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Daemonblade
Posts : 185 Join date : 2013-09-19 Age : 26 Location : Spalding, England
| Subject: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:19 pm | |
| Why was he here? He saw no reason for him to actually be here. There was nothing to be achieved from coming here. He felt no particular desire to be walking through an unfortunately scarlet forest. It reminded him too much of blood, and that was something that he'd seen rather too much recently. Watching yourself bleed out was never an enjoyable experience, and having to kill himself had been even less fun. He still hadn't gotten used to having only one eye, and the metal orb he'd used to replace it was uncomfortable at the best of times. With his resources, he could have had the best optical implant money could buy, but he didn't like bionics. When you spend your life expecting every person you meet to either let you down or try to kill you, you really don't want another uncontrollable element to deal with. Having the cybernetic relays in his arm was bad enough, but it had been that or lose it completely from the elbow down.
And so it had been a simple, unadorned metal orb where his right eye had been torn out, and a hideous scar across his face from his temple to his left cheek. If he really cared about his appearance it would have been a nightmare, but as things stood he actually preferred it. People tended to avoid a man who looked like he did, and if there was one thing he enjoyed it was his privacy. Isolation to the extreme.
So why was he here now?
Mike. As always it was despicable, occasionally likeable, extremely irritating, sometimes amusing, braindead, rarely insightful, but invariably hyperactive, Mike. What was it about that boy that made him cling on like a limpet? Nathaniel really could have done without this child slowing him down, but Mike had decided that they needed to go for a walk and that he didn't want to catch frostbite again, and so here they were.
Nathaniel would have greatly preferred the snowy forest to this place, and not just because it reminded him of blood. There was a kind of serenity, a stillness and silence that came with the incessant snowfall. It let him feel, when he focused hard enough, that he could be the only person left alive in the world. He liked the cold too, the way it could seep into his bones and send his body to sleep without any encouragement on his part. It was the kind of environment in which he could heighten his mind to unmatched levels. The kind of environment in which he could think.
But no, he was stuck here in this stupid forest, wading through dead leaves, following a train track for no particular reason, and having to shut out the other boy's incessant babble with every step.
Why did he ever agree to this? | |
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evilparsnips
Posts : 458 Join date : 2013-09-19 Age : 25 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:38 pm | |
| Mike skipped along happily next to Nathaniel as they wandered through the forest. Mike rather liked this forest. He liked the colour, and it was the place the team had run to when the Beacon Guard were chasing them. He felt safe here. He knew it had been a great idea to bring them both here, and he could tell that Nathaniel just loved it here. He had hated the snowy forest. It was just too cold, and Mike hated that. And he knew Nathaniel hated it too.
"...And so that's how I managed to save all my friends from the Beowolf attack!" He said, having just finished telling a rather overblown tale about him fighting a "horde" of Beowolves. He looked at his hand, and saw the two scars Nathaniel had inflicted on him a week ago in the snowy forest. "These new friendship scars on my hand are amazing! And I love the one you put on your face! Now we'll be friends forever!" He said happily, motioning to the scar on Nathaniel's face. It was almost as if he had completely forgotten the real reason they had these scars. | |
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LOLcron
Posts : 116 Join date : 2013-11-18 Age : 25 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:50 pm | |
| Spark was tired and was bored of walking through the forest she bumped into the two boys one had a scar on his face the other had scars on his hands. Fed up with being alone she shouted to the two boys "Hello" she said. Unsure what else to say she just looked at them one looked depressed whereas the other looked mad. | |
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icheego5
Posts : 8 Join date : 2013-11-20
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:08 pm | |
| Silence. Tesla strolled along with Spark until they encountered two other beacon students and after an introductory conversation, Tesla and Spark learned that the two student's names were, Mike and Nathaniel. Tesla being Tesla, followed his personality and isolated himself from the group of friends because they seemed 'different'. He thought this because Nathaniel had part of, no, all of his right face in a complete mess, like he got mauled by a viscous beast.
And Mike... Well. He just stands out and is very irritating towards Tesla which is one of the reasons that Tesla could think of, to stay in his cell. | |
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Daemonblade
Posts : 185 Join date : 2013-09-19 Age : 26 Location : Spalding, England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:22 pm | |
| Nathaniel glanced humorlessly at Mike. I stabbed you. Twice. Then I had my eye ripped out. I wouldn't really call that friendship. Then, as if just to make his day worse, two other people turned up out of nowhere. One of them was obviously attempting to be polite, but the other made no attempt to hide how uncomfortable he was. In all honestly Nathaniel preferred it that way. It tied in with the few things he did know about social etiquette and human emotion- It meant that his information was still accurate.
Suddenly, though, he realised that having Mike here might actually not be such a bad thing after all. He now had a use for him. You're doing the talking, he sent. He really didn't like other people, and having someone who was both sociable and telepathic was a good way to get around conversation. In fact, the only thing he hated more than other people was having to talk to the other people. He hung back and let Mike take control of the situation. | |
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evilparsnips
Posts : 458 Join date : 2013-09-19 Age : 25 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:27 pm | |
| Mike silently rejoiced as two more people appeared out of nowhere. He grinned widely as they introduced themselves. "Hello! I'm Mike Caudex and this is Terry!" He said, before asking the other two people their names. Then he received Nathaniel's telepathic message, and turned to him. "Why don't you want to talk? You were very talkative to the beowolves last week!" he sent telepathically to him, with a confused look on his face. Then he turned back to the other two. "So, what brings you two out here today?" he asked, bringing his smile back. | |
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LOLcron
Posts : 116 Join date : 2013-11-18 Age : 25 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:32 pm | |
| "I don't really know, something just brought me out here" said Spark wanting to make friends with the new kids, but realizing that she sounded like a nutcase. Instantly she realized what she should have said was she "was out hunting" that wouldn't have looked so silly. | |
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icheego5
Posts : 8 Join date : 2013-11-20
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:47 pm | |
| The group walked at a steady pace in front of Tesla. He thinks to himself,"maybe I should say something," so after catching up with the group, he says sarcastically,"should we kill some gimms?"
No one doesn't seemed to hear Tesla's exclamation so he basically just wanders back to his spot and continues to trail the group.
Not much has happened.
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Daemonblade
Posts : 185 Join date : 2013-09-19 Age : 26 Location : Spalding, England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:00 pm | |
| That was different. Nathaniel couldn't really remember what he'd said when fighting the beowulves, but he knew that he'd been Eric at the time and there was a distinct possibility he'd revealed some information better kept secret. If that was the case, he really needed to convince Mike that it hadn't actually happened. I was half dead at the time. So were you. I really wouldn't put much stock in that.
So... one of the strangers was making stupid statements, and the other obviously had a serious self confidence deficit. Still, if the shy one thought their comment went unheard they were mistaken. The way he saw it, killing Grimm (he assumed that was what they'd said, though it was hard to tell) wouldn't be a terrible way to put an end to this awkward conversation. He might not be able to use his right arm yet, but he could still swing a sword with his left. Tell them yes. | |
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evilparsnips
Posts : 458 Join date : 2013-09-19 Age : 25 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:06 pm | |
| Mike received Nathaniel's messages and dismissed what he said. Then he heard Ozzy's question, and tried to decipher what he had said. When he figured it out, he nodded energetically. "So what weapons have you guys got?" he asked excitedly, like normal. He took out his punch daggers, and fired them at a branch above him. He retracted them, sending him up to the top of the tree. There he sat on the branch and waved at the people below him, smiling. | |
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LOLcron
Posts : 116 Join date : 2013-11-18 Age : 25 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:18 pm | |
| Spark pulled off Sugar quickly notching and arrow dipped in ice dust and fired it just above Mike's head making sure he wouldn't hit her new friend then in one quick move she put her bow on her shoulder and grabbed out her butterfly knives moving them so fast it was a blur then with the knife blades out she told "someone to touch her blades!" hoping to activate her semblance hoping to show off her full talents. | |
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icheego5
Posts : 8 Join date : 2013-11-20
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:21 pm | |
| Tesla heard Mike's question and replies,"I have two long swords in primary form and then it becomes two pistol swords when it is in secondary form," Tesla said that without drawing much attention to himself but still delivered what was needed.
Tesla was looking at Mike who was hanging from a tree and was like,"hmm... I don't even..." Mike just seemed to ignore what he said.
Tesla refused to come in contact with Spark's knife blades because he knew he would be in a world of hurt. "No, I won't touch it, Nathaniel you touch it."
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Daemonblade
Posts : 185 Join date : 2013-09-19 Age : 26 Location : Spalding, England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:36 pm | |
| Nathaniel didn't care much for show offs, and he cared even less for those who pointed weapons at his friends. It was might have been down to his failure to protect him, but Nathaniel took it very seriously when Lorna fired that arrow. In an instant he was snapped out of his gloom and into a kind of combat-alert anger. In under a second he'd swung the already loaded Teres-Aris down from his back and, with a monumental force of will, pointed it one handed at the aggressor. His face was devoid of emotion, but his good eye hinted at the kind of violence nobody wanted to even hear about, let alone experience firsthand. "Try Me." Just. Try me. If he fired now it would almost certainly break his arm, but he was more than ready to do so if necessary.
He turned to Mike. Tell him to drop the knife. | |
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evilparsnips
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| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:43 pm | |
| Mike watched the arrow fly just above his head, not even wavering as it skimmed just over his head. He watched below as Nathaniel flipped out at Lorna. "We should play tag!" He said, completely misunderstanding Nathaniel's reason for pointing his weapon at Lorna. Then he hopped down from branch to branch, before tagging Ozzy and running away, yelling, "You're it!" | |
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LOLcron
Posts : 116 Join date : 2013-11-18 Age : 25 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:56 pm | |
| Spark didn't understand. So instead she said "By the way I'm Lorna, but i prefer Spark" She looked at the rest of the people, the boy called "Terry" looked angry at her so she put her knives away not wishing to provoke him further and waited to see what everyone else was gonna do with "Mike" (wondering if he had problems). | |
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icheego5
Posts : 8 Join date : 2013-11-20
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:03 pm | |
| Tesla was caught in the heat of the moment and so played along with the game of tag that Mike proposed. But then he saw Nathaniel with his angry gaze and backed down in what would have been mayhem and chaos.
He glanced at Spark who also backed down and conceded back to her original position. At once Tesla knew that Nathaniel was very protective of Mike, like an older brother almost, and held the responsibility over Mike's actions | |
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Daemonblade
Posts : 185 Join date : 2013-09-19 Age : 26 Location : Spalding, England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:17 pm | |
| Nathaniel reslung his halberd across his back, but he didn't let his guard down. He didn't like impulsives. His extent of predicting their actions came down to the fact that they'd do stupid things without thinking them through, and that put everyone in danger. He might not have minded if Lorna got herself hurt, but he wasn't going to let her take anybody else with her. He moved back into what was a slightly more relaxed stance, but not much. "Next time." He drew his hand across his throat. Mike might live his own little carefree life, but Nathaniel had had none of these people's shelter growing up. They could brush off notions of murder, but for someone who had both seen and committed it on many occasions it was far from a laughing matter. And he'd rather be known as the unwanted killjoy than the idiot who couldn't stop his teammate from getting killed. | |
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evilparsnips
Posts : 458 Join date : 2013-09-19 Age : 25 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:27 pm | |
| Mike continued running away, wondering if the others were following him. He sent a telepathic message, "Are you guys playing?", when suddenly something appeared in front of him. It was a Grimm, but he had never seen one of them before. It looked like a huge spider, but it had the general Grimm mask over it's many eyes. "Well this probably isn't good..." he said, before it leaped down in front of him. "Um... Help?" He sent telepathically to Nathaniel, trying to stay clear of it's fangs, which were each the size of Mike's forearm. If he got bitten by one of those, it would likely kill him. | |
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Daemonblade
Posts : 185 Join date : 2013-09-19 Age : 26 Location : Spalding, England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:55 pm | |
| Well, that was it. Those two words were enough to make him completely forget whatever he was trying to do here. He set off running towards where he could sense Mike's life signature, not bothering to explain anything to the two others. His next thought was that he really needed to stick Mike on a leash in order to keep him in sight, because this really did happen far too often. Nathaniel was limping slightly, but the combination of aura-enhanced healing and his high ankle assault boots meant that he could still get around well enough.
He drew his wakazashi from his belt. Teres-Aris might be good for intimidation but there was realistically no chance of him wielding it one handed; hence the sword, and the revolver holstered within his coat. They were nothing special, and he wasn't all that good with them, but he was well enough trained to handle a few Grimm with just about any weapon. He cursed Mike under his breath, but he still didn't slow down any.
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LOLcron
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| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sun Feb 02, 2014 2:01 pm | |
| Spark saw "Terry" running in the direction Mike had gone. She saw the worry on his face, and then followed him hoping he would explain. Then she thought to herself "Is he mute?" then pulled her weapon of her shoulder notching an arrow just in case. | |
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icheego5
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| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:51 pm | |
| Tesla also armed himself with his twin swords because of the same reason Spark drew her weapons. The bond that was created as the group made Tesla activate his blood lust semblance, increasing his agility and giving him ultimate flexibility, and which he then started to hurtle himself towards the Grimm that was a top the Mike.Because of Tesla's amazing flexibility, he was the first to take an attack at the Grimm 'Spider'. He rested the twin swords on his shoulder, making sure the sharp side was facing outwards, and used his flexibility to 'spring load' himself to then unleash this force towards the Grimm.He aimed for the 'leg' of the Grimm because he knew that this would stop the Grimm from ultimately 'killing' MikeThe Grimm was focused so much on the Mike, it did not notice Tesla homing in and with one clean hit, the Grimm fell to the floor in sheer shock and without it's leg. Which left the other two to finish what Tesla started.Lol | |
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evilparsnips
Posts : 458 Join date : 2013-09-19 Age : 25 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:06 pm | |
| The spider lunged at Mike, but he was ready. He fired one of his blades at a nearby tree, dodging sideways. He dodged around for a bit, before Ozzy came to help. The spider fell to the ground, incapacitated by Ozzy's attack. Mike stood in a tree, watching for what would happen next. | |
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Daemonblade
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| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:21 pm | |
| Nathaniel sprinted over to the tree where Mike was stationed, slashing the spider across the face as he ran, although it was mainly out of spite. The doubly wounded Grimm lay thrashing and spraying blood, ready for the third assailant to finish off. He looked up at Mike. Are you alright? He was too caught up in the moment to notice the ominous rumbling coming from the ground behind him. | |
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LOLcron
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| Subject: Re: Down the Rabbit Hole [Invite Only] Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:19 pm | |
| As Lorna ran she let the arrow she had notched fly. It was aimed straight for the Grimm's eyes. She quickly notched 2 more. Firing them at the other eyes. As she finally got close enough she put her bow over her shoulder and with one stunning movement pulled out her butterfly knives and continued into get closer. Her knives would be better with her semblance she moved in to shock this Grimm. Her semblance live she moved in to stab its leg. | |
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