[IC] HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

[thewizardguy]

Alucard's senses extended far beyond those that the assassin had thought to sense. The very nervous system emitted a soft electromagnetic field, and much like a shark he was able to sense it. Even from this distance he could feel the figure's body heat, as well as hear the beating of his heart. The soft lisp of breath, the gentle squeezing of hundreds of muscles. To sneak up on Alucard was nearly impossible, due to his sheer abundance of senses. And as he realized he was being assassinated, he dealt with it appropriately.

The assassin found a hole opening in Alucard's back, although not from the knife, which had yet to reach it's target. It was fairly large, much like the barrel of some kind of cannon. Within, unknown to the assassin, biological processes were occurring at a rapidly accelerating pace, as molecules were rapidly restructured, combined with the manipulation of electromagnetic fields. Eventually, the Atom Force was negated, and a small amount of substance was formed. Immensely rare in nature, this material was called Neutronium, and it was the densest material in the Multiverse. This was because it had no electron cloud, and it had no molecules. It was simply a wall of neutrons, not interrupted by any form of separation.

A tiny pellet formed, pretty much invisible to the naked eye. And yet, whilst being no bigger than a single cell, it had a mass of 200 tons. It was launched from the barrel at moderate speed, and yet it easily pierced whatever armour the assassin was wearing, as it ripped apart the atom force. Lacking all forms of magnetivity it was hardly affected by matter, and tore straight through it. A small hole was torn through the assassins's head, the size of a single cell. And yet the shock from the impact was immense. It was as if he had just been hit with a 200 ton hammer, and it was enough to liquify his head. To all appearances, Alucard had simply annihilated him with a thought, as opposed to using one of his most powerful attacks.

"OH? Can't I make you reconsider?"

[supertinyking]

@thewizardguy

Slowly the assassin backs away his head impounded with enough force to send his oddly sweet smelling blood across the ground. Slowly, it reforms, but he definitely looks quite heavily harmed. "..The...united...galaxys......didn-" The assassin starts, before a bomb placed on him detonates from the inside, leading him to be completely smeared across-ed the two vampires.

[Tyki]

@thewizardguy

"you shall be directed to high general kalus karillius, head of foreign relations and trade" the sergeant in charge of the defensive station replies evenly, four frigates taking up positions around her ship before saying "prepare for tether and warp towing to his location" as small ports along the frigates open up, small, spherical drones with four insectoid-like appendages which latch on to her hull, creating minor damage but nothing of note before a field surrounds her and she's rather suddenly transported into the orbit of a large snowball of a planet with four moons, all of which being colonized with mass amounts of various ship designs comeing and going for trade, refueling, and resupply. rather than warp her to the planet from orbit, the small drones take her to a local star port, having her exit her ship with one of the drones acting as a guide of sorts, it's size not much larger than her head. [this is regulations base a-35-D you will follow me for scans and weapon turn ins, all weapons seized shall be returned upon your departure.] the auditory equipment in it made it sound incredibly stereotypical of a low-grade robot but it's make and codeing making it look to have been designed for mass production with the vocal option being a design choice. The drone takes mia into a room, ordering her to place all effects on a tray protruding from a wall including her clothing, the tray sinking into the wall to scan for anything of note, any devices with jamming equipment picked up and turned off. Once she disrobes four large rods come out of the ground before passing all sides of her over in light, the automated voice coming on, stating [sub-dermal metal detected. state it's purpose]

[Wraithblade6]

Mithias had used the opportunity provided by the brief distraction to flap his wings and put some distance between himself and Alucard. He glanced at the dying assassin from there. Who were the united galaxies? He wondered quickly. Regardless, the answer to that question wasn't going to matter if he was destroyed in the next 4 seconds. He looked at Alucard, who was not far in front of him. His eyes, his face, his intense demeanor... Yeah it was himself, yet somehow broken by despair and given in to anger and rage. How so many times Mithais had felt himself drawn to becoming that. He internally vowed never to let it happen. It was terrifying. It was his true death.

"I'm not going to give my life to you, even if you and I are the same person. It's true, I and my friends DID kill a Daemon. It is not impossible. If you have completely lost hope, then it is you who are the one who has died, not me, and I should be putting YOU out of YOUR misery. So common then, Mithias. Fight me. Show me what it took to break me."

[supertinyking]

@Tyki

It was a massive appearance, like a thousand stars filled the night sky of the sergal worlds. Thousand upon thousands of ships appeared, as coms channels all over the empire are called. Hundreds of planets with outposts, former clone planets, are the main contacts...but one extremely large ship appears near Kalus's location, as a com channel to Kalus is called. When answered, to be asked who it is who wishes to speak to a high general, a familiar face appears across the holo-com.

"It's been a while my old friends....It's Logar, Emperor of the Clone empire. I, have returned."

This massive array of ships is double the old empire's size, as though two former empires have joined forces into one ultimate super power of a empire. Two different types of ships now unload more passengers to their old worlds, places once destroyed and leveled repaired at speeds in which even the sergals would be amazed. Factories of mining equipment, weaponry, and civilian supplies all repaired in blinks of an eye with the massive work force now at the empire's disposal.

Many sergals are greeted by old friends, long thought to be dead, and even Tide Bringer, the cloned Sergal returns to the capital, his fur now maintaining an oddly purple tint to it. He returns to his work killing bugs, being far more worried about raising a large swarm. He quickly starts to look over the dead of the insects, as if studying their bodies. Quickly, he develops new forms of lighting based strikes to better cripple their bodies, soon, even being able to take down larger insects with relative ease, where as before, due to his ignorance of their bodies, they'd of easily over ran him and his squad. His powers also seem slightly, ever so slightly bolstered.

On the capital world, a small single man fighter appears, as Delta reappears. She opens coms with the capital, knowing codes to get directly in, as such things would be paramount to her former occupation.
"I heard the city I left for a few moments got nuked eh? Good thing I felt the need to investigate a new threat." She says, chuckling.

[Teoinsanity]

@supertinyking@thewizardguy

Teo would drive into the ship.
"Sorry mate,but ya beam takes too long!"
He says as he lands it in the hanger and whispers to Brown and Melody.
"Follow Saeid's signature ,I have to stay"
Both would nod as they opened a portal before landing after Seaid.
"Take me to your leader"
He smugly says with his arms wide open for them to inspect him.

[supertinyking]

@Teoinsanity

They would appear in a small, lavish apartment, Saeid being kept company by several red skinned, horned humanoids, resembling demons. Saeid is sitting on a bed, drinking a canned soda, sighing. Soon, what appears to be a young teen boy, in a suit, with short, thin black hair. On his right hand, is a skull ring, with horns. The boy tightens his tie slightly, as he looks at the crystal woman, and the robotic bear before him.
"Ah, Teo's flunkies....So, before you begin to be angered, I'd like to inform you about how Saeid would of been wiped out by Matt's army. In a former life, Saeid taunted, and wrought destruction against Matt. So, calm yourselves before you decide to attack....." Ozzy says, and several of the demons look at Melody, and Brown, their weapons at the ready.

[Tyki]

@supertinyking

The clones appearing rather suddenly around the planets of the sergal empire were rather briefly subjected to being targeted by massive amounts of planetary defenses being charge before shortly powered down as the clones were recognized, Logar's transmission being recieved by kalus even though he was expecting another visitor.

"hello emperor logar, good to see you again. might i ask why you're calling?" kalus replies evenly, a tad busy at that point with tide being sent to a rim-colony to assist in defensive structures being constructed and field work when needed but was largely there for heavy lifting, the fields being worked often times being micro-orchards simply in need of hands more so than skilled laborers. "as you can probably tell, alot's changed... your settlement on the home planet was destroyed to an invasion of the undead but we can offer you a few planets with remnants of what looks to be clone technology on them that we've yet to settle" kalus says evenly, seeming distracted

[supertinyking]

@Tyki

"Thank you Kalus, sorry for appearing unannounced, but a very good turn of fortune, one much needed, has happened. We've discovered a large amount of stashed weapons, facilities, and munitions from our counterparts in this reality. We're nearly back to full strength that we were before. We've even found a large uninhabited galaxy to colonize within a universe not to far off the spectrum from here. In a few weeks, we'll be back to full strength." Logar says, grinning. Soon, the empire establishes trade routes with the sergals once again, and their production in the week is able to produce surpluses of supplies even the sergals find to be lacking.

[thewizardguy]

@Tyki
Mia obediently followed, whistling softly under her breath as she observes the activity taking place around her. It was not the technology she witnessed, despite how impressive it was. Nor was she impressed by the architecture, the weaponry, or any other achievement the Sergal would pride themselves in. Such values meant nothing to her, any act of creation was simply a preclude to destruction. No, she whistled at the tension only she could feel, the feeling of a thousand souls working in harmony. In many ways, the Sergal were a gifted race. Their physical capabilities were nearly unmatched, and their intelligence immense. Their brains bore a capability for learning and adaptation that was far beyond that of humans. But far more importantly than that Mia felt the common purpose, the working force, emanating from every soul present. They worked towards a single purpose, united and willing. They pursued their goals relentlessly, easily finding the most effective route to overcome any obstacle, wasting no effort on petty internal power struggles.

As she was lead into the room with the tray, she obediently removes all clothing, placing on the tray a series of items that might be of interest to the Sergal.

First she placed a scalpel, a long and carved device that had been forged from obsidian. It's form would make it nearly impossible to inflict a lethal wound with it as a weapon, but it's blade was immensely sharp. More importantly, their sensors picked up a large amount of mana emanating from it. The patterns constantly shifted and changed, and they recognized what appeared to be bound spirits, foreign but recognizable. Being a race of warriors, the Sergal had little use for torture, but they had interacted with many races and knew how to recognize an implement designed to inflict pain.

Secondly, Mia placed a long, elongated device. It's ancient and of foreign design. It's energy source seems to be nonexistent, sensors detecting what appears to be a negative quantity of energy when scanning it. It was perhaps one of the most mysterious items the Sergal had ever found, a device designed by the ancient God Emperor. Still working after all this time, the portal generator was, in and of itself, a paradox, containing a tiny fragment of the Plot Hole still. It was one of just 3 intact samples remaining within the Multiverse, 2 of which were owned by Stein and Mia.

When questioned about her Black Blood, Mia simply raised a finger. "It's... well, you could call it an aspect of my.... kind. My blood is metallic in nature, remaining in liquid form until I wish it to cease to do so. A rather ingenious mechanism, isn't it? And besides, it's quite pretty." Using a nail on her other finger, she cuts open the skin on her index finger. A slow series of drops drips down onto the tray, gathering into a single, marble-shaped orb of metal. "Study it if you wish. I'm afraid I won't be able to leave it behind, much as I could not leave behind my lungs."

As far as was possible for a living weapon, Mia had disarmed herself. She had no intention of fighting or killing the Sergal, no matter how much she wanted to see what their insides looked like. However, even from here she could sense Kallus. And as the Sergal proceeded to scan the items she had placed and assess what threat she posed, she constantly stared at him, through the many physical barriers that might divide them. A soul stronger than the rest, and her current target.

[thewizardguy]

@Wraithblade6
For a moment, everything was silent as Alucard stared at Mithias, one eyebrow raised in surprise. Then he shook his head, smiling, as he stuck his hands in the pockets of his trench coat. "My, I am astounded at your courage. Well, perhaps I credit you with too little. Ever eager to see things through, aren't we?" His smile seems tinged with sadness, just for a moment, before he turns around. "Very well. I suppose you deserve to see, after all. I thought to kill you before, but maybe no matter in what reality, we are destined to endure this, to witness it."

A portal opens, as Alucard steps through, once more changing locations. And beyond it lies a planet covered in ice, a familiar plane covered in craters, great beams of light piercing through where holes had been blown in the frozen ceiling. And yet the scene was different, the ground now covered in corpses, fresh. Many of them seemed humans, clad in armour forged from dragon scales and adorned with tattoos. But among them lay great dragons, slain through the force of numbers and overwhelming skill. It was a battlefield, one that had emerged not long after the heroes of HCL had left.

In the center of the plain, atop one of the fallen dragons, stood a woman. Tall, with bright red hair shining in the wind. It seems to shine, as if it were generating a light of it's own. It nearly outshone the slight glow of her eyes, which were slit like those of a reptile, staring intently at the dark figure that now marched across the ice. It was only after this that one might observe the rest of her. She was half naked, wearing only a series of fur coats and dragonhide belts, her brown skin covered in tattoos and blood, probably from the dragon now on the ground. She growled, revealing a series of pointed teeth. "Who are you? Where did you come from?"

Ignoring the woman, Alucard kept speaking to Mithias, even as he gathered his energy around him. "Allow me to tear down this world in front of you, and show you, truly, what pain is."

[Tyki]

@thewizardguy

[recent developments require rescheduling; meeting shall be postponed for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Reason: more important meeting came up. this drone will act as a tour guide to keep you occupied until then. do you wish for a shower?] the drone drills out after a soft humming, mia's fixed eyes on kalus's soul revealing a life that was no stranger to strife or pain but an un-bendable will with the need to strive towards his goals at the core of it, and, if such a thing could be sensed in the minute information a soul can give, she'd find that he'd most likely had a child though the fact that he was male made the deduction require a master level appraisal that'd get her a pat on the head from daddy should she be able to prove it.

though, a cursory glance showed oddities; the drones were actually equipped with technology akin to her obsidian scalpel, as if functioning for secondary bodies for those souls that wished to continue a corporeal existence, though, the feature seems to be largely un-utilized and in fact none of the drones on the station were actually housing souls, but the fact that they had such a thing did, at least, provide some sense of novelty.

once her tray is stowed in the wall seamlessly, a cylinder rises from the floor, presumably for her shower, with a towel and temporary clothing resting on a small shelf on the outside of it.

[thewizardguy]

@supertinyking
As the communications device floats through space, it is Hailed by Babylon over a series of different wavelengths. If no reply is eminent, the device will be towed into the Cargo Hold much like the Tetris was, where a series of robotic arms would probe and dissect it. Matt had no time to waste with delicacies, and it could all too easily be a trap.

"Show me this person, and we might have a deal." Matt was unwilling to trust Mia, nor to give his word to her. Doing such a thing could easily be a fatal mistake.

"His name is Cosmos, and he's a dear friend of mine. I'll have him over in a moment."

"I do hope you don't endeavour to trick me, Mia. I am both willing and able to destroy you where you stand."

"Trick the mighty God Emperor?" Mockingly, Mia bats her eyelashes at the camera she knew was pointed at her. "Oh, I wouldn't dare."

With a slight zap, a tall humanoid figure appeared. He wore an elegant suit, and had a cold emotionless smile. If any would be observing, they would see Genocide standing there, hands clasped. What they would not see is the slight glow in his eyes, the shimmer of arcane energies running down his skin, and the threads of magic that were so delicately woven around him. "Ah, so this is the once-mighty Matt? It's a pleasure."

[supertinyking]

@Tyki@thewizardguy

Logar laughs slightly, but suddenly, he freezes, sensing something...no someone.....is that? No......

Mia....
"...Kalus.....is there a woman on the planet....black hair......black dress....black blood?" Logar asks slowly, it being a very serious question. Several clones scramble about, pressing buttons, making calls, all in a panic. It seems this Mia woman was a large deal to the clones, at least from the slight panic she induced to those with Logar. He seemed to remain calm, but he grew a coldness unseen of him by Kalus. Something changed, as if a switch was flipped......

This may not end well....

[Tyki]

@supertinyking

"perhaps, i'll do a quick scan" kalus replies dryly before typing away at his terminal, still using it despite it being outdated rather massively mostly due to nostalgia. "yes, there appears to be a few women matching that description on the planet and on one of the moons. you'll have to be more specific than that if you want to narrow it down. there are a lot of humanoid species that we trade with" kalus adds evenly with a yawn and a stretch, the images of the three woman being sent to logar, two of them currently in processing and therefore nude while the third seemed to be on a date and shooing away the drone recording them

[supertinyking]

@thewizardguy

In a sudden, as it is trying to be contacted, the phone spins, and flips open. In a shining blue hue, a hologram was projected, a tall, muscular man on the other end, showing the Forsaken King Drac on a one to one scale. He looked at the two by him, and then to Matt's ship. Connecting to the call between Mia, and Matt, Drac spoke, and he did so with a wry smile.
"....Matt, it's been a long time. Do you remember me, perchance, or has time worn away such memories of foolish betrayals, and grim repercussions?" Drac asks, his smile growing into a serious poker face as he began to speak. "......But....Maybe that's best saved for later. I must warn you, do not listen to her.....she's planning something. That man, Cosmos, is also not to be trusted..he sought to enslave all of existence before, or destroy it....their true motives were unclear, but they did attempt to summon monsters even your armies couldn't stop. Luckily, my allies and I lead an attack, stopping them for now...They've splintered apart for now. Matt, I know we may not of ended off our last encounter on a..high, note, but remember..I was the last man who stood beside you. I still see some good in what you do.....and now, you can't harm my family, so our interests do truly now aline.

Now, I make you the same offer as them, but I do it for a different reason than her. I require no copy of archives, no money..simply a promise. You will leave me, and my family, alone. No attacks, no invasions on my lands....and we'll not cause conflict with you. Think carefully on such an issue..your choice will have farther reaching effects than anyone of us may first think."
With this, Drac stands, looking at Mia and Cosmos. The phone's transmissions were technological, developed by Tsubaki, hopefully alleviating the worry of Cosmos a skewing the transmission.

[supertinyking]

@Tyki
"Her name would be Mia.....and she's be carrying a scalpel when she arrived." Logar replies, tensing up, before leaning in slightly. "...Kalus, don't fuck with me here. If she is here, I must talk to her. She may be someone from where I'm originally from, and from what I understand, the more of us appearing in this reality, the worse. If you try some sorta diplomatic bullshit to further your kind, you may end up getting us all killed." Logar says, cracking his neck slightly.

[Tyki]

@supertinyking

"that would be this one" kalus replies evenly, bringing up the photo of mia appraising a shower in the nude while he yawns out "getting another call... from my mate, i'm going to have to put you on hold" before the call is rather quickly ended, kalus disappearing from the screen before soon being teleported off planet.

@thewizardguy

[addendum: week long forced vacation for high general kalus karilius. order level: classified. Subject shall be cared for during her stay, diplomatic tenure will allow leniency on work orders.] the drone rather suddenly states after a few minutes of soft humming, having been floating behind mia while she appraised the shower and rather plain but functional clothing

[supertinyking]

@Tyki
Luckily for Logar, the screen auto-censors the picture, preventing an awkward situation, and Logar's eyes squints slightly.
"...It's her.....Prepare a landing craft. I'm heading planet side." Logar declares, as he walks away from his bridge, and into a landing craft, before ending up on the planet. He goes though, even barging though, whatever means he must, but he tries to make his way towards Mia.

[Tyki]

@supertinyking

he finds the way fairly receptive, but when he starts actually getting close to mia an Ant drone pops up from the floor, alerting him with an automated message [you are entering a restricted area for current level of authorization. please follow me so you can be processed and you appointments scheduled]