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Skooter910 Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: Browsing the selection
#226: May 20th 2020 at 3:13:47 PM

School to the Park

By the time Yui had beaten up the gang leader and the two punks who tried to join in (it took a few seconds), Jules had already fucked off with the rest of the gang on his heels.

"Shit," she growled, "come on, Mako!" She grabbed onto the other girl's wrist and dragged her to her motorcycle, barely giving her a chance to comprehend what was going on before taking off at high speeds with Mako holding onto her waist.

As they drove, Mako cheerfully said, "dunno why you're calling me that, my name's Kokona! That is what you called me in my dreams, though, so I guess you can keep calling me that, Ryuko!"

"I... right, just hang on and we can talk more once we keep Jules from getting his ass kicked," Ryu... Yui? replied.

Right behind Jules and the gangsters came Yui, who spun her bike again to dismount, catching Mako as she was thrown from the seat. "Alright, now to take out the rest of you punks," she yelled, brandishing her blades.

I say that aloud too sometimes, just: "man, no life."
Darkomega245 Since: May, 2012
#227: May 20th 2020 at 3:17:01 PM

Park

"Yeah, I'm not doing well, sis!" Frohman exclaimed as the pink clothed girl came and saw his current state. "I'm having to take these Oxycodone to calm myself down. This morning is beyond bullshit, and- huh?"

That's when the schizophrenic kid came out of nowhere and screamed about being beaten up and being chased for clothing stealing or whatever.

"Sorry kid. Survival of the fittest. You have to live up to your consequences, and beat those kids up instead. This world ain't nice-huh?"

His phone started to ring and he started to hear his caller.

"You're arriving in 2 minutes? Okay, thanks. Be sure to come as fast as you can please. Bye."

Frohman hung up as his driver informed him he would be coming very soon. He jumped in the air happily and muttered a small "Yes!" As he then checked his things were all ready to go...and took a few pills.

ZodanTheUnbounceable from Everywhere, Nowhere, Somewhere Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#228: May 20th 2020 at 3:23:48 PM

Park

Well, Oni didn't have long to run! He spots a group of mean-looking people being confronted by some girl wielding blades.

"Is this them?! Why are you attacking people?"

And then Otto...happened. Today is certainly a roller coaster.

“And...who is THAT?”

Edited by ZodanTheUnbounceable on May 20th 2020 at 7:26:35 AM

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LilyTheLitten Inspector Irratino my beloved ❤️ from The Investigation Institute Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#229: May 20th 2020 at 3:34:50 PM

"H-hey!" Jules yelled at Ivan. "D-don't pretend you wouldn't panic if you were in my place! I-I—"

He stopped at the sound of a loud thud. He whirled around and let out a scream.

Otto. With metal tentacles. Coming out of his back. Carrying him towards the punks. He looked like...like a supervillain.

"Oh my god," Jules whispered. He pulled his hair out of its bun so he could rake his fingers through it. "Oh my god. Oh my god."

He didn't want any of this. He didn't want to be here. He wanted nothing more than to be back at home, where things made sense and life was melancholy instead of terrifying and he was just a normal kid.

He didn't want to be an alien.

He didn't want to be special.

He didn't want to be...

Himself.

...

Perfect.

Jules's body started twitching.

Edited by LilyTheLitten on May 20th 2020 at 3:38:44 AM

"Look inside yourself and to the stars; there, you will find your answers."
Pentigan Fwomph from The Underverse Since: Apr, 2010
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#230: May 20th 2020 at 7:03:45 PM

Radio WUBRG Studio

"Well Nessie and Sandy, I... Have a dream!"

Sandra sits up in her chair, leaning forward to get a better listen of this call.

"Bold start..."

"I dream of family sedans! And panel-vans in both black and white! And u-til-it-ty vehicles that'd probably survive gettin' dropped off a bridge! Aaaaaaaall gathered beneath me in one fantastical place just outside the city limits on the I90! Yes folks it's Auto-topia I dream of and so can you! We've got deep discounts on-"

The call abruptly ends once it's very much clear this was just an attempt to push marketing.

"Thank you caller... I think we might have time for one more before we need to get on with the news so-"

Sandra gets up from her chair and sighs, pacing back and forth a little in the tiny studio before turning off her microphone.

"I'm going for a walk, got a headache coming on..."

Vanessa nods and grabs a sheaf of papers as Sandra steps out into the hall.

"Nevermind we'll just be moving onto the news before our first music break of the day. Ahem."

Radio WUBRG Hallway

Sandra's progress to get out of the building is momentarily stymied by Nick, the very ordinary man who runs the silent job of manning the boards shift after shift. Sandra takes a moment to question when this guy actually sleeps.

"When you get back, we need to have a talk about whatever happened last night."

Sandra flinches, that did not sound good. 'Having a talk' almost never meant a good thing and the tone he said it in wasn't building her confidence. She liked the guy but he could be pretty stern when it came to the business side of the gang's passion project.

"Sure. Yep."

And with that terse reply she stepped out to take a walk.

The Park

Whether by tacit desire to know more, the whims of luck or simply because it was the only place that didn't feel like the drab streetscape of a town winding-down from lack of interest, she found herself at the park. Good timing too, because there was some girl carrying a pair of very red swords, a student-looking guy clutching a girl's outfit and... Wait hold on that guy was striding about on robot-arms?

"... Whatmst the hell is going on here?"

Edited by Pentigan on May 21st 2020 at 8:09:43 PM

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Noussibonne UFO: Unstoppable Force of Obnoxiousness from the Mothership Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
UFO: Unstoppable Force of Obnoxiousness
#231: May 21st 2020 at 5:45:03 AM

Park Chaos

So Jittery Lad is taking meds to chill himself out?

Wow, whatever world this guy came from wasn't so kind to him, was it?

Anyway, the spiky-haired kid introduced himself as Oni Oji and, since there were recurring faces and new ones, she felt the need to introduce herself as well.

"Nelle Balastone, at your service!", she said, bubbly, making a humorous impression of a soldier salute.

Things were starting to get chaotic, though. A very anxious-looking kid hurriedly told them that some gangsters stole a girl(called Yui apparently)'s clothes, which he was now holding, and because of that, the gangsters were after him and they weren't alone: some weirdo with four metallic appendages extending from his back was also chasing him.

Nelle decides to follow Oni, because she just couldn't stand idly while watching this pandaemonium unfold. So many wrong things happening right now, and it seems to have stressed that kid out a lot...

...and Nelle doesn't like seeing people who are feeling down.

"Hey...", she approached him, trying to sound reassuring, "C-Cheer up a little and calm down..."

Edited by Noussibonne on May 21st 2020 at 6:50:15 PM

Sweet dreams are made of this~ Who am I to disagree?
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Heya there! I'm West.
#232: May 22nd 2020 at 8:00:57 AM

While waiting for Dr. Glace to reply, Kaito turned around and looked through the park. It was still pretty unchanged, and not a lot of stuff was happening... that's it, until Jules was seen running towards the park yelling that the punks of yesterday stole Yui's clothes, which were that youkai-jacket that wanted her blood.

The new kid, Oni, had handled his books to Vito and rushed to help, faster than most people would able to be.

And then Otto, wearing a new outfit, grabbed Jules with two mechanical tentacles. The look in his glasses. His frown. Almost like... a supervillain.

Quick visions started to flash his mind again. He felt wind swirling around him and his hands.

A quick glance at Glace, and the air also felt colder. Something was happening. Something powerful.

Edited by JTTWlover on May 22nd 2020 at 9:34:59 PM

If there's a book you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison
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#233: May 22nd 2020 at 8:26:33 AM

"I'm fine, Kaito, it's just..."

Before she can finish her sentence, the man she helped yesterday shows up looking a lot less respectable. Something stirs within her.

Without thinking, she shouts "Why don't you pick on someone your own size?!"

She swears she can feel the air around her growing colder...

Edited by Spottedleaf on May 22nd 2020 at 1:46:19 PM

>^owo^<
Skooter910 Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: Browsing the selection
#234: May 22nd 2020 at 9:09:26 AM

The Park

The gangsters were obviously not expecting this kind of resistance. One of them turned to Yui and practically whined, "you're supposed to be fighting us on your own. It's not really tough to hide behind a bunch of freaks." The look he sent at Otto was very pointed.

Yui just growled, "I don't care about looking tough, I just want Senketsu back!" These punks were still fresh-faced, definitely not the ones who got their asses kicked the day before. Overconfident to a fault, they didn't stand down, instead pulling out more weapons like the chains, brass knuckles and wrenches and started attacking whoever seemed like a threat.

Two of them went after Yui, who was ready to parry both of their blows with her blades and send them staggering back.

I say that aloud too sometimes, just: "man, no life."
LilyTheLitten Inspector Irratino my beloved ❤️ from The Investigation Institute Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#235: May 22nd 2020 at 10:08:14 AM

As everyone ran to fight the punks, Jules...continued twitching. He dropped the uniform to the ground and slowly got to his feet. Then, he walked to where the fight was, head bowed.

If anyone tried to talk to him during this time, he didn't acknowledge them.

He pushed through everyone fighting alongside Yui and stood between them and the punks. There was a brief silence.

"Ten seconds," he said suddenly.

One of the punks blinked. "What?"

"I'll give you ten seconds to run as far away as you can." His mouth twitched into a half-smile. "After that, you'll be lucky if you get a chance."

"Wh-what the..." another one muttered, before shaking his head. "Kid, it feels like we're—"

"One."

"—bein' threatened by a...are you seriously countin'?"

"Two."

The punks all stared. "He's counting," one of them muttered. "He's actually counting."

"Three."

Yet another shook his head and stomped forward. "Alright, kid!"

"Four."

"You wanna go?!" He pulled out his wrench. "Then let's go!"

"Five."

With a shriek, the punk charged at Jules and slammed the wrench onto his head...

...only for it to bounce off, sending the poor kid sprawling backwards.

"Wh— Huh?!"

The smile disappeared, replaced with a scowl. "Six seven eight nine ten."

Dark energy exploded outward. The dragon apparition from the library shimmered into existence, hovering behind Jules. He started rising into the air, hair blowing behind him in the wind. Only there was no wind.

Then, finally, he looked up from the ground, eyes gleaming purple and a wicked grin on his face.

"I warned you," Jules said, except it wasn't Jules at all. Some strange other voice spoke along with him, echoing across town. "If only you ran."

"What the fuck?!" one of them shrieked. "Who...what are you?!"

Jules didn't respond. Instead, he slowly drew his tome out from under his jacket, and pointed a finger at the punks.

"The end of your story."

And as the dragon shot towards them with a mighty roar, Loptous threw his head back and laughed.

"Look inside yourself and to the stars; there, you will find your answers."
Booky Since: Sep, 2015
#236: May 22nd 2020 at 10:43:30 AM

-Octavius

Well, this is interesting.

The child Jules apparently had some sort of...energy being inside him that spoke in another voice. I will have to see if I can convince him to submit to a neurological examination when this is over. The implications for processing speed alone are worth investigating. The self-movement is likewise worthy of note. Some connection to that book...

Even as the good Doctor took note of Jules' curious behavior, his new limbs set him on the ground. Then, in a blur of motion a pair of the serrated arms slid out and knocked two of the formerly-aggressive mooks off their feet. Even before his victims struck the ground, those same arms (moving literally at the speed of thought) caught one up by the ankle, the other by the neck. He pulled the struggling and screaming men in close until they were face to face.

"Freak. That is what your associate called me. Freak suggests some sort of deficiency. Instead, quite the opposite is true. I am better than you, cretin. More intelligent. Stronger. Superior. It is a mistake you will not live to regret."

The arm snapped like a whip, and one of the punks was sent flying in a flat trajectory until he slammed into a tree with a loud crunch. Octavius turned his attention to the remaining man, who had watched his lecture with mounting horror. The Doctor smiled. It was almost a kind expression.

"Now, I see myself as an educator. I hope you will not make the same mistake as your late comrade after I so carefully taught him manners." Even as he spoke, another arm bloodily smashed aside a third man who had been approaching from behind with a baseball bat. The dripping tentacle retracted, then moved closer to the dangling man's face. " Am I a freak, or am I better than any of you? Hmmm? Am I superior?"

The man screamed and sobbed as the claw approached. "Yes! Yes! You're better! Please, don't kill me!''

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#237: May 22nd 2020 at 10:54:43 AM

The Park

Vito wasn't quite sure how it all happened but it was the kind of thing that was seemingly slow and then happened all at once. Now the group was being attacked by a gang of punks, and soon the young man had to react and diffuse the situation as best he could.

Pulling his trusty Beretta out from his leather jacket, he raised the barrel upward and fired a warning shot into the air away from his fellow adventurers but close enough to get the attention of the punks.

"HEY! Get the FUCK back out of here before I ventilate all your sorry punk asses with Vito Scaletta's 9mm Parabellum pain pills!" before pointing his pistol directly at the thugs.

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Noussibonne UFO: Unstoppable Force of Obnoxiousness from the Mothership Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
UFO: Unstoppable Force of Obnoxiousness
#238: May 22nd 2020 at 11:44:04 AM

Park Chaos

It looks like her attempt at trying to calm Jules down went in vain.

His anxious behavior did a complete 180 and he now acted weird, as if he was a whole new person.

And this new person sure as heck wasn't pulling his punches. The dark energy he emanating made Nelle shudder in an unusual way.

However, the appearance of the dragon apparition made the girl in pink gasp in disbelief.

It was the dragon who that masked boy talked about.

And that Jules kid sicced that dragon on the gangsters with a laugh.

While that robot-armed weirdo was brutally beating up other punks.

Nelle stood, shocked and shaken, amidst the beatdown.

All of this violence...deep down, in her heart, she didn't stand of all of it.

Her body is slightly quivering.

"Please, stop this!", she shouted, mainly at Loptous and Otto, "This kind of violence isn't the answer!", she was holding tears back, "I know they are punks, g-gangsters, who even stole a girl's clothes...b-but, if you ask me, you are going too far!", she yelled, especially at Loptous, not realizing that Loptous is a "split personality" and thinking Jules just went nuts from all the stress.

Sweet dreams are made of this~ Who am I to disagree?
Darkomega245 Since: May, 2012
#239: May 22nd 2020 at 11:58:59 AM

Park

Huh? What's going on there? Murder and...chaos, I guess. Whatever, let these freaks work it out, I'm just going to get out of here.

A black colored car drived near the area, and parked right near Frohman. He cheered happily as it parked, gave a glance at the others(who weren't having a good time) and gave a wave of goodbye to everyone.

"Goodbye Summerside! I hope a nuclear bomb ends this chaos!"

He was trying to open the passergers seat of the car, but it didn't budge for some reason. He tried, but it failed every time.

"What?! Open the door man, what are you doing?" He kept trying to open it, but it failed. The windows of the car lowered to reveal a rather pale man staring at him with a blank expression.

"You uh...have your passport?"

"...What? What do you mean my passport?! I don't remember ubers needing passports to drive someone to the bus station!" Frohman exclaimed in anger at the man, but he kept being unflinching.

"No that's like...new rules by the app. You need your passport to be a uber passager. If you got one it's cool."

Frohman could only stare in anger at this bullshit happening to him.

"Buddy, can't you see this shit going on?!" He pointed at the ensuing chaos in the fight. "We are both going to die if you don't get me out of here! Please, I'll pay you double, just get me out!"

"Wha?" The man stared at the scene going on...but seemed apathetic to it. "I don't see nothing. You got your passport or not?"

Frohman only seemed to get more furious. "Listen you idiot, I swear if you don't get me out of here, I will kill you. Kill your fami-"

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

The man's mouth suddenly opened wide as it letted out a rather sweet sounding tone and a mix of blue and teal colored balls appeared out of his mouth at the same time. Gordon's eyes widened at this in confusion.

"...What did you just do?"

"Calm down." That was his only response.

Gordon shook his head before continuing. "Look, just take me to the bus station, please. Come on!"

"You need your passport, man. That's like, the most important thing in the world."

The man glanced over at the fight in his car, and asked in the same indifferent tone of voice. "Anybody uh, got a free Play Station plus membership?"

Edited by Darkomega245 on May 22nd 2020 at 12:39:28 PM

ZodanTheUnbounceable from Everywhere, Nowhere, Somewhere Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#240: May 22nd 2020 at 12:29:59 PM

Park

"Hey...wait...!"

Everything happened way too fast for the kid to process. People were fighting...

"Stop it...!"

The man with the metal arms was hurting people, too, throwing them around like their lives meant nothing.

"That's enough...!"

And that strange boy was sending a dragon at people who definitely can't defend themselves against it. It was too much.

"I told you to..."

An explosion erupts from the kid, his body emitting a brilliant golden light as his hair shifts into a furious golden blond.

"...STOP IT!"

Oni charges at the dragon faster than most can even see, aiming to kick it right in the face.

Edited by ZodanTheUnbounceable on May 22nd 2020 at 3:33:43 PM

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#241: May 22nd 2020 at 12:42:32 PM

"WHAT THE—?!" Loptous jerked his hand up, and the dragon banked upwards. Even if Oni did land his attack, it would've been pointless—his foot would've passed right through the apparition (and caused him intense pain).

"Run!" One of the enemies screamed, and they dropped their weapons and started running, desperate to get as far from the park as possible.

Loptous waved a hand, and the dragon rushed downwards, coiled around one child's leg, and squeezed. With a loud SNAP, the leg was crushed, blood spilling out onto the asphalt.

"Oh, hush," Loptous said, floating over as the child screamed in pain. "Be grateful I took your leg and not your life."

He paused as Nelle cried out, then slowly turned to her and the rest of the group. He smiled and bowed in acknowledgement. "I don't believe we've met?" He laughed, a sound like breaking glass. "Loptous. Earth Dragon. Now, stand aside."

He turned back to the shrieking boy. "And cover your eyes. This may get unpleasant."

Edited by LilyTheLitten on May 22nd 2020 at 1:00:37 AM

"Look inside yourself and to the stars; there, you will find your answers."
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#242: May 22nd 2020 at 12:51:46 PM

The Park

"Holy shit," Yui muttered under her breath. This was not what she wanted. Those guys were obnoxious assholes, sure, but she didn't want them to die.

"Mako, grab Senketsu for me, alright? Just hang onto him for now," she ordered, gesturing towards the abandoned outfit. The last thing she wanted was her friend getting hurt too. Someone had to stop the rampage, though, and she was willing to try something.

"Um, ok!" Mako chirped, following her instructions. It was unfortunate that she didn't have time to change into him at the moment, but whatever.

Jules seemed like the bigger problem at the moment, and the dragon he was controlling (or was it controlling him?) wasn't really there. That meant she had to do something drastic.

His monologue was interrupted by Yui's battle scream as she ran at him, slightly faster than a normal human, but still not as fast as she could've been with Senketsu. She aimed to smack Jules with the blunt side of her scissor hard enough to knock him out, and hopefully not kill him.

I say that aloud too sometimes, just: "man, no life."
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Heya there! I'm West.
#243: May 22nd 2020 at 1:20:35 PM

Kaito didn't care or see what was happening around, be it the other people except Glace joining the fight or Jules' newly summoned dragon. All he cared about was to hit Otto.

He sent a gust of wind from his hands as powerful it could move a bench around towards him.

"You know, they might be scumbags and idiots, but I never approved of killing people. Killing people is for cowards. Cowards that cannot best them in battle." He said as he started to levitate through a small eddy below him.

"Let me guess, you either discovered you were a supervillain or your supervillain split personality took over. What was your origin? Broken-hearted person who got powers and went on a revenge rampage and was stopped by a hero, thus hating them forever? Meek and shy scientist caught in a lab accident, thus maddening and possibly getting a split personality? Or just a crook doing it for the thrill?" Continued to say Kaito as he started to blast Otto over and over with gusts of wind as he got higher and higher.

"Did you have a supervillain name back in your home universe? Eight limbs, an doctorate if everyone's careers are all similar enough to our original ones... Doctor Octopus, maybe? With those arms around, your nemesis had to be agile as a monkey!"

If there's a book you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison
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UFO: Unstoppable Force of Obnoxiousness
#244: May 22nd 2020 at 1:42:49 PM

Park Chaos

Nelle's eyes widened. Loptous still didn't pull any punches, despite her plea.

Her espression darkened.

"I won't stand aside...", she stated firmly, looking at the ground.

Feeling the dark energy pulsating from the Earth Dragon's body...seeing all that violence...all that blood....

It was too much for her. Literally.

Her body was warping erratically as strange static effects surrounded her body.

"...Not until you stop carrying out this CARNAGE!"

She was reading an attack, a slap to be precise. But, with an unexpected twist, the attack turned out to be some kind of lash/whip attack, as she stretched her arm to unusual lengths, directed toward Loptous.

Edited by Noussibonne on May 22nd 2020 at 10:45:14 AM

Sweet dreams are made of this~ Who am I to disagree?
ZodanTheUnbounceable from Everywhere, Nowhere, Somewhere Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#245: May 22nd 2020 at 2:50:09 PM

Park

Having missed the dragon, Oni whirls around, his hands cupping to his side out of sheer reflex. And he’s...floating?!

Blinded by anger at what he’s seeing, a word comes to mind. A word whose meaning he doesn’t entirely understand at the moment...

“Kamehame...”

A bluish-white sphere of energy forms between the kid’s hands, shining with a radiant light as it grows in size. Anyone who can detect power may notice an insane amount emanating from this kid...and growing!

“Ha...!”

Oni thrusts his hands forward, launching the light as a white beam of energy at the dragon apparition.

Edited by ZodanTheUnbounceable on May 22nd 2020 at 5:50:32 AM

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Fit check for my napalm era!
#246: May 22nd 2020 at 3:26:31 PM

"Meek and shy scientist caught in a lab accident?" Why does that sound so familiar? Why does it hurt? Why...


"If you could see this, you'd be so proud. I finished it. I finished the machine.

The young scientist could hardly contain her excitement as she threw her hands in the air. This machine would change everything! Her desire to make a difference and help others was starting to come true!

Then, everything went dark.

"Well, Miss Snow. You're definitely a bright one. A little too bright."'

The sound of a switch being flipped.

"Don't worry. This will all be over in a snap."

She was trapped. Trapped inside the machine. Desperately trying to escape before she froze to death...

She emerged cold. Pale. Primal.

"What was it that you said?" she asks. "Don't worry. This will all be over in a snap." Her lips press against his, and he falls. For a brief, wonderful moment, she feels warm again.


For several seconds, she just stands there, trying to make sense of this. Trying not to be hurt by Kaito's words. It wasn't directed at her, so why did it hurt? Though she tried to control it, her outer expression clearly showed she was offended.

The cold around her grew more intense. Icicles were hovering around her, ready to be hurtled in Otto's direction if he tried to kill again...

>^owo^<
Booky Since: Sep, 2015
#247: May 22nd 2020 at 6:27:07 PM

-Octavius

Two of the arms slammed into the ground, keeping him firmly in place. "Firstly, your argument makes no logical sense. This isn't a battle. And I did best them, as pitifully easy as that was, and so I should kill them. They were dangerous. Split personality?" Octavius laughed, a thin, mad, humorless chuckle."You've been reading too much fiction. There is no "split" here. I am whole. And there was no accident. I...." ,he paused for a moment, lost. Then the tentacles flexed and he was back."I took what was offered, the power that was the fruit of my labor that...Osborn...tried to take from me."

The claw holding the young man came up, and another snaked forward to grasp him by the head."Foolish. If I kill this worthless punk now, you cannot stop me. And I could. Easily. Like killing a fly. Or a spider. I was educating them, anyway. Doesn't he seem like he's learned his lesson about respecting his betters?"

The claw started to tighten as he moved to face Caitlin."Doctor." He nodded respectfully."I see you've had some changes yourself. I am my true self now. Awake. Doctor Octopus. Are you?"

Pentigan Fwomph from The Underverse Since: Apr, 2010
Fwomph
#248: May 22nd 2020 at 6:54:30 PM

The Park

It felt like all at once the fragile artifice of normalcy fell down around her; The kid carrying the uniform had conjured a dragon, the dude with the metal arms had starting flinging bullies about like ragdolls, someone had drawn a gun and someone else had started pleading for things to stop, one of the kids had burst into flames or something and just in general the scene had devolved into a clash of power upon power. Amid it all, Sandra couldn't help but stare at the dragon. This felt a lot like that dream, the only problem is she wasn't on fire yet. If she was on fire, she could kill the dragon, she could redeem her failure.

"Maybe... Maybe it was real after all."

Instinct kicked in, a subconscious reaching out to find sources of power to draw from. She felt nothing special from the forests and plains that made up this state and even the islands on the Great Lakes held nothing of worth to her. But she found what she longed for, a single mote of red from a quarry and a town... A town named Mountain. And even a single red mana was enough to ignite.

A flood of fragmented flashes of memory come back as she breathes in the red and breathes out power, basic training and half-absorbed lessons. Her hair ignites, red locks replaced by a raging inferno as a small and tentative mass of fire and red lightning formed in her hands. The word 'Shock' flashes across her brain as she sights the dragon and throws this mass of plasma.

A small start, but one that cemented her truth. She was Chandra Nalaar, Pyromancer.

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
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#249: May 22nd 2020 at 7:04:08 PM

"This may get unpleasant."

Right about then, it sucked to be Loptous. The combination of Oni's Kamehameha and Chandra's plasma destroyed the dragon apparition. The blunt side of Yui's scissor slammed him on the head, and Nelle's arm smacked his face for good measure. Neither attack had any physical effect, of course—magic and all—but it still hurt.

Loptous staggered backward, snarling at the four of them. "You little nothings. How dare you?"

With a wave of his hand, he conjured up another apparition. This one he sent at Yui, aiming to coil around her and crush her just like he'd crushed the boy's leg. (Said boy was currently feebly attempting to crawl away. No matter. With a leg like that, he wouldn't get very far.)

"Look inside yourself and to the stars; there, you will find your answers."
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#250: May 22nd 2020 at 7:37:24 PM

Park

"You leave them alone!"

Oni rushes at Loptous, lashing out at him with a flurry of blows. The kid's strikes are like those of a trained martial artist, if not a bit rusty. Even when avoided, each punch's aftermath feels like a truck passing inches from Loptous's face at top speed! The golden aura around Oni flares up even more, as if amplified by his growing rage.

"You're just enjoying hurting people!"

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