[IC] Multiverse Rising (Always in need of New Friends)

[Gummi Bunnies]

~Lapis Lazuli~

Out of all the people here, the masked bounty hunter didn't seem that surprised the appearance of this daunting palace. She's been through some mind-baffling events before, those events being either her strange survival from a bullet to the head... and her meeting with the Witch of Miracles in the Metaworld. How long was those events ago? She didn't even know. She couldn't remember. Her memory to the past was so fuzzy, she couldn't tell which were the realities from the fantasies.

"Rinato, just make an alliance with these individuals. It is for the best."

Right...

The small gemstone stuck on her left cheek glimmered as she took a deep breath and a step towards the group.


"Call me Lapis Lazuli..."

@thewizardguy@Eviledd1984@Lmpkio@Kael Taiyou@Moonlit Sonata@Cuccoruler

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~Diabolic Esper~

"Well, that sounds quite interesting to hear from someone," Add couldn't help but find that humorous in his head. If this boy thought that being alone was fine, the Esper wanted to see what kind of anguish he would feel from a centuries' worth of loneliness. Multiple timelines' worth? Add coped with the failures that he had on finding his specific timeline's past, but every time he was hit by a failure, he started to lose meaning, and here he was... seeking the destruction of time-space and all existences related to it. What a cruel cruel world...

The Esper was able to tell that something had caught Masaki's attention, and it sure took his own attention as well. Clearly that's going to be a problem, whoever was able to summon that palace in the first place. Clearly his ventures on eradicating the existence of time and space wasn't going to be as easy as he thought...


"What a surprise... looks like I do have to work on figuring out where this unknown timeline is located. Until later, toodles~!"

Add had opened up another rift and disappeared through it. Well, it wasn't like he could do much with his own rifts at the moment, considering that he could only travel between this world and his artificial pocket dimension.

Masaki would see that the Esper had left something there, a purple shard with eerie energy stemming from it. Why was it left there? Who knows?

@Kael Taiyou

[Absolis]

Ika Musume

Ika Musume had been wandering for quite a bit through the dilapidated streets of the ruined New York. She was frustrated. Cindy and the *Three stooges had promised her there was shrimp on the other side of the bright... thing? But along with their being no shrimp on the other side, she had gotten lost in this nightmarish place. It was dark and scary, and she didn't like how empty the place was.

No one seemed to be around. Which was odd considering how big this place was. It was kind of like the ocean. Big, dark, empty. Presumably something waiting to krill and eat her in the shadows. Though it was still on the surface. But if so where were the people? Suddenly, a thought struck her. "If no one is around, then that means that I can *invade easily, ~De geso! I am the greatest *Inkvader, ~De geso!" With that thought in her mind, Ika Musume skipped happily down the street, hunting for shrimp, and happily singing "~Geso ~Geso ~Geso"

(*1 - the three stooges are the nicknames for the three scientists in the show

*2 - Ika Musume uses many, many fish and squid puns.)

[Yidhra]

Big cities were supposed to be fun, but Xellos only found this one to be boring. It had plenty of potential to be a great city, but the lack of people living here is what killed any enjoyment. Then again, what could be exciting about a place where all life had been killed? There weren't even any Mazoku to tease. A Xellos without anyone to tease was a sad Xellos, but he had to do his job and scout out the surrounding area, and get info on any life he found.

The beautiful statue in the distant did tell Xellos about the people who once lived here. They had no idea what putting something next to the sea could do it. Waste of a material to do that, as it would only get eroded over the years. It also told him that they wore really weird clothing, and their crowns were terribly designed.

Bad crowns and weird clothing probably didn't lead to their deaths.

Probably.

Oh well, at least the buildings around him were exciting. They were much taller than most castles he had seen, and they looked even sturdier than them. It would be a real shame if something happened to i-

God damn it.

Xellos watched as the buildings in front of him were torn down, and used to create another structure. The structure itself was actually pretty impressive, not that it could compare to his master's previous castle. He had to get a good look inside of it, as some kind of life had to make it. Maybe there would be something for him to play around with.

He also needed to see if the inside was as impressive as the outside. It would be a real letdown if it wasn't.

Xellos took the long way, and flew across the building. It appeared to be really well build, something build for a king, so the inhabitant of it must be some kind of royalty. Royals were usually boring to hang around with, but Amelia was fun to talk with, so hopefully they would at least be close to her. Well, they would be perfect as long as they didn't speak about justice, or were slightly competent. Sadly, when he got to the other side of the building, there were big metal doors blocking his way in.

He took the long way for nothing.

Xellos just let out a sigh and teleported across the door. He shouldn't have bothered trying the long way when he could just do this.

"Hello everyone~! I was in the neighborhood and I happened to see this building. I thought it would be rude if I didn't pop in and say hi. "

Perfectly executed Xellos.

Oh, where was Zelas Metallium? She was in a bar, trying to find whatever bottles of wine she could. No need to actually go out and do things when Xellos can do it for you.

[Gummi Bunnies]

~Diabolic Esper~

Desolated cityscape? Check. Presumably young girl alone? Check. No one else around? Check. Check. Check.

With that checklist completely checked off, the Esper didn't see any reason not to pop up out of nowhere to this child. Not only did she seem to be a perfect target for his "experiments," Add couldn't help but feel interested on Ika's species. A crack of space-time energy appeared in front of her, Add's figure stepping out of the newly created time rift, which closed behind him. No way was he going to wipe that sly smirk off of his face, no way at all.



"What do we have here? Are you lost, little girl? You know it's not safe to wander around like this... you never know who can come up to take you away to a bad bad place~"

@Absolis

[Absolis]

Ika Musume

"~Geso ~Geso ~Geso ~Ge-" Ika Musume's happy singing was cut short by a strange man walking out of nowhere. For a moment she just stood there, before jumping back in shock. "How did you do that, De geso!" It took her a moment to regain her composure. When she did, she put one foot behind her, pointed at add, and declared "I am Ika Musume, a messenger sent from the sea to conquer the surface world and the humans polluting the oceans, De geso!" She stood there for a moment, dramatically holding the same pose, before answering the rest of the man's questions.

"Lost? Me, no, De geso. Inkvaders don't get lost, I know exactly where I am, De geso.
And that is... squid city, ~De geso! I inkvaded and took over so it's safe for me to walk around, De geso." Ika Musume held a triumphant pose and gestured around her at the dilapidated city. She had a huge smile on her face. "Though, this place is filthy, De geso." Ika Musume looked around at the trash and debris that littered the street. The disgust she held for it could be seen clearly. Suddenly, an idea struck Ika Musume. "Hey, since your here that means your one of subjects, De geso. So my first demand as squid overlord of squid city is... help me clean up this mess!" Ika Musume innocently said. "Humans are dirty so they can't help but pollute their living space, De geso."

@Gummi bunnies

[Flamelord]

Ahsoka Tano - New York City

Ahsoka got back to her feet as she held her lightsabers at the ready, slowly pacing even as she took in the battlefield. This...she knew this feeling, all too well. Even if it had been some time since she had felt it. Not since the Clone Wars....

"Sith," she spat, sizing up her opponent. He appeared to be in some sort of life support suit, if the breathing device was anything to go by. In that way he was almost like Darth Vader, though she was fortunately to have never found out in person. That was a fight she had missed, of her own volition.

Still she didn't attack, sizing up her opponent. If he was a Sith, then who knew what he could do? "The Emperor is dead," she retorted. "I suggest you go quietly and join him."

[Lmpkio]

@Flamelord

Lord Starkiller

As she spoke, Starkiller began to faintly figure out who she was. She was familiar, in fact it appears that this was a deceased jedi in his universe. Not Shaak Ti, the one he killed early on as an apprentice, but someone else. She was killed supposably by Vader. Unfortunately, he seemed to have forgotten her name, but either way, he knew that this was an alternate jedi from another universe. Very interesting... perhaps she will suffer the same fate as the one from his universe.

"Your Emperor may be dead..." he states ominously, "But mine still lives."

He continues to study the jedi before he will begin his attack.

[Eviledd1984]

@Lmpkio

Kars

The Piller man watched the two battling finding the two very interesting for humans,"I wonder what sort of power the two have?It is more...intense then Hamon i have not seen more interesting humans in a long time" Kars thought to himself watching was fascinating to him.Kars got into a better position to watch the fight folding his arms smiling to himself.

[Gummi Bunnies]

~Diabolic Esper~

Add boredly watched this girl ramble on and on. Oh god... he was hoping she wouldn't be like another Aisha for all he knew. It was either that she was really some sort of humanoid squid or that she had some colorful imagination. Unfortunately for the Esper, it was clearly the former, given that his Dynamos were getting some weird data from a singles can on Ika. Maybe he should humor her with a bit of help, since it did give him some leeway to continue his ultimate goal.

"Let me get one thing straight here, Ika Musume. I am no subject of yours. I'm just a Time Esper that happened to be transported to the wrong timeline. Call me Add... however, as for the task of cleaning up..."

A creepy smile and laugh came from him, holding up one of his hands to partially trigger his Configuration mode. One of his eyes shifted to a black schlera.



"Allow me to demonstrate what I am capable of... Let's make this icky building... disappear."

A powerful surge of psionic energy began to build up at the center of the tall building nearest to the two of them. An eerie flash of purple came from both his distorted left eye and the center of the tower. Once the flash went away, a subtle series of sounds, much like crunching and crashing, were held in the matter of seconds... and all that was left of the terrible and skeleton of a building was a pile of dust.



"That good enough? Satisfied?" The Diabolic Esper shut his distorted eye once the damage had been done, and briefly looked down on the girl. Maybe if he were to make some connections with someone... his time here would be more deceiving. Have someone cover for him perhaps... and then betray that supposed ally to stem more despair and conflict. Beautiful. That sounded wonderfully beautiful...

@Absolis

[RumikoOhara]

THE NEW YORK LIBRARY

Lina had eaten the last piece of burned rabbit flesh then looked around from her perch atop the head of the right Lion Facing the street. For a few moments she wears the look of a young girl trying to remember something.

"I Know, Sergeant Lyod!"
Said the little red headed focus of disaster with a self satisfied grin.

She looked around her a bit while sitting then stood before looking all around herself standing on tip toes.
"Sergeant Lloyd?". Lina called then turned the next shouting
"Sergeant Lloyd!"

Then the young sorceress leapt off the Lion's head falling towards the stone steps only to slow then drift to a stop on the stones.

Her hair and cape barely had time to settle when she bent down inspected the bones of a rabbit she'd shared with the oddly dressed warrioress.
"I guess she left; an she didn't even say thank you" Said Miss Inverse with a slight pout.

Then the Crimson clad Trouble maker gave a shrug before throwing the bones over her left shoulder and descending the stairs to the odd stone street which she'd found was the 5th avenue in this city turned north to see what lay that direction.

[Flamelord]

Ahsoka Tano, New York City

Unaware of the observer above, Ahsoka wasn't really sure what this Sith was talking about, and so settled on him being a ranting delusional. She supposed that the Emperor biting it would do that, if it wasn't the usual ego trip. Certainly she had grown used to that during the Clone Wars (and fortunately Assaj had mostly grown out of it when they had met up in the Unknown Region)

"Well then, I guess he'll be disappointed," she said with confident bravado before moving onto the offensive, a few probing strikes with her longer lightsaber to test his defense, sounding out her opponent to see what he might be capable. She might be impulsive but she wasn't stupid. And long sparring sessions with Assaj had taught her many a thing, that she would now put to good use here.

[Lmpkio]

@Flamelord

Lord Starkiller

Clearly this jedi is not from his own universe. As she attacks with several probing strikes, Starkiller would block them all with lightning fast accuracy. Now he'll need to study her moves, using the defensive form III; Soresu, along with the force to enhance his focus and power. After blocking the attacks, he would also swipe his blade at Ahsoka with powerful and swift strikes, trying to see and test how much power he can do in order to break through her defenses. Once he'll have an idea on her form and strategy, he'll begin to press his own attacks and ultimately go in for the kill.

[Absolis]

Ika Musume

Ika Musume was amazed by how quickly Add had gotten rid of the building. "Wow! Your almost as powerful as Chizuru, ~De geso! I didn't even see you move, ~De geso!" She stood in awe for a moment, but only for a moment. Very quickly she realized that she was being shown up by this Add person. If she was a messenger of the sea then a human shouldn't be better at getting rid of trash then her, even if they were some kind of "time esper". Without warning, Ika Musume shot her tentacles out around the area where the building had been, gathering the debris and placing it in the center of the now empty lot. "Your good, but no one can beat me when it comes to cleaning up the beach... street, ~De geso." Ika Musume let out a laugh before turning back to Add. "You're too powerful to be a subject, so why don't you join my invasion club, De geso!" Ika Musume looked at add, hoping he would accept. With such a powerful underling she could invade anywhere. Maybe the two of the could even take down Chizuru... or maybe not. But still. "If your lucky I might let you have some of the shrimp I get as tribute when I inkvade and take over japan, De geso"

@Gummi Bunnies

[Flamelord]

Ahsoka Tano, New York City

Ahsoka let him block her strikes, gauging his defenses and taking away what she could. Well then, he was definitely a Sith, and had been trained. That was good to know, if unfortunate at the same time. It would just make things that much more difficult for her. But she could handle it, she knew as much.

When the attacks came in turn she reacted quickly, blades flashing as she blocked with the shota and he lightsaber, in the Jar'kai style, but with her own spin on it due to her realized reliance on two blades as opposed to a single one. Assaj had helped there, and she wasn't so weak anymore from all her time spent training and the like.

For now, block, find an opening, then attack. That was her strategy, and she would use all the resource sat her disposal to accompany it. She was not about to be killed here now, as she let her blades hum and strike in cracks of energy and force.

[Gummi Bunnies]

~Diabolic Esper~

Add supposed that it shouldn't be a problem to stick around this girl, considering that he could always dispose of her later. Despite his apparent mental instability, he was aware that he wasn't going to get around that easily by himself. Some sort of... alliance would do well for himself, and when enough of that assistance has gone through, that would be when the girl is disposed.

"... sure. As long as we don't get in each others' way... you wouldn't want to get in the way of my work, and I won't get in the way of your work. Simple enough..."

The Dynamos that surrounded Add happened to be scanning the area around them, creating new data for him to refer to later. Learning of this world would be beneficial in taking the advantage over the people up and against him in the long run.



"As for now... shall we explore this world more? Surely there will be more to... invade... and we have all of the time in the world for this..."

@Absolis

[Lmpkio]

@thewizardguy

Gojira-San

Right beneath her feet, Nova's magic manages to rise a temple out of the ground! Gojira-san was astounded! Never had she seen any kaiju, robot, or any godly figure make a whole building right outta thin air! In a weirder thought, she now sees Nova as a Creator of Worlds and Civilizations, unlike her own title ironically being the Destroyer of Worlds. After all, her ancestors and cousins did that... and for different reasons too. Either a city was just in the way of a goal to fight a kaiju, or that it was revenge for what the arrogance of man that thinks nature is in their control... and not the other way around.

Either way, Gojira was impressed at Nova's skill and breathes a slight awe.

"A creator of worlds, hm? she remarks, "Ironically I've been called the Destroyer of Worlds..."

She pauses as she looks at Nova and chuckles.

"But don't worry." she continues, "You won't see me destroy this gorgeous temple."

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Ryu

Ryu's jaw also drops as the sight of such a luxurious temple.

"My god..." he says in awe, "What kind of godly power do you have that can create entire civilizations from straight out of the ground?"

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@Flamelord

Lord Starkiller

This jedi was significantly skilled in lightsaber combat, using the 6th form in Lightsaber combat. No big surprise for the sith though, considering that most dual-wielding saber users normally use this form. Even Starkiller used that form back when he was younger of age. Not his go-to form of course, but he knew every lightsaber form and can adapt to each one depending on the duelist. He is beginning to slowly realize part of her movement. Time for the next 'test' of his.

As he begins to lock sabers with Ahsoka's, Starkiller would find an opening to unleash a powerful force push, which should send her flying backwards towards a nearby skyscraper. Lightsaber techniques and forms are good to master, but are rather useless is one does not have a good power in the force...

[Spartan2961]

Courier Six - Ruined New York

Walking out of a ruined building was Six himself as he shook his head trying to shake the cobwebs in his mind away. As he would look around Six would realize the city looked largely abandoned. Oh great....Another one of these places... was all he had to say for the situation he was in. Damn not the kind of place he wanted to be right now. Slowly taking out his regular .357 Magnum Six glanced around the area for anything out of the ordinary.

Deciding to just walk for now Six did just that. He walked out ahead of him deciding to take a closer look at this 'ruined city'. He needed to get his barrings on this location and keep an eye out for good vantage points should he have to stay for an extended period of time. Either way he didn't like his current situation and needed to figure out something. After all this place can't be that bad compared to the wastes right..? Well sooner or later Six would realize the error of this thinking.

(Well here's something)

[Absolis]

Ika Musume

Ika Musume mulled over Add's suggestion for a moment...

"No... that won't work right now, De Geso"

Ika Musume sat down on the sidewalk, and thought about what they should do. It didn't take her very long at all to think of something

"Aha! Let's go explore and invade other places, ~De geso! It's a great idea, huh, De geso. Only a great Inkvader like me could have thought of it, ~De geso!"

Without waiting for a response, Ika Musume shot up into the air, supporting herself with her tentacles. As she scanned the skyline, she suddenly noticed a huge building that was much taller then any of the other buildings. It was tall, and incredibly imposing compared to the other buildings. And seemed much less destroyed then the rest of the city.

"Hey, let's go over there, De geso. There's a huge building way over there that we could take over and use as a forward base, De geso! With such a huge base, Inkvading will be a breeze, ~De geso!"

@Gummi Bunnies

[Gummi Bunnies]

~Diabolic Esper~

"Heh... sounds interesting," Add didn't have much to say to the little girl, considering the fact that most of his talk would just confuse her, and thus ruin her usefulness. Not wanting to tire himself out by walking, he had his Dynamos act as his hoverboard, floating after Ika with that confident smirk of his. Besides, a base of operations didn't sound all too bad, except for the fact that it was probably one of the bigger building structures in the city other than the newly created palace.

Well, there was also some person nearby, but that wasn't the greatest of their concerns, right?

@Absolis@Spartan2961

[Flamelord]

Ahsoka Tano, New York City

The two clashed fiercely, and Ahsoka could tell how strong this Sith actually was, the force he could bring to bear. Well then, this wasn't going to be easy after all, now was it? Still, she was here now, and fleeing probably wouldn't end well, not at the moment. She had fought Dooku, Greivous, Assaj, she could at least give him a fight, if not defeat him entirely.

Blue met with red for brief moments, before she suddenly found herself subjected to a powerful Force Push. She grunted as she hit the ground, but quickly got back to her feet as she came out of the roll. A gesture sent a rusted hunk of metal at the Sith from the side as she ran back in, delivering a few rapid strikes before retaliating with a Force Push of her own, aimed at slamming him into a nearby building column.

Otherwise she would see what other tricks he had. This would not be easy, but she would handle it.