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Post by Jared Foster on May 3, 2014 2:23:18 GMT
It had not been too long since he had seen the other Inverses but it had been awhile since they'd all been called together by Shade and it was not a summons he'd been about to refuse. Jared felt rather comfortable leaving Bri back at the fortress, confident that she wouldn't be able to get through the high level area but left a couple of golems to guard her just in case.
Either way, it was night by the time Drake touched down in the Shattered Kingdom and the great beast folded his wings even as Jared hopped down from his customary spot on the wyvern's back. As far as he could tell he was the first to arrive but did not feel nervous in the slightest. Shade was the only danger here and that would only be a concern if the man/woman was displeased with him.
Others might have called out but Jared did no such thing, instead he merely went to the meeting place where he took a seat on a large rock. He was unsure about how long he would have to wait and so to pass the time he drew his short sword along with a whet stone, intent on sharpening the blade while he waited.
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Post by Marron 'Star' Diablo on May 3, 2014 2:40:42 GMT
A familiar face calls out to the boy as he sharpens his weapon. Zane sits upon his own steed, Syphon the Gryphon. The beast flaps as it descends upon the earth with a caw. He hops to ground as the Gryphon lands before raising his hand and petting the majestic creature.
"Good boy...thanks for the ride Syphon. Go wait with Drake, he should be somewhere around here too!" The Creature nods as Zane makes his way over to Jared.
"Hey there, good to see you again Jared, always a pleasure to see you. What have you been up to?"
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The boy sighs as he walks over to the two who were already here. He thinks to himself as the mouse squeaks in his ear.
"Yes Max...I know. We'll attend to her when we get back. Right now she is sleeping and she's in my hut, so it makes no real difference. You wait here with the other Boss glitches. This will be over soon enough."
He walks past the other two, only giving them a nod as he himself sits down.
"Jared. Zane. I take it the others aren't here yet...fine. I can wait. Shade isn't one to keep us waiting for long."
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Post by Alia Cade on May 3, 2014 3:13:17 GMT
Alia arrived alone shortly after Jared. She wouldn't leave her town alone so she chose to leave her pet behind to play guard dog. Could never be too careful with players around. They may be weak but they are sneaky sneaky creatures.
A quick glance around the room to see who was there before she sat down on the floor a bit further away from the rest of the group and brought her knees up to her chest and held them tightly against her. "Well, why have we been called here I wonder? Planning? Yes, must be planning. Much, much planning to be done." She said, not to anyone in particular.
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Post by "Shade" and JEM on May 3, 2014 5:34:44 GMT
A few moments later a whooping can be heard and a giant spider with two people riding on it comes into view. One is sitting and holding onto the other around one leg. The other is obviously female and is riding the spider much like a surfer, her arms spread as she gives another whoop. "Oh hell yeah, baby!" As the spider slows she drags the other onto their feet and they jump, the one who had been sitting more of tumbles off, and the girl lands on her feet before flipping her hair back. "GREAT RUN AURAN~!" This is Jazz and, off to her left with his face in dirt, Devion. The male sits up, glaring and brushing himself off. Jazz grabs his collar and yanks him to his feet, he turns down his headphone's volume. Together they walk over.
The male walks next to Marron, sitting next him, most comfortable around one who is as calm as he could be. Jazz meanwhile skips to Zane's side, "Hey guys. Boss said they'll be here soon. Just had to tie up some loose ends, ya know, fears and secrets and stuff." She wraps her arms around Zane's shoulders, draping off of him as she looks to Jared. "Ion told me a dirty secret~. Try to keep it under better wraps, Jare-Jare."
About a minute or so later the shadows of the area pulse before glowing silver eyes with slit pupils fade into existance. Slowly a form in a suit with a top hat emerges before it bows with hat in hand, "My dear friends. I am sorry if I have kept you waiting long." They stand up and replace their hat on their head. "Are you ready for the game to get kicked off? I do hope so. This time I will need all of you to participate in this for us to succeed... Plus we'll talk about playing with the players tonight." The last part was finished with a cheshire grin.
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Post by Jared Foster on May 3, 2014 6:05:57 GMT
Jared looked up as Zane and then Marron approached, his hand pausing in its motion of sharpening his short sword. "Not much," He replied in response to Zane, returning to continuing the steady sweep of the whetstone along the blade. "It's been no more active than usual." It wasn't technically a lie since, in spite of the kidnapping, it was no different than what he normally did. At Marron's words he nodded in greeting but continued with his activity, his mind focused on the calming and repetitive movement.
One after another the others arrived, Alia sat apart from the rest of them but Jazz and Devion both made rather interesting entrances. He paid them little mind until Jazz spoke, causing Jared to peer at her through the strands of hair that had fallen into his face as he'd been sharpening his weapon. "It's not as if she'll be hurt. I'm just satisfying a bit of curiosity."
Before he could go back to what his doing the shadows of the area around them pulsed and the entire feeling in the air changed. The motion of the whetstone stalled and Jared raised his head, on full alert until Shade seemed to materialize into existence. Relaxing he set the whetstone aside and returned his weapon to its scabbard so that his full attention could be on the one that commanded them all.
He couldn't help but smile at what Shade told them, clearly eager for the game to get started. "I can hardly wait."
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Post by Marron 'Star' Diablo on May 3, 2014 6:18:00 GMT
Marron simply sighed as he rested his chin on his fist.
"Lovely...I suppose I don't have much of a choice though. Fine, let's just make this quick. I have a....guest back in the jungle I need to attend to. Before anyone thinks about playing with them, save it for another time, this one was on the verge of death. If I'm correct, shade wanted the players alive?"
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Zane smiles as Jazz wraps her arms around his neck. "Hi~" He looks over to Jared as he speaks before smiling even wider. "I don't know what's going on, but either Jared's got a plaything, a girlfriend, or both. Great job I'm happy for you! Play nice, then again you always do. Next time invite me to playyy~ I hate being left out. It's gets boring when everyone takes your prey ya know? Then again, it's my own fault for not being strict."
He gives Jared a high five before he gives a large grin and turns over to Shade. "Gotcha boss! What's the game plan!?"
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Post by Alia Cade on May 3, 2014 6:33:46 GMT
Alia quickly looked to Jared. "What do you intend to do with the plaything?" She said with sudden interest. That is, unless it was that he had a girlfriend. If that was the case, Alia could not care less.
She glanced over to Shade and chimed in alongside Zane. "What shall we do then, Top Hatted Man?"
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Post by "Shade" and JEM on May 3, 2014 7:09:05 GMT
Jazz grins, "Lets do this thing~!" While Devion just groans.
Shade grins hugely.
"Good, you're all on board. I was going to say we each get to have two players each. And. In order of the fearscapes to happen... Here are the possible players. Remember, you cannot chose two players one after each other... Oh! And Zane? I have a certain person I want you to choose, this person is of the strive class... Um... What was their name again... Right, Cass... Zane pick Cass as either your first or second. Now onto the list... Damian, Alice, Blaise, Mira, Leon, Makoto, Riley, Maritza, Cass, Jerome, Brianna, Adam, Jason, and finally Sidney... I, myself, have staked claim on Damian. So anyone besides him and Cass... feel free."
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Post by Jared Foster on May 3, 2014 9:15:36 GMT
Jared raised a brow at Zane's remark but then his expression turned thoughtful. "I suppose calling her a plaything would be true." He admitted as he returned Zane's high five even though he meant it in an entirely different sense from what Zane was probably assuming. His attention was caught then by Alia's question and he turned to the insane girl, chuckling low in his throat. "Not so much her as her friends. I won't let them die just yet but it'll be interesting to see how far they go for her."
He nearly asked Marron about who his guest was but all of this banter between the Inverses was interrupted by Shade explaining how things were going to progress for the next little while. They would choose a player and be in charge of those Fearscapes. "I'll take Jason and Riley."
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Post by Marron 'Star' Diablo on May 3, 2014 10:04:14 GMT
Marron once again sighs as he looks ahead, staring at the rest of the group. " Very well Jared. Just...give me whoever is left. It doesn't matter to me one way or the other."
Zane thinks hard for a moment before he nods to shade as he says, "Got it boss! I'll deal with Cass then. Also, I'd like to have Blaise be my first person though. Especially since we already met once before. I hope no one else minds~"
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Post by Alia Cade on May 4, 2014 3:43:25 GMT
"Make them suffer." The girl hissed. "No clemency."
Shade began to speak and excitement rose in the young inverse and she smiled, ideas of what she could do with each player dancing frantically in her head. "I'll take Makoto and Adam. They shall have no spirit nor hope when I am done. They will be nothing." The smile grew even more preverse. What fun she was going to have.
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Post by "Shade" and JEM on May 4, 2014 4:15:20 GMT
Jazz swing her body back and forth a little as she holds onto Zane to his left. She hmms a moment before nodding, "I was gonna say Ma~ma~makoto~ But Alia beat me to it~. Sooooooooo. Instead I chooooooooose... Mira~ Aaaaaaand... Hmm... Maritza~! I like 'M' names... they're 'mmm delicious~' ya know~." She then turns her gaze onto Devion. He looks up and then sighs before he gives his answer.
"Alice and Leon."
He would prefer to get this over with as quick as possible.
Shade chuckles as they twirl a piece of loose hair in their fingers, an almost excited expression on their face, "I honestly can't wait to play with Day as little Bri calls him... But, since Marron isn't choosing of his own accord, I'll take Jerome as well... Which leaves Marron with... Brianna and Sidney... I assume everyone is okay with their choices... So... If you would all hold still" They close their hands together before opening them, seven small orbs of shadow float there before drifting to each of the Inverses. The one which floats in front of Jared turns into a small, sleeping panther cub before floating into Jared's chest. Next Alia's flies around her before becoming an angry king cobra which strikes her on the shoulder [painlessly] before it fades into her. After hers is Devion's, it drops on his head as frog, it croaks as it hops onto his opened palm from shock where it seeps into his skin. Before Zane is a pegasus filly, she whinnies and nuzzles him before fading into him as well. Marron's changes form before is reaches him, becoming a butterfly which circles around him before landing on his back and becoming apart of him. Jazz's is a wolf cub that leaps up and licks her before merging into her eye. The seventh one comes back to Shade, a hippogriff with an annoyed expression. It lands on their top hat and Shade laughs. "Yes, I guess I will have to bestow you upon Nate at a later date, hmm? Anyways. I've given you each a gift which will help against those whom are weak to Shadow... but, be warned, you can only use them once and when you do your second basic element will change to shadow during the time you do. Eventually I will need my powers back, but I will have enough of them to run basic fearscapes when the time comes... Especially since I want to have as much fun as I can with my two, no? Anyways. I hope you all enjoy your extra kick. I've been cut down to only an eighth of my strength now... but even that is still unfair advantage on my part..." Chuckling once more they smiles in an almost kindly way.
"I do hope you enjoy your gifts my friends."
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Post by Nathaniel Parker on May 4, 2014 4:41:47 GMT
Jared chuckled at the words of the others and Alia's enthusiasm in particular. "I suppose it's settled then." He said and was just about to stand so that he could be on his way when Shade continued speaking. He immediately quieted but looked at Shade with an expression of curiosity only for that curiosity to be answered by the sight of a panther cub floating towards him.
He would never admit that he was tempted to reach out to it when the panther cub suddenly disappeared into his chest, causing Jared's eyes to widen in surprise as he brought one hand up to his chest. "You'd think I would stop being surprised by what this game can do." He commented idly before he looked to the others, curious about what they got. They were interesting creatures to say the least. A cobra, butterfly, wolf cub, hippogriff, and a pegasus. And so things had begun.
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Nate
Nate came into view then, a little irritable that some unwelcome guests in his region had resulted in him being far later than he ever would have wish. "Sorry," He apologized as he reached the group and ran a hand through his blue-black hair in exasperation. "Some unwelcome players stumbled in while Keras and his pack were out hunting. I had to take care of them."
That was when he noticed the Hippogriff on Shade's hat and he gave it an inquisitive look. "Also, is there a reason there's a hippogriff on your hat?" It wasn't said with any sort of demand or authority, just curiosity since he'd missed the vast majority of what had happened.
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Post by Marron 'Star' Diablo on May 4, 2014 6:22:47 GMT
Marron and Zane both nod as the roles are chosen. Zane gives a large smile and begins to quietly think about what he will and should do to the people he was left with.
"Well, this certainly should be interesting, plus, in regards to the pet you gave me, it's pretty cute. It's good we managed to do this without any arguments. Also, hello Nate~ Good to see ya. Almost thought you couldn't make it."
Marron nods and then stands as he gets his targets. "In that event...are we done here? I mean no disespect, but it's a really long tip back for me if you recall."
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Post by Alia Cade on May 8, 2014 3:59:39 GMT
Her eyes watched the cobra with much interest, flinching ever so slightly when it went to 'strike' her, eventually taking in a breath of relief upon realization that it was never meant to harm her. "Heh, interesting little trick Top Hat Man."
Finally Nate had arrived, the last to their little meeting. "Ah, the shattered prince has arrived." Alia spoke out, making a small reference to his domain before agreeing with Marron. "Top hat man, are we finished? Tychon can get some lonely if I am gone too long. When he gets lonely, he destroys the buildings. I cannot have that."
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Post by "Shade" and JEM on May 8, 2014 17:01:45 GMT
Jazz waves to Nate as well, "Oooooh. I like Alia's nice name~. Sharing now~! What's up SP?" She smiles to him and then frowns as it seems everyone is busy. Why is everyone always do fricken busy that they can't have fun together anymore? Oh, right... Game...
Shade looks to Nathaniel and watches him, silver eyes playful although the rest of their expression is grim. After everyone has spoke they reach up and tickle the little flyer, it gives a defeated caw before it hops up and flies over to Nate. It flies straight into his arm. With that done Shade says, "Now that is all. And let the games... Begin!" They bow to everyone. "Play nice, but have fun my friends." With that they turn and begin to walk away, humming to themselves as they do. Nothing special, just a sweet little tune that could be a lullaby. And, as they walk, the shadows embrace them. Then they were gone.
Devion sighs and stands, brushing himself off he begins to walk in the direction of the desert, adjusting his headphones to be blaring as he goes. Meanwhile Jazz pouts before letting go of Zane, "Later Puppy. Auran and I are leaving, good bye everyone." And she whistles before racing forward, its a little higher pitched than the one she uses to call Zane. Leaping into the air she lands on the eight legged creature. Patting his back she says. "Home, Auran." And he takes off in that direction.
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