. When Gwen spoke he turned to her and some animation returned to his voice and expression.
"That was it. They didn't come back from the grave exactly. It was a virus that was spread through fluid contact. Only a living creature could catch it. But it spread very easily. Once you had it you were screwed. It had a 100% rate of lethality, and the smallest drop of blood could infect you. The same virus is what was used to enhance me. It was already there. They just found that I was immune, and did... shit, I don't know. Sciency stuff, to change its effect on me."
"That was it. They didn't come back from the grave exactly. It was a virus that was spread through fluid contact. Only a living creature could catch it. But it spread very easily. Once you had it you were screwed. It had a 100% rate of lethality, and the smallest drop of blood could infect you. The same virus is what was used to enhance me. It was already there. They just found that I was immune, and did... shit, I don't know. Sciency stuff, to change its effect on me."
Carmen facepalmed a bit as she noticed the guard bleeding from... down there.
She handed the guard the chip as she continued to charge her barrier to protect him as he began to work. [color=bb0066] C'mon... just a little more time... [/color] She sent out another shot of Violence toward the Meta, hoping he wasn't prepared for it.
She handed the guard the chip as she continued to charge her barrier to protect him as he began to work. [color=bb0066] C'mon... just a little more time... [/color] She sent out another shot of Violence toward the Meta, hoping he wasn't prepared for it.
OOC: @Random. You know what board game you should play? Pandemic. It's like RISK but you work with other players to defeat an infection across the globe.
EMily chuckled at the use of the word 'sciency'. <color=blue>"In every group of individuals of a population, there's always at least one that's immune to a commonly fatal disease. Do you think there's an end in sight to this spread?"
Gwen looked up at the screen. <color=purple>Dang. I was kinda hoping that lizard man would make it. I'll have to ask him what it's like through that regeneration thing.
EMily chuckled at the use of the word 'sciency'. <color=blue>"In every group of individuals of a population, there's always at least one that's immune to a commonly fatal disease. Do you think there's an end in sight to this spread?"
Gwen looked up at the screen. <color=purple>Dang. I was kinda hoping that lizard man would make it. I'll have to ask him what it's like through that regeneration thing.
@Berk:i'm nick your guy's sword for a bit
John stepped infront of the wall "I've had enough of this! HEY YOU COME DOWN!!!" he said picking up Dromaeus's sword "face me like a man Meta if there any of one left in you" he said to The Meta trying to provoke him
John stepped infront of the wall "I've had enough of this! HEY YOU COME DOWN!!!" he said picking up Dromaeus's sword "face me like a man Meta if there any of one left in you" he said to The Meta trying to provoke him
"Yeah, we were getting there before I ended up here. For the first three years the dead were unchallenged. People just tried to survive as best they could, and only a small percentage succeeded. I was among the relatively few to make it. When I found that the turning point had been reached and that world's governments were pooling their forces, using tactics proven to be effective, I signed up. I'd already had more than enough experience facing the undead with my family and our group, and our last stand left me with the kind of infection that the government's scientists wanted to experiment on. We began taking back selected areas, securing footholds, and then spreading out. Systematically exterminating the dead whereever we went and securing perimeters to move the supply lines up before pressing on again. That's what I was doing in Brazil, taking part in a sweep to eradicate any ghouls lost in the forest so they couldn't find their way out in a decade and attack anyone they came across. There were still a lot of them, and the world's culture will always be a lot more militaristic against such things in future, but we were getting there.
OOC: @Slenn Sounds like an interesting one. I never really play board games any more though.
OOC: @Slenn Sounds like an interesting one. I never really play board games any more though.
@Random. It's pretty cool. Although it's not the best board game I've played, since it's pretty short. Board games and card games are all graduate students in my class play nowadays.
EMily was actually quite charmed by his story. Her eyes dimmed down, but her smile gave the impression that she was delighted.
<color=blue>"Such stories always remind me how progressive and devoted humans can be towards a cause. We can be so destructive if we fall back to reptilian thoughts. But we can also learn from our mistakes, set aside our differences, and save the common health of the planet."
EMily was actually quite charmed by his story. Her eyes dimmed down, but her smile gave the impression that she was delighted.
<color=blue>"Such stories always remind me how progressive and devoted humans can be towards a cause. We can be so destructive if we fall back to reptilian thoughts. But we can also learn from our mistakes, set aside our differences, and save the common health of the planet."
OOC: @Slenn Me, I'll hang onto my 360 just a bit longer. Don't know if I'll replace it in the end though.
Wow, it'll feel weird to no longer be a gamer, if that really does happen.
James knew that his story would likely not have a happy ending. Though the war would end in victory for humanity, so much culture and technology had been lost with its people that the world would never be the same. So many people had lost everything they held dear that they didn't know what they would even do when the fighting ended once and for all. He personally knew plenty of soldiers who had made the decision not to carry on at all once peace came about again. He wasn't sure how he would choose in that matter himself, or even if he would be allowed to survive as a carrier of the virus. But he could see that his words had had an uplifting effect on EMily. He had always been a ladies man in his late teens and early twenties and her smile pleased him, and this allowed him to produce a convincing smile of his own for her.
"It'll be hard even after the war ends, make no mistake. But the fact that we won at all does show that humanity is worth something."
Wow, it'll feel weird to no longer be a gamer, if that really does happen.
James knew that his story would likely not have a happy ending. Though the war would end in victory for humanity, so much culture and technology had been lost with its people that the world would never be the same. So many people had lost everything they held dear that they didn't know what they would even do when the fighting ended once and for all. He personally knew plenty of soldiers who had made the decision not to carry on at all once peace came about again. He wasn't sure how he would choose in that matter himself, or even if he would be allowed to survive as a carrier of the virus. But he could see that his words had had an uplifting effect on EMily. He had always been a ladies man in his late teens and early twenties and her smile pleased him, and this allowed him to produce a convincing smile of his own for her.
"It'll be hard even after the war ends, make no mistake. But the fact that we won at all does show that humanity is worth something."
OOC: "He had always been a ladies man in his late teens and early twenties, and this allowed him to produce a convincing smile for her." Somehow that made me chuckle. XD.
<color=blue>"Indeed it is James. And I have no doubt that it will be a hard ride getting back on their feet, as any global catastrophie has shown. But I'm sure, even humanity is good at recovering. Civilizations are often like that. They value life. Sometimes, you'll find that... life is hard to kill."
<color=blue>"Indeed it is James. And I have no doubt that it will be a hard ride getting back on their feet, as any global catastrophie has shown. But I'm sure, even humanity is good at recovering. Civilizations are often like that. They value life. Sometimes, you'll find that... life is hard to kill."
James nodded, maintaining the facade of optimism despite his doubts.
"Yeah... the dead won't inherit the planet. Life will continue. Maybe even humanity will, but I don't know. I'd like to think I won't be around to see what happens in the global scale. It'll take a long time for humanity to bounce back or die, whichever way it goes." He went to the bar and pulled another bottle from beneath the counter.
"How about we drop the discussion of the war?" He suggested gently. "It pays not to think about that stuff all the time."
OOC: @Slenn Heh, James was always supposed to be a fairly shallow, light character. A regular lad who would joke and flirt and do all that stuff. That side of him just seems to keep getting lost in the apocalyptic survivor's state of mind.
"Yeah... the dead won't inherit the planet. Life will continue. Maybe even humanity will, but I don't know. I'd like to think I won't be around to see what happens in the global scale. It'll take a long time for humanity to bounce back or die, whichever way it goes." He went to the bar and pulled another bottle from beneath the counter.
"How about we drop the discussion of the war?" He suggested gently. "It pays not to think about that stuff all the time."
OOC: @Slenn Heh, James was always supposed to be a fairly shallow, light character. A regular lad who would joke and flirt and do all that stuff. That side of him just seems to keep getting lost in the apocalyptic survivor's state of mind.
<color=blue>"Oh, I'm more than happy to." She giggled.
<color=purple>"Actually, is there any sake?"
EMily's face lit up at the suggestion.
<color=blue>"Oh yes! Please, give me a small glass. It's the one hard liquor I really love. So sharp but yet so silky."
<color=purple>"Actually, is there any sake?"
EMily's face lit up at the suggestion.
<color=blue>"Oh yes! Please, give me a small glass. It's the one hard liquor I really love. So sharp but yet so silky."