"Three days seven hours forty two minutes and twenty nine seconds. They will argue over how to approach you; Pain feels a quick, sneak attack is best, Blade thinks you must be formally challenged, Vize believes you should be destroyed from afar with magic, and Skelly votes no contest. It will take them some time to negotiate as to how to approach you."
*To Tani*
"I do believe David's mountain is very close by, I do believe we should take a field trip and catch up with old friends."
*Having Tani stand still, putting the helmet Mark made for him, Upload Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, putting the other end on Tani. Download Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.*
*watches her reaction to see if it works, and if it does, uploading into the helmet and downloading from it all the energy manipulation training into Tani, and all the Magic, Psi, Body Skills I have into Val, since she missed most of them.*
*Looks to Val and Tani*
"I keep my promises, aside from *points to my eyes*, which there are steps we would need to accomplish ahead of time, which we don't have the time to do, you know what I know. You are the loves of my life and when all this is over, we will be married for real, not through a dream."
*To the kids*
"You guys fought for this world once, and you all paid a heavy price, so just over 72 hours from now, will be fought a battle for this world. I don't know how much of you guys is left, or knows what is happening. Just know we are all doing this for you."
*To Everyone*
"We can't speak in specifics, lest we bring the wrath of those down on us now. Till we get inside David's house, no formulating plans or anything."
*To Aegis*
"Thanks for your help"
*pack up to zipper to David's Mountain*
J
Tan is shocked by the surge of new information, but not so shocked as Val. Are you using anything to sterilize the needles between the three of you or afterwards?
Zippers make the trip very fast, about four hours on a fair slant upwards. (Yes, the mountain is higher than the clouds).
((I thought they were sticky pads with needles pressing against the skin, then yes I am, sorry I was confused as to the nature of the device myself))
*We take the essentials, I no longer have the Cyclone, but Val needs hers for her armor, so I have much less bulk on me, so I will take the drawing supplies, bedding for the kids.*
*Knock on the door and wait for the paddleball to be done before we get invited in*
*To David*
"Still got those rooms, and can we build a dojo like your Cabin? We aren't asking for your help directly, we just want a fight on fair terms."
J
The little boy whose name you do not know answers the door, rolls his eyes, and says, "David, your friend is back." ((The referee finds it amusing that you have so far followed David's lead in completely ignoring his existence.)) David stands up, walks over and claps you on the back. (That's a powerful clap!) "How's it going, man? You doin alright fightin the good fight? I see you've got Fizgig and Jef with you. A lot of company! I actually already have a dojo; the second floor is devoted to it. Feel free to use it; shoes not permitted." He starts talking to Jef, and they quickly get into a debate as to whether involvement without anyone knowing is the same as non-involvement or not.
((Hey this is the second time I'm meeting him and the first was the day you gave me a double barrel of buckshot with who is who in this world))
*Looks to the boy*
"Sorry, I don't even know your name, I am Jhiaxus"
*gives David a good clap back*
"Oh you have one already, well I don't want to see it destroyed. Well funny you should say that, the fight is going to be coming to us, and they are deciding if they are going to nuke us from orbit, gank us, or challenge us. I was hoping to built an outside tournament ring to prevent the nuking from orbit, and making them face us one on one, there are four of us, and four of them, maybe do it tournament style. Invite the whose who in the world. If we stay here, they are forced to be fair about it, they can't teleport in or use magic to gank us. I don't want to directly involve you, but indirectly we need your help."
*pauses*
"I think the kids are almost at the point of being what they were before all the bad things started, and the four don't want that to happen. Eria showed me some pictures, they show her leading and the four bowing to her, so I'm here to make sure the course of events in this world are set right."
*smiles*
"It is good to see all of you guys again."
J
The boy says to you, "My name's Janus. I'm the eigth best magic user in the world." David and Shane burst out laughing, and David wiggles his fingers and mouths the words, "In The World". Janus looks at them, rolls his eyes, and goes and sits again with his cube.
David answers you, "No worries, if they trash my house, I can just build it again." When you say there's four of you, he says, "Hold on." He looks around the room counting on his fingers, then, after exceeding five, asks you, "How do you figure?" "If you're here, and they're bringing the fight to you, I'm not just going to sit on the sidelines when there's an awesome fight going on. I can't help myself. Right, Shane?" Shane shakes his head.
Nic's opinion of the pictures is that if the power guardians are dead and Eria sits on the throne, the Four will lose their power. Jewel disagrees, and says, "The picture isn't a literal representation, it's figurative. Eria will have more power than the Four because her art keeps getting better; if she keeps progressing at the rate she's going, I think that before long, if she imagines it, it will be." (Eria is embarrassed at being spoken of in the third person, and probably at all the attention she's generated, and says, "Chill out, guys, it's just a picture.")
*Nods and takes out the art supplies and papers and hands the supplies to Eria to draw with*
"Which is why I brought these, so Eria can continue drawing what she wants"
*Grins to David*
"Well I needed a place to go over strategy without them listening in, and needed a place they couldn't blast with magic or psionics, or come in and merc everyone. I truly did not intend to put you guys in a position to have to join in, and if you are, you need your cloak back."
*takes off his cloak and gives it to him, if this him still has it, I will say*
"Well I need to give this back to the other you then when the time comes."
"Imidge gave me the lowdown on them: Vize's most pronounced weakness is his lack of a body; a well-placed hit from you or Tan will take him down easily. I also have a box to trap him, which maybe a last resort.
Blade is strong, and will take a long time to take down, but does not make use of magic and his moves are like a dimensional drift. Still, when he hits, it's nothing to laugh about. He's more geared towards crowd control and taking on several enemies at once than the rest.
Skelly will likely choose to take to the back with Vize; he regenerates and has astounding abilities to heal others. He is wicked with a scimitar, though, and if Pain or Blade fall he is likely to move to defend Vize. He is the fastest, but has the least potential for dealing damage.
Pain is probably the one to most dangerous alone, as he is the most well-rounded of the four of them, on top of having many resistances and several immunities. There is actually another time and place he governs solely"
*Pauses*
"I suppose the first order of business is to be honest with each other about what we can do. Me I'm very good with the body skills I have, pretty well rounded all around with attributes. If the one who governs time and law put the race into place that he asked of me, resistant to magics and psionics, and immune to changes in time. I'm very good with magics and psionics, I have stopped time many times, but against Blade, time will not be a weapon I can use against these guys. I have the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and have mastered the powers that entails, I have the ability to sheave myself in energy, I started at about a Super Sayian 2 power level, but that was before mastering it. I can make many copies of myself for both training and combat. My woman Val, has the same abilties as me, save for a shapechange that she can't do.
*Grins at her about that*
"Fizgig's powers are pretty well known, as well as immunities, as well as being a pretty decent woman when you get down to it."
*Grins at her about that*
"The rest of you will have to speak for yourselves, we got three days to work on strategy, while they argue about what is pointless now, there is one way this goes, and it's honorable combat."
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Tan takes slight offense at your description. "You've never seen me in dragon form before, and the few fights we've been in have done a lot less to showcase my abilities than you think." She grins mischievously. "Granted, I probably can't take a lot of the people in this room on single-handedly, but I'm a fair match for most other than David."
Jef tells you, "My psionic abilities are my trump card. I use a modified martial art based on my Black Ninja training and a modified nunchaku with a blade for one of the handles. My psionic abilities far exceed those of anyone I've ever met, to the point that many people have called me the eye in the sky."
David waves away his cloak, saying, "You need it more than I do," then says, "Well, what can I tell you? I, too, have focused on my body skills, and have the ability to transform into an energy dragon, which is a being made completely of energy. I've picked up this mountain before, and run marathons across the planet in less than a day."
Shane speaks, a voice like a cross between a blazing bonfire with the rush of a wildfire. "I am fire." He leaves it at that.
Jonny chimes in, his voice hollow through the helmet. "I'm Jonny, dubbed the green dragoon by those who know me, which is most everyone who desires to follow the path of the dragoon. I have not yet met the warrior in battle who could best my spear."
Janus says, "I'm..." and David interrupts him loudly. "Nobody cares!"
*grins at Tani*
"Is it a pretty purple dragon? My Tani is so cute and luvable. It is true, I haven't I also haven't displayed 1/100th of my abilities either, in fact I should so outside and try one ((Goes outside to do a 2@10 5@5 Density Variations, Baseline for the stat is RS/10 intensities, does that increase to RS/5 intensities for professional level skill?))
*coming back in*
"Ok where was I, oh right Mark gave me this helmet that lets people upload abilities into others, so there is that option. I fought a lightning dragon in Dragon Age Origins, that was a fun game. Anyway off topic, so 8 of us, 4 of them, logic dictates we work in teams of 2. Hmm isn't a dragon a tailed beast *grinning evilly*"
J
Tan responds, "Actually, yeah. Tough as nails though."
You didn't give me the bias area for the Density Variations, it's magic or psionic? If magic, ritual?
Nobody seems to know what you're talking about with tailed beasts. David says, "I don't have a tail in my transformation." Jonny says, "Blade and Pain will be in the front. I think it will be best if Fizgig and I flank them to take out Skelly, he'll make the fight much tougher."
Tan has her game face on, and says to you, "Put Vize in that box as soon as possible and throw it into the Between. He'll have a lot of trouble getting out of there and we'll buy ourselves as much time without him as we can."
Jonny continues. "Blade is the real tank of the Four. Even though his time-controlling powers won't work in here, he still takes the least damage and deals most in a single hit, so unfortunately, he should be the first priority of the rest of you after Vize and Skelly are dealt with by Jhiaxus, Fizgig, and myself, in spite of Pain ultimately being the greater threat. After the other three are gone, we all focus on Pain; he'll probably run away when he sees the fight isn't going in his favor, though."
Janus manages to get a word in edgewise without being interrupted. "Has it occurred to you guys that the Four aren't stupid? They aren't going to come here to fight you. That would be suicide and they know it; Fizgig, Jef, or David alone might be able to take them all on by themselves, but all three together is ridiculous odds, especially considering the rest of us here."
Seeing that everyone is now paying attention to him, he turns to Val. "Congratulations. Do you want to know whether it's a boy or a girl?" She looks dumbfounded.
((P5@5))
*To Tani*
"Yes ma'am." *salutes*
*To Jonny*
"There is no running away, as much as I have been ranked on the power level just between Spam and a gerbil. Didn't anyone watch Dragonball Z, the hero goes into the time skip chamber, all his friends think he is nothing, and then shows them all the new things he can do. Jeesh."
*Eyes go straight from the 3 Tomoe Sharingan to Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan*
"Choose your next words carefully, and I shall begin due to the nature of our existance Valera and myself cannot have kids."
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Jonny says, "He won't try to run initially, naturally. Only after he sees what happens to the other three and finds himself alone against 8 skilled fighters will he determine that fleeing is his best recourse."
Janus responds somewhat standoffishly, "I don't make mistakes. She is pregnant." Your reading of chakra confirms what he's saying as somehow true; there is a life growing inside of her, albeit a very tiny, underdeveloped one that you still would miss if you weren't specifically looking for it.
((How did the Density increase go?))
*To Jonny*
"Of course, what I am saying is that running isn't an option for him, not anymore.
He can try, and find out just how hard it is with someone who sees through space and time when he wants to."
*Looking at Janus and then to Kat, and nods to her*
"I never said you weren't right, I just said choose your words carefully, perhaps not blurting out information that neither of us knew, or knew to be possible. Sure why not, you let us not find out for ourselves she is pregnant, might as well know it all."
J
((Density increase is limited to RS/10 intensities for all branches, yeah; you're making yourself 50% heavier while keeping the same size? Well, if we figure that with all your training you've probably gotten to 260 lbs easy, we'll add 50% more onto that, 390 pounds. stopwatch comes up 58, that's in there, 6 intensities to a 2@ density (which you may or may not have by now) is 1 and a half intensities.))
"Way to go, Janus. Spoil the suprise."
((Do you want a boy or a girl?))
((Hmm seems a lot of weight to add for one and a half intensities, might just have to work that attribute naturally))
((Sounds good, your character would have a fine understanding of what it would entail so we can not do it if that's your opinion. Boy or girl?))
((Yeah naturally sounds the way to go, Boy))
J
1 - 70 for boy, 71 - 100 for girl (instead of the normal 50/50 a 30/70). Unfotunately, your bad dice luck continues into today (with 78, 89, 96 being the first three rolls), and Janus says to you, "A beautiful little girl."
*sits down*
"Well, that is a surprise. Well I really have nothing more to say right now really."
J
David, for the first time since you've met him, looks concerned. He goes to lay a hand on your shoulder, then retracts it. "I can't really relate, so I'm not sure what to say."
Tan leads you away, and tells you quietly, "In light of this new information, I think we should stay here at least until after the baby is born; who knows what will happen to the baby or Valera if she dies while she's pregnant; Mark might, but really, it was a rhetorical question."
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bump?
*To David*
"No it's not that at all I'm happy about that, but it makes what's coming more of a concern it means Val will need to stay out of it. She can't risk dying, that's all my silence was for to think of the ramifications."
*When he is taken off with Tan*
"Yes, and after she needs to shapechange into a man, so she can be allowed to go to the inbetween, so we can get to a world suitable. I had one picked out that would be a fun diversion, but thinking on it, it would be a good place for a child to learn teamwork and the art of being a ninja, as they teach them from kids. So the question is, would the Black Ninja allow passage of a child through."
J
Tan doesn't even spend time thinking on it. "BSM order all the way if they found out. The Black Ninja don't mess around when it comes to their secrecy. A child might not be able to remember naturally, but they could be brought to remember, or their mind could be picked through."
*Nods*
"So the problem is really secrecy, so if they could be in a box like what we are doing to Vize and released on the other side, no harm no foul correct? Imidge has hinted it's about the letter of the rules, not the spirit, so if they aren't in a position to be seen or see anything, I would think no problem, and we do have Mark here to make something like that."
J
"If they don't know, there's nothing they can do about it, obviously. Imidge is cool like that; it's some of the others I'm concerned about, Crescent, Moon, and especially Ursana in particular. If it can't be helped than it can't be helped and we'll have to find a way... unfortunately, Janus is probably right. No way will the warriors of dusk come to fight us here. Blade might out of respect, but that's something Vize and Pain are lacking in."
*Nods*
"That's why it's a don't ask, don't tell, I just don't think we will have the option to stay here for that long without someone trying to kill us."
===========
"Well it's a stalemate then, they want the advantage, and we aren't dumb enough to give it to them. If Blade comes then we are both forced to talk and come to an arrangement that is fair to all. Either way, we are not giving them the advantage to gank us, because they are afraid to face us honorably."
J
"Honorably is one thing, but you have to admit, the odds are stacked in our favor. Eight on four in a place where magic is ridiculously hard to use, so one of their four is practically useless. We should be trying to come up with a way to defeat them without fighting them."
*Grins*
"If we leave here, then they can nuke us from orbit, and gank us at their leisure. No I chose this place for a purpose, to see just how set in their ways they are, and to get them to talk. This is stupid, they want power, we want the kids to be left alone and allowed to grow and be free. There has to be some middle ground, other gods have a system set up that they don't get actively involved, and free will chooses the paths of the world/universe."
J
Tan says to you, "Alright, then. I guess we wait." I'm assuming that's exactly what you intend to do at this point?
*nods to Tan and grabs her and gives her a noogie and a kiss*
"So does that mean I get to ride a dragon? You know Tani, the only reason why I worked to get better is for you to feel that you don't have to worry about me or us. We can hold our own, and may surprise you."
*smiles and waiting for Blade*
J
She squirms to get away from the noogie saying "owowow" quietly, then kisses you back with her hair a mess. "Purple dragons are too small to really ride on, sweetheart." "I wasn't worried about you so much; her I am still concerned for, especially after finding out she's pregnant. I had kids, but I was a father, not a mother. How do you think she's taking it?" Val in encouraging Eria in her drawing, and Eria keeps saying irritatedly, "Mom, you're not supposed to look until it's finished!"
*smiles and looks at Val*
"I made her to be smart, moral, make her own decisions, to be her own woman. She has taken all that to heart, She has spent worlds without me, she learned to be a ninja on her own, she is gorgeous, funny, resourceful and generous. She is already a great mom, and yes she is not a Black Ninja yet, and we have to put that on hold, but she is a strong woman, like you are, we just don't have the experience yet."
*grins*
"I've only read about Dragons in games, or in movies or played against them in video games, the only purple dragons I knew of were one based on a Gemstone, and the other was in WoW, stupid fusion cutter, I don't remember much about that part of my life but I remember my poor Paladin healer getting cut to shreds by that stupid ability more times than I can count. Both were huge.
*Looks back at Val*
"She'll be fine, and now that we know her condition, I choose to negotiate than fight, I am not chancing anything now. It's funny how one thing changes your actions. Speaking of which if we are spending some time here when everything is over, we should have a BBQ, invite your kids and have that talk you all need."
Waiting for Blade
J.
Tan agrees with you about the barbecue. She offers to show you her dragon form, and when you accept, she changes into a cat-sized version of what looks similar to a komodo dragon. The tail tapers to a flat point, and from about halfway through is flat and dual edged. She is covered with fine purple fur, but under that are scales that seem to cover her entire body. Her claws are like tiny black diamonds that have been etched to points, her teeth similarly sharp but white as pearl. She also has long whisker-like tendrils on her face; by the way she moves them it is clear she has full motor control over them and that she considers them dangerous enough to keep them away from you.
*nods and smiles*
"Cute but deadly, fits you to a T, but your much more than cute, but the phrasing works. I assume the tendrils are able to slice like a lightsabre due to their size, and your ability to control them."
*grins*
"You do realize if you do Verse out with me, all the limitations of your home world are gone, you can learn any Magics or Psionics you want. Just wanted to be the one giving you information for a change. I wonder if I ever get a dragon form, what I would choose, I have so many frames of reference it would be hard."
*smiles*
"About that BBQ, we should have spirits, I think people will require them."
*Will go back and spend time with Val and the kids, reassuring her that I am here for her and I am very happy with the news*
*Ok to wait for Blade to visit*
J
Alright. Time passes, several weeks. Then months. Doing anything specific during this time?
*Well we are going to need to help David and Shane make more rooms, and if I am stuck here, go to the Dojo sans shoes, and work on upping my Strength, Agility, Stamina and Density, I know back in the second training, we never went over stat increases for what I was working on, so that sorta makes a difference what I am doing here*
*I am surprised Blade is content to wait this out, if anything at least to talk*
*If after the first week, no response, encourage Eria with her drawing, and setup things for the BBQ*
J
After the second training your physical attributes will be up to the mid 3@ range, so make them 3@5, except strength 3@7. Tan says to you, "I've got kind of a lot of kids... 9 of them, all different mothers." She's got a slight flush to her face from the embarrassment. "In order of age, there's Chase, Tetsume, Daria, Katrina, James, Scott, Jenn, Mia, and Illiria."