Roleplay:Hunt For The Elemental Orbs/A Cimmerian Search

Plot
The Aphotic Orb, the object representing the God of Darkness, Voidstar, is said to be hidden deep within the Fearful Caverns, the home of the Dark Clan of Voidstar. The caverns run far deeper than most people see, but access to these deeper areas is prohibited by the Clan themselves, due to how hazardous the terrain is.

This does not halt the growing interest in the Orb, particularly from the likes of Dr. Eggman, who wishes to acquire the Orb for himself, in order to finally complete his latest creation; the Egg Chameleon, a sinister mecha designed to be fueled by darkness. Conquering the Fearful Caverns and the Dark Clan, to take advantage of the supposed mountains of Tenebrite hidden within the caverns, as well as take a good amount of prisoners, is his other goal.

Rules

 * 1) Stick to the plot. Do not alter it to revolve around your character, do not change it drastically, etc.
 * 2) No Godmodding. You should all know what this means; no auto-hitting, no random attacks, no constant avoidance of damage, etc
 * 3) No Trolling.
 * 4) No picking random fights with others.
 * 5) Do not just randomly jump into a scene. Either ask, or build up your arrival accordingly (I.E "Suddenly, such and such and such" or "Meanwhile, somewhere else blah blah blah")
 * 6) No hogging all the glory.
 * 7) No controlling other users' characters without their permission.
 * 8) Put effort in your posts. I mean it; none of this "Person: Shadow Ball! *uses Shadow Ball*" crap.
 * Acceptable method: (Person: Shadow Ball! *charges up a concentrated ball of shadow energy, and then fires it at Person 2*)
 * Preferred method: ("Shadow Ball!" Person yelled. Cupping his hands in front of him, he began charging up a concentrated ball of pure shadows. After a few seconds he threw the ball at Person 2.)

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Heroes

 * Dark Clan of Voidstar - Played by Ryu and anyone else who has characters that are members of this clan.
 * Nate the Hawk - Played by YoungEezy27. A swordsman who is interested in the cavern for unknown reasons,
 * Arid the Shrew - Played by SuperSilverXtreme14. A traveler and swordsman who has heard of the cavern from stories and rumors and had decided to come explore and check it out.

Neutral

 * Shari Hayoko - Played by MHS. A hedgehog girl drawn to the Fearful Caverns by the orb's dark energies. She wishes to acquire the orb for proper archival.
 * Eggdelena Lianna Dark - Played by SuperSilverXtreme14. She is simply here out of interest, and because her inner monster beckons her to the darkness.

Villains

 * Exspira - Played by Saren. He heard the myths, and the orb's power over darkness was something he coveted for his own ambitions.
 * Dr. Eggman - Eggman wants the Aphotic Orb to serve as the core for his latest creation. Played by Scorp.
 * Eurish Egg Soldiers - Initially sent by Eggman to scout out the area, but they plan on following the doctor's orders. Unnamed soldiers are played by anyone, Norrix the Wolverine and Gavriil the Weasel are played by Ryu.
 * Flamefly Steam - Played by Scorp. She's been sent by her group to retrieve the orb, but figures that she might as well have some fun while she's at it.
 * Princess Overtone - Played by Scorp. She was sent to make sure Flamefly accomplishes her job, without acting directly together.
 * Trezerak Dark - Played by SuperSilverXtreme14. He is seeking the Aphotic Orb to obtain even stronger power.
 * Trezera Dark - Played by SuperSilverXtreme14. She is also seeking the Aphotic Orb, but is also just coming to keep her younger brother out of trouble.

Part 1
In the Dark Clan's village, a small group of children were gathered near the fenced-off area a bit far away from the back of the village; the old fence was what separated the village from the deeper and more treacherous parts of the Fearful Caverns. The children seemed to be talking among themselves, discussing rumors they've heard about the darkness beyond the fence.

"I heard-" one of the youngsters piped up, "-that a giant monster lives back there."

"No way! How would it have even gotten back there??"

"It probably lived there before anyone even came here, duh!"

The fence wasn't anything impressive, and was only about four feet tall. It was possible to see through the horizontal openings in the fence, and one of the kids poked his head through one; he saw nothing but blackness.

"How would a monster even live back there, though...? Isn't it all just spiky rocks?"

The small group was interrupted by a shout.

"Hey!"

A female chinchilla carrying a spear trotted towards them, trying to shoo them away from the fence with her free hand.

"C'mon now, you know this place is off-limits!"

This was met with a groan from the kids, and she crossed her arms.

"I mean it, now come on."

She gazed sternly at them, and the small group finally relented, jogging away from the small, wooden barrier between safety and the unknown.

A young, female fox walked up behind the chinchilla, smiling.

"Do you just wait around for people to come up here so you can shoo them away? Is that your job or something?" She teased. She was really hoping the joke would be noticed because if not, she was sure she'd be slapped in the legs for that.

Almost immediately, the chinchilla turns on her, looking startled.

"What the-?! Who are you??"

Kind of nervous from how the girl answered, the fox tensed.

"I'm well... my name is Fuchsia... hi...?"

"How did you even get in here??"

"I was going to walk here, but the guards stopped me. So, instead, I asked permission to go here. They let me. So... yeah, there's your answer."

The chinchilla raised an eyebrow; it really wasn't like the guards to just give a stranger permission to enter the village...but this girl didn't seem to be a threat.

"Okay...what do you want, then?"

"I was actually going to ask what's so dangerous about what's past the fence. From what I can tell, it's just rocks..."

"That's part of the reason why it's so dangerous," said the chinchilla, frowning. "It's all a bunch of big, sharp, slippery stalagmites; if you tried to go down there you'd definitely slip and fall. Not to mention how dark it is..."

"I don't mean to sound like I'm saying you guys should change everything," Fuchsia said, getting a bit more nervous,"but then why don't you have a ton of signs saying 'beware of slippery, sharp rocks' or something?"

"Because everyone here is already well aware of the danger," she said, narrowing her eyes. The fox held her hands up in a surrendering gesture.

"Ok, you got me there, well, thanks, bye!" She said, walking away.

The sudden whirring of Extreme Gear could suddenly be heard as a grey hawk with orange goggles, a turquoise shirt, and red Extreme Gear boots rode towards the gate on his hoverboard. Almost immediately, the guards tenses up, and went to confront the hawk as he approached.

"Halt!"

The fox noticed the guards and the hawk, and changed her direction to see what it was all about.

There was a black-furred hedgehog nearby, slightly obscured by the environment. She was dressed in some scholarly robes, her leather grimoire clutched in her hand.

Fuchsia noticed the hedgehog also watching the guards and the hawk, and took a bit of comfort knowing she's not the only one who had nothing else better to do.

On the ceiling of the area, a proper yet gaudy spider person climbs with ease. Once near the cavern entrance, though still a bit high up, she pulls out a small camera and silently begins taking pictures. Around her, a cold web begins to automatically spin throughout the bumps and stalactites of the cave roof.
 * (Ryu-Wait is she in the fenced-off area?)
 * (No, she's near there though, but has stopped to scout out the area.)

The fox debated going over and helping the hawk, or just watching the whole thing. Realizing she was pretty lucky to have gotten permission to be in the village, Fuchsia decided she shouldn't press her luck, and backed off.

Outside the village, Exspira was loitering around and generally headed towards it. Easily spotted by anyone on patrol because he wasn't even trying to sneak past anyone.

Strolling through the village, using care to stay in the shadows so she would not be seen by passing guards, a black cloaked hedgehog girl made her way to the gate, only pausing to watch the scene as a grey hawk was apprehended by two or maybe three guards. Her face was hidden in the shadow of her cloak, and the shadows hid her almost completely from view.

From within her cloak, a low growl, like that of an animal, sounds from the shadows of the cloth. "Shh! Stop it! Just, stop it!" The hedgehog girl twists and flinches as if fighting someone, or something. A small group of teenagers, residents of the Dark Clan, start to gather around her, and one reaches into the shadows and throws her onto the ground.

"What are you doing?" "She's weird." "An outsider perhaps." "We should tell someone." Suddenly, the hood that had once concealed her face flings off as she lunges at a teenage owl girl. The owl girl screams as the hedgehog girl claws her face, gnashing her teeth and growling like a caged animal. "No! Stop it!" The hedgehog girl claws at her face like one that is tormented. The owl girl's friends help her up, and many of them run to tell the guards.

It's not long before about four soldiers come running. They find the teenage owl with deep gashes across her face, and look shocked.

"What happened to her?!" one of them cried out.

One of the owl's friends, a violet jaguar pointed at the hedgehog girl. "She did it! It was her!"

The hedgehog girl is looking at the ground, standing on all fours. ''"What have I done?" ''she says in a low whisper. ''Unleash me.. ''Her pink eyes start to glow and she could feel it as it started to gain control. ''Feed me.. ''"No.. I can't." she says aloud.

The guards approached the hedgehog girl, hands on their weapons, just in case she attacked them as well.

"What are you doing here?" one of them demanded, unaware of her internal struggle.

"Hey, let go of me!" The hawk protested as he was grabbed by the guards. The guards seemed to be trying to push him away from the entrance of the village.

Near the outside of the Caverns, about 30 feet away, a small group of Eurish Egg Soldiers were prowling around; armed with laser rifles and Energy Tonfas, they seemed to be scouting out the general area. A burly wolverine with Cybernetic shoulders was among them, arms crossed as he gazed towards the Caverns.

"So this is the place Boss was talkin' about," he mused to himself.

Looking through a zoomed-in camera, the spider person can faintly see the shadows from the approaching Egg Soldiers. "Looks like the show's about to start. I hope my star doesn't come 'fashionably late' again," she says. "I should probably get ready myself." And with that she slowly descends to the ground on several thin threads.

Everyone nearby has their backs to the spider woman, and they do not notice her. They also have no idea that the Egg Soldiers may be approaching...

Exspira himself had made his way towards the caverns, having not been stopped by anyone it seems. Either luck is on his side or he really is unnoticeable.

"Now where to start my search.." He muttered.
 * (Ryu-So is Exspira in the village now?)
 * (yeah -Sar)

(OH CRAP I DIDN'T KNOW SOMEONE ACTUALLY ADVANCED THE PLOT, HOW DO I GET BACK IN -MHS)

"Let me see the leader of your village!" The hawk said, trying to restrain himself from using the sword on his back. "I need to warn him of the incoming threat!"

At this, the guards stopped, and eyed the hawk with suspicion.

"What threat?" one of them, a female cat, demanded.

"Well, before I answer that question i'll need you to answer this one!" Nate exclaimed. "Are the rumors true that there is a source of great power located in the caverns near this village?"

The guards look confused and somewhat shocked.

"...the priests and priestesses have felt like they've sensed the Aphotic Orb deep within the caverns, but they are not completely sure on that," said one of the guards, a male stoat. He shook his head.

"There is absolutely no confirmation that the Orb is back in the 'Point of No Return', so no, the rumors are not true."

Back where the girl hedgehog is, her body crouched on the ground, she shudders as she senses the guards looming presence.

"Answer me!" the guard barked. Another guard steps closer; he seems more concerned than angry.

"What happened? Why did you attack one of our civilians?"

"Well, that's too bad," Nate replied whilst feigning disappointment. "I guess I won't be needed here to help defend you from the incoming threat that is willing to destroy your entire clan for that one orb."

"Who says we even asked for your help?" the cat sneered. "You got a lot of nerve, waltzing in here and acting like some big, all-important hotshot...! We're perfectly capable of taking care of ourselves!"

But the stoat looked more concerned.

"Wait wait, what threat? What are you talking about?" he asked staring right into Nate's eyes. "What is approaching??"

"I'm sorry if I came off as impulsive and rude," Nate apologized. "I'm just here to offer my services as a warrior of Babylon."

"......very well, I forgive you," said the cat, crossing her arms. The stoat merely waved off the apology, however.

"That's all well and good, but who is approaching?"

"That's where the issue lies," Nate answered. "I'm not entirely sure who exactly is coming. All I know, according to message, is that the group coming have the means to literally wipe out this entire settlement if they felt like doing it."

By now, a few other Clanspeople had begun to gather, and the news they heard from Nate caused them to murmur in worry. The stoat frowned, rubbing at his chin.

"That...is a serious threat. We will have to worn Lady Maliseer..."

Exspira whistled a jaunty tune, walking up to one of the locals for some information. "Excuse me... I'm a biologist by trade and I was wondering about how I would get access to the Fearful Caverns to see the local Flora and Fauna." The spectral cat asked, lying about the Biologist part but given that Exspira's a liar by trade, he had the silver tongue and the body language to make his lie convincing.

The local, a female quokka, looked over at the spectral feline, curious.

"A biologist, huh? Well...we certainly don't get many of those coming by here, but there are definitely some interesting things to be found here," she said, gesturing towards some fenced-off areas, from which odd plants were growing.

"Look, over here; we've got Moonflare Roses; they only bloom at night, and they glow in the full moon!"

Up above, a hole had been carved into the cavern ceiling and fitted with a window; moonlight was filtering down from it.

Exspira went along with his lie, pretending to marvel at the flower and taking a petal for 'samples'... "But what about beyond the gate.. Is there any chance I could get inside for more research?"

The quokka's amiable smile was quickly replaced by a frown, and she shook her head.

"Oh, no...no one's allowed to go past that gate, I'm sorry. It's way too dangerous; you'd slip and fall and either get impaled on a stalagmite or fall all the way to the bottom of the cave and break your back or neck."

"Oh please.." Exspira chuckled, showcasing his 'unique' condition by phasing his left hand through his head for a few seconds then removing it. "I think you'll find I'm quite... Impervious to such physical nuisances."

Whether he was actually impervious to such things or not, he had a phasing ability. "So, if all you people are worried about is simply that.. Then I should be fine anyways~"

The quokka frowned, apparently having no idea what to do in this situation.

"But...it's still off-limits to everyone...you could get into a lot of trouble," she said, crossing her arms. "Also, it's incredibly dark back there; so dark, not even our residents with some kind of night vision can see well into it."

"Alright.." Exspira sighed, seemingly resigned. Of course that isn't exactly the case since later that night he planned to observe the guard's schedules. Hoping to find a brief window of opportunity in the changing of the guards to slip through.

"I understand this annoys you, but it's for your own good, trust me," she said, nodding once. "It's absolutely not safe to be back there..."

Outwardly, Exspira nodded and gave a smile that didnt reach his eyes before walking away. Inwardly, however, was a different story. 'For my own good!?! Hah! What a load of shit!! Nevertheless, the daft woman will probably figure me out far too late for her or anyone here to stop me from getting what i'm after.'

Assuming the Quokka didn't follow him, Exspira would have turned a corner before attempting to climb up a building so he could free run to a good vantage point near the gateway to the Fearful Caverns for the purpose of finding an opening he could exploit for the purpose of sneaking into the caverns undetected.

Back with the squad of Egg Soldiers, the PDA mounted on the wolverine's wrist beeped, and he opened it up.

Eggman's mug is on the monitor. "Status report."

"We are practically at their front door, sir," said the wolverine.

"Good good...Are they aware that you are there?"

"Those primitive fools will not see us coming, sir," said the wolverine, grinning a bit.

"Good. Make sure it stays that way; have you found the Orb yet?"

"No, sir; we suspect it is within their village, and that they are guarding it."

"Ah. Keep to your current plan of attack then. Do not let them get the drop on you. In addition to obtaining the Orb, you're also here to bring in new people to bolster the ranks. Understood?"
 * (Ryu-So he's basically saying 'sneak in', right? And whose ranks is he saying to bolster?)
 * (Yes, sneak in. And I was goin off the fact that, 'hey, there's people here. Would be a wasted opportunity to not cyberize them. Sorry if I didn't make it clear enough; I could fix it. - CS)
 * (Ryu-Aaahhh, okey. And to Cyberize them, they'd probably have to be captured first; Norrix doesn't have the tools to Cyberize them on the spot.)
 * (Ah. I probably could have worded that better. - CS)
 * (Ryu-It's okay :3c

"Yes, sir; how shall I persuade them to join the Eggman Empire?"

"Any means necessary."

The wolverine chuckles a bit.

"My favorite means. We'll get right to work, sir; that Orb will be yours in no time."

"Good. See to it that the next time I check in, you have the Orb. Signing out." The monitor goes blank.

The wolverine nodded once and closed the PDA.

'Don't worry your shiny chrome dome, sir. Hehehe, I'll make sure these Darkness-worshiping heathens fear your name..."

He pointed towards the caverns and barked out an order. "Let's move out!"

A far distance behind the Egg Soldiers, a glowing, masked butterfly woman quickly flies, leaving a trail of bright blue flame behind her that fades shortly after. One of the eyeholes on her mask glows a bright red, and she stops.

"You are much too slow as an Arch-Face, Flamefly," a voice in her head begins to say. "What exactly are you planning?"

"Oh, nothing special, hun," Flamefly says, seemingly to herself as nobody should be around to hear her. "I jus' wanna see what these guys ahead of me are gonna do. After that I'll be sure to find the orb as fast as I can. Maybe I'll stick around a bit after and find some more cuties."

With that, the glow in her eye fades and she continues on her path, going a bit faster but making sure to stay out of sight from the soldiers ahead.

The group finally reached the Caverns, away from the main entrance; they have to sneak in, after all. A couple of Dark Clan soldiers were patrolling, but they did not notice the Egg Soldiers hidden by the trees.

Overtone's descent ends with her gracefully landing on the ground. She looks around and sees a female Dark Clan member looking at her with confusion. Overtone quickly moves toward her. "You've seen too much, darling, but your timing couldn't be any more perfect."

The woman is unsure of what Overtone is saying, but now has a look of fear in her eyes when seeing Overtone up close.

"I'm going to need someone to play an utmost special part in my performance today. You will be that person, lucky lucky." Overtone gleefully says to her, grabbing the woman by the arm. In Overtone's other hands, a few spiders from her body assemble and form into a pale mask resembling a screaming face. A strange lifeless energy seems to flow from this mask.

The woman struggles to break free, but before she can say anything or scream, her mouth is sealed shut by a weblike ice coating fired from one of Overtone's fingers. Overtone's expression changes to a more serious one as she puts the mask on her and lets her go. At first she struggles to remove it but simply can't, but after a short while her body just freezes.

Strange, almost skinlike and flat tentacles begin to grow from the rim of the mask and wrap around her body. These come out and wrap in such speed that her whole body is encased many times over in a matter of a minute. The eyes of the mask glow a sinister shade of red as an unnatural growling can be heard coming from the new monster.

"Perfect, as I am known for doing," Overtone says to herself with a feeling of confidence. "Now, my newest Extra, go out and give them a show they won't forget!" With that, the bizarre creature runs away, leaving small craters wherever it steps and generally making a lot of noise, while Overtone walks toward the gate to the Point of No Return.

Exspira saw this and took the opportunity to run towards the gate, intending to phase through it to get to the fearful caverns. Of course he may end up running past Overtone on his way towards the gate.

A small group of civilians noticed the strange thing dashing towards them, thumping the ground in its wake. It vaguely resembled a Mobian bat, but its body was utterly featureless, save for the mask covering its face, contorted into a scream. Naturally, the civilians panicked and scattered, and this aroused the suspicion of some soldiers, who noticed the creature themselves and drew their weapons.

"Halt!!" they cried.

The creature slowed, to a stop, and observed the soldiers, as if it were studying them. It's hands begin to tremble, seeming eager to grab and destroy something.

Overtone hears the screaming of the civilians, and a wide grin grows on her face. "Everything is going as expected," she says to herself. "I'm going to have to speed things up though, I don't I'll be able to prepare things as quickly as I thought." She begins to weave her hands between each other, forming a bunch of cold, thin web-strings. She then slings them in the direction of the gate and begins to retract the web, pulling her forward much faster.

'Of course.. Someone else after my prize..' Exspira thought, following after Overtone, intending to observe her before making a move to rid himself of a potential thorn.

Nobody noticed the spider or the ghost lynx making their way towards the gate that separate the village from the 'Point of No Return'; they were too busy focusing on the strange, featureless creature that looked very much like it wanted to wrap its hands around someone's throat and crush the life out of its owner. The soldiers had their hands on their weapons, ready to defend themselves, while the civilians fled away from the being.

While most ran from the being, one stood tall, a yellowish-gold shrew with purple eyes and an Indiana Jones attire (excluding any weapons that may have been carried by IJ). In his hands was a sword. He stared at the being, and as he looked into its horrible eyes, he thought he almost heard its thoughts. Help me..

He tightens his grip on his sword. "Someone's in that thing!" He shouted at the closest group of guards.
 * (Ryu-Uhh, not sure how Arid would know there's someone in that thing, but I guess that's for Scorp to decide, anyways.)

Far away from them, in another part of the village, the girl hedgehog slowly, agonizingly, stands up, her back to the guards. Her voice is a low growl. "I'm sorry.. I didn't mean to.. I just-" 'Release me! 'The girl hedgehog doubles over in agony, and moans as if she had been violently punched in the gut. She could feel the beast taking over her body, spreading through her. And she was helpless before it. That's when she heard it. A violent pulse of darkness. Of longing. Her head violently turns to the direction of the gate.

She knew what she had to do. She set off at a mad run for the gate, leaving the guards behind.

"Hey!!"

They promptly took off after her.

Meanwhile, Nate was tired of waiting for this clan to make a decision. He wasn't even in the village yet! He looked around the village from in front of it and he noticed a crazy looking person running towards the gate.

"Um," Nate started with a questionable look. "Is that girl over there supposed to be running towards the gate like that?"

Exspira, who was following after Overtone, used the augmented leg strength granted to him by Fantasia in order to catch up to her.

The guards turned away from Nate and looked towards the gate.

"What the-"

The guards immediately bolted towards those running towards the gate, but the invaders had a substantial head-start...

"Stop! STOP!!"

'Tch, you won't get in my way!' Exspira mentally hissed, glancing back briefly before unsheathing Charon and using the saber to create a wall of black flames in front of the gate to block pursuit from the ground after he had passed through the gate.

The guards skid to a halt as the black flames roared into life, their weapons already drawn. Despite their affinity for Darkness, the flames would surely hurt them if they tried to pass through, so they tried to find a way around them.

Outside, the Egg Solders were still lurking around, trying to find a way inside of the Caverns without running into any Dark Clanspeople. Eventually, a couple scouts came across a natural opening near the top of the cavern.

"Norrix, sir, over here!" one of them called. The wolverine and his other soldiers approached, and he looked down into the entrance. It was quite large, almost 6 feet in width, and extended down into a darker area of the cavern.

"Excellent...Gavriil, you're going to scout out the area first. Radio us if it's clear," he said, as some soldiers readied a long grappling hook, securing the hook against a stony outcrop and threading the rope down through the vertical tunnel. Gavriil, a male weasel, saluted and nodded.

"Yes, sir," he said, grabbing a hold of the rope before climbing down it, into the darkness.

The tunnel did indeed lead down into a virtually unoccupied area of the cavern, away from the actual village. Gavriil could see the gate a good ways away from him, but noticed there was quite a bit of activity going on around there. He opened his PDA and messages Norrix.

"Nobody's seen me come in, sir, but...there's one hell of a party going on near this big gate," he said, his voice somewhat hushed. "I bet this gate is blocking off the location of the Orb."

"Damn it," Norrix growled on the other end. "Looks like Eggman's not the only one who had this idea...the area around you is clear, though, yes?"

"Yes sir, not a soul within thirty feet of me. Dark, too, but I bet the residents can see well in it, anyways."

"Very good. Reinforcements are coming down."

After about fifteen minutes, what looked like a sort of silent dropship flew above the opening and one end of a rope was tossed down before a few squads equipped with Night-Op's gear and weaponry rappelled down.

By then, the weasel had been joined by about fourteen other Egg Soldiers, and their leader, Norrix, was among them. They were unaware of the new intruders, and kept to the darkness, watching the kerfuffle unfolding around the gate that blocked off the Point of No Return.

Norrix's comm device vibrated, alerting him that someone is attempting to contact him.

The wolverine grunted a bit, a bit annoyed, but flipped opened the comms, expecting to see Eggman.

While it wasn't Eggman specifically, the callsign had the Eggman logo. Identifying the caller as friendly.

"Skarn here.. Am I speaking to one 'Norrix'?"

"Yes, this is Norrix," said the wolverine, slightly confused; but, of course, the presence of the Eggman symbol eased his mind. "Wasn't expecting another group of reinforcements, but it sure doesn't hurt, heh."

"No, it doesn't.. Anyways, we're nearing your position. What are the established mission parameters?" Skarn asked, all business from this point.

He and about ten others soldiers were headed towards Norrix's location, making sure to leave two full platoons behind with the orders to keep their landing site clear for exfiltration.