Point Zero

marc122 T The Man With No Name

FactionGuerrilla

FactionGuerrilla · May 31, 2019

For the other people who had more futuristic experiences, the Drug Manufacturing area would likely seem completely normal. But for Arthur, the machines were just another strange sight to add onto his list of insane things in his journal- specifically the robot arms. It really was like Marko Dragic had went bananas and had a ridiculous dream or something... only this wasn't a dream.

He started observing the silver containers that reminded him of the ones that held moonshine and oil in his world. Did the containers have anything like that..?

Morgan wouldn't find out. A syringe passed by him, catching his attention. It looked so much like the stuff that the Shadow Beasts were made out of... Could this be the source of those monstrosities? He took one off the conveyor belt, lifting it up to the lights shining from above to try and examine it further, before a slight commotion caught his attention. Some moron with a yo-yo was daring people to try and inject the substances. Super-powers? If it meant they'd turn into one of those Shadow Beasts, that was a really dumbass idea. Hell, he doubted even Marston would be stupid enough to try that- if that fool had been thrown into this place, too.

"Put that down, you ape. The last thing we need is for one of us to turn into one of them Shadow Beasts," The gunslinger growled as he pocketed his own syringe for safekeeping in the Satchel. He didn't want to use his at all; rather, he'd make sure he'd find someone who knew exactly what the hell this stuff could do.

Turns out he wasn't the one telling the clown to stop messing with the syringe. Lyle berated the man alongside Takemi the ghost-lady and even the little singer girl- Rin, he thought her name was- who was in fact wearing his Hat and Lasso. But most importantly, some random voice shouted at the yo-yoer over some kind of voice-magnifier. A voice that wasn't Cobblepot's nor Deathstroke's. Arthur's Split-Point Schofield Revolver came out instinctively, though he didn't quite pull the hammer down nor raise it up yet. He didn't take out his Explosive-loaded handgun, though, since there'd be more risk of collateral damage in such a close-quarters environment.

As people began to talk to the man on the intercom, both Takemi and Rin came over to talk to him- the former thanking him for his efforts back in the fight against the mercenary, and the latter offering his Lasso back but apparently forgot about the Gambler's Hat on her head.

"Ahhh, don't mention it. You did well back there y'erself with that electricity magic. And besides, I was doing what had to be done," Morgan replied to the Persona-wielder with a nod of acknowledgement in addition before he couldn't help but smile a little at the slightly crooked hat on her head. He kneeled down so he was at little Rin's height before he accepted his Lasso, putting it away into his Satchel for the time being, before adjusting the hat so it was straight. He couldn't help but feel a little bit of an obligation to protect her as he did to Marston's family- specifically little Jack. He felt nothing about loyalty- just protection for those who couldn't defend themselves, like Rin.

"Thanks, kiddo. You can keep the hat if you like it that much, though- I don't need it." He nodded out of appreciation before pulling himself back to the situation at hand. At this point, the voice had apparently said something about a hostage and a "Doctor Hugo Strange". He must be a crazy doctor to take hostages and be okay with all these atrocities surrounding Arthur and the others. As Midna pointed out the source of the voice, Arthur had no time to put in his own personal thoughts before she and the Yo-Yo fool immediately burst into the room, revealing a nefarious-looking doctor. Even a westerner like him could tell that someone like this guy was up to no good. The smirk on his face said it all.

Hell, there was some talk about some kind of "Twilight". That, combined with how he talked about the syringes, made Morgan suspect that Strange had something to do with the syringes. And his suspicions sure as hell weren't good at all. With how he didn't seem worried that everyone had figured out where he'd put his little electronic lair, something smelled too fishy. He instinctively stepped to the side, moving in front of Rin in case things went hairy. The last thing he needed was for the kid to die on his watch, even if she was supposedly a mechanical thing like Marko's invention.

Unfortunately, it seemed that everyone else had flat-out forgotten their brains back in their old world- and as Arthur had predicted, a fight broke out. The sentient paper dog in particular got all pissy and screeched away as he threw his microphone at the doctor alongside another cardbox box with wheels- How many of them things does this dog have?!?!- and triggered Lyle to start shooting at the guy's head. Even if this was a trap, they couldn't blindly shoot at the guy- if they killed the Doctor, they wouldn't have any knowledge on where the woman hostage was!

"Don't kill 'im- take him alive so we can find that hostage!" The gunslinger declared, aiming his regular Split-Point Ammo-filled Schofield at the Doctor's legs and quickly fanning his hammer, aiming right at the Doctor's kneecaps.
- Canon: Red Dead Redemption II
- "Powers":
  - Deadeye
  - Eagle Eye
- Abilities:
  - Reflexes
  - Weapons Proficiency
  - CQC Proficiency
  - Outdoorsman Skills
Status: Wary
Weapons: Schofield Revolver x2, Pump-Action Shotgun, Bow and Arrows, ~~Machete~~, Throwables
Equipment: Bandolier, Journal, Electric Lantern, Portable Camera, Lasso Hook, ~~Arthur's Gambler Hat~~
Satchel Inventory: Fire Arrows, Ice Arrows, Bomb Arrows, Shock Arrows, Ancient Arrows, Penguin Figurines, Twilight Syringe
Indirect Mentions: None
Direct Mentions: Tandem ( Chungchangching ), Lyle ( Damafaud ), NPCs ( thatguyinthestore ), Takemi ( Veradana )i, Rin ( Necessity4Fun ), PaRappa ( DapperDogman ), Blake ( marc122 ), Drug Manufacturing Group
A Tell-a-Vision, according to the folks who I overheard talking about it. Seems like this invention helps communicate images or something- Cobblepot used it to talk to us from afar.

(Credit to TBeltrame on DeviantArt!)

What kind of a mess have I gotten myself into? Flying metal men, people harnessing electricity, and talking human-like animals plague this NEW world I have apparently stumbled upon. If this truly is what we have to look forward to in 2017, then it is a world that I most certainly cannot imagine how 1899 will lead up to these kinds of inventions and people that I have met. Even little Jack Marston's crazy outlandish books have nothing on what I have experienced this whole day- which isn't even OVER yet.

I have the feeling that this world don't want no sort of outlaws like me- but then again, it's brought in women with cat ears, ninjas who can harness ICE itself, and a weapon that can use a red light to burn a giant Crocodile-Man's arm off. Writing this alone makes me question my sanity. This can't just be some ridiculous dream, can it? I initially thought it had to be some sort of afterlife, but a man with an eyepatch named Nick Fury said a blue glowing cube named the Tess-a-ract or however you spell it had a hand in everyone. I don't think everyone came back from the dead like me, though- a lotta folks, including this poor girl and her cottonish animal, seemed real upset and jarred from this new experience just like me. This creepy-looking man, Cobblepot- who reminds me somewhat like a certain Angelo Bronte- was apparently behind all of our "multiverse" problems or something like that.

Cobblepot. If I get my hands on him... Well, let's just say I'm not gonna just feed him to the gators. No. He deserves worse. He put these futuristic bombs in our heads- even the CHILDREN- and threatened to kill us if we didn't fight for him. What the hell was he expecting the children to do? Use their fluffy pet to smother someone to death? Sing them till their ears burst?

That, and the CROCODILE-MONSTROSITY I met earlier. Bastard killed off four of us in the sewers and got away with it. Had to make do for a temporary "burial" without the proper resources. I'll make sure to tell that Nick Fury about where their bodies are. Next time, that Croc won't be getting away with just a missing arm. I'll arm myself properly next time.

Speaking of being armed, I have the feeling that I am somewhat outclassed for once by the people who surrounded me. The man who used that laser weapon seems to have a set of armor that isn't just for show, and some of the folk I've seen can really move fast. Actually, maybe I myself should move- writing this entry in the heart of the enemy ~~beat~~ base probably ain't very smart of me.

thatguyinthestore · May 31, 2019

Mid-Chapter Update
"Old Friends"

"Uhhh.... you can call me Bluebird." The girl said in response to those asking about her name, taken a bit aback by the... talking cars and giant robots. She remained seated, breathing heavily. As you got a closer look at her, it was clear that she had taken quite a beating. Various cuts and bruises marked her body, while her black and blue leather outfit brandished various tears and holes of their own. Trying her best to ignore the talking car in front of her, Bluebird sighed. "I was here tracking Cobblepot on behalf of Batman. Large energy surges were coming from here, and it's not like Cobblepot has a clean track record as it is." She explained as she continued to look at all of you with furrowed brows and a generally confused expression. "And, for the record Lightning McQueen, I am grateful. I just wasn't expecting to be rescued by talking cars and tin men." She said, although at Aeon's question her face scrunched up a bit more. Her explanation just provided more questions than answers, although she figured that these people were on the same train of thought she was. "Gotham is just a city. Though, if you're not from here like you say..." She paused, before abruptly shaking her head. "Y'know what, nevermind."

"Look," Bluebird began, taking another deep breath and leaning back into the chair she was once strapped to. "I don't know who you people are and, quite frankly, I don't really care right now either. What I do care about is that Cobblepot gets stopped at... whatever it is he's planning." She said, nodding slowly. Crossing her arms, she lifted up her index finger as her hand rested on its opposite forearm. Cocking her head to the side slightly, she said, "That being said, I don't really think I'm in the shape to continue on with you guys. Just go and kick Cobblepot's ass while I rest up here. I'll probably be gone by the time you get back anyways." She said, and with that out of the way, you all were free to leave the office through the portal that Alphonse had conjured up. Those of you exploring the facility would not have found anything of note aside from unloaded guns, knives, swords, bombs, grenades and the like. With everything said and done, you all made your way out of the weapons facility without much consequence.

Those of you attacking Strange would have found that there was no hostage, but rather, the screaming was coming from a tape recorder that Strange had held up to a microphone. It did appear that in the end, the man was more talk than walk. Parappa's skateboard hit the deranged scientist in the stomach, causing the man to recoil back in pain. He dropped his syringe of Twilight, the glass shattering against the ground as the black substance dispersed along the ground before dissolving into thin air. Unfortunately, there was nothing Arthur could have done as Lyle fired off his gun. The two bullets struck Strange right in the temple, sending the man stumbling back towards the wall before hitting it with a loud thud. A trail of blood followed where his head had struck as he slowly fell down towards the ground. Arthur's bullets to his knees only added insult to injury due to the fact that Strange was already dead by the time they struck him.

"What did ya go and do that for, you idiot?!" Midna shouted, the imp writhing in anger as she turned to face Lyle. "We could have interrogated him! Maybe he even knew where the Tesseract was!" She shouted, before turning to face Strange's body, which was now limp on the floor after having slumped over completely. She let out a groan and rubbed a small hand over her facial features, before turning mid-air to face the group. "Whatever, there's not much left to see here anyways." With that, you all eventually turned and made your way out of the drug manufacturing facility.

There was no way that Ultron stood a chance as Jerome, Steve and Ike all simultaneously pounded away at Ultron's head, which was made easier as Captain America joined in by bashing him with his shield and Spider-Man held him down by wrapping him in a large cluster of web. The robot's head was, quite literally, destroyed completely. Nothing but pieces of scrap metal were left in its wake as the rest of the robotic appendages went limp and collapsed upon the ground.

"Well... looks like that takes care of him. For now, at least." Captain America said with a large huff as he pulled the velcro strap on his shield, tightening it around his arm.

"For now...?' Leo asked as he spoke up, having been in the back helping secretly disorient Ultron using his eyes of the gods. It wasn't easy due to Ultron being a robot, though he managed to help a little.

"Well, if this Ultron is anything like the last, then he's still out there with who knows how many more bodies." He explained, before stopping himself to avoid going on some needless backstory over Ultron. With a firm nod, Captain America looked up towards all of you. "But that's not important right now. What is important is that you all get to the Tesseract. Stark managed to get the rest of the schematics of the facility from our anonymous tip. It's on the top floor in a vault. He also managed to restore the elevators from inside the base, so make sure to thank him for that when you get the chance." Captain America said, before turning to face Spider-Man. "Queens, you're with me. We need to report back to base and inform Fury on the news regarding Ultron."

"R-right." Spider-Man responded, fumbling a bit as he tried to look professional. "It was nice seeing you guys again!" Spider-Man said, before him and Captain America broke into a jog and left the lab, leaving you all to chase after the Tesseract. With no time to lose whatsoever, the three of you did exactly that, heading for an elevator at the other end of the hall and making your way up.

As the two groups converged back in the hallway, you all were no doubt a bit down. No leads, no idea where the Tesseract was, and probably a ton of more floors to head up and search before you even found the coveted cube. And who knows how long it would be until one of Cobblepot's cronies or his shadow beasts found you and tore you to shreds anyways? Things were no doubt looking bleak, though something soon caught your attention as you all stood in the seemingly empty hallway.

DING!

The sound of an elevator coming up could be heard behind all of you. You'd all turn to find it was in fact on, with the normally grey up arrow glowing yellow. Midna wore a weary expression as she gazed upon it. "I... thought these didn't work..." Midna muttered under her breath. As she was about to float towards the enclosed moving box, weary of attackers, the metal doors suddenly slid open, revealing a few people which you thought were long dead...

Ike Plymont, Steve, Jerome, and Leonardo Watch all stood in the elevator, looking at all of you.

"Sooo... hey! We're not dead anymore," Leo explained with a shy wave. "And we have a vault location for you guys."

Cast List

darkred as Michael “Psycho” Sykes (Crysis Series)

Hahli Nuva as Sub Zero (Mortal Kombat)

Veradana as Takemi Hashimoto (Persona OC)

marc122 as Blake Belladonna (RWBY)

Gaius Danius Griinia as Izuru Kamukura (Kamen Rider OC)

Cthulhos as Charles Thurston (OC)

Chungchangching as Tandem (CLIMAXVerse)

animegirl20 as Amy Rose (Sonic X) - DEAD! MAULED TO DEATH!

wdinatx as Shirou Emiya and Saber (Fate Series)

Necessity4Fun as Ren and Len Kagamine (Vocaloid)

SheepKing as Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

Damafaud as Lyle Walt (Sevens)

Jeremiah as Hat Kid (A Hat in Time)

Birb as Ike Plymont (OC) - DEAD! SHOT IN THE HEAD!

Arnold Shpitz as Arnold Shpitz (Lisa the Pointless)

thefinalgirl as Aeon and Double (Skullgirls)

Corrosion as Alex Mercer (Prototype)

Aegis as Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil)

Sleek as Jerome-092 (Halo Wars) - DEAD! KILLED BY SHADOW BEASTS!

DerpyCarp as Ike (Fire Emblem)

Vagabond Spectre as Chloe (Earthbound OC)

Zamasu as Soma Cruz (Castlevania Series)

FactionGuerrilla as Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption II)

Specialist as Thaddeus Solaxus (Warhammer 40K OC)

jigglesworth as Big Daddy (Bioshock 2)

Ineptitude as Ritsu (Assassination Classroom)

Jrzag42 as Misao Makimachi (Rurouni Kenshin)
T The Man With No Name as Papyrus and Sans (Undertale)

CatJones as Selvaria Bles (Valkyria Chronicles) - DEAD! MAULED TO DEATH!
P PopcornPie as Samus Aran (Metroid) - DEAD! BRAIN BLAST!

Sumirenko as Byakuren Hijiri (Touhou Project)

PlusUltra as Shiki Ryougi (Kara no Kyouki) - DEAD! SHOT IN THE HEAD!

CocoaMarshmallow as Eric the Typhlosion (Pokémon OC)

TCA as Katrina Ridley (Pokémon OC)

DapperDogman as Parappa the Rapper (Parappa the Rapper)

Stormcloak as Negan (The Walking Dead)

Shiyonichi as Robert E. Cerf (Kamen Rider OC) - DEAD! MAULED TO DEATH!

Centurion_ as Bryan Fury (TEKKEN)

June Verles as Steve (Minecraft) - DEAD! KILLED BY SHADOW BEASTS!

Haz. as Goro Akechi (Persona 5)

Sayo-Nara as Yuma Kennedy (OC)

GearBlade654 as Julian and Praetorian (XCOM 2)

Cocogerber13 as Link (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) - DEAD! CHOMPED IN HALF!

ManyFaces as Calvin Zabo (Marvel Comics)

2Bornot2B as Noel Vermillion (Blazblue)

FoolsErin as Willow (Don't Starve)

darkred · May 31, 2019

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Sgt. Mike "Psycho" skyes

Psycho looked over at the man with the red coat on. He eyed the room around him and he would collect more ammo for everything . He loaded up The MTOC, and his other various weapons.

He walked over to the others, “what did you find out about this woman?”

thatguyinthestore
GearBlade654 , marc122 @
SheepKing darkred weapons research

Via encryption Sleek
Healthy: Psycho is at full strength
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Abilities and weapons:

AY69 submachine guns
SCAR
FY71
Shotgun
Submachine gun
Precision rifle
Gauss rifle
Minigun
Explosives
Missile launcher
FGL40 grenade launcher
Explosive charges
Mines
Claymores
Frag grenades
Special weapons
MOAC
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Abilites:

NANOSUIT

DapperDogman · May 31, 2019

Turning to face Lyle, the small paper dog wore a small frown "We're not them, we shouldn't go around killing people like that. Jail exists to punish people who do bad things..." he crossed his arms, conflicted a little on the inside. Sure, he felt bad for seeing the man die. But Strange and his cohorts had been murdering good people too...Maybe it wasn't such a bad thing that Lyle killed the doctor, what if he really did have a hostage?

"I understand why you did it though. I just wish we'd had time to think about it, with him saying he had a hostage, I don't blame you"

Turning to the others who were now alive, the small dog cracked a tiny smile "Welcome back, guys. I'm more than a little confused, but it's nice to see you all"
It seemed the dog's hat had changed once again, his sense of determination and reunion with the rest of the group had turned his hat a soft pink.

Damafaud

Birb · May 31, 2019

You had closed your eyes as you swung.
It would have hurt to have to watch a robot get... demolished like that... all it made you think of was well... haha.... when you had almost done it to Milky Way... only with a large lamp....
You open your eyes to see the broken, destroyed head of the robot, and the rest of its body. You grow a sick nervous feeling... there could be more of them... you didn’t want to have to bash open the heads of any more robots.. especially ones that seemed to have any sort of feelings..

You snap out of your sad little daydream when you realize the juvenile spider boy and Uncle Sam lookin soldier had left the group.

“O-oh... I.... I guess we won.... nice....”

As the others leave, you crouch down on one knee, examining the last of what was left of the robots body... you suddenly felt both awful and proud for having contributed..

You fast walk to catch up to the others through the elevator, and stand in the corner contemplating the action of.. well... hitting a robot with a pipe to try to “kill” it... guess this was the SECOND time you’ve done that.

The elevator doors suddenly open on... well... not the floor you were thinking it would!

You look at... well... what appears to be the entire rest of the group!!!!

“A-ah!! Y-yeah what uh... he said.... we... aren’t dead.... and we have a location.... ehehe... of the tesseract...”

You twiddle your thumbs nervously, looking out into the group of.. “still alive” people... it was weird. You were dead, and shouldn’t be HERE because of it.. oh well...

Everyone

thatguyinthestore @AfterlifeGang?

SheepKing · May 31, 2019

Alphonse Elric
Thankfully she didn’t seem to have any ill intentions that the group had to take note of. She’d simply been sent to scout out what was happening. The mention of someone named Batman did seem a bit peculiar but he had nothing else to go off of to make any conclusions. For now, all that mattered was that Bluebird wasn’t a threat and they could continue on. Alphonse did feel guilty for just leaving her there and attempting to tend to her wounds, but there honestly was nothing any of them could do. As far as he knew no one in the group had healing abilities nor the supplies to treat her. If they did attempt to bring her with them she could get hurt even more.

“It’s nice to meet you Miss Bluebird, and don’t worry, we’re going to put a stop to Cobblepot’s plan. We can come back to make sure everything’s okay on your end if you would like us to”

Alphonse hadn’t asked for the group’s permission if they could return at a later point, but just because Bluebird couldn’t come with them now didn’t mean they had to abandon her completely. It would be against Alphonse’s moral code! Not to mention that if any guards noticed anything in disarray and went to check on her, that could possibly mean a lot of trouble on her end.

After her answer to his offer Alphonse left with the others through the transmuted door he had made. He’d debated whether to transmute it back to its original shape but ultimately decided against it. He did however make the door less noticeable to compensate for it. If someone were to glance at wall they’d most likely see nothing wrong with it.

At the solider’s inquiry about Bluebird Alphonse responded,

“Not too much besides a few things. We’re in a city called Gotham and she was sent by someone named Bat-man to scout out Cobblepot’s base”

And with that they eventually got back together with the other group. Before he could ask about what happened in the drug manufacturing area the young boy was greeted to the sight of Steve’s Ike’s, and the others’ living bodies. The blocky man showed no sign of being torn to shreds and no bullet wound could be found anywhere on Ike’s head. It was almost too good to be a miracle. In fact, it was too good to be true for Alphonse to believe. After seeing their corpses, there was no way any of them could have been brought back. Hell, Alphonse was living proof that the dead don’t come back to life easily. Not to mention one of the homunculi Alphonse had met could perfectly change their appearance into that of both the living and the dead. It could easily be a possibility that these were simply strangers who had a similar power to them. With all of this evidence against their favor, Alphonse regrettably just couldn’t believe that things were as easy as that. He stood quietly contemplating his next course of action. Should he voice his suspicions to the others, or keep quiet until the right moment comes?

June Verles @suspiciousboy

Birb · May 31, 2019

You see Alphonse again... hmm... you do remember that he did want to talk to you!! About... right!! That “other” Alphonse. You squeeze past a few others in the group, since you’re tiny and couldn’t just push them to the side.

You notice some of his thoughts seem... doubtful... that you were a fake of some sort...? Hmm...

“H.. hey.... Alphonse...”

You look up at him, since you’re a tiny tiny man!!

“..... thought you seen the uh... l-last of ike!! Hehe... well uh... I’m back... along with some others... it’s weird though... I didn’t ressurect the way I normally do, ya know?? I mean me being a demon, I should have ended up in hell and such and...”

You mumble a few last words... you were probably rambling on really, you didn’t need to do that...

“Mmm.. well... anyways uh... you wanted to talk to me about something, right...? Now would... maybe be a good time... before we... you know... end up fighting something else... and maybe dying...”

The truth was, you now do have a scar on your head where the bullet hit. No matter how much you healed yourself or regenerated your body, you would always have scars from deep wounds. You had one from... milky ways whip grazing your chest one time... and a scar on your ankle from and old... enemy of yours... but the gun wound wasn’t as noticeable under your hair.

Everyone

Necessity4Fun · Jun 1, 2019

~Pummeling throught a Wall~

"Ah! There's a free one!"

Delighted and relieved at finding an outlet, Len had started reaching for his headset again before being interrupted by Parappa chiming and throwing one of those old power cells. The male vocaloid managed to land it on top of his hand, then looked at it as if the object should be in a museum instead, he had read about them before, but not actually seen it live. It was... so tiny! And mobile. Seemed useful for whenever one lacked a socket. Well, as long as they were compatible for these, tiny, cylindrical, lithium batteries. Sadly, the vocaloid was not, at least he didn't think so:

"Oh... Uh. Uhh, I appreciate that man, but I... wouldn't know how to even make the exchange...", he scratches at the back of his neck awkwardly before tossing it nicely back at the 2D dog, "The stereo parallelepiped can keep it. I'm not the one that does maintenance and I'm normally turned off during that... So, I'd honestly not know how to fix anything that's seriously gone broken."

He just stands there for a while, uncomfortably shifting his gaze in awkwardness, waiting for a reaction until he decides to go back to what he had been doing. The 'click' sound of the drawer unlocking rings out and this time he pulls at the USB plug, unrolling 2 feet of cable from inside. The adapter head is pulled from his pocket, allowing the USB to fit on the two thin pins of the outlet. If the cable was enough to sit on the floor after it, he does so, if not he would just stand against the wall, optics liting up with something akin to a buffer spiral, indicating that he was charging.

For the next minutes, Len had really wished to not be as careless with power management as the man that had spoken in the intercom continued introducing himself and teasing the others. Professor Huge Strange, hostage situation. Where did Cobblepot get all these weirdos, really? Concerned, the boy glanced at his sister and grit his teeth in frustration. Even if he wanted to help too, the risk of going too far, running out of power and being more of a nuisance than assistance was far too great. Guess he had gotten too used to solar charging, getting spoiled with nearly infinite battery in the process... Wait, could one be spoiled by the sunlight?

Rin had watched Artie attentively, tilting her head slightly with her mouth on an 'o' shape, curious as to what the man had been planning when he started kneeling down to look her directly on her optics. He accepted the weird rope back and then reached for the top of her head. The girl, who had long forgotten about the hat, gave a little flinch off at first, wondering if maybe the big man was mad at her for having his things. But then he had straightened the hat saying she could have it, causing her to open her eyes again, filled with awe and a childish wonderment.

"Ooooooo, I can?!", the female vocaloid gave a little hop at the surprise, the hat bobbing out of place again, "Does this mean that now Rin can be a cool cowboy like Artie is??"

She knew what bang-bang movies were! Well, sorta, but they had TV a couple of times! Cowboys were awesome, they protected people and rode horses and went 'pew pew!' On the bad guys! Then put them on jail. Except for that one guy that wore a different hat, a mask and a cape, he also rode a horse, but instead of guns it was a sword... Swords were cool too, but they looked harder to learn. Not that Rin had anything to do with either a gun or a sword, nope! She just thought they were cool...

The distorted radio voice kept saying things, bad words. It called Ly an imbecile, then said something about a hostage. The female vocaloid didn't like the man's voice, he spoke in a sinister creepy tone that she was wary of. The tone of villains from cartoons, of people that were up to no good. Even the odd accent matched such a description to the letter... Then there was the voice of a distressed woman and the girl had soon taken a step back in apprehension, staying behind Arthur, while having a really bad feeling about things. Just in case, Rin swiped until the instrument database to be ready if stuff indeed went bad.

In the end, she didn't even have to do anything.
Mii and Ga-ga hat went right for it, against one of the walls. Their joined efforts had made the whole thing crumble, revealing what had once been an entrance where the bald man with the evil voice had been hiding. He kept taunting them, with that eerie smile that would have raised Rin's hair in discomfort if she had any of those that had said biological reactions on her. Instead, she took a new step back, peeking from behind the cowboy with her eyes wide in alert. Will's voice echoed in the background but Rin had been too focused on the bad man to really listen to her. The vocaloid's processor whirring fiercer in preparation for the possible need for quick actions.

As soon as the wall had gone down, Len acted impulsively, almost running towards his sister to protect her for whatever this Hugo Strange had planned. Luckily, rationality had taken the wheel back on time, before he had either broken the charging cable with the sudden on even taken a chunk of the wall with him. Whichever turned out to be the less resistant. Resigned, though obviously not entirely relaxed, he shouted at his sibling to be careful in the background and watched as the group engaged the weird scientist. The man's speech made it seem as if the worse was still to come, so the male vocaloid braced himself for it and... it was extremely underwhelming. In a question of minutes, there had been no more of the man echoing in the room. He couldn't help but be suspicious about it again... Could it have been this easy? Or were they getting set up for a new trap?

Meanwhile, on her more advantaged point of view, Rin had seen the whole thing unfold before her eyes. Rap came in with his skateboard directly at the man's face, then his microphone! The girl had cheered him on from behind, amazed at how cool her doggy friend was! But then things took a turn for the serious and to be honest, the female vocaloid was never truly ready for it.

She saw Ly holding his usual sword thingy, and suddenly it had been turned into a long gun. Things would have been fine if it hadn't been for where the young man had decided to aim it, directly at the baldie's head, at such a short distance. Rin's smile faded upon the realization of what he was about to do, Arthur decided to block her view from it. The poor innocent girl could only gasp as the gunshots echoed nearby. Two at first, then more two. After the first one, she had covered the sides of her headset, hands inside the big hat, as if to shield herself from the horrible, horrible things that were happening...

At this point, Len couldn't just watch anymore, unplugging the USB cable from the adapter, letting the cord roll itself back up as he ran to hold and comfort his panicked sister. When the carnage was finally done, both twins were leaning on each other in a hug and Rin could barely meet Lyle with her gaze. She was... conflicted. Ly had been really nice and caring towards them since the start, but to commit something as terrible as murder- It was like both Lyle's couldn't exist in the same place and yet they did, which Rin just had no idea of how to deal with.

The brother set his sister down for a bit, as she worked her way through on her own pace. In the background, Midna yelled at probably Lyle for dealing the final blow before anyone had the chance to interrogate the man or know what he was talking about when he mentioned the power of the Twilight. Whatever it was, it didn't sound any good and would probably come back to haunt them. That's just how this mission seemed to be.

~Return of the Fallen~

After dealing with things inside her own mind for a while, Rin had finally acknowledged Willow's presence, giving the other girl a tight hug upon noticing that she was back with them, and safe! Phew, what a scare her disappearance had been for the little vocaloid! Meanwhile, Len had gotten his adapter back from the socket and checked his new power levels, 65%. Honestly, a lot better than he had expected to be allowed to recharge in such a place. Should handle the rest of the adventure nicely beside Rin's 40-ish, as long as none of them wasted it recklessly again.

The split group had joined once more, this time with a story to tell. Apparently, they had saved an actual hostage! So, technically the hostage situation wasn't a whole lie told by Strange. Just there had been some omission towards it, as in, the fact that the person that needed rescuing was in a different room. It was like playing Super Mario, 'the princess is in another castle' and such. Oh well, at least one of the groups had done something right...

Midna had guided them into a hallway when suddenly the elevator made a sound. Their little rescuee seemed surprised at the fact that it even worked but even more surprising turned out to be who was inside said elevator... The murdered folks! Well, part of them.

Rin was absolutely ecstatic, opening a smile as bright as the sun as she looked at the one person she had connected with the most in the returning group:

"CHIBI IKE, YOU'RE ALIVE!!!!", unable to contain her excitement, the vocaloid goes for a hug, squeezing a little more than she should, raising the demon boy from the floor as she did so, "OH MY GOD, I AM SOOOOO HAPPY!!!! Now I can still do this~!!!", after putting him back down she pet his hair making it very very messy.

"Oh...", Rin had finally noticed that Al was standing beside him, how anyone missed a big armor such as his was beyond science's comprehension, "Oh am I, interrupting something?"

Len, on the other hand, remained with his guard up, his usual 'too good to be true' suspicions going off the roof. He'd observe, for now, listen to their stories and only then perhaps, start gradually relaxing near them again. In a place such as this, you could never be too careful.

Birb ,

SheepKing , @ReturningFromTheDeadWelcomeParty

Chungchangching · Jun 1, 2019

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TANDEM, THE ITALIAN SWINDLER

"Don't kill em'--"

BANG! BANG!

Seriously? Seriously?! Tandem knows the guy might have panicked a little but come on, he just gave them no chance to interrogate him and just shot him in the temple harder than Deathstroke shot three of our squad. Tandem let out an irritated sigh before shaking his head with a pissed off look plastered on his face, no signs of smugness which is unusual to be sure since he only drops the smug look when getting caught stealing something but oh well, no need to cry over spilled milk, he guesses. The Italian Swindler was about to mock the fancy lookin' lad but was interrupted by Midna's rant. Good, she pretty much said what he wanted to say. So, there's no need to repeat her and just get over this stupid shit. Tandem's giving Lyle another chance since he's such a "nice" guy but if he does that shit again, The Italian Swindler might kick his ass all over the place or just yell at him, yeah, yelling is good enough.

While the crew walked outside of the Drug Room and towards the hallway to meet the others, he presumes, Tandem had both hands behind his head, wondering how the hell are they gonna find the Tesseract now? Hopefully, the other group got information on the Cosmic Cube's location so they can finally get the hell out of here, he's dead tired of this place, roaming around all willy nilly and with the occasional life-threatening fight and a few casualties here and there, it's really damn stressful because he's always one mistake away from death and he doubts his luck is gonna save him forever but then they managed to enter the hallway without much trouble, eventually meeting up with the others, looks like nobody died on the other group. That's good but it seems like they had no idea where the Tesseract is too, bummer.

Then I heard the elevator make a sudden 'Ding!' noise all of a sudden, scaring Tandem into pulling out his Yo-Yo's and to ready himself up for a battle until the elevator doors slid open, revealing the group that are suppose to be dead! Is this somekind of trick? The Italian Swindler stayed on guard just in case, this might be a trick for all he knows, nobody just comes back from the dead like it was nothing!

"Nice trick, but i'm not fooling for it!" He said to them. "Prove to me you're not just a buncha' evil clones!"

Damafaud · Jun 1, 2019

Lyle Walt

Strategizing
Drug Manufacturing Room
Interaction: Rin, Len, Tandem, Parappa, Midna, Drug Group

The bullets hit... to Lyle's astonishment. No magic shield? Intricate defense system? He died... just like that? He had met several masterminds like this Hugo Strange in his time as an emperor, but Hugo was the first one that didn't have any sort of life preserving measure on hand. For some reason he felt defeated.

Midna's admonishment had him lowered his head. This outcome was not the worst one possible, but also not the best they could get. At the heat of the moment, he prioritised self-preservation and safety over the completion of the mission.

"I acted rashly," he admitted. "the fault is on my side."

The paper dog's words, however, only caused him to shake his head.

"At the time, this person was ready to kill us. Even if there was a hostage, I wouldn't hold back."

Saving a hostage, when it wasn't the primary goal of a mission, should remained as a secondary. From the moment they broke down the wall, Lyle had never considered the safety of the hostage. Kindness was a privilege. One he wasn't willing to give when his own safety was threatened. He turned his back from the group.

As he looked around the room, his gaze inadvertently fell to the twins. Len was facing away from him, but Rin avoided his gaze when his met hers. A bitter smile formed on the emperor's face. He should let them be. Giving them time to process what he just did. He looked for Takemi instead.

"I want you to hold onto this," Lyle handed the strange device he found in the Monitor Room to Takemi. "I found it in the Monitor Room. I don't know what turning it on will do, but... you might be more familiar with it."

He just didn't trust himself enough to keep it. He would turn it on when things went to worse. He wasn't ready for the consequence.

After finished with all his business, Lyle found a quiet spot in the room and sent his consciousness to the Jewel.
Strategizing
Elevator Hallway
Interaction: Rin, Len, Tandem, Parappa, Midna, Drug Group

Lyle was the last to exit the drug manufacturing room. The flintlock had long turned back into a sabre. He pointed the blade toward the room. A magic circle appeared in the room, slowly expanding as he started to chant a magic formula.

"-upon the name of the goddess of humanity, Novem, I call for fire."

The magic circle disappeared, destroying the drug manufacturing room with lava in its place. The heat distorted air in the room, making the sight more eerie than it was. Lyle stood silently for a while as lava enveloped even the room Hugo Strange was in. He ran after the group afterward, leaving behind a pool of red and little else.

As the group moved forward, the atmosphere was suffocating. They lost the initiative long ago. They had no clue of where to find the tesseract. Lyle, in part, felt the consequence of his action burdening him even more. If he didn't kill the researcher...

They passed a metallic door. Midna looked apprehensive toward it when it made a sound. Lyle strengthened his grip around the sabre. The door slowly opened. What came out was... the dead people?

Lyle stared blankly at the group. How? Why?

Search

The marker for the supposed dead people were blue. Allies. They really were alive.

"Why aren't you dead?"

The question was phrased rudely, but it showed how confused he was of the situation.
Strategizing
Drug Manufacturing Room
Interaction: Rin, Len, Takemi, Group

Activated Skills
Box
A skill that allows the usage of dimensional storage. Lyle uses it to store a computer, research notes, and a desk from Research Room. It also holds notes from Monitor Room. Porter is stored with Shiki's sword, Link's Mastersword, and Steve's Diamond Pickaxe.

Search
A skill used to find the location of enemies.

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marc122 · Jun 1, 2019

Blake Belladonna

STATUS

Healthy.

INVENTORY/POWERS

- Gambol Shroud
- Aura
- Shadow
- Faunus Traits

MUSIC

In case that Strange maniac had deadly powers on him, I decided to step back to observe. With such a man, he may have injected a fair bit of Dust onto him, like that guy had back in Haven Academy's Grand Hall who had some of that yellow dust in his arms. Of course, I still have Gambol Shroud drawn out, in case he does appear to possess said power, or that substance from the syringes. Now, what do we see...

So far so good. PaRappa's skateboard gives me ample time to--Wait, the heck? Is Lyle about to--oh no. No, no!

"Lyle, stop!"

Oh...now, he's dead.

Okay, I want to go back to Team RWBY now. First, it was that blue ninja who had struck glass without even listening to what the group had to say. At the very least, it did not kill Midna, who also had her poor wolf creatures stolen from her. Now, it's Lyle, who was supposed to be better than that ninja according to himself, who then went ahead and shot down a valuable interrogation target. I might've been able to prevent either one of those scenarios, had I taken on a more active role, but no, I had to stand back and watch. I don't want to be a hero just for nothing, for my parents' sake!

Even then, those could've happened either way no matter how hard I'd try. Thing is, we're not a team, nor at least a functional group. We're a hodgepodge of mismatched crazies.

"Please, Lyle. Know when to hold back."

.....

No sign of progress, check. People ruining our chances of finding out where the Tesseract is, check. And that's counting nine people dead in total. Please let me go home already. I don't want to--

Oh, what now. An elevator sound, from somewhere I haven't looked. At this point, I'm just expecting more people to fight. I turned to where the elevators are, and...people came out, looking like the familiar sights we'd lost. Wait, people came out, looking familiar? Hey, that's...

Leo?

I--...I thought they were all.. Well, they thankfully did not die at all...except for that kimono-wearing woman, and all the others who weren't as lucky. They had potential, yet all of that had gone down the waste. We should even be grateful to have even four of them come back, so I might as well.

I smile warmly.

"Hey. Glad to have you four back."

thatguyinthestore , Damafaud , Birb , June Verles , Sleek ,

Hahli Nuva , @ThisPostWasMadeByThankGodIkeAndLeoAreBack, @WhoAreSteveAndJeromeAgain?

2Bornot2B · Jun 1, 2019

Noel

After walking out of the weapons room next to the guy in the massive suit of armour who's name was
Alphonse and with her pockets filled with various weapons ,having a few of them unceremoniously fall
out onto the floor on the way out, she paused to notice a "ping" noise only for elevator doors to open with
the people who had been killed prior inside... This had "massive trap" written all over it. Surely these are not
the teammates that had been killed before.

Backing up nervously she moved to the back of the huddle behind Alphonse hoping not to be seen.

@Returnofthelivingdead

Birb · Jun 1, 2019

Before you can even get a reply from Alphonse, some- fuckin TALLLL teenager comes and picks you up. Like, yeets you off the ground. Holy shit this felt nice, to be picked up again like- how Milky Way or lunar eclipse would pick you up!!

If there’s one thing you’re just a slut for, its attention like this. She-she called you chibi too!! That- means cute right?? Your face beams in delight as she sets your down and begins petting your hair fUCK YEAH YOUR THE CUTEST MOTHER FUCKER IN THIS GROUUUUUUUP!!!! You even end up purring a bit as your tail swishes back and forth.

“E-eh? I-I guess but it’s ok!!~ He hasn’t really answered me back yet.....”

You look both ways as if to see if ‘anyone’s watching’, even though you didn’t really care, and hug the fucking tall child. Seriously how is she taller, you have no idea, but you don’t care. You only become happier over hearing some one else say they were glad you and the other dead ones were back!!

“I uh... didn’t think anyone was THIS happy to... see me again..”

Your tail continues to wag, gently bapping the floor.

marc122

SheepKing · Jun 1, 2019

Alphonse Elric
It broke the suit of armor’s metaphorical heart when he saw just how alike the supposed identity thief was compared to the Ike he knew. It was the same meek yet excited nature that exuded from the demon that created this similarity between them. It even purred! After closer inspection Alphonse noticed what appeared to be a circular scar of the demon’s forehead. If the possible thief wanted to make Alphonse feel worse for his guilt, then this was the definite jackpot. At this point the impersonator was mocking Alphonse for being so untrustworthy but, he just couldn’t believe that these were his friends! He had to to tell the others of his suspicions.

Before Alphonse could accuse Ike of anything, Rin came and tackled the demon in complete excitement. Of course other people would be more ecstatic about their "friends" coming back from the grave, and the Vocaloid was proof of that. This made Alphonse all the more guilty due to his inability to believe in that small bit of hope that said these were really his comrades. That these were the people that he traveled through hell and back with. Only after Rin addressed him directly did he finally speak. His words were quiet and gentle, like the slightest bit of sound could drown them out.

"No, it’s fine....I can talk to him later..."

Just after Alphonse’s words came out, a dull muffled thud sound from behind him rang. A blonde lady that was in the weapon development room with him was hiding behind Alphonse’s sturdy armor. If he remembered correctly, her name was Noel. He almost thought it was funny, he’s the young teen while she’s the supposed adult in this situation. Of course, he also couldn’t assume anything about her either. He decided let the woman hide behind him for a bit longer. She seemed nice enough.

Birb

2Bornot2B

Birb · Jun 1, 2019

You hear once again, more talk about you being alive... geez, you would have expected more people here to have the undead quality, guess you’re the only one... though it was weird that others were alive... ironic that the skeletons were asking about it too.

“Eh-? .... are those... dead... puns....? Haha... ha... Well... I have EVERY right to still be alive really... it’s a demon thing... but what’s odd is where I woke up.. me and... uh... Someone else... I’m.. still bad with names... we woke up where the other two dead ones uh.. steve was one of them... we woke up back at a lab and there were two of those uh.. avenger... guys.. and we were alive. I mean... normally when I’ve gotten a fatal wound I either heal it up in about an hour or just end up in Hell to get a new body.. but... if the avengers... uh.. guys... had messed with... the laws of death herself... well that would b-be disastrous I guess... for me really... and them...”

You take a breather from talking, and continue.

“Anyways... whatever they did, we are here.. and alive.... OH! Do I have a bullet mark where I was shot?? I usually always wake up with the fatal wound whenever I ressurect. Is it cool!!?”

T The Man With No Name

thatguyinthestore @AfterLifeGangYeet?

Veradana · Jun 1, 2019

As soon as the wall came down, Takemi moved in step with Arthur in front of Rin.

If Lyle thought that they would all immediately move into an attack formation, he would be mistaken. In a situation like this, not knowing what was going on, she figured that a more defensive approach would be better. A hostage situation was not something to rush around with. Lyle, however, clearly wasn’t thinking about that, and he’d killed Strange before anyone else could even get a word in.

“Walt, you moron,” Takemi echoed the others’ admonishment. Yes, they could have found out more about the tesseract, but more importantly, if there had been a hostage somewhere, they didn’t know what sort of consequences killing Strange would have had.

“And you got so mad at Sub-Zero for smashing things first and thinking later.” She guessed that it was true when they said that the people who were most similar often fought the most. At the very least, he seemed regretful, but regrets were easy to have after the fact

Takemi glared at him as he came over and spoke to her, but she still took the device from him. How he got the idea that she of all people would know what to do with something like this, she didn’t have a clue. Even so much as holding the thing weirded her out, and she didn’t have anywhere to put it. There was no way that she could just stuff it into her pockets without risking it going off.

They didn’t spend much more time hanging around the room, and they soon met up with the others again. They’d gotten extraordinarily lucky that all of these split paths either met up again right away, or immediately ended and forced them to go back to the crossroads. It seemed like it was only a matter of time before that ran out and they got separated more completely. Although, when this was all over, none of them would ever see each other again, and while it would be good riddance for some of them, it would probably still be sad to say goodbye. As the two groups were mingling together again, there came a beeping sound from one of the elevators behind them.

It occurred to her, vaguely, that they never had seen Jerome or Steve’s bodies. Somehow, she could maybe rationalise that it was possible that those two hadn’t actually died, but Deathstoke had shot Small-Ike and Leo right in front of all of them. People didn’t just stop being dead, and yet here they were, right in front of them, but why only these four? What about all the others that they had lost? She couldn’t tell if these were their ghosts, or what. Small-Ike seemed solid enough, the way Rin was hugging him. For some reason, no matter how much she wanted to, Takemi couldn’t let that sense of relief or joy wash over her.

Takemi found herself a patch of wall along the hallway and knelt down to examine the device that Lyle had given her. It was a gun, right? It did sort of look like the ones she’d seen on TV. She made sure to be very very careful not to point it at anything or anybody, and not to press any of the dials or switches. Len seemed good with tech stuff; he probably could’ve taken it apart and put it back together again, but she didn’t really want to put him in danger by messing with something like this. Plus, Len had Rin to take care of now, something that Takemi should probably be doing too, rather than looking at whatever the hell this gun-thing was. Arthur might’ve known more; he was American and a cowboy, so he probably knew lots about different kinds of guns. She didn’t know who else she could ask. She hadn’t spoken to that many people.

Damafaud