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Thread: [Nexus] Inside 31
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2011-03-27, 06:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Arkham Street - Ward Cemetery]
One for each of them. Lovely.
Raril stoops, and tries to stick to the outside edges of the room. The decicated corpses were preferable to standing near that strange looking pillar. He didn't like it. And it was obviously added after the fact. Not natural. Not native to the chamber. A part of him thought to destroy it, but that would probably bring the whole place crashing down onto their heads.~Amor Vincit Omnia~I have a Youtube Channel
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2011-03-27, 06:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Arkham Street - Ward Cemetery]
"We should burn the bodies." Reinholdt says, his thoughts going to the idea that the three empty ones meant three things out there on the loose.
He looks around. Looks like it would take a while though. Perhaps too long.
He crouches and follows Raril looking around for other exits to the room besides the one they came through.
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2011-03-27, 06:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Overgrown Streets]
For all Kirk's subtle enhancements provided by the Objects, a straight up speed increase was not one of them. Maybe if he had a couple more.
Kirk turns just as Rebonack bears down on him. He levels an impressive alien laser tommy gun that he produced from his jacket. He opens fire. Green lasers fly toward the cobalt knight's head.
Now, if that doesn't slow the knight, Kirk will find himself missing a pair of important limbs.
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2011-03-27, 06:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Affidavit's Hangar]
Well, this is just getting tedious for the birds. Although Magtok has hit on a good tactic, since the hangar itself isn't large enough for the birds to move about easily. They're capable of near-vertical take-offs, they basically just fly up and out, meaning the hangar doesn't take up much space.
Of course, if a jetpack-equipped cyborg were to blast his way through and engage the birds in the hangar itself, this has a problem.
When it was created, Affidavit considered the hangar secure, since the empire do a good job of protecting Inside. Alas, now he is no longer allied with the empire, he can no longer rely on that protection.
And since Magtok decided to attack this hangar, despite it remaining inactive for so long...
Look, to summarise, Affidavit is somewhat poorly prepared for once. He'd never admit it, but, there y'go.
So, yeah, the birds are trying their best to shoot back, but in their attempts to keep outta the way of laser fire, they're kind of getting in the way of each other.
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Meanwhile, several rather simple creations, with no facial features at all, no mouth, no fancy gimmicks or anything, are busy scaling the wall of the hangar, aiming to make their way up the roof. Seems a couple of workers were left in here, just in case something happened.
So Affidavit isn't entirely unprepared, just not...adequately prepared.Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticise them, you'll be a mile away and you'll have their shoes.
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2011-03-27, 07:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
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- The King's Grave
Re: [Nexus] Inside 31
[Overgrown Streets]
The lasers heat up Rebonack's armor to a degree that the head of a normal human would surely be cooked inside it! Sadly Rebonack isn't a normal human and his 'head' is no more important than any other part of him.
Seriously. He's been decapitated and continued fighting on more than one occasion.
Looks like Kirk is going to be doing an impression of troso boy here in the near future.
And that's just terrible, isn't it?
[Arkham Street - Ward Cemetery]
Burning the bodies would either be a really good idea or a really terrible idea. Not really sure which, honestly.
Zee thwacks her head on a rather mean rock as she enters the chamber, grunting in pain and generally looking quite cross as a result. She honestly seems more interested in the orange fungus growing in sickly patches all over the place.
As Raril and Rein circle the room it won't be all that long before they return to the point where they had entered in the first place.
It's a wall now. Simply another wall with shelves to hold a few more mummified cadavers.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2011-03-27, 07:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Celestial Dynamics - Grace's Office
Patience merely raises an eyebrow.
"That all said, Grace and I are both employees. You're in a very small segment of Celestial Dynamics headquarters."
[Generic Street - Residential District]
Grace focuses on her magic and her Aurora ring, trying to create a shield that will contain the radiation... but it is faltering and not particularly strong. It might contain some of it, but if it is struck too hard, or she's a bit unlucky, some of it might still burst through.
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2011-03-27, 07:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Overgrown Streets]
Terrible is a good word to describe it. Unless you look from Rebonack's point of view. Then it's delightful.
Kirk hits the ground hard, bleeding profusely from the stumps where his legs used to be. Normally he'd spit some sort of profanity at the person who did that to him, but he's too busy screaming in pain.
On the plus side, Rebonack gets a few more artifacts. Four to be precise. That tommy gun is nifty too. Hopefully he doesn't just step on it. I'm sure Magtok put a lot of work into it.
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2011-03-27, 07:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
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- The King's Grave
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[Overgrown Streets]
"Well well," the Cobalt Knight sneers as he clomps to a halt, very likely crushing the laser gun under one of his armored grieves in the process. "Not bad, elf chick. You lost a bit of weight since I saw you last! Should publish that diet of yours. Could make millions!"
He hefts his axe above his head.
"Y'know. If you weren't dead and all."
The wicked weapon is then brought down to sever the drow's head from his body.
Should that slay him the Knight will stoop down and begin gathering up his Objects. What follows is...
Interesting.
Countless microscopic cogs detach from Rebonack's armor like a silvery haze, swirling around the Objects and replacing their physical substance atom by atom whilst absorbing their tremendous magical power.
That's what the Winds of Mechius does.
An artifact that assimilates other artifacts.
It was a dark day when the Cobalt Knight acquired it.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2011-03-27, 07:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2008
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[Arkham Street - Ward Cemetery]
"Burning things might not be such a good idea after all." Now that the room seems to be closed off.
Reinholdt tries walking backwards the exact way he came to see if that makes the door reappear.
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2011-03-27, 08:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Arkham Street - Ward Cemetery]
Raril goes to feel at the wall where the door should be. He figured it was an illusion of some sort.~Amor Vincit Omnia~I have a Youtube Channel
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2011-03-27, 08:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Celestial Dynamics - Grace's Office
"That makes sense, what with it being Grace's office and all." Eric isn't mocking her - sarcasm is just his default mode. "You were expecting to find her here and found me instead, right?"If You need me to post somewhere, drop me a message, please
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2011-03-27, 08:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Overgrown Streets]
Kirk loses his head in a rather messy manner. Not that there are a lot of ways to lose your head that aren't messy.
In any case, the Nexus is a much worse place now. Woe, WOE!
There was much weeping and gnashing of teeth.
...
Anyway.
Oh, and something interesting happens when Rebonack noms on the Objects. He'll discover that when his armour destroys the first one he gains nothing from it. The power slips away to reform the Object anew under the care of a new Holder.
He might want to stop eating them.
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2011-03-27, 09:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Generic Street - Residential District]
Talia managed to duck behind a large chunk of what used to be car, keeping her safe from the remains of the monster.
That was an interesting experience.
She peers around, and catches sight of Grace.
Hey! The demon-like woman crawls out from behind the car and walks to Grace. Once stuff stops falling from the sky, of course.
That was...awesome, actually.
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2011-03-27, 10:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Pleasant Street - Weudan Household]
Jack could feel it slipping away almost the second he broke inside. His joy and his thrill. He'd needed a proper experiment to test what he was feeling. Where better to begin but a few mundane innocents? The crack of wood, the cries of the children, the roar of daddy's energy weapon. The crack of daddy's ribs as he hit the fireplace. He's still alive. Why do you care? The children's screams muzzled. Mother, sweet and young and afraid, screaming at him. Don't hurt her babies. Oh, god, please.
So the hollow man hit her instead. He was just so numb. He needed to feel something. To feel fear. The sick man needed a confirmation that he was, in fact, still alive. Jack needed to fill a void that only seemed to get fatter the more he fed it. And when she stared at him, lip split, bruises already forming, tears running down her face, the hollow man felt nothing. No. He felt disgust.
The kitchen. Pleasant yellow. Old-fashioned home phone. 911. Hello, I'd like to report an assault on 370 Pleasant Street. Send an ambulance. Oh, yeah, I did it. Hang up. Can't hear anything. So numb.
Jack.
Go to the children. Kneel. Look at the son. Looks like me. Cute kid. Ears ringing. No, Jack. Everything hurts. No it doesn't. Don't wanna hurt him. Jack, stop! Why can't I make it go away? No! You've been like this too long! You don't just get to--
What is wrong with me?
The broken man's feet don't make a sound. He's gone before the sirens arrive.Last edited by Murkus; 2011-03-27 at 10:18 PM.
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2011-03-27, 10:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Overgrown Streets]
"Well damn," the Cobalt Knight swears as that pretty little ring's power slips away. Oh well. He had to give it a shot. Guess he'll just have to wield the junk the old fashioned way!
No harm in that, right? It's been a while since he's used tools that aren't bound to his armor. Best be careful with them. Don't want them to be stolen!
See, even if his armor couldn't assimilate their power they can still analyze. And these things are fragments. Pieces of a whole. But a whole that does what? The armor suggests it's a weapon.
A weapon of awe inspiring power. And that sounds pretty kickass. Gotta catch 'em all, right?
Rebonack gathers up the rest of the Objects, stowing them away in his snowy white mantel for safe keeping. Except the shades. He looks at the shades in his gauntlet as his helm peels away, revealing the riot of arcane power below. "Well... I guess you could say..."
He dons the sunglasses.
"They Objected to my meddling."
YEEEAAAAAAAAAAH!
[Arkham Street - Ward Cemetery]
Raril will find a wall. No illusion. And walking backwards doesn't seem to help either. Though as Kitteh walks backwards he stumbles into a trap! Oh noes!
Several skeletal hands burst out of the floor and aim to grab his legs!
Zee is prodding at some of that gross orange fungus. She seems very distracted by it. Poke poke poke.
[Generic Street - Residential District]
The monsters are defeated, yay!
And fourteen people are dead. Some rent apart. Some burned by radiation. And some converted into random non-living objects.
That guy who stumbled out of the flaming house is still laying face-down in a shallow puddle.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2011-03-27, 10:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2008
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 31
[Arkham Street - Ward Cemetery]
Reinholdt eeps and tries to fly upwards only to smack the ceiling.
What sort of trap goes off when you walk backwards and not forwar...
"Mind affecting spores. Don't breathe." Regardless of this possible epiphany and horrible advice, he kicks at the skeleton arms, trying to free himself.Last edited by Reinholdt; 2011-03-27 at 10:58 PM.
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2011-03-27, 11:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Arkham Street - Ward Cemetery]
"What?!" Rein gets a weird look from Raril. "That's not an option! Dammit..." Raril growls and digs though his bag to pull out... a gas mask? And it wasn't the underdark style one he usually carried. In fact it looked like something out of world war one. Thinking he didn't have time to consider the change, the drow slips it on over his head.~Amor Vincit Omnia~I have a Youtube Channel
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2011-03-27, 11:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Arkham Street - Ward Cemetery]
"Huh...?" would be Zee's reply, glancing up from poking at the fungus. There are no mind-control spores! Zee is just being Zee.
Silly.
The skeletal hands are kicked at. They hang on rather adamantly. It'll take a bit more effort than that to wriggle free to be quite honest. Aside from simply holding him in place the skeletal hands don't really appear to be doing much of anything.
Aside, of course, from being really creepy.
After sufficient struggle (and perhaps some help) Kitteh will escape with just a few scratches to show for it. Unless of course he's scratch resistant. Then he would get away with no scratches.
Once Rein is clear the arms retreat back into the ground.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2011-03-27, 11:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Arkham Street - Ward Cemetery]
Reinholdt is not scratch resistant.
And is extra-wary of fungus ever since that fungus zombie attacked and nearly turned him into one and he panicked and ran around screaming like a maniac.
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Reinholdt doesn't like spores.
He puts a clothe over his mouth and nose for breathing.
Reinholdt frowns. Now, how do they get out?
He goes to check the column/pillar thing in the middle of the room more closely.
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2011-03-28, 01:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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2011-03-28, 02:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Magmart
Harnel suffered a brief lapse of judgment in following Iggy towards the exit. He'll stop and say, "Shouldn't, you know, pay for these?"If You need me to post somewhere, drop me a message, please
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2011-03-28, 06:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Magmart
Iggy sighs melodramatically and rolls his eyes at Harnel.
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2011-03-28, 09:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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"Indeed. In fact, it seems a bit strange to find someone else in her office in her absence. I can't say I recall any other such incidents, and Grace has been with us a very long time."
Patience crosses her arms as she rests against a wall.
"Not the word I'd pick."
Grace says with a sigh, letting her shield fall, presumably along with any of the radioactive material inside. Assuming there is no one nearby the shield, that is, otherwise she'll try and move it and dispose of it more carefully.
"Quite a few people dead, a large radioactive mess that needs to be cleaned up and quite a bit of destroyed property... if it had just been a clean, successful fight I might agree, but not this."
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2011-03-28, 11:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Celestial Dynamics - Grace's Office
Eric smiles and says, "Suspicion is good - It shows good priorities. Grace and I were having a conversation when those chaos monsters I told you about showed up. First thing she told me was that she had to get me away from there, and opened up a random door. I went into the hallway, and she told me to go into her office and wait for her to get back. I was just occupying myself when you showed up."If You need me to post somewhere, drop me a message, please
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2011-03-28, 06:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Celestial Dynamics - Grace's Office
"I see. I suppose I'll wait here until she shows up then."
Patience says firmly, crossing her arms.
As it happens, Grace reenters at this time. She looks fairly beat.
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2011-03-28, 06:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Magtok doesn't notice the creations scaling the walls, far too occupied with the birds to check the MagSat cameras.
Come on you stupid birds, can't you at least pretend to keep up? The animal you were based on spent forever and a half evolving to master flight and stuff, are you really going to be outdone by some mammal with fancy shoes?
He fires some more lasers at the birds with his semi-honkomatic, before lobbing some grenades about to distract the birds. He doesn't throw particularly far or fast, his arm being as weak as it is, but he does remember to pull the pins this time.
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2011-03-28, 06:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Grace's Office - Celestial Dynamics]
"Grace!" Eric exclaims, and rushes over to her, "Are you alright?"If You need me to post somewhere, drop me a message, please
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2011-03-28, 06:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Celestial Dynamics - Grace's Office
"Yeah, I'm fine."
She doesn't appear hurt, just quite fatigued. Then again, her suit is doing a good job of covering her up, so if she had an injury it might not be obvious.
"Are you ready to go?"
Her eyes slip over to Patience, but she doesn't say anything.
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2011-03-28, 06:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Celestial Dynamics - Grace's Office
"Yeah, sure, let's go." Eric says, looking at her a bit strangely. Mostly, he's wondering how she handled herself against those monsters, but he isn't about to ask for something she's not willing to share.
He also glances back at Patience, seeing her reaction to Grace's appearanceIf You need me to post somewhere, drop me a message, please
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2011-03-28, 07:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Celestial Dynamics - Grace's Office
"In such a hurry to leave, Grace? I'm hurt."
Patience does indeed look quite unhappy.
"We do miss you here, after all."
"Work calls, Patience. I'm sure you know that just as well as I do."
Grace responds curtly.
"I'm sure we'll have plenty of time to catch up when I return."
She turns resolutely away from Patience and heads back out of her office and into the hallway, where she searches for the key to the door labeled "Aurora." Presumably Eric tags along, though he'll have to walk pretty quick to keep up with her. Grace seems eager to leave.