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"That's not how it-" The sphinx was cut off as Maple entered the portal. With a growl and an annoyed stomp, she ran in after her. The twins followed along after her with due haste. On the other side, Storm and Quartz stood examining themselves. They... clearly didn't look right. It was an absolute horror show! Storm was missing half his skin, with several large cuts across his form beneath his armor and equipment. Quartz looked like she took the wrong end of a blunderbuss right to the chest and face, and the sphinx as she angrily followed behind maple, was missing half the flesh on her face. That being said, none were writhing in agony or bleeding profusely. Maple herself however, was perfectly fine. The twins didn't look to bad either, until one noticed the cuts around all their paws. Again, didn't bother them. The portal had let out into some kind of cobblestone basement. It was old and disheveled, broken crates and barrels lying around covered in dust. "Awesome!!" Storm shouted, still looking himself over, but more interested in the world he had returned to. Quartz took a long deep breath. "I miss this smell..." She said with a smile. War was the only one not to smile in satisfaction and delight at Woody's comments. She merely stood there, leaning on her sword with a scowl. Pest placed one of his stubby hands on Woody's head, ruffling his main a little. "Well little brother, you're one to talk." He said with his usual warm and fatherly smile. "I can't wait to see your powers blossom, to see what special abilities you use in battle." Salacious merely blushed, but ate up the praise none the less. She struck a most hammy pose as he mentioned her, adjusting her main a little as a matter of factly. "Well, it was fun while it lasted..." Salacious finally stated. "Too bad we won't be doing anything together for the next thousand years or so... again." She added in a huff, crossing her arms. The rest seemed to share the sentiment, though begrudgingly. They tried avoiding eachother's gaze, but when they couldn't, merely glowered at one another. It made things rather awkward...

Storm and Quartz lead Maple to the very same portal they had entered into the highlands from the cave battleground from. As Maple approached it, the thing began to change and swirl into a whole host of colors, like the surface of a thin bubble. The small company of warriors traveling with her perked up and ogled the portal with a bit of curiosity and excitement. "Well, that's it." Quartz stated, gulping. Storm scratched his head a little. "Usually its red. Well, always red. Guess that means your note worked? Well, only one way to find out!" The griffon struck a pouncing stance, shaking off a little and licking his beak in anticipation. Suddenly, he bounded forward and dove through the portal first. "Eh, what's the worst that could happen?" Quartz joked nervously, slowly passing Maple to head in next. The sphinx scoffed, stepping up beside Maple while the twins moved to the other side, eyeing the portal with wonder. "Tsch, you're not getting away from me that easily... until I get my rematch, you're not leaving my sight!!" Shadows started to brood, looking as if he were pouting the moment Woody touched him. He clearly wasn't one for physical personal contact, completely opposite to his older sisters. The draconequus continued to avoid Woody's gaze. "Perhaps it would be beneficial to ensure you have, at the very least, a rudimentary knowledge." He replied begrudgingly. At the same instance, the other three came down in their lighter more mortal friendly forms. War for whatever reason, looked furious and angry. "Why did you do that!?" She demanded while shouting in his face, squaring up to Shadows. "We could have easily torn him apart! He was nothing!"

As long as you guys keep posting, I'll keep posting

"Hey!" The sphinx she had beaten soundly jumped up from her seat in a tizzy. "Where do you think you're going! You're not getting away from me that easy!" The twins got up from their table as well, trailing behind the first one. She still wanted another duel, but not with those two backing her up of course. Storm and Quartz practically ignored them, getting up to start for the exit, leading the way to one of the portals. "Awesome! Plus, it'll be quicker, and you can get back to the important stuff, killing that blasted Red team leader!" Storm practically cheered. Quartz just rolled her eyes. "I just want to get some fresh- err cave air I guess. I think I know where it is. But... I don't really know how the seal works. We may not even be able to tag along with you so... don't get your hopes up..." She warned. Shadows gave a slight smirk, but instantly scowled when he realized he did, glaring at Woody for a moment before changing his focus back to the spell. Their siblings didn't appear to be any the wiser, too busy dealing with the battle to notice the giant black eye rising from the ground like an ethereal hill, devouring anything and everything it touched. It spanned from horizon to horizon, engulfing the entire battle field. Long black tendrils rose from the eye, grasping and wrapping around anything in reach, but focusing on the Twin Tails titan. He was caught by surprise, struggling to fight the abyssal thing as it slowly dragged him into its darkness. Salacious, War, and Pest all recognized what was happening, and flew back to beyond the border of the eye to avoid its gaze. And with that, the twin tails was devoured. Not dead, you can't kill a god, but trapped wherever the abyssal eye took its victims. It disappeared, and Shadows gave a slight sigh of satisfaction as the landscape changed back to normal, albeit largely destroyed by the battle of the Titans.

@Witch Were we still doing this RP? If it doesn't start soon I'll probably drop out. Don't want to commit to too many RPs again.

Well, I was trying to have Will be like some sort of guide, to explain things to Zephyr and his group, but you never responded to any of his questions.

Sorry, I had a bit more planned to include him as a central theme before things changed with him. When that happened, I kinda had no idea how to work with it.

It's fine. Just, to put it in perspective, I don't care if your character decides to arrest mine out of the blue or something. Heck, they could decide to declare war on the changelings if she wanted to. It's her decision. I'll react to it accordingly. Just like my character can do the same, and your character reacts to it. I just don't want to keep having these conversations.

That's just it. YOU CAN'T MESS IT UP!!! not 'you can't or you're not playing anymore'. Can't as in 'it is your character's free will'. You literally can't mess up in an RP like this as long as you don't god mod or something, or read minds, or whatever. There is literally NO WRONG DECISION.

It's not an air of mystery. There's nothing sketchy or hidden, your character just doesn't (and shouldn't) know. Do you expect me to create an in depth backstory for the hundreds of characters I've needed to use in any given RP? I could ask you to do the same thing about the person at the front desk that gave them the visitors pass. I don't even know if I'm actually ever going to use Zephyr again. And again, I don't understand why you're confused about something your character shouldn't even know...

@Lektra Bolt Sorry, I meant OOC dumpster fire. I'm fine with an active OOC chat, but most of the stuff we talk about here make me smack my head. Like the airship thing. Some of the most trivial things, that could be decided by one person (you in this case) are dragged out for several weeks (And it stops the entire RP). I guarantee we're never actually going to talk about what the airships look like, let alone how many people are on them throughout the course of this RP. So why does it take two weeks to figure out how they'll work? That's fine in the other world building thread... but here? And no, you're not doing a terrible job, not in the actual RP itself. The only thing that frustrates me is this demand for you to know literally everything about my character's history, plans, feelings, thoughts, and actions, even when Lektra shouldn't know ANYTHING about him. You're constantly questioning my posts, yet I haven't ever done that to you. That makes me dread posting, makes me feel as though I'm doing something wrong somehow, yet I can't figure out what.

@Lektra Bolt Hey, I'm sorry, but if we're going to keep stopping every two posts to discuss this kinda thing, I'm done. It's really sapped all the fun out of this for me, and I have plenty of other RPs going on that I actually enjoy. I had high hopes for all this, but clearly that was way off. Half the time I have no idea how to respond because I'm worried I'm not doing something right, the other time I'm sitting here trying to justify my own character's responses to you, even though I still don't get a hell of a lot of stuff your characters think. I don't stop everything to demand answers, I carry on, and my character tries to inquire about it, subtly in this case. Not to mention the OC part of this RP has turned into an absolute dumpster fire, with half the people not even having a clue what character's they're playing, and the other half trying to figure out when everyone's going to post. And that's on top of all the other random junk. I've hosted MANY rp's before, but the one time I try to collaborate with everyone it turns into a nightmare.

Than they're confused. It's as simple as that. Your character doesn't (and shouldn't) know everything. Since this RP is all about negotiation, your character takes gambles with suggestions, words, and ideas, rather than fighting styles and combat techniques. And this is not a curve ball, trust me, I can hit with far more confusing stuff than someone's personal thoughts...

No, but you're asking me to justify literally every action my characters take... your character shouldn't even know the way he feels right now, so what does it matter if I tell you or not what's going through his head? Would it be better if I didn't provide any inner monologue at all to help you avoid the temptation and confusion? This is a world we created, and our characters are placed in it. You make the decision of what your character does with the information I've given you in the context of that world.

@Lektra Bolt >.> it's all about perspective... no one's bad for the sake of being bad. They just see the world differently. I don't know how many time's I have to try and explain that... That's kinda one of the reasons I hadn't posted in some time. I find myself explaining every little action my characters take in every scene, and it's seriously sapping the enjoyment out of this RP. I do RPs to have fun, not constantly debate the ethics of my characters beliefs or actions as if they were my own.

@Lektra Bolt @WiiGuy2014 Zephyr stepped up to the door with Lektra to take a look inside. He glanced at all the students, supposedly some of the younger ones, quite studious and focused on whatever task they were on. He frowned. There was just something... off about it. The changeling pretended to himself he didn't know what it was... but he did. It was precisely why changelings needed to rule. This place, was nothing more than a factory. After peaking into a few more rooms, he settled on the youngest room he could find. "If you would please." He gestured to the door for Lektra, right before Will asked his question... the gall... "Don't insult me." He replied indignantly to Will. "Everything I knew about you was apparently a lie. I have no idea who you even are anymore, let alone what your childhood was like." The question angered him once again. This was turning into an unpleasant trip, but at least he would be interacting with random ponies and creatures. With any luck, he could get a real feel for what life was like here. Then again, he had a striking suspicion he already knew what they would say in front of Lektra, or anyone of any importance for that matter.

@woodchunks66 @Lektra Bolt @Denim&Venom "Not to worry ma'am." The captain replied to AJ. "As much as I... dislike flying... we have plenty of flyers capable of dropping down for rescue. Let's just avoid falling over altogether. And... please don't tamper with the food rations. They're sealed in individual meal kits, airtight seals. We'll discuss necessary battle plans shortly. But, you will be staying with the command team in the event of a hostile engagement." He waited patiently for the others to arrive, since the ship was already underway. At that point it was in the process of passing through the city shield, and rising to attain cruising altitude. He looked around and noticed a particular purple alicorn conspicuously absent. He gave an annoyed sigh and scowled. "Princess Twilight never signed into the crew and passenger roster. We're already underway, so I suppose she changed her mind last minute about coming." The captain grumbled. "I've already given the top priority order to verify she's still in garrison, someone follow up on that. I'm not interested in playing games with an alicorn, and we're not playing chauffeur either." "Look, I know we're off to a rocky start. But out here, you're all under my command, no one else's. That means you only have one set of orders to follow, not four. We do everything by the book." He stated. "As of right now, are there any questions about what I just said?"

I'll be posting within the next 12 hours in all our RPs. It's way too late at night to come up with anything as is.

@Lektra Bolt @Denim&Venom I'll post soon. The massive gaps in posting just leaves me way behind, forgetting what the heck I had planned or was doing and what not. It's kinda put me off a little for these RPs, but I'll post in time.

"Wow wow, wait a minute! Why don't we come along?" Storm replied, starting to get excited. "You know, help you speed things up so you can get back here in no time!" Quartz smiled at the idea, but the sphinx was a little unsure of what exactly was going on. The two twins were listening as well, but it was clear they were just as lost. "I'd be up for that! Get's kind of boring in here if you stay for a while, would be nice to stretch my paws and get a feel for how things are in the world of the living for a little bit." Quartz commented. "Ah... provided the seal works as a group thing... not entirely sure how all that stuff works. Never even seen someone get a pass before." Storm practically jumped up, checking all his equipment that had been returned by Quartz. "Yah, just make sure you got all you need first." "Mmmm...." Shadows idly groaned at Woody's assessment. It was truly a clash of titans upon the landscape before them. War of course opened up first, slicing with her now giant sword and shattering the earth creating giant chasms and exploding earth with every swipe. Salacious, using her shere length and feral strength continually attempted to wrap around the ethereal twin tails, but of course he continued to slip through her grasp prompting her to conjure giant arrows and swords to charge after him, along with giant pillars of earth. Meanwhile, Pest used his immense gullet to draw the air and atmosphere into his belly, going so far as to tear pieces of the Twin Tail's form off and into his mouth, taking more than a few bits of landscape with it. But the Twin Tails matched their combined strength. Giant pillars of light exploded from the earth, like steaks or crosses, bright angelic beings of equally titanic size chained to them reached out to grab at the chaos gods and drag them into the earth. Several stars appeared around the Twin Tails, spawning storms of bright arcane bolts to strike them. "now, my own contribution. I may lack strength, but I know others far better than they know themselves. I knew he would take you here to fight, thus it was only reasonable to prepare the battlefield to defeat him instantly." Shadows stated. The earth beneath Shadows and Woody began to glow a dark purple, a giant line with runic inscriptions extended in two directions to form one massive circle. Once the spell had begun, Shadows stepped out of the ring, and gestured for Woody to do the same.

"What, don't like the ale?" Storm replied, raising a brow and grabbing her mug to eye it suspiciously. "They got like the best around... we could always hit up the one in the village over." Quartz looked over the paper and rose a brow. "So what, you're just gonna take off on the word of some random piece of paper? Where'd you even get it? Plus, you can't just go through a gate and get-" She paused, looking over the seal on the note. "Oh, well still, it's probably a trap!" "I'm confused..." Storm added, trying to get a look at the letter as Quartz flailed around with it, grabbing in vein with his claws. "Do you honestly think your added power would make the slightest bit of difference little brother? Our strength doesn't lie with our physical forms little brother." Shadows replied to Woody, then hesitated, clearly displeased with something. "I must admit, but I don't know why. Where a simple yes or no would suffice I find myself speaking at length to you, even revealing my thoughts and plans. A weakness I've not yet shown to any other, not even Sally. I waste words with you, let my emotions get the better of me... why?" He suddenly asked Woody, before shaking his head, rubbing his black beak in dismay. "Perhaps it would be better to send you away..." "No matter. I know the Twin Tails better than he himself, the field of battle has already been prepared. He won't win today." He stated. "However, allow our siblings to play, to think their efforts made a difference. It will help them bond." He concluded.

@Witch I'm still here as well! Plus, I want to hang with @WiiGuy2014 character in an RP where mine doesn't hate him. XD

*Perks up, blushes* Uhm, I don't think you should go around randomly kissing strangers... but... as a changeling, I'm obligated to inform you your kiss equated to a ham sandwich.

The serving mare was on top if it, jumping to Maple the moment she pout her mug down at made the comment, refilling it quickly but this time with the orange version of whatever ale she was so fond of serving. Storm gladly took a little bit of some as well, mixing in with his own vanilla ale. "Hey, life's rough." Quartz commented. "Whatever, doesn't matter. All that matters is that we kill our enemies when the time comes." As everyone was busy watching the battle, or the tactical movements of the two opposing forces as the case might be, a bird found its way into the hall. No one seemed to notice it, but it managed to perch on maple's shoulder. It was a white raven. With a black and gold seal on the parchment. The bird quickly took off and disappeared. "An assassin plans to murder your brother, and has the means to do so. Present this parchment and seal to a gateway to return to the mortal realm and eliminate this assassin. Time is limited." That was all it said. Why couldn't all marching orders be so short sweat and to the point. Though, of course, she still needed to kill that red team leader. Maple couldn't just abandon her current mission for some random piece of parchment. "Hey, where'd you get that?" Storm asked. "I'm the Twin Tailed Comet, do you honestly believe my powers are limited to the earth?" The alicorn asked Woody, raising a brow as War, Sally, and Slug joined them in the sky. He took flight as well, spreading out his wings he pushed back to gain some considerable distance. War only smiled with extreme delight, while Sally sighed in annoyance. "This is what I'm waiting for! Change already so we can fight!!" She shouted at him. The Twin Tail's obliged. His very form began to change, from something earhtly and physical to... something else. Something more akin to Tantibus or a constellation beast. He was enormous, but the three chaos gods currently present weren't about to be outdone by an alicorn... they to decided to adjust their forms for the fight ahead. They became titans. Sally became that same vicious feral serpent from before, fur bristling beside her shining scales and jagged teeth. War joined her sister but kept her upright form and weapons, which of course grew to match her size. Slug was something else entirely, branching out with massive wings that obscured the horizon, mouth wide open like a basking shark to go along with his massive belly. They dwarfed Woody, making him look as if he were an insect among giants. They nearly reached the ceiling of Tartarus high above the clouds. Just by transforming all for of them scarred the landscape. Fortunately, the Twin Tails had taken them to a barren desert of canyons, pillars, and plateaus. Woody was forcibly teleported quite a distance away, miles away, but even then he could clearly see the titans before him squaring off. "You've done well, my little brother. Far exceeding my expectations." Shadows stated, standing there and looming over Woody as he too watched events unfold with his wings folded in front of him to conceal himself like a cloak once again. "You have a great deal more to offer for Tartarus and your own world." A smile crossed his raven beak.