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 Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:22 pm
((Annnnnnd let's continue.))
Romulus regained his composure. "Why hello, Remus! It's been a little while, hasn't it?"
"You VERMIN! You will be the first to be PURGED!" Remus boomed, reaching towards the room Romulus was standing in.
Romulus didn't linger. He quickly ran for the door as one of Remus' fingers probed the crypt, attempting to crush Rom. The Betrayer made it out just in time and began running back up the stairs.
"Vile! Viiiiiillle!" he yelled as he ran. "For bloody sakes, if you can hear me, get out of here!"
The entire crypt began to shake and rumble. The eyes behind the masks on the dead Praetorians flickered on, staring with a strange bluish glow. They growled and pulled their wraps off to free themselves. They were skeletal in appearance, corpses with glowing implants along their spines, ribcages and limbs, making up for organs and muscles that had long since withered away. They left their masks on and began to pick up the armor and weapons left for them in the armories. Strange machinery everywhere could be heard starting up.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:45 pm
A space probe that happened to be passing through the system picked up the power surge as the legion came back to life as mechanical monstrosities. The probe itself was possible just as old as the crypt and had been drifting through space for ages. The probe's purpose was strictly the gathering of data. So with something interesting going on the engines groaned to life to divert course. The probe would soon enter orbit around the planet with the crypt.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:55 pm
Across Mars, more large energy surges occurred as several other inactive vaults came online and dead legionaries were given life once more. Strange vehicles powered on and clanked to the surface. Machines unlike any that had ever been seen in the Roman military.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:10 pm
The planet was lighting up like a Christmas tree to the probe's sensors. The on-board computer whirled to full power as it began analyzing the data whilst also plotting its orbit. More and more dormant systems in the probe came back to life. The communication array for the deep space probe sent the first message it had in years back to its source via subspace.
Large source of previous unknown technology detected and now active. Requesting multiple ground based observational units. Hyperspace teleportation beacon active.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:29 pm
Langer looked around as he heard Romulus scream, his brain taking several seconds to recognize words the faint voice. With a mild oath that almost seemed apathetic he looked at the disassembled rifles, quickly pocketing the materials he had taken from them as the Praetorians slowly came to life. Langer wasn't sure if the Praetorians were undead or robots, but he never trusted either if they weren't made by the Old Man.
Romulus was indeed interesting Langer thought with a chuckle, grabbing an assembled rifle, modifying it briefly before tossing it to a Praetorian. He moved out of the armory, not rushing, but not quite standing around.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:24 pm
((Feh. I'm terrible at keeping up with rps these days, but I'ma give it a shot, if there are no objections~))
Among the ruins and the overgrown tombs, a shrunken shadow crept, aimlessly working its way through the maze of stone and rubble. There was no purpose to its path, and it seemed to flicker in and out of sight with each step. Every once in a while, violet eyes would flicker from the black depths and gaze in the direction of the Imperator's tomb where the others have disappeared.
In her long life, Eris had known few more glorious years than the ones that led to the fall of the new Roman Empire. While she would like to claim responsibility, the chaos leading to its collapse had progressed of its own accord. All she and her brother Ares had to do was ride the wave of destruction and war. And then... it was over. There was nothing to do now. Sure, she could still stir up a skirmish amongst brigands, a feud among pirates, a marital quarrel, or a scrap in the 'Dome, but it didn't have the same effect. There could be no great wars without great empires.
The boredom of these years had choked her. Feeling listless and uninspired, she had taken to wandering through the remains of what was, more a ghost than a goddess. Then, suddenly, it seemed her brother's namesake shook to its bones. She started, and swirling her cloak of shadows around her, solidified to gaze on what was happening. The crypt crumbled, and as she heard voices and the clank of machinery, she realized this was no mere earthquake. Her violet eyes lit with fire and excitement.
"Finally," she said, laughing giddily. "Something fun is going to happen."
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:14 pm
((Not at all. :3 ))
Romulus was running across a bridge to the stairs. The sound of machinery throughout the crypt was deafening. As he ran over the vast chasm. A strange vehicle floated up beside the bridge. Or rather, it seemed to be a robed metal statue missing everything below the abdomen. (With entrails and bit of spine hanging out at that.) It had long arms ending in gnarled spider-like hands. A glowing blue orb was suspended just below the creature's ribcage. It had three faces, (All which were in Remus' likeness.) but the face looking forward seemed to be the one regarding Romulus. In all his years, Rom never would have guessed that Remus was capable of creating such machines.
The spectre growled, which then turned into a piercing shriek. Its jaw seemed to stretch in a way that was similar to a corpse's deathscream. A ghostly beam of light shot from the orb towards the Betrayer, who leaped away and made it to the stairs just in time. A line of pale fire ignited across the bridge briefly. The spectre unit screamed again and more floated up from the depths.
Rom stumbled out of the entrance of the Crypt and began to run back through the cemetary. Around him, the ground began falling inwards as the reanimated Galactic Roman Empire pulled itself from the ground. Rom knew he had to make it back to his shuttle.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:35 pm
The fabric of space time twisted and warped around the ancient deep space probe. Soon hundreds if not thousands of small metal orbs appeared around the probe. The swarm of orbs rocketed towards the planet resembling a meteor storm in many ways. At least until the swarm split up into numerous directions. Each wartomb would be getting its own group of soft ball sized exploratory orbs.
In space several much larger orbs stayed around the deep space probe and began repairing and upgrading the outdated machinery. With the much greater quantity of data that would be flowing shortly it needed the processor and communication array upgrades. Along with several other precautionary ones.
A cluster of five orbs drew alongside the fleeing Romulus. They flickered briefly before generating a perfect duplicate of False, dressed like a maid. It was technically a hologram but it was such a perfect one that it even left footprints in the ground. It was like the man had been cloned. "Greetings. I am MK XXVII Universal Observational Unit 00000002197. I am wondering what information you have about the recent activation of high level technology on this planet."
A second qunitruplet of orbs appeared alongside Langer with the designation of 4281 and repeated the question. The only major difference was that this group of orbs assumed the appearance of Remus.
((I wonder if you can guess why I choose those two for the appearances of the probes =D ))
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:03 am
-Justice League Announcer: "Meanwhile In Hell..."
Daemons, Hell fire pillars, desert plains, Old English towns and Dark Castles; Hell may be Hell but they have taste. I guess..
"... Hm.. I feel like something- Nah.. It's most likely because I'm in Hell again. Oh well."
Continues to hunt down Beholder.
-Justice League Announcer: ".. Now, Back to Mars!"
((Had to, Just had to.))
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Grim Fable rolled 20 100-sided dice:
82, 75, 3, 2, 1, 67, 71, 7, 53, 48, 98, 15, 13, 36, 24, 60, 80, 32, 90, 52
Total: 909 (20-2000)
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:44 pm
Langer managed to reach Romulus' shuttle, beating the man himself there due to the headstart he had. He ignored the orbs, instead listening for the explosion of the pulserifle, catalyzed by the other rifles in the armory. He waited patiently for Romulus at the shuttle.
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:42 pm
Romulus gave the probe a sidelong glance as he ran towards the black and red shuttle waiting.
"I have no idea. Apparently, the Galactic Roman Empire was hiding an army."
The entire cemetery caved inward, and a massive metal hand pushed itself from the dirt. The arm soon followed, casting a shadow over everything.
Rom gave Langer a push into the shuttle and jumped in after him. "Go!" he commanded the pilot.
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:50 pm
"How rude." was unit 4281's response to Langer ignoring it. It then shrugged and let the guys in the shuttle flee. It wasn't going to interrogate them after-all. At least not with special permission from the creator.
Unit 2197 merely nodded its head at Romulus's response before it nodded at its counterpart. The two units then disabled their holographic human interfaces and went back to work scanning and assessing the nature of the undead technological army.
The deep space probe was now beginning to resemble a small space station as upgrades continued. It wasn't quite habitable for normal humans but if need be it could be made to be so.
((If you're still wondering why I picked those appearances they were the first two fights Alex had in the dome.))
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:06 am
Langer stumbled a bit upon being pushed, but he quickly regained his balance inside, turning to face Romulus as he entered.
"It seems that removing that door was very entertaining, eh Romulus?" He commented, grinning slightly
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