TDBG: "Orientation" (Tutorial game)

[Darkmega]

Omni stood still then when Yu took the sword away he spoke, "I only exist in this training simulation unless Syrus programs me into another. Syrus is a protector and teacher to the human race and their creations... The central hub and all the simulations connected to it were created for your purposes, whether Benevolent or Malevolent. Do try to co-exist, but if it must come down to it, try to resolve the problem without endangering others who may be innocent. Also if it pleases you and you want to summon friends to experience this place with you, please do, we cannot stop you."

[The Mourning]

Edgar gasped loudly, his senses returning from being overloaded with sweet, delightful pain. The cause was quite simple, being that one event split into two timelines. Each with a large amount of physically inflicted pain. It was rare that pain was overlapped like that, and Edgar's senses had never fully protected themselves from such an assault of...pleasurable feeling.

Looking around, he saw that the battle had apparently ended, hopefully with the group as the victors. Feeling an odd liquid running down from his nose, Edgar let out a hearty laugh. "It made me nosebleed! I've never done that in...years!" Wiping the blood from under his nose, Edgar then turned towards Omni, to see Yu attempting to threaten the bot's 'Master'. "Ah overprotective brotherly types, quite an easy source of emotional pain to harvest. I don't think Syrus has this girl of yours around." Edgar took a step forward, finding out that the pain from before did in fact, leave no actual wounds. "Hmm...I must use this to my benefit...Anyways, I assume I've had enough use of this old body."

With that said, rope-like bulges under his skin began to wriggle inside his flesh. From the ends of these bulges, a black metal wiring slowly pierced it's way into the outside world. These wires burst out of his back, legs, and even a few places near his eyes. "Oooh, I always love this part..." In fact, the ones near his eyes began to extend closer to the organs of sight, stopping close enough for Edgar to get one of them caught in his eyelids if he blinked. Obviously, blinking is exactly what he did, catching a few wires underneath each eyelid. Visibly squirming against his eyes, the wires began to move upwards, piercing back out right above his eyes. Then, they went back down and repeated the loop. By doing this, it looked like Edgar's eyes were now stitched shut.

Sighing in delight, Stitches looked towards Dark with his stitched-shut eyes. From his back, several strands of barbed wire began 'biting' at each other in a slightly...playful manner. "Nothing like being in your true form...Now, how do I look? I've never had a transformation that was so...clean...before!" Then, Stitches recalled what Omni said about summoning 'friends'. While his closed eyes didn't show his annoyance, his furrowed brows and slight pout did. "Well if others can be brought here, then I am likely to encounter...him..."

[Darkmega]

"N-no way..." Darkmega mumbled and backed away from the transforming Doctor.

"Nothing like being in your true form...Now, how do I look? I've never had a transformation that was so...clean...before!" 'Edgar' then seemed to pout at the mention of "friends". "Well if others can be brought here, then I am likely to encounter...him..."

"Just who or what the hell are you? Even the evil laughter of Vechs behind an army of zombies is less un-nerving!" Darkmega exclaimed, not knowing whether to pull out a weapon or stand his ground to his scary looking "Ally".

Omni didn't seem to flinch, almost as if he'd seen it before he turned away from the spectacle and walked towards the wall and touched it causing it to ripple outwards as if it was water. The panels then flipped backwards desolving into ones and zeros producing a large metalic door that openned into a white area, "When you're done using this area you may leave through this door to return to the central HUB. To answer your wonders, the simulations try to stop the effects of gore and damage. What you feel is real, but the lasting "physical" damage is mitigated. That will not stop you from Desnychronizing from one should your pain limiters cap out, but wounds you already have from encounters in the real world will remain, which is why I do remind you to keep your entanglements to simulated battles, because it would be a great shame if any of our subjects perished..." Omni then walked into the white past the door and Desintegrated into particles, presumably leaving the area.

[Lord Dragoon]

Yu, honestly, didn't even flinch when the 'good doctor' transformed. He's seen a lot of things over the last year that most people would find horrifying... Or in the case of Rise's Shadow, 'something to stare at for guys'. After all of that, he honestly doesn't seem even a little unnerved by this sight. "Well, I suppose it's time to get going. Also, what I was saying is that if Syrus dragged her into this entire thing, whether by bringing her to this world or not, he will not live to see the next sunset," he said. With that, he headed for the doorway. When he stepped through the door, he felt like he blacked out for an instant... Before 'waking up' in the central HUB.
((And I'm done here. Now to wait for something to happen in the main thread.))

[Darkmega]

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(since I got nothing until Stitches responds)
EXP gain breakdown:
Total damages dealt by team: 9+3+3+13+2+5+6+4+5+2+1+10+15=78/2=39

Total damages taken by Team: 1+6+4+3+9+3+2=28

Total Quantum gauges left over: 10+17+12=39

Total defeated drones EXP
Sword Primid: 5 EXP (lvl1 Drone)
Scope Primid: 5 EXP (lvl1 drone)
Monk Primid: 10 EXP (lvl2 drone)
Magic Primid: 10 EXP (lvl2 Drone)
Mannequin: 15 EXP (lvl 3 Drone)
=45 EXP

Achievements (check OOC for description on them):
Darkmega
One hit (+25) (the scope primid)
Explosive (+25) (from the chain of One mores)
True dodge (+10) (from the dodge near the start in one of the hitmiss boxes)
Disliked (+5)
Cheesy one liner (+50) [I only ever used "COME GET SOME" since my "gear" counts as items cause of their ammo counts and expendability. except for diggy hole with the pick which I never used, and i never had the chance to regen life with my passive either. so, ]
CRITICAL FINISH (+20) (scope primid also)
That's gonna hurt in the morning (+15)(we all got it thanks to the AOA overkill on the magic primid)
Quantum Finish! (+10)
Double Kill (+10)
Triple Kill (+15)(onemore chain)
=185 EXP (feel glad we're teamed and we're splitting the EXPs. :P)

Edgar
Disliked (+5)
That's gonna hurt in the morning [15]
=20 EXP
Yu
That's gonna hurt in the morning [15]
=15 EXP

TOTAL EXP GAINS: 371
Darkmega gained: 124 (rounded up) x 2 EXP multiplier = 248 EXP
Yu gained: 124 EXP (although HP levels say x1.5, gimmick of being a double character makes it 1 for that sake. you also put down one on the sheet. :P)
Edgar/Stitches gained: 124 x 2 EXP multiplier = 248 EXP

Darkmega
[50/50] LEVEL UP!
[100/100] LEVEL UP!
[98/150]
Darkmega gained level 3 and 3 AP.

Yu
[50/50] LEVEL UP!
[74/100]
Yu gained level 2 and gained 1 AP.

Edgar
[50/50] LEVEL UP!
[100/100] LEVEL UP!
[98/150]
Edgar/Stitches gained level 3 and 3 AP.
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(I'll apply one AP to my bow to increase damage to 2, and 2 to increase my standard sword to 3 damage. Since I think I'm gonna put durability on some of my equippables so they don't just become "always overwrite, never use the original attacks again" kinda way.)

[The Mourning]

Edgar turns towards the door, the barbed wires sprouting from his body stretching out. "What I am, is a sort of personification of pain. Not a true one like my master Axilna, but one that is quite powerful. Of course, I'm sure Yu has seen much worse, and even stronger kinds of...'persona' than I." Chuckling, he looks down at his wrist, as if a watch was upon it. "Well look at the time! I guess I'll see you two will see me some other time. make sure to not get hurt in the HUB world...much." With that said, Stitches stepped into the door, a flash of white light as he did so.

Character Selection:
Doom
Axle
Derrick
Edgar

Next selection: Doom

Initiating re-connection to HUB...

[Darkmega]

Darkmega scratched his head, "All this stuff about personas and people with strange powers is making my head hurt..." he said to himself, then after stitches was gone he sighed to himself and walked towards the door all casual like and looking through it carefully to make sure it wasn't trapped he dash jumped through and felt himself get engulfed by white as the stage behind him evaporated into fragments of data behind him...

(so yeah, upgrade yourselves and lets get to having RP fun. )