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Post by Homac on Jul 1, 2009 15:33:24 GMT -5
Adena grinned as Tron told her of her power's "upgrade" in the computer world. Then, the grin vanished into a thinking face. "I just had a great idea," she said as she began to move her hands around.
As she moved her hands, something came into view, a floating platform with jets on the back, and a rail surrounding the edges. She looked over at her companion and said, "Dee, hop on, we're traveling in style!"
[OOC: Adena, trying out her powers, created a flying skiff to help her and Dee move towards their target faster.]
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Post by Beaver Dude on Jul 2, 2009 17:07:36 GMT -5
OOC: I'm assuming that Dee's weapons are functional. If I'm assuming incorrectly, please mention it. XD
IC:
"That seems wise," Dee enunciated carefully. His head felt a bit like cotton and molasses: sticky, slow and a little sweet but mostly indigestible. He clicked his gloves on, watching their minute flame flare up and he watched the flames waver for a brief moment-
familiar, warm, bright
-and then clicked them off. The act alone had been unforgivably lacking in caution but he needed to concentrate. Needed to concentrate despite this sideshow quest saving this fake world. All would lead back to Traverse. Yes. He had to believe that.
The flames helped him focus.
Dee hopped on to the flying, painted and assumedly magical skiff. Not so long ago he would have been terribly curious.
He turned back to Tron, just as they were about to fly off. "Shinji, Emma, Leon and Tron. That is all? I hope we are successful."
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Post by Rocket! on Jul 5, 2009 17:29:57 GMT -5
[ You bet Dee's powers are working like normal! ]
"Oops! I forgot Emma! You passed her on the way in, Dee. You too, Adena." Tron corrected. "So far, she's remained by the computer. I'm grateful to her in that respect-- who knows what might happen if someone tries to attack the computer while you all are inside?"
Beep!
"Hm? Oh. Something's happening over with the other team... keep me posted, alright?"
And with that, Tron moved on to help the other team. He kept a line open though, of course.
Around Adena and Dee was the smoldering remains of many buildings... the whole block seemed to have collapsed on itself, practically! The road area was mostly clear, though.
Ahead was a fork. Hard left and hard right were the team's only options for direction.
Listening closely, one might hear shouts and a fair amount of low rumbling from the right.
The left was very distinctly quiet...
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Post by Beaver Dude on Jul 8, 2009 16:12:16 GMT -5
"I wonder if Tron had a map," Dee muttered gazing at the ruins. This had been a city once, surely major landmarks and edifices had been recorded somewhere - clearly not all would correspond but by the same token, it wouldn't be totally useless. Perhaps.
Dee couldn't summon the energy to call upon Tron. It wasn't quite an emergency situation just yet, he could wait, no?
Then his ears perked up. Cries - cries for help! The before and the now became hopelessly emmeshed in Dee's brain and, a little crazed, he shouted at Adena:
"There - there, to the right! Don't you hear them? They need our help!" His bright eyes were feverish. For a Black Mage anyways. "WE HAVE TO SAVE THEM."
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Post by Homac on Jul 8, 2009 16:18:08 GMT -5
Adena stepped away from the mage, worrying slightly about the tone his voice had taken on.
"You're right Dee, let's help!"
With that, she turned the skiff towards the the cries for help, accelerating quickly as it went.
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Post by Rocket! on Jul 10, 2009 12:09:32 GMT -5
As the team flew down the road, the cries and rumbling grew faintly stronger. Definetly the right direction, if it's help that's needed. After a quick hard left, given there was no other path, Adena and Dee would suddenly come face to face with much more recent wreckage. Buildings were only just collapsing, and shouts were very distinct! Distinct enough that you could follow them to where the programs in need of help are, if you wanted to. __At least 6 Programs in danger__
To the left, in a collapsed building, there are at least two people shouting out for help in the remains of a fallen building. On the right, halfway down the street, a building is only just starting to come down. Around 4 shouts are coming from inside of it. Wait-- down at the end of the street-- there's this glowing thing... Is that... a Data Sphere? Huh. Maybe a good two feet in diameter, that thing. Wait, it's going around the corner! To the left, at the end of the street! [/li][li] Save the programs buried in the rubble! [ 5 turns until the building fails ][/li][li] Save the programs in the collapsing building! [ ? turns until the rubble shifts and makes it impossible to rescue them ][/li][/ul][/center] [ Note! Bold Objectives are the biggies, the Must Do's! The regular ones are very much optional, but will probably result in Tron thinking that much more of you.
And he's the one who'll be handing out prizes. ;D ] |
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Post by Homac on Jul 10, 2009 12:19:51 GMT -5
Adena looked at the two buildings, trying to figure out how to save the people, no programs, trapped inside.
Then, she slammed one fist into an open palm and said, "Dee, can you get the people in the rubble? I'm going to get the people out of the falling building."
With that, she dissolved the skiff back into data, and ran towards the building.
As she got there, she began moving her hands again, and supports appeared, holding up the building. "Everyone in there, you need to get out right now!" She yelled.
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Post by Rocket! on Jul 11, 2009 18:46:52 GMT -5
2 programs immediately ran past Adena, fear and determination on their faces. However, it's not just the support for the building failing. It's the general structural integrity. The walls are coming down. Not now, but eventually. The walls are damaged, but not impossibly so. Large gaping holes in the walls, each circular and just over two feet in diameter, seemed to be the cause of the rubble. That's not to say the supports aren't helping, though! The supports are doing an OK job at holding the building... for now. 7 turns until the building collapses Shouts can still be heard above Adena, on the second or third floor. If you'd like to risk it, there's some stairs you can take across the room. They should lead to the upper floors, but who knows what condition they're in? Oh, and guess who's also two feet in diameter, like the holes! Yup. One Data Sphere. Speaking of which, it's out of sight now. You'll have to chase it, once you're done with what you're doing. |
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Post by Homac on Jul 11, 2009 19:00:49 GMT -5
Adena sighs to herself for a second, thinking, 'Is it a cliche or something for people to be trapped on high floors? Why couldn't they be trapped on the first floor?'
Taking a deep breath to ready herself, the small girl began climbing the stairs, shouting, "Hey! If you can hear me, lead me to you!"
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Post by Beaver Dude on Jul 12, 2009 16:48:40 GMT -5
OOC: Uhh... is this turn 1 or 2 for the rubble? D: Sorry about the wait, internet access has been somewhat sporadic, lately.
IC:
Dee's brain fritzed as he tried dividing attention between the two objectives (he had, at this point, totally forgotten about his primary objective, the data sphere which was round, shiny and completely without merit) and was only rescued by Adena's sudden decision. Dee nodded: he'd trust her to rescue those in the falling building: her powers might be able to lend structural integrity to the building, or create makeshift helpers, or such. In any case, she'd be better positioned to go to their aid.
Hopping off the skiff, he touched the artifact on his ear that would help him [High Jump], angled himself forward and rocketed towards the two voices trapped in the rubble. Reaching the first, the Black Mage started to feverishly pull at the fallen pieces of rubble. He could hear them, they needed his help!
Had he calmed down and thought this through a little longer the Black Mage might have realized that certain artifacts had multiple applications, but alas, he was going slightly crazy.
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Post by Rocket! on Jul 12, 2009 19:51:05 GMT -5
[ Darn you Dee, making me think! Um... 1. ]_ DEE_____ The rubble was shifting easily, for the most part. A lot of it was debris. However, as Dee dug away at the aforementioned mess, large slabs of what had probably been floors started to stop up the headway he was making. The way these are positioned are pretty awkward... step lightly, and cautiously, lest one mistaken footfall doom those trapped below. The shouts from within the haphazard mess were getting louder. Something is happening in there! [ The large pieces of floor data are too big and heavy for Dee to just lift or shove aside. You'll have to get creative. ][ ? Turns Remain
Rubble Status: Solid, but not exactly sturdy. ] _ ADENA_____ W-wait a second! These stairs aren't doing too well! Upon inspection, it looks like falling chunks of the higher stairs have fallen and hit these lower stairs pretty bad. With some nimble jumping, you could make it to the second floor, but there just isn't enough to work with to make it to the third floor. But one thing at a time, right? To the second floor! Shouts respond eagerly at the sound of Adena's voice. " Hello? Is someone there?" [ 5 Turns Remain ]
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Post by Beaver Dude on Jul 13, 2009 20:43:08 GMT -5
He clawed at the rubble until even his tough mitts started to give out, fraying at the edges into separate little strands of pixelating data, blinking on and off. Dee suspected he might be bleeding - apparently this multiverse didn't quite know what to do with Black Mage biology, catered to the artificial as it already was. Dee paused: what reason hadn't managed, exhaustion had - this was getting him nowhere.
Help!
No - this wasn't good enough. He couldn't pause. If this - if this didn't fudging work, he'd just work three times as hard!
"Triage."
Hands flying through the motions, he started attacking the larger pieces of data with a vengeance, forcing his fingers to curl around protruding edges and tug-tug-tug incessantly. If he could just get one of them to move he could maybe use a lever (there was plenty of stuff that would do) and force it off. But first he needed a piece to be visible and not partially buried under enormous amounts of rubble.
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2 turns of 3x battle speed left
Action recap:
1/2 uses of Ars Arcanum
10/10 uses of fire I
3/3 uses of shell aura (+ dream shield)
4/4 uses of sonic thrust
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Post by Homac on Jul 13, 2009 23:39:08 GMT -5
Adena barely managed to climb up to the second level, and looking at the stairs, she might not be able to get any higher.
'No point in thinking ahead right now.' she thought to herself, 'I need to focus on the people ahead.'
So, she called out again: "Hey, call out to me again so I can find you!"
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Post by Rocket! on Jul 20, 2009 13:12:15 GMT -5
_ ADENA_____ WOAH broken building. Massive, gaping holes were all along the floor and ceiling, and while the walls had similar holes, there were surprisingly fewer. Huh. "H-hey! Over here!" Over on the other side-- a program's trapped under a rather large slab of the floor above. In obvious pain, it-- he-- tried moving a little more, to no avail. "Gonna need some help..." he groaned. [ Get the program out of the rubble and down to the ground, out of the building!
5 Turns Remain before the Building falls! ] _ DEE_____ The small data went flying as Dee's vastly increased speed nearly tripled the work effort! As the smoke cleared, Dee could very plainly see the situation much better. The rubble mainly consisted of four or five slabs. They were partially on top of each other, with two meeting each other at the top to make a small area inside... There's a hole there that Dee, with his small stature, could fit in... but there's no way to know just how sturdy the floor in there is, or how getting out will work... But there's bound to be programs in there. [ No More Than 5 Turns Remain
Without the debris, the rubble is MUCH less sturdy. Unless you have a death wish, tread lightly. ] |
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Post by Homac on Jul 20, 2009 16:26:32 GMT -5
Adena saw the trapped program, and started forming a plan immediately. She spit into her palms, rubbed them together, and lifted the slab up enough for him to get out. She noticed that past on large hole in the wall, one of her supports was holding the building up.
The support was concave enough for the program to slide down to the ground.
"Hey," she said to the program, "do you know if there is anyone else upstairs?"
[OOC: Another one out!]
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I did post in shades of grey if anyone even remembers that lmao