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Legacy: The Fourth Reich [WWIII/Superhuman RP] iCheck

I'm officially stumped on names. If anyone thinks of a good Atom-sounding name they'd like to suggest I'm happy to hear it. As cool as Mighty Atom is, I can't use that name since that would be plagiarism. xD

Kingdom Hearts: The Lights of the Multiverse Redux [No Longer Full]

(collab between myself and Letter Bee)

Renovation - Throne Room

The answer Seth got about his question was... not as interesting as he hoped. He still questioned a few things about the traveling-through-time logistics, but it wasn't worth bringing any of that up, all it would do was delay the mission. So for now, Seth just smiled and nodded, still appearing relatively clueless for the most part.

Soon after this, everyone was led to individual guest rooms where they were told they could rest until the departure time. Honestly, Seth had nothing particularly interesting or funny to say to that, so he went along with it until he was alone in his room.

Renovation - Guest Rooms, Seth

As soon as he saw it, Seth gave a low whistle of amazement, "Wow... pretty ritzy." he commented to himself as he looked around, occasionally lifting up a vase or other object to look at it more closely... or perhaps to sweep for bugs or other such nefarious forms of surveillance. Once he was satisfied that the room really was private, Seth just let himself collapse on the bed.

He lay on his back for a moment, going over the details of everything that just happened in his head. It all sounded... kind of far-fetched. Especially the part about the Hearts that were supposedly pure and incorruptible. Seth just couldn't wrap his head around that fact, it just seemed impossible. After a moment he gave up thinking about it and rolled over to one side, facing the rest of the room as opposed to the wall.

It was right around then that he noticed the back door, appearing to lead outside. Was it a balcony of some kind? Some sort of garden or quad, perhaps? Looking at flora didn't exactly interest Seth, and to be honest he was in more of a mood to take a nap instead. With that thought in mind, he slowly closed his eyes.

His dreams would be filled with...fire; endless orange flames that stretched to the horizon, accompanied by screams and wails. A natural disaster? A wildfire?

Nevertheless, Seth would not have time to wonder in his sleep when he heard the sound of knocking.

"Seth?" implored Tocsax in his still-boyish voice, albeit a voice loud enough to go through the door, "Can I talk to you in the common garden?" He must mean the garden at the backs of each other apartments. "I have something to talk about."

Fire...? That was a new one. He half expected the usual dream, the one with all the rain and the armed soldiers... and corpses. But fire, this time? Oh well, no time to dwell on it, the voice on the other side of the door sounded like his Nobody compatriot. He asked to speak in the garden.

"Now what could he want?" Seth asked himself under his breath, pushing himself up off the bed and onto his feet. By the time he was out the door, he was just the lazy guy everyone met when he first arrived again.

"Now what could my future employer need with little old me?" asked Seth innocently.

Just behind Tocsax was a young man, 19 years old, with light skin, short-cropped red hair with soft curls, and green eyes. He was wearing a white silk turban and sand-colored special forces armor, and he carried a Keyblade like Tocsax did, a sand-and-blue weapon that evoked water and desert.

"Well," spoke Tocsax, "first things first, let me introduce you to Sultan Shahrukh Mirza the Fifth, ruler of the Basilea's southern neighbor, the Timurid Sultanate of Egypt - he's a Keyblader as well, although currently, he should be guarding Mai's world...if I hadn't asked him to come here."

"As for why he needed my services?" it was Shahrukh the Fifth's turn to speak, "well, let's just say that Toxy told me that he was going to mentor someone despite his lack of practice. So, I'd like your help in giving him said practice in teaching. You may not be a Keyblade wielder, but if you can wield a weapon, well, we'd like to impart some techniques to you; Tocsax offers the Ars Solum technique, I offer Sonic Blade. Both can be approximated with swords."

Well, this was certainly flattering. Tocsax called a Sultan all the way from off-world duties to teach Seth a technique. But Seth could really only just stand there, hands stuffed in his pockets as the only response he could offer them was an awkward grin.

"I appreciate the offer, really, but as you can plainly see, I am unarmed. Never was a fan of weapons. They always had a tendency to slow me down, so I simply stopped bothering with them."

That was certainly going to be a disappointment for them, for Shahrukh in particular, since he apparently came from such a long way for this, "So terribly sorry." Seth said, having only an apology to offer.

Shahrukh looked at Tocsax...then laughed lightly.

"Toxy, guess you acted before thinking again," he then looked back at Seth.

"Hmm, I reserved some time for this, and I don't want that to go to waste, so I think we should still teach you a technique anyway." Lifting up his left hand and conjuring up a ball of sand, the Timurid Egyptian Sultan then spoke:

"How would you like the ability to conjure sand up from almost nothing, and permeate it with darkness for added effectiveness?"

Tocsax, meanwhile, frowned at how foolish he had been.

Seth cocked his eyebrow, but only slightly. He couldn't help wondering the motivation behind this, but didn't let himself dwell on it. Part of him felt like he could hold his own just fine as he was now, but it was only a small part of him. The other part of him, a much more... pragmatic side of himself, saw this as a useful opportunity.

Well, who was he to rudely reject such a generous offer?

"My thanks, Your Excellency." Seth responded, offering a short bow to the Sultan. Tocsax might note that this was first bow or any kind of fealty Seth had shown since arriving, and that included their earlier audience with the Emperor and Empress.

"Good," spoke the Sultan, "now, let's move onto the common garden, shall we" And with that, he went inside Seth's room as if he knew its plan - which he probably did - and opened the back door to the garden.

Once he, Seth, and Tocsax were there, the latter would wave his hand at Mai, who was at the fountain, saying:

"Hey, my friend Shahrukh Mirza the Fifth is teaching Seth something! Wanna watch?" In the meantime, Shahrukh would go off to a wide open space with red brick tiles, and face Seth, before once again repeating his sand-conjuration technique, then saying:

"First up, gather your magical energies. Then, think of sand, think of how it feels, how fine the grains are, and how you can move it like a third limb if you have the power." The orb of sand above Shahrukh's right hand was spinning now, before halting, only to turn into a spiked ball, before becoming smooth again. Then, the Sultan - a Keyblader - then tossed the ball of sand at Seth, shouting:

"Catch!"

Seth followed along, and soon found himself watching a more thorough demonstration of the technique he was soon to learn. From what the Sultan described, the technique appeared to hinge on one's confidence, their ability to assert their will on the sand so that it moved according to their desire. He then quickly tossed the ball of sand in Seth's direction.

Seth, who'd been standing there with an unchanging posture, hands still stuffed in his pockets, didn't appear as though he planned to react at first. It wasn't until the ball of sand was within mere centimeters of colliding with his face that it finally stopped, Seth having reached up and caught it, but did so with such a speed that the naked, untrained eye would be unable to have even seen the movement.

"Think of the sand... and then will it to move..." he said, repeating some of the instructions. He held the ball, which was likely still held together by Shahrukh at the moment and imagined as best as he could an image of the ball floating up from his hand and then protruding spikes just had Sharukh had demonstrated a moment ago. But nothing seemed to happen.

"Come on now, ball... you know you have to obey my will eventually." Seth said, as if vocally egging the sand on would somehow make it work. But he started to concentrate harder, enough so that, even if for just the briefest of moments, his left eye glowed with a bright light blue instead of it's usual color. It was only a moment though, gone just as suddenly as it appeared.

The ball slowly turned dark, grew spikes...then exploded in Seth's face; thankfully, the man's eyebrows and eyelashes managed to catch most of the sand. Nevertheless, it was a step in controlling things.

Seth winced at the sudden explosion of sand. Quickly, he wiped a gloved hand over his eyes instinctively to wipe away the grains, "Well... that just happened. Is that normal?"

"For trainees, yes," spoke Shahrukh."The fact that the sand exploded is a sign that you'll be able to control it eventually." He then conjured up another ball, then tossed it at Seth, slightly faster this time.

Seth caught the ball in the exact manner he did the first time around. Like before he concentrated on it, his eye briefly lighting up as before. The ball grew spikes, then exploded again. Lather, rinse, repeat. Although with each ball, though it didn't look it at first, they gradually took longer to explode each time the exercise was repeated. His eye also flashed blue less and less with each attempt as well.

That is, until Seth finally found himself looking at a spiked ball of sand that didn't explode, furthermore, his left eye remained its natural color this time, "Looks like I'm getting the hang of it." he decided to try letting go of the ball and attempted to keep it in midair. It stayed, though it appeared to shiver a bit. Eventually though, it simply shot back toward the Sultan. Was that Seth's doing? Or the Sultan's?

"Good job!" Shahrukh said as he drew the ball of darkened sand back to himself, slowly purifying it, turning it back into glowing brown sand, when it was in his hand. "You did well." He then looked at where Tocsax was still looking at Mai, his expression annoyed at first, then relaxing with a sigh.

"You know, against religious prohibitions, I had a one-night-stand with Tocsax. Why am I telling you this?" the Sultan continued, "because the way he looks at that Mai girl, who comes from a time period where she'd consider what we did lewd, it's quite clear that Toxy isn't willing to let things between us be something more." He was jealous.

A sigh.

"Well, I'll let my best friend be happy, but tell me should Mai end up hurting Tocsax's heart." Shahrukh pursed his lips. "If that ever winds up being the case..." the threat was clear in his voice.

Seth just grinned. That honestly seemed to be his reaction to everything. Well, that and chuckling to himself, which he also did just then as well, "Hmm... perhaps 'Toxy' just needs some time? Or maybe he just needs to hear this from you?" Seth offered with a shrug.

"Unfortunately, I'm not exactly the right kind of guy to ask when it comes to stuff like that." he then let out a yawn that may have been a little too exaggerated.

"Well, that kind of wore me out. Think I'll go finish that nap now." he turned toward the door to his room, but before he entered, he turned back around and offered one last small bow, "My humble thanks for the technique, Your Excellency. I'll try to see to it that it serves my mission well." after that, he finally went back inside and eventually crashed back on the bed. He was tired, but satisfied overall.

Kingdom Hearts: The Lights of the Multiverse Redux [No Longer Full]

Don't suppose we can skip me this time around? Can't think of anything worthwhile to post atm. >_<

Kingdom Hearts: The Lights of the Multiverse Redux [No Longer Full]

I simply wasn't sure if we were keeping to a posting order or not. My mistake.

Danganronpa: Despair at it's Finest

*raises hand*

Legacy: The Fourth Reich [WWIII/Superhuman RP] iCheck

@The Kid Lantern I'm interested, and I have a rough idea as well. Would an Astro-Boy-esque thing be acceptable? A sort of atomic-powered robot hero?

Legacy: The Mighty Atom

WW II Predecessor: Himself... sort of

Name: Adam

Alias: Mighty Atom (most people shorten it to Atom, though)

Relationship to Predecessor: Technically, he's still the first of his kind.

Age: 72 (he was first "born" in 1945)

Powers/Skills/Equipment: His weapons and capabilities are astounding, but aren't necessarily flashy either. He has thrusters in his feet that allow him basic flight. His body is made up mostly of steel, but has recently been reworked to include a much more advanced titanium alloy, needless to say he's very durable. His original design included a hydraulic muscle system that gave him Olympic level athletic strength and running speed. That has since been upgraded, and his strength is now considered of superhuman level, currently set to allow him to lift or move up to ten tons of weight. Both of his hands can open up to reveal a set of weapons called the Atomic Blasters. They fire blasts of energy powered by Atom's own atomic core. When brought together, his Atomic Blasters combine to form the more powerful Atomic Cannon. The blasters fire quick rounds in rapid succession, while the cannon specializes in firing slower, more powerful charged shots. Atom's last known weapon is the Hyper Cannon, located in his torso and fires extremely powerful atomic blasts directly from Atom's own core.

Weaknesses: As powerful as Adam is, he does have his drawbacks. Most glaringly, is that his core only outputs so much energy before it needs to shut down and be recharged. This means that potential enemies need only to drag a battle out for a long time in order to weaken and eventually shut him down. Despite being his most powerful weapon, the Hyper Cannon is, itself, a weakness of sorts. Because it fires directly from Adam's core, it can drain his energy reserves more than any of his other functions and leave him in a vulnerable overheated state after being fired. The sheer power of the Hyper Cannon is also something of a double edged sword, as it can cause unintentional harm or damage to allies or environments if it's not managed properly and so Adam is almost always under orders to never use it unless instructed otherwise.

Appearance: WIP

Predecessor's History: Adam himself was first conceptualized during the Second World War. It was intended to serve as a mechanical soldier that could eventually be mass produced like tanks or planes. However, the necessary energy needed to power such a soldier - atomic energy - was still largely experimental at the time and the project proved too expensive to move forward with. A single prototype was constructed before the cancellation, however, and that one prototype model is what the nation eventually called The Mighty Atom, named for the atomic energy used to power him. The man who originally designed Atom was Doctor Jonathon Miles, one of many scientists assigned to what would later be known as the Manhattan Project. Miles had something of a personal stake in Atom's creation, particularly because his son Trevor - a soldier for the allied forces - had recently been killed in action and Doctor Miles decided to use his image and personality as the main inspiration for Atom's design. He even considered programming Trevor's memories into the machine but decided against it, feeling that he may have taken things a bit too far already. Still, Atom himself ended up having Trevor's face and Trevor's loyal and obedient personality. Jonathon instead decided to name the robot Adam, in reference to his code name. Miles was ordered to shut Adam down however, so that the Manhattan Project team could focus all their attention and resources on a new weapon that promised to end the war in Japan forever, using the very same energy source intended for Adam. In August of the same year Adam was shut down, the Atomic Bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki leading to the end of the war. Now, 72 years later, the Fourth Reich is on the rise. Someone from the US government rediscovered Adam, and it was decided that he would be reactivated after being given some updates on his design. And so, in the year 2017, Adam was reawakened.

BRIEF Bio: After his reawakening, Adam barely recognized the world in its modern state. He didn't really see any of it in 1945 either, but Doctor Miles did show him pictures and books detailing what the world was like. The world that Adam actually saw with his own eyes, however, was vastly different. Cars and planes looked alien in design and moved much faster. Signs had images that could not only move but also speak and play music. It didn't take long for updated info on the world to be uploaded to his memory banks so he wasn't clueless for very long, thankfully. Adam soon learned that the person who discovered and reactivated him was the young Doctor Lisa Miles, Jonathon's great-great-granddaughter.

Additional Notes: Mighty Atom was Astro Boy's original Japanese name, and I used it as a placeholder until I can think of something more original.

Kingdom Hearts: The Lights of the Multiverse Redux [No Longer Full]

"Pure... hearts?" Seth reiterated the answer he was offered, tilting his head in curiosity, "Never heard of such a thing. Didn't think it was possible." he rubbed his chin thoughtfully. Seth liked to keep his cards close to the chest, but even he had to honestly admit this was news to him. He always just assumed that Darkness lurked about in every Heart, that whole yin-and-yang balance or some such thing. Hearts that could be pure Light or pure Darkness seemed pretty strange, and naturally he never encountered anything like that before.

"So... these seven girls with pure Hearts are the good people we're trying to save, and those 13 guys with Hearts filled with Darkness are the bad guys we're trying to stop. Sounds simple enough." he was the only one who seemed to think that, it seemed. Both Mai and Fredrick found the idea strange, or at the very least questioned the logistics of the plan. It helped that Seth had already seen certain things before being called here, so he probably had an unfair advantage compared to his Key-wielding compatriots. There was something about those Seeker guys that sounded strange, and Seth uncharacteristically pointed it out.

"Hmm, if this Leo guy can travel through time to gather different incarnations of himself, then I can't help but wonder why he hasn't won already." Seth said this with a clueless grin. If he could time travel himself, then every single job he'd ever done would have been a cakewalk to complete. There was something to be said about the possibility of controlling exactly when you could arrive at any given location, or especially cooperating with one's past or future self for double the efficiency. If Leo could do all this and somehow not be victorious almost immediately, then that made Seth question the man's competency, "But hey, I'm just a lazy bonehead, what would I know?" Seth followed up his earlier observation, throwing in a little chuckle and a shrug for good measure.

Kingdom Hearts: The Lights of the Multiverse Redux [No Longer Full]

Seth listened to the story. He knew some of the information already. Heartless, Nobodies, those were things he learned on his own. He'd even heard whispers of the X-Blade, a Keyblade far greater than any other, possessing God-like power. The nature of the worlds was another thing Seth learned on his own. However, the story contained information he did not know, and that was the part that intrigued him. All the worlds were once a single world, were they? That would certainly explain why they were all so similar to each other in some way or another. Of course, this kind of information could only be known by someone who was actually there. So that was secret origin of Seth's new Nobody employer. Tocsax went on to confirm that suspicion after the story was told.

The girl - Mai was her name - well, she didn't seem to take too kindly to Seth's brand of humor. His little joke about them all being doomed, apparently Seth himself was the only one who actually got it. So when she walked right up to him and practically glared at him, giving a rather passionate response about belief and having faith, Seth could only shrug once more.

"Hey now, what's with that look?" he questioned, as if he expected everyone to be in on his joke, "Can't ya take a joke?" he asked with an innocent grin, "Do I look like the kinda guy who takes things that seriously?" a surprisingly genuine question, since Seth legitimately thought he was passing himself off as pretty easy-going. Maybe he was a little too convincing?

Luckily for Seth, the spotlight wasn't on him for very long. Fredrick spoke up, promising to stick to the mission in exchange for some basic rewards, "And I thought I was the mercenary here..." he muttered under his breath. Well, no, Seth never labeled himself as the mercenary type. Sure, he'd accepted requests from various people before, but it was almost never for money. Seth mostly dealt in information, very specific kind of information to be exact. And it was about time he cleared the air regarding that.

"About my payment..." Seth said, both to Tocsax and to his two hosts, "...keep it." For just a moment, one could swear he got a serious look about him, but it was gone just as quickly as it seemed too appear, "If this job gives me the opportunity to search for something that I'm currently seeking, then that's enough for me." it was like Seth was trying to be as cryptic as possible, which he was. His personal objective was just that: personal. There was no reason to involve everyone here with it as far as he could tell.

All too suddenly, whatever seriousness he may have had was gone in an instant and he was back to grinning like a prankster, "So um... about those sources of Light, what exactly are they?"

Kingdom Hearts: The Lights of the Multiverse Redux [No Longer Full]

@Letter BeeUm, how the heck does Tocsax know anything about Seth's world? That's supposed to be mystery, remember?

Kingdom Hearts: The Lights of the Multiverse Redux [No Longer Full]

Seth raised his eyebrow incredulously at the response he was offered. Luck, was it? He found that a little hard to believe, and suspected there might be more to it than that. Not that he actually gave a verbal response of his own. He wisely decided to keep that particular opinion to himself. Instead, he just followed along and decided to hear out the request before making any decisions. As he walked, Seth noted his surroundings and the architecture of the palace - not that his facial expression actually showed that. In fact, he remained every bit as laid back as he was when he first arrived. He did note, however, that this was the first he'd seen of this kind of architecture which, for him, was saying a lot considering how... traveled he was.

When the group found itself in the throne room, they came more or less face to face with the Palace's ruler and his young wife. So they were ones the Nobody was taking orders from. They were flanked by a young soldier with a shield, and someone who was clearly a wizard. The Nobody addressed both rulers, but the Empress shrugged off the formality and announced that this was a War Council. Well, needless to say that usually meant that a War was coming in the not-too-distant future. But Seth knew that a mere war was not enough to recruit Keyblade Wielders from other worlds, let alone his own services. This was something bigger. Like always, none of this insight showed on on his face. If anything, he was maintaining something of a clueless demeanor. The Emperor spoke.

"Keyblade Wielders, and Mercenary," the silver-haired man with what looked like purple eyes said, "My name is Michael XIII Sideros, and this is my wife, Maria di Italia. We are the Emperor and Empress of the Basilea ton Rhomanion, although our titles mean nothing except for how they can contribute to the fight against the Heartless and the Dissolution of the Multiverse. And yes, I am a Keyblade Wielder; and I have a job for you."

The Empress followed up with words of her own.

"And by a job, my husband means that you three, either by your skill or your potential, are fated to accompany us in a quest that would save the Multiverse as we know it."

That? Well, to put it simply, Seth nearly broke his persona and laughed, because he thought it was that funny. Save the Multiverse? With just three Keyblade Wielders - four counting the Emperor, but Seth doubted he would bother to join the fray himself - and himself? That was either a fool's errand, or someone was playing a very hilarious prank, hence Seth nearly breaking out in laughter. He managed to keep his composure for the most part, though. This was thanks in large part to the girl Keyblade Wielder, who voiced her confusion and apparent lack of knowledge on the Multiverse.

At this, Seth once again cocked his eyebrow incredulously. So not only was their quest to be completed by just a small handful Keyblade Wielders, but ones who were apparently rookies that had no knowledge of how the Multiverse worked? No wonder they needed Seth's help. Apparently he was the only one who had any idea what all this was, even if he didn't think himself the most reliable person for the job.

"Whelp..." Seth said casually, lifting his shoulders in an incredulous shrug, "...we're doomed."