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

[Love of Ghibli]

Lucas looked at the stripper with her litany of excuses as to why she is a complete failure at life. Fortunately for her the coin had decided that she should live. This new information however was useful in some way. A descendant of the king of games faced Arche. Interesting though the fact that this had to have happened some time around the earthquake and the great leader did not in any way, shape, or form seem distraught then the boy must not have been a threat. This means that the great Yugi Moto mated with the forever useless Tea Gardner instead of the brilliant dueling daughter of a fellow archaeologist Rebecca Hawkins. Lucas rolled his eyes at the thought.[color=#ff8c00][i] Wasn't Tea more than two feet tall than Yugi Moto too. Stupid kids do stupid thing. [/i][/color]Then the suspect spoke of a mortal who could destroy the Oricalchos with his own hands. While this wasn't that special seeing as the Orichalcos is not a perfect being its a playing card its not to hard to believe. Lucas gave a confident snicker whoever this was would probably be some form of after in the grand scheme of things though maybe he should be the one to take this destroyer down. It would give him something to do.

Funny though that she didn't correct him on the name thing. Maybe she is genuinely too afraid to be herself. Pity. [color=#ff8c00]So here's a question. Are you attracted to any of the good guys young stripper?[/color]

[TotalObelisk]

[b]"I ain't from the friggin' tour bus moron and yeah, I can see them too,"[/b] Idris snapped, ducking out of the way as the boy fired at a pair of orichalocs drones [b]"Okay, I don't know what's happening anymore than you do but I think we need to..."[/b]

Idris paused, the memories flashing before her had reached a new event, a voice speaking to the child from the shadow realm itself. Idris' gaze moved slowly to the unconscious Protheus, she had a very good idea what that voice could be.

[b]"Right, plan B,"[/b] she jogged up to Brian and dragged Protheus off his back and setting him on the floor [b]"We find a way to wake him up, just hold the goon squad off."[/b]

She locked her eyes with Protheus' and tried to focus against the memories leaking their way into her own mind. Holding his head still with both hands she began to mutter things in Egyptian, trying to get Protheus' mind to respond as best she could.

****

Syria could still note the nervous undertones of the girl as she recited her story, but it didn't seem like she was lying. This was information however and Syria was obliged to pay attention to it, however the revelation about a descendant of Yugi Mutou meant nothing to her (she'd have to enquire about this later on) however the second part was far more interesting.

[b]"He has proved this fact to you?"[/b] She asked [b]"By my understanding the seal was impossible to destroy by any means other than its own, did he explain how he is capable of doing this?"[/b]

[galesonic]

Kori continued walking through the empty streets of Detroit. Not too far off was the dropship he was looking for. His face brightened up as he started running towards it, Finally, he could take care of the threat Archetype Earth is putting on the world. He was so close, he could almost taste it. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew at him, as Kori protected his eyes as natural instinct. The gust died down as he noticed that the dropship wasn't there, but the entrance to the Orichalcos headquarters.

It was just an illusion, he wasn't making any progress whatsoever. He fell to the ground as he heard the Orichalcos cackle at Kori's sudden realization. He was a fool to believe he wouldn't get out of this so easily.

"Damn it." he said as he punched the ground. "Damn you Archetype."

[Kingdom Xathers]

At the sound of Ringmistress' announcement, Gabriel decided to follow Natsu to the dropship, in case there was anything he could help out with. Meanwhile, Russell stayed to watch the duel between Arta and Yuuto, which appeared to be drawing to its conclusion.

~~~~~

Now it was Carla's turn to block out Cynthia's speech: [b]"Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, I infiltrated their camp [i][color=#ff0000](sure you did, sweetie)[/color][/i] blah, blah, blah-blah-blah, almost crushed by a building [color=#ff0000][i](Damn, would love to have seen that happen)[/i][/color] yakkity-yak, yakkity-yak Descendent of Yugi Muuto [color=#ff0000]([i]Yeah, I totally believe that crap[/i])[/color], blah, blah, bla-di-blah, can destroy the Seal with one of his cards--[/b]

[color=#ff0000]"Wait, what?"[/color] Carla finally blurted out, almost knocking her drink over (had she let it fall, it would have spilled all over Syria's lap). [color=#ff0000]"So, one of those people over that rescued you can destroy the Seal?"[/color] Carla then waited as Syria then asked Cynthia a few questions, then Carla made a follow-up question onto Syria's: [color=#ff0000]"So, did you by any chance see what this card was that had the power to break the Seal?"[/color]

[werewolfjedi]

[quote name='TotalObelisk' timestamp='1346338351' post='6016022']
[b]"Right, plan B,"[/b] she jogged up to Brian and dragged Protheus off his back and setting him on the floor [b]"We find a way to wake him up, just hold the goon squad off."[/b]

She locked her eyes with Protheus' and tried to focus against the memories leaking their way into her own mind. Holding his head still with both hands she began to mutter things in Egyptian, trying to get Protheus' mind to respond as best she could.


[/quote]
Brian's brain was on fire, as he looked around thinking, trying to figure out a way to stop the seal from being used to trap them...
[b]"Wait, I got it!, into that room, now! I"m gonna use their own power against them."[/b]
Brian grabbed the duel disk off of the most recent cultist he saw, and taking it into the room with them, as he pulled out a different deck of his and setting it into the machine, pulling 5, and hoping he would get what he needed. he saw the elder, and sighed in relief. he pulled out the large stone piece and placed it onto the disk, and then plays out a turn himself, as he sent the [u]elder of the village[/u] to the grave, to cause secret village of the spellcasters to get added to his hand, and then played monster reborn to bring it up in defense mode and then played the field spell, as the room suddenly looked like it was in the middle of the forest, little huts all around.
[b]"if the power of the stone makes the game real, then I'll deny them spell cards, then they can't play the seal, and elder prevents them from simply using a spellcaster to get around that. we should be safe..."[/b]
Brian leveled his gun at the door. it may have been agaisnt the rules of an offical match to attack the opponent phyiscally, but.
screw the rules, lives are on the line

Brian playes solitare turn:
secret village
elder of the village.
Level 5
0ATK/ 2500 DEF
you may discard this monster from your hand to add secret village to your hand. as long as this monster is face up on the field, your opponent's spellcaster-type monsters to not count for the effect of "secret village of the spellcasters"

[a bad post]

"Ummm Lucas eww.. no,"Cynthia said responding to Lucas's question, but there was a boy with an Orichalcos Stone he said his daddy was, an archaeologist, I believe the last name was Katan, if you are familiar, but yes one of the boys, Arta was his name, had a card that literally broke the Seal, it has a magnet effect like if you hold to magnets of the same poles together, they repel each other. I believe it it had Titan in the name, I didn't catch a good look at it before it zapped me,"Cynthia replied answering there questions,"judging by his deck type, which is based on Greek Mythology, I have to say it's probably one of the Greek Titans, that means Lucas you can probably be very helpful here, I know five of the twelve, Cronos, Atlas, Rhae, Phoebe, and Theia, so any ideas,"Cynthia said looking to each person in turn.

[Merci]

The Egyptian words of Idris seemed to have a slight reaction to the still Protheus, and the playing memories began to aceelerate, going faster but still steady enough to be comprehensible.

A figure was screaming out as it crawled through lava, attempting to reach the very top. It was a wonder this person wasn't already dead. A strangled cry was coming out, on the side of a volcano constantly leaking lava which the figure was enduring with the best it could. It was a wonder this person was already dead. Cries and screams of thousands of trapped souls, condensed.in one person. This person had become immortal, and was being forced to take a series of tests. This was but the first of them, the test to understand immortality and the lost concept of death.

In the end, the figure made it to the top. Afterwards, memories of this same silver-haired figure fight a dragon of darkness and trying to learn the duel of card games played...

Something was starting.

[Love of Ghibli]

Lucas was bemused at the fact that this new mystery boy was somewhat geared towards him. While the other ladies seemed concerned with the fact that he could destroy the Orichalcos stone, as a normal person would be, he was busy playing with another one of his trinkets on the table. It appeared to be some form of spinning top that he would later inspect when he got home. Of course the stripper proceeded to talk again which means...

"Blah blah blah, [b]archaeologist familiar[/b][color=#ff8c00][i]of course all archaeologist know each other if he was black that means we're also familly-__- racist stripper. [/i][/color]blah blah blah[b] Arta[/b] [color=#ff8c00][i]who names their child "Arta" its like you want the child's life motto to be "Do you want fries with that?"[/i][/color] blah blah blah [b]magnet[/b] [color=#ff8c00][i]Aaaahhh I see she's a retarded racist stripper[/i][/color]. blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah [i][color=#ff8c00]Hmmm I wonder if my maid was caught-up in the Earthquake. She better show up to work if she isn't dead. [/color][/i]blah blah blah blah blah blah blah [b]Lucas[/b]...[color=#ff8c00]Hmm...what I'm awake, yes, yes exactly what you just said there.[/color] He said slightly confused as he completely drifted off into another place, but he thought he recovered quite well.[color=#ff8c00] You know what we should do? We should tell Arche about all of your...in-for-ma-tion.[/color] He sounded out the word "information" because he trying to think of another word that wasn't "useless, trivial, treasonous garbage" which was all that he was thinking. He looked to the other girls for some kind of response and their take on the situation.

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#000000]Yuri breathed a sigh of relief as she finally made it back to the base. However, she'd yet to find the other two Legendary Dragons, as she believed this was going to be the [i]second[/i] nail in Archetype Earth's coffin. She also had to find Cynthia and kill her as well, so Archetype couldn't use her to find Atsuko.[/color]

[color=#4b0082]"Here, take this child from me,"[/color][color=#000000] Yuri told Natsu as she ran over to her, [/color][color=#4b0082]"And keep her safe from that demon at all costs,"[/color]

[color=#000000]Handing Atsuko over, Yuri had flustered her mind with thoughts. She had to find a total of three people out of a probable millions, which was the equivalent of finding a needle in a vast stack of hay. It was safe to say that she had [i]no[/i] idea where to start, as Yuri was thrown into a state of confusion, looking all over the place. [/color][color=#000000]Critias, on the other hand, had already sensed that Hermos was nearby, and tilted Yuri's head to Gabriel's direction.[/color]

[color=#008080]"This human in front of you bears the first of my brothers, Hermos,"[/color][color=#000000] Critias informed, [/color][color=#008080]"Now we shall find Timeaus, and the circle will be complete."[/color]

[color=#4b0082][i]'Easier said than done,'[/i][/color][color=#000000] Yuri responded in thought, [/color][color=#4b0082][i]'There's just so many people here... I just don't know where to start.'[/i][/color]

[color=#008080]"Start by asking the human in front of you,"[/color][color=#000000] Critias suggested, [/color][color=#008080]"He may have conversed with the one that bears Timeaus while [i]we[/i] had been saving the child."[/color]

[color=#4b0082][i]'If you say so...'[/i][/color][color=#000000] Yuri thought in a reluctant tone, before approaching the wrestlers, [/color][color=#4b0082]"Um... hi. Have either of you seen anyone with The Eye of Timeaus, by any chance?"[/color]

[TotalObelisk]

Idris nodded and proceeded to drag the amazingly light Protheus into the aforementioned room, setting him down again as Brian played his spell combo.

[b]"Gotta get me one of those,"[/b] Idris muttered, giving the elder a brief glance.

She mentally shook herself and turned her attention back to Protheus, her efforst to wake him up where having only a minimal effect, serving only to speed up the flow of memories, but it was better than nothing. She continued her chanting, trying not to get distracted by the images flashing before her.

****

Syria listened to Cynthia's explanation calmly but didn't ask any furhter questions, instead choosing to contemplate the information for a moment. She appeared to enter a trance as she did so, her eyes glazing over and appearing lifeless for a moment as her brain reviewed the information several times over. After she was done the life returned to her face and she turned to Lucas.

[b]"I think it would be best if we see this for ourselves to confirm it,"[/b] she suggested [b]"Worst case scenario, the boy does have the power to break the seal but we have identified him and can take him out by other means, best case scenario he does not and we are rid of a potential threat and have another soul for the orichalcos."[/b]

[Thranduil]

Arta did nothing for his next turn, he just sat down cross legged and watched Yuuto's expressions. [color=#008000]"Well you know the drill boy. I can't do anything and I have nothing else to do thanks to the effect of Offerings. So please continue with your attempts at success against over whelming odds. I end." [/color]In his mind Arta knew that he would win but still a part of him wanted Yuuto to find a way out of this, seemingly, impossible task. [color=#008000][i]Come on boy, I know you have it in you to win this.[/i][/color]

[Merci]

"Draw!" Yuuto said nervously. [i]No, no, no....![/i] It was just a Watapon. "....I set a monster, turn end..."

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The memories continued, and now the Egyptian could be seen panicking in a city while still wearing Ancient Egyptian clothing, shrieking out as cars passed by, and attracting stares from many people, before being rushed into an asylum. A flash of darkness, and the Egyptian was brought back into the city as if time had been reversed. This time, the person panicked less, but was still really shocked, and when the people for the asylum came, the fish out of time ran away.

This cycle continued on and on, until the person was finally starting to understand and cope with modern society after having been thrown into the same asylum over dozens and dozens of times...

The memories distorted, so the end result of that particular test was unclear, but it then skipped over to the same Egyptian screaming in a dark corridor, one that ran along through the entire Shadow Realm. The person screamed and shrieked, being tortured by past memories and tauntings of the creatures of darkness, but had to strive on and on, in order to reach the end and exit the corridor. And when that person finally managed to emerge...

All of a sudden, back in reality, a surge of power began to emanate from the body of Protheus, a swirling sphere of dark wisps that threatened everything within ten thousand years back in time, and how many humans would want to discover what the source of the energies making up their body looked like ten thousand years ago? At what cost? This time-warping thing began to expand until its diameter was almost that of the room's, forcing everyone within into the corners to avoid the doomsphere.

The body of Protheus began to float up in this swirling sphere of darkness, time going in the reverse and going back over ten thousand years. The floor only lasted a few seconds before it was replaced by earth, the surface constantly changing from dirt to grass and back again, before finally settling with long ancient grass that was different from grass today. The air was almost completely replaced with oxygen, and the room felt like the area had been ten thousand years ago. Open and free, with fresh air.

But meanwhile, the body of Protheus had undergone a dramatic change that unlike the elements of Earth's nature, was completely chaotic. He transitioned from his current clothing to a Dark Signer uniform to a business suit to a dark robe to armor to a suit again to samurai clothes to his current clothing again to a loincloth to a suit again to nudity to a suit again to spiked armor to his current clothing again...and these were only the things that were vaguely recognizable, for the changes on him simply kept transitioning and transitioning as ten thousand years was condensed and reversed within mere minutes.

And another thing, the one thing that was most noticeable about him was his skin color, which slowly but surely began to change color from his current pale skin to the normal Egyptian skin, and blood appeared to be returning back coursing through his body, and his hair grew slightly longer and his body much slimmer than a man's body should.

The end result was a person completely different from what Protheus Maximus looked like now, the only recognizable feature being the signature silver over black hair that he unnaturally happened to possess. The person then dropped down to the ground, eyes suddenly opening and letting out a small shriek as his body ended up buried beneath grass. The sphere disappeared.

[color=brown]"Eh- eh- eh-"[/color] He stuttered, in an oddly high and ignorant tone completely different from his usual one.

The grass rustled, and the guy within trying his best to search for a way out. In truth, while the grass did stretch across the majority of the room, it wasn't that wide, and the only reason he was having difficulty was because he kept moving around in circles.

[color=brown]"Eh- eh- eh-"[/color] He continued, again in that oddly high tone.

Finally, annoyed that there was no exit, the figure threw himself out in a specific direction, and ended up crashing against a wall right beside Idris.

[color=brown]"E- EHH?!"[/color] Protheus cried out, frustrated with the wall.

Hold on. Protheus? No. It couldn't possibly be.

No, it wasn't Protheus. It couldn't POSSIBLY be Protheus because it denied the most commonly accepted fact about him. He may have had his secrets, but there was no way that this was Protheus because well, it simply denied him as him, to be him, as him, for he is him but this person is not [i]him[/i], it isn't him at all, not in any sense or definition of the word, couldn't possibly be him, A HIM, at all....!

...For she was a 'her'.

The woman who had somehow managed to replace Protheus in that sphere of darkness seemed slightly disorientated. They both had the same silver and black hair, though quite longer, so maybe they were simply relatives, and she somehow got caught in the snare of time. Yeah, that must've been what happened. She also had the same eye color as him. Her appearance and skin overall seemed Egyptian, wearing garments that were fit for enduring the sand even though it lacked anything to cover her face. Her eyes seemed youthful yet desperate, unlike the ancient and ever-calm Protheus.

Surely this was not Protheus Maximus.

Shaking her head, she let her memories return to her. She looked around this strange place, that appeared to be a combination of both one of those futuristic rooms and grass. For the sake of her own sanity, she ignored it the best she could. She had accepted the existence of self-moving machines, of flying 'planes', of holograms, and various other things. But she could only accept so much before her head would burst. Indoor gardening was a concept she preferred to avoid as much as possible. She hated to see what the world outside would look like...and she was told to conquer it as well...conquering a city was one thing, but a whole world...? Not to mention she had earlier discovered that the world was round. Yes, round. Unbelievable. One would think they'd fall off the edge or something, but apparently something called graffiti stuck everything onto the ground. It was frightening. And it was ridiculously larger than she had imagined, like a billion Ancient Egypts stuck together, and that wasn't even including the massive 'ocean', something that betrayed the entire belief around the River Nile.


Her thoughts scurried about.

She turned to Idris.

[color=brown]"Ah- er-, this world is Maxima, yes?"[/color] She asked, in English, not sure if the human standing in front of her would be able to understand. She seemed somewhat Egyptian, so maybe she could speak it... nah, she probably couldn't. [color=brown]"I am Pener, Herald of Darkness. And you um, must be my servant, right...?"[/color]

[Thranduil]

Arta let out a deep sigh, [color=#008000]"Alright boy it is time to end this. The two turns are up and now I can attack."[/color] Arta drew his card. [color=#008000]"Now the Okeanos attack with TORRENTIAL RAGE!"[/color] In response to Arta's command Okeanos brought up his arms causing water to rise out of the ground and launched it at Yuuto's face down. "[color=#008000]Come on boy, if you don't think of something quick you will loose this duel. Think your way out of these problems."[/color] Arta scowled at Yuuto in an attempt to get the boy to understand, that even if things seemed horrible you should not run from anything, even if it is a loss.

[TotalObelisk]

As Idris continued something began to happen, whether it was a result of her incantation or not she didn't know but she cut off the moment she felt a surge of power from Protheus. She immediately retreated, grabbing Brain by the collar and pulling him back against the wall, out of reach of the expanding energy field. She watched the events unfold with a look of horror and amazement across her face, hardly able to comprehend what she was seeing; her family had long since practiced shadow magic but nothing they could do matched up to what she was seeing right now. She resisted the urge to walk closer, long years of experience with magic had taught her that you do not put your hand in an unidentified energy field for [b]any[/b] reason, and merely stood back and watched.

By the time it was finished the could hardly believe what had happened, the room appeared to have been reverted back to how it looked possibly thousands of years ago, maybe even more, with tall grass almost as high as they here (Idris momentarily wished she had a small electric rat to accompany her lest any sudden agressive centipedes or pigeons leaped out at her) and Protheus seemed to be struggling to find a way out. Eventually something tumbled out of it, but a second glance revealed it wasn't anything close to Protheus.

Idris started at the...girl...for a moment or two, at a complete loss for what to say. It wasn't until the girl spoke that Idris finally remembered how vocal cords worked.

[b]"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL JUST HAPPENED!?"[/b] She yelled.

[a bad post]

"How do you expect to get him, I mean you can't just waltz into their camp, they will oppose you,"Cynthia said,"how do you expect, to beat them all surely you three don't think you have the power to beat a whole camp of duelists, and besides they have a world busting, immortal, just as powerful if not more powerful than Arche,"Cynthia said continuing with her rant, trying to warn them of the dangers,",but if you want to get him now is the time to attack, because the world buster, known as Protheus Maximus, is currently not present, so what's say you three all have yourselves a little fun."

[Merci]

[color=brown]"Oh. You're not my servant shabti."[/color] Pener concluded flatly,not so surprised at the ridiculous reaction from Idris. She had been bearing it for the past few months, after all. [color=brown]"I should've thought so. You don't wear that menacing black armor the servants always wear, afterall."[/color]

She sighed, and looked around.

[color=brown]"So this world is Maxima, right? Then I guess I will have to conquer it now, and complete my five tests....."[/color] She turned back to Idris. [color=brown]"Now, let us choose a base of operations. We have a lot of work to be done before this world is [i]finally[/i] within my grasp!"[/color]

She let her eyes be flooded with energies of darkness, channeling shadows through her arms and into her hands, charging up until there was sufficient energy. Once it was fully charged, she sent a massive beam of shadow energy at the wall, blowing holes through everything within a hundred meters. It seemed as though this girl had ridiculous amounts of magical energy, but wasn't quite experienced enough to control it.

Then she climbed through the newly-made hole.

[color=brown]"Come with me, and when this is all over, perhaps I shall grant you...um...my homeland of Egypt. Mhm."[/color]

[Kingdom Xathers]

Gabriel's attention now turned to the raven-haired girl who had arrived on the dropship. [color=#b22222]""The... Eye of Timeaus","[/color] Gabirel repeated, confused as to why this young woman had suddenly asked him this question. "I'm not sure what you--"

Suddenly, Gabriel's eyes seem to go blank as he entered a trance-like state. Inside his mind began a conversation with Hermos.

[color=#ff3333]"Gabriel! I can sense one of my sworn brothers from this woman!"[/color] said Hermos, excitement overflowing in his voice. "I can sense it... it must be Critias!"

[color=#b22222]"Really? Are you certain?"[/color] Gabriel replied, perplexed by these turn of events.

[color=#ff3333]"Gabriel, what have I told you about doubts? I can clearly tell who and where my brothers are."[/color]

[color=#b22222]"Then where is this "Timeaus" that she speaks of?"[/color]

[color=#ff3333]"That's what we're going to find out."[/color]

The whole conversation took place within the one or two seconds of Gabriel's "trance". Once his eyes returned to normal, Gabriel blurted out apologetically, [color=#b22222]"I'm sorry for this intrusion, miss,"[/color] before clasping one of his hands around Yuri's. The moment they made contact, Hermos and Critias appeared before each other.

[color=#ff3333]"Critias! It really is you!"[/color] Hermos, in spite of himself, embraced Critias in a welcoming hug, letting go after a few seconds to ask, [color=#ff3333]"So, is it true? Another individual has been chosen by Timeaus?"[/color]

[Love of Ghibli]

Lucas simply scoffs at Cynthia's doubts since she doesn't know about the swordsmen thing she would clearly think they aren't worthy to take down an army of card players. Of course there in lies the faulty logic. If everything is going to be settled with a card game then really any one person could go in and they could theoretically take and destroy everyone just depending how good they are at the respective card game. At this moment Lucas realizes that this may indeed be a fun way test out some of his little artifacts. Just by glancing at them he could already decipher some of his plunders uses.

[color=#ff8c00]Well its not like they are going to come to us. We might as well show up at their place do a quick intake of their skills and then get out of there. If you want you can stay in the car while we do our thing.[/color] He said rather calmly to Cynthia nursing some more scotch. He never alluded to the fact that the duelist Cynthia was speaking to were clearly elevated above her station with their new promotion and that the probably could go in and smash some skulls, but it shouldn't matter if they could get some souls out of this then all is well. Lucas looked at the girls wondering what was their thought on his plan.

[Kingdom Xathers]

[color=#ff0000]"While I am all for taking down the opposition,"[/color] Carla replied, [color=#ff0000]"it just wouldn't be... ... oh, how can I put this? It'd just... [i]kill[/i] all the fun we could potentially have if we were to nip our problem in the bud right now."[/color] Carla took a brief moment to take another sip of sangria. [color=#ff0000]"Personally, I find things to be [i]much[/i] more enjoyable once they're in full bloom, especially right before their life is swiftly snuffed out."[/color] At this, Carla gave out a sadistic, almost diabolic laugh, but she stopped after a few seconds, looking a bit flustered and embarrassed. [color=#ff0000]"Oh my, I think that was the sangria partially talking for me, ha-ha~! But in all seriousness, let's not rush in all willy-nilly just yet. I mean, after all, the opposition doesn't know what the three of us are affiliated with (even with Cynthia being pretty much a lost cause here). Besides, if I guessed correctly about our Stones,"[/color] she added, raising her bracelet, [color=#ff0000]"I bet that they can "mask" the Seal's presence--its "stench", if you will--from all but the most highly perceptive. [/color]

[color=#ff0000]"That said, there is the problem of this one guy, a Mister "Protheus", who seems able to recognize the Seal's presense. I had to hide my Seal just to get close to his new recruits the first time."[/color] How ironic part of that statement was, unbeknownst to the Red Widow.

[a bad post]

What do you mean Stones?" Cynthia asked suddenly confused, then Carla lifted her bracelet, to reveal a pretty red stone, then she remembered Syria's Stone, and finally turned to Lucas,"do you have one of those too?"Cynthia asked indicating the Stones,"What are those things anyway, there giving off a very dark aura, are they connected to the Orichalcos,"Cynthia's eyes widen slowly as she finally realized why she was so cautious, and scared of these people, it was the Stones somehow they were amplifying their power,"what is going on here, oh my God are you planning to kill me?" Cynthia was suddenly very scared, and it toke a lot to scare her.

[Love of Ghibli]

Lucas would have been slightly disturbed by his teammates blatant sadism but he already saw her works in full effect at the temple. Pretty dark stuff she was capable of. Though she did have a point there would be the very issue of boredom if they went in a destroyed the opposition now. Especially with less than two days left till underwater armageddon like people and wine all things get better with wine. He simply nodded his head to Carla's plan as she spoke. Though her speech did take a very creepy turn to this mention of Protheus.

The stripper did mention something about a planet busting ancient Egyptian but that doesn't count for much sense most of what she says can be summed up as white noise. But someone who can instinctively sense the Seal's presence can certainly sense the presence of more evolved seal users whether we can hide our presence or not. [color=#ff8c00]That makes sense, I wondered what force could cause our great leader to resort to nationwide graffiti and I guess someone who could probably take her in fight would do it. Well it be a little to imbalanced if we had Arche and they had nobody.[/color] He said with a snicker.

He looked as fear had now consumed Cynthia as she noticed Syria's forehead and Carla's bracelet. Lucas then pulled his sleeve back to reveal his watch that to the untrained eye looked classy and diamond studded but those weren't diamonds. He snickered a little bit as the young stripper now feared for her life. [color=#ff8c00]Well I hate to sound cliche but you know if we wanted you dead...you'd be dead already.[/color] [color=#ff8c00]Besides you still are useful.[/color] He pondered for a second and then his face gave this joyful little smile followed by laughter. [color=#ff8c00]Wow in fact one could argue that you are more useful than us three. I mean think about it, you know where the enemy is based at, you know their number, well somewhat I guess they could have gained or loss some since your departure and even though it is more likely that you are a traitor who probably sold us up the river; your mind is just a treasure trove of goodies for both sides. Congratulations stripper, you might be the most important person on Earth for the next...[/color]he looks at his watch[color=#ff8c00]....two days, give or take.[/color]

[werewolfjedi]

Brain blinked.
he became a she.
HE became a SHE.
SHE blew a massive hole in the wall and just moseyed on through.
and SHE wanted to rule the world.
wait, this could be used to his advantage. oh yes, when you see factions on the path to the same goal, and you didn't like one of them, you send the other to cross with it.
[b]"Excuse me! Madam of darkness! you may wish to know you have competition, an adversary of mine and her's, see the people in the black robes? they don't work for you and want to rule the world with the Oricalcum comet! it would be in your best interest to set your sights on removing them from your path of world domination, and as an added benefit, you would gain my orginization's support behind you when you try I bet, and at the very least, mine, oh mistress."[/b]
bowed in a noble fashion, deeply, and smiled. he would be on the winning side of this fight at least, for the time being.

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

Natsu takes the girl in her arms, and looks down at her. For some reason, she feels what is her equivalent of her facial muscles move, her normally stoic mouth curving upwards slightly into a slight smile. Not a creepy, malicious smile, but a loving smile that would reassure the girl that everything was alright. Natsu had no idea why she was doing this, but it felt...right...And coming from a rather confused entity that had no idea what her purpose in life was supposed to be, this was a very good thing.

Atsuko's eyes fluttered open and she looked up at the woman holding her. She whispered as she saw Natsu's smiling face. [color=#ff0000]"Mommy?"[/color] As if the universe knew this moment should not be ruined, Atsuko felt the searing pain from her foot once more, and screamed out, clutching Natsu's trenchcoat tightly, needing someone to help her, and take away the pain.

Pandora awoke not from the sound of the scream, but from the mental cry that came with it. [color=#a9a9a9]"Mother? No...not enough fire...and too young...far too young...more earth? And...her pain..."[/color] She dashed out of the break room and through the factory, clutching her head at the sensation. The girl had untapped potential, powerful psionic abilities Itsu most likely planted within her with a few turnings of genetic keys and rearranging of DNA sequences. Pandora always thought that to be interesting about her parents. They both enjoyed creating new things and tinkering, especially with people. However, while Itsu tried to bring out the best in people, Protheus simply used them as guinea pigs for whatever project he was working on, which was for his own benefit. She hoped, if she ever inherited the lab, or got her own, she wouldn't do what she must because she could, simply for the good of all, except the ones who were dead. She also felt something far off in the distance, and idly wondered what that could be...

The Duelhog roared into the breach, having circled the building in the attempt to find its passengers. [color=#6B8E23]"EVERYONE IN!!! NOW!!!"[/color] Lion Tamer roared over the speakers while mechanisms in the rear of the vehicle quickly set themselves into action. The mechanical stand allowing for people to duel while the Duelhog was in motion had a block of olive-green machinery placed on top by one of two robotic arms that had emerged from the bed in the rear. The other arm withdrew a barrel-shaped piece of equipment and affixed it to the block, which was now unfolding to reveal a partial shield and a handle behind it. The barrel extended forward, then separated into 6 smaller barrels in a circle that started to whirr to life. The Duelhog was now much similar to its contemporary counterpart, complete with minigun. [color=#6B8E23]"AND SOMEONE WHO CAN SHOOT GET IN THE BACK!!!"[/color]

A squadron of Black Hawk helicopters flew towards the college in a V formation. The sunset behind them, the choppers had been ordered by Castle to inspect a disturbance at Lawrence Technological University, and judging by the beam being fired into the sky, something was amiss. "All units, prepare to engage." Their leader squawked over the comms.

[Merci]

[color=brown]"Eh?"[/color]

Pener blinked as she simply stared at Brian for a moment or two. She felt sort of uncomfortable being called madam, seeing how she was still only twenty, and her appearance was that of an eighteen-year-old. Also, sually things weren't this easy, but then again, maybe he was just impressed by her sheer display of power. She shrugged.

[color=brown]"Hmm...if I kill people, I might make a really bad impression. But whatever. If I fail, I can always start back from the beginning."[/color]

Walking out of the university through the hole she had created, she was met with flying flying flying flying [b][i]things that weren't airplanes.[/i][/b] She hesitated, staring up at them, having never actually heard of a helicopter before.

She gulped, but then her attention turned to a battle mobile who drove into her hole, with some sort of voice shouting out. At least that was something she could comprehend better. Did the Master send it? It wasn't like hiM to resort to technological things instead of magical, shadow-powered ones. But the mobile was obviously meant for her, so she would just have to work with what she got.

Running back in, she climbed into the vehicle. It seemed...more futuristic than what she was used to...but she had to be tough. She had to rise above this scariness, this background which seemed further away from what she had taken ages to adapt to, let alone her origin. Those other two should be coming shortly. She herself didn't have many talents other than the standard shadow powers, so she didn't dare try to use the gun weaponry. She would let that job for the other two, for now.

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#008080]"That would be correct, brother; Timeaus and [i]his[/i] champion are still out there, somewhere,"[/color][color=#000000] Critias replied to Hermos, [/color][color=#008080]"We've still yet to locate them, however..."[/color]

[color=#000000]Critias had noted the change in appearance from the last time he and Hermos at met, the latter seeming to take to the appearance of Gabriel, rather than his [i]former[/i] champion that was Joey Wheeler. However, he considered this as only trivial relevance... certainly not worth the alarm. But...[/color]

[color=#008080]"I was hoping you'd be able to help in that regard, but it seems as though you're equally unaware of his location as [i]we [/i]are..."[/color][color=#000000] Critias mentioned bluntly.[/color]