forum Superhero Roleplay [Closed]

Started March 06, 2018 by @Imperfect_Autumn group

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Dylan blinked, then did a double take, "Wait, you know who, who lives where?"

Did he just say "Weapons Provider?

“Wait wait wait… So you’re saying that you know the guy who is using the stone to power his machine? And he’s a weapons provider?” Avery questioned, staring at him. She sighed and rubbed at her head for the umpteenth time since they’d started this mission. “Great. Just great. You’re right, we definitely have to get that away from him.”

"Yeah, no shit. He probably doesn't know what it even is, he's got a history of just making stuff he's commissioned to make without even knowing what some of the required materials are. They could have told him it's a piece of crystallized dog crap or something," Kaz huffed before making an "aha" noise at the discovery of a bundle of lines taking power further into the facility

Vaughn’s brows furrowed as he had leaned over Kaz’s shoulder to look at the screen. “Well where is he?” He asked, straightening now.

"In…here!" Kaz exclaimed, following the lines to a door. He pressed a few buttons on the panel next to it, opening it to reveal a lit corridor. The door seemed to be blocking tons of electrical signatures, because as soon as it was opened his sight was flooded with different fields. He began to quietly walk down it, eyes squinted a little before widening at the sight of two figures putting off huge amounts of energy. One was shaped like a person and was a little farther in, while another was shaped like a small, round stone

Dylan sighed, wishing he hadn't put the gear in the truck, and started to follow Kaz. Kaz's eyes went wide.

"What do you see, Kaz?" He asked. There was a little bit of movement down the hall, but he couldn't tell what it was.

"He's in there working on the machine," Kaz said softly. "I know him, he used to make weapons for my dad. Maybe if I go in first, he won't panic," Kaz said as he took a few slow steps

Dylan let him go ahead, cloaking in behind him.

The stone was glowing, and felt like it was slightly enlarged compared to the last one.
Be sure to give that a wide berth, Dylan, he thought.

Vaughn glanced into the dark area, eyes flicking at the movement. “Be careful,” he mumbled to Kaz, jaw clenched a tad as he decided he would stay back with Avery at the moment.

Kaz nodded and walked forward, eyes widening at the sight of the person and machine. The machine itself was enormous, its top just barely clearing the top of the huge, vaulted ceiling. The stone was floating in its chest, and there were monitors everywhere. Xerces himself was standing on a platform near the stone, a tablet in hand as he typed. He was strange himself, humanoid in appearance but having much of his body made of metal. His thin tail was tipped with what looked like an injector of some sort, and his whole head save for his mouth was made of metal. He had a large screen for eyes, and the things he was typing flashed across it occasionally

(I’m back, sorry! I was out with my friend.)

Avery followed the men in cautiously. She kept her eyes and ears sharp, looking and listening for the slightest sign of danger. If anything went wrong, she wanted to know. Immediately.

(it's all good)

Kaz stopped at the end of the hallway before knocking on the metal, causing Xerces to flinch and look around quickly before spotting him. "Kaz? Kaz Vremenu?" he asked, typing in a few more things on his tablet before lowering the platform. Kaz seemed highly uncomfortable at the different last name, but didn't say anything yet. "What are you doing here? Finally find your old man's inheritance?" Xerces joked, the platform lowering enough that he could step off it.

"No, uh. Actually, I'm here with a few friends. We were interested in one of your projects you've got going," he said with a small, forced smile

Dylan didn't know whether to be curious or terrified of the metal human thing. It knew Kaz's name, but Kaz himself seemed apprehensive about the way he said it. Finding his own quiet corner of the room, he stayed out of the way and observed the scene before him.

"Really? What one? Right now, I'm only working on custom commissions, but I'm open to taking inspiration from one or two if you want," Xerces hummed, his tablet tucked in the crook of one arm. Kaz shook his head a bit.

"Actually, we're here because it looks like you were commissioned to make a machine powered by something of ours. And we kinda need it back," he said, gesturing towards the enormous machine in the room

Vaughn had stepped to Kaz’s side by that time. He looked at the other man, Xerces, but didn’t speak. He wasn’t there to talk, just to make sure Kaz would be alright and to get that stone.

Dylan uncloaked out of view, then stepped out into full view of the…. thing. It was impossible to come up with a good word for it.
He didn't know whether to try to appear threatening or not, so he decided instead to just stand straight and keep his eyes trained on Xerces in case he made a move.

Xerces looked around a little nervously, seeing that he had been quickly outnumbered. He didn't enjoy that, but he supposed he had no choice. "So…what do you want from me?" he asked. "This isn't a machine for a client, I just found the stone and started building around it. But it would be months of work lost."

Avery sighed as she stepped forward and gave the room a quick once-over. She turned her attention back to Kaz’s acquaintance, blinking once. This guy was certainly strange…

“Do you know what it is you’re building around?” she asked curiously, her ears twitching slightly. She had shortened them and hid them behind her hair again so that they wouldn’t be seen.

(Which stone should it be?)

(Quick, get Avery up in here before bullets fly.)

(Lol.)

(uhhh idk what stone we're on)

"This? I borrowed a prototype shell from a friend of mine to test how much the stone could power. It's amazing, really. No recharge time, and seemingly endless potential. I have it hooked up to almost five machines now," Xerces said, a nervous smile on his face. Kaz could sense that poor Xerces was getting nervous, so he took a step towards him.

"How about you show us some of the other stuff you've been working on, huh? I'm just a mechanic, but it's pretty cool to see you work," he said, smiling happily at the cyborg

Is that a threat? Dylan thought, It sounds like a threat.

He felt his muscles tense up, already expecting a fight, knowing that's not what was actually going to happen.

This guy had no idea what he was messing with.
If he had seen my sun-fury, or Kaon's prolonged appearance, he wouldn't be within a hundred miles of this place.

Dylan leaned back on a wall and tried not to appear too stiff.

"Yeah, y-yeah, um…The other machines hooked up to this one are all around us. I borrowed the prototypes from Murdock," Xerces said, gesturing to other machines tucked in the far corners of the room. They were all strange-looking animal ones, an old leopard covered in rust, something that looked like a dragon, a fish-like one, and two smaller versions of the large machine, all with a faint orange glow to them