--Random High School--
Messorem looked at Quintezzento and headed his way.
"I can assume your contented to Rossenbach. You dont have to worry about him then. Soon he will bring ruin to the weak minded in his world. Congratulations you now work for a god." ((High and mighty prick))
"Come! Allow me to show you all to a brighter future."
Messorem then gestured to Quintezzento and the robot to follow him as he made his way back to the portal.
--Random Highschool--
After Messorem shook the hand, the totally mysterious figure said, "If you are to have chortles at everyone as a god, then you need to get rid of the naughty original," a weird potion came from the ceiling, "This will let you defeat the original and have all the fury you need, you just need to drink it." What not-secretly-a-villain didn't say however is that apon drinking it, the clone would go mad and try to destroy the original Messorem for 5 minutes, after the 5 minutes are up, the clone would spontaneously combust and die, of course, the clone might not know it, but you will probably make him know somehow, so maybe I shouldn't have told you what it does? Nah, I'm fine with telling you.
((Oh hey, Fawful. I thought you exploded inside Bowser. What are you doing still alive?
Doc, how perfect is that solution that "revived" Jack and Sarah?))
--Manor de Fieghan--
The android had a look of surprise on his face. "Geez, our first meeting and already I was about to get attacked." He cleared his throat and bowed. "Master Zack, Lady Sarah. It's a pleasure to meet you and will be an honor to serve you. SG-100 'Sammer', at your service." (Kudos to those who got that reference) Sammer then stood back up and noticed E-1. "Oh, hehe. Hey... E-1. The thieves... kinda... escaped?" He had a sheepish look on.
Messorem took the potion and walked over to the portal. ((He was going to die soon anyways so why not let him die in a blaze of glory))
--Random High School, next to Exile portal--
((For the sake of confusion im going to number the Messorem's. Messorem(1) is the real Messorem, Messorem(2) is the clone))
Messorem(2) approached the portal and Messorem(1) stepped out.
"What are you gaining from this?" Asked Messorem(1)
"Only what I deserve, you dont have the power to become a god. But I do."
Messorem(2) then gulped down the potion with no hesitation. His body started to tremble and his eyes grew wider, more fierce. He let out a huge pained scream and charged at Messorem(1). Messorem(1) just stood there as Messorem(2) came at him. Messorem(2) then delivered a fierce punch to Messorem's(1) gut that sent Messorem(1) on his knees.
"What reason do you have for doing this... what are you afraid of?" Messorem(1) then spit out some blood and rose back to him feet. Messorem(2) continued to beat on Messorem(1) without mercy. But Messorem(1) never moved, never fell. He took every last punch until his whole body was shaken and bloody.
Breathing heavily he looked up at Messorem(2).
"Why are you doing this? Are you seeking power, but got lost by its promises? Am I correct?"
"Quite! You will kneel before your new god!"
Right before Messorem(2) landed the last punch he stopped and fell to his knees. Before he could fall completely Messorem(1) caught him. Messorem(2) lifeless in his arms.
"Im sorry I lost you." ((Hes refering to that fact that Messorem(2) was caught up in gaining power as losing him. Messorem(1) thinks its all his fault))
A tear rolled down Messorem's face and hit the floor.
Messorem then looked in the direction that the robot was in "No matter what he did in his life. I still cry for my child. I will not cry for you when I hold your lifeless body though"
Messorem(2) then combusted in Messorem's(1) arms. The fire from Messorem's(2) body covered the wounds on Messorem's(1) body, healing them. Then, from the ashes of Messorem's(2) body came a scythe about two yards.
A ring of white hot fire then surrounded Messorem and the robot. He held his scythe out ready for battle.
((Holy oh mer gerd that took so long to type GAHH. Oh and btw when Messorem Brings his scythe out he means business. So get ready for one hell of a fight))
((For all intents and purposes, they're alive- Cecilia's Substantive Compound essentially copied their body structure and took their place, and there should be no side effects (other than Arkhov's shadow energy having overheated Cecilia's Blink Drive by a lot, which is never good for her health). Zack and Sarah won't suffer any side effects. At least, not from the Watch...
And Pi, the Underground Vault?))
--Manor di Fieghan--
"IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE. YOU WERE SEVERELY UNDERMANNED..." E-1 hung its head. "I CAN DETECT FEW OTHER REMAINING AUTOMATONS."
"Your effort is appreciated, Sammer. I apologize for my reaction... it's been a long day, full of people trying to kill us. I didn't get this Sylfite Gauntlet until after an obese chemist knocked me unconscious. And that maniac... Arkhov. He came so close..."
"Close?" Sarah stared at her brother, and then her face fell. "He... he... killed you," Sarah stammered. "That one lady did something to pull you out of time... but I saw his sword hit you, and then..." Sarah started bawling. "I was so scared..."
"Sis..." Zack looked at his sister for a moment. What... happened? Well, obviously he was chopped in half by a sword that the laws of physics had nightmares about, and Cecilia did something to pull him out of time, but... what happened to Sarah?
"It..." Sarah swallowed a few tears. "It's okay, I'm fine. Let's... go."
"If you're sure..." Zack looked at the ground. "I think I remember something about the basement."
Wait. Zack had to wonder... why were there no bodies? This was near the teleporter, and Arkhov killed at least ten people here. Sammer can't have cleaned up the bodies that quickly.
Then... Zack heard something odd. Moaning... but not from someone who was alive.
"Sarah?"
"Hmm?"
"Stay close. Whatever those thieves did... sounds an awful lot like a horror story."
Sarah stared at Zack, nervous... and then heard the moaning, too, accompanied by clanking metal. "...They didn't."
Zack re-armed his Sylfite Gauntlet. Then he checked Sarah. Her face was beet-red and her teeth were clenched. "Sarah?"
"They made our soldiers... INTO WALKING CORPSES," Sarah hissed. "That... is enough!"
--Kurduhm, Sewers--
Alf checked his watch. When were they gonna get back?
--Random High School--
Rossenbach ran down the hall at the sound of explosions, arming his Sylfite Bracer. "Drat! Geneve, I'm afraid this gift will have to wait!"
"Let me guess. Something Messorem pulled out of his butt just blew up in his face."
"I doubt he pulled a portal to the land of the dead out of his quarters, Geneve. Now, I must hurry! We can't allow any more harm to come to the residents of this world!"
Quintezzento, hearing Rossenbach's loud 'Drat' from far away, made himself invisible. He thought to himself, "Honestly. Already fighting and I'd only just met them. Have I come too late for some vital bit of information, or am I simply so good at what I do that I cause strife just by showing up? Hmm, better take a form that blithering idiot doesn't recognize."
Quintezzento reappeared, chuckling, in a black robe, with his wings invisible and a mask over his head. "Hmm. That should do. Now, who do I side with? Oh, right, that one." Quintezzento began building up a fireball in his hands.
((I'm working on another large post, which means Vault.))
((I was talking about how close the compound copied them. As in on the molecular level, or just the cells and tissue.))
((Mostly just the cells and tissue. The copy is non-sentient, though there are small reactive nerves that respond to strain on the compound's new body, creating an illusion of the copy feeling pain. The brain's outer structure is copied as well. If the copy is created and replaced too far before the time of death, there is a chance that the copy will simply stand there, staring- but since the compounds were applied right at the time of death, this is nigh-impossible to notice. Substantive Compounds only work on living creatures; undead and robots can't be copied.
Why? Do you want Arkhov to find out he didn't quite kill Zack and Sarah?))
Messorem warped over to Quintezzento and put his hand up to the fire.
"I have nothing against you. If you wish to fight you may... but."
A part of the ring for fire opened up.
"You may leave and meet me at the portal. If you choose to fight me though I will show no mercy."
--Manor de Fieghan--
Sammer stroked his chin. "Killed and pulled out of time, eh? I guess that would explain why I can't sense any life signatures from you two." He then started lightly tap-poking his head. "Then again my sensors are a bit on the fritz because of that emergency awakening."
Sammer then heard the moaning. "... I'm picking up signs of necrotic flesh moving around the Manor." He cursed to himself. "Why didn't I sense them earlier? I could have taken the rest of the bodies into the incinerator before they were infected as well."
((I should clarify. The Substantive Compounds were switched with the twins when Cecilia was going back in time, rather than simply copying the twins; the way I worded it might confuse people. So the original twins are most certainly still alive. Although...))
--Manor di Fieghan, Dining Hall--
"No life signatures? What could possibly be causing that..."
"We can find that out later. First we've got to clear out these zombies. THEN I'm going to find the people who did this, and I'm going to make them pay."
Zack had seen Sarah angry before... but never like this.
Three zombies burst into the room from the hallway to the east- two soldiers and what looked like a maid- and almost started shambling toward the twins. Sarah immediately started shouting, blasting a stream of flames out of her Gauntlet. "GET OUT OF MY WAY! YOU AREN'T THE SOLDIERS! YOU AREN'T THE MAID! YEEEEAAAAAAGH!"
Sarah charged forward, leaping over the very burnt zombies. Zack followed behind her. "And there she goes. So that must be one of the gauntlets with a Flame Stream setup. Fits her current mood just perfectly... wonder what mine's got?"
Dashing into the hall, Sarah quickly looked around. Eight zombie soldiers from the front, two from behind. "DIIIIIIIIE!" Sarah started spraying fire towards the large group of zombies.
Zack came in, and quickly noticed the two zombies Sarah wasn't shooting fire at. "Let's see..." Zack aimed his left hand- the one with the gauntlet- at one zombie, and pulled a small trigger on the back with the other. The result wasn't immediately apparent.
"Is it broken? Oh, wait, no it's not. It's set to Magnetic Pull. That's useful." The Gauntlet was pulling metal towards him in a small cone. This included the zombie soldiers' armor, which was slowly cutting into their flesh, and also very effectively knocking them prone. "Wonder if it goes the other way... I know a Magnetic Push could be really handy and- whoa, Sarah, I'm not a zombie!"
"What the- Zack! Watch it!" Sarah had spun around to deal with the second group of zombies after the first eight had dropped to the floor, and almost hit Zack with Flame Stream.
"Sarah, I kind of had to-"
Ignoring her brother, Sarah walked up to the prone zombies, which were struggling to get up, and proceeded to bathe them in fire. "BURN, ZOMBIES! BURN! BURN! Burn... haaaah..... haaaaaaaaah."
"...Sarah?" Was this anger more than just another one of the mood swings Sarah had?
Sarah turned toward Zack. "Whew... I don't know how I got so angry... hope I didn't use up the Liquid Ether. 'Cause... You know... if it runs out of Liquid Ether... it doesn't fire..." Sarah was doubled over.
"Sarah, is everything all right?"
"...I... don't know. My back kinda hurts..."
((...the wounds haven't quite healed.))
--Random High School--
((Waiting on Pi.))
((The spikes burst from all over her body actually, but I'm gonna assume you meant the finger entering through the back.))
--Manor de Fieghan--
"Uh..." Sammer merely stood back and watched as Sarah went on a flaming rampage that also singed most of the furniture. "Mi'lady, can you please- Whoa!" He jumped back as Sarah's fire stream came too close for comfort to his abdomen.
...
"Your back hurts?" Sammer went over to the lift he came up from. "I remember there being a Med-Bay downstairs. It could heal most anything you may be inflicted with."
((I did. What exactly did that finger do? I know spikes exploded Sarah's body at the end, but... what did that finger do to create them?))
"All... all right. Let's get to the Med-Bay." Sarah stood up straight, though Zack could tell it was a stretch. "E-1... can you operate that?"
"OF COURSE, MILADY."
"Sarah... hang in there. And tell me if it gets worse."
"Okay." Sarah smiled. "...Thanks. I'm sorry about all that..."
"No... no, it's all right. I have to admit, that really did work on those zombies. And... there wasn't TOO much furniture left."
"I... I almost shot at you, though! I... got so angry."
"Of course. It's something worth getting angry about." Zack's eyes narrowed as they approached the landing. "That they'd dishonor the bodies of those who fell in battle in such a way... what kind of men are we up against?"
"...Aah! Here come some more!"
Four zombies, three of them Soldiers, began shambling up the steps, with one stuck, moaning and flailing, on the railing. Meanwhile, two more came from down the hall. Sarah, hanging on to Zack's shoulder, started spraying her Flame Stream in the direction of the ones down the hall, but at short intervals, mostly to keep them away.
Zack, meanwhile, aimed his Sylfite Gauntlet at the zombies on the stairs, turned a valve on his Gauntlet, and pulled the trigger, and the soldiers immediately began falling down the stairs. "What do you know? It does have a Push mode." But the last zombie- he had fancy clothes like a politician, perhaps one of his parents' acquaintances?- wasn't perturbed by the Magnetic Push. Zack released the trigger. "Sammer, to arms!"
(Is there anything i need to do? Im not gonna read all of the posts i missed and take 100 years)
((Not really. We're still waiting on Pi in Ashwood Forest.))
((Well, you can remove the part where Pink Kirby came back to Floralia for cupcakes. It was pretty pointless since Cupcake-God came on and gave everyone a cupcake.))
--Manor de Fieghan--
"Sammer, to arms!"
Almost instantly, swords of assorted sizes impaled the zombies' heads. As soon as they entered, they pulled out and swiped to the side as the undead dropped before returning to Sammer. "So that's what it feels like to do that to flesh targets. It's a bit... icky."
The swords entered back into his arms. "We should hurry to the Med-Bay. I'll take out any animate necrotic flesh bodies that get too close."
--Manor di Fieghan--
Zack watched as Sammer proceeded to cut down all the zombies, helping Sarah to the stairs. "Impressive!"
Sarah gave Sammer a thumbs-up, then started down the stairs. "Ngh! It's... getting worse..."
"Hang in there, Sarah. The medi-bay is just downstairs and to the right."
The stairs looped midway down. As they turned around, ten more zombies came shambling in, all of them servants.
"Zack, they don't have armor. You can't push them..."
"Hey, sis, check this out." Zack set the gauntlet back to Pull, pulled a zombified soldier corpse toward his Gauntlet, then sent the soldier flying at the incoming zombies, splitting three at the waist and knocking two more prone.
"Grievous.... harm with a body. Ha. Ha ha."
The remaining zombies reached the foot of the staircase...
((If ya got nothing else to do frosty and ya want to do something then follow meeeeeee! *Jumps down rainbow tunnel, arms flailing.))
--Plains of the sun, outside the kingdom--
A portal appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the plains and out of the portal stepped Rantos. He looked at the bottom of the portal to see the bloody remains of someones body.
"Sorry."
He had no time to morn. The spirits of the dead where following him. He had to run and run he did.
((paging Frosty, if yer bored and ya want to role play come join this... thingy... ya.))
((I'm fine with it. It just seemed like frosty wasn't getting that much action so I at least want to get frosty in on this. If he wants to join that is))
((It's quiet. Too quiet.
I'm going to wait 3 more days for Pi before continuing the Vault. We really should get that part done.))
((Might as well get the vault out of the way for now))
--Kurduhm, Underground Vault--
"EXCUSE ME," said Scanbot, "BUT I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW I COME FROM A VERY POPULAR COMPUTER GAME. IF YOU LOOK IN THE KONGREGATE TOP RATED LIST, YOU CAN SEE THE GAME I COME FROM WHICH IS ONLY BEAT BY 9 OTHER GAMES, ALTHOUGH YOU WILL PROBABLY NEVER PLAY IT BECAUSE YOU WON'T. THERE'S ALSO SOME GAME THERE CALLED 'SPIRAL KNIGHTS,' NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS. I BET THERE ARE 5 PEOPLE IN THAT GAME'S FORUM PLAYING SOME ROLE PLAYING GAME THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE KNIGHTS OR SPIRALS AT AND CURRENTLY WAITING ON THE 2ND PERSON TO MAKE A POST, MEANWHILE THE 2ND PERSON FINDS TWITCH PLAYS 2048 AND-" right then was when Glititan released his lava. The Inkling shot the ground and went in it to completely avoid the lava, Cynthia flew up, and Lance jumped behind a gold pile like spy did.
However, Scanbot just stayed there while he got hit with lava that didn't effect him at all, "I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW I'M A SUMMON, MAKING ME IMMUNE TO ALL YOUR LITTLE ATTACKS, PUT ME IN A BLACK HOLE, IT WON'T HURT ME, I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN ONE BEFORE. I'VE ALSO BEEN CRUSHED BY A TANK AND NUKED TOO, I HAVE SCANNED MYSELF AND FOUND A 500% STATUS IMMUNITY TO DYING, I'M ALSO THE MOST USEFUL SUMMON IN THE HIST- GAH! WHY DID EVERYTHING SUDDENLY TURN ORANGE?" Scanbot started rolling around randomly bumping into things, now with orange ink covering it's scanner, "ALL I CAN SEE IS ORANGE, WHERE DID EVERYONE GO? I CAN'T SCAN ANYTHING. I MUST SCAN NOW! AAAAAAAGH! I BLAME YOU ALL FOR THIS, WHOEVER DID IT, EVERYONE ELSE IS FINE! WE MUST FIND OUT WHO COVERED MY SCANNER WITH ORANGE, FIRST..."
"Why do you still have him?" the Inkling asked as she shot some Ink at Glititan.
Lance ignored the question and used Plasma Field on Glititan, while Cynthia used Arcwind.
Sonus gave a thumbs up at the inkling.
"Good job, I was really starting to get sick of that thing. Alright Desidia let chain attack this thi..." Sonus looked over at Desidia and raised his brow in confusion.
"What are you doing?"
"Hmmm, what? Sorry I was seeing if what that thing said was true and it was." Desidia then continued to tap away at his phone.
"Dude can you try to get your head in the game?" Sonus yelled and yelled but Desidia would not stop looking at his phone.
"Sonus I just made a fake account called Sir-peepee and ima troll with them. Give me a sec and I will join fight again." Now veins were visible on Sonus's forehead. He warped over to Desidia, slapped the phone out of his hand and threw him at the Glititan.
"Make a huge sword or something. Just hit him with something big."
"Good idea."
Desidia held out his right arm towards the Glititan and a huge ((Im talking really big)) sword started growing out of his hand. By the time it was done Desidia was dive bombing the Glititan with his sword.
((Its very blunt, like a butter knife. Slow moving too. #Trying to make that sword less OP then it sounds
Also please note there will be no trolling. Desidia is sad about this)
--Kurduhm, Underground Vault--
"AAAH!" yelled Scanbot as it went over to the phone, and a giant rocket launcher came out of it which blew up the phone, then the rocket launcher disappeared, "I HAVE OVERCOME MY MENTAL CAPABILITIES AND GAINED A ROCKET LAUNCHER OUT OF NOWHERE TO PROTECT EVERYONE FROM YOUR STUPIDITY ALONG WITH TEMPORARILY SAW THROUGH THE ORANGE, SERIOUSLY, YOU ARE SO STUPID THAT YOU ALMOST MANAGED TO DOOM US ALL IF IT WASN'T FOR THE NUMBER 3.14, THAT IS HOW STUPID YOU ARE. NOW JUST PRETEND NONE OF THAT HAPPENED AND CARRY ON," said Scanbot, now acting like the phone or rocket cannon never existed, "THE WORLD IS STILL ORANGE, WHY IS THE WORLD STILL ORANGE?"
I don't even know who rekt the 4th wall worse now.
... what are you looking at?
--Manor de Fieghan--
Sammer punched forward, causing a stream of sword shards to shoot out and butcher the zombies closing in to the stairs. He then pointed two fingers out and flicked them down to behead the two prone ones.
Sammer reached the bottom first, then turned left. "The Med-Bay's over there, Master Jack." A blade shot out of his back, straight through two more zombies attempting to go up the stairs, before retreating back into him. "We'd better hurry up, I think I see more-" One managed to sneak up on him and nab a bite. It's head asploded with sword shards soon after, leaving a bloody bite-mark on Sammer's arm. "Yeah alright. There's still more zombies."
((I forgot about my old 4th wall shattering subject, that would have been relevant there))
((And now for a shocking twist! (That might not come as a shock if you're Pi and have played Bravely Default.)))
--Kurduhm, Underground Vault, around 10 minutes ago--
"Argh!" Severa flew through the teleporter, landing face first on the ground. "Sheesh. You'd think they'd make this thing less likely to do that."
"You'd think." DeRosa had landed close to her.
"So, Old Man Red." Severa looked up at DeRosa. "Which way to g-hey!"
Severa was promptly sprayed with... cologne? "You know, this stuff is kind of... uh..."
What was going on? Why couldn't she talk? Severa tried, really tried, to move her lips, but nothing came out.
"I'll ask you not to call me 'Old Man Red'."
"Of course, sir." Wait, what?! 'Of course, sir'? She didn't try to say that!
"It's quite the technique, isn't it?" DeRosa grinned. "Yes... now. Follow my orders to the letter. Try not to take physical damage. And under no circumstances are you to reveal my orders, or your current state, to the rest."
"Yes, sir." Aaaagh! He... what has he done to my mind?!
"Urgh... was the teleport supposed to be this difficult?"
Wes! His psychic cat! That thing can fix me up!
"Of course not, and it wouldn't have if those monsters hadn't bothered us."
AAAARGH! WHY CAN'T I SAY ANYTHING?!
The conversation continued. For a second, Claptrap ramming into her from behind gave her some false hope, only for it to be dashed when she stood up faster than she would have.
--Kurduhm, Underground Vault, Present Time--
Giltitan roared, charging up another ball of magma. It stared down at Severa, who fearlessly ran right at it and hit its leg with a hammer. "HMM."
Yes. Punch me. Punch me right in the gut. Severa remembered her order to avoid physical damage, which must have meant that DeRosa's mind control wore off if she got hit hard enough, and Vulneraries existed for a reason.
POW! Sonus and Desidia's combo attack caused the Giltitan to teeter. Cynthia's Arcwind cooled the magma enough for DeRosa to destroy it with Blizzaga, and the Ink, Claptrap's sniper rifle, and Leech Seed made it even weaker.
Spy chuckled. "Perfect." The Giltitan's eye was right in his line of sight. Spy fired his ambassador right at it, and the light in it immediately shut off.
"Good shot, minion!" Claptrap fired his sniper rifle, and completely missed, causing the bullet to ricochet off the wall and land harmlessly on top of a pile of gold.
Roaring, the Giltitan tried to swing its fist at Severa, but she leapt out of the way. No! Severa thought. Come on! Hit me, dammit! And not with your stupid lava!
"Skarmory! Hit it with another Steel Wing!"
"Skaaaaar!" Skarmory soared straight at the Giltitan's leg, crashing into it. It grinned, knowing its Defense had risen after the successful attack, while the Giltitan staggered again.
Severa felt herself swing the Hammer at the Giltitan's leg again. Aaargh! Can't I hit myself?! Shoot, can't Claptrap hit me?! His incompetence would be REALLY nice right now!
--Manor di Fieghan--
"Right. Thank you." Zack led Sarah down to the Med-Bay. "Sarah? Is the pain getting worse?"
"Yes..."
"All right, let's see what we can do." Zack set Sarah down in the Med-bay's and pulled a few levers to get the machine working.
Slowly, the machine scanned Sarah's body. E-1 rolled up to Zack. "MASTER ZACK! ALLOW ME TO EXAMINE THE DATA."
"All right." Zack watched as the Sylfite-based construct printed information to a continuous sheet of paper.
E-1 looked over the sheet. "HMM. THE DAMAGE IS BASED IN HER BACK. THERE IS AN ANOMALOUS OBJECT BURIED JUST UNDER THE SKIN..."
"...is there?"
The Med-bay eased Sarah onto her stomach, and began scanning further.
"...THIS IS ODD. THE OBJECT IS COEXISTING IN THE SAME LOCATION AS HER NERVES. WHAT WE MAY BE DEALING WITH IS A FAILED DARK-MATTER ATTACK..."
"...Arkhov did this." Zack clenched his fists. "Sarah... is she going to be OK?"
"WITH PROPER MEDICAL PROCEDURES, SHE WILL RECOVER SUFFICIENTLY TO LIVE AS NORMAL. WE MUST DIVERT LUMINOUS ETHER CONDUITS TO THE MED-BAY, AS LUMINOUS ETHER CAN COUNTERACT DARK MATTER. BUT..."
"But?" Sarah said, weakly.
"THE PROCESS WILL CAUSE... CHANGES."
"Changes?! Is... is there any other way?"
"What... kind of changes?"
"I AM NOT SURE. THE PROCESS WILL CAUSE THE DARK MATTER TO DISPERSE, AND ANY ORGANS DAMAGED WILL BE QUICKLY REPLACED... BUT THE ONLY REPLACEMENTS USABLE WILL BE RESONANT SYLFITE TECHNOLOGY. SARAH WILL LIVE, HER MIND WILL BE PRESERVED, BUT HER PHYSICAL FORM IS LIKELY TO BE RENDERED DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT, WITH HER ORIGINAL FORM ATTAINABLE THROUGH METHODS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO ACQUIRE."
"That... that's it? Just my... shape?" Sarah shrugged. "It... doesn't matter. Start the procedure."
"Sis? Are you sure?"
"Yes..." Sarah smiled. "I'll be fine. It's just my shape. Shape is only skin deep, right?"
The Med-bay began activating, automatically removing Sarah's Sylfite Gauntlet for the duration of the procedure...
"Hey, guys!"
Alf ran down the stairs, jackknife in hand. "Buncha zombies, incoming! ...Hey, what is that thing?"
"MED-BAY. IT IS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SARAH'S DARK MATTER WOUND."
"Dark Matter wound... ah, geez. That's from Crazy Guy, isn't it?!"
The thumps and thuds of zombie feet echoed down the stairs. Zack lifted his Sylfite Gauntlet. "All right. We're going to have to fight!"
((Oh no, I really want to help Severa right now but that would be meta gaming! DAM YOU RULES!))
--Kurduhm, Underground Vault--
"Ha! Eat that you gold son of a..." Sonus starched the back of his head wondering if that thing even had a mother.
"Ah well what ever." Sonus triumtantly ((GOD I can never spell that word right)) walked over to Severa and gave her a light punch on the arm.
"Thanks for the amount of help back there, that ONE hammer swing really helped."
A big grin then grew on Sonus's face, satisfied with what he just said.
--Kurduhm, Underground--
"WAIT? WHAT IS THIS?" asked Scanbot, bumping into Sonus repeatedly, "I THINK THIS PERSON I'M BUMPING INTO IS SO UGLY, THAT THEIR MOTHER THREW THEM AWAY AT BIRTH. PERHAPS THAT WAS A LITTLE TO GENEROUS THOUGH."
(Can I join?) When did this awesome role-playing game turn Into a well-made fanfic?
((Anyone can hop on the RP train!))
((Doc, I thought Cecilia pulled Sarah out before the hand grabbed her.
Also, I think it's time to jump back on the Kurduhm train.))
--Kurduhm, Residential District--
Soteka looked up as the jetpack squadron arrived. "Oh great, more people we gotta take care of." He leapt over a sliding haymaker from Torghast, retaliating with a sweep kick from behind, however he missed.
"Take care of, my ass!" Asura threw a flame ball at Obakun at the same time as Erk's Retribution. Obakun saw both and dove down from his position mid-air. Asura was nearly seething with rage before flying off in a burst of flames.
"Asura!" Akuma chased after him. "Get back here!"
Mekito watched, shocked, as the Devils left the area (towards the Capitol Building). "The hell are you going?!" Obakun attempted to clothesline him as he was distracted, but Mekito elbowed him in the stomach when he got close.
"Aw, that's too bad." Torghast knocked Soteka back before charge-flying towards the jetpack squadron.
--Capitol Building Exterior--
The Earth Beast propelled forward, grabbing the missile in an attempt to slam it onto Turbo.
Shadow Spawn rose from the shadows around the building, closing in on most sides.
Dryder grabbed Vortak and flung him over his shoulder. "Why are you always so Stubborn?" He rolled back as Vortak shot a missile nearly point blank at his face.
"I should be asking you the same, Light scum!" He allowed Dryder to get in close again before slugging him and knocking him to the side. Dryder remained standing and uppercut him bef9re slamming him back to the ground.
--Kurduhm, Capitol Building Interior--
Vhytel and Arkhov were teleporting around the room, shadow blades appearing and heading towards their resistance one after another. "Ah, I love it when they put up a fight!" Arkhov managed to shout over all the chaos.
"Focus, Arkhov," Vhytel retorted. "We need to get through them and into that bunker."
--Kurduhm, Southern Wall--
Shiki scratched his head. "What now?"
--Manor de Fieghan, Lab--
"Geez, how many people were in this mansion?" Sammer took out several more zombies that got too close to the Med-Bay. "Any progress, E-1?"
(London, OR wherever ZombieU takes place. May contain violent language for 5 year olds)
Jack ran for his life. Where the hell was this god damn voice taking him? Running up stairs and climbing up a ladder. He found a room and shut the door. "Dear god, tell me I'm safe" And he fell asleep.
(Free to join)
((I shall join! I think ZombieU does take place in London. Sick location to role play brha))
In the corner of the room sat a man by the name of Zeb. He simply just stood there watching Jack sleep. He had a mental argument with himself wondering if he should kick Jack out of his sleep spot, it was his after all. In the end he decided to let him sleep for a bit more. This was only a temporary safe spot and he needed to keep moving. He tapped his ear piece.
"Im close right?"
A younger person's voice then responded.
"Ya. Your almost here. Was it worth it?"
"It was indeed."
Zeb then pulled a soft glowing rock out of his back sack. ((Its a potato sack slung over his shoulder))
"Now I just cant die on my way back." Zeb sighed a little and slid down the wall.
"Oh and by the way, i might have a new friend come home with me."
"Thats fine, just make sure hes not crazy or bit."
"Will do... cya"
Zeb then poked his earpiece again, turning it off.
"Now I wait for him to wake up."
Jack woke up to see Zeb. He grabbed a nearby pistol. "A-Are you one of them!" He said looking scared. "I-I came here because some voice told me to on my radio! Said it was a safe zone!" He said. (Very short but hey, can't control your character)
((She had to pull Sarah out just as the hand grabbed her. Otherwise, the faked 'death' wouldn't be convincing.
It was a good try, Zhaver.))
--Kurduhm, Profiteur's Warehouse--
"Sturm! My friend, come in, come in!" Profiteur was as friendly as possible with Sturm, because, quite frankly, Sturm was dangerous. "I've got plenty of food here if you want it-"
"I didn't come to eat, Profiteur. Desmond would like to know how you're going to pay him back for breaking your worthless self out of Eternia."
"Ah, but you have not heard of Mr. DeRosa's plan for the vault?" Profiteur grinned. "Ah, yes. Ze patsies are to be aiding DeRosa in killing ze vault's guardian. Otherwise he'd have to fight it himself, no? And ze mass teleporter needs a source of reliable energy."
"I am aware of DeRosa's role. What are you doing? And what is Qada doing? Both of you have been nothing but trouble!" Sturm turned away from Profiteur. "You ARE aware of the actual reason you're here, and not your ridiculous stretch goals?"
"But of course, Sturm. Even now, Qada is working on what we need."
"So you're planning on taking them via... chemical technique?"
"Yes."
Sturm nodded. "Very well. I expect you will not disappoint Desmond, or myself... especially with the great wealth of distractions about."
--Kurduhm, Underground Vault--
Hey, who's the one with super powers here? ...AUGH! I WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT, NOT THINK IT!
Severa instead watched her body grit its teeth, then swing its hammer again. "Focus on the battle, Sonus!" No! No, hit me again! Come on, now's your chance to be an idiot AND save us all!
The Giltitan staggered even further, then, as if gaining a second wind, leaned forward and slammed his fist into the ground, creating a massive shockwave. Wes felt the shockwave even from the back, while Severa was sent flying across the room.
Come on, land on my stomach, land on my stomach, NOT MY FEET, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, SEVERA?! Oh, right... Severa, having landed on her feet, quickly found herself running toward the rest of the group.
"Hey, DeRosa," Wes asked, "Don't you have a lightning spell?"
"Why, yes. And thanks to that strange robot, we know electricity works well. I'll be using Thundaga to attack from this point."
"All right. Jumpluff, Sunny Day!" From seemingly nowhere, bright sunlight shone into the room as Jumpluff did a little dance in mid-air. "Skarmory, Steel Wing!" Skarmory charged the Giltitan again, striking its leg from behind.
Spy began to aim his Ambassador, lining up a shot on the other eye. "Severa isn't talking as much. I suppose that's good, but why..."
Claptrap ran over to Desidia. "Hey! Could you try and make some kind of giant machine gun on my hand? I'm out of rocket launcher ammunition and this rifle isn't doing too much." Claptrap would have given almost anything for a Marcus Munitions vending machine in there. ALMOST anything. Of course, the rifle would have worked great if Claptrap actually shot at key weak points, but... well, that's Claptrap for you.
--Kurduhm, Outside Profiteur's Warehouse--
Sturm walked off, on his own business. Behind a pile of boxes, a scrawny guy in a blue shirt said, "Yo, Wannabe Darth Vader just left. We ready to get movin'?"
"Whenever you are," Gerome said. "But do you really think they're going to let me walk in to the treasury? Severa's team had to teleport in."
"No. But... I've got a plan. You and your Pokémon..."
"Wyvern. Her name is Minerva."
"Minerva. I'm sorry, I'm used to the word 'Pokémon'..." Rui shook her head. "All of these new worlds have been quite the learning experience. Okay, Minerva will have to fly us on top of the small building in the middle of the fish market. That's an entrance to the vault. I'll have my Excadrill Dig through the ceiling, and we'll be right inside."
"Sweet. Let's go kick some freakin' lyin' wizard [REDACTED]! WOO!" Scout ran off toward the fish market.
Gerome made a small whistling sound, and a tired-looking wyvern crawled out from behind a building. "All right, Minerva. One more task, then we're going to get you some rest, all right?"
Minerva let out a loud yawn. Rui nodded. "All right. I'd better hurry up... Wes is going to need our help."
"Remember what that Valkyrie told us about DeRosa." Gerome was still wondering what that Einheria lady was doing with a spear. Didn't Valkyries have tomes and staves? Maybe she used a Second Seal...
"Right. I'll have my Pokémon keep him at bay." Having been stuck without Pokémon during the Cipher incident, Rui wasn't about to get stuck without them again.
"'Ey, get a move on, guys! We ain't got all day!"
--Kurduhm, Residential District--
"Incoming bogey. Scatter!" The jetpack squadron immediately spread out. "Luna, hurry up over there! We're not wearing red shirts!"
"All right, I'll be over as soon as I've ascertained this kid is all right."
Erk began casting Retribution again. "I do hope they don't... wait." Erk stopped the cast. There was too much fog in the way. ...Fog?
"Erk! Where'd all this come from?" Serra was referring to a very thick fog that had promptly fallen over the entire city.
"I don't know... but I can't see those two idiots!"
Then, Erk heard something. Laughter. Sickening, grating laughter.
"HA! Like that? That's my Fog magic. All new! And I needed somewhere to test it, where that old fool wouldn't freak out about it, see?"
An uncanny figure, dressed like some kind of clown, bounded out of the fog. "Welcome, ladies and gents, to the Kefka Murder Spectacular! Thank you, you're all a great audience."
"Murder spectacular?" Serra rolled her eyes. "You can't be serious."
"S-Serra... stay away from him!" Erk looked terrified. "I can feel just how much ether is coming out of him. He's dangerous."
POP. "Listen to ya BOYFRIEND, pigtails!" Kefka had warped right behind the two, tousling Serra's hair as if she were a young child, before saying that. "Seems like he knows dangerous when he sees dangerou-"
"I'll ask you to keep your hands off of her!" Erk responded to Kefka's approaching Serra with Bolganone, which Kefka had leapt backward to avoid. Serra glared in his general direction as well, ready to cast Shine.
"And this is coming from the guy who says I'm dangerous. Give this kid a big hand." Kefka, now out of their range, snapped his fingers, ducked under a blast of Shine, and dualcasted Firaga, each fiery blast in the shape of a hand. "Or two!"
"Duck!" Serra dived out of the way of the Firaga blasts, while Erk leapt between them and almost fired Rexcalibur... before realizing. "That... Kefka! Where'd he go?!"
Kefka was now within vision range of Soteka. "Hey, space aliens, how's life in space? Here, have a gift from home!" Kefka proceeded to dualcast Meteor, sending one large meteor at Soteka and one at Mekito.
The jetpack squadron continued to spread out, ensuring they had precision arms. It would be all to easy to accidentally hit an ally in the new Fog...
--Zero Zone--
"Hmph. Wouldn't you know it, those rats are all down there." Desmond scoffed. "Even the one lady. I thought I'd poisoned that worthless wench!"
"Poison has a way of being cured, sir." One of his War Medics. Desmond whirled about.
"Then send something that can't be cured! Hmm... don't we have a Giant Heavy from Gray Corp?"
"Hmm." The War Medic nodded. "Why, we DO have a Giant Heavy. But I hardly think it'll stop them for more than three seconds. Remember? The giant tesla cannon?"
"Not on its own. BUT..." Desmond grinned. "What if it were to absorb the latent shadow energy coming out of that giant pod? Just the stuff that's already coming out, no need to break it."
"That... could work."
--Kurduhm, Capitol Building Exterior--
Turbo laughed as he flew down out of the way of the tank missile, up into the fog. "YOU GRABBED A TINY LITTLE TANK MISSILE LIKE THAT! YOU'RE BETTER THAN I THOUGHT!" Turbo was wondering if the Earth Beast could see into the fog...
"Oh, for the love of..." Dan drew his shovel. "Quantity over quality, I assume! And now this dratted fog!"
"We're just getting started." Helena grinned, watching one meter on her Combat Coil reach a certain point. "Oh, we're just getting started."
Helena promptly combined the electrical beam of the Combat Coil with the Light Ray Cannon. "Observe!" Light-based lightning, much like that from Erk's Retribution tome, began arcing around the Champions, leaping from Shadow Spawn to Shadow Spawn and striking down every one of the Shadow Spawn that dared come close. "You're going to need a lot better than these morons to get past THIS!" As an added bonus, the increased energy output also emitted light, which helped the champions see farther through the fog.
"AWESOME! Wait, why didn't you do that earlier?"
Helena shrugged. "I tried it at the beginning. The Lux Drive needed time to sync properly, and that just left the regular lightning. But we're just about safe now."
"Hold on." Walton heard something land with a loud THUD near where Vortak's pod was. "Be ready. Something large has just landed in the middle of the battlefield and it may be hostile."
Desmond's Giant Robo-Heavy had landed close to Vortak's pod. In its synthetic Russian accent, it laughed aloud. "HA HA HA HA HA! TINY BABY COWARDS! FEAR THE METAL GIANT! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Any shadow energy in the air was promptly absorbed into a strange orb on its back, which transfigured its body to give it stronger armor, more powerful bullets, shoulder cannons, an orbiting shield of fireballs... "WAH HA HA HA HA! RUN, COWARDS!"
"Dang!" Rick looked at the large mechanical monstrosity stomping through the fog. "Keep your distance from that thing!"
--Kurduhm, Capitol Building Interior--
((I'll assume that the soldiers Arkhov and Vhytel are killing are in the secret room, which is the only place where the soldiers are, and was also concealed, but since Vhytel can teleport...))
At the first sign of Vhytel entering, the secret door slid open, and behind the soldiers stood a single figure.
"These uncool [REDACTED]s are tryin' to wreck our town. But we don't get wrecked that easy, right? 'Cause we're Kurduhm's best! Kurduhm's greatest! Put your hands together fooooooor..."
As the soldiers fired back at Arkhov and Vhytel, riddling the room with bullets, yet another secret door (within the secret door) opened to reveal what looked like a... guitarist? "SMAAAAASH ROOOOOOCK!" He seemed ridiculous. But make no mistake, Smash Rock was one of Kurduhm's Elite Eight. "Now this one goes out to Arkhov, who knows his pointless gonna-get-his-[EXCUSE ME]-blown-up sadism, and is the BEST at teleporting right into a pincer attack! I call it..."
Smash Rock began playing his electric guitar, and some of the soldiers that appeared to have been killed got back up to fight. "WIIIIILD WAR-BAAAAAAND!" In addition to the health and damage buff his troops got, Smash Rock's guitar also began creating glowing points of... light? Sound? What were they?
"Okay. Remember when I said something ELSE was the darnedest thing I've ever seen? This feller just done out-darnedested that." Engie continued biding his time as the Super Sentry and Lone Star Prime fired bullets down into the secret room.
--Kurduhm, Southern Wall--
Uther Badquarters nodded respectfully toward Shiki. "Right. That slime creature has been slain. The government officials are guard'd by the rest of the Elite Eight, and-"
HYPER CAMELOT! Aaah-ah, Aaah-a-
Uther picked up his cell phone, which had loud rock music coming out of it. "Hello? Good heavens, sirrah, ask that Sir Rock play his lute quieter! Yes? Oh. Indeed! Well, then, I shall meet you at the Capitol anon!" Uther stowed his hammer (and his cell phone). "The hasty rubes have shown themselves at the interior of the Capitol... oh, drat. How about this weather?"
Shrugging, Uther began dashing toward the capitol building, a sword in his hand. "Quickly now, friend! The Regent's bunker is under siege!"
--Manor di Fieghan--
"PROCEDURE BEGINNING." Sarah's face was concealed by the Med-bay's machine. "MODESTY SHUTTERS CLOSED. THEY MAY BE OPENED ON REQUEST FROM INSIDE."
Zack watched as Sammer began tearing into a wave of zombies from the current floor. From the upper staircase, even more began shambling down, this time in a large horde.
"ALL RIGHT, YOU DEAD SACKS OF CRAP!" Alf charged at the zombies with his jackknife. "Break your teeth on me. BREAK 'EM, PUNKS! I CAN TAKE YOUR CRAP ALL DAY!"
Zack looked at the horde. They weren't all soldiers. He'd need to try something different... what was the second setup on his Sylfite Gauntlet? "Hmm. Ether level is at 94%... I've got plenty." Zack fired up his Gauntlet, aiming at a zombie off to Alf's side. Above his pointer finger, a green bolt of energy began appearing, seeming to gain power.
"Energy Crossbow. Excellent." Zack took aim, then released the Gauntlet's trigger, and the green bolt shot out of his finger as if it were on a real crossbow, ripping through eleven zombies to scorch a twelfth's shirt. "Ha!"
Only nine of his targets fell, with two of them walking on despite holes in their shoulders. But now he knew that setting 2 was Energy Crossbow. "All right, that should work better. Sarah, how are you feeling?"
"Still hurts... aaah, it's getting worse..."
"E-1, the Luminous Ether?!"
"LUMINOUS ETHER INJECTION PREPARATIONS ARE 38% COMPLETE."
Alf, meanwhile, was tearing through zombies left and right, shrugging off their attacks. "Pfft! You call that a claw? I'LL SHOW YOU A CLAW, WALKIN' CARDBOARD!" Alf ripped a zombie in half with his jackknife. "YEAH! Want some more of that?! WANT MORE OF THAT?!"
Zombies with metal gloves were approaching... the armor must have fallen off of some of them. Zack began charging Energy Crossbow again. "Alf, watch the ones with armor!"
"Understood!" Alf kept bisecting zombies like there was no tomorrow; Zack continued to build an Energy Crossbow charge. "Hang in there, Sarah!"
"ETHER INJECTION PREPARATIONS 50% COMPLETE."
((I figured, if I was going to introduce four new heroes, I'd better introduce some more foes to keep up. So, meet Kefka! And the giant heavy that's soaking up latent Shadow energy, but that's more of a very big minion...))
--London--
Zeb raised both of his arms and calmly said. "Hold on there kid, I an't a zombie. And you would be d-e-a-d if I wanted you dead. What your buddy on the radio told ya was true. This is a safe zone... but not for long."
Zeb then looked out the window and at the streets, covered with zombie's. He grabbed a potato out of his sack and tossed it to Jack.
"Eat up, once yer done we will be heading to a nearby camp. Its much safer there then in this cramped up room."
Zeb then began to eat his own potato. After two or so bites he asked. "So what cha doing in little ol London? Whats ya story?"
--Kurduhm, underground vault--
Sonus glared at Severa, tightening his fists.
"That not what your suppose to say. Your suppose to say some kind of smart ass comment like you always do and in response I just yell shut up and go punch something. It doesn't matter that where in battle! What wrong with you?!"
Sonus then warped ((Its not really a warp. Messorem warps but Sonus just moves really fast. Just wanted to make that clear.)) over to Spy.
"And no its not ok. Beside from the "Hero" back over there and trash pack (Claptrap) theres no one else fun in this group. UHHHHG!" Sonus then dashed ((Im calling it a dash now cos thats what it is)) over to the Gilititan launching a sound blast from above.
Now for Desidia.
Desidia grabbed Claptrap's arm with a somewhat demonic smile.
"Never tested my powers on a robot before. Lets see what happens."
Claptraps arm shook and started to bubble up. Slowly it grew in size and shape until it was a huge gatling gun. (As long as Desidia is making ammo it has infinite ammo but I dont need to tell you that though do i?)
"Now the fun part."
((Doc is Zero Zone a new area? Or is it already a story that was dropped and is resuming?))
Hmm... Absorbing a living form of shadow energy, eh?
((I think I may have cleaned that a bit too much.
Yes, it's alive. Or rather, sentient. And is, for the most part until the Shadow Twins take over, under Vortak's complete control. Along with anything it absorbs or is absorbed by. So Desmond is gonna say goodbye to his Giant Robo-Heavy.))
((Focus Doc focus... Zero Zone, what is it? Whats its story?))
((What happened while I was gone?))
((I dont even know! DeRosa is EVIL! So thats bad.))
((People seem to be reacting to Sonosukes blank post, meaning it must have been edited. What I'm wondering is WHAT the blank post said))
((Alright, I replaced the post back on.
Say, where's Galax? I thought xe said xe wanted to join.))
((Of topic, but I wonder when it will become midnight in Kurduhm so I can bomb it))
Who Is going to be my character? And What Is going on? should I make up my own character?
((Well, your character (or characters, the only limit is your ability to write out posts and some guidelines we've adopted to make sneak attacks and clever plots less impossible to pull off) can be anything. Literally anything. This has sort of become a mega-crossover with a lot of original characters and worlds thrown in.
The aforementioned rules are simple:
No Metagaming! Just because you know something doesn't mean your character knows it. Even if you're a phD in Medicine, if your character wouldn't know how to apply first aid, that character couldn't apply first aid. Princess Peach is not going to know how to cast Ultima or build a Sentry Gun, Ulfric Stormcloak is not going to have a grasp on ten planets' geopolitics if he hasn't visited them yet, and Dr. Eggman is not going to have good exercise or dietary habits.
Stay true to existing characterization, too! Ganondorf is not going to be skipping through the fields picking flowers (unless said "skipping" involves murdering innocent people with jumping kicks and the flowers he's picking secrete a deadly poison that he's using for his nefarious purposes). and the Hero-King Marth is not going to be a cackling mad scientist dual-wielding laser cannons and aiming those laser cannons at crowds of bystanders.
No Power Play! This means that you can't automatically assume your actions are successful when they involve other characters.
For example, suppose you have a character named Steiner, and another player has Sephiroth, and they've just started fighting. You can't say "Steiner punched Sephiroth in the face," you DEFINITELY CANNOT say "Steiner punched Sephiroth in the face, his armored and awesome fist cracking Sephiroth's skull and causing blood and bits of skull to spray everywhere", but you CAN say "Steiner aimed a punch at Sephiroth's face."
And try to plan your plot twists in advance, especially if they involve your characters' identity. If that beautiful princess was not actually a disguised Gray Corp. Spy Robot when you introduced her character, she is not a Gray Corp. Spy Robot now. (Unless... DUN DUN DUNNN!)
Feel free to write characters into the story anywhere. Just make sure you mention where they are, with something like this:
--Place where my character is--))
((I think we're waiting on Pi.))
-Random High School-
Rossenbach continued on his way out at an easy pace.
Meanwhile, near the robotic hand, matter started to fly together. "Bravo, sir. Bravo."
A mass of atoms reformed itself into a man with four large insectoid wings and a suit of dark blue armor, a black crystal adorning the center of the suit. "You certainly had the human fooled. I was going to tail him and see if he was an actual threat, but your little endeavors sound like the kind of thing I'd do for fun and profit... and a portal to the land of the dead! Quite useful, that."
The armored faerie extended his hand. "Quintezzento. Pleasure to make your acquaintance, both of you."