Si Vis Votum - RP

After Zuko swung his swords, Link moved her left hand to a pouch on her belt, and pulled out a sword swinging it lightly, before thrusting it back into the pouch.

"All right, all right," said Combo with an approving look. "Are you sure you're not guided by the Tiger Spirit?"

J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!

Sokka took a good look at this "Blue". While the Doctor was busy talking with the masked mad man, Sokka silently approached him, his arms crossed, and his eyes analysing every single part of this "swordsman's" body. He gave him a half-assed smirk:

"It's good to finally see a familiar figure in this insane asylum. Well, not that familiar, since I've only heard tales about you, Blue Spirit. Like, for example, how you saved the Avatar's firebending friend, from Bato's grasp... oh yes, I've heard about it. And I must thank you, whoever you are, for you have showed the world how weak that fool truly is."

He laughed, but his laugh suddenly disappeared as silently bended a small ice dagger from his pouch, and pointed it at his neck. As his voice took on a more serious and grim tone, he said, narrowing his eyes:

"But once I capture the Avatar, I'll destroy anyone that tries to rescue him or his friends. Consider this a friendly warning. For what you did to Bato."

He then bent the ice dagger back into liquid form, and calmly manipulated it back into his pouch, taking a step back and turning to the others. He once again groaned when another metal monstrosity appeared in the ship. Great. Just great.

Mandatory Flashback

For a long time, all was good in Dreamland - eldritch monstrosities were vanquished and meals were fought over.
The merging of worlds of Kirby and Kamen Riders went without much aplomb - such events weren't new for them.
Armed with newfound powers, the lot of now alternated Kirbies has set out to deal with new problems, to each their own.
This specific Kirby world has been merged with the world of Kamen Rider Blade - and along with new powers, came the new monsters, the Undead. They fit right into the hierarchy as bosses for newly empowered Kirby to take on.
Right now, he was taking a Warp Star after defeating and sealing another one. Unfortunately, taking the transportation would turn out to be not the wisest choice as the world suddenly turned black.

Some time later on the ship.

Kirby awoke in the pile of unconscious bodies in the central room of the Votum and has since laid low, letting everybody else to get done with the introductions.

But finally, the pink blob waddled to the centre of the room and waved to everybody.
"Hi! My name is Kirby!"

Zuko was about to shake his head 'no' when Sokka confronted him. He'd hoped that Sokka wouldn't know about the Blue Spirit, and his disguise would hold, but apparently this was not the case. As the boy kept talking, Zuko realized that staying in his Blue Spirit persona was the better alternative.

He flinched when the dagger was held up to his neck, staying still until it was only liquid once again. His mouth was wide open beneath his mask. He knew Sokka would be different, but this?

After a moment, he was able to overcome his shock and settle into an aggressive stance subconsciously. Prince (he wasn't Sokka, not at all) had touched about every nerve he had. Zuko could just take out his dao swords and return the "friendly warning". He held himself back, however, and instead scribbled angrily on his board, "Have you considered that I'm not your Blue Spirit?" He underlined the 'your' several times, and placed a hand on his sword, in case Prince decided to give another "friendly warning".

edited 11th Jun '12 4:25:31 PM by Serendipital

"No problem. You know exactly how stylish works." Maria said, giving off a victory sign with a large grin. Her universe was a pretty silly and jovial one, where even the villains had tons of moments like these. Her smile was wiped clean though when two of the people began trading insults. "Mama mia! Stop fighting! Jumping up the girl looked like she was about to leap into the fray to physically seperate them. For that brief moment, her Italian accent slipped out and her voice became a lot more forceful and harsh.

Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.

"I'll deal with this guy for you, man," said Combo. He walked over and put himself in front of Sokka.

"Look, Glacius or whatever your name is," said the boxer, "did you consider that this isn't the same version of whoever you think he is? I can understand your suspicions since a version of an enemy of mine is on the ship too, but I figured out pretty quickly that different versions of someone act differently from the version you knew."

edited 11th Jun '12 5:47:23 PM by TestYourMight

J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!

Link completely ignored the verbal combat, instead opting to poke Kirby, as if testing what material he was made of. "Hiya Kirby! I'm Link, and you're a figment of my subconscious!" she said, "Isn't that cool?!"

Scott laughed at the stand-off between Sokka and Zuko, he could feel a fight coming on. "Fight! Fight!"

He turned to the nearest person. "I'm starting to like this place."

Subaru pointed at Scott.
"You're just like Lu Bu," she said, disgusted. "Loud and bloodthirsty. Calm down, kiddo. For certain the last thing we need is to fight. Neh?"
She tilted her head.

---

Fate walked to Sokka and the Blue Spirit, still massaging her brow.
"Please, can you stop it?" she asked. "I gather that we are supposed to be allies, not enemies... and infighting is a bad idea. I learned this much, at least, from Sun Ce's struggles with Sun Quan. Please, stop this."

The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground

Zuko glared at the people interrupting, making sure that his body communicated it. He wrote on his board, underneath the first sentence, "Don't interfere! We need to sort this out ourselves." They meant well, yes, but this was his battle, and he didn't want to turn it into a war.

That's just what Zuko's saying. Feel free to do whatever.

edited 11th Jun '12 7:15:36 PM by Serendipital

Scott continued to grin at Subaru. "The world is blood-thirsty and loud, best to just go along with it. Fighting solves everything afterall."

Turning back to Zuko and Sokka, he shouted. "Fight!"

"If you think the world is bloodthirsty and loud, you haven't met Zuo Ci. Or Zhuge Liang," Subaru told Scott.
"You don't always have to fight... You can just sometimes help people. There are enough problems around without you making more."
She put her right hand — the hand she was wearing Revolver Knuckle on — on Scott's shoulder. It was rather heavy.
"So calm down, kiddo."

The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground

The man stayed silent for a moment before replying in whisper.

"Get rid of the visions... For good, then I'll help... It brings nothing but grief to me."

edited 11th Jun '12 7:43:01 PM by Strigon

Shameless Self-promotion ho!

"Heh. They sound like they're from one of those Japanese comics.

Scott's faced hardened as he spoke. "Helping people... Is pointless. You just get stepped on. My way is easier."

"No, you're wrong," Subaru told Scott. Her grip tightened; it became painful. "Helping people means using your own power for good. People thank you, they appreciate your deeds. The only people to step on you are evil. Like Orochi, or that oaf Dong Zhuo."

The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground

"Now what?"

Red Arrow saw the incoming fight.

"Acting like children."

Sokka turned around, facing Zuko again. He read what he had written, and then groaned, massaging his brow:

"Are you suggesting that there are other idiots like you that go around dressed like the Blue Spirit? Why am I not surprised?..."

The Doctor grabbed the masked man's hand, shaking it, and then gave him a pat in the shoulder:

"Don't worry, mate. We'll get you out of those visions."

And he then turned around to face the rest of the group, pointing at everyone else as he spoke, walking over to the middle of the room:

"Alright, people, no more fighting! Don't you see what we have here? We have an adorable pink thing... an adorable plumber... two adorable girls... and an adorable animal!... that can speak! It's an overflow of adorableness. But really, we're ignoring the bigger picture: we're in space. And as far as I know, both you, Mister Scar, and you, Mister Mask, come from a place where there are no spaceships. Hello, Mister Mask. I'm the Doctor. Nice to meet you. The point is, right now, you two have problems, problems that can get fixed by talking. And that's what you'll do, because you're in my ship, isn't that right, Pip?"

"Correct. The Doctor is the captain of the ship."

Crossing his arms in a prideful smirk, he slowly clasped his hands, looking at both Zuko and Sokka:

"So... who's going to go first?"

"I don't know why we are having this discussion... Doctor. He started it. I simply told him to stay out of my way, and to not interrupt my search for the Avatar!"

"Who's this Avatar? You seem to be quite obsessed with this Avatar trouble. Have others tried to hunt for this Avatar?"

"Yes, and they failed. And you want to know why? Because their honor didn't depend on finding the Avatar. I'll find him, and no one, not even the Blue Spirit, is going to stop me!"

Sokka pointed directly at the Doctor's face once he finished speaking. The Time Lord simply lowered his finger, and then turned over to Zuko, the same smile on his face:

"... Mister Mask?"

edited 11th Jun '12 7:44:57 PM by Stratofarius

The masked man stops sulking to correct the Doctor.

"Actually, I've been on spaceships a lot... IT'S JUST THAT THIS ONE IS PILOTED BY AN INCOMPREHENSIBLE BEING, THAT'S WHY I'M FREAKING THE FUCK OUT!!!!"

Shameless Self-promotion ho!

Something appeared in Scott's eyes, beneath the hate and anger. Something sad. "Then where was my thank you?. Where was my appreciation? I was the one who fought for everything and I ended up the one alone. Explain that."

edited 11th Jun '12 7:57:38 PM by Alleydodger

Zuko huffed and crossed his arms as the Doctor spoke. This man really was odd, and a bit like Toph with his nicknaming, if more childish. He growled inwardly when Prince opened his mouth; he just had to lay the blame on him, didn't he?

When prompted, he wrote on his board, "I'm redeeming my honor by stopping the Avatar as well. Though we were cooperating for a common goal before I left." Revealing that much shouldn't hurt, even if he was going under a completely different persona. It might even make the Prince that much friendlier. Besides, for all that the Doctor was childish, he also seemed strangely intimidating. Telling a lie would be a big 'no no'.

Zuko wasn't sure if his goal was to stop the Avatar anymore, but they didn't need to know that. After finishing the message, he shook his hand out, irked at the effort put into writing two simple sentences. He may as well start speaking; this Sokka wasn't the one from his world, so what did it matter? But the unknown repercussions gnawed at his mind, willing him to stay silent. Being the Blue Spirit was good for now, but Zuko knew it would be tiresome to keep it up for too long.

edited 11th Jun '12 8:15:21 PM by Serendipital

Rock left the Doctor to handle the masked soldier. Poor looked like he's been through Hell and back, reminded the Robot Master of the victims of some particularly nasty villains......and heroes. Probably a nice trip to a good psychiatric would do the man some good though. Not Arkham, though. THAT would actually be kinda counter productive. At least his latest bit a yelling explained why he was so scared right now.

From there, Rock sat in the sidelines observing everyone. Though most people seemed friendly, he found Sokka and this Scott person to be the most......abrasive. Seemed to be more fitting for the Suicide Squad than anywhere else. What intrigued him was this Blue Mask individual. Possibly a superhero as well? Probably from the same set of multiverses as Sokka apparently. He'll have to talk to him later. But first though........

"Maybe you were just unlucky I guess," Rock said to Scott. "Or something happened along the way. There's a whole lot of reasons that could it could happen, and I don't know what exactly you went through. But I know that alone should not be a reason for someone to stop helping others all together. The act of saving someone's life, or even helping them up when they fall should be reward in of itself."

DAMMIT MARK, STOP HOTTING HELPY!!

Sokka slowly read what Zuko wrote, and his eyes widened. He looked up at Zuko's mask, and shook his head, crossing his arms and returning to his normal brooding mood. The Doctor walked up to them, nodding as he finished reading what Zuko wrote:

"Right, so, common objectives. Sokka and Blue. Both of them hunting the Avatar. Is this common on your world? Perhaps if you don't do your chores, you're sent in a hunt for the Avatar?... Well, anyway, I'll have to look into this Avatar matter later, and I'll talk with both of you, but for now... can you guys make peace?"

Sokka looked over at Zuko, analysing him once more. He threw his hands up in the air, sighing:

"Sure, fine, whatever."

"Good, that's good. Blue?"

Combo cleared his throat.

"May I have your attention, please?" said the boxer in a tone of voice that wasn't just a requesting voice. "Now, while diplomacy is great in some situations, I know full well that sometimes talking won't work and you have to beat the crap out of the other guy to get the point across. I happen to make a living beating the crap out of people in a little sport called boxing, and I'm good enough to have been the world champ of boxing for five years straight. If any of you want to learn a little unarmed self-defense, let me know and I'll be glad to show you a few moves."

J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!

Scott looked carefully at Rock before breaking into a wide grin. And not an entirely friendly one. "Haha! Holy crap, you're that Megaman guy! From the video game!"

Any semblence of guilt or sadness disappeared from Scott in an instant. "Good try guys, but I think I'm happy the way I am. I would like to find out just how strong you really are though, Megaman, it'd be like I'm in a video game. Fun."

edited 11th Jun '12 10:53:27 PM by Alleydodger