Roleplay:Taken

This roleplay is invite only! Sorry!

Overview
The Mythic Knights awake in a strange new land, locked in a room with several of their friends. They are told that they will be returned home, if they take on one task; to infiltrate a government building, and obtain the documents inside. Sounds simple enough, right? But things quickly begin to take a turn, when the people of this country reveal what they have learned in the thousands of years they have been exiled away from the rest of the world.

Participants
NeoExlucky

Timesmashaperil

Zapor888

Saren

MaverickHunterSigma (Sorry.)

Involved Characters
Neo Tranquil

Fey Wayward

Zero Evol

Celia Takashi

Leah Dubio

Trinity Moon

Kala the Genie

Echo Radon

Knave Veron

Delta Radon

Piano the Panda

Rubie Igneele

Clock-Watch

Hikari the Cat

Zapor the Hedgehog

Zak the Kirby

Lexi the Hedgehog

Octavia Shiragate

B.A.I.R.C the Gizoid

Saren Arcturias

Part 1: Awakening
The team awakens in a dimly lit room. Everyone's collective heads hurting as if a brick was just dropped on top of them. The Room had a door and a window, but the door looked to be made out of Steel, and the window had bars all over it, making it nearly impossible to fit your hand through. Then, the last thing of notice, was the fact that everyone's weapons were missing.

"Ow..." Neo moaned as he got up. "Is everyone okay?"

Clock woke up. "Oh man... What happened?" He looked around and saw Neo. "Oh, you're... Uh. That guy from the Station Square incident! I vaguely remember you. Then again, I've been a little fuzzy on memory for the past few weeks. I've been through a lot."

Another person woke up. He was a cat with golden fur, and he wore a suit, now somewhat dirtied. Looking around, he saw... ''him. ''That stupid automaton!

Zapor woke up. "Ungh...Grape Juice, quit tying me up..I'm sorry for calling you a rasin." Zapor moaned, half awake.

Zak groaned. "Nggh...Where are we? More importantly, why does my head hurt?"

"Not again..!" Saren grumbled, noting the lack of his scythe and his hooded trench coat.

"Where...are we?" Fey asked.

Neo looked around. "A prison of some kind?"

Trinity grabbed for her weapons, which were missing and looked to the door. "Hold on," She noted, flames gathered around her fists and she launched a long blast of flame at the metal door, for quite a long time. After a while she stopped, and a rune showed on the door, which seemed to negate all of Trinity's flames.

"That's not gonna do anything." A male voice said from outside. "You're just wasting your energy. Honestly, I don't even know why you all are here, you aren't gonna do anything for this war."

"What..ow..war?" Lexi asked, her head throbbing

"How could you not know about the civil war?" The male voice said again. "You people..."

"Civil war?" Zak asked.

"Yeah, the civil war." The voice told them. "God you people are ignor-"

"Guard, if you please." Another voice said. The sound of the door unlocking echoed throughout the cell as a male panda in large armor entered the room. He looked around at the group before him. "Hello."

"Uh, hi?" Zapor said, seeming confused.

The golden cat was relieved. Finally, he could understand why he was in the middle of nowhere with... ''Him. ''"Alright," he said, "who are you, and why am I here!?"

"My name is Piano the Panda." He said. "You've all been chosen for a very specific reason."

"Which would be?" Fey asked.

"There is a war going on in this country." Piano explained calmly. "The government was recently overthrown by a group of rebels known as the triad. We're aiming to put the royal family back into power, but so far we've been losing the war. There are a set of documents located in an enemy building but our soldiers need help. The people of Otogi do not have the powers that you all do."

"What do you mean?" Neo asked.

"Your...special type of magic that you all have..." Piano tried to explain.

"You mean kinesis?" Neo stated.

"Yes...kinesis. The people in Otogi do not have this ability, instead we have...other talents. Your abilities would help our effort greatly." Piano told them.

"What do we get out of it?" Neo asked.

"If you finish this mission, we will send you all back home, no problem at all. However, if you refuse we will leave you all in here. To die. Your kinsis cannot break the barrier and there is no escape. We will simply wait until you all starve to death." Piano told the group in a very cool manner. "So, will you help us?"

Neo looked over the group. "Seems you haven't given us a choice..."

"Wait, how did you even find us and knock us out?" Zapor asked. "And if this is your way of getting people to do stuff for you.....it's working."

"Don't be a pansy Zapor.." Saren grumbled before looking at Piano. "Y'know, I don't exactly take kindly to being kidnapped, stripped of my gear and coat and being coerced into doing someone's dirty work.. Bottom line, watch your back.."

"Or what? You think your kinesis means anything to me? That your so much more skilled than I am? You're walking among Giants, we could kill you with a single blow. You only killed the demon because you had help, if it wasn't for..." He stopped himself. "Come with me."

He turned around and walked out of the room, leading the group out into a large stone corridor, filled with guards. One guard in particular was quite young looking, only about 16 years old, and carried a giant sword on his back. His armor was sometime of scale mail, a brassy color and his purple wolf ears twitched as he saw the group come around.

"Who are these dudes?" Lexi asked.

"Don't know, don't care." Saren replied.

Piano continued to lead them through the fort until they came to a command room with a map on the table. "You're going here." Piano pointed to a large building on the map. "At the top is a set of documents which will inform us of the plans the government has set up. We need those. Get out with the papers and everyone left after that will be sent home. If you try to fight against us, we will kill you. Do you understand?"

"I'll make sure to hold you to that commander numb nuts." Saren replied, his tone filled with pure contempt for Piano.

(I don't have a clue how to start. -MHS)

(I got you. -Neo)

The knight from before brought in a new group of people, all familiar to the team.

"These were the ones we really had trouble with..." Piano noted under his breath. "But at least the gang is all here now, Knave, are they secure?"

"Yes..." The young knight said. "All of their weapons are gone, and the reaper is under a glyph right now."

"Um, can I ask a few questions?" Clock said. "First off, why am I here? I understand these other guys, they're a team or something, but I've only met them once! Second, can I have my sword back? It has a bit- no, a lot of personal importance to me. And third..." His face darkened. "Can I have some strawberry milk?"

The cat decided to stay silent for now. He absolutely loathed being near this group of people. Then again, this might be a good chance. Just wait for the right moment... and get rid of them all in one fell swoop.

"Both third and second are no." Piano told Clock. "And you're here because we wanted people who are strong and those who have fought against powerful enemies. You fought several times against several people using tact and intellect. We need someone with that talent."

"To steal a paper from the government?" Zapor thought internally.

"It's a bit more complicated then that." Piano muttered.

"And what's to stop us from leaving you're organization and joining the government?" Neo asked.

"Oh that's simple." Piano said. "While you were asleep, we installed chips into all of your brains which will cause painful electric waves that will destroy the brain in a matter of seconds." He looked to Zapor. "Or in the case of immortals, leave them in a coma, permanently."

"A chip can't put a person in a coma forever." Echo told him.

"No, but it can deactivate parts of the brain. Would you like an example?" Piano asked.

"Hey, come on." The young knight said. "You don't have to bully the kid..."

Piano glared at the younger knight. "Knave will also be going with you..."

"Wait!!" A voice called. A human girl most likely 16, ran to where Piano was. She had a large axe on her back, with grip msrks on the handle. A gizoid wearing a red hawaiian shirt followed behind her.

"Octavia, how many times have I told you not to go running off in the middle of your briefing?" The gizoid scolded.

"Yeah...whatever, B.A.I.R.C." Octavia said, trying to catch her breath. "Mr. Piano, may we also go along?"

The cat decided to speak. "Hey. The name's Hikari, and I just have one question. How long is this going to be?"

"For some of you? The rest of your life." Piano told them. "For the rest? Probably the rest of the day." He turned to the Gizoid and human. "Fine, see if I care when the two of you die."

"So, how are we going to get to the building?" Neo asked.

"We'll be taking you along..." Piano nodded.

Part 2 (A): The little building
The town didn't look that much different from Station Square, you stil had the large buildings and citizens all over the place, if you didn't know better, you might even think this town was peaceful and quiet, but of course the war said otherwise. Throughout the buildings, nothing really stuck out, there was no Coffee Break coffee shop, no Tranquil Manor, no food places, there were just buildings. Soon, the group was led to a smaller building, which looked like a simple office building. "There." Knave said. "That's the place."

"Wow, average building." Zapor said.

"So, you guys and Piano. How'd you ever meet with him?" Lexi asked Knave.

Saren listened in, getting the succint feeling that this'll be an interesting tale.

"Piano was the general of the army before the coup happened." Knave said. "He is one of the greatest knights in Otogi, and after the coup was one of the many which started the rebellion against them. I was a brand new knight who joined him."

"So you're a knight?" Leah asked.

"Well, sort of. I was accepted into knighthood and trained, but I never got too far into the training. I am a Floran." Knave explained.

"What is that?" Neo asked.

"A Floran is someone deemed evil." Knave said sadly. "They have something called 'Nature's Wrath' in their heart."

"Isn't that just Kinesis?" Leah asked.

"Yes, but in a more...raw form. Because we do not accept it in our culture it cannot be trained or diluted through blood. Generally they are killed when they are born, but I was spared by the king." Knave nodded. "That's also why I am in this rebellion."

"What can you tell us about this building?" Neo asked.

"It's runed." Knave said. "They are hiding something, but I cannot tell what. There is bound to be high dust energy in the vacinity. They could have a whole different world in there for us."

"Why does every villain have that?" Trinity asked. "Dreamscape, Nightmare Station Square, Delta's goddammn dice world..."

"Hey..." Delta said.

"This may be the last we see it." Knave told the group. "Once we go in there, there is no turning back. We will basically be giving up the peace of this town in return for war all over."

"Not exactly our problem..." Celia noted. "We just want to get home."

"Precisely." Knave agreed.

"When you are ready, we can break in." Knave took the large sword off his back.

Octavia took the large axe off her back and B.A.I.R.C changed his arms into drills.

"Ok, lets hurry up, get that paper,then go home." Zak stated, taking his sword out.

"For once, I'll agree with these people. I want to get this over with." Hikari said.

"It goes against my entire career to break into somewhere, but I really don't have a choice." Clock sighed. "And I was hoping I'd have a break after that whole GR-D fiasco. At least like, two weeks."

"Breaking and entering, my favorite."

Knave pulled the sword back, black runes covered his blade as he rushed through the door and destroyed it in a single blow. The runes slowly wore off and Knave sheathed the blade. "Alright." He noted. "Now we only need to-" He was interrupted though, by the explosion which happened nearby and caused a panic around the town that the group would not be able to see.

Part 2 (B): Trial of Loyalty
Saren, Lexi, Celia, and Hikari all appeared in a wasteland of sorts.The dry and cracked ground felt rough to the touch, and the dusty clouds above made everything smell like the stratosphere. There was litterally nothing in this area that was signifigant. No plants, towns, people, items, or anything else.

"Is this...a desert?" Lexi asked.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Hikari groaned. "Hydros was bad, with all that water everywhere, but this is even worse. What kind of office building is this!?"

"Knave told you, it wasn't just a building, it was bound to take us somewhere." Celia noted. "And no, this isn't a desert, it's a wasteland. We're standing on dried dirt. From what I can gather it's about four thousand years dry."

"Welcome to the trials of Otogi." A voice called in the distance. "You and your team will take on the five trials of this place, to see if you are capable of continuting..."

"Ok, so what's this trial supposed to be?" Lexi asked.

A figure appeared in front of Lexi, a familiar one, in regal clothing, like an actual princess. It was herself. "Alexis Evol," The voice said, calling out her name. "Do you know of what could of been, had you stayed with your family, whom you betrayed? Do you know what you could have been?"

"Evol?" Celia said under her breath.

Lexi said nothing. Her facial expression changed to one that showed slight regret, and nervousness.

"Am I missing something? Who are you?" Hikari asked. "Just give us the stupid trial already. Enough about the past and what could have been. I've had to deal with that talk from my boss for the past week; I don't need anything else telling me what I could've done with my life."

"Well now, this has got to be the most boring trial I've been in.." Saren snarked.

"Is that really true?" The voice asked. "I want you to notice who is missing out of the group, who is missing who should be here?" Silence was in the wasteland. "Do you hear him Saren? Your friend from the scythe? Where is he? Shouldn't he be giving you advice right now? Telling you not to trust me, or to think before you act, no. He's gone, just like everyone soon will be...but perhaps you are smart enough to know what to do. What if we gave you power? With this civil war going on you could easily destroy both sides, and rule the land as your own. Do you want the gift I offer?"

A small pool of liqiud oozed out of the ground. It was black, and warm. It bubbled and it had a familiar scent to it. It was Black Blood.

The breath of someone whispering to Saren, played with his ear. "Murder Celia, and become a god."

Part 2 (C): Trial of Forgiveness
Echo, Zapor, Leah, and Zero all appeared in a pure white castle. There was a long hall which led to a small platform with a door on it. Behind them, stood a great wooden door with black hinges. The area was blindingly white and felt uneasy to walk through.

"Ow...uh, guys, where are we?" Zapor asked.

Echo looked around, grabbing her chaos emerald and holding it tightly. "I really don't like this place."

Leah seemed to have some understanding of where they were. "This place..." She started. "This place is amazing."

"I don't think so." Zero noted. "There isn't a hint of shadow here. My Umbrakinesis isn't working."

"This place...it feels like the building itself is made out of mana, like everything within the next five miles is just mana. I can feel it all." Leah laughed. "This isn't a magic world, no those feel different. This is a teleporter!"

"What do you mean?" Echo asked.

"In magic theory we call this place the Void." Leah noted. "At least a part of the void. Everything here is pure, raw, arcane energy. It gives me goosebumps to be here."

"The Void?" Zero asked. "That's where ancient mages used to draw their magic power from, before it was closed by the spirits of the void. Why is it open again?"

"And why are we here? I can understand that Leah knows magic stuff, but why the rest of us?" Zapor questioned.

Zero looked around. "Seems strange to me. Maybe we'll learn more in the next room?"

Zapor walked to the door and proceeded to open it.

Part 2 (D): Trial of Temperence
Delta, Zak, Trinity, and Octavia all appeared in the mansion of Dr. Radon. To some it was a familiar place to be, though what made it so different was the fact that it was bright. It looked like a normal house for once. There were several different areas to explore but it was generally the same house as it was before.

"Radon's mansion? Why does it look so...not evil?" Zak asked.

"I don't like being here..." Delta muttered. "

"Who's Radon? And what are doing in this mansion?" Octavia asked. "It's so....nice!!"

Part 2 (E): Trial of Chance
Kala, Knave,  Clockwatch, and B.A.I.R.C all appeared in a bright casino. The place didn't look familiar to anyone. It had several slot machines and tables all around. There were people all over playing games, eating food, having drinks, and all around just having a very good time here. What exactly was this place?

B.A.I.R.C seemed to be temporarily shut down. When his eyes flashed green, he got up and turned his head. "This is highly illogical."

"Great. Another reminder about how annoying being an automaton is." Clock muttered. "Um, I might as well ask this before something unpredictably predictable happens. What is this 'kinesis' stuff you've been talking about? I don't think I know what that means."

Kala shrugged. "Not really sure to be honest. I don't have any Kinesis powers."

"Neither do I really." Knave said. "But it is basically the power to control the elements. Like Shadows or Water or air. Scientifically all forms of this ability have the term 'kinesis' in it. Like Umbrakinesis for shadows or Hyrdrokinesis for water."

"Yeah!" Kala said. "Not every has kinesis though. Robots don't really have it, and Genies don't have it either."

"Neither does anyone in Otogi." Knave explained. "Now, better question, where are we?"

"Well, it looks like some sort of casino." Clock noted, looking around. "I'm not quite sure why someone would put this inside of an inconspicuous office building, but oh well. There's probably some sort of test involved, that's my guess."