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Reaper Academy; The Revival
Topic Started: Jan 12 2010, 03:17 AM (161,218 Views)
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-The Gym-

“Shipper, get in your portal, and hurry up!” Axel told Shipper as he entered, “Same color as your year. Hurry, someone else might get the prize first!”

Then Sama and Crystal appeared, describing a girl with brown hair, short, and got into trouble.

“You're gonna have to be more specific,” Axel said with a slight chuckle, “If she went into the portals, she'll be fine. There's nothing lethal there. Maybe close to...But the red level is relatively safe... [size0]Compared to the Blue Course...”

Red Course

“Let's go!” Galv said to Chachamaru and Melanie, as they headed down slide number...six!

Aiden grabbed Riley's arm and Azami's, “Come on! Let's goooo!”

She dragged them down slide number 3!

Slide Six

As the three came down the slide...they won!

Hahaha, no, just kidding.

It was a large, desert like area...A door was on the other side.

“Huh...I wonder if we just walk through it?” Galv said. He took a step forward.

Rocks suddenly flew through the air, forming together!

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“...Uh oh...” Galv frowned.

Slide Three

The three would land by a giant board, cut into nine squares...

“TIC TAC TOE!” a voice roared, “THREE IN A ROW! GET PAST ME, IF YOU CAN!”

A path would appear to the board...

Green Course

“Oh -” Edda said, saying a choice word that made Evelyn blush, as the T. Rex appeared.

He drew Sol, and fire blazed from it. He had an idea stolen from Grant that might be able to get the T. Rex away from them without a fight...And Edda felt he could outrun the creature.

Edda waved Sol around, trying to get the dinosaurs attention!



Lily shrugged, and looked down. A T. Rex was there...

“Hey...There's a giant monster thing down there...” Lily mentioned to the others.

-Spork Residence-

Spork brightened up considerably at the smell and site of pancakes.

“Aww...you're too good to me,” Spork smiled, digging in, “Ohhh, blueberries!”

-Pasta Restaurant-

“A closet?” Aboy frowned, sitting back in her seat, looking forlorn. “Come on...Can't we go somewhere a little nicer or something? A closet is just so...boring...”

Her left eye twitched slightly.
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Red Course - Slide Six

Chachamaru followed after Melanie and Galv, down slide six, looking over the area once they arrived at the bottom. One may not be able to read it off of her face, but she was very determined to win.

Soon enough, a creature formed out of stone assembled itself in front of the three, looking quite imposing.

"This creature appears as though it may be similar to Genbu of the Shiseijuu, or Four Saint Beasts..." Chachamaru commented on the creature, pulling up information from her databases. "Be cautious if the creature splits apart again..."

Green Course

She could not recognize who was around her, and she didn't know why she was here, but Rumi did know that this was a T-Rex, and it did not look all too friendly.

"...Ummm... Nice giant tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur... Niiiiiiice dinosaur..."

Kubo Hallways

Dam(ar)ion had changed into Dam(luig)ion, killing the clever nickname the true Damion had come up with to describe his monochromatic other self. AND he was jumping forward with a powerful series of kicks! In response, Damion drew out his gun, using it to try and help block his opponent's attacks. He retreated backwards a few steps, smiling.

"Heeeeeeey! You're getting better!" he joked, before a winding dash towards the Green Damion ended with true-Damion swinging another kick around at him.
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[The Gym]

Sama paused. He could be more specific... but describing the girl as looking a lot like a female, child version of him might raise some questions Sama didn't want to have to answer. Then again, Shinigami-Sama already knew about Sophie... but he still shouldn't tell too many people.

“Well... as long as there's nothing lethal... but, is there a way we could watch and see what's happening on the course?” Sama asked.

[Red Course]

Azami went down Slide Three, and found a giant Tic Tac Toe board.

“Huh... I'd have preferred Battleship, but this might still be fun!”

[Green Course]

The T-Rex sniffed at Rumi for a moment, as if trying to decide if eating her was worth the fury that would surely come from Rumi's mob ties. How did the T-Rex know Rumi has mob ties? ITS A T REX DON'T ASK ME.

Then Edda waved his sword around, and the T-Rex turned and started chasing him, jaws open!

And then, the T-Rex spit out a Bear.

Yes, you read that right.

The Bear went after Edda, while the T-Rex turned back to Rumi.

[Kubo HAllways]

Green Damion's kicks were blocked by Damion's gun, which could have resulted in a nasty accident but did not. Then the real Damion nailed Green Damion with a nasty kick to the side, sending Green Damion to the ground.

However, much stronger than his Red Form, Green Damion jumped up and suddenly made a pair of boxing gloves appear on his hands. The gloves made his punches a lot stronger, and he moved in for a uppercut!
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The Gym

"Are you sure? I mean Sophie seems to like to make situations which are not dangerous....Well horribly dangerous." Crystal said biting her lip and looking towards the red portal.

The girl then stopped and took a breath. "Maybe i'm overreacting....Maybe she's perfectly fine and having fun!....."

Or maybe she's with Miki. D8


Red Course

"....It's a rock monster?" Melanie said looking up at the giant beast, but suddenly having to dodge as rocks were hurled at them! "EEP! Galv I think we picked the wrong slide!"


Spork Residence

"Yup! Just for you! Colette made them but it was my idea!"

The woman giggled, sitting down beside her husband and every now and then snatching the fork from him to take a bite of his breakfast. "How are you feeling darling? Not too hung over I hope!"


Pasta Restaurant

"What are you sugesting my dear?" Ryan said with a creepy grin. After all he was only thinking about making out in a janitor's closet...But it seemed as if Aboy had her eyes on bigger things...Maybe a hotel room?

He wondered if Shinigami-Sama would realize if they stayed off campus over night....Not that he cared. It wouldn't be the first time.

Green Course

It was strange, it seemed as if while the wolfos were around Sarai was too distracted to be scared....She didn't even notice the effing TREX TEARING UP THE COURSE AROUND HER.

"Awwwww cute puppies! Would you like to come home with me?" the girl asked happily, much more confident around the beasts then around actual humans....Not that anyone would do ANYTHING to her if she had these puppies hanging out with her.

Blue Course

It seemed as if Jade in Sire's body stopped caring just who she was shooting at! The girl REALLY liked to kill, so bullets were flying everywhere....

Well except at Sire....But that was just because she didn't want to get all shot up....

"DIE DIE DIE"
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-Gym-

“Sure!” Axel said to Crystal and Sama, “Pull up a chair, have some popcorn, look at the monitors.”

He paused, and his face darkened, “Of course, that means you'll get a failing grade for the day...”

Axel was lenient on Shiori, since she was healing still. But he had no reason to go easy on Crystal and Sama.

“And hmmm...Ryan and Aboy aren't here either...” Axel suddenly said, looking at his role sheet, “YO! ALEX. WHERE'S YOUR KID?”

I'm not even sure if Armstrong's a zombie still.

Red Course

Spoony sighed, looking to Sophie and Miki.

“Ummm...are you two okay?” he asked.

Slide Six

The rock monster stomped forward now, and Galv sent out a blast of lightning, hitting the creature dead on!

Nothing happened, and the rock monster just stomped at them still.

“Ahhh! Chachamaru, do you have anything that works on rocks or something? My lightning is useless...” Galv muttered.

Slide Two

“Looks like fun though!” Aiden said to Azami, “Doesn't it Riley? Doesn't it? Huh?”

Aren't you glad you got these two for friends Riley? Aren't you? Huh, aren't you?

Green Course

Edda said another colorful word as the T. Rex loogied up a bear at him.

The green student focused, swinging his sword around.

“Alright Sol...We can do this...” Edda muttered. The T. Rex was heading back to Rumi, and Evelyn was there too...

Edda muttered a spell, then slashed Sol downwards, sending out a wave of fire towards the bear!


As the T. Rex came towards Rumi, Evelyn looked to the girl.

“Come on! We gotta hurry!” she said.

-Spork Residence-

“Thank you dear,” Agoi said, “Both for the idea and not cooking them.”

He gave Rose a grin and finished the pancakes given, “I feel much better now...Did you get any yourself?”


Collette listened to them from outside the room, smiling slightly to herself.

-Pasta Place-

“I don't know...” Aboy said, a slight grin on her face. Her eye twitched again, “Just...well, I'm going to have to be with you for a while...at least until Gallic starts things. Like...what...in the long run...are you going to want from me?”
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[The Gym]

Sama put his arm around Crystal to try to reassure her. “I'm sure she's fine! She made friends with that Spoony boy, and he seems capable. … Well, I know he hangs out with Musashi, and he's capable, so maybe Spoony learned something from him?”

Then Axel threatened to fail them. Sama had to grin.

“Actually, Professor, we had our graduation exam a few minutes ago... and passed! We're still technically students, but... we also technically graduated... so I don't think you can fail us. I usually fail anyway, though...”

Sama was clumsy. Dodgeball was not a clumsy man's game. He could not dodge a wrench, so he could not dodge a ball.


Then, Zombie Armstrong appeared as Axel called him. He was eating something that looked suspiciously like brains. We won't ask where he got them.

“My kid? Oh! Ryan... He should be in class... I don't know... I saw him last night; I was watching him sleep for a while, and then I went out to get these brains from a waiter I know...”

Poor waiter. He's still alive, though.

[Red Course]

Slide Two.

“Of course it looks like fun how could Riley not think it looks like fun I think it looks like fun and I know all about fun because --”

GS is too brain dead to continue Azami speak. Just assume it goes on like that for another ten paragraphs, kay?

[Green Course]

Sol hit the bear with fire! The bear caught on fire!

… Now a flaming bear was running at Edda. FIRE BEAR!

[…]

Connor saw vicious wolfoses... a fire bear... and a T-Rex. This was either a Hollowwood B-Movie, or another typical day at Kubo.

“Sarai... um... maybe we should take the... um... 'puppies'... and go... before the dinosaur eats us...”

[Blue Course]

With Jade shooting at everything like a crazy woman, Nanami decided it was time to bring the b*tch down. She narrowed her eyes, and drew one of Lavan's swords – then she charged at Jade and tried slashing her (Sire's) face off!
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“Graduated huh?” Axel sighed, “Fair enough, guess I can't fail you then.”

He then turned to Armstrong, “You know, I'm not a parent, but you seem a little over protective dude.”

Axel seemed to be one of the very few people who did not seem to understand Armstrong's...strangeness.

“I hear he's been hanging around with Aboy...Might be out with Aboy right now, possibly, playing hookey...” Axel muttered.

Green Course

“...I should have thought this through...” Edda frowned, as the bear was still charging, now on fire.

Edda swung Sol around...then turned and ran, jumping up a tree and started climbing it!
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Armstrong grinned.

“A boy!? FINALLY! My boy is taking after his old man by chasing a boy!”

… Yeah, Armstrong doesn't realize that's her name. He also doesn't realize that saying something like that out loud is really odd.

“... I'd like to play hookey with a boy...” Armstrong muttered.

Eww.

[Green Course]

The flaming bear was now trying to follow Edda up the tree, but luckily, being on fire, while intimidating, can also be painful. So the bear fell down and died.

… Or did it!?
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“A boy!? FINALLY! My boy is taking after his old man by chasing a boy!”

“Oh, you a glasses man then?” Axel said.

“... I'd like to play hookey with a boy...”

“Dude, Aboy's a student. Little young for you, don't you think?” Axel added.

How long can we keep this up?

Green Course

Edda looked down at the bear...It looked like it was dead...

“I'm jumping to another tree...” Edda muttered, making sure Sol was sheathed, and focused, attempting to jump from tree to tree...He still had to help Evelyn and Rumi, and get them out of danger, along with himself!
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Armstrong gave a rather horrible grin... which, of course, is hidden by his mustache. Does he even HAVE a mouth? Has anyone ever seen it?

“I prefer them young.” Armstrong mumbled. “Wait, you meant the student NAMED Aboy... oh... I see... yeah, not my type.”

[Green Course]

The bear was dead; but the T-Rex was not! It was still sniffing at Evelyn and Rumi, and when it noticed Edda in the tree, it swung its tail at the tree, trying to knock it down!
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Red Course

The slide WAS awesome.

Riley had to admit it to himself. Sure, he liked to appear dignified, but even he squealed whenever he got a new toy, he was just as joyous when he made another discovery, and he was just like any other kid. He still liked to have fun. He still liked to join others in their fun, laugh, joke, everything.

However, not many would be friends with a complete tech-nerd.

So it was no wonder that Riley was enjoying every moment of that slide. The moment they came out the other end, Riley looked back at it longingly.

"Oh, man, I want to do that AGAIN! That was FUN! But we don't have time, we can always ask later. We have a contest to win! Well... At least a contest to NOT LOSE. So, come on! We gotta go!"

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Blue Course

While Nanami in Lavan's body was doing so much better against her opponent, Lavan in Nanami's body wasn't having such luck. Maybe the luck was part of the body or the charm or something. It was quite strange, but he was currently being pressed back by his opponent.

Nanami was primarily a water-type, but fire was a secondary element for her. So Lavan had access to SOME energy, and that was the only thing keeping him alive right now. Nanami's style of fighting was a lot more flowing than his, a lot less chaotic, and the body was not used to sudden bursts of speed like ones Lavan used all the time. In addition to that, Lavan couldn't use her primary element.

So it was no wonder that he was having a hard time.

But he didn't despair. He would be fighting until the very end, and that meant that he had at least some tricks up his sleeves. Literally!

One might think that he was unskilled at needles. On the contrary, one of his powers, the infamous Red Needle Rain required an immense amount of skill and control with throwing objects that were extremely thin. Nanami's Ice Picks fit perfectly.

And now, Lavan was gambling. He grasped the last of the Ice Picks he had access two, a full dozen of them within his hands as he bounced away, just barely staying on his toes and away from his vicious opponent. Then, with a point forward at his opponent, he incanted, for the first time in a long time, the invocation of the Flare Spell.

"From the depths of the Earth, from the surfaces of suns, from the distance of the stars, the flame flowers into new being. White light, Red flame, force and passion expressed in an explosion! FLARE!"

And he set the Flare off... In his HANDS, blasting himself backwards in a downright suicidal move... A suicidal move that used the Flare's explosive force to launch that dozen Ice Picks at his opponent.

Unfortunately, this left Lavan in a rather bad position. His hands were smoking, and he didn't have enough time to shield his body from the blast, the clothing frayed and burning at the edges, looking extremely ruffled as he lay on his (her?) back, taking deep breaths.

"Okay... Ow. That... Hurt. More than usual. Ow. Nanami, you need to build explosive resistance. Ow. Owowow..."

He tried to get up, but his arm crumpled under him, definitely broken from the massive throwback from the blast. Too much pure energy was channeled into the spell, providing a much bigger blast than Lavan anticipated. So now he had a broken arm, a twisted ankle and was probably facing off against a Pissed-off Sire.

Not cool.

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Green Course

Edda might have been busy. Evelyn and Rumi too, as far as anyone was concerned. The Tyrannosaurus Rex was a mighty, massive beast, carnivorous and dangerous, a maw full of jagged teeth ready to rend flesh from bone in seconds, and ready to tear life from body even quicker.

But Ras was NOT busy. Sure, he was halted previously by the orange Owl and spent some time trying to figure the darn thing out, but now he was on the hunt again... And the T-Rex was the perfect opportunity to test a new spell.

He wondered how it would work... But hey, he was a spellcaster, and he needed to experiment. He might not have been a scientist, but he sure as hell was a curious guy, and he wanted to learn every spell in that dark Grimoire.

So, as Edda jumped from tree to tree, Ras tracked the boy from above and behind, jumping silently through the branches...
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Let them Label me! Let them swear and curse at me as I tug humanity like a bucking bull into the darkness of the unknown, revealing its secrets to the sane and driving them MAD! In ages long past, I shall be looked upon as a tyrant and a savior! As a savant and as a fool! My work shall advance humanity long past its time, throw it into the unknown future and force it to grow strong or FALL! Years from now, when I will inevitably be removed, my work shall continue to progress, because these things cannot be denied! Governments will publicly criticize my work, but privately conduct research that advances it! I shall imprint myself into the annals of history, among the stars that shine as brightly as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Dmitri Mendeleev, Nikola Tesla, and countless others! My work will shine as brightly as any star, and I AM ITS CREATOR!!!
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A giant Tyrannosaurus Rex was right in front of her, sniffing. On most all accounts, it was probably quite a good idea to run. So that is what she did, following after Evelyn, in trying to run away from the T-Rex. Of course, it may also have been a good idea for Rumi to draw something up to try and combat the dinosaur as she ran...

...if she remembered that she could do that. It is scientifically proven fact, that falling Donkey Kongs were at least 95% as effective as amnesia bacon, to cause amnesia.

Red Course - Slide Six

“Ahhh! Chachamaru, do you have anything that works on rocks or something? My lightning is useless...”

"I have weapons-grade laser emitters from my eyes, retractable rocket propulsion fists, a sword that can form from one of my arms, and an electric blender that can form from my other arm," Chachamaru began listing off a number of the special functions and abilities that had been built into her.

"I also have a guitar, that I am able to smash things with. Would any of those features be of use?"

Kubo Hallways

Changing from one N*ntendo property to another, it seemed as though Green Damion had become Little Mac Damion. Luckily, Damion wasn't Glass Joe, and could take a hit or two. Damion wiped some blood off his chin, before smiling.

"I dare you to say shenanigans!" Damion then dashed at his opponent, to strike him in the face with his gun.
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[Red Course]

Azami nodded several times as she came down the slide... on her head. She was on her back, sliding down head first. She ended up on the ground, and floated up, looking over to Riley.

“Oh that was so much fun! We should come back, as soon as we can, whenever we can!”

[Kubo Hallways]

“Shenanigans...?”

SMACK! Green Damion was knocked in the face with a gun, and suddenly he felt infuriated. He jumped back, and suddenly his feet were glowing green; he made a kick and sent a burst of energy at Damion!

[Blue Course]

“HEY DON'T WRECK MY BODY!” Nanami called over to Lavan with narrowed eyes. She couldn't BELIEVE him! It looked like her arm was broken, and she now had a horrible feeling that if the Trickster did not fix this after the fight, she would be forced to kill both her boyfriend and the Trickster with a broken arm.

That would be tough, even for Nanami.


Meanwhile, Sire was in incredible pain. Sure, Lavan had hurt himself a lot with that last move... but it was effective. Sire was slumped on the ground, and he felt like one of his (re:Jade's) ribs was broken.

He frowned, and climbed back to his feet, taking in a deep breath with gritted teeth from the pain. He wasn't used to this... he wore a full suit of body armor for a reason! He frowned, and picked up one of the ice picks Lavan had thrown.

“... Time to stab you in the eyes. And the brain. And the heart. And the lungs. And the stomach. And the kidney. And the teeth. Yeah, I'm even stabbing your f@#ing teeth.”

Sire moved towards Lavan, ice pick in hand...
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For a moment Crystal was worried that somehow Axel could still fail them, somehow sending them back to being students (it wouldn't be the strangest thing that's happened) but when he didn't she smiled and gave a sigh of relief.

Red Course

Sophie still eyed Spoony not sure what to believe in the sea of LIES AND DECEIT. Instead she just nodded stiffly and kept her distance.

"Uh...Maybe I should go back...Josh is probably looking for me..."

Was there even a back in these courses!?

Red Course: Slide Six

Melanie blinked as Chachamaru listed off her weapons....It seemed as if they were SOL at the moment.

"I think smashing the rocks might be our best bet, but will your guitar be strong enough to do that?" she asked.

Blue Course

"YOU EFFNG LOSER! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY BODY!?"

It wasn't quite clear just who Jade was yelling at...She would probably just kill them both, but first she would let Sire hurt Lavan some....

But as for right now she needed to dodge Nanami lest she get chopped up into teeny tiny bits!

"You pathetic-b*tch-you-don't have the-guts to-bring me-down!" she exclaimed loudly as she dodged like a mad woman. Suddenly she threw Sire's hands forward producing for fire.

"YOU CANT TOUCH ME!"

Green Course

Sarai nodded slowly, petting the wolfos but staring up at the giant TRex now. She suddenly became scared Sarai again.

"U-Uh yeah t-t-time to g-go..."


Spork Residence

"I ate a bit here and there" Rose said with a smile, turning to their closet in order to pick out a nice dress "Anyways I was planning on taking Collette somewhere for brunch, perhaps to talk to her a bit. It isn't every day you get to talk to your future daughter after all"

Pasta Place

"As in what I want business-wise, or fun-wise...Because I do want a lot from both..." Ryan said with a grin, eating another bread stick. He wasn't sure how much he wanted to talk about in a location like this but this girl was just so cute!
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[Gym]

“So... Axel... is there ANY way we can find, um, this person?” Sama asked, rubbing his neck.

[Blue Course]

Much to Nanami's luck, Jade had actually used fire against her... while she was in Lavan's body. She simply took the hit, allowing the flames to hit her and spread across Lavan's body. She assumed he would be alright.

“Jade, I don't want to touch you – frankly I'm surprised anyone would.”

Oh snap. Nanami jumped back, making her own fireball, and tossing it at Jade!

[Green Course]

The T-Rex looked down at Sarai and her wolfos, and it looked ready to eat them!

Then, Connor stepped in front of Sarai, shaking like a leaf, but brandishing his sword.

“I-I-I'll protect you!” He stammered.

The T-Rex roared at them.

Connor sweat dropped.
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