Chapter 2!! I have returned and this fic is not dead!!! Spoiler Chapter II “I think we’ll finish there today”, the Dark haired man standing at the front of the lecture theatre said. “Alright!” celebrated a dark brown headed girl from the front row of benches, “I can get back to the RP Theatre ... we have a lot on at the moment”. “Jayn, I’m not finished”, the man in front said, “If any of you see Claw or Plums, tell them to come and see me”. “RVR”, a brown haired girl sitting at a desk in front of a computer controlling the projector said, “I’m sure they have a reason, Claw never misses class if there isn’t one and Plums is no different”. “Be that as it may Misty, I still want to see them”, RVR retorted, “I have an urgent matter that I need to take care of.” “I’m sure they’ll be fi-“ Just then, Plums burst into the Lecture theatre, the Morning light streaming through the open doors. He carried a pale, unconscious Claw over his left shoulder. “Sorry we’re late!” Plums grimaced, as he struggled to carry Claw over the threshold of the room”. RvR, Mist, Chevalier, Stardust, Jayn, Ienzo, Sabby and Forsaken wheeled around at the noise of the opening door and subsequent blaze of light. “What the hell happened?!” RvR exclaimed. “Star, can you give him a hand?” Star was already typing on her viridian green Holo, quickly summoning an incorporeal stretcher of the same colour which appeared underneath Claw’s unconscious body, which Plums had gently set down onto the ground. The stretcher then soared towards the centre of the room, towards the stage of the theatre. Star then leapt to her feet and half ran-half walked towards the stage. Summon Weapon Do you wish to proceed? [Y/N] Y. In a flash of white and green light, there appeared a silver and emerald inlaid Chakram. Patterns along the outside blade showed that of vines, plant life and leaves, while the handle and inner body showed elaborate scrollwork depicting stars, nebulae and constellations. As Claw’s unconscious body hovered on the stretcher, Stardust placed the Chakram in mid air above him. She then let go of it, and it began moving of its own accord along the length of his body, pulsing a green light. While this was happening, RvR and Misty ran down to where Plums was standing, leaning against the wall beside the door of the theatre, panting for breath. “What the hell happened?” RvR re-iterated, this time in a softer tone. “We were ... attacked in transit, the link got broken. Three bots. Three of them. Claw and I managed to destroy their bodies, but he expended too much energy in the process. I got here as fast as I could, but I’m afraid ... I’m ... I”, He collapsed onto the ground, exhausted. “It’s okay Plums, you both did well”, Misty said, crouching down to where Plums was slumped against the wall. “RvR, I’ll handle their data, you hold the fort here. I’ll be back in ... 2 minutes tops.” “Be careful”, he warned, “We can never tell what’s going to be in that place”. “I’ll be fine”, Misty said, beaming at her fellow Admin. “Plums, can you tell me the co-ordinates for where the fight took place?” “It was ... sector ... 274 ... X: 557, Y: 47, Z ... z ... -248. I might be a bit off ... but I think that’s where ...” “I’ll be going then, brb”, she smiled again, and then, without missing a beat, turned on her heal, and vanished, mid turn in a flash of blue light. “I hate it when she’s flashy ...” RvR said. “RvR!” Star called from the stage, “I’ve finished the scan. All vital signs there, energy levels are dangerously low. I can revive him, though it’ll take about an hour.” “Good, good.” He turned to face everyone else in the room. Chevalier was watching Stardust from the computer where misty had been sitting, making notes on Stardust’s instruction as to any injuries Claw may have sustained; pulse rate; breathing rate; core temperature etc. Jayn and Ienzo were talking in barely audible whispers about what would possibly have happened. Sabby sat alone, with a pained look on her face, which RvR realised was a lot paler than normal. He decided to walk over to her and sat beside her on one of the many benches that lined the theatre. “You okay Sabby?” He asked concernedly. “I’m ... I’m fine ... I just ...” She was breathing heavily and her fists were balled in the fabric of her jacket. “Empathy acting up again?” RvR asked - looking increasingly worried for his comrade. She nodded slightly. Sabby had been blessed, or perhaps cursed, upon her ascension to staff with the rare Minor Arcantrica of Empathy. She had the ability to sense the misfortune and pain, or the happiness and euphoria of those surrounding her. In essence, she could use the power to tell if someone was lying, and that was the intention originally (RvR supposed), but it generally caused her more pain than it was useful. “I can turn it off you know,” he said to her. “I know, I know ... but I feel like ... I was given this power for a reason ... so ... I think I should leave it on ...” She turned to him and smiled, though to RvR it looked more like a grimace. A flash of blue light appeared in the doorway, and Misty appeared, nor a hair out of place from when she had left – though, to RvR’s dismay, she looked worried. “I destroyed their traces... however there’s a problem.” “What’s wrong?” said the voices of about 5 different staff members at once, in multiple variations. “The bots were spliced with sapper code, and unfortunately, from what I could gather form their data fragments, the electrostatic shock of Claw’s attacks dislodged some of it ... he’s infected with it basically.” She turned to Stardust and said, “You’ll have to stop feeding him energy, they’ll only steal it from him and possibly re-grow their forms ... the last thing we need in the city is a bot attack.” Star immediately snatched up her Chakram from where it was hovering over Claw and the green energy around it stopped pulsing. “Don’t dispel it though, I have a plan”. With a flash, Misty’s blue laser-sword appeared. “What exactly do you plan to do with that, Misty?” RvR asked, reproachfully. “I’ve been doing some reading in the netcraft archives about combination of Arcantrica. Star, I’ll need your help for this”. Star looked at her quizzically. “What do you need me to do?” Misty began walking towards the stage, her sword crackling with energy. “You’ll also need your Holo out for this”, Misty continued, as Star complied by summoning it, “Good”. Misty stopped at the foot of the stretcher where Claw was sleeping, at the opposite side to Star. “You’ll need the following command: Comb Tech. “Cleansing Waters” && Misty >> Clawtooth. Have you got that?” Misty dictated. Star hesitated for a moment and then began typing on her holo. “I’ll also need you to get to the execute message. We need to do this in sync, or there’s a chance that it will backfire.” Star froze at this. “So you mean he’s in danger?!” Star exclaimed. She glanced towards where RvR was, “RvR ... you think this is a good idea??” “It’s okay, Star. I trust Misty.” “You have a right to be cautious,” Misty acknowledged, “Were you dealing with a novice then there would be considerable danger.” She smiled then, “But you’re dealing with an Admin. Even if there was a backfire, I would most likely be able to reverse it.” “If you say so ...” Star responded, and pressed enter on her holo. “Right, on the count of three. 1, 2-“ “Wait, “Star interjected. On three or on go?!” “On three,” Misty answered, smiling wryly. “One, Two, Three.” At the instant the final syllable was uttered, both Misty’s laser-sword and Stardust’s Chakram rose into the air of their own accord. Star’s weapon positioned itself at Claw’s head, while the sword floated at his feet, perpendicular to his body. Slowly at first, both began spinning, Misty’s crackling with blue energy, and Star’s glowing with green light. The tempo of the spinning increased higher and higher, with each revolution the light became brighter and brighter, suddenly, as the spinning seemed to reach its zenith, golden threads of lights sprang from the circumference of the luminous coronas surrounding the glowing forms of the weapons. The threads enveloped Claw, who rose high into the air above his stretcher. The blue glow surrounding misty’s sword began expanding outwards from the sword, travelling along the streams of light, and in the same way the green of Stardust’s began flowing in the opposite direction. Within seconds, claw was enveloped in an aurora of green and blue light. There was then an almighty flash which half blinded those watching and left an afterimage on the eye. Once one could look back at where Claw was floating, they now saw a cocoon of blue-green water, his long hair floating weightlessly around his head; his body undulating slightly form an unseen current. He began to descend slowly, settling back towards the stage floor, but still floating slightly above the stretcher. Star’s mouth was agape as she stared from Misty, to her now motionless chakram, to Claw’s floating body. “He looks kinda cute when he sleeps doesn’t he”, smirked Misty. “Wh-what did I just ... do?” Star blustered, “I didn’t know we had so much ...” “Power?” Misty enquired, “I suppose, as Sora would say, “Our friends are our power”. This is the true power of combining Arcantrica. However, it is dangerous.” “So, that flash was ...” “It serves several purposes, from what I can gather. It is the climax of the technique, and also was the eradication of the code inside of him.” Misty responded coolly. “How long is he gonna be like this?” Sabby piped up from where she was sitting. “A few more minutes, so any of you who want to ogle should probably be quick about it. I don’t want to feel like the only massive pervert here.” A few minutes passed in laughter and conversation, as a few other members of the team slowly approached the stage. After about three minutes, the water began to glow faintly, and then dissipated in a spiralling golden trail, and claw fell gently onto the stretcher beneath him. Claw opened his eyes slowly, droplets of water still clinging to his eyelashes, though interestingly not another part of him was in the least way damp. “What ... happened ...” Claw murmured softly. “It’s okay Claw, you should rest now. You’ve had a hard morning”, Misty said softly. “That’s ... okay I guess ...”, and his eyes fell shut again. “He’s still weak, but that technique should have restored his energy levels to normal,” Misty explained, “Can someone make sure he gets to the infirmary? He’s gonna be bedridden for a few days”. “I’ll take him, “ RvR said. “I partly blame myself for this anyway”. “What? Why M-“Misty enquired confusedly. “Because reasons, “RvR shot back. “Anyway, it’s solved now.” “Okay, if you say so ...” RvR began making the necessary preparations to take him and Claw to the hospital in the city. He momentarily looked up and glanced around the room. His eyes fell on Sabby, who was staring out of the window. For the first time in what seemed an age, he saw a faint smile on the corners of her mouth. CnC's appreciated as usual ^^. i'll update the almanac again with some of the new terms and stuff ^^.
d- .... d-did you just ... ship Startooth?? Get out of my section. Now. I'm firing you from this partnership. In all seriousness though, I really enjoyed this chapter. I love the whole artifice control type thing, it's a lot better excecuted and far less convoluted than the one in COntinuum is xD. I can't wait for alpha!Misty and beta!Misty to meet, there's gonna be fireworks.Your description was great, I really enjoyed it, and the way you captured the characters was amazing to me. All in all, amazing, keep up the good work ^^.
In defense of jar!Claw, he did just get a pretty harsh diagnosis.
Pawtooth's not a very common ship. I approve though, it was a beautiful fic. Copious amounts of ghey, but I don#t mind, it's all in the spirit of fun.
I will allow this ... for now ...
I believe in the you that believes in the me that believes in you!!!!
It's okay, I always feel left out of these sort of convos, even though I should remember stuff ... 5 years is a long time ... when KHV was founded, the world economy wasn't terrible and KH2 wasn't out in the UK ...
Hey Misty, yo, Misty, hey... You know what we could do?? Have a Staff Convo about it because we DISCUSS stuff now :D. Also, Bingley, so you pay attention (whatamieven).
I-it's not like I even like you or anything ya dumb baka. >///<;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;.
I'm aware ... I occasionally find threads of his when I'm checking in the archives for stuff ... non-expiring redirects were the bane of my existance but they're all. gone. now. Forever. I felt triumph that day ... however it's been crushed under the- never mind ... hahaproblemsiamproatthem.
This is why alts are confusing ... now I know the reason why. xD. So, yeah, I've heard so much o.O ... I wish I like ... did stuff xD.
Actually ... this is March of Dogs unless i am mistaken.
Forsaken. Get out Now. I'm serious. You are all up in my barbeque.
I wasn't really active when you guys were about xD. I wasn't really well known ... ever ... anyway ...
Finally somone uploads it so I can actually listen to the thing!! I'm looking at YOU Misty.
I'm not enraged, I mean, they've probably got a good reason for it to be delayed this long. There hasn't been any new content since the beta was launched except the fact that they've fixed a few things and enabled Wizard Duel again, so I don't really think the people that have access to the beta have anything really awesome to do ... there's a few thing, but to be honest, my only reason for using Pottermore is for the new info from JKR ... and since there's not been any new stuff since the beta launch I'm eh about the whole thing.
They were on the homepage from the 31st of July onwards, at different times throughout each day to catch all timezones.
I agree that putting a notice up for events is a good idea, like site-wide ones, is a good idea, for people who miss them or who don't often leave certain sections (Thinking Codes Vault, Spam Zone and RP mainly here). However, i would encourage people to look at the community news and projects just maybe once a week, because what gets posted there is often very important.
Greater than 24 hours and no merge iirc. I AM SO EXCITE GUYS!!
If this was the plan all along, that would explain the whole "Sora waging war on the Organization" thing that people seem to have a problem with in KH2. They threw themselves in his way because they wanted to be killed. If DDD is any indication, from the trailers, we know that at least Lea and Braig have become human again. I would be amazed if this were true, it makes the Org a lot more cunning than I originally thought they were.
