Hyrule (Main)

[serraskai]

[Link, Fake ass wannabe, Iskra, Angel, Kaimu, Kori storm]
[Hyrule Castle town streets]

With a hesitant realization, Link confirmed that the man was, in fact, gone. That alone was a plus, he hadn't wished to fight him any longer, not while this new person has a hostage.

"Let her go." Link said smoothly, his sword not raised into a battle position, but still drawn at least. He didn't intend on just leaving, but it's not like he could simply attack this new comer while she had a hostage.

[Maelys Knight]

[Link, Fake ass wannabe, Iskra, Angel, Kaimu, Kori storm]
[Hyrule Castle town streets]

Kori: Your bluff is unnessecary, I watched you three come through that portal. Together.

Then Kori cassually walked over to Link, noticing that Link looked like just a kid. "I have been send by Admiral Castor Dane of the Federation to investigate this town for disturbances, but it looks like its been solved already. He also said to assist you, but, he never said why."

And with that, he started the activation code to bring his ship down and shut off the cloak...

[Tony Redgrave]

{Fake Ass Wannabe , Link, Malichai Valkin}
[Hyrule Castle Town Streets, OHSHI.., I'm behind you Valkin]


~Ah fiddlesticks, this always seems to happen when I’m about to lay the smackdown~[/i]

Indeed, it was always like this. Whenever he had the drop on someone or made a surprise attack that seemed sure to hit, someone always had to stop him at that moment. It could be another person moving at high speed, someone hidden by an invisibility spell, or everyone’s favorite thing these days, shooting at him! After all, he was just trying to do the guy in green a favor for gosh sake! Just looking around from the corner not to long ago, Mister Poncho had seen the bodies of soldiers littered the streets around them, in complete and other disarray.

Some of them were charred black and hardly seemed human for that matter, but some of them had strange markings upon them, marks that looked suspiciously like the erratic patterns and arcs of lightning itself. When a person is hit with such a strike, those marks are seared into the flesh as symbol of the path the current had been led. After watching the barbarians lightning based attack, it was easy to see just who was in the wrong. Mister Poncho got caught up in his antics here and there, sure and it would look like that times that he wasn’t really paying attention either. But in truth, he was actually quite a perceptive and witty individual… when he had to be!

But now, with a hostage taken by the gun and apparently, short sword totting fellow clad in the black coat, he had no choice but to stand down. He put his attacking arm to the side and adjusted his head in place with left hand. Now would be a great time for a distraction you know since people who used others in manners like that well, it just didn’t sit well with our young hero at all. And yet, something wasn’t right about all of this. He couldn’t deny that the girl the man was holding was frightened out of her wits.

Anyone could see that as clear as day but could they feel that raw emotion and deduce if it was genuine? Not many, but Poncho could. As he looked on at this scene in progress, his minds eye alerted him of feelings of anxiety and terror, typical for a hostage in question of course but, the other girl who was with her as he felt had no emotion behind her “sobs” but, some concern for her friend in question. He felt no fear though but for some reason, a mix of guilt and shame from her.. for reasons he could only imagine.

But to run head first into a battle seems foolhardy anyway as any sensible person would try to go the other way and say hidden though, it was plausible for maybe someone to be so scared they would try to run past it but unlikely. As for the dark skinned man in black, he could sense calmness which wasn’t surprising seeing how he had gotten everyone’s attention and how smoothly he made his move.

In response however, the brute had disappeared with a thunderbolt in Thor fashion but who cared now? This had to end now and somebody had to help that girl so, why not Mister Poncho? If you had the power to fight, you could protect others who couldn’t help themselves. That and such cold and underhanded tactics like seizing an innocent girl and using her to get what you wanted really ticked him off.

{Real deal , Kori Storm}
[Not too far above Hyrule Castle Town Streets, all up in your cockpit now oho]

“Geez Clone, you’re taking up a lot of power down there in that battle, but I suppose it’s alright. Since you’re down here and I’m up here in this guy’s ship, I’ll do more then transmit my psionic powers for use. I will make you an opening.” The real deal spoke to himself just as the cockpit closed up. This was a small little ship but an interesting one. Nothing in here of interest so it seemed as there was nothing to steal, nothing he could eat for a quick snack, or anything he could use.

All he saw from the black little seat he was a black lever in front of him and a HUD screen to the right side with countless switches and buttons of alternating colors and symbols. But wait a second, what was this he saw in his sights? A red button with a rocket symbol and the word “missile” just below it, now this was most convenient! This ship was cloaked after all, and missiles could be useful like this but how would he operate it? He didn’t want to screw up and sudden blow the town sky high!

Lucky for him, the ship was still online and the HUD to the right showed the outside clearly with what seemed to be a targeting reticule. The odds of this working how he thought it would work seemed quite out there but what the hell? What was the worst that could happen? Real Poncho took hold of the lever with his right hand and instantly, he began learning about the machine by means of psychometry. He couldn’t understand it now but with focus, he could sort out what he wanted to know. Closing his eyes and lightly rocking the lever side to side, he focused his mind on the topic of missiles
“Missiles.. Missiles.. Missiles.. “[/i][/b]

And then, the light bulb hidden in the hat was lit up once again!

“Yes! Missiles!”[/i][/b] he shouted with glee, now knowing he needed to do perfectly. He tilted the control lever downward a bit and directed the reticule upward to the sky itself. Now, flipping the switch beside the missile button and pressing the button itself, the craft, from the sides of its wings had fired a volley of small missiles up into the air.

“SHOOM, SHOOM, SHOOM, SHOOM, SHOOM, SHOOM!”

One for each missile fired from the vehicles cloaked state. Anyone hearing and seeing this would if they were actually people, be thrown off guard and actually drawn to look and see exactly what had just happened and why there were white streaks around and objects moving towards the sky. Luckily, the missiles were fired erratically and their patterns simply moved in and out from each other in close proximity. They were doomed to explode harmlessly above from what he had learned about their make and with that, Fake Poncho had his opening.

{Fake Ass Wannabe , Link, Malichai Valkin}
[Hyrule Castle Town Streets, OHSHI.., I'm no longer behind Valkin]

At the moment the real had fired, Faker started to make his move. Using the same high speed maneuver the true Poncho had used to leap up to the ship, The Faker had instantly traveled ten feet forward and with the hand he had attacked with earlier, focused the same pink energy from before and aimed a horizontal cleave at the torso of scoundrel holding the girl. At the distance he was at, this seemed like a rather useless gesture but instantly, it became a deadly one. As he swung, the energy had within his hand promptly lengthened out a full ten meters in length, enough to cut through both the girl and her attacker in one swoop. From afar, it could appear to by others that he gone insane and tried to kill them both but that was the trick behind it and another to back it.

The psionic blade he was using could select whatever he wished to cut into and cut that alone. The blade would simply pass through anything else completely [Including the girls] but the blade would only bypass the fellows clothing and cut into his flesh and bone, a common precaution he always took in case someone had powerful armor.

Along with his mighty weapon, he had unpredictability and not only just the normal kind. He was in fact a man unable to be read in any respect. His past couldn't be viewed nor could his future. This also meant that his movements could not be seen through by telepathy, precognition, and the like. Finally, his natural movements were difficult to determine and keep up with by means short of being all knowing. This would aid him in his surprise attack without a doubt.


Sure, this was a risky move in many respects and it was utilizing the last of his energy to make. However, being distracted by outside forces reduced the risk behind it all and in truth, It could work. If it didn't work though, this would be one hell of an error..but he could fix that as well if it came up since Mister Poncho was truly one unpredictable feather flippin walrus. [/size]

[Kismet]

Iskra resolved right then and there that she would hunt down and kill Valkin, and to hell with whatever Ezekiel Crow had to say on the matter. Cowards tended to die badly in the Empire, especially if one’s cowardice had the misfortune of placing another in harm’s way. Especiall if that someone was a pissed off Imperial Revenant. And Iskra was indeed pissed off.

Even before he vanished, Iskra knew how this would play out. Her blade had fallen away from the girl’s throat even before he had vanished from her sight, and she had even begun to turn away, ready to walk back into the night without another word. He purpose for being there had vanished, so she had no reason not to do the same. And then everything went to hell.

As missiles streamed through the air and the young boy screamed forward, energy attack blazing, Iskra reacted without conscious thought, swept up by a Hyper Impulse Reaction. Throwing a protective arm around the girl, she dove to ground, dragging her to safety (Or so she thought, not realizing the attack would only hurt her). Missiles and psionic slash alike passed harmlessly overhead as Iskra tucked the roach girl protectively under her arms, shielding her with her body. (Which did little to stop her screaming, incidentally).

Still crouched low, Iskra glared at her attacker, supreme annoyance displayed on her face. “Your concern is heartwarming. But no longer necessary.”

[Angel]

Kaimu rushed over, and asked tried to reason with the man as well. "Please.. stop. We didn't mean any harm. We have no interest in hurting anyone.. all we wanted was do my job, and that was to "apprehend" that man who just left.." he said, and it was pretty much true.

"Now that he's gone.. I think we are on the same side." Angel however, was.. no other word for it.. freaked. Her glowing was steadily starting.. and her mind was overreacting. "NOOO!! NOOO!! NOOO!!" her hysteria was rising up and she was screaming over and over. She was becoming almost possessed by her fear almost like a demon. She was squirming under the pinion of Iskra.. wanting to break free. Her body was spazzing and her hands twitching like mad.

Her guise dropped then, showing her twisted, starved, and corrupted form. Her graying and balding hair was obvious, every bone in her body was obvious. Kaimu actually looked away, his mind and cracked heart full of pity for the girl. She was trying her hardest to escape.. and even though Iskra was holding her down for her own safety all she did was feel fear.

"This is serious!" Kaimu said, trying to make sure everyone heard. "The girl is now a radioactive bomb. If you don't stop fighting, if she doesn't calm down.. everyone is going to get attacked. Everyone needs to back down, calm down and talk this out or walk away." He really did hope people would listen to him, seeing as how the girl was so scared.. and so pitiful. He wanted to help her.. he knew that what he was going to do was best for her.

[serraskai]

[Link, Fake ass wannabe, Iskra, Angel, Kaimu, Kori storm]
[Hyrule Castle town streets]

"Well if there is no problems to be had, then I suggest we all go on our merry way." Link said sternly. He didn't buy it. These people had some kind of purpose here, he was sure of it. He also didn't care for this other person's description of their being here, this 'Kori Storm' but he said nothing to her about it, he simply nodded to them.

Link directed his gaze at the man in the poncho, his glare demanding an immediate stop in his violent actions. He sheathed his sword and replaced his shield upon his back, and folded his arms, awaiting everyone to leave so that he could report this and get back to his patrols.

[The Master]

{Malichai Valkin}
[Frostmantle]

High in the north in the icy nordlands lays the home of Malichai Valkin. A massive stone castle built upon the tundra, but through decades of mystic manipulation the ice has taken back the structure and now it seems a though it was made of stone and ice.

The palace was built strangely, as though it was constucted upside down. A massive tower, ending at the top with a large wide structure, from a distance it almost appeard at though it were a demonic skull.

The icy cliff side that the palice was built into hung over the top like a sinister wave and it seemed as though the palace had grown into it. From the bottom massive ice spikes had formed to the base, seeming as though the palace and violently risen from the tundra.

Valkin re-appeard in the massive throne room of the palace. A huge room supported by massive pillars thirty feet tall. The walls of the room where litterd with swords and weapons, and at the back of the massive all sat a huge stone throne.

Valkin strode over and sat in his seat of power.

Two ravens flew in from the window and perched themselves on either of valkins shoulders and two massive grey wloves emerged from either side of the room, seating themselves on either side of his throne.

"Now, it is time to wait."

[Tony Redgrave]

{Fake Ass Wannabe , Link, Malichai Valkin}
[Hyrule Castle Town Streets, OHSHI.., I'm no longer behind Valkin]

Ah, this really getting too weird, even for Mister Poncho! Sudden revelations of catching vikings, the transformation of the attractive young girl into well, whatever she had become, and now so it seemed, threat of a nuclear bomb. Oho, action packed day indeed. This was partly his fault even if he did mean well with his offensive actions. But the results of his actions were quite embarrassing for him so.. nothing left to do but halt his assault. "Alright, I apologize for sending your friend into a panic attack.. but it doesn't mean I like this one bit." Mister Poncho, releasing the energy that created his psionic knife pointed his right index finger towards the so called "voice of reason" here. "You with the lack of emotion.." he spoke before his finger floated over towards the man who was hugging the glowing time bomb so tighty "And you who just moments before shot at me.. You guys give me an iffy vibe." and with that, Fake Poncho disappeared from sight, his existence snuffed out with his job said and done.

{Real deal }
[Not too far above Hyrule Castle Town Streets, all up in your cockpit now oho]

Now that was done, he could simply stay in the ship and take a moment to relax for a moment. Giving energy to others from afar was tiresome work after all and he was getting nothing but glares and angst out of it. So not cool man.. it was obvious when he wasn't wanted.. [Sob] Yet, there was at least some light in this dark tunnel here! Off to the left hand side, there was a small safe, locked up as tight as could be. Hm... now this required a closer look.

[Maelys Knight]

[hyrule castle town streets]

As kori began typing the code, he got a mesage from Dane on his slave ship nav. "Kori, your transmitter is coming through clear as ice, I'll be waiting for your report when you get back."

Kori was trying to decide what to do, but he forgot about his ship. So he re-typed in the code to call it down. It came down to the street....... with the cockpit closed.

[Kismet]

As the girl transformed, Iskra released her, aghast. What sort of twisted creature was this child? Waves of revulsion and pity rolled through her with each of her terrified screams. Iskra was beginning to regret forcing the child into such a position. Anything and everything was excusable in the service of the Emperor, but her master was far from here, and this girl’s suffering would not benefit him. Iskra did not need to add any new horror stories to this girl’s life. It appeared she’d had enough of those.

Composing herself, she turned to Link and nodded curtly. “I apologize for the trouble. Ending the battle was our top priority.” Facing Angel, she said “I think this one could do without my presence for the time being. I’ll wait for you by the gate.” With that, she turned and retreated back into the shadows, not waiting for a reply from either party. Not that it mattered. Not like any of this mattered anymore. Even if she was serving as Crow’s errand girl, Iskra was someone who produced results, and this little encounter did nothing but change what that result would be. And I assure you Crow, it won’t be failure.

Reaching one of Castle Town’s four gates, Iskra leaned up against the wall and crossed her arms. “Crow,” she said, speaking into the small communicator in her tooth, whose brother was held by Ezekiel, “Your extra muscle bailed at the first sign of trouble. Advise.”

[serraskai]

((You'll have to read the Corneria thread for my response, Kismet.))

[Link, Kori storm]
[Hyrule Castle town streets]

With his task seemingly done here, Link drew his bow and fired a single arrow into the air, which exploded in a brilliant shower of shining particles. Before the flash had even faded, dozens of chief healers and potion specialist, as well as various doctors and even quite a few guards, began to exit Hyrule castle (he couldn't see them but he knew they were indeed coming) and come this direction, to gather the dead and wounded, helping those they could and giving the rest a proper burial.


[Millica Loise Kerensky]
[Mountains around the Gerudo desert]

Millica saw little choice in her plight than to brave the desert, but she was certain that when the guys inside the temple emerged they would come through here. They could help her out, he guessed. But she wondered if they would accept her back....

[smashbro]

Dec 6, 2009 20:23:50 GMT -5 Mariomasher said:

"No," MM limped behind a stone wall to relax. "This is much more dangerous in real life. Link didn't have punctured body parts in his games. Got anything to stop this bleeding?"

"Here," smashbro said, closing his eyes. He seemed to be concentrating, and moving his hands in some seemingly random way. As if shaping dough for bread, he kneaded the air, and when finished, MM felt something odd. smashbro eased himself down on the ground to rest, and MM looked down at his body to see that white energy had filled in the gaps of where his body had been "slightly punctured".

"It'll heal you, in time," smashbro said. "Your body will fill in where it should and then the energy will come back to me. Takes a lot out of me though, not sure if I will be able to do anything for a while." He looked to his sword and saw that it was shorter and a less vibrant green, turning it into a staff, smashbro pushed himself up and face the monster, ready to attack. As the monster flew at him, smashbro jumped with the help of his staff, and grabbed onto the monster's horn.

[Angel]

Kaimu walked up.. holding a much calmer Angel's hand. She had her guise back up and everything seemed to be much nicer than when she left. Stopping next to the woman, he listened for anything.. because it seemed that coming here was a giant waste of time. Just the kinda thing he didn't want when he was already feeling so weak when it came to his current emotional state. He wanted to get this over with so he could get back into the untouched form and get back his heart the way it should be.. non-intrusive.

"She didn't meant to startle you..." he said softly, though he wasn't sure she had heard him.. she seemed to be busy with something. Angel wasn't glowing anymore, thankfully.. though he decided it proved to be useful in getting people to back down.. though Kaimu wasn't sure the primative warrior even understood what a radioactive bomb was. Better than finding out the hard way.. Kaimu would have simply made himself unreal during it's set off.

"So.. what's to become of our goals now?" he said, wondering what they would be doing for the future focused man before he would get what he was working for them for.

[Kismet]

“Hmm? Oh, think nothing of it.” Iskra sighed warily, consumed with the same feeling of apathy and resentment as Angel. She was too annoyed to even linger on the true appearance of the roach girl, who wasn’t supposed to visibly upset her anyways. Nothing was. Turning to the girl, she gave a slight nod, the closest thing to a bow she was permitted to give. “I am sorry for frightening you back there. I promise it will not happen again.”

As Crow finished relaying his instructions, Iskra closed her eyes and rubbed her right temple. “Fine Crow, as you wish.” She muttered aloud. Damned Prescients. she thought, I’m sure this is why we were trained to kill these people. Opening her eyes and turning her gaze upon Angel.“He wants me to wait here and await some unfortunate passerby. If you have business in this place, feel free to take care of it. I don’t think I’ll require your assistance.”

[graydove]

"This is getting tiresome" Isaac stated as he deliverd a spin kick to one of the undead's skull.

He had been fighting the several dozen or so beasts for several minutes. While none of them had landed a hit on him, his hands and shins where battered and bleeding from the constant contact with the rock covered beasts.

"You wouldn't be in this mess if you had been paying attention" cried a voice in his head.

"Shut up Michael" Isaac replied as he did a back flip over one of the beasts. Delivering a kick to it's back which jarred the creature to the point were it dropped it's spear.

Grabbing the weapon, Isaac then slid across the ground and twirling his spear, knocking several of the creatures of their feet. He then quickly got to his feet, and then picked up another spear that one of the creatures had dropped. He then slashed at the neck of one of the beasts in a scissor like strike, decapitating it.

1 down out of 80 or so, things weren't looking to good. He had to escape, glancing around, he saw that there was a small opening that he could escape through. Not wasting a second, he rushed through the crowd of undead, and towards one of the castle's gates.