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eternalNoob Ded from yer mum Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Ded
#2476: Jan 5th 2013 at 9:32:54 AM

"...huh?"

Jay nodded off for a bit. Not bothering to ask any sort of question, he decided to blindly follow orders, and maybe ask Rachel, once he got the chance.

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Sanojutsu King of Lame-Style from Throne Room Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: Norwegian Wood
King of Lame-Style
#2477: Jan 5th 2013 at 6:41:23 PM

Finally finding a window, Malandros popped out of the Terrific Terrace in Earth-2, as he had failed to operate use the watch correctly. He ran down the side of the building, putting as much distance between the red-eyed beasts and himself as he possibly could.

The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.
Gaunt88 from Australia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#2478: Jan 5th 2013 at 6:58:27 PM

Freefall had ridden the elevator up with her group, standing beside Adamant with her arms crossed. She spent most of the ride in silence, her eyes studying her alternate-universe counterpart over the top of her mask. How much had she experienced in the 2 years gap between them? Did she really want to know? Would it... spoil things, or whatever?

"I'm sick of this timeline bullshit." She grumbled under her breath, scowling. This was all too heavy for her. "So you guys say we'll be storming the enemy's flagship? What's that involve? I mean, I'm all up for kicking the door in and beating the crap out of these guys, but only one of us here is bullet proof... or, uh, laser proof, whatever." She looked up at Adamant. "You are laser-proof, right?"

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#2479: Jan 5th 2013 at 7:07:36 PM

"So, Rachel, how are you doing?" Kara casually asked the large...er, woman, "I know Matthew's death kind of hit hard, but it's pretty cool getting to meet him again, right?

Alex had to remind herself that Kara probably knew just about all the regular registered. Sighing, she continued to follow her group, listened in on their conversation. It wasn't like she had anything to say right now.

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2480: Jan 5th 2013 at 7:32:54 PM

"Top secret," said Earth-2's Freefall, rather matter-of-fact-ly. "You'll know when we get there." After a moment, she let out a deep, heavy sigh, before looking back to her other self. "Sorry," she said, her previous turse demeanor having relaxed a bit. "It's so bad these days that you can't even trust yourself. Yeah, things have been pretty bad here; Scio and Arguma went bad, Heavy Metal got herself killed... And I was there to see that last one. What they did to her..." She closed her eyes as her voice shook, and her right hand clenched into a tight, quivering fist — and then she opened her eyes again. "Sorry, again." She decided that she ought to try to lighten the current dark mood a bit. "Hey, tell me; have you and Adamant... Well, have you two... done anything yet? Just wondering, is all..."


"I don't know...", said Rachel, somewhat distantly. "This Mathew... He looks like him, but... The time difference between our universe and this one, and what happened between; he's not the same Mathew I remember. Plus, it's as if he trying to be purposely distant when talking to me. In fact, when I brought up the merger between me and Redcap, while he did admit that it still happened on this Earth... he almost froze up. It's as if there's something he's not telling me; about this Earth's Rachel, and what happened to her. Now, if my other self was dead,well, in a sense, I'd actually be fine with that. True, it'd be incredibly sad and depressing, but it happens. But I don't think that's what he hiding. I don't know what is... but I wonder if I want to know."

Insano Mad Pinoy from At my laptop, refusing to waste time Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
Mad Pinoy
#2481: Jan 5th 2013 at 8:36:17 PM

"Right." Isaac replied, moving to stand a bit behind Tagger, the strange man on ice skates.

"Lead the way, skater-boy." he snarked.

Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%...
DAcriznips Quaerat et Intelligere Veritatem from Titan's tower Since: Apr, 2011
Quaerat et Intelligere Veritatem
#2482: Jan 5th 2013 at 10:12:55 PM

"Depends on the laser.", Adamant said as he followed the group, although at the same time scanning the area around them to create a virtual map, "If its at a high focus it'll cut through me in seconds, but other than that it'll take maybe some time to melt through my body.", he said tapping on his chest.

He then looked over at Freefall number 2 as she explained the events in her world, "I actually know Heavy metal back in our own world. She help me save Freefall...,well not you but our Freefall, from being registered but only because...well...", he said as he scratched his neck, "Cause she thought that we were, ahem... dating", he said quietly. He was silent for a few seconds till he heard Earth-2 Freefall's last sentence, "Wait, what do you mean have we done anything yet?! Have we done anything?! Did I do anything?! Aaaahhh, damn this time wimey crap!", he said as he grabbed his head. Meanwhile, while Lucas was freaking out, a hologram of Ibbie appeared in front of them with her hands on her cheeks, giddy with excitement, "Quiet quiet, she's about to tell us!", she said as she hopped up and down.

edited 5th Jan '13 10:13:53 PM by DAcriznips

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing- Wernher von Braun Until proven otherwise, Everything is Relevant
Gaunt88 from Australia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#2483: Jan 5th 2013 at 10:46:55 PM

Freefall looked aghast, cursing under her breath. "Shit, they killed Heavy? Goddamn it..." She seemed surprised, both my the news and her own reaction. She'd only met the young super briefly, but she'd grown on her a bit. And in this world she was dead...

She was snapped out of her reverie when she heard her counterpart's next question.

"What." She said flatly, staring at the slightly-older Freefall as Adamant freaked out beside her. She opened her mouth again, trying to find the words, failing several times over as she looked around the elevator, cheeks going bright red. "No! We have not! Why does everyone think that!?"

AtomicNut Sandwich Summoner from Classified Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Sandwich Summoner
#2484: Jan 6th 2013 at 2:51:15 AM

Baal rolled his eyes. Sneak through a whole city with people so high profile as Scio and Arguma? That was calling for trouble. Nevertheless he did his best. Rummaging thrown clothes from a container, he put those on and removed his mask, now obscured by dirt and rags. A lefotver booze bottle finished the touch. Baal was no actor, and no master of disguise, but he knew there were appearances that people would never look at, no matter what. Specially if they were the dominant society.

"We'll use the sewers and the metro tunnels." He added. "Chances are, we'll only meet rabbling hobos. So in case they spot both of you, they'll never believe them. "Any objections?"

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2485: Jan 6th 2013 at 5:37:20 AM

"Yeah, well," said the older Freefall, "if you haven't yet, then it doesn't matter." She then lowered her eyelids, and smiled knowingly. "It'll happen in due time." She then turned back to the road ahead. "We'll have to use the tunnel. If we just go the whole way in broad daylight, we'll be spotted for sure. This, everyone. Pick it up in the rear, Lucas." And so, with everyone, including Freefall and Adamant, aka.'Lucas' in tow, they started off towards the tunnels...

edited 6th Jan '13 9:10:50 AM by kkhohoho

Philosopher The thing with the red gold crown. from Behind the Wall Since: Jan, 2011
The thing with the red gold crown.
#2486: Jan 6th 2013 at 9:57:51 PM

"Jay 2.0, do you remember meeting me or is that something that never happened to you?"

He looked at his other two squad mates, "So, Arguma and Scio was it? What are your guys' history and powers?"

It comes. The corrupter comes. Don't let it touch the tower lest all reality crumble.
SpaceJawa UTINNI! from Right Here Since: Jan, 2001
UTINNI!
#2487: Jan 7th 2013 at 12:22:37 AM

[YOUR NAME DOES NOT SOUND FAMILIAR.] Arguma answered. [THOUGH I HAVE MET A LOT OF HEROES AND VILLAINS. I DO NOT EXPECT TO REMEMBER THEM ALL BY NAME.]

edited 7th Jan '13 12:22:50 AM by SpaceJawa

Gaunt88 from Australia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#2488: Jan 7th 2013 at 2:21:15 AM

Eva could only make a few more incoherent noises of shock and embarrassment as her older counterpart continued. Shaking her head, she watched her order the team down into the tunnels. After a moment she followed, sneakered feet stomping on the pavement.

"You can't just fuckin dump something like that on us and then swan off!" She said through gritted teeth, her face still red with embarrassment. She set off after her counterpart, keeping her view straight forward and not looking over at Adamant in any way. She wasn't sure she could look him in the eye after that little episode...

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2489: Jan 7th 2013 at 6:07:00 AM

The older Freefall seemed to outright ignore the younger Freefall's outrage at this revelation, and perhaps rightfully so. But, unfortunately for the younger Freefall, this was all her older self could reveal; she didn't really want to spoil too much of her younger self's future affairs, did she? But, it was time to get down to business. She lead them through the desolate streets, where a few groups of humans, each ranging in number from five-to-eight or so, were huddled around trashcan-bonfires, with some groups roasting squirrels, rabbits, and whatever small animals they could find over them. Not exactly a pleasant site.

Further on however, were the tunnels; as there hadn't been any efforts to repair it's lighting system after the world war, and because so much of the budget was being put toward 'exploring' Earth-1, there were instead lanterns hung from wires ducttaped to the ceilings of the tunnels, with ladders on the sides of the walls that could be pulled when if needed, when and if the lanterns ever went out. But more importantly, there were groups inside the tunnels, though not quite like those outside. These groups were mainly made up of older — and rather smelly — men, wearing old tattered clothes, such as trenchcoats, and their beards were long and raggid. Many of them also has empty bottles in their hands.

"Hobo's," said the older Freefall. "That's one thing you can call them, anyway. Either that, or broken-down bums with nowhere else to go; not even to the other groups outside. Come on," she said to the others, "follow me closely. I doubt these hobo's can give us too much trouble, but it'd be better to just stay out of their way altogether. Come on..."

And so, so long as none of the group had anything to say, the group continued onwards through the tunnels — unless, of course, someone did have something to say...

darksidevoid Anti-Gnosis Weapon from The Frontiers (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Robosexual
Anti-Gnosis Weapon
#2490: Jan 7th 2013 at 6:01:53 PM

Hm?

Scio had been following the group rather mindlessly while stealthily digging through Tempest's psyche, but found his tentative concentration broken as he realized he'd been addressed. It was the new guy, he knew immediately. The weird one. He'd concluded a little while back that this "Mr. Cliche" - he could find no other name which the other man identified himself as - was, at best, removed from reality. At worst, he was delusional and would get them all killed; real life didn't operate on narrative patterns! That would be insane, not to mention it would result in a very unwelcome-at-the-moment existential crisis. Hence, the mind-reader was extremely wary of the bizarre "hero", but then again, not replying would be rude and might cause needless discord...

"I'm a telepath, empath, and telekinetic," he explained shortly, mind-to-mind, "and that's all you need to know."

He shook his head silently, staying with his party more closely, then returned his attention to the blue-skinned woman who was probably their prisoner for the time being, or possibly a hostage. It hadn't been entirely clear to begin with, and Scio didn't really care either way, to tell the truth. He was just intensely curious, and she would have answers. He hoped.

"So, Faren," he began casually, deciding he'd done enough discreet probing of her brain for now, "Where exactly do you fit in to all of this, anyway? And since these overly-obtuse... people refuse to say anything about it, maybe you can enlighten me: What's the point of taking over another universe in the first place?"

edited 7th Jan '13 6:23:23 PM by darksidevoid

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kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2491: Jan 7th 2013 at 6:39:18 PM

Hell?!

Tempest immediately turned around and blasted the pavement right in front of where Scio stood; her teeth were gritting like a grindstone, her eyes were glaring right at his like a rabid beast, and her other hand was ready to freeze Scio without a second thought.

"Don't," she shouted at him, "do that again. You wanna' talk to me, talk to me. I don't take kindly to people probing my mind. Not since..."

She lessened her fierce defensive somewhat, and lowered her hands. "...It was Jake. When me and Charity — their Charity, the crazy one — cut our deal, they knew I was a hero — or at least, trying to be one — and didn't fully trust me. So, since you — the other you — was busy — and believe me, they didn't tell me a thing about their world-conquering shenanigans — they brought to some lab, where Jake was. The idea was that he'd do a light probe of my mind. Make sure I was tellin' the truth. Now, from what I could gather, Jake's a very powerful telepath, even greater then this earth's Scio in some areas, though lacking in others. He ain't go no TK, but his mind-powers are that much better. As to where he comes from though, I've got nothin'. The only other thing I could gather is that he looks like some crazy old hobo."

"Anyway," she continued, "Jake's looks turned out to be a good fit, 'cause as far as I'm concerned, he is crazy. He did more then just a 'light probe'; he dug right into my earliest of memories, even the ones I couldn't remember, and went right up from there. It was like I was being torn apart. If the others there hadn't forced Jake to stop before my mind got broke permanently... Still, they got what they wanted; I wasn't telling any lies. I wasn't then, and I ain't now. I'll take you to the lab when the time comes, 'specially since there's an easy way to get to the ship from there. But now you know; never dig into my mind, or I'll burn you where you where you stand; we understand each other?

edited 8th Jan '13 6:25:31 PM by kkhohoho

Philosopher The thing with the red gold crown. from Behind the Wall Since: Jan, 2011
The thing with the red gold crown.
#2492: Jan 7th 2013 at 9:27:52 PM

"I was just trying to make conversation big guy."

"Those sound like awesome powers Scio! Do you have a dark history that might cause chaos in the group if it was revealed?" He beamed at Scio.

Mr. Cliche watched as Tempest let out an emotional story. "This is great. Looks like you'll have a new friend soon." He turned to Jay with a smile. "It seems this is the safe hero group."

edited 8th Jan '13 8:19:21 AM by Philosopher

It comes. The corrupter comes. Don't let it touch the tower lest all reality crumble.
mantlemask FISTINGLY DELICIOUS from Here and There Since: Oct, 2012
FISTINGLY DELICIOUS
#2493: Jan 8th 2013 at 2:13:11 AM

Saltire hung behind the group, more or less unaware of the little drama taking place and rather taking in the dingy streets more or less lined with the mundane humans that one guy, Matthew, had warned him about.

They didn't care about a crowd of obvious supers and strangely-dressed folk striding down their tunnels and Saltire felt a pang of empathy. He had the general gist of what had happened, but had never considered how badly things have gotten in this dimension. It made the slums he'd hidden in back before Megalopolis look like a paradise. Ever now and again, some poor soul would look up from his or her misery and think about reaching a hand to them before reconsidering and slinking back into gloom.

The man with the cross-marked mask wasn't a bleeding heart by any stretch, but even he couldn't turn a blind eye to their suffering. He was as a pilgrim on strange roads, and it felt like things were going to be stranger. But as the group marched down the tunnels, he felt the sudden wild wish that something impede them. Preferably something wearing the uniform of the oppressors. The man in the mask felt the need to fill something full of holes.

It was a new feeling in its intensity, but not unwelcome.

The hits keep rollin'!
DAcriznips Quaerat et Intelligere Veritatem from Titan's tower Since: Apr, 2011
Quaerat et Intelligere Veritatem
#2494: Jan 8th 2013 at 3:57:55 AM

"Ohmygod I knew it! You two got marr-", Ibbie said outloud before Lucas shut off the hologram and cut her off. However, her message was obvious enough to make his face red and few sparks fly from his head as he walked behind the two Freefalls. He was startled at alternate Freefall's comment (unlike Ibbie who was singing wedding songs in his head) that something might happen between them, that his voicebox just seized up, preventing him from speaking, "Here comes the groo-…hmm that's strange. Main auditory function seems to have glitched for some reason. I'll just repair that right away-", Fix it later., "Why? It would only take a quarter of a second.", Trust me. Right now isn't the right time…, he thought in his head as he glanced toward Freefall.

As he followed behind, several thoughts ran through his head as he replayed Freefall's words over and over again till Ibbie popped up again in his mind, "Okay, whats the big issue here?!", Ibbe said with a huff, "I like her, you both are compatible with each other and are good friends, and the age thing isn't really a problem since thats all cosmetic. I could even make you younger than her if you wanted., How can you not get it? Its not about compatability and stuff liked that, it's…it's alot more complicated…and stuff…it's very hard to explain, Lucas thought back as more sparks emitted from his head. "Sheesh, why do humans have to be so complicated? I'll drop it for now but don't think I'll forget.", she said as she materialized a post it note and stuck in her pocket.

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eternalNoob Ded from yer mum Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Ded
#2495: Jan 8th 2013 at 4:19:23 AM

"Yeah, safe. Ummm..."

As quietly as he could, Jay went closer to Mr Cliche, and asked:

"Can you tell me what's going on, I'm really lost..."

edited 8th Jan '13 4:22:08 AM by eternalNoob

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AtomicNut Sandwich Summoner from Classified Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Sandwich Summoner
#2496: Jan 8th 2013 at 6:38:04 AM

Baal grunted and facepalmed, stopping his gait for a while. He then looked at Tempest and Scio, his eyes throwing daggers at the latest. "Quit doing that. Right now."

He really felt like drawing his knife and making sure there was one Scio less in the multiverse.

"Do you have any idea ... on how that is driving you closer to what you seek to stop? You wear the same face. You have the same annoying voice. You carelessly invade other minds and violate their intimacy, just like your counterpart."

He breathed in. "So... do us a favour and keep that magpie mind thief nature under check, or I assume there won't be people as reasonable as us right now trying hard to not carve you a new asshole."

He then spat to the ground. "Let's resume our... walk. Tempest, do tell me if he tries anything else."

edited 8th Jan '13 6:43:51 AM by AtomicNut

Philosopher The thing with the red gold crown. from Behind the Wall Since: Jan, 2011
The thing with the red gold crown.
#2497: Jan 8th 2013 at 8:35:12 AM

"Sure, see that guy?" Mr. Cliche pointed at Scio. "Apparently we've gone to an alternate dimension that is five years ahead of our own where he becomes a dictator. Right now his doppelganger is trying to seize control of our dimension."

It comes. The corrupter comes. Don't let it touch the tower lest all reality crumble.
darksidevoid Anti-Gnosis Weapon from The Frontiers (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Robosexual
Anti-Gnosis Weapon
#2498: Jan 8th 2013 at 4:30:17 PM

"I haven't got any sort of shady, secret history, no. What you see is pretty much what you get," Josh replied to Cliche just before Faren's outburst and Baal's subsequent vitriol. After watching the - mostly unexpected - fallout from his inquiries, the telepath stepped delicately over the blackened scorch-mark in the cement and nodded at Tempest.

"Yeah, I understand," he replied in a low whisper to the redhead's ultimatum, "but look, I'm sorry. I had no idea that happened to you too, but Mastermind implied you knew something earlier." He shrugged ever so slightly. "Anyway, I'll help you out when we get there if you want; shielding your mind and that sort of thing. I'm normally against killing, but there are only so many ways to stop a powerful telepath. Just be aware you're not the only person with us who wants a pound of flesh from the guy."

"More importantly," he returned to a more audible volume as he addressed Baal, "I had no idea my voice was so annoying! Truly, I apologize. Ahem!" he cleared his throat, then began speaking in a perfect imitation of the not-god's own voice, "Does this work better for you? Ah, yes! I think I like this one. Maybe I'll just keep it like this for the next while. But indeed, let's continue our walk."

GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.
eternalNoob Ded from yer mum Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Ded
#2499: Jan 9th 2013 at 1:08:45 AM

"That actually explains a lot more than I thought it would..

"I think I'll take off this darned mask, for now. Not like a lot of folks would care..."

edited 9th Jan '13 1:10:57 AM by eternalNoob

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nman Since: Mar, 2010
#2500: Jan 9th 2013 at 1:09:37 AM

"Holy shit you guys, come on, I can't wait around all day," Wildcard said excitedly as he swooped in on the group that included Arguma, Scio, that one kid, the weird guy, and a few others, including some he didn't know. "Are we going to cave in that bastard's skull or not - no offense to you of course, Scio," he nodded at Scio before glancing around again, "But I've never killed a man from the future before - well, at least nothing that can hold up in court - and it looks like you folks need a push if that's going to happen today."

edited 9th Jan '13 1:14:06 AM by nman


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