Noire- Van, Kitchen
Oh... so that's what the fight from when she got in was about? Cannibalism?
Noire's thought process was "Oh no, are they going to eat me?"-> "Oh, they only take those already dead? Ick, but I guess there's nothing morally wrong with that...especially if they asked for it, culture differences."-> "Why the hell would you not disclose that, not only is it gross, is a lawsuit waiting to happen."
This man... despite his best efforts, seemed to not calm down the two goddesses, especially with the... other person , and Noire contemplated quickly whenever it was a better idea to abandon the kitchen and move, hoping this sorts itself out, or try to do something about the situation before it turned sour. Seems like the place, people, and time may change, but drama is forever.
... Is that a platypus?
Jeanne Alter- Van, Living Room
"What, content? I was dragged here, and I certainly was not asking for you to come along as well!"
So... Mordred is the fourth? Talk about keeping it close... this ought to be a whale of a ti-
... What the hell was she...?
...
When the shock faded, she looked equal parts "God damn it, Santa" and "God damn you, Santa".
"W-w-w-w-what do you think you're doing!?" Was all she could stammer out in response. Why did it feel like someone was glaring daggers?
Edited by Boomer75 on Jul 19th 2018 at 11:06:28 AM
Vampire Hunter
Carmilla & Sypha, Outside
When Carmilla and Sypha when asked about time passing, they shrugged at Tetra. It seemed as if even they did not know how much time would pass back in their world due to this trip.
"Personally, we are not particularly eager to go back home in any case," Carmilla frowned at Tetra.
Edited by GameGuruGG on Jul 19th 2018 at 11:21:07 AM
Wizard Needs Food Badly
I have a plan.
Spawn — Kitchen — Tug-O-War
Spawn grunted as Susan took his other hand, beginning an awkward match of tug-o-war over the demon between Susan and Amaterasu. Spawn bared his teeth. Susan's claws hurt. Did she ever cut her nails? Or clean them, for that matter? It was technically Susan's fault that the whole mess started, so she really should have just let the whole thing go.
The next thing he knew, some kind of blue platypus walked up and tried to defuse the situation, non-verbally. Spawn wondered if the little guy was aware he was getting involved in the middle of a divine argument.
Nonetheless, Spawn quietly shook his head, and closed his weary eyes, sighing.
"@[=g3,8d]&fbb=-q]/hk%fg"
Stop Killing My Titles
Griffith, Main Room
"I haven't been here for much longer, I don't think." Griffith chimed in with his own impressions of time passed. "My first stop was the beach resort. That's where I got this shirt, actually." He gestured to his impeccable floral pattern. "Of course, then it turned all too bloody. I recall you fighting the ringleader, Velvet."
"It seems more dysfunctional largely because there are so many unique members." He commented after a moment of thought. Back among the Hawks, it was a mercenary band like any other in Midland. The most unique members,if he were to guess, were Casca, Guts and Pippin; and even the latter two weren't that strange, their martial prowess aside. Same with Casca, really, about the strangest thing about her was that she was a woman, but she wielded no special powers or unusual equipment. "Races, technologies and the way of life all clash together."
Compare that to the first three people in the room - Amuro the robot, Velvet the demon and recently-departed Kawakaze the Ship - and you could see it quite easily. "Plus, there's quite a few egos strutting their stuff around here. I'm sure you're familiar with the likes of Scott or Lady." He said to Velvet.
Maria, Storage Fight
A grab? Oh she was much too used for these. Some beasts would try for that after their normal attacks proved too slow to reach a slippery Hunter. It was a gamble however; one had to expose themselves some to try and make it successful. To Lady's credit, she only used one arm, likely counting on her superior strength to suffice. If this were an ordinary fight, Maria would have likely just used her Quickening to slip out.
But where's the fun in that?
She let the demon hunter pull her, but at the same time her right came in a crushing blow, meant to use Lady's own strength against her as the old crone gained momentum from the pull combined with her own respectable arm power and strike her opponent straight on the nose. If Lady would let go, she'd go for a leg swipe to take the ground from under her feet with a pull of her leg; if not, she'd transition into a shoulder tackle meant to slam her down on the ground and prepare for further pounding.
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Velvet visibly groaned and facepalmed as she was reminded of Scott.
"I still haven't met this Lady exorcist person everyone keeps going on about. But Scott.....Uggggh." A look of legitimate disgust and annoyance crossed over her face.
"Frankly, we'd be better off without him. Just from the brief time I saw him, it's become clear, to me at least, that he causes far more trouble then he is worth. Starting fights with employers, randomly falling asleep or going braindead during fights, complaining about loot and kill rights, of all things, like it matters who dealt the killing blow."
She looked directly at Griffith.
"Give me an honest answer. Do you really think, at this point, that we can't afford to dispose of even 1 person, if they're going to do nothing but slow us down and cause us trouble? I don't have the time to waste or the will to babysit some idiot that acts less mature then my 10 year old brother did."
Suffice it to say, occupied as she was, the punch landed successfully. Lady let go, taking a step back with a curse before getting her leg sweeped. She fell to the ground, and wasted no time in attempting to use her own leg to sweep Maria off of her own feet.
Were she to miss or this prove less then effective, her leg would be very exposed to being grabbed by Maria.
Edited by Meanken on Jul 20th 2018 at 5:54:29 AM
Stop Killing My Titles
Griffith, On Scott, Main Room
"In an ordinary situation, yes, I'd say he would have to be retired one way or another." He nodded, expression thoughtful. "But this isn't an ordinary situation, is it? Quite a few people are willing to tolerate him or try to get him to reform, a fool's errand if a noble effort."
"If you were to come to blows over Scott with someone like Lucina or Sir Max, that wouldn't help anyone, would it? Thus, I think we should leave him be. Keep our interactions with him to minimum and just let him do his own thing. His... quirks aside, he can handle himself in a fight. If we can just tell him what a good boy he is afterwards, he'll eat from your hand as you please." Griffith smiled thinly. "Think of it as dealing with a rowdy dog."
A Lady Beating Up Lady, Storage
Rather than try to block the incoming sweep or try to tough it out, Maria elected to simply... hop over it. A simple jump up was enough to avoid the attack, and then served as a good startup for a retaliation: the old crone aimed to land her heel right on Lady's extended leg - and then smash her other heel into her face with an axe kick.
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Amuro - Living Room
"Thank you for the advanced warning, I'll make sure to keep an eye out for this Scott person. But if you don't mind me asking, can you be more specific on which lady I should keep an eye out for? There already seems to be a female majority population on this van."
Still despite the obvious disdain or low opinion these two had of this 'Scott' person, Amuro was reminded of his war buddy Kai, both the good and the bad parts. He'd have to try and find him and talk to him in person later.
Calamity is a housewife
Jack-O', Kitchen
A whole lot of awkward staring ensued as Jack-O' tried to cut through the tension of the scene to gain even an inkling of what exactly the divine beings in their midst were saying. From what she could gather, Amaterasu had made some sort of assumption that Susan wasn't happy about. Tucker did his best, but the argument wasn't over just yet.
Now, she was looking at two gods holding a demonic hellspawn of a fellow by the arms and pulling at him like he was a wishbone. If he snapped in half, Jack-O' didn't dare imagine what the winner of the bigger half would wish for.
Sighing deeply, the bounty hunter sat up and properly entered the fray, despite knowing just how in over her head she was when it came to dealing with the divine, and having trouble deciding if her beliefs regarding gods and the spirit needed any re-examining.
("To be honest, living proof be damned, I'd gladly be an atheist after seeing this.")
"Look guys... it's like I said, Suz has had a lot to drink. But I can't blame her for getting angry with you if I'm reading the situation correctly.
"And Miss... Ammy? Can I call you Ammy? I'm presuming you have a problem with Susan misleading Spawn here, and that's reasonable.
"I'm of the personal belief that, for the sake of the multiverse, we should tolerate some moral or ideological differences between ourselves to an extent. To an extent. So here's what I'd like both of you to do. I'd like you both to agree to each other's requests, follow through on your promises, and let go of Mister Spawn over here. C'mon, you're stretching the poor guy like a noodle."
Edited by LatverianBadger on Jul 20th 2018 at 10:20:29 PM
"Shake the dust." - Anis Mojgani
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
Mordred - Desert
Mordred felt good, great even. She had a confindent grin, not a smirk but a genuine contented smile as she carried Android 21 across the sands in a gentle but firm princess carry. Honestly she had no idea the night would turn out like this but if you learn anything from dying it's that time is prescious and opportunities don't wait. And she was very happy she took this one as she looked down at the woman in her arms. "Well hope you enjoyed yourself tonight. Don't think we'll get too many chances like this, so we should savor them. Never know when you gotta go back beatin' maniacs over the head."
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Tetra (Outside)
"Not eager to return home..." Tetra repeated, before giving the both of them a more sympathetic look. "That sounds rather personal. Sorry if I'm drudging up bad memories." Kicking at the dirt in front of her, Tetra spoke a little more quietly.
"There's a saying I heard once. 'Home is where the heart is', I think it was. Guess it means that home is where you say it is, or where you're happy. If you two are happy here, this could be your home. As for me, I'm all for visiting and getting up to some crazy and deadly adventures, but... it's just not the same without my folks." Judging by how Tetra became more withdrawn as she spoke, it could be inferred that she isn't often separated from her crew, so being here is just a bit outside of her comfort zone.
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Vampire Hunter
Carmilla & Sypha, Outside
Both of the vampiresses looked saddened by the talk by Tetra about missing her folks. The only reason they didn't hug the pirate to comfort her is because that might be interpreted wrongly.
"My coven... my folks back home are dead," Sypha told Tetra looking absolutely miserable.
"And my people... Well, there is a powerful vampire back home who wants my head on a pike once he resurrects in 100 years," Carmilla explained her own reason why she wasn't eager to get back home.
Wizard Needs Food Badly
Velvet leaned back in her seat, grabbing her chin as she considered this.
"So just let him be someone else's problem? Hmmm....I guess that works. Still, I won't hestate to gut him if he gets in my way again."
She looked over at Amuro.
"I don't actually know what this Lady person looks like."
On reflection, Velvet realized it had been a mistake not to extract a discription out of someone of this Lady, paticularly since she had first learned of her from a warning that she might try to attack her.
"All I know is that the horned cooking demon says she likes to attack demons on sight. And I haven't been randomly ambushed yet. That cooking demon better not have been lying to me."
As the leg was pinned and a boot thrown into Lady's face and blood started to cover it, she had one thing to say.
"FUCK!"
Or yell, as the case may be. Yet, Lady was no stranger to pain. You don't fight demons as long as she has without taking your share of lumps. Her other leg came off the ground, attempting to kick Maria. However, due to being partly pinned, it did not kick out with all of the force Lady would have typicly put into it. It was clearly a desperation move aimed to continue the fight, as Lady had no other option to realistically hit her.
Edited by Meanken on Jul 20th 2018 at 1:02:40 AM
Amuro - Living Room
"Ok, I'll need to keep a look out to make sure I don't get mistaken for a demon. There's already at least one person here that I know would like to put a few bullets through my head and I'd like to avoid adding more if I can help it."
Amuro looked back down the hallway that lead towards the Kitchen, he could feel that Puru was closer by than before, but at least he knew she wasn't coming directly at him.
"Uh, what's this cooking demon look like by the way? I minus well try to ask them later for a physical description of the lady later."
Stop Killing My Titles
Griffith, On Ladies, Main Room
"Short black hair, mismatched eyes, a scar going over her nose. Usually in a white shirt and a skirt, carrying more ammunition and weapons than a respectable arsenal; most notably a rocket launcher with a bayonet." Here he turned to Velvet. "Think of a cannon that launches rockets like the one we've seen at the shuttle. Smaller, of course, and more prepared for dealing damage than for mere propulsion."
"And she really goes only by Lady." Now he turned back to Amuro. "And her view of demons seems to imply she seeks physical characteristics first to distinguish demons from not-demons. Your arm looks normal now" Here he pointed at the bandages on therion's arm. "but if you were to walk around with your claw out, it would certainly draw her attention."
"If you were to identify yourself as a demon, she would no doubt be wary of you at least." A brief pause; Griffith leaned back to look at the ceiling. "Although her beef with Susan is-" Another brief pause during which his face briefly turned sour at the accidental pun before he continued. "Her quarrel with Susan is less about race and more about the truth behind the Beef Dimension. You were the one to uncover it, in fact, if you recall." Back to Amuro. "As for Susan herself, you can't mistake her for anyone else. Horns, claws, and she's long. That should suffice."
Maria, Storage Fight
This time Lady's attack reached its target. Yet, Maria didn't seem much peturbed by the kick, having prepared for it beforehand. If it was a big blow at her full power, yes, it would be better to dodge. But alas, with the fight more or less concluded, she let the demon hunter have one hit in. For a moment the old crone grew still... then she simply walked off Lady.
"It looks like we're done here, unless you want to continue." Something in her voice seemed to imply that she would not mind continuing, even as she regarded the blood on her boot curiously, waiting for Lady to either get up, lunge with an attack or call quits.
Edited by FergardStratoavis on Jul 20th 2018 at 12:16:54 PM
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Velvet shrugged. "Well, I've made my point known. Long as she stays out of my way, I couldn't care less what she thinks. She tries to attack me, I'll respond in kind. Had a nice, long chat yesterday with someone who's apparently an expert on these "Gun" things some of these people use, about their strengths and weaknesses. Even gave me a couple of new tools."
She reached for her belt, removing a fragmentation grenade and showing it to the two.
"Supposedly, this thing blows up in a giant fireball 3 to 5 seconds after you pull the pin, and kills anyone in a good 20 feet. There's also one that creates a thick fog. Probably come in handy."
She put it back away. "And as for that other thing, that's not my fault." The dismissive hand was once again raised. "With the number of demons you people already had running around, it was only a matter of time. I didn't tell her to serve up human meat from her meat dimension or whatever and call it beef to try to trick random humans into eating it."
She looked at Amuro. "Still, you don't have to worry about that, you don't even have a mouth to use to eat."
Had Maria done it differently, Lady might have accepted that she was beaten. But the curt dismissal and the casualness of how she ended the fight stung Lady's pride. And so despite the fact that her nose was visibly broken and blood continued to come out of it, Lady rose slowly. And then, once she had gotten into a crouch, she suddenly rushed Maria without warning, abandoning the more standard brawling tactics in favor of an attempt to outright tackle her to the floor, and if she had any success, following up with a flurry of punches toward the face.
Edited by Meanken on Jul 20th 2018 at 4:18:51 AM
Amuro - Living Room
Amuro turned to Griffith and just stared at him for a few moments, his brain taking a bit to process what he just head.
"Shit, I think I'm already on her bad side. She was shooting me a pretty nasty look when I tried to talk with Puru and I heard her get into a shouting match with Maria after I left the storage area."
He looked over at Velvet after she described Susan's taste in food, though he was pretty puzzled about the whole 'tricking others to eat human' bit. Still at least the mention of summoning it from another dimension took the edge off that statement if only slightly.
"Ok, that's kind of gross to me so I guess it is good that I don't need to eat. As long as she isn't chopping up live people in the kitchen though, I'm not gonna try and pick a fight over it. Wouldn't be worth it."
Amuro was feeling a bit queasy now though, even if he lacked an actual stomach, because the idea of human flesh being devoured was rather still wrong to him, regardless of how it happened.
Edited by Bcom on Jul 20th 2018 at 8:33:18 AM
Tetra (Outside) - And I Thought I Had Problems
While she could recognize the looks of pity on their faces, Tetra was not sure she liked it; she didn't ask to be pitied, and she wasn't some helpless little girl that needed someone to carry her back home. Such feelings of indignation, however, faded away as she heard the two women talk about why they weren't ecstatic to be going home, making Tetra wince. "Oof, that...that sucks." No one ever said she was the best with words. However, she felt more needed to be said, so she spoke up again, and pushed away from the wall so she could take a few steps towards them.
"I don't know much about this Will guy, but maybe he could let you stay here? If you've got nothing to go home to but being hunted down, then....what's the point, right? At that point you might as well just call it a lost cause and find somewhere else to live."
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Vampire Hunter
Carmilla & Sypha, Outside
To Tetra, it would look like the two vampires were actually considering it. However, it was Sypha who answered with determination, "Given the situation with the multiverse, I do not think it would be right for us to abandon this quest."
"Maybe afterwards we can find our own little world to settle on, but not until we are sure the multiverse is safe," Carmilla added, smirking at Tetra.
Wizard Needs Food Badly
Tetra (Outside)
Upon the reminder of why they're here in the first place, Tetra let out a short laugh. "Heh, guess that's true, yeah. Gotta see this thing through to the end, otherwise no one's gonna have a home to go back to." After a brief pause and a tilt of the head, Tetra opted to close the distance between herself and the two ladies, looking them over, before giving them a smirk and a wink. "If you're the kind of shipmates I can expect, maybe this whole thing won't be so bad after all."
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"I very much enjoyed my time with you, Sir Mordred." Contently lying in the Servant's embrace, the scientist looked the most relaxed she's ever been since the trip had become with a tender expression on her face as she gazed up at the Saber. "It is quite logical to make that assumption and the venting of stress in a productive manner is quite necessary for the long run."
Really, it was rather strange how actually sated she felt at the moment. Though the constant gnawing hunger was still there, it seemed to be somehow more manageable than before- as though her commitment had been reaffirmed. If one had to describe it in words, then 21 had found her metaphorical anchor that kept more her firmly attached to the land of the living.
While this no doubt butted heads with her own desire to cause the least amount of trouble in the event she ever truly became a monster, the scientist couldn't help but feel a 'selfishness' that hadn't existed prior to this moment. There were people here that depended on her and vice versa, the interactions lessening the strain on the psyches and overall improving many small things that made life look a little bit better.
The fact that one of her deepest desires was to have a 'family' once more only served to make the new feelings she had even more precious. But still, now that she had a moment to rest, that genius mind of her was able to think once more... and not all thoughts were something that the woman found positive. "...Sir Mordred... Was I of adequate satisfaction to your esteemed self?" Holding hand over chest with her heart now beating quite rapidly, the researcher once more doubted her self worth.
Was this truly something more or was it just a heated spur of the moment fueled by biological signals? With the inner romanticist and cynic having a mental showdown against each other, 21 felt herself grow nervous once more even as the mental complex instilled by her circumstances reared its head once more. When people pondered every matter with such a fine toothed comb, it often meant they had to consider the negative consequences to every action along with the positive. Doubly so for someone who thought of themselves as a 'flawed product'.
"Ah, the foibles of youth." Humming thoughtfully to himself as he came back after washing off the rest of the inebriation via water and Servant tier recovery, the Rider of Black looked to be rather amused at the whole 'submarine captain being jealous that her Servant was teasing another Alter' thing going on. Such matters were not unknown to the ultra romanticist who had experienced so much matters of the heart in his short but dazzling life.
"Still, we're glad to have you aboard, Jeanne Alter. You're probably of more use to our cause then the regular Jeanne. She's a horrible stick in the mud most of the time. Like she's got the Lord's cross wedged up her unmentionables area." Outright saying his thoughts of the matter with a straight face, the paladin then flashed a thumbs up.
"And despite your looks, you're already a team player considering you're just putting up with this! We need more people like you here, that's for sure!" Somehow the logic that was being put forth from his mouth seemed to be of rather warped quality, with whatever lens tinted world he was seeing through his potent curse being something that seemed to be similar but parallel to the actual reality at present.
"Attention Alternates. Attention Alternates. This is Will here. I've got good news and bad news. I'll start with the bad first- We've found the trail for Rook once more but it will take us an entire week to make our way to our next destination." Pausing to let the news sink in and allow the more hot-headed of the merry band of murder hobos to display their 'opinions', the voice emanating from the radios that were blaring out everywhere in the van and coms channel continued on with his news.
"Thankfully to make this trip more exciting and interesting as well as giving you more room to... do whatever it is you people do, our stalwart team of operatives have finally made a major breakthrough and unlocked a new setting on the van- the Holodeck!" As if in accordance with his words to denote that it wasn't simply hot air being spewed, seams began to appear in the wall of the storage area before what appeared to be a set of sturdy titanium plated shutters appeared next to a control panel that was similar in both form and function to that of the other machines that made something from nothing. Television screens also slid out at this point to reveal the location of the new area of interest.
"What is the Holodeck you ask? Well, the overall technology that went into making something like this would fly over most people so we'll just use laymen's terms. It is a room of endless possibilities to craft an artificial landscape via holograms and then make what is intangible into the real by going one step further to create 'holomatter'. The room itself can create space in dimensions many times larger than the current area of the van interior as well so there's no need to feel crowded when using the new room to either train yourself or simply enjoy a relaxing environment. If you ever wanted to simulate a war of bygone years or enjoy a fancy dinner without gaining weight, then this is the place for you!"
Given exactly how uncharacteristically long-winded and enthusiastic the man was at describing the new function, it seemed like something was up. Lo and behold, the cynical people would find themselves right on the dot as there was another long pause before a more sheepish tone was displayed.
"That said, we can't actually use any of the functions until you people help us out with a slight hiccup as it were- the AI in charge of the program has gone rogue and conventional hacking just won't cut it without outright rendering the Holodeck without function should we force the issue further. Anyone interested in being able to create your own scenarios and destinations would probably need to head into the current scenario in question and solve the problem themselves in the crafted world by fulfilling several objectives by going through Rook's version of the world of Skyrim. This is an optional matter though so only do this of your own prerogative. In any case, that's all the news I have for you folks at the moment and the van is programmed to make its way towards the next destination as soon as all the crew set foot within the vehicle. The Holideck itself will unlock and be ready to be engaged in a few hours, by which time I'll make another announcement to let you all know that it's ready. Will out." And then the enigmatic man that hid himself in shadows cut off the feed once more.
"Who in the what now? Any of you understood what the heck that guy was talking about?" Turning her head downwards after swiveling up to look at the screen and hear about the news, Ranma found herself mighty confused about everything due to being a Japanese teenager from a rather old school Japanese district that didn't have all that much technological know-how compared to the other parts of Tokyo. That and she was a martial artist and not a nerd.
Edited by Makaioh on Jul 21st 2018 at 10:33:57 AM
Delta - Kitchen
Delta continued to kneel there resolute, watching as the girl, in turn, watched the burger. Eventually though, she grabbed it and headed over to take a seat at the kitchen table, and Delta stood and followed. And then stood some more - she wasn't going to trust the seats to hold her.Of course, because nothing ever goes smoothly, the dog and the claw woman were trying to tear the black-garbed man in half in a perversion of a game of tug-of-war. Just because they had ears or horns or whatever other bestial traits didn't mean they had to act like animals. And just because things couldn't be too normal for too long, there was another small girl in the place now - and a platypus. The Big Daddy's gaze lingered for a few moments on Noire as she tried to figure out just how helpless the kid was, but the other girl was saying something.
The kid introduced herself as Puru. That was one hell of a name, must have been something really goddamn European, Slavic maybe. The kid wanted Delta's name in exchange, though. They always did. Too bad Ryan erased it, leaving Delta in its place. Reaching one hand up to the other, her right glove's bulky index finger pointed at the Δ symbol etched into the back of her left gauntlet to try and convey her name to Puru.
And just to add another log to the fire, the man on the other side of the speakers - or Will, as he was called by some - gave a good long explanation about a new ship's deck or some such business. Why someone would want to put a war in a bus was beyond her. Weren't there already enough people to kill elsewhere? And eating food without getting anything out of it? What sort of hell was that?
Before Velvet could say anything else, Will's voice started sounding through the van, and she crossed her arms as he spoke, looking more and more confused as Will went into technicals. Once he was finished, she looked around.
"What? I did not understand most of that. Do you want to try that again, and use words that actually make sense this time?" She asked the ceiling.
Stop Killing My Titles
Griffith, I Find This Inadequate, Main Room
It seemed someone had a bright idea of telling Velvet about bombs. Joy. "As long as you don't be irresponsible with it." He could see the therion be very irresponsible with it.
"And no, I suppose you didn't. As for the meat, no, she is..." Griffith cleared his throat. "a self-proclaimed goddess of cannibalism. All meat she procures comes from fresh cadavers." Meanwhile, Will came in with an announcement. The good news was that they found Rook's latest place of stay. The bad news was that it would take a while to get there. Luckily, their handler offered them something to do in the meantime... the holodeck. Griffith raised an eyebrow as more explanations soon followed: a world of imagination and lies where they could do whatever they felt like doing.
And, of course, it was faulty. "Think of it as a platform where you can train and relax. It's a fake world, of illusion and deceit, but presumably their technology lets you transfer your conscious into that world and experience it as if it was real. Or would" His face went sour. "if the fate of the multiverse didn't hinge on incompetents overseeing this operation expecting us to fix their messes."
Maria, Storage Fight (where Maria is Dante) and what is this
Looks like Lady wasn't done yet. The old crone smiled crookedly, leaning forward slightly. Lo and behold, the demon hunter shot out from her position, forgoing tactics in face of brutal strength and wounded pride. Rather than meet her attack with hers, she simply moved out of the way, twirling in place to let Lady pass her and then push her down with a simple move of her hand, likely sending her careening towards the floor.
Just in time for their handlers to make an announcement too. Indeed, something grew out of the wall not far from their position. She had a vague idea of such a holodeck was. It started with "Hunter's" and ended with "Dream"; thus, the old crone's interest in the new feature was lukewarm at best. Something more pressing to her was that they still had people in Val Habar, likely unaware that they were needed back inside. "Looks like we'll need to gather the rest of our merry crew." She hummed, attention back to her opponent. "Does anyone here know who's not inside?"
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Flowey - The Cat Shack
"Stop that." Flowey was not amused in the least by Scott poking his face. So much that he actually dropped his smile to protest.
At least the canadian then said something interesting. They had man-eater in their group? That could be fun to learn more about. But right now, he was busy manipulating the dumb human, so he would deal with that matter later. He let out a faked gasp. " She eat people and she dared to lecture you? There are some messed-up people in this world."
And then his new pasty got angry about his comment regarding Morrigan. Good. It would be boring if it was too easy. "And I know you don't, Scott. Really, I do." The little flower was now speaking in a tone that would seem compassionate to anyone who didn't knew his true attention. "But are you sure that woman does? Didn't you notice? She wasn't asking, not really. Sure, she used some pretty words, but she didn't expect you to ever say no. Furthermore, she even used her "offer" to make you keep quiet about your legitimate worries over your sword! To you, it may be a casual thing, but for her, it's like having a personal toy. And if you keep saying yes whenever she ask, she'll keep thinking she has you on a leash!" The tiny plant made sure to have a a serious expression and to raise his voice as the speech went on to make it so that he would look invested in the garbage he was spouting.
"And you're right: you don't need her! A strapping young man like you could get all the ladies you want. In fact, when I arrived, I was acompanied with some pretty girls. What do you say we go show that you don't need that giant bat to have fun?" There, that should do it. Outrage and pride should make that grey man do whatever Flowey wanted.
Tenko Chabashira - Kitchen
There was something familliar about Tenko's abductor sending instructions trough a video screen. Well, at least this one didn't make any stupid jokes about their situation.
Honestly, she didn't understand much about what he said either, but her experience of being forced to live with other people including a genius inventor in a place with many advanced machine helped her with getting the gist of it. At least she tougth so. But whatever hesitation she had was blown away by Ranma asking for an explanation. And so, the Ultimate Aikido Master answered to the best of her ability. "I think he's saying we're going to enter some sort of virtual reality. You know, like in those dumb sci-fi movies?"
Amuro - Living Room
"Two days huh? guess that really is how long things have been going on, last few people I talked to said the same thing....and who ever is running this operation, I forgot his name already, doesn't seem to like talking to us in person."
Amuro gave a small laugh at the fact Willis or whoever was probably just scared of the people he had assembled.
"Still, I don't blame these people for being stressed out. The first warship I was on board had a similar feeling to this place, a bunch of people seemingly chosen at random by the hand of fate and pulled out of their normal lives to try and achieve an objective they don't really understand. Only thing missing is a more experienced and cohesive enemy force trying to stop us and it'd be just like the first time I climbed into the gundam."
Edited by Bcom on Jul 19th 2018 at 10:52:28 AM