[IC] - All the World's a Game

[S121]

Netherworld

"Hang on. We gotta help the others with the marble, then we can go.", John said to Utsuho.

[NeoFox]

Base 2 Secret Elevator - Australia
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"It's not just some little base I assure you. The base is nearly twice as large as the base above ground. I managed to reconstruct my old one underground thanks to my Nightmare Drones. Since they needn't sleep nor rest they can work without breaks. So my base was finished within four months. The first two to mine out the rock and dirt, the second two months was building it." Said Gate as he follows Volgin into the elevator. The elevator automatically activates and begins going down. After about 5 freaking minutes of waiting the elevator comes to a stop.


The elevator door opens and Gate steps out. In front of them is a rather large factory filled with Nightmare Drones, which are working on developing the Nightmare Souls. "Here we are. This is the main factory where I make my so called Nightmare Souls. The rest is a bit more impressive." Said Gate as he turns to Volgin. "Would you like my Nightmare Drones to get you anything while we are down here?" Asked Gate.

[wonderweiss]

Netherworld; Komachi

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"Okay. I'll hold the portal long enough."

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Gate's Secret Base, Base 2, Australia; Volgin

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"Not really. There's nothing I really want other than Snake's head. Speaking of which, when will the next meta- I mean, "Reploid," be deployed?"

[NeoFox]

Gate's Secret Base, Base 2 - Australia


"Very well." Said Gate as he leads Volgin to his lab. "It was already deployed not too long ago. It's targets have made it into Lisborn. I'm just waiting for the right moment for it too strike." Said Gate as he sits down at a computer chair. "Now tell me Volgin, who is this Snake fellow?" Asked Gate as he looks at the security drones he has all over the place.

[S121]

Netherworld

John walked over to the marble and began to pile up large amounts of them up into his arms.

He had just grabbed 10 tons of the marble and headed through Komachi's portal.

The 7 minute walk was reduced to 3 minutes, due to the fact that John was jogging at a fairly brisk pace while still making sure that the marble didn't fall.

Bridge - Old Hell

John eventually made it to Old Hell and placed the marble next to Yuuka.

He then sprinted back through the portal and arrived in the Netherworld in under a minute. He grabbed the remaining marble and repeated the process of bringing it to Old Hell.

"Okay, there's all of the marble. We'll be back with the other stuff soon.", John said to Yuuka as he placed the last of the marble down.

John then ran back through the portal, intent on finishing the bridge as soon as possible.

John walked back to Utsuho.

"Okay, now we can go to Eintei."

[WriggleRid3r]

Bridge - Old Hell

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"Alright, be back soon!" Yuuka shouted at John as he left. Then she turned around to find Cirno gone too.
"She ran off..." Yuuka laughed to herself. "Whatever, she wasn't much of help, anyway."

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Gensokyo Skies

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Utsuho once again lifted John up and starting flying across the skies of Gensokyo.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Utsuho mellowly asked as she looked up at the sky. Night sky of Gensokyo was one of the few places in Japan that had such stellar work of starry art, each star glistening like a diamond in a rough.
Utsuho felt impish and whimsical, and started to speed up and do tricks to make John dizzy: loops, barrel rolls, and twists. "Isn't it, John? Are you getting dizzy yet?"

[Katrix]

Where Nothing Gathers

A person walks over to a computer to reply to a message received not long ago from Base 2. His face can't be seen because off the coat.

"Hello.
This is Organization XIII.
We received a call from you earlier talking about a attack, is this right and who is the team attacking made up of?"

[wonderweiss]

Netherworld; Komachi

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"Good. Now... How do we get there? Not many people die there, so I can't tell. You guys show the way."

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Secret Underground Base, Base 2, Australia; Volgin

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"Snake... How should I describe him? Maybe this..."

I hand him a clip.

"...should help."

[S121]

The childhood memory is in my post in OOC.

Gensokyo Skies

"Isn't it, John? Are you getting dizzy yet?", Utsuho asked as she tried to make John dizzy.

John didn't mind, he was used to high Gs. Besides, the night sky reminded him of when he was a child. As a child, he would always look up to the stars with his childhood friend, Parisa...




..."Do you ever wonder what's up there?"

"Like what?"

"Maybe someone up there is wondering what it's like here."

"I guess. Do you think we'll ever meet them?"

"I hope so. Don't you?"...




Little did John know that the ones he wanted to meet were actually the Covenant.

John remembered the promise they made to each other when he saved her from drowning in a lake as a child. John promised to marry her and keep her safe. That was until he was abducted and replaced with a flash clone that died soon after taking John's place. Parisa thought that John died and became a Company Grade officer of the UNSC Marine Corps.

His last memory of her was when he was sent to The Battle of Mombasa, where he met her as she was at a command post. John recognized her when he saw the picture she was holding. It was of them as children.
She didn't know that the person she was talking to was John, due to his armor. John wanted to reveal himself, but knew that doing so would be a massive security breach for ONI.

John didn't know what happened to her after that, perhaps she died.



(I promised...), John thought as he came back to reality.

"Yep, I do think the stars are beautiful. Of course, you should know that I'm pretty used to movements like this. Things get much worse when you're traveling through the atmosphere at Mach 25.", John said to Utsuho.

[NeoFox]

Secret Underground Base, Base 2 - Australia
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"I see... he does seem like he could pose a threat..." Said Gate as he sees that his computer had picked up a reply to a message from the Organization. "Ah yes. The people who were attacking consists of a half demon named Vergil, a cat-beast-man thing, and 3 human characters. They have taken out 3 of my Reploid soldiers. The half-demon took out a whole squadron of trucks with just one single blade." Said Gate as he turns to Volgin.

[WriggleRid3r]

Gensokyo Skies

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"Hmph, being a super soldier sounds boring." Utsuho pouted as they approached the intersection. One led to the Forest of Magic, another led to Bamboo Forest of the Lost. "Uh... which of these forests have Eientei...?"

[S121]

Gensokyo Skies

"Uh... which of these forests have Eientei...?", Utsuho asked.

"I'm not sure. Hang on., John said as he began to pull up Eintei on his helmet.

"It's in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost. Why do they call it that? Bamboo can't be that disorientating.", John said.

[wonderweiss]

Bamboo Forest of the Lost, Gensokyo; Komachi

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"I dunno. But I would watch my back if I were you. Word has it that there are two terrifying beasts living here. One of them is a werewolf youkai, that can eat and create history. There is also a phoenix youkai, who can manipulate the flames. Worst of all... she's immortal."

Let's see how John reacts to that.

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Underground Base, Base 2, Australia; Volgin

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"Gate... I would like to know... who you are talking to. Know that I don't tolerate spies."

[WriggleRid3r]

Gensokyo Skies

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"I don't know, but let's find out why!" Utsuho laughed as she dove down to the entrance of the forest... or was it the entrance?

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Bamboo Forest of the Lost

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"Why are you here?" Wriggle asked the unknown human. "Girlfriend problems?"
"None of your business. Stop nosing into people's business or you'll get burned." The unknown human responded. Wriggle smiled. "Do you want napkins with the Yakitori?"
"Naw, it's ok." Wriggle answered as a firefly approached her and buzzed around, its' light wavering around to tell a message.
"Unknown people around the entrance?" Wriggle asked, the firefly flied around in circles.
"They must be lost or something." The unknown human stepped up from the stand. "I'll guide them to wherever they need to go to. You sit tight and eat your chicken."

[Katrix]

Secret Underground Base, Base 2 - Australia

A Corridor of Darkness appears and out comes a member of the Organization. "Interesting.
Could you inform me of what's been sent against them so far?". The person walks around and looks at the things being made.
"What are you making?"