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| AzureGhidorah | Sep 13 2015, 02:54 PM Post #1 |
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There are few things more mind numbing then having to wait around with nothing to do, no means to tell the time, and no idea when the wait will be over. That fact was becoming ever more increasingly obvious to me as my wait seemed to stretch on forever despite at most being only a few minutes. "For crying out loud... where are you, you cosmic nutjob!?" I shouted out into the starry abyss, before snarling and looking back at the Earth-like planet. "Cosmic nutjob...? In all my time I thought I've heard every possible bit of name calling. I've never heard that one before though so props to you for that." The voice rang out again behind me. Knowing how it was acting before though, I didn't bother wasting energy turning around. "Come now, don't be such a spoil sport, I brought your friend for your time here around. Don't you want to see who it is?" Huffing indignantly, I got up, starting to turn around in response. "You 'come now', enough with this fre-" I began to snap, throwing a glare at the white-haired pretty boy that first appeared in my sight out of the corner of my eye. At least he was finally letting me see him so that was something. That wasn't what caused me to stop in my tracks mid-word though. No, that honor belonged to the person standing by him. Just like that one day so long ago, the mere sight and recognition of her caused every other thought to grind to a screeching halt. "... Megan...?" I finally managed to whisper softly, eyes going wide. |
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| lyricalmagical | Sep 13 2015, 02:55 PM Post #2 |
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“Mou! Don’t just grab someone’s arm and just run off with them!” I grumbled at the stranger. When we finally stopped, I rubbed my wrist. Hearing the banter of two males, I didn’t pay much attention. Until I heard my name…. I looked up and tilted my head, focusing on the other guy. I felt like there was a “. . .” over my head and then “!” “Devon! W-what are you doing here?!” I was beyond surprised. I looked at the silver haired guide. “You didnt tell me it was someone I knew!” I turned back to my friend. “What’s it been….five years since we were last face-to-face?” I smiled at him then started to walk over before pausing and turning to the guide. “We CAN walk on this space thing right?” |
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| AzureGhidorah | Sep 13 2015, 02:56 PM Post #3 |
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Our silver haired guide soon had a rather large sweat drop rolling down the back of his head as he chuckled. “Actually, I did tell you it was someone you knew… very well in fact. As for this area-” I gave him no more time to speak, effectively charging across the distance between us. It… took all of my self restraint to not give her the biggest bear hug I possibly could out of the sheer joy of properly seeing her once more. Instead I managed to quell my excitement to just skidding to a stop about half a foot away, so as to not be completely smothering. “I could ask you the same thing! Though I think I already know the answer: Mr. White Haired Pretty Boy here dragging us out of our daily lives.” Said pretty boy cough lightly, catching attention again, as he smiled. His tone dripped with sarcasm as answered me though, “Yes, yes, brilliant deductive work Mr. Sherlock Holmes. I suppose I should also play the roll of Wattson and be accordingly amazed?” I turned a sour glare at him for the comment, but held my tongue. “Moving on, as Devon here so eagerly displayed, yes you can walk on this space. Similarly, yes, I’m the cause of all this. Now you may be wondering why I went through all the effort of plucking a young man and a young woman from their comfy everyday life against their will.” At this the enigmatic person turned and started to walk away from us. “Quite simply, when you’ve seen and experienced every world there is to see, the vast multiverse quickly gets surprisingly dull. I’ve run the gauntlet from desperate struggles against invading aliens to optimistic journeys of self-discovery and camaraderie.” The figure sighed wistfully and looked around the starry expanse he’d brought us to, likely looking over some particularly fond memories of his. He shook his head after that, returning his gaze towards us “Ah, forgive me, I always pick the worst times to reminisce… Back to what I was saying. The multiverse is dull for me to travel around now a days, so I take to plucking young people with great potential to offer… not exactly a vacation from the ordinary, but something similar. Tell me young ones… are there any fantasy worlds you’ve ever really longed to visit for yourself? Longed to explore by your own hand, rather then through some gaming avatar? People you enjoyed watching on your precious anime and would’ve loved to meet for real?” I don’t know exactly how Megan took that, but I once again was wearing the wide eyed ‘deer in headlights’ look. “You’re serious about this…?” He smirked, realizing I’d metaphorically put two and two together, and nodded in response. Following that I sighed a bit over dramatically and took a seat again, rubbing my forehead. “Any world whatsoever is up for grabs…?” “With in reason, some worlds are particularly deadly after all so I’d prefer if you hold off on those until you’ve got a fair amount of personal experience under your belt and a collection of powers to help you along.” was the reply I got, and he looked over to Megan. “Any questions of your own, young lady?” |
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| lyricalmagical | Sep 13 2015, 02:56 PM Post #4 |
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I chuckled a little when Devon rushed over, barely stopping in time before hitting me. I turned to listen to our guide as he was explaining himself. I felt my face go red as he mentioned his reason for plucking a man and a woman from their life against their will. My first thought was, well it wasnt what he ended up explaining. There are only so many things that go through your head when people mention one of each gender after all! My face cooled down as he began to tell his fantastical tale of traveling multi-dimensions and grand adventures and such. I quirked an eyebrow. “Right. YOU can take us to any world we want. Anime, game, TV series, etc.” I gave an unladylike snort. “Ya, right, and I’m Sailor Moon.” I rolled my eyes then noticed my companions look. “Dont tell me you believe him? This has to be some sort of dream or really elaborate kidnapping, that or the soup I ate last night was actually expired and my sister forgot to mention it.” I looked at our guide, thinking. “Prove it.” |
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| AzureGhidorah | Sep 13 2015, 02:57 PM Post #5 |
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“Well, maybe not Sailor Moon exactly but how about Sailor Eris, a brand new Senshi?” he quipped in response to Megan at her sarcastic comeback. His expression turned to one that was a rather irritating ‘I know something you don’t know’ grin. “As for proving it? Well, Mr. Sun Born Dragon, I believe that’s your cue.” Sun born dragon… why did that ring such a bell in my head? I felt like I should recognize that immediately, but I’d never read or watched anything that used that term specifically. “Of course you haven’t”, a new voice, booming but deep, called out. I jumped to my feet in shock, even letting out a soft squeak of surprise that I hope no one else heard. I doubt Megan would ever let me live it down if only to poke fun at me. Enough about that though, as our little grouping suddenly had a new member who seemed to blur into existence. Towering over all of us at a good ten feet tall and coated head to tails in shimmering emerald scales was a mighty form. Just as the pretty boy had mentioned, it was a dragon that appeared before us and he smiled softly at us, showing a number of his many sharp fangs yet still managing to appear non-threatening somehow. Granted, given what I knew he could do, he was probably projecting a calming aura to counteract his ferocious appearance. “After all, you first made it to refer to me.” the new figure finished as he folded his hands behind his back, wrapping his wings around his body like a living cloak. “S-S-S-Solranous!?” I proclaimed. I’d only ever imagined the great creature that now stood before us in the flesh, so to see him appear now out of the blue was… jarring to say the least. “B-B-B-But how, and why, but you’re…!?” To say that I was capable of coherent thought was… a gross overestimation of my conscious ability to say the least. “You know…” Solranous began, turning his gaze to the silver haired youth. “I told you at least one of them would be skeptical of your offer.” He chuckled in that deep tone of his, even the simple acting causing minor echoes from the sheer force of his hidden power. “Still, I supposed that’s why you contracted for me to appear should you need my presence.” He turned back to me and reached a hand out, ruffling my hair where I stood. “It’s a nice feeling to meet you face-to-face after all of these years being your favorite avatar…” Leaving me still tongue-tied and dumb-founded, he shifted his gaze over to Megan, kneeling down and holding his hand out for her to shake, providing she wasn’t as star struck as me. “And you too, Megan. Don’t think I’ve forgotten all about you and your infinitely kind heart. I’m here mainly to confirm the validity of this man’s claims. He can in fact send you two to other worlds, and is offering to do it practically for free. I suggest you take the offer up before its gone, it is quite literally a once in a lifetime opportunity. You refuse this, and you’ll never hear from us again, never mind everything else you miss out on.” |
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| lyricalmagical | Sep 13 2015, 02:57 PM Post #6 |
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I opened my mouth and was about to point out there was NO Sailor Eris in cannon to the infuriating though pretty guide, he mentioned something about a dragon. Then BAM! Green, giant dragon! My mouth stayed open as I just gaped up at the dragon, and then…. IT. TALKED. I slid to my knees, and if this were an anime, a tiny soul would have been coming out of my mouth and my body would have been white. Then Devon said something in reply that made me come to my senses. “Solranous!” He had stammered out. Solranous…? Devon’s famous dragon character? I felt confused. How could an idea be here in the flesh…. That couldnt be….. “And you too, Megan. Don’t think I’ve forgotten all about you and your infinitely kind heart. I’m here mainly to confirm the validity of this man’s claims…” I really only heard the first part of what the gentle giant said, as there was a giant claw….hand….thing in front of me, easily twice the size of my hand. I numbly put my hand in his and shook it, unable to speak, which was a first for me…..I usually had some sort of comeback on the tip of my tongue. I believe I was currently gaping like a fish, but I couldn’t tell you for sure. I turned to Devon. “…..dragon…..proof…..” was all I managed to get out. |
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| AzureGhidorah | Sep 13 2015, 02:58 PM Post #7 |
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“I think I might have broken them a bit…” Solranous mused as he noted our reactions. Chuckling softly, he flashed a smirk before stepping back. “Though I suppose there was nothing I could do to make the shock any less startling. These two are only aware of things like dragons from anime and such after all.” The scaled giant shrugged his shoulders as if to say ‘what can you do?’ “You certainly know how to command the spotlight with your arrival, dear friend. Perhaps you should’ve sent your daughter? She’s enough dragon and enough human to not be nearly so shocking.” the mystery guide commented back, before joining the dragon in shrugging his shoulders. I’d managed to catch two barely uttered words from Megan, turning to meet her in acknowledgement. “If… If you’re… you’re asking me… if that’s really Sol, then yes. Without a doubt.” Shaking my head in an attempt to knock some sort of sense back into myself, I looked over at the two figures giving us our space to recollect our thoughts. Nope, still wasn’t quite focused enough to speak anything truly meaningful. Maybe if I got gently pinched by those claws… Reading my mind like an open book, Solranous reached over and pinched my arm just enough to hurt, but not enough to break the skin, resulting in a yelp of pain from me. “Oh geeze it’s real…! You can’t feel pain in a dream after all and that really hurt!” Solranous shook his head at my babbling, smiling again as he was want to do. “So… you’re here… backing up his claims…” I began again, taking a deep breath to steady myself. “It’s all right here for the taking, but before you tell me yes or no, let me educate you more on my offer.” the pretty boy said, drawing my attention again. “First, while I’ve had so many names as to be an anomalous figure, I’ve taken to calling my offer the ‘Jump Chain’ given its nature and consequently am called ‘Jumpchan’ or ‘Jumpkun’ depending on what gender I happen to appear as at the time. The offer is this, I provide a vast database of worlds I could send you to and let you decide what worlds you wish to visit and in what order. For every world you decide to travel to, you’ll receive a new body suited to that world and will be able to take on certain abilities and items from that world upon yourself to ease your time there. Perhaps, though, your initial budget with which to purchase these benefits isn’t enough though? I am capable of granting more to you, but in return I adjust the world to make your stay more, let us say, interesting. Generally the time you spend in a given world is ten years, though there are the rare exceptions where some worlds allow you to stay longer, or restrict your access to less than ten years. Regardless of what happens, this will allow you to experience the entirety of the story you know of one way or another should you choose to involve yourselves in it. I set no rules on what you can or can’t do, so please go as wild as you want, as long as you are able to handle the consequences you may incur from the world itself. After each world, or jump, in your chain of adventure is completed, you’ll be whisked away back to a pocket world of my creation where I will offer you three choices: To return home with everything you have acquired maintained and every companion you have convinced to join you on your merry adventure brought back and given new lives on Earth, to stay in the world you had just visited for the rest of your natural life also retaining all that you have gathered, or to continue on to the next world and expand your story even more. Should you choose to stay in one of these fantastic worlds you’ve journeyed to, your affairs on Earth will be concluded discreetly. Families and friends will be comforted even if they don’t know why, perhaps they may even mourn a bit with you gone, but I will make sure that they will have that glimmer of hope that you are still alive, well, and happy. Oh, I mentioned bringing people from these worlds along, didn’t I? Let me better explain, in some cases you can relinquish some of your budget in order to guarantee the ability to meet and become friends with a character or characters of your choosing. Perhaps you will already gain their camaraderie as part of the deal for the jump. There’s even the possibility that you can persuade them that it’s worth travelling the multiverse with you without having to buy their friendship. Regardless of how you do it, you can amass quite a group of friends who will then be able to join you on future adventures so the fun continues for everyone! Hmm… perhaps depending on how long you go, I may even throw something extra special in after a while. And if you’re asking what I want in return for all this? Well, I’m a bored entity, all I ask is that you strive to have exciting adventures, whether they be comedic, dramatic, or combative in nature does not matter one bit to me. The worlds you go to are your playgrounds, follow the story or throw a monkey wrench into everything if you wish. As long as you have fun and I’m entertained, I grant my blessing to whatever idea comes to mind.” Listening to the rather long-winded explanation, I was fairly certain my expression was one of amazement that was growing more and more as Jumpkun, as he called himself, continued to speak. It was quite frankly any anime and game enthusiast’s dream, and it all felt a little surreal even with my favorite dragon standing nearby as living proof. And he pretty much asked nothing in return for all this? “There’s gotta be some kind of catch to all this…” I muttered, staring blankly. “Hehehe. Believe what you will, but there is no catch in any of this. I’ve put every point of my offer on the table and hid nothing from you. You have a simple answer to give when you’re ready: Yes or No?” Jumpkun answered back, chuckling softly to himself. |
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| lyricalmagical | Sep 13 2015, 02:59 PM Post #8 |
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After a moment or two, my brain caught up with what was going on around me. My mouth closed, and I took a breath to steady myself. This was a lot for a girl to take in! Something the guide said caught my attention. Daughter? Does he mean….”Myrr-chan?” I murmured, not realizing I had spoken aloud. I shook my head and tried to pay attention to the long-winded speech. “Well, if you can give yourself a name, we can too. How about….” I paused. “JumpMaster3000?” I grinned. “Makes you sound like some retro game console or arcade machine, dontcha think?” As he went on about how this whole….Jumping….works, I became intrigued in spite of myself. I mean, how many times had I wanted to just dive into the anime world with Usagi, Luffy, Natsu, and others. How many times did I swing my replica Keyblade thinking, “Man, I wish I could do this for real?” This was like the ultimate offer! But… “I agree with Devon, there has to be some kind of catch. You say its for your entertainment purposes only… but doesnt that make this like a gladiator event? Or worse! Reality TV.” I said with a shudder. “People watching and then they start voting us off or pitting us against each other! I dont want any part of that!” I clenched my fists. |
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| AzureGhidorah | Sep 13 2015, 02:59 PM Post #9 |
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“Ahaha, no. Gladiator events imply that one of you, one of the comrades you could meet along the way, or all of you are fated to die. That’s not the case, in fact a fair number of my available gifts are built around the single intention of making sure you don’t die, even if you take a wound that would kill a normal human. As for reality TV? Heavens no! I don’t think even I could last something as blatantly faked and played up as some of those things! I’d sooner kill myself then put someone through anything that painfully cheesy! And no, no one’s going to start ‘voting you off’ or ‘pitting you against each other’. At least, not from where I stand. Certain parties in a given world might try to but you’ll have the means to break such events wide open should you choose. You’re the wildcards in these worlds, extremely difficult to control and enourmous game changers, especially after about three or so jumps. Truly after that you could use your amassed powers to literally grab the plot by the reigns and steer it in a direction you wish to take it. A favorite character of yours is fated to die? Step in and save their life, you have more then enough power to do it. A particularly irritating villain is about to make his fated escape and get away with all of his evil deeds? Cut the fiend off and make him face righteous judgement. As long as you can think of how to do it with the tools I provide you, you’re free to do it if you so choose.” Jumpkun replied, smiling softly. Despite our reluctance, he wasn’t getting irritated at all, which I suppose was a good thing. “Also… JumpMaster3000? That’s one for the record books, haha!” he suddenly quipped, coming back to Megan’s earlier comment. Seemed he was amused by that more then anything else. “I do admit I have a soft spot for the classics.” I shook my head and chuckled. before humming and looking down in thought. “So, to summarize… take a romp through just about any world we feel like going to, gather a veritable Swiss army knife’s worth of powers and items, make friends across the various universes we travel to, no worries about ‘the powers that be’ smiting us out of no where or putting us in a sadistic choice, and at the end of it all we can just… go home?” I mused softly. Then a thought occurred to me. “Wait, we spend ten years in every world!? What about our lives on Earth!? Just going to one world means we’ll be gone so long as to be presumed dead! That’s the catch isn’t it!?” Even in the face of my outburst, in which I admit I raised my voice sharply as panic overtook my reasoning. Despite that though, our guide remained as calm as ever, shaking his head. “Good catch on that, but that has been accounted for. Earth as you know it is currently ‘frozen’ in time the instant you two were brought here. It will remain frozen until you decide your final fate. Whether you go home with all that you’ve gained and experienced or choose to stay behind in a given world; only then will time resume for Earth and the appropriate measures taken to adjust for your choice. As I said, there is no downside to accepting my offer, there is no fine print to hide from you.” The master of the Jumpchain smiled as he assured me of the honest to his offer. Solranous then tilted his head, chuckling and drawing attention once more. “Ever observant, I see. That’ll be good to have while you’re taking a merry trip across the multiverse, should you choose to accept. And yes Megan, he was indeed referring to Myrr. I had in fact considered sending her but I was afraid she’d get herself caught up in mischief of some kind and lose sight of the reason she was there.” |
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| lyricalmagical | Sep 13 2015, 03:00 PM Post #10 |
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“So we can’t die. Thats a nice perk.” I mumbled, listening as he explained in more detail about how these Jumps worked. So our time at home would be frozen… That’s good, I dont know how I’d explain being gone for who knows how long, and I wouldnt want my family or friends to worry…. But wait a minute…. “Even if time is frozen at home, what about us? If we are spending 10 years each at who knows how many worlds, wont WE grow older? I dont know how I’d explain suddenly being 60, 70, 80 years old to my parents and friends…” I said dryly. While I waited for our cheeky guide to answer that, I looked at Sol, as I affectionately called the dragon. “I can see that…We wouldnt leave here unscathed, affectionately done, but still.” I chuckled, imagining the half dragon girl’s reaction if she met us. “I believe our guide would be pushed aside or sent flying like well known comical thieves in an anime.” |
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