Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers
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				Title: <strong>Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>25-03-2013, 09:01:49</strong>
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				<div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">"Aronwa?"&nbsp; a voice called out into the air around, echoing out in muted waves. There was a shuffling sound, the creak of metal on metal and a grunt as a door was pushed hard, merely creaking nearly two feet wide in response of the obvious strain. As air rushed in to fill the previously untouched chamber, the entrant's candlelight breached the threshold and murky darkness clung to the walls as stubbornly as the layers of cobwebs did. They were not normal shadows, instead an inky and viscous sort of living pitch that filled in the shade of the room as it normally would have appeared... but they did not shrink back immediately as light touched them. It was as if their reaction to light was an aversion and they were merely turning slowly away from that which they disliked.<br><br>As the door grew wider, it became obvious that the strange shadows within the room did not effect the area outside and two figures were illuminated. The first of which was a hunched elderly man with a beard longer than he was wide. He wore neutral-colored clothing that bore a pattern of geometric figures along the end of his long sleeves and in one hand he carried a gnarled walking stick. In many ways the man appeared as much of a relic as the untouched ruins he had entered, his companion on the other hand, stood in stark contrast. She was tall and broad-shouldered, with the bearing of both confidence and caution. She was younger than the other by over half his age but had scars to prove that she had seen much in her time to weather her. <br><br>The two humans entered fully into the room, the armored female pushing past the opening first and waving the sage in when she found it to be safe. She took a moment to push brown hair out of her face and frowned at the strange moving shadows, now dancing eerily in the wavering light of the man's candle. He waved her concern aside and tapped at the tangible shade, garnering no retaliation from the act. <strong>"Consciousness <em>begets</em>..."</strong> he said aloud, revealing himself as the speaker from before. Somehow there was an explanatory tone to his words but the meaning was obviously lost upon the girl, who turned with a smirk and walked deeper into the room, kicking loose stones as she went. She pulled out a small device and began tapping at buttons and was soon following the suggestions it gave and moving along a specific path. The room widened out into an immense chamber, revealing it as having been more than the building they it was attached to - it was carved out of the very earth itself. <br><br>As she stepped out further, the sound of her metal boots hitting the stone floor echoed distinctly and the darkness seemed to swallow her whole - except for the screen in the palm of her hand. She took a moment to brighten it and as soft illumination spread out in the immediate area around her, a smile spread across her usually stern face. <strong>"Old man!"</strong> she yelled out, the echoes falling as if they hit a velvet wall back in the direction she came from. But the sage put away her worries that she went unheard as he soon stepped out into her light, leaning on the stick in his hands. "Is this the place?" With those words, the light expanded, brightened. It was a conscious act of the wisened man but it caught her by surprise and she nearly dropped her object, startled. The orb of illumination around them unveiled the cave's secret: a carved stone throne in its dead center. It appeared little more than a crude sculpture, hardly enough to gather one's interest, and not even a hint at the wonders it held.<br><br>The man walked to her side calmly and asked, "Aronwa?" to which the female repeated softly, "Patron Rinastre... is this the place?" He pursed his lips and nodded, <strong>"We haven't much time..."</strong> The guard dropped her screen and burst into motion, bolting to the chair in a second. Rinastre made his way to the stone seat in what time his body would allow him, appearing to lean more heavily on his staff now than he did when they had first arrived. The situation appeared somewhat grim or urgent, still he did his best to belay her worries. "Calm, Kellis. Your nervousness serves no purpose..." with that he managed to finally sit on the great stone seat, and sighed with relief. The guard shook the man's words away, a lone tear falling down to the dry ground. She had a part to play in this - no matter how small - and she would not see their mission - the man's last wish - end fruitlessly on her own account. <br><br>Hidden cables had been pulled out from the back of the chair and Kellis worked deftly, attaching them here and there to its sides as well as the man's arms through invisible portals. After a few moments passed, the patron appeared to be a prisoner to the rock beneath him, the cables nearly securing his limbs to it. She stepped back and waited a few moments that seemed eternal and void, the only sound in the room a single drip from a stalagmite long off. Kellis held her breath and shifted, waiting for the culmination of their efforts, the great work the wisend man had promised... Many seconds passed in the silence and the illumination from her dropped portal faded to dim. Disappointment began to creep within her with each moment and anger layered on top of that as she stared at the patron, who appeared very much a helpless old man in the moment, tired and frail likely his mind and his spirit lost to the ages. <br><br>Kellis opened her mouth to speak and Rinastre closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath as he did so the breath exhaled seemed to bring life to the entirety of the world around him. First, a silver circlet appeared upon his brow, inset with three colored stones. As if in response to that, sparse crystals high in the cavern ceiling began to give off a soft glow. The chain reaction continued from there, causing three holographic screens to appear splayed out in front of the chair. He opened his eyes and scanned them, reaching up an arm to touch a colorful glyph on the rightmost screen it became obvious that his arms were not stuck tight as the uninitiated guard had assumed them to be. The 'button' pressed, the screens went away and there was a great scraping sound as walls closed in to seal off the smaller passage they had arrived from, leaving the two in the center of a illuminated dome that very much gave the appearance of being lost amongst the stars. <br><br>The stage set, the sage was now able to manipulate the environment with minimal effort. With a wave of his hand, he twisted the sky around them, maneuvering past nebulae and solar systems that became more apparent as they drew closer. Kellis was awestruck, her mouth agape she moved her eyes from one amazement to another and finally back to the throne. The very same old man who had seemed to weak a moment before now had the bearings of a God in all his glory. With a blink of an eye or a flick of a finger, he would zoom in on a world, down to the very details of the inhabitants within it and then move on to his next point of research. The sound of a child laughing made her spin around just in time to see the family he had been watching fade as he drew back his vision to see farther and farther away on the map, the planet itself fading and falling away again.<br><br>"Every story ever told, Kellis..." the man said quietly, pausing to ensure that he had her attention, "Every fairy tale told at bedtime, every book ever read or written... is real" Kellis faced him fully, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion as she took a step closer. <strong>"Consciousness begets..."</strong> he repeated the words from earlier and they echoed all around the two of them. "Storytellers are conduits... and we are all storytellers. Those of us who 'make' the story are blessed, as we are those who have the first sight of the worlds we have tapped into and not just re-telling and passing on knowledge. But they are there, all around us... and always around us - the worlds and ways of each great tale.... And consciousness begets our connections between one world and another" The guard's eyes grew wide at the thought that she was standing in the middle of a representation of all the lore her people had ever been exposed to and what that could possibly mean. <br><br>"No... I cannot take you to them." he said, the sympathetic sadness obvious in his tone, "And as much as I would love to show you out the lives of Old Man Incus, I am afraid there is work to be done.." A smile came across Kellis's pursed lips at the mention of the folktale that had been a favorite in her youth and her eyes welled up at the hope that the man's work would actually bring forth what had been promised. <br><br>Rinastre began to speed his movements through the virtual Universe around them. "Each story is set in stone, every person having to live within the confines of their setting. I cannot pluck out the noble knights of Arthur, nor can I waive away the Chandrian. I can merely hope to seek out those heroes who's stories are yet to be told." It was the most lucid she had seen the Patron in years and Kellis was impressed by the way he spoke and carried himself. <br><br>Suddenly, Rinastre jumped forward to standing and reached out a hand, beckoning in a tiny, blue planet forward. It hovered and spun in place as he inspected it and nothing made it appear any different than the others, in the mind of Kellis. But the sage smiled, his eyes dancing in glee and recognition as he threw both arms out wide to the side, seeming to cause the planet to explode into tiny particles that took the place of the stars that had been around them. It was several moments before the guard had noticed that the lights of these were different, they were wriggling streams of energy, each keeping up a unique pattern of movement but otherwise appearing the alike to each other. It dawned upon her... they were individuals. Somehow, her patron had been able to look upon the very auras of the life sources within the world.<br><br><em><strong>"There!"</strong></em> the old man called out, pointing out to one of them as it shuddered and flew up, twisted and sank down to repeat the pattern. Nothing about that particular blip seemed particularly special to the lady, but she knew that Rinastre's sight was opened in ways she could hardly comprehend so she said nothing as he touched the image of the light source, causing a popping sound as it disappeared. The patron pushed a hand to the side, rearranging the array before him. Sweat appeared on the man's brow as he continued his search, occasionally making for the same startling disappearance of another soul. Several moments later, he collapsed back onto the throne, panting. "It is done..." he said weakly through breaths. "There is nothing more I can do for them now..." Kellis came to his side, concerned and placed a hand gently on his shoulder as he drowsed off.</div></div><br>A beautiful day had graced the lives of most of those on the blue planet and there was little warning that the lives of some few inhabitants were about to change dramatically and without warning. But the loss of less than ten is not even a drop in the bucket when you consider the billions that the Earth had as its population. People went missing occasionally across the globe and though their individual disappearances might mean everything to their loved ones, it meant little difference in the events of the world around them. Life went on as it always goes on, indifferent to whether they had been there or not - one drone quickly feeling in the gap that had opened when another left its position. <br><br>Such a dry and emotionless analysis of the withdrawal was not likely shared by those who were ripped away from the comfort of their daily lives. Each of them had been in the middle of some usual task, some resting, some working or playing only to be suddenly grabbed by an unseen force and flung through what appeared to be a tunnel filled with indescribable sound and a constant wind. The unnatural experience consumed their senses and likely terrified them before they were dropped on solid ground. Looking around, the new arrivals could see that it was a sunny day and they were in the middle of a field that seemed to - somehow - settle beneath them. It was as if they had landed on a soft hill that then fell back into the hardened, carefully tended rows of crops as if it had always been that way. There were several others standing nearby, who seemed to have experienced the same landing, and a few of the those that had arrived were experiencing a strange sort of tingling feeling, including a large redheaded woman who stood up and tried to rid herself of it as if it was an arm that had fallen asleep.<br><br>"Oh, my goodness!" a deep and raspy voice called out from not to far off, and the man who had spoken ran up to the disoriented group of world travelers. "Where in the world did you come from!?" he demanded, a bit out of breath. "You just... fell outta the sky. You're lucky I caught you in time! Did anyone get hurt?" The man was solidly built and middle aged and he ran a hand over his dark hair as if to self-calm as he gave the party a look over. A moment later, he walked up to the distracted red-haired girl and made a downward motion with a hand, calling up a force that took off the clumps of dirt that had affixed itself to the sizeable seat of her pants when she had fell on her bottom at the landing. The girl yelped and slapped both her hands on her bottom as she felt the dirt get pulled away, initially thinking she was being goosed but then flushing with embarrassment as she realized no one had really been close enough to touch her. Then, feeling as if the others were no worse for wear, he went partially back to work, calling upon his innate abilities to reset the rocks in the field that had been disrupted when he had raised and softened the earth to break their fall. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cayden</strong> on <strong>27-03-2013, 11:15:28</strong>
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				Jade had been working here usual shift, she'd just been told about an important party coming in, three men taking up one private dinning room meant for 20 plus; just as she was getting ready to go and serve the men she found herself being ripped from her place of work and out it a bright sunny day. "What the!" She snapped as her ass hit the ground. She winced standing up and looking at the people around her confused, the ones in her immediate area where dressed in normal attire; but the few people beyond seemed to be something out of...well Avatar.<br><br>"Where am I?" She asked looking at the red haired woman closest to her hoping that the other woman would have a better idea, she brushed dirt off of her tight black skirt and her pristine white shirt. Her blue eyes scanned the area around her, she felt out of place; but not alone the people around her seemed just as confused and out of place as she was so it made her hopeful that perhaps they could be allies and that they could get back home. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AgentCooper</strong> on <strong>28-03-2013, 02:48:23</strong>
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				Robbie stormed out of Vince's office for the third time that day and let the heavy oak door slam like a thunderclap behind her. It was an unusually loud and visual display of anger from her and one which caused the several other wrestlers crowded outside to nearly jump our of their trunks. Robbie paused, looking at each one in turn. Most of their eyes darted to the floor or climbed the walls as if expecting to find something of interest there. A few, Zack Ryder and Kaitlyn specifically, actually bothered to make eye contact.<br><br>"So," Zack began, "I take it he still won't listen?"<br><br>Robbie rolled here eyes. "Of course he won't. Laurenitis and Triple H are all over the storyline but Vince still reasons that the dude-bro marks in the audience won't like seeing a woman win a world title, especially off of Orton. 'Cause, y'know, never mind the women, kids and intelligent dudes out there."<br><br>Zacks' eyebrows went up into his WWYKI headband. "Seriously!? Randy was the one who suggested it be him you beat for the World Heavyweight Title!" He gestured down the hall toward the locker rooms for emphasis. <br><br>Robbie slumped against the cold concrete wall and sighed. "I mentioned that. And I mentioned all of the Touts and emails supporting the story fans have been sending in ever since SOMEONE," she said, raising her voice and glaring at Roman Reigns who drooped his head in response, "leaked the whole idea on Pro-Wrestling Torch last month. He said it doesn't matter." She rolled her eyes. "You should have seen him hit the fucking ceiling when I mentioned picking the WWE Title off of Punk at Extreme Rules. Thought he was gonna kill me while having a coronary."<br><br>Kaitlyn shrugged. "Maybe you talk to Trips again. He's in charge of Talent relations. He's got to be able to do something. Right?"<br><br>"Tried that," Robbie mumbled while rubbing her eyes. "He listens to Triple H about as much as he does the fans these days." She stood up and tried shaking the weariness from her head. "Whatever. At least he's relented about the No DQ's United States Title match tonight. I got him to agree to thinking about the World Title if, and only if, I can stay as over as I am but while holding the US Belt."<br><br>Roman chuckled and smiled in that way that made Robbie forget why she was so mad at him. "Well, that got re-booked. You've got about three minutes to get you gear on get to the ramp Berta."<br><br>Robbies' eyes went wide and she whirled around and took off for the locker-rooms, her feet flying over the tiles, her hair streaking out behind her. She hit the metal door and blasted in, all but tearing her clothes off as she did. In record time (well, record time for her anyway) Roberta Wilde had slipped boots first into being Wolfe. She took a moment to take stock of herself in the mirror. Grey hoodie with a snarling wolf on the front, red and purple wrestling shorts with feral beasts on them, knee high black and purple boots with kick pads. Add the in character snarl and the 'Wolf Pack' t-shirt under the hoodie and she looked like a homeless superhero. The snarl twisted into a broad grin. <br><br>"Time to go beat the hell out of The Miz." She spun on her heel, faced the door, fully prepared to give the match of her life...<br><br>...when reality itself split before her and a hand, that felt oddly similar to Trish Stratus's, gave her a hard shove. For a moment, as her body crossed the precipice of swirling, wind howling madness, Robbie felt fear unlike any she'd ever experienced. Something deep down and primal, the kind of fear that waits in the darkest parts of your mind, waiting for the most inopportune moment to reach out and fill you utterly. Then she was over the edge and tumbling down the screaming rabbit hole. <br><br>Robbie fell into a large bush and hit the roots and ground hard. The air rushed out of her and she curled up in the bush gripping her bruised mid-section and wincing. After a minute or so her breathing became less labored and the world, or rather the bush, ceased spinning. Gingerly, she crawled to her knees and peered out of the branches and blossoms of the shrub and stifled a gasp. <br><br>A vibrant, almost unnaturally so, sky hung over a pristine field. An old man dressed like a Chinese Ren Fair participant was standing over several normally attired folks who appeared to have dumped in this lush middle of nowhere in a similar fashion to her own arrival. <br><br>Robbie narrowed here eyes and gulped. "Toto, I don't think we're in Sun Life Stadium any more."
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				Post by: <strong>TheFonze</strong> on <strong>28-03-2013, 06:35:22</strong>
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				Like most teenagers in the world Drake was busy at his home, which was really his mothers home, looking over papers to apply to a few places. But unlike most teenagers he wasn't looking for colleges to apply to he was busy trying to find a private detective firm he could apply to as a trainee. He didn't wont to go to college and in fact he didn't really like the idea even, he also knew if he could get a job at a detective firm as a trainee he could take the private detective test and get the papers saying he was a private detective. Drake could have gone threw college and then spent his years in the police academy and went into the police force, but he didn't like the police very much and it would take him years if he went that way to become a private detective. The many thoughts in his head was making him get a head ache and so he leaned back in his chair and ran his hands threw his hair, wondering what he should do about his future an his dream.<br><br>Within those few seconds he was leaned back he soon felt a hand on the back of his shirt collar and a pulling motion soon came with that feeling, the last thing he saw was the top of the room. The next thing he knew he was hearing a howling wind that rang with madness, a feeling that soon over came him that sent shivers all threw his body, something that happened to him a few times threw his life that to him meant something was going to happen that was very big. Within seconds he saw the sky and in those same seconds felt a thing a dirt hit his back, driving the air out of his body when he hit land of some sort. Once he got his wind back he saw people around that were looking as confused as he was along with a man that, soon enough, used his hands to go downward and in turn the earth under him went back down as well. Drake had heard of many supernatural things in his life, often because he liked reading supernatural books, but he could remember a show he watched on tv that had people that could do such a thing, but it was only a tv show and nothing else, after all people didn't get sent to far off lands that they only dreamed about since those things only happened in fairy tails...... right?
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				Post by: <strong>Oldknight</strong> on <strong>29-03-2013, 05:49:41</strong>
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				Ken Moore sat there under the bright sun of the day, it was a great day, there were few clouds that were in the sky, and the ones that were in the sky were so perfectly placed and in such perfect size, to keep the day from being to bright, and to few and small to keep it from not being a perfect blue sky to look into. For Ken, this day, was just a day or rest, he really didn't have much to do. he had finished his studies earlier that day, and had gone on a walk that afternoon. He had taken with him his basic camping gear, in a decent sized backpack which he carried around with him when he went anywhere, just cause one never knew when one went into the woods, if one could get lost, and water was always important when a person went on a hike.<br><br>He had walked a good bit into the forest when he found a place to sit and rest under a nice tree. It provided whatever shade he needed as he looked around at the green grass and the leafs that were on the trees. It was very peaceful, ideal for some place to sit and think, and refocus one's mind at. He took a deep breath as he closed his eyes, and started to feel a bit dizzy for some strange reason. <br><br>He felt something odd going on, as he moved to protect himself, as he opened his eyes to realize that he was falling. He tried to remember any lesson he had had on this as a boyscout. Lucikly he grabbed the tree's branch, but sadly a number hitting him as he fell, using the grab to try to stop his fall. It failed as the branch of the tree broke fast, but it did slow him down to prevent any major injury, other then a few scratches from the small branches. Getting up he looked and saw he wasn't where he was at all, before looking at the group of people, he boldly walked towards them, perhaps they would have the information that he wanted at this moment, to know where the heck he happened to be first of all. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>31-03-2013, 19:47:38</strong>
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				Distant birdsong could be heard as the man who had moved the Earth so fluidly finished resetting the upset stones and turned back to the new arrivals. He picked up a hoe that had been laying on the ground and leaned upon it heavily while he watched them. The group was as strange to him as he surely was to them, with his green and yellow colored clothing that seemed to be influenced by Chinese style in ages past. <br><br>"Beats me.." the embarrassed redhead responded as the small blonde woman asked where she was. She looked around, shading her eyes from the bright sun so she could see farther into the distance. All around was farmland, but not quite all that the eye could see. Far off in the distance to her right, she could see a wall. It did not appear to be a part of a building, but merely a wide expanse of free standing wall. It appeared nearly insurmountable by any means she could think of, and it went so far off to either side that it faded beyond her sight. Something about this scene stoked her memory and her eyes shot wide at the similarities between it and one of her most beloved animated shows. She smiled at the thought and shook her head to dismiss it, turning to face the solidly-built man who had ... raised the earth to save them? No.. that couldn't be the case... There must have been some sort of shock from the fall that caused her to think that was what had happened. But how did they get there anyway? And where was 'here'?<br><br>"Well, no use musing over it, I guess?" She chuckled and shrugged at the blonde who had addressed her before speaking to the man. "Um... sir? I don't suppose you could tell me where we are, could you? I'm pretty lost at the moment, myself..." The man laughed heartily and looked over the faces of each newcomer in time. "Yeah, I'd imagine so... Just how does one manage to drop out of the clear blue sky like that anyway? Eh... no matter I suppose... that sort of situation would leave me feeling quite a bit lost too, I think. You're in the outer most walls, friends. Safe and sound..." When it was becoming obvious that the group still didn't catch on to his meaning, an incredulous look crossed his face and he elaborated further, "You've reached Ba Sing Se.... You <em>are</em> seeking refuge within the Great City, aren't you?"
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				Post by: <strong>Cayden</strong> on <strong>01-04-2013, 01:06:44</strong>
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				Jade's eyes widened as the man's words hit here like a physical blow, "That isn't possible, Ba Sing Se doesn't really exist!" She yelped the last part, "It's a fictional place in a TV show, not some where people can just visit." Her voice trembled as she spoke, she began pacing back and forth as she tried to think; the idea of being in Ba Sing Se was thrilling and terrifying at the same time. "You...you removed the dirty from her, you're an Earth bender?" She asked trying hard to rationalize everything that was going on, maybe she was having some sort of psychotic episode; for all she knew she was laying on the floor in the private dinning room at the III Forks restaurant foaming at the mouth and babbling about Avatar the Last Airbender. "Have there been sightings of the Avatar?" She found herself asked sound composed again though she was freaking out on the inside.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AgentCooper</strong> on <strong>01-04-2013, 06:44:15</strong>
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				Robbie cocked her head slowly to the right, her eyebrows arching as she slowly put together what the old man had said. Falling from the sky. Ba Sing Se. Outer walls. Earth bender. Avatar. TV show. Most of it held little meaning for her and she doubted that Farmer Ling even had a TV. The word avatar did stick out to her but mostly just made her think of her 360 profile. <br><br>Then she realized she had seen the old man motion toward the red heads' buttock and whisk away some dirt. From a distance. Without touching her.<br><br>She blinked rapidly and began white knuckling a root until in snapped. "Yup. Not in Sun Life anymore. Not on any side of sanity either." <br><br>She backed up and sat in the bush watching and letting the other new arrivals chatter and look about in startled bewilderment. Across the motley of faces looks of confusion and shocked recognition spread as she let them dither. No sense in getting caught up with this insanity just yet. Let it play out, let these folks identify themselves and let them figure out where they all are. <br><br>She mouthed the words 'where we are' and a shaky smile spread over her lips. 'Where we are'. As if this was a real place. She was dreaming, that was all. Obviously someone, most likely one of the Bella twins, had snuck up on her and given her a good shove and she had fallen and hit her head. QED, this was a dream. Or she was in a coma. <br><br>"Or I'm dead," Robbie said methodically. "Bree Bella really was pissed that I tried asking out Roman last month, got jealous and killed me. Yeah. That's all it is." She paused. "Well, that or the coma thing." <br><br>After a few minutes of watching the group stare about like a pack of yokels on a European vacation, she shook her head and stood up. "maybe I'm crazy or dead or in a coma, but at least I ain't comatose, nuts or in hell alone. It's always nice to suffer in a group." She paused again and frowned. "No. No wait, that's stupid. Gah, whatever."<br><br>She stood up and strolled out of the bushes over to the group, stopping behind them and putting her self in a fight-or-flight ready stance. No sense in approaching a group of complete, possibly murderous, strangers unprepared after all. <br><br>She waited for a lull in the conversation before aheming loudly.<br><br>"So. Any of you have an idea as to why I'm not in New York anymore?" 
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				Post by: <strong>Oldknight</strong> on <strong>02-04-2013, 05:33:28</strong>
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				Ken had pretty much no clue at all where the heck he happened to be at in that moment, but he knew he wasn't home and that he was in a strange a new world. He figured that he would need to learn about it as best as he could while he traveled with the group of people whom was around. He brushed himself off and picked up his bag, he was glad he had brought it now, that he was stuck in some strange world. Perhaps, that he could figure this all out, and he could figure out what this city was. He listened to one of the group as they talked about something, he had never heard of the avatar, or this place. Was it possible they had been brought her by some higher power or something. He wasn't sure, but he knew the best chance of finding out anything was to follow this man and this group and listen closely to what was said by them and to people around, to gather pieces to this unknown puzzle. 
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				Post by: <strong>TheFonze</strong> on <strong>02-04-2013, 12:50:26</strong>
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				Once Drake had gotten up straight enough to be setting, he ran a hand threw his hair while he looked around, still wondering what the heck happened to him. There was a small group of people around him and some farmer, the thought of getting drugged did cross his mind but anything he had eaten or drank in the last six hours nobody touched so that was out of the question. But he did happen to spy a notebook that was open with a pencil a few feet away from it, probably got knocked off the desk he was seating at when he was grabbed. So instead of wondering what he was going to do he got up and took the notebook and pencil, since he was going to at least write out a will if somebody killed him, though the odds of anyone he knew even finding the will weren't very high. While he was sticking the notebook in his pants just enough so it wouldn't fall off and the pencil in his pocket, he finally heard something that made him question just what in the hell did grab him at his desk.<br><br>Upon hearing the farm saying outer walls of Ba Sing Se he couldn't help but think if they really were in the world of a TV show of all places. He thought he might be dreaming he was in the show with strangers, so to test his theory if someone could feel pain they weren't dreaming, but pinching himself seemed a bit to little since he didn't really feel pain from getting pinched much anymore. Instead he chose something that would prove, at least to him, if he was just dreaming or they were in deep deep shit, hoping for the former in all honesty. Drake looked around and found a tree, walking over to it past a woman that looked like she was ready to beat the crap outta someone. Once there he pulled his arm back and made a fist, readying himself to make a normal karate punch. Sending his fist into the tree with all the force he could, he sure enough felt the pain and even saw his fist was bleeding a little from the punch. "So this isn't some dream....... We're fucked big time" He said aloud, knowing he wasn't insane and with proving he wasn't dreaming, either somebody was pull a big prank on him or he was really in the TV show and he didn't know anyone in his town that had enough money to pull a prank on such a big scale so, he was royal screwed.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>06-04-2013, 06:52:21</strong>
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				The large red-haired girl laughed nervously at the Earthbender's words. She snuck another look around and weighed what he said against what she knew about her beloved Avatar TV show. So far, she was still in shock, believing the way he'd saved them was all in her mind. <em>"This must be some kind of trick..."</em> She thought to herself, shaking her head. Just then she heard the blonde girl from before echo her own thoughts out loud and she turned to face her, nodding in agreement. <br><br>The farmer listened in turn and responded to her question, rubbing his chin, "Sightings? You mean around here? Can't say I've heard of such a thing." He shrugged, finding the question just a bit odd. "I think if he came to Baa Sing Se, we'd all hear about it - the gossip would be crazy... there'd probably be a festival, or something?" Callista heard the words 'he' and understood that the world was aware of the Avatar at this point, even if he was nowhere within the great city at the moment.<br><br>"Um... no. But now we know that we're not all from the same place at least?" she offered Robbie's way at her question. Clinging to whatever logical conclusions she could find was one of the ways she was choosing to cope with the shock of the situation and she looked around at the others in the miss-matched group. "I'm from Pennsylvania... Where is everyone else from?" Just then, one of the newcomers decided to take his frustration out on a nearby tree and Callista jumped at the sound, spinning around and putting her arms out defensively. The movement forced an air current to spring out of nowhere, causing the redhead to fall on the ground again. She was startled all over again and thoroughly confused at where in the world the wind could have came from, failing to grasped the fact that she had somehow summoned it up from nowhere herself...<br><br>The farmer turned a concerned eye Drake's way and cleared his throat. "Anything I can help you with? You appear to be a bit perplexed... but the city is wide and has just about anything you could ask for so perhaps you're not in as much trouble as you believe to be?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cayden</strong> on <strong>09-04-2013, 00:27:41</strong>
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				Jade nodded her head listening to the man before them, she suddenly realized that her uniform was dirty after her fall to the ground, she shuddered at the thought of having to dry cleaner her outfit. She had fisted her hands knowing that wiping the dirty would just make it worse, she thrust her hands down at her sides the dirt falling to the ground off of her clothes. "What the?!" She said aloud confused by what had just happened.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AgentCooper</strong> on <strong>12-04-2013, 08:53:25</strong>
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				Robbie pinched the bridge of her nose and let a sigh rattle out of her lungs. She had not just seen that. Nope. No. Negative. It hadn't happened. The laws of physics didn't just take 10 second micro holidays like that. <br><br>The red head picked herself out of the dirt and gave a cute little laugh. <br><br>Another sigh left Robbie as she thought about what she had just seen. <br><br>The red head had moved the air. <br><br>"Yeah. OK. There's no unseeing that." Shaking her head she paced over to the old farmer, not saying a word, letting him prattle on about Avatars and sightings and Ba Sing Se. She slid into a spot a few feet to the left of him and just behind as he continued to address the crowd, her body tensing, muscles knotting, hips shifting to a ready stance as her arms dropped to her sides, fingers loose. <br><br>Her eyes locked on the red haired girl as a question for the farmer formed in her head. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFonze</strong> on <strong>12-04-2013, 15:18:27</strong>
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				Turning himself around after he hit the tree, he kept listening to the farmer about what he was telling them all, noting that he spoke of the avatar as a 'he' which meant people knew of the avatar at least. Though since he wasn't in Ba Sing Se, Drake could count that as a blessing in some ways but also a very bad curse, since that meant the war was still going on. Drake took notice though of what he saw coming from two of the people there, one acting like she had moved a small gust of wind and the other seemingly moving the earth beneath her, which only meant one thing. They all might not have been from that world, but they could still have the power to be benders and awaken that power, but that was also a danger to them as well. Because if memory served well, that meant if any of them ended up being able to fire bend, they'd be marked like a target for any non fire benders. "No good sir, we are all in trouble, but nothing in Ba Sing Se can help us. But i do have a question for you..... where was the avatar last sighted in the world? I like to be up to date with the information kind sir" He said. <br><br>Then turning his glaze over towards the red haired woman who had said where she was from, Drake could see he was in for a very weird time before he figured out what the heck dropped them all into a TV show. "North Carolina, Name's Drake by the way" He said, though not really to anyone.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Oldknight</strong> on <strong>13-04-2013, 02:20:38</strong>
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				Ken listened and remained quiet, he knew no one, and nothing that was going on yet, he knew that it was best to remain quiet, partly cause he had nothing to say, and cause he wanted to listen more then speak. He knew that by listening to those around himself, he would learn more then by cutting them off and saying something random. His eyes scanned the group of them as he walked. He noticed that one of them did something strange with the dirt that was on them, and other one said something about something that had happened with himself. Ken remained quiet as he walked, not talking, just mostly keeping to himself as he figured out this was something called the avatar. Yet, he knew nothing else about the world. He was surprised cause he had heard of a show called that, but had never seen it in person. Still as he walked he hoped he would figure out how he had gotten there, and what was going down in that place.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>18-04-2013, 05:33:59</strong>
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				The redhead's eyes went wide as saucers as the small blonde woman earth "bended" right in front of her. She shook her head repeatedly, clearly still unable to accept the world around her as "real". She heard Drake's introduction and focused on that, "I'm Callista.. or.. Cali as some people call me. Nice to meet you..." she spun around at the crowd. "- and all of you, too." she ended with a chuckle.<br><br>The farmer ran a hand through his dark hair and looked up at the sky for a few moments while he pondered Drake's question. "Can't really say I know too well. I guess I haven't kept up with current events as much as I should have." He gave a sheepish laugh. "Your best bet for finding out anything about the avatar is to ask those closest to the outer wall or&nbsp; - even better - anyone within the city walls. News travels fast, the more people are around."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cayden</strong> on <strong>25-04-2013, 02:16:37</strong>
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				Jade took a deep breath and shifted her feet watching the earth react circling and engulfing her feet, "I'm Illenia, but I go by Jade. I'm from Austin Texas." She said allowed to the group, her eyes examining the people around her. "Does anyone know how I can get home...I was kind of in the middle of my job, I also have a term paper due tomorrow." She worried ringing her hands as she shifted her feet again the earth falling back to the ground.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AgentCooper</strong> on <strong>06-05-2013, 07:45:33</strong>
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				((I apologise for the gratuitious gap in my posts here. Life's been hectic, to say the least. Still busy atm, but I'll put up a post on 5/7/2013.))
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				Title: <strong>Re: Infinite Journey: Rise of Dimension Walkers</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AgentCooper</strong> on <strong>07-05-2013, 06:28:42</strong>
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				Robbie rolled her eyes heavenward and slumped against a nearby tree, her interest in anything not related to getting home waning fast. "I'm with the Texan," she said, thumbing over to Jade, "How in the holy hell do we leave. No offense, Mr...um...Mr...Farmer, I'm sure your city is just lovely what with its...," Robbie trailed off. She looked the wall up and down, shot a quick glance to the path that lead up to it, the landscape around them. Not really much to go on. <br><br>"Um, it's lovely...big ass wall and whatnot, but I'd really, <em>really,</em> love to go home. To New York preferably, I've got a match in exactly...2 minutes. So, how do we leave and which cardinal direction is America in?" 
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