Forgotten Prototype (Prototype/WarHammer)
- Thread starter Leon12431
- Start date
- Crossover
Building the future part 2
- Location
- USA
The three of them, the ones misplaced in time where waiting for the arrival of the ones of this time. Alex and Dana both knew where they where and their arrival was planned the building was finished and ready, the water purified by filters grown from the biomass of blacklight and cleaned for use by humans. Ragland was off to the side thinking of how the genetics of humanity would have changed over the intervening eons from their time.
After all the humans of this time would have had twenty four thousand years to continue to evolve and improve their bodies over them, which meant that he wasn't confident that Alex was correct in saying that they where all but unkillable due to their enhanced bodies. After all what is to say that they didn't master the virus and use it to improve their bodies much like Alex did with them.
While Ragland tinkered with the genetic permutations of the evolution of humanity, Dana was exploring her new sense. She found that information flowed into her mind as she asked for it, everything from advanced physics to architecture was at her mental fingertips. Thanks to this flow of knowledge she quickly realized that she was somehow connected to the Hive and through it was able to call upon the knowledge of the people within its confines. However, she knew that unlike her brother she didn't hold the full amount at will but needed to call upon the parts she so wished to use. Where Alex could combine any amount of parts he needed she was limited to a single branch at the moment for her mind was unable to hold the combined knowledge of the total Hive.
The shifting landscape was being used to direct the bands to them without them meeting each other for such an event could spell disaster for them all. Alex could sense the 84 people getting closer to them every minute of the day. As the sun raised into the sky spilling its yellow light across the world, he began to see the images of the humans with his eyes. Still hazy from the distance but he could see that they where there without needing the ground to be his senses. From where he stood he couldn't yet truly make them out but he could see enough to tell if they would attack each other. As time passed Alex relaxed as it become ever more clear that he would not be needed to stop a fight from killing people for now.
Just as the shapes of the people began to become clear a scream rang out from one of the bands as a large man came charging forth. His speed was great enough to blur to the eyes of normal humans but not fast enough to escape the sight of Mercer. His scream never stopping even as he reached Alex before attempting to stab him with a knife. With a blink of total surprise and confusion Alex reacted. With a flick of his hand he shattered the knife into countless shards that where caught within the grasp of fibers of his body, before he reached out with his other hand and closed his hand around the screaming mans throat. "Stop screaming. I am not going to hurt you and why did you attack me?" Alex asked in a tone usually reserved for times when animals did something beyond stupid. The man just kept screaming and started to punch Alex's body in response to the question. Looking beyond the man he held within his hand he saw the still blurry shapes of the bands becoming clearer and he knew that he had options for this man.
He could simply consume the idiot or insane person and see if that might get him something useful but of course that would most likely make his fellows unhappy about losing him to an unknown threat. Second he could simply drop the man into a hole in the ground and return him to the band that he came from if they so asked and finally he could simply throw him back the way he came.
[] Consume the screaming man and possibly suffer a modifier to upcoming diplomacy
[] Stuff the man into a hole in the ground
--[] and ask the people if you can have him join your group
--[] just return him to the group later
[] they are close enough for you to throw the man to. just toss him back to them.
After all the humans of this time would have had twenty four thousand years to continue to evolve and improve their bodies over them, which meant that he wasn't confident that Alex was correct in saying that they where all but unkillable due to their enhanced bodies. After all what is to say that they didn't master the virus and use it to improve their bodies much like Alex did with them.
While Ragland tinkered with the genetic permutations of the evolution of humanity, Dana was exploring her new sense. She found that information flowed into her mind as she asked for it, everything from advanced physics to architecture was at her mental fingertips. Thanks to this flow of knowledge she quickly realized that she was somehow connected to the Hive and through it was able to call upon the knowledge of the people within its confines. However, she knew that unlike her brother she didn't hold the full amount at will but needed to call upon the parts she so wished to use. Where Alex could combine any amount of parts he needed she was limited to a single branch at the moment for her mind was unable to hold the combined knowledge of the total Hive.
The shifting landscape was being used to direct the bands to them without them meeting each other for such an event could spell disaster for them all. Alex could sense the 84 people getting closer to them every minute of the day. As the sun raised into the sky spilling its yellow light across the world, he began to see the images of the humans with his eyes. Still hazy from the distance but he could see that they where there without needing the ground to be his senses. From where he stood he couldn't yet truly make them out but he could see enough to tell if they would attack each other. As time passed Alex relaxed as it become ever more clear that he would not be needed to stop a fight from killing people for now.
Just as the shapes of the people began to become clear a scream rang out from one of the bands as a large man came charging forth. His speed was great enough to blur to the eyes of normal humans but not fast enough to escape the sight of Mercer. His scream never stopping even as he reached Alex before attempting to stab him with a knife. With a blink of total surprise and confusion Alex reacted. With a flick of his hand he shattered the knife into countless shards that where caught within the grasp of fibers of his body, before he reached out with his other hand and closed his hand around the screaming mans throat. "Stop screaming. I am not going to hurt you and why did you attack me?" Alex asked in a tone usually reserved for times when animals did something beyond stupid. The man just kept screaming and started to punch Alex's body in response to the question. Looking beyond the man he held within his hand he saw the still blurry shapes of the bands becoming clearer and he knew that he had options for this man.
He could simply consume the idiot or insane person and see if that might get him something useful but of course that would most likely make his fellows unhappy about losing him to an unknown threat. Second he could simply drop the man into a hole in the ground and return him to the band that he came from if they so asked and finally he could simply throw him back the way he came.
[] Consume the screaming man and possibly suffer a modifier to upcoming diplomacy
[] Stuff the man into a hole in the ground
--[] and ask the people if you can have him join your group
--[] just return him to the group later
[] they are close enough for you to throw the man to. just toss him back to them.
Kkutlord
Prince of Breath
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana
--[] and ask the people if you can have him join your group
*Immediately imagines Alex flashing way too many teeth as he speaks in a disturbing tone*
[X] Stuff the man into a hole in the ground
-[X] Keep him in sight of the people and unharmed, see if anyone even wants him.
*Immediately imagines Alex flashing way too many teeth as he speaks in a disturbing tone*
[X] Stuff the man into a hole in the ground
-[X] Keep him in sight of the people and unharmed, see if anyone even wants him.
- Location
- USA
a viable vote. I will accept this.
[X] Consume the screaming man and possibly suffer a modifier to upcoming diplomacy
Let's learn the local lingo.
Let's learn the local lingo.
- Location
- USA
just to note Alex already knows the language to the level of total fluency. This will only give him some slang type information beyond the hidden factors.
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
[X] Stuff the man into a hole in the ground
-[X] Keep him in sight of the people and unharmed, see if anyone even wants him.
why do I keep getting chaos cultist idea?
-[X] Keep him in sight of the people and unharmed, see if anyone even wants him.
why do I keep getting chaos cultist idea?
Nicholas Brooks
Redeemer and Destroyer
- Location
- United States
[X] Stuff the man into a hole in the ground
-[X] Keep him in sight of the people and unharmed, see if anyone even wants him.
-[X] Keep him in sight of the people and unharmed, see if anyone even wants him.
[X] Stuff the man into a hole in the ground
-[X] Keep him in sight of the people and unharmed, see if anyone even wants him.
-[X] Keep him in sight of the people and unharmed, see if anyone even wants him.
The Beginning of the Meeting
- Location
- USA
A hole snapped open beneath his feet and without looking he simply dropped the still screaming man. Under the pull of gravity the man dropped down the sixty three feet deep hole that was going to be his prison for the time being for the other options where untenable for Alex's purpose. He didn't know enough of the people that he was going to be meeting soon, to judge how they would react to losing one of their number in an unexplained fashion. Which meant that his options if he wanted to begin again with humanity on a better footing that he would need to keep the questionable actions to a minimum, at least until he was truly trusted by the coming people.
As the shapes came closer Alex drew into his body and shifted though the mass of genes and alleles that he had gathered over the time he slept. Even with the disorganization that he was suffering from it was only the work of a few seconds to alter his eyes to see further than anything on Earth had ever achieved before. Next to him, Bradley was looking towards the fuzzy shapes of the coming people, knowing that a normal human would be unable to see even that at this distance. However, he wished to see more and in the back of his mind a gift that had been given over the slumber awoke for the first time. Genes snapped into place, proteins where reshaped even as Bradley's brain was reshaped to allow by the gift, with a sicking change in perception he could see the oncoming bands. Even with the gift helping him, Bradley at his core was still too human to handle the influx of information that he was now seeing.
With a gasp of pain he collapsed to the ground even as the alterations to his body began to fade away. Alex smiled even as he knelt to make sure that Bradley was well, as he was fully aware of what had just happened. "It looks like you gained the ability to shape biology much as I can. However, it seems that your gift doesn't allow you to make full use of it right now. After this meeting I will assist you in learning how to use it," spoke Alex in a calming tone to the shuddering form of Bradley. Alex considered removing him from the meeting and simply let him heal naturally, but even with the Hive and Dana, he was uncertain if he would be able to handle the eighty four people that would be in the meeting. Placing his right hand on Bradley's back he slipped tendrils of his body into Ragland's body, seeking out the places where his uncontrolled use of the gift that he had been given had harmed him. With relative ease Alex soothed the damaged cells with his own body, quickly bringing Ragland back to the world.
"What was that? It felt like my head was going to pop," moaned Bradley as he climbed back to his feet. "That was you unlocking a remnant of the time I spent rebuilding your body. You and Dana are connected to me and through me to the Hive. Through this connection you have each been given one echo of my powers. You seem to have gained the power to shape and alter the bodies of living organisms, including yourself. This later part is what caused the problem as it altered your brain, but you couldn't handle the changes and that caused the headache." Alex stated with confidence, now that Ragland was back on his feet looking far better than before.
Twenty minutes after Ragland's ill fated experience with his new gift, the bands of humans left the valleys of Blacklight that where leading them to the place where Alex waited. In the front of them walked one persons that the Hive quickly identified as being the leader of each band with their guard to their side but a few steps back. The fourth band to enter the area was wrong, in some fashion even if the Hive was unable to truly determine what was wrong.
They wore black and green robes with what seemed to be fungus growing upon them. As the final of them came into the area they appeared to look around at the others before turning towards Alex who stood in the center of the cleared area. The leader raised his right hand which held a dagger shouting, "For the Grandfather," before charging towards Alex even as his six followers raced towards the other bands already in the area. Alex was beyond confused about what had been happing to the point where the tip of the knife touched the surface of his body. From this single touch a virus entered his form and attempted to harm him, Blacklight rebelled against the intruder and over the course of the next millisecond the newcomer was brutally destroyed by Blacklight and the parts that where harmed by it where cast from Alex's body. Even as his body forced the virus into submission, he was being attacked by the person that had charged at him. Releasing his full power he unleashed a punch that would have shattered an entire main battle tank of his time turning the crazed man into little more than a mist. Moving with such speed that bullets would seem slow in comparison, Alex raced into the battle, each millisecond that passed was another person tuned into little more than bloody mist. As seven milliseconds came to a close the battle was over with all of the attackers nothing more than a smear of blood upon the ground.
"Well, that was interesting, a cult of plagues an unusual sight these days. Most of them have been killed off by the planners of the areas as their refusal to change their tactics dooms them. Regardless, I am Rhianira, and I lead this band of people. Now what are you: a monster of times long past, something that cults like those worship or are you neither?" Rhianira spoke while unsheathing a bladed weapon that the Hive quickly identified as a normal sword, if of an unknown shape and metal.
Alex looked around before replying, "I will answer your questions inside the building behind me. Make your way to the third floor and I will meet you there. I am Alex Mercer and the two with me are: Bradley Ragland and Dana Mercer. Do not attack us and we will not attack you," before turning and retreating into the building.
As the remaining seventy seven people began to walk into the building they looked around at the walls of what seemed to be stone and glass. The work of the Hive had been well as the shifting beams of light calmed them down, while the murals on the walls gave them something to look upon. The floor was unusual to them for they where accustomed to the solid ground and the floor upon which they walked gave way under their footsteps. The winding staircase that lead upward reveled to them images of the past and visions of the future. As they reached the top of the staircase they saw a massive table triangular in shape with Alex at the tip and to his left sat Bradley, while to his right sat Dana Mercer.
As the seventy seven people took their seats at the table the leader of the third band began to speak,, in a tone best described as worried "What are you? You are not human for no human that I know of can act that fast." With a sigh, Alex rubbed his forehead as he knew that his actions in killing the attacker were coming back to bit him now. "I am different from normal humans. My body is far better suited to handle speeds and forces that would crush or otherwise severely harm a normal human, thanks to genetic engineering in my early life. I only just awoke a few hours ago in a stasis vault under the area in which we are sitting. Unfortunately, our awakening must have disturbed the ground around us and caused a rapid cave in. We only barely managed to escape with out lives, even with our genetic augmentations."
Amira snarled as the man in front of her spoke barefaced lies in response to her inquiry. "You expect me to believe that you somehow woke up from stasis just before a cave in, then still completely out of your mind on the stasis drugs to somehow escape the cave-in that has completely hidden this supposed vault? Even with our understanding of the technology gone we still know some things regarding it and one thing everyone knows is that leaving stasis rapidly is a quick way to die." Just as she finished speaking her part the leader of the fifth band spoke up in rough hoarse voice, "I agree with the leader of the third band. You are obviously trying to hide something from us. What is it?" Was all he said before falling silent once more.
With his bluff facing problems Alex knew he had to act fast to salvage this from deteriorating ever more. Thankfully from what the hive could infer is that all of the other bands where accepting of his statements and if he could provide a reasonable answer to the questions of the third and fifth bands he would be set, as the other groups would most likely aid him in convincing the two suspicious groups.
How to respond to the questions raised
[] ignore the complaints and see if you can distract them
[] see if you can use your past to convince them that you are telling the truth
[] reveal the truth (most likely to cause problems with the other bands)
[] try to get the other bands to support your story
[] write in
What topics are you going to ask for information on
[] overview of general terms/factions
[] write in
As the shapes came closer Alex drew into his body and shifted though the mass of genes and alleles that he had gathered over the time he slept. Even with the disorganization that he was suffering from it was only the work of a few seconds to alter his eyes to see further than anything on Earth had ever achieved before. Next to him, Bradley was looking towards the fuzzy shapes of the coming people, knowing that a normal human would be unable to see even that at this distance. However, he wished to see more and in the back of his mind a gift that had been given over the slumber awoke for the first time. Genes snapped into place, proteins where reshaped even as Bradley's brain was reshaped to allow by the gift, with a sicking change in perception he could see the oncoming bands. Even with the gift helping him, Bradley at his core was still too human to handle the influx of information that he was now seeing.
With a gasp of pain he collapsed to the ground even as the alterations to his body began to fade away. Alex smiled even as he knelt to make sure that Bradley was well, as he was fully aware of what had just happened. "It looks like you gained the ability to shape biology much as I can. However, it seems that your gift doesn't allow you to make full use of it right now. After this meeting I will assist you in learning how to use it," spoke Alex in a calming tone to the shuddering form of Bradley. Alex considered removing him from the meeting and simply let him heal naturally, but even with the Hive and Dana, he was uncertain if he would be able to handle the eighty four people that would be in the meeting. Placing his right hand on Bradley's back he slipped tendrils of his body into Ragland's body, seeking out the places where his uncontrolled use of the gift that he had been given had harmed him. With relative ease Alex soothed the damaged cells with his own body, quickly bringing Ragland back to the world.
"What was that? It felt like my head was going to pop," moaned Bradley as he climbed back to his feet. "That was you unlocking a remnant of the time I spent rebuilding your body. You and Dana are connected to me and through me to the Hive. Through this connection you have each been given one echo of my powers. You seem to have gained the power to shape and alter the bodies of living organisms, including yourself. This later part is what caused the problem as it altered your brain, but you couldn't handle the changes and that caused the headache." Alex stated with confidence, now that Ragland was back on his feet looking far better than before.
Twenty minutes after Ragland's ill fated experience with his new gift, the bands of humans left the valleys of Blacklight that where leading them to the place where Alex waited. In the front of them walked one persons that the Hive quickly identified as being the leader of each band with their guard to their side but a few steps back. The fourth band to enter the area was wrong, in some fashion even if the Hive was unable to truly determine what was wrong.
They wore black and green robes with what seemed to be fungus growing upon them. As the final of them came into the area they appeared to look around at the others before turning towards Alex who stood in the center of the cleared area. The leader raised his right hand which held a dagger shouting, "For the Grandfather," before charging towards Alex even as his six followers raced towards the other bands already in the area. Alex was beyond confused about what had been happing to the point where the tip of the knife touched the surface of his body. From this single touch a virus entered his form and attempted to harm him, Blacklight rebelled against the intruder and over the course of the next millisecond the newcomer was brutally destroyed by Blacklight and the parts that where harmed by it where cast from Alex's body. Even as his body forced the virus into submission, he was being attacked by the person that had charged at him. Releasing his full power he unleashed a punch that would have shattered an entire main battle tank of his time turning the crazed man into little more than a mist. Moving with such speed that bullets would seem slow in comparison, Alex raced into the battle, each millisecond that passed was another person tuned into little more than bloody mist. As seven milliseconds came to a close the battle was over with all of the attackers nothing more than a smear of blood upon the ground.
"Well, that was interesting, a cult of plagues an unusual sight these days. Most of them have been killed off by the planners of the areas as their refusal to change their tactics dooms them. Regardless, I am Rhianira, and I lead this band of people. Now what are you: a monster of times long past, something that cults like those worship or are you neither?" Rhianira spoke while unsheathing a bladed weapon that the Hive quickly identified as a normal sword, if of an unknown shape and metal.
Alex looked around before replying, "I will answer your questions inside the building behind me. Make your way to the third floor and I will meet you there. I am Alex Mercer and the two with me are: Bradley Ragland and Dana Mercer. Do not attack us and we will not attack you," before turning and retreating into the building.
As the remaining seventy seven people began to walk into the building they looked around at the walls of what seemed to be stone and glass. The work of the Hive had been well as the shifting beams of light calmed them down, while the murals on the walls gave them something to look upon. The floor was unusual to them for they where accustomed to the solid ground and the floor upon which they walked gave way under their footsteps. The winding staircase that lead upward reveled to them images of the past and visions of the future. As they reached the top of the staircase they saw a massive table triangular in shape with Alex at the tip and to his left sat Bradley, while to his right sat Dana Mercer.
As the seventy seven people took their seats at the table the leader of the third band began to speak,, in a tone best described as worried "What are you? You are not human for no human that I know of can act that fast." With a sigh, Alex rubbed his forehead as he knew that his actions in killing the attacker were coming back to bit him now. "I am different from normal humans. My body is far better suited to handle speeds and forces that would crush or otherwise severely harm a normal human, thanks to genetic engineering in my early life. I only just awoke a few hours ago in a stasis vault under the area in which we are sitting. Unfortunately, our awakening must have disturbed the ground around us and caused a rapid cave in. We only barely managed to escape with out lives, even with our genetic augmentations."
Amira snarled as the man in front of her spoke barefaced lies in response to her inquiry. "You expect me to believe that you somehow woke up from stasis just before a cave in, then still completely out of your mind on the stasis drugs to somehow escape the cave-in that has completely hidden this supposed vault? Even with our understanding of the technology gone we still know some things regarding it and one thing everyone knows is that leaving stasis rapidly is a quick way to die." Just as she finished speaking her part the leader of the fifth band spoke up in rough hoarse voice, "I agree with the leader of the third band. You are obviously trying to hide something from us. What is it?" Was all he said before falling silent once more.
With his bluff facing problems Alex knew he had to act fast to salvage this from deteriorating ever more. Thankfully from what the hive could infer is that all of the other bands where accepting of his statements and if he could provide a reasonable answer to the questions of the third and fifth bands he would be set, as the other groups would most likely aid him in convincing the two suspicious groups.
How to respond to the questions raised
[] ignore the complaints and see if you can distract them
[] see if you can use your past to convince them that you are telling the truth
[] reveal the truth (most likely to cause problems with the other bands)
[] try to get the other bands to support your story
[] write in
What topics are you going to ask for information on
[] overview of general terms/factions
[] write in
lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
[X] "I Have no reason to lie to you. I do not care about you beyond the fact that you have not attacked me and that you know about what has occurred since i was in stasis. There are other less pleasant ways I could gain that information but I am trying to be civil. If you do not wish to be civil I am perfectly willing to accommodate you in that request." Speak calmly and matter of factly
-[X] Wait for a moment to see if he tries anything or if his compatriots will stop him. If he does drop it then simply say "Now that that unpleasantness is settled are there any other questions?" If he doesnt then see below
--[X] "It seems courtesy and politeness have fallen far from my time. I will have to ask you to leave. You may wait downstairs. Now are you capable of showinf yourself out or do you require aid?"
---[X] if he refuses to leave then tie him up and send him down. "He will not be harmed, just bound so he cannot make a further fool of himself during the discussions. A pity he cannot conduct himself with even a modicum or maturity." Sigh and look to the rest.
-----[X] "Now with that settled let us get down to business. I was in stasis for a very long time and, while manners seem to have fallen very far since my time, I am glad to see humanity survives." Smile at them kindly "Now, can anyone here perhaps explain the world as it is, I have been quite worried considering the state of the earth when I awoke."
-[X] Wait for a moment to see if he tries anything or if his compatriots will stop him. If he does drop it then simply say "Now that that unpleasantness is settled are there any other questions?" If he doesnt then see below
--[X] "It seems courtesy and politeness have fallen far from my time. I will have to ask you to leave. You may wait downstairs. Now are you capable of showinf yourself out or do you require aid?"
---[X] if he refuses to leave then tie him up and send him down. "He will not be harmed, just bound so he cannot make a further fool of himself during the discussions. A pity he cannot conduct himself with even a modicum or maturity." Sigh and look to the rest.
-----[X] "Now with that settled let us get down to business. I was in stasis for a very long time and, while manners seem to have fallen very far since my time, I am glad to see humanity survives." Smile at them kindly "Now, can anyone here perhaps explain the world as it is, I have been quite worried considering the state of the earth when I awoke."
- Location
- Elsewhere
[X] it doesn't matter if you believe it or not, that is the truth, our augmentations made us superior in many ways and that includes rapid stasis awakening without the normal side effects
[X] it doesn't matter if you believe it or not, that is the truth, our augmentations made us superior in many ways and that includes rapid stasis awakening without the normal side effects
Sounds good to me. Maybe the stasis pod is better, maybe the genetics augments are better. Maybe both, we don't need their validation of our awesomeness.
What topics are you going to ask for information on
[X] overview of general terms/factions
[X] The date, level of tech and nearby locations of interest.
[X] Aliens.
Aliens are cool, I bet they could be good friends... Oh wait this is WH40k, sorry Alex you're gonna be disappointed if that's what you were hoping for.
Sounds good to me. Maybe the stasis pod is better, maybe the genetics augments are better. Maybe both, we don't need their validation of our awesomeness.
What topics are you going to ask for information on
[X] overview of general terms/factions
[X] The date, level of tech and nearby locations of interest.
[X] Aliens.
Aliens are cool, I bet they could be good friends... Oh wait this is WH40k, sorry Alex you're gonna be disappointed if that's what you were hoping for.
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
[X] lockingbane
Victory by default!
The middle of the Meeting
- Location
- USA
"I do not really care about how you see me in truth. Right now the only reason, I am spending so much effort to meet with the nine of you is due to my lack of information about this time period. If you will not enlighten me about the state of the world, then I can very easily simply leave and find another band to gather the information from. It also seems that your own objections to my statements are faulty as you, yourself stated that you know little of the past, yet enough to know that my story was wrong. However, you seem to have missed a simple problem with your rebuttal to my statements, which is that our augments allow us to avoid the normal symptoms that come from leaving cryo-sleep. If you claim to know enough of the old world to prove that this is impossible then please do prove it," spoke Alex in a bored yet calm tone that people from the second millennium would recognize as the tone of doctors or other professions speaking of their area of expertise. To the people at his table all they knew is that he spoke with confidence and of the nine leaders eight of them nodded along as he spoke.
The ones that had accepted his story at face value, simply nodded as their opinions were born out in his statements. Amira was shaking her head as he outlined his claim in the calm tone, looking like she wanted to interrupt, but never finding the right moment to do so. When he had finished speaking, she opened her mouth to speak, but closed it before saying anything before responding, "It seems that I was hasty in my words as you are right that my knowledge of the past is less than complete as is all of our knowledge here," as she feel silent the fifth band's leader spoke up; "I feel that your story is too clean and orderly, but there is nothing that I can truly point to that is impossible. All I can say is that it is too clean for my likening, too many things falling into place just at the precise moments that would best suit your future and existence. It sounds like the kind of plan that the Twisted ones forge time and time again. I suggest to everyone at this table to be wary of his words for if he is Twisted then we are in great danger." The leader spoke in a voice that to the humans at the table, was stable and firm, but to the ears of Alex, Dana and Bradley they heard buried within his tones the clashing of metal upon metal and the roar of battle.
"I do not know what you mean when you say Twisted but that is why I seek information. I have slept for millennia and as such I do not know what has happened in recent times. Primarily I seek information regarding: the general overview of terms as they will have changed greatly since my slumber, any locations of interest nearby so that I can hopefully learn more about how the area has changed since my time and finally has humanity reached the stars and if we have what is the state of the galaxy." This time instead of the nearly dead tone Alex spoke with emotion in his voice that all at the table could hear.
The second leader spoke up in a voice that was nearly dead in tone, "I know much of the past and can inform you of what you seek, but the story of the past is a depressing tale that only shows how far we have truly fallen. From what I have learned three thousand years ago humanity walked the stars, we forged items of immense power as shown by the armor I wear at this very moment, and then we were cast from our throne of supremacy. The records I have found do not say much of what started our end, but they do describe what happened. Our allies of all forms of mind and body stood with us against the unknown enemy and together we broke them. The people of a thousand different homes worked as one to protect the galaxy from a threat that is unknown to me, but this war was not our end. From what I have learned is that our true end came later when the links between worlds became unusable and our federation of a billion worlds shattered in a single day. This did not break us but our own nature dealt the final blow within this system as Terra and Mars waged a war for mastery of this single system and this war shattered the life of this world. Martians come to the surface to harvest examples of our shared past and yet they know little more than we do about their true power. I have used a telescope from the ancient past to look upon the other worlds of our system, Mars is a barren wasteland of red stone and rock, Venus is covered in a shimmering shield of light, Mercury is a thriving forest and the outer worlds are either gone or broken as the humans that once lived upon them are killed by time or worst. Beyond Mars there is nothing to see but the darkness of space. For your other questions our past lays scattered around us as far as the eye can see. Relics of power can still be found buried under the wastelands of Terra these days. Once we understood how to forge items of great power, such as the armor I wear but those days are long since gone, now the few of us that yet live upon this dying world scavenge for any working relic that we can find and just hope that we can make use of it."
As she fell silent, Amira spoke again, "While she might not have been able to provide much information on the areas around this place I know for a fact that there are larger than normal amounts of people to the east and south, but that is the extent of my knowledge and I doubt that any other one here, would know much more. I am not sure what you wish to know when you mention terms and how they would have changed."
Alex nodded as he listened to the information from the two that had spoken. "it seems that my hopes have been born out. Humanity is across the stars protected from the dangers of nature and perhaps there are worlds that have yet to fall to the darkness that has taken this system. Venus must be investigated due to that shield in time but more important matters take precedence. Before you reached me a man charged at me with a knife, I was able to grab him and put him in a safe place but from whose band is he from and do you want him back?"
One of the leaders that hadn't spoken yet began to speak in a tired yet firm voice, "That man is from my band and I am frankly beyond fed up with him. He is the stupidest man I have ever met and I am more than ninety nine percent sure that the only reason he is still alive is due to him being so stupid that anyone can make him do anything. So just keep him in the hole you have him in, I don't care what happens to him but Nora might care so be careful around her." The others at the table simply nodded for removing a lability is a sensible action in this time and case.
Alex turned to Dana and Bradley before activating the Hive links between them, "I think we can convince them to join forces with us and each other as I can possibly create enough food that rationing it would allow for them to live if not in comfort then rather higher than their current circumstances." The three of them communicated over the Hive for a short time frame pondering ideas back and forth, until they came to a conclusion.
They would attempt to convince the eight leaders to join their groups together and work with the three of them to attempt to survive and in the end restore the earth.
How will they convince the bands (the more bands you try to get on side the harder it becomes)
[] - force them to join (0.25)
[] - remove the leaders from their positions (.5)
[] - focus mostly on only a few of the bands
--[] 3 bands
--[] 4 bands
--[] 5 bands
[] - try to get all the bands
[] - go to the people instead of the leaders
--[] 30
--[] 50
--[] 65
--[] all
What about the person in the hole
[] - Alex noms him at once (out of sight so no diplomacy malus)
[] - Alex just leaves him in the hole (no benefit or danger)
[] - give him back to the band that had him (diplomacy malus to band #1)
Hiding
[] - remain hiding the truth of the matter of Alex's nature
[] - reveal more than has been such as his ability to shapeshift
[] - imply the full or most of the truth in the conversation (gives the bands rolls to see if they piece it together)
The ones that had accepted his story at face value, simply nodded as their opinions were born out in his statements. Amira was shaking her head as he outlined his claim in the calm tone, looking like she wanted to interrupt, but never finding the right moment to do so. When he had finished speaking, she opened her mouth to speak, but closed it before saying anything before responding, "It seems that I was hasty in my words as you are right that my knowledge of the past is less than complete as is all of our knowledge here," as she feel silent the fifth band's leader spoke up; "I feel that your story is too clean and orderly, but there is nothing that I can truly point to that is impossible. All I can say is that it is too clean for my likening, too many things falling into place just at the precise moments that would best suit your future and existence. It sounds like the kind of plan that the Twisted ones forge time and time again. I suggest to everyone at this table to be wary of his words for if he is Twisted then we are in great danger." The leader spoke in a voice that to the humans at the table, was stable and firm, but to the ears of Alex, Dana and Bradley they heard buried within his tones the clashing of metal upon metal and the roar of battle.
"I do not know what you mean when you say Twisted but that is why I seek information. I have slept for millennia and as such I do not know what has happened in recent times. Primarily I seek information regarding: the general overview of terms as they will have changed greatly since my slumber, any locations of interest nearby so that I can hopefully learn more about how the area has changed since my time and finally has humanity reached the stars and if we have what is the state of the galaxy." This time instead of the nearly dead tone Alex spoke with emotion in his voice that all at the table could hear.
The second leader spoke up in a voice that was nearly dead in tone, "I know much of the past and can inform you of what you seek, but the story of the past is a depressing tale that only shows how far we have truly fallen. From what I have learned three thousand years ago humanity walked the stars, we forged items of immense power as shown by the armor I wear at this very moment, and then we were cast from our throne of supremacy. The records I have found do not say much of what started our end, but they do describe what happened. Our allies of all forms of mind and body stood with us against the unknown enemy and together we broke them. The people of a thousand different homes worked as one to protect the galaxy from a threat that is unknown to me, but this war was not our end. From what I have learned is that our true end came later when the links between worlds became unusable and our federation of a billion worlds shattered in a single day. This did not break us but our own nature dealt the final blow within this system as Terra and Mars waged a war for mastery of this single system and this war shattered the life of this world. Martians come to the surface to harvest examples of our shared past and yet they know little more than we do about their true power. I have used a telescope from the ancient past to look upon the other worlds of our system, Mars is a barren wasteland of red stone and rock, Venus is covered in a shimmering shield of light, Mercury is a thriving forest and the outer worlds are either gone or broken as the humans that once lived upon them are killed by time or worst. Beyond Mars there is nothing to see but the darkness of space. For your other questions our past lays scattered around us as far as the eye can see. Relics of power can still be found buried under the wastelands of Terra these days. Once we understood how to forge items of great power, such as the armor I wear but those days are long since gone, now the few of us that yet live upon this dying world scavenge for any working relic that we can find and just hope that we can make use of it."
As she fell silent, Amira spoke again, "While she might not have been able to provide much information on the areas around this place I know for a fact that there are larger than normal amounts of people to the east and south, but that is the extent of my knowledge and I doubt that any other one here, would know much more. I am not sure what you wish to know when you mention terms and how they would have changed."
Alex nodded as he listened to the information from the two that had spoken. "it seems that my hopes have been born out. Humanity is across the stars protected from the dangers of nature and perhaps there are worlds that have yet to fall to the darkness that has taken this system. Venus must be investigated due to that shield in time but more important matters take precedence. Before you reached me a man charged at me with a knife, I was able to grab him and put him in a safe place but from whose band is he from and do you want him back?"
One of the leaders that hadn't spoken yet began to speak in a tired yet firm voice, "That man is from my band and I am frankly beyond fed up with him. He is the stupidest man I have ever met and I am more than ninety nine percent sure that the only reason he is still alive is due to him being so stupid that anyone can make him do anything. So just keep him in the hole you have him in, I don't care what happens to him but Nora might care so be careful around her." The others at the table simply nodded for removing a lability is a sensible action in this time and case.
Alex turned to Dana and Bradley before activating the Hive links between them, "I think we can convince them to join forces with us and each other as I can possibly create enough food that rationing it would allow for them to live if not in comfort then rather higher than their current circumstances." The three of them communicated over the Hive for a short time frame pondering ideas back and forth, until they came to a conclusion.
They would attempt to convince the eight leaders to join their groups together and work with the three of them to attempt to survive and in the end restore the earth.
How will they convince the bands (the more bands you try to get on side the harder it becomes)
[] - force them to join (0.25)
[] - remove the leaders from their positions (.5)
[] - focus mostly on only a few of the bands
--[] 3 bands
--[] 4 bands
--[] 5 bands
[] - try to get all the bands
[] - go to the people instead of the leaders
--[] 30
--[] 50
--[] 65
--[] all
What about the person in the hole
[] - Alex noms him at once (out of sight so no diplomacy malus)
[] - Alex just leaves him in the hole (no benefit or danger)
[] - give him back to the band that had him (diplomacy malus to band #1)
Hiding
[] - remain hiding the truth of the matter of Alex's nature
[] - reveal more than has been such as his ability to shapeshift
[] - imply the full or most of the truth in the conversation (gives the bands rolls to see if they piece it together)