[IC Board] All the World's a Game - Season II

[SUSTIC]

Washington D.C | City Park

Sans looked at Papyrus's predicament and thought before shrugging his shoulders.

"come on bro. let Frisk tag along. i mean Frisk did save the entire underground. the kid's already a natural at savin' the day." Sans spoke as he then put his hands back in his jacket's pockets. "besides the kid's got you there with 'em. i'm sure Frisk'll be fine." Said the smaller skeleton brother in a still rather casual tone of voice. Mainly this time to assure Papyrus with his compliment the taller of the two skele-bros. He then looked at Toriel with a curious expression, wondering what she will say before he turned to look at Midna with that... big grin on his face


Meanwhile as Palutena and Julius were searching for an entrance, one of the two finally did. A large door on the side Julius is at. It looks... ancient. adorned with metal bracings all over it. The size of the door was also quite impressive. It was nearly 3 times as tall as Toriel was, and just as wide... as if made for something large to fit through. Seeing it Julius began calling out to everyone.


"Everyone I might have found a way in." He yelled in hopes for the others to hear, of which they did. Upon hearing him. The Goddess and her loyal angel Pit quickly began making their way over to the entrance.

Sans however... was just standing there as if he was waiting for the others to go first.


((going to wait for Kristia to post first before posting for Paris.))

[Kristia]

Washington D.C | City Park


"So we got a monster from the vampire hunter" Midna started speaking as she followed Julius, the twili looked at him when she raised her question "If your Death isnīt trying to bring back that Dracula you mentioned, what would be his intentions with this tower?" she looked at the area "For having demonic elements and things from hell, this would be from another character" she pointed out "So for someone as strong as Death, this new being must have quite the strength to have such a follower."

Paris, France

The Inspector already had an idea of what was going on "We can guess that Toad Man came to visit his brother of the Ice" she said getting back on her feet, the fox was making some marks on her mind, piecing everything together "The other Robot Masters were acting weirdly by the comments of some witnesses, while some would be like "accidental", they have been in borderline between troublesome to actually breaking the law, the biggest ones being people losing wallets and the ones here almost being frozen."

[SUSTIC]

Washington D.C | City Park

As Midna was asking and making observations, Julius spoke up as he looked at the large door.

"I am not sure. For all we know Death just wants to take something from this tower and has no interest in any beings that might be found inside. Who knows. All I know is right now we have to find out and stop him before it's too late. Now can someone help me with this door?" Julius responded as he tried to use all his strength to push the large door open... with no avail. Julius and Palutena even pitched in, but the three of them alone were having a bit of a hard time. Even with Palutena's magic. Upon touching it though Julius steps back... So does Pit and Palutena. The shoulder of Julius's jacket has some frost on it. In fact the entire door felt chilled and cold. Perhaps it's frozen shut...

"This door... It's cold. Almost as if frozen."



Paris | France

"Ice Man were far from Brother's. May have been robots, but they barely knew each other and were created by different people. In fact Toad Man doesn't care for the element of ice. So I doubt it was just for a visit. If it was Toad Man he probably wanted something. I don't know." Proto Man spoke as he looked at Ice Man. He then asked...

"Ice Man are you sure nothing was taken or stolen when you were out cold? No reports of something missing?"


Upon being asked that Ice Man contemplated but then... looked a bit nervous as if he just remembered something.

[Kristia]

Washington D.C | City Park


"A convenience guy" Midna chuckled dryly "How low has one of the most influential and strongest beings has fallen" the twili was heading to the door and noticed what Julius was talking about, she was about to touch it when her mind clicked "If my knowledge of dungeon crawling is correct, this door is locked because we are going to a, be ambushed by a horde of enemies, or b, an ice elemental big guy will come to fight us" she spoke already charging her palms with magic "Might as well be prepared for whoever or whatever comes.

Paris, France

The sudden nervousness of Ice Man wasnīt unnoticed by Carmelita, her experience in her job trained her to see the smallest twitches and changes in a suspectīs demeanor "Soldier, if you are withholding anything that would help us to deal with this altercations, it will be bad not only for your service roster, it will also cause heavy problems to bring justice." she used the military tactic to see how the bipolar robot would act.

[SUSTIC]

Washington D.C | City Park

"Well no matter what it is, it won't stop us." Said Palutena as she began charging a orb of burning holy magic that began to melt the ice around the door... causing it to loosen and open up a little. As the door begna to open slowly with a loud, resonating groan of grinding gears. A flurry of cold wind came rushing out at the group. Instinctively Julius readied his whip... Pit readied his bow which he split apart into two separate blades, Palutena had her magic ready and... Sans was already taking a nap as he stood there in the back of the group.

What could be seen was a large hallway... with ice coating the walls, and what looked to be iron cages and chains haging from the ceiling frozen solid... and at the end of the somewhat short hallway was what looked to be a giant room.


Paris, France

Ice Man stood there nervously as he thought. Trying to remember the details.

"O-One of the portable Ice Makers went missing Ma'am... People are thinking it was stolen but... it's a little too big to lift up to that window..."

[Tewi_Inaba]

Paris | France

Efina didn't pay much attention to what was going on during the conversation. It wasn't' until the nice ice robot mentioned the ice maker going missing that something caught her interest again. "You don't think the ice making thingy left on it's own do you?"

Washington D.C | City Park

Frisk and Papyrus were caught slightly off guard by the conversation that came next. Papyrus supposed his brother was right and that Frisk could take care of himself so he dropped the conversation. But the more the others talked, he more it sounded like they were going up against some demonic overlord.

Knowing that the lives of thousands hang in the balance. It fills you with determination! "HM!" Frisk nodded and looked at the others with a face that showed nothing but pure confidence and determination. She was more than ready for what lied ahead.

"Nyahaha Alright human, but stay close to me so i can protect you."

[SUSTIC]

Paris | France

"I doubt it would just get up and walk away..." Proto Man said to Efina, humoring her a little. Then he Heard what Ice Man said made Proto Man a little annoyed, but... intrigued and more focused on the disappearance of the ice maker.. This portable ice machine just disappeared? Surely it was stolen. Something that would have probably taken a bit of musclepower, or a group of people to take. However he can't say anything regarding it... not until he gets some actual footage or video surveilance. Something that will be quite difficult to do.

"We need to try and get a hold of security footage. Do you know of any way we can be allowed into the archives?" Proto Man asked. Ice Man began thinking deeply...


"Only if you have permission from Security or the factory managers." Ice Man replied as he sat down.



((Don't know what to post for D.C until Kristia posts.))

[Kristia]

Paris | France


Carmelita just knew it would be a headache of paperwork to get the permits, so she decided to be blunt "Mister Ice Man, with the stealing of an object that normal humans canīt lift with ease, we need to act fast, if a character was involved in this situation, a machine that can produce ice could become something worse than sugary sweets" her tone was stern as she gazed at him "So Im asking you to let us see the footage, we need to move fast."

[SUSTIC]

Paris | France

Ice Man seemed even more hesitant when Carmelita stepped in and nearly commanded him to let them see the security tapes. Though after a solid minute of heavy contemplating he finally looked up and nodded.


"Okay... Follow me." Ice Man said quite simply as he turned and began walking towards the surprisingly empty Archives room. Which seemed to be locked, but thankfully Ice Man knew the code to the electronic keypad lock on the door. Which he had put in the password, and with a beep of confirmation the locked door clicked open. He then stood back for the others to go in. Proto Man did not waste any time to enter the archves.



Washington D.C | Demonic Tower

When the door opened and revealed the icy hall that lead into the tower, Julius clenched his whip as he turned to the others. Pit looked ready for combat with his two swords, and so did Palutena. Midna, Toriel, Papyrus, and Frisk all looked ready for anything. Sans though... was missing yet again. Where could that skeleton have gone off to...? Either way Julius turned to the door and began walking into the icy hallway.

"Once we enter here we cannot afford to try and leave. Got it? We need to find what Death needs or wants and stop him. No matter the cost." Julius spoke as he entered the tower....

[Tewi_Inaba]

Paris | France

Efina followed close behind her mom as they walked to the room with all the footage. She was curious about what happened to the ice maker and as to why someone would want to steel it in the firs t place. Maybe they just really loved ice cream. either way they would find out soon enough.

Washington D.C | Demonic Tower

The tall skeleton carried Frisk on his shoulders all the way inside, but then he had to place her back down and let her walk. Papyrus knew he wouldn't' be able to fight as effectively while carrying the little girl around and trying to keep her safe. That and ans was right, she could take care of herself. "Don't worry Frisk, I, The great Papyrus will personally guard you from this death guy's evil badness."

[Kristia]

Paris | France

Putting on her glasses, Carmelita started looking through the footage "Proto, how strong is that acid you mentioned earlier?" she asked while fast forwarding between the hours prior the possible time of theft. "If the robot Master has a similar level of strength on such element, we will need to find him soon." she explained.

Washington D.C | Demonic Tower

The energy surrounding them gave Toriel a frown as her paw touched the nearest wall "This place is ancient.. Calling those of weak minds to be corrupted." she spoke trying to find anything resembling lore or signatures to understand such place.

[SUSTIC]

Paris | France

Standing in the doorway as Carmelita watched the footage, Proto Man crossed his arms and replied rather bluntly.

"Strong enough to eat through concrete, but against metal it's actually quite corrosive. Depending on the alloys in the metal of course. Why. Did you find something?" Proto Man spoke as he stepped further into the archives.

As he did he turned towards the footage of the night the incident happened. The cameras seemed to catch something interesting. What it showed was Ice Man alone in the factory before the sound of glash breaking then a very bright flash that seemed to disrupt the cameras. Almost as if it was either a flashbang or EMP. As the distortion on the cameras began to fade Ice Man's silhouette can be seen on the ground with a more round, circular figure. A shape Proto Man seems to recognize. Seeing this Proto Man leaned forward and tried to get a better look...



Washington D.C | Demonic Tower

As the group proceeded down the ice covered halls they eventually made it to a very large room with what looked to be frozen corpses, chains, and cages hanging all around. The ice seemed to be more prominent here, as it was literally covering the walls and ceiling with large icicles. Though one of the biggest things in the room was what seemed to be a decently sized glacier about the size of a house in this large room attached to an equally large door.... and something large and black seemed to be frozen inside it.

Coming from this large glacier was a strong source of demonic power that could be felt. Something Palutena and Julius could feel. Hell, you didnt need to be able to sense magic in order to feel the heavy aura of demonic magic. It felt ancient like Toriel said, but it now felt as if something was going to happen at any minute... like there was just a foreboding aura in the air.

[Tewi_Inaba]

Paris | France

Efina watched the screen closely until the little round shadow appeared on the screen. It matched closely with the shape of the robot she had drawn earlier, almost too closely. It seemed odd to Efina that so much evidence was already pointing towards one person. Either he was a very incompetent loner or he was a pawn.of someone else who was staying hidden. But just to make sure, she looked up at the red robot and asked. "Is that who I think it is?"

Washington D.C | Demonic Tower

Feeling the strong demonic aura in the area actually made Papyrus sweat a little. Needless to say it was the last place he expected to end up when he came to his brother's apartment with a bag full of Christmas gifts. But despite the worries he had, he did his best to stay brave and strong for the others.

Frisk on the other hand had an expressionless face. Even in these conditions she was as calm and cool as it came. Fighting gods and eldrich abominations can give a person nerves of steel i guess.. Frisk took one look at the large ice cube and she finally showed some emotion by smiling. "Hey mom." she called out before looking at Toriel. "I hope no one gets... COLD FEET!" The tall skeleton couldn't' help but face palm at hearing the human's silly ice pun, but he couldn't help but smile jsut a little at the joke.

[Kristia]

Paris | France

Of course a distortion appeared when the event ocurred, but the Inspector could see a good image of whoever attacked Ice Man "Things are easily pointing to the same person, he is either too dumb to hide or there is someone placing the crosshairs on a scapegoat." she spoke while forming other theories in her mind.

Washington D.C | Demonic Tower

A chuckle could be heard from the twili as they reached the frozen room "Dungeon crawling 101, when you reach a big empty room, the most common thing to expext is either an ambush, or a powerful being." she saidband pointed to the glacier "I bet you 50 rupees that thing will free itself and try to stop our journey."

The laughter of Toriel suddenly could be heard at the bad joke, much to the misfortune of the tall skeleton warrior "Well, it could be a problem, but we can just let it SLIDE." she countered with acworse pun.

[SUSTIC]

Proto Man remained completely quiet as he watched the security footage play again and again, and each time he can tell. The shape in the video is definitely Toad Man. It was as if he was thinking deeply, and in fact he was. He was thinking of how when the creator of Toad Man, Dr. Cossack was having his robots attack different parts of the globe, Proto Man had found out that the kind doctor was being blackmailed by Dr. Wily to command his robots to cause havoc. So either history is repeating itself... or something or someone else is behind all this mess.

Thinking about this Proto Man sighed as he turned to leave the room.

"Looks like history might be repeating itself. I'll be back. I need to go check in with an old... friend. Carmelita you better check the city's sewer systems. Toad Man has a habit of hiding in sewers." Proto Man spoke up before he left the building. However before any of them could follow him, the sound of Proto Man's infamous teleportation sound could be heard. A sound specific to robots of Proto Man's world.

Where he was going to was... mostly unknown.



Washington D.C | Demonic Tower


Julius listened to Midna and chuckled a bit as he examined the large glaciar that seemed to contain a large... creature inside it. It was clear Julius was also familiar with these kinds of things.

"With the stuff I've been through when going through Dracula's castle, I'll agree. Big empty room. Usually means big nasty creatures. So stay on guard." He says as he takes one step closer towards the large glaciar. That's when a demonic growl of a voice could be heard all over the room.

"Who... enters the tower of Temen-ni-gru? You are not of his blood..."


Hearing this Julius stepped back and looked at the glaciar.

"... His blood? Temen-ni-Gru... I heard that name before... but where. Not in my world, but in this one." Julius asked himself as he thought. He then turned to the glaciar and spoke.

"What is Temen-ni-Gru?"

"I will not tell a mortal anything regarding the secrets of this tower."

". . ." Julius was thinking deeply about what kind of response to throw at the beast. Giving the others a chance to ask any questions.