Destiny Of A Hero RPG -- Shattered Memories

[Magical Girl Mimi]

-==IC: Sakeo==-

Sakeo sighed, but nodded.
"I wonder what he could want, though? He couldn't've found the next Chaos Guardian already..." Sakeo said with a frown, as he was confused as well.

[Jade]

OOC: this still active?

[Magical Girl Mimi]

OOC: Yes, this doesn't die. =P It's just no-one's been posting, for some reason. =/ Should I just get the meeting over with?

[Jade]

OOC: Yes, you should

[Flipz]

OOC: Jade, you've seen Alias and/or Burn Notice, right?  If so, you have control over Aki/InAki until I can jump in actively again. I'll drop you a PM with a short explanation of his goals, and you can PM Blade for any other information; we exchanged a LOT of PMs about Aki's spy shenanigans.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

-==IC: Kazuki==-

"I bet you're all wondering why I called you here today." Kazuki said, as everyone except Sonia, Aki, and Brooke gathered into the room.
"Well... I've been holding back a lot of things. Like the true origins of Ki, and the history of this town." Kazuki said, and then sighed.
"Truth be told, it wasn't always like this; constant fighting all the time is a new thing." Kazuki explained, and then paused.
"Before we start, any specific questions?"

[Magical Girl Mimi]

OOC: I'll take this as no questions. =P

-==IC: Kazuki==-

Seeing as only crickets chirped a reply to Kazuki, he awkwardly cleared his throat, and scratched his head.
"Right; uh; no questions. Okay then." Kazuki said, as he adjusted the papers in his hands.
"I think you already realized this; but you weren't the first Chosen Ones. There was a group before you, a group that was the basis for the name. We were literally chosen for the task; based off previous... experience, shall we say. It was supposed to be good; it was supposed to help people, supposed to influence future generations to bring peace to the world. But... Something went wrong." Kazuki cryptically said, and paused for a moment.

"Right, getting ahead of myself. If you couldn't guess from that just now; Ki is not some mysterious 'force' people randomly get. It might seem like that, but it's more complicated than that. See, many years ago, scientists discovered a special 'property' to specific stones in this area. You know one of them; the Ki Metal we've been using for the armour modules, and for the weapons we wield. There are more, but it's not as important for us. Anyway, the Ki Metal was unique in it's property to effectively transfer energy through it, and even generate it at times. It even changed it's form based on some situations; which I used as the basis for the prototype armour before it was finished. Well, the scientists went further than that. By turning it into a serum, and administering it properly to an individual, it was noticed to grant them spectacular powers... Our powers. It essentially rewrote parts of the DNA coding to give you the ability to absorb and otherwise manipulate energy; while keeping the essential coding needed for life. There are other powers; you know of one of them as the Chaos Hunter's enhanced skills. Children inherit these abilities; though we never knew that until Dawn actually unlocked her own powers." Kazuki explained, and sighed.

"That said, certain combinations of powers, in certain people, had an effect on the balance of their bodies and minds, causing them to effectively become feral and heavily damage their bodies. This caused a very bad incident when it was discovered, which ruined some of the reputation of the project, and caused only 'pure' variations of the powers to be used. It also personally affected some people close to me; though some of the people managed to be cured..." Kazuki said, pausing with a large frown on his face.

"Neo... He was involved in that in two ways. One of the ways... Was because he himself was afflicted with the side effect. It would've gone well, if a trigger hadn't set him off; but..." Kazuki adjusted the papers once again.
"This city used to take up the entire desert region. It was the biggest technological site in the world for a long while. However, when Neo was starting to go insane due to the powers going out of control, I had to fight him, to protect those I cared about. The fight's side-effects, caused a massive chunk of the city to effectively be vaporized, which is why the desert region is so unbalanced in terms of shape. I suspect the continued state of it being desert, is remnants of the energy causing it to stay 'heated', so to speak. Maybe it might eventually be fixed, but there's no guarantee, honestly. After the fight; we were both alive, however, for his own protection, he had to have his powers removed, except for the Chaos Enhancements. I don't know why, but those never were unstable..." Kazuki explained, and sighed.

"We kept the truth from him, though the actual knowledge of him having the powers had been erased from his mind by the powers themselves; however, he always knew something was wrong, and kept the knowledge of what started him going out of control in the first place... He never forgot about that; and I don't think it would be an overstatement to say that it caused the entire problem we're facing now... It's rather saddening to me, however, to think that this whole war is over a misunderstanding, though..." Kazuki said, as he closed his eyes.

"In the midst of the war, however, Terakou began to be overrun... So, I sent my wife and her three kids to safety. Obviously, the children didn't stay in safety, but it's a good thing they didn't, since they have helped a lot." Kazuki said, as he looked over at Dawn and Kaze; Haley having infiltrated the Chaos Hunter ranks once more by that point.
"One regret, however, is that once the war died down, we all decided it would be best if everyone split up... Leaving Kaze and Haley on their own for a good while; being looked after by my brother for a while. I really do wish that we hadn't been forced to that, since the two grew up never knowing their parents for the most part." Kazuki explained, though Kaze was a little confused on that point; he recalled that his uncle had vanished when he was 12, so he wasn't sure what Kazuki meant by that.

"Any questions now?" Kazuki asked, as he sat down in his chair, weary from reliving the memories that were obviously painful to him.

[Flipz]

OOC: Time for an archive crawl.  Just the past few months, so I can come up with my master plot again.

EDIT: OOC: Actually, could we have a recap of who's who, and the story with Brooke and Kai?

EDIT 2: And who Shiro is? And Haley? :blush:

EDIT 3: And what my known powers are? :awkward grin:

-==IC: InAki==-
InAki leads Sonia back to the closet where Brooke was waiting.  "What.  Happened?  You were supposed to resume command of the base, why have you altered the plan?!  The fate of the world hangs in the balance of following my exact instructions." 

[Magical Girl Mimi]

OOC: The story is that Aki thinks that Brooke and Kai are interested in each other. =P

Shiro is the guy who discovered Aki with Marik, and will have an important reveal... Sometime. I'm not entirely certain when. =P Haley is Kaze's twin sister, who helps with the Chaos Hunter infiltration unit. =P

Your known powers are... Water, Iron, Sand, Gravity, and Sonics; along with your normal powers. =P

-==IC: Sonia/Brooke==-

"I wasn't in charge of this alteration." Sonia said with a frown, as she looked between the two, unsure what to think.
"Neo, for some reason, told me to be here, right before he sent me off... I was as confused as you were at that point." Sonia said, shrugging slightly, not sure what to say either.

[Flipz]

OOC: The story is that Aki thinks that Brooke and Kai are interested in each other. =P

Shiro is the guy who discovered Aki with Marik, and will have an important reveal... Sometime. I'm not entirely certain when. =P Haley is Kaze's twin sister, who helps with the Chaos Hunter infiltration unit. =P

Your known powers are... Water, Iron, Sand, Gravity, and Sonics; along with your normal powers. =P

OOC: Oh...right...because they met while Kai was captured.  Got it.

I think Plasma should be in there as well, looking back he seems to have offscreened it when MTM went inactive.

Also, Chris IC because I'm waiting on a PM.

-==IC: Chris==-
Chris raised his hand.  "So, our armor not iron armor, then?  What's its enchantability score?  If it's high enough and you set up the right command blocks, maybe we could imbue it with potion effects?"

[Magical Girl Mimi]

OOC: Yep.

Oh right; Plasma; yeah, my bad. ^^' Forgot about that, was trying to remember all the Guardians we had fought, and forgot that one. =P

Hahaha. xD

-==IC: Kazuki==-

Kazuki blinked, having not considered that before, but thought for a few moments.
"Hmm; no, our armour's more on the lines of Diamond Armour, if it's actually being fueled by Ki. Iron armour otherwise. And a little weaker than Diamond Armour anyway. As for enchantability; that's actually a very good question, never thought to look into that. I'd say around diamond-level again, though; imbuing with potions would be a good idea, though..." Kazuki mused, as Dawn, Kaze-(Oh, you get the point) all looked around with unsure looks on their faces, not quite sure what happened there.

OOC: Heh. =P

[Magical Girl Mimi]

Flipz's old post:

OOC: OK, then, time to play a few cards rather than holding ALL of them...

-==IC:InAki==-
InAki closes his eyes.  "This makes things more difficult.  We'll have to find a new base and commander to control, otherwise we'll have no way to manipulate the Chosen Ones tactically.  And we need that leverage if we're going to..."

InAki opens his eyes and looks back and forth between Sonia and Brooke.  "OK.  I think I know a way out of this.  But first, let's address the elephant in the room--er, closet.  Sonia, you may have sympathies for the Chaos Hunters thanks to your...training...but I know your heart lies with the Chosen Ones, with your family.  Brooke, I know you have sympathies for the Chosen Ones, but you firmly believe the Hunters are in the right.  Here's the thing: you work for me now.  None of that matters.  We're fighting for greater stakes: peace, peace without sides.  The more we can keep the Chosen Ones and the Chaos Hunters running circles around each other, the less--on either side--die.  Once we're pulling all the strings, we can figure out a final solution, but it has to be us.  Right now, neither side can see a win unless the other side loses.  We can see both sides winning.  That makes us their best hope--but only if they don't see that we're the ones directing their moves.  With me so far?"

[Magical Girl Mimi]

OOC: My old post:

-==IC: Brooke/Sonia==-

The two girls nodded; though they weren't entirely certain either how well such a plan would work... Who would really believe that was the case, when both sides, as Aki said, were intent on destroying each other?
"How do we handle this, though, as the situation stands, though?" Sonia asked; as it was unlikely she would be sent out on her own again, after she randomly appeared as she had.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

Flipz' old post:

-==IC: InAki==-
InAki felt pressure build within his mind.  No, Aki, trust me on this one.  This'll work.  The pressure subsided, though a sensation of tense watchfulness remained.

"OK, here's the plan..."

-==IC: Chris and InAki==-
"Well, I think the first thing to do is update to 1.5.1, that way we can make use of dispenser equipping and trapped chests, and we might want to take a look into installing MCEdit--"

The doors burst open, and InAki walks in, followed by Sonia and Brooke.  "Sorry to interrupt.  I've recently patched together a few things, and I think before we plan any further all three of us need to be debriefed."

OOC: results of debrief via PM, for dramatic effect.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

-==IC: Kazuki==-

Kazuki blinked in confusion as the three walked in.
"Oh, now you want to hear my speech?" Kazuki asked, raising a skeptical eyebrow.

OOC: =P

Also, what's Chris planning, anyway?

[Flipz]

-==IC: Kazuki==-

Kazuki blinked in confusion as the three walked in.
"Oh, now you want to hear my speech?" Kazuki asked, raising a skeptical eyebrow.

OOC: =P

Also, what's Chris planning, anyway?

OOC: Even I'm not sure.

-==IC: InAki==-
"My apologies, but it was necessary that we assembled our findings as quickly as possible.  By all means, enlighten us."

InAki gestured for Brooke and Sonia to sit as he took a chair near the back of the room.  He listened as Kazuki recounted the history of Ki.

"Fascinating...genetic manipulation, you say?  That meshes well with my findings actually..."

OOC: Timeskip to end of Aki delivering misinformation.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

-==IC: Kazuki==-

"So... Lemme get this right... You were captured?" Kazuki asked, just to double check.

OOC: Short post is short.

[Flipz]

-==IC: InAki==-
"Yes."

[Magical Girl Mimi]

-==IC: Kazuki==-

"And this girl helped you escape? and you helped Sonia escape? Or no?" Kazuki asked, curiously, but then paused.
"Also, what was the meeting like, again?"

[Flipz]

OOC: Was hoping to be able to skip over the minor details, owing to my lack of being able to remember them OOC.

-==IC: InAki==-
"Brooke helped me to escape after they forced her to torture m.  Sonia was...released.  I don't know why.  Maybe so they could replace her with the clone later on?  I'm not sure, but I'm reasonably confident this isn't the clone."

InAki frowned in concentration.  He knew it was vital the information he relayed here was correct--a mistake here could ruin everything.  "It was the command center...all of the Guardians were present.  Including Sonia's clone.  And Naikage.  And Neo was there, too."

"No.  Wait...six empty chairs..."  InAki counts on his fingers, genuinely confused.  "One was missing?!" he murmurs breathlessly, almost to himself.