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Post by Jakob on Jul 29, 2009 1:50:15 GMT -4
(OOC: After what I'd do with it, all there'd be left would be the handle.
Then I'd use the handle as a club to beat up that one person I passed by on the way home from work who was doped-up on something.
Yeah, I love this city.)
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Post by Jessie Winkler on Jul 29, 2009 5:06:48 GMT -4
((So you're not going to describe what's in the case, Damion?))
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Post by Damion / Xerox on Jul 29, 2009 18:57:46 GMT -4
((Whatever is in that case, it is exactly what pandora would have unleashed upon the world in the anchient greek mythos... Greed just used it as a weapon, and fed off of it's sheer infinite power. That case should never be opened... EVER...))
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Post by Zoomer on Jul 29, 2009 19:50:55 GMT -4
"Look, I can lock the case down so even I can't get to it.....I doubt any of you have the facilities. Don't be immature about it.....oh, and if you don't give me the case, I'll do my best to take it....for everybody's best interests." Alex said menacingly in the background, with his arm waving between the others.
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Post by Jakob on Jul 29, 2009 20:47:18 GMT -4
Jakob was thinking on what to do with the case, before ending it with "Shove it into the center of the Earth. That always works. I doubt it can suddenly burst out of the ground like Armaggeddroid."
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Post by Zero on Jul 29, 2009 21:30:57 GMT -4
"TAKE it? For everybody's best interests?", asks Zero, then snaps back with, "I would have considered it if you didn't come across so forceful."
Zero holds tight to the case.
"It needs to be place somewhere secure, and can't be trusted to any one person."
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Post by Jessie Winkler on Jul 29, 2009 21:33:29 GMT -4
Jessie nods in agreement.
"Even if it does work, where would you hide it?" her sister asks.
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Post by Zoomer on Jul 29, 2009 21:37:16 GMT -4
"You see, this is exactly what I was afraid of!" Alex calls out. "We may as well just have some random person bury it, so nobody knows, if you're gonna be like that."
He lowers his weapon, sighs, and sits on his knees.
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Post by Zero on Jul 29, 2009 21:40:35 GMT -4
"'Gonna be...' ?! What is your problem?!", yells Zero. He sets the case down and puts his fists on his waist.
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Post by Damion / Xerox on Jul 30, 2009 0:01:39 GMT -4
*the case resonates as it sits on the ground*
*Zero begins to hear heavenly voices call out to him*
*Nobody else seems to hear it*
Voices: Please... let us out... please... open the case... we beg you... traped for so long... we're the last ones to free... we need freedom...
*the voices begin to get violent and forceful*
Voices: let us out!... Let us out!!... LET US OOOOUUUUTTT!!!
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Post by Zoomer on Jul 30, 2009 1:26:50 GMT -4
"Look, there's a reason it's still here! Most likely it's another way to get at you! Do you understand that there's no way to stop the outcome of things? Either we have to take all of them out, or you'll end up being one of them! What's to stop them from coming in groups next time? Can we really take them all?....and what about Wrath? He's more powerful than all of them! Many more will probably die if we don't end this........and yet taking you out will just help them! Do you understand? We're trapped between a rock and a hard place here! What can we do?"
Alex grits his teeth (or something that looked very similar to it) and pounds his fists against the ground.
"What....can.....we.....DO?!?!?"
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Post by Hunter on Jul 30, 2009 15:51:00 GMT -4
(In that case, is it okay if I skip her post and respond to yours?)
"Well, calming the f*** down might be a good place to start," Gene says. "Look, we've already taken down three of the seven. The other four can't be that much harder. And even if they are, we have the resources to stop them. This planet alone has millions of supersoldiers who could help us fight these things. Once that's done, all we have to do is take out..." He narrows his eyes at Zero. "the eighth, and we'll be set. No offense, man, but my money's on them to corrupt your sorry metal ass. So-called 'heroes' are always the first to fall. Whereas people like myself, who only care about our own survival, tend to be the last."
He gestures at the box. "On that note, we really shouldn't leave that thing around where he can get to it. Where any of us can get to it. Off-hand, I can only think of one safe place for it." He points up. "We throw it into the sun."
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Post by Zoomer on Jul 30, 2009 16:08:59 GMT -4
"You know what? You just don't get it! Who would believe us? If they don't want to show themselves, they can just wait! We have no allies here......and I already thought of taking out Zero. That'd just help Wrath anyway. Taking them all out is the only option, but it's hard enough taking out one." Alex responded coldly.
"Look, you're attitude just gets in the way sometimes. You end up ticking off our enemies with your comments, but we usually take the brunt of it. Negotiating is one thing; taunting is another."
Heh. Now you're telling him., chimed in a voice in his head.
With that, Alex looked very confused to everybody around him, with no explanation as to why. He quickly recovered, though.
"Look, there're two things to think about here: The disposal of the case, which I guess we'll go with your advice for, and the situation with the syns. I guess we'll just keep fighting them.....it's worked so far, and it's our only option. Sorry for getting worked up....these are very frustrating times. For now, I have to go repair myself.....Sorry about today.....I'll try to stay out of it if that'll help.....let me know if you need me, though."
And with that, confused, hopeless, and beaten, Alex uses his propulstion systems to hover his way back towards his home.
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Post by Jessie Winkler on Jul 30, 2009 16:09:27 GMT -4
Jane nods. "Sounds good."
Her sister juts in. "But I'll make sure that Zero never becomes a syn. All of us will."
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Post by Zero on Jul 30, 2009 16:14:19 GMT -4
Zero looks down.
"Heroes are the first to fall, huh?", he asks. He steps up to Gene.
"That's they're called heroes. They give for the sake of others."
Zero picks up the case.
"I won't be corrupted this day. I'll toss it into the sun myself."
Zero turns and heads to the sky in the sun's direction. He pauses a moment and turns to Gene again.
"Even if I do become corrupted... like you said: 'This planet alone has millions of supersoldiers who could help us fight these things'. I'll hold you to those words."
He looks to Jessie and Jane.
"If I do become corrupted, you have to stop me... at any cost. Whatever it takes."
Zero flies into the vacuum of space and approaches near- light speed to reach the sun. It'll take him a few minutes to reach it.
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