[IC] Return to the Multiverse

[Kalamadea]

If these two had half a brain, which they obviously did not, they'd hear the irritation in Samus's voice. She didn't think they'd be leaving her alone any time soon, so she tried to make the best of the situation. She just started a scan of the sector when Cirno stuck her face in Samus's visor, resulting in Samus learning that Cirno is a Touhou fairy. This is not something Samus really cared about. "As in a suit of armor. I'm a human woman inside of a suit of armor, not a robot. It's a highly advanced suit of powered combat armor, made by aliens." She hoped Cirno at least understood the concept of aliens. That's when her suit alerted her of the signs of a dimension coming into alignment with the city, and cleared the sector with Okuu and Cirno still climbing all over her suit. That's when Cirno started talking about how Samus's "right sleeve" covered her arm. "That's my weapon. Look, could you two go bother somebody else? I need to gather data about this city and its far easier to do with nobody bothering me."

[Professor_Wyvern]

Mayonnaise the Wizard began cackling, "...AND THEN I SAID THE ARISTOCRATS!" as he finished up a bawdy tale. Rattlesnake Jack began cracking up as well as he wiped a single-tear from his eye. "Oh, oh that was a good one. Especially the part invo-" The Strange Wizard waved his metal staff, "HERO! The Dimension I was going to send you has blown through! So I won't need to teleport you. Oh, you may want to leave this city before it fades away. Strange city, does that." Rattlesnake Jack gave a nod as he rolled his neck around, "I'll go uh, find others then. Swore I had uh, other fellows that I worked with in the last strange place." He raised his cowboy hat as he scratched at his head. Mayonnaise gave a solemn nod, "Yessss... Go get them, collect me the barrels, with intoxicating elixirs. Oh and whatever else you find, that looks interesting. I'll throw in a few worthless baubles that solely exist to make you feel better at going off and collecting things. Alongside the many shiny baubles." Giving a wave to the Wizard, Rattlesnake Jack headed of to search for his companions. "Hnn, maybe they found a decent Saloon by now?" Rattlesnake Jack shrugged as he searched for a saloon, where he would hopefully find his companions. All the while Mayonnaise began speaking in a long dead language, as his eyes glimmered white. "Anemoiyay! oreasBay! ephyrusZay!" as he finished his chant, he disappeared in a flash of white, leaving nothing behind but the smell of fermenting mayonnaise.

[Zero Hex]

Ajax nodded and promptly signed the document, scratching down his own name in the ancient script of his land. Surprisingly readable for those used to meathead fighters of at least slightly below par intelligence. "Alright, I suppose I'll know the thing when I see it? Just a big lizard? And, is there some bit you would prefer undamaged? My fights can get messy so if you really want a specific part untouched you'd best tell me now". He turned to Link "Hope you don't mind me tagging along, Hero. I don't like owing anyone anything. I could let you fight on your own until you feel you need a hand, if you'd like. Us both going down there is probably going to be overkill".

[Professor_Wyvern]

The Bartender glanced at Ajax as he wrote down his name. "You'll know it when you see it. It's a big lizard with wings. If you can leave the head. Would be fun to mount it on the wall, will give you credit under the plaque of course." He glanced back at Link, "There should be enough creepy crawlies for the two of you to fight. More or less depending on what places blew through. Anyway, you wanted to go in first, just inform when ready and I'll open the basement doors."

[rawkhawk64]

Link nodded, signing his name on the paper in front of him. He turned to Ajax. "Makes no difference to me. Perhaps it'll be something akin to a maze or one of the dungeons my ancestors traversed. In which case, we'll be able to go our separate ways. Either way, you're the one after the lizard. I just wanna make sure I don't get rusty." Link replied to Ajax. He motioned to the bartender that he was ready to enter the basement.

[Professor_Wyvern]

The Bartender gave a nod to the two of them. "Alright then. Yeah basement is pretty nice and spacious. You oughta find some fun stuff there. Bring back any tasty looking corpses, and move any bottles of alcohol or barrels." He said as he gave a quick whistle. Rattle. Rattle. The Skeletal Figure from earlier returned in front of the blast-door that kept the basement shut. It quickly began fiddling with the door combination as the door hissed open. The skeleton opened the blast-door, pulling the metal slab forward. The bartender cocked his head towards the door, "Well get going then heroes." The bartender then focused his attention to the room behind the door, making sure nothing would try to make some sort of escape. Fortunately nothing was going on there at the moment. But it was ready for the Heroes, Link and Ajax to enter! The initial entrance to the room looked quite dark, with the occasional glimmer of a fluorescent light and torch, giving off some light.

[Prostagma]

"Kaaaaaay~", Cirno said as she rolled off of Samus' shoulder and floated slowly down to the ground. She tottered over to the diner, and pulled on the door, which refused to budge. Confused, Cirno tugged again. Nothing. She pulled it open, climbing up onto the door and bracing herself against it, at which point the door swung gently inwards. "Oh.", Cirno said, looking around the diner, "...Do you have sherbet? I wanna sherbet."

[IncredibleBee]

"Well, that mostly sounds like stuff I already know. Is there anything really vital you need me to test, or can we get on with the assignment?" Bee asked. He'd been gone a little while; he'd have to hurry if he wanted to do this assignment AND eat ice cream with his friends.

[Professor_Wyvern]

The old man in the bar-table glanced at a glass of soda that he just jerked from the machine. Grumbling he walked over to the sink and poured it in, before dropping the cup there as well. The old man found himself besieged by the shrill voice of a child. He pulled out another lamented menu and slammed it on the table. Rattlesnake Jack, returned back to the Saloon from which he left for he wasn't sure how long. As he saw Cirno he tipped his hat, "Ah there ya are. Been lookin' fer ya. Uh, see any of the other pardners? Loot is out and available, gotta find 'em." ------ Akiko glanced at Bee. "It is just to make sure. Follow me to one of the training centers." She swayed on as she reached a metal door labeled '6' as she punched a code on the key-pad. The door opened up horizontally, as it revealed a shiny metal interior that was mostly bare other than those features. Though it looked like the room was divided into several rectangular structures, at least the walls did. "Enter and the exercises will begin."

[Zero Hex]

Ajax shrugged. "Alright then, if it is getting rusty you're worried about then I shall let you be. Live training is no good if someone just bails you out when the going gets tough, after all". With that, Ajax slowly and deliberately cracked his neck, first to the left, then to the right, before loudly cracking his knuckles. It was a bad habit and he heard it was actually bad for him but, well, he didn't feel anything bad after this long. In fact, he found the noise satisfying. "With your leave", he nodded to both Link and the bartender as he descended into the open door and immediately stepped over a cockroach. Eugh. He hated cockroaches.

[Professor_Wyvern]

As Ajax entered the dungeon, he noticed that yes. There were cockroaches here. It was a fairly large one he stepped on earlier, squishing it into a pile of guts that stained the brick floor below. Under the glimmer of the florescent lights Ajax would notice that the current path was, hm, split into two hallways. One to the left, and one to the right. Both of these rooms were lit with the same florescent light. If he looked closely he could see a cockroach skittering down in the left hallway. Both of these hallways were large enough for Ajax and Link to walk through. However, it would be cramped, with one person brushing against the wall if they chose to go down the same hallway at the same pace at each others side. The Hallway on the left had no traces of blood on the steps which led to it. Near the corner of the entrance of the left hallway, there was a torn and shattered box. Inside the box there was a small bone sticking out on it, which had some remnants of consumed flesh, and noticeably had a cockroach on the side of it. The left hallway had continued stone and brick as its flooring. On the right, the Hallway had traces of blood spilled on the floor below. The droplets were pooled, as if something, probably recently was dispatched on that side. The florescent light flicked above it, showing the glimmering metal floor below. Also on the side of the right hallway there was the sound of some slight dripping. As Link and Ajax entered, they would soon hear the blast-door shut with a loud slam. It was soon followed by a loud hiss, which confirmed it to be shut.

[Shisa]

"I... I'm a bother?" asked Okuu, her sunken heart showing up on her face. She quietly crawled out of Samus' arms, and watched as Cirno tottered away. Okuu tried her best all the time, but she always seemed to end up bothering people. She slumped away from the bounty hunter, looking back for only a second with the expression of a kicked puppy. "Sorry miss human alien robot lady," she mumbled before turning back towards the diner and moving on. Perhaps there was ice cream there. Okuu was certain that if she was at least able to get the ice cream, it would prove her aptitude in some way. She was going to show them; she was going to show them all who could get the ice cream better than anyone ever. And that 'who' was Okuu.

[rawkhawk64]

Link followed Ajax down, nodding. "Yeah. Not that I would hate the company, but gotta keep the skills up, ya know?" Link said. He didn't even flinch as Ajax squished the cockroach. As he came to the split pathways, Link's ears registered the sound of the door closing and locking. "Welp, point of no return. Let's do this." Link said. He started to head down the left path. "This path looks promising. Unless you think your lizard is down this way." ~~~ Meanwhile, Rawk made his way back to the ice cream place, spotting Okuu and Cirno. He walked up to the two, ignoring the menu. "Get these two whatever they want. I'll take a strawberry milkshake." Rawk said, pulling out his wallet and laying a couple of bills down for the ice cream. "I hope Samus wasn't too harsh with you. She's a bit cold and distant, but she cares in her own way." Rawk said, seeing how down Okuu was. "I don't think I've introduced myself yet. I'm Rawk, pleased to meet you." Rawk said, resting his hands on his scepter.

[IncredibleBee]

"Alright, what's this?" Bee asked, stepping inside the room. "Is this like target practice, or what? Do I get a gun or something?"

[Professor_Wyvern]

[??? Training Facility - Engaged Test 1] As Bee entered the room, he would hear a noticeable mechanical clamp, as the door quickly shut. From the wall, a small hand-sized panel shifted open, as the metal sheet revealed a small red eye. There was a loud beep, before a voice echoed through the metal chamber of the training chamber. "Greetings New Recruit." The metallic voice, a synthetic mimicry of an old man, spoke up. "You are currently engaged in the first training exercise. Judging by the imput code, you are assigned for Field Duty. Your first test begins now." Right next to Bee emerged twin columns which had a variety of weaponry. Some were strangely, simple chrome hilts that did not seem to belong there. Others were guns which seemed to belong in a cheap B Sci-Fi flick. And one, one was just a rubber chicken. It was literally just a rubber chicken. The voice spoke up again, "You have one minute to make your selections. Please note any weapons you may have brought in with you, may or may not function correctly in these assignments. ...You should probably choose something from these chamber. But some of you do not realize how dangerous this situation could be. Your one minute for selection will fully begin after this short PSA." From the ceiling emerged a medium sized television. It played some grainy footage, which involved various dangers happening in a room quite similar to the one Bee was in. It was a short two minute clip, which was a clip-show of many dangers previous agents faced. Some were electrocuted to death, others were turned into a gooey bone and fleshy paste. And others, the footage appeared to be cut off from that. The television went back up into the ceiling. "Oooh that last one was naaaaasty." The metallic voice said. "Anyway your one minute begins, now." ....One minute later. The columns descended back into the floor. The sheet in front of the eye closed, as two new small doors at the end of the room opened. "Test 1 begins now." From the doors emerged two swarms of cybernetic enhanced rodents. They were screeching out in agony, as they rushed into the room, seemingly pleading for their wretched existence to end. The metal plates on their skulls all seemed to zap loudly as the creatures ran in the room. They stood, consuming the room as they just stared at Bee, ready to kill.

[Jerkchicken]

Having traveled a good amount of time he soon reached the foothills of this mountainside that broke up the density of the woods he was in. Still not to say that it was clear for there was still some scrubby brush that laid thick . Eventually he'd find a cave which he'd enter and poke around. Completely unaware of any possible danger. That is until he heard a deep rumbling voice, "Whoooooo disturbs meeee... and my digging..."

[LyokoOperator]

Arriving in a strange new place Ryan looked around, "this is going to be a strange dream" he said to himself not exactly sure of where here is, he was wearing all black including his black long trench coat, even more strange he swore he knew this place but from here he stood he couldn't place a finger on it. he quickly gathered himself and checked to make sure he was in one piece,he sorted through his pockets to make sure no one tried to mug him, coming across a deck of cards in one pocket "this is going to get interesting indeed" he said as he put the cards back in his pocket and began to walk, looking for anyone that might be familiar

[Rockin Strings]

[Wrong profile was logged in while I was helping Kaze post]

[KazeXDZ]

"You don't want to fight me." Akira smirked. "But I won't stop you if you wanna throw your life away." He stood ready, smiling at him. "Oh, and a quick word of advice, don't hold back." Akira rushed at Sonus, surprising himself with his speed. He went for a quick swing towards Sonus' torso, almost trying to cut him in half.

[Earnest Evans]

Pete's work was slow, and boring. He knew all that he needed to be prepared could be gained through the Cargo Bay... the only problem was affording all these materials was prohibitively expensive. Thankfully, the currency used to purchase crates and supplies from the Nanotrasen Supply Depot automatically replenished, at a woefully-slow pace. And so, Pete waited. He explored the rest of his ship, and found little use for the Genetics Lab. The Xenobiology Lab and the adorable Gray Slimes within were a welcome break from the tedium of waiting for supplies, and so Pete passed the time by breeding Slimes. By the time he had enough Cargo Points to buy all he needed, Pete had bred a veritable zoo of man-sized amoebic omnivores filled with incredibly valuable Slime Cores. There were the simple Grays, whose cores made human blood into delicious, nutritious monkeys. There were the Purples, whose cores produced steroids that improved the efficiency of any core. There were the Dark Purples, whose cores made liquid plasma into proportionately more solid plasma, a hitherto non-renewable and incredibly valuable resource. There were the Greens, largely useless except for their cores' mutagenic properties: one dose of mutagen would forcibly transform any humanoid into a squishy, transparent Slime-Person, to whom the other Slimes were staunch allies. And then there were the nigh-worthless Dark Blues, whose only worth came from the frigid blasts of cold air their cores emitted when activated. Pete would move between Cargo Bay and Xenobiology Lab periodically, checking his progress on both fronts. At last, he had accrued enough points to afford all the supplies he needed, and so he made a bulk order. At the end of his order, a manifest shot out from the Quartermaster's Console. It read:

Ripley Circuit Crate Metal Sheets Crate - 50x metal sheet Metal Sheets Crate - 50x metal sheet Glass Sheets Crate - 50x glass sheet Weapons Crate - 2x stunbaton 2x laser gun 2x box of flashbangs 2x taser Emitter Crate - 2x emitters Seed Crate - 1x Chili seeds 1x Berry seeds 1x Corn seeds 1x Eggplant seeds 1x Tomato seeds 1x Soya seeds 1x Wheat seeds 1x Carrot seeds 1x Sunflower seeds 1x Chanter mycelium 1x Potato seeds 1x Sugarcane seeds Internals Crate - 3x oxygen tank 3x gas mask Wizard Costume Crate - 1x Wizard staff. 1x Wizard robes. 1x Sandals. 1x Wizard hat.

Satisfied, hungry, and bored out of his mind, Pete made an exodus from the pod, locked the hatch behind him, and went off in search of food that wasn't made from processed chimpanzee organs. Spotting a building as garishly-designed as the bar of his homeland, Pete entered the diner with an empty stomach and hungry eyes. It is here that he recognized Cirno, Utsuho, and Jack, along with Rawk and Samus, who were completely unknown to him. Spotting three of the five useful patsies allies from his previous encounters, Pete gladly approached them. Hopefully, he'd manage to get something to eat without having to pay for it.