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[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Radio looked behind her at Midnight. "Make sure you say hi to your folks. Get them out of here. If I win this thing, I'm gunna make sure nopony ever has to see nuclear fallout, but there's always a chance I'll fail... Maybe sometime you can hear about it. Don't worry, you shouldn't even have to know the meaning of nuclear fallout." She adjusted the head piece on her head and slipped her helmet on over it. It sealed with a hiss and she walked out as nurses came in. Best go see who's next.

[Justin ZW 396]

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Swordpoint walked through the lobby and passed by the infirmary. As he neared it, he saw Radio exiting. Ah... that is my next opponent... He approached her calmly. "You must be Radioactive Tragedy. My name is Swordpoint... and I am your next opponent. I only have one question for you... What is your stake in this tournament? Why do you fight?"

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

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Swordpoint walked through the lobby and passed by the infirmary. As he neared it, he saw Radio exiting. Ah... that is my next opponent... He approached her calmly. "You must be Radioactive Tragedy. My name is Swordpoint... and I am your next opponent. I only have one question for you... What is your stake in this tournament? Why do you fight?"

She eyes him, "You could've started this more favorably by not naming me your enemy and asking potentially dangerous information from me. However..." She made sure her visor was clear enough to see her face, though still yellowed. It offered him a view of her eyes, and a bit of her mane, and nothing more. "I fight to avoid a future that cast Equestria as the center of a very dangerous war against an enemy that was neither good nor evil. I was born in the aftermath, fought in the aftermath, but hopefully will not die in the aftermath. Does this information suit your purposes?"

[Justin ZW 396]

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Swordpoint ignored her curtness. "You must forgive my manners. I am far too uneasy in this hellhole. If you do not plan to kill me, then I will not harm you." He glanced over his shoulder. "So you come from the future. I have met a time traveler such as yourself, once. He called himself only 'The Doctor.' So you wish to change your future, am I correct?"

 

(It's a partial Dr. Who reference, but it's more of Doctor Whooves, considering that in his backstory, Doctor Whooves was involved and he was actually a pony version of the Doctor.)

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

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Swordpoint ignored her curtness. "You must forgive my manners. I am far too uneasy in this hellhole. If you do not plan to kill me, then I will not harm you." He glanced over his shoulder. "So you come from the future. I have met a time traveler such as yourself, once. He called himself only 'The Doctor.' So you wish to change your future, am I correct?"

 

(It's a partial Dr. Who reference, but it's more of Doctor Whooves, considering that in his backstory, Doctor Whooves was involved and he was actually a pony version of the Doctor.)

"Different methods of travel. His is much less energy consuming and much more graceful. Perhaps if I didn't have to deal with irradiated materials and semi-functional machinery, I'd have a better method." She shrugs, "I use magic, sure, but I use magic in a way that can cripple, paralyze, or kill an opponent. The pony in there nearly died, but should make a full recovery. Anways, yes! Future! We figured out exciting new ways to blow each other up and did it. Bit of a setback as far as civilizations are concerned. Certainly nopony concerned with... Chivalry." (She doesn't really trust you, but she likes to think that there are ponies with a moral base. She would love to think you're character has them, if you can prove it.)

 

(Never watched Dr. Who. I did, however, understand the reference.)

[Justin ZW 396]

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Swordpoint held his gaze on her. "There are too few concerned with it today. I can sense that there is no evil will about you, and that is well for you. I do not trust this tournament, and I am aware that there are black dealings occurring behind closed doors." He glanced behind Radio down the hallway. "You should be wary. There is more than meets the eye, here... and what you cannot see is the greatest danger." 

[Literally Snails 2,307]

(OOC: I thought it was odd that he was being nice to a competitor and then calling him a threat that needed to be removed. Btw, what did Cosmo do to make them upset? His conversation with Swordpoint?)Cosmo had little else to do so he looked for awhile and finally found a young mare named Cinder Slash, one of the ponies supporting him. "Good evening Cinder." She didn't know he was there so she was surprised to see him, "Cos.. um.. Shadesteel!" she stuttered, unsure how to address him, "What brings you here?" Cosmo smirked and told her, "You can call me Cosmo, but I need some help. You mention earlier you do freelance work right?" She seemed a bit disappointed but she nodded, "I'm worried about my friend Swordpoint, or really his marefriend. I'm hoping you could keep an eye out for her, just make sure thugs like the ones from earlier don't bother her and stuff like that." Cinder considered for a moment and agreed, "Okay but my services aren't free." Cosmo nodded but as he reached for his wallet, Cinder quickly kissed him on the lips. He looked up and she was smiling with a flirty look in her eye, "Anyone else you need me to look after?" Cosmo returned her expression and simply said, "I'll try to think of someone later," and with that he returned to his room for the night.(OOC: Swordpoint has Rainbow Dash, Crimson has his Dad, Bad Dreams had her team, Goldre had her other form, Standoff has Red, I wanted a non-contestant for Cosmo to interact with! }:[ lol)

(Rail wasn't the one that said he was a threat that needs to be removed. That was a minatour in the tournament committee. Rail isn't a member of the committee. The real asshole is Big Shot, the smelly old guy in the purple suit. When I'm not posting on a phone, Big Shots quotes are in purple. Rail is nice to the contestants, but he really doesn't care if you die, he's insane, but it doesn't show very much. By the way, Topaz is Rail's daughter and Juri is Shales daughter. Still confused?)

 

"Sorry to say this, bud," Big Shot said to Rail, "You may own this place, but I'm in charge. The Semi Finals start the day after tomorrow, and we're picking the winners!"

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

There is much I don't see, but no soul is squeeky clean. Surely if he could see mine, he would not be so sure of himself. She looked at her hooves, Everyone does things they're not proud of. Like the death of my entire team because the bunker I designed was not strong enough... Her visor returned to being reflective as she watched her opponent walk away. She sighed and head back to the waiting room, because she had nothing better to do.

[Literally Snails 2,307]

The sun began to fade and night fell over the stadium. The next day would be the only day of rest for the four last contestants. The night was short and cold, and the next day began as peacefully as the last.

 

(Sorry this took so long. Welcome to day three. The semi finals will start on the next game day.)

[Justin ZW 396]

Swordpoint awoke with a start and quickly checked next to him. Rainbow was there, sleeping peacefully. He rose from the bed carefully and walked to the balcony. He slid the doors open silently and stepped onto the ledge. He was staying on the third floor, and he could see little but trees around him. "The battle is tomorrow... this will give me enough time to search for their portal into the nexus. If I can only find it, I may close it. Then... we have nothing to fear from them."

 

He glanced back at Rainbow. She was snoring softly. He smiled before taking off into the sky. He flew in the direction of the arena.

[Literally Snails 2,307]

Swordpoint awoke with a start and quickly checked next to him. Rainbow was there, sleeping peacefully. He rose from the bed carefully and walked to the balcony. He slid the doors open silently and stepped onto the ledge. He was staying on the third floor, and he could see little but trees around him. "The battle is tomorrow... this will give me enough time to search for their portal into the nexus. If I can only find it, I may close it. Then... we have nothing to fear from them."

 

He glanced back at Rainbow. She was snoring softly. He smiled before taking off into the sky. He flew in the direction of the arena.

Rail was sitting alone in one of the vacant seats of the empty stadium. He was the only soul inside. Even the janitors had departed. He had an unlit cigarette hanging from his lip. It drooped down as he looked to the sky. "What a pretty day..." He said absently.

 

 

 

The small televisions in the hotel were tuned to the forest's only channel, a public broadcasting station sponsored by the tournament.

 

"Well, of course maintaining fairness is our number one priority..." Big Shot was saying in an interview that must have been recorded a week earlier. "And that means staying out of the fights as much as possible."

 

"What about the moral issues you've been facing?" The reporter asked. "Are the rumors true that every participant is forced to fight? Do they have a choice of their own?"

 

"What moral issues?" Big Shot asked. "I assure you, all of the fighters are here voluntarily! Ponies kill each other all the time! And it's about time that we got some damn entertainment out of it!"

[Justin ZW 396]

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Swordpoint touched down lightly near the entrance to the arena. He tried the door to find it locked. "I expected as much." He took the sky once more, landing in one of the battle rings. He glanced around and noticed Rail staring at him from the stands. "You," he growled. "Do not stand in my path. This is your only warning."

Edited June 5, 2013 by Justin_ZW

[RAGESTAR 479]

Rail was sitting alone in one of the vacant seats of the empty stadium. He was the only soul inside. Even the janitors had departed. He had an unlit cigarette hanging from his lip. It drooped down as he looked to the sky. "What a pretty day..." He said absently.

The small televisions in the hotel were tuned to the forest's only channel, a public broadcasting station sponsored by the tournament.

"Well, of course maintaining fairness is our number one priority..." Big Shot was saying in an interview that must have been recorded a week earlier. "And that means staying out of the fights as much as possible."

"What about the moral issues you've been facing?" The reporter asked. "Are the rumors true that every participant is forced to fight? Do they have a choice of their own?"

"What moral issues?" Big Shot asked. "I assure you, all of the fighters are here voluntarily! Ponies kill each other all the time! And it's about time that we got some damn entertainment out of it!"

Crimson sat silently behind rail, "i just saw the monitors in the hotel, no offense, but your boss is a dick....oh dont mind me, I just came here early to get a good seat for todays match.....and to ask you....what's your stake in all this? Are you really just big shots lacky? Or do you have your own agenda? Becouse let's be honest, you didn't have to save dash, you could've just sat there and watched, hell, I bet if you pointed that out to swordpoint you could've made him leave the ring and get disqualified.....but you didn't....so, why? Are you on big shots side, or are you secretly helping us? Asked crimson in a serious tone. Crimson grinned and stopped his interogation when he saw swordpoint, "go back to your business brother, ive got this taken care of, I'm just here to have a little talk with rail..." said crimson, before turning to rail again, "now....about my question..." said crimson seriously.

 

((In case your wondering, crimson teleported behind rail))

Edited June 5, 2013 by ragestar

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

(Eh, for kicks and giggles.)

 

Radio frowned at the television set. Propaganda for the masses, and it'll work too. It would appear that the humans weren't the only ones with destructive minds. She walked out of her room and reformed the key-hole so that her lab key would work. After that, she went downstairs and ate breakfast.

[TheBreech 91]

Cosmo woke up easily at noon. "I came here to push my limits, and I sure feel like I did," he thought, "Well, I might as well..." Cosmo never finished the thought because as started to get out of bed, he saw Cinder Standing by his bed in a maid outfit. "...hello..." was all he could get out before she burst out laughing, her outfit vanishing into burnt orange smoke, the color of her magic. "The look on you face!" she choked out, rolling on the floor. Cosmo smirked, shook his head and pulled the covers over himself. "How did you get in here?" he asked from under the covers. "Doesn't matter," she said pulling them off of him, "I'm your new stalker until you call me your marefriend! And we're going down for brunch, since you slept through breakfast." Cosmo didn't resist, he wanted to go becuase he liked Cinder and her energetic personality and he was too tired to argue even if he didn't want go. "This might be fun," he decided, "I've never really had a marefriend before, and certainly not like her. Lets see what she has in mind for today."

[Literally Snails 2,307]

 

Crimson sat silently behind rail, "i just saw the monitors in the hotel, no offense, but your boss is a dick....oh dont mind me, I just came here early to get a good seat for todays match.....and to ask you....what's your stake in all this? Are you really just big shots lacky? Or do you have your own agenda? Becouse let's be honest, you didn't have to save dash, you could've just sat there and watched, hell, I bet if you pointed that out to swordpoint you could've made him leave the ring and get disqualified.....but you didn't....so, why? Are you on big shots side, or are you secretly helping us? Asked crimson in a serious tone. Crimson grinned and stopped his interogation when he saw swordpoint, "go back to your business brother, ive got this taken care of, I'm just here to have a little talk with rail..." said crimson, before turning to rail again, "now....about my question..." said crimson seriously.

((In case your wondering, crimson teleported behind rail))

"I own this stadium. I own this tournament." Rail said. "Big Shot is under my employment, as is the entire tournament committee. It is unfortunate that employment and control are so wildly different. Why do you ask as if you see me as a threat? I'm no fighter. You could easily stop me." A light green unicorn stepped down the stairs to Rail's side. He had dark red hair and yellow eyes.

 

He spoke quietly to Rail. "It's time to go..."

 

(Hellllllo guys, its almost been a day since the last reply. Do you guys want me to speed things up and skip to the next day? I'm getting a little scared that this topic may be lost just like all of the other rps I've tried to host In the past... Sad face. Do I need to change something?)

Edited June 6, 2013 by Topaz

[Senor Citizen 516]

Standoff had decided on an action plan, without Red. Surprise A in the semi-final, surprise B in the finals. He didn't trust Radio to not be able to nullify surprise A on her own, so the more powerful one for her. As for Cosmo...

Well, he'd see what happened with him.

[TheBreech 91]

(OOC: I wouldn't mind just skipping ahead, in fact I'd prefer it.)

Cosmo and Cinder walked through the Everfree forest for awhile before Cinder asked, "You have a plan for tomorrow... right?" She seemed more concerned than she let on. Cosmo smiled and told her, "Several. First thing to note is his biggest limit; he's an earth pony. If he can catch me, he'll have an advantage, but that a pretty massive 'if.' I'll keep an enchantment on my reflexes, Shadow Dance, so he'll find it nearly impossible to catch me. As for his weapon, he'll find it difficult to hit me, and if he tries aiming for my feet, either I'll dodge and waste a limited ammo supply or force him to catch himself in the blast. He'll get me in it but I should be able to evade most of the damage from it, effectively eliminating any advantage he'd have in endurance. The last thing I noticed was Lite Shade seemed... off. It was like she had something disrupting her thoughts and ability to fight back. If Standoff had some kind of mental interference ability, I can counter it. Princess Luna paid a thousand years of exile because she couldn't defeat the dark voice in her brain. She has developed and taught me, countless spells and tricks to control my own power and thoughts. Whatever Standoff did to Lite Shade will have a hard time affecting me." Cosmo looked in Cinder's teary eyes and told her, "He'll spend the fight chasing smoke and mirriors and even if he can grab me, I'll teleport. If nothing else, I'll teleport to safety and wait out my 10 count. I'm walking out of that arena tomorrow, the only question is whether or not Standoff will." Cosmo didn't like the thought of losing to Standoff. He was a criminal Cosmo could stand killing in the match but hunting him down was another story... "This whole place is full of death... Deaths that serve no purpose and deaths that shouldn't occur..." Cosmo thought, Lite Shade and Golden Dreams on his mind. Cinder could see Cosmo was suffering so she did all she could think to do and kissed him. Neither of them were willing to break off for several moments, and even when they did Cinder wrapped her hooves around Cosmo and pressed him close, "Kick his flank Cosmo, you know you can." They headed back to Cosmo's room, too tired to do anything but lie next to each other and sleep until the next day.

(OOC: Sorry if I'm doing too much shipping here. I'm just practicing my writing skills for a fanfic I'm going to start over the summer. If you don't mind, PM me what you think or, Topaz, just let me know if I need to stop.)

Edited June 7, 2013 by TheBreech

[Justin ZW 396]

(OoC: , I'm not opposed to skipping, but I want Rail to meet with Swordpoint first. I have a conversation in mind between them. Perhaps he can mysteriously appear while Swordpoint's poking around?)

 

Swordpoint walked the dark hallways in silence. He had tried to find the magical signature of a nexus portal, but there were no traces of it. I suppose the tournament committee's offices could at least provide me with some information... He strolled calmly to a door marked "Employee Offices," but the handle would not budge. "Locked. Well... let's see how well protected they are..." He closed his eyes and focused his energy. There was a small "pop," and when he opened his eyes again, he was standing in another hallway which was lined with doors. Each door had a nameplate on it. "Perfect. How foolish of them to leave it unguarded against teleportation."

 

He trotted down the hallway until he found the office he wanted. The nameplate read "Rail." He tried the door to find it unlocked. The interior was very posh, perhaps overly so. He walked to the desk and opened it, quickly searching through the papers inside. "There must be something here... Anything about his plans for the tournament..."

[RAGESTAR 479]

Crimson looked out the window silently as he sat in his hotel room, the room was in total darkness except for the sunlight shining through the window, crimson sat in the sunlight of the window, absorbing the sunrays, "I know your there.......father..." said crimson calmly, moments later, a quite, evil, laugh echoed throughout the room followed by a pair of red eyes and an evil smile, "interesting......you have gotten more powerful.....I wonder if your freinds know just how powerful you really are.....and how much weaker you are than me!" Umbra laughed evilly before approaching crimson, but keeping his distance, "I heard your little plan you made with your little freinds.......let's be honest.....you and I both know their not strong enough to kill me......much less the diablo siete!" Said umbra with an evil grin. Crimson merely listened patiently to his fathers rant, after it seemed he had finished, crimson turned away from the window to face his father with a look of indifference, "its ok to be afraid you know......you don't have to hide it..." said crimson calmly. Umbra glared and growled, "ME? AFRAID!? DONT THINK ME SO PITYFUL WORM!!" Yelled umbra in rage, now only inches before crimson. Crimson sighed, "keep your voice down, cosmo and his new marefreind are sleeping in the next room..." said crimson calmly before turning to look out the window once more. Umbra merely growled in anger, "your quite lucky that I only sent my shadow......or would've killed you where you stand......but seeing as I cant kill you.....I can at least break your freinds spirit, what's his name again? Swordpoint I believe..." said umbra deviously. Crimsons eyes widened in shock, "leave my freinds out of this coward!" Said crimson before rushing to tackle umbra, but umbra merely laughed before dissappearing into the shadows. Crimson cursed, "run swordpoint, he's coming!" Thought crimson, before telepathically sending the warning to swordpoint.

[Justin ZW 396]

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Swordpoint continued to rifle through Rail's paperwork. "Dammit! There must be something here!" Suddenly, he felt a strange force, followed by what seemed to be Crimson's voice in his head. Run, Swordpoint! He's coming!

 

Swordpoint looked up. What? Who is coming? Crimson? Is that you?

[RAGESTAR 479]

"SWORDPOINT! RUN, MY FATHER IS COMI-" crimsons message was cut short as umbra void materialized behind him, "aaahh.....that's better, he's quite annoying, isn't he? But where are my manors......I am umbra void, father of crimson grinn and violet rose.......and......future god of equestria! And you must be swordpoint.......the knight in shining armor that crimson ACTUALLY thinks can help kill me......I can't say I'm impressed..." said umbra softly, before chuckling evilly, "so......why do you want to help my pathetic excuse for a son? Money? Power? Women? Knowing him he could give you all of these, he's a rescoursefull one I'll give him that......but why help him?" Asked umbra quitely.

[Justin ZW 396]

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Swordpoint scoffed at Umbra and resumed his searching. "I need none of these things. Perhaps someone so twisted as yourself does not understand honor or morality, but I do. Now, if you'll excuse me, I am busy." He waved his hoof at Umbra. "Given your sudden appearance, I trust that you're a mere apparition. You can show yourself out."

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

(Oh, right. What she does in her free time.)

 

Radio, in her room, lifted a beaker carefully with magic. "Alright, LAST time an idiot put to much methothalean in the mix... Now then, what happens when a magically charged crystal is exposed to explosive force, log two entry 24A. I have created an explosive substance, and will now magically charge a crystal. Quartz was the only material I could find around her that would create an appropriate fragment, so it will have to do." She set aside the beaker and picked up a quartz crystal roughly the size of her hoof. She concentrated, and it began to glow. She stopped when it began to ring, "The crystal is charged and we will now introduce the explosive." She poured a small amount of the liquid on the crystal. Igniting it with her magic, a bright light suddenly flashed in her room. The crystal's glow was much brighter now, "Interesting... no heat, no sound, only light. It seems to have absorbed the energy, but how. This will require further research at a different time..." She heard a cry from the other side of the wall, and felt a presence touch her mind. Frowning, she exited her room and knocked on her neighbor's (Crimson's) door. Her helmet was in a satchel on her back. "Is everything okay in there?"

Edited June 7, 2013 by Dawnpath

[RAGESTAR 479]

Umbra scoffed at swordpoints mellowness, "ooohh.....your a brave one aren't you? Well you are correct, I may only be an apparation that cannot be harm you.....but that doesn't mean I can't break your loved ones, like that pretty muti-colored mare you were with......what was her name again? Oh yes.....I believe it was rainbow dash.....yeeessss.....I could break her just like I broke my daughter...." said umbra with a malicious grinn.