[IC] Myriad Reality

[Araby264]

LegendBegins said
Booby trap? And copper is green, so it could have been that.

*a panel in the wall slides open and a large metal man the same color as the floor steps out with heavy steps. In a very grated voice it calls out, first in several strange gurtual languages, then something resembling French, then in English*
Metal man: This area is a restricted zone, state your name and caste. You have thirty seconds to comply.

[LegendBegins]

Araby264 said
*a panel in the wall slides open and a large metal man the same color as the floor steps out with heavy steps. In a very grated voice it calls out, first in several strange gurtual languages, then something resembling French, then in English*Metal man: This area is a restricted zone, state your name and caste. You have thirty seconds to comply.

David Dynamo, Osyrus.

[Araby264]

LegendBegins said
David Dynamo, Osyrus.

*it processes that for a moment, then It's hand retracts and a large blade comes from It's hand.*
Invalid. You have ten seconds to comply.

[LegendBegins]

Araby264 said
*it processes that for a moment, then It's hand retracts and a large blade comes from It's hand.*Invalid. You have ten seconds to comply.

And do what?

[Araby264]

LegendBegins said
And do what?

Wait for warrior caste to take you in for questioning. Five seconds to comply.
*throughout all of this I've been studying a small metal object on the ground. You don't notice.*

[LegendBegins]

Araby264 said
Wait for warrior caste to take you in for questioning. Five seconds to comply.*throughout all of this I've been studying a small metal object on the ground. You don't notice.*

Well. Let's not.

[Araby264]

LegendBegins said
Well. Let's not.

*it drops into a low stance and brings up its sword arm. I pick up the piece of metal and my eyes go wide*
Me:WAIT, Jonra Mendelvia Shaperate class.
Metal man: *does not move* Identification number.
Me: *looks back at the piece of metal.* 473690115
MM: Present identification disc for verification. *it brings down its other hand down to head level and a small slot opens. I walk over and insert the piece of metal into the slot. The metal man sits for a moment then the disc pops back out.*
MM: identified. Continue. Keep your identification card quickly accessible at all times.
*it returns to its spot behind the panel*

[souleaterfan320]

LegendBegins said
Well. Let's not.

*meanwhile, shinji had followed both of you up till the point where you fell through, and leaps down the hole, landing softly, and catches up with you*
so, whats up with pissed off metal head?

[LegendBegins]

Araby264 said
*it drops into a low stance and brings up its sword arm. I pick up the piece of metal and my eyes go wide*Me:WAIT, Jonra Mendelvia Shaperate class.Metal man: *does not move* Identification number.Me: *looks back at the piece of metal.* 473690115MM: Present identification disc for verification. *it brings down its other hand down to head level and a small slot opens. I walk over and insert the piece of metal into the slot. The metal man sits for a moment then the disc pops back out.*MM: identified. Continue. Keep your identification card quickly accessible at all times.*it returns to its spot behind the panel*

That was unnecessarily easy.

[LegendBegins]

souleaterfan320 said
*meanwhile, shinji had followed both of you up till the point where you fell through, and leaps down the hole, landing softly, and catches up with you*so, whats up with pissed off metal head?

Well that happened.

[Araby264]

LegendBegins said
That was unnecessarily easy.

Yeah...
*looks unnaturally white.*
I think I'll keep this on me.
*lifts the disc*
Let's keep going. It seems we're on the right track to the life I felt.

[LegendBegins]

Araby264 said
Yeah... *looks unnaturally white.*I think I'll keep this on me.*lifts the disc*Let's keep going. It seems we're on the right track to the life I felt.

You okay? You look a tad... ghostly.

[Araby264]

LegendBegins said
You okay? You look a tad... ghostly.

Yeah, I'm fine.
*I keep walking forward my bare feet slapping loudly on the metal.*
Just... Not as... Prepared as I usually am.

[LegendBegins]

Araby264 said
Yeah, I'm fine.*I keep walking forward my bare feet slapping loudly on the metal.*Just... Not as... Prepared as I usually am.

Okay then... Anyway, so why did you do it? Why did you turn in the group?

[Araby264]

LegendBegins said
Okay then... Anyway, so why did you do it? Why did you turn in the group?

....
*I look at the ground. My voice is soft. Emotional*
I was... Tired. So tired of being the damsel in distress. Of being beaten and looked down apon... I got low one night... Hit rock bottom... Then I thought about Dark... How he got so powerful... And it just clicked...

[LegendBegins]

Araby264 said
....*I look at the ground. My voice is soft. Emotional*I was... Tired. So tired of being the damsel in distress. Of being beaten and looked down apon... I got low one night... Hit rock bottom... Then I thought about Dark... How he got so powerful... And it just clicked...

...Nobody ever thought of you that way. We all saw you as a hero, the one who rose above the trials, against all odds.
*Kicks a rock*
Evil doesn't achieve power. Look at Dark. He's dead now.

[Araby264]

LegendBegins said
...Nobody ever thought of you that way. We all saw you as a hero, the one who rose above the trials, against all odds.*Kicks a rock*Evil doesn't achieve power. Look at Dark. He's dead now.

*snorts*
You know and I know I was the weak one. I wasn't the one anybody wanted at their back in a fight. I was the pet, the one who everyone looked at and said, "aww, look. She didn't die."
And evil has It's benefits. You don't need to be a hero, but you don't need to be the villain either.
*pauses*
Not all the time anyway.

[LegendBegins]

Araby264 said
*snorts*You know and I know I was the weak one. I wasn't the one anybody wanted at their back in a fight. I was the pet, the one who everyone looked at and said, "aww, look. She didn't die."And evil has It's benefits. You don't need to be a hero, but you don't need to be the villain either.*pauses*Not all the time anyway.

No, literally nobody saw that.
*Pain in my voice*
I don't understand why you think that you have to hurt others to gain power. Why not find another way?

[Araby264]

LegendBegins said
No, literally nobody saw that.*Pain in my voice*I don't understand why you think that you have to hurt others to gain power. Why not find another way?

*my gaze seems far away*
They were all me. Every time I hurt them it hurt me... I can still hear them sometimes, you know that. Small voices in my head. Telling me that they are still with me... Still going to be with me every step of the way. That they will never be going away...

[LegendBegins]

Araby264 said
*my gaze seems far away*They were all me. Every time I hurt them it hurt me... I can still hear them sometimes, you know that. Small voices in my head. Telling me that they are still with me... Still going to be with me every step of the way. That they will never be going away...

Then why not stop now? Why not stop while you can still change your image? While others will still accept you?