The father just cackled evily again.
"Oh my sweet little brat! Just as sassy as ever! You're forgetting something! I'm not just "your father" anymore! I am a direct figment of your soul conjured by Lord Diov! You will find that you are nothing but what you are-A silly little girl-before my might! For your stupidity in becoming a hero, after MULTIPLE beatings and warnings...YOU MUST DIE."
The ghost groaned again.
"I have gained much wisdom from the world after this! My new knowledge has made me aware of the many mistakes I made in life! I ask the all-mighty authority of those who are what wrecked my life, and the answer was YOU! YOU! YOU SAT THERE AND WATCHED ME DIE! WHO YOU ARE NOW DOES NOT CHANGE WHO YOU USED TO BE! AND YOU HAVE NOT CHANGED AT ALL DESPITE YOUR NEW POWERS! YOUR JUST ANOTHER WORTHLESS PATHETIC FREAK!"
The other Alex continued to sob while shouting...
"But you USED to be me! I used to be you! I agree with mother, who you are now does not change who you used to be! Because of you, MY life has been ruined, MY affairs are now forever lost! Don't you care? Don't you have ANY feelings at all? Or are you really just a FREAK?"
~Strike one, keeper...~
Said a musing voice from everywhere and nowhere.
Alex stopped, not phased so much by the two adults as the copy of herself.
"Your life huh? Your life? What life? You don't have a life. I'm the life now. You're nothing. You're just a pile of trash left to rot on the side of the road. No, I don't care. You aren't who I am anymore. You can rot."
A turn.
"As for you "mother," what did YOU do to protect me in any way? Did you try and stop him? I remember. You just watched in shock when he came through the door, you didn't even try to run. Neither did you jump in front of me. You just sat there. Calling me a freak... you're no better than her!" She indicated her old self.
"And you father. I still have to thank you. What you did made me who I am now. And you may think that I am just a silly little girl, but you'd be wrong. I'm stronger than you're aware of, than Diov is aware of. For all he thinks he knows, there are some things he's just plain wrong with. Same goes for you. You were wrong, totally and completely wrong. And yet you made me. Strange, isn't it?"
Alex sighed.
"All three of you are wrong. Completely, utterly, totally wrong. You're all trash, just scraps to be blown away. And yet you're all a part of me. Looks like I have to fix some things about myself, don't I?"
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Night Widow Noctu (23SoA)
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And suddenly, all three figments simply faded.
The bars closed back down over the three openings.
However, the door leading back out into the hallway remained firmly shut.
Alex then realized she was holding the parchment in her hand, unopened.
((Oh... My... God... Pretty much I hate my job right now, because the last post I did, was right before I left. And this is right after I got home *noise of a gun being cocked*))
Through the entire debacle Shoshemi had stood there calmly, an anchor in the storm. For someone how had just turned a complete 180 in moments, this was a pivotal point.
Alex had handled it better than Shoshemi thought she would. For a young girl to come to so much power, Shoshemi was still a little worried about her. She pushed it to the back of her mind, there were more important matters at hand.
"Perhaps you should see what the scroll says."
@Kedeawyth
Co-leader of Vae Victus Sinistus (Freedom/Infinity)
Virtue
Exorii: Lvl 50 Kat/Elec Stalker, fully IO'd, T4 Incarnate
SG: Hands of Ashra
Krystell had a bad feeling that things were about to go REALLY wrong. Her corporeal form vanished from the room, leaving Shoshemi and Alex alone.
"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid." - John Wayne
Alex unraveled the scroll as soon as Shoshemi brought her attention to it. She wasn't sure what to expect, and was left in a bit of a bad mood after that last encounter.
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The scroll was blank at first.
Then words began to flow across it, as if written by an invisible hand.
"Hello. I am the security scroll. It is my job to hold all the passwords and codes for Husk Corporation. However, due to me being jammed into such a small cramped peice of rotting paper, I have developed a cruel sense of humor, and I enjoy 'judging' peopler who enter this room."
The ink stayed on the parchment for a while, before fading away. New words began to form...
"As of such, by now you are probably wondering if you are 'Beyond Good and Evil.' The answer?"
The words wiped themselves clean again. There was a longer pause this time.
"No. You are not Beyond Good and Evil. You may not be inheritly evil, but you definatly were evil in the situation presented to you. Insulting and dismissing the ones who you should have tried to made amends with, and THANKING the man who put you through that much trauma and caused so much pain and suffering? I care not for how many lives you save every second. That one moment was all that mattered to me. You are not beyond Good and Evil. You are amongst it like the primitive fool that you are. Now you must face the consequences."
These words wiped themselves clean as well. One final line appeared.
"We Regret to Inform You....."
Then the parchment melted in her hands.
((RL time, you have eternity. RP time, you have five seconds before all hell breaks loose.))
((She actually thanked them all, not just him. And yes, she was evil, that's the point. She's been hard on herself since day one :P Since they were a part of her, she was hard on them too.))
"Well, that's that, isn't it?" In a flash, Alex's helm appeared on her head. Another flash, and holes in her armor filled out, going from ceremonial looking to more battle ready.
"I get the feeling that you may want to leave, Shoshemi. This could be bad."
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Night Widow Noctu (23SoA)
Toxica Mentis (50Troller Ill/Kin)
Thunder Kiandra (2*Tank WP/SS)
"Hm... it melted. What a strange place this is. Judging on experience and this whole situation, and the look on your face, I'm going to say it wasn't good."
Shoshemi formed a force field around herself, preparing for the worst.
@Kedeawyth
Co-leader of Vae Victus Sinistus (Freedom/Infinity)
Virtue
Exorii: Lvl 50 Kat/Elec Stalker, fully IO'd, T4 Incarnate
SG: Hands of Ashra
((And this why Krystell made herself scarce. 
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"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid." - John Wayne
((Sissy 
))
@Kedeawyth
Co-leader of Vae Victus Sinistus (Freedom/Infinity)
Virtue
Exorii: Lvl 50 Kat/Elec Stalker, fully IO'd, T4 Incarnate
SG: Hands of Ashra
((Hehehehehe...I was saving this creature for the Final Fight Thread, but this'll do just as good for its first field test...Don't be fooled by first impressions.))
Slowly, a storm of white light started to swirl at the far hand of the chamber. Slowly a figure tookm shape.
Starting foot first, avian clawed feet formed...it went up to feathered legs, which materialed smooth ivory and white-plated armor with golden emblems engraved on it. A torso made entire of white, which was soon covered by flowing tan robes, swirling and covered with purple mystical runes. Arms with thick cords of mucle, quickly covered by more armor formed, and a set of clawed avian hands grasped hold of a plain silver staff that appeared from the air. Wings of dazling white, complete with feathers, erupted from the figure's back, and finally, a head.
Long flowing white hair, a firm and set pair of lips, and a ridgid nose. A set of hard and cold white eyes completed the face.
"I...Am...The Avatar of Justice..."
It said slowly.
"I have peered into your soul and found you wanting. Have at you."
It flapped its wings experimentally, hovering a few inches off the ground, and twirled the staff in the air. Three noticable things happened.
Both Shoshemi and Alex felt a strange soft heat gathering around their eyes.
The twirling staff began to glow purple with energy.
And a storm of white glowing mist began to swirl around the avatar's legs.
((Meet the Avatar of Justice. Please note, he is not, as you might imangine him "Good." He is incarnate PURE Justice, with no compassion, mercy, reasoning, common sense, or anything else to get in the way. So trying to talk to him is not going to work.))
((That might work against him. With none of those things, he'd be considered an unfeeling being. Even the smallest insects can feel things like fear or hunger. That being said, it would make him a prime target for removal, and the Council would have no problems with Alex doing just that o.o
Bah, what I mean is basically, Alex has to respect the living. Since this being doesn't actually show any real signs of being alive, it doesn't get any respect either <.< >.>)
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Night Widow Noctu (23SoA)
Toxica Mentis (50Troller Ill/Kin)
Thunder Kiandra (2*Tank WP/SS)
((I see what Diov is saying though. He may not have human emotion, he is designed as one that is not "good" per se, but one that is "lawful." I'm basing this off of the 4 alignments: good, evil, lawful, and chaotic. And while you could counter point it with pure chaos, unfortunately Shoshemi and her Order are almost all lawful neutral, if you've noticed the prevailent "anti-chaos" theme in Sho's posts. Doesn't mean she can't fight it, but that she may be a bit less effective than Alex's more chaotic nature.))
Shoshemi shielded her eyes. Her guess was the heat was coming from staring straight into pure light. She went into a defensive stance and strengthened the gravity below the Avatar, attempting to lock it to the ground.
((Sho's force field she almost perpetually keeps around herself while fighting isn't like the PFF from CoH. It's much weaker [in CoH PFF makes you nigh invulnerable] and allows the use of powers outside of the field.
@Kedeawyth
Co-leader of Vae Victus Sinistus (Freedom/Infinity)
Virtue
Exorii: Lvl 50 Kat/Elec Stalker, fully IO'd, T4 Incarnate
SG: Hands of Ashra
((Got that right. Alex is total chaos, which is pretty much the opposite of Syne :P))
Alex stood firm, watching the new opponent with a bit of awe, but much more with calculation. She watched its every move, looking for any sort of opening at all.
((Right when it gets good, I have to take off for a bit <.<;; Figures))
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Night Widow Noctu (23SoA)
Toxica Mentis (50Troller Ill/Kin)
Thunder Kiandra (2*Tank WP/SS)
((You know it, I'll be gone from from when I go to bed tonight till probably monday afternoon /cry))
@Kedeawyth
Co-leader of Vae Victus Sinistus (Freedom/Infinity)
Virtue
Exorii: Lvl 50 Kat/Elec Stalker, fully IO'd, T4 Incarnate
SG: Hands of Ashra
The Avatar simply continued to twirl its staff, the purple energy rushing about it faster every second. When Shoshemi's gravity well clamped onto it, The avatar simply flapped its wings once, and the hold over it seemed broken.
And Shoshemi was not right at all. The heat gathering around her eyes had absolutely nothing to do with the light.
And both of them noticed that it continued to get steadily hotter. It was a very slow change, but it was there. Soon, their eyes felt dry in their sockets.
(yuck, that would feel nasty.)
((Hmm... that was just pulled out of my [censored]. Next guess, it's just from looking at him. We were deemed unworthy, so looking at pure justice would have that effect.))
Shoshemi blinked a few times. Then a thought occured to her (see above OOC). She strengthened her force field about ten fold, then once again muttering a prayer to whatever god she worshipped, Shoshemi closed her eyes...
@Kedeawyth
Co-leader of Vae Victus Sinistus (Freedom/Infinity)
Virtue
Exorii: Lvl 50 Kat/Elec Stalker, fully IO'd, T4 Incarnate
SG: Hands of Ashra
((Wrong again...It's a little ability of his. Lord Diov has used him before, and one of his favorite methods of punishing the wicked is by "Frying their brains and making their heads explode." What he's doing is just shunting a considerable amount of heat through your eyes and into your brain.))
Closing her eyes seemed to do almost nothing. The strange heat slipped through her eyelids and continued to throb in the sockets, steadily increasing in temperture.
((Then if that's how it works, just turning around would effectively stop it.))
@Kedeawyth
Co-leader of Vae Victus Sinistus (Freedom/Infinity)
Virtue
Exorii: Lvl 50 Kat/Elec Stalker, fully IO'd, T4 Incarnate
SG: Hands of Ashra
((Not really. He's manipulating the tempertue in the room, how exactly would turning around stop that?))
((Well if he's just manipulating the room temp, it's not going to just go through your eyes. The way you put it made it seem like he's forcing the energy through there.))
@Kedeawyth
Co-leader of Vae Victus Sinistus (Freedom/Infinity)
Virtue
Exorii: Lvl 50 Kat/Elec Stalker, fully IO'd, T4 Incarnate
SG: Hands of Ashra
((He IS...Heating up the temp in front of your eyes, and shoving it forward. You can turn around, bu all he'd have to do it simply move the direction he's shunting the air in...And I'm going to bed now. cyas.))
((Aight. Well if anyone posts between now and 7:30 when I go to work, I'll try and reply, but if not, have a happy new years! I'll be back on monday 
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@Kedeawyth
Co-leader of Vae Victus Sinistus (Freedom/Infinity)
Virtue
Exorii: Lvl 50 Kat/Elec Stalker, fully IO'd, T4 Incarnate
SG: Hands of Ashra
"You can't hurt me now -father-." She spit that last word, and even against the reduction from Diov, the pressure started again. "You were strong, and I was weak. I'm the strong one now!"
She turned to the ghost. "YOU! You. You aren't my mother. No matter what I did, my mother would always try to make the best of things. No matter what happened, my mother tried to make everything better. If you were my mother, you wouldn't say anything like that. You're a fake."
Her gaze passed to the copy of her, and the glare narrowed. "And YOU! You were a shell. You were there to protect ME from the beatings of the world. I'm the real Alex. You were just a shield. It was you that was weak. You let this happen, not me. And it was necessary for it to happen. So that I would end up on the street. So that I would try and take that package. So that I would be attacked and end up where I was. So that I could be this!"
The energy around her flared. "You all were part of this! You were necessary to free who I really am, what I really am!"
And the energy died almost immediately, Alex suddenly looking a lot calmer. "Thank you for that."
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