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"This is Kensington reporting in to headquarters, please respond."
"What is it Kensington?" rasped the annoyed officer.
"I've found a body sir, there's been another murder. I'm in 31st avenue of the main road, opposite Middle East banks."
"We'll send someone over, can you describe the victim?"
"It's a hedgehog sir, a blue hedgehog." The radio crackled violently, Kensington pulled it away from his ear and starred at the sky. Rain poured down from the heavens soaking him, on the floor soaked in a puddle of blood lay the corpse. "Sonic the Hedgehog's dead sir"
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The Chaos Emeralds were the most powerful objects ever known to exist, their power was unfathomable and their limits boundless...
Throughout history people have used it for good and evil, using the precious gems to dispense their will on the world...
Soon a great rift spread about between the holders of the emeralds, two factions emerged. One of them promised that the emeralds should be used for the good of others, the other group wanted to use the emeralds to conquer the world.
Professor Halloway held his hand up to the scanner, the device quickly reading his fingerprints to confirm his identity. Welcome back professor, the computer chirped happily as the hydroelectric doors slid open revealing the corridor beyond.
Halloway shuffled up to the third door on the right, security cameras traced his every movement as he climbed into the room. Computer, open access to the Chaos Emerald.
Im afraid I cant do that professor, the computer replied.
Why the hell not? he replied annoyed, Open the door.
Complying, the compute replied and the hatch slid open to reveal nothing. The Chaos Emeralds were removed last night by an intruder, all security alarms were disabled by his override. The computer replied chirpily, He also initiated a self destruct sequence to be triggered as soon as the hatch was opened.
What, that means?
Explosives prime, detonation predicted in twenty five seconds and counting. The computer replied calmly, the professor span around. He was five stories beneath the ground with a dozen security passes and two elevators, three bulkhead doors and a flight of steps from the surface. Stop the explosion computer, what do you think you are doing?
I cannot comply professor, explosion due in five seconds.
The professor screamed as he made a mad dash towards the doors, useless but he might as well try
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The explosion shook the entire city, it was like a miniature earthquake. The sewage system near the underground bunker had been broken open and sewage was leaking onto the streets above which were cracked. The banks above the bunker had been rocked violently and were deemed a safety hazard, needless to say the entire bunker had been destroyed.
Security forces had cordoned off the area, but the press had the place surrounded and as soon as it was determined that there had been no earthquake people began asking questions.
The Chaos Emeralds are currently split, each factions power has waned over time as other forces have come to take the emeralds. Now each faction has two emeralds, the remaining five are held by local governments and estranged individuals, most notable is the enigmatic Doctor Robotnik.
The war which has gone underground for the last century is about to be relit, the kindling is already in place and all the fire needs is one spark to set the war ablaze again.
OOC:
This RP is set in an alternate world which is half way between Sega City and the Sonic Universe, meaning to be honest you can pretty do much anything you want, although the usual rules about powerplaying apply, nothing rediculous please.
You can set your character up as anyone, a normal citizen, a hero, a shady villain after the Chaos Emeralds for your own ends, it's up to you.
This is esentially a group mission, hopefully there should be a good mix between characterisation and action.
If you want to be an official character, feel free, although I will say now that Robotnik and Tails are out of bounds, but everyone else, take your pick.
EDIT:
Character profiles for my main character:
Name: Alex Grail
Gender: Male, at the moment
Race: Currently a fox (changes)
Description: Tall, thin, grey, with no tail and small ears + 2 gigantix black wings sprouting from his back
Age: 1298 years
Bio: Alex is essentially a good guy, he's aligned with the good spectrum hunting for the Chaos Emeralds anyway, although he has his own motives for doing so.
Plus a bad guy:
Name: Sabbath
Gender: Male
Race: Rat
Description: Short and with a medium build, grey fur and a long pink tail. Green eyes...
Age: 32 years old
Bio: Sabbath's history is unknown, all that is known is that he works for the evil faction hunting for the emeralds, although Sabbath has the Red One in his possesion. He knows off Alex but they have never actually met, Sabbath is a tactical genius and thanks to the Red Chaos Emerald virtually unstopable in a combat situation.
"Not unless they were fools," Grail shrugged. "Eggman went after them once and got his fingers burnt. Nobodies gone near that rock since, and it's probably best left that way."
"No, they're already looking for the next Chaos Emerald to try and make up for us bagging that one, there are rules in this game..." He paused for a second, "We've located the next emerald, Sabbath is already there."
"Sabbath?" Angelo asked first, "Who's he?"
"My opposite, the alliance's agent looking the for Chaos Emeralds to use against us." Grail raised his eyebrows for a moment and sighed.
"Why do people want the Chaos Emeralds?" Alex asked, mildly curious, "I know their powerfull and stuff but why do you want them?"
"Isn't it obvious," Lena leered, "For power and to stop the enemy getting them."
"But why do they want them?" Alex asked, "What will they be used for, what do they do exactly?"
All eyes turned to Grail who didn't reply, keeping his mought kept tightly shut as he glarred at SilverShadow, wondering how much to give away.
Especially know that he knew what he'd allowed into the group's midst.
"There's a war coming," he replied trying to sound casual. "Not just a normal war between nations, but something more fundamental. Armies of angels and demons waging war in the sky, it's already been brewing behind the scenes for centuries but it's coming, and when it does the winner will be whoever has the most Chaos Emeralds."
"How?" Alex asked, "Why?"
"I can't explain how, but it's the way this war is going to be fought. With massive weapons capable of obliterating armies in seconds, death and destruction on an unimaginable scale. When the dust clears the survivor will be the one clutching the Chaos Emeralds."
"And we've got more than the enemy," Crimson stuck in, "So we just need to stop Sabbath getting it?"
"It's not that simple, if the war came today then the alliance would be defeated but not easily. There would still be a great conflict, and only a few of my people would survive, one Chaos Emeralds worth of protection. If we're going to avoid the war we need all of the Chaos Emeralds."
"But they already have a couple..."
"We're going to steal them," Grail shrugged, "After we've found the last remaining Emeralds it's only a race against time before the war starts."
This is incredible. All this information.. it hardly seemed believable. But still, Alex tried to accept it all as truth, especially after all he had seen.
"Those... shadow beings. What are they? Demons?" Alex asked, curious. "And these rules? What are they exactly, and why would they follow them?" Alex felt a bit embarrased for asking so many questions, but through it all it sounded incredibly nteresting and surprising. He had to know more, and he hoped grail would perhaps elaborate on these.
"Their not demons," Grail replied, "Just scientists and politicians. Deviant scientists using forbidden powers to try and give themself an advantage. When I say that there's a battle in the heavens it isn't heaven as in the afterlife, but it might as well be. Getting from here to there is nigh on impossible, but that's what the Shadow beings want. They want to tear down the barriers and go as high up as they can, but in order to do that they need to corrupt the most basic society, if they control this world then they can control the next."
"And what about the rules?"
"Conventions and moral guidelines, there are some things that you just don't do for moral decency."
Lena shook her head. SS was more powerful than she thought and she was glad that he was sort of on their side. She still felt slightly threatened by his presence. Grail had began to go off on a long speech but she tuned it out for the most part...she looked at Reni and then at Grail. "So we will we wait for her to recover before moving out?"
Alex nodded in thanks for Grail's replies, they were kost helpful, although a lot of things he said were a bit confusing. Alex had heard about things such as politicians and had a rough guess on what they were, but since he had infrequent city and settlement exposure he didn't entirely know what they were. Either way it was quite exciting, despite the danger it seemingly posed he had to say this was definitely an interesting adventure. Was it fate that brought him to the city at this specific time and meet Grail and the others, or something else? Whatever it was, Alex smiled at the adventure that loomed before them.
OOC: Ur...Angelo isn't in the room.
IC:
Angelo looked back at the window, all the others were talking, he knew he was probably missing out on useful information, but atleast he knew Nightshade would tell him when he got back.
He sighed,
"I'm probably just imagining things, but still..."
He looked one last time at the window, then continued his watch of the storm, he'd stay here for a few more minutes...just in case.
TBC
Flaming Chaos walked back and forth through his little chamber. From the back of the chamber a Chaos preist stepped forward.
"Alot is on your mind, Draken," the preist began, "Do you mind filling me in on some details?"
"It's nothing actually," Flaming replied, "And what is troubleing me I can't tell you. It is a personal matter, a family matter."
"You mean he's back?"
"I don't want to discuss this."
"If he is indeed back someone will recieve his blessing."
"My fair preist I mean what I say. please go and leave me BE!"
The preist seemed shocked by Flaming's action. He turned and walked toward the exit.
"This has happened before, you just can't bear to see it happen again. You put it in the back of your mind, but you always knew it would happen again. I've said enough, Draken, I'll see you around."
Flaming Chaos breathed a deep sigh then sat down on the only chair in the room.
"What is this," Flaming Chaos said to himself, "What has it all came down to? I've fought so hard to prevent something that was destined to happen. What am I gonning to do?"
TBC
OOC:I've got something working up in the background while everyone else is taking it easy. You will see what I brought Melven back for, and Eggman's purpose next post!
Some Time Later
Serenity had recovered and the group had all come to terms with SilverShadow and Grails revalations (OOC: if you want to discuss more, feel free to go back and do so, but i want to move this on)...
"Where are we?" Alex asked as Grail came to a halt at the edge of a large pumping station. "What's this place?"
"The sewage works," Crimson explained, "It's where they pump... sewage."
"This is the second sewer in as many days," Lena complained, "Why are we here this time?"
"Sabbath was seen skulking about the sytern here, he's been pumping the water clear of one area of the sewers. This city was built over the ruins of Station Square that was destroyed by Chaos..."
"Chaos," Alex's eyes grinned, "I know about Chaos, my friend Big.."
"When Chaos was defeated his anger was calmed and he left to become a spirit, returning only when he was called, like SilverShadow," Grail grinned, "But unlike us his brain works differently. His emotions werent cancelled out, they were just brushed aside, deposited somewhere."
Grail grinned, pointing into the sewers with one thumb. With his other arm he leant on the rail that lead up the nearest gigantic pipeline, trying to sound impressive. "What do you think?"
IC:
Angelo was looking at the pumping station and didn't like to think what his assumption could mean, instead of voicing his theory of what Grail was talking about, he stayed quiet. The storm cloud didn't do anything more so he returned and got an update of Silver Shadow from Nightshade, he was still grappling with this new information, but it made alot of sense.
TBC
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