zero_breaker
Anti-Anti-Procrastination Decisive Weapon
- Location
- Buried in work
[X] Elphelt (Emergency Procedures)
A Spider in The Bay! A Marvel/ Worm Crossover
- Thread starter bluekun
- Start date
Madou Sutegobana
Autocorrupt has been disabled.
- Location
- Twin Realms Mandala
Experiments of some I would say Tinker, but their Marvel, so Inventor.
[X] Elphelt (Emergency Procedures)
But if the inventor wants Mars out of the way, why is Elphelt 'Emergency Procedures'?
[X] Elphelt (Emergency Procedures)
But if the inventor wants Mars out of the way, why is Elphelt 'Emergency Procedures'?
- Location
- Tarn-Vedra
[X] Elphelt (Emergency Procedures).
Act on Instinct
bluekun
I draw stuff (Commissions Slots Open)
- Location
- Home
[X] Elphelt (Emergency Procedures).
What, what was Ram doing here? As she grabbed Mars by her throat before taking off with her, the other strangely dressed people were just starting to react to what was happening.
"Ram, what are you-Stop this!" I try to call out to her, but by then she was too far away to hear what I was saying.
"Er, don't mind me asking Red," One of them, the on in a strange looking mask asked, "But what the hell just happened?"
"She...she was targeting Mars. Her...programming? Objective? Fuuuuuck. I can't make heads or tails of this." the blonde one in the domino mask spoke up. Why are they still standing around asking questions? There was no time to waste right now, Mars is in deep trouble here! I need to get to her as soon as possible since normal human like her doesn't stand a chance against someone like Ram and me!
"Please! I need your help to catch up with my sister as fast as possible!" I tell the group.
"Yeah, sounds good and all that, with your cheerful family reunion but that's none of out business. Right Grue?" The funny mask boy asked the one wearing a helmet. So his name is Grue....
"Not now Regent!" The blonde girl cut him off. "That Ramlethal lady there's packing enough firepower to wipe this city of the map and then some. Her sister here," she said while gesturing to me, "Are both linked together somehow. Damnit, this is getting confusing. They have some modicum of control over each other, somehow. Some sort of control system? No wait, they are sister units!" The blonde one half asked half rambled.
Now the rest of the group seemed to be on edge and backing away from me now. What did I do?
"Shouldn't we leave this to the Protectorate then Tats?" Grue asked 'Tats'.
"Yeah, I'm with boss man on that. Just drop a line to them, they come in, save the girl, Red gets her face on the headlines, job done right?" Regent asks.
"Protectorate can't respond fast enough right now. And we just happen to be lucky enough to be the closest available group to actually do something about this." Tats explained. "Ramlethal dragged Mars to..." She consulted her phone, "To the outskirts of the Bay. Less collateral damage and witnesses. So we need to move now!" She seemed strangely panicky, I wonder why?
"Bitch, no time to argue right now but we have to reach wherever their fighting before it escalates any further! Not unless you want your dogs to die as well." Tats told the one in the dog mask. Now that was just mean! Calling a girl bitch just because she likes dogs was completely uncalled for!
Before I could say anything to reprimand Tats, the girl harrumphed before speaking for the first time in this conversation.
"Get on. Don't do anything stupid."
"Thank you. We need to stop my sister as soon as possible before Mars gets killed." I explained while mounting the anomaly. "I can stop her from escalating the fight but I need you people to actually defeat her. Alright?" I ask as we all took off as fast as these mutated anomalies could carry us.
"For the record, I still think this is a bad idea," Regent spoke up.
"Noted Regent. Now shut the hell up will you?" Grue admonished him.
Dice Roll
Result: 8/16
Verdict: Survive two rounds of combat against Ramlethal before Elphelt and the Undersiders arrive to provide assistance. (Tattletale has also called Spidey for assistance)
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Mars Yang
Act on Instinct?
Dodging another swing from those pair of giant swords may seem easy on paper, but in reality?
I was sent tumbling across the dunes after that girl's legs slammed into me. Careful jumping and footwork had allowed me to dodge her swords but her kick caught me off guard. She really packs a punch despite her frame innit? Groaning in pain, I barely got to my feet again before one of those giant swords rematerialized in a flash of green before swinging down at me.
The few times I got hit by those things, they didn't seem to be cutting me at all. Where they made blunt intentionally, or was she holding back? Probably the latter considering she had mentioned curiosity about little ol' me.
How long have we been going at this again? I have no idea, what seemed like minutes are practically hours when you're fighting for your life I guess?
"I understand now." Ramlethal spoke up. "I understand why you suppressed your signature. Why you run from what you are." That as I was block and dodging her giant blades.
"You are afraid. I understand now. Now, disappear." Ramlethal finished while pressing her attack.
I'm afraid is it? We'll see about that.
(Pick one main option and two sub-options.)
[] Cut loose on just a wee bit. Let's see who's afraid then.
-[] Blast her from afar with everything you've got.
-[] Get in close and pummel her with everything you've got.
-[] Keep defensive by dodging, blocking or redirecting everything she throws at you.
-[] Write in.
[] You are a human. Not what she says you are.
-[] There's no cover at all, keep trying to pressure her and get her to back off a bit.
-[] Dodging seemed to be working so far, play defensive and hopefully she'll make a mistake soon?
-[] All out offense. You're tired of being used as a human punching bag. Time to turn that around.
[] Write-in.
Update is here. And I really need to work on how to better write cheerful characters. Until then, happy voting.
Edit: Made a few changes to Ramlethal's speech and changes to the options. Sorry for not catching that error sooner.
What, what was Ram doing here? As she grabbed Mars by her throat before taking off with her, the other strangely dressed people were just starting to react to what was happening.
"Ram, what are you-Stop this!" I try to call out to her, but by then she was too far away to hear what I was saying.
"Er, don't mind me asking Red," One of them, the on in a strange looking mask asked, "But what the hell just happened?"
"She...she was targeting Mars. Her...programming? Objective? Fuuuuuck. I can't make heads or tails of this." the blonde one in the domino mask spoke up. Why are they still standing around asking questions? There was no time to waste right now, Mars is in deep trouble here! I need to get to her as soon as possible since normal human like her doesn't stand a chance against someone like Ram and me!
"Please! I need your help to catch up with my sister as fast as possible!" I tell the group.
"Yeah, sounds good and all that, with your cheerful family reunion but that's none of out business. Right Grue?" The funny mask boy asked the one wearing a helmet. So his name is Grue....
"Not now Regent!" The blonde girl cut him off. "That Ramlethal lady there's packing enough firepower to wipe this city of the map and then some. Her sister here," she said while gesturing to me, "Are both linked together somehow. Damnit, this is getting confusing. They have some modicum of control over each other, somehow. Some sort of control system? No wait, they are sister units!" The blonde one half asked half rambled.
Now the rest of the group seemed to be on edge and backing away from me now. What did I do?
"Shouldn't we leave this to the Protectorate then Tats?" Grue asked 'Tats'.
"Yeah, I'm with boss man on that. Just drop a line to them, they come in, save the girl, Red gets her face on the headlines, job done right?" Regent asks.
"Protectorate can't respond fast enough right now. And we just happen to be lucky enough to be the closest available group to actually do something about this." Tats explained. "Ramlethal dragged Mars to..." She consulted her phone, "To the outskirts of the Bay. Less collateral damage and witnesses. So we need to move now!" She seemed strangely panicky, I wonder why?
"Bitch, no time to argue right now but we have to reach wherever their fighting before it escalates any further! Not unless you want your dogs to die as well." Tats told the one in the dog mask. Now that was just mean! Calling a girl bitch just because she likes dogs was completely uncalled for!
Before I could say anything to reprimand Tats, the girl harrumphed before speaking for the first time in this conversation.
"Get on. Don't do anything stupid."
"Thank you. We need to stop my sister as soon as possible before Mars gets killed." I explained while mounting the anomaly. "I can stop her from escalating the fight but I need you people to actually defeat her. Alright?" I ask as we all took off as fast as these mutated anomalies could carry us.
"For the record, I still think this is a bad idea," Regent spoke up.
"Noted Regent. Now shut the hell up will you?" Grue admonished him.
Dice Roll
Result: 8/16
Verdict: Survive two rounds of combat against Ramlethal before Elphelt and the Undersiders arrive to provide assistance. (Tattletale has also called Spidey for assistance)
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Mars Yang
Act on Instinct?
Dodging another swing from those pair of giant swords may seem easy on paper, but in reality?
I was sent tumbling across the dunes after that girl's legs slammed into me. Careful jumping and footwork had allowed me to dodge her swords but her kick caught me off guard. She really packs a punch despite her frame innit? Groaning in pain, I barely got to my feet again before one of those giant swords rematerialized in a flash of green before swinging down at me.
The few times I got hit by those things, they didn't seem to be cutting me at all. Where they made blunt intentionally, or was she holding back? Probably the latter considering she had mentioned curiosity about little ol' me.
How long have we been going at this again? I have no idea, what seemed like minutes are practically hours when you're fighting for your life I guess?
"I understand now." Ramlethal spoke up. "I understand why you suppressed your signature. Why you run from what you are." That as I was block and dodging her giant blades.
"You are afraid. I understand now. Now, disappear." Ramlethal finished while pressing her attack.
I'm afraid is it? We'll see about that.
(Pick one main option and two sub-options.)
[] Cut loose on just a wee bit. Let's see who's afraid then.
-[] Blast her from afar with everything you've got.
-[] Get in close and pummel her with everything you've got.
-[] Keep defensive by dodging, blocking or redirecting everything she throws at you.
-[] Write in.
[] You are a human. Not what she says you are.
-[] There's no cover at all, keep trying to pressure her and get her to back off a bit.
-[] Dodging seemed to be working so far, play defensive and hopefully she'll make a mistake soon?
-[] All out offense. You're tired of being used as a human punching bag. Time to turn that around.
[] Write-in.
Update is here. And I really need to work on how to better write cheerful characters. Until then, happy voting.
Edit: Made a few changes to Ramlethal's speech and changes to the options. Sorry for not catching that error sooner.
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- Location
- Somewhere!
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Cut loose on just a wee bit. Let's see who's afraid then. (Free Action)
I wanna see what Mars can do.
I wanna see what Mars can do.
zero_breaker
Anti-Anti-Procrastination Decisive Weapon
- Location
- Buried in work
[X] Dodging seemed to be working so far, play defensive and hopefully she'll make a mistake soon?
Emergency Procedures
bluekun
I draw stuff (Commissions Slots Open)
- Location
- Home
Well, since I'll be busy tomorrow, have an early update. I apologize for the drop in quality of recent chapters and the switch in perspectives. I hope I'll be able to prevent that from happening again in future chapters. I thank you all for your understanding and patience.
Due to the lack of votes, I'll have to roll the dice to determine which vote gets done here in the sake of fairness.
Roll the Dice!
[X] Cut loose on just a wee bit. Let's see who's afraid then.
-[X] Get in close and pummel her with everything you've got.
-[X] Keep defensive by dodging, blocking or redirecting everything she throws at you.
Alright then, just a little bit. Rolling aside from another attack, I drop my jacket while disabling a part of the limiters. When I thought I would never need to use this again, I swear there was a cosmic entity up there intentionally setting this thing up.
Feeling the rush of energy course through my body was always quite the rush. Already I can feel my injuries healing themselves up while I get back to my feet. One of the few perks of being a Gear I guess. Flexing my left hand, I almost saw it revert to it's natural state before the limiters did it's job. It did nothing to stop the sparks crackling across my body.
Dice Roll:
Mars: 6
Ramlethal: 5
Bracing myself, I took off towards Ramlethal. Previously, she could see me coming a mile away. Now? She wasn't at all prepared when my fist, coated in lightning smashed into her. Now it was her turn to go tumbling across the dirt from the force of my blow.
Before she could recover, I was already right next to her another fist cocked and ready. Smashing her into the ground was sweet, sweet catharsis for me after being tossed about like a human shaped punching bag. Lashing out with a kick, I was caught square in the chest as Ramlethal bought some breathing room for herself.
Recovering myself mid-air, I see Ramlethal flying towards me, both swords keeping pace next to her. Landing on the ground, I found myself sticking my arm out to reduce my momentum.
Dice Roll:
Mars: 1
Ramlethal: 6
This time, I feel both blades slice into my torso. Biting back a scream, I barely had time to comprehend what had happened when she hit me in the chest with both her arms this time. Then as she twirled mid-air and, did her cloak just bite me? What the hell was that?
Just to feel it throw me right into another one of Ramlethal's blade. Great, just great. Slamming me into the dirt, I barely had time to react when she landed in front of me, a burst of energy from her sending me back a few meters.
"Resistance is futile. No matter how hard you struggle. Mother was clear in her directives. Eliminate all redundancies." She spoke softly before I see the two floating orbs holding her swords merged into one while the swords formed a...oh crap. That definitely looked like a really big cannon.
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Elphelt
Emergency Procedures
Oh no! This is not good! I can sense her energy signature already building up! If she releases that attack, Mars will be killed and things will go bad!
"Elphelt! How close do we need to get for you to do your thing?" Grue shouts across another dog's back as it continued to sprint.
"Don't worry! Once we get close enough, I can lock her down!" I shouted back. I still remember what I was instructed, never exceed my limits otherwise, I will shut down. And keep Ram in check.
We arrived at the clearing just to find...Mars, she seemed, different now. Something I should know, but at the edge of my mind. What was it? But no time for thinking about it now, I have to stop Ram!
Just as her charge reached it's crescendo, we arrived within range for me to begin. Concentrating my mind, I begin to sift through the junk data in the air to reach her, all while glyphs started appearing and circling my arm.
Then, her attack sputtered and died out, a look of surprise on her face, just like I'd hope. That just gave Mars enough time to get back on her feet before grabbing Ram by the collar and slamming her into the ground. I winced at that. All while beside me, the one that called herself Tattletale seemed to be lost in thought, mumbling to herself.
I barely managed to pick out some parts of what she was saying.
"Not human.....hybrid....drawn towards.....signatures...Not Case 53......Not Parahuman," What was a Case 53? And what was a Parahuman? Did it have something to do with the strange data I saw around those dogs and Tattletale's head?
"Alright then Red! Good job! We saved the day along with your new BFF. I think our work here's done for today." Regent said lazily. What a rude person he is! I think to myself as I walk up to Mars.
"Alright then," she spoke up. "I have questions here and you and your sister's going to answer them. We clear on that?" Mars said as she placed her foot on Ram's throat.
I decided to:
[] Answer her questions. (Path of Least Resistance)
[] Refuse and leave with Ram. (Path of Collateral Damage)
[] Emergency Recall. (Path of Manipulating Data)
[] Write-In.
Well, that's all for now folks. Like usual, comments and criticisms are very welcome and I'll see you guys on the next update this Sunday. Happy voting!
Due to the lack of votes, I'll have to roll the dice to determine which vote gets done here in the sake of fairness.
Roll the Dice!
[X] Cut loose on just a wee bit. Let's see who's afraid then.
-[X] Get in close and pummel her with everything you've got.
-[X] Keep defensive by dodging, blocking or redirecting everything she throws at you.
Alright then, just a little bit. Rolling aside from another attack, I drop my jacket while disabling a part of the limiters. When I thought I would never need to use this again, I swear there was a cosmic entity up there intentionally setting this thing up.
Feeling the rush of energy course through my body was always quite the rush. Already I can feel my injuries healing themselves up while I get back to my feet. One of the few perks of being a Gear I guess. Flexing my left hand, I almost saw it revert to it's natural state before the limiters did it's job. It did nothing to stop the sparks crackling across my body.
Dice Roll:
Mars: 6
Ramlethal: 5
Bracing myself, I took off towards Ramlethal. Previously, she could see me coming a mile away. Now? She wasn't at all prepared when my fist, coated in lightning smashed into her. Now it was her turn to go tumbling across the dirt from the force of my blow.
Before she could recover, I was already right next to her another fist cocked and ready. Smashing her into the ground was sweet, sweet catharsis for me after being tossed about like a human shaped punching bag. Lashing out with a kick, I was caught square in the chest as Ramlethal bought some breathing room for herself.
Recovering myself mid-air, I see Ramlethal flying towards me, both swords keeping pace next to her. Landing on the ground, I found myself sticking my arm out to reduce my momentum.
Dice Roll:
Mars: 1
Ramlethal: 6
This time, I feel both blades slice into my torso. Biting back a scream, I barely had time to comprehend what had happened when she hit me in the chest with both her arms this time. Then as she twirled mid-air and, did her cloak just bite me? What the hell was that?
Just to feel it throw me right into another one of Ramlethal's blade. Great, just great. Slamming me into the dirt, I barely had time to react when she landed in front of me, a burst of energy from her sending me back a few meters.
"Resistance is futile. No matter how hard you struggle. Mother was clear in her directives. Eliminate all redundancies." She spoke softly before I see the two floating orbs holding her swords merged into one while the swords formed a...oh crap. That definitely looked like a really big cannon.
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Elphelt
Emergency Procedures
Oh no! This is not good! I can sense her energy signature already building up! If she releases that attack, Mars will be killed and things will go bad!
"Elphelt! How close do we need to get for you to do your thing?" Grue shouts across another dog's back as it continued to sprint.
"Don't worry! Once we get close enough, I can lock her down!" I shouted back. I still remember what I was instructed, never exceed my limits otherwise, I will shut down. And keep Ram in check.
We arrived at the clearing just to find...Mars, she seemed, different now. Something I should know, but at the edge of my mind. What was it? But no time for thinking about it now, I have to stop Ram!
Just as her charge reached it's crescendo, we arrived within range for me to begin. Concentrating my mind, I begin to sift through the junk data in the air to reach her, all while glyphs started appearing and circling my arm.
Then, her attack sputtered and died out, a look of surprise on her face, just like I'd hope. That just gave Mars enough time to get back on her feet before grabbing Ram by the collar and slamming her into the ground. I winced at that. All while beside me, the one that called herself Tattletale seemed to be lost in thought, mumbling to herself.
I barely managed to pick out some parts of what she was saying.
"Not human.....hybrid....drawn towards.....signatures...Not Case 53......Not Parahuman," What was a Case 53? And what was a Parahuman? Did it have something to do with the strange data I saw around those dogs and Tattletale's head?
"Alright then Red! Good job! We saved the day along with your new BFF. I think our work here's done for today." Regent said lazily. What a rude person he is! I think to myself as I walk up to Mars.
"Alright then," she spoke up. "I have questions here and you and your sister's going to answer them. We clear on that?" Mars said as she placed her foot on Ram's throat.
I decided to:
[] Answer her questions. (Path of Least Resistance)
[] Refuse and leave with Ram. (Path of Collateral Damage)
[] Emergency Recall. (Path of Manipulating Data)
[] Write-In.
Well, that's all for now folks. Like usual, comments and criticisms are very welcome and I'll see you guys on the next update this Sunday. Happy voting!
Pridakarbiter
Unseelie
- Location
- Arctis Tor
[X] Emergency Recall. (Path of Manipulating Data)
[x] Emergency Recall. (Path of Manipulating Data)
- Location
- Tarn-Vedra
[X] Answer her questions. (Path of Least Resistance)
- Location
- Somewhere!
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Answer her questions. (Path of Least Resistance)
[X] Answer her questions. (Path of Least Resistance)
Suspicious Minds Part 01
bluekun
I draw stuff (Commissions Slots Open)
- Location
- Home
[X] Answer her questions. (Path of Least Resistance)
Sighing to myself, I gave my answer, "Fine, we agree to answer your questions."
"El? What are you doing? It is not part of the mission parameters," Ramlethal protested.
"I am no longer operating within any parameters Ram. Mother does not have a hold over me any more, I am my own person." I declared to Ram.
She just looks on in shock for a few minutes before recomposing herself. Removing her foot from Ram's throat Mars promptly hauled my sister to her feet without any resistance whatsoever.
"Alright now lady, you're coming with us along with your sister. You play nice and I won't have to hit you again since me and Tats here have a few questions for you."
The journey home was done in silence.
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Arriving at a dilapidated building, we were led inside by Grue followed by the rest of the Undersiders. Forcing Ramlethal to sit onto a nearby crate, Mars stretched her arms a few times while grumbling about something.
If there was something strange about her I noticed, it was that as we made the trip, her signature was growing more and more familiar, but I still can't place exactly what it was.
"Alright now you three, play nice. They are the only ones that can answer our questions after all." Tattletale said while sporting a rather devious looking smile while Mars just glared at her.
"Very well then, " I begin, "Ask away."
"What are you two anyway? Definitely not Parahuman that's for sure. The way you two had talked earlier means you two are some Tinker's creations of sorts? Wait, let's not start there first. What is your full name?" Tattletale opened up right away. I immediately gave voice to one question I had.
"What's a Tinker?"
That didn't seem to faze her a single bit considering the answer she had for me. "Smart person, they build fancy stuff and all that." Guess it was my turn to answer the question then.
"My name is Elphelt Valentine and my sister there is Ramlethal Valentine." I answered. Nearly everyone in the room seemed to be panicking. Tensing their bodies, that girl's dogs mutating with that strange data stream and Grue seemed to be bellowing darkness around him. Was it something I said?
The only one that didn't seemed to react to my name was Mars strangely enough. But the amount of data that's coming from her was steadily increasing. I wonder why?
"So you say you're a Valentine is that it?" Mars asked me. "That means you and your sister came from the Backyard then." She said in an almost accusatory tone.
"That is correct. Both me and Elphelt were birthed in the Backyard by Mother after the termination of the previous Valentine unit." This time, it was Ram doing the speaking much to the occupants surprise. That didn't do anything to calm the rest of the Undersiders down though.
"But we mean no harm! Really! I already broke my original programming! I was just trying to help my sis!" I defended while waving my arms about.
"Right, says the sister of the Valentine that tried to blow me up." Mars snarked sardonically.
"It was my second main objective. My primary objective was the retrieval of Elphelt here." Ram said while tilting her head towards me. At least her Lucifero were smart enough to not provoke anyone here.
"I just wanted to see the world for myself after breaking free...And then help Ram here as well.." I say while trailing off while the rest of the Undersiders were beginning to relax slightly. I really just wanted to experience and enjoy that human thing they call emotion.
"She's telling the truth here. Poor girl can't even tell a lie if her life depended on it." Tattletale spoke up. She's vouching for me? But why?
"But then there was another question first." Tattletale spoke up again with that strange looking smile.
"Who is 'Mother' you keep referring to?"
"She is Mother. There is nothing else." Ram answered.
Just as Tattletale was about to press further, Mars interrupted her. "Leave it for now Tats. I'm pretty sure they don't actually know who 'Mother' is apart from the one giving them orders. Am I right?"
The both of us kept quiet at that statement. That was more than enough to give them the answer they wanted.
That's when the door for the warehouse opened and someone spoke up.
"Er, guys? I'm back. You dug up anything useful Lisa?" Who was Lisa?
That's when I saw the speaker and she looked a lot like she was born to be our older sister! I squealed at the sight of her while diving forwards to hug her, while the other girl had a look of abject shock on her face.
"Hey Taylor! Found your long lost siblings here! You may wanna ask them about their choice of attire though." Mars called out.
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"So let me get this straight," Taylor said after she passed out at seeing me and Ram, had a short freak out involving a lot of insects that seemed to follow her every command and Mars zapping most of them, which caused her freak out again. She calmed down shortly after that.
"You two," she said while gesturing at me and Ram, "Are Valentines that hail from the Backyard who are also sisters that happened to look like you two are related to me."
"That is correct." Was Ram's reply.
"You somehow broke your programming and developed emotions and wanted to see the world."
"Yeah, that's right!" I answer cheerfully.
"And you were meant to track down your sister and kill one of my few friends?"
"Yes."
"And you!" She said while pointing toward Mars, "Can shoot lightning from your hands. Explain. Now." She said through gritted teeth.
Sighing, Mars stood up from her crate. "Alright, I'll tell you guys. But first," She said before pointing at Grue, Regent and the Doggy Girl, she never gave me her name did she? "You three, upstairs or elsewhere. This is a private matter and I'd rather keep it that way. The Valentines over there? They already know. Tats? She already suspected after that small showing of mine. Taylor? She deserves to know. Now scram, skedaddle."
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Tattletale
Warehouse
Questions, questions. My power already helpfully supplied me with the basic details that Mars wasn't all the way human. A Case 53 was my first thought but one glimpse of that strange thing she wore on her right arm quickly dropped that line of thought.
Power suppressor. Intentionally suppressed own power. -404--404--cYLcE--iRUP-tEd. And then her power went screwy when she tried to press deeper. Guess the only way now was to hear it from the horse's mouth.
After getting comfortable and while the rest of the team cleared out, and some reassuring to Grue that no one was going to murder anyone, Mars was finally ready to get to the heart of the matter.
"I've got no other way to say this, so I'll be blunt. I'm not a Parahuman or a Case 53. I am a Gear. Plain and simple."
"And what's that suppose to be?" Taylor asked.
"Biological weapon made by regular humans. As you can see," she raised her arm while gesturing around, "I've been wandering around for a while before ending up here."
That answered only a few questions but opened a whole new can of worms instead. What to ask her about then...
(Choose two questions to ask)
[] "By wandering around you mean you're not from Earth Bet are you?"
[] "That thing on your arm, it's a suppressor isn't it? Why did you wear it in the first place?"
[] "Can you explain further what's a Gear?"
[] "You seem to know something about the Backyard don't you?"
And next part is here. Let's keep up with the exposition chapters and questions to ask. Happy voting.
Sighing to myself, I gave my answer, "Fine, we agree to answer your questions."
"El? What are you doing? It is not part of the mission parameters," Ramlethal protested.
"I am no longer operating within any parameters Ram. Mother does not have a hold over me any more, I am my own person." I declared to Ram.
She just looks on in shock for a few minutes before recomposing herself. Removing her foot from Ram's throat Mars promptly hauled my sister to her feet without any resistance whatsoever.
"Alright now lady, you're coming with us along with your sister. You play nice and I won't have to hit you again since me and Tats here have a few questions for you."
The journey home was done in silence.
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Arriving at a dilapidated building, we were led inside by Grue followed by the rest of the Undersiders. Forcing Ramlethal to sit onto a nearby crate, Mars stretched her arms a few times while grumbling about something.
If there was something strange about her I noticed, it was that as we made the trip, her signature was growing more and more familiar, but I still can't place exactly what it was.
"Alright now you three, play nice. They are the only ones that can answer our questions after all." Tattletale said while sporting a rather devious looking smile while Mars just glared at her.
"Very well then, " I begin, "Ask away."
"What are you two anyway? Definitely not Parahuman that's for sure. The way you two had talked earlier means you two are some Tinker's creations of sorts? Wait, let's not start there first. What is your full name?" Tattletale opened up right away. I immediately gave voice to one question I had.
"What's a Tinker?"
That didn't seem to faze her a single bit considering the answer she had for me. "Smart person, they build fancy stuff and all that." Guess it was my turn to answer the question then.
"My name is Elphelt Valentine and my sister there is Ramlethal Valentine." I answered. Nearly everyone in the room seemed to be panicking. Tensing their bodies, that girl's dogs mutating with that strange data stream and Grue seemed to be bellowing darkness around him. Was it something I said?
The only one that didn't seemed to react to my name was Mars strangely enough. But the amount of data that's coming from her was steadily increasing. I wonder why?
"So you say you're a Valentine is that it?" Mars asked me. "That means you and your sister came from the Backyard then." She said in an almost accusatory tone.
"That is correct. Both me and Elphelt were birthed in the Backyard by Mother after the termination of the previous Valentine unit." This time, it was Ram doing the speaking much to the occupants surprise. That didn't do anything to calm the rest of the Undersiders down though.
"But we mean no harm! Really! I already broke my original programming! I was just trying to help my sis!" I defended while waving my arms about.
"Right, says the sister of the Valentine that tried to blow me up." Mars snarked sardonically.
"It was my second main objective. My primary objective was the retrieval of Elphelt here." Ram said while tilting her head towards me. At least her Lucifero were smart enough to not provoke anyone here.
"I just wanted to see the world for myself after breaking free...And then help Ram here as well.." I say while trailing off while the rest of the Undersiders were beginning to relax slightly. I really just wanted to experience and enjoy that human thing they call emotion.
"She's telling the truth here. Poor girl can't even tell a lie if her life depended on it." Tattletale spoke up. She's vouching for me? But why?
"But then there was another question first." Tattletale spoke up again with that strange looking smile.
"Who is 'Mother' you keep referring to?"
"She is Mother. There is nothing else." Ram answered.
Just as Tattletale was about to press further, Mars interrupted her. "Leave it for now Tats. I'm pretty sure they don't actually know who 'Mother' is apart from the one giving them orders. Am I right?"
The both of us kept quiet at that statement. That was more than enough to give them the answer they wanted.
That's when the door for the warehouse opened and someone spoke up.
"Er, guys? I'm back. You dug up anything useful Lisa?" Who was Lisa?
That's when I saw the speaker and she looked a lot like she was born to be our older sister! I squealed at the sight of her while diving forwards to hug her, while the other girl had a look of abject shock on her face.
"Hey Taylor! Found your long lost siblings here! You may wanna ask them about their choice of attire though." Mars called out.
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"So let me get this straight," Taylor said after she passed out at seeing me and Ram, had a short freak out involving a lot of insects that seemed to follow her every command and Mars zapping most of them, which caused her freak out again. She calmed down shortly after that.
"You two," she said while gesturing at me and Ram, "Are Valentines that hail from the Backyard who are also sisters that happened to look like you two are related to me."
"That is correct." Was Ram's reply.
"You somehow broke your programming and developed emotions and wanted to see the world."
"Yeah, that's right!" I answer cheerfully.
"And you were meant to track down your sister and kill one of my few friends?"
"Yes."
"And you!" She said while pointing toward Mars, "Can shoot lightning from your hands. Explain. Now." She said through gritted teeth.
Sighing, Mars stood up from her crate. "Alright, I'll tell you guys. But first," She said before pointing at Grue, Regent and the Doggy Girl, she never gave me her name did she? "You three, upstairs or elsewhere. This is a private matter and I'd rather keep it that way. The Valentines over there? They already know. Tats? She already suspected after that small showing of mine. Taylor? She deserves to know. Now scram, skedaddle."
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Tattletale
Warehouse
Questions, questions. My power already helpfully supplied me with the basic details that Mars wasn't all the way human. A Case 53 was my first thought but one glimpse of that strange thing she wore on her right arm quickly dropped that line of thought.
Power suppressor. Intentionally suppressed own power. -404--404--cYLcE--iRUP-tEd. And then her power went screwy when she tried to press deeper. Guess the only way now was to hear it from the horse's mouth.
After getting comfortable and while the rest of the team cleared out, and some reassuring to Grue that no one was going to murder anyone, Mars was finally ready to get to the heart of the matter.
"I've got no other way to say this, so I'll be blunt. I'm not a Parahuman or a Case 53. I am a Gear. Plain and simple."
"And what's that suppose to be?" Taylor asked.
"Biological weapon made by regular humans. As you can see," she raised her arm while gesturing around, "I've been wandering around for a while before ending up here."
That answered only a few questions but opened a whole new can of worms instead. What to ask her about then...
(Choose two questions to ask)
[] "By wandering around you mean you're not from Earth Bet are you?"
[] "That thing on your arm, it's a suppressor isn't it? Why did you wear it in the first place?"
[] "Can you explain further what's a Gear?"
[] "You seem to know something about the Backyard don't you?"
And next part is here. Let's keep up with the exposition chapters and questions to ask. Happy voting.
- Location
- Somewhere!
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] "By wandering around you mean you're not from Earth Bet are you?"
[X] "Can you explain further what's a Gear?"
[] "That thing on your arm, it's a suppressor isn't it? Why did you wear it in the first place?"
Already sort of obvious, her power is trackable (and presumably she doesn't have as much control as a parahuman and doesn't want to randomly lightning people)
[] "You seem to know something about the Backyard don't you?"
Asking where she's from might get us this too? Or at least that she's from the same place as the Backyard I suppose.
[X] "Can you explain further what's a Gear?"
[] "That thing on your arm, it's a suppressor isn't it? Why did you wear it in the first place?"
Already sort of obvious, her power is trackable (and presumably she doesn't have as much control as a parahuman and doesn't want to randomly lightning people)
[] "You seem to know something about the Backyard don't you?"
Asking where she's from might get us this too? Or at least that she's from the same place as the Backyard I suppose.
Pridakarbiter
Unseelie
- Location
- Arctis Tor
[X] "By wandering around you mean you're not from Earth Bet are you?"
[X] "That thing on your arm, it's a suppressor isn't it? Why did you wear it in the first place?"
[X] "That thing on your arm, it's a suppressor isn't it? Why did you wear it in the first place?"
- Location
- Tarn-Vedra
[X] "By wandering around you mean you're not from Earth Bet are you?"
[X] "You seem to know something about the Backyard don't you?"
[X] "You seem to know something about the Backyard don't you?"
bluekun
I draw stuff (Commissions Slots Open)
- Location
- Home
So, due to my muse needing another violent tasing to kickstart it, I am going to have to ask for another tiebreaker over the second question to ask.
Right now the tied votes are:
[]'You seem to know something about the Backyard don't you?"
[] "Can you explain further what's a Gear?"
Once I tally the votes later tonight, I'll get down to updating. Happy voting.
Right now the tied votes are:
[]'You seem to know something about the Backyard don't you?"
[] "Can you explain further what's a Gear?"
Once I tally the votes later tonight, I'll get down to updating. Happy voting.