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Post by B.o.B. on Jun 16, 2014 18:00:46 GMT -8
B.o.B. watched as the cube struck true."Take that! Got what you..." B.o.B. saw the on coming hulking navi running along the wall, feeling the anger from the opponent and seeing the literal jaws open much wider than expected. "Nope... nope... nope" B.o.B. maneuvered away using the object to intercept the oncoming hungry beast. B.o.B. watched as Anlion's jaws came upon the object crushing it into data dust B.o.B: "No way?!" B.o.B. blurted out "That is absurd what the heck are those jaws capable of..." B.o.B. looked at the HUD 30% "Still not enough...all this new stuff is just color data...dinkit" The ring on B.o.B's gauntlet began picking up speed as it charged more energy. "Command Order-Build" B.o.B. created a new object in front of it."Little good that will do but somethings better than nothing...better get some new Mtrls too...{Command Order-Break}" B.o.B. touching the opposite alley wall with its right hand glowing orang takes a massive cube shaped chuck from behind it, while still keeping its eyes on Antlion. |
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Post by Kman on Jun 16, 2014 19:22:24 GMT -8
Blake: From the ONB reports, there's a disturbance here in the L'Internet du Soir.
Kajira: That French accent was horrible.
Blake: Look, I'm not French. Anyway, they don't really have the manpower to spare right now, with everything else that's going on. They actually asked you to look into this.
Kajira: I'm aware. Don't worry, I'll get this sorted out.
Blake: Right right. I've got your back if you need assistance.
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The communication between Navi and NetOP went out then as Kajira focused on the situation at hand. She'd been mailed a report by Blake's father, stating that there was a disturbance in this area. A few other Navi had phoned it in but didn't want to get involved. As there were several other pressing matters at the moment, they had asked Kajira to investigate it as the ONB liason.
The woman moved, giving a sigh as she combed her fingers through her hair for the moment, glancing around. There didn't seem to be much of anything going on. She took a few steps before leaping upward, going airborne as wind accompanied her steps, going from roof to roof, until the sound of something caught her ear. She paused, tightening her outfit, not entirely sure what she would be coming across before she took another few hops, arriving on top of a building near where there was a bit of a brawl going on.
One looked like...a giant bug, if she'd ever seen one, and the other had a rather interesting design, but nothing that she hadn't seen before. It was similar to others, even if it had its own unique flair. Even still, she gave a singular shrug. "A girl's work is never done," she spoke, before the woman gave herself into the data that made up the Storm. At once, the two below would note a rain starting to come down, the sky suddenly overcast...but only near them.
And then, a bolt of lightning.
Pure white, filled with the luminescence of not only Elec, but Aqua, Wind, Sonic, and Ice. The lightning exploded into the ground, but harmed nothing, forming Kajira in its wake. "On behalf of the ONB, I order the two of you to stop this at once," she spoke, her voice soft like velvet, but with the hardened edge of steel beneath it. "Continue and I will place you under arrest."
Granted, she really didn't have the authority to do that, but she could beat them til they were on the verge of deletion and drag them back to the ONB. And she would, if they pressed.
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Post by Phreezey Breeze on Jun 17, 2014 7:33:03 GMT -8
Antlion froze... He didn't move a muscle, that voice...
It echoed in his head, over and over, the voice was a mantra, reminding him of his NetOp... He fell to his hands and knees...
"No... She's..."
He stayed there, breathing heavily... Memories overflowing him now...
He began to recall more of his NetOp... How she treated him like her own flesh and blood...
...How he treated her as if she was a commander, never failing to execute tasks she ordered with ferocious loyalty...
...How they even confessed further feelings for eachother, a taboo to love one another...
...And finally her death, how she died without him...
If B.o.B were to still be scanning Antlion, he'd, too, feel these revelations...
"These.... these answers.... Why these..? Ghosts of the past... Haunting me like vengeful monsters..."
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Post by B.o.B. on Jun 17, 2014 9:17:23 GMT -8
Rain began to fall suddenly and a fast wind passed though the alley. A flash of light and B.o.B. was blind for an instant as a woman appeared from a bolt of lightning. When she spoke B.o.B. could only stand still as the once corrupted memory files of Antlion became readable and force opened themselves. B.o.B. fell simultaneously with Antlion to the ground as powerfully overwhelming emotions that accompanied the memories flowed through B.o.B. The memories consumed B.o.B.'s thoughts, an ancient battle field it never fought on, a woman it never knew but loved, and her soul crushing death. B.o.B was not prepared to take in all these powerful emotions and memories all at once like this, sending B.o.B. into a panicked state. "Not my memories, not my memories, not my memories..." B.o.B. repeated the silent mantra in its head attempting to calm itself from the sudden data surge. All the while the ring began to ramp up more speed.
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Post by Kman on Jun 17, 2014 11:33:12 GMT -8
The woman's eyes flickered over to the giant bug, watching him for a moment as he seemed to reel from her presence. A smirk touched Kajira's lips. Good. Perhaps he would relax himself from here on out, and her job would be made all the more easy.
However, as it smirked, the woman's eyes narrowed a bit, unsure of what he was talking about. IT seemed that he had some data locked in his mind that her presence was somehow awakening. That itself was unusual, but she wasn't going to say much about it. Now, when the /other/ started doing the same thing, she realized that maybe her entrance had been a bit too flashy.
Blake: I knew you had some talent but that's pretty exceptional.
Blake's tone was full of amusement, and not at all what Kajira needed at the moment. She chose to ignore her NetOP for the moment, and looked to the two who were practically cowering on the ground at the moment. "All right, all right. On your feet. You two were just causing a ruckus, all right? No reason to start wigging out," Kajira stated, not wanting to tread near any memories, having her own fair share.
"Either of you need any assistance getting back home? Or you able to get around?" she asked, merely watching them. She had no idea what she had done to these two.
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Post by Phreezey Breeze on Jun 17, 2014 13:16:55 GMT -8
"M-Ma'am... Forgive me..."
Antlion drew himself up only to spin back around and kneel at the new Navi's presence... She sounded, and even looked like his old NetOp...
"I... I know I mustn't fight, I was searching for the answers... Y-You... You brought... You brought back memories..."
Antlion reached out, and grabbed her hand gently, giving it a "kiss" (By that I mean it seemed like he put his mandibles on her hand, rather weird)...
"Fates draw me closer to my answers, you bring some... and I thank you..."
He got up, and spun around...
"As for this one... He mocks me..."
Antlion spat, literally, spat on B.o.b, it was harmless, but disrespectful...
"Mock me again, do it, and I'll see you dead, trust me... You'll be the first of many..."
He then gave what appeared to be a smile to the new Navi...
"My bad, ma'am, you may have seen that as an empty threat... I don't wish to startle you, but.... I have nothing to lose, at all..."
His mandibles began to chitter a bit... Was it from nervousness, happiness, anger? It wasn't clear, as one couldn't really trace emotion from this chittering...
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Post by B.o.B. on Jun 17, 2014 19:55:05 GMT -8
B.o.B. still on the ground unable to calm itself "Not her..not my memories..she died...not her..not my memory...his she belongs in his head not mine...not her...she is dead...not my memory..." Then feeling the spit from Antlion hitting the back of its head B.o.B. snapped back into reality looking up at the two navis. "Calm down..regain control..." Hearing the last bits of Antlions statements B.o.B. stood wiping off the spiddle off the back of its head. B.o.B: "Mock?" Displaying a ? on its face plate. |
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Post by Kman on Jun 17, 2014 21:29:49 GMT -8
Kajira watched the creature speak, giving a sort of...interesting flanging sound to its voice. She merely arched a slim brow, her arms folded over her chest as she watched, curious exactly what was going on with this...thing. It continued to speak then, offering up that she had inadvertently caused memories to appear. She moved her hand, about to respond (and she had a habit of speaking with her hands) when the creature pressed its mouth...thing, against the back of her hand.
It was like a lightning bolt, slow and steady, moved from the back of the woman's hand, up her arm, and then to the rest of her body as a shudder passed through her. Now, Kajira was not a girly girl. The sight of the bug had not bothered her, and even with the fact that her hand had been placed against its mandibles wasn't going to make her shriek olike one. But the woman was quite obviously distraught by the action, and pulled her hand back quite quickly, wiping it on her garments. "Yes...well," she began, when the creature quite literally spit at the other, and she narrowed her eyes again.
"Well then you be the bigger...bug-man, and you stop," she hissed, the elemental energy beginning to arc around her hand as she watched him. "If you know that fighting is wrong, then stop. The next time you start a fight, or lash out at someone, I /will/ find out and I will make sure the ONB locks you up tight." She knew that the creature was being kind to her, at least, but not to the Navi behind her, but she didn't much care. She was here to settle the dispute between them, and if that involved her putting both of these Navi down, she would.
Turning to glance at the one behind her, Kajira arched another brow, finally noticing the faceplate. That was...interesting, to say the least. "Are you all right?" she asked simply, feeling more and more uncomfortable by the moment.
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Post by Phreezey Breeze on Jun 18, 2014 6:22:56 GMT -8
"Yes. Mocking, memories hit me like crashing waves to an already sinking boat, and you drop in the same manner, as if you know something about me..."
Antlion shot a glare at B.o.b...
"Fighting around you would be wrong, as you seemed to try and threaten arrest..."
Around the old navi would have another swarm of locust-wasp hybrids, just crawling over him...
"If ONB saw me as a real threat, they wouldn't have sent a beautiful woman, they'd have sent a burly, brainless Navi... One who could lift a mountain, then crush you with it... Clearly they've gotten soft now-a-days..."
One of the bugs landed on Kajira, not harming, just watching, if she made any movements, it'd fly back...
"You bring hope to me, you know, that not everyone in this age is afflicted with a cognitive disability, being as oaf-like as they are..."
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Post by B.o.B. on Jun 18, 2014 11:41:52 GMT -8
B.o.B. hearing the concern from the female flashed an O.K. on its face plate. B.o.B. leaned over to look at Antlion, receiving his words and his glare."dinkit...does he know I was poking around in his data...could be trouble if he finds out...can't let anyone know I can do that...more useful this way..." As B.o.B was thinking a new swarm of insects began to crawl all over its body once again. "These again...no longer interesting...I know about these...hmm...but that doesn't mean I can't improve it...maybe that will stop this stupid fight..." Command Order-Break Wave mod.pulse Setting break wave to a close range pulse B.o.B. released a soft orange wave of energy. Trying to control its energy out put to only envelope itself but miscalculating, the wave also passed over the female navi before stopping. As the wave went out it destroyed the objects and the insects in its path, creating mtrls for B.o.B. to use. Command Order-Build "These insects have too much leg...needs a tougher structure...needs sharper wings for cutting...these jaws should match Antlion's, very strong...there this should do" BUILD. Extending its left arm and facing its palm upward the blue ring around B.o.B.'s hand pulsed and a copy of the insects was materialized atop its palm. However the copy wasn't quite the same it was slightly larger and more angular. The legs replaced by what looked like sharp barbed lances meant for plunging into and staying into a target. The wings were sharp like tiny blades meant for slicing unsuspecting prey as it flew by. Finally the jaws matched Antlion's but scaled to the head of the insect. The copy did not move for it was only and object, B.o.B. had not the talent needed to create moving and attacking objects yet, but it could make a model of what one could look like. B.o.B. passed by the female navi not giving her much attention. When B.o.B. reached Antlion it offered up the object in its palm. A ? on its face plate. B.o.B: "Take..." |
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Post by Kman on Jun 18, 2014 17:35:14 GMT -8
The woman watched, the arched brow still not coming down as she listened to the creature before her give its reasoning. Apparently the creature before her and the one behind her were afflicted by the same thing when she arrived. However, the muttering the one behind her had stated made her think that perhaps it was more of a resonance effect, rather than anything direct.
At his continued talk, she shook her head a bit. "Fighting in general is wrong, unless you've a valid reason. Someone mocking you and causing this much of a ruckus, is not, in fact, a good reason," she returned, before the creature continued. As the words fell from its mandibles, an uneasy silence passed over Kajira. It was difficult to read at first, until the thunder boomed overhead, and a scowl showed on her face as the lightning once more tore through the sky, a manifestation of her anger.
"Soft, you say?" she asked, lightning cackling up her arm, the white strands of hair still obscuring her eyes. "So I don't strike the same fear in you? You think me...weak?" she asked, her voice growing tighter with each passing second.
Blake: Kaj, getting some high readings from you. You're not supposed to delete these Navi, reme-
She cut the communications with her NetOP, the lightning still flashing ahead, seeming to surround her. Even as BoB's energy field came close, the small insect was already fried by the proximity to her, the aura merely just washing away the excess data. She flickered forward then, a dark smile on her face as her hand lay fractions of an inch from Antlion's 'throat,' the power thrumming through it loud enough to be audible to them both. "Stay back," she spoke, obviously speaking to B.o.B. as she heard his steps forward.
"You listen to me you overgrown cockroach. From what I gather, I remind you of someone. That's cute. I'm not that someone," her hand moved just a hair closer, the lightning bursting out at times, likely giving the creature a bit of a shock. Xion had, in their recent discussions, insisted that Kajira do what she wished to do. Not worry about whether it was right, or wrong, or if Blake approved, but whatever she wanted to do. And she was getting dangerously close to simply frying Antlion where he stood, the voltage coming from her arm cutting out a few of the overhead lights from proximity.
"You would do well to choose your words more wisely when speaking to a lady," she continued, her yellow eyes now practically glowing with energy. "Some may not be quite as forgiving as I." Ever-so-slowly, she pulled her arm back, the storm energy there not abating before she moved to take a step back, and pointed a finger at the creature. "Surrender now or I'll delete you where you stand," she hissed, having nearly forgotten about the Navi behind her.
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Post by Phreezey Breeze on Jun 18, 2014 17:48:28 GMT -8
"I never spoke of you as weak, I only demeaned as a VIP to view you as important or higher status..."
Antlion said, only blinking when a shock entered, as the lightning wasn't really arcing to do damage...
"You'd assumed I would bend to your will, but I complimented you, and brought you to higher status, but you fell quickly, being on the same level of those I prey upon... Those that have the potential to finally unravel the secrets of my past, bringing memories through combat."
He motioned his hand to bring her's down gently, in a more caring manner...
"Also... I am not a cockroach, cockroaches do not have chitinous exoskeletons..."
He seemed to almost chitter again at those very words, he stepped back a bit, as to respect her space...
"If you, ma'am, want to find me again, look for my thralls, the insects, flying about... Surely they will not harm you... I do not treat you as Kathryn, no one holds that honor of being my only true love, but a friend is a friend, and you're welcome around to spill the data of those useless to the world with me..."
Antlion motioned to B.o.B...
"If you're really one of the best navi in this day and age, I am shocked to see this generation be so horribly crippled and weak, make those insects less blocky, more fluid and aerodynamic, and maybe one will fly..."
He walked away, bumping his shoulder to the Build Or Break navi, eventually being lost into the distance for good...
Of course, a small IP address would be left where Antlion 'kissed' Kajira's hand, as if a number of some sort... It could possibly be used to track him...
[ANTLION.EXE HAS LEFT THE NETWORK]
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Post by B.o.B. on Jun 18, 2014 18:04:55 GMT -8
Antlion bumped passed B.o.B. who looked down at what was in its hand "...I guess it is a little blocky...still he could have just taken it...now I'm sad..." B.o.B. turned to the female navi still displaying the ? on its face plate. B.o.B. offered up the rejected piece to her in a sulking manner. Softly B.o.B. spoke "take?..."
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Post by Kman on Jun 19, 2014 11:14:29 GMT -8
She listened, watching as the creature tried to defend itself. He could say what he wished- the implication was there. He was not intimidated by her, and that was a shame. She was tempted to force that fear into him, but the anger was already rapidly draining away from her, at this point. She had restrained herself from simply overcharging him with the electrical current right then and there. But the woman had hesitated, and the creature had begun to defend itself.
She paid attention to his words, seeing that he was, in fact, trying to compliment her through whatever backhanded style he might use. But the initial rush of anger had faded, and now as the creature gave its last bit of defense, she merely watched through lidded eyes, the lightning still cackling around her arm. 'Those useless to the world.'
Her eyes closed for a moment as the creature walked away. Wasn't she designed to uphold the law, as part of the ONB? Blake had created her for the sole purpose of doing what the ONB either couldn't, or wouldn't, do for netcrime. If she was designed to uphold the law and keep it safe, why did the offers of Xion, and this...Antlion, cause her to consider them?
She blinked then, as she glanced back at B.o.B., the navi offering her a small bug-like creature. It looked similar to the one who had just left, but the streamlining was a bit...off. She didn't know if this one was merely a rudimentary Navi from days long past, or if he was being offered a 'retro' look, or simply his creator cared more about what he could do rather than what he looked like. "I appreciate the gesture," she spoke, before shaking her head. "But it is not something I would wish to take around with me."
AT that point, the communication with Blake opened back up, the young male looking less-than-pleased.
Blake: What the hell was that, Kaj? Did you sever the connection on your end? That's not how this works.
Kajira: I know. No one was deleted. The situation's under control.
Blake: It'd better be.
The communication ended at that point, and Kajira sighed, closing her eyes again.
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Post by B.o.B. on Jun 19, 2014 11:39:13 GMT -8
B.o.B. after hearing the second rejection was visibly distraught, shoulders drooping head hanging. B.o.B. squatted down placing the figurine gently on the floor. Standing up again abruptly B.o.B. walked about making crude repairs to the holes it had made in the alley ways path and walls. "oops...not enough materials left to completely fix this hole...hmm...maybe this will do instead...might cheer me up..." B.o.B. thought silently to itself. The final hole in the alleyway's wall filled with a relief work. Putting in the final materials B.o.B. had left along with its strong emotions of rejection a beautiful rendition of the female navi. It depicted her surrounded by winds and elegant bolts of lightning cascading off her fingertips. Next to her was a powerful bug navi with a swarm above its head. The beautiful mural had exquisite detail and could easily be considered a work of art in the network."Maybe this will suffice...yes this will do...I feel a little better...a new mark fitting of a new memory..." Without looking back to see the navi's reaction B.o.B. began to walk down the alleyway again. "Other people are stressful...I wonder if they will like it...I wonder if I made some new friends...or is that big guy an enemy?...too stressful to think about...lets go find something interesting...that will cheer me up even more..."
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