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Ovaan: I... I can't help but feel like we're missing some context here.

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Ovaan

@KillamriX88@AtomicNut@Chev
@PPQ Purple@NacNak@King Kindred

And all of a sudden, there was only pain. A sharp pain coming from his tail of all places. He yelped a bit, and immediately brought his tail up to look at it. He also heard Velona's words, and she was right. He felt that, and it would be awfully strange to still feel pain after dying. Well, either way, that was enough to snap him out of the initial freak out and he was able to regain his composure thereafter.

"Yes... yes, agreed." he said in reply to Velona's suggestion. There had been a rather loud shout that came from the distance, which usually denoted a fight or battle taking place. Was it possible he was transported from one warzone into another one? He tried to scan for battle powers, but as usual his Scouter acted rather uncooperative. Note to self, find a replacement Scouter as soon as possible, or at the very least some parts to fix this one. Finally managing to get a vague reading of a group of battle powers only a moderate distance away. Well, moderate by the standards of one who could fly at high speeds, anyway.

He floated up into the air, "Very well, shall we be off, then?" he asked of his now-two female companions. After giving them a moment to respond and follow, he began flying toward the location his Scouter was leading him toward. It took a few moments, this distance was a bit greater than the first two chunks of distance he had traveled. Eventually, a terrain of green slender sticks of what Ovaan presumed to be wood came into view. It wasn't long before he spotted a clearing, and within it a quartet of figures.

"That appears to be our destination." he pointed out to his companions, having noticed that neither wore scouters and presumed they were unaware of the scene ahead due to not possessing one. As the scene came closer Ovaan noticed what looked like a girl lying on the grass. Was she unconscious or...? Well, either way, surely one of these people could give them the answers they sought.

"Hail, strangers!" Ovaan announced in a raised tone once he was close enough to be heard. He slowed his flight down and slowly descended toward the ground, "My companions and I appear to be lost, would any of you by chance be able to tell us where this place is or how we were transported here?" the unconscious girl looked rather young, and appeared to be attended by a lad who also looked equally young. But the other two appeared to be adults, one with a curious tail and the other had strange pink skin. Was that one perhaps one of Dodoria's species? As for the other, he had no idea what she could be, having never encountered one of her kind before.

Megaman X: Crimson Metal

Duster

Serial Number: LX-2972A

Name: Lex

Codename: Duster

Race: Reploid

Gender: Male/He

Personality:
While largely a secretive sort, Lex still adheres to a personal code of honor that demands trust between squad mates. It can be viewed as paradoxical at times, as Lex rarely talks about himself and clams up whenever anyone presses him for personal information. He doesn't have any strong views regarding the Crimson Nova. Overall he treats the crisis as little more than a job he is contracted to complete. He comes off like a mercenary because of these views, but one who is also a man of his word.

Biography:
Lex was first created almost 30 years ago. And unlike most Reploids, who are built with almost superhuman appearances, Lex was curiously designed to much more accurately resemble a human being, from his build to even his facial features. The purpose for his creation was, at the time, considered questionable at best. In most states, it is often illegal for Reploids to be created to resemble real life people due to ethical debates. But one robotics engineer, Jared Statler, risked his reputation and career to ignore those laws when he created Lex. He had recently lost his son Alex, a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. Wracked with grief, Jared believed that Lex would be a way for him to still have a son.

The creation of this Reploid reignited the ethical debates, with some viewing Jared's actions as understandable while others believed he was losing his mind to do such a thing. As for the Reploid himself, Lex remained benign enough at first. But issues soon arose as the human memories he'd been programmed with began to clash with the more hard-lined logic of the Reploid. It sent Lex spiraling into an existential crisis, seemingly unable to discern whether he was the human named Alex or Reploid LX-2972A. He lashed out and attacked Jared when the latter tried to calm him, resulting in Jared Statler's death. For most people, that was it. The Reploid was largely believed to have gone Maverick and thus orders were given for Maverick Hunters to bring him in.

Lex ran, but had no combat capabilities, and so the Hunters caught up to him without much effort. But they didn't count on Lex's personality codes going haywire enough that he triggered his own self-destruct sequence. Lex exploded and the blast took out the Hunters that were bringing him in. For the most part, it appeared the case was closed. But LX-2972A hadn't quite perished that day, his body was in pieces but much of his CPU was still in tact. His parts were gathered by scavengers who sold them to a buyer on the black market. That buyer used the surviving parts in addition to foreign parts he possessed to rebuild the self-destructed Reploid. When reactivated, the Reploid reacted as if he were still being chased by Maverick Hunters and tried to flee. He was now equipped with weapons and even armor that allowed him to force his way out to freedom. He spent a long time after that in isolation, eventually able to repress the human memories and fully embrace himself as a Reploid. That was when he gave himself the name Lex, the name having come from the first two letters of his serial number, "LX".

Since he had apparently been redesigned for combat, Lex was found himself doing occasional mercenary work. Crimson Nova was in full swing by this point, and so whatever controversy had arisen from his original creation had been all but forgotten. And even if there were still some that remembered the incident from 30 years ago, Lex's combat overhaul had provided him enough alterations to his physical appearance that he no longer resembled what he looked like back then, at least not while he was donned his combat armor form. His most recent job was as part of a unit that was about to make a routine patrol in the Quarantine Zone.

Weaponry/Abilities: Lex's combat overhaul is based largely on technology that predates the use of Bio-Metal. As such he is instead equipped with a hand blaster and energy saber, common weaponry for Reploid units. In addition to that, his leg armor is equipped with thrusters meant for dashing on the ground and flying/hovering for short periods. The coat he wears is made from a synth-fabric capable of altering its colors. That combined with his armor's ability to do the same allows him to blend into backgrounds and surroundings for stealth purposes. His combat armor is of course designed for long-term sustainability, able to reduce battle damage a considerable amount and also capable of draining shield and weapon energy from fallen foes in order to replenish its energy while out on the field. Lex himself has been programmed with an adaptability combat protocol that allows him to rapidly analyze and master the use of any weapon he comes into the possession of outside of his own.

Misc: TBD

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@KillamriX88@PPQ Purple

Velona mentioned a commotion, which I can only assume is referring to the Supreme Kai of Time's shout? I'd like to know which of the other groups we'll be heading toward before I post.

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@vancexentan Master Yoda also completely failed to notice the Sith Lord rising to power right under his nose. In short, the Jedi Order were terrible.

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First one who calls Yaksha a tail-less Saiyan gets a prize.

@AtomicNut

Oh, what do we win?

Freeza: Another bath!

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@PPQ Purple

Ovaan's reaction, in a nutshell, started off like this:



Only to transition into this:

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@KillamriX88@PPQ Purple



Ah, so she did have horns, after all! Curious, Ovaan was certain he had never encountered this particular race before. But then again, the universe was vast and theoretically limitless. At her introduction he did his best to return the favor with an equally pleasant response, "Ah, where are my manners? I am Ovaan, a pleasure to make your acquaint-"

"So, how did you two die?"

"-tance..." he was speechless, but only a moment. Without so much as losing his composure he gave a dismissive chuckle, "Pardon me, I misheard you. It sounded as if you just asked us how we died but, well that would be absurd." he laughed, albeit awkwardly. But as he did, some pieces in his head started coming together. He was in a battle before mysteriously waking up here... and he'd not thought of a single explanation yet for just how he got here... No. No way! He couldn't possibly have... could he?

"You... did mean to say something different, yes?" he asked, still hoping and secretly wondering if he was just in denial, "Because there's simply no way I could have died. If I had, then how am I standing here, breathing, and having a conversation?" before he could stop it he felt a twitch in one of his eyes, "No! No! No no no nonononono, NO! I won't believe it! I refuse to believe that I am dead!"

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What does it say about Toriyama that one of Super's arguably most interesting arcs (Moro) wasn't even written by him at all?

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<Snipped quote by Double>

Hello darkness my old friend.

@KillamriX88