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Post by Rocket! on Apr 16, 2009 21:34:56 GMT -5
[This is a CLOSED thread, for those participating in the Race for Space Quest.
Fidelis, Joshua, you're in here!]The two male Users unceremoniously dropped in from nowhere, landing on a person dressed in very interesting looking armor... sorta... Fidelis and Joshua found themselves standing in the center of a vast and bumbling city, with blue towers stretching up and down, as far as the eye can reach. In the distance, screams can be heard. The person the two landed on abruptly straightened himself, patted himself down, (made a comment about Users...) and walked off nonchalantly. A voice rattled into hearing range. "Joshua? Fidelis? Oh good, you're here. Listen closely! "You're in the middle of the main processing unit. It's important that you save as many buildings as possible from the spheres. "It looks like.. there's about two or three of the smaller spheres in the city. Take them out, if at all possible!" Tron continued, "Also, take a look at your wrists." There, strapped to their left wrists, was a slab of blue technological gear with statistical readouts pouring from it. "You can use that to keep up to date with your allies, and stay in contact. You can't talk with more than one person at a time, though! "Remember to call for me if there's trouble! I'm trying to maintain things from where I am, so I might not notice if you're in trouble! "And Users? Good luck!"  Protect the City and it's Citizens!
Destroy the 3 Data Spheres!
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Post by Renewed Gemini on Apr 18, 2009 23:26:51 GMT -5
Joshua groaned after he realized where they were. He hadn't even consented to this! He stood up and began looking at his body. He was wearing some kind of new gray outfit with blue lines all around him. His mask was still there, however. He looked at the person he had landed on and would have smiled apologetically, but...well....
Joshua looked at the other person that dropped in with him. If Joshua had remembered correctly, this one's name was Fidelis. Joshua tilted his head as he listened to what Tron was telling both of them. He looked at his wrist watch when Tron pointed it out. He examined it, tapped it a little, then looked around. Tron had now stopped talking.
Joshua had never imagined that something like this could ever be real. He was literally IN the computer. Joshua looked at Fidelis and said, "Well? You heard the computer. We gotta find these spheres." Joshua began walking, regardless of whether Fidelis was going to follow him or not. Joshua preferred to work alone. It's probably because he had basically grown up on his own. He hated his parents. He hated his classmates. He hated everything about his life. Everything except his pen and notepad. But now...even that was gone.
Joshua walked through the city asking anyone he saw if they had seen any kind of abnormal sphere. He didn't really got many answers, but was hoping that eventually someone would stop him and actually give him an answer.
"Do we even know how to destroy these things?" Joshua yelled back to Fidelis.
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Post by eagleyes20 on Apr 20, 2009 7:57:09 GMT -5
Fidelis joined Joshua as he ran up to join him. He answered, "I didn't catch if Tron had said how to destroy them. I'll try and reach him." Using the piece of tech on his wrist, he said, "Tron, did you ever tell us how to destroy the spheres once we find them? Neither Joshua, nor I, know if you did or not."
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Post by Rocket! on Apr 20, 2009 16:07:34 GMT -5
Tron's voice crackled in through the wrist devices. "No, I suppose I haven't! Though there's a reason for it: we haven't been able to destroy them. The antivirus completely overlooks the Data Spheres, probably because it used to be a part of the MCP. The Master Control Program did used to be part of the system.
"I'm afraid I don't know for sure, but you should be able to delete it as you would any normal enemy.
"Did that help any?"
Up ahead around the corner to the right, the screams that had been in the distance grew louder. Whatever was causing pandemonium was fast approaching.
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Post by Renewed Gemini on Apr 20, 2009 16:29:38 GMT -5
"Great," Joshua said in response to Tron's instructions, "So I just cut it up a little." Joshua clenched his fists and three claws shot out of each one of his gauntlets. Joshua looked ahead at where the screams were coming from. He didn't even bother to say anything to Fidelis. He just slammed his feet to the pavement and flew towards whatever was causing the panic.
Joshua was sure that whatever was around the corner was one of these spheres that they were hunting. If it wasn't that then it had to be something worst which is something Joshua really didn't want to deal with at the moment. As of now it looked like he wasn't going to get any of his information on the Shadow Heartless creatures. Joshua just wanted to get this mission done with and move on with his life.
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Post by eagleyes20 on Apr 21, 2009 8:18:10 GMT -5
Fidelis said, "Thanks for the help, Tron. Fidelis, over and out." Turning around, and drawing Goldtalon and Silverplume, he ran after Joshua into the main city.
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Post by Rocket! on Apr 21, 2009 20:12:21 GMT -5
As the two grew closer to the corner, the screams were soon accompanied by large booms. With each one, the shouts grew in number and volume. A large crowd, I'd guess a good seventy or so programs, burst from the avenue, headed straight for the two heroes. These programs seemed to be very eager indeed to get away from whatever was around that corner... ...right. Stampede.  Get past the crowd without deleting any of them! |
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Post by Renewed Gemini on Apr 22, 2009 6:03:42 GMT -5
Joshua's eyes widened as he reached the corner and the stampede came right around. He knew that he was about to be trampled. This was it for him, and there was nothing he could do about it. "Oh...shi-" just before he could finish his sentence, his mask on his jaw began to rumble. His gauntlets were doing the same. Suddenly, the same material that the masks and gauntlets were made of spread around Joshua's body. It covered every part of his body except a slit on his eyes so he could see and every one of his joints so that he could bend. There was a giant Heartless emblem on the torso part of the armor.
Joshua looked at himself, just in time to be bum rushed by the crowd. He couldn't feel a thing! His armor was so heavy, it was the equivalent of them trying to knock over a statue. Yet, he could still move in it. Joshua began to move forward, then remembered Fidelis. He groaned as he didn't see a point of keeping the man, but teamwork was often a key that had saved people. He couldn't believe he was saying this, but, "JUMP ON MY BACK, NOW!" Joshua began moving forward regardless of whether Fidelis got on or not.
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Post by eagleyes20 on Apr 22, 2009 8:03:43 GMT -5
Fidelis took one look and wondered how Joshua did that. He ran forward and leaped onto Joshua's back. "Can you move around the people easily, Joshua?" Fidelis asked, trying to keep his grip on Goldtalon and Silverplume and keeping his balance on Joshua's back.
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Post by Renewed Gemini on Apr 22, 2009 14:54:21 GMT -5
Joshua groaned when Fidelis landed on him. He couldn't believe that he was actually this kid's on little horse. He chuckled a little when Fidelis asked his question. "Nope," he yelled out, "but I'm sure they can move around a walking statue pretty easily!" Joshua just continued running at half his normal speed straight through the crowd.
"'Scuse me! Outa my way! We're trying to help, please! MOVE!" Joshua knew that running into someone wasn't going to kill them, so he just continued walking whether people moved or not.
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Post by Rocket! on Apr 22, 2009 15:04:56 GMT -5
Joshua's armor made for wonderful fortifications against the hysterical crowd, just as Joshua had expected. Upon seeing Joshua, in all his armored glory, most of the programs promptly went around him entirely. Even gave him a wide berth. After all, they were programs. Logic and all that. One very nearly got trampled though. A newer, and less knowledgeable program, had tripped as he'd gone from the sidewalk to the street. A friend of his had managed to grab him and keep moving though. Nice to see programs have morals, eh? B-boom... shkkkkkk... Whatever was around the corner was moving in their direction. The crowd was now mostly behind Joshua and Fidelis. Actually, it looks like some programs are headed towards the thing too! Interesting... are these programs the antivirus protection that Tron mentioned? Waaaait... Tron said the antivirus wasn't working. What's up with that? |
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Post by eagleyes20 on Apr 23, 2009 7:48:22 GMT -5
Fidelis said to Joshua, "Okay, we have a path, now let's take it and get to those spheres! Onward, O armored one!"XD
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Post by Renewed Gemini on Apr 24, 2009 15:02:56 GMT -5
Joshua's armor began grinding once the crowd had past. The black pieces began sliding back into the gauntlets and his mask. Once the last of the armor folded up with a small clink noise, Joshua looked at Fidelis. "No annoying nicknames or I will gut you like a fish," Joshua said. He looked as some newcomers began running around the corner to see whatever was there. Joshua supposed it was time to see what this big scary thing was. Joshua had a pretty good guess that it was one of the orbs that they were looking for.
Joshua picked up speed to finally get around the corner. He turned and saw a bunch of people gathered around...............
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Post by Rocket! on Apr 25, 2009 14:56:17 GMT -5
A small sphere, circled by swirling text, was attaching itself to a tower. The tower in question was rapidly deconstructing, collapsing in on itself! In the process, the Data Sphere grew larger! The collapsing building was causing quite a commotion. Not that it was the only one: there were more than a few piles of rubble along the street! However, this one was endangering programs that'd been foolish enough to stay! Piles of squares fell down towards the citizens. A green colored program to Joshua and Fidelis' right leapt forward, with his hands stretched out. A thin green shield expanded, covering the non-combat programs. Teeth clenched in effort, the green program jerked his head towards Fidelis and Joshua. "Well? Come on Users! I can't... nngh... can't hold this up for long!" Get the citizens to safety! |
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Post by Renewed Gemini on Apr 25, 2009 15:26:24 GMT -5
((How big exactly is this sphere?))
Joshua stood there in awe, watching the building begin to crumble. He then saw the programs that were clearly in danger. He knew there was no way that he would be able to protect them from the blocks that were falling. His armor didn't even FEEL that strong. Joshua watched helplessly when a green shield suddenly appeared over the programs. Joshua turned around and saw someone yell at them. This must have been one of the antivirus programs that Tron was talking about.
Joshua nodded towards the program and clenched his fists. His claws shot out of his gauntlets. "Listen programs, you have a choice. You either run very far away, or get sliced and diced, understand?" Harsh? Yes. Necessary? Yes. Joshua didn't have the time to deal with arguing with the programs. He decided that a false threat was the only way to get them to move. God he hoped that none of them wanted to play hero.
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I did post in shades of grey if anyone even remembers that lmao