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Kingless Symphony: Emissary of Ascension

@Ambra Hey Ambra, I'm around. Been working a lot but I will keep posting in the OOC! Sorry for having not been. I am too quiet in general... But that's my problem haha. I am really interested in the Emissary part of the title? Is that spoilers to ask who the Emissary is? : p IF it is feel free to just write Spoilers or some such I like surprises.

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@AbandonedIntel Ahh yes the spare mad scientist. Good to have him around! : P xD xP

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Allen Hops

Range, witnessing gun-womanship.
Interacting With; Carmen @abandonedIntel. Eliana @lovely complex
Mood;Interested ← Cautious.

When Carmen warned Benny about Dr. Chaos getting mad, he decided Eliana would be the only one being transported for now. Some people were stuck in vanilla methods of travel, so Benny had to pick who invited into nil space carefully to not end up making a lot of (inconvenienced) enemies. When Carmen mentioned Klaus, Benny cringed a little, but nodded at the nickname Shitler Genocidicles. ”That’s really fitting. Überdouche too, I call him. He’s destined to have someone put him down by force I’m positive, kind of like the third reich itself…” Benny leaned back a little and examined the shapes of distant clouds as he went on. ”Tell you what, I’ll try not to prank anyone too badly. I’m going to give as good as I get out there though. By the way, I think you have a good sense of morals. The people who are all good or all bad aren’t really anyway, they’re faking it for certain. We’re the realest uh… Homies. Over here in this neck of the woods.” Benny said with only a dash of hesitance on the word homies. When Carmen asked for him to put in a good word for her with Eliana, he nodded. ”I’ll recommend you for certain. Greatest snack sharer this side of the Mississippi river. And yeah, I'll give you a heads up before I pull you out of your normal time-space.” After his last remark Benny laughed a little, trailing off as his focus intensified.

Benny watched as Eliana stepped from his hat out into the regular universe again. He was glad to see her, and to show off a little. Real magic was better than acquiring guns anyway. ”I don’t know that… You had a run in with someone foul-natured, didn’t you?” He let his dark eyes linger on her enchanting, powerful emerald green ones when they came into contact. Her eyes, containing a large part of her power, had been the first thing to stand out to Benny about the girl’s appearance. ”There’s always next time for a normal get together… But hey, don’t you like the quick travel, cotton-tail? No environmental impact for it either, totally good for your carbon footprint.” Benny couldn’t resist teasing Ellie just a little. There was always a new good nickname for her just around the corner. He gestured to Carmen. ”This is Carmen, my soul sister. She knows how to grab just the right kind of bite to eat. And she also shoots the best out of anyone I’ve seen, by a big margin.” After Eliana’s request, Benny smiled. ”You’re in luck, you have a great teacher over here.”

Benny produced the model of .22 caliber Carmen requested along with rounds, and handed it over. Then he watched approvingly as Carmen went over gun safety. He acquired some safety glasses and headphones with matching silver trim detail, to go with Eliana’s refined look, and handed these to her when she was ready to take them. He started disassembling his FAL a little as he continued to listen, and watch expectantly to see if Eliana would still want to try to knock out a target down range. ”Even though it’s a .22 it’s going to kick, so don’t turn it sideways and hold it with both hands. Feet spread apart in that stance like Carmen said, she’s telling you the right stuff.” Benny thought that any hero or villain could do with learning how different types of guns worked, after all some of the situations they were bound to deal with in the future were worse than a war zone. It was likely enough that with the terrifying powers out there in the world, a little extra preparation couldn't hurt... He savored Carmen's concerned brows as she mother-birded Eliana's first gun experience. He wasn't going to tease her for that though, it was important that Ellie didn't make a mistake and hurt herself. "Carmen or I can stand behind you and help you hold it, too. Remember to put the safety gear on before you pull the trigger, too, otherwise it doesn't serve much of a purpose." Benny winked a little suggestively at Eliana. Mentoring was nice, he wasn't going to miss the opportunity to start stealing the show a bit.

Benny put down the pices of the FAL and stepped in closer beside the other two. He considered his own feelings, briefly, somewhere in the back of his mind. Eliana reminded him a lot of someone but he hadn't placed it yet. He knew he was glad to have her around though, and Carmen too of course. It was sometimes frustrating being a mystery to himself.

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@AbandonedIntel Haha gotcha I just posted IC. : p Sorry it took forever, I started a new job. I have the same excuse as someone else I know but for real though I did. xD

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Allen Hops

Range, dancing with untapped power.
Interacting With; Carmen @abandonedIntel. Eliana @lovely complex
Mood;Examining ←- Bold.

None were too classy for ice cream was right. Though with many a villain and hero flexing muscles at each other back at Mayweather each and every day, they had probably forgotten sugar confectionaries. Everyone was out to defend their own ego. Benny figured soon it would get fairly… divisive. When Carmen talked more about Dr. Chaos, Benny smiled about her liking the man’s company. ”A friend to you is a friend to me. Are you sure he didn’t implant a mind control bug into you though? I could check for you, you know, I’m a qualified surgeon. Or maybe I’m loony too.” Benny said as he pulled a scalpel tied to a series of red handkerchiefs resembling blood from his neck. ”Maybe the doctor wouldn’t mind dropping in sometime? It’s so hard to get out to see people with my studies going on…” Benny asked an implicit question, intending to perhaps use his power on Dr. Chaos if Carmen said he could.

Benny watched the drone in the sky instead of it’s camera on the HD video, seeing color rain down after Carmen hit incredible shot after incredible shot. She aimed exactly where she needed to, and when she turned her attention to the trees he was even more impressed. Especially by the trick with the squirrel. He was glad she didn’t needlessly blow away a furry critter and pecked it’s acorn out of it’s hands with a bullet instead. It was an unbelievable show, and Carmen would be able to take down many opponents quickly with that sort of gunplay. He felt bad for whoever was going to be her enemy in the future, they were going to take a beating. And by beating, he meant they were going to take a lot of well-aimed lead.

Benny gave a worried laugh when she mentioned taking hostages. It was one of the best ways to get at a hero, was to kidnap someone close to them… Luckily he wouldn’t make a mistake like dying if he did that. He would be sure his life was tied to that of his hostage, some sort of trap where the hero couldn’t get away with killing him and had to meet his demands. Though there were well over a thousand ways to die at the hands of the many heroes afoot, and Benny couldn’t concoct a plan to suit all of them… Or could he? Maybe that was something he should work on. But the future was far away for now, he could afford to be nearsighted. ”I’ll be careful, you know I plan to outlive you. I have to see the day they make Dorito flavored icecream, then I’ll put a s’more made of that on your grave to feed your hungry spirit. Or whatever tradition I invent. I know I’m a culturally insensitive fuck stop looking at me like that.” Benny hoped she would take that one lightly, sometimes he couldn’t tell when he was stepping on someone’s toes. Or the toes of their ancestors for that matter.

Then… Benny looked at his phone. ”Aha… Someone needs a big hug I think.” He spoke aloud, looking at Carmen briefly as he took off his hat. She probably knew what he was about to do. ”Eliana is coming over.” Benny hammered out another text.”I might shoot next time, depending on where she wants to go. What do you want to do? I think we should hit somewhere scenic and kick it. We can eat anywhere right?”

To Little El
Come see me and Carmen, we’ll cheer you up. : ) We like u existing!

With that sent Benny set his top hat upturned on the ground and held the sides expectantly. ”Only the classiest girls make an entrance from a man’s top hat.” Benny said as he winked suggestively at Carmen. Then he focused his power on the opening, turning it into a passage ripped in the fabric of spacetime. Soon someone would (hopefully comfortably) emerge from it, as he set his intent upon Eliana. A soft hum started from seemingly nowhere and everywhere at once, and a breeze ruffled the landscape, churning leaves and imitating the crackling sound of a hundred newspapers being turned at once. Sensation seemed just a touch more surreal for miles away as powerful magic started to take place… Especially surreal for one Eliana Lovelace.

Kingless Symphony: Emissary of Ascension

Ar Rathmore

Interacting with:Corvo @ClocktowerEchos Queen Elizabeth @HushedWhispers

The spymaster nodded deeply at Corvo as he trotted off. His adoptive son was welcome at his side, he had almost forgotten there was a seat at the table saved for him. Ar called out to Corvo’s back, hoping to grab his attention again for a moment. ”Come back and try the leg of lamb once you’ve finished!” Corvo was diligent and absorbed in the art of spying, for now. Maybe he would spot something no one else could today, a story only a spy could tell.

Ar was more than a little bit expectant. It seemed like something was bound to happen here, at this tourney, that would take everyone entirely by surprise. He almost didn’t hear what the Queen had said to him when he cast a searching gaze at King Soren, examining quickly the way he sat and his expression. In the man’s ancient face he couldn’t register much, but he knew this was another bad year for his liege. The man’s heir was weak and the other houses were strong. And from the word of many a crooked spy, Ar had heard the stirring of lawlessness across the kingdom. Soon shadows would clash against other shadows, the first shuffling of power in the Kingdom in decades. It was time for a game of musical chairs where everyone was to vy for the best seat available…

He didn’t waste time before reacting when he was addressed by her Highness. ”Yes, you heard right my liege.” Ar used a soft voice and spoke toward the side, to his Queen. ”It seems all things age more quickly than we suspect, even my children are getting on years.” It was typical of him to make some mockery of age in the presence of Soren, to see if the King could still take humor lightly on his bones. Sometimes it seemed like a laugh shook the man more than he could bear it.

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Allen Hops

Range, playing with the toys.
Interacting With; Carmen @abandonedIntel.
Mood;Joking ← plotting.

Benny liked his summoned gun being admired, as Carmen was doing. He hadn’t yet flaunted the fact he could whip them up with any paint job he wished for. It would literally be difficult for him to NOT be the most stylish villain of them all. He appreciated her compliment on his tastes. ”Thank you I appreciate you saying so. You know what they say, the guns make the man.” Benny winced a little at his own sense of humor. If only he could retrieve a better one of those. For now he checked out how far down range he could see with this scope. Great for plucking off heads, he suspected. For now he set the gun aside in the shade of a convenient tree.

Benny noted Carmen diligently setting up the range.”Thanks for putting the targets up. I can’t wait to see your sweet pistolera moves today, Carmen.” He listened to her talk about her food preferences. He decided to be reassuring about her enjoyment of Dorito nacho salad. ”I can respect your Doritos loyalty, you don’t have to switch to the Funyun side just for my sake.” Benny imagined the amount of Dorito stains that must fill Carmen’s life. He laughed when she said they could avoid ice-cream shamers by hunkering down in the Cobra. ”Let’s be badasses and stare at our fellow students from your car while eating fat gobs of ice cream. You in? We can be the highest of high rollers.” Benny tried briefly to imagine a world better than the one where he rolled past the most stuck up of his fellow Delphinites, while he sprawled on leather upholstery and feasted on some Ben and Jerry’s. But he couldn’t come up with one.

When Carmen mentioned Doctor Chaos, Benny frowned a little. ”You’re suggesting I try to learn a thing or two from a mad man? I think between my power and insanity too much could go wrong. For now I’m sticking with Bill Nye to teach me about chemical reactions, he has all his marbles in the right place.” Benny had considered the ways in which going crazy helped a villain. It was an excuse to get locked away in specialty prisons and mad houses, and to get to see doctors all the time and maybe get them to go nuts too. He wouldn’t have a hard time of it, but he preferred activism to being actively insane. In the membrane, as Carmen put it. Not that a pickle flavored hamster seemed like the worst idea, he could try that one for himself later. But which unsuspecting fool would he get to eat the hamster? Hmm… Now he was thinking like a crazy doctor for sure.

Benny donned the safety glasses, shaking his head a little and rolling his eyes when Carmen mentioned the fire pit. ”Are you trying to tell me you haven’t had the privilege of s'mores? Someone needs to get a care package of marshmallows and chocolate graham crackers to whatever hole you crawled out of right away, there are some Hispanic gangsters MISSING OUT.” When Carmen told him to start flying the drone, he hopped on board. ”Welcome to flight two-nine-delta, we are expecting some turbulence because a chica with a gun has it out for our balls.” He guided the quadcopter to almost 50 meters up, much higher than the trees, and kept it hovering along at a steady pace. ”This good or do you need it to be lower?” Benny expected Carmen to do some superhuman-ly accurate shooting without any handicap, but he knew she would be more in the mood after he teased her a bit.

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It is TOO BAD there aren't pictures of my face claim in a top hat and trench coat. Everyone will have to use their imagination on that one.

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Allen Hops

DeGrasse knoll.
Interacting With; Carmen @abandonedIntel.
Mood;Confident ← Arrogant.

Surveying the surrounding didn’t reveal much to Benny. There were lots of low trees, some cover amongst the grass. It was a nice day, if he climbed skyward he would have a great view. For now he was going to do as Carmen suggested, and spawn his favorite gun. He retrieved a Fusil Automatique Léger (FAL) from his trench coat. This was a mid to long range scoped battle rifle, loaded with specialty shells capped with ultra durable steel alloy, for ripping through most “softer” metals. Benny had been working on getting the ammunition just right for awhile now, and when he summoned kevlar vests these tore straight through and out the other side of the mannequin he had dressed them up with. Benny enjoyed the many applications of his ability, since he could get as complex as he wanted with what he “acquired”.

”I am almost positive that gas station has malts. And you know what else? They have a LOT of junk food. And I could always go for more Flamin’ Hot Funyuns in my life. When I take those out of my jacket they never quite capture the sweet… Burningness. You know that flavor?” He was pretty sure Carmen knew exactly what he was on about. Benny had a taste for everything in life. In another time and place he might have been the greatest chef the world had ever known. Instead it was his fate to serve up bombs and bullets to meet his ends. But hopefully not meet his end.

Benny set the drone on a picnic table and retrieved its controller. ”Do you have any idea how fun the future will be when there are infinity of these? Oh wait that’s right now.” Benny turned on the controller and the screen buzzed satisfyingly to life. He was so thankful to have been born in an era with this technology, and it only kept getting better. The latest new material he had heard of was like that vantablack shit but even darker… He had to try whipping up some of that for kicks. ”Innovation is my favorite goddamned word. I really should get into science, like that chemistry shit.” He felt like Carmen brought out his vulgar side, and he didn’t mind not holding back. Fuck it they were young, wild and had guns to play with.

Benny noted Carmen’s slightly downcast look, messed up a little bit by a smile. Or maybe it was the other way around. ”You aren’t thinking of something BESIDES fast flying pieces of metal are you? I know the look of someone getting their feelings all tied up, you’re starting to resemble that…” Benny proceeded to elbow Carmen a healthy amount in the ribs, in a friend to friend way. He figured if he she had someone to talk about they could get it off her chest, otherwise it was blasting time. ”I’ll tell you what, missus quick. I’m going to put another layer off balls, and I mean paint balls, on this drone, to make your boast a little easier for you to follow through with. In the meantime you can tell me whatever you waaaant to.” Benny put emphasis on the awww part of his sentence. He was excited to watch this drone fly around spraying color everywhere from it’s “wounds”, but he also wanted to back up Carmen on whatever her personal dilemmas were. He had all the time in the world to flaunt his powers anyway, the conjuring doesn’t stop, bro.

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@AbandonedIntel No dude I think you are doing perfect, Benny is going to be doing the exact same thing. They can always both race off in the Cobra in search of drama and battle later anyway.

@smarty0114 Here's what I'm thinking. One liners are what will make this the RP of legend. Bust them all out it's time.