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Post by Nightshade on Jun 17, 2018 15:15:21 GMT -8
In the darkest of dark of the undernet, someone lied in wait. He loved the slum district. He always found succulent prey there. However, tonight's guest was a special one. He heard stories about this guy.
He always yearned for stronger prey, and knew that desperation and sly words were the key to a new, stronger body.
The navi oberved as the figure made his presence known. Stepping over to the guy, but still remaining a few meters out, he allowed his guest a look at his faux appereance.
The navi was plain looking. A black undersuit with a sickly, purple colored armor and magenta eyes. The only noteworthy detail were four strange magenta gems embedded in the navis shins and on the back of his cloves. Surrounded by bulbous, pulsating veins the four gems were glowing somewhat, albeit very faintly.
The mysterious navi crossed his arms, his grin hidden behind a face mask. "So you came. If you're here, then it means you're interested in what I have to say." The navi spoke with a raspy, dry voice as if he had some difficulty speaking. "Let's cut to the point. I do assume you want vengeance against who killed your lil girl eh? Let's just say that if you play your cards right...I may be able to give you such...opportunity."
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Post by xoDeathy on Jun 20, 2018 7:30:19 GMT -8
Rosario couldn't help but give a laugh and smirk as he retorted to the man.
"Play my cards? Are you tailoring to my interests? Maybe I should label you as a stalker rather than a beneficiary."
He walked up to a good talking distance with the Navi who had contacted him. As always, his Icanary held in his left arm close to him.
"You would assume wrong. Revenge is for fools, making one blindly run in for their own feelings to be reconciled. What I want is a war, but a war of all worlds not exclusive to my daughter's murderers. When my old operator finishes his latest project I gave him the idea for..."
Rosario gained a wicked smile as his head tilted upward slightly.
"I won't be able to contain my excitement watching her betray those closest to her when the time comes."
Rosario coughed and came back to his normal senses and facial expression.
"So, tell me what is it you want to do. I've heard quite a bit about you from my scouts already. Do you only crave power, or perhaps you have your own string of tragic happenings that foolishly lead you into craving the power to overcome?"
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Post by Nightshade on Jun 20, 2018 16:20:19 GMT -8
"I'm impressed. Every word you said about me is wrong." The raspy voice chuckled. "I'm not who you think I am. The body you see now is but a mask. I crave no power, for I am the very power others crave for..."
The navi jerked backwards and started seizing uncontrollably. Suddenly a strange goopy liquid began peeling itself off of the navi in question as soon as the gems were forcefully ripped from their sockets by an unknown force.
The liquid separating from the navi, thick as honey, pooled on the floor before Rosario. Muffled screams of agony came from the navi in a way higher pitched tone. Their real voice. Apparently, they were being forced to speak for the thing living inside them. Falling to their knees and spasming, it looked like the separation from that purple goop was excruciatingly painful. Once it was no longer bulging the navi's muscles and enhancing their strength, the navi under it looked like a dry prune. Completely anorexic, corroded by dark power beyond repair. Decaying...Ever closer to deletion.
The unknown navi begand spasming even more uncontrollably, coughing up and vomiting out even more goop before completely collapsing face first into the concrete.
The purple Daemon wobbled forward, before bubbling up into an amorphous silhouette. The gems where floating roughtly where the eyes of a navigator would be, as well as arms and legs in similar fashion to when they were embedded into an actual body. Now that they could be seen through the somewhat translucent being...they looked like eyes. Eyes staring at Rosario. The energy emenated unmistakable. Rosario was staring at the purest of DarkSouls. One not polluted by any semblance of light. There was nothing but a pitch black soul staring back at him.
"No...please...come back...I need more...gaah" the navi once standing before Rosario tried to crawl over and touch the amorphous monster before seizing up one final time and disintegrating into dust, permanently deleted.
"But Power has a price. My price is your body. If you give up your body to me, I shall give you all the tools you need to accomplish your plan and more. I shall give you one chance to have some fun with your daughter's murderer." Words reverberated through the liquid. The dems were speaking...well...it was more akin to telepathy.
"You want to explore the darkest of dark? You're looking at it. You want to dabble in the forbidden? Here I am. I am what you make of me. Usually, I like claiming little fools for myself to use as a body while I drain them dry. I enjoy allowing them to ravel in their depravity and hidden desire. However, your...reputation...impressed me. Perhaps you would prove to be an entertainment way better than these disposable annoying little runts. I am curious to see if you really have the willpower to go all the way down the rabbit hole to pursue your goals."
Power flowed freely from the being as it simply stared down at the other navi.
"I offer you a choice. Nothing more. Nothing less. Like may choices before it, it leads to two possible outcomes. You can either take my help and perhaps reach new knowledge...or refuse, and simply carry on your original plan. Blue Pill...Red Pill. Question is, what will it be?"
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Post by xoDeathy on Jun 23, 2018 15:15:45 GMT -8
"Oh I apologize to have offended you. I didn't mean to act like I knew who you are..."
Rosario widened his arms as if welcoming a long lost son.
"... I know WHAT you are. I know WHAT you want. And it just so happens, our ideals reach an alignment. I don't think you need to waste your time asking such a question. If you've researched me, you already know my answer."
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Post by Nightshade on Jun 24, 2018 7:53:42 GMT -8
Maelstrom chuckled. Tendrils shot from its body and latched onto Rosario. "Very well then. My power is your power, your body is my body."
Without adding anything else, Maelstrom pulled itself onto Rosario, engulfing the navi in darkness. The first feeling was one of excrutiating pain as the gems embedded themselves into his hands and legs. Then, Maelstrom proceded to replace Rosario's eyes with his own. It wasn't long before Rosario's body would be completely engulfed in the sea of dark blue mass...a mass that was slowly turning a sickly purple sheen the more it invaded its prey's core functions and began leeching off the oh so succulent data flowing in that body. Forcing its way through the host's body, the thing made sure to drown the guy in dark power as soon as it had a hold of Rosario's direct neural interface network. Memories, abilites, attacks, codes, powers. It transferred everything straight into its host's systems. With that, Rosario also recieved some access codes for a NSD facility in Netopia. They would be changed in 36 hours, so if he wanted to pay a visit he had to act fast. From there, the weird monster would induce a psychological state similar to a neverending adrenaline rush... well, technically, that was more of a reaction to what was happening. It was more of insatiable lust for power. Actually...Maelstrom simply broke anything that would limit his host's body from doing something. As soon as that happened, Rosario's muscles buffed up to twice their original size, exposing a rather intricate network of pulsating veins all over his enlarged muscles. The amorphous being solidified into a demonic looking lizard like form. "Hmm~..." Maelstrom murred, stretching. Rosario's inside where still being turned upside down by the leech as it took hold. Another shot of sharp pain followed by an overflow of DarkPower as the DarkSoul smashed through the final defense protocols and completely consumed the core in darkness. even though a normal navi would explode by trying to hold such gargantuan amounts of data, Maelstrom wouldn't allow that to happen. "Oh, right...I forgot you're a man of class..."The DarkSoul leech started bubbling and transforming again. He shrank back down into Old Rosario's size as well as doing some...restructuring. "...Perhaps this form is what suits us better now."He took a few steps, very much enjoying his fresh new host. "Well then, let me explain how this works. You're mine now. No middle ground. No bargain." Maestrom tapped their chest. "Which means I have control over your body. Now, I can give you the illusion of being in control..." and with that, Rosario was able to move his body on his own accord. "But I have to safeguard my interests. This means that if you try something funny, I kill you. Although, I am sure we will get along just fine and there will be no reason for me to duch such thing. Enemy of my enemy is my friend."Just like that, Maelstrom was in control again. "Now, I am absolutely sure you know how DarkSouls work, so I shall skip on that. You also said you know what I am, which means you will have no problem with our new shared abilities and SoulForce. Just be warned, friend of not I will drain your SoulForce just as much as any DarkSoul will...and even more should you decide to use any of my powers to augment yours. The trick in not dying because of this corruption and trust me, I do not share this information with many, is to drain someone else instead to replenish your own SoulForce. Darkloids work wonders, but normal navis can keep us going too, albeit me needing to consume way more of them."The leech grabbed the Icanary that had been dropped on the ground due to all the thrashing/shapeshifting and dusted it off. As soon as he touched it, it corrupted almost instantly. The exterior turned fleshy like, purple in color, with fangs keeping the book closed, like a mouth. "I beg your pardon, I made you drop your book. Anyway. Your life is no longer what keeps you living, I am, it's...currency for additional power. As I said earlier, as long as you give me something else to feast on, I will be able to replenish your SoulForce and thus..."The leech literally yanked a pipe out its bearings with one hand and impaled himself. No pain. Nothing. Just an unsettling feeling of his own innards getting shifted around. Melstrom pulled the pipe out and threw it at the side. "...You'll be immortal, so to speak. But this, my friend, is but the most basic of your new body's abilites." He casually stated as the hole in their body immediately filled itself up with the same substance composing the leech's body and disappeared. "There is only one weakness to our form now and that comes under the guise of two particular things. You running out of SoulForce and a special compound program called Dpp.nrx."With that demonstration over, Rosario was back in control of the body. "I do not care what you use me for. I do not care about morals, beliefs or anything of the sort. As promised, you will find in your mind all the informations you need to enter the NSD base where your daughter murderer is in exchange for your body. You are free to do as you please. Always. Men choose, slaves obey. The result of those choices...well...that's a story all to itself."
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Post by xoDeathy on Aug 20, 2018 9:47:50 GMT -8
Rosario listened well and closely. He was not irrational, and all of this felt like nostalgia to him, except this time around he had made this decision on his own. He took a few moments to get his bearings in this form: clenching and unclenching his fist; lifting his knees; checking his Icanary's new information.
"Yes, believe me. I am not a foolish man. I know better to waste resources, especially with the condition myself and my scouts have been in. Having such a small force is problematic after all. Now, to the main point. This information for an NSD facility, tell me more about it. Do you think an attack is possible with just the four of us? In case of emergency, we would have SILENT_CLOAK for a quick exit, but the risk of the network being locked is highly possible. Not even the Asterius Server can pierce through locks."
Rosario pondered for a second.
"... this is a strange feeling to discuss plans with a like minded individual."
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Post by Nightshade on Aug 20, 2018 10:57:10 GMT -8
Maelstrom chuckled. "I can assure you we would be enough, if you fancy a 8ft tall body..."
As he said that, Rosario's muscles bulged slightly, while one of his hands started bobbling and mutating into a four fingered claw for a moment. "...And a tail behind your back. You are much of me as I am you, so yes. You may use my original form as you please. You may fight as a dragon or wear said dragon on yourself as armor. Once again, it is up to you to decide. Although allowing me full control yields the best results, any of the other options is not any less effective." Maelstrom added. One could tell the leech was very much enjoying his new, possibly permanent partner. He did enjoy speaking in Rosario's own voice too. Well...it was more like THEIR voice now.
"Perhaps if you wish to test our strength, you could ask the Bull to fight you and see in how many seconds we'll be able to put it down. Although, while I do enjoy brute force as a way to satiate my hunger, why would we need to bust a lock if we can simply...open it. The only thing we need to do is consume a guard and I'll be able to rip his access codes right out of his code. Then, we may simply walk in disguised as our dead friend, do our business and walk right out. This disguise technique I speak of could be replicated to any of our...associates...as well, should the choose to accept my gift or should you force them to do so. "
Rosario heard the leech laugh inside his mind, which sounded like a mixture between guttural grows and high pitched hisses. "True, they would forgo their will entirely and become nothing but mere puppets under our control...but I am sure you are a man that can appreciate unwavering, absolute loyalty. Besides, power has a price."
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Post by xoDeathy on Aug 22, 2018 7:45:35 GMT -8
Rosario: "So what you are telling me is, we can get in at whatever point we please?"
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Post by Nightshade on Aug 22, 2018 9:00:05 GMT -8
"Yes. Provided we disguise as NSD Personnel, we can inflitrate when we want." The leech summarized. "And if we disguise your friends, they too can join in should you wish for that."
Maelstrom took a moment to mull over his own thoughts. He could read Rosario's mind like an open book, but the leech's own memories were mostly off limit. "I see one of your followers is quite fond of dark power, so converting her would not beccome an issue. The guy in a cloak should not be hard to disguise as well. However...I'm afraid the Bull might be too big to look convincing."
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Post by xoDeathy on Aug 30, 2018 11:29:33 GMT -8
Rosario gave out a simple chuckle.
"Well then. We shouldn't rush into things, shall we? Let's have a little fun. Dessert only tastes good when we go through the full course."
"Labrys! Cloak!"
With a simple call in an instant Cloak was from the ground, transforming into portal form. ShaLab appeared through Asterius's server.
"Lord Rosario.. your form.."
"We will explain later, when we return to somewhere quiet."
"Yes, Lord Rosario. One more thing, we have collected new information. The World 3 organization is currently attacking the Bayside area. Shall we act upon this?"
Rosario simply looked at ShaLab, contemplating the idea. Mael would be able to see his thoughts of attacking somewhere else would bring about a more chaotic situation for the little amount of law enforcement left.
"... No. I have a better idea. Let's return for now."
With a simple nod, they all entered the portal, exiting to another point, leaving the dust of the weaker being behind, a fate that may or may not approach Rosario as long as he doesn't fall into a foolish cycle.
<RoMaelio, Labrys, SILENT_CLOAK, exit> <Mael: +35/350> <Rosario: +25/250>
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