Shifter_Master

Oblivion: Wrath of Akatosh

Akatosh sneaky mage Argonian should be up from me in a day or two.

Elder Scrolls: Wrath of Akatosh (Interest Check)

I'll admit to a bit of interest in this as well, I always enjoyed Oblivion more than Skyrim after all.

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

_{.:⋮Tis the Season⋮:.}

While Connie led her gathering of girls off to the after party. Penny would slip away from the pack with only a quiet word to her girlfriend. Snoopy would stick with MDP to ensure that Penny would easily find her way back, while the Queen herself went off in a different direction.

It wouldn’t take long to find her quarry, Rachel wasn’t a subtle person after all. Still, Penny would call out as she approached, “Rachel, a moment if you would?”

Rachel was at another corner of the lodge, her arms crossed and a tired look on her face.
“...If this is about the tournament, drop it,” she answered. “I made myself clear on that matter.”

“No, that wasn’t why I wanted to talk to you.” Penny would say with a shake of her head. She knew that for whatever reason the Inquisitor had for holding off on destroying the beach, Rachel wasn’t likely going to be forthcoming about it any time soon. “You do have my thanks for that”

“But In truth I just wanted to give you this” Penny would go on to say, holding out a small piece of metal. It was the size and shape of a business card, which was fitting since it more or less seemed to be one. As it had a phone number, and what looked to be an IP address cut into it. “In case you want my help for something.” Penny would explain. “I know that the Ascendency isn’t in need of my assistance, but on the off chance.” She would give a half shrug. “There isn’t a lot we agree on most likely, but keeping that Mirror out of Mint or Horror hands is one of them.”

“And if not that perhaps as a sparring partner. Won’t lie, I am a bit disappointed that we didn’t get to clash in the tourney, granted it’s neither of our preferred areas of combat but .” She would go on to say with a small smile. “I’m curious as to how I stack up.”

Rachel took the metallic card and took a cursory glance at it. “I see.” She placed it in her pocket, and looked at Penny with another of her trademark stern looks. “Our objectives seem to align, I must admit. But don’t get used to it. Still, I appreciate the gesture.” She then rolled her eyes upon hearing her remark on future sparring. “You stack up alright..” She gave a small smirk, and adjusted her glasses. “But whether you stand up when you’re knocked down is a different question altogether.” She turned away. “In any case, consider your invitation accepted.”

She stood silent for a few seconds, before she spoke again. “Merry Christmas, Penny. Goodbye.”

“I chose Hope for a reason” Penny would say as she too turned away, a small smile visible. “Merry Christmas Rachel, and Happy hunting.” With that said Penny would walk away. Her destination was the after party. As much as she wanted to get right on tracking down the Mirror, she didn’t have the contacts or resources to really get started on that. Other than calling Mariette directly, which didn’t seem a good idea. So instead, she would put her efforts towards something that was potentially equally important. Recapturing the holiday spirit.

When Penny did make it back to the party, she stayed close to MDP. She would still mingle though, freely and happily. The end of Dan’s party was a flop, and her own actions before that could easily be seen as a stumble. But so long as she didn’t give up there was always Hope.

Penny knew that better than most, and here she would do her best to help everyone else feel it as well.

Tiny and the Terminator [Mistress Dizzy & Shifter_Master]

When Jinny got back to Mikron, almost before it in fact, it would be easy to tell that the pintsized mechanic was holding back laughter. He, like at a few of the other students in the room, had found Jinny’s plight humorous. It was a villain school after all. But Mikron was trying to hold in his laughter, not because he was afraid of Jinny. No, he keeping his laughter to himself because Jinny had earned a bit more respect from him. That is if the glimmer in his eye was to be trusted.

“I did tell you that I hadn’t had a chance to check the alignments” He would say amusement coloring his tone. He would let that linger for a moment before his mirth was more contained. “That said. You did good newbie. Gave myself a concussion first time I tried taking the damn thing for a spin.” He would admit with a shrug. It was better than it exploding in his face like the models before that.

While they were talking Mikron would glance over at the harness before tapping twice on his watch. The harness would suddenly sprout four insectoid like limbs before it started skittering back over its creator, who would start putting the harness back on.

Most of the students would go back to what they were doing. One however made her presence known. “Really Gizmo? Hazing the new students already?” Came the amused question from above. And hovering above the two was a taller dark-skinned teenager. She had light brown almost honey-colored eyes and her black hair was cut short. She was wearing a black and yellow stripped shirt and snug fitting black pants and heeled boots. None of that was the most striking thing about her. That went to the two large insect wings that were growing out of her back, the very same wings that were allowing her to keep afloat above Jinny and Mikron.

“Piss off Bee” Mikron would retort without looking up, though his annoyance was easily noted.

“Now why would I go and do that?” ‘Bee’ would ask as she zipped around the two of them before touching down off a bit to the side. “Not every day that a new student is able to walk away from one of your toys while it’s still in the testing phase without injury.”

“That was one time!” Mikron would snap back “And the jet pack isn’t in the testing phase, it works. As you saw” He would go on to saw crossing his arms. “Crud munching teacher wouldn’t let me use the engineering room to check the alignments.” He would tack on mulishly.

Bee just leveled a look at Mikron, but didn’t push any further. Instead, she would turn her attention to Jinny. “You got guts kid.” She would say with a smile. “Callsign’s Bumblebee, how did Gizmo here convince you to try out his latest model?”

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

_{.:⋮Unity⋮:.}

Rachel’s statement of choosing not to destroy was one that Penny was glad to hear, though her relief wasn’t so readily apparent. It was more felt in her aura than anything, a shifting away from the unyielding feel to one softer. That and a smirk at the obvious tsundere retraction. Though Penny wasn’t one to point that out.

Instead “Trust me, I’ve got plenty more where that came from” She would reply with a thankful nod. “Couldn’t go all out in the ring, for a few reasons, tracking down the Mirror isn’t so limiting.” She would explain before shifting off to stand on Rachel’s other flank. Penny was a member of Beacon after all, it was time for a united front.

“I don’t think it’s Mariette” Penny would say after hearing Sally’s recollection. She too didn’t detect any falsehoods, but now wasn’t the time to announce that. “Too many of her crew is missing. And her worry is genuine. Plus something else when we aren’t in the open.” She would explain. That didn’t remove one of Mariette’s followers, or Asengav’s followers really, but the distinction wouldn’t help at the moment.

Who might have done was up in the air for the moment. And Penny had that thought in the front of her mind as she once again surveyed everyone, though her serious demeanor would soften upon seeing her girlfriend. Penny would offer an open hand to MDP, a silent invitation for her to join if she wanted. As she did a realization struck her.

“I’d be willing to bet on the Mint.” Penny would say turning back to Rachel. “This is exactly their M.O. disrupt a stable situation, and start playing everyone against each other. If they get something useful out of it even better. That’s how they’ve always acted in Penrose so far.”

Tiny and the Terminator [Mistress Dizzy & Shifter_Master]

“Perfect!” Mikron would say quickly slipping off the harness and handing it over. Once Jinny was strapped in, something Mikron would help with, he would go on to pull out what looked like a game system a controller from one of the pockets. He would then quickly tap out what seemed to be a code of some kind on it and in response Jinny could feel and hear the gravity diffuser unfold. Oddly enough, or perhaps fittingly, the harness got notably lighter with the emergence of the gravity diffuser.

“Right” Mikron would say handing the controller to Jinny. “Triggers control forward thrust, bumpers are the reverse thrust, and joysticks will orient the pack itself. Left down button resets to neutral, and right down button sets it to stable hover until you hit the thrust again.” He would explain pointing out the controls as he went. “Anything goes wrong. Center button shuts it all down.”

“Got that?” He would check, before stepping back with a grin. “Then take it away.” It would be notable, though not worrying, that he would step even further back before Jinny would take off. There was also a mix of mischievousness and sharp-eyed anticipation on his face as he waited and watched.

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

_{.:⋮Defcon 3⋮:.}

The walk back to the feast hall felt like a long one. It wasn’t, Penny knew that for certainty as she checked the chronometer in the corner of her HUD, but it still felt like it. Part of it was because she could feel her thoughts shifting. The damage she sustained from her mimicry systems going haywire had changed things. She was still herself, at least as far as she could tell, but the underlying runtimes had been altered. Wither this was due to the near brush with death, the repairs, or something all together different she wasn’t sure.

But that was only one part of why it felt like a long time.

Another part was the fact she refused to let herself rush over there. She kept her gait measured and even the entire time. Even as she focused ahead, and her thoughts plotted out who to look out for and who she would need to talk to. She forced herself to act calm, demanded of herself that she remain on an even baring. As otherwise she would have torn apart everything in her way.

Everything that had happened was far from what she preferred, but it had been workable.

The last part, and the truest part, was because Penny was gathering herself. Dan’s realm, even for all that she disliked about it, was a place that she allowed herself to relax. That was no longer something that she was indulging in. Each step closer to the feast hall she would silently refitting her thoughts. Stepping more and more fully into the role of Queen that she had picked up. She would have allies and friends in the room to assist. As well as enemies and foes to dispatch if she got the chance.

The vacation was over.

Because of all that Those in the hall would be able to sense Penny a fair bit before she entered the hall. Her presence, while never a large one, was acutely felt in the air. Weighted and charged. But it wasn’t hostile, a fight wouldn’t solve anything. Yet.
Still her gaze carried weigh to it when she cast it across the hall. Surveying all those that were still here. “Time to get to work” She would mutter to herself.

First order of business. Rachel and the Ascendency. A Horror’s artifact was now in the wind. So regardless of how they felt about each other it was time to work together.

In the mean time Snoopy would fly elsewhere. Mariette was also here and Penny wanted eyes on her until she had a chance to talk to her. As she was the next priority.

Nykannis would be one to approach if circumstances allowed, but the crazed scientist wasn’t important at this moment.

Tiny and the Terminator [Mistress Dizzy & Shifter_Master]

Slade would nod in Jinny’s direction “I’ll see you at lunch at the latest.” He would say before giving Mikron a quick look. The short look would be all that was needed to memorize the boy, in case he needed to track him down for any reason.

Mikron was still oblivious to what happened, too busy finishing packing away his harness and tools. When he was done, he would slip on the harness before pulling on his school jacket hiding the gear from view rather effectively, and would hop down from the stool he was on. At this point it was easy to see that he was very short, topping out at just over three feet tall. Not that his height slowed him down all that much as he jogged over to one of the far corners of the room, one that was out of sight of the main door.

He would have to jump up to hit a blank part of the wall, but a card reader would slide out of a hidden panel shortly afterwards. Another jump to run his ID through the reader, and one more to punch in a short code and the card reader would slide back into the wall before the wall it’s self would open up to reveal a small elevator. One that was colored a honey yellow.

When they stepped into the elevator a digitized voice would chime out “Welcome, Gizmo. Please state your destination.”

“Gymnasium, Level two” The short boy would say with a smirk. Only for said smirk to turn into a scowl as the digital voice would chime back.

“Can not comply. You’re access is still restri-“

“Overide: MP dash THG. 41 18.” Micron would bark out in annoyance.

There would be a moment of somewhat glitched static, before Mikron’s voice would emit from the speakers, thought it was still notably glitchy sounding. “Getting on with it” and then the doors would close and the elevator would start to descend. “I swear they can’t take a frackin joke.” He would grumble to himself.

It was hard to tell how fast they were moving with the elevator, a dull hum in the background the only real indication as there wasn’t any windows or displays that Jinny could see, but regardless the ride was a short one over all.

When the doors opened again, they opened into a massive room. Easily forty feet high, two hundred wide and at least three hundred long. Just beyond the elevator doors was the only part of the floor that Jinny could see that wasn’t coated in a crash mat to at least some degree. The level of padding seemed to depend on the area, as there was areas for what looked to be everything from simple gymnastics all the way up to trapeze swings.

There was at least a dozen other students in here as well. Some seemed to be simply stretching and warming up, but others had already commandeered some areas and were practicing either aerial maneuvers or other higher altitude things. With at least one person running an obstacle course set up thirty feet high, with the fall into a large pit of foam squares. The obstacle course was notable as well for it seemed to be floating somehow, proving the tech that they had hidden away down here was much more advance than the public had.

The last notable thing seemed to be the color scheme, lots of honey yellow, with accentuating black. Someone seemed to have a sense of humor since the school was called HIVE after all.

Mikron would just start walking over to an unclaimed area, only getting a cursory glance from one of the closer students. “Locker rooms are over there” He would say gesturing towards a set of double door on one side of the room. “Those doors lead into the hallways” He would say pointing at a few sets of double doors on the opposite wall to the locker rooms. “And there are the elevators” He would add gesturing back from where they came where there were four other elevator doors that could be seen.

“Not that we need any of those, but your new here.” Mikron would go on to say as he took of his jacket and threw it off to the side. Once more revealing his harness. “You said you wanted a jetpack right? Want to see if mine works?” He would ask smirking once more.

Tiny and the Terminator [Mistress Dizzy & Shifter_Master]

“If you can get your motosweep brought in they will let you in easy.” Mikron would say with an eye roll “The assistant teach is the one in charge of vetting students and he’s got no idea what is actually impressive or not.” He would get back to his work soldering as he kept talking. His attitude was notably more relaxed as well as he wasn’t watching Jinny’s hands as closely as he had been.

“The actual teacher is fantastic though. He actually knows his stuff.” As Mikron finished up his work he would start packing it away as well. Displaying that some parts of it were somehow able to fold into themselves allowing him to stack an incredible amount of stuff into the same space. “Though my favorite had to be when Luthor dropped in as a surprise lecturer. Some of the stuff he was talking about in regards to zero space fields or friction space generators almost went over my head.” He would state with a surprising amount of enthusiasm. “Granted it is mostly theory at this point, but the math all checks out as far as I can tell. It’s just the energy requirements are a freaking nightmare.”

“You get your student pass yet?” He would suddenly ask turning to look at Jinny as he asked.

“No” Slade would interject. “Our paper work is still being processed”

“Well, if one-eye is fine with it I could show you some of the actual school” Mikron would go on to say still hardly paying Slade much mind. Something that was actually starting to annoy the mercenary, though he would refrain from making his displeasure known here and now. There would be plenty of time to do that during class.

“The surface level stuff does get a fair amount of use for the ‘traditional schooling’” the last part was placed in air quotes “But the best stuff is hidden blow.”

“Up to you Jinny.” Slade would say “I’ll come find you when our passes are squared away.” Which was true one way or another really. But it would giver her the chance to go exploring without Slade’s presence looming over her.

Tiny and the Terminator [Mistress Dizzy & Shifter_Master]

The kid? His height made one assume so at least, as did his temperament, even if his sharp tongue would leave one to assume older. Regardless he didn’t look up from his work though Jinny could tell that he was very closely monitoring her. But her restraint at not touching his stuff, and her open praise of it seemed to have paid off. As when he next spoke it was much less harsh than it had been.

“Mikron” Would come the tiny person’s off hand reply, revealing that he did have manners even if they were begrudgingly used. “And It all fits because I’ve got a micro space array set into the core regulator.” He would reply with a half hearted gesture towards a central part of his rig. One that didn’t really help narrow down what it was he was gesturing at all. “Weight is taken care of due to the gravitational diffuser” Another gesture though this time it was easier to tell he was motioning towards the jetpack. “Not sure if I got the polarity matrix for the refocusing foil set up properly since they won’t let me into the proper workshop until classes start. So not sure if it works as a jet pack yet. But that is the goal.” He would gripe sneering at the machines in the rest of the room as if they personally were responsible.

“And of course I made this myself.” He would go on, almost insulted that he wouldn’t have made it. “Have you met any of the other blockheads here? None of them can even tell the difference between an ion dispersal engine or a proton wave generator.” He would roll his eyes at the apparent stupidity of the rest of his classmates, but it would either seem like he didn’t know that Jinny was also in that group now or thought her outside of that prior categorization.

Before Jinny and Mikron could keep talking Slade would slip into the conversation. “You built a gravitational diffuser?” He would ask, sounding almost impressed. “How many years into your study here did you accomplish that?”

Mikron’s reaction to that question was more caustic than the seemingly innocent question deserved. As he spun around in the chair to level a glare at Slade. “Please, I built a low grade diffuser in my basement long before I got a scholarship here.” He would spin back around before he could take in Slade’s darkly amused look. It was one Jinny was more accustomed to, as it was one that often came before some of the more brutal days of training.

Still it was notable beyond that as it seemed that for whatever reason Mikron either didn’t recognize or didn’t care about Slade. Which was a refreshing change of pace.

Dismissing Slade the boy would go back to his work. “Why do you want a jetpack by the way?” he would ask Jinny. “Your metagene not give you a way to get airborne?”