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Alexander Krizak
The Ultimate Lifeform
Posts: 97
(6/3/02 2:25:15 am)
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Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round One

Pappara funi funi pappara hoe hoe
Pappara funi funi tamago
Pappara funi funi pappara hoe hoe
Yaitara kagechatta
Pappara funi funi pappara hoe hoe
Pappara funi funi o imo.
Pappara funi funi pappara hoe hoe
Yedetara togechatta
Mind Division Presents
Tottemo tottemo kuuruna anata ni
An an sukari muchuu
Uttori nettori haato go dokiri
Choppiri misechau wa
Tenki ga ii kara doka e ikitai
Yan yan onegai kiite
Uhhan tokubetsu gouka na ranchi wo
Doka de ageru karan rararan
Ran rararan
Ya yayanan
Ya yayanan
An Alexander Krizak Production
In Association With The Moogle Cafe and Random Insanity
Tou zai nan boku tan nansha pei
Ran rararan
Ran rararan
Ya yayanan
Ya yayanan
Wan tu sri fo ii al san suu
Rurouni Taikai Tactics: Always Learning
Tomato wa dame
Watashi no mono
Tako wa ageru
Mitame ga kirai
Featuring characters from the productions of Square, Nintendo, and Sega
Pappara funi funi pappara hoe hoe
Pappara funi funi tamago
Pappara funi funi pappara hoe hoe
Yuden akaya nama tamago
Pappara funi funi pappara hoe hoe
Pappara funi funi biiru
Pappara funi funi pappara hoe hoe
Yuden akaya nama biiru
Final Fantasy series, Chrono Cross, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Front Mission 3, Golden Sun...
Nandaka choppiri sono ki ni nateru
An an anatano hitomi
Utturi shittori muudo mo pitari
Suri suri shichao ka na
Nan nimo shirinai ubu-nashuuju ni
Yan yan iwasecha yaa yo
Uhhun saigo no koroshi monku
Wa yapari anata karan rararan
Ran rararan
Ya yayanan
Ya yayanan
Killer Instinct, Legend of Zelda, SaGa Frontier, Sakura Taisen, Seiken Densetsu 3...
Kamusa hamunida aimu sori
Ran rararan
Ran rararan
Ya yayanan
Ya yayanan
Raochuu kanpea
Sotsugyou banzai
Shitton battou
Nana shou hachi hai
Jakuniku kyoushoku
Yakiniku teishoku
Shenmue, Skies of Arcadia, Sonic Adventure 2, Starfox, Super Mario, and Xenogears
Tamago wa dame
Watashi no mono
Yan tamago tamago
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Act One, Part One: Extraterrestrials and Extradimensionals
“Those fools…” the draconic young man commented as he watched the scientists prepare their device. “So blinded by their arrogance that they don’t stop to realize how dangerous and unpredictable their research is…” He tapped the thick, lead-lined wall behind him and smirked. “As if a thick wall is going to help them when their experiment goes awry.” He straightened his newly-acquired lab coat and turned away from the observation window, to face a large glowing sphere behind him. The sphere was projected by a small crystal on the ground, and in it he saw the various contestants he had gathered, each one in a different area of the facility. He looked from one face to another, seeing varying expressions of puzzlement, anger, and determination.
“Welcome to the Calandyne Research Facility, the venue for the first round of this tournament. Before the action begins, I thought that I would clear up a few things.”
“First of all, if you all look at your right arms, you will notice a bracer made of crystal.“ He watched as the various contestants looked down at their arms, and then held his own bracer up to the sphere. His bracer was black, and like the rest of them, resembled a large insect, with it’s six ‘legs’ curled around his wrist. “This device is a vital element of this tournament, and it cannot be removed as a result. It’s various abilities will be revealed to you as the tournament progresses; however, there are a few functions I would like you to know about right off the bat.”
“First off, I realize that some of you are here against your will, and I’m not sadistic enough to force people to fight to the death. Therefore, when you get close to death, the bracer will activate a force field that will protect you from any further damage. However, should it do this, you will be eliminated from competition, and the field will restrict your abilities severely.”
“This leads me to my next point, which is your teams. You have all been placed in teams, and your bracers have been linked to those of your teammates. Whenever a member of your team has been damaged, while you will not feel their pain, you will lose some of your own lifeforce. When one of your bracers activates, they will all activate, eliminating your entire team from the competition. Therefore, it is in your best interest to work with your team for your mutual benefit.”
“As for your battle today, while you should concentrate on fighting each other, you will also have another threat to deal with.” He turned back to the observation window, and the sphere moved closer, giving it (and thus, the participants) a better view of the lab below. As they watched, an automated robot deposited a large mineral into a green beam of electricity.
Suddenly, the machinery began to explode violently. Green lightning arched across the room, burning gouges into the walls and shattering the observation windows. The host didn’t even blink as the glass in front of his imploded and he was struck with the electricity. A moment later, more green lightning appeared behind the young man, and a hideous monster popped into existence. It was two metres tall and covered with green and red mottled scales. It’s single eye focused on the host, who still had his back turned, and it’s twisted, malformed claws began to glow with energy. Before it could attack, though, the young man turned, pulling a machine gun out of his lab coat and spraying the monster with hot lead. The creature let out a screech before it crumpled to the floor.
The winged young man lowered his gun and gestured to the dead creature. “The scientists here have been experimenting with opening interstellar rifts, which they believe would allow much faster deployment of troops and hardware to the battlefield. Unfortunately for them, they just opened a portal to another planet, and now aliens like this and a dozen other species are coming through and slaughtering them like animals.” He turned back to the glowing sphere. “What you do about this is up to you. You can ignore the problem, save the scientists, or even save the aliens, should you wish. The choice, as always, is up you.” He snapped his fingers and the glowing sphere abruptly shut off. Sighing, he said to nobody in particular, “Well, here we go. I sure hope this works…”
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Sprites by Kojichan!
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VLV-HLF-612: Calandyne Research Facility
Starting Time: 2:00AM MDT Monday Morning
Ending Time: 12:00AM MDT Monday Evening
Special Rules: Clear Strategy
Mini-Games: Three-Sided Conflict
You have awoken to find yourself alone within the sprawling Calandyne Research Facility, which is currently experiencing a major crisis. The military laboratory is located in the middle of the badlands, it’s many buildings built into the natural rock formations. An automated transit system connects different points of the facility, and a permanent staff of scientists and security guards populate the various laboratories.
The facility is being steadily overrun by an invading force of alien beings. These aliens are vicious and can not be negotiated with. They tend to travel in packs of similar types, and they’re smart enough to form strategies and create ambushes. As if that wasn’t enough, reality itself is a bit unstable, and tremors run through the ground on occasion, causing structures to collapse. The military has yet to show up yet, but it’s only a matter of time before they do.
The aliens come in a wide variety of forms, but if you can’t come up with anything, here’s a couple of examples:

Special Rule
In such a militaristic setting, the surest path to victory involves having a Clear Strategy. So, in order to observe your strategies, all votes must be made publicly in this round, and they must be accompanied by a post describing how you cast those votes.
Mini-Games
Three-Sided Conflict: This mini-game will start at 12PM MDT on Monday afternoon. More information will be provided at that time.
 ~ I am you, and you are me ~ This defies reality ~ Whether this is false or true ~ You are me, and I am you Edited by: Alexander Krizak at: 6/3/02 2:45:38 am
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Curley WEAPON
RTT: Cinder
Posts: 23
(6/3/02 2:27:59 am)
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Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round One
FIRST!!!
EDIT: Now to read.
EDIT2: Heh, neat little sprites of everybody Krizak. Did you make those, or did someone make them for you?
I'm just gonna finish up my intro(better late than never), then go to bed. I have work tomorrow, so don't expect much from me this round.
EDIT3: Hmm. Look's like we got Gray and orange instead of grey and silver. Oh well, look's nice in my opinion.
Edited by: Curley WEAPON at: 6/3/02 2:50:00 am
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Munkwunk
RTT: Onion Kid Dath
Posts: 1097
(6/3/02 2:44:58 am)
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Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round One
Blink.
"Wow, this is some strange place," Dath muttered to himself, glancing around the facility. "Well, I don't suppose it's any more strange than the other dungeons I've been in before, but it certainly does seem odd. Piece of cake to someone who's saved the world, though. No problem!"
Moments later, the "seasoned" warrior, Onion Kid Dath, found himself lying face down on the floor, covering his head before some strange creature nearly took it clean off.
"WHOA! That thing looks strange. Not as strange as those multiplying beasts... erk... but strange, indeed. Stupid thing better not aim for my head again, or I'll... ack!" He covered his head once more, barely escaping certain death. Quickly jumping to his feet, Dath yelled up at the creature as it swooped overhead, "Hey, you! I didn't save an entire planet just to be killed here! You're mine!"
In an instant, Dath had his sword drawn and was slashing it upward, cleaving the winged beast in two as it swooped down once more. Each half fell to either side of the boy, creating quite the mess around his feet. "Uck! How disgusting," he thought to himself. "I'm glad I wasn't wearing mage robes, or they'd be all messy. in that gooey stuff."
Shaking the odd-coloured blood off of his boots, the Onion Kid set out to explore, curious to see what new oddities he could find in this strange place.
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KojiChao
Customer
Posts: 8
(6/3/02 2:45:18 am)
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Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round One
Shiny. I'm among one of the firsts.... o.o Let's hope nothing goes wrong whilst this happens..
*eyes someone whom she knows is watching her* Leave me alone to play! >.< You can't control me!
(How perfect is that... Just when I begin thinking up an entrance, my character's theme song plays in Winamp......then the other character whom is associated with Shadow, has her theme playing. This is odd.)
(Off note: Krizak, when you said red and green scaled creature, I first thought you were talking about Bowser. ^_^)
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With a great groan, Shadow bowed his head to the floor, closing his eyes as he did. A migrane, though it wouldn't be the worst he would endure on this experiance.
He extended his arm, and flexed his paw, testing the new gauntlet-device strapped to his arm. What a peculiar object. "What... is this?" Looking beyond the arm-piece, he glanced to the floor upon noticing a bright green sparkle. His eyes widened as he recognized the precious jewel, "A Chaos Emerald..!" (OOC: Captian Obvious. )
Looking back to reflect breifly upon the past events leading up to his 'new life', he remembered falling from the sky, burning and the strange blue man...however, he had failed to notice he had been gripping onto one of the Emeralds. Shadow stooped to pick up the precious gem, tossing it into the air a few times to get a feel for it, before commenting, "If this is here, with me... there's going to be one Hedgehog who will be missing out on 'Super Fun'. It will become useful to me later..." A Smirk, at the simple mentioning of the Blue Hedgehog.
A noise creaked behind him, causing his ears to twitch following the sound, and his grip to tighten upon the Chaos Emerald. Quickly, the hedgehog turned around, his eyes frantically scanning to see where the source of the sound was comming from. Normally he couldn't be distracted so easily, however, this circumstance was clearly not normal...
Taking a step aback, Shadow glanced around again. Could it have been his imagination? No, there was clearly something else here with him, although where it was located wasn't so clear.
He turned, and began padding away from his enclosure, following himself down a metallic hallway as his shoes created a dull thrumming against the floor. Idly, the Hedgehog mused, 'So, it seems my first task, is to help rid of these pests.' A gloved paw ran to the back of his neck, rubbing it slightly. It seemed a bit stiff.
"Hmmm?" Shadow shot his head up, upon hearing the noise again. This time louder than before. He could partialy pin-point it, and picked up his pace into a slow jog down the hallway, before his shoes kicked in gliding him forward with their thrust. Skating was the way this Hedgehog moved, instead of running, and did so well. He took a corner, as he floored down the way, as the hallway opened to a large bay of sort, railings running along side him.
The source of the sound, had been found. Floating menacingly in the bay below him, the creature was flailing, destroying boxes and slicing the walls down without flinching. "Uhg, these things are more hidious up close..." Stopping to rest beside the railing, he watched the demon destroy a few more things before dropping his apathetic gaze. He was asked to help dispose of these creatures, and he had nothing else better to do.
Taking a leap off the balcony, Shadow landed half-gracefully onto the floor below him, alerting the creature to his pressance. Without missing a beat, the green scaled demon turned and flew haphazardly towards the Hedgehog. It had been expecting company, so Shadow's dropping in did't come as a surprise to it.
Leaching out a tendril, it flailed out and snapped a few inches from Shadow's face. All that was offered in reply to the attempt, was the Hedgehog lept into the air, and curled into a tight ball. His spines flaired out of the ball, cutting into the creature as Shadow dropped.
'Disgusting.' Shadow thought as he heard the demon being torn into. Digging in a bit, he seemingly bounced from the reminants of the green thing, and landed upon the metal floor facing the puddle, "Pathetic..." Folding his arms, Shadow eyed a bit further down the way, looking for more signs of trouble. He learned to be on guard more often... With that, he turned and began jogging through the hallways again..
(Thanks to thissideupxl for images!)
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Edited by: KojiChao at: 6/3/02 3:49:31 am
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Alexander Krizak
The Ultimate Lifeform
Posts: 98
(6/3/02 2:47:03 am)
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Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round One
You've started off completely alone, and you'll have to find your teammates...
 ~ I am you, and you are me ~ This defies reality ~ Whether this is false or true ~ You are me, and I am you
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AsylumXKP
RTT::Conker
Posts: 28
(6/3/02 2:57:06 am)
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Another Bad Fur Day
OMFG OMFG! HALF-LIFE! GLEEEEEEEEEEEE! Alright, need to calm down. BTW, cool sprites for the teams! Let's get started shall we?
EDIT: NOW you tell me I have to find my teammates. Blah. Rewrite!
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His world was a blur. A tangled blur. Conker managed to find the strength to open his eyes, one after the other. It was still just a blur. He stared out the other competitors with his jaws open, a blank look on his face.
"Ugh... Wha? Uhh... Not again..." he said. Conker heard a voice.
"Welcome to the Calandyne Research Facility, the venue for the first round of this tournament. Before the action begins, I thought that I would clear up a few things.” said the voice.
"ARGH! Not sooooo damn loud!" Conker covered his ears.
“First of all, if you all look at your right arms, you will notice a bracer made of crystal. This device is a vital element of this tournament, and it cannot be removed as a result. It’s various abilities will be revealed to you as the tournament progresses; however, there are a few functions I would like you to know about right off the bat.”
"Brazier? But I don't have breasts, why would I want one?"
“First off, I realize that some of you are here against your will, and I’m not sadistic enough to force people to fight to the death. Therefore, when you get close to death, the bracer will activate a force field that will protect you from any further damage. However, should it do this, you will be eliminated from competition, and the field will restrict your abilities severely.”
“This leads me to my next point, which is your teams. You have all been placed in teams, and your bracers have been linked to those of your teammates. Whenever a member of your team has been damaged, while you will not feel their pain, you will lose some of your own lifeforce. When one of your bracers activates, they will all activate, eliminating your entire team from the competition. Therefore, it is in your best interest to work with your team for your mutual benefit.”
"Hay, hay, hay, whut he say about lifewhores and complication?"
“As for your battle today, while you should concentrate on fighting each other, you will also have another threat to deal with.”
"Right... I need to take my brazier... get sum live whores, and frown the complication... This is going to be easy!" Conker stumbled around the room, hitting his head against a window.
"What the?" he looked outside only to find out he was moving. He was on some sort of train, moving through what seemed like a desert.
"I like train rides... Mum always took me on the choo-choo and it was-- Ugh... MRPH!" Conker immediately puked in the middle of the train. He couldn't find anyone in there, save for one scientist.
"Ugh... Sorry..."
"Fascinating... A talking squirrel... I could experiment..."
"Who the #$^% do you tink you are trying to experiment on me! I'll blow yer head off you twat!"
"Hmm... Now where did I put my Probe-a-lizer 9000?" The scientist pulled out a long object that looked painful. VERY painful.
"I dun tink so!" Conker pulled out a massive frying pan, smacking the object away. "You's bettah not try tat again!"
The train stopped, and the scientist fleed from the stop. Conker stumbled out, holding onto a railing.
"Yeah! You's can run! But you's cannot... Cannot..." Conker puked again.
"Oh yeah, I'm gonna get tanked tonight!" Edited by: AsylumXKP at: 6/3/02 3:09:05 am
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Dareon
Mister Mage Mon
Posts: 22
(6/3/02 3:08:36 am)
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Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round One
(Congratulations, Krizak, on using a hunk of lyrics that could not have LESS to do with the situation at hand. XD Wish I'd played Half-Life... I suck at FPS games.)
Blue sighed and tapped the bracer on his arm. "I don't suppose you'll be leading me to my teammates?" Other then a swift, light ripple of color, the device was unresponsive. "I thought not. Thus, a map is out of the question?"
With the perversity of the inanimate, the bracer projected a large red 'X' onto the floor under his feet, with the words, 'YOU ARE HERE' above it.
"Figured." Blue sighed and slid his sleeve back over the device. In an unknown situation, defense should be your first priority...
"Power of Pentacles, rise and protect! Card Eidolon Shield!"
A glittering card appeared over Blue's head, scattering shards of frozen light. A lion-faced shield formed out of the air in front of the young mage, solidifying and disappearing with a clash.
"Charms protect and strike! GlassShield!"
Shards of crystalline energy swirled out of the air behind Blue, solidifying into a clear shield that hovered in front of him, twisting slightly in an unfelt eldritch breeze.
"Rune light, purify! FreedomRune!"
Soft, gentle light wrapped around Blue's form, boosting his natural defenses. He snapped his fingers, causing a blue-green spark to leap off them.
"That's... Wha?"
Time has come... Nownownownow... Letmeout...
"Uuhhh!" Blue sank to one knee, clutching his head and trying to silence the voice that hammered at his frontal lobes. "B-brother?"
Letmeout... Brotherbrotherbrother... Behind you...
The voice faded suddenly, and Blue whipped around. A small blue blob floated in mid-air, about waste height. Pendulous folds of some sort hung from its underside, and it floated gently along, swaying from side to side. Blue straightened up, hands falling into a ready position. It looked harmless, but the most innocuous forms hid fierce poison sometimes.
The small creature floated slowly towards Blue. At about ten feet, it stopped, suddenly sensing the mage's presence. A tentacle suddenly unfurled from the mass of flesh below it, striking swiftly at the mage.
The near-invisible shield in front of Blue suddenly flared white, darting to intercept the lightning-fast tentacle. The tentacle thudded dead-center into the shield, shattering it into a million pieces.
"Face the consequence of your act! BrokenGlass!" The pieces of shattered light turned in midair for a moment, then all oriented on the body of the creature and slashed in, shredding the alien into bits. The blob dropped to the floor, lifeless.
Pausing just long enough to remove the DragonShield he had gone through so much trouble to obtain out of his pack and strap it to his arm, Blue moved carefully off down the corridor, eyes open for humans or aliens alike.
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Slipstream
RTT: Gilder
Posts: 31
(6/3/02 3:29:06 am)
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Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round One
Ever had one of those days when nothing seems to be going right?
Waking up with a nasty hangover and finding yourself still in Valuan airspace was pretty much the tip of the arcwhale, Gilder sourly reflected, as compared with being forcefully abducted and brought to this weird location for the sake of some thrice-bedamned tournament. The walls of the corridor he was in were clearly artificial, cornering in harsh angles and lit by angular panels. The arrogance of technology had a foot in other places too, it seemed, and Gilder began to get a bad feeling in his gut about the entire thing.
"Hey, hey, anybody out there?" he yelled down the corridor, figuring that if there were others like himself who didn't come here voluntarily, he might have a better chance to stay alive. Nothing answered but echoes, but then a faint sound began at the furthest end, a sick squelching noise which moved rapidly in the direction of the shout's origin. Namely, Gilder.
The air pirate heard a hefty shape charging and occasionally crashing off the walls in a lopsided gait, snorting in anger and confusion, and Gilder's fingers were almost trembling as he drew the moonstone pistol he'd made himself and somehow fumbled the red cartridge into the chamber. The next crash sounded from just around the corner, and Gilder knelt and aimed as the monstrocity came into view. It was something like a vast furless dog, yet the head was grotesquely misshapen and heaving flaps in its side emitted the squelching noise he'd heard earlier.
"Die!" Gilder yelled at the thing, reflexively yanking the trigger and then doing so again in the next half-second with a more accurate shot. The two firebolts spat themselves out of the pistol and shot through the air, the first missing the creature entirely and taking out a panel of circuitry to the left. The second was more accurate, slamming the charging beast in the chest and pushing it back. There wasn't any fur to burn, however, and as the creature regained its footing and stared madly at the gunman it was fairly clear fire wouldn't stop this thing.
He didn't have the time to change cartridges - the thing rocketed towards him and Gilder flung himself to one side as the monster lashed out with clawed things ending its legs. They barely missed his body and tore a minor rent in his coat, then as the monster screeched to a halt something green and white dive-bombed it. Enraged, the snarling beast leapt into the air but widely missed the parrot who agilely flew up again to evade the attack.
Willy?
"Willy? Haelob, what are you doing, pal?" Gilder shouted in surprise, then realised it for himself. By distracting the beast by flying just out of its attack range Willy was giving Gilder the chance to get a clear shot on the thing. He didn't know if any of his moonstone attacks would work and this wasn't the time for experimentation, so as he threw himself towards the fiend his left hand drew and fired the silver six-shooter in one swift motion. Leaping towards it closed the distance and allowed a more accurate shot, and the thing yelped loudly and then collapsed as the single bullet punctured its brainpan.
Sighing, Gilder flicked open the chamber and reloaded the empty revolver as the green and white parrot squarked a greeting and setlled onto his shoulder. "Dunno why the dragon guy brought you here too, Willy, but glad to have you along," he said as he finished with the handgun and returned it to the holster - he didn't have many bullets so he'd have to rely on the moonstone pistol for the most part. He decided on the blue cartridge, figuring that if he couldn't injure them badly he could at least keep monsters away with the focused wind attack, and headed in a random direction with his weapon ready.

~~~~~ dance ~~~~~ for ~~~~~ me ~~~~~
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AsylumXKP
RTT::Conker
Posts: 29
(6/3/02 4:05:17 am)
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Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round One
Remember how I said I would be doing game and movie parodies? The hosts couldn't have picked a better site for a battle. Right. One more humorus post, then it's off to kick some arse! If you've played Half-Life you'll get all this.
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A computerized voice played over the loudspeakers. "DOOT-DOO. DOCTOR. SCRATCH .N. SNIFF. PLEASE. REPORT. TO. THE. CONTAINMENT. FIELD. IMMEDIATELY. THANK. YOU. DOOT-DOO!"
Conker looked puzzled. He walked up a flight of stairs, seeing a room full of computer servers, a large microphone, and a keypad. The squirrel stumbled over to the pad and pressed some random buttons.
"DOOT-DOO. MY. BALONEY. HAS. A. FIRST. NAME. IT. IS. OSCAR. THANK. YOU. DOOT-DOO." the other contestants looked confused hearing that last message as it flooded through the entire facility.
"Cool!" slurred Conker, as he pushed more buttons.
"DOOT-DOO. YOUR. TEAM. HAS. THE. ENEMY. FLAG. BLUE. WIZARD. NEEDS. FOOD. BADLY. I. NEED. SCISSORS. 61. DOOT-DOO."
"Eh, this is doing @#&$ all! Lemme try teh microtingy."
The loudspeakers crackled as a high pitched voice sounded. "Uh, excuse me! Hi. I have a brazier, and I am looking for some live whores for my complications! Umm... Doot-Doo?" Some contestants looked even more confused. Most of them laughed. The rest were offended. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the facility a giant turtle strolled about.
"Live Whores? Man! This place has EVERYTHING!" he smirked.
Back in the booth, Conker thought of fiddiling with more buttons, but decided to head off. A medicine cabinet caught his eye. Conker grabed a bottle of "Alka-Seltzer".
"Now I just need a glass, and some water..."
Conker is equipped with the Alka-Seltzer
=== Lvl 1 Adept. 6 Attack Votes, 4 Reversal Votes, 60 Special Points ===
"Oh yeah, I'm gonna get tanked tonight!"
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Sylphid
RTT - Vivi
Posts: 15
(6/3/02 4:10:03 am)
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1-1
Cool, it's begun!
First, to point out some stuff about Vivi this time around, mainly for story purposes and such.
Equipment:
~Zephyr Staff (Imbued within the staff are the three Wind magics, Aero, Aera, and Aeraga. All may be used immediatly upon equipping. There is a fourth spell, as well, but it cannot be used yet - I'll add it when it becomes necessary.)
~Red Robe (Vivi's red robe. It provides little defense, but resists almost all types of magic to some extent.)
~Mage's Hat (Tall, pointed, and easy to spot. Yes, it's still keeled over.)
~Mage's Boots (Basic footwear for a mage - not magically resistant, however, so walking on lava or other normally hazardous surfaces is not possible - you'll have to find another way.)
~Sylf's Pendant (Summons the Wind Elemental Warrior, Sylf. His magic can be used to attack enemies with the power of Wind, or just to serve as a companion and travelling buddy. Can be used once per round, and Sylf lasts for a few hours before dispelling.)
Vivi also has access to all White and Black Magic spells, as well as the Wind spells Aero, Aera, and Aeraga. He also has access to any and all Abilities (Auto-Float, Auto-Haste, etc...), but any spells that would actually resist properties that would be relevant to the game (i.e. Loudmouth - resist Silence) can never be used and cannot have any impact upon Vivi's Status, SP, or Damage Taken (in other words, I'm not using his innate skills to get an advantage ^.^). Also, unless an ability is specifically stated by me or a teammate, assume that ability to be non-functional.
I'm granting my teammates full control of Vivi at all times. Don't send him off a cliff or into the gaping jaws of an alien, alright? ^.^
Alrighty! Here we go!
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The mage found himself alone.
A steel corridor stretched before him, and behind him, awash in a dim, pale blue glow from a few light fixtures spaced equidistantly down the hall. The walls echoed with a mechanical humming noise.
Vivi stood up, clutching the Zephyr staff in hand. Gazing about revealed nobody in the immediate vicinity. This wasn't a time to let fear petrify him, though (there were spells for that! ^.^).
I've been in this kind of situation before... I... I can do this... the mage thought to himself.
But, what was the first move? To find his teammates, of course. But who, or... what... was he looking for?
Best to start looking somewhere... The mage proceeded down the corridor, his boots giving off a hollow echo as he cautiously walked. A door granted access at the end of the corridor...
A scream echoed in the distance over the humming of machines, sending a shiver down the mage's spine. But it definitely did not sound human...
Just knowing that there were aliens lurking about in this complex only seemed to make it worse - maybe ignorance WAS bliss after all...
Hell, not even having the slightest idea about what could be behind the next door frightened the mage beyond belief. So much for trying to be brave...
Images rushing through his head of the terrors that lurked ahead, the mage put a quivering hand upon the latch and lifted the handle ever so slowly....
And nothing happened. Literally. The door was locked.
A bit upset - and a bit relieved, as well! - the mage sighed as he turned to search for another route.
The force of the impact knocked the door off its hinges, nearly sending it flying into the mage. It did however send Vivi sprawling to the floor, knocking his staff out of his hands, sliding a few metres away.
The creature let out a blood-curdling scream, sending its cry pulsing throughout several levels of the lab. It set its several beady eyes upon the young mage, ready to devour Vivi with its tentacles...
Vivi flipped over, shaking, to cast his eyes upon the alien being that had hurtled through the door. It was a hideous creature, covered in a darkened sepia-toned layer of scales, oozing a dark opaque liquid from several open sores on its body. Its claws appeared crystalline and razor sharp, and just below the seven or eight scarlet eyes where its mouth should have been were thousands of fleshy tentacles, all flipping and wiggling sporradically.
Not to mention, it smelled horrible. Even chocobo dung smelled like potpurri compared to this thing.
The mage crawled back ever so slowly, shivering in fear. "S-s-st-ay a-a-way....!" he barely managed to get out. "D-d-don't come any c-closer...!!"
The beast could sense the mage's fear, as it watched the little wizard scurry away... but it wasn't about to give up a meal that easily.
Vivi continued to slide away, crab-walking a few centimetres at a time. If he could just get to his staff...
The creature lunged and attacked, leaping forward at the mage, surprising him. In a futile attempt to defend himself, the mage thrust his hand forward and turned his head away, eyes closed...
...all while shouting at the top of his lungs. "FIRAGA!!"
An inferno instantly erupted out of the palm of his hand. The wall of flame easily engulfed the beast in little time, setting the oozing creature ablaze. The creature let out another spine-tingling scream as its skin burned, augmented by the flammable liquids it emitted from its pores. The blaze continued to roar from the mage's gloved hand, searing the hellspawned creature beyond recognition as it began to melt away into little more than a charred mound of flesh and gore...
The spell ended, leaving the mage lying on the ground, quivering. Slowly, he opened his eyes, and realized that he was still alive...
Which wasn't something that could be said for the alien, which bubbled and gurgled on the corridor floor.
Reaching for his staff and standing up, the mage carefully looked around once more to make sure there were no more foes in plain sight. He would definitely be using the Scan spell before entering any doors or passing around any corners, now...
Vivi, casting Float upon himself to leap over the pile of dissolving muck, proceeded on down the hallway... but not before casting Scan once more...
Danger!
162 unknown lifeforms detected!
Ulp...
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EDIT: Heh, looks like I plagurized Monster No. 2 up there. And I only looked at it for a second! I thought I was making up all its properties, too. ^.^
Half-Life, you say those are from? Another game I shall never play, then. Creepy stuff like that freaks me out. We all know how I react to simple SPIDERS from Diablo II... O.o
 Vivi has returned once again for Rurouni Taikai Tactics. Member of Team ~Disciples of Wind~ Sponsored by Sylphid
Lord Sylphid - Master of Wind Madness takes its toll... please carry exact change. Edited by: Sylphid at: 6/3/02 4:27:01 am
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daigohji
RTT: Ryo Hazuki
Posts: 12
(6/3/02 5:00:57 am)
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here we go
OOC: LMAO, okay so it has 'dragon' in the title, but are the lyrics from Dragon Half really that appropriate? I'm guessing you picked that one back when RTT was going to be more comedy oriented.
Half-Life, coolness. Judging by the name of that mini-game I suppose the special forces won't be showing up for quite a while.
Story soon.

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Baka
Wind Seer
Posts: 66
(6/3/02 5:32:16 am)
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Act 1, Scene 1 - "Lightning"
Kriz, you can have the Octopus - I hate the way it looks :P
Hm, this looked bigger when I wrote it
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"Well.. this isn't exactly what I had in mind."
Ivan smoothed down his robes, then took a look at the device attached to his arm. "Functional... like all this place I've seen so far." Touching the bracelet, he sent his mind probing into the mechanism - "Reveal!" - and pulled out instantly. The inside was like nothing he'd ever seen - wires, electrical pulses, and a magical force covering it all. Dropping his arm to his side, he pulled the Shaman's rod from his belt and twirled it aimlessly. "Looks like that's not coming off in a hurry. So.. to find these team-mates of mine."
And that was another problem. In order to find these supposed team-mates, he would have to search the base - and he didn't even know who he was looking for! Oh well.. no sense in standing around here.
Ivan walked to the door of the room and stuck his head out - in time for a bolt of green lightning to fly down towards him! Throwing himself to the floor, he rolled across the corridor, pressing himself as flat as he could to avoid the blasts randomly firing over his head. Crawling slowly, he looked up to see what was causing the danger - and pushed himself frantically to the left as a bolt hit the space where he'd been lying! From this angle, he could make out a blasted hole in the wall - the lightning was emanating from the darkness beyond. As he looked, a green crackle flickered in the hole, illuminating a device of some sort lying on its side - and the lightning was starting to crackle towards him, across the entire floor! Ivan instinctively began to crawl away, back into the room - but his robe was stuck on something in the floor - and the floor began to heat up as the glow sped towards him - and he couldn't move - and the lightning reached him - "Ward!"
When Ivan opened his eyes again, the green lightning hissed at him, an inch away from his face, crackling against a white lightning barrier. Standing, he pulled his robe off the cracked floortile and dusted it down. "Wind 1, strange green lightning, nil."

Baka // Wind Seer // Salva Nos Edited by: Baka at: 6/3/02 6:21:25 am
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Darkken
RTT - Yamazaki Shinnosuke
Posts: 10
(6/3/02 6:08:21 am)
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Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round One
Er. Yamazaki is Adept, not Rogue. Nice sprite, though. ^_^
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Yamazaki weighed his sword in his hand. It still felt the same as when he had last killed with it. With a precise maneuver, he unsheathed it, and set out to walking down one of the corridors. He looked at the technology with great interest. The steam vehicles of his home country were very far indeed from these wonders of electricity, and the mechanician within him felt some desire to take a closer look on them.
The blue creature had explained the meaning of the tournament in his dream. He was quite surprised that it had, in fact, turned out to be reality, but it was something he'd have to adapt to. Fighting for his life in such a tournament was hardly what he'd imagined his life to become, but he knew he had no choise but to survive.
Ayame-san. I will return to you one day. Please, wait for me...
The thought of Ayame brought another thought to his mind, the prospect of the other contestants. Teams? Yamazaki shrugged irritably. He was unrivalled in the art of swordsmanship, and he knew perfectly well that it would be almost impossible that his teammates would be up to his caliber. He had been glad to fight as one of the Taikoumabutai, but here, in this strange world, there could be no one like them...
Well... as long as they're not fairytale creatures or anything, I guess I can get along with them.
It was then that Yamazaki realized that he was being watched. He could feel the eyes of an alien creature watching him near the ceiling. He didn't stop, keeping his pace, steadfastly looking forwards. He knew that the alien was planning on attacking him by surprise... and he also knew that the victory would belong to the one who would get his surprise attack in, attacker or defender.
With a loud screech, the alien creature tried to drop on him. Smiling coldly, Yamazaki lunged onwards.
Skilfully, he both accelerated and moved his hand to the hilt of his katana, and in one maneuver, he unsheathed his blade and stroke, cutting the alien creature in two. Angrily, he made a slash in the air with the sword, so that the blood of the creature - green, Yamazaki noted - flew to a wall, forming a straight line. Yamazaki unsheathed his blade, and went on walking.
Now... much as I detest the idea of teammates, I suppose I should try and find them... I wouldn't like one of them getting himself killed, and then me having to deal with the consequences.
Suddenly, a great sound boomed from the loudspeakers of the base.
"Uh, excuse me! Hi. I have a brazier, and I am looking for some live whores for my complications! Umm... Doot-Doo?"
Yamazaki's eyebrows twitched twice. "Oh, Kami-sama", he said aloud to himself, "please don't let the person responsible for this to be on my team."
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Darkken - Yamazaki Shinnosuke - Rurouni Taikai Tactics

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Bugenhagen
RTT: Billy Lee Black
Posts: 765
(6/3/02 6:12:27 am)
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Guns are fun
Billy had a funny dream. I dreamt that a man with blue wings told me I had to participate in a Tournament, he thought to himself. When I wake up, I'll be back on the Yggdrasil.
“Welcome to the Calandyne Research Facility, the venue for the first round of this tournament. Before the action begins, I thought that I would clear up a few things.”
... crap.
Billy opened his eyes to see a man with draconic wings explaining the situation on hand. He looked down at the device on his arm. Then he looked back up. The ground shook, and people started going off in different directions.
Billy scratched his head. I'm a long way from home...
I'd better find my 'team.'
Billy wandered down one of the long hallways. The ground did rumble once in a while, but otherwise, he couldn't understand why everyone around him was so scared. He peered in one of the many rooms. The scientists took one look at him and started running out of the room, using the door farthest from him. Some were screaming.
Suddenly, he felt hot breath on the back of his neck.
Turning very slowly, he saw a large green, scaley beast, standing precariously on two legs. It squinted at Billy, as if trying to figure it out. Billy backed away slowly, trying not to make the creature mad.
Suddenly, it's eyes flashed red, and it swung one of it's scythe-like arms at Billy. He jumped back and grabbed his Ether gun. Aiming carefully, he shot the creature right between the eyes.
Fire erupted from where the bullet hit, engulfing the creature. It sniffled, then blinked, unfazed. Before it could react, Billy grabbed his rifle and shot the creature in the belly. It roared now, angry. It charged at him, blades out, drool dripping from his mouth. Billy was shaken, but stood his ground. He aimed his rifle again, and fired.
Blasts of brilliant light shot from the gun, hitting the monster in the chest. It screamed in pain, but the ray of light never dulled, it's intensity grew brighter and brighter. The creature fell down on it's knees, then on it's face. The light slowly faded.
Billy walked up towards the beast. That man... he said something about 'monsters'...
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Sponsoring Billy Lee Black
Edited by: Bugenhagen at: 6/3/02 11:46:13 am
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daigohji
RTT: Ryo Hazuki
Posts: 13
(6/3/02 6:14:04 am)
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Unexpected Consequences
Ryo stepped out of the small, cluttered office that he had started in. This was certainly not what he had imagined when the winged man had said ‘tournament’. The fighting competitions that he was used to tended to occur in parking lots and abandoned buildings, not military bases. The young man did not know much about technology but he knew enough to see that all this was far ahead of anything in his sleepy home town of Yamanose (OOC: Ryo’s from 1986, remember :D ).
Cautiously he looked out into the corridor. The overhead lights cast cold white light across the sterile metallic walls and floor. Nearby a support beam had crashed down through the ceiling, impaling a circuit breaker that shot out electrical sparks every few seconds. Ryo thought it best not to risk passing it, so opted for the other direction.
It was quiet. The only sounds he could make out were the ambient buzz of the lights and an occasional low thud that turned out to be a malfunctioning automatic door that was endlessly opening and closing. Though as he walked further along a distant klaxon became audible. The corridor was lined with doors on either side. Most were locked, but the few that would open yielding nothing interesting within. As the corridor ended with a large set of double doors he saw a large window through to a room on his right. The lights inside were strobing wildly and Ryo had to narrow his eyes to make out what was inside. In one corner a man in a lab coat sat slumped in a leather chair, facing the wall. He was not moving so Ryo decided to try and help him.
Fortunately the door was not locked. The constant flickering of the light made him queasy as he approached the man, span his chair around and then quickly recoiled in shock. The man in the lab coat had some kind of creature covering his entire head. It had no eyes, but seemed to react to Ryo’s presence by pulsating sickeningly. The scientist’s body jerked into life and sprang up from the chair. Ryo snapped reflexively into the Hazuki Jujitsu stance and allowed the monstrosity to approach. It reached out clumsily for him with grasping fingers but was knocked back by a swift kick to the chest. The blow knocked the man in the lab coat momentarily off balance but did not appear to cause him any pain as he quickly advanced once more.
Ryo delivered another sharp kick, this time just below the ribcage. The move should have winded the man, but again did little more than knock him back. This near-human monster was dumb but relentless, so Ryo changed his tactics and aimed for the parasite. Twisting on one heel his Brutal Tiger kick connected solidly with the side of the alien on the scientist’s head. The small creature squealed in pain and its human host contorted in a reflection of its suffering. Ryo performed a mirror image of his previous move and as his other heel smashed into the opposite side of the parasite it crunched satisfyingly. The squealing died away as the scientist’s body slumped to the floor.
Ryo took a moment to make sure there was no other imminent danger, then left the room and headed through the double doors.
Shadow :: Lise :: Ryo
We are Thrill Seekers
"Have you seen a black car?"
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Baka
Wind Seer
Posts: 67
(6/3/02 6:59:05 am)
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Act 1, Scene 2 - "Rock"
Ivan looked around. All around him, the green electricity crackled and fizzed on contact with his barrier. A sweatdrop rolled down his face, and he pushed a strand of hair out of his eyes. The Ward spell was an easy one to maintain for a couple of minutes, but much longer than that, and he began to have trouble. It was one thing he never quite got down in training. Usually, by this point, Garet or Isaac would be beating down on whatever was attacking him, and Mia would be 'Wish'ing them well. He grinned inanely, despite his situation. "Guess.. a team.. IS useful after.. all.." he muttered, clenching his teeth together.
It was ironic, really. He'd entered this competition to see how well he could fare on his own, just to be defeated by the first obstacle, cause he didn't have any help. It reminded him of Isaac back at Colosso. Of course, he didn't doubt Isaac could have got through that thing by himself, but the point was that he didn't - he let them help, let them be part of the team. The team that he lead, of course.
Around him, the barrier shrank a fraction of an inch.
Steam began to rise from the floor around the young Adept. "This is getting rough already.. I'm not strong enough to keep this going much longer!"
A loud crash startled him enough for him to slightly lose his grip on the oak staff. The barrier grew slightly smaller. He turned his head slightly, looking back at the room he'd been in. Well - he wouldn't have been much better in there, the ceiling just fell in. Rock.. meet hard place. He lowered his gaze to the lightning again - it was inching closer and closer all the time - and groaned.
"Ok Ivan. Think now. What would Isaac - no, what would Garet do in this situation?" Isaac blinked, then remembered the last time he read his mind...
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"What am I thinking now?"
Ivan laughed. "Don't ask a stupid question, Garet. You KNOW I can find out just like that, so why do you ask?"
"Go on, tell me!"
Ivan sighed, and cleared his mind. Emptying his thoughts, he concentrated on the red-haired Dragoon before him and closed his eyes. Probing slowly out, he frowned for a second, then smiled, and corrected his aim.
"You're thinking... HA! I'm sure Mia would be flattered to know you were thinking about here that way!" The blonde youth chortled with laughter as Garet blushed a fetching shade of beetroot. "I-I swear it just crossed my mind! I wasn't thinking about it! Her! And.. and anyway, you shouldn't be reading those kinda thoughts! She's just a friend! But.. she is good-looking, isn't she? No! I was just - "
Ivan composed himself slightly, looked at Garet, frantically trying to explain himself, and burst out laughing again, as Mia and Isaac broke through the bushes into the clearing. Garet took one look at Mia and made a dash for the nearest hiding place, while Ivan laughed so hard he had to sit down, earning him strange looks from both newcomers. Isaac stroked his chin slowly. "Have you been teasing Garet again, Ivan?", he asked, at the same time Mia enquired "What's wrong with Garet?" All this just served to break Ivan down into further giggles, until he was literally rolling on the floor...
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...well, that was fairly useless. Ok, Mia? Mia.. she wouldn't have been in this situation in the first place. Too level headed for that. Ok then, what would Isaac have done? He'd do something amazingly clever and get them out of the problem. Problem was, Ivan couldn't think of anything like that.
Ok, so Garet again. What would he do when he wasn't thinking about Mia? Well.. he'd hit it until it stopped moving, then hit it some more. Heh. Good plan.
Ivan looked up, pointed the Shaman's rod at the wall, and grunted. This was going to be painful...
Dropping the Ward spell, he fired off a blast of Plasma at the hole in the wall. The green lightning rushed in, and Ivan jumped - jumped like he'd never jumped before - shouting "Growth!" the ceiling erupted in a mad frenzy of activity, and he thrust his arm into the activity. Below him, the lightning smashed together, and above him, the Growth spell impressively entangled him within itself, attaching him to the ceiling. In the distance, the darkness blossomed into light, and the sea of electricity fizzled out, as the power supply went up in smoke. Ivan sagged, his body drained, and the staff fell from his hand to the floor.
He wearily raised his head to look at the ceiling, where the plants still gripped him firmly, and began to laugh. The laugh faded into a chuckle, and he slowly passed out into blackness...
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Heh. Second post and my character's knackered. No stealing the staff, he'll wake up in a bit. He just needs some rest...

Baka // Wind Seer // Salva Nos Edited by: Baka at: 6/3/02 7:01:26 am
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Shizuyoko
RTT::Laguna Loire
Posts: 22
(6/3/02 7:01:33 am)
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Laguna Loire: 1-1
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Laguna Loire: 1-1
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"But, I'm bad with maps!"
Laguna's protest fell on deaf ears. In fact it fell on no ears at all seeing as how the draconian man had disappeared, leaving Laguna in what appeared to be a broom closet. There was an array of shelves with various cleaning products and three different carts set up for collecting trash. A large industrial-sized sink was filled with dirty water and everything just smelled nasty.
“Well, damn.” Laguna kicked a nearby bucket half-heartedly and yelped as the attendant mop fell sideways and cracked him in the kneecap. “I guess I pissed off the blue dude. Either that or I’m entering a janitorial contest.” He bent over to rub his abused leg, but straightened up again as someone began speaking into a PA system of some sort.
“Welcome to the Calandyne Research Facility, the venue for the first round of this tournament. Before the action begins, I thought that I would clear up a few things,” the voice said.
Laguna listened attentively as he grabbed the mop to move it out of his way. At the mention of the bracers he looked down at his left arm and flicked an experimental middle finger against it. It flared yellow and shocked him, causing Laguna to yelp again.
“Alright, alright,” he muttered, “Note to self: don’t mess with the arm doohickey.” Wending his way through the haphazard pile of cleaning supplies he finally reached the door, pausing to listen to the voice once more.
“This leads me to my next point, which is your teams. You have all been placed in teams, and your bracers have been linked to those of your teammates. Whenever a member of your team has been damaged, while you will not feel their pain, you will lose some of your own lifeforce. When one of your bracers activates, they will all activate, eliminating your entire team from the competition. Therefore, it is in your best interest to work with your team for your mutual benefit.”
Laguna’s face brightened. “Teammates, huh?” he said happily, “Well, that’s better, so long as it isn’t tag team commode cleaning!” He reached out to open the door and realized he was still holding the mop. He tossed it behind him and ignored the resultant crash that echoed.
The corridor outside the broom closet was sterile white and filled with fluorescent lighting. A large window was on the opposite wall and Laguna walked over to it. Looking down he got a brief glimpse of a laboratory of some sort, but before he could figure out what they were doing things began to explode violently. Green lightning arced through the room below him and monsters began appearing amidst the scientists, wreaking havoc.
“Whoa! Those things are BUTT-UGLY!” Laguna crowed, pulling his machine gun around into position. “Monsters are better than toilets any day!” He turned away from the carnage below him and looked left and then right, down both sides of the corridor.
First item on the agenda is finding my teammates, he thought, and second is kicking some monster ass. I’ll figure out the rest later.
Laguna debated which direction to go, but a loud explosion from his left decided him. Squaring his shoulders he headed off to his left, looking for trouble.
 "I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors, but I think that God's got a sick sense of humor."
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Switchblade
RTT- Ryogo Kusama
Posts: 27
(6/3/02 7:36:17 am)
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Ryogo, scene 1
Okay, I have time to get one quick post in before work.
It would be a definite understatement to say that Ryogo Kusama had had better days. As if finding himself in a strange facility as part of some strange tournament wasn't bad enough, apparently however had brought him here just in time for an alien invasion. And he was wearing a bracelet. Ryogo looked at the crystal band around his right wrist. Okay, so on second thought the bracelet was kinda cool, but the aliens were definitely not. Thankfully, Ryogo had an ace up his sleeve.
"Aliens," he said out loud, "Yeah, right."
The wanzer pilot looked around his new settings. He was in the middle of a long corridor with no visible doors or branches. This meant he had pretty much only two ways to go. He decided that if whoever brought him here had placed him facing one way it was probably best to go in the opposite direction. Unfortunately he'd woken up facing a wall. He chose to go left.
The corridor ran a long way, and it was several minutes before Ryogo came to an intersection. The hallway now stretched out both before him and off to his left, while on his right there was a large metal door. Feeling not particularly adventurous Ryogo chose the door.
Ryogo touched a small panel on the wall and the doorway slid open with a sharp hissing sound. On the other side was a large room full of test tubes, beakers, and other various lab equipment. Ryogo started into the room, but quickly jumped back as a bolt of green lightning suddenly flashed before him. "Okay," he said, "That can't be good." Ryogo's fears were justified as another bolt shot forth, this time accompanied by the sudden appearance of a large gray and green scaled creature with a giant red eye.
"You know," Ryogo told the creature, perfectly calm in spite of the danger, "If the jerk who brought me here had brought my wanzer too, I could totally waste in like ten seconds."
Unimpressed the monster let out a loud roar directly in Ryogo's face.
"Alright," Ryogo replied, "First of all: dude, you really need some mouthwash. Second…" The wanzer pilot drew his handgun and fired off a couple of shots directly into the creature's eye, then turned around and ran, not even waiting to see if his shots had any effect.
As he ran down the corridor he kept his gun out and kept repeating an inspiring mantra. "This is not happening, this is not happening, this is not happening, oh, shit."
Only a few feet down the hallway Ryogo ran into another monster. This one was smaller than the last, and was a small green creature that looked a lot like a dinosaur. The monster grinned and waved one of its small arms. A second later its mouth opened and the small beast spoke. "Yoshi!"
The combined fear of both this and the other monster overcame Ryogo and he screamed loudly before firing a shot at the new threat. As the smaller monster fell back dazed Ryogo quickly jumped over it and tore off down the corridor. "This is not happening," he said, "This is not happening, this is not happening…"
1 Attack Vote against Yoshi(no offense Virtual Cat, just too good of an oppurtunity to pass up)
Edit: Okay, so how do you do colored text here?
Edited by: Switchblade at: 6/3/02 7:38:18 am
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Kyo
RTT: Issac
Posts: 17
(6/3/02 7:47:11 am)
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Issac: 1-1
"Ugh..and I was so close to finishing it too."
Issac stood amidst the general chaos and shouting that came along with the complex being overrun. It looked like the aliens would have had a quick and successful run through the place--if this 'Host' hadn't sent the tournament members here. Saturos was worlds away by now, the young swordsman guessed.
Time to focus on the present, then. I--we've had worse.
He also had to admit that he missed his friends quite a bit now. Garet, Ivan, and Mia were starting to hit a sore spot in his chest, and standing around wasn't helping that. Besides, he'd been on his own many times in the past.
Although he could have sworn that Ivan was amidst the participants he caught a glimpse of--but then again, it could have been just another illusion.
No time to worry about what could be--although it'd be nice to see a familiar face here.
Hardening his resolve even further, Issac stepped out on a catwalk. The room he had been sent to was a total disaster-- all the lighting was dead, and sparks occasionally showered down from the ceiling. He could hear the inhuman noises of monsters on the lower floor; a oddly contorted symphony of otherwise random squeaks and grunts. He could also hear human voices, too. But not very many.
"Guess I'll have to rely on Psyenergy to pass safely," Issac mused. He sent his thoughts out to the earth beneath the steel floor, and scanned the entire area. Venus had a pretty strong influence just about everywhere here.
Mentally drawing his will together, he sent a lance of Psyenergy into the ground, in spread formation. He could almost feel the earth groan at this manipulation, but he was used to that by now. The earth always complained when he used it.
"Earthquake!"
With the shout, he sent a tendril of force down the Psyenergy line he'd made into the ground and watched as the foundation of the floor collapsed upon itself and was bent out of shape. The shaking of the entire building failed to phase him, however, and as the violent tremor ceased, he was pleased to notice that the monster noises had ceased.
That gives me some time to move without running into a surprise encounter. Time to explore!
Issac leaped off the catwalk and ran up to the door on the bottom level, decidedly ignoring the twitching mutant corpses lying on the ground around him. He turned the doorknob and proceeded into the next room, sword drawn.
 Edited by: Kyo at: 6/3/02 7:49:52 am
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Bugenhagen
RTT: Billy Lee Black
Posts: 767
(6/3/02 8:04:24 am)
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They're near...
Billy stared down at the monster which he had just slain. Dark green slime had come from the wound which he had made, and it was getting on his boots. Disgusting.
So, here I am, in a big faucility, there's monsters running around, and I'm supposed to beat other 'contestants' up. Great. Just great.
He looked around him. Faint yells could be heard around the complex, but the area in which he was seemed to be fairly quiet. He looked around the room. Computers lined the room, being left as they were when the scientists left him. One side of the room had a large window, though, and Billy went to it and pressed his face against the glass.
Miles and miles of rocky cliffs and peaks streched as far as he could see. This doesn't look familiar, he thought to himself. I guess I really am stuck here...
He turned from the window and left the room. In the hallway, explosions were going off, and people were running to and from different places. Billy noticed with amusement that some were not men in labcoats. So these must be the contestants I have to fight against. I wonder who are my teammates? Suddenly, the device on his arm started beeping. Billy looked up. One of his teammates was near...
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Tyrus or Nova, I'm looking for you...
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Sponsoring Billy Lee Black
Edited by: Bugenhagen at: 6/3/02 11:44:46 am
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Shizuyoko
RTT::Laguna Loire
Posts: 23
(6/3/02 8:19:38 am)
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Laguna Loire: 1-2
Laguna Loire: 1-2
We’re Off to See the Wizard! Well, Maybe Not.
Green lightning arced overhead. Each flare turned Laguna’s face an unattractive chartreuse color, making him look like he was about to lose his cookies momentarily. The corridor he was in connected two different parts of the facility with only the much-maligned broom closet in the middle.
Man, this place is eerie, nothing like Dr. Odine’s laboratory. I wonder what they DO here?
And another thought hard on the heels of the first:
I wish Ward and Kiros were here.
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”We’re here!” said Laguna.
“You sure?”
“Positive.”
(The last time you said that we got lost.)
“What was that?” Laguna demanded.
“Nothing,” Ward muttered.
Kiros looked around and then back at his companions, “I’m sure this is the place… unless Laguna brought the wrong map again.”
“Can you guys shut up about that?! It was a mistake, anybody could’ve done it,” Laguna protested.
(Not twice in a row.)
Laguna made his way down the cliff side, his buddies following closely behind him. He paused, rubbed the back of his neck and then turned around to glance sheepishly at the others. “Sorry, this ain’t the place.”
“Not again!” Kiros groaned, casting his eyes up at the sky as if hoping for divine intervention.
“I brought the wrong map…” Laguna trailed off as he studied the torn piece of paper in his hand, his eyes squinting with concentration.
Ward and Kiros sighed in unison.
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Laguna chuckled to himself as he remembered the looks on their faces when they realized he had brought the wrong map. Again.
“Oh well, I guess no map is better than the wrong map, right?” he said aloud to himself as approached the end of the corridor.
A large door barred his way and Laguna paused to consider it. Atrocious noises were emanating from the other side, a concoction of growls and screams. The green lightning flashed again as Laguna reached out with the tip of his machine gun to hit the access panel. Unexpectedly his arm doohickey flared yellow again and Laguna felt a wave weakness go through him. The arm steadying the machine gun wavered slightly. Laguna shook his head to clear it.
“Damn, I guess one of my teammates got hit already.” Laguna punched the button for the door and raised his weapon slightly as the door began to slide open slowly.
“Here goes nothing! RAWR!”
The intrepid journalist leapt into the next room, ready to kick the proverbial monster butt.
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More later, promise. Gotta go to the bank, the doctor and then work. Feh. –‘yoko
 "I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors, but I think that God's got a sick sense of humor."
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