OOC: Yeah, ok, just ignore my post...that works...I'm being nasty again... BIC: Xardius pulled his gummi to a stop...having crossed it .25 of a second before Nulix. "Hmm, never mind," he said. "I tried to stop..." EDIT OOC: That sounds like I'm mad at everybody...I'm not...I'm kinda bummed right now, but I'm not mad...FYI
OOC: I'm going to be nasty right now... BIC: Xardius roared in from above, slamming down and ripping forward at maximum speed. The finish line was closing... "Nulix...you're not going to make it," Xardius said. "Pharell's going to win...Unless..." Xardius smiled. "Unless you take both of us out. I don't mind losing...just this once...So here's what you do..." "I'll block Pharell, then hit my right booster. I'll implode it, and reverse into Pharell. Hopefully, I'll be able to get myself and Wing out of the explosion, and your ship doesn't, er, fall apart..." OOC: OK, so I wasn't nasty... EDIT OOC: Face it, you all forgot about Xardius... EDIT2: The plan still stands, despite Pirate's post...
"Wouldn't want to blow away the competition," Xardius grinned, revving the engine and boosting forward directly in front of a Radiant Garden driver, who swerved, crashing with the three other gummis behind Xardius. "That takes care of everyone behind us," Xardius said. "Just the big wigs now..." *** Highwind sighed. "I meant it sarcastically...You really shouldn't be using darkness like that..." Tera Roth nodded. "It might backfire. You see..." Tera Roth's eyes began glowing. "Not only do I know what you're doing, but I also have the perfect counter to such an attack on my psyche. I may be a Heartless, but if you'd bothered to research me at all, you'd realize that my heart is not the only heart I have. Inside of me, I hold over a million. Think you can...persuade...them all?" EDIT OOC: Oh, and I won't be on at our normal time today. I'll be anywhere from an hour to two hours late.
"Hrmph," Xardius burped, feeling uncomfortable in his stomach. OOC: Me too, Pirate.
OOC: I know, I know, I post too quickly...
Xardius saw the rocks and went into next gear, rocketing forward in front of the leaders. Flipping his ship over, he activated the buzz saws underneath and sawed his way through the rock! Impossible! Of course, this caused the top to skim the bottom, causing it to slow and he ended up at the back of the pack again...
Xardius swerved around all the mines in the mine field...bored... OOC: Because I can't think of anything to happen to him...
Only two Brotherhood gummis remained. Xardius moved to take out the next one. As the gummis plummeted, Xardius roared down on top of the Brotherhood's gummi as the Brotherhood member skillfully used his boosters to dodge around cracks in the rock and to slow his descent. Resting his gummi on top, Xardius waited as the Brotherhood member tried to shake him off. Suddenly, he slammed his boosters forward, blowing the Brotherhood gummi straight down into the earth, the explosion adding to Xardius' booster and sending him away from the closing ground and in hot pursuit of the gummis in the lead above him.
Xardius roared forward, coming up underneath a Brotherhood member, and slamming into the engine, causing the back end to rear upwards and the Brotherhood member to accelerate quite quickly into the ground. "Next!" Xardius grinned. OOC: I'll be, um, unavailable for a time...
"Hmph," Xardius said, opening a communication to both Nulix's and Xane's vehicles. "This is taking too long. I'll take out the Brotherhood gummis, you guys focus on winning...if you can beat me once I'm done here that is..."
Xardius smiled as the Brotherhood member tried vainly to push him off... He waved to Nulix, who probably couldn't see him, but it was the thought that counted... The Brotherhood driver flipped him off, and Xardius sent him through the rail. "Go Xane!" he yelled.
Xardius cut through the ranks like butter, his dual engines sucking in air and spitting them out in a fiery roar that sounded exactly how it was: full unharnessed power. Despite the unfinished customization, Xardius watched the gap between himself and the leaders close. Coming up beside Xane, Xardius waved, then gave a signal that he'd distract the first Brotherhood to slip by. Hoping that Xane would get the hint for a tag-team dueling power struggle that would leave him or Xane on top and free to win the race while the other held the Brotherhood and Pharell Titan at bay, Xardius rocketed forward. The first Brotherhood gummi immediately tried to cut him off, but Xardius was too quick. His gummi darted around the bottom of the Brotherhood, coming up on the other side and slammed it in the rail. Xardius held it there, waiting for Xane to make his move...
"The UPA wants us to do their dirty work, but I think it's just a cover-up for wanting to control us," Xardius said, whipping around a corner at too fast of speeds, causing his voice to strain as he did so. "They've been trying ever since we met them to get us under their wing. They're just trying a different tactic this time around." *** Tera Roth cocked his head. "You feel that?" Highwind smiled. "Darkness...You must be the supposed ex-Guardian of darkness..." Tera Roth shook his head. "Boy, does he understand us..."
OOC: Ahem, sorry...Got pulled into a debate...I'm good at sticking my nose into random subjects... BIC: Xardius nearly hit his head on the panel above. "Wing!? Whoa, dude, the race is starting!" He hit the gas, and the Dueling Dragons roared forward, boosting forward quickly, though the gap between him and the leaders closed minimally. "This is going to take a while to catch up, didn't have time to modify it completely," Xardius said. "So how's it going Wing?" *** Tera Roth rubbed his nose. "I sniff 'em out." "What about the soda?" Tyre asked.
OOC: Enough pre-gag stuff. Just start the race Pirate. I can't even post anything because Xardius is at the race already...
OOC: It wasn't important (a race thing). I actually thought of the answer. I just forgot to delete that I had a question... So let's race!
OOC: Meh. I relinquish. I'll keep this as a back-up...sometime... I just have a question... BIC: "I'll meet you over there, then," Xardius said, roaring away. OOC: Just ignore the money part for now. (At least the message part).
OOC: Don't worry, I got it covered. Think of this has a back-up security program. You can't access the money until much, much later. Besides, Xardius has been alive and adding to this account for over 1000 years. He's filthy rich...less so now...But still. BIC: Xardius roared up. "Ready to race?"
Xardius sat atop the garage, letting the cool wind blow through his hair. Everyone's gone, he thought. One by one, they've disappeared. Vexneah, Darxess, Bellatrix...Geryl...One by one, we're being picked at, being chiseled away into nothingness... He stared at his hands. Do we have a future? The four of us? Wing, Xane, Nulix, and I? He shook his head. Sometimes...I wonder... Pulling out his cell phone, he contacted the bank which held all of his money. The bank answered. "It's Lionheart," he said, and he was immediately rerouted. "Hello, Darius, how are you?" the man said on the other end. "Busy," Xardius said. "How are things with the war?" "It's nice to have backing such as yours," the man admitted. "We've managed to stay out of the most of it, though our world was hit pretty hard. Thanks to your help though, we remained intact." "That's good to hear," Xardius said honestly, not only because all his money was held there. "I'm calling because I'd like to open several new accounts." "Oh?" the man asked, sounding interested. "More money to add? I thought you were done making money." "I am, I'd like to put some of my old cash into these new accounts," Xardius said. "I see," the man said. "Giving credit to old friends?" "Something like that," Xardius said, smiling. "Split up all of my money into..." He counted. Geryl's definitely gone...Darxess is somewhere, Bellatrix too, Vexneah...who knows? "Seven accounts," he said. "All of it?" the man asked. "Yes," Xardius said. "And send a notice to these numbers about how much money they've received, but not who it's from." "I'm sure they'll guess," the man said dryly. "What are the numbers?" Xardius fed them in, and the man acknowledged them. "Thanks again, Darius," the man said, hanging up. Xardius hung up the phone, and pocketed it. "30 trillion each," he muttered. "That should probably be enough..." *** All the UO member's phones beeped, the new message saying with a smiling face attached, "Congratulations. Your new account has been acknowledged and confirmed. Your account balance is now 30 trillion dollars. Thank you and have a nice day." *** Scourge kept walking for a moment, then said, "You'll have to promise me, my friend, to lend me your power, just for a moment or two. Then I'll release you. Just don't get yourself caught again." *** Xardius hopped down and headed for his new Dueling Dragons gummi. Climbing in, he roared up the dual engines and headed for the race track.
OOC: ... BIC: But the man hadn't gone back to the dark worlds; more specifically, a part of him had, but it was bouncing back and forth. Irritated, the man dragged all of himself into the Sora system. "This is ridiculous," he said. "What are they trying to do to me?" "After all, it's not like I'm even there," the man said, and disappeared. *** Xardius frowned. "I've done it before...it just took a while. And perhaps I should have told you, but I'm rather filthy rich. If you want money..." *** EDIT IN: Scourge glanced back at the Virus. "I'll let you out soon, I promise. But you must promise me something in return..."
