Return of the Orichalcos (Finishing/PG-13/IC)

[galesonic]

Kori tried to go to the most open place in the park once the earthquake hit, which was at the lake. Everyone was screaming and crying thinking they would die. It saddened him that all of this was happening. Wait...Detroit barely gets earthquakes. Well they do but not this severe. something must be triggering it...[i][b]Archetype[/i][/b]. Kori made a mad dash towards the city. Police were around the park to find people trapped in the rubble.

One of the officers were telling Kori to stop, but he kept running through. He has to stop this. All of this. This madness, the bloodshed the Orichalcos has caused. And he only way he could was the source of it all. He took out his deck and search through changing the cards he needs to face this challenge. His Duel Disk was then put on and he place his deck in its slot.

"I'm probably not gonna stop Archetype, but where I fall, others will continue until this threat is done for."

[Yugiman64]

Yuuto was relieved he could talk to duel spirtis. If not, he might've been dead. Kuriboh had helped him out at least ten times, and if it weren't for Marshmallon he'd probably gotten killed by the earthquake. "You guys rock!" Yuuto said to the pink and brown fluffballs and the giant ball of mush. Kuriboh flew up and sat on Yuuto's head and Watapon and Marshmallon sat on his shoulders. "I wish I could find a way to thank you guys. You do so much for me and the most I can do is protect you in a duel, and most of the time I fail at that." Yuuto complained. "Kree." Kuriboh whines sympathetically. Yuuto pats all three of the duel spirits on the head and then compliments, "You guys might not be the most powerful cards, but you're definitely the cutest."

[Barian Warlord]

Kurai noticed Pandora's condition and tried to comfort her, [color=#4b0082]"It's okay we'll figure out what to do." [/color]

Albtrum was surprised by Atsuko's comment no one had ever asked him what he'd do if they didn't do what he wanted when he challenged someone to a duel they had always accepted and lost so he had to think for a while before coming to a conclusion about what he'd do.
[i]I SUPPOSE IF YOU IF YOU DON"T ACCEPT MY CHALLENGE THEN I'LL START THINGS UP AND WILL MYSTERIOUSLY HAVE [b]THE SEAL OF ORICHALCUS[/b] IN MY HAND THUS FORCING YOU TO DUEL ME, AT LEAST LIKE THIS YOU HAVE A CHANCE FOR THIS TO END BEFORE IT COMES OUT.[/i]

[Thranduil]

Arta pulled out his pocket watch and looked at it. The earthquake had been going on for the past five minutes. [color=#008000]"This is insane, how long does this person need to continue? This charade of power has gone on long enough, if they wanted to strike fear into the hearts of everyone they did it. If they wanted to kill thousands, it is done. Why could someone do something so evil for so long." [/color]Arta got out from under the table, he was dripping blood but he knew that he had to stop this. He thought he heard Solomon ask him something but he could not be sure, all he knew was that the source of this problem was coming from Duel Arcadia headquarters. As Arta walked he continued to mutter under his breath [color=#008000]"I must stop it, this can't go on." [/color]Arta stumbled out on the street and began to walk towards Duel Arcadia headquarters. As he was walking he noticed a girl, who appeared to be about 18, walking in the middle of the street. She looked as though she was hurt; and from the look of the blood running down the side of her head it was a sure bet that she was not full cognizant of her surroundings. As she was walking a building began to fall in front of her. [color=#008000]"Look out!"[/color] Arta shouted. Before he even knew what was going on his body sprung into action. He ran up to the girl and put her under his body as the building came crashing down around the two of them.

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

Atsuko blinked and replied, raising an eyebrow. [color=#ff0000]"Seriously, why do I have to duel you? Sure, you've been following us, but there's no real reason for me to have to do this, especially since, as you mentioned, you'll have the Seal card that sucked up the soul of my mother. Furthermore, the threat of you using the Seal actually makes me NOT want to duel you even more, as I know I'm most likely going to lose, and you'll take my soul away and leave me as something I really don't want happening to me. So, I'm just going to leave now..."[/color] She turned and started to walk away towards the exit of the roof, motioning for Alexander to follow her.

Natsu was sitting on the red motorcycle Protheus had drivern into the Pelican, closing her eyes and staying really still. The motorcycle was a splendid piece of machinery, looking like the cosmic offspring of Yusei's Yusei Go, Akiza's Bloody Kiss, and Paradox's strange transforming, time-traveling Duel Runner. It was rather long, just barely fitting in the compartment, with a plate resembling Stardust Dragon's head on the front, followed by a pair of chrome-plated wheels, then a slender, curving body with chrome finishes, a black leather seat, wing-like projections near the dashboard for the handles when the Duel Runner was in Motorcycle Mode, arm controls attached to a curving horn-like seat holder for Duel Runner Mode, chrome-plated mufflers in the rear, two more wheels, and more wings. It seemed as if she was communicating with the bike...

[Merci]

[color=gray]"Wait, you're piloting it?"[/color] Silence. [color=gray]"Never mind. As I was saying, we are going to rescue a few people most unlikely to survive. For example, that woman right there bleeding on the streets."[/color]

He then pointed to a seemingly-innocent woman down below. It was decently far down, but somehow he was able to see her, and hopefully Pandora could as well. It was a woman whose head was bleeding, and he watched as she vomited and limped with a broken leg, before finally collapsing onto the ground. However, she was still trying to live, dragging herself away for some reason...

This of course, was NOT random selection, but Protheus specifically knew that she was an Orichalcos member, as he could see the card, the Seal of Orichalcos on her. With the sharpest eyes, of course.

[color=gray]"Go down, and let's save her, shall we?"[/color]

[Yugiman64]

Yuuto went back into the city to look for cult members. [i]Just because there was a giant earthquake doesn't mean I can't duel some bad guys away.[/i] Yuuto thought. Just then he saw a woman on the ground struggling to cling on to life. He ran towards the woman. "Don't worry ma'am. I'm coming to help you!" Kuriboh was floating with Yuuto on his left, Watapon was flying on Yuuto's right, and Marshmallon was bouncing right underneath Kuriboh. "C'mon team! Let's help this poor lady," Yuuto encouraged. When they got to the woman, Yuuto started frantically looking through his deck for a card that could help the lady. "Mirror Force? No. MST? No. Horn of the Unicorn? Maybe." Yuuto put Kuriboh on his duel disk and put Horn of the Unicorn in the spell and trap card zone under him. Then Kuriboh floated towards the woman and attempted to heal her.

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

Pandora took some deep breaths, then wrapped her fingers around Protheus' hand and squeezed it.[color=#a9a9a9] "Could you please...just...stay here?"[/color] She asked him, her eyes watering as she looked up at him. [color=#a9a9a9]"I need to focus if we're going to land, and you're helping to block out the thoughts of the people below."[/color] She then circled around a building before seeing a clear spot down below, and started the descent towards the landing zone.[color=#a9a9a9] "This is your pilot speaking. Please don safety masks, unless you want dust in your lungs that could damage your circulatory systems."[/color] She closed the door to the cockpit with Protheus in the co-pilot's seat, and Natsu opened her eyes, got off of Caledfwlch, opened a box containing special safety masks with filters, and started passing them out among the occupants.

[Merci]

The earthquake had continued for around seven minutes before the Ringmistress shut down the reactor, and with it Archetype Earth's connection to harvest power from it. [color=green]"You're too late, Ringmistress."[/color] She said to nobody in particular, as the 'Ringmistress' no longer existed. She started to walk out of the reactor room. [color=green]"It has already started! My world, my precious beloved world shall be saved from the torments and unspeakable evils of mankind...! Faust will come to achieve my dreams! Atlantis will revive, as will my precious friends and family! Earth, you shall be protected for all eternity! For soon the world will be a greener place!!!"[/color]

Her voice echoed throughout the lonely hallway she was now in, within the Duel Arcadia Tower. Still congratulating herself over her victory, she was heading towards the exit, slowly, so she could see just how far the earthquake went in seven minutes.

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[color=gray]"Immortals don't need them, but they are highly recommended for the rest of you."[/color] He told the rest. That is, Kurai, Idris, and Yuri. The Ringmistress was no longer watching them. He noticed that somebody dragged the woman inside, aided by a boy.

[Yugiman64]

Yuuto helped the man bring the woman into the ship. Then he looked around the ship. "Damn! This place is awesome!" Yuuto exclaimed. He looked around a little more then turned to his duel spirits. "How do you guys like this place?" They all jumped up and down happily. "Fantastic!" Yuuto continued to look around, mystified by all the technology. He started to walk away, accidentally forgetting about the girl and leaving her to drop. Luckily Kuriboh and Wattapon caught the half of her body Yuuto left. "What is this place? It looks like something straight out of Star Trek." Marshmallon bounced over to Yuuto and jumped onto his shoulder. Yuuto patted it on the head and continued to look around.

[Thranduil]

It took Arta all the strength he had just to drag the girl out of the rubble. Not to mention the fact that he was still bleeding, this was now intensified by the strain that he was putting on his body. As he was dragging the girl out he noticed a boy run up and help him. [color=#008000]"I would give you a proper greeting, but I am a little exhausted at this minute. My name is... Arta."[/color] Arta's greeting came slower than he would have liked. He was loosing too much blood. [color=#008000]"Thank you kid for the help, I probably wouldn't have been-"[/color] Arta's sentence got cut off as he collapsed to the ground. He was out cold before he knew what happened. As he faded in and out of consciousness he thought he heard the kid talking to him but he could not be sure. He could feel it, like it was a dream. He could feel the amber colored wheat on his face and hands. He heard a voice above him [color=#ff8c00][i]Get up child. Your time has not come yet. Be proud of your Spartan blood for it is what saves you tonight. [/i][/color][color=#008000]"Who, who are you?"[/color] was all he could say before he slipped back into the blackness of his mind.

[Yugiman64]

Yuuto looked at Arta, surprised. "I-I'm Yuuto Diasu. Descendant of Yugi Muto, and I will defeat Archetype Earth one day." Yuuto realized that Arta had slipped out of consciousness again, but he felt good saying that. He loved to say the last part especially because he knew that one day he would. Kuriboh whined "Kree kree!" Yuuto turned back and ran to take the girl from the spirits. "Woah. Thanks you guys. That was close." Yuuto replied apologetically. "Where should I put her?" He asked the whole room. He started to take in the girl's face even though it was hard with all the blood. "And can someone tell me what this place is? Anyone? Please?"

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

Natsu just stared at the young man with the Duel Spirits, able to somehow see the little monsters floating and bouncing around, and looks at his fake Millennium Puzzle around his neck. And then he started prattling. And prattling. And prattling. He went on about how the small, cramped cargo compartment was an amazing place, and his squeaky-voiced friends seemed to enjoy the military-style dropship. And he finally introduced himself as a descendant of Yugi Muto, and that he would defeat Archetype Earth one day, though he never explained why. Worst of all, despite all of the carnage and devastation and destruction all around him, he was laughing like he simply didn't care. Then his own Duel Monsters took the girl he was supposed to take care of, so Natsu calmly took the girl from them and held her in her arms, then glared at Yuuto. "You. Boy. Sit down, strap in, and be quiet." She then looked at the other man losing consciousness. "You do the same."

[Thranduil]

Arta did his best to drag himself into the pelican but the most that he could do was get himself onto the metal floor before loosing consciousnesses again from lack of blood. While he was out he thought he talked to one of the people on the drop ship. [color=#008000]"My name is... Arta. I... thank you... for the help..."[/color] Arta's words became jumbled and incoherent. [color=#008000][i]I have got to say awake, loosing consciousness now could cause me to die. [/i]"I come from Laconia, my parents immigrated here when I was just a boy..."[/color] Arta began to slip out of consciousness again. [color=#008000]"I...I...I went back a little while ago to look for answers..."[/color] He couldn't do it, he slipped out of consciousness and this time he did not come back. As he slept he continued to dream of his ancestors in Sparta.

[Barian Warlord]

Again Albtrum was baffled people did just refuse duels and walk away it was simply something people didn't do and before Atsuko could leave the roof he drew six cards and activated The Seal of Orichalcus that was in has hand and then summoned a Dreamer in defense mode and set 2 cards.
[i]THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I TOLD YOU WOULD HAPPEN, NOW YOU HAVE TO DUEL ME AND THE SEAL IS ON THE FIELD GIVING ME A LARGE ADVANTAGE SO HOW ABOUT YOU DRAW YOUR CARDS AND WE CAN GET THIS DUEL REALLY STARTED CUZ WATCHING YOU THIS WHOLE TIME HAS REALLY GOTTEN INTO MY COLLECTION TIME![/i]

Life: 4000
Hand: 2
Field: The Seal of Orichalcus
Mon: Dreamer (DEF: 1000)
S/T: 2 FD
Grave: 0
[url="http://yugico.com/user/22045-trimage/card/18010-Nightmare/68608-Dreamer"]http://yugico.com/user/22045-trimage/card/18010-Nightmare/68608-Dreamer[/url]

[Merci]

[Color=gray]"You overestimate yourself, descendent of Yugi Mutou."[/color] Protheus told the kid, really really annoyed for no particular reason. He also shielded his daughter Pandora from the spirit-seeing boy's line of sight. This boy...some Egyptian spell was all around him, which allowed him to do almost anything he wanted without interference. No doubt due to Prince Atem. Ugh. He never liked that kid, thinking he was some great sorcerer who could seal Zorc up just like that.

On the other hand, he could be useful. But anyway...

[Color=gray]"How do you know about Archetype Earth? How do you know she's reponsible for all this?"[/color] He questioned. [Color=gray]"You aren't smart. Someone must have told you. My question is WHO?"[/color]

[a bad post]

"Uhhhh," Cynthia graoned as she proceeded to awaken, from passing out. She woke in an dropship, but toke less note of the dropship and more of the people around her. She could feel there power and it was crushing, if she was stupid enough to try and duel them she would most definitely lose.

"Who are all of you, what happened to me, where am I, have you kidnapped me," Cynthia started in a panic. Cynthia reacted like a cornered animal she charged a young boy sitting not to far from herself.

[Merci]

[color=gray]"Relax, cultist."[/color] A partially-silverhaired man called Protheus reassured her.

In a calm manner, he took a few steps over to her, not afraid in the slightest that she was an owner of the Seal of Orichalcos or that Archetype Earth could be spying at them through her this very moment.

[color=gray]"For now, we'll help you. In this condition, you can die. You take higher priority than that Spartan there, be honored of the fact. As long as you do everything we tell you to, you will not be harmed."[/color] Then he coughed a bit and looked away as he realized something. [color=gray]"But of course, you have the right to deny sexual contact if any of these three attempt it,"[/color]

And then he glared at the three males gathered there. Namely Kurai, Yuuto, and that Spartan person, his eyes telling them [i]'give in to your ridiculous primitive instincts and take advantage of a disabled woman, and I shall crush your heads with my bare hands'.[/i]

[a bad post]

"Wha-- What are you people," Cynthia was terrified.

"How do you know about me?" Cynthia was starting to freak out again.

"What is it you want with me!?" Cynthia screamed dove to her bag and pulled a knife out, she always had one, as it was reflexive to grab it when a man threaten her.

"Stay away from me, I can kill you all," Cynthia continued with her tyraid though beginning to calm down. Knife still in hand she collapsed, suddenly exausted she dragged herself to the corner, and for the fourth time today started crying.

[Merci]

Protheus Maximus sighed. [color=gray]"We need you because you're a member of the Orichalcos cult.[/color]" He said, motioning towards her deck, where her Seal of Orichalcos undoubtedly lay. Then afterwards, he motioned towards the earthquake down below.[color=gray] "Just so you know, you are not held prisoner. Call it 'being safe from your leader's wrath'. If you wished, we can drop you off right here, however I'm afraid that you will die rather quickly. The hospital is probably full by now."[/color]

The thought seemed to amuse him for some reason, as he smiled a bit, mocking her. [color=gray]"And even if you DO survive on your own, you'll be eternally crippled, and will never find a job to save your pathetic little life. So then, do you still want to leave?"[/color]

He was doing nothing to comfort her, merely warning her that the alternative was worse.

[Love of Ghibli]

Lucas was right next to the car lugging chairs around when he felt the tiniest bit of earth move under his feet. It can't be an earthquake Detroit and other midwestern cities can't have earthquakes but as the ground shook more feverishly a giant crack in the Earth showed up about 9 meters away from him. Oh well is bad, he said shaking but still keeping his balance he immediately jumped into his car. Though to most that wouldn't seem like the safest thing to do but in this case it was clearly the smartest. He put in his smart phone into the steering wheel and turned the card on. While this was happening the car was being shaken around like crazy but you couldn't tell if you looked at his face. Lucas was just annoyed because all the shaking was making it hard to find the liquor bottle he hid. The car fully charged spoke to Lucas...

[color=#2f4f4f]Hello Mr. Matthews how ca...[/color]

[color=#ff8c00]HOVER MODE NOW!!! HOVER MODE NOW!![/color]

The voice command overrode the programmed text and delayed the intro song. The cars wheels turned into themselves and the high pressured air jets shot from the cars undercarriage.The car was now hovering. See beauty of hover cars you can never feel the earthquake because you never touch the ground as long as he didn't hit one of these giant cracks he was fine. As he adjusted himself, found his drink, and regained composure during the chaos he decided to wonder about his to sleezy cohorts. He pulled out binoculars and saw that Carla was running to higher ground in high heels [color=#ff8c00]Ha knew she was prostitute[/color] and the stripper seemed to have fallen out of a tree [color=#ff8c00]hmm and she's not dead..interesting.[/color] [color=#ff8c00]Well this place isn't really the place to be anymore I'll take my leave.[/color]

Lucas decided to drive off leaving the event. He then decided to use his car phone to call all his old friends and check and see how they were doing. After about three calls of alrightness he reached Jack a pilot...and Jack had made it to his helicopter just in time before everything went south.
[color=#006400]Oh man Lucas you won't believe this.[/color]
[color=#ff8c00]...What?[/color]
[color=#006400]The cracks from the earthquake they spell something I'll send you a picture on this doo-dad my grandson gave me.[/color]
Seconds later Lucas saw the Orichalcos spelled in different languages all across the city he couldn't help but let out the deepest of sighs while pouring himself a drink. Coincidentally this was all happening while he was driving so there were some accidents since people were running through the street all crazy like. He ended up mowing down about five innocent youths. They might not die but, it was the least problems anyway he carried on.
[color=#ff8c00]Thanks Jack go check on everyone else for me. [/color]

He was well in the town when he saw a giant pelican in the middle of the street and he noticed some young lads carrying the stripper into it. [color=#ff8c00]Heh..rape time...hehe wait that might not be funny..but it is. I'm in a car how did she get here before me? [/color]The giant pelican took off it seems like he wasn't noticed but then the Orichalcos card that was in his pocket resonated and glowed so vigorously he had to take it out. [color=#ff8c00]Oh I see...I think I just saw the opposition.[/color] Lucas decided to not pursue the matter the simple fact that the opposition caused Arche to do this and live means that they are some powerful foes. Far stronger than a normi like himself can handle. The only logical thing for him to do now was go to the hideout of the cultist. Since there is a 99.999 infinitesimal chance that Arche did this she probably wouldn't hit her own home. He switched the hovermodes from the good old faithful air version to the new sci-fi ion one, that his poker buddy installed. Only difference is that he wouldn't have to worry about the cracks in the ground now. So he turned the music on to the classic Come Fly With Me and proceeded to jet towards the hideout like a videogame dodging all the dust and debris, still drinking of course.

[a bad post]

The fear widen her eyes what was going on when she first joined the cult she did it to get revenge on her father, and that prostitute he called his wife. The woman had had a daughter from a previous marriage. She had completed her mission and taken all of there souls, but this was different this is not what she had sighed up for. Now everything was going to hell. Cynthia dropped the knife and kicked it over to the man wh had been speaking to her.

"Fine you win on 1 condition though keep heim away from me, he creeps me out, also the Orichalcos does this weir thing that makes me want to puke when he get's close," Cynthia replied pointing to the youngest kid in dropship," I think it's all that rightous crap he spews."

[Merci]

Protheus merely nodded. [Color=gray]"I completely understand what you're trying to say. Relax, I'll keep the plot-armored boy away from you."[/color] He said to her. [Color=gray]"Whenever you think the soul is trying to take over you, just shout, alright? I'm a magician, I can't separate you from the Seal but I CAN relieve you of any pain you suffer from it.[/color]

Then he picked up the knife from the ground, and stabbed it into his chest. Nothing happened, no blood spewed. It was like stabbing a dry sponge.

[Color=gray]"An ordinary knife. For a moment I hoped it was some enchanted weapon of the Orichalcos."[/color]

Then he took the time to look around once more, pulling out the knife from his chest. Now two new members had been added to the anti-Orichalcos team, three if Cynthia was counted.

[a bad post]

"Oh my freaking god what was that," Cynthia yelped, "what if it had been an enchanted blade why would you... who are you people !?!?" Cynthia soon began to lose control the power of the Orichalcos surged into her.

"Oh god please help me...!" Cynthia screamed, but that was as far as she got. The Orichalcos posessed her her eyes began to glow green, and the Seal emblazened itealf into her head.

"Hahaha'" Cynthia's body was moving and speaking, but the voice leaving her mouth wasn't her's, "you are all doomed to fail the power of the Orichalcos cannot be stopped, and you are fools for thinking otherwise the magic for defeating the Orichalcos has been vanished for decades, there is no way you can defeat me." Cynthia then regained control of her body.

"Please... don't let that happen.... again," was all Cynthia could get out before she collapsed.

[Merci]

[color=gray]"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Pro-"[/color]

As soon as Cynthia was possessed by the Orichalcos, Protheus had moved in to touch her forehead, and as the voice spoke through her, he began muttering an Ancient Egyptian spell that would release her of possession. When he finished, her possession ended at the ominous line of 'there is no way you can defeat me'. After that, the strain on her body caused her to collapse. He muttered a few more spells, so that she wouldn't suffer brain damage or accidentally enter a vegitative state during sleep. Unfortunately, he wasn't a healer. He would have to leave that to someone better-talented.

[color=gray]"...Was that Archetype Earth...?"[/color] He muttered, mainly to himself. [color=gray]"No, couldn't have been. In any case, keeping her for the purpose of infiltrating the tower might be harder than I expected..."[/color]

After that, he turned to everyone, who were all watching him. [color=gray]"What?"[/color] He asked them bluntly.