[center] [img]http://i.imgur.com/MPBFdax.png[/img] [h3][color=darkturquoise]Hitoru Mitsuki[/color][/h3] [/center] [hr] [center][@Ryonara][@TheWindel][@KoL][@McFazzer][@Mega Birb][@Caits][/center] [hr] Listening to all of their questions as Hitoru turned to the bed where his sister lay and sat down, he seemed to really only hear a few, even blatantly ignoring the speeches of most of them--the blonde girl's in particular. As he laid back and let them finish, he had few words to say. [color=darkturquoise]"It's simple,"[/color] He explained, red eyes shining in the constant white light of the hospital as he stared straight at the ceiling. [color=darkturquoise]"The reward for Corpse Collector's head is the same... an insta-level nine. I get that power, I could easily become a king and have more than enough range to find who did this. You're more than welcome to join me or whatever, I don't care."[/color] As he finished speaking, the countdown began in his mind and he slowly tilted his head back. Just before the light faded from his eyes, he looked over at his sister and tightly gripped her frail, thin hand in his, his lips pressed firm in a hard line of [color=yellow]DETERMINATION.[/color] [hr] As soon as Moon Rider had logged into the game, she could immediately sense that something was amiss. No reports from Dark Wraith had come in so there was no need to give her cause for worry. But that did nothing to settle the pit of building dread that rose in her gut; despite DGO being only a game, some emotions were too raw not to feel. The moment her castle began to shake and shudder, the Black King confirmed her suspicions. Red alerts began to ring all throughout the Kingdom, reports flooding in concerning a massive army of Outlaws, Dissolutions...and her. The Corpse Collector. Or at least a Player brash and stupid enough to mount this entire assault. Who else could it really be. The forces of the Ebony Strykers were already out in battle, defending the territory of their King. Moon Rider frowned as she walked to a window, overcasting the field of death and destruction below. It was at that moment that a familiar voice caught her attention and she didn't look back to acknowledge Eclipse Princess' presence, instead focusing on the battle down below. [color=8493ca]"I can assume that you weren't part of this then. Otherwise, you'd be trying to kill me right now,"[/color] Moon Rider stated, expression hidden. [color=8493ca]"Seeing as you've shown up right as an army enters my doorstep, that leads me to believe that you are involved in this somehow Princess. Even so...I suppose I should consider myself lucky to have a potent fighter such as yourself before me,"[/color] she finished, turning to reveal the shadow of a grin. [color=8493ca]"Acceptance granted. Welcome to the Ebony Strykers. Now what do you suppose we do about all this?"[/color] [color=9932cc]"Hmph!"[/color] Eclipse Princess scoffed lightly as Moon Rider insinuated that she might be involved with Corpse Collector's doing, even if she knew it was just a provocation, Eclipse Princess couldn't help but reply, [color=9932cc]"I know I'm a declared enemy of Outlaws and Sweepers, I would prefer to die rather then joining forces with them. Before you say anything further, I know my words contradict my actions, since the Sweepers are mostly part of the Ebony Strikers now, just bear in mind I'm allied to you, not them."[/color] After her initial reply Eclipse Princess got back to her feet and faced Moon Rider directly for the first time, [color=9932cc]"Before we discuss any strategy for this battle, I'm forced to ask you something. Why do you believe they make it such big point to kill you when at the most you'll be unable to login for the next 24 hours? If you think about it, it's rather pointless, unless..."[/color] Eclipse Princess approached Moon Rider and spoke in a lower voice as to not call the attention of any possible spies, [color=9932cc]"my information is true. If you die here, your real life self, no matter who she [i]or he[/i] is, will most likely become a comatose vegetable and your mind will be stuck on the game, lost along the endless lines of code."[/color] [color=9932cc]"Before you reply and say I'm mad, mind that I've seen it with my own eyes, Erika Mitsuki, supposedly disappeared on Real Life, but in truth on an isolated hospital in a deep coma, while her digital ghost plagued a secret dungeon I and three other players where in. However, there's more."[/color] Eclipse Princess aloowed some time for the info to sink on Moon Rider's brain, before droppin the worse bit, [color=9932cc]"No matter where you are, probably there are people on your room right now, wait for the computer virus to trigger and then innoculate you with some kind of drug. It happened to me, I'm sure Yoshino Tsugumi informed you of the story I told her, earlier."[/color] Moon Rider was forced to listen to the Princess' wild story. Because what else did she have to do at the moment? Besides protecting her Kingdom of course. But as crazy and unrealistic Princess' tale sounded...Moon Rider couldn't help but shudder at the possibilty of it being true. And frankly, what Princess told her was...unnerving. Even the Black King shuddered to the thought of someone watching her IRL self even now...waiting to pounce at any moment...it was enough to make her blood rush and her heart beat a mile a minute. [color=9932cc]"I guess this is about as much information as I have, though I can't imagine why someone would like to effectively kill you on the Real World, unless it has something to do with the Fake Moon RIder from earlier and their connection to the Hooded Specter."[/color] Eclipse Princess finoshed her story with a pat on Moon RIder's shoulder, as a faint sign of sympathy and waited for the Black King's reaction. [color=8493ca]"Yes...not even a full minute into my Guild and you're already trying to disturb your King,"[/color] Moon Rider muttered, not shrugging away Princess' hand. [color=8493ca]"We can deal with that after finishing off the current psychopath trying to kill me."[/color] [color=9932cc]"That's merely truth that had to be stated and, half of the reason why I'm at your service now, my Liege. I don't intend to allow any harm to reach you, thereby my plans for this battle are rather straightforward. I'll cut a path for you to take down the Corpse Collector, only can do that and I'm sure that she'll never see it coming because of the reward you put on her head, she'll think you are a coward and that's exactly what you planned, not?"[/color] Eclipse Princess turned to the same window as Moon Rider and stared on the battlefield, before letting out another quote from the Art of War, [color=9932cc][i]"Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt."[/i][/color] "[color=9932cc]No one can be darker than us, the Ebony Strikers and, as long as I'm here, I'll be the hammer hitting them you the fury of Thor himself. Is that enough for you, my Liege?"[/color] Eclipse Princess turned to face the Black King, with an smile that said way too clearly that this is something that she was looking for for way too long, the point was, was Moon Rider doing so as well? To that, Moon Rider raised an eye. Had she know of Princess' medieval nature, she would have considered her recruitment a long time ago. And yet...she could not dismiss the girl's inner nature for battle. The Black King herself felt the shuddering rush that passed through her form, the calling of a slaughter beckoning her closer. Yes...this was what it meant to be a Colored King. [color=8493ca]"Well then. Since you're so eager to impress me Knight, why don't you do so already,"[/color] Moon Rider replied back with a ghost of a smirk. [color=8493ca]"You can charge in all you want..."[/color] The Black King flicked her wrist, revealing her signature weapon in the form of a lightsaber. With the push of a button, the air hummed as a purple energy blade was emitted, a weapon that had taken many lives in its prime and still did today. Moon Rider walked out of the throne room and down the hallway towards battle, the air of a King about her. [color=8493ca]"I prefer to root out my prey."[/color] [color=9932cc]"As you command."[/color] Eclipse Princess replied, before taking her own path out of the throne room and up the ramparts walling the Black City, walking at a leisure pace over than and taking in the battlefield, the sounds, the smell, the chaos... yes, in the end it was all a digital recreation of a fake reality, but with the treat of life and death at stake it turned much more interesting. [color=9932cc]"Whether it's true or not, I don't care about it. The important things is that I'm here and the battle I've been waitin for my whole life is right before me. Like it or not, army of worthless trash..."[/color] Eclipse Princess picked up pace, runing faster and faster to a crane that was set besides a semi finished section of the wall, [color=9932cc]"Here I COME!"[/color] She yelled out of the top of her lungs, launching herself out on the crane and into the battlefield like a bolt of divine retributing. That for sure was going to be one hell of a battle. [hr] [center][h3][color=darkturquoise]3... 2... 1... Welcome, Dovev the Unseen.[/color][/h3][/center] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmct4TdwSmY][u]BGM[/u][/url] As soon as he had begun to appear in game and gain any visual of those around him--having spawned in the middle of the warzone, the bare chested avatar flung his hand down and enacted a smoke bomb, filling the air with a fog thick enough that their comrades became lost within. Soundless, thanks to his avatar feats, Dovev unfolded his arm outward slowly, a crackling blue electrical energy in his palm. Silently, a shockwave went out around the perimeter of the smoke and gave an intense, stunning hit to all around him. Small fry. He knew what he was after. He leaned down, his shoulders hunched over and ran through the disoriented crowd, electrical arm outstretched and clearing a path like a charging bull. Though his head was kept down, he was soon faced with the odd assailant preparing to cast a spell on him from afar. At this moment, he lifted his head just enough that his cyber eye was visible. In the mainframe, he had locked onto the mage's positioning and drew his blade, holding it outward. As he ran his sword quickly outstretched, piercing into the weakpoint of the mage's armor from afar. Though the gurling 'HURK!' of the mage was heard, all else of his movements, his lightning... all silent. Lowering the extended blade, he used the body of the quickly fading outlaw and the length of his sword to pole-vault over the crowd as much as possible, his scarf flying into his face and rage prevalent in his eyes as his digital body soared over the outlaws and into the view of the Black King's Castle. His cyborg eye locked onto one of the digital stain-glass windows and a small list of entries appeared in his eye. Keeping his sword where it was, it was with great force that the sword grew exponentially until it was long enough that he could crash through said window and roll against the stone floor within, his shoulder hitting the wall with a grunt. Dovev stood, lifting his still-sword clasping arm as it quickly slid back into a much smaller size and he put it back into its sheath. The dark, empty corridors seemed to stretch on. He looked down at his feet, which would ordinarily make noise and cause a long, hollow echo to play out, but instead were horribly silent. He made his way down the hall, seemingly becoming one with the shadows as he stepped out of the light in his search for Corpse Collector. [color=f7941d]"Shit. Fuck. Fucking shit."[/color] The Hacker in question roamed the halls of the Black King's domain with annoyance. Teleportation was always a bitch to handle and somehow her and Kitten had gotten separated from each other. Fucking wonderful. As she made her way towards the throne room, her eye spotted some weirdo with an eye scanner or something heading the same way. [color=f7941d]"Hey dickwad. Know where I can find the Black King around here?"[/color] At the sound of a high pitched, better-than-you voice Dovev stopped in his tracks. Slowly, the tall avatar turned his head with the eye scanner facing Corpse Collector. She had found him, meaning that striking now would be only half as efficient. He parted his lips. [color=darkturquoise]"Yes. I was just on my way there now..."[/color] As he spoke, the scanner attempted to work quickly, trying to pinpoint a weakness. However, the scanner turned up... blank? ...Pity. Or rather, maybe it wasn't. He did afterall like a challenge. Without another word, Dovev dropped another smoke bomb, filling the room with dense fog as he made his way around the Corpse Collector, raised his cyborg arm and attempted to electrocute the small blonde haired avatar. [color=f7941d]"Aw, gee, a sneak attack. Whatever will I do about-how about this! Boom motherfucker!"[/color] Corpse Collector would not fall for such cheap tricks, especially when she was guilty of using them herself at all times. With a twirl of her gun, she grinned maliciously and aimed underneath her armpit, shooting right at Dovev. She wasn't stupid; she had gone in with Admin Mode turned on at all time. Snickering, she turned around and began to fire haphazardly into the smoke with Death Penalty, the guns pounding in her hands. [color=f7941d]"Get out here fuck face. Show yourself so I can fuck you up. Or waste my time and get fucked up later. I don't know. I really don't fucking care."[/color] The moment guns had started going off, Dovev had moved to the side and hit the ground, army crawling quickly under the layer of smoke until he was able to get into position; once more behind the Corpse Collector as she fired off rounds from her guns. His silent arm outstretched and grabbed hold of her ankle, volts of electricity shooting down his arm. [color=f7941d]"Eh? Aw fuuuuuaaaaahkkk!"[/color] Corpse Collector snapped her teeth shut as bolts of electricity seeped through her. Frowning, she made a few mental motions before sending the voltage right back at Dovev via misdirection. Sometimes it was good being a no good dirty hacker... [color=f7941d]"Ugh. That's one way to piss me the fuck off,"[/color] she muttered, aiming at Dovev's back and firing point blank.