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"I'm not telling you."
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"Have it your way bud. Tried to let you answer on your own. Hey Hobo Ned, feel like doing your necrophilia thing again." Dax said as the crystal took flight from his finger flying at Karls head.
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
"That was kinda stupid," Ghoul remarked as Dax chucked a spine at Karl's head.
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.
It was hit in midair by a dark energy bolt.
"How childish." Darkvapor mused, exiting his phase shift in front of them. "But my friends do have a point Vahzilok scum, we don't need you alive to help us. But we don't necessarily need to kill you either. Please, allow me the pleasure of tearing his mind apart in a gloriously bloody fashion." Without waiting for a response he began the process.
Darkvapor's many powers just happened to include psychic attacks. It made sense, since the symbiote inside his body needed to control the mind of it's host that it could also affect the minds of other organisms.
Karl would experience extreme pain before being forced to answer Darkvapor's question, like some extreme form of torture. When he was finished Darkvapor would make Karl kill himself in a particualarly nasty fashion.
"Geez, what is your deal?" the Colonel growled in response, "I thought this discussion was over. Just can't let it be, can you?"
"Relax." the Sword Sorcerer placed a hand on his sister's shoulder, drawing his staff with the other, "Just ignore him for the time being, okay? We're supposed to be tracking down magic stuff here, not play with the kids. Hmmm, speaking of..."
Darkvapor suddenly received a forceful bonk on the head from the Sorcerer's long staff before he could start his torture, along with a sharply uttered, "No!"
"Ahyes, you." the Colonel gave a chuckle at the way her brother had just stopped the villain, "I'm afraid the ends still don't justify the means in all occasions. Now, I don't recall seeing your face around the compound. I do take it you've got your ID and clearance with you?"
Meanwhile, the Sorcerer went to work on what appeared to be some sort of spell (at least judging by the purple flicker that now encased both his staff as well as Karl's head), and it didn't take very long at all for the Mortificator to start spilling all he knew, and be happy as a stoneworm in magma as he did so...
"If I had Force powers, vacuum or not my cape/clothes/hair would always be blowing in the Dramatic Wind." - Tenzhi
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Dax shrugged as his spike was blasted out of the air, "Bastiches gotta ruin all the fun, it woulda only put out his eye. It wouldn't have killed him."
He kneeled down and motioned toward his spike, "Here boy. Come here. Come to daddy." The crystal slid across the floor and melded into his hand.
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
The Blaster raised a cynical eyebrow at the Sword Duo's casual dismissal of his accusations. If I was the suspicious type... which, admittedly, I am... I'd think that these two didn't want to pursue that any further. He shrugged and idly snapped a picture of each trooper, uplinking that to the Vanguard database to see what kind of results that got. In all probability, they were in- whoever had the resources to build human-replica automatons or other infiltration units would be unlikely to make such a basic oversight- but the very fact that the file had been accessed would raise flags.
He waved a hand. "I need some cooldown time- I'll listen in on babbling freak here via the team channel. I'll be back in a few minutes. I may have the Enterprise' long range sensors in my pants, but there are times that you need to use the eyeball Mark 1 to get a good grasp on things. If I find anything, I'll keep you posted."
With that, he was gone, speeding across the broken ground in a fairly standard search grid. Hopefully Vern arrives at the Vanguard Op Site soon- this needs to be resolved before things get any weirder. Extraneous mysteries are the last thing I need right now.
"A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head." Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates
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Karl raised an eyebrow at the Sorcerer.
"You would have had better luck with just letting that fool try his method. Not that it would have worked, but..."
He shook his head sadly.
The sorcerer's spell fizzled, failed, and vanished.
"Now if this is just going to be a game of 'force him to tell us without needing to lift a finger...'"
Karl suddenly leapt for his coffin (the hinges of which were still open) and it was about then that everyone noticed the coffin in itself had no bottom.
"Then I'll be leaving to find another way into the Council base."
He was three thirds of the way through his leap (or rather, his dive) into the coffin, with only his legs extending from the darkness within it.
Martin, who had heretofore been largely ignored, casually kicked the coffin closed. This would have been a rather foolish thing to do, except for the fact that he just pinned Karl's ankle in the crack between the top and bottom of the oblong box. Pressing his weight into the top of it, he sighed and casually regarded the rest of the group.
"Oh... Kay..." he growled, "I don't think we're making much progress here. If all us pups are gonna do is bark and yip at each other, and we represent the best of what the world can throw at this threat, then I say the world deserves to die."
He scratched his chin, clearly indicating he didn't want them to interrupt, just think on the words.
"Of course, we're not operating at our peak performance, now, are we? So. We have a few issues we need to deal with, chief of which, who's lead are we going to follow? Seriously, this bickering and bantering and pointing fingers has got to stop. Just look how disastrous this almost turned out to be."
He wiped his forehead with his sleeve and sighed again.
"So... Leadership? Any takers?"
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Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
((Sigh...sorry guys, but I think I'm gonna get here. This thing's just too restrictive for me. Imma figure out how to write myself out in the next couple of posts then so I don't ruin it for the rest of ya.))
"If I had Force powers, vacuum or not my cape/clothes/hair would always be blowing in the Dramatic Wind." - Tenzhi
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((awwww but we need you devious..you control the sword duo..although I will admit it is semi-annoying to have Diov swat down EVERYTHING you try to do......and Diov, there is NO way in Heaven, Hell, or Husk Corp that a mortificator, even a lvl 50 zombie/poison or/traps MM is immune to evey form of magic known to man, mystic, and vanguard.....I refuse to believe that Karl is gonna be able to resist questioning when dead, and come on It's the freakin vanguard...they can waste just about ANYONE short of an AV or an EB.....and I for one would hate to face a vanguard ranger who was at EB strength........*shudder*))
"You, dear sir, are a legend. "- nelly. "PIE DOESN'T HAVE TENTACLES!"
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"Not me," Ghoul said as he walked over to the coffin and looked at Karl's foot.
"Think he's ticklish?" the brute asked as he started pulling off the Mortificator's shoe.
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.
((Eh, it's not really the 'you have to go do this now, nothing else works' moments that bother me so much (though I do admit, they are annoying), it's the unheeding singularity of the happenings. Mind yalls, that's just a personal opinion of mine - a lot of people do like those kinds of plots. I'm just not one of them, I'm afraid.
Still, if you want...I guess my mind does wander, so if I can come up with something reasonable before I figure out a write-out that makes sense...well, we'll see what happens.))
"If I had Force powers, vacuum or not my cape/clothes/hair would always be blowing in the Dramatic Wind." - Tenzhi
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Karl scowled as he hung by one leg, completely helpless and immobile.
"Don't panic. Just ride it out..."
There was a faint popping noise followed by a splitting headache.
Karl's eyes widened.
The serum he used to boost his power had worn off...
And WHY did he suddenly feel so happy?
And WHY was he suspended in a black abyss?
The Sorcerer's spell slowly rekindled and sparked back to life as Karl's defenses went down.
"Leader? I thought Vanguard was in charge." Darkvapor raised an eyebrow beneath that hood of his, his glowing eyes piercing into Matin's skull.
"As for my identification, I do happen to have it on me." With a snap of a finger he summoned the card to him.
It was your standard Rogue Isles I.D., the kind Recluse issued all his destined ones.
There was a mark on the bottom right corner thought.
IT was the mark of someone who had opposed Recluse. Someone who would probably be shot on sight if he entered the Isles.
He let the card hover next to the Sword Duo while he turned to face Karl.
"We don't have all day here Karl. I can sense it...I can smell it in you...the fear....the pain. How's your foot?" The sadistic tone he took on was rather terrifying. Add to that, there was an ominous cloud of dark mist that had begun to surround both Karl and Darkvapor.
"I can end that pain for you...all I need is the location of the City Representative and you are free to go."
When he didn't initially respond Darkvapor took it upon himself to force the answer out of him.
He wouldn't cause any permenant damage, at least...not yet.
Raising both hands in a theatrical motion Darkvapor let the energy inside himself gather at his fingertips.
Suddenly Darkvapor punched Karl hard in the gut. The force of the punch would be enough to take the wind out of Karl and possibly cause internal injury...nothing Darkvapor couldn't heal given enough time.
"The pain stops when you tell me what I want to know..."
((D'oh... Well, Dev, we'll miss you. Though, I'd say the whole glib "torturing the offender by one foot" thing kind of brings a smile to my face.
Also, darkvaper, Karl's still inside the box...))
"I don't think he can hear you," Martin muttered, "I've seen the Abyss once in my life, and I can assure you, it's not fun."
What? Where? When?
"In any case, Ghoul... Wait-a-minute... What is your name? In any case, if you can get a good grip on that freak's foot, we can get back to work pulling his dumb [butt] back out here and we can have ourselves a conversation."
He glared back at the rest.
"So... I suppose this means that we all intend to go about our own ways, still, huh? Still tryin' to bark and growl, to pose and push? Look, the more we act like a gaggle of squawkin' birds, the less our enemy is gonna take us seriously. Like this sonova..."
He pressed a little harder on the box. There was a slight grinding noise.
"...Now... Tell me. Are we still in this? Or are we about to try to make a mad dash for the DPO, and pray the Clockwork, Vahzilok, Council and Lost don't try to ice us on the way? 'Cause I'll tell you right now, we fall apart here, and whoever is causing all this madness is going to gobble us up, one-by-one. I don't feel like dying today. You?"
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Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
((No, I don't think you will. I've gotten multiple pokes, so I guess I'm in this to stay. 
I just need to have a chat with Diov concerning continuity before I can post anything useful.))
"If I had Force powers, vacuum or not my cape/clothes/hair would always be blowing in the Dramatic Wind." - Tenzhi
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((For God's sake, people, I can't get to a computer for two days and you guys post six pages? *Sighs* I'd quit for time reasons were it not for the fact that this is the only RP where I can flesh out Dusan and Dennis. >.>
Post coming shortly, just as soon as I read all this stupid text. *Grumble*
Edit: I'm not even going to attempt to write up a post to get Dusan and Dennis caught up. Just assume they acted normally throughout. >.>
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"Honestly, no." Dusan said aloud at the obviously rhetorical question. "Although I do have a few connections in the afterlife..." He muttered, putting his hand to his chin in mock-thought, an obvious sign that it was a joke.
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Dennis sighed at the general chaos the group was bringing upon itself. He'd seen groups like this before in his years of working with Dusan. Generally, they didn't end well. Almost always, he was the one who had to save the team's [censored] due to his ethereal state, however, he had a feeling that he wasn't going to do much good here.
It was clear that this particular supervillain had a limited control of spirits, or at least, had the ability to possess someone. Cohen wasn't a famous scrapper, however, he was known, and Dennis certainly knew of him, and someone like that wasn't just going to turn around and betray the city, not to mention clean the clock of the Statesman and the number one task force in the nation at the same time, but, two days later, get killed by the freakin' Vahz.
No, this body was abandoned long before that by the man (Read: Entity) they were looking for.
Thus was the cause of Dennis's worry. It was very possible that any of these people were being manipulated right now. He highly doubted that it was Dusan, as his mastery of souls and partial-god status pretty much immunized from it, however, it could very easily be any of the others.
Darkvapor eyed Martin for a moment.
"He has a point..." the dark lord mused, slowly retracting from Karl and turning to face the others.
"I will stay here as long as I am needed. While I don't feel comfortable sharing my motives with you, I do think that unless we start acting as a...team" he said the word as if any mentioning of it would summon a team of hideous circus clowns, "this foe will succeed where none before him have."
"I will not fihgt you for the role of leadership, but seeing as how Vanguard organized this little...alliance, I feel they should take charge."
Yes... choose someone to lead you pathetic little party. It won't help any. Something tells me Vanguard knows more about this threat than they are letting on, which means by the end of this little adventure I may have yet another enemy...
Unless. Yes that one there. He's been bickering with the Sword Duo. Perhaps he knows something. I will have to seperate him from the others before we find the City Rep. Darkvapor made the appearance of looking around at the group. In the distance he could see Energon X rushing away.
"Hey don't look at me man. I'm no leader. I vote for Hobo Ned, he seems to be the only one who has any experience in this kinda thing." Dax said as he reached out a hand and encircled the offending foot.
"I get dibs on torturing this guy first. Don't worry I'll leave him kicking. . . .a little." Dax gave the foot a rough pull and Karl came out of the coffin, banging his head on the edge.
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
"I think he's suffering enough," Martin grumbled, "And it's Martin, by the way. Also, it wasn't necrophilia when I 'read' that corpse, I don't know what it was. Finally, I don't want to lead. I've done that enough, but if you want me to, I'll take charge..."
The Gods know I have enough bloody messes on my conscience already. What's one more?
"No torture, though. We already threatened this poor [jerk] once, and look where that went. Just pin him down... A good choke hold should keep him in place. If you must, jam a heel in his inner thigh... I know from experience, that freaking hurts. It should keep him from struggling, right Mort?"
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Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
((So, is Energon X going to be allowed to find anything in his on-foot search? Unless this spectral whosit that we're chasing is perfect, he's got to have slipped up somewhere, and visual cloaking is the one he's/it's most likely to have done so, considering how focussed they seem to be on blocking all forms of magical and superhuman detection))
"I'm fine with Mr. Sanders leading." the blaster chimed in over the team commlink. "Should anyone happen to be interested, there's plenty of weirdness around here, but nothing so far that seems to have anything directly to do with our target."
A brief, sharp retort was heard from several blocks over, and a Cannon Knight went whistling overhead to impact in a smoking crater in the wall, eventually peeling off and landing on the ground with a rattling, dropped-hubcap noise. It had been pounded so flat that it looked like a 2-D outline of itself. "And, of course, the Clockwork seem to be somewhat agitated, as per the usual." E-X added drily.
"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'm fine with the smart cape leadin' the team," Ghoul said as he got a firm hold of Karl's foot. "And my name is Brutish Ghoul. Ghoul, fer short. Anyway, you want me to pull him up now?"
Whatever else Ghoul was, he didn't seem to have a problem with authority.
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.
"No qualms here." Dennis replied drily, seeming absorbed in thought.
"Who says 'qualms'?" Dusan suddenly asked, his face registering mocking as his clear motive. "Ye olde Englishman?" He said, smiling and chuckling, seeming to be the only one to understand his horribly random joke. "Anyway..." He started, getting a partially serious look on his face after seeing that his joke didn't go over well, "Hobo Ned can lead. I see nothing wrong with him, and I sense he has good intentions."
Of course, I can sense other things as well, but something tells me he doesn't exactly want it brought up in conversation.
"Alright I guess it's settled then, Hobo Ned gets the lead.," Dax looked down at the prone form of Karl.
"So how 'bout it Morty? You gonna be a good little corpse stealer and tell us what we wanna know? Or is daddy gonna haveta get out the belt?" Dax said with barely concealed mirth.
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
"And what exactly is it that you want us to do your you?, If you say kill any major heroes, I will split your skull here and now and we will get the answers from your corpse."
"You, dear sir, are a legend. "- nelly. "PIE DOESN'T HAVE TENTACLES!"
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