[IC] Fourth Dimension

[RawrgnatheBloodfridge]

Minami Shiroka Minami's nose was relieved at last of the terrible smell. The big man, the nice man, and the cop all finished the job. Minami breathed in and out slowly, with a smile across her face. "Did you do it?" She asked, with her innocence shining through. Kurano Tanaka It's over then. Kurano drew ragged breaths, staring at the man who looked like he was floating mid-air. The little girl asked him a question. "Yeah, yeah. I'm pretty sure we did." Kurano suspected whatever the large man was on top of to be the monster. "Need any help getting up?" He asked, trying to be polite. He added a question however. "Were you able to see the thing? Or, did you just blindly slam into it? Bravo either way." Kurano dropped the gun, and muddled his hair for a bit. He reached into a shirt pocket and pulled out his smokes and a lighter. He lit a cigarette, and puffed on it triumphantly. "Everyone okay?" He said, after some time cooling down.

[Unraveller]

Whatever he collided with, he collided hard. Kristof must have smashed this being good. The vile smell and acrid taste lingered for but a few moments more. He still could not see the creature strewn across the buffet hall, but he could feel it as he pushed himself away. A strange texture, one that did not make logical sense in the strongman's mind. "I'll be fine." Kristof spoke somewhat feebly in a poor dialect. Sitting upon the slain beast now the foreign man glared across the convention floor. A college aged boy, seeming to just have arrived from classes. Beside him a much younger girl who seemed somewhat gaunt, her orange hair appeared rather striking through Kristof's blurred vision. A doctor, the one who has saved him looked away as soon as their gazes met, rather bashful wasn't he? A heavily built policeman, one of the last standing. And a young woman who appeared just as gaunt, if not more so than the small girl, her name was Jenica, the thief. Finally placing his eyes back to the pair of kids close to him. Kristof spoke to answer the young man's questions, "See? That I could not, however, I could smell the putrid odor, taste the stale air, and through the help of the frightened doctor behind me, hear the beast." The foreign man spoke in his usual broken Japanese. "And I couldn't be better." He quickly added with a hint of sarcasm, not wanting to go in detail about his brush with death. Staring directly at the college boy he spoke once more, "Those are bad for you, quit while you can young one." Kristof let off a warm and endearing smile.

[Teknonick]

[Naoto] Naoto flipped the safety on his gun and finished putting it away in it's holster. He slowly walked over to the beast with the strongman sitting on top, and seemingly everyone else was gathered around. Even the thief he was after had wandered over, before stopping and thinking over a few things herself. Naoto reached the beast, and looked it over. He examined the head, where the shot was, and looked at the glowing he had seen before. It was still as vibrant as it had originally been, but the beast showed no signs of moving. "Odd. This creature has something inside of it, and it still looks alive. I don't know what to make of it." he said with a short sigh. "But, from the looks of it... I think it might still be alive." he said, then looking up at the strongman to make sure he heard. [Kassy] The young-minded thief stopped before the group, looking up at the musclehead sitting atop what was supposed to be the beast. The officer walked over and started to examine it, before making a few comments about it, though he didn't seem very worried even after what he had said. 'Jenica' then turned on her heels, ready to make her way to the door, but at that precise movement had handcuffs thrown on her hands behind her back. "You knew this was coming. I'm sure this will all settle over soon, especially since you've saved this place today." the officer said, turning her to face him. "That is, what's left of it." she sighed. The officer looked at her face, showing recognition in his own eyes. "Oh, so I was correct. You were that one I was sent after. What a coincidence you stuck around long enough for me to catch you, as well as for me to be the one to have the honors of taking you in." the officer said, before turning her back around, then receiving a blast in the chest, sending him into the beast's head. The girl sent energy into the hand-cuffs, snapping them off instantly, and bolted for the doors quickly. {Unexpected Visitor} A man walked in the doors, forcing Kassy to skid to a stop before him, holding herself in a defensive stance. "No worries about that, you've been excused of all crimes. In fact, all of you have. All of you have been sentenced for various reasons, all within the last hour, but they have been dealt with." the man said. It was now obvious he had two armed guards standing beside him, fully dressed in very futuristic-looking red armor. They wore black visors, hiding their face, and were outfitted with fully-automatic sub-machine guns of an unknown type. "I'm sorry, what was I accused of?" Naoto asked after he picked himself up after the blast. "You failed to call fo backup in time, and completely missed the fact this young miss had stolen a very dangerous device, which young Tanaka had to warn you about." the man said very seriously. "That's not a crime!" Naoto shot back. "It is when you decided to not shoot her." the man responded shortly after. "As for the rest of you, it's very simple. Messing with official police business is a crime, and all of you would be sent to jail even after your heroics. The times have changed, alas, otherwise they would have easily forgiven you. But, lucky for the bunch of you, I have convinced them to forgive your 'crimes', as they see it in their eyes, under one condition. And that is if you all come work for me. Even the young misses Shiroka. I am aware she is a runaway from home, and has no one to take care of her. But, I believe it is up to her to decide her fate, as I have been given that much leeway. Come work for me, as I see all of you have powers beyond your comprehension, or you can go back home to your parents. The rest of you do not have this option. It's either work under my supervision, or go to jail." "I don't see why what I did was a crime! I'm an officer, one of the best mind you, and I fulfilled my duties. I didn't let harm come to others as best to my ability, I didn't risk the lives of others-" he said, but was shortly interrupted, "Except for when you shot at the beast as he stood next to Tanaka and Shiroka." the mysterious man cut in quickly. "Don't try to cut your way out of this. As horrible as it sounds, the government is not as they used to be, and are willing to throw you in jail without a proper investigation. You should consider yourselves lucky you're going to work for me, as I'm going to change your lives. All of you have powers, as I'm sure you're partially aware of, but you all hold much more than the average man. If you're willing to join us, then I can explain. If not, then it would be too dangerous to announce this information to all of you. But I will say this.... Young Tanaka, did you not feel the energy as it rushed passed you, right after you had shot the creature and dove for the ground? That was the young thief... Kassy, not Jenica, by the way... she used her powers over energy to send that. You can't feel that without control over it as well... or at least, the possibility to control it." the man smiled, feeling like he let loose a secret he shouldn't have. {The Doctor's Evil Twin A Mysterious lab-coat Man} Another man burst through the doors behind the first and his men, quickly scanning the room in several tight spins. "What! What happened to my convention!?" he screamed loudly. He stopped spinning, staring at Kassy and the rest of the group behind her. "All of you did this! Guards, shoot them! Shoot all of them down!" he commanded the other man's guards. The guards stood there, ignoring his commands, as they could feel the real commander did not wish them to do as they were just told. "What are you waiting for!? Shoot all of these idiots! They broke my convention, and my countless inventions! Shooooot theeemmm!" he yelled, jumping into the air after he faced them, clenching his fists. "Enough." the original mysterious man told this new man wearing a lab coat. The lab-coated man slumped down, facing his feet. He then bolted upright, and got right in the 'main-man's' face. "Wait. You're not planning on hiring them, are you?" he asked, sounding like it would be the end of the world if what he said was true. "That's up to them." the lead man said.

[RawrgnatheBloodfridge]

Kurano Tanaka Kurano took a quick puff and smothered his cigarette into an upturned ashtray, as per the strongman's request. Kurano tussled his hair and looked about at everyone now gathered. He listened to the words of the officer, not quite understanding what he said. But, understanding the officer had the power of sight, seeing as he knew that something was moving inside of the dead creatures' corpse. Kurano smiled as justice was served somewhat with the apprehension of the thief. Though, sighing as she broke from the cuffs. "You'd think that those shackles wou-" Kurano stopped, hearing footsteps from outside the convention. The main entrance doors opened, as three confident looking men stepped inside. Kurano didn't recognize the armor of the two guards. Is this a private army? A mercenary group? He thought curiously, staring at their sleek designs. The man in the middle began to explain that whatever 'crimes' they committed were let go. Kurano stood a bit nervous, as the officer was being accused of. When the agent-like man spoke of the little girl, Kurano wasn't very shocked. Runaways were fairly commonplace, though why she had come in to the convention was a mystery to him. Her grip on him tightened however, like she didn't want to go home despite having to work for a mysterious corporation. It was then, a major piece of information hit him. Kurano folded his arms, and a shocked expression washed across his pale face. Knowing he would have to work, or go to jail almost crushed him. "W-what about my classes? I still have to pay tuition even if I don't go, and I'm supposed to be a lawyer, not a civil worker," he snapped under the stres of the situation. Upon hearing that the thief girl had manipulated the energy after his shot, Kurano thought back. "Yes, well, I recall feeling something, but the stress and chaos of the moment had my attention. It could have been the creature doing that," he guessed, completely shunning the notion of being able to feel energy. Kurano nearly jumped at the sound of the doors bursting open from another person. A srange, small, and almost crazy looking man stepped in. Kurano held back a smile from hearing his reaction to the chaos. Kurani paused for a moment at hearing the agent say, "that's up to them." Kurano cleared his throat. "If you can pay my tuition, and somehow awaken these 'powers' that I have, then I see no reason why not. Everything's been too boring anyways, and I'm tired of paying off those loan sharks, only for them to accuse me of paying them late." Kurano looked at the man, and dropped his folded arms, wanting desperately for a smoke to alleviate the stress. Minami Shiroka Minami being told that she could potentially go back to her parents, or work for mysterious people made her feel scared. She didn't say anything until Tanaka's response, feeling intimidated to answer the creepy man's question "If, I can have friends. I'll work for you," she barely mustered to say. Minami clutched at Tanaka's arms and moved behind him. The scientist frightened Minami even more, almost causing her to go completely behind Kurano.

[Unraveller]

Seeing the policeman who was planning on arresting the poor strongman earlier Kristof grew somewhat nervous, was he getting ready to arrest him now that they had defeated whatever evil it was that invaded the convention? The man began examining the creature that they had stopped, the one beneath Kristof in fact. The bulky man sitting atop the beast eyed the policeman, giving a casual smile. However, as the man began to speak the strongman's nervousness returned. "Still alive? Something inside?" The bulky man inquired, not sure what to make of the development. He spoke again, "Are you sure? How can you tell? It's stench has mostly subsided." Kristof sat firm upon the beast, making sure that it couldn't escape if it had been simply playing dead. A thought came to his mind, "Does that mean you can see it, sir?" Unable to get too many answers from the rather awed policeman due to the unannounced arrival of some mysterious man with two bodyguards, Kristof turned in place, now staring at the man who had simply exuded authority. Taking in everything that this figure had said, albeit missing a few words here and there, yet another strange man entered the scene. He was annoying, unmanly, and worst of all ungrateful that the people here had risked their lives to stop such a vile being from taking any more innocent lives. Finally with a sigh, the strongman stood from his invisible perch, towering over the rest of the figures in the hall. Striding over to the four unknown men who had just entered the area, the entire time glaring at this puny little lab-coat clad man. Outstretching a thick hand in hopes for a shake Kristof spoke, still feeling weary from his earlier revival, "I am Kristof Brandt, and it would seem I have no other choice. I do not fully understand what is occurring here but I have a feeling that we shall all have a part to play in the future." Now staring directly into the boss man's visage. "You may take me, you may take away the few of us, but do not drag children into whatever plans you have. Is their innocence in need of ruining?" With a sigh Kristof pointed at the doctor who had saved his life, "If we are to all be charged with something here then have that one charged with taking away something I had longed to see." The strongman's blue eyes had grown slightly watery before wiping them away with his free hand.

[Teknonick]

{Unexpected Visitor} The man first responded to Kurano, turning his head slightly in his direction, while pushing the lab-coat man's rantings off to the side mentally. He listened carefully, though he appeared to already have an answer built up in his mind before Kurano had even started talking. "Your classes have been taken care of. They have been notified you will no longer be attending them, as would be the case either option you chose. They have all been paid in full, and you are no longer in any debt of any kind. We have a full school where your'll be going if you wish to attend, though you likely won't have the time. If you ever complete your duties, then you will be given the option of the world's greatest academies to choose from, all paid for without worries." the man explained slowly. "I'll take that as an official 'yes' to joining us. You will be shown to your greatest potential, and taught to go far beyond anyone else's abilities. And if you were wondering, after you have finished with us, we won't pester you like those 'loan sharks'. Your'll be severed from our connections completely once the process is complete... but that completion time depends on how well you can train up your powers." The man then turned to Minami after she had asked about 'friends', which was a reasonable question at her age. "Of course you will have friends! There are plenty of other kids your age. My own child happens to work with us as well, and I'm sure your'll run into her quiet often. She'd be quiet glad to be friends with you." the man smiled at her. He then listened to Kristof, who appeared to give the hardest dilemma for the mysterious employer. "Your concerns are valid, I admit, but she will be far safer with us. These are troubled times, and with the proper training, will be capable of protecting herself from the dangers ahead. Plus, as I said to all of you, you have no other choice. It's either us, or them. In most of your cases it's jail. For her, it's her own family... but, I doubt she want's that as much as any of you want to see prison." the man finished. {Mr. Labcoat} The labcoated man walked over to the beast, seeming to have found it already. He pulled out some device from a bag he had with him, the device appearing to be some sort of high-tech glasses. He put them on his face, and viewed the monster. "Oh, this one is still breathing! We've never captured a live one before." he said, eyeing the glowing stuff within the monster specifically. "In fact... all we've come across were much smaller than this beast here, and all seemingly turn to dust after they die! If we could get him downstairs-" the doctor went on... before the stench the monster gave off just before the portal before came back. The monster vibrated for a few seconds, before disappearing into a hole that looked like the one it had attempted to create before, but this one was much faster, and closed almost instantly. The doctor fell back, dropping his glasses-device, and losing them. {Mystery Labcoat and Mr. Man} "I knew we should have brought in the others! They would have been able to help move it down below before he could have escaped!" the doctor jumped back up, instantly glaring at everyone else, as if they knew the creature was about to escape. "No matter, it is gone now, what's done is done. Besides, we would never have been able to fit a creature of this size down the elevator. Speaking of which... all of those who wish to join us, should decide to follow me." the mysterious man then lead the way to the back of the building where the elevators were located. There were a bunch of them, but one in particular was already sitting at the bottom. He entered in the medium-sized elevator, rated to hold five people... but there was enough room for everyone to still squeeze in. The sirens of arriving police were heard outside as police cars started to arrive... and police were getting ready to head into the building. "It's either now, or never." the man said, ordering one of his men to hold off pushing the button at the last second. The second an officer would enter the building is when he would push it....

[RawrgnatheBloodfridge]

Kurano Tanaka Kurano wasn't sure whether to smile, or frown, at what the man told him. Though, going far beyond anyone else's abilities sounded enticing enough for him. No more needing to worry about getting mugged was a relief for him as well. The world's greatest schools intrigued him, with options all over. Perhaps he could even go to Tokyo University, the most highly respectable university in all of Japan. Multi-millionaires were birthed from it's gilded halls, and luxurious dorms. Kurano was nearly consumed by his thoughts, pulled out only by the phrase "all of those who wish to join us, should decide to follow me." Kurano immediately started to trail behind the man. I won't have to fall under my Uncle's shadow once I'm done with all of this. I can finish my schooling, and return home to the country with my parents. He had set his goal, squeezing into the elevator with the man and what he assumed to be a scientist. "Before anything else," Kurano interjected, "since you're our boss now and you already know our names. What's yours?" Kurano asked inquisitively, awaiting for the elevator door to be closed. Minami Shiroka Minami almost trembled in excitement, hearing that she would once again have friends. Her days of being ignored and scolded, left back in Osaka. She frowned slightly when the big man she now learned as kristof objected her coming along, Minami's twin tails hair style drooping a bit to make her look pitiful. Listening to what the secret man had to say, she also tried to convince Kristof. "You can protect me if anything goes wrong Kristof," she paused, making sure that she pronounced his name right. "all you have to do is squish 'em like you just did. Until I'm big and strong, just like you." Minami smiled, turning her attention to the guy in the labcoat. The coat guy seemed invested at looking at, something, from her perspective. Then, screaming like a crazy person after his glasses dropped. Minami didn't exactly have a good impression of the coat guy, but she decided on one word to perfectly describe him. Weird. When told, Minami followed the secret agent man to his his secret elevator. She slipped in the doors, and made a comment looking around her. "Ooh, I think I saw this in a movie once. But, it had giant monsters destroying the city," she added coyly, hoping no giant things were going to crush them as they went down or up.

[Unraveller]

At last, the horrid stench had finally began to dissipate. However Kristof had not realized that this was a seemingly bad thing. The creature had made its escape, and with it the pursuit of knowledge had evaded these mysterious figures for now. His gesture of greeting, a strong handshake, had been unfounded with this leader or sorts. Disappointed that the respect he had given was not reciprocated Kristof turned away from the man. The strongman had set his sights upon the young orange haired girl and laughed heartily at her slight mispronunciation, after he had heard Minami's piece he spoke in a rather gentle tone, "If it is you're wish, little one, then I have no choice but to go along with and protect you. And I shall help you along the journey, to become as strong as I." The large man had smiled quite warmly, it seemed that he had a liking for young folk, the innocence that they carry. Being the last one to the rather cramped elevator, Kristof was forced to attempt to squeeze his bulky body within, "Excuse me, Pardon me, Very sorry." Finally the whole of them had been fitted within. The young thieving woman who had chatted with him earlier. A policeman almost as strongly featured as he. A college boy who had a bright future ahead. The young girl whom he swore to protect. And who could forget the doctor who was frightened by Kristof. Finally these mystery people, with a sigh the strongman spoke as the elevator doors slid shut, "Hope that this is the right decision friends. Our lives may become much more complex from here."

[Teknonick]

<Elevator>: The boss man smiled at Kurano as he asked his name. "We just call him 'Mr. Boss' most of the time." the labcoat guy said. The guy in the labcoat turned to look at the doctor, seeing him trying to hide from the big strongman. One of the guards had grabbed his arm and forced him in after he had nodded to join them... but didn't act on it. He didn't fight back, so the guard thought it was okay. The boss man turned to the little girl Minami, holding his previous smile still. "Let's hope our story has a good ending." he said. The doors to the big building opened up, revealing officers with loaded guns entering. They explored a few steps, before the elevator doors closed. The two guards pulled out a drill, and were uncovering the elevator's buttons in the cramped space. They managed to get it off, and push the hidden button, then replaced the cover as the elevator moved down a floor. Once the elevator had moved down a floor, it started to pick up speed, as well as expand out and become bigger. The elevator's panels disappeared out of view, as glass replaced them. The elevator was now a comfortable size, with enough room for the two guards to stand on either side of the boss man without issue or complaints from anyone else. "Prepare to meet your new home." The elevator exited the concrete walls of the elevator shaft, into a new glass shaft, revealing a giant hidden room, probably twenty stories in height alone! The elevator moved quickly downwards, but at a speed slow enough for everyone to take in the sights. Everything was white and clean, there were walkways going past the shaft, all with people walking around, appearing to be busy doing important things. There were rooms with glass, allowing you to see into busy offices. Some people pushed a button, turning the glass into a black carbon material. Other's left their offices, turning out the lights as their offices disappeared into the floor... which was less than a foot thick, as you could see the room descended into nothing below! Once the elevator reached the end, it kept going, removing their view of the giant open room before. "We're making a stop first. We have to make sure everything checks out first. And I'm sure all of you would like to get some rest for the morning ahead." the boss man said as the elevator's glass walls turned back into their regular non-transparent selves. The big elevator stopped at the bottom, opening the now wider doors, and revealing a very empty hallway. Directly exiting, there were open hallways to the left and right, as well as one leading on straight ahead. There were doors leading to other locations, some with elevators, and sometimes just closets. The boss-man lead the way to the left, with his guards on either side of him. The lab-coated man stayed behind, following from the back. "This way please. We will be entering classified Zelta territory, an area only accessible to yourselves, myself, my inventor here, and other's with powers like yourselves." the man explained as they traveled through the halls, taking turns here and there. There were very little direction signs, but he appeared to know the place like the back of his hand. "You may never exit the area without an escort however. Either by myself, or a designated escort." the man said, finally turning one last time and stopping before some clean-looking blastdoors. He raised a finger and swirled it in the air, making the doors open. There appeared to be no cameras anywhere. There was a sign posted next to the doors on the wall, labeled "Three Dimensions Only Beyond This Point." The boss man lead everyone in, leaving his guards outside the door. There was another set of blast doors on the other side that were closed. "Are you not joining us?" the boss-man asked the scientist as he stood with the guards. "No no, I have work I need to get done." he said, glaring at the new recruits. He quickly turned on his heel as the doors closed, and the guards followed him out of sight. "You might feel a sense of being 'deprived' of something beyond this point. To prevent the monsters from appearing in this section of the building, we have come up with a technology that prevents the fourth dimension from existing in this area. You won't have any of your enhanced senses in this area, except in designated areas, such as the training rooms." the man said. The doors finished closing and lights turned on overhead. Nothing appeared to happen... except for everyone's control over the Fourth Dimension appeared to drain away from them. The doors opened, to reveal a smaller room. The next room appeared to be a sort of 'locker room', with benches, tables with sets of clothing on them, and various doors leading elsewhere. There was one door on the right side of the room, leading onward into the facility, while the left side of the building were the changing rooms. "Don't worry, none of you have to change if you don't want to. This is only for those who are going into the training rooms, if they wish not to damage their own clothing." the boss-man explained. There already appeared to be a few people in the room, some with outside clothing, others with the clean, slick, whitish-blueish clothing provided. "Feel free to explore. This sector is labeled with directions. Simply walk up to a sign, and it will show you where you want to go. They only show you where you want to go, everyone else will see where they want to go, so there is no problems with privacy there. All cameras in this section are also clearly visible. There are none in this room, for example. But, once you exit out into the hallways to everywhere else, you will see them scattered throughout the facility. There are none in the bathrooms, none in your rooms, and none in the sitting rooms. But don't think you can get away with anything just because there aren't any cameras. Your rooms are regularly checked while you are out training. If you have any questions, just ask your fellow trainees."

[RawrgnatheBloodfridge]

Kurano Tanaka Kurano stood awkwardly in the elevator with his arms and shoulders folded in. He stared about the room, wondering when the tight space would lead into a room. Within mere seconds, it seemed that the elevator folded out, and provided more room for everyone inside. Kurano tugged at his clothes, making sure none of them were badly wrinkled. Kurano wasn't exactly sure if he would be comfortable with living underground, but he didn't have much say in that. He stood silently, watching as offices moved by. Whatever organization this was, it certainly had to have been around since the advent of fourth dimensional technology. Once the elevator reached the bottom, Kurano silently followed 'Mr. Boss' down the sleek corridors, feeling a cold hand grab his own. It was that child again, Shiroka, latching onto him. She didn't look frightened to Kurano, it must have been a simple instinct to her. How is a child like this supposed to learn how to fight? Seeing as that creature could rip through officers like paper, she would be a mere shred of cloth to one of them. Without a complaint however, Kurano shifted his attention to the boss, as he explained the layout and properties of the area. Kurano's hearing quickly dulled, prompting him to pull out his earplugs. So this is what it feels like to have no power. It's so much more calm, and not as focused. Kurano pondered the feeling, wondering what the others might have been experiencing. The rest of the tour felt very standard, though when the boss spoke of cameras, Kurano didn't exactly trust him. They were essentially prisoners now after all, and prisons generally have cameras in the cells. Kurano was feeling excited to explore however, and with luck he could have a few of his things inside of his new room. "Are there specific times for training, or are we at liberty of using the room whenever we want? Oh, and, how many others are here?" Kurano asked questionably, remembering the few he saw in the training room. Minami Shiroka Minami was awestruck at the complexity of the underground fortress. It felt so space-age to her, like she was in one of her father's science-fiction movies. Minami grabbed on to the person closest to her, not even looking at who it could be. She was far too interested in whatever the boss was saying to care. Once they had walked into the Zelta area, something washed over her. She couldn't smell anything. Minami almost panicked before the boss explained what was happening. She almost blurted out the words 'will they come back?' when told that her power was dampened. Though, she held it at the tip of her tongue. Minami looked with curiosity at the people training when they walked by. It looked like martial arts to her, but it could have been almost anything else. She looked at her free hand, and imagined punching right through a wall. Minami smiled and giggled just a bit. Once they stopped at the end of the boss's tour, Minami asked her own simple and innocent question after the man she was holding on to. "Where are the friends at?" She said, remembering what the boss had told her earlier.

[Teknonick]

[Monster] The feeling of defeat. The itching pain that looms in the back of your mind, that you have failed. The honor lost, after having promised your success. That was what the monster was feeling after it's defeat from the untrained warriors who had so easily defeated it after it's years of training. They mocked it, sat on it, and examined it's very being... as if he were already dead. It felt ashamed, violated, and worthless. It had failed it's mission after so many years of training, after completing various trials, and finally receiving permission from the overlords. The overlords. the monster thought to itself... What will they think of me, giving up like I am? No! I must push on! I must retreat, and prove I can become stronger, and prove my worth once again! the creature stirred slowly after the battle, until eventually opening up a portal with the last of it's strength, and escaping through it to his own dimension. I will be back human-beings, I will prove to be a worthy opponent to you. But fear the day we meet again, as I will not back down as you have let myself live this day. The creature dropped directly into the main hall of his superiors, flopping onto the ground like a jumbled mess. The portal closed instantly behind him, leaving no trace of it besides the energy residue left behind. "So... you have returned. And in what poor condition. Have you no succeeded in your task?" One voice boomed, coming from much higher than the injured monster. "No... I have failed you. I fought well, but they knew my secret weakness! It's as if they were told!" he yelled as strongly as he could in his weakened state. He attempted to stand, but the coming boom did not make it any easier... "Silence! There are no excuses for failure. The form you decided to use for this attack was easily flawed. An enhanced sense of energy, smell, and feel... but a lack for sight and sound left you defenseless. You were nothing but a ravaging attack dog!" a second voice called from beside the other booming voice that had originally spoken to the fallen hero. "Forgive me... my lords... I have tried my best..." "Forgiveness is not of your nature, repetition is. You need not make apologies to us, just be given another chance to prove your worth. You have trained for too long to be tossed away like an insignificant insect." the nicer of the two voices spoke. "We will change you, using our own wisdom and knowledge to fill your head with the necessary skills needed for your new form." the voices spoke in union, before waving a single hand in a spiral. The fallen hero slowly felt himself heal, change shape, and a change in senses. He could start to see, hear, smell... but not in the usual sense he was used to. "Why are my senses weakened so? I... I am useless in this form!" he called out. He was much smaller than before, he could feel it... he knew what he had been transformed into. "I can't be of any use in this form! What am I to do?" he questioned the masters he sought out so much to please. "That is very simple. We will give yourself time to adjust to your new form. When you are finished, return to us, and we will send you back with your new mission. But for now, get some rest." the two voices then dismissed the hero, watching as he stumbled across the floor, making his way through the complicated structure of his lords. This will be interesting to watch.

[Unraveller]

Kristof's nostrils were assailed by an odor rife with chemical cleanliness, it stung continuously at his olfactories. Squeezing his nose shut as the group descended, such a place they had entered, but he felt no wonderment. Kristof is not the tupe of man meant to be confined, and through all the openness and hospitality shown, he shared young Kurano's sentiments. What would become of them now? Their hopes, their dreams? While Kristof's didn't exactly have many aspirations at this point, how would they achieve anything here?

Glad to be rid of the overwhelming stench that perforated this stark environment, Kristof listened intently as the group broke off and simply Mister Boss and the other people of fourth dimensional aptitude were shepherded out of the, "de-pressurizing" looking room. Now they had entered an area that gave a vibe of familiarity, lockers and benches abound.

Gazing around he could see the faces of apprehension apparent on the other,"inmates" this put the strongman at a bit of an ease, knowing that the few others had felt similarly. Taking every detail in rather stoically, Kristof aimed a jeer directly at Mister Boss,

"Would it kill you to get a paint job? Surely you have many people with enhanced sight, I can't imagine how they feel about this dreary place." Without waiting for a response, the bulky man strided directly for the nearest sign and spoke again,

"I am hungry, show me where the food is!" Letting off a hearty chuckle, it was wanting to eat that got him into this mess, something that he was completely interrupted from earlier this day.

[Gambit]

Audrey glanced around the busy lab room that she had just entered. She had just gotten to the facility and gotten past security, who had directed her here. The laboratory looked like a beehive almost, with researchers dashing back and forth carrying fancy-looking equipment. Voices sounded all around. Apparently something big had just happened, though Audrey had not been able to discern much about what that something was. She stepped out into the room, not sure exactly where or who she was looking for.

"Um excuse me," Audrey said, managing to catch the attention of a passing researcher. "I'm looking for Dr. Fumio Fukui, is he here?" The scientist pointed to a room off to the side then ran off without saying anything else. Whatever just happened must have been bad, she thought, noting how serious everyone was. She hurried over to the other room and saw a man looking through a bunch of papers on a table. "Dr. Fukui?" She asked the man. "I'm Audrey Moure, your new research assistant."

[Teknonick]

<Kurano, and Minaki>:
"As for you miss Shiroka, I suggest you get yourself some sleep. I will introduce you to my daughter in the morning." he said, having crouched down to her level. He stood up and looked at Kurano, "As for your earlier question, Fukui will send you all your scheduled times. There will be separate times, coordinated times, and you may also practice anytime the training rooms are open and not scheduled. As for how many others... I, don't remember. Your'll have to ask Fukui that in the morning, he usually keeps track of that information."

<Kristof Group, Bossman Group, Naoto Group, Kassy Group, Sign Group>:
Mr. Bossman simply smiled after you had mentioned the serious lack of any color. "Actually, I find it quiet peaceful. Usually all the colors, and shapes... they get to be just too much for me to take." Naoto said after you walked off to the nearby sign, and started talking to it. The map of the sector you were in appeared, then a little red dot appeared in a room on the map, similar to the one you arein. The map zoomed in, centering just so you could see your current location, and the path to the lunchroom. A route was highlighted as a yellow line appeared from beneath the red dot, following the corridors to the lunch room, lighting up the path as it spend along, while the rest of the hallways darkened to make sure you didn't confuse which ones to take.

The sign then made a high-pitched, but one not of annoyance, before speaking. "If you enter through the door to the left, you will reach a three-way intersection. Go straight. If you continue straight, you will reach a three-way intersection. Turn right. If you continue straight, you will reach a three-way intersection. Turn right. Continue straight, until the path bends to the right. Continue straight. Within ten meters, and seventy eight centimeters, you will continue straight through the doors. After you enter through the doors, you will be in the lunchroom." the sign said in a semi-human-like voice. It beeped again, "Refer to another sign if you get lost."

"Um... think the signs give you enough information?" Naoto asked the Bossman while he folded his arms. "Haha! Yes, they do need an upgrade. It is useful for when you are traveling through the mine-field room though." Bossman said with a chuckle, walking up to Naoto and patting him on the shoulder. "The- wait, what field room?" Kassy said, her eyes widening in fear. Bossman laughed again, before turning back around to Kristof and walking up to him. "My office is at the end of this hallway, if you need any help." he said, stepping to your left and letting the door open on it's own in front of him. "Though I'm sure any of the other people in the facility would be glad to help you out. Be sure to get yourselves some sleep tonight, I'm sure it's pretty late and you're all tired." he said, before waving everyone off and walking out the door, and down the hall to his office.

<Audrey>:
The man behind the table, shifting through all the papers, looked up and saw you enter through the room. "Wait, assistant?" he said with a thick, angry Japanese accent. Though not directly angry at you, just general anger at life. He appeared to be the same height as you, which from seeing the other people in the country, you realize he is quiet shorter than the average man. "Oh! Assistant! Great! Take care of these, I've got other stuff I need to do." he said, gathering the papers up together, walking over to you, and shoving them into your hands whether you wanted them or not. "Come on, I've got other stuff to do. Follow." he said, brushing past you quickly, back in the direction you had came from.

"Ahh... uhh... ahh!" he muttered to himself, turning left, then right, looking for some indication as to where you two were at the moment. He saw a big 'X-2' on some wall, and nodded to himself, heading off hurried in the direction of the X-2. He walked past it, through a door, and continued onward until he reached a small elevator. He motioned with his hands for you to jump aboard, then he held his hand up to a hand-scanner before pushing a button labeled 'Z'. As the elevator started to move, he turned his head to you, and eyed the papers in your hand. He frowned heavily, furrowing his brows. "Are you going to go through that, or do I have to replace you already?" he asked, before shaking his head and exiting through the door as it opened up.

The room you were in now, was obviously a private office. There was a desk off to the left, with all sorts of paperwork, a computer, and a little sign labeled 'Dr. Fukui'. Off to the right was glass, as well as two glass doors centered, that opened both outwards and inwards. The room outside had a closet off to the right, and a big table in the center with all sorts of gidgets and gadgets of mostly unknown capabilities. Past the table, centered in the room, was even more glass, and bigger sliding glass doors centered. On the other side was a sitting room, with chairs, and side tables, and littered with pictures of Dr. Fukui all over the walls. Beyond the room were big sliding doors, and windows, leading out to the main hallway. Back into the room with the table with gadgets, there is a another room over to the left, with glass separating the two rooms, but an opening in the middle where doors might be. There was a little dummy man, just sitting all alone near the back of the small room. To the left of that room, was a small area with shelves that folded into the wall. Currently, said shelves were folded in, so their contents were unknown.

Mr. Fukui was over by his desk, leaning over his chair and reaching over to the light-keyboard built into the desk. He was typing something into it, before smacking the enter key and straightening himself again. He looked over at you, and readjusted his glasses. "Right. You're Audrey Moure. I thought I sent a request for an assistant to Branton last month. What took him so long? Ahh, that wretched old man, always putting his hobbies before work. My work!"he growled angrily, almost as if he weren't talking to you. "Don't you agree?" he said, not knowing whether or not you had met the boss already, which you probably hadn't as he was busy with other matters for the last few hours.

[Jollan]

Garsin was in the training room using an extremely large, heavy punching bag, but he was fully equipped in his armor and more. Not only did he have his heavy read and white armor on, he also had his weapons on his back, medical gear, and extra weights placed on his arms legs and torso. He thought that it was best to train like this so that he could fight without any of his heavy armor or gear ever becoming a burden to him whenever he would be on a mission or an emergency. That is, IF there was ever a mission or an emergency. To be honest, ever since he arrived at this facility, it seems like all he has done it train, which he has. However, by now, he does this mostly for his own entertainment and to keep in shape. After his past and what he blames himself for causing, he is normally fairly content with staying in the third dimension zone. Every now and again however, he does feel the urge to have some sort of release, and that's when he comes to destroy a few punching bags.

Garsin landed one final punch that buried into the bag and ripped it off the chain, slamming it into the ground. After withdrawing his hand from the bag, he waved to someone he was training next to saying he'd see them later. He opened the door and stooped a little to get through the doorway and then headed to the changing room to get something from his locker before heading back to his living quarters where he changed instead.

Garsin saw a large group of people enter the facility being led by Mr. Boss, whom he regularly referred to as "Bossman". Since Bossman was busy talking at the time, he grabbed his pipe, tobacco, and matches from the locker and stored them in his medical pouch. When Mr.Boss was finished with his little tour, he went to grab his attention. "Hey Bossman, you found quite a bit of people this time. Mind if I have a word with you later? If you aren't too busy," he hastily added.

[Gambit]

"Oh- okay," Audrey said as Dr. Fukui shoved the papers into her hands. She hurried after him, walking as quickly as she could to keep up with the man. Soon they were heading to the Z-floor in the elevator. "Yes, sorry sir, right on it," Audrey chirped back at the scientist's comment and started shifting through the papers, though she wasn't exactly sure what exactly he wanted her to find out from them. He certainly seems a bit eccentric, she thought to herself. Definitely not what she was expecting.

When the elevator doors opened up to reveal the office, Audrey's eyes grew wide when she saw all of the technology in it. There was so much, she couldn't even begin to imagine what they all did. Audrey recognized a few things similar to what she used in college, but the rest was unknown to her. This was truly an impressive research facility. She followed Dr. Fukui into the room, pausing when he adressed her again "Oh yes sir," she said, though she wasn't entirely sure who he was talking about. It would probably be best just to agree with him though. "Your research is of the utmost importance."

Audrey returned to her task of going through the papers not wanting her new boss to find her useless. She paused though when she saw the next page. "Damage reports," she murmured, flipping to the next page and adjusting her glasses. "Energy readings." The page after that showed a sketch of some sort of creature. The lines of various colors and angles showed her that it was of the 4th dimension. She gasped slightly as she realized what this meant. "Sir, are these reports of an attack?" Audrey had heard rumors about monsters appearing in the normal world from the other dimension, but had dismissed them as merely that. Rumors. Could there really be living creatures from the fourth dimension? And why would they be attacking if there were?

[Unraveller]

Truly technology has come a long way, but perhaps Kristof was a bit out of touch with the now of society due to the lifestyle he had led for such a large portion of his life, however their circus had managed to flourish in a time where people's heads were filled with and overload of senses constantly was beyond him.

Already impressed with the sign, the strongman began wandering off, breaking away from the group. Preoccupied with his tangential thoughts, Kristof had all but ignored the directions he was given, "In one ear and out the other". Becoming lucid in the middle of a stark white corridor, appearing completely abandoned. Surely he could figure it out, what did the sign say? Go straight?

"Right, that's what I'll do, go straight!" Without paying much heed to the sign's direction Kristof began wandering the halls of sector Zelta. Passing numerous doors and other branching halls, they all appeared the same, was he going in circles or is this place as confusing as it appeared? For what seemed like an age the stocky man had pondered the location of the lunchroom, surely there would be a large, "LUNCHROOM" sign in front of the doors, right? Yet no such thing had come to be seen.

Kristof's brow began to furrow as he grew rather frustrated, with a resolute thought he finally decided to open doors at random. With renewed ambition and rumbling stomach he would find the food that he so desperately needed! One question fluttered through the man's mind as he opened so many small white doors stuck upon the walls of this similarly white hall, "Why are there so many damned storage rooms?"

At last a large double door at the end of yet another forgettable corridor, this must be it. Kristof could simply smell the food beyond, and with a mighty push the doors opened up to- a larger storage room, darn! Turning his head, another double door sat at the end of a particularly stark hall, now this one MUST be it! Ahh, yes even without his fourth dimensional smell Kristof could tell. Very slowly he swiveled opened the two doors, a divine light had blinded the man, twirling his mustache, drool dripping from his mouth - this is truly a lunch room of the gods.

[Teknonick]

<Garsin>:
Bossman turned to look at you as he walked down the hallway, stepping backwards as he did so. "Of course. Meet me in my office in an hour." he said, before turning around and continuing. One of the new recruits, a very Germanic looking man, who looked to have been plucked off straight from the circus, hurried out of the door in front of you, continuing onward down the hallway, talking to himself as he searched for the glorious lunchroom.

After that, four more people exited the room, stopping in the hallway with you. There appeared to be two girls, and two boys. The eldest of the group, one of the men, appears to be a police officer... or, as you know the truth... a former officer. He appears to not have been relieved of his pistol yet, but that's bound to happen in his sleep. The other, younger male, appeared to be the second oldest... though possibly still younger than the older girl in the group. He appeared to be that of a college student, and probably has never seen any violence in his life. The older of the two girls, the one you can't quiet tell is older than the college kid or not, looked like someone who would not be missed outside the walls of the facility. She appears to be wearing a dark cloak around her and over her head, and avoiding eye contact. The younger girl, the youngest in the group, a mere child, appeared to be hiding behind the college kid. You knew Bossman never held people's age to importance... if you were young, and you had powers, you were able to fight. Some of the younger kids were actually much more powerful than some of the older people at the facility... as long as they didn't freak out during a fight.

[Naoto]
"Well, I'm going to head off and find myself a room. We can just pick any, right?" Kurano said, then shrugging to himself. Naoto waved as Kurano went off with Minami to find their rooms. Kassy continued to stand behind Naoto, looking around the place and trying not to look at the stranger standing with them. "Wow, is that what they are going to make us wear?" Naoto said, looking at the big older man that had just talked to the Bossman moments before. "Naoto, Tokyo Police." He said to the man in armor, offering his hand to shake.

<Gambit>:
Dr. Fukui grinned as you agreed with him about his standpoint with Branton... and his research. He nodded with a slight smile, that soon faded away. He then walked out of the little office area of the small lab, into the slightly bigger room with the table filled with gadgets on them. He pushed a button on the side of it, and the table retracted underground, closing up to make the room big and open. After standing there for a few moments, with his hands on his chin, probably having forgotten what he was doing in there, he walked back into the small office room in time to hear your question.

"An attack? Yes yes yes yes..." he said, waving it off like it was nothing. He continued over to his desk, but this time sitting in his chair as he started to type on the computer again. "It happened just about an hour ago, upstairs, ground level... during the festival set to celebrate my inventions!" He explained, getting more and more furious as he talked about it, before stopping and trying to calm himself down. "Well... and my fathers. But that's beside the point. These new recruits that just came in... they wrecked everything! Years and years worth of technology, all destroyed in a moment!" he then continued, his calming technique apparently not working. "Then! Branton-" he went on, refusing to call him 'sir', "decided to recruit these buffoons. And worse yet! Now it's my job to schedule them all into the routine!" he said, starting to reach his hands out into the air in anger.

He then sighed, looking over at you. "At least I have you to take care of the menial work." he said, then eyeing the papers in your hand. He then saw one paper near the bottom of the stack sticking out. It appeared to be a picture of some device... but most of it was covered, you could only see the corner of it. He jumped up, and snatched it out of the stack without disturbing the rest of the papers. "Not sure how that got in there..." he muttered to himself before setting it upside down on the desk so you couldn't see it. The part he placed it on retracted downward, storing the paper, then coming back up as if the paper was never there.

"No what, I'll just take care of this stack of papers for now. I wasn't expecting you to be here... and there's... classified information in there. Why don't you just, go explore the facility a little bit? Your'll mostly be working here in sector Zelta, so it's best if you get the layout memorized so you don't get yourself lost." he said to you reaching for the papers and taking them out of your hands. "Exit's right through that door. If you're used to any sort of Fourth Dimensional powers... be aware it will be like hitting a brick wall going through it. For the Fourth Dimension, I mean. I've kept this office with Fourth Dimensional Powers, much like the training areas, to help better test my projects. The rest is proofed of the Fourth Dimension, to prevent holes the Fourth Dimensional creatures to enter through. Though we have never seen them this far down before... it's smart to be safe." he said, then walking over to his chair and setting the paper stack down. "Go go, explore. It's late too... I'm not sure why we'll all up at his hour of the night. But Branton doesn't like to... nevermind, I lost my train of thought." he said, waving you off and turning back to his computer after he sat back down.

[Jollan]

Garsin made a slight bow, but more like a nod, as the Bossman left. He turned to the others as they walked in and smiled when Naoto, who came just below his chest in height, mentioned the armor and introduced himself. "Hah, no, not unless you request it anyway," Garsin held out his arm and shook hands with the officer, "Garsin, retired Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. Pleasure to meet you." He smile then faded a little after glancing at the girl hiding behind him. He was thinking about his own circumstances when he first arrived here. At least for him, he didn't have much to look forward to. These unfortunate people seemed to be torn away from their lives. He wanted to ask what happened, why there were so many new people here at once, but he didn't want to bring up whatever possibly horrific turn of events just occurred with them. "I've been here for a little over a year. There's not much to do, but the food is top notch and the lodging is quite comfortable. If you want to know anything, don't hesitate to ask."

[Gambit]

"Yes sir," Audrey said, instantly feeling slightly concerned at what she had learned. Actual creatures, and worse, they were attacking the regular world. Why now, all of a sudden? And why hadn't she heard about them with certainty before? And what was that paper Dr.Fukui snatched from her? The whole situation seemed funny. Though the whole day so far had been weird. Maybe she just needed to get out and clear her head a bit. Audrey strode over to the door that Fukui indicated, opened it, and stepped out into the hallway.

It was indeed like hitting a wall. Audrey's vision shifted instantly as the 4th dimension faded. She held her arm up in front of her. This is so strange, she thought to herself. I see the same way I did before the procedure. Audrey took off her glasses. She had invented them a few years to help her see amidst the chaos of the 4th dimension, though she never managed to perfect them. But here she had no need of them at all. She made a mental note to herself to figure out what technology they were using to suppress the dimension here.

Audrey wandered aimlessly throughout the halls, having no idea where exactly she should go. After a while she turned a corner and found a group of people talking and introducing themselves. Maybe I should go talk to them, she thought. After all, she wasn't going to find out much of anything in the labs or from wandering any more at this point. She hesitantly walked over to the group, giving a quick wave when she caught one of the people's attention.