Xardius looked over at Sybille and Xane and himself with a quick bubble of air that made their conversation inaudible for a moment. "Of course not," Xardius said. "I think Sybille is either holding her hostage or is working for the person who is. That's why three days. Either she busts herself out, or we do it for her." "Azull is definitely not psychotic," Xardius continued, dropping the bubble. "He's probably smarter than both of us put together with some room to spare." He smiled. "And, of course, his dramatic exit from the scene makes me like him considerably more. Azull leaving the Brotherhood was the equivalent of him flipping Scourge off. No one does that, in my opinion, and doesn't suffer the consequences. But Azull did." EDIT: He shrugged. "It doesn't really matter what I think however."
Xardius shook his head. "It's definitely not Azull. He's out of this war." He began stuffing potatoes into his mouth, but paused long enough to mutter. "Told me so himself actually. The more I learn about the guy, the more I like him." OOC: Jaxed...strikes back!
"Here's your meal," the hostess said, as several servants came out holding trays. "Hope you enjoy them." "Bring another one for the lady here, Ms. Sybille if I heard right," he said. "How do you want me to pay?" "Oh, we'll worry about that later," the hostess said. "You are staying the night, correct?" "Three days, actually," Xardius said. "Not counting today." "Very well, we'll discuss it then," the hostess said as the servants set the plates down and all of them scooted off. Xardius scowled.
Xardius shook his head. "We've done enough incidental damage as it is, blundering into situations. Instead of swinging my sword like an idiot, I want to take this slow. We wait...three days. If nothing happens by then, I'll take action. But my guess is whoever is behind this act is not going to be patient enough to wait for us." He turned back to Sybille. "Any friend of Bellatrix's is a friend of ours. We'll watch your back. But tell me, how is it that you know Bellatrix? You did after all say that she was never very good at skilled opponents. I suppose this means that you've seen her fight. A lot."
OOC: Hi, Hidden! Are you still here? Xardius overheard the last bit, and frowned. Bellatrix Swan, dead on the ground, probably only half a block away from us at most, and we don't notice. No, they're something fishy going on here. He contemplated. I'm no good at this...What I need is Enigma...But I'll give it my best shot. OK, so I know that I've attuned my senses to not only give semiconscious tracking of the UO agents, but also slight appearances with their welfare. Since death or near-death would cause an aberration in both of them, it would appear that neither has come to pass. Xardius' head hurt, but he moved on anyway. But that locket is definitely Bella's. After all, it was previously how I was keeping track of her, until we met a few hours ago and I established a more permanent link with her soul. So I can tell from the small remnant of the tracking spell that the locket is real. Xardius stopped for a moment, considering. But why would this Sybille lie to us? Maybe this is the instigation to whatever weird is going on here, or maybe she just doesn't want us to find Bella. In any case, I have to assume that Bellatrix didn't get my message. But I'll stand by my case, and give her three days to get here. If she doesn't extricate herself by then, I'll have to do it. However, I'd better keep Sybille close by meanwhile. Conclusion handed over, Xardius walked forward. "That must have been a shock. It's actually kind of hard to believe, but I'm sure you wouldn't lie to us. What would be the point?" He shook his head. "No, Bellatrix must either be dead or seriously injured, in which case, she won't be joining us. Now, to a bigger point: I have a feeling that there's something going on with this world. Now that you're here, and have made contact with us, I'm feeling that it's really not safe for you either. Best not to go out on your own, and since I don't see anyone with you, I suggest that we all stay together for a few days, until we can figure out what is really going on here."
OOC: Darn it...Well, I probably can still find some good midis if I can look for them. I'll send you the midis I have on hand, and I'll see if I can find some more. OOC: Have Darxess come to Avalanche, after he receives Xardius' message. That'll solve some things. BIC: "Food sounds good," Xardius said. "There aren't any women my size anyway." He shrugged and walked to the bar, ordering a good-sized hot meal for the rest of them. The hostess nodded, smiled, and whisked off. Xardius shook his head. "Too friendly...she didn't even ask about money." But is she bribed or threatened or part of the plot? Xardius thought to himself.
OOC: I concur with Pirate. It just wouldn't be the same if we weren't called the Ultimate Organization... And, hey, Pirate, you never told me if that worked or not... BIC: "Which really worries me more than anything else," Xardius muttered, walking into the inn. "It means something happened." He popped out his phone and sent the message to all the phones of the UO, hoping they got the message. "So, in the meanwhile, what do we do?" he asked.
OOC: Serious!? I was sick too! That's why I'm "grumpy" because I still have this nagging cough and stuff... BIC: "I don't think so," Xardius said, walking towards the inn. "But I definitely think something fishy is going on. Anyway, I don't think anything is going to happen soon; they'll need time to prepare. We should send out a message for the rest of the UO to meet here." "After all," he said, "we have five out of nine here - Bellatrix, Noxas, Nulix, and Jaxed are still missing. I say, if they don't show up within three days, we go looking for them, then regroup back here. What do you think?"
OOC: Well, honestly, this was supposed to have happened a long time ago, so the timeline is fine. BIC: The two men watched the Ultimate Organization enter the city, then scurried off... *** A young woman approached them. "Excuse me, Mister, but are you travelers? We haven't visitors in a long time." Xardius stopped, and nodded slightly. "Do this town have an inn?" The young woman nodded. "This town has a lot to offer if you look around." She smiled and walked away. Xardius shook his head. "The people are wacked in this town..." *** OOC: !!!! WHERE IS EVERYONE!? If I come here tomorrow and find no new post, I might cry!
Xardius glanced at a sign, brushing snow off it. "Somewhere with lots of snow, called...Iceburg. Nice pun." OOC: A burg being a city area, lol. BIC: He glanced around. "I think we're supposed to meet someone here. That crazy old millionaire farmer was a little too nice, and a little too quick to say he didn't know anything about the Ultimate Organization...before I told him who we were." He shrugged. "So that means we're either walking into an ambush, or that man was bribed to drop us off here so we couldn't interfere, or he was hired by one of our allies to bring us here. Either of those options could be dangerous, so stay on your toes." He began walking into the city, looking around as he did so. OOC: Hmm, have to go soon.
OOC: Does anyone know where we left off? I think we should just be arriving somewhere... BIC: Xardius stepped out of the gummi ship, and whipped a hand through his hair. The gummi they'd been driven on, the driver being a friendly wealthy farmer who never watched TV or listened to the news so was blatantly unaware of everything, was more like a yacht, equipped with showers and beds. So Xardius felt human for the first time in a long time. "Come on guys," Xardius said, motioning. OOC: Where should we be? I was thinking somewhere like a mountain city. We haven't been to any ice-capped mountain worlds yet...
OOC: So Ravakov the man of steel gets invincible armor...Hoo boy... BIC: "Where is he?" Scourge asked quietly. Eclipse swallowed. "I, uh, don't know." Scourge responded by blasting Eclipse into a wall with a wall of power. Eclipse grunted, pinned but not hurt. That wasn't the point and he knew it. Scourge wasn't angry yet anyway. "Why don't you know?" Scourge asked quietly. Eclipse allowed himself a moment before responding. "I believe he's disappeared so as to further armor himself against you, and then he will attack you with all his force." Scourge nodded. "I concur. Do you know when he will attack?" Eclipse thought about it, then nodded. "He will attempt to destroy you, at least, near the end of the month, to coincide with Azull's plan." "Two birds can be killed here," Scourge said, his power slowly allowing Eclipse back to the floor. "With my sword. We may not need...this." He gestured. "Go and tell the others. I want them all here for the occasion." Eclipse nodded and ran out of the room, grinning widely. The time had finally come to cut them all down: the UO were going to die. *** Scourge watched Eclipse go, knowing exactly what he was thinking. He sighed heavily. "I do believe that will be the last time I see you, Eclipse," he muttered under his breath. "Enjoy your final moments."
OOC: It is Wing's Virus...the one that took over his body, but Wing exorcised, if you will.
OOC: I like it when Wing does unexpected things...
OOC: I forgive you...But I'm still lost as to where we are in the story...*bums out* BIC: "..." Scourge leaned back in his chair. "Is that so?" Eclipse shrugged. "It appears so. I don't think either of them survived." "No, Vecked's brother would have," Wirdikov, the ex-Guardian of light, said, his cool blue eyes narrowing. "He has that blood in him." Scourge chuckled. "This should be fun..." Eclipse wondered again whether Scourge was cocky or simply insane. He hoped it was the former, because if it was the latter, then he was insane too. "Whether it's fun or not, I also have more important news," Eclipse said. "About Azull." "Did you find him?" Scourge asked smoothly. "Not exactly, but I did find the note he left us," Eclipse said, pulling out the piece of paper and handing it to Scourge. Scourge's eyes turned blood red as he read the page. Eclipse swallowed, trying not to be audible about it. Wirdikov tensed. Scourge calmly handed the paper back to Eclipse, then stood. "Clever Azull," Scourge growled through clenched teeth. "I would never had dreamed you were capable of that." Wirdikov read the paper still held in Eclipse's hands, and his eyes widened. "Impossible!" "No, quite possible for a master of illusion," Scourge said. He walked around the desk, and between the two. "We must correct this immediately." Eclipse and Wirdikov followed, but Eclipse could tell Wirdikov was thinking the same thing he was: it might just be too late for that.
OOC: Pirate was supposed to PM me and I have a feeling he didn't even show up today...oh well. I still have no clue where we are, but I'll follow your lead, Wing, XD. BIC: Xardius shrugged. "So it would seem. But I don't think we're as close as we feel." He ticked things off on his fingers. "We still have the Brotherhood to deal with, and Enigma let me on their secret, so that's another thing we have to deal with. Three, we have the UPA and all the other rogue people running around. Fourth, there's anarchy everywhere and the worlds are like pieces of interstellar crap right now. Fifth, there's the remaining Heartless and Nobodies still around, which are still killing people." He shrugged again. "Take that into perspective, and we have a busy future. We might be getting closer, and I'm not trying to be pessimistic, but we have to be realistic. Peace is going to be pricey." Xardius grimaced. "More pricey for some of us than others. The light and dark are choosing their sides. I'm pretty sure that those waves of dizziness I felt a while back were slight impacts of the birth of new Phoenix. I don't know why, but it's like the calm before the storm right now, where both sides take a breath, stock up their weapons of war, and then march forward to bash each other. At least, that's what it feels like to me." Xardius stopped. "You know, I think that's the most I've spoken at one time in over a month!" OOC: Wow, Xardius had a lot to say tonight.
OOC: I like it; I'm just not sure it's practical just the way it is...Why are we demons in the first place? What's our goal? Maybe we could incorporate both; the taint from fighting the Shadows makes into Yokai. Hence we're looking for a way to restore ourselves. EDIT: And I do realize that no conscience doesn't necessarily mean no emotions. Which would explain why the UO still had emotions, though they didn't necessarily act on them with discretion.
OOC: I'll explain real quick my idea. I'll copy it from a PM. It basically explains a thing called Oakaku Koa, which roughly translates to the Core. Oakaku Koa is like the sun to the universe; it is the mainstay of energy where everything initially spirals down into. Like the center of a galaxy, it's a roiling mass of chaotic energy that as you get farther away from it, gets more and more organized into worlds. So it's not actually a place so much as the Core, which is what Oakaku Koa means. There are things that live near Oakaku Koa, but they're mutated beings that sometimes make it out of the chaotic mass and attack the worlds, usually in waves. These beings are simply called Shadows, because that's what they look like. On the opposite extreme is the very outer edge, where the density of energy is so low, no life can be supported. It's really just an explanation for the Heartless, but If feel we need an enemy for the UO to fight in the first place, that made the worlds shun them. For example, we could have, say, a taint or disease that is spread from the Shadows and the UO's members all caught it and gained these great abilities to fight, heal, etc. If you're okay with that, we can do away with what I said before (I thought about it a lot before replying). There would still be a seal on Oakaku Koa to stop most of the Shadows from coming through, but if there had been a weakening a few years ago, and a war, and a taint, we have the UO. So what do you think? EDIT: Oh, and you're right that Nobodies don't have feelings, but the UO hasn't ever NOT had feelings, really...lol, we're sorta contradictory in that respect, though we did come up with a plausible solution.
OOC: Well, I hope that suffices. I"m going to split soon. By the way, does anyone remember where we left off in the RP? We should probably start actually controlling our characters again, XD.
OOC: OK, well, I'm not sure what you mean by themes, but if it's music, I'm looking.
