[NikkiUncensored]

Shizu shook her head and wrote, the horses there are very big and easily angered… it would not be wise to approach them, a few minutes that way, there are some really calm horses. we should head over there.

Shizu got up and headed the opposite of where Iris pointed, she motioned for Iris to follow.

[Whatsyourface]

(Flipped a coin for Tobias’ encounter)

There is a trudging through the nightly biodome as a few sticks break and something seemingly comes through the woods. Then from the woods, something large. Apparently a man walked through. Though he hardly looked like an ordinary man.

Somethings one would notice right off the bat is this man is large and has many tattoos along his shirtless body. His pants are apparently tattered gear and he is bald and wearing a mask. It was white with a lot of things written and drawn on it. Hard to tell what from this distance. He was muscular and veiny but did not look like the hulk. His arms were rather long for his proportions. He was about 7 ft 5 His hand looked big enough for the palm to completely cover a persons face.

His tattooes consisted of a very large hand of Fatima tattoo on his back. Hos biceps and body painted with tattoos of lovecraftian creatures. Tentacles all about crawling to his chest from the creatures draw on his body.

His visible weapons seemed to be a large knife, a very large sheathed sword and a rather large revolver. All of which he doesn’t have in his hand. His eyes went to the beasts that glowed for about seven seconds. Then to Tobias. He stared at him for a solid five.

‘HAI!!” He blurts out loudly as he waves at him smiling widely.

—

Iris nods. She ran over to catch up to shizu, now alot more comfortable around. “Hey. How old are you?”

-About 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) away.-

There is a group of men with guns. Assault rifles mostly. A few swords, knives and other equipment walking through. They are wearing civilian clothing.

“I dunno John. I don’t know this place.” “Looks like a nice change compared to where we were hanging around.” “I hope to god there are no weepers here.” “Stay on your toes.” One of them comes back. A guy with a composite bow and arrow. With a grenade launcher and wearing goggles.

“Found her trail.” “How far you think she is.” “Dunno.” The man replies. “Maybe 4 klicks? Six?” “Thats like a 45 minute walk.” “Better hope to it then.” The men proceed in Shizu and Iris’s direction. Wary of wildlife. Though it will take some time for them to find them in this huge area. Even longer with the distance they may cover.

-Back to Iris-

Iris would follow Shizu to wherever she went. “Do you live here by yourself?” Iris asks curiously after Shizu answers her question. Even if Shizu doesn’t know.

[Kit Apparently]

Tobias snorted and flipped up into the tree, launching from his branch and into the air with little effort. “Normally, I would love the whole tattoo thing, but today it’s just not doing it for me. Something about your weapons and baldness is a turn-off. Sorry sweetie,” he called, flying away with a smirk.

[♒Eridan caligulasAquarium Ampora♒]

While following the man he looks the rough the halls up the stairs boring boring boring and upon entering the room he assumes it will just be another boring room but then sees what really is there bor- ooh spotting several other armed associates. when Arnold pointed towards the armory he walked through the door and upon seeeing. guns and weapons galore he started drooling then decided to be practical and take the weapons he knew how to use and hey look a katana it looked cool but he decided it could wait. after arming himself he went to wait with the others.

[NikkiUncensored]

I do live by myself.. Most times I live without shelter. Nature is always the best house., Shizu wrote answering Iris.

[Whatsyourface]

The large man looked at Tobias blinking. “WHAT? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!” The man falls on his knees shouting into the sky for a good 10 seconds. Then he yells “WELL FINE! BE THAT WAY” He yells in Tobias’ direction and then takes one of the glowing beasts, picks it up and hugs it irregardless of whether or not . “I’LL JUST BE FRIENDS WITH THIS….THING!! HE RECIPROCATES MY FEELINGS AND DISPLAYS MOAR AFFECTION!!” He holds the beast out in front of him as it were a puppy, even if the thing weighes as much as a black bear. If it lashes out to claw him, he holds him anyway.

“I’LL NAME YOU FLUFFYBUTT. WE’LL HAVE SO MUCH FUN!! WE’LL WATCH MOVIES AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES AND TAKE WALKS ON THE BEACH AND TELL EACHOTHER ABOUT HOW OUR DAYS WENT EVEN THOUGH NEITHER OF US REALLY CARES. IT’LL BE PERFECT” He puts the beast down and then caresses it. With a gleeful facial expression in his eyes. “And I won’t let anyone hurt you….”

From his sheath he draws his enourmous sword, and it can actually be seen that is essentially a giant single edged chainsaw sword, edged with diamond. “I’m makin’ a house.” *VROOOOM* He revs it up as the blades spin rapidly and slashes into the tree cutting it down in actually only a few seconds.

“THEN WE CAN LIVE TOGETHER IN A CABIN! IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL!” He yells out in Tobias’ direction.

—

(Need moar staff)

A man strolls forward to the front of the room in front of the with them. He had a mustache and was wearing body armor with a “Semper Fi” Tattoo on his shoulder. He has a smile and looks excited as he talks loudly and commandingly in “Good evening Gentleman! I see that we gave a new faces…..that’s good…that’s real good. I am Chief Dwight Houser. But you can call me Chief Dwight.” He says nodding and smirking. Looking at Zach and the other new person next to him.

“Now. Let’s get started with your mission briefing. Yes. That’s right. Your being thrown in thick of it. And for some of you. This won’t be an easy mission. But if you are smart you will make it through. Your objective is to essentially herd a rogue model into a chamber made specifically to contain it. I will now inform you on said subject you are to herd. Here it is men.” A projection appears on the large screen showing a picture of this subject to the entire room.

Then Dwight continues to speak. “It’s name is SR 53. (Referring to the super weight) “This thing is a Class Four Subject. A weapon of mass destruction. It is loose is a subject’s environment. Sector 46. It’s abilities are as follows…” He starts

“Large size. It is exactly eight feet tall. IT weighs a little more then a ton. 2400 pounds. It’s carbon nanotube composite musculature gives it extreme strength and durability. This subject is capable of under normal circumstances lifting 500,000 tons over it’s head..”

The person next to Zach raises his hand. “Um. Sir. You said 500,000 tons.” Dwight stops. “Yes. Yes I did.” He looks a the man. Who replies with “Are you sure you didn’t mean-” “No I didn’t.” Dwight cuts him off. Then he says.

“I said. 100,000 tons. Two hundred million pounds. 90 million kilograms. If it were possible to put this entire building on a scale. It would be able to bench press it. Easily. The empire state building weighes approximately 350,000 tons.” “….”

Dwight continues to speak. “No more questions until the end, of the briefing on it’s abilities it has a maximum running speed. Of around 200 miles per hour. Which it can hold for 15 minutes. It prefers to jump bounds of two miles or so regularly. It is extremely difficult to incapacitate it. It has been known to withstand dozens of High explosive tank rounds and repeated air strikes. H.E.A.T rounds and Kinetic based APFSDS rounds from tanks have some effectiveness. Despite being a cybernetic being, it is mostly immune to EMPs. Many directed energy weapons, are even less useful against it. A nuclear bomb would destroy it, and the environment. We do not want to do that…so we have another special weapon in mind for this mission specifically to be used against this creature.”

Dwight pulls out a pistol. It looks like an ordinary CZ 75. “This your weapon for dealing with the thing.” “A pistol…?” The man next to Zach says. Dwight looks at him. Turns the safety off with a *click* as the hammer of the gun is released. He then promptly aims at the man and shoots him in the chest to the shock of everyone in the room. Dwight smiles widely.

There is red smeared on the man’s armor as he looks down trembling at it. Then he clutches over it. The man then looks up at dwight confused. The man then shouts out. “WHAT THE FUCK? IS THIS PAINT?!!!” “Yes.” Dwight says chuckling a bit and continues to say “You just got shot with a pneumatic military grade paintball, son. And it will be your best friend against this thing.” He throws it at Zach without warning.

“What’s your name son?” He to the man next to Zach. “…Ron…” “Well Ron. Welcome to the facility. And you too.” He says to Zach.

“Now. If there are no further interruptions. Listen very, very closely. I’m going to play some footage. As I explain tactics footage of this thing in action will play. Then you’ll gear up and head out…” Dwight begins to play footage of a first recording of a soldier, with a camera on his helmet. Dwight looks around to see most everyone in the room are paying attention.

—-

Iris walks with Shizu as she replies “Don’t you want to at least live in a cave or sit under a tree? Doesn’t that count as shelter?” Iris says. She looks down and then starts to hop on one foot as she takes her shoes off now, not wanting to wear them anymore. She doesn’t fall behind Shizu, hopping with her. Then getting one foot off. Then hopping again. Getting the other foot off. As she then walks around in her socks. Eventually. She gets annoyed with that too. Dirt was getting stuck to them. So she just went ahead and decided to walk barefoot. Stopping to take both socks off, and stuff them in her shoes, which she carried with herself in one hand.

[Delta Aiken Nomani]

X-0 held up a hand, a small 3-D map hovering over it, composed of several thousand nanobots. “This is all areas I have access to and vision of. Your city of insomnia is here.” A large bubble filled with buildings glowed red. “There is another unknown location that is open to my access here.” A vaguely grassy bubble glowed green. “I also have access to a small metal room where I originated, and suspect the existence of another city. Those are all currently known locations.”

[Sharktits]

“well Jack, those men you fought back on the woods were probably a retreating force that attacked me and my man a while ago, they might have been just patching their wounds or planing another attack, doesn’t matter, they probably thought you were one of my man and that made them attack you” Alexia said ably picking a cup and sipping some tea

“the least i could do for a fellow warrior in your situation is offer shelter, you can choose to sleep on a room here at the castle or at the inn in the village, is there anything else i can do for you?” she said putting the cup back at the table and slightly bowing her head in a respectful manner

[Godal the Father of Death]

Blues stared at the map for awhile. He loosen his yellow scarf and sighed, “So there is more.” He tapped X-O’s back and stared at the black eye man. “So you clearly know more.” He walks up to him and poke his forehead, “What is beyond this city?”

[Whatsyourface]

Jack sipped his tea while she spoke and was surprised by the woman’s kindness. This wasn’t exactly what he was expecting. He was unsure of how much of this was real. He pulled up a database on his phone and looked up her file. “Uh. Well…no nothing else. I’ll take a room…but…I have a question…only one. Do you know where you are?” He refrained from stating her name right now because the last thing he wanted to do was freak her out.

—

The black eyed man looked at blues. Only looking at blues, blinking a moment. He looked towards X-0’s map then back at blues. “I think it would be best to show you both, rather then tell you.” The man said a blackness came from from underneath him, spreading in a circle around him. More came from other areas in the city as everything became consumed by the blackness. The city, the people and they sky. Until in about 10 seconds it was only those three standing in a pitch black blank void.

There was light, even though everything was black, it wasn’t dark. The three could see each other fine, it was more a matter of seeing anything else. It was quiet. Then they could hear children laughing in this black void, coming from somewhere. And then it took form. The “void” then became a hallway. A lot of things were solid. The terrain was solid. The walls were there. Panting could be heard as a man ran by straight towards the 3. No matter what they do, he runs right through them. For he is not truly “there.” He has running for his life, wearing body armor holding a machine gun. There are young voices he hears “He’s this way” the voice of a child. The man turns back and fires into the darkness. A few white blurs rush by and through the three and the man is bowled over, tackled by what appears to be children.

The children are pale and have very long claws. They tore at his armor as he yelled and bit into exposed flesh. The man stopped struggling. Paralyzed. As they dragged him away. “He’s heavy sister” “I know.” “We’re going to have take all these heavy clothes off him first before we give him to mother….” The man is dragged away into the dark.

He gestures them to come with them as he walks forward and into a wall, the walls no longer seeming to be solid. They would walk in and seem like they are in the same room as Jack and Alexia. Skipping miles of biome to simply end up here. Though neither of them seemed to notice, Jack sipped his tea. And waited for his answer. The black eyed man walked forward walking right through them, gesturing them both to come with him.

They walked through a nightly biome briefly where a large man was sawing through a tree as it fell. “Arrrrugh.” The man groaned. “I miss him already….” He looked at the beast and then he asked. “You think I should find go find him?”

He then seemed to take them into a forested biome, where they saw Iris and Shizu walking together on their way for fruit. Then the area shifted, as it was in an open field now. An arrow phases through the black eyed man and strikes a rabbit in the neck. Killng it. The ground comes into plain few as a man picks the rabbit up and hangs it off the side of his bag. “How much longer?” “No too long.” “Let’s not give em a chance right? You know how dangerous that girl can be. First shot needs to be a kill shot.” “Right.” A man with a rifle says as they proceed on Shizu and Iris’ trail.

Everything then goes back again as a darkness seems to consume everything. He turns back to blues. “That is a small amount of what is on the very outside. Your new friend here can lead you around on your journey to wherever you wish to go to do whatever you wish to do.” The darkness fades. They are now in a hallway. An actual hallway there is an exit sign above and a large reinforced door with an access pad that flashes green, in a large room at the end. “Simply approach the door. And it will open to the exterior. Or, turn back to your go back to your home. The choice is yours.” The instant they look away, the man is gone, and then it is just those two now.

[Delta Aiken Nomani]

“Analysis indicates that harm may come to those outside the city if no one is able to save them. However, the city we preside in presently is also volatile. Leaving it without help could result in civilian deaths.”

X-0 processed this for a moment. Unable to come to a conclusion, it turned to Blues. “What would a ‘hero’ do in this scenario?”

[Godal the Father of Death]

Blues stared at the people he saw and the forest around. The image of the kids stayed in his head. Something click inside him something inrobot, “I was built to pick a path then I was sent to a war without a chance. These people relay on me a mere robot to choose the human destiny.” He look at X-O with a frown, “I giving everything I can to them but yet none still can’t stand for themselves. Are there any heroes in man? Why does a robot have to fight for the fate of humankind?” Under his shades something inrobot happen, tears. He tapped X-O’s shoulder and with a heavy breath, “All I know is this city look at image of the world. The beauty of trees the beauty of these girls. The savage of the kids the death of that man. This city needs to stand for themselves and I need to make my own history outside.” Blues closed his eyes and thought about all the time he fought to save man and how man never fought to save themselves. “A hero is just a man who knows he is free..”

[Sharktits]

“i am in prototerra, exactly at the shogunate part of it, but…you may be referring to something a friend said not long ago” she made a small pause to re arrange her thoughts and sip on her tea then “if that is case then i must ask you, how is you reality that different from my own?”

[NikkiUncensored]

Shizu giggled a bit at Iris. Where are you from?, she wrote and showed to Iris.

[Delta Aiken Nomani]

Freedom. What was it? ‘<span style=”color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;”>the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.’ Nothing hindered or restrained X-0. Did that make him a hero? No, this was probably hyperbole. Metaphor. “So we will leave?” X-0 walked toward the door, noting Blues’ hesitation. Being hesitant to leave was most likely a symptom that Blues cared for the people of the city. It was a detail worth noting.</span>

 

Then he walked through the door.