Thunderrar

In a pocket dimension belonging to the mage Erez'Zul

Through the fire itself Erez'Zul appeared within the room, a dark room except for one wall, a bright fire coming from a long row of cages.
As Erez'Zul began to walk towards the cages the fire behind him slowly died down, though it looked like fire it was actually a portal to this pocket dimension.
His eyes darted back and forth between the cages, looking past he hordes of trapped demons for one thing in particular, or rather, one man in particular.
He suddenly became frantic, looking back and forth now he suddenly realised the man he was looking for wasnt there.

He hurried to his throne room and stopped dead at the door, seated before him was a figure cast in shadow, his face was hidden except for his glowing red eyes, slowly the figure leaned forward slightly, his face remaining hidden while his hands became visible, they were wrinkled like that of an old man, thin and long.
"Erez'Zul....welcome home"
The voice echoed around the room.

Erez'Zul held his head a little higher, slowly taking a few steps towards the figure, an air of caution about him.
"You...managed to get free then, i suppose i shouldnt be surprised..."
"No!"
The figure silenced Erez'Zul with this one word.
"You shouldnt be surprised at all, you have seen first hand what i am capable of, what i can do"
Erez'Zul stopped walking forward, becoming slightly nervous while trying not to show it, lightly grabbing his cloak with his hand just to stop himself from showing any signs of being nervous.

"You...didnt try to escape then, or did you only manage to break free a moment ago?"
The figures voice boomed through the throne room now.
"Dont act the superior to me Dominic!"
Erez'Zul's eyes flashed at the mention of his real name.
"This battle, this fight between us, at this moment in time...is meaningless, there is more at stake than you care to admit. It is because of this....that i ask a favour....."

lol first devious now you, am i the only one who sees the giant map a few posts up? assaulting the island, epic brawl!

hehe, actually its over, adam wont be there or erez but the amulet will still be lying on the floor for anyone to pick up, scorch marks on the wall, etc

well.....bugger me

Thursday 7th October 2010 23:14pm

Adam Moore, more commonly known as his heroic name Storm, had just walked out of the front door of the Nighthunters new headquarters.
They had moved recently from their hideout in Steel canyon because of the recent Circle of Thorns attack, usually they used a teleportation unit in the basement to leave, this way no-one saw a nighthunter leave and put two and two together.
Tonight however his mind was elsewhere.

Adam immediately rose from the ground, flying up into the sky he looked in the direction of Steel Canyon, darting forwards towards his target, the Steel Canyon University.
Tonight there was talk of Tomb, a little girl with a foul mouth and the mind of a psychotic genius. He had met a little girl like that in Pocket D the other night, after some talking he remembered her, everything he had once known about her came flooding back, though he decided to keep this to himself while playing dumb to Lucard and even Tomb herself.
He did manage to slip her a card as to call him if she needed him, maybe she would, maybe not, he hoped she would.

Adam knew however, that something was going on.
He knew Tomb from his earlier days, he knew how it had all ended, she became Sarah Mc Kensie, her adoptive sister Jenny had decided to take care of her after a lengthly stay in a hospital, a happy ending, they were a family, ready to live out their lives in peace once more.
This is what bugged Adam so much, if Sarah was living happily ever after now, who was the girl at the bar?
She looked like Tomb, acted just like her and didnt even seem to react to the name Sarah or Jenny, heck she didnt even recognise Adam....but it couldnt be Sarah, he had made sure to keep an eye on her, to see that she was still safe and being cared for.

Adam reached the city limits of Steel canyon, heading straight for the university he flew in between the buildings, looking at his reflection in the windows he noticed the brightly glowing amulet around his neck, his Nighthunters amulet. He was so preoccupied with Tomb he had forgot to put it back underneath his shirt when he left the base.

Placing his hand around it he thought back to this evening events, the Trial of Morality, his words about Alexia, he closed his eyes and smiled, tonight had been a good night, if Sarah was where she should be then this new girl was a mystery, but it did mean Sarah herself was safe and accounted for, yes....tonight could be a good night.

Adam felt something crash into his back, sending him forwards into the glass, cracking it as he did he spun around quickly, a fist hit his face, knocking his head back into the glass again, the sharp edges sticking into his face.
He saw two fists joined into one brought down on him, sending his hurtling towards the ground at incredible speed.
He hit the floor hard, cracking the pavement slightly. He tried to get up but a hand grabbed at his throat before he could, pushing him back into the buildings wall as tiny pieces of glass fell around him.

He looked at his attacker in shock, at the attack and who was attacking him.
"Erez'Zul...."
The words came as nothing louder than a whisper as Erez'Zuls hand tightened around his throat.
Erez'Zul's eyes were full of hate, his teeth gritted, he brought his other fist into Adams stomach then pulled both arms back, letting Adam fall a little.
He brought both his hands forward again, mere centimetres from Adams body as a jet stream of flames erupted from his hands, scorching the wall black.
Adam screamed in pain as his body burned, his clothes were being reduced to ash.
Erez'Zul stopped his attack, letting Adam fall once more, his entire body collapsing on the ground. Slowly he moved his head so he could see Erez'Zul's face, he looked into his eyes and asked a simple question.
"Why...."

Adam managed to push up quickly, his fist rising from the ground aimed directly at Erez'Zul, golden lightning swirling around it, unfortunately it was stopped mid swing, Erez'Zul caught it in his right hand, black lightning was crackling around it, seemingly overwriting the golden lightning. He stood there for a moment, a look of utter disgust on his face for Adam.
He then hit Adam in the face again with his left hand, then pulling his arm back he sliced at his neck with the metal spikes attached to the gauntlets on his wrists.
Holding him against the wall by the neck again, Erez'Zul spoke.
"You...have an heir..."
Adams eyes widened as he suddenly realised why he had been attacked by someone who rarely fought, Erez'Zul was a manipulator, someone who never really got his hands dirty, and when he did, more often than not, he held back, not wanting anyone to ever get a true gauge of his power.
Tonight however, he had unleashed a savage attack on Adam within city limits, and now Adam knew why.
"Before you had a daughter, but now she has a family of her own, its the only explanation i can come up with...i was the rightful heir to the Guardians power, now...there is another, THAT. IS. UNNACCEPTABLE!"
Erez'Zul brought a knee to Adams chest, then procceded to punch him continuously with both fists, the blades on his wrists cutting at Adam every now and again.
Adam didnt bleed, but he felt every slice into his skin, he couldnt move.
When he was flying he had no defences up, Erez'Zul could give him a run for his money at full strength, at this point he was completely defenceless.

"It ends..."
Erez'Zul pulled back his right arm, a blade of flame erupting from his hand, he plunged it into Adams stomach.
Adam froze, he couldnt move, couldnt feel, the moonlight grew dimmer, the sword travelled upwards, from his stomach to his chest as Adams hands began to shake.
The flaming blade cut through the string keeping his amulet around his neck.
It fell to the ground, rolling a little bit before falling flat on the floor, its bright glow went a little dimmer, slowly fading until all that was left was darkness.

let them play! let them play! let them play!

....right forget it, as Forse said im out, not going to keep reading if your just going to moan about other chars and players, esepcially considering hes decided to ignore certain people and so cant possibly post back and wouldnt even if he could.

Edit: Wrote this before i saw Fanservice's post, but im still gonna get out of this before anything escalates

got called on it? from what i read you simply laughed because his character Tomb is insanely evil and he was talking about ethics, you dont seem to be able to seperate real life from RP it seems.

You seriously think because he plays an evil child that he is himself, evil? maybe hes a ten year old little girl too, the fact that he does have such morals just means hes a brilliant rper.

Also it seems he was confused about the ways of a couple of heroes acted, he seemed to think they shouldnt break laws, apparently some do, ends justify the means and what not, thats fine, its how i play my Main even tbh, but doesnt make his point any less valid

[QUOTE=Shadowe;3189316]

Some people will avoid RPing with you (generic "you") because they think your plots and characters are lame. Others will avoid RPing with you because they find your plots and characters offensive. Others will avoid RPing with you because they think you have failed to grasp some fundamental aspect of roleplaying in a shared world. But there will be others who don't believe any of those things, and will be happy to get involved.

QUOTE]

So.... by that account I have failed to grasp some fundamental aspect of roleplaying?
Just because i don't take offence at CB's plots...

Edit: Also turns out i cant quote worth a damn...

i would love to but ill be away for a week so might be best to stay away till i get back

Then i guess CB has succeeded with his character idea =)

Ok i was rushed before as i was on my break and tbh a little bit annoyed, so i apologise for being a git, really, im sorry for being a total *** and i really didnt mean to have a go.
I was just trying to say that simply ignoring a major event or a character is....just wrong, i mean, your ignoring what happens, technically re-writing history right? so why not just re-write the number?

When anyone talks about the massacre they will most likely talk about how horrible it all was, all the children that died and what not, i mean i doubt people will give exact numbers, either 12 or 1000 is still a massive tradegy in my opinion, obviously not everyones but im simply trying to say that ignoring the whole event seems like the last resort kind of thing.

You can ignore the entire event or just one number, i would always choose the number, lower it myself and if anyone really did want to go into specifics then that you could argue with, though i doubt anyone would go into exact details about an event like that.

I realise that the forum didnt start like this and i am sorry for implying otherwise, i realise that looking at the very first post of this thread, my post doesnt apply at all.
Right now however im talking about CB's giant robot attack, it needs a proper solution or a compromise, not people having a go at other people, obviously i realise thats a tad hypocritical of me, once again im sorry for that, i wasnt thinking.
Hopefully CB will jump back in and maybe a real compromise can be reached, one that makes all involved, or not involved, happy.

.....Ok seriously this is the solution? ignore it all? really?
Thats....wow, im just so dissapointed right now, that no-one thought maybe, just MAYBE, the newspaper sensationalised the story a bit? i mean....it happened on the 1/9/10, yesterday as i write this post.
The newspaper article came out the same day, so...you think they counted over a thousand bodies in one day? or maybe they guessed the number of people injured stating thats how many people were around at the time but they havent checked for survivors before running the story yet.

In fact maybe the articles meant thats how many go to the school and so was a potential body count if the children had been at school.
You know what im doing right now? im editing the story just a bit and yet still recognising it, its called a compromise, its what i do.
We arent the devs, we dont have ultimate authority over any plot except our own, and even then there will be times where we must adapt to suit the roleplay going on.
So floating fatty suggested a change in the number of victims, CB did, halved it even, still too high and yet....did you send another message? did you think to talk it through with him, discuss it like fellow roleplayers should and come up with a compromise....or did you start a thread detailing everything wrong with it because it 'forced' your character to be heroic for once, maybe earn his licence.

You want to ignore the death toll, fine, couldnt argue with you there, it is a bit extreme to say the least, a dozen children died, students or hell just walking past the school, maybe even some dilinquents climbing on the school roof like they seem to always do, who knows.
Ignoring the post altogether though? what if someone around you doesnt want to ignore it? do you ignore them? does their opinion not count? whoever you roleplay with now is limited by what you do and do not believe has happened.

Ignoring something existed is NEVER an option unless all those involved agree, and i do mean all.

This, all this? top of my head stuff, i looked at it and thought how could it make more sense, not how can i get him to do what i want, you took a side in an argument that didnt exist until you made it, its wrong and i hope to god that people will reconsider all this because i truly dont want the CoX world to be divided.
Oh and by the way when talking about the actual school times in Rhode Island....yeah they dont have war walls, super heroes and jack of irons plodding around either, best not to bring that into it thinking its the most spectacular argument ever.

Regardless of my personal opinion, this is Big Games plot, Cactus Brawlers satanic love child, and Pious and Bathorys sg's that will suffer the consequences, right not they are the law according to me on this subject, i support them 100% and if i think theres something wrong ill use the ooc open season thread they created to voice my opinion or politely have a PM conversation with anyone until i think its been handled right, why? because thats what it was made for chump.

Ok the post happened in game today, as in this morning, the nighthunters are gathered around Schmitts bed after he was crushed by the robots leg, we have discussed what happened and because of such things as Erez'Zul at first attacking it, his little speech and of course other things, we have decided (and rightly so) that it wasnt the courts fault.

Now...The press will want to speak to a high profile hero like the priest considering it was about him and because of him...they will and he will tell them his suspicions, the court may even be asked to give a statement, you dont just instantly attack someone because it has a tattoo of your family crest, at the very least they will take the priests words into consideration AND the fact that the rogue isles belong to Lord recluse (who does kill children, why would you think he wouldnt?? ever been to the future where atlas is a smoking ruin? yeah....everyone dead).
Lord Recluse wouldnt let them enter in such a way, and basically all heroes are the governments tool, well...the ones who are registered anyway, so they follow the government about this sort of thing, watch the news and wait....thats all, it happened today, give it a couple of days to see what happens perhaps?

And techbot theres no way you can ignore this but still be in the plot, if game, bath, pious and CB decide to retcon it, fine, until then you either accept it or leave

Lol, yeah thats totally how heroes think =)
At best it means they wont kill you, simply lock you away forever and ever

fine for me, excellent even!

dont play a vamp toon but ive seen the countess drink blood from bottles and what not, she seems to have a ready supply.
When is all this taking place by the way? like date wise, next week? today? just so i know for in game rp

the bodies on the titan were gone, dont think it said anything about the school, and its not your place to ask if he has asked for permission either, i know the answer but dont feel like telling=)

Edit: Ah i get it, you mean Pious' post not erez smushing the skull thing....my other point still stand though

Erez'Zul looked around as members of the Dunelm group started to attack the robot, the two vampires continueing their attack with the delusional Leon surely joining the battle once again.
Lucard had chosen the cowards way out and vanished without a trace, Pious was right, at this point he was alone.
Erez'Zul stood silent for a moment before smiling, his smile turned to laughter, an insane laughter that echoed around him.
The second he stopped laughing a portal ripped open behind him, darkness swirling around it as three pairs of glowing eyes could be seen through it, one red, one green and the last blue, sounds of roaring, snarling demons could be heard as well through the portal.

"I...am never alone Pious Hunter, the Darkhunters were merely a test, or perhaps a simply greeting? yes...i am here, and unlike some others i will destroy you, every single one of you..."

Erez'Zul turned and stepped through the portal, his last words could be heard as it closed with a small pop.
"Say hello to your wife for me...wont you?"
With that he was gone from the battlefield.

Erez'Zul stood silent for a moment, shaking his head lightly as Leon walked away.
"Absaloutely insane...."
He then turned his attention to the robot again, watching it stand on one leg while still fending off his attackers.
Looking slightly to his left he saw where the other robotic leg had gone, on top of one of the Nighthunters, a silver clad man who seemed to have become trapped while protecting the priest.
He smiled and started walking towards them both, the ground around them both began to sizzle and smoke as the flames started to rise again, a blue tinge appearing at the top as they began to burn hotter.

Erez'Zul stepped onto the rubble that was once a school, he foot slowly positioned itself over one of the still burning corpses of children, hovering over its head he brought it down hard, splitting it open making a sickening noise.
"Reverand Pious Hunter...."
He looked at the man trapped beneath the robots leg and smiled before looking at Pious again.
"Its time you got your wish"

Erez'Zul threw his blade into the air, the fire trickling into nothingness as he did, a look of dissapointment on his face.
"You dont really listen do you boy, why would i ever give an option if i was only interested in one answer? That...thing, that creation, has nothing to do with me and yes i suppose it could go after me but as you were otherwise occupied i suppose you didnt see the way i made my entrance to this...decrepid scene of death, the same way i could make my exit..."

Erez'Zul outstretched his arms to show he didnt intend to fight. He now looked darkly at his opponent.
"There is no balance in this world, it is a world of chaos, of anarchy, of shadows, and so the struggle will go on as it has gone on for so very long...this...'Open season' as you refer to it, has had no effect on anything...in the long run.."

He smiled again, that same superior smile he had used before.
"No....if there were a balance i believe it has been kept, the number of victims in this war has been incredible but the ratio of good and evil that has been destroyed throughout remains the same, your hunters have killed far more of us than we have of them, i can assure you of that."

huh....good point actually, but yeah a lot of people play vampires differently, like some can walk in the sun saying it does weaken but not kill them, others cant, etc etc

Erez'Zul smiled at Leon.
He started walking in a circle around Leon, looking at his opponent properly for the first time.
"Flouncing around? I wasnt the one vanishing into thin air every few seconds, now let me see...sword, flames and of course...a vampire, ah..."

Erez'Zul continued circling his opponent, chuckling slightly.
"You would be the same man who fought Lucard, his hatred of you is quite obvious, why go for you when he can hurt you most by engaging your...children?"
His eyes flickered between the other two, one throwing fireballs around while the other fought off Lucard.

"If memory serves you spoke of balance last time you engaged the Court, yet you seek to protect the holy man, why? If there were someone here who indeed did upset your...supposed balance, it would be him"
He stopped in his tracks, raising his flaming sword at Leon.
"He hunts your kind without rest, among others....he slaughters them all, and so the darkness is wavering, his light begins to shine through, all i do is protect myself and those i deem worthy of my protection.!

He then pulled his sword towards his face, his own eyes at either side of the blade, a superior smirk on his face.
"In fact i came here to honor my own pledge, to protect the Court, that...abomination may wear our mark but it does not speak for us, contrary to the evidence presented thus far..."
Erez'Zul looked deep in thought for a moment before looking directly at Leon again.
"At the very least the Countess herself does not know exactly where it came from....SO! you either face me in combat....or destroy the creature while i deal with the Priest, the choice is yours..."

Erez'Zul let himself fall straight down, pulling his head back so he was level with the ground, his back facing the floor.
He blew fire from his mouth again, consuming the fireball and heading straight for Leon.
As he hit the ground he exploded in a mass of dark electricity, flying across the ground and forming a few feet away.

Standing tall again his body became whole once more, a scimitar of flame erupting from his hand.
"Then by all means lets see how well you handle your blade!"
Slicing at the ground beneath his feet, a circe of blue fire shot from the ground, a wall nearly 10 metres across all around Erez'Zul and if he didnt teleport, Leon.
"My blade can slice through Steel as if it were butter, lets see what yours can do"
He outstretched his arm, facing it in the direction of Leon.