We Are Our Avatars V (Closed)
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Archimedes had longer to react this time and flew in the air out of the bullets way. "How dare you sir! You have insulted my family's honor by thinking this advanced piece of weaponry can be destroyed by your gun! I call upon you a duel of melee weapons. First one to die loses!" He than turned towards the pilot of the Warhammer "Just a second I got something to take care of"
@Bryce: [color=01B7FF]"That itself probably says quite a bit when a trained killer is more perturbed by death than the company she keeps, zam."[/color]
[color=01B7FF]"Do you really think that's a good idea, zam? We're in a crowded area, zam! A fight here is bound to have some unnecessary collateral damage, zam."[/color] Yukimaru protested to Blondie, though she cursed his propensity for walking off before someone could reply to him. She thought about the prospect some more and sighed. [color=01B7FF]"I suppose if we removed the guards then plenty more people could board and have a chance of escaping alive, zam."[/color] She found herself a position on a nearby rooftop, so at least if she was shot at it wouldn't threaten anyone else.
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"O-Okay..." Rozalin replied to Eve, clearly somewhat nervous about the prospect of hugging some random person who she didn't even know. Regardless, she desperately wanted the child to stop crying, so she knelt down and hugged the sister of the orphaned pair. "I-It is alright now. Please stop crying." She said to the girl.
[color=01B7FF]"Do you really think that's a good idea, zam? We're in a crowded area, zam! A fight here is bound to have some unnecessary collateral damage, zam."[/color] Yukimaru protested to Blondie, though she cursed his propensity for walking off before someone could reply to him. She thought about the prospect some more and sighed. [color=01B7FF]"I suppose if we removed the guards then plenty more people could board and have a chance of escaping alive, zam."[/color] She found herself a position on a nearby rooftop, so at least if she was shot at it wouldn't threaten anyone else.
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"O-Okay..." Rozalin replied to Eve, clearly somewhat nervous about the prospect of hugging some random person who she didn't even know. Regardless, she desperately wanted the child to stop crying, so she knelt down and hugged the sister of the orphaned pair. "I-It is alright now. Please stop crying." She said to the girl.
Blondie had second thoughts and went into the WH.
Royce tried to get everyone to follow him into that ship as well.
OOC: I'd like to do more, but it's late. Although it would be nice to have a bigger ship... Night.
Royce tried to get everyone to follow him into that ship as well.
OOC: I'd like to do more, but it's late. Although it would be nice to have a bigger ship... Night.
Eve continued to hug and gently rock the boy.
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As Rozalin hugged the sister, she slowly began calming down until she was only sniffling as she buried her head in Rozalin's shoulder.
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The sniper shot at Archimedes again, not giving a toss about his honour.
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The figure continued to sit where she was as Majeh approached and spoke to her. A voice then began speaking around him as if it were coming from everywhere and nowhere at the same time. "Ending what? These souls are already released. They no longer have to contend with the pains and anxiety of existence. Their hardships, their loathing and hatred and their pains and troubles are all gone. They live in a blissful plain where they will never be hurt or forced to do anything against their will again. They are truly at peace. But you. You do not accept this gift? Why? Have you not faced the hardships of life? Longed for a calm that has never truly come? Lusted after a beautiful concept only to have it snatched away or never be truly achievable? Why do you resist the peace that I offer?" The voice said in a calm lilting tone.
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As Alex flicked acid at the beast it's flesh rippled and drew slightly before seeming to harden and continuing out at a faster pace than before and drawing ever closer. Valvatorez's attack gardened a similar response from before however the beast bucked it's head this time and 20 spikes were formed and flung from it's flesh in his direction.
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As Rozalin hugged the sister, she slowly began calming down until she was only sniffling as she buried her head in Rozalin's shoulder.
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The sniper shot at Archimedes again, not giving a toss about his honour.
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The figure continued to sit where she was as Majeh approached and spoke to her. A voice then began speaking around him as if it were coming from everywhere and nowhere at the same time. "Ending what? These souls are already released. They no longer have to contend with the pains and anxiety of existence. Their hardships, their loathing and hatred and their pains and troubles are all gone. They live in a blissful plain where they will never be hurt or forced to do anything against their will again. They are truly at peace. But you. You do not accept this gift? Why? Have you not faced the hardships of life? Longed for a calm that has never truly come? Lusted after a beautiful concept only to have it snatched away or never be truly achievable? Why do you resist the peace that I offer?" The voice said in a calm lilting tone.
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As Alex flicked acid at the beast it's flesh rippled and drew slightly before seeming to harden and continuing out at a faster pace than before and drawing ever closer. Valvatorez's attack gardened a similar response from before however the beast bucked it's head this time and 20 spikes were formed and flung from it's flesh in his direction.
Archimedes got grazed by the bullet while dodging it "Ah so you reject. Then I must have a dishonorable battle." He puts on some sort of machine gloves and than fires a two giant lasers at him before going back up to the pilot of the Warhammer "Hey can I just kinda get in now"
"You offer a lie. You prevent these people from fulfilling their destiny. The destiny of all who live and, by extension, all who die. I'm already denied that fate, why should I seek that same one from you?" The red haired man says as he sweeps his hand around gathering a soul from the ether.
"However, know that I possess power over the souls of mortals. If I so desire, I can send each and everyone of them to the Next World, one at a time." As he speaks, the soul he held disappeared, having been sent to the Next World to await judgement. "Do the right thing. Allow them to seek reward, punishment, atonement, and reincarnation. What you do is wrong. And you upset the balance of life and death. To continue on this path, endangers the very balance of life and death. The balance of the universe. All will cease to exist, if you don't."
"However, know that I possess power over the souls of mortals. If I so desire, I can send each and everyone of them to the Next World, one at a time." As he speaks, the soul he held disappeared, having been sent to the Next World to await judgement. "Do the right thing. Allow them to seek reward, punishment, atonement, and reincarnation. What you do is wrong. And you upset the balance of life and death. To continue on this path, endangers the very balance of life and death. The balance of the universe. All will cease to exist, if you don't."
Bryce watched as Archimedes tried to do his stupid little honorable warrior act, and thought very hard on something. Archimedes, throughout this entire journey, had done little, if nothing, to be helpful in combat, and when he did join combat he invariably risked peoples lives. On top of that, he would frequently insult his fellows, based entirely on their age. And, as an inventor, he'd proven to have a sadistic imagination that bordered on psychopathy. Sighing, Bryce brought up his pistol and fired the full clip into Archimedes, his off hand forming blades and his wings extending to swoop in for a kill if necessary.
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Alex growled, a deep and angry sound in his throat. He stopped generating his acid, and then took a few steps back. His body started to swell and bulge, something sinister growing inside of him.
OoC: @Drak I feel its important to remember that Bryce is an extremely moral person. He refused to let humanity die, in what was literally its darkest hour. He's sat at the edge of life, and known that a wrong choice could send humanity back millenia, possibly destroy it. He had to sit there on the edge for close to 3 years, constantly making that decision. The guy has never been sane, in the safest sense of the word. He has tattoos of thousands of his dead fellows, from people he had fought along side for years to people he had never met in his life, and only knew as a number on a sheet saying losses for a place. You don't do that unless you take every loss personally, and I'd say at this point the only thing that keeps him from breaking and constantly blubbering like a baby is the fact that people still need him to be around. And that's before he got shoved into a death camp and had every inch of his body coated in a warning label that said 'I will kill you all if you give me a chance'. Can you even understand the kind of mind that's gone through that?
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Alex growled, a deep and angry sound in his throat. He stopped generating his acid, and then took a few steps back. His body started to swell and bulge, something sinister growing inside of him.
OoC: @Drak I feel its important to remember that Bryce is an extremely moral person. He refused to let humanity die, in what was literally its darkest hour. He's sat at the edge of life, and known that a wrong choice could send humanity back millenia, possibly destroy it. He had to sit there on the edge for close to 3 years, constantly making that decision. The guy has never been sane, in the safest sense of the word. He has tattoos of thousands of his dead fellows, from people he had fought along side for years to people he had never met in his life, and only knew as a number on a sheet saying losses for a place. You don't do that unless you take every loss personally, and I'd say at this point the only thing that keeps him from breaking and constantly blubbering like a baby is the fact that people still need him to be around. And that's before he got shoved into a death camp and had every inch of his body coated in a warning label that said 'I will kill you all if you give me a chance'. Can you even understand the kind of mind that's gone through that?
Yukimaru groaned upon seeing that Blondie had apparently given up on his own plan. She leaped off her rooftop, grabbed the edge of the Warhammer, then hoisted herself inside. She looked around, then approached the cockpit and asked Bryce and Zach, [color=01B7FF]"So what are we doing, zam? What's the plan here, zam?"[/color] Seeing Bryce unload on Archie, she asked, [color=01B7FF]"What was that for, zam?!"[/color]
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Rozalin looked up for a moment and noticed Bryce waving, causing her to smile as he seemed to be alright. She looked back down at the girl and started to gently stroke her hair with one hand as she continued to hold her with the other. "Are...you feeling any better?" She tentatively asked the girl. "Do you want to go someplace else now?" Seeing Archie get pumped full of lead and hit the ground, she grimaced and lightly pressed on the young girl's head to keep her from looking towards the body.
@FPS: One that isn't really all there anymore I suppose.
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Rozalin looked up for a moment and noticed Bryce waving, causing her to smile as he seemed to be alright. She looked back down at the girl and started to gently stroke her hair with one hand as she continued to hold her with the other. "Are...you feeling any better?" She tentatively asked the girl. "Do you want to go someplace else now?" Seeing Archie get pumped full of lead and hit the ground, she grimaced and lightly pressed on the young girl's head to keep her from looking towards the body.
@FPS: One that isn't really all there anymore I suppose.
Eve notices Bryce waving down at them and smiles back as she waits for him to land.
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The girl nods a little to Rozalin's questions as she keeps sniffling.
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The Sniper died from the laser bursts but none of the other soldiers gave it much thought as they exchanged betting money.
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The Disciple flinched as slightly as Majeh believed that he sent the soul away and a single tear of black liquid streamed from one of her eyes. "It seems you truly are uninformed of your action just then." the voice calmly spoke as the Disciple appeared in front of the man with no effort and her eyes still shut tight apart from the single stain on her cheek. "Please. Allow me to enlighten you." The Disciple slowly raised her hand and touched Majeh's arm. Instantly his world went black and he felt an intense, unstoppable pain that seemed to come from all around him, his mind could not decipher a single thought and his being felt like it was spread throughout the whole of existence. He would slowly begin having trouble remembering who he was when the voice rang out calmly and clearly. "This is the plight of the soul you just 'freed'. It is the same with every other one that I have encountered and embraced since my arrival and that which I shoulder so that they may rest. These souls aren't the same as those of any natural person. They will never find release, re-incarnation or reunion. They will simply suffer a torturous existence of being split in ways a normal mind can not process. It is has been this way for some time for a number of planets. Primarily those that no longer breath." The Disciple removes her hand and reappears where she was sat previously as the experience fades from Majeh view and shadows dissipate in front of him. "Additionally, these souls have already lost their future or their destiny as you like to call it."
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The spikes turned into miniature droplets of goo that headed back to their host whilst the creature stopped it's progress momentarily as something went on inside.
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The girl nods a little to Rozalin's questions as she keeps sniffling.
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The Sniper died from the laser bursts but none of the other soldiers gave it much thought as they exchanged betting money.
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The Disciple flinched as slightly as Majeh believed that he sent the soul away and a single tear of black liquid streamed from one of her eyes. "It seems you truly are uninformed of your action just then." the voice calmly spoke as the Disciple appeared in front of the man with no effort and her eyes still shut tight apart from the single stain on her cheek. "Please. Allow me to enlighten you." The Disciple slowly raised her hand and touched Majeh's arm. Instantly his world went black and he felt an intense, unstoppable pain that seemed to come from all around him, his mind could not decipher a single thought and his being felt like it was spread throughout the whole of existence. He would slowly begin having trouble remembering who he was when the voice rang out calmly and clearly. "This is the plight of the soul you just 'freed'. It is the same with every other one that I have encountered and embraced since my arrival and that which I shoulder so that they may rest. These souls aren't the same as those of any natural person. They will never find release, re-incarnation or reunion. They will simply suffer a torturous existence of being split in ways a normal mind can not process. It is has been this way for some time for a number of planets. Primarily those that no longer breath." The Disciple removes her hand and reappears where she was sat previously as the experience fades from Majeh view and shadows dissipate in front of him. "Additionally, these souls have already lost their future or their destiny as you like to call it."
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The spikes turned into miniature droplets of goo that headed back to their host whilst the creature stopped it's progress momentarily as something went on inside.
Valvatorez tilted his head "Why do you slow your assault? Surrendering now won't do you any good! You shall pay for the death of a comrade!" Valvatorez began to charge power into the gems on his hands again
Fenrich put away his axe and began charging power into his fists, which continually glowed brighter
Fenrich put away his axe and began charging power into his fists, which continually glowed brighter
Bryce nodded to Yukimaru, trying not to shake. "Thinking we let kill the deck guards, arm the people below with the walls of weapons, and let them take it over from there. We really need to get out of here. We'll be landing, so get some of the kids in here as well as our group. That much will not be a request."
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Alex dropped to his hands and knees, shaking badly. Blood began seeping out of his ears and mouth, followed shortly by his eyes and nose. his whole musculature strained against its invisible bonds, and his skin began tearing.
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Alex dropped to his hands and knees, shaking badly. Blood began seeping out of his ears and mouth, followed shortly by his eyes and nose. his whole musculature strained against its invisible bonds, and his skin began tearing.
He makes no expression that reveals any sense of pain or anything. "Lies. You know not what you do, woman. You interfere in realms that you do not understand and some trick of the mind is not enough to fool me. I am Envoy to the Next World, the King of Hell himself sent me here as his herald. End this at once, or know that your crimes will be punished."
Suddenly, he began to emit massive amounts of Chi. What could once be sensed was only the beginning. In reality, he had only been at rest. The true depths of his Strength seemed to beyond those of mortal men.
"If you will not release the souls of these people, I will."
Once more, he released a soul, in the same fashion as before.
"Do not interfere. I do not wish to harm you since all you seem to desire is to do right by these souls. However, you do them a disservice and this monster that they power is all the worse for it."
Suddenly, he began to emit massive amounts of Chi. What could once be sensed was only the beginning. In reality, he had only been at rest. The true depths of his Strength seemed to beyond those of mortal men.
"If you will not release the souls of these people, I will."
Once more, he released a soul, in the same fashion as before.
"Do not interfere. I do not wish to harm you since all you seem to desire is to do right by these souls. However, you do them a disservice and this monster that they power is all the worse for it."
Yukimaru sighed at the prospect of more killing having to be done, but relented and nodded at Bryce. [color=01B7FF]"Whatever you say, zam. Land and I'll make sure everyone gets on board, zam."[/color]
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Rozalin continued trying to calm down the girl as she waited for the Warhammer to land. "Can you tell me your name?" She asked the girl and she continued to gently stroke her hair, and even began to softly hum.
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Rozalin continued trying to calm down the girl as she waited for the Warhammer to land. "Can you tell me your name?" She asked the girl and she continued to gently stroke her hair, and even began to softly hum.
The air within the beast suddenly went deathly cold and stale. "My crimes?" As Majeh released another soul she didn't flinch but another tear trickled from her other eye. "My Crimes! A Disservice!" Anger could be clearly heard in the voice when suddenly all around them the beast simply disappeared as if it had never existed and the souls contained within with it however the parts of the Lower City and Airship still hung in the air. The Disciple had also disappeared from where she had been sat but the pressure of five universes could be felt in the area.
Bryce nods, and Zachariah begins swinging the ship down, a fiddly task to do with one hand as he was. He landed, and the ramp dropped. Bryce stepped out, one hand loading his revolver, the other held up in a 'wait' signal. "All right, I need my team loaded first, then children. You adults that have had military careers or lead people for a living, please step forward to listen."