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Post by Midnight_Aurora on Jul 2, 2014 20:38:54 GMT
Care contemplates this and says, "With the knowledge held within said item, is it possible for somepony or some being to place the gem within a living lesser life form to be hidden in plain sight?"
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Post by laserbolt on Jul 3, 2014 3:19:46 GMT
"Orrrrr." Backstitch muscled in front of Nightwing, grinning. "I could give you something real instead of some philosophical mumbo jumbo from this jerk. Besides, why would you trust him? He just tried to kill you, where I was trying to protect you."
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Post by Asterian Starfall on Jul 3, 2014 16:38:57 GMT
Nocturne was beginning to feel his anger welling up inside him as the pony in front of him began to try and haggle for his case. He put his blade to Backstitch's throat. Even though it could not cut him, it was just a scare tactic. "Stay out of this, Stitch." He then gently pushed him to the side to draw Pack Rat's attention back to him. Despite his death-like guise, he still put on a friendly face... or as friendly as he could make it, considering his eyes were a brilliant white and his mane and tail were a pitch-black fog. "Pack Rat... I can help you, but you have to help me help you. Do you trust me?"
Umbra ebirus: 67% >> (Rising)
**Umbra ebirus's modifiers:
>> Backstitch's contesting the case's ownership.**
(( Note that at 75%, Nocturne begins to lose control of his rational thought, and Shadow Drunk's counter will rise passively. ))
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Post by laserbolt on Jul 3, 2014 17:30:49 GMT
Crossstitch laughed out loud, and walked up. "Trust?! This coming from the person who changed factions on the promises of a madmare! Give it up, Nightwing." Backstitch's ear twitched, and he turned to his brother. "How did you know who he was?" Cross's face turned red, and he looked away. "None of your business, I just knew." "No, now I'm curious." "Forget about it, brother. The important thing is, this shadowy amateur is going to turn on you in a heartbeat." Backstitch gave his brother a critical look, wondering what he wasn't telling him.
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Post by Asterian Starfall on Jul 3, 2014 18:15:09 GMT
If Nocturne was upset before, he was enraged now. "Listen to me! Both of you that call yourselves a team! I am an agent of Equestria, and that case was issued to me in the field! It is government property! The sheer notion of anypony aside myself handling it is treason! I would be authorized to end you! You have called me a traitor when your own team name is the Doublecross Duo!" he growled, now having picked up Backstitch and gazing into his eyes with his own glowing white ones.
"The only reason you are breathing right now is because I am allowing it, so shut up. I will give you one last warning: stay out of this." With that, he tossed Backstitch into his brother.
Umbra Ebirus: 89% >> (Rising) Sanity: Slipping
**Umbra ebirus's modifiers:
>> Doublecross Duo's continued interference with his dealings.**
(( Do note that the passive to reaching the "danger zone" for Umbra Ebirus only triggers when there are no other Agitators {something that would anger or otherwise annoy Nocturne}. ))
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Post by laserbolt on Jul 3, 2014 18:35:04 GMT
Backstitch looked at his brother, then pulled himself to his hooves. "He didn't deny it, did he, Crossstich." "He did not, Backstitch. Perhaps we should go find the group?" Backstitch smirked. "Indeed. That would be a logical next step." They turned to exit the sewer. As they left, Backstitch turned and shouted, "You're digging yourself a hole, Rat! He'll stab you in the back as soon as you give him the case." With that, they left.
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Post by Asterian Starfall on Jul 3, 2014 19:04:56 GMT
Nocturne called after the annoyances, "You can not betray what you did not align with! You should know that!"
Now... Back to business... "Well... Now that the pests are gone... Shall we?"
Umbra Ebirus: 85% Sanity: Recovering
**Modifiers:
> Passive < Doublecross Duo has left, meaning no more distractions.**
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Post by laserbolt on Jul 3, 2014 19:42:44 GMT
The brothers exited the sewer, Backstitch wiping the slime off his suit futilely. "They'll probably be at the forest, we should hea-" "Are you going to tell me what that was all about?" Cross looked at his brother, and sighed. "While you were busy chasing mares in school, I had nothing to do, so I read a lot of comics." His brother looked at him incredulously. "Really? Why didn't you mention it when we got here!?" "Because I thought you'd bother me about it." Backstitch sighed. "Let's just go back to the forest, I suppose." And so, the brothers silently skulked back to the forest.
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Post by wanderingmagus on Jul 7, 2014 17:18:04 GMT
Pack Rat looked stupidly after the running brothers, then back at Nocturne.
"Learn, pack, gems, pack many gems, fill up hole, yes. Come! I'll take you to your case."
He scurried down a filthy, trash-filled corridor of his labyrinth, completely sure of his path despite the pitch blackness down here.
The so-called "heroes" were not, in fact, at Wind's base, much to Infernid's distaste. No matter. While reading his comic, he had learned quite a bit about how this sort of thing worked. Heroes get distracted, smarter parties take advantage to attack... and miss tree-hugger had been out of her nest for a good long while, after all.
Ah, yes, the so-called "Enchanted Woods" they spoke so much about earlier. It was so wonderful for them to have trusted him with that sort of information about such a... flammable location.
After all, who wouldn't trust the Lord of Spiders and Flame?
The Doublecross Duo found themselves in an ashen, cratered battlefield, littered with the bodies of the dead. As they drew nearer, they could see PATRIOT's limp armor splayed upon the ground, with the enchantress, the doctor, her robot assistant and the other armored stallion all gathered around.
["It is possible, although such a thing would require a great amount of skill and cooperation with the Orb itself,"] replied Cosmona. ["Additionally, the power of the Cosmic Gem is such that hiding its magical signature completely is impossible, and in any case any such hiding in three dimensions would be ineffective for higher dimensional entities, such as the one currently known to your species as Rot. Fortunately, the phenomenon that you call 'superpowers' can be used to mask the magical signature via the technique known to you as a 'needle in a haystack'. The large number of empowered individuals in this universe combined with the supernatural Laws which prevent Rot from directly intervening would force the entity to resort to other means of seeking out the Gem, such as..."]
She paused, and if she had been in an actual, organic body, her eyes might have widened and her coat may have paled.
["Capturing and torturing the Power Ponies for the information."]
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Post by Asterian Starfall on Jul 7, 2014 17:57:53 GMT
Nocturne smiled as he followed closely behind Pack Rat. He would have his case yet.
Umbra ebirus: 82% < (Falling slowly) Sanity: Recovering
**Modifiers:
> Passive. << Things are falling into place.**
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Post by laserbolt on Jul 7, 2014 18:09:07 GMT
"Sweet Celestia, what happened here!?" Cross looked around, dumbfounded by the destruction. His brother quickly trotted over to Amber. "I am so sorry, mon ami. This is... awful." He sighed, and looked at the ground. "And... unfortunately, I bear bad news about our friend Nightwing." Laserbolt's ear twitched, but he didn't move from his spot on the ground. "He's... defected. I don't know when, and to whom, but he is no longer on our side."
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Post by Midnight_Aurora on Jul 7, 2014 19:10:58 GMT
Care went pale when Cosmona said Power Ponies and torture. She says grimly, "Then we may have a big problem, if Lady Amber's Brother does indeed have the Power Ponies." Care looks away for a moment. "Only myself and their leader, Matterhorn, knows where the gem is now. She is a strong mare........but with the right tools, even she will sing like a bird." Care's look becomes one of determination. "We need to find that Gem and fast." Then she seams to light up as if she had an idea. "We do have another advantage. Cosmona, how close do you feel you are to the gem at this time. I know that you are part of the gem's power. Your spirit was created by the gem after all." She looks to the other before saying, "We need to find the gem before they can figure out where it is. Hopefully they don't have the power ponies yet."
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Post by wanderingmagus on Jul 7, 2014 21:57:34 GMT
((awaiting clockwork))
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Post by Asterian Starfall on Sept 25, 2014 17:25:13 GMT
(( Bumping to rez the RP. ))
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Post by laserbolt on Sept 25, 2014 23:41:51 GMT
((I think this one is dead. Which sucks, of course, but nothing we could do.))
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