[IC] A Hero Tale {Complete}

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Geode groaned and tapped his chest. "As you know, I am trapped in this miserable husk of a body. Returning to my former glory is nigh impossible at this point. But, while in this body, I can still sense void energy, and have an alarming affinity with the world beyond this one. However, despite this, I cannot interact with anything directly. I retain the ability to possess bodies with powerful energy signatures, when they are close to death." Geode hesitated for a moment. "If you had the capabilities that I have, the ability to sense the void, and magics that originate from them, you may be able to outright sever Ada's grasp on her Gaian pet. You may even be able to do other things on par with this feat, including things such as overwhelming the order's abilities, such as Zelriane's eyes, for very short periods of time. Even more, your shields might be able to actually stand up to the energy of the order's kingpin, Yzeira, even if only for a short period of time, as well... I am not a very good teacher, but if you would allow it, I may be able to safely meld with your unique Ki to assist in your training. I could act as... A metaphorical set of... Training... Wheels..."

[Necrophage]

There was an overwhelming chance that Geode would do something fishy during this. Something along the lines of possession... Still, this was an opportunity for growth from a being that knew what he was talking about. Oz would do it but he would be careful. He allowed the thought to roll through his head for a moment before making the final choice. "Let's do it then, Training Wheels." He smiled at the term.

Geode had made it quite clear what he would do with a new body. This could be dangerous to let him so close to Oswald's own source of power but the risks would pay off if he could directly counter some of the strongest abilities of the Order. This opportunity could be instrumental is saving the world.

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Geode grunted uncomfortably to himself. "We'll start in small sessions like this every two hours. I've told Mikey that we'd be training practically during that time, but in reality, we'll be training your affinity with the void. Over these last couple of days, I'm hoping you'll have learned some semblance of control." Geode stood up from his possessed body and moved towards Oz. "Assuming this works.."

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~ End Of Chapter 158 ~

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~ Chapter 159 ~

_{Nexus Diary 3 - When?}

"He's dead."

Yzeira stepped into Nexus' room quietly while he meditated in the middle, on top of a circular blue mat. Somehow, he'd been in two places at once, while his other body stood fought toe to toe with Lark Gaiaco and Mikey.

"It's amazing, you know. That thing. Very interesting, very powerful. I think I'm going to reopen my research on Adarine's Meta Energy. Her capabilities might be able to help us get her back." Nexus' neck twitched slightly. Yzeira's eyes dropped down towards him. When Nexus was unarmoured, clothed only in linens, he was far less imposing. "I know you can hear me. Are you attempting that Dream realm experiment again? I've already told you, the likelihood of success is fairly low. It might be millennia before you come across any success." Nexus' body twitched uncomfortably. Yzeira sighed. "I want you to update me on everything you can learn using it. If there's a creature here capable of wounding Rajaka, no, two creatures, then there are bound to be more. This universe is becoming more and more disturbing as time goes by, and we've yet to come by anything useful outside of that vampire's weapon. I have Shaidra tailing him as we speak, but if you learn of anything else..." Yzeira stopped and shook his head. "I'm going back to my study."

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"REALLY!?" Rajaka grunted, his arm just now sprouting back from the gnarled stump that Jenso had left behind, "THIS SHIT KEEPS HAPPENING TO US, AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO JUST BLOW THIS STUPID DIMENSION TO BITS YET?" Ada was rested against the edge of Rajaka's bed, where he lay flat, with her head placed atop the edge of her arms. She was bored, but couldn't leave the big lug's side. Despite her obscene nature, she never was able to act around him.

"That's what he said," Ada moaned lazily, "I would be all for it, but after he killed my little plaything so nonchalantly like that..."

"Like it was nuthin'," Rajaka grunted, "That guy's never had a shred of sportsmanship in his icky red blood, I'll tell you what. I could have squashed that little idiot in a second if I had the mind to!"

"How do you think I feel?" Ada wheezed, "I can't believe I let him hit me. This scar isn't going to disappear for at least ten years." Rajaka leaned towards Ada and motioned towards his torso, where a spiral sat. She huffed and smiled. "Oh.. It's different for big idiots like you, Ra'Ra." Rajaka cringed at Ada's insistent little nickname, and slammed back against his bed, glaring at the ceiling.

"And of Course, Zelriane refused to fuckin' help! Honor bound by his stupid moral code- Moral my ass! He thinks he's better than all of us just because he has a strict set of rules... Ugh." Rajaka looked around his room slowly and then back to Ada. "Where's that pretty-boy?"

"Reconnaissance," Ada sighed, "I've had him tailing the golden kid since then. But..." Ada paused and her eyes lit up. "Oh... Oh!! Rajaka, you might just be willing to kiss me over this!" Rajaka's eyes narrowed and he grunted, turning away from her. "Golden boy is alive!" Of course, upon hearing that, he spun right back around like a tornado of pure muscles. His eyebrows creased inwards and he smiled.

"I'm having the beginnings of what might end up blossoming into the foundation of an idea."

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~ End Of Chapter 159 ~

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~ Chapter 160 ~

_{Dawn Of The Fifth Day}

Jenso awoke to Luke hovering over him, shoving him away. It was 6 in the morning, and he'd already done the same for everyone else. "Wake up, kid!" He shouted into one of Jenso's ears.

[Jensoman]

Jenso's eyes flashed open as Luke shouted into his ears. "AAAAAHHHH! OH GOD!! ARE WE UNDER ATTACK?!" He screamed, tumbling out of his bed.

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Luke kicked the side of Jenso's ribs gently. "Naw, get up. Early training today. I'm in charge of you, didn't Mikey let you know?" Luke asked. Blup looked at Jenso from inside of Luke's hair, while also climbing into Jenso's hair from his side table.

"Jeff relayed the message! B..Bluh.. But, He should have used me instead. Blup.. Feels.. Strange!"

"Yeah... Whatever, up and attem!"

[Jensoman]

Jenso scrambled back onto his feet as his father ordered him to stand. "Oh...uh...I'm ready! Let's go!" He sung happily, looking briefly at Blup to realise just what was climbing on his head.

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Luke gestured with his head towards the door and helped by offering Jenso a hand to get back onto his feet. The two quickly made their way out of the room, towards the training center. Along the path, Luke greeted the other heroes that often flooded the public halls. Despite the training they were going through, there were still many people, often weaker than the highest ranking heroes like Mikey, working all over the world to keep the peace as best they could. After the Geode epidemic, panic was still abound.

"I haven't seen Mikey all morning. Bruce Oz and Jeff are also missing. Even that weirdo Geode hasn't peeked his head out anywhere," Luke said, worried, "It's been a quiet morning. I know it's still early, but I'm usually the last one up, right before you, anyways.."

[Jensoman]

Jenso frowned for a moment, feeling somewhat concerned. "That's weird...people should be training, especially now!" Jenso responded to Luke, turning towards his father as he rubbed his eyes out to properly gain his bearings. "Are we just going to train? Or will we look for the others first?" He asked.

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"I'm probably just anxious about nothing. The second day was like this too." Luke lead Jenso into the floating platform arena and quickly hopped on board with a surprisingly agile hop. "Besides, we can't stop on their account... Still, since Mikey swapped with me on such short notice, we gotta put some rules into place." Luke patted his body for a second and nodded. "I'm still pretty weak compared to you guys, so I'm not going to give you a practical test. More of a quiz, actually... I know that kind of sucks, but just bear with me on this one, kiddo."

[Jensoman]

Jenso frowned at the mention of a quiz for a moment as he would have preferred to fight, but shook his head. "It'll still be useful, dad! Anything helps at this point...from knowledge, to fighting experience." Jenso responded with a wide grin. "You might not be as strong as us, but your knowledge and tactics during battles is incredible!"

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"Right. Well, uh, take a seat, I guess!" Luke said, half-excited, half bored with the idea himself. He lowered his body and crossed his legs in the center of the arena. "Have you been improving your Ki and arcane control? Last time Mikey spoke about it, your Overheat form and One with nature transformations were taking too much of a toll on your stamina."

[Jensoman]

Jenso nodded at Luke, and crossed his arms. "Omega Overheat." He spoke calmly, and uncrossed them. Small white flames seemed to erupt briefly from all over his body for a moment, but sunk back into his body. If Luke paid close attention, it was as if the white flames had become one with his body, much like how Mikey did the same with his gauntlets. Luke could briefly feel heat emerging from him, but then he felt nothing despite standing so close near Jenso. "I've been training every day since he told me!" He stated confidently, raising his fist as a white layer of Arki coated his left fist. "I've remembered your lessons too...Attitude, Knowledge and stuff...and if I can stay calm, I could sorta be unstoppable, right? I've been keeping that in mind." He stated calmly. His breathing seemed normal, as if he wasn't even in his Overheat form. The only thing that immediately gave it away were his pupils that were now white flames.

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"Damn," Luke said, pretending that Jenso was a fire for a second and extending his palms outwards, "I would kill for some marshmallows right now... Ah, well that's good. I assume it outputs the same amount of power without the extensive stamina drain..." Luke paused and rose a finger. "What about your techniques?"

[Jensoman]

Jenso smiled at his father. "I've learned how to focus my techniques better, like.." He muttered, taking one step back from his father to avoid injuring him. He opened the palm of his right hand as it faced the sky, as an Omega Saw spinned around rapidly and hovered perfectly in place. "I can control it better now, and learned how to change the composition of it. If someone attempted to disperse it by striking the center, it'll explode and scatter into several pieces! I can also set if off early, or make it change directions!" He shouted cheerfully, as the Omega saw launched into the sky. Jenso flicked his wrist quickly, and the Omega Saw stopped abruptly and headed for him, dispersing long before it reached him. He began to rapidly speed up the Arki flow around his right fist. "And also, how to use Arki defensively and offensively. It will power up my punches immensely, and it also gave me an upgraded version of my Flame Dragon Punch!" He added. "I could give a demonstration on this arena or something, but uh...I don't think that's a good idea."

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"No, I think it'll be fine," Luke sighed. He rose his hand and nodded. "Alright, let's say you're face to face with uh... That purple chick. What's your first move?"

[Jensoman]

Jenso nodded at Luke and thought for a moment. "I'd need knowledge first. I know that she's been messing around during our first meeting, which means I don't know the full extent of her powers. I'd probably try some of my powers out on her goo stuff to see how it responds to it, and goad her so I can get an opening. Charging in recklessly will just get me killed." Jenso responded to Luke, hoping he'd given a good answer. It was true, he had been far too used to fighting with the Force style, rather then applying Withdrawal and Reflex styles to his fighting. He'd put in a lot of thought of how he'd been fighting, and how he could improve.

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"That's good.. How about.." Luke paused and looked off into the hall through the room's main entrance. Suddenly, the entire facility began to shake violently. The platform they were on top of fell down and cracked in half. Luke tumbled towards the edge and sprung to his feet. "What the hell??" Luke ran over to Jenso. "Jenso! Are you ok?"

[Jensoman]

Jenso tumbled backwards as the platform fell, but then regained his bearings and backflipped through the air, landing firmly on his feet. He was already on edge with the Order of Chaos business and whatnot, so he was prepared in case something happened. "Holy crap...what the heck is going on?! Luke, we need to find the others!" He shouted.