((Hokay... I'm just going to assume that we have all the players we need on the hero side...))
"On your left, you'll see more ocean," Solo Stryker's voice issued through the intercom, "And on the right, even more-"
The Referee clicked off the intercom in disgust.
"He... He does that sometimes," he muttered, "So... Anybody got a good reason for signing up on this crazy trip?"
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"NAYLOR!" Power Breaker shouted as he stomped into the temple where the technician was stationed, "Have I got a job for you!"
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
Naylor looked up from his Clipboard.
"Ay mate?"
Kheldragon nodded. "...I've got a reason..." She dropped out of her squidform, and took on something a lot like the look of a starving tiger. Or, at least, a very hungry look. It wasn't directed at the Referee, however.
"...When I said you shouldn't...touch me or leave any...expensive machines near...me, it's because I drain...and feed on energy..." Her white, slitted pupils widened a bit, making her look a little like a wild cat. "...Poe's the best meal I've...ever seen, barring...deities..." She coughed into her hand. "...To make it simple...I'm going to eat him...That's why I'm going with...you guys..."
Her tail swished lazily, and she went and settled down in a chair, making sure said chair was NOT electric in any way.
@Dragonistic
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Dragonistic, Kheldragon, Ink Dyne, KheIdragon, Squiddy Attack
Total level is about 149.
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--En Route to Rogue Isles--
The Referee winced at Kheldragon.
"That... That doesn't sound too appetizing."
"Nor sanitary," Justin Steel mused from his plush chair, "Hardly the most heroic of acts, either."
Dale shook his head at his associate.
"Some things, Justin... You just don't say."
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--Technician Naylor's "Office"--
Power Breaker dropped a wad of bills in front of the technician.
"Today, you hold off on your daily doldrums of looking for alternate futures where L.R. rules over a blasted cityscape, the sole leader of a lifeless world. Today, you look for a place called the Dimension of Mists... I'm looking into a group of bit-players in the global scenario who think they're involved in galactic, nay, universal affairs, and I mean to visit upon one of them, an exceptionally stupid [dung]head named Poe, serious harm... I also have a box of donuts with your name on it if you can get me, and a crew I'm going to be bringing here, to the very fortress of the Husk Corporation. I got a few choice words I'd like to share with their boss."
Grinning, he pulled the box of donuts out of a sack where he kept most of his various bits of salvage and junk. The box wasn't quite full, but it was fresh, and there was a good mix of the cream and jelly-filled kinds along with the ever-tasty sugar-glazed ones.
"Hmm? HMM?" he shook the box lightly at Naylor.
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
Khel shrugged. "...I suppose it wouldn't...Perfectly sanitary, though...Diseases can't be transferred...Through energy..." She coughed. "...And besides...My body isn't exactly...a hospitable place..." She smiled, but with no joy or humor. She just looked mildly pleased. Being a negative-energy-filled, life-draining, mortally-wounded dragon-girl had precious few perks. Killing off diseases instantly was one of them.
"...As for heroic...I'm not heroic...Not heroic at all..." She shrugged. "...Let it just be known that...Criminals are full of...energy..."
Meanwhile, Ink was with the rest of the redsiders. Wherever they were.
@Dragonistic
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Total level is about 149.
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"Heeeeeeeeeey!" shouted an irate voice from just outside the CoT temple that Naylor and Power Breaker were in.
A giant of a man wearing nothing more than some heavy, tattered jeans, an equally tattered cape, an oversized shoulder guard, and some bone tattos on his deathly grey chest squeezed through the door and glared at Power Breaker. He was holding a pair of ticket stubs in his hands.
"I was just about to bribe him!" Brutish Ghoul growled in indignation. "And I think tha Jonny Sonata tickets I got trump your damn donuts!"
Ghoul shook the pair of tickets in Breaker's face to emphasize his point.
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
Power Breaker smirked at the tickets.
"Pft, come on, man! People bring him Johnny tickets every DAY! Who ever considers how hungry the poor guy gets, huh?"
He hugged the technician with one arm.
"See, you do this for me, and I'll ensure you get hooked up with more snacks all the time. I will personally deliver a fresh box of Crunchy Creams every Wednesday at noon."
He glared at Brutish Ghoul, but there was still a surprising amount of mirth in his eyes.
Alcohol allowance increased to 25%
Apparently, the nanites had decided to defuse the situation before it happened.
"Besides... There's no reason he can't do both, right, Grant? Come on, be a pal!"
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
Ghoul glared back at Power Breaker, although he didn't seem so much angry as just miffed.
"Crunchy Creams are crap," the brute snorted. "A box of Dippin' Donuts PLUS those awesome little donut holes they make. I have a friend of mine who can drop em off every Tudesday afternoon."
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
"Yeah? But what about brews?"
Power Breaker suddenly noticed a slur in his speech.
"Huh... I'm a little drunk... Darkvapor! If you could handle this negotiation for me... I... I can't think straight all of a sudden."
Was the Self thinking straight before?
"You know, that's a good question... This whole escapade did just kinda spin out of control... Oh well... No sense cryin' over it."
"Look man... I got a personal endeavor... You want Naylor to help ya out, that's cool. I got no reason to stand in yer way. I gotta throw the group together, anyway, so I expect this to take some time..."
He leaned near Naylor and started whispering.
"Dude... I can get you a top-notch tech and magic blend computer system... it should make reading this portal here a cakewalk! think about it! I know people who know people that can get this thing done!"
He looked back to Brutish Ghoul and shrugged.
"What?"
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
"Darkvapor?" Ghoul said quizzically as he looked around the room. Not seeing anyone but him, Breaker, and Naylor, Ghoul decided that the man really was drunk. But...
"What was that you said about gettin' a group together?" he asked, ignoring Breaker's question. "You plannin' on invadin' that Shadow Shard place or somethin'?"
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
Darkvapor suddenly rematerialized next to Power Breaker.
He was supremely irked Power Breaker had come to see Naylor over something so simple as transportation, considering Darkvapor was more than capable of taking them to the Husk Corporation.
"My home is in another dimension, what makes you think I can't take us to the Husk Corps base myself?" Darkvapor whispered to Power Breaker.
Turning back to Naylor and Ghoul he gave made himself look like he was still trying to negotiate. "I can give you a copy of Halo 3, right now, before the game even comes out tomorrow."
To emphasize his point the game quite literally materialized into his hand. He held the game right in front of Naylor like it was a carott in front of a rabit. "Furthermore, I can give you and your team here access to thousands of worlds you have never even dreamed of. As far as food goes..."
Darkvapor snapped his fingers.
A five-course meal appeared on Naylor's desk.
"I, as an interdimensional entity, can give you any food you desire whenever you want it."
((Khell, Darkvaper's character has been following Breaker. He's basically been on autopilot for the past couple pages. Of cours,e we're only jsut now picking up again...
I bet you all thought I was gonna let this one die!
EDIT: May as well post a Power Breaker reaction here...))
Power Breaker's eyes bugged out at all the stuff Darkvapor did and said.
"Ah, well, man, I didn't know you could do all that. Naylor's really the only guy I ever met who dealt with alternate dimensions... But this stuff... This stuff is awesome sauce! If you could do all this, why are you a Rogue Islands regular?"
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
((Gonna hold off on posting again till either the group forms or Diov advances the findings with Build))
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
On hearing the Referee's question, Energon X cracked one eye open, revealing an actinic purple glare that threw the occupants of the cabin into sharp relief and hinting at the cosmic storm held in check by nothing more than the Blaster's fragile flesh... and his iron will.
He shrugged, an infintesimal movement of armoured shoulders. "I have my reasons." He went silent for a moment, then continued. "Letting hyperpowered nutjobs like Poe run loose is just a bad idea in general, so I'm coming along on principle. Then there's the fact that, despite the fact he has never seen or met me before today, there's an excellent chance that he's going to be trying quite hard to kill me. I can't imagine him being too happy with me after I blew him to a wisp of greasy smoke, anyways... so there's self-preservation, there."
The blaster fell silent again for a long moment. "And of course there's the fact that Poe just pisses me off." he added as an afterthought.
((Not a lot I can post with Horowitz other than 'swimming, swimming, swimming' until the flyer lands, so I'm holding off on that))
"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"
((I thought we had Horowitz get into the Dropship... Not that his single-minded determination surprises me (yes, I read GG, too), but still... Comfort to all, and how is he keeping up with something moving roughly the speed of a Black Helicopter? I just never picture Jaegermonsters as super speeders...))
Justin Steel again chuckled. Kipland Durj shot him a dark glare that was augmented with the Referee's.
"Makes sense," the scrapper finally said to Energon X, "Lord knows, I'm a believer in 'kicking butt in the right direction.'"
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
((he's not keeping up- just Jager-tracking it. He's gonna turn up late, wet, and annoyed. And ready to kick some butt))
"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"
"Can't compete with that," Ghoul sighed as he shoved the tickets back into his pocket. "So where the hell are you guys goin' that's so important? And if you're goin' to kick someone's [censored], can I come? Might as well be kickin' someone's [censored] if I can't get at the one I need to kick at the moment."
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
((Hey! Sorry for my absence (again.... 
), but I'm still here, although I don't know exactly where here is (I don't *think* the Dropship picked up the red siders)....
...I'm guessing Fraenir is with the other vills waiting for Breaker and DV to get back from meeting with Naylor (unless the group has moved to Brother Mauthe's Island already)))
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Naylor watched the scene dubiously with an open mouth.
".....'Ay then....." He said slowly. "Fore ya go off to this 'Dimension o Mists' place, why ya all in such a hurry to go there AGAIN? Ya all came by two days ago for tha same thing! Even the same conversation up ta this point!"
((Nope, not quite to Mauthe's island yet. The crew's en route until Breaker and the other rogues head over after dealing with Naylor.
...
I hope...))
"You be spittin' lies," Power Breaker grunted at Naylor, "I happen to know I was drinkin' in my apartment two nights ago, moments before an Arachnos Sweeper Team decided to get their legs broke."
He chuckled at that.
"As for me, I already told you why I want to go there. I'm tearing that freak, Poe, a new [butt]!"
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
"Not sayin' you're wrong, Breaker, but everyone present now was here two days go sayin' the same things til two sentances ago!" Naylor said.
"I wasn't here," Darkvapor said, his dark eyes now staring intently at Naylor. "I know this, because I was far too busy torturing people in my own damn dimension!"
"Somebody lied to you, Naylor..." Breaker grunted, "Unless... Hey, Dark, can Husk Corporation teleport people through time?"
He narrowed his eyes.
"Nevermind. I already know."
So he sat down on a nearby rock and started to think.
"Either Poe is messing with me somehow, which means he already knows I'm about to assault him, or he sent us back in time... in the future... Which means he inadvertently knows I'm about to assault him."
Alcohol filtration commencing. Current saturation: 18%
"Ugh... Well, while my body works the beer out of my blood... Uh... You!" he pointed at Brutish Ghoul, "I think we worked together a couple of times. I'm Power Breaker! Arachnos's favorite punching bag!"
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
Ghoul had given Naylor a quizzical look after the technician had blurted out this seemingly random statement.
"But I was busy smashin' some Malta goons a couple of days ago," he said hesitently to himself. "You sayin' we're in some kind of time loop? Well [censored] that, I have better things to do than go in circles."
"Hell yeah I remember you," Ghoul nodded to Power Breaker. "You and I pounded on some Rikti for Vanguard about a week ago. Brutish Ghoul's the name, if you forgot. And who's this Poe [censored]? If he's got me going for a spin just because I stumbled across you guys, then I want in on the action."
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
((Sticking Jagermonsters in = WIN and AWSUM.))
@Dragonistic
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Dragonistic, Kheldragon, Ink Dyne, KheIdragon, Squiddy Attack
Total level is about 149.
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