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Post by Vaan Shepard on Jul 27, 2012 10:52:26 GMT -5
((Open, but give me a heads up if you want to join.))
The bus arrived at the station, the doors swung open...among the throngs of people one boy stepped out, Vaan Shepard...the boy who did not live in Urbadelphia. He shouldered his backpack and looked at the letter in his hand...
"Vaan,
Long has it been since I sat you in front of me and made up grand stories for you to listen to. Now, I reach out to that same wide-eyed boy for another story."
The letter went on to explain these fantastical adventures, demons...humans with powers, monsters, love and all sorts of things. The letter ended though with instruction.
"Vaan, go to Urbadelphia and deliver a letter to an old friend named Riku Nomura. The package I have given you is yours, but do not open it until you need it. You'll know when is the right time...be careful Vaan, the rest is up to you."
Sora.
As Vaan made his way through the bus station...the air began to subtly shift...demonic influence pushing in...
a Crossing would soon follow.
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Post by Kyoshiro Ayanokōji on Jul 27, 2012 11:46:22 GMT -5
Kyoshiro had always hated it when people who (Appeared to) be innocent were caught in crossings. They usually got in the way, and he hated having to deal with the paperwork after they were killed... That was annoying, he looked across at Minato who was stood next to him and nodded. The blonde pulled out an oddly shaped knife, and threw it right at the boys feet, Kyoshiro leaped through the air and Minato disappeared in a yellow flash before reappearing before the boy.
Kyoshiro landed beside Minato moments later, his sword unsheathed and a mask in his free hand. The faint outlines of a figure could be seen behind him. Minato, being slightly more tender than Kyoshiro was, looked over his shoulder with a smile.
"Don't worry!" He said, giving a thumbs up, before a kunai flicked up into his hand. "We'll take care of this!"
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Post by Vaan Shepard on Jul 27, 2012 13:07:01 GMT -5
Vaan's life would never be the same afterward...the crowd of people he was with suddenly was reduced to a shocking number of five, then everything violently changed: the air became red, the billboards spouted teeth and eyes, posts starting licking tongues. Laughter was heard everywhere...
"What the-" Vaan gasped, looking around at the violently shifting area. He could see a small group of people, scared and panicky. One man began to stumble back.
"Oh god...oh god...OH GOD!" he began running, trying to leave the station. Chairs that were once innocent started showing teeth, grinning the chairs literally leaped in the air at him.
"Look out!" Vaan shouted, too late, the chairs pounced on the man and began to eat him. Vaan turned away as the sound of tearing and screaming, it set the other small group into panic where they ran into traps similar too. Sign posts gnawed on a woman's neck, billboards swallowed a couple, Vaan was soon for the moment...alone.
"Vaan."
Vaan's eyes widened as he turned around to the voice, standing before him was someone who despite his age was recognizable.
"Sora?" he spoke, "How are you-"
"Vaan, open the package." Sora instructed his voice echoed, more roaring followed and Sora became insistent. "Vaan open the package!"
Vaan looked at the package in his hand and was about to tear it open when he heard a voice speak to him, the voices now came from a different group of people who had arrived.
"Who are you people? What's going on? Sora, what-"
Sora wasn't there anymore, Vaan looked around for him...but he was gone. Like he was never there in the first place.
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Jul 27, 2012 16:54:51 GMT -5
The bus station. Crossings happened here often; likely because of the fact that it was a border. Between here and there, this place and the next. A lightning strike took out one of the chairs attacking the civilians, a figure slowly descending in a halo of electricity, red spiky hair sizzling with static.
"Hey, careful," Izzy called out to the blonde. "You don't want to mess with those things. Kyoshiro! Minato! Been a while!"
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Post by Riku Nomura on Jul 27, 2012 17:09:27 GMT -5
(NOTE: Riku has broken up with Darla in the 6 month interval prior to this)
"Another day, another crossing." I said as I used my scythe to cut down various demons around Main Street. I used to get such a thrill from mowing down demons but it hasn't been the same since "The Incident" you could say. Now I rarely feel anything except the occasional rush of battle since Sora decided to take the fall for The Network. Me being who I am I couldn't leave Sora alone so I help him where I can even if he doesn't want it knowing full well the ramifications of my decision.
In the time since I've gotten better control over my new fused Rider powers even managing to combine them fully with my darkness. I swing my scythe twice more cutting down more demons in my path when I notice someone in distance. "Sora?!?" I gasp but as soon as he's there he disappeared.
"Sora. I wish things hadn't turned out like this. How I wish it hadn't..." I then spot someone else nearby looking around and run towards him.
"What's going on kid? This place isn't safe!"
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Post by Kyoshiro Ayanokōji on Jul 27, 2012 18:18:25 GMT -5
"Izzy!" Minato called with a smile as he turned to face Kyoshiro. "Ayanokoji-sama... Shall we..?" He superior turned his face to look at the taller blonde and gave a small nod. "We shall..." With that, he raised his mask to his face and swung his sword, a blue aura suddenly surrounding him. "SIR GIVVEN!" The aura turned into a huge blue outline of a knight which loitered behind Kyoshiro. He scoffed behind his mask, his voice taking two tones, one distinctly English.
"Suffer my wrath!"[/b] He raised his sword, the spirit doing the same. "Holy breach!" He suddenly swung his sword back and charged, slicing his way through the demons. Minato looked on amazed, it was his first time seeing Kyoshiro fight properly. Not one to be left out, he smirked, a sphere of energy gathering in his palm. "Rasengan!" He cried, thrusting it into a demon, sending it flying backwards.
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Post by Vaan Shepard on Jul 27, 2012 21:22:14 GMT -5
Vaan looked back and forth between the people, "Who ARE you people?! What's going on!?"
He kept his distance from the attacking furniture, already have saw what happened to the last group who got too close to them.
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Jul 27, 2012 21:26:12 GMT -5
Electricity gathered in Izzy's palms, a wicked grin spreading across his face as he spun, lighting up a circle around himself with sparks and traceries.
"Just a bad dream, kid," he said. "Tomorrow you'll wake up and we'll be gone like smoke. But if you die in a dream..." He chuckled, sending a malevolent piece of furnishing backwards. "Well, y'know what they say, right? So just sit back and let us save your life."
A backflip, an electrified heel slamming down on another demon.
"It's been far too long," he said, still grinning.
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Post by Riku Nomura on Jul 27, 2012 21:29:13 GMT -5
"Tell me about it." I say to no one as I ready my scythe for another attack.
"Stay behind me kid!"
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Post by Vaan Shepard on Jul 27, 2012 21:40:50 GMT -5
Vaan looked at the two of them with open mouths and in his frustration he threw down the package, it hit the ground with a crunch and it burst open. Three objects were in it - a book and two metal fingerless gauntlets. Vaan reached down, picking up the book - he looked over it once and placed it in his jacket pocket. The two gauntlets though...they had many blue orbs around them, each with an odd symbol.
What happened next he wasn't sure what compelled him, but he slowly slipped each gauntlet over his hand...he was about to adjust the straps when suddenly they adjusted themselves. Vaan gasped as suddenly the orbs on the gauntlet began to move around it, like a metallic ring around each one spinning at high speed. Suddenly they both stopped, a strange symbol lit up on each of them and two flashes of light appeared on his arms.
In his left arm, a shield formed, on his right hand a sword formed. The lights turned into solid metal and Vaan stood their with a sword and shield in hand.
"Whoa!"
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Jul 27, 2012 21:44:17 GMT -5
Izzy paused after kicking another chair away, staring in wide-eyed awe at Vaan.
"ProDIGious!" he exclaimed. "Looks like the dream just got more real for you, kid."
Without a glance away from Vaan, he sent a lightning strike straight backwards, blowing away a demon object that was coming towards them.
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Post by Riku Nomura on Jul 27, 2012 21:48:56 GMT -5
"Dream? More like nightmare." I mutter as I slice two tables in half.
"And Prodigious? That was so 90's."
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Jul 27, 2012 21:52:11 GMT -5
"Nineties cartoons are the best cartoons. 'Specially that cheesy anime they put out back then," he replied, laughing. "Y'know, this could be a scene from one. Day of the Living Furniture. Or something." He called back his disc, hopping on and doing a quick air trick before zapping another group. "The superhero shows were supposed to be pretty good, too, or so I've heard."
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Post by Riku Nomura on Jul 27, 2012 21:56:18 GMT -5
"Supposedly. This reminds me more of a plot from Mighty Morphin something somethings. Watch this!"
Dismissing my scythe I kick up into the air forward and kick through more demon chairs.
"SEEYA!" I say as I chop through more chairs.
"Now all I'm missing is a giant robot."
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Jul 27, 2012 21:57:43 GMT -5
"I know a guy," Izzy replied, doing another aerial trick that ended with a lot of demonic furniture in heaps of smoking wood. "Want me to hook you up?"
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