"Sounds good." Darkvapor commented.
"I've dealt with the Husk Corporation before. The only thing that interests them seems to be money...and destruction...and apparently for Poe, petty revenge."
Interestingly enough, aside from a slight heaviness from his stomache, Build did not feel any worse. Maybe the Paradox ooze was triggered by certain actions?
"Sounds about right," Power Breaker grunted, "Well, we'll get on the first ferry or helicopter to Nerva, and then carve a path to Naylor's post in that God-forsaken Circle of Thorns island. Let's..."
He noticed the leaf covered girl on the skateboard who emerged from the elevator and brightened when she saw them. He gestured for her to join them.
"Got ourselves a small army going, now," he chuckled, "Alright, let's head out."
He walked over to and opened the door to St. Martial. He took a deep breath.
"I'm still expecting the other foot to fall," he grumbled, "Hold on to your butts..."
And he stepped into the void that led to St. Martial.
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
Build coughed, hacked, and retched. What the hell, I figured it would atleast turn me into something else. Or make my muscles three times bigger or somethin, instead it feels like I've eaten an extra grande burrito.
Build stretched, pulling a cramp that had developed in his side loose. He suddenly got an idea. What if I were to fire the lazer at my stomach. Considering that the paradoxs haven't affected me, maybe my normal logic field that keeps the world going honky dory nulifies the paradox field of the ooze. That or the lazer will do something like amplify the paradox and kill me. Oh well! He said as he stepped into the path of the lazer and initiated the firing sequence. His stomach lurched when the beam made contact with him.
"Now let's see if this works."
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Jonas looked around at Inky, "Yo Sprout. You gonna give the big bad Husker a spike in the eye for me?" He asked
He looked back at Breaker, "So we gonna go off on our own and and wait for the rest of them to come rushing in like the cavalry or are we gonna wait and go in force. Considering it is Poe, he may not comeout if he sees we have an army. Then again he may pull out the big guns or somethin."
I do not know my reasons for posting, but post I must. ~~Build
"We can't stop here, this is bat country."
--Johnny Depp
"I ain't bi-curious, I'm a man. Why do you think I'm wearing this tight spandex and got all these muscles?" Meatwad
She smirked, and cracked her knuckles. "You gotit. That iz, aft'r Khel eat'z half 'a 'im. She'd prob'bly kill 'nywun who got 'n th' way 'a 'er best meal ev'r."
Ink scrubbed at a faded, barely visible Sharpie mustache on her face. Sometimes this power was just a pain in the butt, especially when you were hanging out with your crazy friends and one of them thought it'd be funny to misuse your power.
The mustache had been there for a week or so now, despite the frequent dunkings in Sharkhead's ocean.
She sighed, and pulled a surprisingly fresh donut out of her pocket.
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Had Build used an X-Ray scan, he would discover he was now pregnant with a Galaxy.
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As Breaker stepped into St. Martial, nothing bad happened.
Things couldn't possibly be going his way for once, could they?
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Oddly enough, (and surprisingly enough to Poe) they WERE.
"Bring in an army will you?"Poe snarled as he watched the group come out of the D. "Be that way...I have friends as well..."
He left.
Build looked at the readout on the screen. WTF!?
He fipped open his wrist panel, "Shaakti. . . .Morin tricked me into drinking that crap you sent down and you're gonna be a momy. . .I'm pregnant."
The voice on the other end of the line paused for a second, "Are you sure it's mine? OK look, maybe you can try eating something. You know see if something will screw with it. What do you want to eat?"
He thought about it for a minute, "Fruit salad. . .poptarts. . .waffles. . .maybe a jug of jalapenos. . . and some blue berry cream pie ice cream."
Shaakti was given pause for a few seconds, "Maybe you really are pregnant."
Build laughed a little into the com line, "Na that's just what I eat normally. . .all at once."
Shaakti chuckled into the line, "And here I was thinking having a schizo, a living crystal, and a guy who can warp reality were the odd balls of our group."
I do not know my reasons for posting, but post I must. ~~Build
"We can't stop here, this is bat country."
--Johnny Depp
"I ain't bi-curious, I'm a man. Why do you think I'm wearing this tight spandex and got all these muscles?" Meatwad
((Eerrrmmm....Other than me, is there anyone still in the D))
((Briggs is still in there, and the guy who's arm is around her. Can't remember his name.))
I do not know my reasons for posting, but post I must. ~~Build
"We can't stop here, this is bat country."
--Johnny Depp
"I ain't bi-curious, I'm a man. Why do you think I'm wearing this tight spandex and got all these muscles?" Meatwad
((Jager Horowitz is there... you may want to be cautious in your dealings with him, though... even by Paragon/Rogue Isles standards, he's pretty crazy *evilgrin*))
"A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head." Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates
MA Arcs: #12285, "Small Fears", #106553, "Trollbane", #12669, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising"
Fraenir reached into the small satchel that was held to his leather/fur kilt by a well worn rope. When Fraenir pulled his hand out, a small red crystal was in his grasp.
"To Saint Martial" the big dragon man said, looking down at the crystal held in his palm.
The world around him dropped into a deep red shade, and with a boom of thunder, Fraenir vanished from the D.
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A second crash of thunder sounded, along with a flash of red tinged light. Only this time, it was just a few feet from the from the door to Pocket D in St. Martial.
Fraenir shook his head for a second as he got reoriented to his surroundings, then looked up and noticed the others in the group were exiting the D.
"Nice little force you've built up here," Fraenir rumbled as he walked up to Breaker, "I wonder how well the waiter will handle all of us"
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Servers - Protector
--Pocket D: Heroside Entrance--
Kipland just laughed at the assembled group.
"You guys... Remind Breaker to take pictures and send me the video. I've seen some of the biggest, toughest lunkheads throughout the universe get their [butts] soundly handed to them by overwhelming odds such as what you're taking with you to handle this Poe character. I'd love to help, but, like I said before, I've got other things to handle. Laterz, all."
And with that, Kipland headed for Talos Island again.
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--St. Martial: Pocket D Entrance--
Power Breaker breathed deeply and scanned his surroundings. He'd expected Poe to pull something freaky, but, then again, he did just get blown up...
Not that that was going to stop him, as Noitpeced had pointed out before.
"Damn, I hope we don't have to fight him again," Breaker muttered, "Look, we're heading for Nerva, like I said. From what I remember of the description one of Poe's associates gave of the Husk Corporation, we're gonna need some interdimensional work to actually find them. Then, we're heading for one of the uncharted islands around here. It's small, largely ignored... And home to a few friends I've done work for. Our heroic associates are gonna be heading there as well, provided they call the number I told them to... Oh, that reminds me..."
He kinked his head to one side and stood there like that for a while.
"Come on, come on... Pick up the damn phone!"
*Click*
"Brutal Warriors Order. What local terrorist cell do you need blasted into oblivion today?"
"Dale!" Power Breaker's voice echoed through his head, "Dude! I got work headed your way, i think. Remember when I had that one crew of rogues and heroes working with me?"
"I'm hanging up now," Dale replied, "Don't call here again, P.B."
"DALE! Don't you hang up this phone! I will freaking PAY you guys! You know I'm good for it!"
"Yeah?" the Kingdale Referee still sounded incredulous, "Last time you told us you were in a pinch, you brought an unholy Hell down on our base!"
"I didn't know things would get like that!"
"Will it now?"
"Maybe... I am chasing the same guy."
"Goodbye."
"DAMMIT, DALE!"
There was an uncomfortable silence, but no sound of a phone hanging up. Finally, the Kingdale Referee returned.
"Do you think you can win?"
"I'm bringing an army with me, this time," Power Breaker chuckled back, "We're loading for bear, and we're ready for war."
"So, what do you need our help for?"
"Some heroes are about to call you, maybe... I want you to take them to Mauthe's Island."
"Roger," there was the sound of something scratching in the background, "You want any of us involved?"
"Only anybody who wants to be."
"Right. This is gonna cost you."
"I know. Thanks, Dale."
Power Breaker kinked his head back to normal and looked to the rest of the crew.
"Okay. When we're done with Naylor, we'll head for Brother Mauthe's Island. There, we'll plan and prepare for our raid against Husk Corporation."
With that, he started heading for the ferry.
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
Energon X was silent in the elevator. Once the doors open, he swung unerringly for the Talos Island exit, letting Khelldragon follow as she would.
After a moment, he shook his head. "No good. My empathic friend is unwilling to come- apparently Portal Corp is retaining his services right now." he finished with a surprisingly well-simulated sigh. "Our transport to the place called "Brother Mauthe's Island" is waiting under the docks not far from the Striga transfer point. I've put out a few other calls to Supergroups, but I don't know if we'll be getting anyone."
He headed out the exit and took to the air, flying rapidly towards the TI docks.
((for explanation- I didn't bother including E-X' end of the phonecalls, since one advantage of having to talk through a voder is being able to translate your voice into phone/comm signals without needing to do anything so crude as vibrate the air. So you could be standing right next to him without hearing a thing.
Also, the 'called others in' is a jumping-in point... should anyone happen to have been hanging about wanting to join, this is your chance to bring your bluesider in))
"A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head." Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates
MA Arcs: #12285, "Small Fears", #106553, "Trollbane", #12669, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising"
((Bluesiders, BAH! Over rated. j/k. Comeon I'm sure there are a few out in the wings that want to join in. . .WE NEED CAT GURLS!))
I do not know my reasons for posting, but post I must. ~~Build
"We can't stop here, this is bat country."
--Johnny Depp
"I ain't bi-curious, I'm a man. Why do you think I'm wearing this tight spandex and got all these muscles?" Meatwad
((TeCh, the BWO's transport is a dropship. That's kind of hard to put under a dock. It's slightly bigger than an Arachnos Flyer like out of the Breakout mission.))
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
Poe barged in.
The Armored Giant Glanced at Him.
"Oh...NO! Get away from me you little freak! The next moon is on an ellipsis for that giant invisible frog! I do NOT have time for this..."
NORMALLY Xabu would have listened to Poe.
Normally.
But if there was any one thing that could get the giant, (Xabu stood at an easy fifteen+ feet, not even including the spikes on his shoulders, although he was barely a meter in length. He was built like a lightning rod) It was the sight of A Person as Unstable as Poe Wearing Battle Armor. The mere sight of it probably meant the end of time was right around the corner. It also made the said giant cower before a man only 6' 7 tall.
"Relax...I'm not here to ask you to help me in another crusade." Poe said.
There was a very large and evil smile on his face.
"Oh?" Xabu glared down at the arsonist, leaning back as far away as possible without falling into the star fissure behind him.
"Nope. I'm forcing you." The Arsonist threw a grenade at the giant, and that was that. Xabu did not have a choice, with armor as fragile as his, and nothing but open space on every side of him.
He had always thought the stars in this particular fissure were pretty...
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Noitpeced hummed in the darkness. It was a pleasent little tune. Something about foam. He was quite happy here where he was, sorting out all these rather important looking modules, surveying the security systems, continually upgrading himself and said security systems, running checks, doing just about everything a being such as himself was capable of doing with the resources at his disposal, all at once.
He saw Poe coming before he was even born, and the Energy Reaper bolted to prepare for the fiasco. However, he left a figment of himself behind, technically he still needed to obey Poe.
That didn't mean he wasn't allowed to bring in outside intervention, of course, but it would take some very fast talking on Noitpeced's part, and if he wasn't fast enough, this thing was going to spiral out of hand...
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Poe entered the room.
"Noitpeced."
Motnahp looked drearily at the Husk Lord. That wasn't his name, but the Mind Reaper responded.
"I know I know...Let's go."
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Somewhere in Nerva
"Wha-BLAAARGH!"
"You silly fool...It's supposed to be spelled with six As. And it's clearly AAAAAARGH, not any of this consonants added on droll..."
((Uhm... oh. I'd kind of assumed it would be a sub, since most of the low-profile transports in CoH seem to be that. Maybe it's a fairly high dock? >.> ))
"A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head." Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates
MA Arcs: #12285, "Small Fears", #106553, "Trollbane", #12669, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising"
((That's all, Diov? All you're bringing? I'm vaguely insulted by that...))
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
((You don't always need numbers to turn the tide in your favor, Grey. 
))
((Yeah, but we're about to pour boxes of bullets into these guys... Then, when they timeshear back, more boxes. Timeshear and more boxes... You get the drift, right? At some point, they're going to say "Frack it" and let Poe get torn inside out while they watch and eat popcorn.
...
Yeah, I know... This is gonna be bad.))
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
((Very bad...))
@Dragonistic
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Dragonistic, Kheldragon, Ink Dyne, KheIdragon, Squiddy Attack
Total level is about 149.
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((Well, aside from for E-X... his reaction to colossal explosions is "Pff, you call that an explosion? THIS is an explosion..." *THRAKABOOM!!!* Repeat as necessary, or until the planetary mantle gives under the strain and the whole planet goes up.))
"A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head." Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates
MA Arcs: #12285, "Small Fears", #106553, "Trollbane", #12669, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising"
((Khel's reaction to colossal explosions?
"...Mmm...Lunch..."))
@Dragonistic
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<----Female
Dragonistic, Kheldragon, Ink Dyne, KheIdragon, Squiddy Attack
Total level is about 149.
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((Fraenir's reaction to colossal explosions? He just laughs at the exploder then throws a 7 foot chuck of granite at them 
))
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Khel reached out and drew in E-X's energy. Then she turned to follow him into the elevators, rather unsteady on her feet as usual. She was careful not to touch the doors or any of the buttons, because then she'd drain the elevator, and, well...That'd just mean trouble.
Inky smirked. "I nev'r went shopp'ng, y'know, I alreddy had th's suit. I jus' shed m' leav'z." She pointed at a trail of orange-brown leaves leading out from the women's bathroom, and picked the last leaf off her arm.
"St. Marsh'l, eh? Aright, tell Pow'r Break'r 'm on m' way."
Nobody may know where she gets all those donuts, and nobody knows how she manages to keep her skateboard with her and constantly hidden.
She pulled out a board from somewhere, jumped on it, sped off into the redside bar, and ground to a halt right inside the elevator doors.
Inky grinned and waved as the doors closed.
@Dragonistic
Unless I'm quoting someone, EVERY SINGLE post above is QR.
<----Female
Dragonistic, Kheldragon, Ink Dyne, KheIdragon, Squiddy Attack
Total level is about 149.
EVILCAT
SEZ YOUR COMPU-TAR TASTE LIKE CHIKIN