[center][color=SteelBlue][h2]James Varrock[/h2]
Level: 1
Day/Time: Day One; Evening
Location: Tetris Castle Briefing Room->Erion
Interacting-Samus Aran[@Lmpkio]
Mention: Guile [@Holy Soldier] and Everyone else[/color][/center]


[color=ff7f05][b]"Dimension would probably be the better word."[/b][/color] Samus responds to his statement towards Guile in a rather loose fashion, [color=ff7f05][b]"By the way, nice retro-themed medieval armor. Guess you're more of the knight-in-shining-armor kind of guy, huh?"[/b][/color] Well, James could think of several things he'd been called before, but knight-in-shining-armor was most definitely not one of them.

[color=SteelBlue]"Never been called that before. And less a knight-in-shining-armor and more just willing to get the job done to protect the Last City."[/color] It was at that point that the briefing began and, for once, James paid attention to what was being said. It seemed that the leaders of the Seven Kingdoms, or the Seven, were about as clueless to the real nature and effects of the Mugen Virus as those that they had called on for aid, though James had to admit that he saw similarities between the M-Virus and SIVA. All the same, Charger recorded the entirety of the briefing just to ensure that they had the information they needed in case his Guardian did his usual daydreaming to kill his boredom.

Upon the briefing's completion, James was among the first to stand up and head back to the elevator after acknowledging Tattooman's statement with a nod. The hall with all the food in it still seemed to be something of a mess, but James was able to find a plate of french fries that had escaped the food carnage and snatched up a few, eating them before putting his helmet back on and pulling his Imago Loop free to reload the cylinder and holstering it again. [color=LightCoral]"I didn't recognize any of the names of the people we're teamed up with. Did you?"[/color]

[color=SteelBlue]"Not a one. Any hits turn up in the Vanguard's recovered history database?"[/color] The Ghost moved like it was shaking it's head and James sighed as he punched in the numbers for the 49th floor. [color=SteelBlue]"Well, keep searching I guess. Maybe the Pre-Collapse records contain something about them and maybe not. Best to know for sure."[/color] The elevator hummed to life and the Guardian stepped into it, finding himself in a room full of rushing scientist looking types. All the information available would likely have made Ikora incredibly excited, but all James found himself doing was rushing to get out. He was close to going out to do what he'd agreed to do, have a crazy adventure and save many worlds including his own. He felt a prick on his arm as one of the scientist looking types injected him with the vaccine.

Once he was sure it hadn't done anything to his shielding or armor, he followed the aide, or he assumed it was one since the Tower didn't have many, to another portal. Looking back a moment, he grinned under his helmet before pulling the Imago Loop free of it's holster. Charger sighed as he vanished from sight once more. [color=LightCoral]"You know that where we're going, neither of us will have likely seen anything like it. Unfamiliar territory and the like."[/color] James' grin only grew larger.

[color=SteelBlue]"I know. Fantastic isn't it?"[/color] And then he leapt through it.

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This time, the moment of blindness was far more familiar, lasting only a brief instance before he came out at a roll and landing in a kneeling position, his hand cannon up and ready to fire. Fortunately, he only found empty air and a forest around him. Charger did his imitation of a whistle at the site, James more than sure he was taking footage and recordings of the area for the Vanguard. [color=SteelBlue]"Well, I'll be honest, I've never seen this many trees before. At least not in one place."[/color] Charger tsk'd at him.

[color=LightCoral]"Venus, dear James."[/color] The Nightstalker growled in annoyance at the sarcastic statement and holstered the Imago Loop. He'd noticed his inability to summon his grenade, his smoke bomb, or his Voidlight Bow, along with an inability to double jump during the transfer to the Tetris Castle. It was only after he'd brought it up that his Ghost companion had bothered to mention he'd have to reunlock those skills. Wishing he could get his Bretomart's Stand out, something else he'd lost, but settled instead for drawing the Stillpiercer from his back and scoping up on the castle in the distance through the trees. He decided he'd watch for movement on the ramparts while he waited for his team.