Multiverse: You are the Character

[mast3rlinkx]

Kalama touched one piece, and felt a previously empty feeling just go away. He deduced that it was the final aspect of Shifter physiology this version was missing: its highly efficient water intake and filtration system that would render the action of drinking water completely unnecessary. Then he touched the other piece, and his arm erupted in flames as he did before concentrating in the palm of his hand and sinking into it. He could have sworn he felt his body temperature rise a little as this happened. He then stood back and silently awaited for the Ori to send them off.

Samus stepped up and touched one of the pieces, then the other, not even waiting to have the abilities manifest between touches. She clenched her fist as the massive influx of energy surged first through her body, then into the suit itself, where the upgrades actually occur. She then entered morph ball, making sure to temporarily mark the Ori as friendly since her suit does this process automatically to test the new software for errors, and the others would notice her morph ball's sides were now hard light rather than actual metal. Then she deposited a small packet of pure energy, which hummed with power. The humming grew higher in pitch until it was almost a whine, then the packet drew into itself and exploded with massive force. The energy released passed harmlessly over the avatars and Ori, and the suit then allowed Samus to return to bipedal form.

[Grandsword]

hmm? i was not addressing you. although i do suppose you are a woman." omega stated, turning to face the avatars. "the ori have little grasp of what they hold. they see it, as the end of a journey towards power. but..it is but a key. just as all power is. a key to something greater. he stated, giving a glance over the group. "i admit. i am curious. for what purposes do you continue to press forward? further, what force drives you to continue, forward hmm? duty? a will to protect? or perhaps a thirst for knowledge? or even simply freedom?" he asked, intrigue in his tone. "hmm..i suppose i shall observe you, as i have many others over the countless cycles. yes. i will await you on the other side." he finished, walking through the stargate.

[Pemn]

My teachers had always warned me about zoning out and being completely lost when zoning back in with no idea of what has happened while zoned out. Well I can safely say that even if I had been paying attention to what was going on I would still have no idea of what had just happened other than our defeat, and then our release to another world. At the moment I think that these Ori are either very confident of their power or are complete idiots! If I wasn’t afraid of cold, big, vacuum like space I’d probably use my rubber the erase this ship and set us free and save the day! But stargate follows real life physics where space kills people without a space suit, which I haven’t got and I don’t particularly want to die just yet.

With an uncomfortable grimace I followed everyone else’s example and touched the two crucibles in turn, the first one didn’t really seem to do anything but when I took my hand away from the second a small note pad was settled in my palm. I flipped through the pages with all but the first page being completely blank, the first page having a small picture of the Heavy’s mini gun just as I had drawn it before. It even had the accidental line I had drawn.

“Alright then.” I muttered, tucking it and my pencil away in my pocket.

I caught sight of Fenix, Sarah and Scootaloo standing off to one side, normally I would think before approaching horse because of my allergy but so far I hadn’t reacted at all, looking at their new upgrades most likely. I realized there was a question which I really needed answering.
“umm, Fenix could, could I speak to you for a moment?” I asked after walking over to him. “In private.” I added and lead him away from Sarah and Scootaloo. “Is Scootaloo and Avatar or…Cannon?”

I really hoped she wasn’t the cannon Scootaloo, sure she had found a cutie mark but still after what Dawn had said I was worried about what she had been through especially if she was the Cannon Scootaloo. At least with Sarah it was easy to tell from her cutie mark being different to the real Rainbow Dashs but with a pony who didn’t really have a cutie mark ne would have to rely on colour scheme alone. Plus if these guys had visited Equestria while I was in a wall I would be so jealous.

[Fenix250]

Omega was an interesting character and I couldn't tell whose side he was truly on. When he asked why we were still going through this, we decided to simply be quiet. I wasn't sure myself thanks to my running gag of wanting a vacation from all of this. Maybe I wanted to explore the Multiverse? Maybe I was hoping for some kind of power that would allow me to truly explore it at my leisure, to go to worlds I've always wanted to explore and maybe even live in? ...Or maybe one of the other Avatars were keeping me here, come to think of it, all my good friends were only available from the internet. Hell, was it Sarah? If so, what part of her? If personality, how can I be sure it wasn't influenced by Rainbow Dash? That seems to be a common theme with everyone else...

...I simply sighed before examining my new tattoo; there were two transparent symbols within the circle itself. For some reason, I can tell what the two meant. Before I could try summoning one though, Pemn walked up to me, wanting to talk in private. I looked at Sarah and she shrugged before deciding to preen her feathers a little provided Scootaloo didn't need anything. With that settled, I followed Pemn away from them.

“Is Scootaloo an Avatar or…Cannon?”
Well, that was an interesting question, "It's rather interesting. For one thing, I can assure you that Scootaloo here is an Avatar. The strange thing about it though, Scoots seems to act a bit like the Cannon one. Even Sarah said that she felt that she is her surrogate sister, she even acted on this feeling a couple of times. To actually answer your question, our Scootaloo is an Avatar like us, however some unseen force seems to be blending the non-OC Avatars with their Cannon counterpart, and some of us have it worse then others."
I sighed after trying to explain that and looked at the two... come to think of it, did Scoot ever noticed Sarah's cutiemark?

[Belwicket]

Shivani stepped up to the pieces next. She touched the first piece and moaned, feeling the change as a pair of fangs grew from her mouth and her fur became a very light orange. She then touched the second piece and felt the energy again, this time her fur darkening to a grey with orangish tint. "This vill help a lot." she said, her fangs altering her already-accented speech.
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Shizuka touched the first piece behind Shivani and waited to feel the energy. Sadly, she felt nothing and didn't notice the gem on her hip was glowing for a bit. She touched the second piece and felt the temperature of her chakram lower. Looking at it she noticed it was now a bright blue and eminated cold. She smirked and looked at Tsunade. "Next world?"

[TunaticTyler]

After touching the two pieces, Scootaloo softly pressed against the temple of her nose with a hoof. The whole situation so far has been stressful, and at times she held back violently charging into battle against those demi-gods. Losing in general was something the little filly would not sit around and simply accept. Her entire life has been met with failure after failure of her efforts in flying and trying to find her cutie mark. So, naturally, the pony was a bit headstrong...perhaps a bit too much for her own good.

Feeling something strange on her back, the foal looked over as she gently let her hoof touch a metallic object strapped on her back. Standing on her back hooves, the foal unwrapped the strap to reveal a oddly crafted bow in her hooves. It was made for her, the size and overall structure of it was made for that of a young pony. No human could fire it, and a adult pony would be troubled a little bit by it's design. Reaching in her quiver to feel a few arrows, the foal smirked pridefully as she holstered the weapon on her back.

Good, now she wasn't as defenseless.

Looking around the Avatars, occasionally at some newbies that popped in, the pegasus frowned a little as this whole ordeal was still making her head spin. Questions rattled her mind on "who is this and what are their motives?" or "who is that man who keeps talking to me in my dreams?". There was so many questions, even some about her surrogate sister that she never got the chance to ask. But, as if a stroke of Mistress Fate was in effect, a event or a sudden interruption soon came afloat.

Growing distant of even "Rainbow Dash" at this point, Scootaloo wandered off from the rest as she tore off the little crusader cloth that was wrapped over her newly formed eye. It was fixed, a new magenta eye and looking clearly normal for now. Sitting on her flank alone, she sighed as possibly the youngest of the group looked up and puffed some of her magenta mane off of her face. Her Cutie Mark Crusader cap wrapped snugly around her neck, the pegasus hung her head down as a grim expression deeply was taking into consideration everything so far once again.

"What am I..." she whispered, asking for a deity, a god, a invisible force, or anything that would possibly answer her question.

Silence will fall, for it has fallen, and will fall for the little foal's paradox question of her own being.

[RedxXxDawn]

"Oh that's what I meant anyway," Tsunade intoned mentally. "Not now of course, seems to how we're in the middle of something. Keep those cards handy, though. Just in case we do obtain some form of currency. It could be fun. Even if it comes down to playing fair, it's something to kill time with."

What are you doing?? the inner Tsunade asked angrily.
Oh relax. My luck with these games is usually pretty good. Dawn intoned to her. Then, just realizing, she sighed inwardly. Oh, that's right. Your bad luck contaminates mine. Bad move on my part. But at least I do have the telepathy on our side. And two heads are better than one, right?
You'd better not screw us over. And no betting my sake!
We still have some?
Yeah. One bottle. You drank the rest.
Aww, you mean you can't taste it too?
I can, but...
...Oh, I see. You normally drink more than I do. But I do try to be careful with it.
Liar.
True, true..
Anyway, you stick to the situation at hand. I'll sleep on some ideas later.
Thanks, I appreciate that.

Tsunade just craned her neck at Omega when he said he 'supposed' she was a woman. her eyebrow twitched angrily at that, but she held her ground. The inner Tsunade, however, would not stop shouting and cursing at him. Apparently, she had a very colorful language. Soon enough, it all ended with a single threat to break his neck. Nothing else in the stream of profanities was any more pleasant.

I swear, I will break his legs! And then feed them to him! Then I will smash his face in and break his neck!
Calm down! Dawn intoned to her. Just calm down. He didn't mean it. Look, I feel the same way, and I'm pissed off too. Very, she added bitterly. Believe me. But let's be honest about ourselves. Well, just me actually. It's not you, it's me. It's the way I tend to communicate sometimes.
I've noticed.
Dawn signed inwardly. There's a perfectly good reason for that. Not something I normally talk about, so don't tell anyone.
And that is...?
You can read my mind, right?
Duh. I'm right here.
Then, read, Dawn said. Look deeply.
That Tsunade did.
Deep. Long ago. What happened then?
Again, Tsunade did. And then, she knew. ......
Dawn sensed the awkward silence, then sighed inwardl knowing she found out. Again, not something the world needs to know. Now, can I trust you to keep that secret??
The inner Tsunade paused. ...Sure. she finally replied. Not something I'd want to talk about anyway.

Somehow managing to ignore Omega's comment, Tsunade stood back and watched as the others gained their powers. Shivani's reaction was interesting. Not just a reaction, a transformation. Shizuka however gave her a smirk. "Next world?" she said.
Tsunade nodded. "Yes," she said. "Looks like everybody has their powers, so let's move on now before the Ori suddenly change their minds and decide to kill us." If the gate was already open and active, Tsunade would step right through. If not, the Ori would dial it to the next world, and the it would open; jet of water spouting then retracting as usual from the watery surface, then allowing simple access. When everybody else was ready, they would follow her.