I walked to Gwen. She seemed to be sad. "Gwen. Are you ok?". I asked in a light voice.

Here's the next part. If anyone has any issues at all with this part, lemme know. After everything's been sorted out, I'll post all my entries to the story thread.

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The elevator ground to a halt, and I squeezed my eyes shut, expecting Knights to charge towards me, fists raised. When I heard near-silence, I opened one eye. There didn't seem to be anyone in the Arcade today... That's odd. I looked at a TV screen nearby, and saw two Knights saying something about Lockdown... I guess there must have been a big Lockdown match, that sport Knights like to play for some reason. Sighing in relief, I walk off the elevator, peeking out of the dark cavern that was the Arcade into the sunny streets of Haven. Truthfully, I wasn't supposed to be here. Not long ago, the Spiral Order banned Gremlins, Emberlighters excluded, of course. I didn't have an outcast mark though, so getting around would be a challenge.
Ugh... so bright... I shielded my eyes from the sun as it blazed up ahead. The streets weren't very busy either. I ducked into an alley, and put my hood up, covering my face. However, the moment I walked into the main road, a Haven Police Officer spotted me, a gust of wind blowing my hood back. I see him start walking towards me. Oh no. I start running as fast as I can.
"Hey! You! Stop!" I continue running, ducking into alleys and attracting the attention of more police officers. I run into the main street, weaving in and out of pedestrian traffic and ducking into a side door in a large building at the end of the street, locking the door behind me. I find myself in a large hallway, and I start walking quietly towards the end. I wonder what this building is...
The door at the end is locked. Frantically looking around for a vent, I spot one and tear the grate open, crawling in. I creep around slowly, jumping at the slightest noise. After a while of crawling, I hear some voices ahead. Curious, I look over the edge of the vent and into a grate.
"...because you grabbed and interrogated my friend. Such a threat is no longer necessary." I could hear footsteps of the owner of the voice going away from where I was. Eventually, I heard another person walking away. I'm curious, but I had other things to worry about.
"He's this way!", I hear a gruff voice shout down the vent. I squeak a little in terror, and try to find a way out. There's a thumping coming closer...
I go back to where I was, and kick the vent open, dropping down, bracing myself for impact. I feel my legs hit the ground hard, and a bolt of pain courses through my body, making me wince a little. I quickly look at my surroundings, and I'm in what appears to be a Lockdown lobby. The entrance is up ahead, so I run as fast as I can. However, the policemen aren't far behind. They drop down with ease, their bodies much more durable than mine. I'm nearly at the entrance, when one of them shoots his gun at me. It hits my back square, the Magnus bullet sending me flying. I land and skid in the street, attracting the attention of many. A crowd musters.
"What's going on?", a silver haired girl asks, stepping forward. A blue-haired Knight appears next to her, looking on worriedly.
A few more people push their way to the front of the gathering crowd, one being a girl with curly, black hair, another being a boy with short white hair and an almost... angelic appearance, and the last one. He was a Stranger, with a ravaged-looking cloak and a mask. Something seemed... off about him.
I breathe heavily, struggling to get up. I look into the crowd at the Stranger, who looks at me uncomfortably. The Swarm reacts for one of the first times.
HIM. WHY IS HE... It speaks inside my head. I hardly have time to ponder that though, as one of the officers puts a boot on my head as I try to stand up. I can tell the Swarm is enraged, but not by the fact that I'm being arrested by the police.
W-what's wrong? I ask it. The Infection doesn't answer me, and instead takes over my body. My marks start glowing as the Swarm subdues the police officers, and they start to fall back, clutching their heads in pain.
No! Stop! Not in Haven! It ignores me again.
The Infection, possessing my body, turns me to face the stranger. My magenta eyes glow with the Swarm's malice as it makes me speak, for the first time in many months.
"I'll be watching."
I regain control of my body, but before I can run away, I feel a sharp pain in my back. A small dart. I fall on the ground, paralyzed, giving the officers the chance to handcuff me. Another one picks me up over his shoulder, carrying me to who knows where. I look back at the Stranger. I can tell, even through his mask, that he's both incredibly scared... and incredibly enraged.

I'm going to have to really tweak some things to make this work.

Proposal start

Seatus came up to Gwen's other side, opposite Arch. He said softly, "You aren't, Gwen. Believe me, you are kind. They had evil in their hearts anyways." Gwen was a little surprised to learn that he knew about them. He covered his mouth in shock, then quickly tried to recover. "I meant the opposing team." Gwen let out a weak smile and said quietly, "It's okay, Seatus. You don't need to be ashamed of your gift." She shivered and held her arms tighter.

Seatus straightened, grabbed his shifted Stranger Cloak and said, "I'm going to need some different clothes. I got these from a kind Stranger. I'll be back soon!" He was about to go to the nearest alchemy machine when he felt himself restrained by his right hand. Gwen had stopped him. "You don't need to look far." She removed from her arsenal a Wolver set and Bristling Buckler. "Take these. Something tells me that you should be their rightful owner."

The cap and coat had spikes on them, and the cap had three eye holes in it. There was only one Snarbolax in existence that was gold-colored like this.

Proposal end

I did indeed read your post, and enjoyed what I read. But judging from your reaction, it appears that you intended some of its events to be noticed by the other MCs. Could you point out where and when the characters would notice?

And if you don't mind, could you also write some kind of example of how our characters should react? I mean, I'd like to be more involved in your story than just "noticing something odd going on in Haven."

Gremlins are allowed into haven! You know, Punch, Vise? No? Sigh. . . From what I understand, there should be nobody running after you.
Also from what I know, I'm pretty sure that the surrounding knights would maybe gasp, murmur "What's he doing here", maybe even inquire (Hidden for future post)

Edit: Ack, He stole my blade!

Editing it now~

Gwen asked if she was heartless. I didn't know how to answer. Seatus came over and answered for me. After Gwen gave him some new clothing, the hunger came back. 'That pill didn't last long'. As I grabbed my stomach.

@Thinslayer
So should Nathaniel go for Sayaka? Or Gwen?

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The stranger subtly replied, "Axis, former Lieutenant of the Black Rose." He turned to face Gwen. "I look forward to seeing you follow up on your threat." She scoffed back at him. "I only threatened you because you grabbed and interrogated my friend. Such a threat is no longer necessary." Axis and his team departed for their next Coliseum round, but Gwenyvier took a stroll in the field, presumably to try and reminisce about her life. She cried, and this angel kid went to cheer her up. Another stranger came up beside her and presumably, tried to cheer her up as well. A faint Gwen in the distance was giving the stranger...... clothes? The stranger went back to Gwen after a few minutes, wearing new clothes. Scouring the scene for more information, I found that there was a... gremlin approaching the stranger? The gremlin was soon followed by police, who shot poison darts at it. I laughed in amusement. I've never actually had this much fun before. I turned to my right, and there sat a maroon-obsidian haired girl, who was of an unusual attractiveness. The way her smooth hair swept down to her waist was just.... mesmerizing. Her lapis-blue aquamarine eyes only complimented her pearly white skin as she turned to look at me. "My name's Nathaniel York, and I am of the White Rose. I believe we haven't introduced ourselves properly yet."I softly spoke.

Nathaniel needs to go for Sakaya first.

The characters need a good excuse to travel to a Shadow Lair. Perhaps...Vog is there?

@Seatus: glad you noticed. I'm wondering if we should turn that into something to worry about in the story. You think?

Also, Seatus, in my next entry, do you mind if I powerplay a little with your character? I have a few ideas in mind.

No, I wouldn't do any such things. And you gave me several mental images that I didn't need ;_;
Anyway, thanks :3

I smashed the strikers head into the ground ruthlessly. I then grabbed both of his arms and put my foot on his back. Two loud snaps resonated around the forest. I smiled, the idiot had kept spamming his pulsar, I HATED when people did that. The medics came over and declared he was out of the match, the fractures took a bit more then a few seconds to patch up. I looked at the monitor. I had made it onto the actual broadcast of the tournament. I laughed, everyone else in the other coliseums were seeing this. I growled as other teams showed, I found that the group of four was prepping for their match. The white rose commander wore nothing but regular clothes, cocky self entitled brat. I would smash him down to size eventually. I heard two gunshots and looked behind me, a recon had tried to sneak up on me, he would've too if not for the two cryo mk. II bullets in his chestplate. I gave a thumbs up to my teammates. Hotaru was ruthlessly tearing apart a guardian and a striker. They both ended up on the ground, with major concussions. We won 500 to 250, it was closer then our last game, the weaklings really had been weeded out, but the Pack's lifestyle kept us razor sharp, and always fit. I laughed as we exited the arena. We sat down to watch the other matches, including the one involving the silver haired girl, Hotaru's "friend", the white rose commander and a guy with fake valkyrie wings. I scoffed, those accessories were stupid, they made you so noticeable.

I think that the story has migrated entirely to this thread. xD

@Aekuryi: You can start that Google Docs RP anytime now. :P

Proposal start

Mirror mirror, what's behind you?
Save me from the things I see!
I can keep it from the world;
Why won't you let me hide from me?
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Gwen heard a commotion nearby. She noticed a gremlin being chased by enforcers. Seatus had already sprung into action, and now had the gremlin in his care while holding off the enforcers. Gwen cloaked and shot herself at the nearest enforcer, throwing him to the ground and startling the heck out of him. She looped around and shot past the second enforcer before he knew what was happening. He tripped and fell on his face. She skidded to a halt next to Seatus and decloaked.

She hadn't even drawn her sword yet.

Gwen examined the gremlin. He had Swarm runes all over him, but he wasn't fully consumed. She'd seen this before; there was a symbiotic relationship going on here, with the Swarm providing the gremlin strength and power in exchange for food (namely, the gremlin's mind and body). If this relationship was allowed to continue, the gremlin would cease to exist as an independent creature. But more concerning to her were the runes themselves. While Seatus was unaware of their significance, Gwen was familiar with them. Each rune summarized a part of the Swarm. As a rule of thumb, the more complex the runes are, the more advanced the Swarm is. The runes on this gremlin were intricate, and once Gwen had parsed them, she discovered a guiding intelligence of some kind behind the Swarm. She recognized one symbol in particular.

Vog.

But there was another symbol alongside him which she did not recognize; it represented a unitary living darkness, with associated naming markers. It could not be a reference to the Swarm, which was a collective living darkness. She was quite intrigued, but could not afford to spend more time on it, because the second round of Lockdown had started.

"Seatus, this gremlin is being controlled by Vog, who is in turn controlled by some kind of unitary living darkness with an unidentifiable name. I gotta go join my team so...can you think on that for me please?"

With that, she rushed off to the Coliseum and joined Sakaya, who had just finished her brief motivational speech.

((Ultimaknightz, like I keep telling you, Seatus already introduced himself to Nate))

*whoops I'm clueless XD*

I look at the paralyzed Gremlin. Wait. Fire Runes...wouldn't that lead up to a Shadow Lair? More importantly, Darkfire Vanaduke. I groan in protest, and then remember the Gremlin is paralyzed. I look at the darts in his back and pull them out. I look at them close. Powerful Freeze essence, freezing blood in the body to stop all movement. I look around, and find a Fire Virulisk. I pick it up by it's tail, and squeeze it's head until a firey ooze falls to the grounds from it's mouth. I open one end up the dart and only have to add a tiny bit of the ooze before closing it.

I inject it into the Gremlin, and he looks around, startled. I smile as my hair swoops to the side. "Hey there, little guy." I say. "This will only hurt a bit..." I reach out my hand before he can back up and poke him, and a small white illumination happens on his runes, and then disappears as the Swarm Runes recoil back. His eyes look distant as I sense a presence within him. I back up. I know that presence....I know it...

Quickly, I pin the Gremlin to the ground with my thorns. I turn into my other form, a humanoid white Snarbolax with red-tinged thorns. I look at the Gremlin with fierceness. "Who are you two?" I say.

Saya offered us some crackers to feed me. I declined, as it was my hunger for blood. We had to go to our next match. It contained of a cutter knight, shock brandish, a gunner with pulsar, and one with modified Antigua. Her Antigua had a scope, bipod, and extended barrel. I predicted she was using emp bullets. "Lady Paluntena, let me fly! I said, flying overhead. After being granted a few seconds of flight, I crashed landed on point 2, cautious of any enemies. I saw an Antigua bullet pass by my head. I immediately ducked for cover. After capping the point, I went to get the sniper.

The enemy team is listed here for future reference.

Axis: Gunslinger Hat, Dusker Coat, Twisted Targe, Needle Shot, Shockburst Brandish, Nightblade, Fiery Vaporizer Mk II
Rez: Fused Demo, Horned Owlite Shield, Electron Bomb, Prismatech Alchemer, Lightning Capacitor, Grintovec
Nex: Gunslinger Hat/Sash, Swiftstrike Buckler, Magnus, Swift Flourish, Antigua, status Alchemer Mk II
Hotaru: Dusker Cap/Coat, Scary Skelly Shield, Nightblade, Shadowtech Alchemer Mk II, Dark Reprisal Mk II, Antigua
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Proposal start

The match had started. Gwen raced to the nearest control point with Nate in tow, and they captured it together. No sooner had they finished when Rez and Nex showed up to take it. Gwen charged at Nex, and her sword met his with a loud clang. Gwen gritted her teeth and Nex wrinkled his nose as they pushed against each other. Gwen broke first, and her shield arm was sliced.

Blood dripped to the floor. Then it dawned on her: the safeties were off.

Nex chuckled as he waited for this revelation to sink in. Gwen wiped the blood off on her sword hand and gripped the hilt tighter. She blocked a sudden overhead swing from Nex and stepped away from him. He's just a man. This is a typical sword fight for me. No reason to fear. She sighed, brushed away her fear, and loosened her grip on the hilt. She stepped to the side and twirled her sword in her hand, taunting her opponent to attack her. Nex lunged at her, but she danced around it and swatted him in the thigh. He stumbled back, confused, and lunged again. Again, Gwen danced around it and thrusted into his sash.

Nex looked at her with surprise for a split second before he was teleported to the spawn point. "Nex has been defeated by Gwen using a Flamberge!" The crowed booed, and Gwen was taken aback by it. She almost didn't notice Rez, who was about to plant a bomb at her feet while she was distracted. She backflipped out of the bomb radius before it exploded, and knelt to the ground to anchor herself against the blast. When the dust cleared, Rez found himself on the ground at the point of Gwen's sword. She smirked at him, then poked him a little bit. "Bye" she said with a wink, and he teleported back to the spawn point.

Proposal end

How was this fight scene, guys? I took a different route this time, focusing more on the emotions of the characters than on the swordplay.

((@Aekuryi Seatus was already in his human form. He changed into his humanoid animal form to better address the Gremlin. If he's in his more comfortable form, he can remember the language of the Clockworks.))

After we conversed via paper, I turn to my human form. I look at where the others should appear. I take the paper and write, "I have friends we can talk to. There's Gwen, Sakaya, Arch, and Nate. Gwen is our best hope. I can't quite remember the runes yet, but she recognizes them. Nate, Arch, and Sakaya are...well, they don't think like Gwen does, I'll leave it at that." I hand the paper to him, and after he reads it a Snipe lands down, a pure black one. I pick it up and smile at it and say in a slightly songly voice, "Write it on the walls and read it...blood red so you can see it...so safe and sound...at least for noooooow..." I lift it up and let it fly before it disappears in the Coliseum.

SNIPE PERSPECTIVE

Prince of Beasts. Must do his bidding. Prince of Beasts. Must do his bidding.

The Snipe flies into the Coliseum, and sneaks on an unexpecting Wolver Knight. It cuts his arm, getting some blood on it's talons. It flies around, finally finding Gwen. It flies to the wall and starts drawing with the blood the pattern of the Gremlin's runes before flying off, finally having a good consience.
((@Gzilla Sorry I'm a real dumbass today XD))

That makes it much more fun. Just run with it, please. :D

How did you like the fight scene? I tried to make it more...intense.

Gwen dragged me across the rough grass as she ran towards the closest control point. I soon regained my balance, and started running on my own. Turning to look more closely at the grass, it was of an unusual faded green, with a metallic-grey being its base. I quickly turned to face the green control point that seemed to get bigger as we got closer to it. After we captured the green control point with no interruptions, we were congratulated(not literally) by two members of the opposite team. I checked my HUD to see who they were. "Rez and Nex, huh?"I pondered. "Now where have I heard those names before?" Gwen ran to Nex, and their swords met, interrupting my thoughts. Nex gained the upper hand, and sliced her shield arm off, leaving her arm lacerated. "Gwen!"I shouted. I summoned my swords, and immediately took a battle stance. She gestured for me to let her continue, and not help her. I winced, and unsummoned my swords. Nex took this opportunity and slashed downwards at her with his flourish, his countenance full of glee. Gwen parried the blow, and took a few steps to create some distance between them. She then taunted Nex, causing him to lunge at her. She dodged it by spinning to the right, and proceeded to slice his thigh. He would not give up. Doing what most sore losers do, he aimed to lunge at her again. Gwen repeated the same motion, but this time, she thrusted into his sash. Nex vanished. Rez was creeping up behind her by then, and placed a bomb near Gwen's feet. She realized soon enough, and she backflipped out of the bomb radius. In the smoke, it would seem that she killed Rez. She was smiling when she killed him off, but a few moments later, she fell to the ground with fatigue. "It's going to be alright, Gwen."I assured. Holding her in my arms, I ran as fast as I could towards the base, put her on a heart pad, and teleported back to the control point, only to find Axis standing there fidgeting with his Twisted Targe impatiently, as if he was waiting for a good fight. I summoned my swords, and took a battle stance.

Teleporting takes a whole lot of mana. Trust me. Didn't you read one of my previous posts, stating the downsides of his powers? And also, it left the REMAINING part of her arm lacerated. Nex and Rez did die, but this is in some sort of Coliseum thingy where you can somehow revive, hence the revive thing after you die when you play Lockdown.

However, I think I'll make a few edits to it. Thanks for the critique, though.

I walked slowly towards the town square, and then looked over to see some runes drawn in blood. I'm sure that will cause a commotion.
I looked around. Knights, Knights, Knights, The thing in the corner, Knights. . .There's Akairo.
I quickly scribbled down "Hey, how's it been? I thought that I would sort of join you in a group, considering that It's easy to worry about someone you just met.", and tapped him on the shoulder.

Also, here's a character app. . . for me.
Faction: (Unconsidered)
Name: (Damien)
Personality: (Err. . . You'll have to decide from what you already know.)
Gender: (male) (Yes, yes, I played as a female in every other RP, nor this one.)
(This is where I just add things to myself.)
Appearance: (Brown hair, Normal size, eye-patch{right})
Bio: (Made a pact with an angel, and a devil, You can guess which he offered his eye.)
And you'll never know a thing about the eye-patch. Also, I am not playing this as a character.

Edit: Going to school.

A fighter charged me a sliced me. I screamed in pain. I dropped to the ground. 1/2 a bar of health left. He thought he has finished me. I moaned as I got up and started walking towards the second point in pain.

@Liminori The Snipe drew the runes into blood IN the Coliseum. Which I trust Gwen will be finding soon. She might notice the drawn flame runes so often found around Darkfire Vanaduke's elevator that cause the flames to appear. Nathaniel could most likely walk over along with Arch and Sakaya to hear what Gwen thinks the runes mean.

These lead up to Akairo because it was Darkfire Vanaduke who chose to spare him and hold the Swarm that contained his most loyal servant. The servant should want Akairo to come with, and once down there Akairo's Swarm will come out and lead them there. But once there, he will rejoin his master, and once master is defeated, it will run and infect the ones who are resummoning Vog, which will cause it to go wrong, instantly making an accidental Vog-Nyx merge. Do I think too much?