It's not really clear if BE!Tobajas picked up on what Flint whispers. Regardless, he doesn't prod about it.
"That could be a problem... the powers that the Great Light gave me are magical in nature. But maybe it won't drain them if they hit from the outside."
He conjures up a dark blade around one arm, and a light blade around the other, with which he attempts to cut through the chain of the handcuffs, first trying with light and then trying with dark.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Flint raises his arms.
"Let's find out."
The chain gets hit by the light blade, which manages to almost break it. Then the chain breaks when the dark blade hits it.
Flint looks at his own arms and checks them.
"...I feel my mana again. Looks like these things only affect the guy who is wearing them." He says and looks at Tobajas. Flint proceeds to smile a little.
"Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it."
BE!Tobajas smiles as the blades dispell.
"No problem."
He crosses his arms as he proceeds to sit. Instead of hitting the ground though, a small shadowy chair forms underneath him.
"Now then, do you know anything about the people who cuffed you and tried to take you with them?", he asks. A second chair forms near Flint, allowing him to sit down too if he wants to.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."That's right, Survivor."
The Big Cheese explodes.
Fuel's fumble makes Mr. Pew Pew laugh. That may not seem important, but it equates to healing in Toontown. Sadly, there was no damage to be healed... yet.
The Level 10 Corporate Raider leans in on Nana and stares at her. "I've got my eye on you!"
Evil Eye!
A pinkish eye forms on the Corporate Raider's head and shoots off at Nana, bursting on impact if it connects.
The Level 11 Corporate Raider pulls out a cut-open tin can. "I'd like to donate this canned good to you!"
Canned!
The Corporate Raider throws the can at Mr. Pew Pew. It enlarges in midair and swallows him up, trapping him inside.
The 2.0 Corporate Raider pulls out a giant baseball. "And here's the pitch..."
Play Hardball!
The Corporate Raider throws the baseball at Oswald, attempting to stun him with a concussion.
Ralsei ponders for a moment.
"Keep it safe, okay?"
He hands Schezo the emerald.
Klug nods to Iraaxos. "Would you mind letting me tag along in this search of yours? I want to see the job done."
All the Kirbys smile and nod. Only Keeby answers, "We've been doing good."
Kubi pokes Xeru.
"I dunno." The boy scratches his cheek with one finger.
"What's going on?"
Edited by KiriK on Apr 1st 2019 at 1:53:07 PM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."After taking a moment to process everything he'd just learned and contemplate his next decision, Viserys ultimately nods to Norm and Linda, both of whom seemed oddly familiar to him.
"Very well, I suppose I could pay Alex a short visit, provided the little skeever doesn't throw yet another tantrum about my supposed 'nagging'..."
With that, he walks past the duo and over the hill towards where Alex was said to be located.
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Apr 1st 2019 at 10:11:14 AM
Flint looks at the chair and decides to sit on it. He listens to Tobajas.
"No clue. I have never seen those guys before." He says to him and looks down.
"Heck, I thought that everything was going to go back to normal after that Ned incident was cleared." Flint says afterwards.
Edited by RobotTophat on Apr 1st 2019 at 8:22:07 PM
"I'm not caught up with this incident, so I can't judge based on that.", he says. "So you know nothing of these people... have you angered someone important lately, or gotten in a fight with the wrong kind of people?"
"He'll probably be too happy to see you. He's mentioned you way too many times these past two days.", Linda says, chuckling lightly. "Trying to speed up his recovery process so that he can continue to look for you."
Once Viserys has passed them, she just shows Norm an amused smirk.
"How do you keep bending the rules and getting away with it.", Norm asks, sighing.
"Because I'm me.", Linda jokingly answers before taking another puff of her cigarette.
Viserys, once on top of the hill, will be able to see Alex
◊ struggling to run, with a man
◊ and a woman
◊ staying near him at all times, as well as Topaz
◊, strangely enough, floating around them.
"Easy now, Alex.", the woman says. "You don't have to immediately run again."
"But if I can't run, I can't fight! Not until my bike's fixed up.", he says, looking determined, but still wincing as he tries to run again. The man looks like he's about to say something, but then he notices Viserys. He smiles, then gestures him to come over. Viserys might not immediately recognize him, so his immediate friendly gesture may confuse him a bit.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Flint thinks for a bit.
"I...don't think so. I haven't been picking any fights in my world or angered someone in my town." He says afterwards.
He looks back the at the cuffs and thinks for a bit.
"The only thing I know for sure is that those suit guys know about magic. How else could they have these things." He says while pointing at the cuffs.
"And only people who know that I can use magic is my buddies and..." He says and goes silent afterwards.
"...Crap." He says and looks at the ground.
Edited by RobotTophat on Apr 1st 2019 at 8:36:10 PM
Schezo grabs it out and nods.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHA Very well...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA !
—
Sandra warps out !
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterFuel gets back up, not letting his fall deter him. The moment he notices someone near Nana though, he attempts to rush back to her...
Only for Nana to suddenly whip forth a frying pan to try to whack the eye back at the Raider, performing a swing that wouldn't look out of place in a tennis match.
"Maybe you've angered someone here? They could've been someone important who went through your world, or have provided someone with powerful anti-magic technology. A dimensional nexus goes both ways.", BE!Tobajas says. He then looks a little concerned.
"Ah, your friends are likely in danger. Before you panic though, try to think. How well would you rate their chances of getting away?"
He ponders.
"Isn't one of them that aggressive blonde one? I know I've seen him around these parts at least once. Do you think he'd be caught?"
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Upon reaching the top of the hill, Viserys quickly notices that Alex wasn't alone.
"There's that strange, Daedra-esque girl that Awkeff and I encountered before our battle with Galeem's final lieutenant, though I've no clue what she's doing here. As for the man and woman... yes, it has to be them. They may be older than I remember, but I'd recognize them anywhere."
With that, he walks down the hill towards the group, waving to them with a smile.
"Well now... It's certainly been quite a while since our paths last crossed, hasn't it?"
Flint thinks again for a bit.
"Well it wouldn't be far fetched if I did anger someone here. But if I did then I have no clue who it could be."
Flint then looks at Tobajas when mentions asks about Flint's friends. He closes his eyes
"Jerome definitely has good odds of escaping if he finds those guys suspicious. Same for Nate. Not sure about Conor or Terry since those two can't use magic."
He then opens his eyes when Tobajas talks about Wes.
"You mean Wes? I haven't seen him in a week after the incident in my town ended. If he isn't around the town then I think he is safe."
"But if those guys would encounter him, then I think Wes would beat them rather easily."
Flint keeps looking back at the cuffs. His eyes blink a few times. He then looks back at Tobajas.
"I think I might have small idea who those suit guys are if they are from my world".
Edited by RobotTophat on Apr 1st 2019 at 8:57:33 PM
Survivor pulls out a small gun, it's white with red and blue splattered all over it.
He loads some kind of round into it, and aims at the Cogs.
"Let's hope this works."
He pulls the trigger, and confetti flies out, targeting all of the Cogs at once.
Edited by Merokoheroko on Apr 1st 2019 at 11:00:16 AM
I'm finally a big boy!"You can be sure they're not someone who worked for me. Save for Sombra, they're all dead, and Sombra himself is no longer a threat either.", BE!Tobajas says. He then raises an eyebrow.
"Would they go after the people who don't have magic? I can't imagine that they'd be a threat."
He slightly smirks.
"Then perhaps your best choice of action would be to reunite with Wes, in the case that he escaped them. He sounds like your best bet to help you defend yourself against them."
He then sits upright a little more.
"Ah?"
The man takes off his glasses.
"Hah, only a mere 20 years or so.", Travis says with a good natured smile. He then turns to the others.
"Alex, Amber, come take a look at who's here!"
They turn around to see Viserys. Amber looks happy, while Alex's expression currently only shows surprise. They both approach Viserys immediately.
"Viserys! I'm so happy to see you again!", Amber happily greets him. "I'm so sorry we never came to visit earlier, we've been so busy with Alex and things at home. We have a ton to catch up on! Not to mention that we haven't had a chance to thank you for saving Alex from those people who kidnapped him about a year ago."
Alex remains quiet at first, but once he's close to Viserys, he does something that genuinely surprises Travis and Amber, and it may surprise Viserys too.
The boy gives Viserys a tight hug, looking incredibly relieved.
"I-I'm so happy to see that you're safe! E-ever since I was saved from Dharkon's control I've been looking all over for you! I thought they'd gotten you too."
Amber now gets closer too, putting her hand on Alex's shoulder while he's hugging, though looks at the Dragonborn.
"He was advised by G.E.M. to stay home after he was saved, because his condition would put him at risk if he fought here.", she explains to Viserys. "But he kept refusing and saying he had to find you first. I don't think I've ever seen him this determined."
Topaz currently remains at a bit of a distance. She recognizes Viserys, but doesn't want to intrude on the moment. It's for that same reason that Shinui doesn't immediately speak up either.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.The eyeball explodes against Nana's pan.
Mr. Pew Pew shoves the tin can off himself.
The Cogs are brought down to red by the confetti gun. The Level 10 Corporate Raiders both do the spin-around-and-explode thing Survivor saw happening to the Cogs in the Cog Building from before.
However, when the v2.0 Corporate Raider explodes, a Skelecog
emerges from the fire like a damn Terminator. Its health indicator is back to green like it was never even hurt.
The Level 11 Corporate Raider, still hanging on to life, pulls out a bow tie with red and violet stripes. "Ladies and gentlemen, it's a tie!"
Power Tie!
The Corporate Raider throws the tie at Fuel. If it hits, it will untie and then re-tie itself around his neck, restricting his breathing as a somewhat morbid way of reducing the accuracy of his attacks. And unlike the Half Windsor back from the building run, this one can't be cut free.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.""Then guess I remove those guys from the list of suspects."
Flint thinks again.
"No, I don't think they would go after normal people, unless they consider those that simply know about magic a target."
Flint then looks upwards when Tobajas suggest him to find Wes
"True. Though the challenge is finding that berserker since I don't know where the hell he went."
He then goes quiet for a bit and looks at Tobajas.
"During the Ned incident that I mentioned earlier, there was a guy named Marcus involved in it. He taught me and my buddies about magic." Flint says.
"I'm bringing this up because during that event he told us vaguely about two groups." Flint says as he raises two fingers.
"One group could be best described as magic cops, which Marcus worked for. The other group was described as a magic criminal group, which this Ned guy used to be part of."
"Maybe those suit guys belong either one."
Edited by RobotTophat on Apr 1st 2019 at 9:32:27 PM
Nana blinks.
"That worked? That actually worked? I mean, I'd hoped it would work, but I didn't think it'd actually work, and-"
Fuel glances around and notices the effect of Survivor's confetti. And finally things click.
"We gotta try to do things that are silly! They'll be more effective than just fighting.", Fuel says, and Nana looks at him.
"Ah, I... guess that makes se-LOOK OUT!"
Nana leaps towards Fuel, pushing them both over just in time for the tie to miss its goal. The both of them lay down on the ground and Fuel grins a little.
"Thanks, but... first the idea of sitting in my lap, now pushing me to the ground... you tryin' to tell me something?"
Nana's face heats up and she punches him on the shoulder, after which she gets up with a huff. Fuel laughs as he gets up too.
"Sorry, sorry.", he says. "I couldn't resist. Let's just take care of that guy."
"How?", Nana asks, still a little miffed.
"Haha, leave that to me. Being overly silly happens to be a specialty of mine."
"Ah, so you're aware.", Nana responds with a smirk. Fuel rolls his eyes, then runs over to the Skelecog. Instead of attacking though, he'll get within its view and then stick out his tongue, before he starts to do taunting gestures while laughing at him.
"What's the matter, skinny-arms? Can't deal with one kid?"
"Unfortunately, I don't think I can help you with locating him.", BE!Tobajas says. "I don't have any resources anymore, and the situation that's already going on here requires the attention of as many people as possible."
He listens to Flint's explanation.
"I see... both sound dangerous. If this Marcus taught you magic, and you and your friends haven't caused any trouble, then it's less likely that it's the cops than it is the criminals. Either you've done something to those people, maybe without knowing, or they themselves are up to something and figure they can maybe make use of you."
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Before Viserys can say anything, he suddenly finds himself being hugged by Alex, much to his understandable surprise. After recovering from the initial shock, he tousles the boy's hair, chuckling lightly.
"Now this is a very far cry from the multiple times you've complained about my attempts to help you, Alex! Rest assured, though, I've merely been staying with another Dragonborn and working with her to rid this world of Galeem and Dharkon's influence."
Once Alex has released him, he proceeds to give Amber a hug.
"It's wonderful to see you and Travis as well, Amber! No doubt we both have more than a few stories to tell since our last encounter!"
From atop the hill, Serana
briefly watches Viserys' reunion with his old friends, smiling at the sight. Not wanting to risk interrupting the moment, the vampire turns on her heel and heads back to Viserys and Awkeff's camp.
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Apr 1st 2019 at 11:38:18 AM
"Dang. Guess I have to find the guy the old fashioned way or hope I stumble onto him here." Flint responds.
"What kind of situation is going on here anyway?" He asks Tobajas out of curioscity
Flint then looks at the ground with a serious look.
"That seems like the most likely scenario. Damn, what kind of mess did we end up in?" He says and sighs.
"Can't help it. I have to escape from that car the moment I end back in my world and try contact my buddies. I don't think we can stay in the town when those guys are around."
"Two beings called Galeem and Dharkon attacked this place. A lot of the people here were caught and turned into slave puppets or spirits to fuel those puppets, all to fight on their behalves. We've beaten Galeem down, but he's escaped, and we're currently trying to reach Dharkon.", he says. "We're hoping that everything will turn back to normal once they're dealt with."
He then looks confused.
"Wait, you'd end up back in the car if you leave the Arena? Time does pass in your world as you're talking here with me, doesn't it? Logically, you should have just disappeared from that car. They might be out looking for you again."
He crosses his legs.
"I'd say try to find as many friends as you can and hide out here for the time being, since the Arena, for once, seems to only be facing a singular problem, in this case Galeem and Dharkon, rather than having threats pretty much everywhere. So things are technically calmer in this world than they normally are. Regardless of what you choose to do from here on out though, I can only wish you luck."
Alex freezes up for a moment, looking embarrassed to the point that he slightly blushes.
"W-well... yeah... I have been kind of a little s*** in the past, yeah."
Amber clears her throat, not looking very happy at Alex's curse, to which he responds with an apologetic smile. He then looks back at Viserys, releasing him from his hug too.
"I, um... I've had a lot of time to think and... grow, I guess, after you saved me. I spent almost a full year trying to recover, during which..."
He pauses, then tilts his head.
"Hold on, we haven't seen each other since after you saved me and I was brought back home, right? So you don't know what's going on with me, right?"
He then smiles.
"Still, I'm really happy to see that you weren't caught."
I'll admit, I too feared for you. It's good to know there was no reason to worry., Shinui admits, speaking up now.
Amber hugs Viserys back.
"I bet we could fill days with filling each other in.", she says.
"Do you want something light to eat while we talk? We have a G.E.M. helicopter standing nearby, and it should have a coolbox with some food in it.", Travis says.
Topaz still appears reluctant to come closer to the group.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.NLA, Park
Iraaxos made a noise that might be construed as chuckling — although in his case, it was more of a amused rumbling.
"Certainly, although I do have one question — how do you feel about flying?"
"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalous

"...Maybe it did. Who knows?" Flint says and sighs.
"I hope my buddies are okay." He whispers to himself.
Flint then looks at Tobajas when he hears his offer. He thinks for a bit.
"You can try if you want to. They don't feel particularly tough. It feels like these cuffs are just draining my mana, which prevents me from using magic."