Spiral Knights - Initiate Protocol 13 (Roleplay Story Thread)

Initiate Protocol 13 (Roleplay Story Thread)

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Tue, 06/18/2013 - 04:14

#51

Topoyozariane

Mute, hot! (Not that kind of hot :P)

Mute was still crying when Winter knelt next to him, and whispered, "Topo? May I speak with you?" It was then Xindao walked over to him, saying, "Mute, I know what it's like to be silent, and it was horrible...and if this is a way to stop it, to let your voice be free, to be happy...I think you should take the deal...she's about to offer you" Mute glanced at both of them, then tucked his blanket back into his backpack. To Xindao, he nodded, and smiled. To Winter, he bit his lip, then moved backwards a little. He looks around, and offer Winter and Xindao a chocolate biscuit. Mute then did some hand signals, "Whenever you're ready, Winter." He edged a little closer to Winter, then drew his blanket around their shoulders.

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 05:12

#52

Quexi

Storms of a Kind

I smile, and remember when Mute was happy with Winter. Though, they had different bodies then, as did I.

What happened that day. Well, from what I remember, I stayed with Winter near the Core, I was only on the opposite side of the room. While the others had run, I had cast my most powerful charm yet, and it had stung to let everyone go, but I used the strange name I had given the body I was possessing to eradicate all memories of him. No one would remember me, and no one had to worry. But I spared Winter's memory. She knew the sacrifice I paid that day when the Core opened on the side I was on. I had trapped myself within the Core, facing the burning white heart and the pain of it all, for what seemed like thousands of years before this body died, and it had set me free. But I sacrificed Gwenyvier. Or what seemed to be my sister. The only one who could understand me was gone, replaced by something else. I had only been missing from the mortal world by seconds. I didn't have to go back, but...I needed to see Winter through. To this day she doesn't know what the Key to Protocol 13 is, it only seems like some words she heard the planet shout.

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 08:04

#53

Thinslayer

The proposal

Winter took Topo's hand and led him to a quieter portion of the level, where she decloaked. "The things I said back there...I didn't mean it. I still want to be with you, and...well, one way we could have that is for you to join us without being fully consumed. You'll still have most of your independence, and we'll be together in immortal bodies, but the trade off is that you'll be working for the Swarm. Please accept my offer, Topo! You're...you're...all I've got."

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 10:57

#54

Quexi

Epic Foreshadowing

The black scar running down my left eye, my eyes, and hair dimly light up in a golden glow. I hide my face deeper under my hood as I walk away from Mute's and Winter's deal. I feel my teeth turn to a wicked sharp. I remember leading the Swarm down to the Core when I was unlocked, and showing it Winter. I would have never done such a thing had I known my sister would be absorbed into the Swarm. I look back at Mute and Winter.

Guess I have too much of my sister in me.

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 15:55

#55

Topoyozariane

Swarm?

I felt myself being led, then Winter uncloaked. "The things I said back there...I didn't mean it. I still want to be with you, and...well, one way we could have that is for you to join us without being fully consumed. You'll still have most of your independence, and we'll be together in immortal bodies, but the trade off is that you'll be working for the Swarm. Please accept my offer, Topo! You're...you're...all I've got." She trembled, and I hugged her.

I thought it over. Swarm..... for immortal bodies and Winter....... But then.......

"Damn it! Move, Top!"
"I'm moving!" I turn and my whole clip of the Valiance empties, leaving me with a useless gun. I throw it at the incoming swarm beasts, and run. I was almost at the exit, when I heard a scream. "NO!" I turn, and see my squad-mate, also my friend, getting eaten alive by the Swarm Wolvers. I blinked back tears, and ran. I was at the exit when it reached me. It bit into my leg, then tearing it from me. The pain was unbearable. The others did the same to my other leg. I swung my sword, and they retreated a step. It was All I needed to run, and escape the Unknown passage.

I look at Winter, then glanced back at my Spiral Medic badge. Love and immortality, for..... Swarm and betrayal of my former friend.

The past is the past, I decide, and I slowly nodded yes. I smiled, then hugged Winter to me tightly. She's stuck with me now, for eternity,

Fri, 06/21/2013 - 21:40

#56

Aekuryi

Drakes are strong-ish?

When I finally came to my senses, Winter was nowhere to be seen. Nor was that hooded guy that smelled odd or the mute boy that was familiar. I think he has something to do with my past as well... too bad I didn't see him around. I could stand to know a little more about who I was. I looked around... wait a second. That hood guy still was here. He was lying a few feet away, unconscious. I should help him... but there was a larger problem. There was a legion of drakes right in front of me. I stood up, albeit a little shakily. The Operator was in the thick of battle, in the form of a large, turtle-like robot. I was a little surprised that he could do that, but I've seen quite a bit in the last few hours. Readying my claws, I leapt into a battle stance.
"I'm going through the shield!" I called out the the orb. I sprinted forward into the fray.

There were a few drakes close by, which I slashed through, cutting through their scaly skins. I kept running, and jumped up, taking one drake down and killing it. However, I didn't see one flank me from the side. It bit into my arm, causing me to howl a little. I soon shook it off, lacerating its body as, well, punishment. I was beginning to seem like the vindictive type, I noticed. Anyway, I held my bleeding arm a little. Its fangs had made quite a mark, and the cut was... purple now. A dull pain began to spread through it. I needed to get these drakes out of the way before anything else happened. I clawed through a few more, but my slashes weren't as effective, and a couple seemed to dodge a few of them.
"Agh... help..." I muttered, attempting to dispatch the drakes, which was proving unsuccessful. They weren't even attacking me, they probably were just toying with me.
"God, this is humiliating," I growled. I was beginning to get a little angry. I started running again, grabbing a biting a drake in the neck, severing a vital artery. I spun around and slashed a couple more, taking them down. However, the drakes weren't any happier either, and another flanked me, biting the same arm, injecting more of the Swarm's venom into my arm. Or maybe it was a sedative? It was hard to tell, my vision was fading and blurring. I found myself becoming unsteady. I collapsed, my eyes slowly closing. I noticed the town... I could faintly hear screams and fighting from there. But I was in no condition to help.
"Vog save us all..." I murmured before blacking out, entrusting my fate anyone willing to take charge of it.

Fri, 06/21/2013 - 21:54

#57

Quexi

This must End

I awake in my body, maybe a gift from Winter, or maybe a gift from something else. I may never know. But I jump up, summon my Spade Blades, and run towards the wolf girl. I don't care if I didn't know her, everyone must be safe. I run at the drakes closing in on her, and jump up. I am the Storm I think, and I hit like one. I stab into a drake, and summon a spike, skewering him. I jump directly at another, biting into it, and gold liquid explodes from it's mouth, and it falls. I spin and thrust my Blades up another's throat. The next, I cling to it's neck and stare it right in the eyes, and needles manifest around it's head, thrusting themselves into it. I get to the wolf girl and stab my Blades into the ground on either side of her. I'm glad she can't see my face right now, because I look like an abomination. I mean, even if I am, it hurts to think of myself as such.

I press my hands against the back of her head, and sing. I sing to the Swarm within her arm, and it's existence. I sing the sad song of how it was born to exist, and that's al it ever does. I sing of how it's life drags on so sorrowfully, never getting a form of it's own. And as I sing, I sing of how strong this girl is, and why we need her to survive. And slowly, it removes itself from her arm, and I save it, taking it into myself. It is absorbed into my eyes, and I blink away tears. That hurt, but I've saved the girl...

Fri, 06/21/2013 - 22:22

#58

Feline-Grenadier

Operator time...

Finally, the Tortodrone roared, and collapsed after a good fight, taking down at over twenty drakes in the skirmish. However, there was at least ten more to go...

The orb floats precariously low to the ground, but manages to make another creature of Cradle...

None other than a Knight itself. It appears to be armored in Ancient Plate, with a massive Sudaruska in tow. Without even bothering to charge up, it slams its sword into the floor, shaking the entire level with the strength of the the planet itself. Jagged spikes spring up from crevices below, impaling a Drake or two, but this causes the rest to take flight.

The orb changes form again, and becomes a blue-colored Drake. It takes flight, and begins to do aviary combat with the fliers.

Fri, 06/21/2013 - 22:34

#59

Quexi

Aerial Combat?

((Lol I got better after seeing Rose Tyler would return for the 50th Anniversary in November. Which means...))

I stare at the dead bodies on the ground. If I didn't know better, I'd say the sphere Operator was given that much power for a reason. I might as well help him along.

I raise up my hands and clap once. Tendrils of golden lightning fly from my hands, taking down seven flying drakes. The darkness snakes into my vision, and I fall to a crouch, cuts covering my arms,..

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