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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7275 on: January 17, 2019, 06:55:29 AM »
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Book MCCCXVII (1,317): "Shields of Power" -- Eighteen shields are found by souls with powerful protective instincts.

New chapter. Sorry about the brevity.

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE:
An Acid Test

Cloak was dispatched to some sort of disused chemical plant that had fallen into some disrepair. He wasn't remotely thrilled about it. All he knew was they manufactured chemicals here, though he didn't know the precise products or for what purposes.

The plant was relatively easy to navigate, despite there being chemicals of a variety of colors pooling here and ere upon the floor. He made sure to give them a good breadth of space. He didn't know what could happen upon their mixing -- whether they become corrosive, acidic, or even explosive -- so he thought that he should just not step in any of them.

This became harder as he moved deeper into the plant, where the fiend was reported to have been. He soon came to a chamber with a huge pool of a fluorescent green substance beneath the floor, which seemed to be acidic in nature. The roof, which led to the exterior the building structure, was bricked with some sort of "acid brick", that is to say, bricks resistant to acid. It wasn't too long before the fiend showed itself.

The fiend was a stout creature with a disproportionately thin lower body and outfitted with red and yellow body armor. Its right arm was a blaster and its head was encased in what appeared to be a green gel, resembling an acid drop. The fiend apparently wears a breathing mask constantly to protect itself from the noxious fumes of the acid it uses in combat. In addition, transparent tubes are featured on the fiend's body, armor, and legs. Its feet are split into two digits, one in front and one in back, and look like propellers. It had human-like eyes with red sclera and pale green irises, and stood roughly as tall as an average human male.

When they locked eyes with each other, the battle had begun. It formed an acid barrier around itself, like a force field shield. Cloak quickly found out when he used his weakest shots of energy, that the shield needed to be worn down to get to the fiendish center. Cloak pulled down several bricks on top of the fiend and its barrier.

The barrier broke immediately and stunned it momentarily. Cloak wasted the limited time window by looking up to see if there were still enough bricks to use, and the fiend quickly gathered its wits and formed the acidic barrier again. When it had done this, it fired three gloppy shots of acid into the air that arced towards the ground. They were easy enough to dodge.

Without this acid barrier, the fiend leaped across the platform at him, and only paused when it landed (having misjudged the jump) to fire three acid shots at Cloak which tracked him lightly. They were easy enough to avoid, as Cloak caused more bricks to fall on the fiend.

Then it got tricky. It activated some sort of superspeed gear and it moved incredibly fast. Cloak's heart sank a little -- he always had difficulty facing off against speedsters.

The fiend plunged into the acid pool beneath the platform, and quickly moved left to right and back again. Its position was easily marked by the wake it was leaving which caused massive waves of acid that Cloak had a difficult time dodging due to the swiftness of this attack.

Once it passed underneath Cloak, it jumped out of the acid and it fired a volley of acid shots downward. These were more difficult to evade, but Cloak managed it. He would later claim it was skill, but, in all honesty, it was just dumb luck.

Once it seemed to have slowed down, Cloak caused the entirety of the bricked ceiling to collapse upon it. It was over and done. And so was he, as he was extracted from the place.

***

Demos called it an "ashiddosapien". Demos claimed that he created the fiend for chemical reasons, but dehydrated it when it turned on him.

***

Malice was bustling around, with this fight on as background noise, trying to concoct a scheme. A scheme to punish Cloak, to make him writhe and suffer like his grandfather.


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7276 on: January 17, 2019, 10:49:44 AM »
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Book MCCCXVIII (1,318): "Staves of Power" -- Eighteen staves are found by souls with powerful magical potential.

New chapter.

BOOK CLXXXIII:
A FRACTURED MIND

CHAPTER ONE:
Giga Impact!

Duff went to an abandoned construction zone in some sort of mine. He was armed with a new weapon, based of the last fiend's serqekinetic power capabilities. Of course, it was just a prototype, and one that wasn't fully tested. This was an "acid test" so to speak.

Getting into the mine-like construction zone was easy enough, but that was the easy part. Going into the mine shaft itself was dangerous. There were large pitfalls, with only conveyor platforms preventing him from an immediate death. He couldn't fly or bounce -- he was just a flatscan human who knew how to use a firearm decently.

Notto mention how labyrinthine these tunnels were. It was not difficult at all to get lost. He even lost a cell signal. Didn't help that he was really out in the boonies in the first place.

But he eventually made it to the heart of the place where the fiend resided. A wide earthen chamber that appeared to be dug out by the fiend itself.

The fiend was large and heavy, whose face only consisted of two round, human-like eyes with white sclera, a blue right iris, and a purple left iris. It had three spikes on its body, one atop its head and two more at the ends of its arms, one for each arm. It also has tailpipes on its shoulders. Its upper body is colored blue on one side and purple on the other side, and his lower body is colored white.

Once it locked its eyes onto Duff, it tried to dash across the room and ram into (or possibly gore) Duff with its spikes. Aside from this tactic, it would often try to jump onto Duff -- which would flatten him into nothing due the fiend's immense weight. As such, this weight also made so the impact from the landing of such a jump immobilized Duff for a second, before he could react. After this, the fiend jumped across the chamber in an attempt to crush Duff to smithereens, then transformed into a three-pronged jackhammer arranged in a cyclical manner, leaving a spike wherever it landed.

Duff just activated the prototype enveloping himself in an acid barrier -- but he had to be careful not to touch it -- it might have proven harmful to himself. As said earlier, it wasn't fully tested yet. From here he fired three or so acid shots at the fiend, which seemed to easiky eat through whatever armor it possessed and harmed it.

Not too soon after, it seemed to trigger a power boost, as it changed form into a gigantic jackhammer. Giant as it was five times as wide as Duff and at least three or four times as tall.

In this form, the fiend jumped all around the chamber, generating massive explosions by slamming its enlarged spikes into the earthen ground. Duff didn't know who he managed to avoid getting killed, but the acid barrier probably had something to do with it.

After doing this three times consecutively, the fiend broke apart into nine drill-like structures, which flew off in all directions, before returning and reconstituting in to its normal form. From there, it repeated its attack pattern.

By using the acid barrier, Duff managed to destroy the fiend. But he didn't come out smelling like a daisy. His clothes were ripped, bore some acid damage, and he himslef was cut and bleeding, sported some acid burns, and was generally exhausted.

We wondered again why he volunteered for this mission.

***

Demos called it a "pairusapien". He claimed that he intended for it to be used in piling. He immediately regretted saying this, as it became fertile ground for jokes at his expense.

***

Malice found the battle disappointing when the fiend lost, and she was more concerned with coming up with another scheme. She felt as if she was starting to lose relevance again.


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7277 on: January 17, 2019, 10:47:01 PM »
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Book MCCCXIX (1,319): "Together Again" -- Sword, shield, and stave become unified to block the resurrection of a great evil.

New chapter.

CHAPTER TWO:
Daydreams and Disbelief

It was one of those retro big band, dinner theater places, where Kane sat surrounding by minions and adoring hangers-on. It was a motley collection of some of the most deplorable crooks and villains the city had to offer.

And Kane was sitting in their midst in a white silk suit wearing dark shades and an opulent hat with a feather plume in it. He sat there as if he were their leader, their kingpin.

On the stage was Helen, Sakki, and Ash -- in horrible caricatures of who they truly were. Then the music started up, and this caricature of Ash sang:

"Good evening all you gentlemen, mobsters, creeps and crooks."

Then the caricature of Helen sang:

"Men with Marks come after you, and still, you’re off the hook."

Then the caricature of Sakki sang:

"For those who scare and terrorize, it’s the dawn of a brand new day!"

Then all three sang:

"You scum can simply call us, the one and only RAFians of Yay!"

Then the caricature of Ash sang:

"GH has his special guitar sing!"

Then the other two chimed in:

"Pretty strong, that little thing!"

The Helen caricature sang:

"Dylan’s deeds are really swell!"

The Sakki caricature sang:

"But who will bring him out of his shell?"

The Ash caricature sang:

"Cerulean's foes, they finish last!"

The Sakki caricature sang:

"Too bad sometimes he’s just too fast!"

All three sang:

"While all the boys can always save the day,
No one does it better than the RAFians of Yay!
The one and only RAFians of Yay!
While all the boys can always save the day,
No one does it better, no one does it better than the RAFians of Yay!
"

The caricature of Ash sang:

"Parker has heroic traits! That is, when he’s shooting straight!"

"Hey!" the caricature of Helen protested.

"I’m just saying . . ." the Ash caricature said, with a shrug and closed eyes.

The Helen caricature sang:

"Cloak's always, always courageous!"

The Sakki caricature sang:

"His little element, less outrageous."

The Helen caricature sang:

"Underseen can't expand!"

Then all three sang:

"Becomes putty in our hands!
While all the boys can keep you punks at bay,
No one does it better than the RAFians of Yay!
"

The two unknown mobsters behind Kane sang:

"The one and only RAFians of Yay."
Yay

Then all three sang:

"While all the boys can always save the day,
No one does it better, no one does it better than the RAFians of Yay!
"

The Ash caricature sang:

"Kane throws his boomerang,
What a weapon, what a bang . . .
"

The Helen caricature sang:

"Check out that utility belt!
Sure can make a girl’s heart melt . . .
"

The Sakki caricature sang:

"He’s always right there for the save!
I’d like to see his secret cave . . .
"

Then all three sang:

"While Kane does things in his special way,
He'd do it better with the RAFians of Yay!
The one and only RAFians of Yay!
While Kane always seems to save the day,
No one does it better, no one does it better than the RAFians of Yay!
"

"KANE!" came a sharp voice, shaking Kane out of his daydream. It was Yarin, with a stern tone of voice that he hadn't really ever exercised before. "Would you PLEASE stop daydreaming so LOUDLY?! I'm trying to monitor communications, THANK YOU VERY MUCH."

***

"I just don't get the attraction," Cloak said, earnestly.

He was wearing his ID mask, which projected a human form over him, making him appear smaller and a bit more frumpy than he usually appears. Phoenix, Hunter (alwo wearing an ID mask to appear human), Parker, Helen, Saffa, GH, Gaz and he had gone to a show. Dino declined to go, given her appearance and species would make it difficult to accommodate, so she decided to babysit Leatherhead, who didn't want to go.

"What's there to get?" Gaz asked.

"Perhaps it is because my upbringing was . . . different, or because of my culture, but I don't understand the intended deception."

"A part of all shows necessitate some suspension of disbelief, Cloak," Phoenix said, rationally.

"Am I supposed to suspend my disbelief that a hunk of wood is speaking?" Cloak said. "when didn't even attempt to disguise that he was moving that puppet's arm with his own? Am I really supposed to put aside all credulity for this?"

"That's what you're supposed to do," Helen said, with a small smile.

"But it was obvious the sound was not coming from the puppet," Cloak said. He wasn't exactly clear on why this was entertainment. "You could see the vibrations emanating from the man on stage. You can even tell when he purses his lips in such a way, the way his throat moves ever so slightly, and the fact that his mouth is always open when the puppet 'speaks'."

"Well, you're not supposed to be looking at those things," Hunter said, with a shrug.

"Your Earthsight must have been ruining the magic," Helen suggested.

 Cloak did not have a reply at the ready for this. Perhaps she was right. Perhaps it was the sheer amount of missions that there seemed to be lately. Maybe it was the Tempest thing was still on his mind. Maybe it was because had lingering regrets about his decision with Destiny's diary. Who could say for sure?I

However, his thoughts were interrupted when he thought he sensed something. . . .



SOURCE SONG: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fAFP0IoMfsA


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7278 on: January 20, 2019, 06:37:58 AM »
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Book MCCCXX (1,320): "Site E" -- The RAFians raid Site E and deal with the site enforcer, Agent Blaster.

New chapter.

CHAPTER THREE:
More Than a Pair-A-Norman

There was a young man who had found himself in a psychic battle with a Mummudrai. He didn't know what this creature was, but he managed to kill the Mummudrai, but there was a severe repercussion from this battle.

The final blow from the Mummudrai, before it died, was enough to fracture this young man's mind into seventeen other personalities. When a personality becomes dominent, they actually change his physical appearance and even his clothing, while having a power of their own. He could not control when the personalities become dominant, and each personality is aware of each other. He was the most dominant personality, with Danny and Cassandra.

Norman was a twenty-three-year-old young man and the man who waged the battle with the Mummudrai. The only power he had came after his mind fractured, and it granted him immunity to ectoplasmic attacks, and that's it. He was aware of the other personalities but hated the Felix personality the most out of them and refused to speak to the Danny personality. He was athletic and all around balanced in his fighting style. He had brown hair and blue eyes and usually wore preppy clothing.

The Frieda personality appeared to be a twenty-three-year-old woman and was amongst the first personalities to emerge when Norman's mind fractured. She had fiery red hair and gray eyes, and wore reds and oranges. Her power was pyrokinesis and an immunity to burns. She hated the Walter, Rocky, and Grover personalities. She tended to be a ranged fighter, and a fiery offensive fighter, though a bit overly concerned with how beautiful her attacks are.

The Walter personality appeared to be twenty-three-year-old man and was amongst the first personalities to emerge during the fracturing of Norman's mind. He had blue hair and blue eyes, and wore blues. His power was hydrokinesis. He hated the Grassley and Elliot personalities. He tended to be a ranged fighter, but with a more or less balanced fighting style,  but concerned himself with how beautiful some of his attacks were.

The Grassley personality appeared to be a twenty-three-year-old man and was amongst the first personalities to emerge during the fracturing of Norman's mind. He had green hair, green eyes, and wore greens. His power was florakinesis, an immunity to powder- and spore-based attacks. He hates the Bugsy, Frieda, Adrianna, Candice, and Poe personalities. He preferred to be a ranged fighter, but wasn't above melee combat, and took pride in how clever his attacks were.

The Elliot personality appeared to be a twenty-three-year-old man who was amongst the first personalities to emerge during the fracturing of Norman's mind. He had blonde hair, yellow eyes, and wore yellows. His power was electrokinesis, and an immunity to paralysis. He hates the Grover personality. He is primarily a ranged fighter, and preoccupied with how cool his attacks look.

The Grover personality appeared to be a twenty-three-year-old man with brown hair, brown eyes, and wore browns. His power is terrakinesis, electrical immunity, and sandstorm immunity. He hates the Grassley, Candice, and Walter personalities. He was a melee combatant, and concerned himself with how tough some of his attacks look.

The Poe personality appeared to be a twenty-three-year-old man who was amongst the first personalities to emerge during the fracturing of Norman's mind. He had purple hair, purple eyes, and wore purples. His power was toxikinesis, and an immunity to poison. He hates the Grover and Cassandra personalities. He had a balanced fighting style, preferring melee combat, and a preoccupation with how clever his attacks are and a derision toward cuteness.

The Felix personality appeared to be a twenty-three-year-old man with orange hair, orange eyes, and wears oranges. His power was superhuman strength and superhuman durability. He hates the Marie, Adrianna, and Cassandra personalities. He was a primarily melee fighter, and had a preoccupation with how cool or tough his attacks were while being derisive toward cuteness.

The Bugsy personality appeared to be a twenty-three-year-old man with olive green hair, olive green eyes, and wears greens. His power is surface adhesion and oral silk. He hates the Frieda, Adrianna, and Rocky personalities. He was a balanced fighter, with no predilection for ranged or close combat, though often opts for melee combat, and no preoccupation with how cool, cute, beautiful, clever, or tough his attacks looked.

The Danny personality appeared to be a twenty-three-year-old man with indigo hair, indigo hair, and wears purples. His powers included intangibility, spectral possession, phantom vision, spectral displacement, ectoplasmic constructs, and other spectral abilities, and an immunity to all restraints. He hates the Darlene personality and himself, and will not speak to Norman or the Felix personality. He usually opts for physical combat, though he has a fairly balanced fighting style, and a preoccupation of how clever his attacks appear. Other than Norman and Cassandra, he was one of the more dominant personality.

The Candice personality appeared to be a twenty-three-year-old woman with platinum blond hair, white eyes, and wears whites. Her powers include cryokinesis, a cold immunity, a freezing immunity, and hail immunity. She hates the Felix, Frieda, Rocky, and Steele personalities. While usually opting for ranged combat, her fighting style was balanced, and she preoccupied herself with her attacks being beautiful, annoying her if they come off as "cool".

The Drake personality appeared to be a twenty-three-year-old man with khaki-colored hair, khaki-colored eyes, and wore khaki clothing (opting to go shirtless most times). His power includes a draconic form. He hates the Candice and Marie personalities, and himself. He opted for ranged combat, opting for offensive tactics, preoccupied whit how cool, tough, and beautiful his attacks are, derisive of cuteness and cleverness.

The Adrianna personality appeared to be a twenty-three-year-old woman with golden hair, golden eyes, and wears golds. Her power includes aerokinesis and flight. She hates the Elliot, Candice, and Rocky personalities, and refuses to speak to the Grover personality. She opted to melee combat, preferring agile combat, and preoccupied with how cool her attacks look.

The Rocky personality appeared to be a twenty-three-year-old man with gray hair, gray eyes, and wore grays. His power included lithokinesis, and sandstorm immunity. He hates the Felix, Grassley, Grover, Steele, and Walter personalities. He opted for a defensive fighting style, and preoccupied with how tough they look.

The Cassandra personality appeared to be a twenty-three-year-old woman with violet hair, violet eyes, and wears purples. Her power includes telepathy, telekinesis, psychokinesis,  mind control, psionic constructs, astral projection, astral possession, astral displacement, and other psychic abilities. She hates the Bugsy, Darlene, and Danny personalities. She went with a more ranged attack preference, with a more offensive predilection, her attacks always coming off as clever mostly, though some were beautiful, cool, or cute.

The Steele personality appeared to be a twenty-year-old man with silver hair, silver eyes, and wears silvers. His powers include ferrokinesis and poison immunity. He hates Frieda, Felix, and Grover personalities, while not talking to the Poe personaity. He prefers a more defensive fighting style, utilizing typically "cool" moves.

The Darlene personality appeared to be a twenty-year-old woman with black hair, black eyes, and wears blacks. Her powers include umbrakinesis, telepathy immunity, mind control immunity, astral possession immunity, and astral displacement immunity. She hates the Bugsy and Felix personalities, and refuses to speak to the Cassandra personality. She usually opts for physical, melee attacks, though will use ranged combat, and prefers to use techniques she thinks are clever.

The Marie personality appeared to be a six-year-old girl with curly pink ringlets, pink eyes, and pink, frilly dresses and accessories. Her powers included powerful magicks to rival Broken. She hates Poe and Steele, and refuses to speak to Drake. She priorities to ranged defense, and she likes to use beautiful or cute techniques, disparaging "cool" or "tough" techniques.

And all of the personalities could hear, see, and communicate with each other, but they cannot be seen by anyone except Norman, and they all vie for control of the body. Signaling how they all came from him, all of the seventeen personalities share his facial structure, despite the very large discrepancies with their height, weight, and frames. they all vied to be the wole proprietor of Norman's body, which shapeshifts to match their appearance in this fractured mindscape. They all could only agree on one thing.

They wanted out.


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7279 on: January 21, 2019, 08:20:43 PM »
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Book MCCCXXI (1,321): "The Composite RAFian" -- The RAFians must face the the Composite RAFian, who purportedly has all their powers.

New chapter.

CHAPTER FOUR:
Escape

"Kane -- GET OUT," Yarin snarled. The layabout pseudo-RAFian wouldn't stop daydreaming so loud. It was akin to someone coming right next to your ear and shouting all the things you didn't want to hear because you knew them to be untrue, and obviously so, at that. At the very top of their voice. And the Nyac dealt with that for just about two to three hours.

Everyone had a breaking point. Not to mention most people, even to telepaths, have some degree of shielding their thoughts. Kane clearly had none. Kane clearly thought that he was incredibly special in this regard.

"What?" he said. Yarin didn't need telepathy to see that Kane thought that he was being the victim in this exchange . He always did put himself foremost in his thoughts, with everything and everyone else being secondary.

"You HEARD me, Kane!" Yarin snapped uncharacteristicall y. He was just fed up with Kane for a long time now. He was supposed to be helping Yarin. But his idea of helping was sitting on his butt and increasingly annoying and frustrating the telepathic alien with his daydreams as loud as a constant car backfire -- right in his ears. "GET OUT! I'll finish this shift without you!"

"But --" Kane began to protest. He didn't understand is outburst, despite Yarin having very distinctly told him why he had to leave. Yarin was really finding Kane's daydreams where he was some sort of Gary Stu that people unjustifiably adored and venerate for no good reason, and in a rather sloppy, slovenly manner -- it was the exact type of bilge that would sink a movie that depicted it as such.

"GO!!!" Yarin roared, as Kane scrambled to obey. He was sorely tempted to wipe Kane's memory until he was blank slate with mentality of neonatal child, but he would never do that. He didn't know if he could - - but the fact that he found himself considering it . . . Yarin found this concerning. Kane was rapidly bringing out the worst in all of them . . . this was also quite concerning.

But his mind was quickly taken off the subject when he received a report. It would seem that a local mental health facility had a patient escape. He wondered idly how that seemed to be a case worthy of RAFian attention, as they usually took cases that local law enforcement was unequipped to handle, or otherwise stretched too thin to handle properly.

But this was just what the surface preface of the report said, as he got into the details he was intrigued and immediately saw why they were contacted. The subject -- a male in his early to mid-twenties, suffering from a form of dissociative identity disorder, who was entered into the facility under the name of Norman Xavier Haller by his harried single mother, left unnamed in the report  -- had escaped using a litany of superhuman abilities. The facility was aware of this and documented the abilities of the "alters" as the called them. The "alters" that they were able to deduce were the florakinetic Grassley, the pyrokinetic Frieda, the hydrokinetic Walter, the electrokinetic Elliot, the superhumanly strong brute Felix, the psychic Cassandra, the dragon shapeshifter Drake, the umbrakinetic Darlene, the ferrokinetic Steele, and the magical Marie. There was speculation that there could be even more that the camera didn't catch.

This last part was the thing that caught his attention. The insinuation that his "alters" were different enough to be detected as such on cameras. It was at this point he watched the videos that came with the report. The resolution on the videos were exactly great, but they showed everything that Yarin had surmised. This metahuman's physical body actually changes when the personalities shift control. This is why the diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder wasn't as controversial as it could have been, as it was clear that these changes were reluctant at best. Though, Yarin acknowledged silently, there could still be arguments against the determination.

Still, this would have to be brought to the attention of the others. This metahuman could be one of the most powerful entities they have ever faced. He -- or would "they" be more appropriate? -- could be even more powerful than Cloak. Or Estelore. Or even Richard.

This was serious stuff.


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7280 on: January 22, 2019, 06:03:08 AM »
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Book MCCCXXII (1,322): "A New Kind of Predator" -- The RAFians must deal with a depraved individual of the likes they haven't before.

New chapter.

CHAPTER FIVE:
Debate and Theft

"Hey, get back here!" someone protested, as Norman burst out of a jewelry shop with some dingy, off-white pearl necklace. It was just a costume piece, and the so-called pearls were more plastic than genuine. There were anywhere from twenty to twenty-five of these faux pearls on this chain, and the reason that this necklace was stolen was unknown by most, if not all the "alters".

But the fact of the matter was that they did. None fought for control, and Norman was in the driver's seat currently. He wanted to drop the pearl necklace, but found that he couldn't. Literally couldn't.

But that didn't matter now. The shopkeeper was abandoning all pretense and chasing him in a full running gait. Norman found himself actually believing that he might remain in control for -- then one of his "alters" began to fight him for control, but he couldn't tell which one of the seventeen other personalities it was. Naturally, he fought back, but he was tired. Frankily, for as long as he managed to support these personalities, the strain was wearing him down, and his body was showing signs of the strain . . .

He felt his mine grow unconscious, and he blacked out, which was a definite sign of another "alter" was taking control of his body. He felt his body change form, but in a distant and detached manner, as he fell into unconsciousness. . . .

***

"And that's probably not even the scope of his possible potential," Cloak acknowledged, as Yarin briefed everyone. (Well, except Kane, who elected not to show up.) Cloak tried not let his pride get the better of him. He wasn't Vegeta, after all. "I wonder if his fragmented mind was actually a boon for him . . ."

"What do you mean?" Saffa inquired.

"Having too much power, too soon, could be disastrous to one who is not ready for its burden," the Realm Walker said. "Too much power for someone not ready, not disciplined enough to wield it? It just might rip their very bodies apart if they are unable to cope, or change them into mindless beasts . . . remember Syphoon."

A brief beat of silence met these words. They did remember his fate, and how he eventually "came back" as a Black Lantern. He had amassed too much power, and he did not have the displine, the training, or the wherewithal to cope with and control such power. His fate was tangent reminder of this.

"Are you suggesting that his fracturing mind may have helped his body cope with the immense power potential?" Aquilai queried.

"Is that not what I said?" Cloak replied.

"The fact of the matter is he, or one of his potentially more volatile personalities, could pose a great danger to himself and others," Parker said.

"What do you suggest?" Gaz inquired.

"Take him down," the SPARTAN said. It was, in his view, a pertinent and necessary ruthlessness. "Permanently, if need be."

"You say that as if we knew how to do that," Cloak said, "given this boy's potential, and the fact that there may very well be more personalities that we're not yet privy to, that would be a tall order, despite the simplicity you give the tactic. Anything we might try, might prove either ineffective or marginally effective at best."

"There are too many variables in this," Helen said, before Parker could rebuke the Realm Walker. "The boy himself, just by being is a dangerous variable in and of himself."

"The fact remains that we have to find him first," Ash pointed out, pragmatically. "And he managed to escape from a high-security mental health facility -- with supposedly state-of-the-art security systems in place. Just finding him is going to be difficult enough."


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Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7281 on: January 23, 2019, 05:43:05 AM »
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Book MCCCXXIII (1,323): "Site F" -- The RAFians raid Site F, and must face site enforcer, Agent Blade.

New chapter.

CHAPTER SIX:
Struggle

But it didn't take long for Norman to realize what happened, and he was finding this increasingly grating. This was his body. It wasn't -- it didn't belong to these extraneous personalities. He had long since stopped caring where they manifested from. He fought to assert himself, though he didn't know which personality had done it, or where he would be when he became conscious in the material world once again.

He didn't care. This was his body. His life that these alters were ruining. They belonged to him, as so did the personalities, technically. But he didn't want these personalities. He was tired of blacking out and finding himself in precarious situations without any abilities to get him out of them. This really wasn't fair, he felt. Other people of his age group didn't have to put up with multiple warring personalities. It just wasn't fair!

His struggling seemed moot, but he recognized that it was currently Adrianna in charge, but he fought her for control over his own body, which seemed to be coping with the stress and duress that this disorder was giving it. He paid no mind to how the strain would escalate, perhaps to the point where his body cannot hold or handle these stresses.

Adrianna had control for three minutes before forcefully yielding it to Norman, who oscillated control between himself and Darlene for the following two minutes. Then both forcefully yielded to Adrianna for the next to minutes, before surrendering control to Marie for the following two minutes. Norman managed to reassert himself for the following two minutes before being subsumed by Adrianna again, whose control only lasted for a sparse three minutes, before surrendering control back to Norman for a record thirteen minutes.

"Help . . . me . . ." Norman managed to choke out, only noting that he was still clutching to the pearl necklace. His hand refused to be parted with it. Why? Well, he never really got a chance to dwell on the subject.

But Adrianna wrested control from Norman for only about four minutes, only to be wrested from her by Marie for two minutes. Then Norman reasserts himself for only two minutes, because Cassandra wrests it from him for two minutes. Norman manages to reassert himself for sixteen minutes.

 "Go . . . away . . ." he said, to the personalities spun off from his fractured mind. "This is . . ."

He only managed this for a further six minutes before Adrianna came and wrested control from him. She only was allowed six minutes herself, before Norman reclaimed control. For about eighteen minutes. From which point, Marie claimed control for three minutes, where Norman reclaimed control for nine minutes. From which point, Adrianna took control for three minutes. From there, Norman regains control for nine minutes.

"This is my life," Norman lamented, "you can't be . . . "

But Adrianna wrested control from him, only possessing it for nine minutes, before Norman retakes it for four minutes. It was Walter who took control for four minutes, before Norman reasserts himself for eight minutes before oscillating control with Felix, winning out in the end. This only lasted twelve minutes before Adrianna forced her way into control. This only lasted about four minutes, before Norman retook control for twenty minutes.

"There . . . there has to . . . to be --" Norman said, his body sweating from the strain.

But this only lasted an additional twenty-five minutes, before Adrianna took control for herself, for fifteen minutes. Then Norman and Marie oscillated in control for five minutes, before Norman eventually won out. This only lasted for about ten minutes before Grassley took control for ten minutes. Norman took control then, for five minutes. Then Adrianna took control for ten minutes, succeeded by Cassandra and Felix, which control oscillated between. Norman managed to regain control momentarily.

"To be . . . to be . . ." he managed to choke out the six minutes he had control.

After these six minutes, Grover takes control for six minutes, having it usurped by Adrianna for six minutes. Then being usurped of it herself by Frieda for twelve minutes. Then Norman asserts himself once again for six minutes. But Elliot takes control, for twelve minutes. Then Adrianna takes control for about twenty-one minutes. Then Norman reasserts himself for fourteen minutes. Then Felix takes control for fourteen minutes. Then Cassandra takes control for seven minutes. Then Norman reasserts himself for twenty-one minutes before Drake takes control. He only has it for seven minutes before the body collapses from exhaustion and sleeps, disallowing any of the eighteen personalities to control it for upwards of eight hours.

This is how Norman and his alters survived, and why his body hadn't been ripped apart yet.


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Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7282 on: January 24, 2019, 06:49:28 AM »
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Book MCCCXXIV (1,324): "Celedon City" -- Two RAFians must deal with a rogue Apollonian Celedon.

New chapter.

CHAPTER SEVEN:
Olive Orb

When Norman woke up, he wasn't in control over his own body, Bugsy was, and he found himself deep in the heart of a forest. They were in a rundown, abandoned apartment complex before. How'd they get here? Norman himself didn't remember or recollect.

The costume pearl necklace had broken and he had the pearls in his pocket, but one which he held in his right hand. Clenched in his fist after two minutes when Adrianna took control away from Bugsy for a minute, before losing it to Poe for four minutes. Grassley took it from him for two minutes, and having Poe retake it from him in two minutes. Bugsy retook control from him for a minute, before losing it to Adrianna, who oscillated the control with him.

"Let me . . . let me have this," Bugsy said. His appearance consisted of olive green hair and eyes, sleeveless shirt, hemmed shorts, sandals, and a pith helmet.

But he couldn't finish, as Adrianna immediately usurped control for four minutes. Poe then took control for four minutes. Adrianna usurped control for two minutes, before control was usurped for Adrianna, for a full two minutes. Bugsy took it from her, but it lasted only two minutes before Steele takes it for four minutes. Then Rocky takes the control for two minutes, before Felix wrests control for two minutes.

Bugsy managed to assert himself, complaining, "C'mon, guys, it's my turn!"

But he could only manage this for six minutes, before Adrianna managed to take control from him for a scarce three minutes. Afterward, Bugsy retakes control for three minutes, whereas Poe takes control for three minutes. Then Walter takes control for three minutes, before being forced to surrender control to Adrianna for three minutes. Then the control went to Grover for three minutes, then to Adrianna again for three minutes, and then to Danny for three minutes. Bugsy reasserts himself for six minutes before it was ripped away by Rocky for six minutes.

Bugsy managed to assert himself again, whining, "Just let me have this!"

But twelve minutes later, control was taken and oscillated between Grassley, Grover, and Steele for four minutes. This was broken by Adrianna taking the control for twelve minutes. Then Poe took control for four minutes, before being usurped by Adrianna for four minutes. Then control went to Bugsy for four minutes.

"This is my turn!" Bugsy whined, still clutching the pearl unknowingly.

But Grassley immediately took control for fifteen minutes, before forcibly yielding control to Poe for fifteen minutes. The control went to Rocky for ten minutes, before Bugsy reasserted himself. But this only lasted five minutes, before Steele wrested control from him, for five minutes. Then the control was usurped from him by Elliot for ten minutes, and likewise was usurped from him by Bugsy again, but for ten minutes. Then the control was taken by Steele for five minutes, and then taken from him by Frieda for ten minutes. Then Steele retakes control for five minutes.

Bugsy reasserted himself, and whined, "I deserve this body, I deserve to be --"

But this only lasted twelve minutes before Adrianna retook control for six minutes, before Bugsy retook control.

"I deserve to be free!!" he roared.

He only possessed control for seven minutes, before Elliot usurped control for fourteen minutes. Marie usurped control for fourteen minutes, before it was forcibly taken away by Walter for twenty-eight minutes. Then Bugsy was in control for seven minutes before Felix took it for fourteen minutes.

Then Bugsy took control, but before he could complain and whine, his vision changed. It changed while having a sensation -- a really odd and out-of-place sensation -- that he was being pushed. He went from seeing the material world to seeing nothing but olive green. Granted, it was his favorite color, but he could not see anything else, as if  was blindfolded with a cloth that color. He couldn't feel anything, couldn't smell anything, much less touch or hear. It was total sensory deprivation, and he found that he didn't care for it.

But, perhaps the thing that potentially scared him the most, was that he was alone. He was sure of it. The other seventeen personalities were not in this place wherever it was. He knew he wanted to alone and in full control of the body, but this wasn't like that at all. He was alone in this place . . . where there was not so much as bee fly fluff around. Bugsy was not happy.

It was hell.


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Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7283 on: January 24, 2019, 05:45:52 PM »
Releasing tomorrow's chapter a little early.

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Book MCCCXXV (1,325): "The Gargantian-Nilian War" -- The RAFians are drawn into a war.

New chapter.

CHAPTER EIGHT:
Green Orb

When Norman awoke, as his body did the eight-hour coma thing again, again he wasn't in control. Poe was, and only for seven minutes, before it was wrested away from him by . . . no one. His body was "blank" for two minutes -- something that has never happened before. Poe retook control, surprised, and a little embarrassed to lose control to nothing. This only lasted three minutes before Cassandra wrested it away from him, for two minutes. Drake ripped control away for seven minutes, only to have it ripped it ripped away from him by Grassley.

"Dudes, knock it off!" he said, dressed like a hippie -- a loose-fitting short-sleeved shirt, green bellbottoms, green loafers, with a sparse green goatee. Unbeknownst to him and the other personalities, Cloak had heard him from a fair distance away, and only just barely. "Let me have this . . ."

He managed to remain in control for a further eight minutes, before it was wrested away by Adrianna for six minutes. Grassley wrested control from her for four minutes. The control was usurped by Cassandra, before Grassley managed to retake control.

"Dudes! Seriously!" he said, in momentary control, unaware that Cloak was now approaching his location, covering a modest amount of distance. "Seriously! Back off!"

He managed to retain control for six minutes and oscillated with Drake for three minutes. Walter usurped control for nine minutes. Grassley ripped control away for three minutes before it was taken away Darlene, who only had it for six minutes. Then Grassley takes back control for three minutes, and Darlene takes control from him for three minutes. Felix takes control from her for three minutes. Poe takes control from him for three minutes. Grassley took control for three minutes, before having it wrested away by Darlene for three minutes. Rocky takes control from her six minutes, before having it taken from him by Adrianna for three minutes. Grassley managed to wrest control from her once more.

"Seriously, my dudes!" Grassley said. His voice was reminiscent of Norman's, but with a stoner tint to it. Cloak was still a fair distance away, and was still carefully trying to track the sounds. "My dudes, just let me have this!"

He managed to continue to maintain control eight minutes, before being forcibly yielding Grover for four minutes. Poe wrests the control away fro him four eight minutes, before having it ripped away from him by . . . no one. The body just "blanks", as no one notices the absence of Bugsy, for four minutes. Grassley seizes control for the next twelve minutes, before Candice rips it away for eight minutes. Grassley retakes control for eight minutes, before fumbling it over to Elliot for four minutes. Grassley retakes, oscillating with Adrianna, for four minutes. Grassley manages to reclaim control for an additional four minutes

"My dudes," he said, gasping, as Cloak slowly was closing the distance, as he was being extremely cautious. "My dudes, just let me have this for a while."

Grassley managed to maintain control for twenty-five minutes, before the body "blanks" for fifteen minutes. Marie takes control from her for ten minutes, before losing it to Grassley for fifteen minutes. This was wrested from him by Norman himself, who the body takes the form of when it "blanks", for ten minutes. This was, in turn, taken from him by Poe for ten minutes. Then Steele took control from him for ten minutes. Then Felix wrested control from him for five minutes. Grassley managed to regain control momentarily.

"Please, my dudes," he said, "just let me have this a little while."

 He managed to retain control for twelve minutes before Felix took it for six minutes. Grassley retook control for twelve minutes, until Danny wrested control for twenty-four minutes. Grassley managed to assert himself enough to briefly take control back again.

"My dudes! Just let me have this, just for a little --" he said, before struggling to maintain control for fourteen minutes.

It was eventually wrested from him by Danny, who only remained in control for seven minutes. Then Grassley wrest back control, and maintained it for fourteen minutes, before it was taken by Marie, who only had it for fourteen minutes herself. It was taken from her by Grassley, who held on to it for twenty-eight minutes. Then Poe took it for himself for seven minutes. Then Marie took it back for seven minutes, before losing the control to Steele for seven minutes.

When Grassley retook control, he felt as if someone was pushing him, but he couldn't tell where. Where the pushing was coming from or from who. All he knew was that, within sends, he was just seeing forest green everywhere. He couldn't hear, smell, touch, or taste anything either. And, perhaps what he found freakiest of all, was that he was alone. Completely and totally. He had no idea what had happened, and found his florakinesis felt . . . well, suppressed. He found that he couldn't use it, or summon any sort of plants in this prison.

What had he done to deserve this?
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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7284 on: January 24, 2019, 08:53:06 PM »
I guess I can post Saturday's chapter as well. . . .

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Book MCCCXXVI (1,326): "Forbidden Information" -- A down-and-out loser breaks into a secure bunker, and comes upon several devices whose use is forbidden in his society.

New chapter. Sorry about the brevity.

CHAPTER NINE:
Purple Orb

When Norman woke up, it was Poe that was in the driver's seat, but he was quickly booted by . . . no one. The body was "blanked" for six minutes straight. Embarrassed, Poe retakes control of the body for four minutes, until Grover took it away from him. But only for a minute, as Poe retook control for another two minutes. But Grover took it back for a single minute. Then Adrianna took control for two minutes, before being usurped by . . . nothing. The body was "blanked" for eight minutes straight, without a personality piloting it. Walter stepped up to pilot it, but was forced out two minutes later by Poe, who involuntarily oscillated control with Darlene for two minutes. Danny stopped this by taking control from both of them for three minutes. But Poe managed to wrest the driver's seat from every one.

"This body is mine, you mother--" Poe said, aloud, with an expletive and vulgar vernacular that would make a sailor blush. His attire was that of a grunge singer, with deep purples.

Then the body "blanked" for four minutes. Adrianna stepped up, and took the driver's seat, but just for two minutes. Walter muscled his way into the proverbial driver's seat, but was only there for two minutes before Poe took the driver's seat for himself.

Poe was reduced to name-calling, with some rather vulgar terms towards the other personalities. He trudged through forest while he was in control, towards a marshy area, where Earthsight was pretty useless. He didn't know this, however.

Then the body "blanked" for six minutes. Poe retook the driver's seat for nine minutes. The muck took on off his shoes, which made Poe just even more unpleasant.

Then the body "blanked", falling face down into the muck, for eight minutes. Darlene quickly took the driver's seat and prevented them all from dying. But the body "blanked" again for four minutes. Darlene retook the body for four minutes, only for Felix to take it from her for eight minutes. Poe retook the driver's seat for four minutes.

Poe launched in a tirade so virulently vulgar, there would be no way that it would ever be aired on television without several hundred censor beeps. He was not a very pleasant personality to be around.

Then the body "blanked" for fifteen minutes into the noxious muck, and Poe retook the driver's seat, embarrassed, for ten minutes. Then it "blanked" once more, for ten minutes, directly back into the muck again. Poe retook the body.

He shifted into the swampy muck again until he was shin-deep, all the while muttering rather venomous things under breath. His language . . . well, it still wasn't family-friendly.

Then Walter took the driver's seat for six minutes, only to be usurped by Drake, who only maintained control for six minutes. Poe retook control momentarily, cursing in some rather . . . inventive ways.

Then Walter took the driver's seat for fourteen minutes. Then Frieda took it from him for fourteen minutes. Poe retook control for seven minutes, before Rocky took it for seven minutes. Poe retook it for seven minutes, before losing it to Drake for seven minutes. Poe reasserted himself and took control over the body, forcing his attire and appearance to reflect his astral self.

But then he felt the pushing sensation. He didn't have much time to think about it ream the person or thing doing it, because soon all he saw was purple, a noxious sort of purple. He couldn't hear, smell, taste, touch, or sense anything around him. He didn't like this one bit.

And he was angry. And he was scared.


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Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7285 on: January 27, 2019, 11:11:08 PM »
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Book MCCCXXVII (1,327): "Site G" -- The RAFians raid Site G and must deal with the site enforcer, Agent Blaster.

New chapter.

CHAPTER TEN:
Violet Orb

When Norman awoke after the eight-hour rest period for the body, inside a closed library of some sort, it was Cassandra in the driver's seat, only to be immediately taken by Elliot, for seven minutes. Cassandra took it back and maintained her control for ten minutes before Walter had the audacity to take it from her, only being in control for three minutes. Cassandra takes it back for two minutes, before having it taken away from her by . . . no one. The body just "blanked", was "driverless" so to speak, for two minutes. Cassandra found this dreadfully embarrassing, but Walter beat her to the punch and took the driver's seat for a minute before losing it to Marie for a minute. To which control passed to Candice for a minute. Cassandra wrested control from her.

"Peons!" she spat. She had voluminous violet hair, violently violet fingernails which came to claw-like points, and she wore a long translucent violet dress that reaches the floor and was slit up both sides to her thighs, shoulder pads, and a pair of intricately detailed dress sandals with high heels. She also wore a violently violet cape that is lined with glimmering diamond and star designs. "This body is my rightful property!"

This control only lasted fourteen minutes before Adrianna took it from her, but for four minutes. Cassandra retook control for two minutes before losing it to Walter for four minutes. Then Norman manages to take the driver's seat for himself for two minutes. Then Candice takes the driver's seat for herself for two minutes. Then Adrianna takes control for two minutes, and then the body "blanked" and was "driverless" for two minutes. Cassandra stepped in and retook control.

"I will not surrender this control to my intellectual inferiors!" Cassandra declared. She tried resisting all attempts to wrest control from her, and briefly managed a modicum of success.

But Marie managed to wrest control from her and remained in control for thirty minutes. Then Felix takes the driver's seat for twenty-one minutes. Cassandra retook control for six minutes, losing it to Rocky for six minutes. He, in turn, lost it to Grover for six minutes. Then Cassandra wrested the driver's seat for herself, for six minutes. But then Steele took it for thirty minutes. Then Drake wrested the driver's seat, and maintained control for twenty minutes. Then Steele forcibly takes the driver's seat for three minutes, until Cassandra proverbial dumps him out and take it for herself for three minutes.

"I'm surrounded by idiots," she said, rubbing her temple. "It is not a difficult concept to grasp. This body is mine. End of story."

She could only maintain control for another four minutes, before Steele retook it, for eight minutes. Marie took up the driver's seat next, for four minutes. Then Felix wrested her from it and took it for himself for eleven minutes. Then Cassandra threw him from the driver's seat and took it for herself for the next twenty minutes.

"Morons! Idiots! Incompetents!" she snarled at the other alters. " Why must I contend with you not comprehending the obvious?!"

Then Frieda took control for five minutes. Then Cassandra wrested control from her, and maintained it for ten minutes. Then Adrianna took control for herself for ten minutes. Then Frieda took back the driver's seat for five minutes, before Adrianna took it back for five minutes. Then Cassandra wrest control for forty minutes, before Norman took control for a scant five minutes. Cassandra managed to retake control of the body.

"You worthless little nothings!" she spat. "It's not a difficult concept!"

Frieda immediately took control for six minutes, before Cassandra took it back for twelve minutes. Darlene ripped it away from her for twelve minutes. Then it oscillated between Danny and Darlene for six minutes, before Cassandra took control from them.

"Know your place!" she screamed. "You are all extraneous and expendable! To be done away with at my discretion, and my discretion alone!!"

Then Adrianna immediately took control away from her for seven minutes, before forcibly yielding it to Norman. He only held the control for seven minutes himself, before having to relinquish it to Cassandra, who only held it for seven minutes. It was Walter who took the driver's chair from her, and only for seven minutes. Then Marie took over, but, again, just for a scant seven minutes. Then Cassandra reasserted herself, and took control for fourteen minutes, before Steele took it away from her for seven minutes, and Danny took it away from him, for seven minutes. Then control oscillated between Cassandra, Steele, Danny, and Drake for the next seven minutes.

Despite her apoplectic rage, Cassandra sense the push. But she was too distracted to give it much mind. It was only when her vision became nothing b a violent shade of violet, she knew something was up and she thought she knew the culprit. Norman! Norman was the one sentencing her to this sensory-deprived hell. She tried to rage, tried to break out of this surface enclosed all around her. Seamlessly so.

She would escape this, she knew. And when she did . . . oh, there was going to be hell to pay.


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Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7286 on: January 28, 2019, 07:35:02 PM »
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Book MCCCXXVIII (1,328): "The Forbidden Boxes" -- Seven forbidden devices are discovered.

New chapter.

CHAPTER ELEVEN:
Indigo Orb

No one noticed just how much . . . roomier it was in this mindscape with two-ninths of their number now shunted into external pearls -- a olive green, forest green, purple, and violet pearl each -- they continued to quibble about the usual arguments and fights. Focusing mostly on who gets to control the body and for how long. When Norman awoke in what appeared to be the spookiest corner of this disheveled, abandoned library. Danny was briefly in control before he was kicked out of the driver's seat by . . . no one. The body was "blanking" and "driverless" for about nine minutes. Frieda took the control for a brief seven minutes, before Danny swiftly retook the driver's chair for himself.

"Don't fight me," he said. He wore a spandex suit that gave him a superficial resemblance to his namesake, Danny Phantom. "You couldn't possibly win that fight."

He maintained control for a further two minutes before speaking again.

"Yes," he said, apparently savoring what he thought was corporeal permanence. "That's the ticket."

But then the body decided to "blank" and he lost control for three minutes. Darlene stepped in and took control for nine minutes, until Danny usurped control from her, for eighteen minutes.

"You can't take this from me again," he said, stubbornly, "this body is MINE!"

 Adrianna proved him wrong immediately by usurping control for eight minutes. Danny retook the driver's chair for four minutes, before Darlene took it back, but for only four minutes herself. Danny reclaimed the control from her, before it was taken from him four minutes later, by Candice. She only was in the driver's seat for four minutes before Elliot snatched away from her. He only had it for four minutes himself before Drake took it for eight minutes. Then Danny retook control, holding it for four minutes.

"Guys, look," he said, "this body is mine. You're just going to have to --"

 He had to fight to remain in control for the next ten minutes. He unintentionally surrendered control to Walter for ten minutes, who lost it to Frieda for fifteen minutes.
Then it was usurped by Grover, but just for ten minutes, before Danny asserted himself once more.

"You're all going to have to go away! Okay?!" Danny said, his frustration getting the best of him.

Steele took the driver's seat from him for eighteen minutes, before being usurped by . . . no one. The body just "blanked" for thirty minutes, with no one in the driver's seat. Danny eventually retook control.

"Nobody realized how weird that was? Seriously?" he said, noticing how long the body was "blanked".

Then it "blanked" once more, for seven minutes, and apparently Danny was the only one who realized. Adrianna took control from there, but for only seven minutes until Grover booted her. He only had it for fourteen minutes. From there Danny reclaimed it, but was really concerned with the "body blanking", but was unable to call the attention of the other personalities to it. He only was in this driver's seat for seven minutes before Marie claimed it for herself. But seven minutes later, the body "blanked" for twenty-one minutes. Felix, apparently unaware of this, took the driver's seat for seven minutes, before Frieda took it from him for just seven minutes.

Danny momentarily took back the body, and he was feeling completely unnerved. It was far too late when he realized that he was being pushed, and soon he saw nothing but indigo. He couldn't hear. He couldn't speak. He couldn't feel anything. He couldn't taste. He couldn't smell. It very quickly became hell for him, and he didn't even know who or what did this to him.


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Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7287 on: January 29, 2019, 05:55:55 AM »
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Book MCCCXXIX (1,329): "The Device of Assimilation" -- An orange box is discovered.

New chapter.

CHAPTER TWELVE:
Red Orb

When Norman woke up after his body shut down for a mandatory eight-hour rest, Frieda was in control and they were in the very reason why this library was abandoned. This part of the building was scorched with very prominent fire damage. She maintained this control for only two minutes, though.

Adrianna took control for a minute, taken from her by Drake for six minutes, and reclaimed by Adrianna for six minutes. Frieda took control for six minutes, until the body "blanked" for seven minutes. Then she retook the driver's seat for two minutes. Then Adrianna stole the driver's seat from her by a minute. Frieda swiftly retook it from her.

"Back the eff off!" she snarled. She wore crimson and scarlet armor, and wore her hair in a tight bun. Her armor had pointed shoulder pads and pointed toes. "This body is mine now. No one's gonna take it from me!"

And she managed to hold it for a further eight minutes, before Rocky took it from her, but could only maintain his control for two minutes. Then Darlene takes control from him and maintains it for ten minutes. It was at that point that Frieda retook control for four minutes. Adrianna takes it from there, but only for two minutes before Frieda was back in the driver's seat.

"I'm in control," Frieda said, "and I'm staying here!"

And she was right -- for about three minutes. Then Felix took control for twelve minutes. Then Grover was in power, for all of twelve minutes. Then Frieda took control for six minutes. Then Grover took back control for six minutes, before Frieda wrested control away from him.

"Get out of my way," she growled. She often oscillated between mild amiability to raging inferno of unpleasantness, and was very unpredictable when her mood was about to swing so violently. "This body is mine, you maggots."

But she only managed to retain control for another four minutes before Felix muscled his way in and took it from her, but just for eight minutes. Frieda wrested control back, but only for four minutes. It was Elliot who took control from her, but only for a scant four minutes. It was Steele who took control from him, but only for four minutes. Frieda took back control for four minutes.

"This is MY body, you maggots" she spat vehemently.

Then the body "blanked" for five minutes, and no one gave it much thought. Frieda retook the driver's chair for five minutes, before Felix took it for ten minutes. Frieda retook the control for twenty minutes, before the body tried to "blank" but Frieda fought it. It was this that brought the "body blanking" to her attention, and she found it disconcerting. Then the body "blanked" for fifteen minutes. Frieda took control for five minutes. Then the body "blanked" again, for ten minutes. Drake took control for five minutes, before Frieda took it back.

"What was that?" she asked. "Why was there no in control? That has never happened before --"

She only maintained control for another twelve minutes, before the body "blanked" again. Then Adrianna took control for twelve minutes, before losing it to Norman, for twelve minutes. Then Walter took control for five minutes. Frieda took the driver's seat from there.

"Can we just talk about the 'body blanking' thing?" she said.

She maintained control for fourteen minutes, before losing it to Darlene for seven minutes. Adrianna took it from her for seven minutes. Then the body "blanked" for fourteen minutes. Frieda took control for seven minutes, before losing it to Drake for seven minutes. Then the body "blanked" for seven minutes, before Frieda took control.

Then, before she could react, before she could burn whoever was responsible, she felt herself being pushed until all she saw was red. She couldn't hear. She couldn't smell. She couldn't taste. She couldn't touch. All sensory information was gone.

And she was angry.


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7288 on: January 30, 2019, 06:01:40 AM »
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Book MCCCXXX (1,330): "The Device of Nightmares" -- A yellow box is discovered.

New chapter.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN:
Blue Orb

When Norman awoke from the requisite eight-hour rest, it was Walter awoke. He was in the area of the library that had sustained considerable water damage. Apparently, the fire somehow caused this basement to flood. Somehow.

Walter maintained control for thirteen minutes, before Felix took control from him for scant minute, before the body "blanked" for ten minutes. Walter took control for a minute, before it was taken by Candice for a minute. Then Walter took control back for a minute, before it was taken back by Candice for another minute. Then Walter took control for seven minutes. The body "blanked" for a scant minute, before Walter retook control for a minute. Then control oscillated between Adrianna and Darlene for a minute. Candice took control for a minute, followed by Walter retaking control for a minute, and ending up with Rocky for four minutes. Walter took control again.

"This my body," he said, brightly. He wore one of those old-timey, full-body swimsuit with cerulean and sapphire blue horizontal stripes, goggles with a blue tang theme, and a bushy, blue, walrus mustache. "Swim away."

He managed to maintain control for the next six minutes, before Elliot usurped him, gaining control for twelve minutes. Marie took control for twelve minutes. Walter took control for two minutes. Grover took control for four minutes. Then the body "blanked" for four minutes. Then Rocky took control for two minutes. Walter took control for four minutes. Adrianna took control for two minutes. Drake took control for two minutes. Walter took control for two minutes.

"This mine," he said. "Go cry somewhere. I'm not givin' this up."

 He managed to maintain control for an additional three minutes, before Grover took it from him, for twelve minutes. Then the body "blanked" for nine minutes, after which Adrianna took control for six minutes. Then the body "blanked" for three minutes. Then Darlene took control for twelve minutes. Then Walter took back control for six minutes, before Grover took control for six minutes himself. Then Walter took control for three minutes, before Darlene took control for three minutes. Then Walter took control for nine minutes, before Candice took control for nine minutes. Then Walter retook control for nine minutes, before Rocky took control for three minutes. Then Walter took control for twelve minutes.

"Stop fighting me," he growled. "You can't take this from me, you haven't any right."

He maintained control for eight minutes, but Steele took control for four minutes. Then Norman usurped control for four minutes, and Walter took it away from him for twelve minutes. Grover took control for four minutes. Then Walter took control for eight minutes, before Adrianna took it away from him, for four minutes. Then Elliot took the driver's seat for himself, for just four minutes. Drake took it from him, for only four minutes himself. Then Walter took control for twelve minutes.

"Just let me have this," he said. "Just let me have this and go --"

He grunted as he forced himself to remain in control for the next thirty minutes. Then Grover roughly takes control away from him for ten minutes. Then Walter reclaims the driver's seat for five minutes. Then Rocky took it away from him for ten minutes straight. Then Adrianna took it from him, likewise, for ten minutes. Then the body "blanked" for ten minutes. The Walter managed to reclaim it for five minutes before Felix took it from him, lasting only five minutes before Walter took it back.

"See here now!" he scolded. "Knock it off!"

But, after twelve minutes, he lost control to Darlene, who only held it for thirteen minutes. Then Rocky took control for twelve minutes. Then the body "blanked" for six minutes, before Walter took control once more, for twelve minutes. Then the body "blanked" once more, for six minutes, before Walter retook the driver's seat.

"Hey! I said knock it off!" he said, scornfully.

Then he managed to maintain this control for fourteen minutes. Then Marie took control for seven minutes. Then Walter took control for seven minutes. Then the body "blanked" for a solid forty-two minutes. This disturbed Walter as he took control for fourteen minutes. Then the body "blanked" once more, for seven minutes. Then Marie took control for seven minutes. Walter reclaimed control from her, but something happened.

He felt a brief pushing sensation, and, very soon, he couldn't see anything but blue. He couldn't hear, smell, taste, or touch anything. He was trapped. Forever swirling in this hell. . . .


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #7289 on: January 30, 2019, 07:21:06 AM »
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Book MCCCXXXI (1,331): "Site H" -- The RAFians raid Site H, and must face the site enforcer, Agent Glutton.

New chapter. Sorry about the brevity, it couldn't be helped.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN:
White Orb

After the mandatory eight-hour rest, Norman woke up on a chilly morning, and Candice was in control. They were in the burned out area of the library, which clearly used to be a really nice one, if out in the boonies.

Then Steele immediately took control for fourteen minutes. Then Candice took the driver's seat for seven minutes. Then Marie took control for seven minutes. Then the body "blanked" for four minutes. Then Adrianna took control for a minute, before Candice retook control.

"You won't leave me in the cold," she said. She wore a white, puffy parka with white fur around the hood and wrists, a pair of white snow pants, and cartoonish snowshoes, with what appeared to be tennis rackets on them (which was horribly impractical for this environment). "This body is truly mine, and all of you have no claim to it!"

Then Darlene took control from her, for two minutes. Only to be supplanted by Grover for four minutes. Then Adrianna took control for two minutes, before the body "blanked" for two minutes. Candice retook the driver's seat.

 "C'mon, guys," she complained. "You must do the right thing, and let me have what is mine. You know it. I know it. C'mon, now."

She maintained control for fifteen minutes. Then the body "blanked" for nine minutes, until Candice made her way to the driver's seat again, for three minutes.

"Um," Candice said, finally noticing and recognizing the "body blanking". "Anyone notice that? When the body becomes, uh, 'driverless'?"

Then the body "blanked" for fourteen minutes, before Darlene retook the body for four minutes. Then Candice took control back for four minutes. Then Grover took control for four minutes. Then the body "blanked" again for four minutes, until Elliot took control for four minutes. Then Candice retook control for four minutes.

"Seriously, guys," she said. "Can we just address when the body goes all 'driverless' and all?"

 She struggled to maintain control for thirty minutes. Then Drake took control for five minutes, before Candice retook control for herself.

"No? Seriously?" Candice said. "No one is questioning it?"

Then Rocky took control for twelve minutes. Then Candice took control for twelve minutes.

"Guys, listen to me," Candice said, with a sense of urgency in her voice. "Something's not right. Something's going on. I can't be the only one who noticed!"

Then Felix took control for seven minutes, and Candice took back control for seven minutes. After the seventh minute, she felt an odd pushing sensation. And, before she could react, she found herself seeing nothing but bright white. She couldn't hear anything. She couldn't touch anything. She couldn't smell or taste anything.

What was this fresh hell?


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.