Personification Life - IC Part VIII [open]

[Swith Witherward]

"Well, I'm ready to leave." Bran said and clutched his suitcase to get up, using it to support himself as he stood. "Swith, where'd you get those?" He asked as his eyes widened.

Swith carefully pulled the foil packet from her coin purse. It was crumpled, but it contained one remaining Pop Tart. The thing was probably very stale by now, and it was crumbly and the corners had been nibbled off by her, but it was still recognizable as the one he'd given her nearly a year ago. She smiled at Bran.

[Torsiedelle]

"Yea, okay, thanks, see ya around, Kei! Sorry we couldn't hang long!", Katya said as she left the room quickly. She sure hoped that Tora brought clothes...

....

A minute later, Torii quickly ran back into her room, yelling "Sorry, but I gotta get this!", to Tsu before running into the second room. A minute later, she ran back out with two suitcases and ran back through the halls. She could barely stop as she bolted into the lobby before crashing into the wall. With a "umph!", She fell to the floor, out of breath.

[Tiltjuice]

"I'll stay here for a day or two, bum off of your friends all I need. I do have my own apartment though, don't expect me to be like your eye candy over in the corner there, staying around forever." Kei joked and flopped on her belly with a wad of pillows and turned the TV on.

"Hey, have fun on the trip, alright?"

"You got it. Anything you find in the fridge is fair game, too, if you want." Dora waved, quick and casual, then ushered Katya out and closed the door behind them.

"Lobby, then?" She rested her hand on Katya's back.

[Urran]

"Roughly 26 hours." she said to Ogatti. "Why?" she asked. She shook her hair and began combing it with a turtle shell brush.

[Cerillium]

"Roughly 26 hours." she said to Ogatti. "Why?" she asked. She shook her hair and began combing it with a turtle shell brush.

"I'm glad I packed a toothbrush," he jested.

Ogoti glanced around to see who else was turning up. He hadn't visited with some of them since the Templar home world. It would be a nice change of pace to become reacquainted with them again.

[Torsiedelle]

"I'll stay here for a day or two, bum off of your friends all I need. I do have my own apartment though, don't expect me to be like your eye candy over in the corner there, staying around forever." Kei joked and flopped on her belly with a wad of pillows and turned the TV on.

"Hey, have fun on the trip, alright?"

"You got it. Anything you find in the fridge is fair game, too, if you want." Dora waved, quick and casual, then ushered Katya out and closed the door behind them.

"Lobby, then?" She rested her hand on Katya's back.

"Um...yes, that's the meeting place.", Katya nodded. "C'mon, we're already quite late, I believe. I don't want to be too late, now."

She started walking again, hoping Dora would follow quickly.

[Lancearc]

"Statues of yourself are near mandatory, did you not have your servants bring them here for you?" Lance asked, stopping to admire the courtyard, a small 'oasis' in the center providing shade from the heat beating down on the roofless area.

[Tiltjuice]

"Um...yes, that's the meeting place.", Katya nodded. "C'mon, we're already quite late, I believe. I don't want to be too late, now."

She started walking again, hoping Dora would follow quickly.

"Neither do I," Dora said, almost prayerfully. "That would be bad." She kept pace with Katya, although no longer in contact with the other woman. The sky was brightening, it seemed.

She saw the others gathered in the lobby as they arrived. Bran, Swith, Ogoti, and company standing around. Luce, Chrys, Jacob, and the horse being from earlier, off to the side.

"Hey, all," she greeted the former.

[New Aksarben]

Jacob then noticed that Swith, Bran, Blossom, and a few other people were beginning to gather within the lobby, a bit away from where he was speaking to Cerril, Luce, and Chrys. He looked over at Chrys and Luce, and gave a smile. "Oh, it looks like it is time for me to go. We are going on a trip to Yoshi's homeland, in honor of him. I guess it is about time to leave. So, Vale." He gave a small bow, and began heading over to the group across the lobby. But not before picking up the bag that had totally been there the whole time, since Jacob had been expecting to have to leave in the middle of a conversation. It was how the building seemed to work, where conversations always seemed to get cut short so something could happen.

He waved to Bran, Swith, and the others as he approached the group. "Salve, everyone." He greeted with a wave. He had a smaller smile than he normally did, and his tail floated close to the ground, showing that he wasn't completely happy. "Is it about time to leave for Urran?"

[Cerillium]

"Neither do I," Dora said, almost prayerfully. "That would be bad." She kept pace with Katya, although no longer in contact with the other woman. The sky was brightening, it seemed.

She saw the others gathered in the lobby as they arrived. Bran, Swith, Ogoti, and company standing around. Luce, Chrys, Jacob, and the horse being from earlier, off to the side.

"Hey, all," she greeted the former.

"Hello Dora," Ogoti bowed. "Very nice to see you. I was hoping you'd come along.

Truthfully, Ogoti felt like the odd man out. He had no affiliation with Yoshi. He agreed to accompany Swith. All the others seemed to be the boy's closest friends.

"Hello Jacob," he bowed as the young man joined them.

[Swith Witherward]

Jacob then noticed that Swith, Bran, Blossom, and a few other people were beginning to gather within the lobby, a bit away from where he was speaking to Cerril, Luce, and Chrys. He looked over at Chrys and Luce, and gave a smile. "Oh, it looks like it is time for me to go. We are going on a trip to Yoshi's homeland, in honor of him. I guess it is about time to leave. So, Vale." He gave a small bow, and began heading over to the group across the lobby. But not before picking up the bag that had totally been there the whole time, since Jacob had been expecting to have to leave in the middle of a conversation. It was how the building seemed to work, where conversations always seemed to get cut short so something could happen.

He waved to Bran, Swith, and the others as he approached the group. "Salve, everyone." He greeted with a wave. He had a smaller smile than he normally did, and his tail floated close to the ground, showing that he wasn't completely happy. "Is it about time to leave for Urran?"

"It is," Swith replied. Her brows knitted slightly. He seemed much less cheerful than usual, and she wished she could somehow reassure him that all would be well. She wasn't even certain how close he was to Yoshi.

"I suppose we're waiting on the sisters and Gio. You arrived in plenty of time," she said.

[Tiltjuice]

Jacob then noticed that Swith, Bran, Blossom, and a few other people were beginning to gather within the lobby, a bit away from where he was speaking to Cerril, Luce, and Chrys. He looked over at Chrys and Luce, and gave a smile. "Oh, it looks like it is time for me to go. We are going on a trip to Yoshi's homeland, in honor of him. I guess it is about time to leave. So, Vale." He gave a small bow, and began heading over to the group across the lobby. But not before picking up the bag that had totally been there the whole time, since Jacob had been expecting to have to leave in the middle of a conversation. It was how the building seemed to work, where conversations always seemed to get cut short so something could happen.

He waved to Bran, Swith, and the others as he approached the group. "Salve, everyone." He greeted with a wave. He had a smaller smile than he normally did, and his tail floated close to the ground, showing that he wasn't completely happy. "Is it about time to leave for Urran?"

"Have fun!" Chrys exclaimed, trying to push through Luce to give Jacob a goodbye pounce.

"Neither do I," Dora said, almost prayerfully. "That would be bad." She kept pace with Katya, although no longer in contact with the other woman. The sky was brightening, it seemed.

She saw the others gathered in the lobby as they arrived. Bran, Swith, Ogoti, and company standing around. Luce, Chrys, Jacob, and the horse being from earlier, off to the side.

"Hey, all," she greeted the former.

"Hello Dora," Ogoti bowed. "Very nice to see you. I was hoping you'd come along.

Truthfully, Ogoti felt like the odd man out. He had no affiliation with Yoshi. He agreed to accompany Swith. All the others seemed to be the boy's closest friends.

"Hello Jacob," he bowed as the young man joined them.

Dora inclined her head politely. "Hello, Ogoti. Glad to be here, though there's something out of place about the trip," she observed more quietly, so that Katya didn't hear.

"Jacob, hi." She broke off from Katya and moved closer to where Ogoti, Swith, and Jacob were clustered. It felt somewhat like a cocktail party with suitcases and bags.

[Urran]

"Is everyone here?" Yuri shouted above the group, she would obviously be the one leading the group. She looked around and started counting the number of people present, craning her neck to make sure that she got everyone.

[Cerillium]

Dora inclined her head politely. "Hello, Ogoti. Glad to be here, though there's something out of place about the trip," she observed more quietly, so that Katya didn't hear.

"Jacob, hi." She broke off from Katya and moved closer to where Ogoti, Swith, and Jacob were clustered. It felt somewhat like a cocktail party with suitcases and bags.

"It'll be interesting," Ogoti quipped. A smile flickered in the corners of his eyes as he surveyed the vampire, national personifications and Swith. "I suppose the Urranese government is expecting an odd assortment of beings. Tell me, is that horse person going as well?"

He grew quiet once Yuri spoke up.

[New Aksarben]

"Neither do I," Dora said, almost prayerfully. "That would be bad." She kept pace with Katya, although no longer in contact with the other woman. The sky was brightening, it seemed.

She saw the others gathered in the lobby as they arrived. Bran, Swith, Ogoti, and company standing around. Luce, Chrys, Jacob, and the horse being from earlier, off to the side.

"Hey, all," she greeted the former.

"Hello Dora," Ogoti bowed. "Very nice to see you. I was hoping you'd come along.

Truthfully, Ogoti felt like the odd man out. He had no affiliation with Yoshi. He agreed to accompany Swith. All the others seemed to be the boy's closest friends.

"Hello Jacob," he bowed as the young man joined them.

Oh, Salve, Ogoti. It has been quite a while since I have seen you." He smiled at the god, and gave a small bow. "I believe the last time we saw each other was in Chaos during the drone invasion? Or am I wrong?" Jacob couldn't quite remember, but he assumed that was the last time they had indeed spoken. He had really been nervous and feeling like he was useless during that whole thing, and Ogoti had helped him quite a bit if he remembered correctly. He didn't know the god very well, but he guessed it would be interesting to learn more about him over the course of this trip.

Jacob then looked over towards Swith, to speak to her. "That is good. I would hate to miss the trip to Yoshi's homeland." He really would have hated himself for missing the opportunity, and would likely have felt like he had been incredibly rude to Yoshi to not attend the Urranese Writer's funeral. His thoughts started getting darker again, so he distracted himself with more thoughts of the interesting things going on, an happy memories. He shook his head, and then nodded.

Jacob gave a bit bigger of a smile when he saw Dora approaching. "Oh, Salve, Dora. So you are coming along, then?" He heard Yuri, so he decided to go quiet following that , to be respectful of the other personification.

[Swith Witherward]

Giovenith arrived just in the nick of time. Her handler was elsewhere but had kindly asked others to tend to the godling. And so, she stepped up to Jacob, Dora, Ogoti and Swith and stood quietly with everything she needed for the trip. Swith smiled at her and then patiently turned to face Yuri to await instructions.

[The BranRiech]

"Considering statues are nearly impossible to carry, because we flew all the way here." Drova said, taking in the wonderous atmosphere. "Simply beautiful, of course, I didn't think this possible within the constraints of your simple apartment room." He said, pressing for an answer. "May we get some food?"

--

Bran stood, ready to leave. He eyed Swith and the last remaining poptart.

"It's worth the food poisoning, share it?"

[Urran]

"Oh there she is" Yuri said cheerfully, nodding to Gio. "Now, we are going here for a memorial service as you all know, and the Urranese government is giving us special treatment. We will not be going through security like normal, they will simply run us through an x-ray machine. Any weapons you may have g=brought are fine, just tell security about them. Now, this is a war-torn nation, so the military will be out in force, don't be nervous, they are there for your benefit. Red meat, alcohol, and produce won't be aloud through. Red meat and alcohol are toxic to us but are available at some specialty shops run by foreigners, and produce may introduce nasty things to our environment. As I said before, this is a memorial trip, but we will have downtime, but keep in mind, this isn't a vacation. Any questions?" she took a deep breath after finishing her rant.



Blossom bounced up and down in place, her eyes sparkled, she couldn't wait to set eyes on her nation again. Her duffle bounced on her shoulder.

[Primordial Luxa]

"Simple enough, how?" Natiya asked and shifted her weight to the other leg as she watched the various tentacles whir around the room, finding more interest in them rather than the explanations.

That dark light began to form behind Primordial's eyes the kind that appeared when he was demolishing reality. "With magic!" he said making an explosive gesture with his hands "Good old smoke and mirrors. Come." He turns leaving the entry way where they had been talking entering a hallway of black and green volcanic rock. Primordial quickly led her though the passage through what seemed like an insane amount of turns and twist but when Natiya looked back strangely she could see the arc they had entered though. Beyond a set of large brass doors that unlatched and fled as they approach like a swam of insects was Primordials workshop

The room was a mess and it was obvious Primordial liked it that way. The room was filled with a set of two operating tables/ work benches that were covered in a mixture of organs and mechanics, as well as a trio of matter manipulators. The floor was covered in strips of flesh that had been discarded from some unfortunate creature and metal parts from clockwork devices. At the back of the room was a much more organized room that looked like an office space. As Primordial strolled through he casually began grabbing things as he passed by that he would need for his experiment, and with little ceremony dumped them onto one of the work tables. “So Natiya want to help me save the city?”

Arthur was caught in the blast and was vaporized. Moments later, in one of the many labs of the house, he was cloned again this time he looked human and was free from the side effects of his prescription medications. However, his brain still craved them. He got dressed and visited the armory for a weapon that would attract and absorb radiation.

"Bingo." he said in satisfaction as he picked up what he was looking for and a second deadlock shield and a radiation suit. Quickly getting into his car, he raced back towards the action, better prepared this time.

Nevvie grew tired of idly waiting and only helping evacuate. This led her to do an incredibly stupid decision, she fired at the creature. Her Disintegrator-Ray Rifle was designed to break apart the gluon particles that held conventional atomic structures together. She knew full well that it would have little damaging effect on a being of pure energy, but did it anyways.

The first ACF agent that the monster targeted was instantly vaporized. His shield lasted for maybe a second, before failing and allowing the intense beams to directly hit him. The man had been there one second, and the next he was simply gone. There was not even any trace of him left. Octavian immediately ordered the rest of the agents to pull back, and get out of the monster's sight. He ignored the SPRA guy, but still moved away, running of to hid behind a building and continue taking pot shots, as did the rest of the agents. A few others were obliterated by the monster, but the continued running from cover to cover to avoid the thing attacking them. They spread out again to attack it from all sides, upon orders from Octavian. He relayed his orders through the radio's in the helmets of all the agents. Which, if the other groups bothered to try, could be accessed to allow communication between the groups that were fighting the tablet monster.

"This is bad. Really bad. This thing is definitely a Keter level object. If we cannot contain it, it could cause an XK end-of-the-world scenario...." Octavian muttered as he continued to fire at the creature when he was in the open. He ducked behind another building to avoid any retaliation. "Should have brought more agents. I underestimated how dangerous this thing would be. But we must stop this thing from threatening our interests in this universe..." He barely cared that people were being killed. He just didn't want this thing to destroy their assets in this universe. But if worse came to worse, Octavian could always order them to begin evacuating back to Aksarben. They might leave some of the more dangerous things behind, as it would be very convenient to just leave them in a different universe.

But that wasn't important right now. Octavian had to focus on surviving and getting this thing either contained or destroyed. And he wouldn't let whoever that other group represent do that. It was the ACF's duty to protect humanity from things that would destroy them or affect their natural path. And if that meant killing those men as well, so be it.

---

"Well, if you do not want the car to be damaged, we should leave it here, as the fight might spread. Or this thing might move." Albert advised, getting serious again. He could see evidence of the battle, mainly that there was occasional bright flashes going on a few blocks away. "And I believe I can see the battle right now." He observed, gesturing towards the flashes and the sound of gunshots. He grinned again, before donning his helmet again. "I'm ready to go when you are, Ray."

Albert was still a bit wary about helping, mainly since he knew Octavian would be there. He didn't like the prince because he always lorded the fact that he could command the personification to do almost anything over Albert. It pissed of Albert so much, but he felt obligated to follow Octavian's orders. Albert felt he must always follow his orders no matter what, as he had done for thousands of years. But usually the person giving him orders didn't ask him to unclog a toilet just because he was too lazy to do it himself. Or to fight lions and worse to entertain him. The personification briefly shook his head to focus on what was going on, and quickly checked his weapons to make sure they were clean and working properly. He was still excited to fight alongside Ray, but he hoped Octavian wouldn't notice he was even there.

The creature gave a brief shriek at the raptors attack as it bodies constant reconfiguration was interrupted by the new and unknown energy and it turned a blinding gaze towards the raptor that would fry the retina of those who didn’t flee from its gaze. However a good portion of its energy was focused on the ACF troops that had caused it much pain. By now everything within a 20 block radius had been turned to ash and lava, volcanic rocks were beginning to explode from the ground and the seismic plates shuttered beneath the feet of the inhabitants. However the creature was finally starting to relax, it had been trapped for what seemed like all of existence in that agony prison and now it was free. The Sister of Light now felt safe having removed the plague of humanity from its immediate surrounding which gave it some room to breathe.

It reasoned that it sound try to find its way home which would, unfortunately for the citizens, take it deeper into the city.

[Lancearc]

"Considering statues are nearly impossible to carry, because we flew all the way here." Drova said, taking in the wonderous atmosphere. "Simply beautiful, of course, I didn't think this possible within the constraints of your simple apartment room." He said, pressing for an answer. "May we get some food?"

--

Bran stood, ready to leave. He eyed Swith and the last remaining poptart.

"It's worth the food poisoning, share it?"

"Of course, they did not do all of this with the one simple room...if you want an explanation, we are in approximately 150 BC right now.... We replaced the door of my own room with something of our own design to hold the magic of the ancient civilization that we first learned of this...time bending from. If someone were to enter the room from a window I imagine they would find it quite normal save for the portal...it is all very confusing."

A servant had approached with a tray of dates by then, after Drova's request for food. "They are a very sweet fruit, have one." Lance insisted.

[Cerillium]

"Oh there she is" Yuri said cheerfully, nodding to Gio. "Now, we are going here for a memorial service as you all know, and the Urranese government is giving us special treatment. We will not be going through security like normal, they will simply run us through an x-ray machine. Any weapons you may have g=brought are fine, just tell security about them. Now, this is a war-torn nation, so the military will be out in force, don't be nervous, they are there for your benefit. Red meat, alcohol, and produce won't be aloud through. Red meat and alcohol are toxic to us but are available at some specialty shops run by foreigners, and produce may introduce nasty things to our environment. As I said before, this is a memorial trip, but we will have downtime, but keep in mind, this isn't a vacation. Any questions?" she took a deep breath after finishing her rant.



Blossom bounced up and down in place, her eyes sparkled, she couldn't wait to set eyes on her nation again. Her duffle bounced on her shoulder.

Ogoti coughed. "Will the lack of an image upon x-ray prevent us from entry?" He glanced at Swith and added, "Will red meat be provided?"

Their matrix wouldn't allow radiation to pass through and both of them required intake of specific things. He felt badly about it but he hadn't realized there were requirements that might not be able to be met. He didn't doubt that Swith had done as he had; Ogoti's pockets contained foodstuffs to sustain him.

"We can always arrange a different way in," he suggested, "If arriving through an airport is too much trouble. We don't want to hold up the others due to our limitations."

[Urran]

Yuri looked over to Ogati with an inquisitive look. "I don't think that that will be a problem. You may sneak in the meat if you wish but it will not be provided. There will be several inflight meals; dinner tonight, breakfast, lunch, and dinner tomorrow, as well as snacks in between, and then breakfast the next morning. We get an entire floor to ourselves and you are encouraged to walk around the aircraft. I hope that that settles any fears about the long flight"

[The BranRiech]

"Yeah, it's not like Swith's going to blow up a plane, or going to bring something illegal." Bran chuckled as he stood nearby the door. "Oh, and on the flight, you could teach me about the clothes then." He suggested, trying to find something to do beforehand.

--

"Hmm, fruit? I'm a fan." Drova nodded and plucked a piece from the platter, barely noticing the servant carrying it for him. "Mmm, thank you. So you're from the past then. Interesting."

[Torsiedelle]

"Clothes?"

Katya was curious. "Will we be wearing Urran-style clothing?", She inquired. Just thinking about it seemed strange. Sure, a Kimono, or whatever they wore seemed nice, but was it as nice as a dress?

Torii dusted herself off and slowly shuffled over beside her sister.

[Giovenith]

Giovenith was excited about the trip. No matter how many places she and her friends went, it always struck her as one of the most adventurous things ever. She had not forgotten the sad reason for the whole trip, she could never forget that. But traveling to any country outside the original three she was used to had always seemed like such a privilege, a very grown-up thing to do, like a seven year old who had been told they could walk round the block to the corner store.

She smiled, patted her pockets, and politely listened to the people around here. Didn't want to miss important things. The meat part didn't really bother her, she wasn't a big meat eater anyway, but she did wonder how her hammerspace pockets would react to searches. This wasn't something she had ever considered. She hoped it wouldn't get her in trouble.