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Post by Sonic101 on Oct 28, 2008 20:45:14 GMT -5
"I'm on my way Faust." Calvin responded, dropping into the nearest manhole as well. "It's like a maze down here. Great. Might take me a while to find a way through." Calvin stated, slightly annoyed at the fact that navigating was going to be difficult. Why couldn't he pick a nice field to hide in or something?
"That's a good idea Hypno. Go ahead and get down here, but don't go in just yet. Faust is already following him, and I'm our best shot at taking him on head to head, so you stay back, you and Cleremont will be our trump card."
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Post by teamantisocial on Oct 28, 2008 21:39:41 GMT -5
Drake dropped down into a manhole following the map. This place was amazingly huge. Anyone without a map would get lost in this labyrinth. He backed into the shadows and covered himself with them so he appeared as this shadow man with glowing eyes to see in the dark. If he was going to approach this guy, he was going to do it in the best way he knew.
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Post by DelCage on Oct 28, 2008 22:44:34 GMT -5
"This always how you pups play ya cards?" Claremont asked Mark with a raised brow. Without a knowledge of Hare's powers and awareness, it seemed foolish to play his game, but the cogs of this machine were well under way. Claremont considered sending a message along to Winters, but this was their time to find out what they were made of.
But he couldn't let anybody die today. He'd have to keep a close eye and open ears.
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Post by sifth on Oct 29, 2008 14:17:11 GMT -5
“Come, come follow me to wonderland; Alice is waiting for us their” Hare’s voice echoed through the sewer as Jin followed the shadow. Jin wasn’t sure if he could beat Hare on his own, but now that he knew his weakness at the very least he could hold Hare off until the others arrived. Then suddenly Jin began to see a bright light at the end of the tunnel and it was slowly getting bigger.
Jin was lost for words when he finally came to the end of the tunnel as he stood at the end of a long cliff overlooking what appeared to be an abandoned circus, but what was in doing underground.
“Amazing isn’t it” Said a voice from behind Jin, but before he could react Jin could feel a hand as cold as ice push him over the edge, dropping him right into the center of the circus.
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Post by teamantisocial on Oct 29, 2008 14:44:03 GMT -5
Drake continued to follow the map until he saw the same light with Jin overlooking. "So here we are...This is where it all starts...and for one of us, ends..." he said patting Jin on the back. "Should we join the tea party now, or wait for the others to meet up?" he stared down into the terrifying sight. Fayth was down there...if they get out of this alive, he'd never leave her alone again.
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Post by sifth on Oct 29, 2008 15:21:39 GMT -5
As Jin slowly began to stand up he saw Drake looking over him. “So you got an invitation as well, Mad Hatter” Jin stated with his usual sly voice as he looked around at the circus. “Well I guess we stand a better chance at taking this guy out together, but I’m not sure Hare’s giving us much of a choice at this point,” Jin stated as the tunnel they walked through suddenly began to seal itself up. “Looks like the others will have to find their own way into wonderland” Jin told his friend as he looked at the giant red tent in front of them. Hare was obviously drawing them in, but why.
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Post by MoogleSlayer1992 on Oct 29, 2008 18:01:51 GMT -5
"There's no chance of stopping Jin and Drake from playing hero," Mark replied, looking over at the Professor. He sat down for a moment and took out his map of the area, "Chasing after this guy is gonna get us nowhere fast. It's exactly what he wants," He sighed. As much as he despised the entire plan, it didn't seem like there would be anyway around it, especially when Hare had a hostage.
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Post by sifth on Oct 29, 2008 20:26:54 GMT -5
As Jin and Drake walked into the huge red tent a feeling of fear began to overtake Jin. It was almost as if he could sense nothing but despair waiting for them inside that tent, but going inside was the only way to save Fayth. As they entered the tent Jin quickly noticed that the inside was quite dim, with a large row of curtains on both sides. As the walked down the long dim hallway Jin heard the fait sound of someone breathing quite hard. “Drake, I hope that’s you” Jin told his friend when suddenly a huge bold man with both of his eyes gorged out ran out of one of the curtains. But what shocked Jin most was the fact that he had a large axe in his right hand and somehow was ready to strike the two mutants at a moments notice.
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Post by DelCage on Oct 30, 2008 11:04:45 GMT -5
"The hand you're dealt, mon amie," Venom lamented, shaking his head with a chuckle. They continued on, following the electronic trails of Drake and Jin, but once they conjoined, Venom knew they were near the right place. He opened up a manhole just before his eyes flashed, "still, when all seems lost, one card might change the game. You don't have to win if the dealer busts, no?"
He jumped down, landing on his feet with a rather gross splash of god knows what. He looked over to see an oddly sealed up tunnel. Well, they'd need a way in...
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Post by MoogleSlayer1992 on Oct 30, 2008 18:12:53 GMT -5
Mark got a whiff of the putrid smell and reluctantly crawled down the ladder. He looked over at Venom, "Any big ideas? What's your power anyway?" He asked, coughing out loud. He clearly wasn't accustomed to this disgusting environment.
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Post by sifth on Oct 30, 2008 19:14:48 GMT -5
“Just what we need” Jin stated as the crazed axmen charged at them. Jin clapped his hands together as he quickly rolled out of the way to avoid the blind man’s attacks. Jin quickly touched the floor and turned it to ice, causing the man to slip on his back. “Is this the best Hare’s got” Jin stated as suddenly a series of chains began to slid out of the floor and rapped themselves around Jin’s legs. Jin fell to the floor as the blind axmen began to stand up and readied his axe for another attack.
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Post by teamantisocial on Oct 30, 2008 20:34:47 GMT -5
"The bigger they are, the bigger their shadows are..." Drake said focusing his shadow into the man's. The man stood up and stayed there breathing heavily. Drakes eyes started glowing white as the shadow crept up the man's body. It wrapped around the body and constricted his body. "Bad day for you to be alive..." he said as the man slowly started to be pulled into the shadow. He squirmed, trying to free himself of the shadows. Drake laughed and clapped his hands. "Shadow Tomb..." he yelled as the shadows closed and disappeared. Drake fell to the floor panting. He then looked over at Jin who was chained to the floor. "Need help?" he asked his friend.
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Post by Sonic101 on Oct 30, 2008 20:53:10 GMT -5
Calvin trudged his way through the darkness. The signal coming from Jin and Drake's communicators didn't account for walls, so he was having to go all around trying to find a way into where they were. Stumbling through, he took another step, only to realize that there wasn't any ground to support his foot. Before he could react he was falling down a large cliff overlooking a circus, shouting out a string of profanities as he finally hit the ground with a thud.
"Son of a bitch! God fucking damnit, put some fucking signs up for Christ's sake. You don't just put a cliff in the middle of a fucking sewer overlooking a circus, Christ on a bike....... Wait, what?" He said, realized what he said. He just fell down a cliff, in a sewer, that was overlooking a circus. Either this was the most fucked up sewer ever or this was Hare's doing.
He quickly made his way into the tent and he finally saw Jin and Drake. "Hey guys! Hope I didn't miss anything, place was a bitch to find, and that cliff came out of nowhere."
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Post by DelCage on Oct 30, 2008 21:51:11 GMT -5
Claremont frowned at the wall, touching its solid surface with his hand. He tested how sturdy it was, or if it was even real. In this line of work, you couldn't trust just your eyes.
"Not'in that's gonna help us get on the other side o' dis," he admitted, turning to Hypno. He studied him, with his eyes acting in a manner his hands had when he investigated the wall, before speaking again, trying to remove some of his accent, "You take the wills of men, right? You think there's anybody who can help us get through this, or another way around?"
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Post by MoogleSlayer1992 on Oct 30, 2008 22:11:33 GMT -5
Mark studied the wall for a moment, "Well Hare would obviously be my first choice. Another good choice would be a city contractor or a demolitions expert. Since we're short on those..." He noticed that the putrid water flowed underneath the wall, suggesting a gap, "Whoever I pick is one poor bastard," He muttered as he climbed up the ladder.
Mark came back a moment later with a random man that had a dazed look on his face, "Swim underneath the wall and tell us which tunnel leads back here," He ordered.
With unflinching loyalty, the man dove into the vast sewage and arrived on the other side of the wall despite the narrow gap. A few minutes later, he arrived a few meters behind them out of another tunnel, "You're free to go. Speak of this encounter to no one," He spoke. The man obliged and went back to the surface.
"It certainly sucks to be him, but at least we know which way to go now," Mark remarked, heading the designated tunnel.
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Post by DelCage on Oct 31, 2008 9:55:16 GMT -5
Claremont eyed the mental servant, before glancing at Hypno. The guy smelled terrible and was pretty scratched up. It stood to reason that the two of them would take longer than a few minutes to get wherever they needed to go.
"Shall we?" he said, gesturing to the tunnel the man had emerged from.
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Post by sifth on Oct 31, 2008 14:49:34 GMT -5
As the blind man was suddenly absorbed into the shadow and crushed, Jin looked over at Drake. Jin had no idea Drake had this kind of power. “I’m fine” Jin stated as he clapped his hands together and turned the chains into dust. Just then, Jin realized that Calvin somehow made it to Wonder Land on his own. “Well it looks like our leaders finally made it here, and just in time” Jin stated with his usual sarcastic voice. Jin could only imagine what Hare had in store for them next, but so long as he had someone as powerful as Drake backing him up, it didn’t worry Jin too much.
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Post by MoogleSlayer1992 on Oct 31, 2008 17:17:31 GMT -5
"We should think of a plan. All of us charging right into Hare's blantantly obvious trap seems like a bad idea," Mark observed, continuing his walk. He teetered on the edge of the small tunnel, trying to keep his shoes away from the muck. By now, he had gone nose-deaf from the tremendous odor, but he still felt like passing out.
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Post by sifth on Nov 2, 2008 0:45:41 GMT -5
As the three mutants continued walking through the tent, Jin couldn’t help but feel they were being watched. Hare could attack them at any time and Jin knew all too well he had home field advantage in this case. “I wonder just how big this so called Wonder Land is” Jin told his two comrades when suddenly he felt one of the panels in the floor move beneath him. “Now what” Jin stated as the ground started to shake and a few moments latter Jin knew why. A large bolder covered in spikes suddenly fell out of the ceiling and was rolling right at them.
“Is this the best you’ve got Hare” Jin stated as he ran at the spiked bolder head on, clapped his hands together and transmuted it into dust with his metal arm. “I never really did like classic traps” Jin told his friends in his usual sly voice.
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Post by teamantisocial on Nov 2, 2008 19:48:00 GMT -5
"Yeah, they're always such a pain.." Drake said smiling to Jin. "He's making these way too easy. I know he wants us there so he should just stop with the crap and let us in..." he shouted so Hare could hear him. They continued to walk. Drake shuddered at the blood and skeletons throughout the circus. "This is disgusting..." he said snarling.
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Post by sifth on Nov 2, 2008 20:57:44 GMT -5
As the group walked through the piles of dead bodies that surrounded them, Jin couldn’t help but realize they formed a path. “I guess he wants us to follow the blood stained rode” Jin told his friends trying to lighten the mood. As the group followed the path Jin couldn’t help but realize the bodies were getting more and more fresh. “What reason could he possibly have for doing this” Jin told his friends as the path finally came to an end at a long dining hall table in the middle of what appeared to be a court yard.
“Not everyone is worthy of entering wonderland, those who aren’t must be purified” the voice of Hare echoed through the hall. Almost as if he was reading their minds again. “Now why don’t we all sit down and have some tea” Hare’s voice stated suddenly as some of the dead bodies began to rise up and surround the three mutants on all four sides of the table. “Sit down, Alice will be here shortly”.
“Just how many tricks does this guy have” Jin stated as he looked at the people surrounding them. He wasn’t sure if he could attack the people they came here to protect.
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Post by Sonic101 on Nov 2, 2008 21:18:50 GMT -5
Calvin warily watched the dead bodies as the circled around them. "I'm going to assume Alice is Fayth, in which case, if he's bringing her to us, I think it's better if we go along for now." Calvin muttered just loud enough for the others to hear. He wasn't sure if Hare could hear them, but he wasn't taking the chances. Taking a seat on the closest end of the table, watching the bodies carefully to make sure they didn't try to attack.
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Post by teamantisocial on Nov 2, 2008 22:22:01 GMT -5
"Good job genius..." Drake said smiling at Calvin's remark despite the dread that was around them. He bowed and sat down at the table waiting for what was about to happen. "Well guys, this is it...if I don't make it out of this, I just want you to know that you guys are the best friends that I've ever had...And that Mark sucks for not being here..." he laughed as he said the Mark comment. He was shivering a bit waiting for "Alice" to join them in the tea party. "Hello gentlemen. I'm so glad you could come....May I present...Alice..." The mutants turned to watch a twisted looking staircase rise and a small girl walk down lifelessly in a blue and white dress. "Fayth..." Drake whispered as he watched his sister sit at the head of the table. "Fayth are you ok?" he asked worriedly but there was no answer from the small girl. "Now may I present myself..." The strange man began to walk down the staircase. Drake gasped. He really looked like the March Hare..It wasn't an illusion.  |
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Post by DelCage on Nov 3, 2008 9:56:27 GMT -5
"Chances are that your friends 'ave already taken the cheese from de mousetrap, and are already stuck. Dey'll need us to set em free," Venom stated, trying to convince Mark. Despite his calm demeanor, he was beginning to worry that they might run out of time.
"Now they are jus' chances, but...sometimes, chances all ya got."
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Post by sifth on Nov 3, 2008 15:42:42 GMT -5
Love the pick Caleb
Jin hesitated somewhat before sitting down; he knew all too well that this was obviously another one of Hare’s games. As Jin sat down a long series of chains began to rap around his bodies, as well as the bodies of Drake and Calvin. “The same goes to you, and in case I don’t make it out of this tell Lynx___”. “Never mind I’m sure she already knows” Jin told his friends as Hare’s cold voice interrupted them. As Hare walked down the staircase with Fayth Jin couldn’t help but feel relieved that she was alive, but this feeling of relief was somewhat interrupted by the weirdness of their foe. As Hare and Fayth came down to sit at the tape a long smirk came over Hare’s face.
“The Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter and Tweedledum have arrived, I’m honored and so is Alice of cores” Hare told the group as he kissed the lifeless girl on her right cheek. “So shall we have some tea now, it’s not very often wonderland has such honored guests” Hare stated as one of the zombies that surrounded the table placed a pot of tea on the table, while a second one began passing out teacups.
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