((Flexibility 22, fail))
*You have strange dreams of Seith and Jennah dancing on your corpse, as you finally shake the cobwebs out of your head, you are lying on wet pavement*
Kyler Kaped Krusader
(484 posts) (2 voices)-
Jhiaxus
Member*You see Cass, half demon, half woman Cass, on the ground next to you, shivering a bit, still asleep, your items were in what appears to be an alley, there is brownstone and brickwork buildings to your right and left, there is a old style metal set of trashcans 2 sitting up one overturned, you hear traffic behind you, there are cars, just not the kind you expect to see, old style box cars, a newspaper blows bye in the wind and gets caught on the opposite wall*
*You have your non upgraded armor, and daggers from last world*
((I will need to do a character sheet for Cass, she has mental psionics, magics a 2@10 Animal Mag, 2@5 Persuasion, 2@5 Charisma, 2@10 Willpower, 2@5 Intelligence, and all her other stats at 1@5, I will also need to do your permenant increases, you got +1 in most attributes do to your actions, this is mainly a reminder to do it tonight))
Fri Oct 1 2010 7:50 pm # -
Jhiaxus
Member*she takes a few minutes and really starts to shiver, it is about 50 and damp out, she smiles*
"I didn't know if I would see you again, or anything again. I'm happy the way things turned out, and I'm cold, I've never been cold before, it's such....and interesting and horrible feeling all at the same time. I feel so bad about everything, at first it was just a job, I don't even know how to be human."
*she holds you close*
Fri Oct 1 2010 8:12 pm # -
I pull her into myself withou saying anything and kiss her passionately, and tell her, "No matter what happens, I love you and am here for you. We're going to need to get something warm for you to wear.." I remove my top and give it to her. "This will have to do for now, I imagine it won't fit properly, but we've got to head back to where my things are and figure out where we are." I help her stand up and start moving in the direction of my scriff sense while feeling for the darkspawn feeling. If the newspaper is still blowing around nearby, I'd like to get the date, headline, and city it's from; the weather report would be nice too, presuming it looks current.
Fri Oct 1 2010 8:20 pm # -
Jhiaxus
Member*she graciously accepts the top, huddled up to you as you walk*
"I love you too my beloved."
*you pick up the paper*
*Headline reads*
*Organized Crime Rampant, GCPD Stymied*, the date is October 1st 1939, Weather Cold and Rainy, The News Paper: The Gotham Gazette.
*There are no darkspawn here, and your items are vectoring in one place down the alley*
Fri Oct 1 2010 8:32 pm # -
Jhiaxus
Member*she nods*
"My magics and mind powers aren't working well here if at all, not really built for physical combat without them."
*You hear noises down the alleyway, sounds of a fight, you see 4 men with ski masks and looks like bank bags fighting in a man with a cape and cowl, the men are getting pummelled, but the man with cape and cowl isn't moving particularly fast or nimble right now either. The four men are about to go down, as well as the other.*
Fri Oct 1 2010 8:45 pm # -
Jhiaxus
Member*You get into style and try to jump in*
*Batman whirls around and twists your left hand, that dagger goes flying, he hits your right, but you slip out and one last time, he flips you over on your back dagger skittering on the ground, the other 4 not knowing what to do*
(Kyler style 13, Attack 64, Steal Init 54 Batman, 54, 37, 68, Kyler Agility check 17 fail, 16 pass maybe, 35 fail)
"No killing, scum." Batman sneers
Fri Oct 1 2010 10:55 pm # -
Wow. Well, there's not much that I can do other than get back to my feet. I don't really know how to fight without killing, but I'll try to assist him as best I can; my recollection of my style is that it's weapon-dependant, so I'm still not much use either way.
Fri Oct 1 2010 11:04 pm # -
Jhiaxus
Member((Yeah well opportunity will likely come :P))
*Batman takes out a baterang with a metal line and throws it against a wall, it hits another comes back, he closes the wings on the line and pulls the four together and then onto the ground.*
*he is heaving and falling to one knee*
Fri Oct 1 2010 11:14 pm # -
In spite of the herbalism skill I knew in the last world, I don't think there's much I can do to help him. I'll make sure that they're tied up reeeeal good and not just wrapped; I did work for a tree service for a time, and do know how to tie a few good knots from then. Then, check the Dark Knight; if he isn't already gone, something serious is wrong.
Fri Oct 1 2010 11:29 pm # -
"The Bat, ask for help? There's a new one. I didn't think you needed any help; just saw a fight ad decided to jump in on the winning side." I get my knives while talking. "I'm a traveller from another world, as you've probably guessed by my friend's appearance. We're new in town. If I see you again, expect my help; I'm not like the criminals of this city. I'm more like you; I know a lot about you, but don't worry; your secrets are safe with me."
Sat Oct 2 2010 12:03 am # -
"Help me help him up, Cass." I really need to find the way either to Wayne Manor or Wayne Industries, STAT. I'll lift him up and support him under his shoulder and motion for Cass to do the same, and we're stumbling away from here with him, hoping to at least find the batmobile in the location.
Sat Oct 2 2010 1:24 am # -
"Sorry," I say to her. If he's still unconscious, I smack the Batman a couple times lightly to try to rouse him. If he doesn't wake, I'll remove one of his gloves and apply pressure to the base of his fingernail. If that doesn't work.. then it's time to try to get to his sternum so that I can give him a sternal rub; if that doesn't wake him, he's probably in a coma!!
Sat Oct 2 2010 1:49 am # -
Jhiaxus
Member*she smiles*
"Aside from having my abilities stripped and have the rest not work here, I'm doing great, but seriously I wouldn't be here if I didn't love you."
*he has a pulse, he is just tired, and exhausted, he's an old man trying to do the work of a man 20 years his younger, he doesn't sleep, there is an map atlas there, you could probably figure out where he lives*
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Sat Oct 2 2010 2:09 am # -
Jhiaxus
Member*It's not hard to follow a map, and it's not hard to see where Wayne Manor is, the car is push button start and a wheel, and a lever thrust forward and back for reverse. Cass gets in the back*
"Um what is a batmobile?"
*You forget she doesn't come from technology*
Sat Oct 2 2010 3:17 am # -
I don't forget... I just am concerned for Batman. I put on his seatbelt, then Cass's, saying to her, "It's like a car, which is like a suit of armor with the power of a hundred horses; both are bad similes, but I'll explain more later." Then I buckle myself in and drive to Wayne Manor; if we get there without incident I'll undo the seatbelts and we'll pull Batman out and struggle inside without knocking; if there's no sign of life here, no Alfred or other butler, I'll lay him down on his couch, then sit somewhere and talk to Cass about technology; the harnessing of electricity, the use of fossil fuels as a source of power, the invention of the musket and the lightbulb and the car and the gatling gun all sorts of other things to make life easier.
Sat Oct 2 2010 10:49 am # -
Jhiaxus
Member*You get behind the wheel and get the hand of the rocket propelled car slowly, it takes getting used to, not having a break and pulling back on the lever to reduce thrust or reverse. It does bear to mention that this is technology about 30 years out from Military use, so it doesn't surprise you that he has it, it takes an hour to get to the large 200 acre estate that is not really marked on the map except to say a road does get to it, the gates are closed and locked, and cobwebs on them, with some looking, and knowing it is there, you find the optical illusion of rocks and shrubberies that lead to the batcave, you drive the batmobile onto the platform, you see batman's gallery of rogues, the batcomputer is univac, with one 8 inch CRT black and white screen, you see various batsuits, even one with sixshooters in them, and a few robin suits in cases, once you are in here, it's pretty easy after watching the movies and cartoons, to find the elevator to go up to the manor. You take him to the master bedroom, and Cass and yourself strip off his clothes. There is a First Aid kit in here, and he is beat up bad, not for batman in his prime, but for a mid 50's one, sure. He is sleeping/unconscious, but breathing is regular. Cass is rooting around in the closet looking for something to wear and comes out in a skintight cat suit and mask*
"He has several of these in there, weird, no other female clothing, almost no place to put my tail." *she smiles*
*You think on it and haven't seen her from the back yet, you seem to remember all half demons keep one trait*
Sat Oct 2 2010 1:26 pm # -
Jhiaxus
Member*she points the ears on the vinyl catsuit*
"Aye I do, and already done my beloved, I would have thought being all covered would be less alluring, but it seems to have the opposite effect in this suit."
*Batman is sleeping comfortably and you two head out to the living room, a layer of dust on most items, you clear off the sofa and you sit with Cass and explain technology*
*She nods, being very intelligent*
"So these machines are without souls, but move on their own, but aren't golems animated by magic. Very interesting concepts, it seems this Science you talk about has an inverse ratio to Magic."
*she puts it in a way you never thought of*
Sat Oct 2 2010 4:39 pm # -
Jhiaxus
Member*She is talking, chatting away, blushes a bit about being a cute catwoman, and starts to talk slower and is soon snoozing on your arm, you try hard to stay awake, and soon your both cuddled on the couch, in dreamland*
*You wake up sun beating down on your faces, Cass stirs as well, and there he is sitting in the wingchair staring intently at you two*.
"I see you have made yourself at home, I don't do thank you, so consider me not throwing you two out on your ear as gracious as it gets. I do not know how you knew how to get here, but I expect that story to be forthcoming. I should warn you, I am very good at knowing when I am being told the truth and when not. So let me start with what I see, so we can stop the games that might be played. You are wearing armor, I can't place the make or design, but it is mail of some sort, your daggers are finely crafted, and you have some skill at using them. Your an American, east coast, I'd say Philadelphia general area, due to the slight dialect variations I detected.
*looks to Cass*
"You are not human, but more than that, your perfect, too perfect. You fill out that suit better than the person it was made for. Selina would both be proud and jealous if she were still here. You didn't say anything, so I am going off of general observations."
*looks at you both*
"It's fairly obvious you two at least lean toward the side of good, probably now law. You could have left me there to die, or stolen things, or looted the batcave. I am just trying to determine how exactly you know what you know, and what to do from there."
*Cass pipes in before you*
"I'm sorry about rummaging through your closet, I was...nearly nakid and was looking for something to wear."
Sat Oct 2 2010 6:25 pm # -
"Well, Bruce, if you've got a minute, the lie that I could tell you is much better than the truth in terms of believability. In my home world, you were an icon, a superhero; you were a fictional character, the subject of many television shows, cartoons, movies, comic books, action figures. In my home world, I was electrocuted and infected with some chemical, and died. I woke up in another world; two worlds later and now I'm here."
Sat Oct 2 2010 8:56 pm # -
I remain in silent thought for a moment, then say to him, "Your life has resulted in you being alone. It was the only route you could really take.. you are the Batman. Bruce Wayne is your secret identity... you are more Batman than Bruce. I guess that I assume Alfred has passed away, and there isn't any Robin right now.. you got into this because your parents were murdered in fron of you, and you vowed to fight crime."
Sat Oct 2 2010 9:59 pm # -
Jhiaxus
Member*he presses his fingers together and looks at you two intently*
"It is fairly obvious after last night's encounter that I can no longer go our and do what I need to do. Wayne Industries is being run my a chosen administrator with me consulting him on matters of importance. Your fighting last night was sloppy, amateur at best, and worse yet, you were going to harm those four, regardless of your intention to kill or not. That is just not acceptable. You also know who I am, my secrets and where I live, so you two just got drafted."
*looks at both of you*
"Your first task is to get this mansion in order, I will make resources available to you to get the grounds in order, but you two will need to get the inside done. I will not have outsiders in here, is that clear? Once that is done, I will begin both of your training."
*gets up and walks to the phone before looking back at Cass*
"Kyler, do well to get Cass some clothing in town, you may take one of the other cars, that suit is for business not normal wear."
*you did not tell him your name, either of them*
*he makes a phone call to his doctor for a checkup*
((Inituition check 12, success))
Sat Oct 2 2010 10:17 pm # -
"Kyler died, Bruce. I'm Arziay now." We'll go into town and ah... the catwoman costume simply will not do, so for the excursion she'll be wearing some clothes that do not fit and a belt and roll up the cuffs. She'll be wearing the clothes we buy for her when we buy them.
Sat Oct 2 2010 11:41 pm # -
Jhiaxus
Member*he nods and smiles a bit, and takes out a small wad of cash, and gives you half*
"Make sure she has both casual and formal wear, part of the training is learning how to blend in with high society."
*You take the Plymouth, it rides smooth, and head to a Bambergers, and you are there a good EIGHT hours, as Cass has gotten in touch with the shopping gene she just got imbued with. Dresses are the mainstay to below the knees, the evening wear is a little shorter, not by much, the 1930's did usher in jeans from cowboys movies, so she is able to get jeans, and button down blouses, and shoes, oh lord the shoes, the Plymouth is a big car and it's packed to the gills, then she saw the jewelry store, and spent the rest accessorizing, your tired and exhausted when you arrive home and Bruce has a smile on his face.*
"That I didn't miss from Selena" *he looks kinda sad for a moment* "I trust she now has a proper wardrobe? Good, tomorrow it's starting housecleaning."
*He shows you to a bedroom, it's a suite, but it's a small bedroom for the mansion.*
"This is the only livable one right now, when you get the others in shape you can move in there. There is a roast in the oven with potatoes."
*Your growling stomach's remind you, about eating*
*You three eat a meal in the kitchen*
"So tell me of your adventures, If I am to teach you, I need to know about you two."
((GE roll 13))
Sat Oct 2 2010 11:59 pm # -
12 hours shopping with the woman I met a week ago and am head over heels for... I could think of worse ways to tire myself out. I tell him about Kyler's work history, a very boring story about work with a tree service and washing dishes and in retail. Then I tell him about the tae kwon do classes Kyler had. Then I tell him Kyler died, and Arziay was born in another world, where I met Jhiaxus and he explained to me what I am and helped me get over my nicotine addiction and healed my eyesight so I don't need glasses anymore. Then I tell him of my last world, of meeting Seith, that I met Cass, that in that world I learned to kill people who wanted to kill the two of us, but that I'm not sure how much of that was illusion and how much was real. "Then I woke up here, and before I could do very much, I saw you taking down some criminals.. and I'm sure you already know that I lied about wanting to jump in on the winning team. I would have lent you my aid even if you were fighting every other member of the Justice League; you're kind of a personal hero of mine." That's the truth, not fabrication.
Sun Oct 3 2010 12:39 am # -
Jhiaxus
Member*Cass clears her throat*
"Well um where should I begin....I was born a human I think, I led a life of desire, too much desire, and when I died I was put into service as a Demon of Desire. I spent countless years doing my job with no remorse. I met a man Seith, we fought, he offered me a deal of real power in exchange for use of my abilities. I was tasked with seducing and turning who turned out to be Arziay to his side, to organize the darkspawn for war. The plan worked a little too well. I was manipulative, and greedy and everything a girl shouldn't be, and played hard to get. I then created illusions of girls, and worked my way with Arziay in the illusion. Something happened, he saved me and did so selflessly and without wanting anything from me....it sparked....something I had not felt for a long time, compassion and love. When the time came to turn him, I refused to, was stripped of my immortality and well I got it back when Arziay still in love with me and took me with him when we died."
*she pauses*
"I'm not proud of what I have done, and I think this is part of me making amends. As for what I can do, most of my abilities don't work here. I work with powers of the mind, and the few magics I learned playing the role of a human. I have no fighting ability to speak of, and my physical assets aside from looks are average. I can still read minds, but I haven't tried, as I find as a human it's disrespectful. I do love Arziay, and he is part of the reason I am in a position to make up for what I have done."
*Bruce nods*
"I believe you both, well it seems both of you will need training in hand to hand, detective techniques, and acrobatics. The ability to read minds is a very useful one to have as detective I would think. I do have access to technology greater than the general public, as well as wealth, and resources. I am getting old, no one is left to carry the legacy, so the police will need to be on their own till I train you two. This means no killing, no guns or knives. Those are my rules and my limitations place upon my charges. If you two can agree to that, we shall start once the mansion is up to snuff."
Sun Oct 3 2010 1:08 am # -
I say, "I've never wanted to kill in the first place.. it was a matter of necessity, not desire. I would be more than honored to take up the dark cowl and fight crime throughout not just Gotham, but the entire multiverse. Cass and I won't ever age; we can theoretically keep doing this forever."
Sun Oct 3 2010 1:16 am # -
Jhiaxus
Member*Bruce nods*
"Never forget what it's like to be human, immortality brings with it certain problems. Ra's al Ghul started as a noble man with a noble vision. Now he is nothing but a madman and terrorist. It is late, we should all get some rest, tomorrow there is a lot of work to do."
*You clean up and head back to your room, and Cass turns down the bed for both of you*
*she giggles*
"I do believe this is the first bed we have shared."
Sun Oct 3 2010 1:31 am # -
"You'd be right... I hope you don't intend to be doing much sleeping." Sleep will come eventually, of course... sweet bliss. And I dig the tail; what kind of tail is it? Best would be catlike, then prehensile, then forked, then lizardlike (though I'd imagine that would've been difficult to miss), then horselike would be least cool, but still cool by me.
Sun Oct 3 2010 1:36 am # -
Jhiaxus
Member*Cass lets you take a look at her tail, it's a prehensile spaid tipped tail, she is pretty good at pressing it against her spine so it's not obvious*
*Cass nods and winks and you both find yourself falling to sleep much later than you entered bed in, and the knock in the early morning is a rude awakening.*
*It's Bruce with two carts, a cleaning cart for each of you*
"I have a Doctors appointment, and a board meeting to attend. I would start with the areas we all visit most, and work your way from there."
*Cass eyes up the work*
"Did I mention I'm not used to manual labor, but I guess it's for the greater good. Living room, Bruce's room, bathrooms, kitchen first priority. *she says this after doing a walkthrough of the mansion*
*The work goes about as fast as you would expect you get the following rooms done, spic and span before Bruce comes back, he is carrying perscriptions and he looks around*
"Looking good, let me put some steaks on, a good meal for a hard days work."
*he heads off to do that, you two are dirty and tired, and Cass suggests a shower, it strikes you as odd, since you just introduced her to the concept*
*she smiles*
"I'm a girl, we adapt to luxury very quickly."
Sun Oct 3 2010 1:48 am # -
hahaha. Well, I had mentioned showers before; I answer her with my brand of joking sarcasm, "Why not just wait for it to rain?" Of course I'm all over her in the shower, and I have already told her that there's no reason for her to hide her tail; I find it attractive. (Have always found things that most people find "different" or "strange" attractive.)
Sun Oct 3 2010 1:58 am # -
Jhiaxus
Member*she relaxes her tail around you, but around Bruce and others, you wouldn't know she has it, when pushed she says*
"It's a reminder of who I was, so while I am comfortable around you, I already have to use this...makeup....to do my visible skin pink. It is part of my punishment, I am human, but I have to work harder at it than most."
*You eat dinner, you sleep wake up, taking 2 more days to clean the mansion. The next morning after, Bruce tosses you two, training uniforms.
"I arranged for a new butler, and cleaning staff, it means you two will be on your best behavior."
*hands Cass a professional make up hit, with premixed pigments*
"That should make it easier to do what you need to do."
*He leads you two to the Dojo*
"You will spend many hours a day here, you will likely learn to hate this place. You will start by running 40 laps around the dojo before starting every morning. Start"
Sun Oct 3 2010 2:13 am #
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