Sutoratosu

I got the pic for onix off a google image search under the keywords: "Realistic Onix" As for if I have any preference as to where you get your pics, no, not really. I'd just appreciate it if they Looked more on the realistic side than what they appear as in the Anime/Games. Realistic pics can most often be found by conducting a google image search with the key words: "Realistic (Insert Pokemon's name here)" Or "Pokemon (insert name) Realistic". Thats my only real rule regarding Pictures. For Example This is what a Charizard appears as in the Games/ Anime: This is what a realistic version of Charizrd might look like or maybe or even... See the difference. I want these things to look as If they could actually be walking around the face of the earth someday.

^^ (OCC//why the double post? EDIT nevermind) Oak's attention was torn away from his lecture as Logan's and Clint's Partners again began to battle, with Tyrogoue attacking Chimchar and the latter countering by scratching back. He concluded that the two cadets had chosen not to listen to him when he spoke of the matter before, and his fury rose like a dragon's. Oh HELL NO!!!! Thought Oak as he tore out a capsule of his own from his belt. "I know that you aren't still trying to battle after I told you it was time for the next lecture!!" Then Oak saw as tyrogue Attacked Chimchar again. "That's it, I'll have to give out my lecture by force it seems!" (Theme: Consequences Iminant) Oak tossed the sphere into the air, out of a hot burst of light emerged a strange yellow and brown creature. "Clemont, show these slackers I'm not playin by dosin em with a few psychic attacks" Alakazam's hand's glowed with a violet light as it's pair of spoons rotated around it faster and faster. The Violet light engulfed the Tyrogue, Contorting it before tossing it off somewhere into the darkness. The sound of stone breaking and water splashing on stone is heard. "You aren't done yet, Clemont!!" Clemont focused the same light on chimchar, who was lying on the ground, tossing it to into the dark. A similar sound of water and stone is heard in the distance. Oak stumped between Logan and Clint, Absolutely pissed that such shananigans were taking place during HIS lecture. "Are you two gonna quit? Or do I need to send your partners to the Med center to join Erick's Piplup and Surge's Pidgeotto?!" He took out another ball and released the creature inside. "Well, Answer me, boys!!" The two creatures stood around Oak, Clemont facing Clint and Onix, the owl creature facing Logan and Squirtle.

Sorry bout your battle, Chimchain, Supernovae. Seems that Oak has a tight schedule to keep... But i have a feeling there'll be plenty of time for friendly challenges later... EDIT: Never mind, It seems Oak is fired up and ready to serve out some cans of whoop ass for his lecture being interrupted... here's what you two might be dealing with... Sorry. Samuel Oak Known Partners: Clemont (Alakazam) Lv.70 M probably knows several very devastating moves like Psychic, Nasty plot, Shadow ball, and Focus blast, just a name a few... Literacy (Noctowl) Lv.60 M probably knows several very devastating moves like Sky Attack, Extrasensory, Uproar, and Hypnosis, just to name a few...

Oak was about to answer the groups questions when he was suddenly interrupted by a roar tearing through the air. He turned and saw that Clint had released his two partners. It was the Giant rock snake that caught his eye most. He watched and listened as Clint then began to egg Loagan on to a battle. then cursed under his breath when logan accepted and sent forth the fiery monkey to attack tyrouge "I think Not!" Oak stepped up between the two young man. he pulled the chimchar off tyrogue. "There's been enough blood for today. Besides, It's time to begin your training in how to effectively use your partners abilities in war." Oak walked back to the table,dropping chimchar to the ground. then began to tinker with some device. Erick stood finally from where he stood. The small creature's arms were still wrapped around his neck, the Ralts no dangling from in the air. Erick cradled his arms and supported the creatures weight like one would carry a toddler. the creature seemed to not want to let go. "You can let go of me, ya know." Oak looked up from the table. "Well, Erick, it seems that Ralts has imprinted on you. In other words, it recognizes you as it's master." "Yeah, that's just great..." Erick pulled the white creature off and placed it back on the ground. He took out it's Capsule, meaning to return it to stasis, but pulled out piplups by accident. He stared down at the sphere. He couldn't help but thing of the image of the blue penguin lying on its side, blood covering it's fur. "Hey Oak, what happens if they die? To their handlers, I mean." Oak answered, still trying to activate some unseen object on the table. "Well, Erick, that honestly depends how it happens. If it's abuse... Well the handler will be considered a saboteur to the project. If it's in battle, like yours just was, then the handler will be assigned a replacement partner." Oak reached for something, A Hammer? He started banging on whatever he was messing with. "But I think there's little chance of that happening for piplup. Most of it's wounds probably weren't that deep. Surge's Pidgeotto on the other hand..." Oak put down the hammer and turned to face Erick. "How did you do it, Erick? this has to be the first time doing this for all of you, it had to be. But yet, you knew some of the discovered commands that prompt them to use certain abilities." Oak could see that Erick was perplexed at his meaning. "That move at the end. Bide. That's what i'm talking about. That was the specific command prompt you shouted, all your other commands to them were vague and could've been interpreted a number of ways by Piplup and Ralts." Erick scratched the back of his head. This conversation would go into dangerous territory if he didn't shut it down now. Territory that he was sure would get him thrown into a psychiatric ward. "I uh... I don't really know. I just said the first thing that came to my mind when I saw it being attacked like that." the voice in his skull spoke up. Yes, that's right, the best way to lie is to include part of the truth. Oak studied him long and hard. He finally gave up and returned to the device on the table. A click was heard. *the atrium suddenly fades away, you are all now standing in an inky black void a ball of light about the size of an orange can be seen far in the distance. nothing else is around. Without warning, the ball erupts into light and heat as it explodes, forever spreading outwards, the blast is so intense that you are all forced to close your eyes. As you re-open them, a beautiful display is all around you. You gasp as you see the cosmos. Oak begins his lecture.* "Now, can anyone tell me what just happened?" It was Erick who answered "The big bang, I guess..." "correct." Oak waved his hand in an arc through the air, the view of the cosmos shifts to a veiw of the earth, the blue sphere pulses with multicolored light. Oak continues his lecture. "Now, then, who can tell me the elements of the earth, like earth, water...?"

well, the partners are issued, but there seems to be some... issues between two people... Anyway, here's the theme's of the RP Determination/ the tough challenge: Hope in the heat of battle (Firepower) Hope in the heat of battle (Pokemon battle) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WB3yhhXN7C0 Boss fight (Beggining) Boss fight (Middle):| Boss fight (Victory) Training(military): Death: Theme of despair in Battle that's all for now (more later)

Erick Replied to Sid's very good question. "Well, I assume that they won't be giving us anything actually capable of lethal force. He did say this was just a test, after all." Immediately his inner Critic scolded him. Really, You really think that any of these things aren't lethal in at least some way? For the love of God! there are freaking Tortoises that breath fire now! Not to mention- Erick struck back with his own remark, and filled it with plenty of venom. Shut up, you worthless Free-loader. You don't question what I say, You don't critique what I do, And I'm sure as hell not gonna allow you to even start Criticizing my thoughts now!! You are F****** Nothing! Do you hear me?! Nothing, but a couple of synapsis in my brain that decided to go rogue one day! That ended the conversation in the young man's mind. Just then, the doors to the conference room opened again, Surge stepped through, alone. "We're done for the night. It's back to the barracks now. Try and get some sleep, I wont have any pity on you if you all miss breakfast because you slept in." *A middle-aged women in an officers uniform walks into the room, She fixes her icy gaze on Enyo.* "Greyjoy, You are to follow me to your official barracks assignment." *Enyo and the Female Officer leave the room. Surge walks to the door soon after, then stops just in the hallway.* "Well, what the hell are you waiting for?! What, are you all gonna sleep in here? I'm afraid that would be a major violation of security, Now follow, Magots!" *You all do as ordered, and follow Surge back to the barracks. He briefs you all about the auto locking door system, and that each barrack is equip with it's own three stall restroom. He leaves, and soon it is time for lights out.* ---- Surge stalked back to the officers bunk after seeing the new cadets off for the night. He stood on the brightly lit porch and pulled his Data card out of his Pants pocket, sliding the card into the slot just beside the door's handle. A chime sounded, signifying that he was cleared and authorized to enter. He pushed the door open and slugged over to his personal office/ sleeping quarters, slamming the door shut as he walked over and sat behind his desk, firing up the Computer terminal embedded in it by swiping his palm over the surface of the seamless hard wood top. The panel slid back to reveal the screen and keyboard, the entire top of the desk raising by a fifty degree angle to better situate the computer. He inserted his Data Card into the designated slot and watched as all of the Personnel reports blazed across the screen as they downloaded to the computer's secure server, thinking to himself as the process ensued. Is there something I'm missing here? He thought back to his Ray's conversation outside the Conference room. "I didn't give you the worst selected, Sergeant, Quite the contrary, I gave you what were predicted to be the most likely successful candidates." The most likely to succeed? How to hell can that be true? For Christ sake, I've got a kid who used to work in his mother's floral arrangement shop, A street bum, A former Street-thug, A glorified Tree-huger, And a procrastinating Genius as some of the members of my Squad! It was just then that he thought of something that might explain this. "Show me the National Education Evaluation Agency Test Scores of everyone in my squad. And I also want to see the Palm Test Results from the Recruitment." The screen returned a few minutes later with a complete list of evaluation data on everyone on the Squadron. Not much really caught the eye in the N.E.E.A. Scores, but Surge saw some of the Palm Test Reports, then broke into a smirk. "You sly bastard." Surge Chuckled as the Terminal brought up the Lights out notification and shut off, leaving him chuckling in the darkness. ---- *The night Passes by. The sound of a bugle is heard in the distance from you'all's barracks, signifying Wake-up time. It is early morning.* Erick checked his watch after coming back to his bunk from the Restroom. 06:02 Hours Later than I thought they'd have it here. He thought to himself as the others slowly got up. Twenty minutes later, Surge was at the Door, unlocking it with his Palm scan and opening it. "Mornin, Follow me to the real mess hall for breakfast." Something seemed different about his demeanor today, Erick could tell that whatever issue he had yesterday was gone, but as to what exactly that issue had been was anyone's guess. *After going to get Enyo, surge leads you all to a large, Alabaster building with an elaborately Angled roof across the compound, where you Are served a glorious breakfast of Sausage, Eggs, Pancakes, Bacon, Apples, Oranges, And buttered toast. It's a mystery as to how the meat products were supplied, (what with all the cattle, chicken, and Pig Populations made completely extinct by the virus) But it all taste so good that you all decide some questions are better left unanswered. After breakfast, Surge leads you to the MWB, walking up to the main security desk and then over to an elevator behind it, with everyone following. The Elevator shoots upward, coming to a sudden stop a few minutes later, You all exit into a large Atrium space, lush with trees and flora and with several fountains. Standing there waiting is Dr.Ray, Professor Oak, and three other men. One wears the uniform of an extremely high-ranking Military official, maybe a General? the other two are dressed in standard military fatigues, of them wears the emblem patch of the rank of sergeant on his arm. a large table ladened with various spherical objects sits in the center of the Atrium space.* "well glad to see that we're all here." Ray stepped from behind the table carrying a tray filled with several of the strange ball-looking objects, walking over to you as Oak following close behind. they stepped up to Erick, Oak handing him two of the spheres. "This," Ray pointed to the sphere in Ericks left hand. "this Is the Stasis containment unit for the specimen named 'Piplup'." He pointed to the other one. "This one contains the specimen 'ralts'" Erick gazed down at the two orbs. "How do we tell between one and the other? I mean, they look exactly alike." Ray took the question in stride. "good question. thought on the surface the two balls look alike, no two of them are identical. Each one has it's own unique contour, nicks, dings, and feel. Eventually, You'll be able to tell by the fell of the ball. But for now..." Oak took out a sharpie and marked the balls with the names of the respective creatures. "That should help you get there." *the two moved on to everyone else, telling them the names of their partners, and marking the balls with sharpies, then returned to the table once they finished.* "Well, I beleive it is time for a Demonstration as to what you will be doing." It was the high-ranked man who spoke. Ray picked up on his point "Excellent Idea, General McCarthy. Staff Sergeant Surge, if you wouldn't mind?" Surge stepped forward, then pointed over at Erick. "You, Freeman, you'll be the opposing side of the fight." "Um, okay sir..." Erick took an uneasy step forward. Surge Took out a ball from his belt, then clicked the small button in the middle of the device. An eruption of light issued forth as the ball split and opened on a set of hinges. Standing before Surge was a creature that appeared to be a small bird. "Anti-Air, let's show these maggots their jobs!" Erick fumbled with the ball in his left hand, tucking the other one under his arm. He dropped both twice, then took a deep breath, calming himself. The critic was back, but ironically, it was speaking encouragement this time. You can do this. We can do this. This is nothing, you hear me? this bird-hawk-thingie, is nothing compared to what you faced that day. Erick verbally shouted his response as he sent out both creatures from their balls, A child-like creature with a green head and a red horn, along with a small penguin like creature appeared in a burst of light. "Yes, yes, we can do this!!" (Theme of determination) "Wait, what... Damn it, boy! that's not fighting fair!" Surge had a look of true irritation in his eyes. The look faded to amusement before long however. He even chuckled a little. "Well, guess your old man taught you how to fight dirty. Good, that'll keep you alive behind enemy lines. Plus I won't have to waste time teaching you!" Surge pointed at the hawk, yelling his commands with so much authority that you could cut it with a knife. "Use that speed attack that we worked so hard on!!! Aim for the Kid's Ralts!" The Pidgeotto began flying through the air with astounding speed, becoming invisible for a moment before reappearing in front of the small white creature. Erick stood there, befuddled, wondering how to do this. Just as the attack was about to land, Something inside the young man's mind just clicked, and the voice that formerly belonged to his Self-Critic launched out a command with just as much authority as Surge had. Execpt this time, Erick didn't hear it in his head alone. He heard it as his own voice issued the attack. "Use a telekinetic Attack, slam that thing to the earth!!" He turned to the tiny penguin creature, his voice again being guided by his former critic. "And you, Hit that thing while it's down!" The Ralts eye's glowed a deep scarlet as it loosed it's attack, engulfing the Hawk creature in a similar red glow before tossing it away twenty feet, where it hit the ground. Piplup rushed forward, stabbing the larger bird with it's sharp beak, But neither attack did much damage, as the Pidgeotto got up several seconds later, fury in it's eye's. "Anti-Air, don't you take that crap from them! Hit em like there's no tomorrow!!" The larger bird began to rain blows with it's beak upon piplup, each more drawing more and more blood. Erick's inner critic issued another command, Erick felt a bit helpless as his rogue mind continued to usurp the use of his mouth. "Piplup, Don't you die on me!! Show that damn hawk what's what with a bide!!" The small penguin's body glowed with an eerie white light as it absorb the blows landing upon it, growing brighter with each one. the Foe pidgeotto was going in for what seemed to be a kill-strike. "Unleash it, Right into the face!!!" Piplups body erupted in white light as an explosion rocked the Atrium, the shock wave of which knocking both of the men battling to the earth. As the smoke cleared, the tiny penguin could be seen laying on it's side, blood heavily matting it's fur. Across the field however, the hawk creature was in far worse shape. it's entire bidy wracked with bruises and wounds, blood squirted from an open wound on the beast neck. Surge rushed forward, putting pressure on the wound, Erick doing the same for piplups many lacerations and cuts. Ray rushed forward, Giving each of them a look of contempt. "Absolutely. Unacceptable." He turned his blossoming wrath on Surge "This was to be a simple demonstration, not a Blood-battle, you F****** moron!!! Get your ass out of my Atrium, before I have salem throw you out!!!!" Surge looked up at Ray with hate in his eyes. He reached for a pocket on the front of his fatigues. Ray had took his gun out the holster behind his lab coat and had it pressed to surge's temple. "Reach for that Knife you keep in your pocket again, And i'll blow out your brains out." General McCarthy was upon them in an instant, tackling Ray to the ground, tossing the gun away, at the same time kicking out with his feet, sending surge to his back. Ray struggled on the ground a little, then yeilded. the General got up as did the other two, both of whom were breathing hard. He fixed Surge with his gaze. He leaned in and whispered in his ear. "You ever attempt to draw a weapon on anyone in the employ of the U.S. military again, and I will strip you of all rank, and throw you into Guantanamo. unless you are ordered specifically by me, you hear? Not a superior, not a higher-ranking C.O., Not by the Secetary of Defense, And not even by the God-Damn U.S. President! Me!! ME ONLY!! You understand?" Surge nodded, a look of submission on his face. The General turned his attention to Ray. "And you, Civie. You ever pull out that gun for any reason but to put down a rabid creature, And I'll put a bullet in both your legs, and throw you into Guantanamo. Don't think your vital here. Oak taught you everything you know. He could easily conduct this project by himself if necessary." Ray nodded, the same look of utter submisiion in his eyes. "tucker, Samson, Get these two G.A.O. to the med center, pronto!!" the two soldiers in fatigues rushed forward, collecting the two injured creatures, then getting in the Elevator and heading down. "Oak, take over here, I think I need to have a further discussion about this with Surge and Ray." The general headed to an Elevator on the other side of the atrium, trailed by Surge and Ray, The three stepped inside, and the General continued his scolding as the doors closed. Very loudly. Erick sank to the ground, the small white creature running up to him, waiting expectantly. Erick looked at his hands, thinking deeply. how did you do that? What are you? How did you take over my voice?! Answer me damn it!! The voice in his head remained silence, leaving Erick's demand unanswered. The ralts walked closer to him, wrapping it's tinny arms around him as for as they would go, giving him a Hug, apparently able to sense that he needed it. Oak turned his attention to the group "well, I had hoped it would be less... disastrous. but anyway, that, my friends, is the demo of your jobs. I'm willing to take one or two questions while we're here. I'm sure you have alot after... That."

Got it down. well, this is the moment, today everyone will be getting their partners.

*The Great Explainer, Morgan Freeman- - just finished explaining in five minutes the history of the world and how dark and light related to it and the plan to defeat the shade o death and restore balance, when all of a sudden, a huge blast of light cuts through the black sphere and destroys it.* "Well, it seems that in the span of five minutes, someone beat us to our goal. Oh welp, Who want's some celebratory cake to commemorate our victory by default?" *Morgan Freeman reaches under the table and pulls out a large cake, and begins cuting off slices and passing them down the table.* "Halt, sir, The Shade is not dead!!" *My friend from the soul throne points at the floor, showing the wall of darkness recomposing itself.* "No matter, we'll save the cake for when we return from battle." *Morgan Freeman calls forth Arceus, the two get up from the table and head towards the castle entrance* "And remember, Ethic, Sol, your roles are quite vital to our success." *Everyone else leaves the table as well. only me and my throne friend, Sol, are left.* "shall we?" "yes, let's" *We phase into the sunlight and head to our designated points, traveling at the speed of light.*

I don't really recall ever Banning psuedo-legendaries from any of the Gens we'll be using in the RP. I said that you coulnd't have any pokemon from Gen V for your initial two partners (unless fossil pokemon, see post #90) , and that therefor you couldn't have a Deino, which would evolve eventually to Hydreigon, as an initial partner. I never said that You couldn't have one at all. so when Gen V pokes start to be intro'd in Chapter 2, you'll be able to get one then.

*I was several hundred feet under the hill when Another visit came from the Man on the soul throne, And he looks quite pissed at something.* "What do you think you are doing, Continuing down this route will violate the contract!!" "What Are you talking about? I serve only myself now." "No, you have been played, Ethic, you think you act in your own interest, but in truth, you are unwittingly serving the ends of the master of the Dark Himself. The Usurper and the destroyer: The Shadow of Death." *I think of this for a moment, thankfull I'd been stopped before I'd done something that would again result in my loss of power.* "We serve not the dark or the light, On paper, we serve only ourselves, but in truth, people like you and I serve the twilight, the in between, the balance. It is the almighty element, Ethic, It is the perfection, It will not fail you because it is infallible! But enough on that It is time to take up arms agaisnt the dark, my brother, for The Darkness has gained too much leverage in recent times, most notably during the period that you served it, but this is no time for Blame. We must do this to preserve the Balance!" *I hash this over, and decide to just put my faith in the twilight.* " So long as it can not fail me...Then let us go, And preserve the Twilight." * A door way appears, we stepp through it and are transported to some strange transparent castle in the sky, over looking the hill, now engulfed in darkness.* "Come, to the war room, we must act swiftly!!" *He leads me up to the War room, where several other people whose bodies are cloaked in twilight like us are assembled around a table. a large, high backed chair stands at the other end, concealing who is sitting in it.* "Sir, he must have the plan explained to him!" *The chair turns around, sitting in it is....Morgan Freeman* "Greetings, ethic, take a seat, We'll have to make this quick."

Fossils are allowed. Background story is that the Virus infected then transformed several Prehistoric creatures that had just been successfully cloned from DNA recovered from fossils, and the Generation it was introduced in won't matter due this story behind them. However, I will change Aerodactyl to Ralts for Erick. As for to total claimed partners, here's the list I have right now: Zubat M Totodile M Piplup F Nidoran F, M Abra M Onyx F Tyrouge M Baltoy Ralts F VulpixF Ponyta M Charmander F Bagon M Shinx M Horsea F Squirtle M Chimchar M Correct me if im missing some, If it's not, then it's about time we get to Ray Handing out everyone's partners. There might be a single battle right after(Between first two people to volunteer in their reply to the prompt, One Pokemon will be used on each side) though I haven't decided on this yet.

*I didn't notice Notus until a creepy ass laugh echoes forth from him* "What the hell...?" *A sphere of darkness envelops the hill, and I realize that the Aphotic force is gone, it's link to my soul broken* "Notus...so you again usurp the power of another..." *I sense Rose's magick signature nearby, I call out to Garitina, hoping the Beast is still loyal to me, luckily it is.* "Get us back to the isle, Something is about to go down here, and I need to sort myself out." *Garitina flies into the D.W., I watch from the other side as Notus is teleported somewhere, then comes right back a second later, this time with an army of what seems to be shadows. we emerge back on the Isle. Half my Dragon Air Army is missing, Presumably wiped out in some counter attack back at the hill. Tamer2 is nowhere to be found.* Garitina sends a single telepathic message to me. "I can no longer serve you. The Darkness caressith not thine soul anymore." *Garitina flies off into the Distortion world before I can protest. What's left of my Army goes with it. The rift closes, and I find that I can no longer manipulate the fabric of rhyme and reason to reopen it. Lost and without hope, The forces of Good and Evil still raging in my head, I stumble up to the top level of the Citadel. A thick, sharp pain runs through my skull, I collapse to the floor. Everything goes dark.* "Good to finally see you here, Ethic." *the darkness starts to fade, Receding to half my vision field as a blinding light fills the receding area. I see a lone figure sitting atop a throne of souls, some smiling in bliss, some writhing in agony. the figure's body is half cloaked in inky shadow, half cloaked in ethereal star light. I attempt to speak but cannot form words.* "Don't speak. You lost that right when you became unaligned to either side of Dark or Light. Just as I did when I went through the same thing myself. The ruling forces of this world are cruel, Ethic. They demand Allegiance to one side or the other, no inbetween." *The Man now stands right in front of me, though he never got up and moved out of the chair.* "But why must a person serve one or the other? Why can a man not use the power of whichever side they so please when it serves their interest? Many never live long enough to be able to develop a thought process to pose this vital question..." *He steps even closer to me, I can feel raw power radiating off of him. The forces at war within me become equally matched in his presence.* "But you, Ethic, You are like me. You are different. You have wielded both the Light and the Dark, despite the Ruling forces wishes to have you at their beck and call, You have walked both paths. You have experienced Light and Darkness waring inside your soul, An event the stress of which would kill an average person, But yet you still stand. You are like me, You are a Balance!" *He holds out his hands, A contract appears in the Left, a quil and ink well in his right.* "Join me, and I shall awaken the powers that are your's by right of Endeavor. Take the quil, and sign below, And I shall make you into a free man, never to be a lap dog again!" *I think long and hard about this. Both the light and darkness seperately have failed me, Each opening me up to defeat and hard loss in the end. I had no hope, not after the fiasco at the hill. But this man, he holds all the hope I'll Ever need in his hands.I've lost everything, my Army, my Servant, My Dragons, and my power. I'm a walking wreck, a complete failure. And there is one man responsible for this: NOTUS: THE MOTHER-FREAKING WIND CALLER. I find that I can Speak." "Will I be Able to finally set things to rights? To kill Notus once and for all? And Rose? And The Boss?" *He nods to me, a cruel smile spreading across his face like the cesher cat.* "Then I will do whatever you want" *A third chance, And I'd be a damn fool not to take it. I reach out and dip the quil in the ink well, reading the contract as I sign it.* "I, Ethic, Former Child of the Day and Defected Weilder of the night, Hereby swear that on this day and night, and all days and nights following, I shall Foresake all Allegiance to the primary duality of the World! I shall be a Shadow in the Day, and a Beacon in the night, In practice if not just in Name!! I shall bind myself to only the path of the middle ground, only reaching up to the trees or digging down to the earth when they are able to serve me!!! I shall know no King who cannot kill me, I shall Falter before no army!!!! I shall Bring the world to Rights, I Will Go forth and tear apart the old order!!!" *I finish signing, the document disappears and I find my body engulfed in light and shadow, flowing out of my soul and encasing my body in a swirling and merging Ethereal Armor. the two finally merge I am Engulfed in Twilight (not the freaking movies/novels). Renewed power flows through my body. Far more power than the MSM or Excalliber or the Tri-Force or even the Aphotic force could ever grant me. The vision fades and I find myself once again standing in the citadel. (Just pulled a complete Cecil Harvey) I speak, my voice full of power and authority that weren't there before.* ""Let us see what goes on in my absence." *I close my Eyes and draw on my new power, a vision of the hill appears before me, I see Shadow-Notus Banishing Rose to some Shadowy realm, and it looks kinda like the Void... I can sense Shade- Notus's power from the vision, disgusted at how I allowed such power to fall into those hands, at myself for not doing what was needed before. But I am different now. And I know that with both primary forces at my command, I could easily Destroy Him.* "Prepare Thine self, Shade." *I open my eyes and soar into the sky, phasing right through the walls of the citadel. I hitch a ride on the Light of the sun, being catapualted up to light speed, I reach the hill in less than a milisecond, Just in time to see Notus Claiming the hill* "..." *I use the darkness to phase into the Earth, then begin my manipulation there, weaving the rock and stone's energy into a fearsome coagulation. I rise back to the surface, and make my move. As I prepare to strike, I recite the lines of a former vengeance pledge. amplifying the words to a screeching volume.* "I SHALL CALL THE WRATH OF THE EARTH UPON NOTUS!!!" *I send the pulse of Green Energy hurtiling into Notus, It collides with the impact of twelve H-Bombs, a massive explosion ensues.* *There is nothing left of Notus when the smoke clears, but I know because of this hill that he'll be back from the dead soon enough.* "there are still others, but their time will come soon..." *I leave the hill, Going deep within the Earth to find the cause for the mound of dirt granting immortality to all who fight for it. If you care for immortality, than just try to stop me.* ( hill is unocupado.)

Just Updated Partners please, not the whole profile. Mating pairs clause is still in effect. As for my own: Erick A. Freeman Piplup F(Emperess), Aerydactyl M(Raid)

(@ Absol, Master of Randomness: Just want to clear that up, I'm not spying on the hill in person, I'm using a spell to do it for me. And yes We're still friends, Just adding some Drama to the plot.) *Watches as Rose detects a very faint trace of the magick in the castle and seals the castle walls in magick sealent. Meanwhile, it seems as if Absol is able to sense my presence in the Spell on the Castle, for some reason he calls a strike team. I can't really answer his sudden question since the link is visual only.* "Well that limits my view from the entire hill and it's surroundings the just inside the castle walls..." *Tamer2 returns from his mission to Washington, bearing many scars and badly beaten* "What happened? Speak!!" "They... Patriots... Zero... Don't... T-trust them, m'l... ord..." *Tamer2 dies, I decide not to bring him back this time since he's proven his weakness.* "Lt.Surge!! Get in here!" *Surge comes jogging up the stairs and salutes me. I give him orders to head to washington and destroy the Patriots and burn Zero alive. he takes some Dragons and FMSF soldiers and heads out.* "enough waiting, I'll take the hill while all of them are distracted." *Hops on Garitina, Decides to remake Tamer2 anyway, this time making him an exact copy of myself in my current state, except as a mental puppet to ensure no mutiny issues, Tamer2 hops on, We take off as a Horn blows from all twelve of the towers, signalling my Dragon Airforce to take to the sky. Ten minutes later we are just a few dozen miles away fro the hill.* "Garitina. Begin the air raid!" *Garitina charges up a huge Dragon Pulse as we soar by at ridiculous speed, sending the glowing orb flying into the Castle's interior, Destroying a large part of the court yard. My Wrym Army begins shooting fiery burst of fury at the castle's walls, being reflected into the castle's interior, Completely leveling it, just as I intended.* "Good, now, commence Phase two!" *Tamer2 stands up on Garintina's back, hoisting a sword in the air and shouting a battle cry. A wrym soldier flies by and take him onto his back as a third of the force veers off to join him in his assault on Zephyr's mountain stronghold. I can see the Fires erupting as the attack is unleashed. Garitina and I land* "FMSF, Scout the ruins for survivors!!" *FMSF scouts, finds nothing, I enter beyond the still pristine outer wall and gaze upon whats left of the Castle I once built here* "RUUUUUUNG!" *I look beneath my feet and find a cracked phone on the ground, I pick it up and see it's Absol's. As I prepare to chuck it away, A recording of a phone call plays. I hear Absol saying how he captured the Hill for Notus to hopefully have Peace in the area. Something strange happens in my mind, a Schism, if you will. Though I want to chuck it away and think nothing more of it, I decide to keep it, Effectively Removing Absol from my hit list... But another part of me still wants to let Notus, Rose, and The Boss taste my wrath (It's strawberry flavored, just to let you all know.) Something's going on however, I can feel some of my grip on the Darkness slipping, I stumble to the center of the hill and collapse to my knees, struggling to get to Slight amount of control I lost back, but it's gone, and in that small sliver that the Dark retreated from, A tiny light manifest in my soul, A lighthouse in a stormy sea.* "No damnit!!! I Foresoke Yooou!!!" *I grasp my head as My mind becomes a battle ground for the Weilder of Darkness I am now and the Advocate of Light I once was.* (Hint-Hint: Distracted)

"Hm..." *Ray intently writes down Keaton's statement* "Well, again, I'm very sorry." Ray could hardly make out anything of Lars's outbreak, but he tried anyway to answer "Yes, they're very real." *A Click is heard and a burst of light comes from something in Rays hand. Standing before you all is a fearsome creature.* *Another burst of light, and the Beast vanishes again, Ray puts an unseen object in a pocket on his Lab Coat* Erick Looked over at Surge, who had a tense look on his face "You Okay Surge? ya look like you've seen a ghost or something." "J-Just Shut up and listen, kid." Ray continued on, completely ignoring the side conversation. "And Lar's, what you get... Well, you'll find that out Tomorrow." Ray heard Sid's question, Wincing a little at being called 'Gramps'. "Yes, we've heard of one matching that description. it is real. But we've yet to capture one to study. We're giving you this Info because it's on a strictly need to know bases, and all of you need to know. The catch is, you tell anyone who hasn't been aproved about any of this, and there's a certain Five Star U.S. General who will hunt you down and throw you in Guantanamo... If He doesn't feel kind enough to just have you face charges for High Treason; The latter is the better fate, trust me, I've seen Guantanamo... It ain't pretty. " Ray Clapped his hands and the presentation ended, the back wall returning to it's original state. "well, if you hadn't guessed it already, you all are going to be testing these creatures loyalty and combat abilities. I'll leave you to absorb all of this, Oak, myself and Surge have some things to go over, shouldn't take more than a few minutes." *Surge and Oak head out of the Double Doors of the Conference room. Ray follows them, Reaching for something hidden by his coat as he leaves the room and shuts the doors.* Erick stared at the rest of the group "well, that was... Interesting..."

Sweet Jesus... So many questions... Welp... Relax, my flock, your RP host hath returned. *Cracks fingers and prepares for a long typing session* No, it would not, and I would be fine with arranging an opportunity for nathan to have an encounter with zapdos (Encounter does not mean capture, just to clear things up on this front.) And I've decided to go ahead with that partner restriction change, you my chose any two pokemon from generations 1-4, I will be allowing Psuedo legendaries. (Dont go taking advantage of this...) so no, you won't be able to have Deino as an initial partner, but come Chapter two... No Gen 6. so no on that noibat. Well, the theory that i'm going with for pokemon's existence is not Radiation mutated living organisms, but rather a Virus that arose after a disaster caused a research center studying a new method of Energy production/ Teleportation technology. Pokemon based on inanimate will be off the table, but will begin appearing in Chapter 2 during the war. The story behind them will either be foreign scientist working with the virus, or by the virus somehow becoming able to affect said objects (And Ray will be quite perplexed when these things happen.) As for Geodude, let's just cross that bridge if we come to it... Because I have no Idea how to logically explain it's existence. Damn, thats right, I forgot to address the situation on Legendaries! Well, here goes: Legendaries in the RP will be divided into two categories: Major and Minor Legendaries Major legendaries will have some direct involvement in the story, they will be uncatchable unless you have proven yourself worthy of weilding such power, and probably serve as the equivalent of a boss battle for the squad. Their Lore will be removed entirely. Their origin story will be relegated to Creatures developed as super weapons by both the U.S. and various nations opposed to the U.S. when word of the (Nope, no spoilers for you!!!) Their power and size will be the absolute stuff of nightmares, far greater than the Canon Pokemon Potrays them. But you all will see that first hand eventually... Minor Legendaries will have a lesser role in the story than majors, but will be attainable easier in the story. Their lore will be replaced by Urban myths that spring up in the story, brought up by NPC's. (EX. The random Joe approached Liutenant surge as the Surrendering Korean soldiers were collected and loaded onto the transport, his face estatic. "Yo man, you hear about the huge flaming bird that was spotted in Yellow Stone? Man, they say that the thing was so bright that it can be seen twenty miles away at night!") They origin stories will be that they are creatures that the Virus has taken further root inside, thus transforming them to a far greater degree, and with that greater transformation comes greater power than other Infected creatures. List of Major Legends: As I define them. Ho-oh Lugia Rayquaza Groudon Kyogre Mewtwo Palkia Dialga Garitina Zekrom Reshiram Regice Regirock Registeel Kyurem Landorus Thundorus Note that there is a chance that not all of those named will appear in the RP List of Minor Legends: as I define them Raikou Entei Suicune Articuno Zapdos Moltres Mew Uxie Azelf Mesprit coballion Virizion Terakion Keldeo There we are. Good question Well, the main reasons that I'm implimenting all but Gen 6, and not just one gen by itself, is because of how I've set up the Biomechanics of the Virus (Got the concept for it out of the later books in the Ender Series, by Orson Scott Card.) Basically, because the virus started out in Japan, then spreads to the rest of the world over time, certain Areas of Japan, such as the Kanto Region, Have Far less variety in the species available in the area, as at the time the Virus arrives, it is still adapting to infect and transform (Kill, in most cases) The Native Species. However, as it spreads, lets say that over a decade it goes from the Kanto region to what is known as the Sinnoh Region, it has Adapted already to the DNA of many species, there fore, it is possible to find pokemon from hoenn, johto, and kanto there in addition to the pokemon native to the Region. Now then, when the virus reaches america, it has adapted some much that pokemon from every Japenese Region are found on the continent, leading to America having a Greater Variety of species (has to do with how the Virus Decides what Species to kill, and which ones to transform, and of those species, into what?). But America also gives rise to new pokemon in the metropolitan area of New york, which will be discovered as the story progresses. Now, if everyone could repost saying what they would like their new partners to be if they want to change... (Up to Gen 4, Gen 5 will be available later in the story.) I'd also like to take this minute to thank everyone for not Derping and completely overreacting over all the issues they see and instead posting them here like normal people so that they can be worked out. truly, thank you to everyone for their cooperation so far.

Ray looked over at Adam, Genuine sympathy in his eyes "I'm sorry for your loss" Ray pulls up a picture on the slide, It seems to match Keatons description exactly. "It truly is strange how the M.V. seems to have made these new creatures by simply fusing together the basic genes of two diferent species, then doing some type of altering to change the creatures even further," Ray pulled up another image, one of a cow, a Bull, and another of a creature that strongly resembled a bull, except it had three tails instead of one. "for example, a cow and bull are able to mate and produce offspring that are fertile, yes?" He pulled up another picture that replaced the two of the Bull and Cow, the new creature resembled a cow." "Well, a cow and a... we call the creature on the left a tauros. they are not able to. In fact, the two seemed to have no interest in each other. However, a milktank, the creature on the Right, is able to mate with a Tauros, and both animals show some interest in the other." Another picture appears in the middle of the two, it is a speckled brown egg. "Now, here is the prospect that made me bang my head against a wall for several months. These creatures, though there genetically based off of mammalian creatures, they produce... Eggs. Not live born offspring." Ray put his hand to one his temples, obviously stressing over something "And thats not the craziest issue. You ever see a puppy when it's just a few weeks old, then watch as it grows into a full grown dog in the span of couple of years? well these creatures... Apparently God didn't give them the memo about how things were supposed to go in nature." A video begins playing from the picture of the egg, it glows a bright, hot white light, then standing where the egg was moments ago is a tauros. "Yeah. they kinda do this... for lack of a better term, let's call it evolution. they change between child and adult forms when the time comes with the same process you just saw with the egg. It glows white, then changes to adult form." Oak picked up "I have thoerized that this is directly related to the Hiroshima incident. I'm sure you all know of it, you should've been taught of it in modern history class in high school. reports of witnesses say that the center at hiroshima erupted in a ball of white light, then expanded until it collapsed on itself, bathing the area in an energy equivalent to ninety A-Bombs being dropped, and flattening the city and everything for a mile around. but more on that later..." Ray called up the image matching Adam's discription again. "anyway, back on topic,Those thing you descried, are what's called 'Gligar' there a cross between... Well, scorpions and... Bats, we believe. Though this is the first I've heard of them acting in aggression towards a person, tell me, did your grandfather do anything to it before it attacked...?"

i think i might drop the whole "only Gen 1 for partners" requirement Nothing set in stone about that change yet...

*me and my army find ourselves once again involved in some wind related attack, this time by a vaccum cleaner, of all things>.>* "This is becoming an old tactic, ya know" I shout to whoever it is that did this." *Tears open hole to distortion world, flies through with my army, reenters the world on the same island that the Twister carried us to* "Alright, new plan. We'll be building a fortress on this isle instead, it'll be much more easy to defend." *Again goes into meditative state, builds a massive citadel, fort, and encircling wall on the isle, Enchanting each of them with the power of the Dark, which will turn them into anti-matter each time an attack is launched at it, effectively making the fortifications indestrutable to any attack, whether it be magick or physical.* "Now, why don't I take a page from Rose, and set about some ellaborate trap..." *Conjures up massive rock spires to rise form the sea, with guard towers on each of them, each of them are positioned in the eight cardinal directions, forming an octagon around the Island.* "But these aren't enough, are they?" Tamer2 replies "Why make a clock out of them, m' lord?" "Excellent idea!" *calls forth four more towers and rearranges them in the waters around the isle to form an completely symetrical clock design. I then conjure up a thick mist that is only visible to anyone not on the isle or in one of the twelve towers (You can't see us, but we can see you clear as day)* "M' lord, a clock face needs hands to tell the hour." "Another good point." *Uses the Aphotic force to conjure up a gargantuan minute and an hour hand out of dark energy, it hovers over the fortress and begins to show the current time.* "Let's lay traps m' lord, like in the book "Catching Fire" By Suzanna Collins." "Damn, your just full of good ideas today, aren't you?" *Sets a trap for intruders in every sliver of the tower-clock system, each one will be activated when the hour for it approaches.* "Shall we do a lord of the rings type deal with the tower, m' lord." "Yes," *A great ball of Black fire hovers over every tower, to set fire inturders in boats or attempting to swim.* "sir, can we make the mist poison?" "no, that's enough for the day, let's go see what my traps back at the hill have gotten." *Walks to the citadel and ascends to the highest level, where Garitina awaits us infront of a table with a sphere of energy hovering over it.* "Show us what they're doing." *the sphere shows me as they usurp my castle* "those traps I laid will come in handy, pits of magma under the floors, arrow dispencer in some of the halls, Gengars in the dungeons to steal the souls of whoever ventures down there, just to name a few. And most notably, my little self-destruct spell, laid into every brick and ounce of mortar in the building, into the very earth of the hill itself, so deep that it can never be removed by anyone by me, woven so delicately and discretely that the two-bit sorceress will never be able to detect it, even if she looked for ten thousand years. All I have to do to activate is speak one certain word of power and visualize the place erupting in a ball of darkness..." "Sir, shall we dispatch troops?" "No not yet, let's see just what they do, then we'll make our plans. but Double, I do want you to go to D.C. and deliver a message to Zero and the patriots." *Gives him the scroll, he takes off on a dragon soldier flying farther out to sea. I decide to place another spell on the Isle, one that will give any invaders instant amnesia, or if their to strong of mind, saps their Strength and their will to fight (wont have any effect on me and my Army, of course)* "and now I play the waiting game" *Begins spying*

Ray acted as if he didn't hear Clint's question, But couldn't help but listen to Logan's "You have been selected because of certain... Traits all of you possess. Traits, that are somewhat rare. Traits that make you just what we need. However, no one ever said you all were the only group assembled here..." Having cryptically answering the first part of logans question, he moved on to the next "Grey has been put into the group because he to had certain... traits, that had been demonstrated numerous times in the past. Plus he's here to give the group some variety. As for those rumors. They're only half true. We aren't working with the Virus itself, persay, but rather the results of the virus's infection, and no, none of you are going to become guinea pigs in some genetic experiment." He next turned to answer Lar's question "You're here to become handlers. as for the warriors part, you'll find that out in due time. And nothing motivates a person more than hunger" :3 He turned in delight when jory asked the question he'd been wanting to hear "Ah yes, You my friends, are in The research center and command quarters, housed within the walls of the Fortress named Bexly. in other words, this is the Bexly base, situated right in the Livoreis Forest, located right beside the rockies about seventy miles south of the Canadian border. Technically speaking, we are not in any state of the U.S. as the area around Bexly is like that of Washington District of columbia: it is independent of any state in the union. We are our own state, in other words." He clapped his together after answering the final Question. The back wall was replaced by a large black screen, a presentation begins to play on it. "No more questions, let us begin." The Presentation shows a picture of various infected Creatures that has been transformed by the Morpher Virus. "Do you all now what happens to ninety percent of all animal species infected with the Virus?" It was Oak who answered "I'll save you the trouble, They die, go completely extinct in the area of infection. It's already happened Here. Of the original species that once inhabited the continent of america, none survived." Ray picked up on Oak's point. "That's right, my friends, none of em are left around. all of em are dead and have been eaten by the new speices, alot of which are pretty alien in terms of what's been seen before in the Biosphere of Earth. Take these ones here, *He takes out a laser pointer a directs it at the turtle like creature on the bottom left of the picture.* "This is a turtle crossed with a... well, a tree. From what we know, it is capable of both photosynthesizing and physical ingestion of food. For simplicity sake, we call it a... Turtwig." Another slide appears on the presentation, this picturing a Large, red, turtoise like creature with a black shell exhaling hot flames as a soldier runs away in terror, his Fatigues catching fire at the right shoulder. "some of these creatures... no, scrath that, all of them, have certain abilities that, well that defy all reason. Like this one right here." *He uses the laser pointer to draw a circle around the tortoise like monster.* "This guy, we call them "Torkoals" as in the words tortoise and coal combined. They have to ability to breath fire at will. some of my latest research has actually found some of them eating... Coal, right out of the mountain sides." Ray put the laser pointer down for a moment and addressed the group. "Now, has anyone here had an experience with a transformed organism that they're willing to share? Go on, don't be shy."

Garitina and I find ourselves swallowed by the twister, along with my resurrected doppelganger and my wrym army. "Damn it, I forgot that he's a wind caller!!" *I manage to find garitina in the twister, I call upon the Aphotic Force to try and put an end to the maelstrom, It takes a lot of concetration and physical exertion, but I manage to do it. Me and my forces are thrown through the air and onto an island in the sea as the Twister dies.* "Garitina, watch over the troops, I've got some work to do!" *Stumbling to the shore line, I point to Tamer2* "You, you're going to help me." "Yes, my lord, as you wish." *I tear open a hole to the distortion world.we step through and come out another one in the armory room of mother base, we take several crates of C-4 explosives, then get back into the D.W.* "come... I... Explain the plan to you." *I Explain the plan to tamer2 and we go about our work, with me tearing open holes in the distortion world, and Tamer2 reaching through and planting C-4* "Good, now come here and let's detonate these things. *I close all the small holes and open a single large one high in the air for us to see, we've laid out C-4 packs systematically all around the Hill, while notus stands there, oblivious to us.* "This, is a multi part bombing. one set of C-4 to take out Notus, another to kill whoever tries to claim the hill next, another for the next, and another, and another... We have enough for about seven people to try and take the hill after he's gone." *I detonate the C-4, a ball of fire erupts. a few minutes later, notus is nowhere to be seen, presumably vaporized by the blast* "Now let's get that hill back under my control" *Enters unto the hill, carefull not to detonate any of the traps, calls my army, they again form a perimeter, I have FMSF difuse the C-4, to be reactivated in case of an attack.* "Garitina, scout the area for hostiles, Tamer2, your in charge of the hill until I finish this task." "Yes, my lord." *With Garitina scouting the Area, and my new Loyal Servent, Tamer2, taking care of fortifying the edges of the hill, I go into a deep meditative state, drawing upon the A.F.'s power to mentally build a castle around the hill. The walls are up around the hill and finished before long and I begin on the interior, being sure to put up a dampening enchantment to render the walls indestructable, as well as laying several... Nasty traps.*

Dr.Ray chuckled a little "Well, We needed to do a beta test to see how deep the effects went, the results of which are better than we hoped." Ray glanced at Erick, who was now glaring at Ray and Oak "The chairs in this room are rigged to monitor the heart rates of whoever sits in them." Ray then pointed to the ceiling, where a little black box protruded out by about an inch. "And that right there is a sensor capable of reading brain waves to interpret emotions. Alot of the Emotion we detected just now was Fear and Anger, and a lot of Shock too." He returned his attention to the group. "But it can have alot of uses, Grey. by the results of our little test just now, I think the most obvious one might be interrigation, though a person could easily rig a democratic election with a big enough apparatus..." Oak interrupted. "Not that it matters how it can be used, seeing as how it's CONFIDENTIAL, and all of you signed the agreement." Ray stopped chuckling "Right, right, okay, seriously, enough about the machine that we just used on all of you. Does anyone else have a question before we begin, like 'what is this place?', 'who are you?', 'What did the flyers mean when they said 'Elite Warriors of tommorrow'? Anyone?"

Don't worry bout that bibarel. Since i've been given a bit of fore-warning, I can change some of the coming story around. (To be honest, there is no set in stone story for Surge Story, I'm honestly making it up as I go along... Though, I'll probably have to get around to that soon...) and about Poke-people, I wouldn't say it's gone kaput just yet. I think this is just a really slow point for the RP. There still a chance for it to come back though.

Ray turned to Jory. "I like your enthusiasm about it. But one, That's classified, and two, No, You cannot have one." he turned back to the rest of the group "Anyone else have questions before we start?"

*outside the Barracks* Surge was still very pissed about his encounter with Ray and his fearsome pet. He was steaming as he walked across the compound to the Barracks where he had locked the new recruits in, though not that any of them knew it was locked. He approached the door and placed his hand on the handle, waiting a few seconds to allow the system to unlock it. Finally a chime sounded from the door, and Surge opened it. "Hope you all have gotten aquanted. it's 18:59. Follow me to the mess." Surge turned and started walking out of the door, then remembered something and and scaned the room for Enyo Greyjoy. it took him several sweeps with his eyes before he realized she was on the bunk right next to where he had been standing. "You," He pointed to Greyjoy "Take your bag with you, you won't be returning to this barrack." With that, Surge walked off, not waiting to see if anyone followed him. *Inside the barracks...* You all decide to get up and do as Surge says. Before long he leads all of you inside the MWB(magnificent white building) and to a large pair of double doors and into a large room with grey tiles on the floor, several tables, and a serving station in the center of the room. You are ushered in and guided to a large table near the center of the room. No other soldiers are in the room. But Standing at the head of the table is Dr.Ray and Professor Oak. "Hello," Says Ray, slowly turning to face the group. Erick answered his greeting with a question. "Where's Dinner, and who are you?" Ray turned to face Erick, a smirk across his face. "Dinner Began at 17:00 hours and ended about ten minutes ago. You'll have to wait for breakfast. Ray reached behind his back and pulled out the gun he kept holstered there, making a show of loading a bullet into the chamber. He placed it on the table directly in front of him. "but before we begin, Who amoung you here lied on any of the test? Some of you submitted answers that didn't correspond to the profiles and data that was already gathered on them. We know who they were, but we wanna see hands." Erick hadn't seen this coming. He'd filled out the test with answers he thought they'd want to hear, not what he was thinking at the time. He pushed hard to stay calm. "What is this about, if you know it was, then why don't you just out them instead of making it a charade?" Ray picked up his gun and moved to where Erick was sitting. He pushed the barrel to his temple, but kept his finger off the trigger. "Because, that Test you all took, I devised it. your honest answering of it was a matter of national security, and lieing on it was technically and act of high treason." He looked Erick hard in the eyes. "I already know that you did, my friend. it would be a shame to have to send your body back to your mother and older sister in a cedar box, a bullet hole right between your eyes." He kicked Erick's chair out from under him, sending the young man to the floor. He began kicking him in the ribs. once, twice, three times, four, five... Erick could feel the pain shooting through him with each blow, getting worse everytime. He felt a cry welling in his throat, but stiffled it as the beating continued. he could taste blood in his mouth. Don't let him get the satisfaction of hearing me cry out in pain. Oak stepped forward and placed a hand on Ray's shoulder "Ray, that's enough." Ray stepped away from Erick as he groveled on the tiled floor. *The rest of you sit, there, stunned by what just transpired. the room stands silent for a few minutes, the only sounds are Erick Groveling on the floor* Surge spoke up. "Are you done here Ray? Have you beaten enough men for the day?" Ray Grinned at this. "Clemont, End simulation, the test is a success." *A click is heard from somewhere in the room, the Erick that was grovelling on the floor is replaced by an Erick who is still sitting in his chair, without a mark on him* ------- Erick felt disoriented when the pain began to subside, then even more disoriented when he realized that he was not on the floor, but still in his chair. he couldn't tell if the beating he'd just endured was real or not. but his nerves screamed that it had been, though his body said it was all a lie. "W-what the hell was that...?" Ray stepped towards the back wall, pressing on a seemingly random place on it. "Clemont, I said off, man. It still looks like we're standing in the messhall." *another click is heard. you all are no longer standing in the mess hall, but rather a conference room with grey carpeting, the place on the wall where Ray had pressed is revealed to be an intercom system. and there is no gun to be seen anywhere in the room.Ray is no longer at the back wall, but is at the head of the table with oak. The two seem as if they were taking notes, as several pieces of paper are on the table in front of them.* It was Oak who spoke next. "That my friends, is the magick of science. What just happened was a very new invention being tested. One with the ability to imprint the image, feel, and experience of any scenario on the frontal lobe of the human brain. Everything you just saw, only happened in your heads. none of it was real. But that's a different subject, not why you all are sitting here, no, you're here because we need to explain what you'll be doing." Ray looked around at everyone, gauging their reactions. His eyes landed on Surge and stayed for a while. "What?" Surge asked. He seems to have not seen the same thing. "You expecting me to nod in approval of this. I didn't agree with the Ethics of this yesterday when you told me about it, And I sure as hell aren't going to approve after seeing the looks on these people's faces." Erick spoke, still shaken from the experience. "That's just... Messed up man... Why...?" Ray Ignored him and began speaking as if nothing had happened. He took his eyes off surge. "Before we begin our explanation, does anyone have any questions not involving what did, or rather, didn't just happen?"