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Post by Kman on Feb 11, 2012 13:37:29 GMT -8
As she moved, she listened to the voices talking and she felt herself rushed with conflicted feelings as she heard Xion. The Darkloid hadn't ever done anything directly to her, to get on her bad side...but she knew that he was against the ONB.
Granted, with what she'd seen of the Enforcers before, things had gone to the wayside. She didn't even really know if she would be going back to the ONB or if they were even still around. She had mostly been wandering, since she'd come back. Blake had tried to get her to go to the ONB HQ, or to do much of anything, but the woman just didn't feel up to it.
So many things had happened so suddenly that she didn't feel she could even keep up, anymore. It was those thoughts she was deep within, when there was a faint noise above her before she felt a crushing weight knock her to the ground. Had she been found out?
However, the weight was quickly removed, and she glanced up, seeing a Navi in golden armor extending a hand down to her. The woman, in her shocked state, reverted to her base personality and gave a huff, ignoring the hand as she stood up on her own. "What the hell was that about? Who do you think are you are, landing on people?" she snarled, her right fist closed into a fist.
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Post by Vilicious on Feb 11, 2012 14:37:58 GMT -8
The message for the two Darkloids was short and sweet:
"Storm is coming. Start recruiting. You'll need the help."
Inside the file, however, there's an address for a night club alongside a pair of data-less chips engraved with Toxin's data signature.Ruin and Xion get an item: Something? (Gift from Toxin) (You'll know the club when it pops up, and when that happens I'll tell you what these do)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2012 15:45:26 GMT -8
Phenoix retracted his hand calmly, its unsurprising that one would get angry for him falling out of nowhere on them. He pulled out the folder and went to his mission, pulling up a system screen for the area and installing the folder into it. While he did so however, he spoke to the woman, explaining the situation.
"Sorry about that, the one with the half helm and the coat brought me here. His transportation method is quite barbaric, and I got separated from him on the way there. Suppose that's why my exit location was different than his. Anyway..."
A few more lines of code and it was done, the folder he received from Toxin was installed into the area's system files. Closing the system screen, he turned back to the woman.
"My sudden plummet on to you is the least of our worries however. It seems yet again our world is in grave danger. Once again the forces of light, dark, and that which lies in between must join forces to combat this menace."
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The message was indeed short, taking almost no time to read it. It would seem his reunion with Xion would have to be cut short then. Suppose it was time for another crisis to befall the net. Though Ruin was disappointed that this crisis was not in fact himself. Regardless, he looked to Xion after receiving the contents of the folder.
"Long time no see, looks like we got another crisis ahead of us."
Ruin's eyes shifted to Embera for a moment as a smirk formed on his face.
"Seems you've already done some recruiting yourself."
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Post by Genesis on Feb 11, 2012 18:02:23 GMT -8
*Looks like Toxin was ahead as always. That was good then. The address and a pair of data-less chips... well, he took one for himself and assumed the other was for Ruin. Well, having Ruin to help in a fight was fine, he was good at that usually at the very least. He'd need to be for what they were up against for that matter anyway.*
"More or less. Embera gets the job done, so it's about time we started picking up some others too. At least before that thing finishes being occupied by the others back at Creamland. Don't vanish before we finish this time too, Ruin."
*Unless they won. That in particular was unlikely, so he counted them as more of a group to keep it at bay. Until it wiped them out that is, then there wouldn't be much of that anymore. Recruiting came first, then came actually figuring out what the address was for. Speaking of recruitment, he heard a few familiar voices nearby. He started walking a bit, not having much trouble figuring out where it was coming from. It wasn't that heard when it sounded like someone was frustrated with someone else after all. One of them was too flashy, the other he had a few encounters with so far.*
"Well, well, long time no see. What's up?"
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Post by Kman on Feb 11, 2012 21:02:13 GMT -8
The man, who had just fallen on her without much in the way of an apology other than a quick 'sorry about that,' didn't seem too put off by the fact that she hadn't even begun to shake his hand. He had pulled out a folder of sorts, and had begun to do some sort of installation on the area around them. While he was doing so, he was talking about...something, but she really didn't gather what it was. She was still a little out of it all, first from the lack of direction she seemed to be having, and then on top of that, the fact that this fellow had just /fallen/ on her.
"Our world? Grave danger?" she echoed, not entirely sure what the man was talking about. However, he did seem quite intent on whatever it was he was speaking about, which lent some credence to the possibilities that he was either crazy, or there was something that was threatening the Net. "What...are you talking about?" she inquired, trying to figure out what was going on in the fellow's mind.
However, before an answer could come, there was the sound of another approaching, and frowned. The frown vanished, replaced by a veritable mask as Xion had made himself known. His presence caused a number of conflicting feelings to go through the Navi, but she shook her head, giving him a smirk. "I've been around. But this fellow here was...informing me of some sort of 'danger' to this world?" she inquired, looking at either of them for an answer.
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Post by Genesis on Feb 12, 2012 1:05:11 GMT -8
*She looked like she was fine at least, or so looks said anyway. That aside, odds were the news were among a small group of people. That or the flashy bird had lost his sanity finally. If he hadn't lost his sanity, then he was probably talking about the same thing he had the pleasure of seeing up close and personal for a time anyway.*
"More or less. Some freakish thing that showed up at Creamland. Don't know much about it myself, aside from the fact that if you saw it like I did, you'd know why it's being called a 'danger' to the world."
*They had already attacked it, so odds were that they obviously weren't going to reason with it. If they could then it would be rather helpful. Until then though, all they could do was figure out how to take it down. That was what they were going to be having problems with at the time. Also why they needed recruits.*
"The people who do know more about what's going on says we're going to need some more people on the job. So that's what I'm up to right now."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2012 19:04:51 GMT -8
"Been quite some time hasn't it?"
Phenoix addressed Xion with a sort of underlying distrust and hatred. It was nothing about him in particular, but his actions. He knew what he was, a stain on the world? No, he was no different than some others he knew, regardless of their karmic disposition. But something about Xion make Phenoix distrustful. Regardless, in this time of crisis, they'd likely have to work together.
"I came here with this brute..."
Phenoix motioned over to Ruin, who gave a smirk at the remark. What would be an insult to some, to him was more of a compliment, or at least a neutral statement of fact.
"And I may as well stick with him, if we need to gather others, then he'll need someone to keep him in check."
Phenoix then turned to Ruin, who had already taken his part of the folder that was addressed to Xion and himself. Seems he was ready to go.
Phenoix: "My job's done here, we can leave whenever."
Ruin: "Rather obedient for one as flashy as yourself huh?"
Phenoix: "If it were any other situation, I'd hardly be as cooperative. But our alliance is crucial to the safety of this world. I've had to join with questionable characters before in order to prevent such a calamity, I am not above doing it again."
Ruin: "Whatever, Lets go, I set a tracking beacon on someone else that could help us. They're still a bit weak, but power in numbers right?"
Ruin turned to Xion waving before palm striking in front of him and making his portal.
"Later."
With that, Phenoix and Ruin leave through his portal, leaving the three remaining left to do whatever.
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Post by Kman on Feb 14, 2012 18:24:34 GMT -8
Kajira listened to the two speak to her, and to one another, regarding some calamity that had befallen Creamland. Hearing the name, she winced, having been there at the time the entire area had been abducted. But it seemed that something else had happened to the area, which meant that...perhaps it'd had a hand in returning her to the main area of the Net. She really didn't know what had caused her return, but she didn't question it. She was back, and that was all that mattered.
"So...there's something else threatening the Net? It seems like every time I turn around, there's something else around the corner threatening this only world I know," she growled, a bit of lightning sparking from her hands as she clenched them into fists. "Why can't things just stay normal, for awhile?"
The woman looked thoroughly frustrated, and even as the two others left through what looked like a veritable break in space, she didn't drop her expression in the least. "So what's happened since the...first disaster at Creamland?" she inquired, looking to Xion.
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Post by Genesis on Feb 14, 2012 18:57:17 GMT -8
*And both were gone for a time, the brute and the flashy bird. He could tell in any other situation that he'd probably be butting heads with the flashy one and attempting to put the guy under for a time, but not now at least. That could happen when they had a better amount of time to do something like that, say, when that monstrous titan strolling about back there wasn't strolling to something else.*
"If things stayed normal, I'd be surprised. We sort of live in a place that is always under constant duress. Which is pretty fun actually if it wouldn't be the end of the world as we know it."
*Sucked that was the case almost every time. Except this time he was actually getting involved unlike before when he sat around and watched everyone else handle things. He figured it would be better to answer Kajira's inquiry first, looking to her then. Wasn't hard at least all things considered.*
"Well after I helped get Creamland bombed the first time, the actual residents of Creamland were peeved. So they came back with an army and wanted to execute people permanently that were involved and restart the network. Didn't go quite as they planned it."
*Not in the slightest even. In fact, not even the executions happened. It made him want to laugh if not for why it didn't happen. It was a sort of crude humor he supposed. Then again it was partly Syn's fault that happened. But he didn't blame the reaper as anyone else could have done the exact same thing then. Syn doing it just sort of happened.*
"The reboot failed as per the plan, but it didn't go as planned either. Something got let loose from it and then got accessed by Syn. A bunch of eyes and a lot of other crazy stuff later, well, I sort of left a bit early there. But in the end a rather big power signature, or a better term, a titan, broke loose. Put Samhain to shame too in terms of power, and so I decided to wise up and not attack it head on for once and leave. I can only assume it did as much destroying as it felt like from there on out."
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Post by "Bill" on Feb 14, 2012 20:48:28 GMT -8
[glow=white,2,500] *Embera was still laying on her back bobbing her foot before speaking outward, not really sure, nor caring who could be listening. It was obvious her intent was for Xion to hear, because she spoke a bit loudly, ensuring he'd listen.*
Embera: Well, given the common-likelihood that things try to blow up our world, this really IS "normal". On to more obvious matters, if Toxin sent this out, then he's clearly got his ways of swaying the ONB with his corruppeteering strings. *Embera began pantomiming a marionette's hands before continuing* So that's a chunk of people taken care of. As for other people...anyone worth gettin' is in Creamland, so I'll pass....Then there's the wonderful Sharo, which isn't my cup of tea, all that's left is more Electopia, or Netopia, I'm game for either really.
*With her little spiel out of the way, Embera gently bobbed her head back and forth, still laying down, as if dancing to a tune only in her head while she waited for a decision from Xion.*[/glow]
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Post by Kman on Feb 15, 2012 22:58:24 GMT -8
The woman frowned at Xion's initial explanation. Certainly, he did have a point, much like she had already iterated. There wasn't a whole lot of downtime from the constant attacks that seemed to happen on an almost weekly basis, much to her annoyance. While she didn't mind a good brawl now and again, the woman would've preferred to keep things at a standstill at least for a little while to give her time to recuperate.
However, as Xion continued, the woman's eyes widened for a second, before narrowing. "You helped bomb Creamland?" she demanded, despite the fact that he had already told her so. This sudden rush of anger, of course, caused her to mostly ignore the rest of what Xion was saying about the topic. "Of course the people were going to be mad! You jerk!" she announced, before promptly punching the male navi in his armored shoulder.
Her sulking that followed didn't get much of a chance to last as the last bit of what Xion had told her started to distill its way into her brain. "So wait. After the reboot, something got...loose?" she spoke, a faint bit of uncertainty welling up in the pit of her stomach. Again, the strange, sudden paranoia, present ever since she had returned from wherever she'd been. There was...something else. She felt it, just at the edges of her mind, but couldn't catch it, no matter how hard she tried.
Perhaps this...thing that had gotten loose. It was responsible, or at least related to the presence she felt. It wasn't going to hurt to verify. "So what then? We're all gathering up to fight this...thing?" she inquired, curious.
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Post by Genesis on Feb 15, 2012 23:27:41 GMT -8
*He couldn't help but laugh some at her punching him in the shoulder. Sure he felt it, but it was an amusing reaction in his opinion. It made him appreciate doing it more, which probably solidified what she thought about him doing it. Then again, that's what happens when you do the first thing that comes to mind. What came to his mind then? Fighting whichever side was more interesting to fight. That turned out rather well he supposed.*
"That pretty much sums it up and why I have to see flashy again sometime on impartial terms."
*Now was what Embera said. Embera obviously wanted to steer clear of Creamland and Sharo was practically deserted at all times outside of that miner that they could say hi to from time to time. But then not that many people knew of the guy's existence even and he didn't think trying to get the guy was necessary. So Electopia and Netopia... well, at Netopia had a few darker places. Embera was always Embera he supposed.*
"Toxin not having a sway over something he's involved in would be as odd as not having another worldly crisis. Things have calmed down a bit, so checking more of Electopia should be fine right now. They're probably too strung up to be on their typical high alert."
*He remembered when walking around Electopia was usually asking for trouble. Not at the moment anyway, so Embera was fine on going through more Electopia. If nothing was here, then they could always go to Netopia next unless Ruin and the flashy handled it. If not it gave them something to do with their time until they had a better idea of what to do and more orders to follow that could help them. And now back to Kajira. He could probably guess her answer, but he may as well see what her answer was.*
"I don't expect everyone to band together and fight just because of everything going on. What about you? Can always keep walking around and hope for the best if you don't want in on the fighting."
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Post by Vilicious on Feb 17, 2012 11:18:55 GMT -8
The data unfurls and weaves itself into the location where Phenoix accesses it, and then the lines of code split off to streak over and past the ground off to locations unknown.
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Post by Kman on Feb 20, 2012 21:13:50 GMT -8
Kajira gave an irritated grunt at Xion's reaction to her hitting him in the shoulder. Granted, she really couldn't blame him, despite the fact that she wanted to. There was a fair amount of irritation running through her, but there wasn't much that she was able to do about it. She'd already made her feelings known to Xion, and it wasn't like he was going to change, just because she had a different opinion than his own. The woman sighed, only having been half-listening to him talk to Embera.
On another note, there was all kinds of things going down, now, regarding this creature that had been freed. From the description she'd been given, she had no idea if it were a program or a virus...or what it was, only that it was terrible. And unfortunately, not terrible in an inept way, but in a truly terrifying way.
The woman sighed; it was always something.
At Xion's question, the woman blinked, glancing back at him. "That depends; are we going to be deleting innocents while we frolic around to gather up an army to fight this thing?" she spoke, a slight edge to her voice. She gave a grunt, taking a step away from the other.
She was about to answer, when her breath caught in her throat again, and she felt something...watching her. Just as soon as it came, it was gone, and the woman released a slight breath. Regardless of how she felt right now...she couldn't deny the safety she felt with Xion. "Seems pointless to keep wandering...where are we meeting?"
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Post by "Bill" on Feb 23, 2012 12:55:48 GMT -8
[glow=white,2,500] *Embera sat up almost instantly, pondering their next course of action. Hearing Kajira's question to Xion, Embera raised her hand almost excitedly as she could tell how sensitive the topic was to the woman. She exclaimed with almost a cocky excitement.*
Embera: I might!! What better way to enjoy a frolic through the net than by deleting any navi that comes in sight?!
*Embera's face dimmed as she approached Kajira, the heat radiating off of her to the duo now apparent...she now spoke with a more serious tone.*
Embera: What do you take us for? Bloodthirsty barbarians?! We may be criminals, but we've better things to do than just wreak mayhem. There's profits to be made and business to attend to. Now, if you don't mind, I believe we should head to Rammount Castle...see what exactly happened there...Xion, I'll be waiting..You, woman, come if you wish, if not, don't...You'll be Xion's problem, not mine...we came to recruit people, and in all honesty, it doesn't matter to me.
*With those last piercing words, Embera headed to the castle*[/glow] [Location change: Rammount Castle]
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