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Post by hayato on Jun 19, 2007 1:47:15 GMT -5
Hayato hovered high over the roofs of a residential neighborhood. His silhouette hung unmoving against the cold white light of the moon. The only sounds were a miles-distant siren, and the slight breeze moving through trees.
Hayato's eyes were fixed in a ponderous stare towards nothing in particular. His head hung slightly. He was lost in ponderous thought.
"Look at all your little rooftops," he muttered to himself. The homes below him were mostly identical. A grid of uniformity.
A smile cracked onto his face suddenly, and his expression twisted into a madman's grin. He rolled his head and cracked his knuckles, "Time to get started then," he said.
He brought his hands together in front of him, like a man praying, and then slowly moved them outwards. On the ground far beneath him, a wall of fire formed and spread horizontally with the gesture of his hands.
The flames pushed straight through homes and buildings, and a few shouts came from below. When Hayato's arms were fully extended, the wall of fire was forty feet tall and half a mile wide. The flames stood strong and tall for a few seconds, crackling and popping as they fed on the wood of the homes.
Hayato then made a pushing motion with his hands, and the wall of fire moved in tandem with that gesture, too, now slowly rolling across the streets and setting everything ablaze in it's wake.
Lights came on in windows below as children screamed and terrified families poured into the streets to see their neighborhood suddenly engulfed, as if by the wrath of a god.
Hayato smiled as his firewall reflected in his ice colored eyes. "Now, I wait..." he said, "To see who exactly shows."
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jun 19, 2007 8:43:29 GMT -5
"How how how many times have lone pirouetted characters standed watching cities and then they exploded into pieces, the cities I mean, because I think it has be'd a lot of times indeed!" Rhometer held up fingers as he counted, although the number of fingers at any one time did not seem to correspond with the number he was at. "There was those two peoples with swords in a tree, the peoples I mean but also I guess the swords, when there be'd monsters and creepy-crawlies smashing Tokyo. Plus there was those nasty deadies walking all over Paradigm City and infestating it. Also there was people from outered space who came down also they had a King, I've go'd to outral space a few times and I haved no idea people there want to crunch Earth to pieces. And also too as well there was some guy on Mount Fajita who boomed up Tokyo just using his sword, I wonder how many times Tokyo has been boomed up at this point. And a Roman person was turning all the people into fiends I mean friends I mean fiends. And some Japanese city PROBABLY TOKYO I DON'T KNOW I WILL CHECK got levelled to make way for some summon or summonthing like that. Also Celadon City which was all fill full of wierd mutant android demon stuffs. Oh and I forgot there be'd another time Tokyo was destroyded by some people named after makeup I think. Also another city was oblongerated by someone making rain. And let's see that's one more person tearing Tokyo apart and, well, that's all I can remember right now."
His shadow, Higgledy Piggledy, gazed at him reproachfully.
"Was there any need for that unseemingly long ramble?" he asked.
"Well at first I was just standing there thinkering all of that and that in my head. But then I decided it looked boring so I go'd back and changed it so it was me saying all of that and that instead. I can do that, you know," Rhometer added significantly.
"Let me put it another way. Was there any point to that unseemingly long ramble?"
"Yeah yeah there was! Basically the whole world's been destroyeded and Tokyo several times over and there's always some guy standing around being all smart all in the middle of it or over to one side possibly and I think that person is always you!" He finished this by pointing angrily at the hovering man, whom he had steadily been rising in the air to meet.
"I don't think this gentleman is responsible for every incident that has ever threatened a huge chunk of the Earth's population and landmass," said Hig. "But there is no doubt that he is responsible for this one."
"And we're going to stop him!" exclaimed Rhometer decisively, although he temporarily lost track of who exactly they were talking about. He covered this up by gesturing in random directions until he noticed the hovering man. Yes! The hovering man! It had to be him!
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Post by kazkame on Jun 19, 2007 12:18:44 GMT -5
OOC: thanks for the plug pohatu ;D
Zidane had just been to the local shrine praying for the healing of the land. He than felt a sharp pain in his spine, he knew something was amiss when his spine tingled. His short scruffy had just been cut, so it flowed perfectly in the breeze. He quickly picked up his armored arm piece and walked out of the shrine. The city was gone, burned to ground by some unknown force. He knew what he had to do; his eyes began to roll to the back of his head and he began to float into the air. The air began to crackle as the possession was complete. Zidane was an avatar and had to defend his people from terror. He began to sense for the origin of the blaze, he quickly found it and began to fly towards the creator.
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Post by ch00beh on Jun 19, 2007 12:59:29 GMT -5
People suddenly appeared in the streets, even though moments before, they were no where near the area. People seemed to be shoved very hard into large groups together, though it wasn't evident what was pushing them. Then, around each group, the pavement crumpled upwards and formed a wall around them, protecting them from the oncoming wave of fire.
Ender flopped onto the ground, appearing as if from thin air, from exerting himself so much in so short a time. He slowly crawled up to his hands and knees and with one hand, rubbed his temple in an attempt to calm his throbbing head. The ring around his finger did it's job healing admirably, but it wasn't enough. He blinked a few times before coming to his senses enough to reach into his pocket for his bottle of aspirin.
The psionic stumbled onto his feet before tipping the bottle into his mouth like some sort of beverage. He shook it a couple times to get the last pill in his mouth before throwing the bottle over his shoulder in some random direction.
A moment later, Ender was in front of Hayato.
"What the HELL are you doing?!?"
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Post by Vaxx on Jun 19, 2007 18:14:47 GMT -5
Vaxx slowly walked out from one of the burning houses. "No one burns down this city but ME!" He then ran until through the streets, until he had gotten ahead of Hayato's wall of fire, he then conjured up a second wall of fire, in a similar manner and sent it towards the first one. " Everyone knows if you send two fires against each other they will just die out." He said to no one in particular.
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Post by Kuroboom on Jun 19, 2007 22:59:10 GMT -5
There was always something wrong. Whether it be natural disasters or the evil people in the world causing mayhem, there was always something bad happening. Kuro lay on the ground of a hill staring at the night sky; a spark of orange lit up on the horizon. "Constant battle seems pointless. Especially with so many upstarts rushing to fill my brother's place," he thought, rising to sit up while doing so. "If they are so eager to be heroes, I'll let them try their hands at it."
Kuro laid back down with a slight smirk on his face. He didn't care to investigate into the situation, but he would if there were signs of trouble in the morning. He pulled his coat over him to act as a blanket. "Good luck... heroes..." was his last thought as drifted off to the lullaby the crickets were playing.
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Post by Private Stiffy on Jun 20, 2007 14:11:23 GMT -5
The night sky was lit a color of crimson, the air a haze as smoke and heat poured forth from the inferno that was once the streets of "The Estates", a neighborhood of similar houses on similar streets with similar people who didn't like Currywurst and didn't speak German, which led Klaus away from seeking shelter their for the night with Franz. Indeed, Franz was already snoring away in the side car of the Motorcycle, his face slumped over the pile of weapons normally held in the side car, even though the loud exhaust of the old motorcycle would probably wake a man from a coma. Klaus had already driven them 2 miles from the subdivision when suddenly it burst with bright reds and oranges, smoke viewed and screams heard as families ran from their burning homes.
"Vell, zat's not natural, eh Franz? Oh, right, you're asleep... someday's you're soo boring, vat vith not staying avake for adventures und treasure! Ach Kwatch, ve... I mean, I kan't just sit around und vait for you to answer, I'll just go zere und skope it out, speak up if you've got any problems!"
Klaus shifted the motorcycle's gears and sped off back toward the non-German-food-liking subdivision, hoping there would be some sort of bad guy with very money heavy pockets he and Franz could beat up with little to no effort
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Post by Popebenedict on Jun 20, 2007 16:24:05 GMT -5
"Was ist los?", questioned Franz, as the increasing heat, of the ever approaching city, awoke him from his heavy slumber.
"Was happened zeer? Was did I miss?... WAIT! dont zell me, the fuhrer has returned! und he has started is 'oly war on this verdamt city! FINALLY! Vor so long I have waited for zis day to come!", Looking toward Klaus to confirm his wishes, Franz realized bombs had not been dropped on the city, rather, placed there by some magical means, very distant from the powers of his beloved leader. The look on Klaus's face said to him, that this was not natural... and the perfect time to make a little cash! Surely the general public would be in a panic; a few hero's emerging here and there, but nothing that could quell the tag team of Klaus Sie Ist In, and Franz Meine Hause. Franz was sure Klaus had a great idea, that would make them rich for sure.
"Scheise! This place zur is a mess, think we can make a little cash, eh Klaus?" Franz said, winking his left eye at Klaus from the passenger buggy of their motorcycle, "Was ist zee plan?"
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Post by kazkame on Jun 20, 2007 16:34:07 GMT -5
OOC: it would be funny if hayato never came back on
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Post by ch00beh on Jun 20, 2007 17:39:12 GMT -5
OOC: funny thing is he tends to do that
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Post by hayato on Jun 22, 2007 0:50:40 GMT -5
OOC: Not this time!
BIC:
Hayato looked back and forth to Rhometer and Ender.
His gaze ended up falling upon Ender. He dismissed Rhometer for the moment, actually turning away from him a bit to address Ender.
"My god, you of all people," he said, smiling with sincerity, "Didn't really expect to see you, but I'm still glad you came."
He glanced at Rhometer for a second, "And I'm glad to meet you, too. I think." he said to the seemingly absent-minded individual floating before him.
He pulled a stray lock of red-dyed hair away from his face with a gloved hand before continuing, "Now, what the hell am I doing? Well, I'm glad you asked, Ender."
"I've decided the world is a lost cause."
He rolled his neck in a very casual manner before continuing, "Now I know that sounds like old bullshit. How many times have we heard a guy preaching about the immorality of the world like God before the flood? I don't even care about that. This morality conflict is just a part of the problem."
"My point of view is that our existence is utterly pointless. We create goals to strive towards- morality, medical advancement, scientific endeavors, whatever. But in the end, all of them come back to one thing: preserving our species."
"It's pathetic to me that even under the sheen of a societal setting, we're still just animals. Everything we do is just to ensure that we keep breeding indefinitely."
He smiled and wheeled around to gaze at the bone-white moon, "Well no more," he said, his voice becoming slightly louder, "I'm going to transcend this animal nature. I'm going to rise above sustaining humanity...and destroy it."
Turning back to the duo before him, he prepositioned " It's a worthy endeavor..."
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The flame wall Hayato had created rolled on for several miles, until Vaxx's twin fire wall hit it. The two elemental forces collided and almost instantly fizzeled into nothingness.
OOC: yeah, my response to Vaxx's post sucks, but....sorry.
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Post by ch00beh on Jun 22, 2007 1:39:27 GMT -5
OOC: OH EM EFF GEE! Slap me thrice and hand me to mama, he posted again!
BIC: "Oh. And here I thought you went mad or something," Ender said, voice dripping with ketchuppy blobs of sarcasm. "Now, this may just be my primitive animal nature... and maybe I enjoy breeding too.. but I'm gonna go ahead and preserve humanity, thank you very much.
"You realize, your reasong is absolute, utter nonsense. I mean, for one thing, in order to transcend humanity, there's gotta be some humanity to transcend, if you catch my drift. And another thing, let's say you do destroy all of humanity. What then? You sacrifice your own humanity, and the entire world, but then what? So you've 'transcended humanity'. For what? Transcendence is just another one of those goals that help people keep living.
"Simply stated, this is madness," Ender said. If Hayato even thought of responding with "this is Sparta" in any way shape or form (and Ender would know it, too), the psionic was ready and willing to kick the man in the chest.
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Post by hayato on Jun 22, 2007 1:51:57 GMT -5
OOC: lol 300 references ftw
BIC:
Hayato looked at Ender for a few seconds, "Okay, your logic is pretty sound in theory. But in application, I think I'm still right."
"I don't really care if anyone is around for me to transcend. I don't need the acknowledgment of anyone but me. And then, when I am the 'omega man'..." he pulled a pistol from the holster at his side and held it to his head, "Bang. And that will be the end of the world. And one guy erradicated his species just to be...a debaser, I suppose."
Hayato flew just a few inches closer to Ender. "Now one way or another, you are going to die tonight. Either you accept it, and help me, or you refuse it and burn."
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Post by ch00beh on Jun 22, 2007 2:26:28 GMT -5
"I had a feeling you'd be killing yourself at the end of all this..." Ender rolled his eyes. "'I think I'm still right.' You know how many stupid villains use that as their excuse? I mean, c'mon.
Ender floated a few inches closer as well, then cocked his head to the side... cockily. "I'd prefer to live tonight and continue my breeding with several fine ladies later on, actually." The psionic smiled.
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Post by hayato on Jun 22, 2007 2:44:09 GMT -5
"Ender," Hayato said, "I'm disappointed you don't understand. Even if you nail thirty women tonight and live to be old and grey and we keep on existing well...what's the point? Six and a half billion people and we still don't think we have enough. Enough for what? What is the end goal?"
Hayato shook his head, "Well, it's been nice knowing you, Ender," he said.
He then turned and began flying away, sailing over the unburned part of town. He haphazardly flung gigantic balls of fire down onto the streets below, where the impacted and ignited like incindiary bombs. Hayato seemed almost bored as he rained fiery doom down onto the earth.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jun 22, 2007 8:18:31 GMT -5
Rhometer leaned back -- in midair -- and crossed his hands behind his head. "Not a bad argylement, eh, Hig?"
"You didn't say anything throughout all of that," said Hig, rooted to the ground underneath the point where Rhometer hovered. "You were just thinking your retorts."
"Ah," said Rhometer with an air of great dignity. It looked to Hig as though he had no intention of elaborating on his retorts, or even of continuing to speak at all. Fine, then.
Hig turned and shouted to address Hayato. "I would have liked to end your atavistic blabbering, but unfortunately talking in this case does not constitute a change in the order-chaos balance." He raised one faintly visible eyebrow. "Dropping fireballs on the city, however, does indeed constitute a net rise in the chaos of the universe. And I am permitted to deal with such a problem."
He spread his arms wide, and a strange thing happened to all the fireballs still in the air. They didn't change shape or size at all, but substance. One moment, they were fireballs; the next, they were very spiky orange and yellow balloons, which rose up harmlessly into the sky.
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Post by ch00beh on Jun 22, 2007 11:07:00 GMT -5
"Old and gray? Ha, in ten years, all of the generation one experiments, including me, will be dead, either killed or from our super fast metabolisms shutting down. But what's the point? I dunno. Maybe there is no point. But living for the moment, and living it well, really gives a lad a nice surge of dopamine from the brain. And that feeling of euphoria may be just what I live for."
Ender was suddenly very distracted by the rising balloons, but quickly turned his attention back to Hayato. "I don't want to fight you, Hayato."
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Post by kazkame on Jun 22, 2007 12:25:37 GMT -5
" I do" said a voice behind them. It was Zidane who had teleported himself behind Ender. " He has endangered my people and my city, i will not stand for it any longer !!!" he said with a booming voice. he began to imagine a scimitar in his hands, and slowly a beam of light began to appear. curving slightly at the hilt the sword came in to fruition.
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Post by Vaxx on Jun 22, 2007 12:42:01 GMT -5
" Guess I will too" Said Vaxx as he flew up to everyone holding a fireball, which he then dropped onto the city. "I swear I didn't mean to do that, but it's ok it only hit the already dead people anyway."
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Post by ch00beh on Jun 22, 2007 12:42:17 GMT -5
OOC: Despite the lack of commas and capitalization, that post by kaz was almost completely grammatically correct, including that obscure beginning adjective clause rule. o.O
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Post by Private Stiffy on Jun 22, 2007 12:43:28 GMT -5
*vroomvroomsputtersputter*
The duo of Klaus und Franz had managed to get their ancient motorbike back within the confines of the city, just to witness a long dialogue between two very strange people, with very strange lines that reminded them of a movie they had seen a couple months ago... Klaus shrugged his shoulders
"Ja, Franz... doesn't zat remind of zat movie? Vat vas it... vierhundert? Nein, es war dreihundert! Vith zat Gerard guy!"
Franz laughed as he realized what had just taken place, and Klaus laughed at his own wittiness at being able to spot great movie quotes! Though the laughter was short-lived, as soon one of the strange men began to float away, and left behind him a trail of large fireballs, which then transformed into Balloons? Klaus shook his head in confusion, America was such a strange place with strange people! He quickly dismissed it as he saw a GROUP of strange people engaging the singular strange man, which in itself was quite... strange? Klaus turned to Franz and nodded
"Wir mussen sie helfen! Obviously ze big floating man ist making ze fire everywhere, und ze others are trying to shtop him from making ze fire... of course, ve musst ask for a reasonable fee for our services after ze battle, and possibly shteal zeir vallets vhile zey are not looking for zem!"
Franz nodded in agreement, and Klaus throttled the motorbike, driving it to the left flank of the float figure, just a couple of feet from the group of people attempting to engage him
"'Ey, strange fiery man, zink you can vithstand the firepower of Deutsche guns?"
At this, Klaus pulled out his Luger pistol and held it with his left hand, while with his right he threw a Nazi Salute to the group of "heroes". It was going to be a difficult battle, especially considering that he and Franz had never fired a gun, let alone taken the time to read the manuals on HOW to fire them
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Post by Vaxx on Jun 22, 2007 13:05:54 GMT -5
Hearing Franz and Klaus yell something about a fiery man, Vaxx looks over his shoulder at them. "Um... which fiery man were you talking to?" Vaxx asked the duo.
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Post by kazkame on Jun 22, 2007 14:17:18 GMT -5
OOC: hmm im improving....... nice
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Post by Popebenedict on Jun 23, 2007 12:05:19 GMT -5
"Zis Van!" Franz shouted at Vaxx, while simotaniously pulling out an old German rocket launcher, and aiming it in the general direction of the whole group, not pointing at anyone in particular. "ZIE firey man!", Franz pulled the trigger to the rocket launcher, and a cloud of smoke filled the air, seconds later a massive explosion sounded from a nearby building, just behind Franz and Klaus.
"Voops... user vay."
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Post by Vaxx on Jun 23, 2007 18:47:18 GMT -5
"Well I admire your attitude, however you lack any style or pizzaz." Vaxx said while smiling at Franz and Klaus. Suddenly Vaxx disappeared using his still unpredictable teleportation, he then reappeared face down in the dirt in front of the German teens. Standing up he said, "see now that's style" as blood gushed from his nose. "Well I think I'll take you two under my big fiery wing if you would like, and teach you the ropes of being a hero." He puffed out his chest in a manly fashion as he said the word hero. "So...what do you say?"
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Post by Private Stiffy on Jun 23, 2007 21:15:36 GMT -5
Klaus smacked his forehead after the misfire with the Panzerschreck, it was indeed going to be very tough to steal ANYONE'S wallets when the two were surprisingly inept with their national weapons... He was also rather unimpressed by the strange man who claimed the be fiery who had teleported in front of them
"Vell, I'll tell you vat, I zink zere is going to be a battle vith that guy over zere, so ve'll have to pass on your current offer, especially considering zat teleportation is lame! Who vould vant to teleport vhen zey could ride a motorcycle made vith fine, GERMAN ENGINEERING? Auch, for know, ve fight!"
Klaus passed his Luger pistol to his right hand and looked it up and down quite thoroughly. His Grandfather has taught him how to use one before, but the process was quite complicated and hard to remember, especially for a German Teenager! Staring at the loading lever on the grip of the gun, he place his thumb down upon it to unlock the loading mechanism, which was located on the top of the pistol. With his freehand, he tugged on two pieces of the mechanism, loading the bullet into the chamber... until the piece came back at quite an astonishing speed and caught Klaus' index finger
"Oh Boy, zis is going to be quite difficult..."
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