CoLC crossover RP, main thread

Lune looked over at Specter Knight and asked, “I see… And why is Tinker Knight so untrustworthy?” If Lune had to guess, Tinker Knight was just as much of a mad scientist as Plague Knight, and his creations will always end up causing danger to the community.

“Sure,” replied Lune to Plague Knight. “Run it by the king. Let’s see what he thinks about that.”

If this patent thing was passed in wherever Plague Knight comes from, Plague Knight and Tinker Knight would become billionaires or whatever passes as wealthy in that place. Maybe Plague Knight will put that money to good use.

Viola I Library I Wonders of the Modern World

"I see. So you're basically a man-made virus that could no longer infect these other 'digital' life. And all these things you've mentioned..." I have a basic understanding from his explanation. From the sounds of it, these 'computers' sounded really advanced, like an advanced version of a physical library that could perform calculations on its own. And this artificial intelligence, is he saying that people had been able to create devices that possess the same thinking capability as a human, something that is unheard of? Isn't that the same as saying they could create artificial humans on their own or, dare I say, play God?

From my expression, the man could tell that I was completely enamored and intrigued. As curious as how a child would be if they were to learn something noteworthy. How would I not? I had been missing out on so much from the outside world and then, he says all that about his world. There really is countless of other incredible things out there that even I'm not aware about. I wonder if my world would ever reach that level, or maybe they already did but I just didn't know it yet.

I would've like to continue talking and even kept asking more questions until my stomach lightly grumbled. Then I remembered that Karkat is probably waiting for me, and i wouldn't put it pass him to be very annoyed and start to shout loudly if I'm late. "Excuse me, but can we continue this later? I haven't had something to eat or drink for quite a while," I grabbed onto the plant child. While before I thought it's a chore to carry him around, now that I have a closer, it does seem kinda cute.

Reminds me of the frog that I once had.

"You can come if you want, but it's probably best that you wait for Miss Tairee's explanation," And with that, I made my way upstairs.

"Sorry for the wait," I apologized nonchalantly to Karkat as I arrived. I don't really know him well other than as that one person who likes to shout a lot. When I see that he had already prepared something for me on the makeshift book-table however, I was honestly surprised.

"... You don't really have to do that, you know. I can do this much myself," I spoke, though I made sure to sound at the very least a bit grateful as I take my sit. Maybe he's not entirely hopeless and annoying, after all.

edited 18th Jun '16 9:25:42 PM by JustSomeGuy732

Library - Warmth

While she was still talking with Sans, Caro catch a glimpse of Zelda, who seemed to be waving at them and even smiling a little bit, thought she clearly didn't seem exactly happy yet by any measure. It was also clearl that she didn't want to talk to them again yet, so she merely return the wave and flashed her a weak smile of her own. She wouldn't do Zelda any good right now anyway, what with the state she herself was in.

Sans said a few things about her being too nice for her own good. She was about to give a response a response to do that, when, suddenly ... Sans enveloped her in a hug. It was easy to tell that it was an awkward attempt and he was probably not used to do it, but right now, that really didn't matter. She felt a nice feeling of warmth inside her and she then briefly threw her arms around him and hugged him back gently.

She thought that she shouldn't prolong it, since Sans would probably not be comfortable doing it for long. So after a short while, she gently pulled her arms back and then let go off him.

After Sans spoke again, she wiped the last of her tears and managed to maintain a genuinely warm smile, probably the first such one ever since they had talked to Zelda at the start of the day. When she spoke, it was clearly that her voice was still a bit raspy from crying a lot, but at the same time, she had a much happier tone. "Y-You're welcome, Sans. And thank you. That was nice.I feel much better now. And if I manage to help even just a little, then that makes me even happier."

After pondeing for a few moments. She then added, "So, since we're both feeling better now, do you think you're ready to do another rescue run soon? Or are you stilll ... Bone dry?", saying the last bit with a sheepish smile.

edited 18th Jun '16 9:33:22 PM by JamesShields

Karkat - Blood Bonds

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. IT WAS JUST A FEW SECONDS, JEEZ. He put the weird-fluffy-sliced-food-in-a-wrapper-with-cheese on the "table". I CAN MAKE MORE IF YOU NEED THEM, BUT DON'T EAT TOO MUCH. YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY GODDAMN PERSON IN THIS DUMB LIBRARY, AND FRANKLY, I'D RATHER HANG OUT WITH VRISKA BY MYSELF THAN GO OUT THERE AND SEARCH FOR MORE CRAPPY, HUMAN FOOD. He paused. YOU PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, DO YOU? FIGURES.

"Knocked unconscious for an entire day? That's an awfully convenient story" Lieutenant Wells said to Gon, his sarcastic tone making it clear that he did not believe Gon in the slightest. Then he turned his attention back to Miss Tairee as he waited for her word on the newcomers.

After just a couple moments of typing, Miss Tairee's eyes blurred for a moment and then were glowing a solid green, and she turned her gaze first on Ara. "Let's see, human, strong warrior, Gumiho trapped in a hair pin... I don't believe they are with Ruckus. Though she is technically, partially possessed, neither of them seem to have malicious intent. Certainly dangerous however, if you were to get them on your bad side" Miss Tairee said, mostly for the benefit of Lieutenant Wells. Then she looked at Zero.

"A computer program, virus to be specific, though modified to remove his virus propagation. Currently constructed of hard light in this universe. He also does not seem to be part of Ruckus or hold malicious intent" Miss Tairee stated as she looked at Zero. She then turned back to her computer and with a few key presses and another blur, made her eyes return to normal.

Silanea glanced back and forth between the strange girl who went from hiding behind her ogre companion to healing her would be attackers, to said would be attackers pretty much on the ground. Her eyebrows were lowered and she looked pretty judgemental. "If what you were saying is true, then if I were you I would have let her just die" Silanea said to Sophie, then glanced back at Seiga again and added, "or finished her off myself."

"Even now, you could have just pretended that you didn't know any healing magic; none of us would have known any better" Silanea continued, looking back at Sophie and standing^note Okay it might not technically be standing since she doesn't have legs or feet but I don't have a better word for it so just shut up. =P up straight and looking Sophie dead in the face. "It's pretty clear here who is the more trustworthy person. You're like one of those shining white knight hero types that humans are all the rage about aren't you?" the naga asked somewhat rhetorically, her tone making it clear she didn't entirely approve of such a person, and/or possibly had a bad history with one. She then told Sophie, "you should head to the library, the big round building in the center of the city, you can't miss it. The other people like you tend to hang out there."

Then she started to slither away and motioned for the rest of her party to follow her. "Come on, we've gotta keep moving" Silanea reminded her group as they started to follow her.

The bite certainly hurt, but if there was anything else going on with it Rex couldn't currently feel it. The zombie was tossed away pretty easily, but Rex now found that he was alone with the man he'd rescued with Sadness nowhere in sight. The man was still sputtering, basically in emotional shock at the moment.

After coming to another intersection, the party led by Plague Knight could finally see it down the street a ways: the large grocery store where they'd had that showdown with Mickey while the city was black and white.

As they got closer, the good news was that they could tell it probably had not been fully raided yet, and thus likely still had a decent amount of food and drink inside. The bad news was that they could tell because the place was infested with quite a few more zombies than they'd been seeing elsewhere around the city; it therefore made it unlikely that anyone else had successfully gone inside and come back out with supplies in hand. (In fact the high number of zombies was caused by people trying to do just that getting killed and turned into yet more zombies.)

They could also see that the inside of the grocery store was very dark due to the lights being out but the ceiling still being intact. And when they got closer they could hear the sound of a woman crying coming from inside.

"To be honest? Not really" the NC trooper said, hopping off the roof and slowing his descent enough to not break anything using his jet pack. "Just what the hell is this place? Yesterday I was a fucking bird!" the man asked, walking over to Cole and Jack while rubbing some of his bruises.

"And how are you flying?" the trooper added, looking up at Jack.

edited 18th Jun '16 9:59:41 PM by FirockFinion

Viola I Library I Overdue Breakfast

"Sorry," I shrugged when asked that I don't know what he's talking about. Well, it certainly didn't take long for me to find him annoying again. I'm still a bit unsettled by his constant shouting, but tried not to let that bother me. When given the food wrapper, I politely accept it and took a healthy bite out of it.

Mmmm~ I must've been really hungry, so I'm glad for this small comfort.

I tried to engage in small talk while enjoying my meal. "Oh *munch* *munch* so you actually *munch* *munch* do care about people, do you? *munch* That's a surprise... Ah, do you also happen to have some drinks with you? Preferably something sweet," I paused, realizing something.

"... Wait, you're not eating?"

edited 18th Jun '16 10:17:58 PM by JustSomeGuy732

Seeing Caro's attempt at comedy, Sans couldn't help but chuckle a couple of times, she sure knew him well enough already.

"nice, that one tickled my funny bone," he said, snapping his fingers as he did so. "i didn't know you were capable of making such humerus jokes," he added, though he paused for a moment to contemplate whether Caro even knew what the humerus was, she was only eleven after all, well, either way he at least got one bad joke in.

But of course, now that she was feeling better she was quick to ask about going back to work. Truth be told, Sans really just said he was tired earlier in order to have an excuse to skip doing work for a bit, but telling Caro that would probably get her a little bit upset with him so it was better to just play it cool and go along with her whims for now. As short as that break was it did at least allow him to recover some of his lost magic.

"as for going back to rescuing people, sure. we've already rescued five people so we've been doing pretty well so far, though those things are getting sneakier."

Sans briefly considering telling Caro about his frailty, he was a pretty important part of the rescue mission so maybe telling her that he was quite a vulnerable target would be important but... at the same time that could make her a little nervous and end up focusing too much on trying to keep him safe, sometimes ignorance is bliss after all and even if he did die he could maybe still find her with a call, speaking of which...

"by the way, do you still have your phone with you?" he asked, somewhat out of nowhere.

Karkat - 20 Questions

OF COURSE I CARE! IF I'M STUCK HERE FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG, I MIGHT AS WELL MAKE FRIENDS. RAISE MY CHANCES OF SURVIVAL OR SOMETHING. THE ENTIRE POINT OF MY SORRY EXISTENCE TO MAKE FRIENDS, ANYWAY, WHICH IS STUPID. He sat across from Viola and took a water bottle for her. THIS IS ALL I GOT. SORRY. AND I'M FUCKING STARVING, BUT I GOTTA MAKE SURE YOU ASSHOLES LIVE LONGER THAN I DO. NOT LIKE IT MATTERS IF I DIE OF STARVATION OR SOMETHING. I'LL JUST COME BACK AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED.

edited 18th Jun '16 10:37:48 PM by ProTrash

Bloodstained or not, Seiga's smile still did not inspire confidence. "......Sophie," she answered after another moment of silence, her own expression stone-faced.

She turned to look at the snake-woman, maintaining her neutral expression even as the other woman sized her up. "I didn't mean to hurt them that much," Sophie explained bluntly. Nevertheless, the group moved to leave, preoccupied as they were with the zohm-bees wandering around. I shouldn't bother them anymore. Maybe I should find that library she was talking about?...

Herself not waiting for any other response from Seiga, Sophie turned in another direction and walked off as well.

"I am all right," Cole said, grimacing a little at the sight of the tongue falling loose from Jack's staff, turning to look back to the frightened man. "This city is...there is someone who brought us all here to use as inspiration for his writings. Every day changes...we lose our color and shape, or become animals, or have to stop a dragon. Today it is...hot. And we have monsters." He made another face at the zombies they had slaughtered.

"There is a library in the city where most people are going, to hide and to be safer. But since everything in the city moves you should be in the air to find it." Cole looked to the winter spirit. "Jack, can you fly him back to the library?"

Viola I Library I 'Bonding'

Again, I can't get used to his loud ramblings. I'm not sure if I even want to get used to it. Taking the bottle of water from Karkat, it took some to figure it out but eventually, I opened the cap and take a huge drink out of it.

Ahhh~ So refreshing. With this, I have nothing to worry about for today.

"So you're entire reason of being is to make friends?... To be honest, that actually sounds really convenient. *munch* *munch* At least you have some people to be with you throughout your life. *munch* *munch*" I stopped to grab a napkin, then realized that I don't have any. "... Ah, right. I didn't really bring one with me," I'll make do somehow.

When he stated that he'll simply come back to normal should he die of starvation, I have to disagree with him. "Are you willing to test that out? This day's theme seems to emphasize survival above all else, so I don't think you'll be revive with a full stomach. If anything, you'll most likely come back worse. *munch* *munch* ... Not like I'll stop you if you really plan to go through with it, though. It's your choice,"

Karkat - You Don't Actually Shrug, You Say the Word Out Loud

WELL I DIED YESTERDAY VIA A FUCKING LIGHTNING BOLT, BUT WHEN I CAME BACK, I WAS JUST FINE. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THOUGH. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, ANYWAY?

Jack nodded at Cole as he explained the city to the man. Wait... a dragon? Never mind, he'd ask later. "What he said. I only showed up her yesterday as well, so I'm a little unsure of this all, myself. I was a snow leopard."

Jack shrugged, and teased the neck of his hoodie with a finger. It was starting to heat up, and Jack never really felt comfortable in high heat. "Yeah, I could take him if he wanted me to. Shouldn't be too heavy."

The winter spirit turned back to the man. "Magic. Lets me talk to the wind and use it to fly. Pretty cool, huh." He grinned. "I'm Jack, by the way. Jack Frost. So, you want to go flying? Hopefully the library shouldn't be far from here."

Viola I Library I Another Introduction

Oh, right. We haven't really introduced ourselves yet. How silly of me.

"My name is Viola. We may have started on the wrong footing before, but it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance all the same." If he probably even remembers me as that black cat from yesterday. From my conversation with Karkat, he really doesn't seem like the sort of person that I initially expected him to be. He's still loud, brash and could definitely get on one's nerve with his constant rude remark to others, definitely, but not really all that bad. In fact, if I knew him any better, I could go so far as to say that he's...

... surprisingly soft?

I definitely did not expect to use that word to describe him, yet that's the impression that I got from him. I munched on my wrapped food as I quietly contemplated about this recent realization.

"... Say, how many friends have you made so far?"

Grocery trip

"Karras was a particularly crazy Hammerite, even as Hammerites go. He made himself the head of a splinter Hammerite faction... the Mechanists... and had a way of getting the nobles on his side, so soon he was the talk of the town. Every noble considered it a honor to have one of his mechanical watchers or guards or servants in his home. Well, all of that was just Karras's crazy scheme to destroy all life in the City and populate it with iron beasts that would sing his praises forever and ever."

Garrett smiled. "Well, he sure had the surprise of his life... the last surprise of his life... when I sneaked into his home base and fiddled with the machinery just a little bit. Anyways, ever since the Hammerites have been leery of anything that reminds them of the 'Mechanist heresy', especially the 'creatures not of the Builder' as they'd call your 'robots'."

At that moment, they arrived at the grocery store that currently swarmed with restless undead. "...Aaand we're here. Damn, this doesn't look good. Hey, ghostface," he turned to Specter Knight, "you got any tricks that would help us plow though this crowd?" Meanwhile, he checked if the store had any walls built of brick or stone, that would allow him to make use of his gloves.

edited 18th Jun '16 11:41:05 PM by Korodzik

Cole nodded a little, turning back around, tilting his head back a little to close his eyes for a moment before opening them again, turning and going to retrieve his hat from where the Charger had knocked it away. "I will keep searching for people. I can fight these creatures easily, get people out to escort them back."

Karkat - Join the Club

NICE TO MEET YOU, VIOLA.

So this was the cat from yesterday. To be honest, he couldn't remember talking to her, or if they even talked at all, but that doesn't really matter now. He stood up and stretched, and then she asked how many friends he had. UH...WHICH KIND OF FRIEND?

Viola I Library I Geez, so dense

"Why, your friends within the City, of course. Unless the friends from your own world are here as well."

I figured that it must be tough for him to actually make any considering his own outward behavior. Then again, I see him interacting quite well with some of the people here from time to time. Well... as well as he can manage to with his personality.

Karkat - Alternian English Lesson

WELL NO SHIT, BUT WHERE I'M FROM, "FRIEND" AND "ENEMY" MEAN THE SAME THING. SO WHICH ONE IS IT?

Library - Outside the library -Getting back to work

Caro laughed a bit at Sans' first bad joke but, the second one predictably flew over her head..

Sans agreed to go out there to rescue more people, but commented that their enemies were getting tougher. "Yeah, I know. We will have to be careful so that they dont get to sneak on us again. And maybe we should think about changing our plan for defeating those things, since if a lot more appears again and there's no way to escape quickly, we will have to fight them."

While they moved towards the exit, Sans randomly ask if she still had her phone. "I sure do and ... I still have Lune's too ,actually. Fried was carrying both of them yesterday, since he was the only one that could. Then when we turned back to normal, they ended up with me. gotta give it back to her as soon possible. But anyway, why do you ask? Do you think we might need it?"

After they had left the library, Caro once again unsealed Fried and then mounted on him. After Sans had also gotten on him, they took flight once again.

edited 19th Jun '16 12:23:26 AM by JamesShields

Viola I Library I Notice me already

... I visibly let out a long sigh, not even bothering to hide it. Why does he have to be so confusing?

"Friends, as in...-" I halted for a moment, thinking, before continuing on.

"Friends, as in, friends. Compatriots. Allies. Someone that tries to comfort you. Someone that will help you when you're in a pinch. Someone that trusts you. Someone that'll do anything for you because you're their friends. Someone that genuinely loves you for who you are," The last sentence I intentionally spoke with a slight bitterness to my tone, and leave it at that.

"You know... that kind of friends."

Jack nodded. "Alright. Do you want me to come back afterwards? Any way I can find you easily?"

He thought for a moment. "Can you make that tracking thing you do go both ways?"

edited 19th Jun '16 12:27:29 AM by Alleydodger

Zero.EXE
The Library, 1st Floor

He...was a little surprised at the expression she made, looking at him as if she was beggig to get more information out of him. It even felt...nice, seeing someone curious of what was normal for him. But then she asked to excuse herself to eat and drink and wished to continue speaking later. He nodded his understanding and said, "Very well."

She then said, "You can come if you want, but it's probably best that you wait for Miss Tairee's explanation."

Once again, he nodded as she left for upstairs. He turned his attention to Miss Tairee, who apparently was the woman behind the desk with glasses. Her eyes started to glow green and she looked at a young girl in black and started speaking details about her. When she was done with her, he was in her sight next. She essentially said the same thing he had just said to the girl from earlier. Her eyes then returned to normal.

Seeing as some were looking at him, he decided it wold be rude to not introduce himself.

So he gave a slight bow and said, "And my name is Zero. I hope I didn't cause too much trouble."

With that finished, he decided to find out more of his situation...and quickly spotted pamphlets on her desk. He knew what those were for so he went and grabbed one. To say the least, it wasn't too different from his home—both the real one and the digital one—except two things, death wasn't permanent and city shifted. That would explain the explosives shop.

With that, he retured the pamphlet and made his way upstairs, intending to speak with the girl from earlier.

...

2nd Floor

He quickly found her talking with an odd looking human. Or perhaps he was something else entirely. Either way, he made his way to them. It seemed they were talking. He went near the pair and said,

"May I stay with you two?"

The girl said she still wanted to talk to him earlier and even if she didn't want to anymore, he could just read some books...that haven't been taken downstairs along with the bookshelves.

Cole grimaced a moment, shaking his head a little. "No...but you need to help this man get to safety. But I will be able to find people and help them get back. I can hear the people in the library so I can find my own way back to it. ...navigation is difficult in this city, but..."

He shifted on his feet a bit, clearly not entirely satisfied with their options at the moment. "Just take him back so he's safe and I will get who I can and come back as well. Perhaps there are others you can help on the way."

Viola I Library I NOTICE M- Oh, hi

I was surprised that the man from earlier came by upstairs, wanting to stay with us. Hmm... well, I suppose there's nothing wrong with that. Plus, I did say that I would like to continue my conversation with him later. "Sure! We don't mind. I don't, at least,"

"We were just talking about something. Would you care to join us?" Before that, I forgotten something important. "Oh, which reminds me. My name is Viola. I don't think we have introduced each other yet,"