Forgotten Freedom:88

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Terra: Isn't there anything you can do about the other Entities?

Lisa: Seriously. We never know when we're being watched.

OOKaizer: Unfortunately, there's not much. They're just as powerful as I am in general, though not as much where you two are concerned. I did set it up so that the other members of the crew can't see you by any direct means, though. Because of the empathic link, Volrath's the only existant one who has even the slightest idea what you two have been doing all night...

Terra:  :D And morning.

Lisa:  :D And afternoon.

Terra:  :D And evening.

Lisa:  :D For the last month.

OOKaizer:  :embarrass Right. Since they don't exist, Bunny, Silver, and 13 are beyond my ability to block. But that also means no one's really spying on you.

Terra: That's a technicality at best.

Lisa: Not a very comforting one, either.

OOKaizer: The only thing else I could do is stop writing about it. But then, it doesn't happen.

Terra: ...

Lisa: ...

Terra: *sigh* Fine.

Lisa: Do as you wish.

OOKaizer:  :D

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Volrath, still falling, gets a look of utter euphoria.

Nalfien: What is it now?

Volrath: I couldn't shut off the emaphetic link. Now I'm gland I didn't.  :D

Nalfien: Eww.

Pholly: We sure have been falling for a long time.

Nalfien: Yeah, I guess my entity is just kinda lazy.

OORei: Oh yea?

They hit the ground, Nalfein landing on his head.

Nalfein: That was uncalled for...

OORei: Then don't call me lazy. :P

Nalfein: Even if it's true?

OORei: Want me to have you land on a rock and crush your small sensitive balls?

Nalfein: [SIZE=1]...I'll be good.[/SIZE]

Most of the group is dazed. Volrath is the first on his feet, when he looks up he sees Tyranthraxus sitting on a throne.

Volrath: Hmm. I thought that he would be more imposing.

Nalfein: …Volrath, look.

Volrath looks down and sees the dagger he had thrown at Tyranthraxus when he was still in shadow form, on the floor, dead.

Volrath:  :weep: [SIZE=1]You monster.[/SIZE]

Muradin: (seeing Volrath cry) NO MAKE Volrath CRY! MURADIN SMASH!!!

Muradin holds his hammer in his teeth, picks up Pholly with one hand, pulls out a golf tee, sticks it into the ground (yes into adamantine), places Pholly on it (with out him exploding), takes his hammer and gets ready to swing.

Muradin: EIGHT!

Muradin hits Pholly with all the force he can muster, he goes flying at Tyranthraxus and when Pholly hits he explodes in ice, Pholly flies back and is knocked out, with only his eyebrows frozen. Tyranthraxus on the other hand is encased in a giant block of ice.

Nalfein: YES!

The ice cracks and shatters and Tyranthraxus stands unharmed.

Nalfein: Or no…

A big ice shard flies at Volrath, so he picks up Pholly as a shield. When the ice shard gets to Pholly, it goes right through him without hurting him and shoots right into the left side of Volrath’s chest.

Volrath: Dammit! If I had my heart in that would have killed me!

Nalfein: I thought that you can’t die?

Volrath: …your logic is irrelevant.

Tyranthraxus: I won’t waste time monologueing. All I will say is, Nalfein I want my ring back.

Nalfein:  :confused: What ring? The only one I have is my Ring of Fire Resistance.

Tyranthraxus: It’s not just a Ring of Fire Resistance; it is the Ring of Wizardry 7.

Nalfein: …that would explain why I can cast so many 7th level spells...

Tyranthraxus: Your ancestors stole it from me. I will be taking it back when you’re de-

He stops when he sees Klaz is walking up to him while talking to Vrin holding the camera.

Klaz: Alright folks, this ‘ere’s a beaut of a specimen. ‘e’s one of the few thin’s to evah su'vive the legendary Pool o’ Radiance. As an even biggah treat, ‘e ‘ails from Forgotten Real-

Volrath: (smacks him) DON’T BREAK THE FOURTH WALL!

Nalfein: Too late for that don’t you think?

Volrath: …shut up.

Klaz: (ignoring them) Right, now, I’m gonna try an’ touch ‘im. Now, don’ try this a’ ‘ome. Remembah, ahm a professional.

Vrin: Thus, insane.

Klaz: Exactly.

As he reaches out, Tyranthraxus grabs him and starts to crush him.

Klaz: AUGH! CRIKEY! VRIN! STOP FILMING AND HELP ME!!!

Vrin is cowering in the corner, still filming.

Volrath: I think that we should attack now.

Nalfein: I do to.

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Bunny: ……………… :bored: You're kidding, right?

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Terra: *heavy breathing* Wow…I…didn't know…you could do that.

Lisa: *heavy breathing* Ah…:confused:…neither did I.

Terra: ……An Entity?

Lisa: That knows at least 6 different forms of female/female, including one that requires no phsyical contact whatsoever?

Terra: Wonder if it's Silver.

OOcat: 6? Must be a slow night for me.

Lisa and Terra:  :eek:

OOcat: All right, let's go over them again, only this time try not to make so many faces. I can't concentrate when I'm :rofl:

Terra: You can't do this to us! :mad:

OOcat: What?? Having you try out different forms of :cloud9:?

Terra: :blink:………………Good point.

Lisa: :devil:

Terra: :mymy: :blush:

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Silver: HEY! Why am I not allowed to do that?

OOcat: :bored: Exactly who was it that came up with spider/human?

Silver: Ehehehe. (anime sweatdrop)

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Terra: *huff huff* Well...that's a new trick... :cloud9:

Lisa: I have to find some way to compensate for your multiple appendages, don't I?

Terra: *pant* I'd say you've more than accomplished that goal...

Lisa:  :D

Terra: *pulls out her tentacles* But don't think I'm just gonna let you be better at  :pile: than me... :devil:

Lisa:  :eek:  :inlove:  :devil:

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Satnak - Wah? HUH? Terrek! WHERE'S MY ROOM!?... :eek: [SIZE=1]oh no,[/SIZE] [SIZE=7]BLOODY MOL NO!!!, I'M GONNA SKIN THAT LIZARD ALIVE AND DANCE IN THE BOOTS WHILE HE WATCHES!!![/SIZE]

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Bunny - Painful death senses tingling

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Terrek - This isn't a kobold hunt. He's too tough, he smacked me out in one shot.

Satnak - *Glare* I can rip your internal organs out from here, with a thought. I can collapse space and time, and I know how to deal with beasts who pull this cliche.

Terrek - Its pun-pun

Satnak - I'd be more afraind of Meepo.

Satnak stalks out of the room, as she turns a white tail with the same grey pattern of macro-circuits as the rest of her skin is revealed.

Satnak - I owe you a new couch.

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In Satnak's room shelves overflow with training manuels, textbooks, trophys, and awards, one wall is covered in image crystals that activate upon mental command. Currently one is projecting the face of a young half-elven woman. Her eyes are the same intense brown that Satnak's once were, her hair is longer and lighter, but the look of determination forged in fires hell could never contemplate is the same.

Satnak - I couldn't save you, I couldn't help you see through his lies. I couldn't help you build your perfect world, but maybe you can help save my imperfect one. :weep:

Satnak removes a panel from the wall and pulls out a small ruby that glows with the spark of a genesis power.

Satnak - I'm sorry Ketty, but this is important.

Satnak presses the crystal into the flesh of her tail and it sinks in leaving no trace.

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Terrek watches as Satnak leaves and glances around to make sure he is alone then slips quietly into shadow, returning to his own plane. He appears in his library and sits down in a large comfy chair rubbing his head.

Terrek: (i.h.h) Well this is inconvenient. When I faked being taken down with one punch by the lizard, I hadn’t expected him to run off with Serene like that, though I honestly couldn’t think of a better way to get Satnak to fall in love with her. (Terrek smiles and quietly chuckles to himself.) Ahh… the damsel in distress, valiant knight in shining armor goes to save her and ends up fall in love. Almost poetic. (Rubs chin thoughtfully) Odd thinking of Satnak as a night in shining armor though. Now that I think about it, this allies Satnak and I against a common foe… perhaps I can use this to get on her good side… *sigh* Time to work on my plan to rend that little runt limb from limb. But first…

Terrek disappears from his lab, appearing in the bowels of the Forgotten Freedom. He moves stealthily through the halls whilst putting on a black cape and a cowl with two pointed ears, one on either side. A few arcane words and he’s covered in a black skin-tight suit with a small stylized bat in the center of his chest. He appears to a couple of redshirts stealing from the food stocks and quickly beats them senseless. He then ties them up and hangs them upside down from the rafters with a note pinned to one of their shirts with only one word written on it: Batman. He smiles and slips into the shadows again…

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Shortly he returns to his own plane and throws off the costume.

Terrek: Keith Baker it’s been too long since I’ve pranked anyone! That should do for now, but I almost can’t believe how many powerful spells I had to use to accomplish that! Not only to cloak the fact that I was really me, but to avoid all the Batman traps! You’d think this crew had it in for the Caped Crusader! Ah well… Back to my usual plotting and being ominous…

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Jaela Jarlot comes across the beaten up Redshirts and reads the note.

Jaela Jarlot: Damnit! I'M Batman! It's not funny any other way!

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An arrow suddenly wizzes past Satnak's nose, coming out of nowhere. Embedding itself in the wall it has a simple note attached to it.

       The apointed hour: Tomorrow, sunset, Xendric.

                                               Allmightly Lord Pun-Pun

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Satnak - PunPun has several weakneses, he cannot act with the speed a truely powerful person does. Sure he's faster but he can't process his abilities very well, he does alot of damage with his special attacks and psi-like abilities but his actual psionic powers are pathetic. It moves fast but it telegraphs its movement, its not a trained warrior. Its very potent, but lacks skill. Or real experience, most opponents fall to its overwhelming strength and speed. In other words its a telented ametuer with no ability to apply its power other than at the most basic level. It could create an astral construct, but it hasn't studied how to make an emerald gyre. It can read my mind but it knows nothing of the mental dueling the Ubers regulary engage in. IN SHORT PUN-PUN I WILL WREAK GREAT AND TERRIBLE VENGEANCE, but first every redshirt on this ship dies for helping ... NO!! calm down Satnak you've gotta pull it together. All that matters is getting Serene back safe, vengeance later. Serene...

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Kithle - This is troubling Terrek.

Terrek - Stop porting into my room unnanounced, and how did you get through my wards?

Kithle - You don't ward against shadow magic very well, Might want to work some Gorgon's blood into the next one.

Terrek - Why are you here?

Kithle - The little girlfriend you built for Satnak has been kidnapped, The Breaker Prime is losing it.

Terrek - Satnak does awful things to Pun-pun, Serene gets rescued, perfect knight in mental armor gets the girl routine.

Kithle - True but I share an entity with Satnak and it's been playing Kindom Hearts 2.

Terrek - Well then what's the plan

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OORampant : I wasn't gonna do it!

Kithle - You lie!

OORampant - Come on it would be totally cool.

Kithle - Yeah it - WAIT A MINUTE, GET IT AWAY FROM THE KEYBOOARD Terrek.

Terrek - Got ya.

OORampant - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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