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

[Kristia]

Voile Library - SDM - Gensokyo

"Then you just got two guards with you, by the way, what do you know about Soul splitting? Yukari told us you could help to gather Yuuka´s soul back" Nera spoke as they prepared for whatever was in the deeper parts of the library

[SUSTIC]

Longsword Runway - Prometheus Labs - London | Night

Meanwhile Elsword and Raven were waiting for Jack and Lily at the Longsword Runway. "Where is she? She should have been here by now with Jack!" Said Elsword as he sat on the ground. Raven sighed as he turned to Elsword and spoke "Just be patient. She'll be here soon. She had to get a couple of things first after all. Once she gets here with Jack then we can start the sparring matches."

Elsword just pouted as he turned his head away. "Yea... you're right... it's just that I'm bored as all hell right now!"



Somewhere on the East Coast - California | Dusk


Meanwhile Shadow kept weaving in and out of the crowd of people as he closed in on the park. "I must find that Chaos Emerald before anyone else does!" He said as he saw a sign for the park coming up. As he saw it he smirked as he speed up a bit. Thanks to his enhanced reflexes, and reaction time he is able to avoid all the people despite running at near top speed. As he got closer and closer to the park he felt the power of the Chaos Emerald become stronger.

[WriggleRid3r]

Voile Library - SDM - Gensokyo

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"So you just barge in here, eh?" Patchouli satyrically replied. "You two are as crude as always."

"Soul-splitting is just that: splitting a soul into two or more pieces. It's a natural cause that occurs in chance when one's spirit after death is brought back to be among the living, resulting in nightmares, hallucinations, and insanity."

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Yakumo Estate - Gensokyo

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"Welcome back." Ran smiled. "Yukari-sama is in Las Vegas. Do you need me to leave a message for her?"

[Kristia]

Voile Library - SDM - Gensokyo

Renamon ignored the the magician´s comment with her counter "We would have come with an appointment or in a more relaxing style, but Yuuka´s life is at stake and Sakuya wasn´t active at the moment, thats why we "barged" in here for your help.

"Anyway, this is just a theory, so to obtain the missing soul piece do we need to make a ritual or search for the piece as if it is an objecto to gather?" the fox asked to Patchouli

[S121]

Yakumo Household - Mayohiga - Gensokyo | Day

"Vegas? Why?", John asked Ran in a curious tone.

If he couldn't get a hold of Yukari, then he might need to go alone, or look for Renamon and Nera. He did remember seeing them this morning, so they couldn't have gotten far.






Prometheus Labs - London | Night

Lily entered the training room's observation deck and was greeted by the sight of Daniel leaning back in a chair with his feet resting on the console, watching Jack down below. As soon as Lily walked in, Daniel turned his head over to her and greeted her.

"Hey, Lily.", Daniel said to Lily casual, relaxed tone.

"Hey.", Lily said as she gave a light wave.

"You know you're not supposed to rest your feet on the console, right?", Lily asked as she pointed at Daniel's feet.

"Fine.", Daniel said, removing his feet and sitting upright.

"So what brings you here?", Daniel asked Lily, curious about her sudden appearance.

"Well, I was going to ask Jack if he wanted to spar."

"You? Don't get me wrong, you're a very impressive Spartan, but the guy's almost as dangerous as Six.", Daniel said to Lily in a somewhat incredulous tone.

Lily simply bounced her palm off the front of her helmeted face and spoke.

"No, not me. There's a guest here in the labs that wants to spar against Jack.", Lily said to Daniel.

"Really? Who?", Daniel asked in a curious tone as he leaned towards Lily. From the sound of it, Daniel's interest had been piqued.

"A boy named Elsword. He's from the same game Raven is from.", Lily explained.

"Hmm. I think Jack will like this.", Daniel said to Lily as e turned his attention to the training room below.



Down below, Jack was fighting numerous Covenant Hardlight simulations, cutting them down and deflecting their plasma projectiles back at them. One Elite tried to toss a plasma grenade on him, but Jack simply spun out of the way, causing it to stick to a Brute, detonating and killing Jack's enemy. Jack then followed up with a quick slash with his katana, and decapitated the Elite. A Grunt suicide bomber tried to activate two grenades, but as soon as they became active, Jack sliced off the Grunt's hands with one of his katanas and backflipped out of the way, deflecting a projectile from a Fuel Rod Canon and causing it to smash into a Hunter, blowing it to pieces. The handless Grunt exploded, and as soon as Jack landed, he spun his blades in front of himself so fast that he created a shield against a torrent of plasmafire from a nearby Plasma Turret. Right before Jack could retaliate, Daniel paused the simulation and contacted him over the intercom.

"Why did you do that?", Jack asked in a slightly emotionless, but clearly irritated tone.

"There's a guest that wants to spar against you.", Daniel said to Jack.

"Tell them to go home.", Jack bluntly said.

After hearing Jack's comment, Lily stepped in and gave Jack incentive to at least test the guest's steel.

"He said that he's better than you at sword-play. I think he just might be. He is a Character, so I wouldn't be too surprised if he is better.", Lily said to Jack over the intercom.

All of a sudden, Jack slowly lowered his katanas and looked up at the observation deck's window.

"We'll see...", Jack said without emotion.

Jack then sheathed both his katanas and began walking back to the observation deck, ready to see what this "guest" was made of.

[WriggleRid3r]

Yakumo Estate - Gensokyo

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"Her business." Ran said. A month ago, Yukari started a clothing brand called Violet. Dedicated on making party attires for men and women, her business boomed in Japan, and several lovecalls were sent to her for possible merging. This meeting was probably due to those calls.

"Do you need help with something? I can help you as much as I can."

[SUSTIC]

Longsword Runway - Prometheus Labs - London | Night

Elsword and Raven continued to wait for Lily and Jack out on the runway.

"They better get here soon..." Elsword muttered as he grabbed his blade. "Because if he doesn't show up then I'm going to have to challenge you Raven." Elsword said as he stood up, pointing his sword at Raven.

"Really? When I don't even have a sword of my own? Besides remember who won in our last sparring match?"

[Katrix]

Where Nothing Gathers - The Castle That Never Was

Xehanort, Xigbar and Saïx was sitting in each of their chairs in Where Nothing Gathers. "How are they doing at the moment? When will we be able to get some useful information of them?"


"What we last saw was that the girl was fainted and that the man doesn't have much left to go on. They seem like the know how to fight tough. They defeated a good amount of Nobodies before going into this state."

"Are you mad? Your objective was to hinder them, not defeat them. Oder one all, but one fourth to come back gradually. We still want to think they are escaping. This was never supposed to test their strengths."

"He is correct. Now we only want them to find someone to go together with."

Inside of their conversation Young Xehanort showed up. "ACO have taken a risk and is currently attacking us to get the girl and the man. Do we engage?"

"No. Let them come. We still need to get the girl and the man out of here anyway. They only works in favor of our plan. Dismissed" All the organization members than disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

[S121]

Yakumo Household - Mayohiga - Gensokyo | Day

"Oh... Well, Patchouli said that she needed escorts so that she could get a book from her library, one that could tell us where The Associate is located.", John said.

John knew that Ran's power was diminished without her tails, but he didn't really know by how much. As far as he knew, she was still powerful.

"Do you want to help?", John asked Ran.





Longsword Runway - Prometheus Labs - London | Night

After a few minutes, Lily arrived with Jack and Daniel in tow. Jack towered over everyone except for Daniel. Instead, he was simply taller than him.

"I'm back.", Lily said as she gave a light wave to Raven and Chung.

"So who wanted the challenge?", Jack said without emotion.

[WriggleRid3r]

Voile Library - SDM - Gensokyo

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"As far as I know, none." Patchouli answered passively. "But I wouldn't know exactly. I've never died."

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Yakumo Estate - Gensokyo

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"I would love to, but someone has to look out for Chen." Ran sighed and looked at Chen, who was... eavesdropping with Annie.

"I can help you if you want." Annie's tiny voice could be heard.

[S121]

Yakumo Household - Mayohiga - Gensokyo | Day

John nodded his head at Ran as if to say "true", and noticed the eavesdroppers as well.

"I can help you if you want.", John heard Annie say.

John was a little hesitant to let her come along to such a dangerous place, especially considering she was unconscious not too long ago. John didn't really like the idea, but he needed all the help he could get.

"Are you sure you're feeling up to it?", John asked Annie, wanting to be sure that she was fully rested up and ready for danger.

[SUSTIC]

Longsword Runway - Prometheus Labs - London | Night

As soon as Lily, Jack, and Daniel came out to the runway finally Elsword quickly turned to Jack. "It was me. I heard you're a very powerful swordsman, and it just got me so excited! I love facing strong opponents!" Said Elsword as he got into a fighting stance, he held his sword tightly as he prepared for the oncoming fight. "So when do you want to start?"

Raven however walked up to Lily and Daniel as he leaned up against a steel pole. "Elsword's not going to win this." Said Raven as he crossed his arms. Intent to watch the fight. Just to see how long Elsword would last against Jack.

[Kristia]

Voile Library - SDM - Gensokyo

"Dying is something you don´t forget" Nera spoke walking towards a chair to seat on it

"You have heard of how you see your whole life in a matter of seconds? its similar, but you see images of the most important moments of your life. When your heart ceases to beat, your last seconds are when your mind and soul are getting separated. You can even see how that small flame gets out of your body and leaves to the otherworld in the last moment of your life in the mortal plane." the lucario explained and finished

"From what I saw of actual experience, a soul is like a flame, its color depends on the person´s aura like yours is violet and Renamon´s is golden, Yuuka´s soul is of green tone and if it isn´t a ritual to actually contain it, we can use a living vessel to maintain it until it can get back to its original host"

Renamon thought about it and spoke "So if we could find the soul piece, we can contain it in someone´s body like I did with yours." she said

"Correctly, but then the vessel will share the soul´s memories and reactions, so if an insane soul gets into a vessel, expect the latter to see nightmares even though being awake. So its better that the vessel is relaxed"

[S121]

Longsword Runway - Prometheus Labs - London | Night

Jack looked at the kid before him and almost seemed to lose interest. Jack was good at reading enemies, and this one didn't seem like too much of a threat, based on how he acted. Even if he was trained in the art of sword-play, he was not very focused. This battle would prove to be easy for Jack.

"So when do you want to start?", Elsword asked Jack.

"Right now.", Jack said to Elsword with no emotion in his voice, almost as if this was a mundane task for him.

"Elsword's not going to win this.", Raven said to Lily.

"Nope.", Lily said to Raven as she stood and watched.

[WriggleRid3r]

Yakumo Estate - Gensokyo

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"Yeah, I'm pretty sure." Annie nodded. She seemed to have borrowed Chen's clothes, but it seemed a bit tight on her. "And Tibbers is too."