Solo Tremaine

[COLOR=#503F86]Alaris hurtled through the tunnels at break-neck speed, dodging rocky outcrops and leaping over hidden pits in the ground. He had to get back to the Capital- nothing was going to stop him, not even his own death... if he could help it. As he entered a larger chamber, two burly cave scorpions turned in his direction and hissed venomously. Instantly, Alaris whirled his sword through the air and brought it crashing down onto the first one's back, snapping the exoskeleton and spraying green innard-juices everywhere. the second crawled quickly over the injured body of the first, a claw's reach away from Alaris' heavily armoured tail. When he hit the ground he spun on his heel, his tail whipping across the side of the scorpion's head. It stumbled sideways, giving the pangolin enough space to maneouvre his flambard right inbetween the leviathan arachnid's jaws. It spluttered and hissed in pain for a few seconds, then lay still. "Great, who's next?" he joked quietly to himself as he began running back towards the Capital again. Thr further he went, the warmer the air became- he had to be reaching the Capital soon. Suddenly, he felt something slide across the back of his neck. He halted his run and hurled the sword round his back, attempting to hit his assailant. Looking back, all he could see was a black tunnel. "Don't get ahead of yourself Alaris, it's probably just water." [i]"Or is it?"[/i] a voice growled. Alaris froze. The voice wasn't coming from the cave. It was coming from inside his mind. "Who are you?" [i]"Who I am is of no consequence to you. But I have a proposition for you nonetheless."[/i] Alaris' grip tightened on his sword. "Forget it, I'm not interested." He tried to run ahead, but fell flat on his face. His feet felt like lead weights, hardly moving despite the amount of effort he put into it. [i]"Such a shame. And here I thought you were a prime example of human ingenuity. I really don't want to have to kill you just yet."[/i] "What do you want?" Alaris tried to keep his voice from shaking as much as he could, but knew ultimately it was ridiculous to even attepmt- this guy was inside his mind. [i]"Ah, fear... such an interesting emotional state. Tell me clone, why do you try to reach the Capital?"[/i] Alaris gritted his teeth and slowly pulled himself to his feet. "To... kill... you..." Grabbing the hilt of his sword, Alaris raised it above his head and brought the pommel crashing down against his own forehead. The voice in his head let out a single yell, then disappeared. Satisfied, Alaris felt his body become limp and he collapsed to the ground, unconscious.[/COLOR]

I hope this won't be too similar to the ones already submitted >.> I've been wanting to write something like this for a while. [center][/center] [left] [/left] [b]Ignorance is Bliss[/b] [COLOR=#503F86]My brother's a dreamer. I guess he always has been. Even when we were working our ***** off at the quarry, he was always telling me about these dreams he had. It seems almost ironic now, although where the irony lies is anyone's guess. The dreams... they were always fantastic images of other worlds, other realities, or perhaps some weird idea about humanity. I'd enjoy listening to them when I was young, but as I grew older I started to grow tired of hearing how everything could work better. Then... it was almost as if he tried to dream for me as well, like I was missing out on something. It didn't get bad until he came back one night from the city. His face was white as a sheet, his movements and speech slurred. Cuts covered his arms and legs; his clothes were ripped to shreds. He looked as if he was about to collapse. No matter how hard I tried he just wouldn't tell me what happened to him. Was he doing drugs? No, Jake wouldn't do that. He'd lose his dreams. They meant more to him than anything in the world. I sat him down in the front room and asked him what was wrong. [i]"Jake, what is it?"[/i] Silence. He sat, unmoving on the wooden chair, his mouth moving but not saying a word. Eventually, he spoke in a whisper. [i]"You wouldn't believe me." "Why not? Come on Jake, you can tell me anything." "I... had another dream."[/i] My first impulse was to shout, scream at him for being so vague. Calming myself, I put a hand on his shoulder. [i]"What happened?"[/i] He looked up to the window, gazing through the dirty glass into the starry sky outside. On the horizon was a patch of dim light- pollution from the inner city. Even this far out they wouldn't leave us alone. [i]"Chris... would you believe me if I told you this wasn't real?" "If what wasn't real, Jake?"[/i] He threw my hand from his shoulder. [i]"This, everything." "What are you talking about? Jake, what have you done?"[/i] He moved over to the window and stroked it with his fingers. Weeks worth of dust stuck to his skin, then slowly fell to the floor under its own weight. [i]"We're just like these pieces of dust. We cling to life so desperately, but in the end we're powerless to do anything. We only rest on the surface of what's beneath."[/i] He turned to face me, his eyes alight with burning determination. [i]"I've seen it, Chris! Everything! I know why we're here, and I can set us free."[/i] He reached for the Winchester hanging above our fireplace. I tried to leap in front of him, but he was too quick. He ripped it from the rack and loaded a single bullet into its chamber. I screamed. [i]"Jake! Don't be so stupid. What the hell are you going to do?" "You don't understand! I will set us free. I know the truth, it's alright."[/i] He wore a disgusting, manic smile on his face. [i]"You're delusional. Lie down, I'll call the doctor."[/i] He pushed me out of the way, the stare in his eyes piercing into me like daggers. He hated me. [i]"I knew you wouldn't understand..." "Jake... what was in your dream?" "I saw it... this isn't our only life on Earth, Chris. I can show you. Let me take you to our next life." "Jake, sit down!" "Chris, just listen to me! Trust me. I have seen heaven. I know where the truth lies. Wouldn't you give anything to see it?"[/i] I was close to tears. "No Jake! You're insane. God, what have they done to you?" "They set me free... Let me show you, Chris. I-I'll come back to you. I have another life yet, I promise I'll show you!" I haven't been back to the house since. The police took care of everything else. I feel empty, lonely. I sit in my car alone for hours, trying to figure out what the hell he could have seen. The noise of the bullet still rings in my head years after its sound pounded into my skull. The visage of my brother's last few seconds is eternally burned into my eyes. Every time I close my eyes, I hear him. I see him. And every time I feel the same empty feeling of helplessness. What could I have done? Why couldn't I see? And then the answer hits me like a knife in the back. [i]"Ignorance is bliss."[/i][/COLOR]

[quote name='chibifriend250']Dagger1X1, if it's that much f a problem.....sorry then. if u don't want me to triple post, just ask. i'm new to forums, and i barley joined, so if thats a problem, then i didn't know. :confused: and r u the boss or something? (same thing with queen asuka)[/quote][color=#503f86]Queen Asuka, Dagger IX1 and I all Moderate this forum. We're not bosses as such, we just have to uphold the rules of the Boards. It's not meant to be a personal attack against you at all, so don't take anything we say too personally. [/color] [color=#503f86]Unfortunately I had to delete your above post as well, because it wasn't related to the topic and was rather scrappy. In future if you have a question about a Moderator's judgement or want to raise an issue with them, please PM them personally about it rather than post in a thread unrelated to the topic. It's just neater and more polite that way.[/color][color=#503f86] Try and watch your spelling and grammar as well, please. Capitalisation is a subtle thing, but it can make a big difference to your posts. EDIT: I appreciate the plug, G/S/B Master, but at least try and remain mostly on-topic in posts. [/color]

[color=#503f86]A large cave chamber buzzed with activity, flourescent lights fizzing loudly as a result of their haphazard electric fittings. On the ground was a smooth metal plate, above which was a dome-like structure carved into the ceiling. Several light-green devices were fixed into the plate and dome at regular intervals, creating a net of dim green light every time a surge of electricity passed through. "You're sure this'll work?" The man asked quietly, his hands shoved firmly into his leather jacket pockets. The digimon next to him, a battle-scarred Flybeemon, shrugged. "Who knows? It's the first time we've tried it on multiple targets before." "I still don't like it." Maildramon boomed from the entrance of the room. "We could be letting the enemy right into our territory. If they find out where we are then we're toast." The man gave a slight laugh. "Come on Maildramon- the Human Alliance Army is too preoccupied wth destroying the Digimon continent than to worry about a group of hippies in the mountains." Maildramon raised an eyebrow. "Hippies?" "That's what the last military officer called us when he came across our base." Maildramon said nothing, but backed away to hide himself in the darkness of the tunnel entrance. Idiots. There was only one way to get ENIAC back online. This was just attempted suicide. Regardless of the commander's optimism or the cheeriness and vigilance of the others he was not going to stand by and watch this place be blown apart from the inside out. It was too crucial a point to sabotage. Digmon jabbed a few buttons at her custom-made keyboard, watching icons light up on a world map in fornt of her. "I have a lock on three Digivice signals at a safe distance away from any human or digimon colonies, two are in close proximity to each other. Shall I start transporting them?" The man nodded. "Make final preparations and launch on my command." * * * [i]"You're the only human I trust, you know that?"[/i] [i]"I'm honoured. But they aren't all bad."[/i] [i]"I know that... you aren't."[/i] [i]"What is it that's so bad about them?"[/i] [i]"They just... I never feel comfortable around them. When they look at me it's like they're trying to figure out where my weak points are. The eyes are just so piercing..."[/i] [i]"That's it?"[/i] [i]"...Tristan, I don't want to go. Can't we look for supplies somewhere else?"[/i] [i]"There isn't anywhere else, Fladramon. This is probably the last fully funtioning city in the entire world. We won't stay long, I promise."[/i] [i]Some 'not long' that turned out to be. Six days later and we were still floating around, trying to do odd jobs for people. Nobody minded Tristan; they thought he was really brave and strangely quirky for having brought a Digimon back with him. They liked him. They even let him eat with them. Me, on the other hand...[/i] [i]I had to eat outside. I told Tristan it was because I felt claustrophobic inside human buildings, but it was actually because they'd threatened to kill him if I followed them in. I could see their hand-made weapons poking out of their jackets. I knew I couldn't trust them. They would kill their own kind for the mistrust of another? It was sick.[/i] [i]Despite the fact that Tristan soon became a well-known hero and regailed the other humans with tales of his many adventures around the new world, I remained in seclusion, always under close scrutiny from everyone nearby. I sat myself at the top of skyscrapers for most of the time, but even then I found I was still unwelcome on my own. They hated me for being alive, even moreso when I was endangering their last city.[/i] [i]Six days soon turned to eight, and by the ninth I was near starvation. I lied when I said I was being kept well, because I didn't want him to lose faith in all he had. He loved them for being able too stay alive for so long- it filled him with a new hope that I'd never seen him experience before. But as much as I wanted him to be happy, I hated the fact that it was them who made him happy. Wasn't his partnership with me enough? Wasn't that enough proof that people and Digimon could co-exist? [/i] [i]He couldn't see how shallow they were.[/i] [i]I wished they'd all died sooner. He kept himself fuelled on the single dream that one day the world would return to peace again, that it was only a matter of time. [/i] [i]Some dream.[/i] [i]In the night, some kids woke me up. They started hitting me, yelling at me because I was the one who'd killed their parents.[/i] [i]I'd never seen them before in my life. But they wanted something to attack, something to give them a false, superficial feeling of satisfaction of having done justice to themselves.[/i] [i]The noise was heard by the people inside. They watched, but none came out to help me.[/i] [i]Above the noise of the pounding of the wood and stones hitting my armour and piercing my flesh, I could hear a door opening.[/i] [i]Then one appeared with a metal pole. Said I'd be doing everyone a favour if I just lay there and died. He raised his arms and brought the pole smashing across the back of my neck.[/i] [i]I couldn't see much. Everything started spinning. But I started feeling a burning sensation in my stomach. A seering feeling of pure hate. Why were they attacking me? I'd done nothing to them. Ever since I arrived there I had been pandering to their every wish; staying out of sight, not helping despite knowing that I'd do the job in half the time their frail little bodies could manage. [/i] [i]I opened my eyes and kicked out with my right foot. I caught one of them in the chest, a flat hit. He went sprawling against a wall, blood trickling from his nose. Another was hit across the head- I ripped the piece of wood from his hands and threw it at him. I broke the wrists of anoter, snapped them like twigs.[/i] [i]I could hear the metal pole swinging through the air again, behind me. I whirled round, claws outstretched...[/i] * * * Fladramon woke with a start. "Aah... what happened?" "You passed out. I pulled the bullet from your wound while you were unconscious." Gatomon purred, tearing up some bits of herb with her claws. She dipped them into a bowl of water scavenged from the back of the store and nimbly jumped over to where Fladramon was lying, propped up against a table. "Hold still." Gatomon said firmly, taking a handful of the green mush and holding it against Fladramon's wounded flank. he let out a hiss of pain and jerked away, feeling every ounce of pressure applied to the bleeding flesh. "I said hold still!" Fladramon was too tired to try and protest. His claws dug into the tiled floor as he did his best to ignore the pain. Andromon watched from a short way off, trying to ascertain if he'd seen any of these digimon before. He felt a light tap on the back of his metal leg as Deciperemon strode past, looking far bouncier than he was before. "You're looking disgustingly well." Fladramon managed as much sarcasm as he could. Strangely, although he felt tired, the pain in his side was beginning to ebb. "I am." Deciperemon smirked. "Which is more than I can say for you. How are you feeling?" "It's not pretty, but I think the wound's starting to close over." Gatomon answered, carefully examining the puncture mark in Fladramon's side. Andromon was about to interject with a comment, when he noticed something change in the air. It suddenly had an almost electric feel to it, he could taste it in his mouth. It was as if the area around them was building up to something...[/color] ---------------------------------- [size=1]OOC: Right, I was thinking about posting the next bit but I didn't want this post to get any longer. The four signals being read are Fladramon, Kira and Tera's digivices. Although Azufe has a digivice, he is too near the human's centre of command to be brought forwards. He, Terriermon and the data hunters will come into the main story shortly but in a different way, heh. There's a fair amount to be explained and it's a little complicated, so just bear with me for a while until everything becomes clear ^_^; Thanks guys, I'm really enjoying this.[/size]

[COLOR=#503F86]50 cent, please don't play mod. It's against the rules and like Demon Slayr said, it is rather annoying. Cosplay in this sense is related to anime, so I think it would seem fit to be put in here. If you know a thread is in the wrong place, report the post to a Moderator. And the same goes for you, Demon Slayr- if a post you see isn't following the rules, report the post to a Moderator. Watch your post quality, all of you. Try and keep your spelling right and don't use abbreviations as much as possible. *sigh* With regards to the actual thread, I'd call it either a jacket or a cloak. Anime has a way of creating these fantastic pieces of clothing which aren't really one thing or another, so it's up to you what you call it. I'm going to close the thread now.[/COLOR]

[color=#503f86]Check out the Sticky Thread at the top of the page in case anyone has any more info about .hack timings, or run a search on the internet for the various channels' sheduling times, see if they've put it on. And also, threads about a specific anime should only be started if there isn't another already available. Run a search of the forum first before starting a new thread, please. And another thing... try and make your posts a bit longer, please. Quality is of the essence on OB, so the more detailed and informed, the better,[/color]

[COLOR=#503F86]The Anime Forum is for discussing anime- this should be in the Otaku Lounge. And there have been a few threads like this already- I suggest you check them out to see if you can draw any advice from them. Thread closed.[/COLOR]

[color=#503f86]Threads about console gaming should go into the Play It! Forum, so I'm moving this there. With regards to trying to work out which games to get- the only advice I can really give is to read reviews and see what everyone else thinks of them. If critics/everyone else hates it, there's a good chance the game you're considering might not be very good.[/color]

[COLOR=#503F86]Threads older than 30 days shouldn't really be brought back unless they're about a specific anime, which is explained in the Sticky thread at the top of the page. I think this thread's run its course in terms of intelligent discussion now anyway. I don't think we'd be losing much if I closed it. It'll probably pop back up in a few months time anyway...[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]The reason there aren't many Inu-Yasha threads is because this is a forum for discussion about anime in general. And unfortunately I'm going to have to close this thread too, not only because it's too specific to generate the right type of discussion, but also because of its quality- Aurora, please put more effort into future posts. Watch your grammar and spelling and try and space things out more evenly. It makes posts much easier to read. Thread closed.[/COLOR]

[color=#503f86]I understand that you're new members, but I seriously suggest all three of you take a look at the [url="http://www.otakuboards.com/rules.php?"]Rules[/url]. Not only are all of your posts incredibly short, but they also lack decent detail and all have poor grammar. Not to mention, favourites threads like this aren't allowed on OtakuBoards because of the post quality they tend to create. Unfortunately this is no exception, so I'm going to close it. Please put more effort into future posts, all of you.[/color]

[COLOR=#503F86]Welcome to the Boards, PaintballJunkie. As a rule, any threads over thirty days old shouldn't really be brought back unless it serves to bring the discussion back to life. Unfortunately, I think this thread has run its course. The exceptions to this are threads about specific animes, which should be searched for first before starting a new thread. It's a little complicated, but saves hassle. If you have any questions, feel free to PM a Moderator of your choosing.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]People posting in this thread have been given more than enough warnings about post quality and adding detail by all three of this forum's moderators- regardless of who the moderator's comments are initially aimed at, all members should take notice of them. It annoys me to have to do so but I'm closing this thread. If people won't post responsibly then there's no point having it up. It's as simple as that.[/COLOR]

[quote name='swordy]i thimk that the anime taht has influenced me the most is inyuasha :devil: :flaming:[/QUOTE][QUOTE=King Ansem']nearly every one I watched but I got excentric at cowboy bebop so it was the bigest first step.[/quote][COLOR=#503F86]You two seriously need to work on your post quality. Length, spelling and grammar are all in dire need of improving here- try and add as much detail as you can and consider using a spell-check system if you think you might be spelling things incorrectly- all of these things help make posts far easier and more interesting to read. Please read the [URL=http://www.otakuboards.com/rules.php?]Rules[/URL] and put more effort into future endeavours.[/COLOR]

[color=#503f86]Volshard, if you want to ceate your own tips site about decks then you can, but I wouldn't start another thread about it here. This isn't a Yu-Gi-Oh forum anymore. But regardless of what you think of everyone else's Decks, this is where people post them to get positive and negative feedback- it's far less helpful dismissing everyone else's right of the bat as being 'rambling piles of cards' than not saying anything at all. We're not trying to encourage people not to post- that would defeat the point of this site being a messageboard. If you really dislike the Decks people post here so much and find it so boring that you're having to give the same advice to everyone then I might suggest it would be more beneficial for you to find somewhere else better suited to your needs. There's probably a higher level of competetiveness at forums specifically dedicated to Yu-Gi-Oh anyway.[/color]

[COLOR=#503F86]If this thread is going to work, you must post feedback about other people's Decks before posting your own. If other people are willing to rate yours, you should be willing to rate theirs. If this becomes little more than a Deck Dump I will close this thread.[/COLOR]

[quote name='dogdemon16']:demon: the Best of Inuyasha... that's my favorite. i'm listing to it right now.[/quote][COLOR=#503F86]Welcome to the Boards, dogdemon16. Just so you know, posts that short are considered to be spam on OtakuBoards- make sure you include as much detail as possible when writing your reply to make it more interesting for everyone else to read. Be sure to take a look at the [URL=http://www.otakuboards.com/rules.php?]Rules[/URL] for general site knowledge and in case anything seems unclear.[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=lita]IM NOT SURE LET ME THINK A MINUTE................ I KNOW,I AM LIKE RYOKO FROM TENCHI, I AM LOUD CRAZY AND I LIKE BOYS AND LOOK OUT IF YOU PI** ME OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW I MUST WARN YOU I HAVE A SPLIT PERSONALITY IM ALSO LIKE REI FROM eVANGELION, I CAN BE REAL SILENT AT TIMES AND I STILL TAKE MY REVENGE BUT IT IS SWIFT AND YOU DONT RETURN:> HOLD ON RYOKO IS TAKING OVER OK, BACK 2 REI:) I am rarely rei cuz i think it is more fun to be ryoko.thats all. your friend:lita[/QUOTE][COLOR=#503F86]Please don't use the Caps Lock key so much. It's good that you know how to use it, but this much is just excessive. Also, this thread is over a month old. Unless it's a specific anime you want to discuss, threads in which the last reply was over 30 days ago shouldn't be brought back. This thread isn't exactly amazing in terms of its discussion anyway, so I'm going to close it. Welcome to the Boards though, lita and Akiya Debisu. Be sure to read the [URL=http://www.otakuboards.com/rules.php?]Rules[/URL], and if you have any questions check the FAQ or PM one of the Moderators for help.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]I think one of the most neglected soundtracks is the [b]Pokemon[/b] BGM, which is one of my all-time favourites. I don't mean the sappy songs put into the dub by 4Kids or the redone movie music, but the original Japanese score to the series and films. I have the Sound Anime Collection as well as the Japanese scores to the first four movies and I must say there's a great amount of emotion in them. Considering it's an anime which has considerably fallen from favour, the background music's something I've always liked. The Japanese ending song to the first movie is one of the nicest songs I've heard. [b]Zoids Chaotic Century/Guardian Force[/b] is another soundtrack I eally love. Considering most of it's synthesised it sounds wonderfully diverse. The composer Robert Etoll can create a fantastic sense of pace and action with his music. 'Chase' and 'Song for...' are nice upbeat songs. It's a pity they couldn't fit them into the dub. [b]Outlaw Star[/b] is a recent favourite of mine, too. Kou Ohtani also composed the Gundam and Big O music, both of which I also enjoy. Outlaw Star has to be the pick of he bunch, though. The themes get stuck in my head easily, and it's not something I complain about when they're that good. The mix of orchestral music with some more unusual synthesised/mechanical sounds works well in the context of the anime. My one gripe would be that on the soundtrack, a lot of tracks are fairly similar to one another, especially on the second CD. If the themes are good though, they are very good.[/COLOR]

[color=#503f86][b]Disney's 'Dinosaur'[/b], hands-down is my number one all time worst film, I think. The scientific inaccuracies are appauling, not to mention the nasty cutesy Disney style that was plastered to everything about the film. Why give the dinosaurs lips? They'd look much better with their natural beaks. It worked in The Land Before Time (the first one, not the numerous sequels), why not stick with that? [I know that TLBT was not a Disney animation, in case anyone says anything] In terms of the science, just the whole way the meteor actually hit, although remotely impressive in terms of its graphics, was just laughable in my opinion. It's been a long time since I last saw it so I can't recall every detail about it, but the simple fact that this huge dome of [i]fire[/i] followed what's-his-face and those furry things to wherever it was he miraculously managed to find shelter was bad enough. The shots where the onkey-things faces went right up to the screen weren't necessarry, and as far as I could tell were only there for the animation studio to show off how well they could make CGI fur. Great. On top of that, the plot was too formulaic, the characters rather dull and the music wasn't that impressive either. Give me Finding Nemo any day. [b]Epoch[/b] The idea's not too bad, but it's one of a series of many low-budget sci-fi films that have been screened on the UK Sci-Fi channel late at night (time that could be better spent on more anime, I think >.>). The premise isn't too bad, it was just incredibly badly done. The CGI's the same sort of thing you see in games like Star Wars: Force Commander- although mildly impressive for a game, crap for a film. The same goes for all of the other films I saw made by this company. They were pretty much the only thing to keep me entertained at one point; another was the ship which disappeared in the ocean and aparrently [spoiler]went into Hell[/spoiler]. Much like Event Horizon then, only in the water. And either much worse or as bad, depending on your view point. [b]Dungeons and Dragons[/b] I was really disappointed with this film- it could have been so much more than it was, especially as I enjoyed the old animated TV series when it was on. It ended up being hilarious to watch anyway, if only because it was so terrible. The melodramatic acting was atrocious, and not even Jeremy Irons could pull it from the brink of becoming a bomb. There's a scene in it where Irons' character is calling forth to the dragons in the sky and his blue-lipsticked right hand man is desperately trying not to laugh. I think it's a good example of poor work. The dragons were alright, though...[/color]

[COLOR=#503F86]I'm afraid I'm going to have to close this thread. Favourite character (or non-favourites, as the case may be) aren't generally allowed on OB because they have a tendency to lead to poor discussion; I doubt this thread would give any scope for much debate. The Anime Lounge is too broad a forum to have hundreds of threads about characters from individual series anyway. If you really hate Joey that much, start an 'I Hate Joey' signature club or something.[/COLOR]

[SIZE=1]OOC: And so enters the third of our main factions in this adventure ^_~ If you're confused by any of this at all, don't worry. It'll be explained in a few posts' time.[/SIZE] -------------------------------------- [COLOR=#503F86]From space, the world looked very different to how it used to be. The land and sea had changed shape- huge chunks of countries had split apart from their continents, and huge typhoons raged across the skies, ravaging everything in their path. What little ground could be seen through the clouds was often a dark green- the Digital World's plants could sustain and nourish themselves with far greater ease than the ones that naturally inhabited the Earth. One section of land, however, was a deep black. In the centre of the continent that was Russia, a large black crater burned into the land, canyons spreading like spider-legs across the land. Up close, the land was deadly to walk upon. The air felt so thick it was as if it were a liquid. Crimson mists spurted from fissures in the ground, emitting a sound like a chilling scream with every release. The canyons all led to the centre of the crater, in which stood a massive grey monolith. Its crumbling sides were supported by huge iron beams; periodically another section of the wall would collapse and fall to the dead ground. Only Digimon could survive here. A SkullSatamon crept up to the base of the monolith and tapped loudly on the steel frame. Within seconds, a black void ripped open on the wall in front of him. Slowly, he walked inside. "We have been successful in retrieving two more of the artifact's pieces, my Lord. It will not be much longer until your great Ascension." There was no vocal reply, but the air around the digimon seemed to increase in density with a low growl. "Yes, my Lord. It shall be done." * * * Fladramon stopped for breath, leaning against the concrete wall of the building. The bleeding seemed to have calmed itself, but he felt incredibly drained of energy. Digimon usually healed fast, but in a world that was only half-digital it took twice as long. The rain began to subside. "Figures. As soon as I go inside, it stops." He didn't mind that much. The steady trickle of raindrops down his body was a soothing feeling, but at least he could stay a little warmer now. As he came towards the shop he'd left earlier, he noticed something standing in front of him- a small dark digimon with its arm in a sling. It built itself to as high a stance as it could and growled at Fladramon. He sighed. "What do you want? Food? Money?" he moved to open his bag to throw out the cans of soup he'd collected. The Digimon looked slightly put-out. "Fight me!" it shouted. "What?" "Fight me! Uh... please!" Fladramon gave the digimon a tired, quizzical look. "I'm really not in the best shape for fighting rght now." The Digimon flicked its red claws in anticipation. "I only need a little one." "Why do you want to fight in your state?" Fladramon let out a slight laugh. He'd met a few strange digimon in his time, but never one that wanted to fight when it was clearly injured and outmatched. Deciperemon huffed in frustration. A large digimon that wouldn't take on a direct challenge? "Do I have to explain?" Fladramon shrugged. "It might help. I'm on my way to get medical supplies myself anyway." He grimaced as a spasm of pain shot up the left side of his body. "I don't have a lot of time." Deciperemon noticed the bullet wound on the digimon's flank. "Nasty. How'd you get that?" "Human shot me. How'd you get yours?" "I fell." Fladramon was about to reply when he noticed Deciperemon staring at something behind him. He turned his head to see the Gatomon leaning casually against a wall, seemingly ignoring them. "You can think again if you're going to try and take me while I'm injured." Fladramon called over to the cat digimon. "It wouldn't be worth my time." She spat. "Then why are you following me?" Gatomon paused. "Well... seeing as you looked so pitiful sitting in your own blood I thought I'd come and give you a helping paw. But if you're not interested-" "No, wait." Despite the pain in his side that was slowly dissipating over his entire body, for some inexplicable reason Flamedramon didn't want either of the two digimon to leave, not just yet. He hadn't realised how much being on his own had actually affected him until now. He looked over to Deciperemon, who was inspecting his sling-rested arm. "We could use a hand."[/COLOR]

[quote name='lonelymoon02']wow...i haven't been on OtakuBoards.com for a long time. :) Anyway, if I ever made an anime...it would be similar to Cowboy Bebop since. that is my favorite anime.[/quote] [COLOR=#503F86]Try and put more thought into your posts please, lonelymoon. Posts this short are generally considered spam. If you'd make a series like Cowboy Bebop, explain what elements of the show you'd keep and which you like best. Just saying it's your favourite anime doesn't cut it for decent discussion, I'm afraid. -Solo[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]Mine adjusted automatically when the clocks went forward last week *shrugs* It shows the right time for my region. It might just be a one-off thing.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]foofighter90 and NoName- both of you need to work on your post quality. foofighter- Just add more thought, please. I know there might not be too much more to a reasoning than that, but try and elaborate if you can. NoName- please make use of punctuation, correct spelling and grammar. Trying to work out what you're saying is quite difficult.[/COLOR]