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Post by Dead Sidekick on Feb 4, 2012 3:40:17 GMT -5
ooc: results the Omen making a -4CS wild haymaker slash with the Dagger of Souls on the two hapless bus crash witness NPCs "trying to help him" 69% Shift Zero Green hit unseen malefactor attempting targeted Induce Sleep FEAT on Omen -1CS powerstunt "second" use 64% Remarkable Green (powerstunt failed) unseen benefactor Selected Time Control FEAT Freeze Time 88% Remarkable Yellow two bus crash witnesses attempting to disarm Omen nullified by Time Freeze ===== Markus wildly swings his Dagger at the two men trying to disarm him, managing to open a gash across both of their outstretched arms. They recoil in pain and horror, bleeding badly. Markus hears in his mind... "He will sleep. I will have my Revenge..."And feels mildly groggy for a second. The he hears the disembodied female voice the Romani man on the plane spoke with when he was channeling... No! Ecaps dna emit morf rerugua eht tcurtsbo, Ecaf Neesnu S'kkazyd yb!And everything stops. Moving cars stuck in freeze frame. Blood from the slashed men who were trying to disarm Markus hangs, suspended in air. A calm of silence falls over the surroundings, even the flickering flames of the wreck bus and car stand still, as if the world had become just a photograph of itself at one timeless moment. "Hmph. I'm impressed that worked..." says the female voice, now standing before Markus, translucent and ghost-like, but definitely there. "Despite the appearance, we don't have a lot of time. You told me this would be the best way to reach you. Er, you will. It's complicated."
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Post by The Omen on Feb 4, 2012 16:22:53 GMT -5
===== "...the rest of you will need them if you so much as THINK of touching me OR the dagger." Markus wildly swings his Dagger at the two men trying to disarm him, managing to open a gash across both of their outstretched arms. They recoil in pain and horror, bleeding badly. "Now...Take. Me. To. The towers!" Markus hears in his mind... "He will sleep. I will have my Revenge..." A hypnagogic wave passes over me. I do not succumb it; instead my resolve is strengthened by it. And then......the universe conspires to interrupt me once more. And in spectacular fashion. As the world around me shifts into “bullet timeâ€, I allow myself to be awestruck…if only for a moment.This is the creature that has diverted the course of my divinely mandated patricide? Such power! Such majesty! Such beauty! She must belong to Doom Me! Complicated? This? My dear, I regret to inform you that, in the grand scheme of my life, this is a slow day…I assume that this is a typical case of “the first time you meet me isn’t the first time I meet youâ€. I further assume that you’ve realized by now that I won’t be lying when I tell you we will be lovers in the future… In any event, you’ve made my week incredibly inconvenient. To be honest, I’m torn between the desire to punish you for inadvertently involving me in this mess ahead of schedule and the need to fulfill my oath to free you from Nightmare’s realm; I assume that is where you are physically at the moment? Rest assured that when we do meet in the proper sequence, my actions shall fulfill both. However, for your assistance in…this present circumstance…I am honor bound to offer you a boon. I take a deep bow. I am yours to do with as you please, ves' tacha…
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Feb 4, 2012 21:12:27 GMT -5
===== ...the universe conspires to interrupt me once more. And in spectacular fashion. As the world around me shifts into “bullet time�, I allow myself to be awestruck…if only for a moment.This is the creature that has diverted the course of my divinely mandated patricide? Such power! Such majesty! Such beauty! She must belong to Doom Me! Complicated? This? My dear, I regret to inform you that, in the grand scheme of my life, this is a slow day…I assume that this is a typical case of “the first time you meet me isn’t the first time I meet you�. I further assume that you’ve realized by now that I won’t be lying when I tell you we will be lovers in the future… Cute. Always the magickal literalist. It's why demons can disarm you with people trying to help you. And with the way you create enemies I'm not sure that there would be any room in your heart for me and yourself. Regardless, I don't see that option down the three remaining paths. A great magician, Albert Einstein I think, once said 'The definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over and over and expect a different result.' Even Sissyphus laughs at Demonic attempts to destroy Order with their carefully worded contracts. The great Cosmic 'Well, Duh!' Talk about pushing the door marked pull...The translucent woman rolls her eyes. I think I might have liked to have known you in life. My name is Cassandra, but my friends know me as Spellbound. But, I had to die to get here, I guess.Nightmare's Realm? Is that what you call being trapped in your Soul Dagger?Oh but if only that were entirely true we wouldn't be in this mess, 'Mr. one of my iterations will succeed and beat Mephisto at his own game.' All hung up on how to shape the universe instead of, you know, just doing it. Maybe the next quintillion uber-cosmic portable fragments of the Shattered will work. Bore me later.Spellbound looks over her shoulder, as if she were checking for a pursuer. I'm here because you will have dragged Dyzakk and my family and friends into your cosmic turf war and you - at least one of you - will send me through time to guide you into not making such a mess of things. If that's not you, I really must be going.
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Post by The Omen on Feb 4, 2012 23:04:53 GMT -5
In the dagger of souls? That actually does sound like something I’d do. Not for the first time I consider the possibility that I am warring against myself.
I smile.
“Cassandra”?...and The Omen…one could almost believe it’s kismet. You know, from the moment I met your uncle on the plane, I had been intending to use my…gift of command to force your lovely form to cohabit mine. It seems, however, that is expected by the Powers-That-Want-To-Be…and you know how I hate to be predictable. I suppose I’ll have to come up with another way of getting to know you intimately. I know myself well enough to know that whatever iteration of me you have encountered may have told you the truth about his goals but will not, has not and cannot trust you enough to inform you of the steps involved in his plans. I don’t trust you. But I trust myself even less. So…assuming using the flames from the burning wreckage over there to render those two who tried to “assist” me into ash and grease stains is the event which led me to proceed in the wrong direction…I propose that you were sent here to stop me from storming these towers, assuming a Warform of hellfire and rage, killing every last defender within and taking whatever these amulets are my servant spoke of back to my place of power in an attempt to merge my realm with the Formorexian’s. The question is: Were you sent to stop me or prompt me to try out of pride? As I speak, I begin tracing the glyphs in the air that will allow the oblivion gate to bridge here and the steps of the tower.So you see, Cassie...I really am yours to command…consider the consequences of not doing so… …I begin the incantation…OOC: If I'd have written that "Forced Reincarnation" Mind Control power stunt down anywhere, I'd be starting to get paranoid right now lol
once again, well played, sir
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Feb 4, 2012 23:56:03 GMT -5
In the dagger of souls? That actually does sound like something I’d do. Not for the first time I consider the possibility that I am warring against myself.
I smile.
“Cassandra”?...and The Omen…one could almost believe it’s kismet. You know, from the moment I met your uncle on the plane, I had been intending to use my…gift of command to force your lovely form to cohabit mine. It seems, however, that is expected by the Powers-That-Want-To-Be…and you know how I hate to be predictable. I suppose I’ll have to come up with another way of getting to know you intimately. It... doesn't ever work out. We're... better off as... allies. The ethereal form of Spellbound blushes a bit. The thing you... unleash... is what we're fighting. It's why I've been... intervening in the times I have. Who knows what goes on in that half-Demonic half-Noumenal all confused noodle of yours, Markus. Merge your realm with the Formorexians? That is the very wrong... persepctive. This is more complicated than I thought. How do I explain a conclusion you will come to that leads to me desperately trying to undo this absolute quintessential "oops" of a time travelling dimension hopping defier of Oblivion refusing to not exist? You have to lift the curse of Oblivion upon you somehow. I don't know if I can help you with that and keep the universe intact. You did show some wisdom and initiative seeking Dyzakk, but if you don't learn what he's about, your weaknesses will continue to stymy your strengths.Again, Spellbound blushes. I can't believe I'm arguing with you again! I'm sorry, you don't... know... how hard-headed you are! Can be... will be... dammit.They're not expecting you. I'll see if I can do something about that. You... will have made them paranoid enough. Don't stab anyone! And... why not attend my funeral today? Not all of my family... hates you. ooc: I've always wanted to reward a chimpanzee with bananas for firing off a cap pistol, then starving it and releasing it into the world with a .357 Magnum. I don't even know what that means, but chaos seems to be the result.
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Post by The Omen on Feb 5, 2012 1:40:03 GMT -5
Vous le quantum imps et les chérubins par la danse de qui Est de la substance formée pour former les champs que nous savons. Votre valse parfaite qui évoque la forme de la chance Doit marquer une pause pour nous libérer de ces ordures ci-dessous. Par la racine de moins neuf et le cercle au carré Le droit de jeu et vrai contre les dimensions trois, Permettez à notre passage mal orienté d'être préparé Entre les plis de géométrie rare!*
OOC: spending karma for the gateway so as not to screw up my dramatic exit...
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As reality tears and New York's infernal broken shadow yawns before me, I turn and face the ghost of the magnificent woman before me.
If attending your funeral is the boon you ask of me, I will be there. I expect you will be as well?
As for not stabbing anyone...I will endeavor to refrain. That is the best I can offer.
I almost feel sorry for her...the way she spoke of us...
...still...only a fool would fall in love with a Hellstrom. And only a Hellstrom would be foolish enough to love back...
A small, wistful smile finds its way onto my face as I stand and burn this image of her into my memory. I turn away, clear away the lingering wisps of school boy infatuation and step into oblivion, only becoming aware of the song on my lips as the world shifts around me
♪ ♫...Dark Lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done Dark Lady played back magic till the clock struck on the twelve She told me more about me than I knew myself...♫ ♪
* Incantation by Alan Moore
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Feb 5, 2012 10:35:39 GMT -5
ooc: Thankful for Google Translate ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) pause to merge with the others in Chapter 10.4 ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by The Omen on Feb 6, 2012 0:03:07 GMT -5
ooc: Thankful for Google Translate ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) pause to merge with the others in Chapter 10.4 ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) OOC: <I've been thinking of resorting to the old tried and true...whatever this thing is called lol>*
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Feb 6, 2012 0:49:37 GMT -5
ooc: Thankful for Google Translate ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) pause to merge with the others in Chapter 10.4 ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) OOC: <I've been thinking of resorting to the old tried and true...whatever this thing is called lol>*
*Translated from the klingonIt's okay, I'll prawbably spew Hungarian / Latverian dialect if Glitch ever gets drunk and slips into his native tongue. I've already done German with Rin's Einsatzgruppen "dream sequence." Sorry I hit "modify" instead of "quote" on yer last post...
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