Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Role Playing => Topic started by: Crimea River on May 12, 2009, 08:30:18 PM
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Cast:
- Chad (bad guy): http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3084.msg198900.html#msg198900
- Jamie: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3084.msg198901.html#msg198901
- Law: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3084.msg199025.html#msg199025
- Steven: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3084.msg199129.html#msg199129
- Alex: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3084.msg200524.html#msg200524
- Mike: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3084.msg203577.html#msg203577
She woke up just lying there. She felt...strange, different. Like she wasn't quite herself. And she was sure she wasn't. For one thing...well, she didn't have those hooves, or that blue fur, that she saw. She didn't have a...well, we won't go there, okay? And she sure as hell had never been able to see so well.
All around her were unfinished buildings, and old, rusty construction materials. She was lying by an old earthmover. She began to rise to her feet, feeling stronger than she did before, and...optimistic. She didn't know where it came from. I'm an Andalite... she thought. Then, her eyes spotted a light in the sky. It was very distant.
Old, abandoned construction lot...oh, holy mackerel, I know what that means...
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The world had receded to blackness, and just as suddenly and violently became matter again. Only Alex wasn't in her room anymore. Her room was not primarily composed of dirt and twilit sky.
"That was probably...a really bad idea," she said groggily, sitting up and looking around. Was that an Andalite over there? "Aaa! I'm going crazy!"
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Steven and Chad woke up in separate places on the other side. Steven found himself on the outskirts of the infamous construction site. Chad found himself on the border of town with a machine in his lap. A note instructed him in the use of his portable kandrona machine, and was told he may use it. Unfortunately he was only allowed one. If he lost it, he wouldn't be given another. They both began exploring their surroundings.
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Jamie noticed the girl, and started walking over to her. She set the tailblade on the ground, not wanting her to be afraid. <If you're going crazy, then I am too,> her voice resounded in her head. It didn't sound feminine.
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"Holy...holy crap," Alex said, clapping her hands to her ears before realizing that wouldn't help at all. "You're really an Andalite? Cooool. Can I touch your tailblade? Or is that like a severe breach of etiquette?"
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<I'm not a real Andalite,> Jamie replied. <I mean, real in body, but not in mind. I'm actually human. Ooh, I wonder if I can morph.> She moved her tailblade, in a fluid motion, over to Alex so she can touch. <And feel free.> Jamie noticed a light in the sky with her stalk-eye. <Is that...could it be...?>
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"Oh. My. God." Steven said as he walked forward. "This is really happening, isn't it? The site. The landing spacecraft. And you're an Andalite. Oh man. Part of me is excited, and the other part is terrified. You know what happens after Elfangor gets here, right? Wait! We totally have to get Elfangor to safety! When he lands, we grab him and haul butt, right?"
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"Good idea..." Alex said, nodding, before doing a double-take. "No, wait, bad idea! What are we supposed to say to him? 'Hi, follow us, otherwise Visser Three's going to morph into a hellbeast and eat you'? No way! He'll think we're Yeerks and have our heads off, snicker-snack!" she said, and ran a thumb lightly along the edge of the sharpened bone of Jamie's tailblade. It broke the skin and she withdrew her hand before the blade drew blood. "Nice sharp edge you've got there," she said casually.
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"Oh, right. We only have like two minutes to get him to trust us. If he thinks we're Yeerks for a second, the great and glorious one will slice and dice us. But this guy is an Andalite. Kind of. Oh man. He's almost here. I do NOT want to see him get eaten. Reading about it was bad enough. On the bright side, Visser Three will eventually fall into massive villain decay. I'm genre savvy."
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<We must save him whether he wants saving or not,> Jamie replied. <And since I'm an Andalite, I should know of Yeerks; I can tell him. I doubt he'd believe I was a Controller.> Jamie wouldn't be able to stomach Elfangor getting eaten. She turned her stalk eyes to the ship, waiting for it to land. <Then again, he may truly be far too injured to live. If that's the case...I would hate to, but I will probably have to give him a painless death.> She hated having to say that; it made her feel sick. But Elfangor getting eaten was far worse.
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"That...would be better." Steven said, trying not to choke on the words. "So...what about the box? We are so not leaving it in the site for the next couple of years. At the very least, to prevent a David fiasco."
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<We take it with us,> Jamie replied. <It is as simple as that.> She watched as the ship landed, and the hatch extended.
(Chatvert, are you willing to NPC Elfangor?)
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Law walked out from behind the corner of a building. For some reason the Ellimest had decided it would be funny to drop him off away from the others.
"What the hell is going on i thought this was a hoax", he watched the ship land a few meters away. "But obviously i was wrong..." he said amazement filling his voice.
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Steven tried to keep from blurting out anything that might make Elfangor think he was a Yeerk. The best he could muster up was "Hey there." He gave a slight wave as he said it.
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Jamie walked over to the ship. <Do not worry; we are not foe,> she assured him. She wondered how he'd respond to an Andalite being there...
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((Sorry, RL totally ate me.))
Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul stumbled down the ramp of the ship desperately, looking for what he'd buried there so long ago. He stopped when he saw the humans and Andalite clustered around the bottom. His first thought was Visser Three, then he realized that the Andalite was not Alloran, and the humans, all teenaged children, seemed rapt rather than hateful.
<Do not worry; we are not foe,> the Andalite told him. <Who are you?> Elfangor demanded of them.
Alex looked down at the ground for a second, unwilling to be the first to speak up. She was a little shy, especially when talking to strange aliens.
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"We are friends." Steven said. "We're all well aware of the Yeerk threat. We were hopeful that you would come, but were afraid that you would lose the battle."
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Jamie knew that the Andalites hadn't won the battle; it was up to this motley group to continue it. She also knew better than to lie to Elfangor. <My name is Jamie Cemmelon. I'm an Andalite in body, but I'm a human in mind. Somehow we were teleported here, and I think it was by the Ellimist.> She kept her stalk-eyes pointed up at the sky; 360-degree vision was still so different. She kept her main-eyes on him.
It was so amazing. This was the Elfangor. The great Elfangor. The War-Prince, the hero, the legend...
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"Visser Three will be here soon, but I'm sure you know that. If we're going to be really honest, I'll say this. In another reality, five kids were here instead of us. One of them was Tobias, your and Loren's son. You gave them the morphing ability to help them, even though it meant breaking Seerow's Kindness. In this reality, we'd like you to extend the same favor to us. The group of kids in the other reality succeeded in driving off the Yeerks from this planet. It can happen again, if you will allow it. Sir."
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Mike saw the light in the sky from his post at the road. The Elimist had told him when the time was the others would arrive. He had brought a U-Haul truck over to the site, knowing he would want to try and transport Elfangor out.
Upon hearing the crash he drove the truck through the abandoned site, being careful not to get it stuck. Nearing the crash site, he turned it around and backed up to the others. He then yelled out the window "Load Elfangor and anything worth salvaging in the back of the truck. Let's get outta here before Visser 3 arrives and lays down the hurt."
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"I'm sorry if this is disrespectful, but come on." Steven said as he went to stand next to Elfangor. Unfortunately, he fell after trying to take a step.
<I think this is my time.> Elfangor said.
"No. You don't have to die now. I know you're probably tired of war. Heck, you ran off from war after your very first adventure. But still, you're a great warrior and we could use your help. We will keep Earth from falling, and that will help turn the tide of the war. The loss of Leeran Homeworld, and the Anati area helped too. You may not understand, but after Earth is won the worst will be over."
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((OOC: No U-Haul, please; I'd like these guys to be on their own)).
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The engine suddenly quit on the U-Haul. Mike turned the key to get it re-fired, no luck after 3 tries. He then popped the hood to see what was wrong, it turned out that the radiator had no water in it. The engine had seized on him.
"Hey, we're gonna have to leg it!" He yelled at the others, "grab the wounded Andalite and let's get over to that building" he pointed at a what would have been a strip mall. "I got a nice little surprise in store for Visser 3, all I need is for you to buy me some time."
Mike grabbed a pipe looking object from out of the U-Haul's passenger seat.
((U-haul is broke, now everyone's on their own))
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Jamie watched as a U-Haul came on site. <Thank you,> she told whoever the guy was. But it looked like the truck was dead. Curses. They wouldn't be able to save him. Well, at least they had more firepower. She turned back to Elfangor.
<Go into my ship,> Elfangor said. <There, you will find a blue box. Bring it to me. Hurry! There is not much time.>
Jamie nodded, and cantered to the ship, daintily stepping up the ramp and into the Andalite fighter. While her stalk-eyes looked around inside the ship with fascination, she looked for the box with her main eyes. She found it, as well as the picture of Elfangor's family. She picked up both, as well as two Shredders, and cantered outside towards Elfangor.
She handed him the blue box and the holographic picture. <Thank you,> Elfangor said.
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Mike called to the Andalite that left the ship "There anything alive left in there?"
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"Maybe we shouldn't raid his place." Steven said as she came out with his hologram and shredders. Steven had a thing about people touching other's stuff. "Let's do it, though."
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<It is fine, take them,> Elfangor said, taking both the hologram and the box. He held it out to them. <Touch one side of the box, and you will have the power to morph.> Jamie's many-fingered hand rest on one side of the Escafil device, as she eye-smiled, but sadly, at Elfangor.
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((fml, sorry, guys - had problems with my computer and the internet. Elfangor is just NPCd as needed, I guess.))
Alex touched the side of the box hesitantly, not sure if the weird, semielectric current she felt was psychosomatic or not. She hated freezing up like she'd just done. "Don't worry. We'll get you out of here," she said, trying to sound strong and reassuring. It didn't really work that well.
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Steven touched the box. He couldn't help glancing skyward periodically, becuse he knew what was coming any second now. Then he saw them. Red beams coming closer and closer, that were bugfighters searching for Elfangor.
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Mike touched the box, he felt its current and saw the searchlights. "We're about outta time, we need to grab Elfangor, plant my little diversion, and leg it before we're spotted. Hopefully I can slow down their pursuit a bit."
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Elfangor shoved the cube into Jamie's hands, and shook his head. <There is no time! You must go - now!> And he was right. The Yeerks were upon them. Jamie didn't want to leave Elfangor's side...but she knew they'd have to. She could see them, those menacing, ****roach-like things. She ran from Elfangor just as the spotlight lit him up, bright as a star.
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Mike noticed the spotlights "Dammit!" he muttered. He held the pipe to Elfangor, "when they come pull this tab" he motioned to the detonator "hopefully you'll take some of them out with you."
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(OOC: I'd rather Elfangor *not* blow himself up. XD. Sorry.)
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((OOC: I WAS going to plant it in the fighter door as a booby trap to slow down pursuit. Ok, fine, it'll be a dud))
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(Blowing them up just doesn't seem to be the Elfangor way.)
"It would be good if Elfangor used his control over his fighter to blast Visser Three while he comes off the bladeship ramp, instead of a bugfighter like in the other dimension." Steven said, then made his way to a hiding place.
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"It doesn't matter what he does now, we need to go." As he said that, Mike took off in a crouching sprint towards a vacant strip mall building.
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"Right behind ya," Alex said, following Mike at a dead sprint. She could move fast when she needed to, and she definitely needed to. Spending the rest of her life with an alien slug in her head that could control her new morphing power was not exactly her cup of tea.
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Steven hid behind a wall, as the Bladeship came down. Elfangor spoke privately to them, in an effort to keep them calm. even though he knew what was going to happen, and that chances were that they'd get out fine, he was still scared.
Meanwhile, Chad managed to find the construction site. He saw the ships land, but remained in the shadows. could he get near Elfangor? Should he attempt to? what could he gain from this situation? His Hork-Bajir eyes were not too great then, as he tried to get closer. He tried to act casual, but he really wasn't sure what would happen if anyone saw him.
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Mike ducked into the abandoned strip mall and made his way to the back. He knew there was a way out through the back, but he needed to wait for the others to catch up. Leaving morph capable humans for infestation was exactly what he didn't want to happen.
He drew his .45 pistol, because he knew Hork-Bajir were searching and he would need to kill any of them that saw him.