Dreams of Good Hope

United States of Gondor wrote:

Samandra nods her head, “Of course! It would be awkward, I’ll call them real quick and check and see if they have a room available!” She said

Beyondverse
Mikalan enters the room of the now dead Luca and surveys the scene, he grabs Luca’s phone and sends Kira a message,

”No matter where you go, you cannot hide from the fury that awaits you.”

Paul smiles. “Thank you so much.”

Lyn sees the message on her phone, a single tear rolling down her cheek.

Tyramon wrote:

Corali looked in confusion at her ankles and Ken's ankles.
"Uh...thanks? I guess?"

Ken snorts. “Way to go, Luca, you’ve scared her.”
“What? She has nice ankles. It’s my job to notice people’s features, that’s why I’m Sienna’s personal designer.”
Ken rolls his eyes again.

Aerlanica wrote:

Once at the waterfall, Harold smiles.
"Ah...a beautiful place...well, I better go in an apologise...Miss Darcy?"

"Yes Mr Harold?"

"You know the drill."

"Of Course, Mr Harold."

He began to take off his pack and take out some swimwear, seemingly recently purchased. He then curled behind a tree to get changed. Meanwhile, Darcy produced a one piece swinsuit as she clambered up the tree to place their bags in a high branch, seemingly out of sight from any passers by.

"I...I think I should...Probably go in as well." William said, offering Blue to Kiki and taking out a pair of board shorts."

******

Eastrid took a while to grasp this concept.
"Partners?"

"Yes...equals."

Eastrid frowned, her brow furrowed.
"I am confused..."

Kiki nods. “You should take Nathan too, he’s going to get restless just sitting out here. I can go too, if you want, or stay here with Blue.”

“Like...” Casey shrugs. “You take care of each other. Support each other.”

Rei Khan wrote:

Thomas smiled back.

(Sure, yeah)
Kara was left confused, even as she boarded her flight. She'd picked up the picture, but Noelle was gone.

Kyra snuggled close.

"Hey. You ok?" Casey asked.

Beyondverse
Kara groaned. "No...go away." she muttered

Macy takes another bite of her food.

Noelle cries softly as she stares out the window of the plane she’s on, watching the airport disappear into the distance.

Kira wraps an arm around her, holding her close.

Gracie shrugs. “I guess so...”

“Noelle?” Lyn calls out softly.
Noelle slowly sits up, her face drawn up in confusion.

North South North West Kansas wrote:

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Samandra smiles, “You’re welcome!” She says as she walks away and begins making a call

“This is George, and you’ve reached the Great Waffle Apartments, how can I help you?” Came a voice over the phone

“Yes George it’s me Samandra, I have a client that needs a place to stay. Until he can get back on his feet, he just spent a few months in jail for a crime he didn’t commit I was wondering could you take him in” Samandra said

Beyondverse
Mikalan then exited Luca’s apartment, leaving everything how it was. He also was able to use Luca’s phone to track Kira, as well as find other potential targets. He grabbed his rifle and fled into the night as police (that he called) arrived at Luca’s house.

Tyramon wrote:

-snip-

Elanor nodded slowly.
"Ok...I'll...I'll try my best I suppose."

(Fade to black)

******

As Delegata dismissed the other Succubi, Lithalia approached with Crag in tow.
"Hello there, Mistress...I trust my girls were obedient?"

******

Nelly nodded.
"No point in giving up without even trying...might as well give it a shot."

Nelly gave Witta a tap on her shoulder, before summoning a small bag with a few bottles of water, two sandwiches, a compass and a torch.

"Well, I'm not going to let you go out and get yourself killed," She stated, her voice taking on a motherly tone, "take care of yourself, easy on the steep cliffs, and pace yourself; it's a marathon, not a sprint.

"If you need anything-" She kissed Witta quickly on the forehead, "-just call my name and I'll try to get to you as soon as I can, ok?"

*******

"How do you stand on these afformentioned and enigmatic rules?" Harmony asked, letting her hair down and unbuttoning her jumpsuit slightly. "I mean, I know there's the whole, "Gotta wear long clothes" and "Avoid alcohol" sort of stuff but like...what else is there?"

United States of Gondor wrote:

-snip-

Ian exited the car, and rested on the bonnet to watch how the situation transpired. Before they left, he lit a cigarette.
"Before you head off...I would say something about the rules of engagement...but then again there isn't anyone to really hold us accountable, so it's all in your hands Mi-Kal."

*** ** ***

The soldiers didn't exactly notice her or Mi-Kal, however they looked up to see them. They raised an eyebrow and waved a hand, and looked to be about to call something (most likely a demand for an explaination, or a request to disarm and co-operate). However, upon seeing Mi-Kal and Samandra advance towards them aggressively, with weapons drawn, their faces grew pale.

The head of this troupe, a female, gasped briefly as her hand tumbled from her grasp.
"Look...look please, we can sort this out," She began, her voice saturated with fear, "We can just...look we can just work this out, ok? you can just...look we'll give you what you want. Food? you can have our rations. Guns? take them...just...please...please don't-"

"You betrayed Aerlanica." Mi-Kal stated simply.

"We didn't have a choice...what were we supposed to to? let them kill us? let our families starve?"

New Franco

Clara smirked, rolled her eyes, and sighed.
"Caught me red handed; guilty as charged."

Aerlanica wrote:

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Mi-Kal looked at them with fire in his eyes, and with a voice that sounded like the deepest pits of hell opening up to consume them, he only told them this, “Far better for you that you had starved; then betray Aerlanica and have to face my wrath.” He screamed as he lunged towards her, grabbing her by the face. A brilliant light shined around him, brighter than the midday sun. The leader screamed, begged him to stop, but Mi-Kal didn’t, channeling the latent Dark Elf abilities within him prevented him from stopping. Channeling his inner erulani, he was heating up the air around him; this caused the aura. It was also causing the leaders face to burn, until he dropped her. Her face was burnt to at least the bone, and her brain was fried, she was dead.

The other soliders met a much less gruesome fate, as Samandra with sword drawn hacked through them fairly easily. Any bullets they tried to shoot were reflected off of her shields. They had no counter for the Gondorians preferred weapon, nor for her agressive fighting style.

The small contingent of soliders lay dead around Mi-Kal and Samandra, the entire engagement lasting less than three minutes.

New Franco
Golgoth smirked, “What made you decide that I was the one?” He asked as he kissed her, “My god-like physique? My charm and wit? My ease with pleasure?” He asked teasingly

North South North West Kansas wrote:

Ken snorts. “Way to go, Luca, you’ve scared her.”
“What? She has nice ankles. It’s my job to notice people’s features, that’s why I’m Sienna’s personal designer.”
Ken rolls his eyes again.

Corali had zoned out, and was looking at her hands as she slowly rubbed her forefinger against her thumb. Her fingers were starting to look discolored, some parts starting to look white and others starting to look black.

Aerlanica wrote:

-snip-
"How do you stand on these afformentioned and enigmatic rules?" Harmony asked, letting her hair down and unbuttoning her jumpsuit slightly. "I mean, I know there's the whole, "Gotta wear long clothes" and "Avoid alcohol" sort of stuff but like...what else is there?"

Alice nodded.

(Yup, fade to black.)

Afterwards, Alice sighed.
"You're...not bad, you know."

******

Delegata nodded.
"Indeed they were-" she tilted her head, "-but I'm guessing that is not why you came so quickly, is it?"

******

Witta was a bit taken aback by the kiss.
"Uh, yeah, I will. But I shall be fine for now. I know these mountains well, don't worry."

******

"Well, I am fine with people wearing whatever they want - why should I care? I do agree with the avoiding of alcohol, though. Alcohol blurs the senses, blurs judgement - it isn't something that a population should be using. As for other rules, I suppose which rules are odd depends on your point of view. Same-sex couples are not allowed as they are seen to reduce the number of opposite-sex couples, which has an obvious population-related argument, but no other actual reasoning. Abortion is viewed as murder, again because Tyramon's leaders seek to increase the population. Drugs in general are not allowed for basically the same reasons as alcohol. The general population is not allowed access to firearms so as to avoid the possibility of a rebellion."
Vara shrugged.
"That's all that comes to mind."

United States of Gondor wrote:

Golgoth smirked, “What made you decide that I was the one?” He asked as he kissed her, “My god-like physique? My charm and wit? My ease with pleasure?” He asked teasingly

No bullets flied. The soldiers merely tried to run before they were cut down. Some tried to plead for their lives promising to leave and never return before they were slain.

After this had transpired, they saw another face, frightful, emerge from the tents to see them. It was another soldier, about as young as eighteen or nineteen. He locked eyes with Mi-Kal and immediately stood up into a run only to trip over a piece of wreckage from a troop carrier. He landed awkwardly, his ankle twisting in a gruesome manner causing him to scream.

He then curled onto his back and began crawling away, awkwardly at that. As he did so, Mi-Kal heard footsteps behind him, and heard a heart beat.

"He's running...well...crawling towards the other checkpoints." Ian said, blowing a plume of smoke out of his mouth to mingle with that rising off of the woman, and adding tobacco smoke to the scent of charred flesh. "You going to let him go?"

Without waiting for an answer, he began to pat down the body of the woman, and found his way to a wallet.
"I'll be taking this...might have some beer money." He murmured.

New Franco

Clara smiled, and kissed him.
"Because you're nice to me, treat me good, and I feel like I can trust you."

North South North West Kansas wrote:

“Like...” Casey shrugs. “You take care of each other. Support each other.”

"Well...who want's to stay out here with Blue? I think it'd be helpful if Kiki was here with us." Nathan murmured.

"I'm happy to volunteer," Tsarina said, "I mean...I got to learn how to do it because of...people...but ah...yeah, might as well get started."

******

Eastrid nodded.
"Ok...but...he is hunter and worker, I tend the house, yes? raise children?"

"Not...necessarily, you can get a job as well."

"But who tends the house?"

"Both of you."

Eastrid frowned.
"This is...un...understandable a bit...but why? are men and women equal?"

Tyramon wrote:

-snip-

Elanor grimaced.
"Yeah...well...I never wanted this..." She murmured, "I just...I had a normal life, I never wanted this."

******

Lithalia paused, then nodded.
"Yes...I...you said you could give me more children?"

She rubbed her belly once more.
"it is such a beautiful...beautifully painful thing...the..." she let out a slight shiver of delight, "the pain...it's unlike i've ever felt...so complete...so...delectible...and the child? so beautiful...so wonderful...so sweet."

******

Nelly nodded.
"Stay safe, Witta, and remember, I'll always try to help you."

A gust of wind carried long dead leaves with it. They whipped around Nelly, before she too formed into leaves, and was scattered to the wind.

******

Harmony nodded slowly.
"Sounds like a mess of a place...then again, if everyones dying from radiation and war you do need population."

He sighed.
"Lovely stuff..." She said sarcastically, obviously negatively viewing these orders. "I presume you had to put up with that while you lived there? also, what were you there? A nobles daughter? some sort of...maid or something?"

Aerlanica wrote:

Elanor grimaced.
"Yeah...well...I never wanted this..." She murmured, "I just...I had a normal life, I never wanted this."

******

Lithalia paused, then nodded.
"Yes...I...you said you could give me more children?"

She rubbed her belly once more.
"it is such a beautiful...beautifully painful thing...the..." she let out a slight shiver of delight, "the pain...it's unlike i've ever felt...so complete...so...delectible...and the child? so beautiful...so wonderful...so sweet."

******

Nelly nodded.
"Stay safe, Witta, and remember, I'll always try to help you."

A gust of wind carried long dead leaves with it. They whipped around Nelly, before she too formed into leaves, and was scattered to the wind.

******

Harmony nodded slowly.
"Sounds like a mess of a place...then again, if everyones dying from radiation and war you do need population."

He sighed.
"Lovely stuff..." She said sarcastically, obviously negatively viewing these orders. "I presume you had to put up with that while you lived there? also, what were you there? A nobles daughter? some sort of...maid or something?"

"Neither did I," Alice said, "but I wasn't given a choice. All we can do is make the best of what we have."

******

Delegata nodded.
"Very well."
Delegata stretched out her arm to Lithalia and pulled back the sleeve.
"Drink up."

******

Witta quickly began to move away from where Nelly dropped her off, but she was careful not to leave much of a trail.

******

"I was in the military - probably the only female there. But yeah, everyone had to put up with the rules."

United States of Gondor wrote:

Mi-Kal and Samandra nodded to each other, and Samandra stood up and began walking towards the outpost. She activated her gauntlets and crafted a sword, she also activated her shields which could repeal most basic weapon fire. She might’ve been out-numbered, but she was going to make quick work of these guys

New Franco
Golgoth smiled, “You’ve never seemed the type to want to settle down with one person.” He chuckled(Luna didn’t answer Yumi’s question XD; and I really like what you’re saying about Kyra, it makes sense)

Beyondverse
North South North West Kansas

“I’ve been feeling the same way love…” Shunni said, standing in the doorway behind Kyra, “Every other version of me is one of if not the smartest person on the planet.” She let out a sigh, “And here I am stuck being little more than a common wh*re.” She said as she walked up to Kyra, and put her arms around Kyra’s waist, “At the very least, we’ve got each other.”

(Lol thx. And I swear, I'm intelligent sometimes)
Luna considered the question. "I think it started in the middle of end of the Multiverse problem. And no, I don't like every version of you. You've all got similar traits, sure, but each one is different in a key way."

North South North West Kansas wrote:

Paul smiles. “Thank you so much.”

Lyn sees the message on her phone, a single tear rolling down her cheek.

Ken snorts. “Way to go, Luca, you’ve scared her.”
“What? She has nice ankles. It’s my job to notice people’s features, that’s why I’m Sienna’s personal designer.”
Ken rolls his eyes again.

Kiki nods. “You should take Nathan too, he’s going to get restless just sitting out here. I can go too, if you want, or stay here with Blue.”

“Like...” Casey shrugs. “You take care of each other. Support each other.”

Macy takes another bite of her food.

Noelle cries softly as she stares out the window of the plane she’s on, watching the airport disappear into the distance.

Kira wraps an arm around her, holding her close.

Gracie shrugs. “I guess so...”

“Noelle?” Lyn calls out softly.
Noelle slowly sits up, her face drawn up in confusion.

Thomas made Micheal face her. The child babbled a bit, looking at her.

Kara landed in Kansas, looking at the photo. She had to find that girl...but how?

Kyra kissed her cheek.

"You sure?" Casey asked.

Beyondverse
"Somebody wants you." Kara muttered. "Best get some clothes on. Or at least a long shirt."

Tyramon wrote:

-snip-

Elanor nodded slowly.
"Yeah...I just...I miss home..."

She hugged Alice, and began to sob.
"I want to go home." She snivelled. "Lithalia's cruel...she's just...I wan't to go home."

******

Lithalia could not restrain herself, and Crag watched as she let go of his lead, and descended upon the arm ravenously, biting down and drawing blood from Delegata.

******

She was unimpeded.

******

"Sounds like a terrible place...must be a pretty massive change of scenery; a manor filled with nothing but females, and heaps of personal autonomy...well...semi-autonomy you know how it is..."

Aerlanica wrote:

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Mi-Kal gave no response, only picked up a dropped rifle and with expert accuracy fired a couple of shots and killed the boy.

Samandra de-activated her gauntlets and began walking back towards the car, “I assume there’s more ahead?” She said

New Franco
Golgoth paused, “I uhh…” he said, “Nobody has ever said anything like that to me before…”

Rei Khan wrote:

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(Now you need to respond to the Beyondverse story too XD)

Yumi smiled, “But you do like most versions of me? What about Prime me? I know she’s straight and more shy than me, but she’s still cute.” She said