Oriens Academy [Phoenix Game]

[Advent Azure]

"... I see, well your concern is well appreciated at the very least, and noted. I am sure the staff will do what they can to remedy the situation. He's always been one be subject to a speedy recovery, and likely will bounce back as if this were nothing in the long run..."


Kylier heard a certain specific annoyance, the kind that just really makes your face fidget in anger, but she couldn't have that now at this point in time, or give a rebuttal in a manner Vash gave...


"..... It's good to see you too Vash... Have you..... Been well...?"


It was hard to speak in a pleasant manner toward Vash. She didn't enjoy his company at all, but it couldn't be helped, just another thing to work around... It was then that a doctor came out from a back room, and went up toward Rose since she brought with a paper with some charts in his hands. Vize couldn't help but peek her head around with all the commotion.


"I'm sorry for the wait Rose... But this may be hard to explain... And even harder to fully understand, both what your hearing... And the reality of things. All I can offer you is the most unfortunate news..."


Kylier though that it would probably be best to remove her hand from Rose and let take it on her own.


"According to the charts, data, and his current state, Azure has recieve dangerous levels of toxin, which was absorbed into his system, and although the substance was identified and purged from him, it has caused him, to fall into a comatose state... I'm sorry, but... we do not possess the means to safely reverse him from his condition... To attempt such with current medically accepted means, would almost certainly cause some of permanent damage to him on multiple levels of his being... It's impossible to tell when he will wake up naturally as well... It could be in the next minute... Or after he becomes an old man, or potential never..."


He sighed as he looked back over to the unconscious boy over where Vash is, and began walking toward Azure


"You can only hope though that he will wake up sooner rather than later. If you ever considered him lucky by any means, hopefully that'll go a long way toward his swift return..."


He turned his attention to Vash, examining him. Looking at his wounds...


"Hmm... These may need stitches... I wouldn't envy you, if Olga was currently in at this time..... A bandage alone doesn't appear like it will suffice... But for now, it can at least stall the bleeding. I'll be back, I need to resolve some issues and make calls to see if there is anything more we can do for your comatose friend.... And find where the proper medical tools are for you... The ones Olga left switched in... Well... I perfer standard issue medical tools... Not bugs and other 'alive' as I call it, equipment... I truly will never understand how she obtained her medical license, but that's just need... I'll be back.


The doctor gave Vash a super big band-aid and went onto the back room, closing the door as well


"... Rose..... Will you be alright...? I don't think you're willing to let this stand. What if I told you that I had a way to fix this, and make this whole problem go away"


Kylier gave out a concerned and uncertain, conflicted look toward the doctor's door and to Rose, but inside was annoyed more than anything. Azure was a tool, no, a broken tool in his current state, and his relationship with her makes him the most 'reliable' to access one at that... Although maybe Rose could do... Who knows...


-... Did I... Do this...?-


Vize was speechless and horrified at what she heard the doctor say...

 

[amdreams]

Rose

Location: Infirmary


Rose watched as Vash ran back and tried to hide behind Mel, failing to do so horribly. Peeking up over her shoulder, he narrowed his eyes at Kylier. "That's the one. That's Pedo Kiki." Hm? What was the boy talking about? "Pedo"? Kylier? That couldn't be. According to her records, Kylier has had no history of such behavior. Plus, don't pedophiles have to be adults first.


"We've met," Mel replied through gritted teeth, also shooting a dirty look at the demon girl. Her eyes went from Kylier to Rose and back again, making Rose look to the floor, remembering their little . . . talk.


The doctor soon came by to deliver his news, making Rose's eyes widen. Toxin? He was poisoned? She was about to ask what when Mel interrupted her.


"So, the guy's doing drugs now? Wouldn't surprise me if he did."


Rose's head snapped to face her, her cheeks growing red from anger. "Azure would not do such a thing!" She began to tremble slightly, looking at Mel, but her hands were balled up into fists. She was ready for the girl to bite her head off but instead she saw a rather puzzling expression. It could almost be considered a smile, or rather, a smirk. What? Rose wanted to ask what that was about but soon after, Mel turned her attention to the doctor, no visible signs of her previous emotion, or any at all as she listened to the prognosis.


The man then went off to get Vash a bandage, allowing Rose to return her attention to Azure. A coma, huh? This didn't sound good. The chance he might not wake up was all too prevalent. But what could they do? Maybe send for a healer? A better trained one who would know how to do this? It was an option for sure, but one that would take too much time. And she couldn't really think of other ones. How does one even wake up from a coma? Medicine? Faith? A kiss from a prince? Great. Azure was going to stay like this forever.


Or was he? Rose looked at Kylier as the demon suggested that she might know how to wake Azure. Wasn't this too convenient? Shouldn't she focus on finding out how this even happened? What type of toxin was in Azure's system? How would Kylier know of a way to wake Azure? These were only some of the questions Rose probably should've thought of. But she didn't. Instead, the chance of helping out her friend, one that had already seen the other side once already, weighed so heavily in her mind that she just wanted to take it.


"Y-you do?! How?!"

 

[Advent Azure]

Kylier continued to ignore Vash. She knows how bad it would be if she acknowledged him about what he's saying. Mel on the other hand, she turned her attention to her.


"We have Mel, but I'm not here for you by any means... If you want something feel free to ask and not simply skulk about..."


She smirked at the idea of Azure being a drug dealer who OD'd and nearly offed himself on his own stash. Then again, that's more of a Kylier action to force upon Azure.


"As amusing as that sounds, forcibly assaulted with drugs is far more likely to be the culprit, but what student would have the means to inject another student with some kind of poison, to knock them out to do whatever with them, like abduction for example... Either way... I heard the culprit was a poison filled frog however..."


She knew how the whole thing went down... But... Now probably wasn't the time to say things, after all, Rose was acting as planned, and was sure she could manipulate her as a result now.


"I have a solution that was employed multiple times in cases such as this one. As you know Rose... Azure's case is tricky, because of his one 'special' ability, I believe that he told you, and you may have seen it employed against Riff to disable his guns, and render all of the abilities he used to be completely ineffective in the one fight you all were in."


Kylier looked over at Mel with a calm, smooth smirk, before returning back to Rose with a normal look.


"However, it is possible to pull him out into reality, from within his own mind, if one was to locate where his subconscious lies dormant, and alert that subconscious that he is indeed asleep. It does not recognize that it is asleep in his current condition. However, thanks to my pressing efforts, as of two days ago, I have equipped Oriens Academy with the means to reverse this. The virtual reality consoles I have been allowed to bring and install here."


She smiled down toward Rose as she continued to explain, she was glad that she had been able to install them here. Her opposers were adamant to a small degree, but she managed to convince them in the end.


"The ones I brought here came about from private assets, and are effectively owned be me and me alone here. What this means, is that I alone can reserve the right of access to them, and allow others to access them for what reason. I can allow you to use their 'dive' feature to safely 'insert yourself' into his subconscious to pull him back into reality. All that you would have to do is try to help a friend, and he's as good as yours again. I can incorporate a video game as a medium as you go through him to bury private information within him. The end result is that you will get him back."


She looked over toward Mel with the same expression. Maybe she could be of use as well... Although it may be hard to make them get along...


"Since you already understand the situation, I would to ask if you would consider helping us. I'd be willing to make it worth your while Mel. I'd be in your dept, as well as Azure well. I'd be able to explain why Riff's guns failed that time, and how he was able to completely overpower him and neutralize all his techniques. I suppose Rose would be too if she cares to help her friend, and you did choose to lend a hand. The choice is yours though Mel, regardless of what I say and can offer. I would appreciate it if you did help, but I understand if you decline given our relationship to you."


Normally Kylier would of made it sound like she was okay with them not helping out with some additional wordplay, but choose to end her words there, at her basically asking Mel, and by extension, Vash for additional help. She was sure any other way wouldn't work. For now though, she returned to Rose.


"I can set up things immediately for you to begin the process Rose, to get through this issue straight away."


"Wow... Ky-lily really... does have a way to make this all go away... She's... So cool..."


Vize continued to peek around the corner listening in on things.

 

[amdreams]

Rose

Location: Infirmary


With: Kylier, Mel, Vash and Azure


Rose's eyes lit up at Kylier's proposal. Could this work? If so, that'd be a miracle. They couldn't exactly use healing magic on Azure, but this . . . This was technology. This could be used on him. This could help, right? It was certainly possible. And what luck that they'd already have the things needed to do so. This was going to work. She could save him. Azure would be -


"Are you seriously trying to ******* bribe me right now?"


Mel's voice broke her train of thought, making the half-elf turn to see the human glaring daggers at Kylier. Rose had no idea why Mel was so angry with the demon girl. Kylier seemed all too normal to have done anything worth that look. But for some reason, Mel was looking at her with the same eyes she had when she tore Rose's head off a few days ago.


"Do you seriously think I'd help you just because you're waving some little secret in my face? Well, no. I've dealt with slimes less oily than you."


"And you!" She shouted, making Rose making her jump a bit. Though Mel's eyes were glued on Kylier, it felt like her words were directed at Rose. "Don't you find any of this suspicious in the least? First, the little green not-so-giant is OD'd by biting into a frog. And yet is no one looking for this 'frog'? For all we know, we could identify the toxin by examining it. Hell, even knowing what type of frog would help narrow it down at least a bit."


"But no one's doing that, so now he's in some unexplainable coma and not even 30 seconds after the prognosis, his sister knows exactly what to do despite the staff not? Despite this method being used multiple times in the past? And isn't it a bit too coincidental that she'd have the equipment needed to do this? And her own personal machine as well?"


"No. This thing ******* stinks to the sky, and I am not having any part in it. Vash. Come." She turned to leave, with Vash on her tails, leaving Rose there to think a bit.


This was quite a coincidence, wasn't it. But if what Mel said was true, Kylier was Azure's sister. So she'd have no reason to want to hurt him. In fact, she'd be more prone to help him, right? She looked toward the pink-haired girl. There didn't really seem to be anything malicious about the girl. But then again, Bunny seemed so innocent as well . . .


~~~~~


Mel

Location: Hallway Outside of Infirmary


With: Vash


Mel was fuming, heels slamming against the stone floor quite loudly. She had no idea exactly what was going on, but if that cotton candy ***** was involved, it couldn't be good. Looks like seaweed head was going to just have to die. Oh well. It didn't affect her anyway so it didn't matter. She kept up her pace, distancing herself from the infirmary when someone pulled her back. Looking back, she notice a rather odd expression on Vash's face.


"We're gonna help them, right Mel?"


She pulled her hand out of his grip. "And why should we? I hate that girl. Both of them. And why should I care if that guy wakes up or not?" Vash hung his head, obviously disappointed, though he didn't say anything. This kid was so easy to read. Mel let out a sigh before bringing her hand up to his head, ruffling his hair. "Look, Vash. We've got to stay out of trouble, okay? People already know who I am and pretty much the entire school hates us as it is. If we stand out, then . . . " She thought of Riff, swallowing the lump in her throat as she recalled his stupid smile as he went up in flames. " . . . I can't lose you, too."


"But . . . we're the heroes, aren't we?" That statement shocked Mel,leaving her speechless as Vash lifted his head to look her straight in the eye. "We help people, right? And they need help right now." He then grinned like an idiot. "And besides, nothing bad will happen to us even if it's a trap."


"Because we are righteous."

 

[Advent Azure]

Kylier folder her arms at Mel, and shook her head at her...


"You can call it a bribe, I would use the term reward, but it's all the same I suppose. Secret or no, I was only helping Rose better understand the situation."


She smiled as she stood in front of Rose a bit, in a protective manner.


"I suppose the problem with this case is that we are dealing with a poison frog. It may of been what I heard but that sounds rather absurd that a poisonous frog would be in the building in the first place. Many poisonous frogs transmit their poison by touch alone, but a bit one would be even more hazardous, I certainly wouldn't want to look, let alone come across one without the required safety gear, wouldn't you?"


She turned her attension to Azure, looking at him where he laid.


"Regardless as the doctor said, the poison was identified and neutralized within him, so all that's left are the after effects."


She turned her attention back to Mel


"I however, don't feel the need to explain where my assets nor knowledge for mending the situation to you."


She watched as Mel matched out with Vash, Vize moving a bit away from the door as they exited, and watched them both for a bit, listening in on them from afar with her beastly senses.


"Hmm now that I think about it, I suppose it is a bit much to ask you to help Azure, after all, as a princess with other duties, you probably won't have time to help him. I can't do it alone either, and that 'one' girl is too unreliable alone... Either way, I can't really touch Azure to set things up without your say, and I'm sure someone of your status has plenty of friends you hang out with in his place, as well as that sister of yours. As cruel as it is, I guess Mel may have a point in all this perhaps, and Azure will have to live like that... I'm sorry Rose for wasting your time, I'll make arrangements with my family to deportate what's left of Azure back home so he won't be a bother here if you'd like Rose."





~~~~~


Vize was still by the door Kylier and Rose were in, listening in on them as much as she could in her human form. She'd turn her back and pretend to be all nonchalant if they were to come back around, but that Mel was a mean girl from what she heard, and didn't like her too much. Vash really did sound like some kind of champion of justice in her eyes though

 

[amdreams]

Rose

Location: Infirmary


With: Kylier and Azure


But shouldn't they still find the frog? Rose sat in silence, contemplating eveything she had just heard. Both sides had valid points, though right now, she was more preoccupied by this frog thing. They still had to find the frog, right? It wouldn't be right to just leave it out there where it could still poison students after all. And there were some beastmen immune to poison so it'd be safe for them to handle it.


Rose thought about making this plan a reality when Kylier spoke up. What? They were giving up? But they didn't even try yet. Why were they going to just send Azure home? Rose? Lots of friends? Ones that could take Azure's place? What? Rose wasn't even sure if she could trust her many "friends" and even if she did, people couldn't be easily replaced like that. How could Kylier even say that? Wasn't this her brother? Why would she give up so easily?


Unconsciously, Rose reached out for Kylier, grabbing onto her clothes lightly. Her eyes were tearing up slightly as she continued to stare at Azure. "Can't . . . can't we try anyway? If we need more people, I can get some."


It was at this time that Vash burst back in through the infirmary doors, strutting in before giving a salute. "Vash, here! Ready for duty!" Behind him was Mel, walking much more slowly, arms crossed. There was still something she didn't like about this, but if she didn't come along, Vash would probably get himself killed or something. Her eyes left the floor and settled on Kylier, quickly turning into a glare. "You better tell me about your little brother after this." Mel wasn't that interested in Azure's abilities, but she'd be damned if she wasn't getting at least something for working with this *****.

 

[Advent Azure]

Rose looked back toward Rose from the corner of her eye, seeing her practically submitting herself. She felt like she was almost the spitting image of Azure for this particular situation, but regardless, she had her in her own hands now. Since she was willing she could probably have Vize work along with her, she didn't see anything that could go wrong, everything was still according to plan, and everything will fall into place.


"Well, I suppose just you alone would be fine, I have someone else in mind you can work with..."


Vash and Mel coming back to join in however surprised her a lot, even for her, she didn't think she would wind up coming back with a change of heart, but it probably wouldn't be best to mess with her at this point.


"I'll tell what you'll ask as you say Mel."


She gave her a smirk and nodded at her.


"In this case, all I have to do now is make a few arrangements, and we can meet again a little later today. I'll show the room first though for where we'll meet up."

~~~~~ 2:00 PM ~~~~~

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After showing everyone where the room was located, she went around with Rose to do the normal paperwork and such to allow them to go through with what they were about to do... Afterwords, she had Azure taken down and set up in her teched out room. There were several pod type machines that looked like it would house a person for them to sit in in one set position. Azure was already set in one in advance. At least Rose was with her since they had duties to do


"Since these virtual reality dive pods also act as a basic life support system, Azure won't need anything arbitrary or extra while you do your work. I have one other person who is on stand by in one of these pods. She'll be joining you along with Mel and Vash. When everything is on proper, you'll get to meet her again, hopefully she won't be too much trouble for you."


Kylier turned to the door, unsure when Mel and Vash would arrive exactly

 

[TenaciousTinkerer]

Instead a green eyed face popped out from the doorway, peering around the room, before eventually slithering into the room, looking around a bit at the various pods set about. "Uhhmmm. . ." Skyia mumbled to herself, slowly slithering towards the two. "So. . . these things are going to be able to help Azure?" She said looking back over to the machines, slithering about slowly, taking note of the odd machinery, strange looking really, the concept of virtual reality, then again some of the other students around seemed rather fond of the idea, its not really much for Skyia to say about it as she's only heard of the concept around here.


Skyia continued to slither about slowly, before settling down onto a table, briefly looking at Azure's pod, before sighing out, and looking at the other two. "So how does this work?" She asked moving her hands onto her lap and leaning towards the two slightly. "I don't really know how this all works eheh..." She said before sighing out once more. "And is there one for me? Or am I going to have to awkwardly slither into one?" She said raising her hands up pressing her fingers together.

 

[Advent Azure]

"Hmm?"


Kylier turned around to see what appeared to be Skyia joining the team to help Azure, it's not like it could cause problems her being included. She turned toward her with a pleasant smile.


"Why yes Skyia it should bring him back once more, and can do whatever you want like normal."


She turned toward the extra large one for those on the far more massive side.


"You should have more than enough room with one of those. You won't have to do a thing, once you are all set inside I will initialize the nessisary programs. It may feel weird, but everything else once you are inserted will feel completely normal. Climb inside your favorite one infact."


She motioned toward the back where some more bigger models were. There did seem to be one of the slightly larger models that was closed besides the one Azure was using. Unlike the one Azure was enclosed in, it's screen's opacity is set to prevent from seeing who was using it.


"You may have to curl up a bit to make sure you are enclosed properly Skyia, but there should be more than enough room for someone such as yourself."

 

[amdreams]

Rose

Location: VR Lab


With: Kylier, Skyia and Azure


Rose remained silent as Kylier introduced her to the various parts of the contraption. It seemed a bit tedious in her eyes. If the virtual reality system was just meant for quick training sessions, she saw no need for life support systems or pods. In fact, that woul dbe detrimental for training purposes, wouldn't it? Limiting the body's movement? But if this thing was going to help Azure, she should probably not question it.


Skyia soon popped in, much to Rose's enjoyment. With the other participants being either strangers or people who just hated Rose, it was comforting to have at least one person she could call a friend on this endevour. Not to mention, Skyia was probably the only other person who understood just how grave Azure's condition was. It certainly was lucky that she was able to find the lamia nad fill her in on the whole ordeal. Though she may have left out the fact that there might be a poisonous frog running amok on campus. She should maybe look into that after this was over.


Rose watched as Kylier went off to show Skyia a pod for someone her size, leaving Rose to look at the stuff herself. She ran a hand over the surface of the pod. This . . . seemed really over budget . . . How much electricity did these things use anyway? COuld the school afford to keep these things running regularly? Sure, their budget was a bit high compared to most other schools but still.


~~~~~


Vash

Location: VR Lab


With: Mel, Kylier, Skyia, Rose adn Azure


Vash came skipping into the room, wearing the jersey and shorts he typically wore to the gym classes here. It was Mel's idea to do so with her reason being that if things got messy, she wasn't going to pay for anymore clothing for him. But Vash was fine with it. He typically wore stuff like this anyway. Though he sort of wished Mel would've let him wear his superhero costume.


His eyes examined the machines with slight fear in his eyes. Dear God. The robots were taking over. And Pedo Kiki is in on the plan. Soon this thing was going to eat them an- Oh, look, it's Skyia.


Vash waved excitedly at the lamia. "Skyia! Skyia! Skyia! Sky! Sky! Sky! Sk! Sk! Sk! Hiiiiiiiii!"


Mel walked in behind him, shooting the demon a dirty look for his actions. Then with a roll of her eyes, she focused in on the virtual reality system, saying nothing about it. She appeared rather calm about it, but who knows if that was the case. She stood with her back to the wall to await instructions for this . . . thing.

 

[Advent Azure]

"..."


Kylier was rather displeased about Mel and Vash's timing seeing how she just explained it to Skyia and Rose


"I suppose I'll make this simple and brief for Vash's sake and so you too understand Mel. You'll sit yourself in the seat in the pod, and it will basically enforce a natural sleep like state out of you, so you don't move around, just like when you go to bed at the end of a day. You'll be inserted into Azure's dream, and to avoid you going through his memories, I'm going to use a game to basically act as a medium for reaching out to Azure. It'll be more troublesome, but I don't want you rummaging through his mind wildly just to learn whatever, I'm sure you all have personal info you'd rather not let out."


She looked at everyone in the room, but... Skyia probably didn't actually have anything incriminating about her past...


"Or most of you anyway... Regardless, you'll be able to remain inside indefinitely due to the basic life support systems to give you what you need, of course, you'll be able to leave freely since I will be watching over you all from the outside to assist you. The VR bleeding effect should work to hone whatever you do in reality for a anything you do in the game."


Kylier went over to a seat with multiple computer screens and began doing something before turning back around.


"Do keep in mind though that you are going to be in a game, meaning that you won't be able to just waltz wherever, since there will be danger and hazards. You are trying to find Azure's conscious still in there. Things might not be how they appear, and so on."


She turn back around to the computer screens.


"I will be able to see everything you do and say however the way you will see everything."


-And think if these devices were advanced enough... Grr...-


"So get in whatever one you prefer if you're going in, it doesn't make a difference."

 

[amdreams]

Mel

Location: VR Lab


With: Vash, Skyia, Rose, Kylier and Azure


Mel's frown deepened as she heard Kylier's explanation. So basically, they were going to be drugged and placed into pods while their minds were being sent into a world that was going to be controlled by Kylier. She didn't like this. They were essentially at the mercy of this Yuno Gasai wannabe. Anyone with half a mind could see that this was suspicious as ****.


Unfortunately though, her "companions" for this "adventure" were a mass of complete idiots. Not a single person was questioning a single aspect to this plan. No. Instead they were letting themselves get carried away with the technology of the pods and system. Vash seemed to have already claimed a pod as his own, perhaps a bit too eager to get inside it. The same with the little princess, already setting herself into one.


Might as well get this over with. Mel had already agreed to do this and she was not a ******* quitter. Choosing the one next to Vash, she gave the thing one last hesitant look before getting in.

 

[TenaciousTinkerer]

Something that Skyia has been feeling but hasn't shown signs for was that she was genuinely worried about Azure right now, its only been a short time and he's almost got himself killed again! This is what happens when she's not looking. She's grown more worried about his safety and health with these increased scenarios where he's almost died, and even died once! She really needs to isolate Azure at some time and really talk to him about all of this, she still hasn't said what she wanted to before, just the time hasn't come around. But she put up a smile and did her best to try to appear not to bogged down with all of this clogging her mind, all she was focused on is learning how they would help him, and how she could help him. As long as he was okay in the end, everything would be fine, right?


"That doesn't sound too bad, yea I can do that!" She said with a energetic nod! Before hearing a familiar voice, darting her head around and giving a wide smile. "Hi Vash.~" She said with a slight giggle, raising up her hand and giving a small wave trying to keep her spirit up, Vash's goofiness sorta put a smile on her face whenever she saw him running around. Returning her attention towards Kylier's explanation. Taking it in full, she still didn't really understand personally how a VR system worked, but something caught her attention. " Is there anyone else that is going to be monitoring for health reasons? Just the whole thing with what I think sounds like if I get hurt in there, I get hurt in reality right?" She said slowly tilting her head.


Another question began to egg at Skyia's head as she slithered up to a pod, beginning to open it and slither inside, stopping briefly to turn around to look at Kylier. "Are . . . you going to be the only person watching us too?" She said a bit confused, shouldn't there be some sort of member of the staff around here for the technical problems? Kylier . . . was a student right? She didn't really know much about her honestly, other than she's apparently Azure's sister. As the seals of her pod began to close, she just looked around a bit, trying to get settled in and began to see how this all would work . . .


(( I can't remember if Kylier told Skyia if she was Azure's sister, so apologies if I messed up that bit of my post. ))

 

[Advent Azure]

As Skyia questioned her about the safety of these machines, she gave her a heart warming smile.


"Don't worry Skyia, these machines won't do anything outside of what they were meant to do. These machines frankly can be considered safer to be on inside than out."


Kylier watched as she went on toward the machine, questioning her a bit more.


"My original plan was for me to go into Azure alone to restore him, meaning that no one would be watching over myself. I am graced with your assistance though, and as a result, 1 person may watch over who knows what they are doing rather than none at all... You'll be in good hands."


She began working on the computer a bit, and the opacity of Mel's, Vash's, Rose's, and Skyia's chamber windows were set to max, making their chambers pitch black. An audio feed of Kylier's voice came through to them all.


"We'll be using an old save file in the game I haven't touched in years, a


So you won't be at the beginning of the game, but rather quite a ways already in. If you become stuck as to where to go, do not hesitate to contact me. To combat enemies you may find, you'll have to strike back with the game's skills given to you. Any type of power, magic, or ability you may of had in the real world will not be present, and will have to make sure you can use what's given to you. Good luck to you all."


The audio transmission ended, and the Rose's group was forced to a state of normal extended sleep, unable to do anything. Kylier smirked as she looked back at the pods from the corner of her eye.


"Cause you'll need it..."


~~~~~


VR World: Location Unknown


'Music = None'


Rose, Mel, Vash, and Skyia awoke on the ground of the floor of a rather ruined looking home, somewhat dusty and some of the bricked walls being cracked.. It looked completely boarded up and minimal light appeared to be coming through the cracks of the boarded up windows, although it didn't appear to be night out. It definitely looked like it had a desolated age to it, and doesn't feel any different than real life, other than anything that may have been special about anyone is now gone. It looks like you are on the 2nd floor of this 2 floor home. No one appears to be in the home or nearby. The place you are in feels free from danger.


A Kylier transmission began.


"Looks like you've made it inside, I was just checking is all, anyway, I will give you a run down on the bare basics."


Kylier explained to them how to check their own Skills and Abilities. They learned their class names as well. They learned about how to use their skills.


"When it comes to enemies, I will scan them for you, to allow you to size yourselves up against the foes, and display their skills and abilities. Teamwork will be a valuable skill here. As you learn new skills, abilities, or status effects, I will record it down for you to check upon. Other than that, that is about the extent of what I can do for you. One more thing first, I sent in a someone in Azure ahead of you guys. You should find her, she'll be of help. I don't have her location on hand since I was starting you all up, in your pods, and as a result, lost contact her. I suppose you could call that your first objective."


Kylier Transmission End


The sound of something breaking downstairs had occurred now, making a bit of noise.

 

[amdreams]

Rose

Location: ???


With: Skyia, Vash and Mel


The only thing Rose remembered was the inside of the pod turning black. She wasn't sure when she fell asleep, but she must've since when she was woke up in an unfamiliar location, well, she woke up. As the rest of the group began waking up as well, Rose found herself looking around, trying to survey their surroundings.


This place looked like . . . Where was this? A house? The place seemed on the verge of falling apart. Why were they transported here? The house itself would probably crush them before they even found a clue to find Azure.


Once everyone was awake, Kylier's voice could be heard from all around as she gave them a brief introduction of where they were and what they could do. Apparently, their magic from the real world was gone, though based on their skills, not exactly. Apparently she could heal people now. That's new.


Rose listened intently, grasping the mechanics of this world as best she could. It seemed simple enough. Though shouting out skill names seemed embarrassing. At least for her. It seemed less so for others, evident by Vash throwing his hands up and cheering that he was going to be like a Saturday morning hero. His lack of a serious mood made her frown. This wasn't a game. They were here to save someone.


Kylier had said all she needed to in due time and gave them their first objective.Okay, find this girl. Seems simple enough. Except . . .


"Hey," Mel said. "How are we supposed to find this girl if you're not going to tell us her name or what she even looks like?"

 

[Advent Azure]

Kylier Transmission Begin


"I suppose that's only fair. It's a fellow student from Oriens. She's a harpy with black wings. Her name is also Vize. That should satisfy. She'll likely be scouting around in the sky, or may even be in combat. Her own skills can serve to defeat some strong and most standard foes given enough time with her kit. If you need anything else, just ask..."


"You should know though, that was a place that she came in from, it was the safest place she could find to rest after an unexpected fight and was rather battered up. The exit to that place should be downstairs, the door broken open by here. It'll make it easier for you to leave and check your surroundings."


End Kylier Transmission

 

[TenaciousTinkerer]

Skyia awoke and began to get up, slithering up into a coil and looked around at the ruined house with its layer of grime catching onto her clothing, taking a brief look around as the others have been doing as well, curious how real this all looks. Strange really, this being all fake, then Kylier began to speak to them somehow, Skyia made sure to listen to the instructions and everything they should know.


Though Skyia wasn't sure how to feel about her current skill set, Beat coil? Muscle Whip? Miasma? Gorgon Eye? Its kinda embarrassing to say that stuff out loud, that and it kinda sounded like she was a thug, also why did she have to be stuck with everything that could hurt people! Hopefully this wouldn't be too bad . . . they shouldn't look like people right? It won't be that bad hopefully.


For now she just listened as the conversation ended, and began to slither around to examine around for a way downstairs, seeing as its their current thing to do right now. Checking around the general area to see for any entrances outside or just simply downstairs. "Anyone see the way where we are supposed to go?" Skyia called out, bringing her green eyes around and attempting to move some furniture around if she could not find anything.

 

[Advent Azure]

There really didn't seem to be a way downstairs... Odd really. What's the point of an upstairs that you can't get into or leave?


As Skyia moved around furniture, there appeared to be a trap door there... Or at least what was left of one... Judging by how broken it looked, it was here for a long while... But there appeared to be fresh marks upon it, meaning whatever tried to force their way up may still be around somewhere. Probably not in the building though.


Distant explosions can be heard going off in the distance


The hole down was at least a 15 foot drop and was rather dim, but not dark, only bright enough to be able to discern what is down there. There are some damaged and torn feathers down the area you can see, meaning there must of been a fight however...


There would be only more boarded up windows down there, but a massive hole in a wall where a door once was to easily allow something bigger than a person, or even Skyia to through. Feathers would be scattered around, embedded in walls or torn in some way on the ground some of them slightly bloodied. The way out of the building was definitely waiting for them, to exit outside.


There was what sounded like something else making a beast like wheezing down there, pained and weak.

 

[amdreams]

Mel

Location: ???


With: Vash, Rose and Skyia


"Great. Our job is find some lost kid," Mel muttered under her breath, rolling her eyes. Well, might as well get this **** over with. The sooner she got out of this ******* place, the better. The more she looked around the place, the more irritated Mel got. The ****? How the hell were they even supposed to get out of this place. No doors. The windows were boarded up. That ***** was going to pay if this was some demented joke.


Mel had almost made Vash simply break one of the walls when Skyia seemed to have stumbled upon a trap door of some kind. Or rather a hole with some wood bits. What the ****? So whatever just ripped this door apart somehow found a couch too overwhelming for it? Whatever.


Rose stepped cautiously toward the hole. "Is this how we get down? It doesn't look very safe. How are we even getting down there? Is there a rope or som-HEY!"


Tired of hearing the princess talk, Mel shoved the Rose aside as she ran forward and jumped down the trapdoor, quickly followed by Vash. "Wheeeee!!!!!!!"


Mel landed on the floor with the soft clack of her shoes hitting what seemed to be stone. Vash's landing was . . . less graceful, falling into a pile of broken wood, creating a cloud of dust, splinters and feathers. " . . . Ow . . . " Ignoring him, Mel scanned the room. The place was a mess, covered in feathers as if there was some sort of bird orgy during molting season. A sleeping mass of fur off to the side. And a giant gaping hole in the wall. Subtle . . .


"There's a way outside down here," she yelled, expecting those up top to hear her.

 

[TenaciousTinkerer]

"Okay!" Skyia shouted as she moved her tail around to wrap around Rose, to lower her down carefully, before coming down herself, one of the occasions her length was useful. Looking around at the mess, feathers everywhere along with splinters and just broken stuff in general. Curious looking around, she noticed the mass of fur off to the side. Trying to give a point towards it before staying silent.


Skyia wasn't exactly sure what it was, and she didn't want to do anything without the consideration of her partners in this venture. Do they try to sneak around it and head off looking for this other person? Or do they just fight it for fun? As long as Skyia didn't really end it it would be fine, hopefully, hopefully her guilt doesn't overcome her. Since the last time she tried to attack something, it did nothing, and Azure had his head popped off.


For now she coiled up whispering to the others. "Do we just sneak by that thing if its alive, or?" She said with a slight wiggle of the end of her tail.

 

[Advent Azure]

The beast was not in the way of the door, but even so... It is still there. The first is more or less flattened, furniture and such crushed or tossed aside the walls... The place was basically a medium sized arena with walls surrounding it...


The beast itself had yellow, blue, and silver shimmering feathers sticking out of it in addition to normal black ones. Yellow sparks periodically appearing around it, as well as sleep bubbles coming off it.


A target reticle came over the sleeping beast, and then appeared to get scanned by Kylier.


Enemy: Frenzied Gorgigas: Unique Monster

Stats: Raw


Remaining/Max HP: 2400/11000


Strength: 1200


Spirit: 0


Defense: 650


Will: 0


Speed: 395


Recklessness: 89%

Stats: Calculated


Standard Attacks: Works


Outgoing Damage: Incredibly Powerful


Incoming Damage Reduction: 50%


Skills Hit Chance: Roll 75 or higher


Status Hit Chance: Always Affected


Skill Dodge Chance: Roll 50 or higher


Status Dodge Chance: Always misses


Skills: Mindless Charge, Pummel


Abilities: None


Immune: None


Resist: None


Weak: Fire, Sleep

The Enemy is currently inflicted with two status's. Paralysis, Sleep.


Note: Status Log Updated, Paralysis, Sleep Added

 

[amdreams]

Rose

Location: ???


With: Skyia, Mel and Vash


"Eek!" Rose was surprised when Skyia lifted her up and helped her down the trap door. Well, wouldn't anyone freak out if they were grabbed out of nowhere? But when she was aware of what was happening, she managed to calm down. "Oh . . . Thank you, Skyia."


Once on the floor, she looked around, disturbed by the sleeping beast and all the feathers. What had happened here? All she knew was that she wanted to leave immediately. But that didn't seem to be the case. As Skyia asked if they had to fight the thing, Rose, assuming that the answer was yes, pulled up her hub to ready herself.


Focus, Rose. Feet apart. Knees bent. Keep your breathing ste- Wait, what? Still trying to get in the right state of mind, Rose saw Mel merely walking out the giant hole in the wall, ignoring the furry snorer. "Wait. Where are you going? Don't we have to fight this thing?"


Mel glanced back, giving Rose a funny look before rolling her eyes. "And why would we do that? Look, our objective is clear. Find this Vize chick and have her take us to Azure. There's no point in dillydallying by picking fights with things we don't have to. Now you can go and beat on sleeping no-so-beauty over there, but I want to get out of here as quick as I can." She turned back and stepped out into the light with Vash skipping behind her.


Rose watched them leave before turning to Skyia, keeping the beast in her line of sight. "So, are we just going to go then?"

 

[TenaciousTinkerer]

Skyia looked at the sleeping creature, then back towards the exit, starting to slither along towards it. "I think its better off we don't try to fight it. I don't know how the mechanics work exactly, and what our own stats are, it looked weakened, but uuhhm. . . twelve thousand strength? Six hundred and fifty defense? What does that all mean? I mean, what if that just means it can just breathe at us and suddenly we die! Ahmm. . . Yea I think its better off that we go, Plus safety in numbers right?" Skyia said, slithering outwards to follow along with the other two, turning her head around to see what Rose would do.


Speaking of which, while Skyia was in this position, she looked over the others, to see if there was some way to tell theirs and her own stats, she still wasn't sure exactly what it all meant, but the higher the numbers the better right?

 

[Advent Azure]

As the party stepped outside, they came across the dusky landscape of a devastated city. Entire skyscrapers have crumbled, nature and plant life has decayed to nothing, the sky covered by a thick layer of smoke and clouds, creating a veil that darkens everything and statues that appeared to be of people were scattered everywhere along the sides of the roads, some on the ground as if they were cowering from something before they were turned to stone, others appearing as if the status came over them without notice... There were even bodies of some regular dead people in here...


Ruined City Ethrala


Music: Darkened World [media]





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Compared to inside the building, it's much easier to see in here, it's more like everything is shaded, as no direct sunlight is coming through the clouds, whatever has happened here, it almost looks as if now is a post-apocalypse, as there is not a soul around, that was until it is seen that there are several other far weaker monsters around, however... They are all afflicted with sleep and paralysis, from blue and yellow feathers stuck in them, and rather damaged. They all appear to be of the same sort of monster, with minor differences.


A reticle appeared over one of the completely disabled monsters and scanned it.


Enemy: Small Hoxel

Stats: Raw


Remaining HP: 60%


Strength: 240


Spirit: 135


Defense: 60


Will: 54


Speed: 156


Cuddly: 100%

Stats: Calculated


Standard Attacks: Works


Outgoing Damage: Weak


Incoming Damage Reduction: 0%


Skills Hit Chance: Always Hits


Status Hit Chance: Always Affected


Skill Dodge Chance: Always Misses


Status Dodge Chance: Always Misses


Skills: Skull Bash, Happy Stomp


Abilities: None


Immune: None


Resist: None


Weak: Sleep

For monster however, they don't really look vicious or anything, they look akin more to fluffy animals, regardless they are all paralyzed and asleep, with only a couple feathers in them all.


Off in the distance, you can hear fighting going off elsewhere in the city... But to the north, there appeared to be a harpy an incredibly long ways away seemingly fighting something down below, as she flys around above... Exactly whatever however is hidden behind a collapsed building.


Given the way the surrounding buildings are collapsed... The only real way anywhere is forward out of the building.


Closer toward where Mel was outside however, amid all the destruction, there appeared to be just one survivor off in the distance a bit... It appeared to be that Azure was there on the ground collapsed... It was hard to tell from the distance, but compared to the rest of everything, His green hair stuck out at the very least.

 

[amdreams]

Rose

Rose looked from those at the "door" to the monster and back again. Even if the things was sleeping, she doubted she'd be able to do anything on her own and so she decided to follow the crowd. But then again, she typically did that anyway. And so leaving the beast behind, Rose made her way out the hole in the wall.


The adjustment from the poorly lit space inside the "house" and the "brighter" light outside put a bit of strain on Rose's eyes. It took a few seconds and a lot of blinking before she eventually got used to it. And once she did, the sights she saw sent a chill up her spine.


They were in some sort of city, or at least what remained of one. The entire place seemed to be built of rubble, feathers and the bodies of some rather fluffy animals. They seemed innocent enough, at least enough to make Rose feel sorry for them and their predicament. However, judging by the fact that Kylier's scans were showing up, they were probably enemies of some sort. Did they need to fight these ones? Or could they just ignore it like the last one? Damn, It was times like this that Rose wished she had played games when she was younger. But unfortunately, videogames were never really her thing.


Rose stayed quiet as she looked around. Being in an unfamiliar environment, it'd probably be best to let someone else take the lead. However, a familiar mop of green made her gasp. "Azure?!" Rose ran toward the boy laying in Mel's general direction. Was that Azure? Well, the hair looked the same at least. But then again, green was getting popular as a hair color lately. But who cared about that?


Arriving at the body, Rose crouched down beside it. "Azure?" she asked, trying to check if this was him or not. If so, this journey just got a lot shorter. "Azure, is it you? Wake up?"