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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 25, 2008 0:09:27 GMT -5
Solranous, with Kisara and Onyste in tow, had not managed to find Shive, but did see a strange light come from the city. As he approached, it looked as if nothing bad had happened to it, so he landed in the abandonned area of the city, right where his house should be, and was, standing.
"Now how did this come to pass?" the dragon asked, scratching his head as he set Kisara down.
"Eh, I 'might' of had a hand in it..." a particular half dragon said as she poked her head from above the roof.
"Um, no offence... but I doubt one person could fix the city over night like this..." Solranous replied, staring at his daughter intently.
"Weeeeeell, that's why I said 'might.' I didn't really do anything, I just did a favor for an acquaintance and he repaired the city with magic. Time magic, no less." Myrr replied innocently.
"...Uh... well... Ok then, that works for me..." Solranous stuttered, and shrugged. He smirked.
"Anybody up for a party? Now that so much evil has been destroyed in so short a period, us heroes and heroines can finally have a break. Besides, I need to unwind all this tension."
"WAY Ahead of you, Dad." Myrr replied, front-flipping off and darting inside to make last minute preparations. She came back out with a few bottles of apple cider in each hand.
"'Course, its not much of a party without other friends, right?" the half dragon quipped. Solranous chuckled.
"If they don't show up to soon, I'll go round them up and invite them." Solranous noted.
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It had been awhile, and some people obviously didn't know of the party.
'I'll fix that' Solranous thought, then used his telepathy to reach out to the others. First, he contacted the Mazinger brothers and their friends.
"Hey! Mazinkaiser, Great Mazinger, Burning Gundam! With recent events and evils vanquished, Myrr, Kisara, and myself have decided to hold a party to celebrate, and unwind from all this tension, care to come over and join us?. Oh, Shin Getter Robo, you're invited too, but you don't have to come if the G-Stones won't be safe."
Now, a certain dragonkin,
"Shive, if you don't have anything going on, I know you're sort of feeling, well... 'under the weather' right now... But... If you're up to it, I'm giving an invintation for a party... Hope to see you here..."
Now a few others,
"Barias, O'Malley, Cynder, you three are al-"
'Don't invite me, I don't deserve to join in with you,' Cynder's thought came back, interrupting Solranous.
"But... Cynder... Look, I don't blame you for what you did on the moon, that creep Armageddon controlled you, and I know h-"
'NO, YOU DON'T! YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE HOW I FEEL!' Cynder 'roared' back at him.
"...FYI, your not the only one who was enslaved for a very large portion of their life, I speak from experience, don't shove people away from yourself... You're still invited if you want to come..." Solranous meekly continued, before he addressed the other two.
"Sorry for that interruption, Barias, O'Malley, but if either of you want to come hang out, you're invited to do so." With that, Solranous cut the mental links, waiting longer.
(OOC: All good and neutral characters are welcomed, NO evil charries though, I don't want this party getting crashed.)
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Post by Talon on Jan 25, 2008 19:19:08 GMT -5
"Oh suuuuure, don't invite us. It's not like we didn't help with the aparoid invasion..." A voice stated from the alleyway.
They turned to see Reizus leaning against the corner of the building, looking at them from the corner of his eye. He smirked and shrugged.
"Whatever. Oh, by the way... we have two people who would like to two of you..." He added.
Out of the opposite allyway, X walked out (in human form, of course), but he wasn't alone... for on either side of him walked...
Ocrimus and Gaigan, both in human form as well.
X was smirking, but the other two were scowling with their arms crossed, and looking to the side. X shoved them forward, and growled to the two Zoanoids,
"You said you'd do it."
Gaigan and Ocrimus muttered something, then X shouted,
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!"
The two growled, then moved forward; Ocrimus towards Myrr, and Gaigan towards Kisara. The two then sighed, staring at the ground, and muttered,
"We're sorry for what we did a few months back. We apologize, and hope you don't think we're a pair of jerks."
X laughed, covering his forehead. The two glared back at him, then turned back to the girls, obviously not ecstatic about embarrasing themselves like this.
*****
On the nearby roof, a certain one-eyed bot had been lying for quite some time, but only recently registered Solranous's proposal. He sighed, and turned off all outgoing thought patterns, so he could keep Solranous from reading his mind. His eye closed and he thought,
I'm in no mood for this... Spite, if you want, you can take my place.
Above, a four-legged shape nodded.
Whatever you say... I wish you'd come too though... It responded, spiraling downwards for landing.
*****
Sorry Sol, I'm... kinda busy right now. Can't come. Shive thought.
About a block away, one of the buildings shook, lit up by a flash of orchid light.
damnit! Still can't get it! The dragonkin thought to himself.
*****
A certain Sangheili appeared into sight a few meters from the others, and muttered,
"Yeah, I'll show, I suppose."
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Post by Fredrex00 on Jan 25, 2008 19:24:23 GMT -5
The Mazinger Bros. and Burning Gundam hear Solranous' call. Great Mazinger looks to Mazinkaiser with tempted eyes. "....Party?...........We. ARE. GOING!!"
Great Mazinger grabs his brother and Burning Gundam with a bone cracking grip and fly off towards where the party is being held.
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Down in the dimension where the GaoMachines were unlocked, the Getter Machine hears Solranous in his mind. He knows that he's failed once before....does he want to screw up again?
No...I...I don't want to fail again. I'm tired of failing over and over again.... Getter Robo's wings cover his body and hides him. He curls into a ball and is hovering in the air. I don't want to fail....I've...I've alread have fail Galion....and....I didn't help Solranous.....or Shive....or....anyone else.....I can't take this anymore...
He is slowly loosing the glow he had around his body. It looks as though his systems are shutting down. If...if....if I am no help....why am I still functioning.....why....why do I continue to exist......
Shin Getter Robo's wings completely cover his body. There is a dull glow in his eyes....
Does........life......even...matter?.......
"Shin Getter Robo..." a familar machine growls to him. Shin Getter looks up to see Galion. "Do not worry. You haven't failed me. Nor Shive, nor Solranous, nor anyone else. Do not let darkness consume your soul"
Shin Getter Robo looks up. He uncurls and stands infront of Galion. He grips his head and anger. "What...what is going on with me??" he roars.
Galion looks at the confused machine. "You are going through the same changes O'Mally was and still is facing. Machines go through this one time or another." The lion pauses and thinks.
"You are not a failure...do not ever think that...EVER!!" Galion roars. Shin Getter looks to Galion. Galion smiles and says, "Come...let us celebrate. This is no time to be depressed..."
A new portal opens up and the two step through. Shin Getter hesitated though...he was unsure. But he fully stepped through, darkness no longer in his mind.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 25, 2008 19:26:44 GMT -5
Solranous slapped a hand over one of his eyes.
"God, you'd think with my telepathy I couldn't forget anything! I'm sorry about forgetting you guys." The dragon muttered.
Myrr and Kisara smiled, "We forgive you."
Myrr then blinked for a few seconds, then turned to Kisara, unknowing that the human woman had done the same thing.
"How'd you get involved in that? I asked you first!" They said to each other at the same time. Myrr decided to give in and answer first.
"Long story, short, Ocrimus and I got into a bit of a rumble." the half dragon said.
"More like a one-sided beat down on my end, even with Onyste's help." Kisara responded, shrugging. Solranous sighed.
"And I believe an apology of my own is in order, Ocrimus, Gaigan... I'm sorry for going berserk and attacking you." The dragon said to the two Zoanoids.
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Post by Talon on Jan 25, 2008 19:45:59 GMT -5
Ocrimus and Gaigan glanced at eachother, looking surprised.
"Um... well, it's fine. X tells us you weren't completely yourself at the time. So, uh... you're forgived."
"Hell, we're just happy we're alive! One second we were dead, the next, we were in some city allyway!" Ocrimus muttered.
They shrugged, and all three Zoanoids bounded off.
"I owe them booze now, so we can't stay!" X shouted back, laughing.
Barias shrugged, glancing to the side and clicking his mandibles.
******
O'Malley began processing through his memory files, contemplating a serious thought...
To live an atrificial life of pain, or go through a simple death, where after there is nothing?
******
"Incoming." Barias muttered.
A large shape landed a few feet away, then reared a serpentine head at the group, two red-orange eyes glowing in the dark.
"Hello. I'm a placeholder at the moment for O'Malley. Name's Spite." It stated, bobbing it's head.
It looked like a black, mechanical dragon, Its wings were angular, yet bat-shaped, and it’s head resembled O’Malley’s somewhat, except it had two red-orange, almost diamond-shaped eyes instead of O’Malley’s ‘visor’, and four horn-like blades, two on either side of the back of its head. It had three claws on each foot (two in front, one in back), and two 4-foot long, thin cannon barrels on it’s back that could move up and down. Its hind legs were slightly larger than the forelegs, and both bore a triangular plate jutting out at the joint/knee, and a small sky-blue hemisphere was located just above and between the foreleg’s front claws. Its segmented tail ended in a diamond-shaped club, and it’s octagonal-shaped chest bore a glowing green hemisphere embedded in its center, with the plating covering it slightly. Its joints were a metallic dark blue, and overall it was about 12 feet long.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 25, 2008 19:52:41 GMT -5
"Hello there, Spite... It's a pity O'Malley didn't come... Well, I won't force him if he doesn't want to." Solranous spoke, greeting the mecha dragon.
"Eh!? The heck is going on here? A party? And I wasn't invited? Who's running this thing?" a certain gruff, feminine voice asked, and everybody turned to see a particular beetle haul her multi-thousand pound body into veiw. Those that saw her dead in the rural district blinked in surprise, before shouting,
"CHIGGAR!?"
"YIPE! You sound as if you've seen a ghost! Any ways, I would have made an intervention up on the moon, but you guys had it handled and had all the help you needed, I would have just been in the way," the Villakroma huffed as an explanation, "So are we waiting on anybody else, or are we going to start this thing?"
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Post by Fredrex00 on Jan 25, 2008 20:04:54 GMT -5
The Mazinger Bros. and Burning Gundam arrive high in the sky. "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!" Great Mazinger yells and rockets at neck breaking speed.
Mazinkaiser and the Gundam fall to the ground in a small dust cloud. Great Mazinger lands perfectly and looks at his brother and the Gundam. "Hey, get up guys!! PARTY!!" Mazinkaiser and Burning Gundam run up to Great Mazinger and punch him straight in the face.
"IDIOT!!!" they both yell and Great Mazinger slams into a wall. The machine falls to the ground in pain. Mazinkaiser and Burning Gundam dust themselves off and walk to where everyone else is. A portal opens up and Shin Getter Robo and Galion emerge.
"Good to see everyone again..." Galion growls happily. He spots Smite and walks over to him. "Hmm......So this is O'Mally's friend. Nice to meet you. I am Galion." The lion looks to Shin Getter Robo.
Shin Getter Robo instantly goes back into the shadows. He doesn't really want to speak or be seen.....he doesn't like these kinds of situations. Galion sighs and sits down.
Suddenly a human appears from no where. It is Kaosu. ".......Where...is the alcohol?" He mutters. If this was a party, there had damn well be some alcohol.....
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Post by Talon on Jan 25, 2008 20:17:23 GMT -5
Reizus had to catch the Sangheili, for Barias had passed out after seeing Chiggar alive. The ex-Zoanoid hauled him inside and threw him on a chair. Meanwhile, Spite nodded to Galion.
"Likewise." He stated.
******
O'Malley sighed, hearing everyone arrive. They were all so closely-nit, and they had all met while fighting... they had become friends in such a short amount of time...
The droid stood up and walked over to the edge opposite of the group's gathering and leaned his right leg on the roof's edge, claws digging into the barrier-wall. He leaned his right arm onto the leg, staring at the city, his single eye observing the humans.
"Why... do they bother? Their lives are so short, their bodies are so brittle... they purposely destroy their own planet and themselves, yet... some of them, though very few, can be kind, caring beings... is this what having a soul is about?" He asked himself quietly.
******
As the others began filing into the building (assumingly), Spite walked past Myrr, stating to her quietly,
"O'Malley's on the nearby roof, by the way."
He had seen his droid brother save the half-dragon, and her conversation with the white-garbed Incarnation.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 25, 2008 20:23:14 GMT -5
Solranous gave a hearty chuckle as a few six packs of beer floated over to the Arrancar through Solranous' telekinesis, setting down on a ledge next to Kaosu. Kisara glanced back at Solranous with wide eyes.
"You've got alcohol here!?" she asked him, clearly stunned.
"What's so wrong about me getting beer for guests who want it?"
"I thought you were strictly against drinking that kind of stuff." Myrr noted.
"I am, but it doesn't mean everybody else has to be." the dragon coolly replied.
"Hang on, I'll be right back." Myrr said, walking back out and flying to the rooftop where the droid was.
"Hey, um... Sorry about the mix up back in the forest, and... Thanks for saving me." Myrr told O'Malley, hovering back into the air.
"Are you sure you don't want to join the party?"
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Meanwhile, on another rooftop, a young wyrmling sighed.
'Should I really... show up? ...No, I shouldn't have even come this far, they'll hate me for what I did... But... What did Solranous mean when he said 'you're not the only one?' How am I suppose to find out if I don't ask?'
Reluctantly, Cynder flew towards the building, landing in front of the door and knocking three times, before backing up a few steps, seeing that it opened outward, not inward.
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Post by Talon on Jan 25, 2008 20:30:52 GMT -5
O'Malley merely glanced over his shoulder, then looked back and sighed.
"It's alright. You didn't know who it was."
He glanced back at the city, claws squeezing themselves.
"I might. But, before you go... do you mind if I ask you a question?" He asked.
His eye shut, and he asked,
"How can you organics be so... varying? Some of you seek to gain power selfishly, not caring if anyone else is harmed... and at the same time, others will do a kind deed so small as picking up their trash... you all can be so diverse in personality, so uncaring, and so forgiving."
A clicking sound emanated from his head, his back still turned to Myrr.
"Is it... the soul that allows you to do this? To care or to destroy? Is it the soul that allows those of you so kind to forgive those who have destroyed everything they care about?"
His tail slowly swished to the side as he waited for an answer.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 25, 2008 20:45:03 GMT -5
"..." Myrr was taken aback, not knowing how to answer.
"Well... In a ways, it does allow us to do these things. It allows us to choose what we will do. In turn, life experiences can effect the soul, which would determine the deeds of some. Other's could be born inheritantly evil. Armageddon was some one who was born evil... But Gaigan and Ocrimus, who currently appear as human beings, were evil before, but they seem to have changed. In a ways, its a form of balance. No one is truely good or truely evil." the half dragon replied.
"And the two of us could exhibit that perfectly, like a Yin and Yang symbol." Xeno-Myrr continued, appearing on the other side of O'Malley from Myrr's shadow.
"You probably wouldn't believe it at first, but I would be termed as 'evil,' while my goodie-two-shoes, light half would be my exact opposite. You don't see her try hopelessly to save a doomed person, or do random acts of kindness at every possible moment. At the same time, I'm not out to make everybody's life miserable with every breath I take. Within myself there is a bit of Myrr's good side, and within her there's a bit of my evil. And yes, that meant there was a sliver of good in Armageddon's heart. His evil just overpowered it to the extent that it couldn't be detected. Everybody has a choice, and now you can make yours."
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Post by Fredrex00 on Jan 25, 2008 20:58:51 GMT -5
Kaosu stares at the pack of beer. He...drools. Kaosu rips open the tops of the beer and drinks one empty. "Aaaaaah.....I've been stuck with green tea for so long...." Kaosu says and opens another beer.
Mazinkaiser laughs at Kaosu, Burning Gundam chuckles, and Great Mazinger creeps over to Kaosu. He snatches a beer from Kaosu and chugs it down. "Hmm...this is good." He mutters happily.
Kaosu looks extremely slowly and creepily (sp?) at Great Mazinger. He gives the bot a death glare that would make Amon shake in fear. He growls in anger....
"THAT. IS. MINE!!!" the Arrancar roars at the machine. He punches Great Mazinger in the face and Great Mazinger roars and counters with a punch. The two continue having their "fight" as others look at them.
"....Are you sure they aren't going to break anything?" Burning Gundam asks Mazinkaiser. Mazinkaiser rubs his "eyes".
"I have no idea......just pray they don't...." Mazinkaiser groans. Galion looks from his seat and smiles. This was one of the rare smiles that he ever did...one of happiness.
Galion looks at Shin Getter Robo, who is still in the shadows. The hidden machine says nothing, nor does he want to. Galion sighs and thinks to himself, I guess time is the key for healing this kind of pain.......
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 25, 2008 21:06:25 GMT -5
Solranous growled angrily, getting inbetween the two and shoving them apart with his lengthy arms.
"Both of you stop squabbling like three year olds!" Solranous roared at them. He turned to Kaosu,
"Look, don't get pissed off over one beer, I've got plenty more in the cooler." The dragon then glanced at Great Mazinger,
"But you are also at fault, next time you should ask someone if you may have a share, though I'm sure you already knew that. Now both of you apologize before I go Bankai on your a****." the dragon finished, glancing between the two of them.
The sound of the door creaking caught everyone's attention, causing them to look at a wide-eyed Cynder.
"Um... perhaps I should go back outside..." the black dragoness muttered.
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Post by Talon on Jan 25, 2008 21:22:43 GMT -5
"I don't think so." A familiar, gruff voice stated.
Cynder bumped into a certain dragonkin's shins, and Shive closed the door behind him. He was not in the best of conditions. His eyes were sunken, baggy, and bloodshot, and he looked... withered. He wasn't wearing his armor, so it was noticable.
He closed the door behind him, shuting off Cynder's escape route. He bent down and looked her square in the face and said,
"You should go talk to Solranous. He knows what you went through."
He staggered over to the wall, and collapsed against it, wheezing.
******
O'Malley contemplated the two Myrr's replies.
So the soul... does depend on the owner... its condition depends on said owner's choices because of the soul itself... I... I think I understand now... He thought.
He glanced over his shoulder, shocking the two Myrrs at what they saw. Instead of O'Malley's one eye, there were two, just like Spite's! They seemed much more emotive than his visor-eye, and O'Malley nodded.
"I see... thank you. You can go back now; I'm sorry for keeping you from the party." He stated.
He turned back and stared at the city once more. His mind was locked from all outside sources, and his face bore no emotive properties aside from his eyes, so no one could tell what he was thinking.
It depends all... on the owner's soul itself... it's the cause for everything, even the owner's choices that decide the soul's self-being... He thought.
So... how will my soul end up?
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Post by Fredrex00 on Jan 25, 2008 21:56:33 GMT -5
Kaosu and Great Mazinger stop. They glare at each other for a few minutes. The turn their backs to each other and grunt in anger.
Mazinkaiser comes up to his brother and punchs him in the arm. "You're not supposed to be fighting here dammit!!"
Great Mazinger rubs his arm in pain. "Oh shut up....he didn't have to jump all over me...." Great Mazinger glares at the Arrancar and huffs in anger.
Kaosu growls and returns to drinking his alcohol. He mutters to himself about the "stupid machine" and "If he ever touches his beer again..."
Burning Gundam just sighs at the argument. He looks at Getter Robo who is still in the darkness. The Gundam doesn't know what to say to the machine and looks away again.
Galion sees Shive in pain and appears beside him. He is sitting down in the position he was before, though this time next to Shive.
"So...Shive...what kind of trouble you get yourself into now?" Galion growls. He sees that the dragonkin doesn't wish to speak. He sighs and continues. "You look like Hell. Could you tell me why? I wish to help you if needed...." Galion pauses and looks down.
"If....I'm butting into something, there is no need to answer me nor accept my help." Galion mutters.
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