Too many of you demand to know what's goin on... FINE! Here!
Panda Wrote:
At 17:47 10/04/96 -0600, Rob Orick wrote:
The ronin looked up at the swirling portal before him and smiled sadly,
the thought of that fateful night bringing back many memories, including
the image of the face of his long lost Uki. He had travelled many lands in
search of her for many years, every trail telling him that she was lost
forever. Now, his most hated rival had given him hope that she was still
alive, although bearing a different name. He stared at the blood-stained
head-band and then without hesitation stepped throught the portal to
whatever lay beyond . . .
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The Portal wrenched as the direction of its destination shifted. Kajagua
felt as if the twisting tunnel was trying to rip him apart. He felt as
if his innards were changing places and he was taffy at the mercy of dark
forces. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the tunnel deposited
him in a large tower room. A voice echoed against the walls and his
heart jumped in recognition of the white haired woman. Kajagua followed
the voice to its source...
Virgo(chained to a wall[Anyone seen the movie Mortal Kombat?]): ...you
moronic, pathetic, shadow of a man... (she continues her barrage
of insults, but her target doesn't hear her. Scorpio Zodiak looks
up at the Earth through a small arched window as the events of
the last week returns to him...)
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Allegra(under a panel on the device): I think I got it!
Rumic(Yanking her out by her feet): I think you don't! (slamming her into
the ground... which give way and Allegra falls to into the observation
room)
Virgo(still bond in chains): Allegra!!
Allegra: ow... virgo? Jody said to distract him, not get captured!
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Musica: aunt jody! allegra failed!
Jody: Then send me to them!
Musica: if i send you there, i won't have enough strength to bring you back.
i'm spending extra energy just to breach dark one's interferance...
Jody: Getting out is my problem! Send me in!!
Musica: hai! (begins to chant the words to the teleport spell. Jody
steps into the circle of magic and vanishes in an orb of white light.)>
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Rumic: Die, you little tech rat!
Zodiak: No, Lord Rumic!! She is my daughter... (unsheathes his sword)
Allow me to take her.
Rumic(putting away the bokken): Fine... But be quick about it. The Dark
One wishes for the device to be activated as soon as possible...(Rumic
vanishes)
Zodiak: You shouldn't have come her, Iiko...
Allegra(lashing out): Don't call me that! (Zodiak blocks her shot and
holds her there)
Zodiak: Listen to your father. Surrender.
Jody: Listen to your aunt! Knee him! (Allegra complies and Zodiak doubles
over. Allegra runs to the other side of the room towards the
window...)
Zodiak(pulling out a crystal ball): is that any way to treat your
father?! (throws it at Allegra's back...
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Computer: 5...4...3...2...1... WARNING! THRUSTER PACK IS NOW AT CRITICAL
MASS!
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The ball impacted against her back. The pack exploded. Jody, Virgo, and
Zodiak were forced to cover there eyes as the explosion rocks the tower.
Rumic: What the hell?
Zodiak lowers his arm and sees Allegra, her armor shattered, sliding across
the floor towards the blown out window.
Zodiak(running across the floor): No... not again!! (Allegra falls out
the window. Zodiak drives his sword into the floor of the room
and grabs his daugther's left hand) ALLEGRA!!!!
Allegra(through her shattered faceplate): daddy...? (The damaged gauntlet
groans as the the elbow joint starts to buckle)
Zodiak(bracing his legs about the sword): ALLEGRA!!! GIVE ME YOUR OTHER
HAND!!!! (sparks fly from the gauntlet as Allegra tries to gather
her thoughts that were scrambled from the blast)
Allegra(reaching up): daddy? (the joint explodes in a shower of sparks)
DADDY!!!! (Zodiak is blinded by the sparks and Allegra is already
falling by the time he can see again)
Zodiak: NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Zodiak lashes out with a dark tendril gained
from merging with the shadow beast. Allegra falls. The tendril
flies down after her. It reaches its limit and wraps itself...
around nothing...) OH, MY GODDESS!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!! NOT
AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Zodiak can't tear
his eyes away as his daughter falls and crashes into the ground far
below...) iiko...
Jody and Virgo watch in shock... Rumic jumps down the hole in the ceiling.
Rumic: WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?! (Sees Jody) Another one...?
Seize her! (Shadow beasts jump down the hole and attack Jody)
Jody: CUTTING EDGE!!!!!!!!! (her rage adding to her ki) Virgo!!!
Rumic(stands in the way): I don't think Zodiak will like it if I let this
one get away...
Jody: SHIT!
Virgo: Save yourself, Aquarius!! Get the hell out of here!!!
Jody is torn until another shadow tries to grab her. She flees down the
elevator shaft.
Jody: I'll come back for you!!!
Zodiak still looked down the tower to the ground, Allegra's gauntlet still
held in his hand...
Rumic: Zodiak? Zodiak?
Zodiak: ...
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Musica(grabbing her head in pain): IIKO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (she didn't
need to scrying to know her twin was dead. The low mummer in the back
of her mind that she knew was her sister's surface thoughts was quiet,
which meant only one thing) SISTER!!!!!!!!! YOU PROMISED!!!!!!!!!
YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (with a
cry of despair, Musica Michan Zodiak fran through the empty streets in
tears)
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"Well done... the thruster pack exploded as you promised... but the
device survived..."
"There's only so much I could do, master. Rumic was a wild card I hadn't
placed in the equation..."
"Then I suggest you never make that mistake again."
"Yes, master."
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Virgo: ...and you let them kill Musica!!!
Zodiak snapped his head up at that last comment. He pleaded for the Dark
One to allow him to search for his missing daughter one last time before
the device was activated, but was refused. Zodiak's rage welled up and
demanded he strike her... but his sorrow kept him in check as he looked
up at the Earth again, and the family he lost...
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The ruins of the Tendo home... the black hole rages on but the figure at
the doorway doesn't care. Her visage lost in shadows, she moves to
the door at on the side of the stairs. The door was never repaired since
the last time it was damaged so she walked down the stairs and down the
hall to a plain wooden door with the sign that had Priss with the warning,
"Allegra's Room. Intruders will be shot." She stepped in and turned on
the terminal at the desk. The power was still on, even though the city
was dead. The user prompt came up...
<Name: Ronin Saber>
<Password: Dance_Away_3:35>
<Powering up Ronin-2...>
A panel on the wall slid away and the figure looked at the prototype
hardsuit in the space. The girl tugged off her clothes and put on a
spare softsuit. The armor opened up and she got into it. After checking
the systems she brought down the helmet.
Ronin Saber: Computer. Prepare the solid fuel booster rockets for a trip to
the moon. Check life support and weapons systems for the trip.
Computer: Time necessary to comply: 1 hour and 5 minutes.
Ronin Saber: Remove second rocket fro return trip. I don't plan to come
back...
Computer: New time to complete: 32 minutes, 30 seconds...