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

[S121]

Betwixt and Between (Corridor of Darkness)

Right as soon as John saw the barrage of bullets surging towards himself and Mara, John forced auras of light to surround them like energy shields, blocking the Darkness bullets from Dark John's gun. In that very moment, John grabbed Mara, tossed her into the sled, grabbed the harness of it, and sprinted towards Reimu, Jason, and Utsuho as fast as he could.

"Get in, or you will die here!", John shouted at the trio as he approached.

From the tone of John's voice, the situation was dire.

[Kristia]

Times Square - New York


Gaige shook her hand with Sana´s "Well my friends, aside from the collateral damage, the civilians are safe and healthy" she said glancing at the lack of dead civies on the area "Those robbers were just a distraction from the real bandits of that heli, jetpacks and split second maneuvers? they must have been trying to lure characters" the mechromancer guessed

Betwixt and Between (Corridor of Darkness)


"I would love to impale an ice stalagmite up his ar-wah! Mara was then thrown to the sled as the spartan moved it. Soon more nobodies tried to follow them as she sent more ice beams at them.

Between beams, the ghost looked at the soldier "I have to ask, can´t you just make another portal or something? this place will be full of those things in less than a minute" she spoke making a spear of ice and threw it to the dark version of John

[WriggleRid3r]

Shining Needle Castle - Gensokyo

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Sonic and Shinmyomaru soon arrived in the jumpy house: literally an entire house made out of jell-o's. The furnitures, the walls, even the windows were made of jell-o's.

"Let's do it!" Shinmyomaru giggled in glee as she threw herself into the house, going full force at 80 mph and slamming into the jelly without actually bursting the jelly.

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Itaewon - Seoul

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"Okay I guess... I'll see you around then." Karen's Scrafty screeched as Knuckles walked towards the doorway. He cast an unreadable look and went to prepare a wet towel.

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Kawashiro Backyard - Kappa Village - Gensokyo

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"Let me see if it works or not..." Mitori popped her head out of a large heap of machines. She began hiking; yes, hiking, down the mountain of mechanical doodads toward Tails. "Do you think you can lift it, it shouldn't weigh more than 30 lbs."

[SUSTIC]

Shining Needle Castle - Gensokyo

When they finally got to the Bouncy House within the floating castle Sonic looked at it with an impressed expression on his face. "Well this is pretty cool. I guess I'll try it out for a bit." Sonic said as he quickly jumped into the bouncy house. As he did he began bouncing off the walls, ceiling, and floor. He began laughing out of joy as he began to enjoy himself in this experience. He had to admit that this was actually pretty damn cool.



Itaewon - Seoul

Knuckles began to walk out of the room, and down the hall of the hotel. Thinking of this whole ordeal.

After thinking about it Knuckles sighed. "I wouldn't leave them so suddenly... but I have to get back to my island and guard the Master Emerald... it is my duty as its guardian to do so..." Knuckles whispered to himself as he walked down the hall. It was near impossible to hear from Karen's room. However he remembered one thing that she said...

She knew what he was looking for...

As he remembered this he facepalmed as he took off running down the hall and into the room.



Kawashiro Backyard - Kappa Village - Gensokyo

Tails turned to Mitori and thought for a moment. "I could carry it out of all this junk, but it will be a bit extensive." Tails said as he placed down his device the Miles Electronic on a safe patch of dirt. As he did he began to spin his two tails, causing him to go airborne. As he was in the air he flew over the device and grabbed it by the back. Once he got a good grip he began to spin his two tails faster, while he began to pull with all his strength. Slowly the machine began to lift up out of the junk pile as Tails was slowly pulling it out.


Myouren Temple - Gensokyo

After Bang's attack, a small red gem fell from the sky and landed next to Bang and Byakuren. Next to it landed the heavily and severely damaged body of the mechanical figure. Part of its face was destroyed, along with almost 25% of its body. Its left arm was completely blown off, while its right hand was missing some fingers. The figure's right leg was blown off from the below the knee, and the visor that made up its eyes was half damaged. As half of it was cracked, only capable of showing one red eye. The rest of its body and armor was filled with cracks, burns, and holes that were scattered all over its body. That is when the figure slowly looked at the red gem.

"Data... acquisition successful... Mission a-accomplished... Time to make my escape..." The metal figure said in a at first robotic tone, however as it finished what it was saying the tone began to sound more... human. Then with its last bit of energy it grabbed the red gem that was emanating a strange chaotic energy.

"C-Chaos... C-Control...!" The figure said as it suddenly in a flash of light seemed to vanish from the area... leaving a few of its own damaged body parts laying around the area.

[Koishi]

Fiendish City

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The sword impacted into the Tortodrone's head, but not all the way. It wailed in pain, thrashing around as it tried to dislodge the blade in it's forehead.

"Almost there. Again!" HP called out.

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INV Flying Armory

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"Koishi nodded at the operator, who made a salute and pressed a button, sending them down. They rematerialized on the roof of a building, next to the main road. Legions of undead and other ghastly beings shambled, ran, did everything in their power to move down the road, where at the end, a containment wall enacted by the Inventory was. In the distance, a pillar of smoke came from what seemed to be at the direct center of the city.

"By the gods, this place is looking less like a city and more like a graveyard." Koishi said, looking in awe. "We need to hurry. Who knows how much time we have left before the containment walls fail and they get out."

[WriggleRid3r]

Betwixt and Between

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"What?" Reimu turned around to find the spectacle of John and Mara riding down a sled. Her legendary intuition could tell her that she had to be on board. "Shit! I'll get on it!"

"Unyu?" Utsuho looked at Reimu in confusion, oblivious to what was going on. She, along with Jason, had to be snatched into the sled by Reimu. "Aaah!"

[Kristia]

Betwixt and Between


Mara quickly fired ice beams to the oncoming nobodies as she saw the miko and crow girl, she then had an idea "Nuclear crow, we need you to fire a blast from here" she gestured to the sled "Priestess, your seals would be of great help to protect us from the blast"

"John, when I tell you, get in the sled we just got a bigger rocket" the froslass spoke to the spartan. Mara´s idea was to use Utsuho´s "third leg" as a rocket propulsion while Reimu´s seal would protect everyone inside the sled from the blast

[Zekai]

London Streets

Alkaid was watching from around a corner. "What are they talking about?" She wondered but decided not to bother them. "Guess I'll go and find that lab." Alkaid said as she walks away to search for the Prometheus Lab.

[WriggleRid3r]

Shining Needle Castle - Gensokyo

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"Come on, you have a lot of other things to try out-" Shinmyomaru began, but the small size of hers didn't leave her visible in the jelly house, with Sonic literally slamming her straight to the wall. "Gyaa!"

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Kawashiro Backyard - Kappa Village - Gensokyo

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"Good, good, pull it down here..." Mitori ordered as the full glory of the Wessenberg machine came to view. To Mitori the machine was like a car, but in Tails' perspective it was the size of a tractor. How such a thing could only weigh 30 pounds was a mystery only the Kappas could know. "Just land it in the blank area here."

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Betwixt and Between

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"Um... that is actually a bad idea isn't it?" Utsuho asked Mara.

"What do you mean?" Reimu questioned, confused by Utsuho's claim.

"Well, when something cold like ice is exposed to such dynamic change in temperature, it rapidly changes to gas, and thus increasing in volume in a speed that causes the sudden increase in pressure causing our sled to explode into pieces. Which would mean that we would be overrun."

A moment of silence went through the group as they had to soak in the sudden smartness of Utsuho.

[Kristia]

Betwixt and Between


Mara smirked and patted the crow´s back "Im glad you say that because that is the plan" she said with a wicked smirk

"Now dear miko, about those seals or wards if im wrong, how strong are they? we will become a cannonball after the ice reacts" the ghost asked to Reimu

[SUSTIC]

Shining Needle Castle - Gensokyo

As Shinmyoumaru let out a cry as she began to go flying towards one of the wall Sonic quickly reacted by turning to her direction. Despite his speed and reaction time he was too late to do anything, for she had already crashed smack into one of the walls.

"Oh crap are you okay?" Sonic asked as he stopped jumping, then running towards her direction.



Kawashiro Backyard - Kappa Village - Gensokyo

Tails followed Mitori's instructions as he rested the device gently down on the ground. "Whew... that was a bit hard." Tails said as he landed right next to the device, he looked to be out of breath. Looked like it took everything out of him...



Santa Cruz - California

After Isaac and Koishi teleported back down to the city on a rooftop near the main street the sound of combat could be heard. Deeper in the city was Shadow who had managed to team-up with the Half-Demon known as Dante, Jubei, and Komachi.

The four of them were fighting the undead, not holding back as the seemingly endless army of undead continued.

"CHAOS BLAST!!!" Shadow yelled as he charged up his body with enough Chaos Energy to create a large explosion with a radius of about 20 meters, destroying almost any undead within its range and almost capturing Dante in the blast.


"Hey watch it!" Dante replied as after the Chaos Blast Shadow could be seen standing there. Shadow simply turned to Dante and scowled before dashing off through the undead, attacking and killing any undead he comes by as he began to head off towards the direction of Koishi and Isaac.

[S121]

Betwixt and Between

"That wouldn't work unless we were being shot out of a cannon. There's not enough concussive force to propel us that far. As for me, I'm too heavy.", John said as he sprinted with the sled.

Just then, John had an idea, one that would ensure that the group would escape as fast as possible. Based on his experiences around Utsuho, he knew that she couldn't fly as fast as he could, and if she used her Third Leg as a rocket, it would only result in the destruction of the sled. Reimu wasn't physically strong enough to push the entire sled and still retain a good speed, so she was out of the question as well. Mara did not have the mass required of her to quickly move the sled either. Jason had neither the ability to fly, nor the strength required for the task, so he was not a viable option either. John knew what Dark John was capable of, and if John was right, then Dark John could easily injure, or even kill someone from the group. John feared for the safety of his group. He didn't want any of them to be captured or killed. If anything, John would put himself on the line long before allowing his team to be harmed. Instead of having the others propel the sled, John would do so. He had not only the strength required, but also the speed. He was the best candidate for the job.

With that in mind, John spoke.

"I'll propel the sled, you guys shoot at any approaching enemies.", John said before suddenly jumping into the air and over the sled.

As John was in the air, the sled sped onward, putting John behind the sled instead of above it. As soon as John landed, he grabbed the back of the sled with both hands, tucked his knees near his chest, and kicked off of the ground with all of is might, causing the sled to suddenly gain even more speed. As soon as John kicked off, he then quickly adjusted the shield strength of the bottoms of his feet, causing them to become completely frictionless, and placed his feet against the ground as he activated his thrusters and set them to their maximum output. The sled suddenly lurched forward as it slid towards the exit at 200 mph, slamming the occupants inside the sled against their seats, but leaving them unharmed.





Fiendish City

Takoizu saw that the sword had almost completely pierced through the entirety of the Tortodrome's head, so she decided to push the sword even deeper into the monster's head, and and with one quick jerk of her arms, Takoizu twisted the sword to the side, causing the blade to move around in the Tortodrome's head, damaging any internal components caught in the blade's way.





Rooftops - Santa Cruz - California | Night

Isaac looked over to the containment wall down the street and saw that The Inventory's forces were repelling the undead, but for how long? Koishi was right, they needed to get to the source of the infestation as soon as possible, or else there would be no city to save. Despite the tension Isaac felt about being in the same situation he used to always be in, he was ready to end this outbreak once and for all.

"Then let's go pay Malthael a visit.", Isaac said to Koishi as he pulled out his Planet Cracker and readied himself for the trip.

Just then, right as Isaac was about to open fire on some of the nearby undead, he noticed a black and red blur quickly approaching them. There was no mistaking who it was. Shadow had found them again.





Streets of London - London

Jack nodded at Eve as she relayed the information of her scans to him and spoke.

"Understood.", Jack calmly said to Eve before turning his attention back over to Carl and speaking.

"I'm going to ask again. Step away from the Dark El. It could be hazardous.", Jack said to Carl in an emotionless tone.

[Kristia]

Betwixt and Between


"When we get out of this rotten place, I will personally give them a therapy session" Mara muttered while charging another ice beam and shoot it to any enemy that was coming. She was getting tired and droplets of water fell from her body. "By the way, can´t you just make another portal? If you can create one to enter here from anywhere in the human world, why haven´t you done it here?" she asked the spartan

[Katrix]

Betwixt and Between

The plan worked flawlessly. Suddenly they were speeding away from all the nobodies at blazing speeds. It didn't look like the nobodies were able to keep up with them that well either. It almost felt like an too easy escape. They still had quite a bit to go until they reached the end, and it didn't look like it got any closer as they traveled further and further away from the nobodies. Then suddenly out of thin air he was just there. Suddenly with a big shock, Dark John lifted up and threw the sled with it's enormous momentum, sending it flying and spinning, before crash9ing hard into the ground. Dark John then puuled out another gun, charged it up, and shoot a giant orb of energy at them. Unlike the other orbs of energy, this one moved much slower towards them. It could also be bounced back by attacking it. Boucning it back had one big negativ effect tough, it would come back towards them, and when it would come towards them again, it would do so with increased speed.

[Kristia]

Betwixt and Between

(I assume you are making something similar to ganondorf energy sphere that could be thrown back to him in OoT, if not, I can edit it to match your idea)

Thanks for her nature, the froslass could stay afloat and saw the oncoming energy ball. Without hesitating, she covered her arms and hands with ice making them look like claws. "And now you give me something to lock both of us in a stalemate" she spoke seriously, but her eyes had a glint of excitement.

As the sphere came close to her, Mara spoke outloud "Soldier boy, prepare to attack that copy, you will know when he is vulnerable" she said and then smacked the energy sphere with her claws sending it to Dark John