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Post by flightlessicarus on Dec 6, 2015 22:45:47 GMT -8
Seth stumbles out of the teleportal, wearing the same red long-sleeve and prospit yellow pajama pants as last time. He looks over and notices Micha nearby.
"Michα, just the person I wαs hoping to see. We need to tαlk."
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Post by lunarLunatic on Dec 7, 2015 14:02:07 GMT -8
A voice, a very unfamiliar one, calls out from outside the base:
'Outsiders, I wish to speak to you all. This is very urgent. I ask for your full cooperation.'
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Post by flightlessicarus on Dec 7, 2015 16:29:53 GMT -8
The voice is heard.
"...It cαn wαit. We should check this shit out."
Seth walks calmly towards the main room exit and up the stairs.
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Post by SJmun on Dec 7, 2015 16:33:35 GMT -8
Niki puts the scrub brush and bucket to the side and stands up.
"Micha, this sounds pretty important, let's go."
She walks to the transportalizer and makes her way to the lobby.
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Post by lunarLunatic on Dec 7, 2015 22:58:51 GMT -8
Outside the hideout, a small person wearing an azure cloak decorated with feathers stands in front of the entrance, waiting as patiently as they could.
Their short, bowl cut hair lightly flutters in a breeze that seemingly...isn't actually there.
The sound of metal tapping lightly tapping against metal is heard as the group gets closer, as well as a faint hum.
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Post by metreu on Dec 7, 2015 23:01:04 GMT -8
Micha follows along behind Seth, She put away her gun frames and keeps them all concealed.
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Post by flightlessicarus on Dec 7, 2015 23:06:23 GMT -8
Seth arrives and stands a reasonable distance from this new person. He huffs in vague frustration.
"Okαy, whαt do you wαnt? It better be something importαnt, I'm here on business."
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Post by lunarLunatic on Dec 7, 2015 23:36:24 GMT -8
At the first sight of Seth, the cloaked person shifts to a more defensive position. They seemed to be wearing silver armor. ' Clockwork Dol-...Wait. No, you're not him. You seem much too...Real.'  They shift back into their normal standing position. ' I apologize. I had assumed that you were someone else.' They bow. ' I am Balmung, Head of the Winged Knights and former member of Gintopolis Grand Council. I, too, am on official business.' They then point down to the meteor floor. ' I have heard from a fellow council member that the Maiden of Despair has been sighted here a long while ago. Is that correct?' |
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Post by SJmun on Dec 7, 2015 23:40:27 GMT -8
"...maiden of despair? what do you mean by that? There was a weird thing the other day with Raine going vine crazy, but that's about it."
Niki is very confused and out of the loop right now.
Meanwhile, Ikin is taking a mud bath in a pool in the skate park not too far away.
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Post by flightlessicarus on Dec 7, 2015 23:53:15 GMT -8
"...did you run into α shittier version of me somewhere? There's α lot of them out there." Being used to the hostility, he just asks for clarification.
"Also, thαt wαsn't exαctly Rαine on thαt dαy. Thαt wαs some other bitch using her body. Would you hαppen to know αnything αbout thαt? Better yet, where the fuck we could find either of them?"
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Post by lunarLunatic on Dec 8, 2015 0:05:35 GMT -8
'I apologize. I realize that I am not speaking with native residents.'
They clear their voice and starts to elaborate.
'The Maiden of Despair is a dangerous being. She wishes to exact revenge on all who had opposed her in her life, even if it means taking what she wants by force.
She is a cancerous, unstable individual. She is the cause of many hostile Figments in this bubble.
We had sealed her away, keeping her consciousness dormant for a long while. At least, until Lady Ananke had disappeared.' They lowered their head.
'Her disappearance had triggered the disappearance of our leader, who is a vital part of this bubble's existence.
She governs the bubble itself, and has the ability to manipulate it to her will; an ability she shares with the Maiden of Despair. Her power acted as a balance, keeping the Maiden from causing further harm.'
They look at the group with a stern look in their pale eyes.
'Now that she has gone missing, the balance has shifted to the Maiden's favor. This has caused chaos, and has left the peaceful residents in this bubble in a state of uneasiness. And now that you have told me that she has stolen a physical vessel...Things may have turned from bad to worse. Which is why I came here, to seek your assistance.'
They then turn to Seth, answering his question:
'Not quite a solid version of you. The Clockwork Doll is a Figment, a sort of being made from the collective unconscious of specific residents of this dream. He is...a very unstable character, as conflicting feelings tend to give way to a conflicting form. He means well, but has uncontrollable violent episodes...We have to watch him constantly to minimize casualties...'
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Post by SJmun on Dec 8, 2015 0:15:48 GMT -8
Ikin suddenly appears front and center, still covered in mud
"!tsixe t'ndid erugif taht thguoht I tub ?ymene nommoc eht ?eknanA ydal"
Niki just sorta stares at Ikin like wat. then she finally speaks.
"umm... Ikin? I don't think she's talking about the same thing. Probably just another occurrence of invoking a title to convey power or something."
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Post by flightlessicarus on Dec 8, 2015 6:53:56 GMT -8
This seems all too familiar to Seth. With each piece of the puzzle, it more and more resembles the structure of his previous adventure. From what he can tell, Lady Ananke was like Thanatos is to the clocktower to them. And the maiden of despair? the best analog he could think of would either be Chronos or Thoren. But why would someone suddenly disappear from a bubble?
Slightly glaring towards Ikin, he raises a query.
"A question. Hαve there been αny reports of meddling outsiders lαtely? I've hαd to deαl with some similαr shit in the pαst αnd there wαs α desperαte outsider αt the root of it αll."
He ponders the description of the clockwork doll. From what he can tell, an imaginary construct representative of his reputation across time, for the Kats at least. Had he really been feared that much by her in the past? He knows it's inevitable that someone out there is going to fear him, but did it have to affect Kat to such a wide margin? Seth wishes he could do something to set them at ease with him and this doll, though perhaps it cannot be changed.
"If there's αny issues with the doll, first try to figure out whαt he's fighting for. There's αlwαys α reαson behind every conflict."
Hopefully their copy of his template is similar enough for that tip to have any effect.
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Post by lunarLunatic on Dec 8, 2015 10:58:55 GMT -8
They look towards the mud covered individual. Then back at Niki.
'Er, yes. We had given her the name...For one as she was the only one with dominion over Time. Another reason is that she has made an effort to change our fates for the better.
Long before, we were lost, and had given up on ever finding our happiness. After all, we were dead, what else could we do when we no longer have anything left? That changed because of her.
She had begun a movement that urged everyone to begin a new 'life', collaborating with our leader into bringing hope back to the lost.'
Their face changes to a more softer, sentimental expression.
'She symbolizes that our cruel fate can be changed for the better. If I had to use a more archaic term...She was indeed the Savior of the Dreaming Dead.'
They shift back to their usual, serious face.
'As for a meddling outsider...I have not exactly heard news of one. I am not sure if it is because there wasn't one or because our forces have not found one yet. And the Clockwork Doll...'
They sigh, as if in resignation.
'...He truly does not want to harm anyone, and we have tried to find a way to stop his urges...But somehow, as I have heard from him, he feels like someone's causing these violent episodes. Says that he hears a voice beckoning him before his memory gets hazy...and wakes up with blood in his hands. Our only theory is that the Maiden of Despair is using him to cause havoc.'
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Post by flightlessicarus on Dec 9, 2015 7:22:25 GMT -8
So not only is he wound up, but he also on strings... Seth then remembers the thing he was going to discuss with the group.
"So, your leαder's went missing, superbitch took over, αnd nobody knows whαt the fuck to do αbout it? Now would be α good time for me to explαin my plαn."
"Like the group you're from, I hαppen to know αbout one similαr, but populαted by the ghosts of my doomed timeclones. I've visited them once or twice in some previous dreαms. Most of them αren't exαctly worth tαking the time to get to know, but α couple of them αt leαst hαve some decent development to them. A desire most of us hαve there though, is the desire to help αny Kαt who needs it. If I cαn rαlly them up, I'm sure some of them cαn lend α spαre hαnd towαrds setting things right in the bubble you cαll home."
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