private A City Of Nightmare

[CP3_P0n3 170]

 

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As you approach the secluded room, you are able to hear voices talking a tongue that sounds an awful lot like a conversation between changelings. A glance inside reveals the Lord Inquisitor talking to another changeling who has been bound, but efore you can investigate, however, you hear a rather deep, rich voice speak out from the hallway around the corner. "Ah, there you are, Heartless! Good to know that the right map was uploaded." As you approach him, your scans from your optical receivers indicate a match between your files and his physical appearance- his eye scan comes back matching, the data scans from his clockwork legs and the magically-powered crystal apparatus that replaced his right eye. After you approached, he smiled slightly. "Well, we still have a bit of time before the briefing, so I was hoping that we could get you the parts that you requested, as well as making sure your radio link matches our frequencies"

 

While you were saying that, you noticed that the guards near the front were now escorting a trio of ponies down the hallway. A few of them took looks at both you and the Grand Inquisitor. Shortly behind them, however, was a rather large, light blue unicorn. wearing a red cloak and carrying several bags of spare parts from upstairs. "I got the parts that you requested, Grand Inquisitor. Perhaps we should take them into the next room before we inspect them, yes? The radio is already set up." He directed a respectful nod towards you before entering a room a few doors down from where you were standing. After a moment, the Grand Inquisitor followed, motioning for you to follow.

In the room, the stallion was carefully unpacking the second bag of parts as a radio system was connected and whirring on the other side of the room. "Now, I'm not sure which parts you need," said the engineer. "But I got a few interesting ones here, like this X6-09 Energy Projector. A bunch of the miscellanious nuts and bolt, some springs, a couple more prototype pieces... the only thing I'm missing is an energy core that's powerful enough for the cannons. Still, you'll be able to make great strides in repairing your weapon. I'm sure I can figure something out for your core while I'm gone." As he turned to the radio and started to twiddle dials, he guestured towards the table. "Separate what you need from what there is. I'll pack it all carefully during the briefing."

 

"Understood" Heartless replied in a cold fashion. All of the equipment were neatly sorted on the table, Now, she just needs to pick out the necessary stuff. There was just one problem. Most of them were obsolete for her system apart from weapons. It would bring up the same problem with the cell. A few seconds of latency wouldn't bring much of a deal in simulation but in real combat, every moment counts. She didn't have much choice in this situation. Carefully, she swept up some that suited her the best to an empty spot,"Energy Projector, Bio Sensor, Revolver Stake, these should work". Feeling satisfied, Heartless turned away before noticing something that might prove useful to her. "A Custom CPU module, hmm... maybe, just maybe", the hexagonal cover on her core processor slid out to reveal four highly advanced CPU closely packed with a small printed text 'Twilight's Lab Industry' at the bottom right. She replaced one of them with the custom CPU while keeping the original CPU on her hoof. "Parsing header............Done", then she took out the custom CPU and put back the original one. 

 

The results were outstanding. She managed to remove the latency problem at the cost of a minor damage on the language module. She felt guilty to ask the engineer to fix her language module as he was still working on the frequency tuning but..."Sir, I wou..ld like to..to ask a f..flavour. Darn, my speech!". The engineer twisted his head on to her, sinking his head on one side. "What?" 

Edited August 9, 2014 by EveryoneDie

[Moonbacon 384]

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"Yea why'd you summon us here? are you waiting for other demons to appear or sumthin before explaining why you summoned us here? " she asked.

 

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Runic looked at Mirrorwing and eye raised an eyebrow "why hello there" she said softly.

 

ASDASNFAJ ANAJSFN ADBAHSBDHASDB 

Edited August 9, 2014 by Moonbacon

[Concerto Dusk 240]

"What are we doing here? I am supposed time do high jobs for the princess. And now the Inquisition calls upon me? How.... quaint. Anyways, while are you? I am Mirrorwing, the guardian thebthe solar princess, and I am too old to be playing with kids."

 

(am I playing my Atrocitas character? )

[Moonbacon 384]

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"Do i look like a dam little filly to you?" Runic said clearly irritated she then quickly composed herself and cleared her throat "Well you don't always get what you want out of life plus The Grand Inquisitor himself will be briefing us and i'm pretty sure the princesses greatly respect him but anyways my name Runic Sigil from The Twilight Branch".

[That One Techpriest You Used To Know 2,286]

@, @@Moonbacon,

 

 

"Well, if you want to take a look outside..." He pulled down what appeared to be a submarine periscope down before glancing into it and recoiling. "That's quite bright..." He flipped a switch and looked in it again, before showing it to the demonancer. It revealed a shadowy portion of the town. The ponies there appeared to be sleepwalking, and the ground seemed to be saturated with darkness. "That. It's a being of nightmares, and, despite our masters claim, it is attempting to take over a section of Equestria itself. We might be ancient, older, and stronger, but it feeds off of fear and is able to spawn itself and it's minions faster. Luckily enough, the Inquisition was able to be sent away thinking that that was the primary issue, but we won't be able to deal with both, especially once the Inquisition wises up. So I must turn to... more immediate means of defense."

 

Glancing at the slightly younger demon standing next to him as he stated his purpose, he smiled slightly. "Well, I have a group of demons that I was able to cajole out of one of Aroth's lords, and they need some common sense to go with their brute strength, but you should have some fun, Ab- er..." he glanced at the demonancer. "... Tyrant. You will find them in the next room. From the sounds in there, they've set up a miniature war in there to entertain themselves, so you might wish to be careful. After that, take them down the hall, and one of my subordinates will direct you where to go."

 

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The engineer made a final few calculations before glancing at you. "Ah. Alright, hang on..." Looking at a computer screen with Heartless's schematics, he walked over and opened a small hatch in the back of her head. After looking intently at the small module in the back right corner, he nodded. "Blown fuse. Don't worry, I'll have it done in just a jiffy." Taking a soldering kit, he heated up the iron, applied the soldier, and carefully melted the solder, reconnecting the wire and fusing it, fixing the source of the problem. "There." He puffed a bit of air into the module to cool it down, and then closed the door. "Now try. And if that's in order, see if you can communicate through the radio. I'm not sure what shape your receiver is in, but the emitter is working fine."

 

As the engineer finishes up, the Grand Inquisitor smiled. "Well, it appears to be in good hands. Once you are done here, the next door to your left is where the others are meeting, if you wish to enter. Now, if you excuse me, I have someone else to greet before we begin." After he bows, he departs.

 

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((Yeah, it would be. I mean, the demons, robots, griffons and a half-bionic Grand Inquisitor who is a known member of Celestia's council need to get in somehow without drawing attention. The fact that you know where it is is one thing and states that you are either an impostor or some sort of Inquistorial approved entity, but nervousness caused her to forget that.))

 

Taking a breath and righting herself, copy and pasting a stereotypical smile on her face. "Well, do you-"

 

"Hang on, miss." A rather small, old stallion in a cloak looked at her carefully. The symbol of Twilight's Star- a symbol that this pony was a demonic specialist- was embroidered onto his cloak, sending almost subtle chills down your metaphorical spine. He seemed to irradiate a dark energy of sorts, one that you were strangely comfortable with, but the mare at the reception desk was overwhelmed by two suspicious energies and slowly sank down until she was behind her reception desk. "You have the feel of something... non-pony around you. What are you known as in this realm? Why are you here?"

 

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The Lord Inquisitor smiles slightly, pulls out a key, and opens the metal chains binding you to the chair before helping him up and assuming his regular form. "Well, then, let us go and see who we have met so far. The Grand Inquisitor has sent orders for us to go with the robotic pony that came to us several months ago- I can't wait for the others to meet him." Standing up and opening the door, he took a breath. "It's good to see you again, Lee. Let's see if we can prevent another incident like last time, hmm?"

 

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@, @@Moonbacon, @, @,

 

((You may start playing as him, Sage.))

 

As the filly runs out, the door on the left side of the room opens and in comes a tan unicorn with a dirty blonde mane and tail, as well as a grey pegasus with a black-striped mane. "Hello, everyone!" the pegasus says amiably. "My name is Moon Crypt, and I will be leading everyone on this expedition. This is my partner and close friend, Lee."

 

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@@Phony,

"Ah, yes. You must be Oreo... the door is down the stairs. The guards will show you the way from there."

 

As you walk down the stairs, you round the corner to meet the guards- and run into a grey pony with a metal and crystal eye and forelegs. A face that you had seen all too often during your final testing- the Grand Inquisitor, Karmatic Justice. Looking a bit surprised, he glanced at you for a bit before smiling. "Hello there, Oreo! I forgot that you would be participating in this mission." Glancing behind you at a second staircase, he said, "Seeing as this is your first mission, I was wondering if you would like to come and help me greet our special guest that will be helping us during the mission. She's quite the unique entity."

 

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@@Gloomfury,

 

((I feel so bad for leaving you out! I'm sorry.))

As the knife was reaching its peak sharpness, the train gave a whistle and began to slow down, pulling into the station. After the train had stopped, as you stepped out with your luggage, you were given a view of Manehattan- quite the sight. The Pony of Liberty was just off shore, holding her torch and with her book slung around her shoulders, and the rest of the city was looking just as magnificent.

 

From the train station, you could see the plain white skyscraper the Inquisition used for its headquarters. The briefing was in about thirty minutes; you would have to hurry.

 

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As Darius's glide revealed a large city, you could see that there was something wrong with it now. Roughly a quarter of the city seemed to be saturated with a dark energy, ponies locked in what appeared to be sleepwalking, the trees twisted. The energy beacon seemed to come from a hidden doorway on the other side of the city. As you flew over, you noticed the fear in the eyes of the ponies below- they knew what was both underneath them and on the other side of the city. They seemed to be unable to leave, however, interestingly enough...

 

((Did I get everyone? I think I got everyone... Took me an hour to make this post. And, @@Contrast, here's the RP thread in case you couldn't find it. Just in case. :catface)

Edited August 16, 2014 by Squigly

[Vemillia Nightshade 2,247]

Sadist then sighs. "If you must know who I am. I am known as Sadist. In my past mortal life you my of heard of Sadist Jade? That was me." She then ends her illusion to show them what she really looks like. The jig was up anyway, no sense hiding anything from these two. "What you do with me is up to you. I'm on my own namely, doing my job... which seems to be getting harder with the increased demon activity."

[Concerto Dusk 240]

ATROCITAS

 

Atrocitas lazily flies over to a group of what appear time be demonic in origin. "My how lovely, maybe they can be entertainment for the day?" He laughs darkly. Flying to them he snakes his head around from behind. "Hello there my dark friends. Who might you be?"

[Phony 10]

Oreo recognized the voice and the face and smiled nervously at his direction.

He stooped and bowed down to his superior , "Grand Inquisitor Justice!"

 

The colt got up on his hooves and saluted. After the Grand Inquisitor ended with "unique entity", he replied with nothing other than, "I'd be delighted to, sir."

 

...Unique enitity?... he wondered, proceeding with the Inquisitor.

Edited August 9, 2014 by Phony

[Contrast 292]

Muddle could be seen quietly wondering the halls of Black Willow. She wore an odd cloak, embedded with dark scrawling, and was looking around in a confused manner. I can't find the chamber where they told me to go and sleep... She wandered a little further, before stumbling upon a door. "You do know which way to go, right?" She looked just above her head, at what appeared to be nothing, and nodded; then, Muddle pressed her hoof against the door and stepped inside.

 

You will find them in the next room. From the sounds in there, they've set up a miniature war in there to entertain themselves, so you might wish to be careful.

 

She quickly ran out the room and started to stamp out a small flame on her robe. "...So, let's say I don't know where to go... what then?" 

Edited August 10, 2014 by Contrast

[Gloomfury 243]

((It's all good, bro.))

 

When Bayonet step into the station with her saddle bags along with her armor and sword she made her way to the large building that was the headquarters of the Inquisition. She started jogging towards the building to make up for lost time. The train ride took longer then expected. As she went past the other buildings she couldn't help but sight see a little. 

 

Sooner or later she made it to the Inquisition headquarters. She started looking around, not really sure where to go. 

[CP3_P0n3 170]

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As the engineer finishes up, the Grand Inquisitor smiled. "Well, it appears to be in good hands. Once you are done here, the next door to your left is where the others are meeting, if you wish to enter. Now, if you excuse me, I have someone else to greet before we begin." After he bows, he departs.

 

Heartless watched as the Grand Inquisitor walked away, "Karmatic Justice, on the other side he's the Shadow Mirror's general who survived Al Van's fleet with just a night fighter. I wonder if this one is just as good."  She turned to the engineer, "Thank you for fixing it. I have sorted the things I need. Now, I must be on my way." She gave a small bow to him before heading to the briefing room. Along the way, she tested her radio frequency. It was working well aside from the short static. A glance to her back, she saw the engineer nodded his head, indicating the radio transmission test sailed smoothly before facing the messy table. She turned off her radio. Her hooves trotted their way to the room. As she reached the knob, she could hear the Lord Inquisitor giving a warm welcome inside. She felt it was best for her to wait outside until he finished greeting. 

 

 

 

...Unique enitity?... he wondered, proceeding with the Inquisitor.

While waiting, she could hear hoofsteps just around the corner.

Edited August 10, 2014 by EveryoneDie

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[Trevor Bright 872]

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Lee steps out of the room and looks himself up and down, making sure he still looked like a unicorn. After what happened last time, he wanted no one else knowing he was a changeling unless absolutely necessary. He smiles at Distuptis and says "Yeah, hi. I'm from Luna." 

(((No, the room was a confinement room that was previously holding Lee. There is only one chair in there and that's the chair he was bound to.)))

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Darius flew around the large source of energy, circling it a few times before finally deciding that what he was seeking was at the bottom. His possessed brain drove him in to the energy. He flew right in and immediately, a felt a large source of power building up in him. He needed to do something with that power. Landing at the source of energy he figures out that what ever he needed to get to was underground. After coming to this conclusion, his horn lights up with black magic and a large beam surges from his horn, cutting a large hole in the ground. Darius jumps down the hole. As he falls towards whatever the center of the power is, he yells "Aroth! I come as summoned!" 

[Concerto Dusk 240]

"I have beeIn working for Celestia from quite some time now." Spreading his large wings, he shows his physical deformation. "Trust me, of all the ponies in Equstria, she is Thr first one I will save, alicorn it not. And to me, you both look like fillies, so don't act it."

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[Anon In Equestria 57]

Tyrant gives a quick nod and departs, heading for the door.

 

"I can always use a few minions, I shall see you on the other side my brother, and hopefully I'll see you again too demonancer, we never got the chance to have a delightful chat"

 

With that he vanishes from sight after walking through the door.

[Concerto Dusk 240]

(If your thinking that my guy is an alicorn get isn't. He is a pegasus.)

 

"I have been around for well over a thousand years. I have fought many beings, there us nothing that scares me. I do nit wish to sound egotistical but I speak the truth. Obviously this mission is extremely dangerous. This means all of us are here for a reason.?

[Moonbacon 384]

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Runic took a deep breathe and sighed she had avoided insulting Mirrorwing for now"yes this mission is very important especially when the grand inquisitor himself is going to brief us also please do keep your inflated to yourself " .

 

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Moonlight sighed now they were gonna deal with the darn inquisition AND this entity nightmare but nonealess this was going to be quite entertaining "also you never introduced yourself who are you?" she asked.

[Concerto Dusk 240]

"You really wish to start a fight? I would keep your tone in check when talking to me. None of you have the right to speak to me as such. I am only here as the princess has requested that I show up here. I still don't know why I am here and nit protecting her but thus is my job so Oh well."

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[CP3_P0n3 170]

Once the Lord Inquisitor had finished, Heartless decided it was time to go in and meet the others. She wasn't exactly sure how to introduce herself. It wasn't that she was shy, no. The problem was she didn't know what expression to use, most of the time she would have opted an emotionless face. She braved herself, turned the knob and pressed her hoof against the door, 

[That One Techpriest You Used To Know 2,286]

((Gosh, I need to find more time and to post and stop having my brain give out on me. Also, will be posting this one in chunks. Feel free to respond before I post the next ones.))

 

@, @@Phony,

 

"Well, there she is. Here, let's move along quickly."

 

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The cloaked pony seemed to be trying to contain himself from saying something not exactly polite, but was saved from doing so from the Grand Inquisitor, who made it up the stairs in relative haste, Oreo in tow. After shooting a look that all but blared stand down to the pony, he bowed and smiled. "Well met, Madam Sadist. It is good that you decided to answer my request. Forgive me for the letter being a bit fuzzy, I was concerned it might be intercepted." Straightening himself, he gestured to Oreo. "May I introduce one of my acquaintances, Oreo?"

Edited August 11, 2014 by Grand Magos Amphrose

[Vemillia Nightshade 2,247]

Sadist then sighs and smiles. "A pleasure." Sadist says. "It is curious however; the increase influx of... well... my kind running around. It's making anything I do impossible because when one pony of sin is taken to hell by my hooves, another appears. The corruption rate has me worried really..."

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[CP3_P0n3 170]

@, @, @, @@Moonbacon, @,

 

Closing the door behind her, she gave a bow, "I'm Heartless, it is an honor to be working with you all". She tried to push the corners of her mouth up but came up with an eerie smile. She managed to stay calm and collected as the special guest. It was obvious she was embarrassed, "What is this feeling? It feels like I want to bury my face somewhere. Did my A.I W3L1NK system caught a bug?!"