- Posting Speed
- Speed of Light
- Multiple posts per day
- Writing Levels
- Advanced
- Preferred Character Gender
- Male
- Female
- Genres
- Sci-fi, modern, horror, a bit of dark romance stories.
LAST TIME
Deep within the belly of Pathfinder, there was a temple. A literal temple. From some unknown planet, the AI had cut out an ancient temple from the earth and placed it within the station for study. Within the temple rested a large, black rectangular obelisk, which emitted a dark power unlike anything, and had protected the marble walls of its temple from the AI to keep it out. Only for the AI to pick up the whole thing and find a way into it by force. Yet, after the station was liberated, the temple opened its doors to a small team of heroes, and upon closer inspection, teleported them all to a realm of pure darkness.
Within that realm was a man called 'Nux,' claiming he could help them find someone important. Someone who had gone missing, and was vital to the mission. The Doctor. In return, he would keep the black piece of crystal they had obtained from The Doctor himself. It held the same power that fueled the obelisk, and resonated throughout the dark realm Nux lived in. Walking through the dark space of galaxies, Nux showed them that The Doctor was located in Rome, in the year 1500. While he could not say where they were exdactly, he told them to 'look for a box that doesn't belong.'
And in their search of the city, made enemies of the city militia, under command of The Borgia family, and also made contact with a creed calling themselves The Assassin's. With a quick return back to the Pathfinder, a new team now arrives back in the city to continue their search.
What they do not know is that someone is waiting for them. Someone who has been watching them during this whole journey through the eyes of another. And has prepared for a battle massive and deadly. A being referred to as...
THE DREADNOUGHT
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Last they were here, the team had agreed to visit the Pyramid of Celcius. They were looking for a group working for the Borgia called 'The Followers of Romulus,' who had been kidnapping scattered beings who have showing up in the sewers and old ruins of Rome. Always, scattered show up under the city, never above. Like something draws them there as they are taken from across the multiverse. There is believed to be an entrance to their lair above around by the pyramid itself, and indeed there was.
There was an old sewer hatch built into the old walls of Rome, with a small skeletal head decorating the top. A sign of whose territory this belonged to. Fortunately, this team wasn't scared by it, and a simple hard kick would open the hatch and let them slide through the opening. It would take them to an old burial ground of skeletal remains, the dead of old Rome that were forgotten by time. Venturing through it would take them through a maze of coffins and skeletons, but the further down they went, the more the architecture changed. From decaying bodies and crumbling ruins, to something more alien.
The pathways that lead down to below even the ruins were recently excavated. The Followers were digging to reach this place. It was massive and awe-inspiring to look upon such strange architecture that seemed to still pulse with foreign energy, even after what may have been thousands of years buried under the ground without anyone to care for them. To touch the rock, which felt more like smooth obsidian glass, would give an electrical buzz to their bodies. These certainly weren't built by the Roman, even during the days of Romulus and Remus. This was older. More complex. Built by beings older than humanity. And at the center of this massive room,
Was a box
One that didn't look like it belonged, even in this place. Moon Knight, who had accompanied the new team to continue this quest, had brought along with him the remains of Thea. Or, her head really. While Thea was currently in a strange limbo existence, her body was still in good enough condition to salvage the sonic technology the Doctor had installed in her. And since she was given some sort of strange frequency while studying the broken sonic screwdriver back in the tomb, it was only natural to try and use that to open the box.
And, while holding her decapitated head with both hands, aimed her screwdriver tongue at the box. With a jolt of electricity from a small battery Moon Knight brought along, the screwdriver buzzed back to life and began scanning the body. It only took a few moments before it began to open. Sitting inside, strapped to a chair, was The Doctor herself. Finally found after all this time. And on her lap was, strangely, a large metal briefcase.