We Are Our Avatars VI (Closed for Good)

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CmmdrRosh99

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"Humanity is a young race. We believe that we know so much, when we really don't. There could entire galactic empires that we haven't come into contact and yet... We really haven't evolved since the Stone Age. We kill, we plunge, we murder because of reasons, even those reasons don't make any sense. We dislike one another because we don't like how they are, what they think or what they believe in. We find reasons to not understand each other simply because... I don't know." Noel said, looking down as tears start falling from her face, a true emotional response from her. Not like the small smiles or frowns she had during the entire time she was here, but a real emotional response.

"I simply don't know why. It's our job to know what humanity has done to each other and try and subvert that. That's the true objective of Wardens or Vanguards, not this Super Soldier bullshit. But... We continue to see humans jump into directly into these terrible things. Is it wrong that we try our best to see what's wrong, only to see it crash down?"
 

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"He wouldn't budge, we gotta talk to this guy to get a droid..." said Rita as she approached Eric "Excuse me, the supervisor said we had to talk to you in order to get a droid to investigate the recent outbreak of illness in the mines."
 

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Jona's eyes narrowed, and he smiled thinly as the cart got underway. The Force would never leave him blind to a hiddenfoe any more than it would to Cynane or the Rookie, who he could sense just as clearly with his eyes closed and his ears covered. Still, the situation didn't necessarily call for immediate action. He could bide his time and strike out when it was least expected.

OOC: @Kirke That's me for tonight. I should be on again on Thursday, though its possible that it'll be as late as Friday. If that's the case, just carry on without me. Godmod as you see fit.
 

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Why am I not suprised. Loki thought hearing Rita explain, but he kept quiet.

"Oh? There's finally being something done about that? About time. We were starting to get worried over here." Eric remarked, closing the hatch on the droid's back, then looking up at Rita and Loki. "You guys don't exactly look like the health and safety comittee, though... Ah, whatever. What do you need the droid for, exactly?"
 

Saltyk

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"Yes. Soalris, the capital of Legaia floats over the ocean to the South of here. I think it was built about 50 years ago or so. Fourside was the former capital of Legaia." Savranth explained.
 

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She speaks of humans and conflict.... hmph. Sounds no different than the D'ni in anyway. He hung his head and sighed. He continued listening.

OOC: @Saltyk. Somehow this whole world and setting sounds a whole lot like (and I mean A LOT like) Tales of Symphonia.

Beastkin and their discrimination : Desians and their discrimination.
Solaris : Exire
Magic and technology : magitechnology.
 

Slenn

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@Saltyk. It was on the Gamecube. A very colorful and fun RPG to play. Your world is reminiscent of it.
 

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@Slenn, now that you mention it kinda

"We need it to act as our eyes and ears in there, to prevent us from getting sick as well. More sick people is the least of what everyone needs."
 

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"Do you know how I can get there? I'd really like to see it." Jessica asked Savranth, keeping her voice down so an unrelated conversation wouldn't get picked up on the recording she was making too much.

@Slenn: I should really try and play that game again, I never actually finished it.
 

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Rex shrugs a bit toward Sav. "Like I told the Doc, I'm a bandit. I've always liked it when things are a lot more anarchic. Makes living freely a lot easier for me. When society's gone, everyone's equal in the face of death. Money, fame, all that shit doesn't matter anymore. I... just like that."

Turning back to Jess, he nods a bit. "Yeah... While we were in the upper city, we managed to bust the dude out of the base he was held up in and a few of us got teleported to some random tower in the middle of the city. Thing was pretty beautiful, I might add. Some... dude, to this day I don't know shit about him, told us he was... watching us. Gave me the chills. Afterward, the city got overrun by this... Disciple chick. She commanded some absurd magic and the entire upper city got devestated. The lady blew a crater in the middle of the city and everyone was ordered to evacuate. We ended up on an airdeck and stuck there for a few days until we came face-to-face with the *****." Rex takes another drink of his root beer before shuddering a bit and continuing on with his voice a bit shaken. "...That lady... She was..."

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Ness shakes her head slowly as Noel cries. "It shouldn't be the job of just one person or a group to try to change humanity... The whole of it needs to change. Yes, prejudice and violence are a part of us... for whatever reason they are, but society and rules were built to overcome those issues. We as a race need to stand for values that will help us evolve...." She looks away and growls a bit. "Shoving those burdens onto others is despicable."
 

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OOC: @Drak. I've had that game for 7 years, and I haven't finished it yet either. XD.

Dal'Sheed occupied his time by sketching Jess and Savranth talking to each other.

OOC: I'm going to start making supper for myself.
 

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Standing up, Eric thought for a moment. "Yeah, alright. We can do that. Come with me." he said as he started walking towards one of the buildings. Entering, he left the door open for Rita and Loki to follow and sat down infront of a desk with the same glass panel seen in the supervisor's desk, albeist the desk itself was more simple-looking. Pressing a button, a screen with various options was projected. "Now let's see... Droid number one, droid number two, number three... Droid number four. Here we are." After selecting a few options, the droid switched from being run by AI to being controlled manually, the feed from its camera displayed on the holographic screen.
 

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"Pretty sure you would need an airship and the password to the city. Solaris is protected by a powerful shield." Savranth told Jessica. Looking back to Rex, he shrugged. "Anarchy is not something to cherish. Society is not a thing to throw away. When you say equal, what you mean is everyone is meat. Meat that can be killed just as easily as anyone else."

OoC: @Slenn: I know of the Tales series, but I never played any of them. So I can't comment on any of it.

What I can say is that the beastkin were Zeph's idea, but the discrimination might have been a collective thing, though the whole extra bits were mine.

The idea of the city was mine and the name I just liked. I know it comes from other things, but still it's a cool sounding name.

As for the magic and tech theme this is actually based on one of three story ideas I have. I adapted it for the thread. And honestly, things would be much different than I planned for the thread. In my story concept, the main character would have been a fugitive from both nations seeking to use him as a weapon, and would befriend a few people from each nation to help him. A few of those people were translated into characters in the thread. Richard Inex is loosely based off one of my original characters, for example.
 

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OoC: @Drak, @Slenn, neither of you have finished it?! As a Tales fan, you two sicken me. I think I like it better than Tales of Vesperia now that I think about it
@Salty, actually the only real similarity I can think of is one nation has hyper advanced tech compared to the other, and even then they both use magic. The descrimination of Desians in ToS is kinda... deserved

"Well, there's a specific area where the illness is coming from, can you take them..." Rita informed him of the location of where the illness was coming from
 

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Noel sniffled and wiped a few tears as she said. "I know... I'm aware. Which is why some Vanguards and Wardens are able to rejoin society; to help change it from within. In the past... they just believed in that idea, no matter the cost. But in the end, as seen by a great war that destroyed Earth, all it really did was hurt them."

Noel's sniffled stopped as she said, with resolution, despite her wavering voice. "I continue to fight. I'm part of an old generation that hasn't known anything better. What the Boss does... You are absolutely correct, but even she knows the limits for people. This world... It has no meaning. It never has. But isn't that the beauty in it? Because it has no meaning... We define it as we wish to see it."

Noel's voice rises to her normal levels, her voice resolute. "I will not give up on Humanity. Far from it. But if anything, I need to steel my own heart whenever I see these terrible things happen. I know humans are assholes, to each other and most of everything. But... Perhaps, I can help them in the right direction."

She then sighed as Kyosuke started to wake up. "I have reason to believe that Charlotte's amnesia is due to this. And since her memories are returning, she is reliving it all over again."

And indeed it was true, as Charlotte had another memory....

Voices... We all hear voices. Not any of ours. Its not background noises, no. It's sentient thought... And they are screaming. Just like what happened at the Crater. Begging in paining, trying to live again. I thought it was the city itself, but the others said no way. I don't know what to trust now. My powers had helped me see this and yet... They have be betrayed me. Otis is becoming jaded and imagining events that aren't here, Lorella has lost her machine talk but replaced with constant throwing up. Eric tried to calm us all down, but the rage that's building up inside of us is releasing. We don't know where this rage is coming from, but its there, like a beast that had be violently been awakened. Blood, sex, guts and shattered bones... This what we have been thinking about for the past few days after we had arrived here. But... As a Vanguard, we are forced to get away from any of that. We are soldiers of the United Nation Confederacy. We are beyond the social order of human beings. These traits, I take to my heart. And yet...

We have been reduced to scavenging around the blocks and taking shelter in abandoned buildings. The zombies here are organized, smart and are using weapons that pierce through out shielding and armor. They aren't the same ones that we had encountered initially and they are getting smarter, more cunning. My left leg is injured and Otis had received a large gash on his chest when a zombie used a beam sabre, breaking through the armor. Koltanium can withstand against beam weaponry in large, but with repeated damage that we had all withstood... Repairs are just impossible.

What is happening? Why are we here now? This was just supposed to be a simply scouting mission and now its...

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Charlotte continued to scribble down her thoughts on her personalized wrist communicator as she continued to just type down her thoughts. It really didn't matter, she just kept writing away. Looking around she sighed.

A motel room. With no power, they had to resort to candles, stolen. Even with a rosy smell, the girls resorted to spraying a rosy febreze smell to ease their minds. It really didn't work out. How can there be a virus? They made those things to last an... Brushing off the thought, she walked over to the rest room and looked into the mirror. Her face was cut in several places from the fall in the building. Dark circles hung under her eyes from rough sleeping conditions even for Vanguards. Her hair was cut in multiple places and was unkempt. The usual brown color was starting to become lighter as her eyes were bloodshot. Even without the armor, she knew that having it now would be just an impedance. With another sigh, she walked out of the bathroom and laid down on the bed.

Lorella barged into the room as she collapsed on the bed, growling alittle. Good thing her armor retracted back into her body. The conservation of matter and energy stored the armor as energy in our implants tracing around our bodies but constantly switching in and out of our armor during missions lead to mishaps in physics. "Fuckin' asshole. Both of both!"

Charlotte looked over at Lorella, seeing that her face was scabbed and cut slightly over. Not like the rest of them were faring any better. "Is... Is there..?"

Lorella rolled herself to face the ceiling. "Eric has become that leader guy to be self-righteous and Otis continuously argues with him trying to appeal to both sides of the argument. It's fucking annoying..."

"Are they arguing about..-"

"Yes, they are arguing about you and your powers." Lorella realized what she said in a harsh tone as she turned slightly. "What... What is going on with this place? I just don't... feel right anymore. The noises are getting stronger and..."

Charlotte inched herself closer, brushing away Lorella's previous statement. "All these pent up emotions right? I don't know where they are coming from either."

"As soon as we leave this place, everything will go back to normal right?" Lorella said in a semi-usual tone, a notable quiver in her voice. Well, for Vanguards at least.

"I... I think things will..." Charlotte looked away, and started to removed her shirt. She didn't know. With the injuries they had all sustained, the issues with strange noises and shadows now following them. Charlotte had a single tear fall from her face as she thought back home. Not the Academy, but her actual home. Did... Did I even talk to them after I was taken away? In the beginning yes, but then... Wh-what happened? Shivering she slowly started to lay in the bed to rest and close her eyes, but couldn't. As tired as she felt, a nagging sensation was in her head, poking away at her conscious about the ship and its people.

Lorella felt Charlotte's uneasiness as she shifted slightly closer to her, a strangely predatorial air about her. "What is wrong Charlotte? I know that there is something on your mind..."

Charlotte turned to face her, shifting slightly as well. "I... I don't know."

Lorella rolled her eyes before saying in a matter of fact tone. "You know how Vanguards are Char. We share things among each other."

Why is she being so..? "I... Miss how things were. How happy we were. How life was..."

Lorella frowned. "Life isn't exactly happy Charlotte. Otis was born in poverty, Eric's family was abusive and I was an orphan. And you? You had a normal life didn't you?"

Char slightly shifted upwards. "I... I suppose so." her voice timid but firm.

"Don't try the pity route Charlotte. We are Vanguards."

"...Roger."

Lorella growled slightly, turning away again as Charlotte placed her hand on her shoulder. "Is there something wrong?"

Lorella fiercely turned to Charlotte, panting slightly. "An urge... that's all."

Charlotte's grip on Lorella's shoulder tightened slightly. "It's from this place isn't it?"

Lorella bopped her head as she placed her hands on Charlotte's waist with absolution. "I... Lorella... What are you..?-"

Lunging at her face, Lorella pressed her lips against Charlotte's, forcing both girls on the bed.

"No! What are you-!" Lorella placed her pointer finger on Charlotte's lips before saying. "All this power that we are given as Vanguards. And for what? The government treats us like nuclear bombs, people hate us because of old blood that was spilled during the initial days of the Vanguard Project. Wardens too. ONE... UNC. Same thing, just different ideology. We have this power... And yet we really can't do much with it? Are we to just rot as old nuclear bombs huh?! I am human... I have urges, I have feelings. We are just robots!"

"But you act like..-"

"Silence! Why else do you think? Do you really think I enjoy being the quiet one? I only do so to keep my own profile down against the upper classmen and the professors. I want to excel for them... But coming here, it opened up something. Something inside me. I pushed things far back into the my mind and here... I just need a release. And you are it."

Just then Charlotte felt her body uncontrollably move as Lorella's power over water bonds started to manifest. Charlotte closed her eyes for her powers to shut Lorella in a world of in her mind own but nothing happened. Lorella was going "berserk".

"Do NOT try and resist this!" Lorella placed her hands under Charlotte's undershirt and started playing with her breasts. "I can feel that you have these urges too. You are just hiding them. Just like everybody else. Otis, Eric, you and me..."

Lorella forced her lips again, as Charlotte winced and closed her eyes. As much as she felt like crying out, a deep urge in her body and mind told her not to. No... But mustn't... Lorella grinned evilly as a cat does with her mice prey, unbuttoning the bra as Charlotte's body to aid Lorella's stripping.

The rosy smell still lingered on as Charlotte tried her own gravitational powers, but failed as well. The urges in the back of her mind continued to creep forward. Why... Why can't I resist this? she thought. Our powers depend on our mood, or state of being... What is this feeling?

Finally removing Charlotte's top, Lorella followed with her own, as she started to move her hands down to Charlotte's military pants, rubbing her hips playfully. No... Why... Why can't I resist? My feelings are towards...

Lorella back off slightly, with a little smirk. "I thought so too." She then plunged again at Charlotte's lips, aggressively nibbling as it drew blood. Charlotte let a moan as she felt her body curl her arms around Lorella's pants and slowly start to remove those as well. Forcing her hands up, Lorella groaned slightly as she licked and nibbled again at Charlotte's body, despite the injuries and wounds she had.

No... As a... But Lorella, she's controlling...

With both girls naked, Lorella gently lunged her hands, as Charlotte cried slightly but no tears could be shed as she felt her primal feelings emerge. Lust and love. She continued her actions with Lorella as she felt her will sap away with Lorella's touch.

I... can't... I just won't...

Lorella slyly mumbled something then finally started chuckling. "[sub]You know... I'm not really controlling you anymore... You could have stopped when I forced you hands but then... You continued. You really do want this... Give in...[/sub]"

A dawning happened inside Charlotte as she figured what that urge was. Self-indulgence. She really did want this. She had betrayed what she stood for; what Vanguard's stood for.

Humans are such animistic creatures, what makes us so difference from a mating season? It doesn't matter, male or female. This ship is...
And so here I am... Pillaged and defeated... But I must not say a thing to anybody else. My shame, my loss in faith. I had wondered what that noise is coming from the ship and its simply humanity dying. The virus doesn't matter, the aftermath does. We had come too late... And this place is our tomb. Do we really stand for this chaos? What humanity can truly do to each other, simply because they know they can? What makes humanity tick? Is is fear? Anger? Hatred? That feeling that we mean nothing in the vast scale of things? I... simply don't know anymore. I thought I did, but I didn't. And now, here I am. Violated and betrayed by my best friends.

And most of all. I betrayed myself. My views. My belief in purity. My resolution.

We... No, I thought we were the epitome of humanity. We are no better than them. At all.

But I have one spot of hope. They cannot get inside of me; inside of my head to control me. My actions, good or evil, right or left, couldn't be calculated. I am still free by that choice. My choice that things happen out of random. From what is happening now. I have my regrets, and I have my primal urge, but I am not controlled. They don't know what we would have done. It was our choice... It is my choice.
 

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@Furi. Well let's see...
I'll explain it in chat, because there is a reason why I have a hard time completing RPGs.
 

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@Outis: Uh... Rex is back and in a diner with Sav, Dal, and Jessica, detailing WAOAV. Everyone else is in front of the hotel talking.