The Nexus

Courtyard Oh fantastic. It was bad enough when Dipsnig let his entire wolf pack join him at holiday parties, but now he's letting an unleashed and unsupervised canine wander about? How in the world does he keep getting invited to these things with such wild and dangerous animals menacing the entire...

Courtyard In a gathering like this, there are sure to be some uninvited guests. "If this was a funeral, I might actually be in a better mood. Depending on whose funeral it was. If it was Magtok's funeral I'd be cheerful like Coco on a walk." ”Well, I hear that Vigil has a totally hot scie...

Tower of Oujet Laz, meanwhile, is focused on other things. Mainly climbing on top of the squidbus. She manages that feat after quite a bit of clawing and scrambling. And upon getting up there? She's immediately met with problems in the form of tentacles with mouths on the ends. Because why WOULDN'T...

[Tower of Oujet] [Tower of Oujet] You're absolutely right, Anika. Buffs ARE useful! Just because they aren't big and flashy doesn't mean they aren't doing anything, right? Clearly this one did something to Laz. She seems to be having a great time ripping those zombies apart! And speaking of zombies...

[Tower of Oujet] Here comes the squidbus stopping by for another vomit run! Squidbus, my beloved, you've returned! And just in time too, because there's a zombie here bearing gifts for you! Well, one gift, precisely. A rather large sword, thrown like a javelin into your midsection. A sword she's ho...

[Far Too Early] [Far Too Early] As they are leaving the meeting room the door they're exiting through makes a strange sound. "Ow!" Wait, that was just the door getting opened into Anika's face. Since she was standing right outside of it. Almost suspiciously close to it. She is wearing a i...

[Tower of Oujet] [Tower of Oujet] It's really a pretty terrible sort of deal. One dumb phrase and now everything gets worse. Of course, that isn't actually how it works. It was just coincidence that awful squidbus showed up moments after Anika started gabbing about how this would be smooth sailing....

[Far Too Early] "Might be a tough ask," Blanche points out. "I don't think we're going to be flushing Prime out so much as following the bait to his lair. And we'll want to be careful about information control - everything could fall apart if the plan leaks beyond us." For Magto...

[Tower of Oujet] [Tower of Oujet] Laz lines up the death ray's targeting system with the other rift gate and then! It's time to wait. There's still some fighting among the remaining quill zombies and those golems are probably doing their best in spite of being damaged already by Anika and Laz so ev...

[Tower of Oujet] "So... should I press it again or do you need to press more buttons first?" "When that circle there," Saint Lazarus points to the part of the display telling her the next death ray beam isn't ready yet, "-is full, I want you to press the button." In th...

[Tower of Oujet] [Tower of Oujet] Man tides of monsters are always ruining everything, aren't they? Laz begins sliding the cabling into place from the alcoves to the central pillar and WHAM energy begins flowing through them right away! Little robotic arms fold out of the alcoves and begin working ...

[Far Too Early] "It really looks like we have no option better than simply following Magtok's plan and trying to adapt as we go." Wenomir isn't thrilled by the prospect. It takes considerable willpower to accept the notion that Magtok might have a good idea. Being reminded about DC doesn'...

[Tower of Oujet] [Tower of Oujet] WHAM! Bear headbutt attack! That's a new one. Unless Anika tries to head ram things when she's using the Bear Bomb technique? That has always seemed more like a belly-flop but hey we'll just figure this stuff out as we go. Anika turns out to be carrying sufficient ...

[The Continyantal Hotel] Magtok has no intention of sticking around to see if the big guy survives the fall. As soon as the extra weight is off his leg, he's already zooming through the night sky, speeding away over Riverside as fast as he can, making a beeline straight for the MagCave miles away f...

"Hemk yeah you got it." Sally grins back, somehow already knowing the type of milk magtok would want?! What?! Do they know each other?! Sally lets out a gasp though, "Doggy doggy doggy doggy" The wolf sniffs at Magtok's hand, then pokes it with her nose and tries to nuzzle into ...

[Tower of Oujet] [Tower of Oujet] Anika's main obstacle to success in this case will be the fact that the golems don't bleed. How are you supposed to inflict bleeding damage on things that don't have any- Oh. Wait. There's some kind of weird blue arcane fluid leaking out of the thing. That's on fir...

[Far Too Early] [Far Too Early] Cessie nods as Magtok finishes explaining. Wherever Prime was right to think that, she didn't care, but she always had the impression that the Magclones at least had the numbers. But frankly her intelligence was lacking about them at best so she would have to trust t...

[The Continyantal Hotel] "I am a bit disappointed Mr. Magtok. I thought you wouldn't go for an escape until you had a chance to ask us out and gather further information." "You want me dead or imprisoned. I want to be alive and free. I know every thing I need to know about you," ...

Magtok will find himself nearing a young wolf, which is no longer a cub but hasn't quite grown into her full size. She looks at him with bright blue eyes, sniffing the air gently and inclining her head towards him. Oh shit, it spotted him, he's lost the element of surprise. Magtok recoils back, bef...

[Tower of Oujet] Okay, now that the golems are out of the way, Saint Lazarus turns around, intent on figuring out the inscrutable machinery of this place, so they can climb to the top of the tower and claim the Oujet and save the day...or whatever it was that's supposed to be waiting for them up th...

[The Continyantal Hotel] "That would be really nice of you. I would like to have a second opinion on that. The things about my death I received were kinda disappointing." "Yeah, I'll bet they were," Magtok mutters under his breath, before clearing his throat and mentally prepari...

This new year is going to be different, Magtok tells himself. This clone is going to be different. We are not going to be beholden to our past limitations anymore. Old weaknesses, past insecurities, they won't be allowed to hold us back. We will be strong, brave, incredible, invincible. Yes, the nam...

[Tower of Oujet] Saint Lazarus isn't fond of being bounced along the ground, dragged about like a stone skipping across a body of water, but she's even less fond of being beheaded by ancient golems, so she begrudgingly puts aside the complaint forming in her thoughts, and focuses her efforts instea...

[Tower of Oujet] Can she even be stunned by electricity, given that she isn't alive? I suppose we'll find out together. A form of arcane power is what fuels her, it's what keeps her body maintaining this grotesque parody of a healthy human being. Unfortunately, this means being jolted with magical ...

[The Continyantal Hotel] "What if we play a trivia game instead? Ask me a question only the real Magtok would know," the cyborg taunts, grinning from ear to ear as he shifts in his seat, wriggles his fingers behind everyone's back, and watches negotiations break down in front of him. He's...

[The Continyantal Hotel] Magtok opens his mouth to say something rude and snappy, but stop himself just a moment before, thinking better of it. It doesn't benefit him to get involved in this argument. He could probably pretend to be someone else, to throw a quick hologram over himself and act like ...

[The Continyantal Hotel] Magtok frowns, watching Reina and the big guy interact. He's even bigger in person, much larger than the surveillance cameras suggested. That might complicate things a little, but...no, I'm sure it'll all work out fine. Our villain shifts in the chair he's been tied to, jos...

Far Too Early "...Magtok, you know Prime better than me so how likely would he believe us simply handing him the chip in exchange for an alliance? The reason being that we need his help to go up against what we think is a bigger threat. Perhaps we could say that we believe that the Mag-collect...

[Tower of Oujet] [Tower of Oujet] Hold on now. Contrary to popular belief Anika isn't just going to rush ahead. Not when a coworker was fighting off an entire army by herself. That just wasn't right. She first pauses for a moment when she notices that there wasn't the usual Big Door blocking her wa...

[The Continyantal Hotel - As Above] The word 'boring' hurts more than anything else, cuts our cyborg like a knife slowly slicing through his gut. That's it, that's why this isn't playing out the way she envisioned. The Magtok from back then wouldn't care that he might die. He wouldn't try begging f...