Sutoratosu

I hereby Abdicate in order to go stop Notus and the Angel he has summoned! *Leaves the hill, riding on Thead as the OOT troops march away following me into battle* Whoever arrives at the hill next may rule in my stead! that is all, children. *Hill is open to any takers while I go and try to save mankind from Notus...*

Damn it... I'd guess, but I'm pretty sure the guy above me already gave the right answer...

Ethic stopped running as rose explained how the group had held hands before to keep from getting split up, asking him to take Ellaria's hand. "Allright..." He said, grasping the young woman's hand as Rose fired off a few spells... Ethic looked off the the side... and saw a pair of emerald colored, menacing pupils staring right at them. He heard Rose shout "Now, let's go!" "No protest here..." he said as they began running away, glad to not have to face whatever the other thing was or the she-wolf

Ethic heard the judges voice as he called out for Damian's and Mr.Taylor's trial to begin... followed by a familiar growl... Lucian spoke up in his mind and Ellaria did out load and Ethic knew what it was before he even turned to look "Ethic... I'd say get ready for round two with this thing... but right now, we don't stand a chance..." He turned and saw exactly what he was expecting... the She-Wolf. We're all screwed.... He thought to himself he turned and looked to the others "this just got bad..." with that he turned back to the wolf, Lucian protesting in his mind "Wait, Ethic what are you doing!? you don't have the Arcana, you can't evoke... you can't fight this thing now!" "Yeah..." Ethic said "Well... doesn't mean I still can't buy time for everyone else to get away, does it?" "I'm not letting you do this." Lucian said, appearing beside Ethic, his form shimmering... which probably meant that he was allowing himself to be visible to all present. Lucian cast out his arm and a wall of flames erupted from the ground, creating a blazing barrier between the Wolf and the group. Lucian turned to face the group, yelling out without waiting for a response from anyone "All of you, I know from experience that this won't hold that thing back for long, If you don't want to become dinner, I suggest you start running s fast as you can!" with that, he dissapeared again, yelling out in Ethic's mind "GO!" Ethic took his advice and started running in the opposite direction of the flaming wall, calling out to the other's as he passed "Guys, no time to talk, we all need to get out of here, right now!"

will do

Anver looked at the other end of the back alley as footsteps approached him. standing there was Alan, dressed in a beige overcoat with the collar pulled high to partially conceal his face. his Glasses shined in the dim light of the alley as he walked over the Anver, a black brief case in hand. "Hello, Anver..." he said, looking over his shoulder for a second "What?" Anver asked, his hand glowing as he heated the air around it "You been Followed?" Allan looked back at Anver "No... thought I was for a moment or two... but I think I lost them... though pulling my collar up like this probably made them suspicious enough to follow me in the first place" with that, he tucked the collar down. "So..." Anver asked... "how are they doing?" Allan simply shoke his head for a moment, and Anver could feel panic rising in him If somethings happened to them... "No... Anver... I'm afraid I wasn't able to check up on Sandra and the kids for you... my contact back in New York got killed in a gas station robbery on the way to check in on them... so I don't know what's happening. I'm Sorry..." Anver calmed down a little. "Well... no news is good news, I guess... I trust that you have this thing you think I need so much?" Allan patted the breif case in his hand. "Yes..." he said, opening it. "First, though, two more clips." He took out two clips full of bullets and handed them to Anver, who stowed one in his bag and the other in his blazer's pocket. "Now then... Anver, what I have for you isn't so much material in a sense... but it's still quite useful... You remember Donovan Lee, Right?" "Yes..." Anver replied "The one who was my predecessor as CEO... I was promoted to the position at his retirement party." "Well," said Allen "he had some matters involving him in the area here... and I've gotten permission from him for you to tag along on a private jet ride with him back to New York... he said he'd do it for old times sake... though on a few conditions..." "What kind of 'Conditions'?" Anver asked "Well," Allan began... "You see, you can't actually be in the jet... they'll be third party security guards on-board with Donovan... and he's pretty sure that if they saw you, they would rat you out and that there'd be a thousand cops waiting for both of you when you landed..." "Alright..." Anver said "So how am I supposed to "Tag along" then?" "The Wheel well... He said to say sorry, but it was the best idea he could come up with. it can get pretty cold in there, but that won't be an issue for you." "Ok... then..." Anver said, not quite sure whether or not the offer was worth taking "whats the other condition?" "No one can see you get into the wheel well before takeoff or get out of it after landing... in other words, you'll have to find a way to sneak past the TSA terminals, out of the building, onto the tar mat, and into the well... vica-versa after landing... by yourself... if anyone spots you, then he won't be able to help. and neither will I..." "alright... and is that it?" Anver asked "No..." Allan answered "There's also a set time you have to be in the well by, or else they leave without you and you'll have to found your own way back... and the jet's scheduled to take off in an hour. I can drive you as far as the Airport's front doors. After that, it will be all up to you." "Allright..." Anver said "Well, let's get going then, where's your car?" Allan walked towards the way he'd entered the alley, and for the first time Anver noticed the car parked there. "Well..." Alan said "It's not really my car, per-say... I just... 'Burrowed' it from it's owner" Anver gave him a crooked look "Damn it, Allan... If I had the time right now, I'd slap you across the face... driving me around in a stolen car when you know I'm a wanted man... we'll be damn lucky if the cops don't pull us over..." Allan crossed over to the driver side door. "Well, if that happens, I'll drive close to the curb and you can bail out while I distract them... but you'd have to make it there on your own... so don't jinx us." with that, both men got into the vehicle, the machine roaring to life as it pulled away from the curb and peeled away down the street, heading towards the local Airport...

not really any objections here... So long as no one gives them illegal moves

The white energy had started to recede back into Ethic's body as he began thinking Marcus, huh? well... now I've got a name... all I need is a face to go with it... Ethic watched as Mr.Taylor began questioning the little girl about whether Minos knew of a way out of the hill. I don't really know what's worse... the fact that this 'Marcus' fellow killed him because of a bit of memory loss, or the fact that he pretty much was forcing Mr.Taylor's co-operation under the threat of death in the first place... He turned around, looking out into the aisle behind the group, not really at anything in particular. "All right..." He mumbled under his breath "Looks like Mr.Taylor wouldn't mind getting his hands on this Marcus guy either for what he did... well, it wouldn't hurt anything if I helped him when the time came..." that's when something caught his attention, something red in the corner of his vision... He turned to look at it... walking over towards him was Lucian, his robes torn and stained with some sort of dark substance. his staff and body glowed red with energy. as he got closer to Ethic, He could feel his presence entering his mind. "Ethic..." He said mentally Ethic called back in his mind "Lucian... What happened to you?" "That bastard Scott is what happened to me... that little goth tried to fight me after I ejected him from your mind... but that's not important right now..." "Wait... who is Scott?" "Not important, Listen up... The Arcane Council... they decided that you aren't fit to continue as an invoker... and that outburst was pretty much the nail in the coffin for them..." "So what, does that mean that I'm fired?" "Yes... in a sense... but it's much more than that Ethic..." Lucian finally reached Ethic, and he could see the solemnity on his face. "Ethic... when an Invoker is determined to be unfit to posses their powers... that means that they are also deemed unfit to carry on their existance..." "So wait... You mean, the Keepers are going to kill me?" "No... no Ethic. Not in this place. in this place, death is only a temporary inconvenience... one can return from it, as I believe your elderly acquaintance over there has. No Ethic... If you were outside this place, then yes, they'd be satisfied with simply killing you and being done with it... but you aren't... and so they're going to try to completely wipe you out of existence... don't ask me how... but their gonna try to do it..." Ethic turned and looked back at the group as they continued to converse, a bit worried now... Lucian continued "You're worried what'll happen to them if you accompany them. Well... Leave them, Ethic... leave them and head out with me through this place... it's for their own safety that you don't go with them." Ethic looked at Lucian now "No... Lucian... I can't leave them..." he said "Why not? Ethic, it's really for their own good... I know you think of them as friends... so do them a favor and leave..." "I don't have anything on me... no weapons... no supplies... and I can't use my powers apparently... Lucian, I can't leave these guys because if I do, then I probably won't make it through this place... They're the only ones that I know I can trust down here... they're the only life line i have left here..." Lucian looked at him, then sighed in defeat... "fine, Ethic... guess that just means... that I'll be tagging along too" to be honest, Ethic was glad to have someone on his side in this conflict he'd somehow started... but that begged the question... "Lucian... why are doing this? why tell me all this? You're a Keeper, Right? one of the Arcane Council members... so shouldn't you be trying to kill me right now?" Lucian chucked "Because, Ethic... technically speaking, I'm no longer the keeper of the Magician Arcana... though I still hold all the power of it. I cast aside my title and left the council when I heard their verdict... Ethic... over time... I've taken a liking to you... You're different from those who came before you... You're better at it... You aren't afraid of what you're power could potentially do... you actually try to learn how to use it instead of brushing it off and pretending it doesn't exist. that and the fact that it sickens me to continue calling myself a keeper after seeing just how much the others have changed since then..." Ethic really didn't know what to say... "So you... left? For me...?" "Yes. In a sense... we're both in open rebellion against the Arcane Council now... you just for existing still... and me for leaving and deciding to join you" Ethic looked back at the group "Just out of curiosity..." He began, this time verbally "Can they see you right now?" "No..." Lucian replied, also verbally "they can't see me unless I want them to... which I don't really want at this moment... well...guess we're going with them... I'll let them see me if necessary... but not now. You'd better be up to protecting them when the Keepers start coming after us..." With that, Lucian dissapeared, and his presence in Ethic's mind grew even stronger. "and we'll need to discuss the issue with you not being able to invoke anymore... but it can wait for now..." Ethic walked back over to the group, with Lucian accompanying him in his mind, and waited there, hoping they'd finish talking and could get moving soon

Alright, many thanks for the pointers, I'll put them into place and try them out, as well as try concocted a few more teams for my experiments Edit: put them in place, and this team's working like a charm. just fought three or four battles in a row and won them all. thanks, I'll keep working though

well, sorry bout cutting it short, but you know it's time to move onto the next chapter when you see your IC thread is nearly twenty pages long. anywho... Next up, Jory and Typhlosion

General McCarthy had seen enough of this. his evaluation was complete. "Halt!" He cried *Dominance stopped in it's tracks, looking up at the General, as does everyone else* "I've seen enough. You both have competent control and responsiveness of you partners. You have passed this portion of the Evaluation. Return to your places." McCarthy pressed the same pin on his jacket, and the list blazed into life in the air once again, this time with two different names. The General called them out. "Jory Robertson and Sid Maelstrom!! Step forward and begin!"

Ambar took the flamethrower head on, being sent flying backwards through the air and landing at Ethic's feet, it's body covered in soot. "Ambar..." Ethic said, kneeling down the creature opened one of it's eyes, giving Ethic a pained, sorrow filled look. "Ambar, You tried. that's what matters at the end of the day..." He picked up the creature in one arm and took out it's ball "You trusted me, you listened even when I gave a seemingly crazy command, if you hadn't been intercepted by that attack, this would be over." He depressed the button on the center of the ball, withdrawing Ambar in a crimson beam of light. "Get some rest, my friend...we'll get you fixed up once we end this..." the creature dissipated back into the ball. Ethic returned his attention to the battle. It's one to one... I'm going to make them feel as much pain as possible for the shame they've caused us... he looked to his last remaining party member, Nova... "Nova!" He paused... "Use Aerial Ace on his Larvesta... Then hit with Close Combat... And let's end this with a Flame Burst... Don't give them any mercy." Nova understood the brutality of the command her trainer had just given her... but then, it wasn't like she was going to show mercy anyway, not after watching two of her partners get taken out by such... Rabble The Arcanine crouched down low, snarling, then rocketed herself forward towards the Foe Larvesta, moving across the field with such speed that she dissapeared from view once again as she unleashed the assault...

"Well.. thanks for that, whoever you are" with that, Anver took the voices advice and headed through the door way behind him and down the stair case until he hit the ground floor. he walked up to the front doors of the place and exited onto the sidewalk, pulling one of the many call encrypted, un-traceble burner phones he kept on his person. He dialed the number for his old associate, Alan McCoy. "Alan..." he said into the speaker as he continued walking "Yeah?" Alan answered "There's been a change of plans, my friend..." "Yes, I saw that from the Cafe window... good God, Anver, they must really have wanted to take you down, sending that many cops..." "Well then..." Anver paused looking around at the various shops... he spotted a dinner just across the way... "Alan, you know where the Ramse Dinner is?" "Yeah." "Good... Meet me out back in ten. and remember to bring what I need." With that, Anver ended the conversation, then heated up the phone in his hand, causing it to combust and then slowly burn away into scrap and fused plastic, just like it's namesake. he cooled it down, causing the fire to die, then tossed the phone into a nearby trash can. He crossed the street, the cop cars now out of sight, and walked behind the dinner into the back alley where it kept it's dumpster, and waited for his old friend to arrive with the goods.

"The only way out is to get to the end, or we just keep dying and dying and suffering and suffering," "well" said Ethic, a bit weirded out by the young girls sudden input. Just how does she know that? he thought to himself. "That answers... that... I guess..." He looked to Mr.Taylor "Mr.Taylor... real quick, I've got another question to ask you... The guy who stabbed you..." he paused "Would you be able to identify him if you saw him again?"

welcome annie @Notus, all right, I can understand that. as for Damian, I asked Bluewolf about it while i was on the server recently, and he said it was because he had technical issues and other stuff going on, but apparently that's all done, so I don't know why he hasn't responded by now though...

for those who don't understand the whole me thing... it's been highlighted... (At least, I think this is what Ame meant when she pointed out the logic fallacy)

well... I've been trying to learn a thing or two about comp battling, and I read the intro for begginers at the smogon university... and I realized... I was only using Pokemon I had a preference for, pretty much ignoring strategy when making teams. and so I nipped that issue in the bud right away, and have begun concocting a few... things for battle... let us begin: Ninjask (M) @ Focus Band Trait: Speed Boost EVs: 252 HP / 252 Spd Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Substitute - Toxic - Swagger - Sand Attack Whimsicott (F) @ Leftovers Trait: Prankster EVs: 252 HP / 252 Spd Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) - Substitute - Leech Seed - Cotton Guard - Grass Whistle Aegislash (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Stance Change EVs: 80 HP / 252 Def / 176 SDef Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk) - Swords Dance - Power Trick - Sacred Sword - Substitute Salamence (F) @ Life Orb Trait: Intimidate EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Dragon Dance - Dragon Claw - Earthquake - Fire Fang Gardevoir (F) @ Life Orb Trait: Trace EVs: 252 SAtk / 128 SDef / 128 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Psychic - Shadow Ball - Moonblast - Reflect Empoleon (M) @ Life Orb Trait: Defiant EVs: 252 HP / 252 SAtk Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Scald - Ice Beam - Flash Cannon - Iron Defense Well, guess explainations are in order... Ninjask and Whimiscott are meant to serve as high speed stallers/ plain nuisances in battle. Ninjask's speed allows for it to outspeed everything, setting up a substitue the first turn, then following up with sand attack or swagger, or toxic, if that's more your cup of tea. I've used it, and this thing can take out an entire team by itself in the right circumstances. Whimiscott can set up with a substitute first move and then use leech seed/ grass whistle to either get the enemy health steadily lowered or put them to sleep and pretty much make em helpless, Cotton guard can turn this thing into a virtual tank. now as for aegislash... I heard alot about this mystic sword... easpecialy it's ability... so I thought I'd try it for myself... what I eventually came up with is this concept: "Ragnorak complex" pretty much, one uses power swap inorder to switch this things attack and defense stats with one another, turning it into a major threat when coupled with iron defense, which I don't have on it for some reason... anyways, yeah... tried it... and it just aint fast enough to pull it off... any solutions to this? moving on salamence is meant to serve as a physical sweeper. gardevoir is supposed to add on a Spec.attack Ace to the team and as for empoleon, it's there to give an actually relatively stable option in battle. though now that I think about it, I'd like a swampert better... any pointers. (I have to give credit to DobbyTheElf for the idea about using whimiscott like this in battle, as he is where I got the concept of high speed stalling from, which in turn inspired my creation of staller ninjask.)

Well... tried putting this into the Onyx Arcade... and it died, so im restarting it here in the wasteland. here's the gist of the thread. :You may chose any twelve figures from history/ pop culture to attend your last supper and hold a place at the table. there are but two rules: -you also have to list a reason to justify each one's presence at the table (Try to make it good, no one liners) - the person must be deceased. and... BEGIN

Alright... guess I'll play along in you're little charade... Ame's right... there is a big ass hole in your logic with this game... Me?

(( >.<)) Politician recoiled in pain as the Larvesta slamed into him, sending the large serpent several feet back. Ethic looked at what had just happened in disbeleif "Whoa, wait a sec, how the hell did a LARVESTA just use a move like DRILL RUN?" He ground his teeth a little at this, frustrated at the way things looked to be going currently. "POLITICIAN!" He yelled, grabing the snakes attention "What in the lord Arceus' name was that?! you were once apart of a team that challenged the elite four and almost won! you should not be displaying this much mediocrity in battle! Salaam would be quite dissapointed if he saw you now!" The snake replied to Ethic's reprimand with a hard stare before turning it's head and refusing to make eye contact with him. "Redeem yourself, use aqua tail and BEAT that flaming worm into the ground!" Politician disobeyed, simply staying where it was, not carrying out the attack... Ethic took out Politician's ball "YOU WILL OBEY ME." Ethic said in a hard voice Still, Politician did nothing. that's when the foe's scraggy emerged from the earth, hitting Politician spot on and KOing it. the serpent went down to the ground unconscious. Ethic just about lost it now. "You've done a lot of things, politician... ever since the day I found you, you caused trouble... but I always forgave you because of your effort in battle... but this... this is just unacceptable... eating those common candies, that made you weak. I told you not to but you did anyway... and now this..." He pressed the button on the ball, withdrawing seviper. "You are hereby dismissed from the team, old friend. it's been good... sometimes, at least... but I just can't do it... no more, You're done, finnito." he stowed the ball back in the inner pocket of his jacket, intending to send Politician back home to his mother and sister to release back to the wild there. Nova stood beside him, now a fully evolved Arcanine. he looked at the tiger "Nova... this is up to you now. He's done... You'll have to fill the Ace role now, just as your father did once." Nova gave an understanding look to Ethic, then turned to face the opponent, snarling loudly and preparing to pounce. Ethic gave the command "Nova... Extreme-speed on that Scraggy. I know you can do it now. and after that, use an aerial ace to finish the job.... make it hurt." The beast roared off in the direction of the scraggy, tearing across the field so fast it dissapeared from vision. next he turned to Ambar "Ambar, I need you to... take one for the team, buddy..." He pointed to the Larvesta "Ambar... use Rollout to get in close and make initial contact... then..." He kneeled, looking the spikey little creature in the eyes. "Then I want you to use self-destruct." there was no response from the creature... it just sat there for a second... Then a look of trust appeared in it's eye's, it retracted it's spikes into it's body, leaving the surface completely smooth. it turned to face the foe Larvesta, then rolled off, gaining more and more speed as it covered ground, heading off on it's suicide mission.

*Grumples something under breath* Fine... I have two aces now... and a few tricks of my own up my sleeve... time to get creative guess it really won't matter if Politician takes a KO, seeing as how nova is evolved... Lucky I don't have Ethic miraculously "Fix" the poke ball around his neck and sent out his empoleon, but that's against the rules. Don't get me wrong, I'm still quite pissed by this whole situation, I could go on and turn it into a big drama fest, but I'm not going to, because I'm not that guy. I'm just letting this go for now to prevent any needless conflict Like I've seen on this thread before

well, if we're givin out nicknames and alliases to our PCs, then I think it only fitting that anver be given the name "Hot ColdMan" (Yes like from MGS:peace walker, though Hot-Cold Man is also acceptable) It's pretty self explanatory as to how it fits him

why is it that when I read your text and the things you say, it makes me think that your a... DOmestiC TeRroRisT Who uses websites like this to track down people's IP address, find out where they are, and then carry out attacks on them? Hmm... a call to Home Land Security, anyone? alas, no, i didn't miss you, because I didn't even know you existed before this