The Pulse of Awakening (RPG)

[kodster]

You have now entered...

THE PULSE OF AWAKENING

...the choice is yours.


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In a dark, dingy and filthy cell, the five beings awake. One of them is a being of light. Mira is its name, however it is very weak, and unable to remember anything from recently. Furthermore, Mira is the only source of light and only because of Mira can the other awakened beings see each other. They jump to their feet in alarm. The cloak of Saker whirls about her as she sizes up the others, Gunrod takes out his blunderbuss and Commander Shepard makes a crack that "no good can come from this", earning a glare from Maxine.

Initially hostile towards each other, the party introduce themselves to each other. Maxine remains hostile and rather pissed off, but all of a sudden their attention is drawn to Mira as it begins to flicker. Its power is dwindling. Mira explains about its species tendency to lose energy over time, and so not only are they losing a source of light but also a sudden ally.

"So where are we?" says Saker, folding her arms. "And how did we get here?"

"I think all of us want to know that," replies Commander Shepard.

As best as it can, Mira illuminates the area around them more. It indeed appears to be a cell. With a horrifying abruptness they notice a large pile of seemingly human skeletons, skulls, and bones in one corner of the cell. One of the skeletons is grasping vainly at the wall, as though it was struggling to get out when suddenly, it died. It seems there are absolutely no doors at all in the cell. It does, however, have a relatively high ceiling, and upon closer inspection there are several vents up above, though to where they go is uncertain. The ceiling itself is rock-solid and is caked with the grime of possibly centuries, and the walls don't look that great either. The floor seems solid too, though as Gunrod stomps on one spot, it makes more of an echo than anywhere else he stomps.

Their inspection comes to an end as a mechanical voice is heard from somewhere outside:

"Welcome to Headquarters. State your identities."

The party look at each other. Mira is flickering again...


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A couple of things you could do here, but it all depends. What will you do?

(also, it's been a long while. Let me know if there are any major technicalities, thanks )

[NWOWWE]

The old appearance of this holding cell didn't really do much to boost Shepard's confidence. It easily looked far older than the First Contact date so that seemed to rule out any Council Race involvement, especially since the skeletons appeared to be human.

And then there was that weapon that Saker had pulled out. How long had it been since projectile weapons like that had been used?

The most curious thing was the cell companion that seemed to be a being of light. In his first disoriented moments he had thought it was some kind of VI interface, but no, it appeared to be some kind of actual living person (well maybe living wasn't entirely accurate but he'd think more about that later).His analysis of the room had been cut short by the voice asking for their identification. And that raised some new questions. It seemed whoever had abducted them either didn't know who they were, or were unaffiliated with whoever was holding them now.The flickering of the light being was also worrying. Finding an escape would be nice, but it seemed Mira was having more immediate worries.

Shepard spoke up:

"Things don't quite seem to add up here. The old corpses here don't paint a pretty picture but I don't think we've been rounded up just to rot away in this cell."

He then turned to look at Mira.

"Are you going to be all right? You don't seem to be doing too well. Is there anything we can do to help?"

[alex_holt]

Ignoring the others and the voice for now, Saker uses a wind-enhanced jump to try and reach up to the vents, and hopes that her claws will be enough to grip on to it.

[kodster]

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Saker manages to grip onto the vents, but the slots are very thin and she doesn't have the best grip on them. From what she can see, though, the vents just lead into total darkness. Her grip fails after a few seconds and she falls back down.

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[alex_holt]

Deciding that the air vents above don't look promising, Saker tries approaches where the slightly hollower sound in the floor had been, and taps with her claws to try and work out the area that might entail. She briefly acknowledges Gunrod with a curt "Excuse me" before examining the floor closely.

[kodster]

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The sound isn't as loud as when Gunrod stepped on it, but some part of the floor below is definitely hollow. Working it out more, it appears to be cylindrical rather than the typical square shape.

Apparently her progress can be heard, for the voice speaks again. "State your identities now or perish."

There is a low whurring sound, same as where the voice is coming from.

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[NFX]

"I should be alright," Mira told the human, "So long as I can get some light soon..." While they flickered faintly, their voice was comparatively soft, almost crossing between alto and tenor.

Taking a look around, Mira noticed there were three others there - make that three others that were alive. Clearly they weren't the first who had been thrown down there, wherever it was, and it would probably be best if the group found a way out pretty swiftly. At that point, a mechanical voice returned to the room, which Mira hadn't been paying too much attention to beforehand, demanding their identities. The "perish" idea didn't sound too good at that point. "Mira," they told the disembodied voice.

[alex_holt]

Deciding to hedge her bets, she responds with "I am Saker"

However, she decides to use her massive claws to try and score the stone around the hollow area a bit, hopefully enough to kick through into some kind of escape beyond.

[knightrous]

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This was not how she expected to start her evening, what the hell had Max gotten them into! She enjoys a good riot and leaving the car parked somewhere random for Max to track down, but this took the cake. Not only had he somehow ended up getting them here, but he had left all of the weapons behind! The bastard will regret this she swore inwardly as mechanical voice speaks.

Maxine leans back in the corner of the cell, scanning the other individuals intently. Two humans, a midget and a lightbulb, interesting but not surprising to a schizophrenic psychopath with a meta-physical transformation... Situation looks pretty shit she thinks to herself, nothing evidently available to use to her advantage. She looks at the the human and the midget playing with the floor tile, she hears that it seems hollow.

"Oi, put some effort into it, it's not going to break itself open!" she coldly says two the pair.

She listens to the voice again and starts thinking.
Headquaters? Must be somewhere that has a structure system, some form of intelligence or civilisation.
State Identity? Definately must be a intelligence system, these things are only as smart as the people who make them. Those people are usually stupid too!

"SYSTEM OVERRIDE! TAKE US TO YOUR COMMANDING AUTHORISATION!" she screamed, betting that who ever created this place also had failsafes for it's creator or some sort of 'parlay'.
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[majinb]

Gunrod slowly came to realize what shit he was in, dazed and confused...

"GUNS! WHERE ARE MY..."

Gunrod's hands moved to his back, his trusty blunderbuss and rifle were both still present.

"Thank the Three Hammers, my guns are still there... whoever put me here didn't take my guns!"

Gunrod aims his blunderbuss upwards and fires a volley of bullets towards the vents.

"That shall be your first mistake!"

Gunrod looks around, noticing his fellow captives.

"Oh, hi guys, thanks for the light Illuxion"

(ooc, obviously I would very much like to know what effect the bullets have on the vents :P)

[Mystic2000]

I'm interested in this, and i've whipped up a character, with handicaps already there, is this acceptable Kody ?

Username/Alter-ego:Unaroshi Yamantes
Realname: Unaroshi Yamantes
Gender:Male
Race/Species:Human
Description:he is 1m40 tall, has a white skin, light blue eyes, short dark hairand wears dark blue jeans and a black shirt with a dark purple skullon it. He wields an sinister looking sword with a skull on the top ofthe handle
History:Your average teen, or so it was until that terrible night one yearago, when upon coming back from a party his friends organised, hediscovered his parents, dead, he got truly shocked by this horrifyingvision, after recovering from the shock of such an terrible sight ,something else caught his attention, an sinister looking sword with alittle skull on the top of the handle stabbed in his father s'skull,upon grabbing the sword to pull it out of the skull, a mentalconnection of some kind got etablished between the teen and thesword, the sword seems to be alive and contain an evil spirit, forabout 10 seconds, the spirit tried to take over the teen, but thanksto his strong will, he managed to keep it under control, aftermastering his new weapon, he decided that he had nothing to loseanywore, and went on a quest to avenge his parents.
Power(s):
Shapeshiftingsword : his sword can shapeshift into a double headed tomahawkthat he can throw on his enemies


DarkForm : While in his normal form, he relies a bit more on agilityand reflexes than strength and defense, he may still needs to pack abit more of a punch sometimes, so he can let the evil spirit insidehis sword take over to transform in his dark form, in this form, darkpurple veins appears on his body and his eyes turns dark purple withblack pupils, while he s'much more stronger, his brain is altered bythe dark spirit s'influence, therefore trimming down his reflexes andoverall intelligence, he may also no longer recognize his allies inthis form, should he have some, this form also drains his energy, sohe can't use it for extended periods of time.


DarkSword Abilities:When Unaroshi enters his dark form, his sword gains 2new abilites :
-itcan summon black chains from the end of the blade
-theskull can now breathe fire


Unaroshi(normal form) :
Strength:7
Will: 6
Stamina: 5
Speed: 8
Intelligence: 8
Perception:6


Unaroshi(dark form) :
Strength:10
Will: 5
Stamina: 5
Speed: 10
Intelligence: 5
Perception:5

[kodster]

(hey Mystic, welcome to the RPG! Your character is fine, but I will add the handicap that whenever he's in his Dark form, light will weaken him. Also, before you start posting, I would advise reading through the Last Oddestsey as well, to get a feel of how the posts go. While this RPG won't have the same plot/storyline as that, it will contain similar other elements)

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PARTY

Mira and Saker try to reason with the voice, but unfortunately the shriek by Maxine, and the flurry of bullets by Gunrod drown their own voices out. The vents are riddled with bullets but there is no evidence of real damage.

After the attempt on the vents, there is a long silence. At length the whirring noise stops, and there is clicking noises. Presently the voice speaks again, but not to them.

"Hostility alert. Code: PRGMA-1SB. Send it in."

There is a distant CRASH, and mechanical thuds are heard after that, growing louder and louder. Maxine growls, not impressed her attempt to confuse the voice failed.

However, Saker manages to dig through enough of the floor, and then jumps back as a large sinkhole opens up, enough for to 2 human-sized beings to enter at once. Like the vents above, it leads into total darkness, but the walls of this new chute are oddly clean...

Clang. CLANG. CLANG. CLANG.

The thuds stop, and a new voice speaks. It is even more mechanical sounding than the last voice and slightly vocoded.

"Dissidents, submit your identities. Immediately. Your vain resistance will end in your destruction."

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UNAROSHI

The teen gets to his feet, and he can't see anything at all. To his vision, everything is black. Walking around a bit, he finds that the floor underneath him echoes somewhat.

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[Mystic2000]

"well that's an unorthodox place to wake up really"

"where the hell is my sword ???"

*searches around, manages to grab his sword*

"there, now that i got it let's try to manage to see something"

*turns into his Dark Form and tries to lit the room with the sword s'flame breath*

[kodster]

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UNAROSHI

Unaroshi finds that he's in a cell. This one is actually very well taken care of. There is an uneasy abundance of hygiene about it, with white walls and ceiling, and everything looks polished to abusrd levels. There are no doors, but the high ceiling leads to vents lining the higher walls.

Several seconds after he uses the fire, though, he hears alarms going off.

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MAX/MAXINE, SHEPARD, MIRA, SAKER, GUNROD

The five can hear alarms in the distance...

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[Mystic2000]

"Damn, maybe this cell has some kind of fire alarm"

*prepares for incoming enemies*