Chapter 2: Broken Shield
As the votes were finalized, it became clear that
Ulysses and Soul would be the ones being sent back to the HQ. Ludger nodded and talked into his communicator. Everyone's communicators would beep as a flash of light would surround the pair. They appeared to stretch, their bodies being pulled up ward to a single point above their head. All at once, they seemed to snap into this point, and disappear.
"We'll know the results soon enough!" Leia exclaimed.
"And, hopefully, they'll be back by our side soon enough as well. Now... we gotta explain a few things! Ludger, I assume the shadow is the divergence catalyst?"
"That's right," Ludger said, nodding.
"Right, okay, you see..." Leia looked around at everyone.
"Most worlds are parallel version of other worlds... In fact, there's very few that aren't, when it comes down to it. This one's no different, and so it has something divergent about it, something that's like... the source of an alternate universe's alternate history, or a person that's totally different than their counterparts. This is the divergence catalyst, and it's really gotta be found and destroyed so we can leave!"
"If the dimension is prime, I can move freely from it, if it's parallel, this process must be done. In this case..." Ludger stood at the ready, for he could sense what was on the horizon. Thomas' shadow appeared over the village, and was aiming to move toward the huts.
"It's the shadow, whatever it is. It must be killed so we can leave."
Ludger's form changed before your eyes, what appearing to be a kind of exoskeleton shell appearing over his right arm and leg.
A spear formed in his hand, and the man made a yelling leap toward the shadow.
"I got this one!"
The shadow cared little for the Coalition soldiers, allowing Ludger to easily strike through it. Passing through to the other side, a glowing object was now impaled on the end of Ludger's spear. The object shattered, leaving a shadowy residue.
And just like that, the shadow, the village, and the entirety of ruined New York broke away around you like glass.
The blackened clouds flickered with static, appearing like sparks in the sky, and a great wind ripped through the atmosphere. The clouds seemed to align afterwards, forming an image or dark red, white, and blue rings—a star at its center. The group didn't have long to admire the eerie view before the shattering world around them broke faster and faster into more pieces.
Whether you tried to run away for your dear life or ignore the world shattering around you, eventually you found your attempts to escape the abyss in vain. Blackness engulfed your vision and you found yourself frozen in place until the world suddenly began to reform before your eyes.
In the blink of an eye, a new world appeared before you. It was a city—similar to the last one the group had been in—but different. To any members of the group who were familiar with the planet Earth, they would immediately recognize it: the city was that of New York. Wait... hadn't they just been in New York?
The sky was dark. Ash rained from the clouds and the city was quiet, like a barren wasteland. The tall buildings looked ravaged, war-torn, and deteriorated. The only newer looking structures that could be seen were foreign looking towers—emanating a glowing light—that did not seem to be human in origin. No signs of life could be seen anywhere at first, until the sound of feet marching toward the group could be heard.
A strange group of alien creatures suddenly appeared from dusty streets of the city pointing mysterious weapons at the group. One of the members of the group,
Emily Grimes, was a little too close to the aliens at them of their arrival. Wary of her, they instantly shot her with one of their weapons, a fine green beam vaporizing her body into dust instantly. Afterwards, the group moved forward and spoke in a language unrecognizable to anyone. One of the aliens stepped forward, translating so that everyone could understand them.
"All of you are unidentified life forms. We demand each of you to immediately surrender yourselves to the Chitauri and forfeit your weapons to us. Should you resist, you will be executed immediately. Should you comply, you will be escorted to our holding chamber for unidentified life forms, located in Central Park. What say you?" the alien asked, looking out toward the group.
There were a few likely options the group had to decide upon. What would they select?
A. Fight the Chitauri aliens For all you know, they could be defeated in battle. If so, you would be free to explore the city a bit longer. Unless more aliens came to attack you or you were injured, of course…
B. Surrender to the Chitauri Nobody in the group has a clue how many aliens they might face. It could be a long, difficult battle. And should they succeed, what would they do next? Just because they could explore the city didn't mean they would find anything. And the alien's offered to escort them somewhere that might be useful…
C. Run You many not be strong enough to fight the aliens, but you don't want to be captured by them either. After all, they just killed Emily! Plus, who knows what kind of dangerous place they could be taking you to?!
Players, you may each select one option to start. The option you select will determine what will happen to you as you start off in the city. A map of all possible places of exploration will be revealed shortly. Good luck.
Also, Coalition communicators may now be used to contact Makoto whenever you wish. They also may be used between duos for the two to communicate between each other. But ONLY duos.
Welcome back to the Big Apple
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Claire Redfield [Resident Evil]
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Izana [Original Character] and
Ace [Final Fantasy]
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Red [Pokemon] and
Rinato Dormi [Original Character]
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Lisa Castle and
Frank Castle [Marvel Comics]
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Kazuya 'Abel' Mineshigi and
Naoya 'Cain' Mineshigi [Devil Survivor]
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Shiki Tohno [Type-Moon]
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Jon Snow [Game of Thrones]
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Plutia [Hyperdimension Neptunia] and
Gnar [League of Legends]
@Emperor Palpachu as
R2-D2 [Star Wars] and
The Doctor [Doctor Who]
@Emperor Palpachu as
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Chung Seiker [Elsword]
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Bayonetta [Bayonetta]
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Aqua [Kingdom Hearts]
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Ridley Duchannes [The Caster Chronicles]
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Sophie [Cry of Fear] and
Ruby Rose [RWBY]
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The Charmed Ones [Charmed]
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Joseph Aniphage [Original Character/The Noble Magi]
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Soul 'Eater' Evans [Soul Eater] and
Ulysses [Fallout]
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Nicki Minaj [Real Life]
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Dante [Devil May Cry]
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Vi [League of Legends]
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Ezio Auditore and
Desmond Miles [Assassin's Creed]
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Grail Trigadon [Original Character] and
Specter Knight [Shovel Knight]
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Lucy Heartfilia [Fairy Tail]
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Ryu Keiko [Original Character]
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Travis Touchdown [No More Heroes]
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Margaery Tyrell and
Loras Tyrell [Game of Thrones]
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Corvo Attano [Dishonored]
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Stitch [Lilo and Stitch]
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Chloe Price [Life is Strange]
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Storm and
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Legolas Greenleaf [The Lord of the Rings]
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Sylveon and
Umbreon [Pokemon]
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Cell [Dragon Ball Z]
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Alice Margatroid [Touhou]
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Belphegor [Dark Souls]
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Wander [Shadow of the Colossus]
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The Lone Wanderer/Riley [Fallout]
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Frenzy [Transformers]
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Booker DeWitt [Bioshock]
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Joshua Graham [Fallout]
The Dead
@Emperor Palpachu as
Darth Vader - DIED! INNOCENT!
GUNNED DOWN
@Chris Lang as
Kalifa and
Kaku - MURDERED! INNOCENT!
CRUSHED
@Maddeline as
Emily "Hunter" Grimes DIED! INNOCENT!
VAPORIZED!
