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Devil's Advocates (Saving the world...by burning it down!)

@The Jest Well, if/when you reboot this please shoot me a mention. I really want to see this concept through, and I'm not quitting now!

Devil's Advocates (Saving the world...by burning it down!)

Well its been a few weeks,I may be saying this a touch prematurely but I think this is dead. @The Jest If you are still interested in GMing this, might I suggest either a new Interest check or a reboot in the casual section?

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Silas Asara

Grade A dickhead over here, first he doesn't even show his face in our room. Then he starts making plans to get rid of me?

Silas stared Felix down as he made his attempt at intimidation, refusing to let the coward who couldn't even show up get into his head. Surprisingly though, Felix stopped after one step for reasons that were all unknown to Silas. The situation had suddenly became an aggressive showdown, both parties seemingly frozen in time with eyes locked on each other. Both sides trying to anticipate who would break the silence and tension first. Bring it on bud, you don't scare me! The voice in his head roared.

"You're right. I.. WE.. Didn't come out here for me to pick fights,"

Silas simply crossed his arms and observed as the other boy looked his seemingly injured hand over. All smoke and mirrors, aren't you Felix? As he thought to himself, Vera caught his attention from behind. Letting his angered expression drop for a moment, he looked back over his shoulder towards the girl as she spoke.

"You can't stay there, Silas. Listen, I don't have a roommate. You can stay in the other room in my dorm until we get this sorted out. It's one solution I can think of, but you need to get out of there, at least for now."

The idea left him speechless for a moment. Share a room with her? It sure as hell sounded better than having to put up with Felix. Besides, Vera seemed like a really sweet girl, so Silas had nothing to lose in this arrangement. Aside from the fact that Felix might think he was afraid and giving in to his demands, but Felix could fuck off for all Silas cared. He looked at Vera, cracked a grin and quietly responded " Is there a problem you don't have the answer to? Seriously though, I just might take you up on that offer."

As Silas turned back to face the other pair, his aggressive demeanor returned to him. Yet it was quickly replaced by slight confusion as the other girl had started to produce... hail? How the hell was she doing that? He was offered no time to ponder this as Felix spoke up once more:

"I will only say this once. For your own safety, do not become my roommate. The last thing I want is to lose control and hurt you.."

If Felix's goal was to greatly confuse Silas then he had succeeded greatly. He felt his eyebrow raise as he attempted to process what had just been said. "Umm... What? Hold on a second ...What happened to "Fuck the whole lot of you"? "For my own safety?" I- I don't get it. " He said as he let out an exasperated sigh.

"Why are you worried about the well being of some guy you just met?" Silas said as he dropped what was left of his aggressive demeanor and waited for a response.

@Zelosse@Raptra@Old Amsterdam

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@Old Amsterdam@Raptra@Zelosse Mentally exhausted right now, will write later today.

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Silas had been really nice to her from the time they had met, and after hearing that he had a roommate like that, she was genuinely concerned for his safety. You're a great guy, Silas. Please, don't do anything stupid...

@Raptra

Okay, I'm gonna be honest here. When I read this for the first time (roughly an hour ago) this last bit hit me right in the feels. OOC It's seriously shaken my resolve to fight Felix, (Don't take that the wrong way, there still can/will be a fight if you want Zelosse.)

I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS LEVEL OF FEELS AT 8:30 AM. SEND HELP.

Aside from that though, there is still the matter of the imminent potential fight. Which I think may end up with both boys either blinded or frozen... or both.

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Silas Asara

His request had dangled in the air for a few seconds now, the forest's atmosphere only making the silence seem much more drawn out. He was expecting her to demand an answer, tell him to stop wasting her time, or maybe even just continue on the run. The response that did eventually come though, was nothing that Silas could have predicted. As the balled up fist at his side was suddenly met by Vera's outstretched hand, he was shocked for a moment, but not even a second later the shock had melted away.

"Cheer up darling, This is just a game, and we're supposed to be having fun. I know I said it'd be great to win, but it's not going to be the end of the world if we don't."

She doesn't even have a clue...

As she spoke, his fist unraveled itself in her hand. His posture relaxed as a small, quiet chuckle escaped him. Silas looked to the ground for a few seconds, his embarrassment was evident. He eventually returned his gaze to Vera as he tried to keep some semblance of his composure.

"Don't get me wrong, I still want to win this. But...you could be right. Maybe I am... taking this too seriously."

The words burned his sense of pride as he spoke, but if Vera thought that was why he acted strangely before he would use that to divert her attention from the true reason behind his behaviour. He didn't want to lie to her, but Silas wouldn't be able to explain the truth right here and now, so this facade would have to do for now.

I'll explain this all... eventually

"Hey, Vera... Don't tell anyone else about this.. okay?" He asked in a hushed tone.

Just a few seconds later an oddly familiar voice rung through the forest, one that Silas hoped he wouldn't hear for a while.

"I'm gonna kick Silas out of our room for good."

Quickly Silas turned around at the sound of the claim, searching for the arrogant source. Standing before him was another pair of first- years, one of whom he recognized as the same kid that destroyed the podium earlier. THIS asshole? Again?! Right now?! A sharp sigh escaped his lips as Silas realized what all this meant. The kid who had destroyed the podium earlier was his roommate, Felix Williams. He'd read the name next to his on the board earlier and had been wondering who Felix could be out of all the other first-years.

"Why the fuck did it have to be him...." Silas muttered under his breath.

Pulling his hand away from Vera's he looked over to the oncoming pair, and the same scowl from earlier retook his face.

"Hey! not sure if you knew this, but it's real stupid to talk about getting rid of someone when they can HEAR YOU!"

@Raptra@Zelosse@Old Amsterdam

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@Raptra@Old Amsterdam@Zelosse Post is incoming!

EDIT: It's up! Didn't come out how I wanted, but I've kept you guys waiting for way too long already.

Devil's Advocates (Saving the world...by burning it down!)

Secondly: Thanks to @Petulant, We now have an official theme song for this RP. ^_^

@The Jest

Those lyrics fit so well, it's almost uncanny. Nice find @Petulant!

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@Raptra@Zelosse ...Oh shit. Have you two been waiting for me to write? I thought that @Old Amsterdam was going to write for Dia first... Profuse apologies if you've all been waiting for my idiotic self.

Devil's Advocates (Saving the world...by burning it down!)

Aaron Rucasi

As the tides of emotional chaos raged within his mind, Aaron noticed something that adrenaline had suppressed until now: the horrible smell of immolated flesh permeating the cave. The foul aroma corroded his nostrils and brought tears to his eyes. Aaron was a man of decent constitution, and with a little grit he managed to avoid some of the nausea brought on by the malefic stench. Though the sights and sounds of other students and even the teacher faring... less than well against the smell was almost enough to make him double over and join them.

This is horrid... I think I might... No, don't you dare puke here Aaron!

Clinging to the stalagmite even tighter then before Aaron focused and regained his composure, before another classmate's theory stole it from him once more.

Everyone's acting differently..could it be possible that the skeleton released us from some kind of mind control and gave us powers?

Though it sounded like bizarre nonsense to him at first, Vivian's theory did shed some light on the incredibly strange happenings of today. Everyone was indeed acting differently than normal, and this couldn't just be some mass coincidence. Vladimir was actually talking to people, and Vivian seemed far less jovial. Even Aaron himself who was usually an advocate of honesty had just lied to all his surviving friends. There had to be a reason for it!

The idea of mind control was one that brought much fear and more questions to Aaron's mind. If they were controlled throughout their lives prior to this encounter... was Aaron still himself? If not, who was he now? Just some shadow without an identity? Were the survivors still his classmates and friends? Or had all those memories, bonds, and experiences died when they touched the mummified corpse moments ago? Had all their lives and personalities been naught but a charade forced upon them? Did the angels think so little of mankind as to take everything and then lie to them? There were so many questions, and yet there were no answers to be found. They were like the angel's discarded dolls; lost, abandoned, and without a purpose.

"...Cause if so, I don't think we can simply pray for the Angels to purify our souls...No, ...Rather, I don't WANT them to, and...I don't think it's right for anyone else to either."

"You're right... and I agree, this revelation is too big to just have purified away."

Aaron visibly flinched and shielded his eyes as Dean added yet another hole to the cave. Maybe Vivian was right about the whole corpse giving them powers thing after all. His gaze drifted away from the bright light and landed on Vladimir who was staring down a rock pile for whatever reason.

"Why you giving the rocks the evil eye? Did they do something to y-"

His comment was interrupted by a sudden explosion at the heart of the pile, there was a baseball-sized stone hurtling towards him and Aaron did not have enough time to move. Reflexively, he raised his free hand to block his face and prepared for the impact. Time almost seemed to slow as a familiar white glow enveloped his fingertips, and from each fingertip a white beam shot and anchored itself into the incoming rock. The speeding stone's approach slowed as the beams maintained contact between it and Aaron, as a similar, softer white light now appearing on and snaking it's way up his right arm. Soon after, the stone harmlessly fell to the ground in it's place as the light on his fingertips faded. Examining his now light covered arm with wide eyes, Aaron was incredibly surprised to say the least.

YEP, definitely insane. This all looks familiar.. their power is mine to take... Is this what that weird voice meant?

Standing up and pushing off the stalagmite he'd been using as support, Aaron walked over to the hole in the wall to join some of the other students whom he'd overheard.

"...This power...If we could awaken to these emotions, to this power. ...Do you guys think maybe the people out there would be able to as well?"

"I don't see any real reason that they wouldn't be able to... it may require a little... coaxing on their part though. Still though, I think it's possible."

-Are you both planning on just rushing there and wreaking havoc? Blowing the place up maybe?

"Not that kind of coaxing... Do you really think it's right to let people live in that false reality? Especially now that the truth is in our hands?"

@The Jest@Windstormugly@Godlikeblade@Warborn123@Silvir@Petulant@Bishop@Red Helix@Ragrar