CoLC crossover RP, main thread

Grimlock; Dino mode
Library

"I think it's fine too," Grimlock said after Miss Tairee's comment.

He thought it was a nice symbol. After all, they were here to defend as many as they could and soon they'll be able to lock up bad guys, just like he did back home. Then Ben's phone went off and he answered. He smiled. He went several feet away to better try the effect before he said,

"Hey Ben, it's me, Grimlock. Wanted to test if I could talk with you through your phone."

Hotel - Going off on a search

Cole readily and mostly happily confimed that he would rather stay behind resting in the room. He also had a plan to find them in the case something did go wrong. She hoper nothing would happen, but she supposed it was best to be prepared.

While gently slipping her hand out of his and then flashing him a warm smile she said, "Sounds like a good plan to me. Alright then. In that case, we'll be going."

She quickly went over to one if the bedside tables and picked up her phone from it. While she did it, she spared the amulet next to it a glance. If Cole needed to take his off to find them, then that meant it could block what he could use to do that. If that was the case, then her wearing one would also block that off, so it was best to leave that aside from.

On the way to the door, she glanced at the dragon curled at one of the beds then looked back at Cole, saying, "I think Fried will be staying with you. He deserves to rest as well. Well then, take care. We'll see you back soon."

As she went after Sans, she gave a wave to Cole as she left and then carefully closed the door behind her.

Once she had caught up to the skeleton, she said, "So, what do you need to find to do what you want? Do you have any idea of where we could find it? I suggest that maybe we should take a look at the lobby and see if we can find something around there."

edited 12th Aug '16 6:54:16 PM by JamesShields

Library

"Thank you my liege." Q10 bowed to Plague Knight. He meant it too. When he and other members of his race had been gladiators in the fighting pits, he hadn't had masters nearly so generous as to allow him to speak freely and acquiesce his requests. The promise of books was also tempting. Q10 didn't normally get to read much but he did know how to and as long as he was here, he might as well brush up on some military strategies from other universes. Who knows when he might next have the opportunity?

"A pity that the aforementioned librarian does not appear to be present currently. I had some questions that I would have wished to put to her. While we're here though Master, I also had a question for you, if you'd be so kind."

"I know so little about the being I've sworn allegiance to apart from your generosity, your adeptness at being a guide for this strange place, and your name. If you would, who were you before you were forcibly relocated to this bizarre city? Some conquering lord or minor god, perhaps?" Q10 asked eagerly. He didn't connect with others that well but he was getting better. Enough to gain the respect of his men at least. Regardless, he enjoyed interacting with others and learning new things when he could and now that he was (relatively) adjusted to this new reality, he might as well break the ice some more.

"Wait, you're saying everyone here isn't from different places, but different worlds... Different universes?" Curly said incredulously in response to Miss Tariee's explanation to... The quiet guy, what was his name? She hadn't really meant to butt in on their conversation, but too late not to now. Curly took a few more steps toward the two. "Not only that, but in some of these universes, they have... Fictional stories about some of us? That's where the movie about Jack came from?"

"just tools in general should work, not just for this but for any other future instances, if we can find a toolbox anywhere that should be good enough," said Sans, shrugging.

Now that he was alone with Caro again he thought back to what had happened in the beach or rather what he had said to Cole earlier, he didn't know exactly how badly it had hit her, but might as well make sure to do the required damage control.

"anyway, i just want to make it clear to you now, i don't know resent you for what you did today, at all. i'm really glad that you care about me so much that you'd go to such lenghts just to make sure i could get a happy ending, but that doesn't mean i want you to do it, especially without asking me about it first," he said, letting out a sigh, "my brother paid a big price for trying to save someone who couldn't be saved. i don't want the same to happen you or anyone else, especially because of me."

Miss Tairee's eyebrows went up a little in surprise. "Well, yes. I thought you already knew that much. I'm guessing you're new here? Or perhaps you've just had far insufficient explanations?" Miss Tairee said in response to Curly.

Ben smirked slightly, then added Grimlock's "number" to his contacts and hung up. "Heh, thanks, buddy," he told Grimlock. He then looked at where Miss Tairee's voice was coming from. "Yeah, it's a bit 'crusader', I know, but we're defenders. Superheroes are... well, they're kinda like modern-day knights, if you think about it. They fight for what's right, they defend the weak and they stop evil where it spreads." He thought for a moment and winced, remembering the Forever Knights, the other group of modern-day knights. And they weren't as benevolent as Ben was making them out to be.

He furrowed his brow. If he was going to be a modern-day knight he would have to be better than them. "Y'know how King Arthur had his Knights of the Round Table? Well, how 'bout... the City Knights?" he suggested to the others.

Cole smiled back to Caro, looking at the amulet she had kept for herself as well, considering that for a moment, and then giving a somewhat relieved smile when she mentioned Fried would be staying as well. "All right. ...d-don't be t-too long? I...I think that is the right thing to say..."

Caro and Sans headed out of the room then, and Cole watched the door they left through slightly warily, before wandering over to it, testing the handle a bit. It still turned easily, the door opened, and closing it before trying again didn't change that. Door wasn't locked, he wasn't trapped, he could leave if he decided he really wanted to.

He considered for a moment that he never had gotten back to Lieutenant Wells, to tell him that he had found a few healers, and a couple might even be coming by to see him. But he dismissed that thought...Sans had seemed very bothered by the idea of him wandering off alone, and Caro was being so very nice about him being here with them. Leaving...sneaking off, he supposed is what it would really be...when they weren't here would hurt them, and he didn't want that. Maybe if whatever tomorrow brought wasn't too bad of a day, then he'd tell them he was going to go find the militia leader and see if he'd done his job well enough.

So what to do then? He didn't want to bother Fried, who seemed to be resting, but he wasn't quite willing to find a spot to lie down by himself either. He was used to the noise of the tavern through his floor, not this...eerily quiet place. At least, he thought, as he pulled off his shoes and tucked them away in the corner, along with his daggers and the "walkie-talkie" device, the carpet was very soft.

Well, so long as he was waiting, he could explore a little more, right?

Cole barely even hesitated to go wandering back across the room to the bathroom, peering inside it at the various things. The sink he had figured out. There were sinks in some of the richer areas he and the others had visited in their travels, though they were more like fancy water pumps than...whatever this particular one was. He'd already figured out that one was for, and there were more shiny things to look at.

Caro had told him the weird box was for baths, or showering, which Cole had to admit was a little baffling. There were plenty of bathtubs in Skyhold, and on the road whenever they found a nice waterfall, they would usually rinse off under it, but a box, indoors, for baths and showers?

Though he was curious about the weird, shiny white chair at the other side of the room, he had to admit learning how an indoors shower-and-bath-box worked was more intriguing for the moment. He carefully pulled the door open, stepping inside, looking around at everything for a moment. There was one shiny thing at the top, another shiny thing at the bottom that looked like a pump spout, and then what looked like a handle on the wall between them.

Well, he already knew the worst thing the sink had to offer. Surely this couldn't be any worse than that little monstrosity. He reached out to get hold of the handle, then pulled at it, figuring that might-

Since he still had his hat on, the spray of water abruptly raining down on his head wasn't too startling, but he still flinched back, looking up at the taller metal thing that was now spraying water down at him with a surprising amount of force. It wasn't anything that he hadn't felt from getting shoved under waterfalls by Dorian or Sera, though that was much more water falling from much higher.

It actually...wasn't unpleasant. The sink water had been very hot, and even without hurting he hadn't liked how it had felt, but this water was closer to what he was used to...not quite cool or warm, like the one creek behind the fortress where he often went to help wash laundry or fetch herbs or feed Leliana's crows...whatever help he could offer that day.

So one...could bathe here, then? That was nice. Sans and Caro had said something to him earlier about getting sand in his hat, hadn't they?

Cole shifted a bit and sat down, shifting a bit to find the right spot under the water falling, and then took off his hat, flipping it over to start washing out the inside of it with his hand, letting the rest fall over him. He didn't have any of the soaps or sands Dorian always carried, but even a plain water wash always seemed to make the others feel better, and he supposed his clothes could use a rinsing off as well.

Hopefully Sans and Caro wouldn't be gone for too long, but at least he found something useful he could do while he waited for them.

""New? Well... I've been here all morning. Nobody's really explained anything besides there probably isn't a way back and something about someone writing a book. Also I think whatever brought me here broke my gun" Curly added the last part with a bit of annoyance, even if she hasn't actually needed her gun. It was the principle of the thing

edited 12th Aug '16 8:30:25 PM by BlitzTrain

Hotel - Clearing things up

"I see. That should be easy enough to find somewhere around here, hopefully," Caro said after Sans clarified that he was looking for a toolbox

Then as Sans brought up what she thought was related to what he said to Cole earlier, she gave him a smile as she said, "I know. If this is about what you ended saying back the beach ... I can't say that it didn't hurt at first, but I know that you didn't really mean it. Today was a hard day and the way Cole was acting back then probably didn't help matters, so you ended up venting. So, it's alright, you don't have to worry about that," she then got a bit of thoughful look as she added, "And yeah, like I said before, I get that now. I could possibly argue that was an entirely different situation, but that doesn't really matter. I won't try anything like that again, lest of all without your knowledge. I did what I could, but now, I just want to cherish the time we have left together."

Lune walked in the direction of a hotel to finally go to sleep. Rex followed her to the building and entered one of the bedrooms to take a much needed break, but not before wishing good night to Lune.

"Good night, Lune. Let's hope tomorrow doesn't have a giant plant trying to kill us again"

With that, the teen fell on the bed and started snoring. Even without having to fight giant monsters, trying to deal with the Ruckus and Ghostfreak and then not being able to do anything significant for now had exhausted him.

"ok, good, just wanted to make sure because last thing i want is to make you cry like a baby for the umpteenth time since yesterday," said Sans, looking back and giving Caro a brief teasing look.

Once they made their way down to the lobby, Sans began looking around for any tools around him that could be of help.

"by the way caro, just out of curiosity, are there any skeletons back where you came from? 'cause when we first met and i showed myself you didn't look all that bothered by the fact that i'm a monster, outside of the fact you were having a mini panic attack while i still had my hood covering my face but you didn't even know what i was then," he casually asked while looking around.

edited 12th Aug '16 9:01:50 PM by FullMoon

Outside the cinema

For a while Garrett mused over Miss Tairee's explanation — and her subsequent offer.

"...Show me," he finally said.

Ben seemed busy enough with his question to the others in the library so Miss Tairee didn't respond to him just yet. "Broke your gun? That shouldn't have... Wait, you tried to shoot it at somebody didn't you? That's just the way this day is; try shooting something inanimate, like a wall or something" Miss Tairee said to Curly, then started typing on her holographic keyboard again.

"Now let's see here... Ah yes, the 'Thief' series; a set of video games with a stealth focus, where one plays as the master thief Garret. Medieval fantasy crossed with steampunk genre" Miss Tairee read off to Garret. With a few more key presses, a secondary holographic screen popped up in front of Garret and played a trailer.

Grimlock; Dino mode
Library
No, Shoutmon, this isn't your Chance to Geek Out

He smiled even more, if that was possible, at Ben's thanks. He tapped the side of his head so he wouldn't end up picking up any radio waves that might be going through the city. Then he walked back near Ben, Twilight and Sir Redring. At Ben's suggestion of the name, he had only one thing to say.

"I think it's nice." He paused. "But uh...who's King Arthur? And what are the Knights of the Round Table? Do they keep the table round or something?"

Sir Redring finally snapped out of his attention on the instruction booklet as he heard talk of a king and knights, making him stop and try to recall exactly what had been discussed so far; he then noted the drawing of the shield Ben made on the desk. "So you intend to make a sort of knight order? Starting to sound like my kind of group after all!" Sir Redring said, looking over at Ben and Grimlock. "But uh... Who will be granting the knighthood? Have we a noble in the city?" the octopode asked as he contemplated it further.

Hotel - Clarifications

While Caro still blushed at Sans' comment, it wasn't as much this time and her tone was mostly normall, as she spoke, "Yeah, that was what I thought at that moment. And also that focusing on helping Cole was more important. And it did make me realize that could use what I had learnt earlier today to do that, so everything turned out alright in the end."

While also keeping a lookout for any signs ofba somewhere that might contain what they were searching for, she had a bit of thoughful look as pondered over his question for a few moments, although she also blushed even deeper at his later comment. Finally, she said, "I-I already told why I reacted that way at first and well ... While there isn't anyone like you, there are many kinds of different people back home. Some of them technically aren't human even though they look like it and others look very different, but they are people all the same and most don't treat them any differently. So for example, there are Familiars, who are made purely of magic and created based on an animal and can freely alternate between taking the form of either that animal or a person with a few features of it."

Grimlock asked why there was a round table, while Sir Redring inquired about the presence of any nobles in the City. "Oh yeah, I forgot, you guys are from different universes," Ben muttered. "Not literal knights, Sir Redring. It's a figure of speech. We're heroes, but we protect those who can't protect themselves and fight evil. Just like knights."

He leaned against the table, shrugging a little. "Besides, I don't know any nobles or kings or anything."

edited 13th Aug '16 6:55:43 AM by AllHailThrall

"that sounds nice, a world where different kinds of people can all treat each other well," said Sans, sounding almost a little jealous, i've heard a lot about how human prejudice has hurt so many other creatures, even in this city, i guess i got lucky that i ran into someone like you instead."

Hotel - Intolerance and acceptance

Caro's expression was a mixture of thoughful and saddened as she said, "Which isn't to say that there aren't people who are cruel to others, even to other humans. If there weren't, the terrible things that happened to people like Fate, Erio, Vivio or even me would never have happened. There are still criminals and sadly, a part of my job at the reserve is sometimes having to stop people from poaching the animals we take care of .... But in general, there aren't things like what happened in the past of your world or what people did to that snake lady .... " As well as being more saddened, she also frowned as she added, "She was only defending herself from .... Whatever terrible things that Ruckus guy was doing to her ... Why would people attack her for that? I just don't get it ..."

She shook her head as if to shake those terrible thoughts away and then began to take a more careful look around. Then a little brighter, she asked, "Anyway, are you seeing any place where we could find what we are looking for?"

edited 13th Aug '16 11:30:10 AM by JamesShields

"people are cowards, if they see something they don't understand, they're fast to run or attack it in fear that something might happen," said Sans, stopping his search for a moment to look at Caro, "i never told you this, but monsters have the ability to absorb the soul of dead humans in order to become stronger, even just one soul is enough to make a monster very powerful, but nobody had really done something like that before. but just the possibility that monsters could one day take the soul out of a human was enough for the humans to decide that it was better to get rid of us so we wouldn't be a problem later. a huge war broke out, thousands of monsters lost their lives and not a single human soul was taken, because humans were just that much stronger than us,"

He then resumed his search, briefly thinking of searching for any kind of storage room in the hotel since he figured such a place could have some useful things in it for him to take.

"those who survived were sealed underground and had to slowly rebuild everything we lost, all because people got scared we would do something that never came into mind." Sans paused for a moment. "fear is a dangerous emotion, because any sort of threat, no matter how small, can be enough to scare people into trying to defend themselves from even the most harmless things."

"Hee hee hee, something far more humble in actuality," Plague Knight lightly chuckled, coming in after Q10. "I am an alchemist, a man devoted to the pursuit of SCIENCE!!, my concentrations being chemistry and diseases. The greatest scientific mind in those areas from my homeland, in fact. I am also a knight, a warrior of great power and skill, though while most other knights use more conventional weaponry such as swords and shields, I use bombs!" He pulled out an unused bomb to show the robot. "For in line of work, the greatest mark of an alchemist is how big of an explosion you can make!"

He walked turned the cent of the library, finding Ben and some of the other. "Ah, Ben, I have not seen you all day!" he greeted the young boy. He then observed all the various drawing utensils and the posters. "What is all this?" he asked.

As Rex entered his room, Lune waved goodbye to him and entered a nearby hotel room. It wasn't as luxurious as the room she woke up in today, but it will do for now. She did sleep in that ratty apartment the other day with Caro and Karkat, so her standards for a place aren't that high. Then again, the room was pretty decent in comparison to the other rooms she saw in that apartment.

After a change back to her unarmored form and a quick shower, Lune laid down in her bed and began thinking about the implications of fighting another giant plant. If Lune recalled, the giant plant was kicked into oblivion by a superhero on that day. Without that superhero around, fighting another one is going to suck tremendously. It took awhile, but she fell asleep for the night.

Hotel - Ignorance and tragedy

As Sans spoke, Caro's expression became more and more crestfallen, althought she wasn't crying again just yet. She also stopped searching as she said, "But that is just ... That's just awful. For a tragedy like that to happen because people misundestood things, because they got scared of something they didn't have to ... That's the same thing that happened with Cole ... Why, why can't people just try to understand instead of reacting like that!?"

Once again, her breath hitched as if she was about to cry, but before that happened, she managed to collect herself enough to say, "L-Look, can we stop this and just look for what you need? A lot has happened today and things were going so well ... I don't want to end things on a sad note like this ... " She then averted her glance and attempted to resume searching as well.

Grimlock; Dino mode;
Library

Ben didn't really explain who King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table were. Though he guessed it was partly because Sir Redring wanted to join as soon as the word knight was mentioned. At Ben's comment on knowing nobles, Grimlock glanced at Twlight. Then he looked back at Ben and Redring.

"Well, there's Twilight over here if we need one. She's a princess from where she's from," he said.

Then Plague Knight came along and asked about what Ben's doing. Grimlock decided to let him do the answering.