Spiral Knights - No Safe Haven [fanfic] [accepting apps]

No Safe Haven [fanfic] [accepting apps]

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Sat, 08/17/2013 - 19:28

#51

Danpixed

Moar

one post a day huh... MOAR NOW!!!

Sat, 08/17/2013 - 21:00

#52

Thinslayer

You have persuaded me to continue!

Follows from this post.

Also, I plan to use Dervenin right away. I also plan to kill him. Not now, but soon.
__________

Gwen waved to everyone. "Hi! My name is Gwenyvier, but you can call me Gwen. Welcome to our hideout!" She beckoned to someone they couldn't see, and a man in Heavy Demo armor stepped out of the shadows. He shoved his Khorovod into the floor and crossed his arms. "Hmm. Good morning," he grunted. Harry waved to him cheerfully. "Alloh zere! I'm hairy Harry; who are you?" The man replied, "Dervenin. You annoy me." Harry clapped his hands and wiped a happy tear from his eye as he said, "My life...is complete!" Dervenin grunted and turned to Gwen. "Do you have a purpose for these numbskulls?" Her mouth turned down slightly, and planted her hands on the table. "I do indeed. Hold your tongue." Dervenin nodded and sat down on the floor.

Taric raised his hand to speak, and Gwen turned her attentions to him. Taric asked, "Why did you bring us here? What mission did you have for us?" Gwen smiled at him. "On the contrary, I was inclined to do you a service. Someone is pursuing you, correct?" Taric's eyes widened. "How did you know!? This is the first time I've met you!" Gwen straightened and crossed her arms. "I put two and two together. I know things," she said with a wink. Taric shook his head in disbelief. "Well, now that you mention it, I suppose maybe you could...I dunno...hold him off while we escape?"
Gwen leaned forward and replied, "Escape to where?"
"Well...um...uh...I dunno...to Haven?"
Gwen narrowed her eyes.
"...okay, maybe not Haven...how about..."
"Here."
"No! I mean, uh...no, I don't like living around...um, around grem-"
Now it was Harry's turn to narrow his eyes at him.
"Well, what I mean to say is...how about Moorcroft Manor!"
Gwen rolled her eyes.
"Well...ugh! Where should I stay?"
"Here."
Taric groaned and dropped his hands. "No!...I don't want to live here permanently."

Gwen paced up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "To be honest, I don't either. But it's all we've got, okay? Haven is sick, Moorcroft Manor is disgusting, and Emberlight is too dangerous to travel to and from. You'll be much safer here in New Emberlight. Now, I can't guarantee that someone still won't find and kill you here, but it's much less likely with well-trained and well-armed gremlins out and about at all hours. Zedd isn't stupid, Taric. He knows the danger, and he wouldn't provide refuge if he couldn't protect anyone."

She slung on a Gray Feather cloak. "Now, about your pursuer: who am I looking for?" Taric stepped up to the table and drew a quick sketch. "You're looking for a guy in a Vitasuit with a Solid Cobalt helm. I don't know much else about him. Surely I can help?" Gwen shook her head. "No. I think I know the man, and...well, let's just say it wouldn't be a good idea for you to be seen with me." Taric raised an eyebrow, but said nothing. Gwen slipped on her Gray Feather hood and pressed the button to open the passageway. She stopped, thought for a moment, and turned around. "Dervenin, keep watch over the shop for me." Dervenin stood up and saluted. "Yes madam." Gwen nodded and went up the passageway. It closed with a loud hiss, leaving them supposedly safe from their enemies.

Sat, 08/17/2013 - 22:44

#53

Thinslayer

Bonus part!

Boiling beads of sweat dripped from Carter's forehead. Neither the Cobalt helm nor the Vitasuit had any fire protection, so they couldn't keep him very cool under the heavenly oven. He stopped his trudge along the dusty path when a humanoid figure crossed his field of vision. He shielded his eyes and beheld a familiar figure standing a few meters away from him. "Hello?"

"Hello, Carter."
Her voice echoed inside his head. He recoiled, lost his balance and tumbled to the ground. "Hello? Who are you?"
"I am the one you betrayed."
She did not move her lips, yet he could still hear her voice. He grunted as he stood back up and mumbled, "I don't-"
"-don't what? Remember my name? How callous."
"What do you want?"
"I want you to leave."
"And if I don't?"
She paused. "I don't know. You have both aided me and betrayed me."
Carter exhaled deeply. "Look, I'm really sorry about that..."
"Please, don't make this difficult."
"Hey, I'm the one burning up out here!!"
"So you can burn up someone else, like you burned me."
"But...you're out here in the sun with me! Aren't you burning up out here already?"

She suddenly dropped to the ground. Guess so, he thought as he picked her up in his arms and carried her into the city.
__________

For the readers' benefit, her fainting was intentional. ;)

Sun, 08/18/2013 - 02:10

#54

Pixlator

Name : Callus (or Cal)
Species : Classic knight > Cobalt knight
Gender : Male
Life stage : Adult
Age : As old as a knight.
Appareance : Blue eyes, tall (not so tall), using 5* 4*-like cobalt armors without ponytail hair.
Biography : Cal is a known dragon hunter that hunts dragon all the day, but one day, Cal entered a weird place, a place full of weird wolves. As he keep exploring deeper in to the place, he found the weird big wolf that he never seen before (Snarbolax) with 3 fainted knights, so he fights the big wolf and help the knights that are fainted. The spiral knights said thanks to Cal, but one of the knight ask "Do you want to join with us and became the part of Spiral Knight?". Cal excepted he's invitation and became the part of Spiral Knight. Cal begin to fight more monsters and bosses. One day, Cal start exploring deeper into clockwork, and Cal found this weird road that leads into a darker place fulfilled with dark monster, and Cal finally found the dark castle. As he enter deeper into the dark castle, he found this big dark creature with a dark mace (Dark Vanaduke) that creates and rule the dark shadowlair, he finally beat the Dark Vanaduke, and that's when monsters and the dark core don't exist anymore. Cal became the hero of Spiral Knight, but there are still gremlins and gremlin's factories
Personality : Happy, helpful, and a pro
Desired Role : Main character
Expendability : Forever
Weapon : Sword > 5* Calibur sword

Sun, 08/18/2013 - 10:08

#55

Thinslayer

@Pixelator

I could use a standard cobalt knight, but I can't use the background or "forever alive" expendability.

@everyone: Lately, I've been busy elsewhere. Sorry... :P

Sun, 08/18/2013 - 14:17

#56

Viorayne

I feel sorry for anyone wearing Cobalt...

Oh no, another Cobalt wearing app.
Im feeling sorry for anyone of the cobalt users.. of the possibity of them running into Vargon...

But its getting good. I can feel something's about to happen.

Mon, 08/19/2013 - 13:11

#57

Creeperlucario

App idea.

Name: Visible

Species: Ghostmane Stalker

Gender: Male

Life stage: Elder

Age: 72

Appearance: Can't see eyes, red and grey, small and wears the ancient plate set as a costume.

Biography: Visible was born in Compound 42 and got used to fire and poison and eventually can go through them without getting affected by them. On his 10th birthday, his parents gave him some saws to attack enemies and to survive for much longer. When he was 13, Compound 42 got destroyed by some vanguards. However, when they thought they where save, Visible attacked them and it defeated them because of there low health. He then went to live in Moorcraft Manor and made friends with the Owlite tribe, they where still alive at this point. When he was 49, Margrel opened the one who opened The Book of Grey Feathers and brought the Kataclysm. Visible however perfected turning invisible and using the saws, and waited for knights to challenge and hopefully stop the Kataclysm. He saw 3 knights (Chawkthree, Vokster and Khomie) and then asked if he could help and they said "Ok, just don't betray us" and Visible said "I won't", they started to summon Margrel here and they defeated Margrel and it was only possible because of Visible clearing up the Black Kats. Margrel fell and Visible was happy and also sad because his friends in the Owlite tribe was killed and they noticed that Visible was sad and then Chawkthree gave Visible the Black Kat Cowl for doing most of the fight. He then when to live in Haven and this is where he is now but he still helps other knights even though he is old.

Personality: Wise, Calm, can take his time thinking of something to do or healing someone. Struggles to use his items but when he does, it defeats enemies in a few hits. He is careful and when he is in real danger, he uses his cloak to turn invisible and then uses his wrench to restore his own health in a safe place.

Desired Role: Supporting

Expendability: When he is healing someone, he gets surprised attacked and it kills him. (Make sure to recover the items if he dies)

Arsenal/Abilities: Powerful unbreaking saw's, Darkfang shield, Chaos Cloak, Black Kat Cowl, and Mending Wrench Wand. Can turn invisible and removes enemies defenses for a short time.

Tue, 08/20/2013 - 12:20

#58

Thinslayer

Edolas's prediction is true.

Darkness fell over the little town of New Emberlight as three figures descended into the town square. Gremlin townsfolk fled at the sight of them, and even the guards were uneasy. Fear followed them, and they left a trail of chaos wherever they went. One of them, presumably the leader, found a particularly unlucky gremlin and held her aloft by her throat. He spoke in a hollow, grim voice, "Where are they?" The gremlin shook her head. "I...don't...know..." The man tightened his grip. Something snapped, and the gremlin ceased to move. The other gremlins tried to flee, but they ran headlong into an invisible force field. "Perhaps you can tell me: where are they?" One of them pointed to our shop. The gremlin shivered and asked, "Will you...let us live?" One of the other grim figures raised its hands and replied simply, "No." Suddenly, a white beam shot from the figure's hands and encased each gremlin in a pillar of ice.

If you're expecting an evil laugh, you won't hear one. The three figures approached the shop and...

Knocked.

Sat, 08/24/2013 - 04:36

#59

Travid

Nvm

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Sat, 08/24/2013 - 05:14

#60

Pow-Posts-Again

My app

Name: Azure Swordpow (referred to as 'Pow' by fellow Knights)
Species: Isoran (In other words, a spiral knight)
Gender: Male
Life stage: A teen
Age: 15 (not my IRL age)
Appearance: Mighty Cobalt set, with Mighty Cobalt Crest, Fancy Com Unit and Military KVG. MC armour eventually becomes Azure Guardian armour. MC helm has a Shadow Steel plate on the nose part which has slight protection against shadow. Thanks, Punch! Also has Sky personal colour and short height modifier. (Not V short)
Biography: He got forced into fighting at the age of 14. When the Skylark crashed, his armour only just survived, but was too damaged for combat use. Once he reached Haven, he asked Vise to fix it, also giving Vise a gold crown which was imbued with Crystal Energy he found on his way to Haven. Vise inspected the coin and said 'Oh my, it's a Crest of Power! How did you find it?' and decided to fix his armour. To this day, he still marvels at finding such a rare item.
Personality: If you are kind to him, he will likely give you a hug or be kind to you. If you attack him, he ruins your armour. If you ignore him, he ignores you. If you give him a crown, he will likely give you it back. If not, he says 'Thanks.'
Desired Role: Supporting, please. I've had enough with being the main character for a while.
Expendability: Could get swallowed up by the Royal Jelly when pinned to the ground with Royal Skewers.
Arsenal/Abilities: Cold Iron Carver, Dark Thorn Blade, Warmaster Rocket Hammer and Dark Retribution. CIC eventually becomes a CIV. Abilities are not just bash and dash. He can also quick-revive a single fellow Knight in a mission. Quick-revive is the same as the old-school revive. Thanks to his reflexes, he can also preform a Save, which makes him jump in front of a Knight who is just about to go down with his shield in front of him, effectively saving the Knight.

You said you wanted a Cobalt knight!

Mon, 08/26/2013 - 15:34

#61

Mechao

The Mechanical Fiend

A.I. Name: Malkovich

A.I. Species: Retrode

A.I. Gender: Male

A.I. Age: ERROR 404. AGE NOT FOUND

A.I. Life stage: ERROR 404. LIFE STAGE NOT FOUND

Appearance: Red and black retrode with a white "eye" and has a banner raising from his back. Has two arms (read biography). Left arm has some kind of claw like hand with some kind of electrical glow. Right arm seems to be some kind of weapon/tool attachment mechanism. Always shivering from insanity.

A.I. Biography: Years ago before the core was opened, Malkovich was built as a prototype of a new type of retrode. This new retrode had two arms. One to use as wanted and the other to attach tools and weapons to repair and protect fellow constructs. Along with this an advanced A.I. Was built to control this machine. This A.I. Had many changes compared to the regular A.I., including emotions, sanity, and the ability to not walk like a retarded zombie. On the day the roarmulus twins were built, Malkovich was assigned as the care-taker of these mechanical beauties. But the glory of his position was short lived, As the spiral order infiltrated his home and killed off all of his friends, his creators, his Newly made brothers and sisters. He hid in a bunker made for the gremlins which resulted in him surviving. The only thing he heard after he locked the bunker doors were the screams of gremlins and knights. After this assult, and the sighting of the corpses, he swore to kill the knights that killed his creators and brethren. But along with the distruction of the facility came with the destruction of the elevators. Three days of searching went on looking for any survivors. When he almost gave up hope, he saw a dying gremlin scientist under some ruble. But before freeing the gremlin, a spark of insanity flickered in Malkovich's "mind". "What good will it do to save him? He's not worth anything. He didn't make me good enough to save the others. HE could be the person the built me. The inferior me. He will pay. His race will pay. Every living thing will pay. But they must not die a fast death. It must be long and painful. Yes. Haha. They will die horribly. And the will suffer. SUFFER." Along with this thought he healed the gremlin. And left it under the ruble. He laughed as he watched the gremlin die slowly. Finally repairing the elevator he fled to the darkest corners of cradle, planning his revenge, building an army, and upgrading himself to an insane amount.

A.I. Personality: He hates anything that lives, but shows extreme sympathy for any machines, has an immense ego, and is extremely insane. Also if he trusts someone enough, Malkovich will "attempt" to befriend a living being. Will go into a rage If a construct dies before his own eye.

Desired role: side villain or ally

Expandibility: If an enemy, die of suicide and take out a knight or gremlin with him. If an ally I want it to still be suicide, except its for the cause of good.

Arsenal/Abilities: Has a multi-fire rocket launcher which fires homing rockets which release poisoned gas clouds to poison and slowly kill his enemies, has a small army of mark 2 retrodes, Can also repair any mechanical equipment with a wrench, and shock his army to give them a small surge of power.

I'm perfectly fine if my character doesn't get implemented.

Sun, 08/25/2013 - 15:26

#62

Thinslayer

@Mechao

Hmm, interesting character. I'm almost certain I'll find a good use for him. ^_^

Sun, 08/25/2013 - 16:40

#63

Mechao

The knights will die

I'm hoping for the side villain. I want to kill innocents. That would be fun. Haha. The blood that will come.

Mon, 08/26/2013 - 07:57

#64

Retaeq

App

Name: Ammet
Species: ? What is the difference between human and knight?
Gender: Male
Life stage: Young adult
Age: 22
Appearance: height: 5'11" eyes are determined personal color is violet. Costume is all white magic hood with pointed tip where it comes over is forehead. Covers his eyes. Costume armor is Skolver coat, minus the shine at the back. He looks similar to Ratonhnhaké (Connor) in assassins creed 3. (Google it to see what I mean)
Biography: Born into a well known wealthy mercenary family. From the age of 8, Ammet received the finest training in swordsmanship, stealth and gunslinging. At age 16, the same year his training concluded, his entire family was killed in a huge operation, working for the spiral order. Since then he has been in his own, working for the highest bidder, mercilessly. When the core exploded(?), it didn't kill Ammet off. Instead it mutated him to have special powers.(see abilities).
Personality: A merciless killer, he works for the highest payer, unless the job conflicts with his personal feelings. He stands strong for what he believes in. He can be very friendly but since his family died he became sour and filled with hatred. However, it can be possible to make friends with, and he can be a very useful friend. He helps anyone who thinks they are doing the right thing. His mood can be shifty. He can be furious in the rage of battle but the second it is over he is calm, as if nothing happened. Despite the rage over his family's death, he can never be angry for very long. However if he has been deceived or lied to, he is very unforgiving.
Desired Role: Supporting, you can make him a good guy or a bad guy.
Expendability: Hm. He can retire for a while after he is badly injured...
Arsenal/Abilities: Chaos cowl, snarbolax coat, dual acherons, sentenza, and dark retribution. The Acheron stripes on the blade are white and have a white essence lifting from them. The sentenza "wings" are white as well. DR is the same as it is. All weapons function normally. Acheron sheaths hang at his waist. He has 2 hidden knives under his sleeves and can retract them and detract them at will. (Mostly for stealth purposes...not an ability). Knives reach up to 2 inches of his hand. Time for special stuffs. He has a power to make himself invisible for a short amount of time, approximately 3 minutes. No such warning or anything will appear, even if they have a recon cloak detector thingamabob. (This is NOT recon cloak!!) If he attacks, he becomes visible again but he can turn invisible again. Special ability 2: he shoot lightning from his fingertips. Pretty simple. He can also use it as a torch to illuminate dark places. That's it :D

Now, I need to know the difference between human and knight so I can choose one. You can make him a good guy or a bad guy. If you want to make any minor changes that's fine :)

Tue, 08/27/2013 - 21:19

#65

Thinslayer

Still going.

I've run out of ideas. I have no idea where the plot will go from here. Any ideas?

Anyone?

Tue, 08/27/2013 - 22:09

#66

Feline-Grenadier

...

Like Arctifice, you should PROBABLY start the next violent sequence here...

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 10:18

#67

Feline-Grenadier

Additionally...

Name : Vin

Gender: Male

Race : Knight

Life Stage : Elder

Age : 80

Appearance : Just as he has for years now, he appears to be a rather strapping young man in his early adulthood. Midnight-black hair, cut short. The complexion of a rare people from a place called the Orient. However, he has lost any and all color in his eyes, resulting a sort of gray set of irises. The whole eyeballs glow eerily in the dark.

Bio : An old man who is nothing more than an apathetical killing machine. All compassion, all emotion, all gone. By the lack of closure from a tragic event in his younger years, he has drifted too far away to be considered a Knight anymore. When he was younger, but not too long ago, he attempted to open the Core. He outright failed, but he had been close. For his efforts, he was twisted and warped by the energy from the Core, and his already slow aging was made even slower. If he were to be analyzed (against his will, which involves nonchalantly stabbing even a kid in the gut), it would appear that his body is constantly weaving new cells, replacing ones dead cells as fast as they go. At this point, one would consider him eternal, though not immortal.

His intentions are unknown, and his allegiances even more dubious.

Personality : He kills out of habit, if anything. Nothing seems to scare, surprise, shock, or evoke anything in him anymore. If he's annoyed, someone would already be dead. Talking to him emits no response, and forcing conversation onto him will probably result in a guillotine choke, if not having your neck snapped 180 degrees. In the presence of Gwen, he ceases all movement, and remains frozen until she leaves or touches him. If the latter happens, well...heaven forbid that happens ever again.

Desired role : Cameo.

Expendibility: Any time you desire. If you want to put him out of his misery, be my guest. If you want him to wander the world for more years, I am all for it.

A & A :

Arsenal : Chaos Cloak; Black Kat Cowl; Triglav; Volcanic Pepperbox; Swiftstrike Buckler;

Abilities : Parkour; Intermediate - Level Regeneration ; Proficient - Level Telekinesis

Sun, 09/01/2013 - 19:38

#68

Thinslayer

Fear displayed

"Hang on! I'll get ze door!" Harry leaped up, and before anyone could stop him, he darted to the shop doors. Taric and Dervenin were following close behind him, shouting at him to "stop" and "get back." When they caught up with him...

...Harry was trying to shake hands with the newcomers. "Alloh! Geud eve'nin' lads! Kin aye be auf service?" The hooded men looked at each other and shrugged. "Where are the weavers?" they groaned. Harry pointed to Taric, who was shaking his head and whispering something that sounded like, "don't tell them," but Harry didn't seem to notice.

The leading man grabbed Taric by the shoulder and threw him out to the street amidst cries of dismay. They encircled him and began to chant in a strange language as a dark portal began to open above him. Taric struggled to get away, but an invisible force was holding him down. Suddenly, he felt something growing on his arm. He turned it over to see spikes growing out of his elbow. His eyes widened, and he looked back up to see the portal getting bigger. He planted his hands and feet to the ground and blasted a force field beneath him, breaking himself free of his invisible bonds. One of the hooded men shot an ice beam at him, deflected at the last moment with a simple shield block. The three slowly began to approach him without stopping their chant, and Taric found himself backing into a wall. He tried to run around them, but stopped short of stepping into a newly-created wall of fire.

"Surrender, Taric." Taric could not find a reply; he felt like his throat was tied into knots.

A moment later, a familiar bestial voice cried out, "Heere! Eat rocket, bozoes!" A mortafire rocket landed squarely at the leader's feet, unceremoniously blasting him several feet into the air. The others turned around to face the impudent gremlin, only to face a dropping Khorovod instead. The aftershock knocked them to the ground in a daze.

They wasted no time in fleeing to higher ground. They rolled to their feet and leaped to the top of the building. Dervenin whipped out his Mega Magnus and fired at one of them, missing him by mere inches, while Harry fired off another rocket. It exploded just in front of the leader, forcing him to stop and shield himself from the blast and giving Taric the few valuable seconds he needed to catch up with them. Taric summoned a force field to his feet in an assisted leap to the top of the building, followed with a swift thrust from his Voltedge at the nearest foe. His blade met flesh, and down went the weaver in a blast of ice. Taric glanced around for the other two, but didn't have to look for very long, because another one booted him in the back. He tumbled and grabbed the offender's foot as he rolled off the ledge.

Every bone in his body ached when he hit the ground, but Taric was determined not to let these weavers harm another soul. His body, however, was not so determined, and the result was a profound twitch. Dervenin took up the slack with a wide swing at the downed weaver. The man narrowly avoided it with a swift roll to the side and backflipped to his feet. "Dam acrobats..." Dervenin muttered as he swung and stepped forward, as if to release a combo. The weaver stepped back, intending to avoid the swing, and returned with a thunderbolt in his hand. He had not, however, counted on Dervenin's devious mid-stepping trick, and paid dearly for his mistake with a Khorovod to the head.

Which left only the leading weaver, whose reverie was broken when another mortafire rocket smacked into the wall behind him. He stumbled forward, glanced at Taric, and chuckled. He straightened and slowly marched towards them. "Well played, my friends. But why must we fight? Are you not a weaver yourself, Taric?" Taric spat on the ground. "Yeah, but what's that gotta do with anything?" The weaver laughed aloud. "Everything. You see, we were gifted with the ability to bend space and time, power beyond imagination to fulfill our wildest dreams! But we were mercilessly forced into exile by an ungrateful society, kicked to the roadside and left to rot."

"But it doesn't have to be that way! Together we can turn back the clock and right the wrongs that were done to us. Join us...brother."

Taric plopped to the ground and stared at the wall, hardly believing what he just heard. Dervenin scoffed and muttered, "Got what you deserved, that's what." The weaver half-smiled. "Why waste such great power on lowly, disgusting weeds? They owe us." Taric ruefully shook his head and stood back up.

"Why?"

The weaver stopped smiling. "Nobody owes us anything, mister," Taric continued. "With great power comes great responsibility. We are responsible for using our powers for the betterment of society, to establish justice-"

"THEN YOU FAILED!!"

Taric stopped talking, quite confused over that accusation. The weaver pointed at Taric. "If you think that we are supposed to make your beloved society a better place, then you failed miserably. Ask the millions of greedy parasites now clawing at their graves!!" Taric's eyes widened again. Millions?

"Wait wait wait, you killed...slaughtered...MILLIONS!?"
"Executed, yes."
"HOW COULD YOU!?"
"Because they deserved it, you blithering idiot."

Taric let out an enraged yell and hurled a firebolt at the weaver. The man dodged it easily enough, but decided that it was high-time to leave anyways. He took one last glance at Harry, who looked ready to loose another mortafire, and fled the town.

Taric tossed a rock at the ground and stumbled back to the shop. Did I...we...really murder millions?

Wed, 08/28/2013 - 18:22

#69

Topoyozariane

Nice Chappie

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 03:36

#70

Mechao

Hahaha

I love that last part. Millions? That part gave me a warm feeling inside.

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 03:58

#71

Kao-Kao

What about me?

Where am i in the story? why the AI? and what the hell is up with all this violence?

Note:Dont worry just kidding love the violence

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 08:35

#72

Viorayne

Millions ._.

Thats alot of deaths.
You'd think someone wouldve noticed and reported it.

Also find it quite funny that Vargon is curled up asleep somewhere while all this drama and action is taking place :P

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 08:44

#73

Thinslayer

@Edolas

They did notice. They did more than just report it - they started a civil war that resulted in the weavers' exile.

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 15:51

#74

Mechao

@Dragonlordofchaos

How dare shake your fist in anger at the creator of this story? He is the one who made millions die. Oh the warm feeling is back!

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 16:13

#75

Dewca

Nice

Like the new chappie, but why were there spikes growing on Taric's elbow?

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 16:28

#76

Thinslayer

Carter & Gwen; totally ruined romance.

When Carter entered New Emberlight, the town looked empty and dreary. There were only a couple gremlins about, and they were moving about with unusual haste. He would have to investigate later; right now, his priority was the young woman in his arms. He carried her to the town hall, where he laid her on a couch. He collapsed in a nearby chair and laid back his head with a deep sigh. At this rate, I'm never going to catch my quarry. A door opened nearby, and he turned his head to see who it was. A tall, elderly gremlin with a gray beard, elemental staff, and fine Silverweave garments stepped through. He glanced at Carter, strolled over to the central desk, and sat down with his elbows on the desk. "Hello there, newcomer. With whom do I have the honor of speaking?" Carter looked away, rolled his eyes, and wearily stood up. "Carter...uh, Enforcer Carter. Who are you?"
"I am Mayor Zedd. It is a pleasure to-"
"Yeah, yeah, I get it. Say, have you seen a guy in Gray Feather robes around here?"
"I have indeed. The young lady you carried in with you took him under her wing."
"Okay, so- wait, what? You mean her?"
"Yes, Lady Gwenyvier."
"Gwen- whoa, hold on, her name is Gwenyvier?"
"Yes. Do you know her?"
"Kinda. We met at my house a while back."
"...beg pardon? We don't talk about such things in this hall."
"What the- no, NO! We did NOT do that in my house! I was just helping her out 'cause she was left injured on the street."
"Oh, I see. Quite a shame, that."
"Pfft, yeah, I suppose, if you say so."
"Shall we offer our assistance?"
Finally! "Yeah, that's actually what I came here to ask about. I...and she...need a place to stay for a little while."
"She already has a place to stay. We will find you a separate abode."
Well, it could be worse. "Okay, you got a deal. Where do I stay?"
Zedd rapped his staff, and an admittedly-pretty female gremlin politely entered the room. "Yes sir?"
"Show this Knight to an available abode."
"Yes Mister Mayor."

The gremlin girl led him to a small apartment complex and showed him to his room. It had the basic necessities, like a cabinet, table, chairs, and a bed, but not much else. "You'll stay here for the night. Enjoy your stay, mister," she said politely. Carter nodded, and she left the room. He explored the suite for a little bit, and eventually found the bathroom and a closet. He stepped outside, shut and locked the door with the key he'd been given, and stepped out onto the street.

The evening sky had turned a beautiful pink, with traces of red and orange on the horizon. The departing sun was just peeking over the hill, giving its colorful goodbyes to the cozy little town. Carter shook himself out of his reverie; he had to find where Gwen's place was. Chances were good that she was still keeping Taric there.

And who knows, maybe he'd catch a few more bounties on the way.

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 16:29

#77

Thinslayer

@Dewca

The Weavers were performing a complex transformation weave on him. I really have no idea what they were turning him into, but it wasn't supposed to be pretty. :P

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 17:54

#78

Playerman

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Romance? >:c

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 18:04

#79

Thinslayer

@Playerman

No, there's no romance. It just looks that way. :3

Why, do you not want there to be romance between them? :P

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 18:57

#80

Giyr-Of-Tenderfoot

Lurking

little typo in post 68
He straightened and slowly marched towards them. "Well played, my friends. But why must we fight? Are you not a weaver yourself, Taric?" Taric spit on the ground.

Spit should have been spat.

Anyways, great work on the story so far, Keep up the good work!

@Playerman Sorry about that :/

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 18:26

#81

Playerman

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The title mislead me. :3

Sat, 08/31/2013 - 12:34

#82

Dewca

@Thin

Right...... I thought he was turning into a hedgehog or something. XD

Also bumping this.

Sun, 09/01/2013 - 19:39

#83

Thinslayer

Bump!

Story coming soon. To-do list:
*Have some dialog between Carter & Gwen
*Explore Taric's self-doubt.
*Commence a standoff between Carter & Taric

Sun, 09/01/2013 - 19:41

#84

Playerman

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Divine Avenger vs. Gran Faust fight? That'd be fitting.

Mon, 09/02/2013 - 12:16

#85

Thinslayer

Chapter 3: The Cruelty of the Beast

Carter returned to Gwen's side. Despite her disfigurement, she still seemed to radiate an internal beauty that could not be quenched by pain. He gently stroked her soft white hair while she slept. Her eyes opened a little, and she whispered, "Hey Carter. Did we burn up yet?" Carter chuckled. "No, you fainted before it came to that." She smiled weakly and glanced around. "This must be Zedd's house."

Carter stood up and slipped his hands in his pockets. Why am I still helping this girl? She's the enemy. We don't help enemies. Yet I'm helping her. Does that make me the enemy? He paced around the room trying to resolve this dilemma until Gwen said something very interesting:

"You have heard it said, 'you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that spitefully use and persecute you." She paused. "For if you love them that love you, what reward do you get? Don't even the most villainous do the same?"

Carter turned around and scowled. "You tell me. What reward to I get?" Gwen smiled and replied simply, "Life." Carter scoffed and crossed his arms. Great, just what I needed, another righteous bigot telling me what to do. Gwen's smile disappeared, and she looked away to stare at the wall. He could have sworn that she was reading his thoughts.

He stepped outside and gazed at the starry night sky. The dusty air nearly choked him up again as he took in a deep breath. His gaze fell upon a familiar man, who returned his gaze with equal curiosity. Could it be...no...it was!...Taric. "Hey, do I know you?" Carter fingered his Gran Faust. The other man suddenly turned and fled, and Carter gave chase. The man fled into an alley, dropping trash cans behind him for Carter to trip up on. But Carter was an Enforcer; he'd seen tougher obstacle courses. He charged over them without skipping a beat, nearly catching up with his quarry. The man climbed up the wall with incredible dexterity and leaped onto the roof. Darnit! I'm not letting him get away this time. Carter quickly piled a few trash cans on top of each other and climbed onto them. He grabbed onto the roof just as the cans fell away. He struggled onto the tiles, regained his footing, and charged after the fleeing man, who was now several houses away. But it didn't matter; the man had reached a dead end, and the only way out was down.

Carter caught up with the man and drew his sword. "Halt! You are under arrest, Taric." Taric turned around and drew his Divine Avenger. "For what? Existing?" Carter chuckled and spat on the ground. "Pretty much, yeah." A wide grin formed on Taric's face. "Guess you'll have to rectify that, huh?" He lunged at Carter and thrusted his sword. Carter sidestepped and diagonally swung his Gran Faust, which Taric met with a simple parry. The opposing energies of their swords crackled and sputtered, and the two were forced to back away. Taric twirled his sword in his hand and lowered it. "I won't kill you, Carter." Carter grinned and retorted, "What, you expecting me to do the same for you? Pfft, in your dreams, pal." He slashed at Taric, and recoiled in shock when it nearly bounced out of his hand against a strange white aura emanating from Taric's body. "What the-!" Taric tried to use the moment of surprise to land a punch on his pursuer, but Carter quickly recovered and grabbed it in his shield hand. They tugged at each other, lost their balance, and rolled off the roof.

Neither of them skipped a beat when they landed in the dirt. Both rolled to their feet and whipped out their swords once more. They circled each other, twirling their swords and staring at each other menacingly. Carter suddenly smacked Taric in the head with his shield and plunged his sword into his chest. Taric's armor glittered, and he stumbled back, in pain but otherwise unharmed. Taric drew his Argent Peacemaker and fired off a few rounds. Carter blocked a couple shots with the flat of his sword and ducked behind a building. He began charging his Gran Faust, and when Taric paused to reload, he released it and ducked back behind the wall. He peeked around to see if he was successful, and got his Gran Faust charge thrown back in his face. Impossible! Frustrated, he charged out with his sword raised over his head. Taric backed off, and when Carter reached him, batted away the attack and slashed Carter across the chest. He winced as the heavenly aura burned through his flesh. It would take a while for his armor to repair that.

Their battle was interrupted by a rocket blast at Carter's feet. He was thrown into the air and landed face-down in front of a furry pair of feet. He looked up, wiped the dirt out of his mouth, and saw a gremlin and a heavily armored knight staring down at him. He hastily backed away and struggled to get to his feet. "Alloh zer pawtnah! Yoo mahst be ze hunterr Taric vas talkin abaut," the gremlin quipped. Carter sheathed his sword and backed away from the party. "Yeah, I'm the hunter all right. You're gonna be in serious trouble for helping that fugitive." The armored knight planted his Khorovod in the ground and leaned on it. "Nurp, I dun think so, mister," he grunted. "Ifen ye decide tah stick 'round, Imma smash you. You read me?" Carter wiped a little blood from his mouth onto his sleeve. "Hmph. Is that so?" The knight nodded, so Carter crossed his arms and started back down the road.

It would be royal shame if my boss decided to hunt you guys down. You're gonna wish you'd let me kill you instead.

Mon, 09/02/2013 - 13:35

#86

Playerman

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So when you said that Carter's physical strength had to be sacrificed, did you mean he won't be using physical attacks at all? Only instance I see him using something other than his sword is when he blocked a punch.

Mon, 09/02/2013 - 13:51

#87

Retaeq

So...my character app (post 64)...accepted or declined

Mon, 09/02/2013 - 14:02

#88

Thinslayer

@Playerman

Dang, I'd forgotten about that. He's turning out to be an awesome nemesis. He would likely counteract his physical weakness with improved reaction time.

@Retaeq: I don't know yet. I'll use him if he comes in handy. ;)

Mon, 09/02/2013 - 14:20

#89

Thinslayer

Regarding #85

Is it just me, or was the fight scene kinda lame? Any opinions or suggestions? I may edit it for awesomeness.

Mon, 09/02/2013 - 14:49

#90

Playerman

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The part where Carter charges the Faust and onwards seems a bit iffy. Might just be because he's my character, but yeah. :P

Mon, 09/02/2013 - 15:31

#91

Dewca

Cool.

Niceeeeeeeee... I think the combat was great.

Mon, 09/02/2013 - 17:21

#92

Usevnsevnsixfivfor

New non-Cobalt app!

Name: Usevnsevnsixfivfor (U77654)

Species: Izoran (Knight)

Gender: Male

Life Stage: Early Adult

Age: 19

Appearence: Always wears armor, even if just costumes. Red personal color.

Bio: After defeating one of the quickly populating Snarbolaxes, he found a Rigadoon inside some brambles, almost losing his life for it. It was an impressive sword, he thought. He went to slay another Snarbolax with ease. Then another. Then more until he got enough money to make better armor (Cobalt). After slaying a few more Snarbolaxes, he prepared to defeat the Royal Jelly. After doing so, he continuously searched for the repopulating slimes in the palace for loot. Until he had a Blazebrand, a Silent Nightblade, a Prisma MKII, a Miracle Hood, Rock Jelly Mail, and a Wise Owlite Shield. He then went to defeat the Roarmulous Twins, saved captivated knights, ate Chromalisks (like a Big Boss), and destroyed Deconstruction Zones faster than Gremlins could. He reached Vanguard rank with a Grey Feather Cowl, Mercurial Mail (let's just say that someone threw a Shock Vial at him as he was making Royal Jelly Armor), a GOS, a Combuster (which is enchanted to be very fast [ASI VH]), and a Nova Driver (Gremlins don't like peas [Gremlin VH, I know that it is an elemental gun with a useless bonus]).

Personality: Likes to solo on dramatic fights or bosses, always looks for pickups before leaving an area, vigorous.

Role: A recurring, supporting character.

Expendability: Another app that wants either a dramatic death, or to not die w/ ocassional injuries. Your choice :)

Arsenal: ASI VH (I took out my Gremlin High Construct Low bonuses since those won't help much) Combuster, Gremlin VH Nova Driver (assume Normal damage to Gremlins), WRH, Fearless Rigadoon, Achreon, Blitz Needle, DR for weapons. I can only bring three weapons with me, the rest must be changed in towns or in Arsenal Stations. I almost always bring my Combuster and Nova (except in C42, I always use Achreon, DR, and WRH as my weapons). If I go to Snarbolax/Wolver Dens/Fiend Cities, I bring my Fearless Rigadoon, my WRH in Candlesticks/Graveyards, my Achreon/DR in Jelly Farms/Construct areas/Jigsaw Valleys/Scarlett Fortresses/Lichen Colonies, and my Blitz for Vanaduke (if we ever include Vanaduke in this fanfic)/Compounds.
The armor I use is always a PMoS (if you don't accept the PMoS then I could use a GFC since I also have that) with either Mercurial Mail or Vog Coat. I always use GOS as my shield.

Likes: Eating Wolvers, Chromalisks, Jelly Cubes, Polyps, and Lichens of all types (never eat Oilers, Toxoils, or Quicksilvers). I'm seerus. He gains health from eating these. Does not get poisoned from eating Poison themed monsters (except from Toxoils) and cannot get shocked from eating Shock themed monsters (except from Quicksilvers), cannot get frozen from eating Freeze monsters, and cannot be burnt from eating Fire themed monsters (except from Oilers, be it lit or unlit).

Dislikes: Fiends, Toxoils, Gremlin Menders, Cobalt Knights

Is a Pureblood, by the way.

Mon, 09/02/2013 - 21:02

#93

Thinslayer

Comments

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I'll be examining the post to see how and where to improve it.

@Playerman: Any tips on how to improve my representation of Carter?

I think I should keep this handy at all times. :P I'll go over it again and see if I can make him more accurate to your perception of him. I've been working off the concept of him being kinda clueless in social situations and morally conflicted, but in combat he is sharp and efficient. That's not to say he won't get his arse handed to him by a weaver like Taric, but he knows how to survive against the odds.

Speaking of Taric, he's feeling really bland to me. I think I'll focus on him for the next few posts to develop him some more. He's already established as a powerful fighter, but other than that, his thoughts have mostly gone unheard. I need to change that.

Mon, 09/02/2013 - 21:40

#94

Playerman

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"Carter blocked a couple shots with the flat of his sword and ducked behind a building."

Continuing from that particular situation, I think he'd climb to the top of the building, jump off and land NEAR Taric, roll around, and try to attack then.

My intention for his style of fighting was to be constantly misleading his opponent(s). Faking charging at them, dropping down on the floor last second to try to hit an opponent from below, jumping up against a wall and using the recoil to lunge, etc. I suppose "flailing about" wouldn't give me a very good idea of how he fights. :P

I've edited my original app so it'll be easier to decipher. :3

Edit: "...kinda clueless in social situations and morally conflicted, but in combat he is sharp and efficient. That's not to say he won't get his arse handed to him by a weaver like Taric, but he knows how to survive against the odds."

Your image of him is pretty much accurate.

Fri, 09/06/2013 - 23:37

#95

Dewca

BUMP

BUMP. WE WANT MORE.

Sun, 09/08/2013 - 23:53

#96

Thinslayer

Bump!

Ideas are flowing in again. I should have another story post up within a few days. Also, thanks for the feedback Playerman! I'll be sure to use it.

Mon, 09/09/2013 - 00:55

#97

Feline-Grenadier

And the cat with a grenade walks in...

The no-news about Vin makes me fidgety.

Tue, 09/10/2013 - 17:53

#98

Thinslayer

Patience, young Padawan.

I kinda have to get all my apps together before I can move on. :P

Wed, 09/11/2013 - 17:31

#99

Warp-Master

Malaix group is where Warhammer lives, btw

CHAPTER WHATEVER: ENTER WANDERER

Somehow, Tom knew that today wasn't going to turn out very well.

For the last month, Nexus calendar, life had been entirely too easy for him. No extradimensional wedgie monsters threatening the Bleed, no madmen happening upon the miracle of the jumpdrive and thinking they can take on the multiverse with their death rays and their bioroid armies. He hadn't even seen any cephalopoids stalking Kolaw group; usually he couldn't swing a cat without hitting at least one multitentacled behemoth terrorizing some peaceful Amazonian village. Or girl's academy. Or anywhere with young women lounging about, really, he never really understood why they enjoyed their company so much. It was giving him chills.

Due to the lull in activity, the TransTechs had ordered a security summit with the primary contributor to the Unified Security Service, the Sprial Order of Baz 58-411.0-A7N5PZ. The Spiral Knights were a biomechanical race of warriors, acting as a police force for the starfaring societies of their home universe, particularly against the depredations of a hive species codenamed the Morai. That much was known. However, not even the TransTechs were able to pry much more than that out of them. Still, they were fearsome fighters, and adapted well to the realities of a multiversal existence. Without their aid, the multiverse would no doubt be an even messier place than it is now.

Tom relaxed a bit as he pierced the veil to Axiom Nexus and the familiar sights and sounds of the Biological Habitation Zone surrounded him. Anyone who couldn't find a home in the multiverse could be found here; refugees, erstwhile explorers, and off-duty members of the USS all lived or visited. Occasionally, a lone Cybertronian from the universal streams could be seen stumbling about, trying not to step on some poor organic. He closed his eyes, and felt the presence of the vast milleu; joy, melancholy, love, hate. The canvas of life is richly painted. And he could detect just a hint of... oh my.

It could be worse, Tom thought. He could be running around with an axe screaming his head off somewhere.

As Tom boarded for the voyage, he surveyed the procession filing into the other gates. An assortment of security drones, some Knights who had taken the opportunity to cash in on their well-deserved shore leave, and none other than Shockwave, the morally ambiguous Decepticon scientist, ducking as he clambered into the back of the ship with an audible *creak*.

"What are you doing on this ship, Shockwave? I thought you hated universe-hopping."

"As much as I find the experience bothersome, my vast experience is needed there. The Order feels that their current space-based weapons platform technology is insufficient. When their own scientists failed spectacularly to make improvements, they practically begged for my assistance."

Tom hated Shockwave. He also knew that the Spiral Order had the best space weaponry in the Service. He'd have to do some snooping when they got to Isora.

Tom's first mistake was to trust the jumpship. Yes, the jumpdrive was technically safe, a near-perfect mirror of his own ability to waltz across the surface of the black seas of infinity. But there were always the stories. One ship jumped into a black hole. Another was improperly inserted into the timestream and formed a Big Bang. There were even rumors of ships being forcibly dragged into Malaix group. If that happened again...

Sat, 09/14/2013 - 03:26

#100

Dewca

A SOLID BUMP

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