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Post by Asmoskon on Aug 29, 2020 6:26:23 GMT
(This thread will be hosted by me & will involve combat against a specific story villain. Others may join, but I control all enemy NPCs. Don't worry I will be fair and they follow all the same rules. Any questions feel free to ask me.)
Moving along the edge of the road Asmoskon kept his head up yet concealed with the hood of his hoodie up. He wasn’t all that far from West City and knew there was a good chance some over the top cop would be looking for him. He wasn’t afraid of being found out. Right now he just didn’t want to deal with it. He was finished with that waste of a city. There wasn’t anyone left in that city for him to seek out in order to test himself. Throwing away his comfort for greater strength that was the way of a warrior and that was his goal. Thankfully though the scorching sun was held at bay from blinding him. Whoever designed these sunglasses knew what they were doing.
Right now Asmoskon was somewhere between two hundred and three hundred miles from the edge of West City going in an unknown direction just following a road. He didn’t have any clue where to actually find anyone exceptionally powerful so why follow standard directions anyway. Although unaware Asmoskon was enclosing a small town located in a dense woodland area at the base of a mountain. The road quickly became surrounded by large pine trees, blocking off some of the sun’s rays. Only another half an hour at a decent walking pace and Asmoskon entered into the town.
Just one major issue though. Everywhere he looked there didn’t appear to be anyone. Everything was still here, but no one seemed to be. “Well this is my luck alright.” Finding the diner in the middle of town was easy. Things kept getting weirder though when the front door was left unlocked and Asmoskon got in no problem. Looking over the place yet finding nothing suspicious Asmoskon wondered what could be going on as he pulled out a cold soda from a drink cooler. No one here so why was he going to pay for it. If someone came in and asked him to then maybe he would, but right now it didn’t seem like anyone was demanding. Although strange this was definitely the most interesting thing to happen in his travels so far.
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Post by Zegram on Aug 29, 2020 8:54:48 GMT
Zegram Ungeist would slither through the shadows of the pine forest approaching the small town. He had been monitoring the area for a while now, and found something odd. He couldn't sense any of the people that inhabited the small town. Yeah he didn't track the goings on that closely, but he would have sworn that everything was going fine. The closer he got to town, the more and more uneasy he felt. He needed to be careful. He had no information about the situation, and whatever did this, may still be in there. Lets go have a look.
He walked into the town confidently in his preferred human form. A lean man wearing a suit and tie walked down the main street like nothing was amiss. His white dress shirt was ironed and wrinkle free, his jacket straight. His black dress pants lightly rubbed the legs against each other as he walked, and his boots struck the ground loudly as he walked. He kept his hand on the black fedora on his head keeping his neat green hair in place. He looked from one side to the other with his yellow eyes.
He extended his ki sensory to try and sense anything out of the ordinary. There had to be someone left in the area for him to interrogate...or investigate. He felt a rather familier ki in one of the houses nearby. He walked up looking into the front door to see a man in a hoodie stealing a soda from a cooler. He smiled and leaned against the frame of the door crossing his arms. "Stealing from people who are not even home. How low will you sink Asmo?" He asked in a sarcastic tone a chuckle shortly following.
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"I mean, if she's strong, then I guess that would be fine."
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Post by Kosho on Aug 30, 2020 21:03:00 GMT
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Current Location: Unknown City, approximately 200-300 miles away from West City
Speech/Thought Color: eede24 To be honest, there's only one reason why this Patch Saiyan would be flying around these parts. Usually, Kosho would be found in cities scouting the area, or he'd be searching for whatever clues he could find out about Patch's King dying. How much could he actually accomplish, though, on a planet unrelated to his death? It was a little annoying that he couldn't make any progress towards that, given his situation. However, there was always a chance he could go back to Patch, or contact his parents to ask them more about it. Forget that, though. Kosho was here to train. After hearing what Atsuko had to say about the threat eliminating the Knights of Yama, how could he just ignore that and carry on his day to day life as he used to? No, that wouldn't be right. He needed to get stronger, in order to deal with the threat.
Kosho floated slowly to the ground. He figured that some of his training could be Ki control training. The Saiyan flared his Ki, inhaling, and let his Ki dwindle, exhaling. He did this for a couple miles, all the while striking some trees and knocking them over. As he thought about this training, he figured this would damage the environment a little too much, so he focused solely on Ki control. Walking a few more miles, Kosho noticed a path, which in the distance seemed to lead to a building.
"Oh, that's cool. I guess. Didn't know there was a city somewhere out here."
The Saiyan sprinted full speed ahead to get to the building, seeing what civilization he could find. Or rather, he did so to see what civilization he couldn't find. It was practically a ghost town. There was no one here. He couldn't really sense any energies, and all he could see was empty buildings. Confusion settled into the Saiyan as he wandered around aimlessly for a bit.
As he walked around, Kosho wondered to himself what happened to this town. As he passed ideas around in his head, one thought occurred to him that gave him a sense of urgency. The assassin!? Quickly balling his fists up, he got down in a squaring up position, just in case this individual was hiding their energy. The Saiyan sensed around once more, finding an energy. In fact, there were two. In fact, in fact, one of them seemed familiar. He released some of the tension within him and made a beeline straight for the energies. One of them just so happened to be Asmoskon. Kosho remembered him from a while back, when he first met Atsuko in West City. Seeing that face put him a little more at ease, despite knowing what kind of character Asmoskon was. He may be a shady character, but he ain't no assassin. At least, not that I know of. The other guy, though...
There was another man situated outside the building Asmoskon was in. He was dressed in some black suit with a fedora sitting on his green hair. He could feel Ki coming from him, but it didn't seem as strong as Kosho's and Asmoskon's. The Saiyan didn't let his guard down though. If this was an assassin, and he was just hiding his true power, then this could turn real ugly real quick. Although, it didn't really seem like he'd be a threat. It seemed as though him and Asmoskon knew each other. Well, now or never. Kosho walked up to the two from the outside, behind the man with green hair. He called out to both of them loudly.
"Yo!"
Then, he'd turn his attention to Asmoskon, peering in from the doors.
"Fancy seeing you here Asmoskon. It's been a minute, and damn, you got stronger!"
Kosho would then turn over to the man in the suit. It wouldn't hurt to at least greet the guy, and it would probably be rude to give him some different treatment than Asmoskon for now. He waved to the new guy.
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Post by Asmoskon on Sept 3, 2020 1:57:52 GMT
Those first few moments were perhaps the best that he had felt in the last fifty hours. The taste of a nice cold soda splashing against his tongue wasn’t something that Asmoskon often took in experiencing. Even while he had been in West City and lived by getting whatever he wanted, whenever he felt like it, soda wasn’t something he normally drank. The negatives of the beverage outweighed the taste in his mind. Almost as if he were putting a limitation or a hurtal to reach his potential. Of course a single one wasn’t going to cause such a grave effect, still plenty of other drinks to pick from with just as powerful a flavor. Right now though there really wasn’t anything to pick. He saw inside that besides a soda there was chocolate milk set in a row. However they were the small rectangle boxed containers meant for children. Such a thing wouldn’t quench his thirst, so a simple soda was his choice. The pleasant sensation of drinking it though didn’t last more than a few moments as it seemed individuals he had met only a short time ago began popping up from the woods.
The first one to show up was Zegram. A Demon that Asmoskon had only met a few days earlier. It had been the last eventful day that Asmoskon had experienced as since then he hadn’t really fought anyone. He had just kept on his travels and training. “Yeah they’re not here, but I am. This your doing?” Asmoskon finished his soda and made it very obvious he was curious whether or not Zegram was the reason that no one was anywhere to be seen. He didn’t know the demon very well so judging whether or not this was something he would actually do happened to be beyond Asmoskon. Perhaps strange to the Demon though would be that Asmoskon’s question along with his body language offered him no hostility. Almost like despite being Human himself Asmoskon didn’t care whether or not Zegram had done something to the people of this town.
As if things weren’t already strange Asmoskon saw movement and then realized he knew exactly who was moving. Out of nowhere, almost as out of the blue as Zegram managed to be now Kosho was in sight. A quick greeting from the Saiyan met with a nod from Asmoskon downward as a physical greeting similar to a hand raise. “Yes it’s been awhile. Good to see you Kosho. I expect you’re been training to keep up. Any idea what’s going on in this town?”
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Post by Zegram on Sept 3, 2020 7:13:16 GMT
Zegram at first could only raise an eyebrow at Asmokon's question. How did Asmokon think that Zegram could pull something like this off. Besides, this was far too clean of a job to be Zegram's handiwork. They need to spend more time together. Zegram put a hand over his chest in mock pain and the other hand dramatically over his forehead. "Oh my poor soul, wounded by such accusations." He flashed a devilish smile "How could you think I would do something like this?" It was hard to tell if he meant the disappearances themselves, or the cleanliness of the whole thing.
He suddenly stiffened when another voice shouted at them from behind. Zegram turned around and brought a hand behind him to pull a knife from the shadows, but stopped. The man before him was obviously a saiyan, and judging by his mannerisms, he knew Asmokon on a friendly basis. Zegram relaxed allowing his hands rest in his pants pockets.
"My name is Zegram." he said introducing himself once Kosho finished. "We have met before. It seems you two are quite familiar." Zegram commented leaning against the closest wall.
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"I mean, if she's strong, then I guess that would be fine."
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Post by Kosho on Sept 4, 2020 3:00:52 GMT
Walking up to the two in front of him, Asmoskon being in the building and the green haired man outside, Kosho was able to get a better look at them. Yup, definitely Asmoskon. I dunno who this guy is, though... Asmoskon and the green haired man definitely knew each other, and it seemed like Asmoskon was asking something to the green haired man. In response, the green haired man looked astounded and hurt he'd even ask such a question. Of course, it seemed overly dramatic, too. Kosho wasn't dumb enough to miss that. Asmoskon asked Kosho the simple question of whether or not he knew what was going on here. In response to that, the Saiyan shrugged and shook his head.
"Wish I could tell ya. I just showed up here, right now. Can't sense any energy signatures here, except for you two. I think it's a ghost town."
Turning to the man in the suit, now known as Zegram, Kosho nodded his head as a greeting, smirking slightly. According to Zegram, Kosho and Asmoskon seemed familiar. Very briefly, the Saiyan recalled the events of how he and Asmoskon met, and smirked a little bit. He also met Atsuko that day, and for now, he's on good terms with both of them. He would very much like to keep it that way. Kosho likes having friends and allies like these.
"Yeah, we go a little while back. I fought him not too long ago. It was a great fight."
After listening in on how Zegram met Asmoskon, if he chose to answer that, Kosho would turn around and cross his arms, facing the street. He looked at the other buildings in the area. Scanning for any energy signatures, he found none. It was both scary and insane how this could even be possible. This can only happen with such a small town like this, without any surveillance or regulars coming in and out of town. If he didn't report this to his superiors, chances are, this place would remain unknown and stay a ghost town for longer.
"Seriously, what the hell happened to this place? If we were able to find someone who used to come through here often, we'd prolly get some info about what happened here."
Turning back around to the other two, Kosho's face was dead serious. His eyebrows screeched up on his head, and there was no sight of a smile in the near future.
"Can't say we'll be that lucky. I might try and scout around this area, see if I can find any hints on what happened."
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Post by Asmoskon on Sept 9, 2020 15:05:43 GMT
Asmoskon felt a good deal refreshed from the taste and temperature of the carbonated beverage. He wasn’t one to play along with Zegram’s little act of being hurt from his question though. Placing the empty can now on the counter and opening the refrigerator once again to grab a second. His expression wasn’t one of joy or really anything that would indicate his moods “Simple. I don’t know you that well yet. I know you’re a Demon and although I’m not one to judge you’re the only one I’ve come across in this town so far. If this wasn’t you though, fine I’ll believe ya.” Asmoskon popped the cap and began to drink the second can enjoying the flavor of this second one at a slower more appreciating pace. That’s when another individual from his recent past came into view and Asmoskon started to believe that something was really meant to go on today.
It was just so unnatural for two individuals that Asmoskon had only met within the span of two weeks, several hundred miles away from one another, to actually cross paths together in a random village. Kosho answered Asmoskon’s question way more directly than Zegram did and gave him the bit of information about how he couldn’t sense anyone else in the entire village. This definitely wasn’t anything natural. The conversation between the three of them continued and Asmoskon began to think about this situation and analyze what he already knew. When Kosho suggested they might be able to get some information about what had happened from someone frequent Asmoskon shaked his head, but didn’t actually begin to speak until Kosho suggested he take a look around.
“Don’t bother. I’ve been here for around fifteen minutes. The majority of that time I already spent looking throughout the town. You can’t sense anyone. I couldn’t find anyone. This isn’t natural to begin with. This is a small town, but still a community of humans. They wouldn’t all leave at once and take nothing with them. That means something probably took them or forced them out.”
Asmoskon finished the second can placing it down next to the first one and exhaling while giving Zegram and Kosho enough time to comment on his theory.
“What I’m more curious about though. What’s the significance of this town? If something wanted the people gone, why? Nothing seems out of the norm. It doesn’t look like anyone was attacked nor anything damaged. Any ideas?”
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Post by Zegram on Sept 9, 2020 19:45:01 GMT
Zegram didn't react to Asmokon just casually outing him as a demon. One would think information like that would be kept secret. It looks like he would have to have a private chat with Asmokon about loose lips. Zegram just chuckled not wanting to give anything away. "Oh, I think demon would describe you far more accurately than me. Zegram said moving off the wall and heading outside to think. He wasn't sure if Kosho would by the deflection, and would prefer to be able to move more freely if things go down.
"After all, you were the King of West City after all. I am more of an information broker than any demon." Still he thought about the situation about the town. There was no signs that the town's people left, and there were no signs of a struggle. So they were either moved in mass all at once, or they were so cleanly wiped out that they didn't even notice it. All without leaving a corpse behind in the process.
Zegram would turn to Kosho addressing his question at last. "I met Asmokon at a underground fighting ring. Some old army bunker if I remember right" He answered the question and nothing more taking another look around the street. Asmo shot down the saiyan's idea to scout the area relaying that he did so already and found nothing. Zegram tapped his chin taking it all in. "Maybe the remote position of the town is the only significance." He stated turning to face the two. "Whatever did this may be either testing its power, or trying to gain more power, and attacking a large city would only attract unwanted attention." He gestured to the empty streets. "While here, they could do whatever they wanted and be gone long before anyone showed up."
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Post by Kosho on Sept 15, 2020 19:43:43 GMT
Stopping by Zegram and Asmoskon, Kosho could have sworn he heard the phrase "demon" being used. He didn't really think much of it; people were called demons on the daily. From how the other two were using the phrase, they seemed to be describing each other. Kosho knew about Asmoskon's history, but not Zegram's. Maybe Zegram is in the same boat as Asmoskon? It sure seemed like it. I'll have to keep my eye on that Zegram guy. For now, we all just seem concerned about this ghost town, but if I find out he's doing shady stuff, I might have to step in somewhere in the future. The Saiyan wasn't too worried about it at this point in time. Let demons be demons. Right now, there was a more concerning matter at hand.
Before he could leave, Kosho was stopped dead in his tracks by Asmoskon. Apparently, he'd already been here for quite some time. There was no point trying to search for clues if there weren't any to be had. Turning back to Asmoskon and Zegram, the Saiyan pondered on what the white haired man had to say. Why, though? Unless there was some hidden beef between two sides, I don't see why this place would be cleared out of all Human life. Zegram gave his two cents, and Kosho came up with a theory of his own. Unfortunately, it didn't seem as fleshed out and profound as the other two.
"Something tells me that whatever did this to these people is still lurking around here somewhere. I dunno for sure, but if what Zegram is saying is true, then we have no choice but to leave this city to make any progress in catching whatever did this. But, if this is some sort of trap instead, then we're right where this thing wants us to be. This town could just be the bait it's looking for."
After Asmoskon asked his question, Kosho thought more about what he himself had said. He mentioned that this place could be a trap, and if that's truly the case, then there would be nothing else left to say. However, what if there was a different motive? If there was another motive, what could it specifically be?Some specific treasure in this wasteland? A prize of sorts? Valuable information? An alibi? The Saiyan shrugged as he looked to the other two with him.
"I got nothing. If it's not my first guess, then my next guess would be some hidden treasure? Or maybe something valuable of sorts to the guy who did this, something we don't exactly know about."
Kosho turned around again and closed his eyes, focusing Ki into them. Activating his Eye of Horus, he'd hoped to find something worthwhile in this ghost town. Ki signatures? Thermal signatures? Anything would do. He was still very much paying attention to Zegram and Asmoskon. Anything they had to say, he'd listen to and give his own piece of mind to. At the same time, Kosho would be scanning the area while they talked. It wasn't a bad idea to have a lookout while they discussed. Maybe the Saiyan would be able to find something?
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Post by Atsuko on Jan 6, 2021 19:38:17 GMT
This proving to be quite the mystery, and I was wondering where it might lead. Perhaps another time. Kosho and Asmoskon have earned 12 PL and 600 zenny! With a bonus of 3 PL and 400 zenny. Total: 15 PL and 1,000z Kosho is now at: 193 PL and 21,421z! Asmoskon is now at: 184 PL and 8,550z! If Zeferoth becomes active and wishes to continue playing Zegram , then they can give a message and they will be rewarded for this thread! |
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