The Reaper's Game~The UG

[Stryker]

"NO IT HASN"T BEEN TWENTY MINUTES CAN YOU PLEASE WAIT A BIT LONGER PLEASE?!" Stryker said very loudly. "Just give me a bunch of time to think and be quiet." he mumbles, rubbing his ears before he grabs Cherry off his face fur and putting her on to the ground. He straightens his face fur, listening on Faith's story. "Hm? Of course, I try to be every once in a while. How else can I take care of families and an entire small village?" he says giving a small smile. "A servant? Don't you mean a partner or a friend? You two seem to have a great friendship." he said, slightly envious. "Now where have I heard that name? Ah yes, I stumbled upon him within the forest, while I was still recovering from a fight. I was about to kick him out when I saw his pokemon, so I took them in. Gave them a warm place to sleep. Food. Everything else." he says to Faith. "Everyone else seems to have an interesting life. I'm just a plain, younger scyther." he says, sighing. 
He snickered when the human blacksmith freaked out on Geoffrey's explanation. "Well, seems that the smith's impression of the humans have gone down. Well, I suggest that you humans get weapons first, get something to at least use. Then decipher the code, we have enough people and pokemon in our group, enough to be efficient and smooth. More would drag us down in my opinion." he says, lying on the ground casually while at the same time trying to fend off Cherry's assults on his fur.

[maine]

Maine slammed into the barrier then fell down next to Evylin making a mass of dust fly into the air. Maine looked over to see her moving then got up to follow. His AI manifested themselves. 

"Maine I don't think its wise to throw her again." said Theta his girly voice making him harder to believe. Maine growled his reply but began following his partner.  He felt weird without his weapon but he had to use what he could. 

When he found his partner again she was standing before the red reaper. Maine could hear the anger in her voice. Maine knew well to leave women alone when they're angry. Unless it was agent Texas who he slaughtered.  Maine felt the sensation of a grin although he couldn't really tell if he was or not. 

When he saw the Noise, Maine reacted instantaneously and jumped in so his arm was in front of the girl. Maine felt odd, like he had when he took the bullet to the chest to save Carolina. 

"Theta use your shields to make a barrier over Maine's hands. It'll be like a form of brass knuckles to battle the beasts. Delta analyze the fights and record any information on these 'Creatures'. Omega Help Maine while the fight progresses. " Sigma explained as he read Maine's thoughts.

"Miss Evylin, Proceed as you would in a regular fight we'll help out during the combat." Sigma explained at the yellow hexagons formed small circular barriers in front of Maine's hands. As Sigma explained it the other AI units disappeared to peform their tasks. Except Delta who did a little calculation of survival and saved a back up of himself.

"B.." Maine began although the word what ever it was got lost in his growls.

[Violet Grimshaw]

Violette sighs as she reaches into her bag, grabbing a relatively large box of various throwing weapons. She searches through them, picking them out and arranging them on the counter. On the left are the shuriken, many having various shapes and sizes. On the right, several black and greyish kunai, all of which are in excellent shape despite having been used excessively. If I could just summon my stupid weapons this would be so much easier..I just..can't feel the connection..maybe it is because of our realm.. Violette thinks, wishing she could use her summoning magic..

She looks at the various weapons around the shop, and then to the man. She begins to speak. "Whatever these will buy." She turns to Altair. "Altair, you may choose since you are really the only one in need of a weapon as I have my special blades, and Geoffrey doesn't need anything all that high quality since he uses magic instead. So pick anything your heart desires." She says, picking back up the leftover kunai and shuriken if any remain after the transaction is over. As she puts her bag back onto her back, a seemingly crystalline glass kunai falls to the ground. She quickly picks it up, and if anyone notices the detail, they will notice that the kunai is an intricately designed full diamond kunai. Violette quickly places the weapon back in her pack, and begins to follow Geoffrey's orders.

Cherry looks to Stryker, and she is about to scream something obnoxious when Stryker continues speaking, mentioning Justice. With a gasp Cherry jumps onto Stryker's face once again, peeling his eyelids back as she screams at him, a subtle attempt at getting his attention. "Mister Justice!? He was in a forest!? Violette! You said he was in prison!" Cherry shouts as she turns to her master, holding onto Stryker by his eyelids.

Violette processes what was just said in her mind. Justice, despite his current standing, was always close to Violette, being the one who personally paid for and made the kunai she so cherishes now. What? He couldn't have been in a forest..but Stryker..Younger..he said he is younger..that means..It must be..Justice..could he have actually escaped that wretched place? Violette thinks as she tries to process everything she needs to about her previous master. Justice..if you really are innocent..then why didn't you come back to us? Why didn't you tell us that you were okay!? Violette thinks, her eyes narrowing.

Violette disguises her inner emotions with a mask for the moment, wanting time to think. She speaks to Cherry, using voice that makes Cherry seem like the crazy one. "Well of course Stryker saw him. He must have seen Justice before he was..Incarcerated.." Violette says, her eyes unable to stop narrowing, her emotions conflicting.

In a flash she turns to Altair, her emotions peaking despite her form. "Altair, do you know anything about Justice? The previous and supposedly false heir to the throne of Diamond? Actually..no..who are you? What is your standing? Have you met Justice?!" She says, her voice almost raising itself. Quickly, she calms herself, making it seem like one whole thought as she finishes. "I'm sorry, Justice is just very important to us.." She says, listening to whatever Altair has to say.

[Sir Geoffrey]

Geoffrey turns to the blacksmith when he comments on their actions. "I'm sorry sir, we are..training..I suppose you could call it that. You see, me and this one here work for they royal highness Camellia..." Geoffrey says, pointing to Violette, trying not to shudder at the thought of the Red witch.

Geoffrey waits for Altair to pick his weapon, and if there is enough for Geoffrey to get his own weapon, he would ask for a package of tiny, metal needles, along with a short sword of some kind. Geoffrey recognizes the kunai that Violette drops, but he doesn't know where from, so he sloughs the memories off.

Faith, ready to respond to Stryker's questions, is just as surprised at Scyther's remark about Justice as Violette and Cherry, though Faith is completely speechless. Justice..I knew it..you did escape..and You are safe...It must be true.. Faith thinks, truly believe that the timing Stryker speaks of is not the same that Violette speaks of.

As Violette asks Altair the many questions she does, Faith is slightly disturbed by the curtness of it all, but she understands where Violette is coming from. So far, each member of the group has had some ties to Justice in some way or another, so the first assumption would be to assume perhaps Justice has something to do with it, but Faith believes that such assumptions are not factual.

Regardless, Faith listens to the answers as she concentrates on the other players. Sir Geoffrey, if you plan on finding the other players..we must hurry, for they are under attack at the moment She says, not even trying to convince her master of Justice's existence, as the confusion on his face is evidence enough.

Geoffrey listens to the conversation between the others and is completely oblivious to the gravity of what Stryker had said, but he does realize that he needs to make a decision quickly. Geoffrey begins speaking as he thinks.

"Okay..I believe that, now that we have our weapons, we should go after the others..we can solve the puzzle later..and like Altair said, the players might have answers we need." He says as he bows to the blacksmith before proceeding to exit the shop. "You can finish talking about this "heir" of yours while we walk." Geoffrey says, feeling the urgency of the situation rise again. He looks to Faith and both nod as she heads to the front to lead the group along.

Stryker, what happened with Justice? can you be more specific on what happened exactly? She says as she follows the mental image of the Players, leading the group along with Geoffrey.

[Evilyn Coventry]

Hearing the Reaper's orders, Evilyn laughs loudly, her voice cackling excessively as she grabs her sword. She hears what Maine has to say and she shouts to him. "Oh come on, You really think I need help from you!? Just stay out of my way!" She says, running toward on of the noise, swinging her sword at it, creating a red blazing glow as the sword approaches the creatures face.

If the noise dodges the attack, then Evilyn will jump into the air and slam her sword into the ground, kicking it to the direction of the moved Noise. If it does not dodge, Evilyn will merely continue with her attack.

[maine]

Maine Growled at the girls comment. HE stayed behind when she began attacking the enemy. Her combo was quick and decisive although it lacked much strength too it. Her attack seemed more for keeping her opponent incapacitated until they have no will to fight further. Or at least that's how it appeared to Maine. Maine's eyes glided across the battle field then he remembered the other creature that had spawned as well. He saw it charging towards Evylin while she beat on its friend. Maine growled then shifted between the creature and the girl. It snarled its anger at Maine for getting in the way but it continued it's charge towards him. When it was a few meters away it leaped towards Maine. Maine Growled a snarl when it was within range then uppercut-ted the air bound creature. it went flying higher and when it came down Maine punched it in the side sending it cascading towards it's summoner. Maine tuned to see Evylin still working hard on killing the other beast. Maine turned to see the other beast but it was too late. they collided and Maine collapsed with the noise on top. 

"Let's break something." Omega said in his deep tone. Maine grinned then watched as his left arm was consumed by small yellow hexagons. He shoved it in the creatures mouth when it went to bit him. the shields held the creatures teeth back from Maine's armor slightly but he had to work quickly if he planned to make it out without hurting his arm. Maine grabbed the bottom of the jaw of the creature and began pulling with his right hand and pushing with his left. WHen he heard the the load Snap of bones breaking the creature faded into black liquid. Maine got up and looked at Evylin. He waited for her to pick their next move. Mainly since he wasn't used to making orders yet.

[Prince Altair]

Prince Altair;; The Reaper's Game

The Blind boy was beginning to get real frustrated with this stupid game. However Mr. H was playing his game and those reapers… Suddenly he stopped, he stood within a group as if in deep thought, everything around him a blur and blank compared to the thoughts in his mind. Mr. H… H… Think Altair think… What is the mission? What do the numbers mean? We only have so much time. We need to figure this riddle out. For a moment, which was very rare for the alert Altair, everything around him was forgotten and he sat and thought.

But when Violette spoke his name he was shaken from his Thoughts and brought back to reality even more confused then when he had gone into his thoughts. Nope. Nothing. He heard the words being spoken to him. "...choose since you are really the only one in need of a weapon as I have my special blades, and Geoffrey doesn't need anything all that high quality since he uses magic instead. So pick anything your heart desires." His attention shot onto Violette and then turned his attention to the Blacksmith, placing his blind eyes on the man whether Faith put hers there or not.

"Sir, I was just wondering if you had any rapadash leather whips and two seven inch straight bladed daggers. If so, how much would they be and could this trade cover them? and if not, how many of the buttons you mentioned would they cost?" His tone was business-like, but he was not playing around. No more mr. nice Altair. This game was starting to get on his nerves. If only he had sight. Then he would be able to have had proper writing and reading and math lessons and possibly be able to figure out these stupid riddles. He blamed his instructor. But he kept all of his thoughts and emotions away from his expression. Altair wasn't one for showing them all that much.

When Violette began spewing questions at him about some man that went by the name of… Justice? Who named their child Justice? Anyway, Altair turned his attention back on the girl who's hair seemed to be a pale funny color… Oh Ho-oh… Colors. He was seeing colors… Pull it together Altair. Relax. It just shows how cruel life can be when a blind person starts seeing colors AFTER he's dead… AAANNNYYYYWWWAAAYS… In response to the girl's question he cocked his head in confusion and gave her a blank look. "I'm sorry Violette. I don't know who Justice is. I've been stuck in Crystal Kingdom for sometime… At least I was. I wish I could answer your questions, but I can't." To be honest, he didn't know who this guy was and he really didn't care now that he was dead. It didn't really make a difference. He completely ignored the "who are you, what's your ranking" questions to keep himself from getting too close and for possibly becoming a laughing stock. Even in death he wouldn't trust people to his own past.

[Fenrir]

The smith examines the various weapons with an appraising eye as he listens to the request. "Aye, I have two 9 inch daggers, though I don't have any whips." The man takes 3 shuriken and a kunai. "That trade works for me, how about you, lass?"

In the tunnels, the Noise does dodge, running viciously fast as it races around Evilyn, trying to take a bite out of her flank. luckily for Evilyn, all it got was her boot to it's snout. with a loud whimper, it leaped back and began circling her slowly, watching for an opening to strike with.

It's companion, in Maine's arms, fairs much worse off, as Maine clocks it in the jaw, then in the side, and just when it knocks him down, he rips it's jaw apart. It disintegrates into the static-like liquid, before evaporating away. However, in the process, Maine's hand that wasn't as well protected begins to sizzle. Upon examination it is clear that no lasting damage was done, but whatever these Noise are made of, it doesn't agree with what Maine's made of. the shield seems to hold most of it back, but it wouldn't be the best plan to grapple these things for extended bits of time.

[Stryker]

Crying out in surprise of Cherry's attempt to catch his attention, he pulled her off as quick and painless as he could, rubbing his watering eyes angrily. "WHAT What did I do?!"  he shouted, "What the reverse world did I do?!" annoyed with the lack of answers and infinite questions being thrown at him. He huffed agitated and growled. He listened to Faith, asking him to be more specific about what happened. "Bleh." he muttered, gathering his thoughts and thinking back to that strange day. "Um, so, I was walking, searching for something that would at least heal up the wounds I received in a squabble with a few pokemon. I was aiming to drive him out, but then I saw his pokemon, a togepi, sylveon, a budew and an egg to add to the group. He said something along the lines of showing the Guardian of the forest that he has been taking good care of her keepsake I think? What else what else..."  he muttered. "Oh yes, and Victini showed up. Bundle full of energy, played with Justice and his pokemon while I caught food for them. That's all I remember."  he said, looking up at Faith. "By the way, do tell me why you people are so surprised that he was in the forest? Didn't he tell you? Well, he did seem a bit secretive." he muttered, waiting until the last person exited the shop before he stood and followed. Is Geoffrey really sure he wants more people in the group? We're already functional enough. And I have a weird feeling in my gut. Maybe I'm just hungry. Or maybe I'm delusional. Or what if my bad feeling is trying to tell me something? What if I'm just paranoid? he thought, absorbed in his thoughts. 

[Evilyn Coventry]

Evilyn sneers at the beasts as it doesn't seem to take much damage from her attack. She thinks for a moment as she jumps, higher than any normal human could as she slams the tip of her sword into a wall, creating a step of sorts for her to stand on. She jumps and grabs her sword at the same time, spinning it in midair, causing it to glow much brighter than it had before, creating an intense wave like pattern of distortion and heat. She stops spinning right before landing right next to the leftover noise, causing the sword to create a shockwave-like pulse of intense, blazing heat.

Evilyn jumps off of her sword which is now stuck in the ground, hoping to corner the noise by jumping atop it. Evilyn, if she gets close enough, will wrap her legs around the noise's neck and twist in an attempt to snap it, and if it dodges, she will use her hands to bound back up to her feet and lunge toward her sword, feeling completely useless without it. "Die die die" are the words escaping her mouth all throughout this experience.

[Violet Grimshaw]

Violette nods at the blacksmith when he asks about the deal, wondering why Altair would want such weapons.. I wonder if he's from Olivae.. she thinks as she proceeds to grab her weapons before continuing. She listens to Altair's calm answer and feels regret for her outburst, though she still doesn't quite trust the words..

"I'm sorry Altair..I didn't mean to speak so forcefully. Thank you for your..honesty" Violette says before turning to walk out the door to follow Geoffrey.

"Shall we?" Violette says, watching as the blacksmith hands Altair the weapon.

Violette's eyes constrict as she listens to Stryker's story. Secrets..all the secrets..isn't that what got him in trouble before? Why..why didn't he come to us? Send us somethng..a sign, anything! she thinks, her belief in Geoffrey's statement about Justice's sincerity slowly shifting.

"Stryker! Stryker! He had an egg!? Really!?" Cherry shouts to the canine creature before looking to Violette. "See! If he had an egg, that means he got a Pokemon from the cave! That means he can come back to Diamond! Yay! Yay! Onward Stryker! Let's find those people so we can leave and find our Friend TOGETHER! Wheeee!" Cherry shouts again, pretending she's riding on a horse creature..

[maine]

Maine ignored the pain it wasn't much compared to his former flesh wounds. Maine placed his left hand on his neck and his right on his stomach. Maine shook his head then turned to see Evylin hunched as if to pounce on her foe. Maine then remembered the burns. Maine growled then looked around. he grabbed a brick and began running to attack. Maine saw the creature charge and knew what was coming. Delta knew Maine's timing well enough that when he screamed nw the Brick fired slamming into the creatures eyes. The creature took the blow and turned towards Maine. It snarled and barred it's teeth at the charging soldier. Maine had no time to condor ideas. Although he knew that this creature was the only thing standing between him and his way back to life. 

"Come at me you fool!" Shouted Omega through Maine's speakers. Maine saw his arms consumed by a double layer of yellow hexagons. Maine nodded as he looked up to see the red and blue AI before him. Theta tossed a small grenade up at a patch of bricks. Maine turned to see the creature moving towards him. Maine grinned as he realized what Theta was pointing out. The double he was to show that it was not reinforced. and the grenade was to represent something thrown by a larger target into the wall. The resoling holo-explosion was to show the wall being shattered. Maine pieced it together slower then others but before the creature got to him he got the picture. Maine growled then turned towards the creature.  It snarled and leaped into the air. Maine shoved his foot forward and dodged to the side when the creature leaped into the air.

"Die!" Omega shouted as the creature hit the ground. Maine kicked the creature's back legs out from under it. He leaped spun in mid air  and landed on his knees his knuckles crushing the creatures snout. Maine then spun as the creature leaped up for a surprise attack. Maine used the momentum from the spin to get back on his feet. Maine then kicked the creature in his rear and sent him face first into the loose area of brick. Maine then hunched forward and charged. When he was within range his fist went into his palm and then launched into the wall.  a hole generated from where Maine had hit. A large crack was heard and the bricks began to fall. a few Hex's appeared above amine as he attempted an escape but his lower half was buried in brick but the creature also vanished into the bricks.