[IC] HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

[thewizardguy]

The door to the palace slowly opened, the lock clattering to the ground, making hardly a sound through the thin, whispy smoke. Within, the air feels distinctly different. Through the air float small pieces of air-borne mist, along with spectral-looking weapons. Closer observation shows that these puffs of mist are, in fact, body parts, weightless, the corpse of a ghost. Hundreds of them, spread through the halls and rooms. Whomever had come here, had ripped his way through the Royal Guard, leaving not a single one to tell what had occurred. The smell inside remained one of death, but with a different tang, the relaxed peacefulness that was natural in these realms absent within the walls of this palace, torn away by the acts of violence and depravity that had occurred within. To bug's calls, there was no answer.

[supertinyking]

thewizardguy said
The door to the palace slowly opened, the lock clattering to the ground, making hardly a sound through the thin, whispy smoke. Within, the air feels distinctly different. Through the air float small pieces of air-borne mist, along with spectral-looking weapons. Closer observation shows that these puffs of mist are, in fact, body parts, weightless, the corpse of a ghost. Hundreds of them, spread through the halls and rooms. Whomever had come here, had ripped his way through the Royal Guard, leaving not a single one to tell what had occurred. The smell inside remained one of death, but with a different tang, the relaxed peacefulness that was natural in these realms absent within the walls of this palace, torn away by the acts of violence and depravity that had occurred within. To bug's calls, there was no answer.

"......" Bug walks forward, looking about at the shreaded guards, sighing. "Damn....I am going to need my tools. Mithias! Search this place over, search for clues, I'm going to see if I can patch up some of these guardsmen." Bug yells to his vampire friend, as he summons a clean medical bag, pulling out odd looking tools, glowing slightly, as one by one he starts to restructure the shattered, but not yet destroyed souls.
"Who ever did this.....I'm going to end them...." Bug growls.

[FoxFireOfDawn]

"Ah, sorry about that, but thanks for the compliment." She says, nodding at Leeroy. She then gives a disappointed look towards Creed and Kevin, "That's a bit rude, guys. Come on, you don't remember?" She sighs, shaking her head," I don't know if it's because I've changed, but you should keep tabs on names and appearances, my dearies."

[kishin asura]

thewizardguy said
Mia shrugs, as she opens a portal of her own. "I put the tracker on him. I can find him wherever he goes, no matter what he does to hide his presence, simply by tracing my own Black Blood. Even just the known Multiverse, the universes that we've explored and charted, is massive. He could be anywhere, even outside of the known Multiverse, Nobody knows where these 'Seals of Omega' are, and unless you're planning on selling your soul for the information (Bob looks up hopefully at this, quickly scanning the group for hints of desperation) I'm the only hope for saving the Multiverse." She stops, blinks, and then shakes her head. "Oooh, that felt strange. Oh well. I've tracked his movements, he's moving through a variety of universes, laying false trails, and he's hiding his own presence quite well. He's probably using some kind of relic to block all other sight, I couldn't even see his soul. You fools don't have even the smallest chance of tracking him down without some heavy-duty help. So, you can follow me, do what I say, and be my little cute minions until I decide to send you to your untimely deaths, or you can wait here and cry in a corner."With her signature bright smile, Mia stepped through the panel of flickering blue light. And even as she did, it slowly began to close behind her. Normally, it would have closed instantly, but Stein had modified his portal devices to allow people to follow him. Of course, he usually did this to lead them to a trap, and thus their agonizing death or eternal torture at the hands of Mia. To say the least, the oldest members of the Lounge had bad memories of stepping through portals made by the Gorgon Family. It most certainly did not help that Mia had quite clear intention of sacrificing everyone here should it suit her.On the other side, Mia stepped out into Hell. Literal or metaphorical, physical or spiritual, this was Hell. The long stone passageways were stained with blood from a hundred different races, from a hundred different worlds. The very walls seemed saturated in agony, as the high-pitched screams of victims could be heard resonating throughout the building. Locked iron doors led to small cells, where beings with no skin, no teeth, and no eyes had been staked tot he walls, long steel nails driven through their arms and legs, as an artificial enhancer kept them alive. One by one, she had taken everything from them. Their families, their hopes, their dreams..... their sanity. She had removed their senses, making their world a dark, black place. She had emptied them of everything, to give them an undiluted world, a pure existence. It was a world of pain, where all was defined by their sheer agony, where one soon discarded all conscious thought in exchange for an end to the torture. Widely it was agreed that death was a far more agreeable fate than to be capture by Mia. Those who chose to fight the Queen of Pain, did so with cyanide pills in their pocket, and deadman bombs on their At the end of the short walk was a large door, with no visible means of opening it. Few knew that only Mia could open this door without breaking it, by controlling the Black Blood in the locking mechanism. Rows upon rows of computers stretched out before her, the details of almost any civilisation in the known Multiverse. A massive database created by her father, perfected by her. Her servants worked the keyboards, twisted figures covered in rubber, their eyes replaced with large green goggles, their fingers long and slender, like twisted bone. These Zombies were Stein's trademark, formed with artificial souls and animated dead matter, often rebuilt with the most powerful parts from a variety of species. Mia, once again, had perfected the art.

Asura follows her

[supertinyking]

kishin asura said
Asura follows her

Leeroy follows suit, and when he arrives though the portal, he starts to shake, as he could tell what was done to those people.
"...Asura, do be a favor...." Leeroy says. "......Hold me back...." and then Leeroy takes an agressive step towards where Mia had gone, rage building within him.

And if anyone knew Leeroy, pissing him off this much, is impressive.

[kishin asura]

supertinyking said
Leeroy follows suit, and when he arrives though the portal, he starts to shake, as he could tell what was done to those people. "...Asura, do be a favor...." Leeroy says. "......Hold me back...." and then Leeroy takes an agressive step towards where Mia had gone, rage building within him.And if anyone knew Leeroy, pissing him off this much, is impressive.

A skin scarf wraps around him. Holding him back

[Akihisa Yoshii]

Creed and Kevin followed her through the portal, and upon reaching the other side Kevin surveyed the surroundings. The place smelled of blood and reeked of agony. He had been to places like this one, but never one as hellish. He found himself averting his eyes from the souls that remained, unable to look at them. It actually sickened him, which was quite the feat, seeing this place. He didn't like that Mia was willing to drop them all into a pit if it got her across and not give any fucks. He liked it a lot less, when he saw what this girl did to these people. Sure he was a bit twisted himself, but this was a completely different level of crazy. 'this bitch is fucked up!' Oh, now he gets it. I was wondering when he'd figure this out... he didn't really know Mia. At all.

Creed, on the other hand, found it... grand. He took in a large whiff of all the smells, death, turmoil, fear, blood, he could smell the very emotions of those caught by Mia, as each one was more concentrated then the last. Out of all of the above, there was a crushing feeling of hopelessness about the place that he found absolutely... amazing. For the short walk, he preferred to run. He ran around like a kid in a zoo, and he loved every exhibit. Clarent, in his sheathe, shook lightly. He smelled the blood as well, and he sensed the agony, the misery, the utter hopelessness. He had no idea where the girl Creed had followed had brought them, but he was impressed. He had been the instrument of many civilizations' destruction, and in his wielders' insanity, many of them had made many torture chambers, whatever you want to call it, and they all made ones more brutal than the last, but this wasn't brutal... it was just plain art.

[supertinyking]

kishin asura said
A skin scarf wraps around him. Holding him back

Leeroy tugs against the scarf, but quickly cools off, never keeping a temper for long.
"....Thank you." He tells the Kishin, as he waits to be let out of the scarf......but he still seems less than pleased.

[FoxFireOfDawn]

Crow follows through the portal, behind everyone else. She shivers and shakes her head gently now-and-again, not exactly comfortable with the area she's in.

[Wraithblade6]

supertinyking said
"......" Bug walks forward, looking about at the shreaded guards, sighing. "Damn....I am going to need my tools. Mithias! Search this place over, search for clues, I'm going to see if I can patch up some of these guardsmen." Bug yells to his vampire friend, as he summons a clean medical bag, pulling out odd looking tools, glowing slightly, as one by one he starts to restructure the shattered, but not yet destroyed souls."Who ever did this.....I'm going to end them...." Bug growls.

The vampire nodded as Bug went to find his tools. "Of course." Mithias headed down the hall where there were several rooms. There was a library, a kitchen, bathroom, a living room, and a stairs. He furrowed his brow in frustration at his inability to detect anything other than the physically obvious. Mithias didn't have a knack for detecting auras, temporal disturbances, souls, magic, thoughts, or otherwise. He'd have to make the most of his unadulterated senses.

He first entered the library, where clearly things were out of place. Tables were turned and bookshelves were knocked over, and judging by the patterns of dust settlement, the disturbance was recent. Smell was useless, since everything smelled like death, and Mithias wasn't sure that this was abnormal. He looked for any signs of the fight: blood, burn marks, claw marks, quickly scribbled notes, whatever. What had Drac been up against? Was this the place where he had gone outside all multiverses?

[Teoinsanity]

The TARDIS fades in

"Hey don't forget about me!"

"And actually ,this isn't the doctor's ,it's a different one without time maniplulatoon ,so we can can keep it"

[kishin asura]

supertinyking said
Leeroy tugs against the scarf, but quickly cools off, never keeping a temper for long. "....Thank you." He tells the Kishin, as he waits to be let out of the scarf......but he still seems less than pleased.

"You're welcome." Asura says as the scarf unwraps itself

[supertinyking]

kishin asura said
"You're welcome." Asura says as the scarf unwraps itself

"The pain that exists here...." Leeroy says, as he curls his fists up so tight, more of his blood leaks though his fingers. "Is unforgiveable......I'm not working with her, I'll stop those monsters without helping one." Leeroy says, summoning a portal, and leaving, but the portal remains open.

[thewizardguy]

Mia reached out a hand, and touched it to the pure black surface of the control panel. Ripples moved over it's surface, as the building groaned. Pipes rumbled, cables shifted, a tremor went throughout the entire structure, as it aligned itself with Mia's will. The bodies collected there shivered, the screams of those that had been trapped increased in pitch. Everything in this building knew the mistress had returned, and prepared to bend to her every will. At her whim, the many zombie-like creatures arranged themselves along the walls, even as her portal generator activated itself. Without a doubt, this was Mia's domain, and she had ingrained her will into every single inch of it. There were few foolish enough to even attempt to face her on her home territory, where undoubtedly every room contained another trap, another mechanism for dealing with those she disliked, no doubt doubling as a torture device.

As Mia spoke, her voice echoed throughout the hallways, seemingly reverberated by the walls themselves. "Well? Those of you who want to come fight this threat, can join me in the control area. Those of you who would rather serve a different purpose are free to stay behind." The last sentence was said with a kind of coy, casual sadism, as that of a child carefully ripping the wings off of a butterfly. "All work no play makes me boooooooooooooooooored. So you'd better hurry along before I get impatient, okay? Before I remember what delicious sounds you make when you squeal...."

[supertinyking]

As the sounds of agony reached Leeroy's ears, he froze, one foot in the portal, the rest of him outside of it. Mia's sadistic and playful tone hit the treant like a brick to the face. He saw this place bend to her will of evil, and pain. Every fiber of Leeroy's being wished to help those tormented.....But he knew it would be a suicide mission to act now...

But Leeroy, he was no stranger to suicide missions, to the odds being stacked against him.....But would the Treant risk Asura's life as well? He could be killed, in the fighting.......

But he knew Asura, such evil would sicken him too....That the former evil was seeking to help repair what he had done...He'd have a choice, at least.

"Asura....you have a choice, right now. Head though the portal, or stay.......I'd make your choice quickly." Leeroy says to the Demon god, and Leeroy has that look...a stupid grin, like someone about to do something immensely foolish.....
Leeroy then spins around, and rushes down the hall towards Mia, stone staff in hand, a green glow in his eyes.

[kishin asura]

supertinyking said
As the sounds of agony reached Leeroy's ears, he froze, one foot in the portal, the rest of him outside of it. Mia's sadistic and playful tone hit the treant like a brick to the face. He saw this place bend to her will of evil, and pain. Every fiber of Leeroy's being wished to help those tormented.....But he knew it would be a suicide mission to act now...But Leeroy, he was no stranger to suicide missions, to the odds being stacked against him.....But would the Treant risk Asura's life as well? He could be killed, in the fighting.......But he knew Asura, such evil would sicken him too....That the former evil was seeking to help repair what he had done...He'd have a choice, at least. "Asura....you have a choice, right now. Head though the portal, or stay.......I'd make your choice quickly." Leeroy says to the Demon god, and Leeroy has that look...a stupid grin, like someone about to do something immensely foolish.....Leeroy then spins around, and rushes down the hall towards Mia, stone staff in hand, a green glow in his eyes.

Asura nods and slowly walks toward the portal

[thewizardguy]

As Tsubaki studies this mysterious artifact, she finds it to be rather boring. Originally presenting an interesting mystery, as she had not recognized the technology from any of the many planets she had visited, which was intriguing in and of itself. Then there was the fact that it had Drac's name scratched onto the surface. This subtle clue made it fairly obvious that something was going on, and more than likely this artifact held the key to some important mystery or piece of information that would aid in the solving of some puzzle. Perhaps there were lives on the line, perhaps more than a few. However, despite all this, as she studiously examined and dismanteled the device, she found that it was a complete waste of space. The compound seemed to resemble that of a solar panel, or some other form of energy absorption plate. It definitely functioned on electricity, and was for the rest incredibly low-tech, nothing revolutionary about it. However, the stupidest thing was that this thing didn't even work, for some reason the area where normally focusing lenses would be placed was filled with a couple of useless salt-like substances. Absolutely pointless in every regard. Whomever had designed this was obviously a clueless moron, with no idea how to create anything worthwhile.

Of course, then there was one last thing. She would have liked to discard it at this point as junk, however she had always been a methodical person. She followed all regulations, and that included scanning it for dimensional anomalies. And the results were stunning. This thing was tethered, through the fabric of reality, creating a tiny rift in and of itself, although not large enough for matter ot pass through, that could transmit energy. With the right machinery, this could quite easily be expanded, following this trail through the as-of-yet unbreachable walls around one of the Mystery Dimensions. These were worlds that could not be entered with conventional interdimensional travel, locked off from outsiders.

[supertinyking]

thewizardguy said
As Tsubaki studies this mysterious artifact, she finds it to be rather boring. Originally presenting an interesting mystery, as she had not recognized the technology from any of the many planets she had visited, which was intriguing in and of itself. Then there was the fact that it had Drac's name scratched onto the surface. This subtle clue made it fairly obvious that something was going on, and more than likely this artifact held the key to some important mystery or piece of information that would aid in the solving of some puzzle. Perhaps there were lives on the line, perhaps more than a few. However, despite all this, as she studiously examined and dismanteled the device, she found that it was a complete waste of space. The compound seemed to resemble that of a solar panel, or some other form of energy absorption plate. It definitely functioned on electricity, and was for the rest incredibly low-tech, nothing revolutionary about it. However, the stupidest thing was that this thing didn't even work, for some reason the area where normally focusing lenses would be placed was filled with a couple of useless salt-like substances. Absolutely pointless in every regard. Whomever had designed this was obviously a clueless moron, with no idea how to create anything worthwhile.Of course, then there was one last thing. She would have liked to discard it at this point as junk, however she had always been a methodical person. She followed all regulations, and that included scanning it for dimensional anomalies. And the results were stunning. This thing was tethered, through the fabric of reality, creating a tiny rift in and of itself, although not large enough for matter ot pass through, that could transmit energy. With the right machinery, this could quite easily be expanded, following this trail through the as-of-yet unbreachable walls around one of the Mystery Dimensions. These were worlds that could not be entered with conventional interdimensional travel, locked off from outsiders.

Tsubaki grins widely, as she drops a pair of wielding goggles down onto her face, as she begins to work. She starts to construct this gate way to a new world, dis-assembling other portal devices, re-configuring them, and creating something...epic in scope. Soon, she drags the materials outside, before her workshop, as she keeps working, building...a gate. As she worked, another thing appeared to help her, a creature able to mend together this tech, and who knew of the plight of drac, and his ilk.....but who, well, that's a surprise.....Soon, Tsubaki calls her allies, Bug and Mithias, and tells them of her findings, and to return to her workshop.

[Wraithblade6]

Mithias initially jumped when he heard a voice. It was Tsubaki. He heaved a sigh of relief, remembering the device in his ear. He wasn't sure if She could hear him, so he spoke mostly to himself as he turned away from the torn-up library, "I suppose I should get Bug next."

[supertinyking]

Wraithblade6 said
Mithias initially jumped when he heard a voice. It was Tsubaki. He heaved a sigh of relief, remembering the device in his ear. He wasn't sure if She could hear him, so he spoke mostly to himself as he turned away from the torn-up library, "I suppose I should get Bug next."

"You're not going to "get" anything." A female voice says, which sends chills down the spine of the vampire, and Aono as well. A hostile voice, one dripping with slight rage, yet...an odd, disturbing deathly calm....It was the banshee queen of the forsaken, the frog witch Eruka. Then, to Mithias...the sounds of an angel flutter to his ears, sending an odd wave of peace washes over him, as he grows tired......

"Mom, he's helping me find out where dad got thrown too, please don't put him into a coma..." Bug groans, his fingers in his ears, as he walks into Mithia's sight.