RPG Lucid Dreaming: Reality Bites [M - VL Possible S]

[Skye]

[b][center][size=1][color=slategray]Skye(Me)[/b] as [b]Jennifer Larsson[/b]
[b]Jian[/b] as [b]Kenneth Wahreit[/b]
[b]O-ren[/b] as [b]Annie Ruth[/b]
[b]Innocent [/b]as [b]Kale Himura[/b]
[b]Grunt Salesman [/b]as [b]Alex Coppers[/b]
[b]Sevotharte [/b]as[b] Raimi Paeisuis[/b]
[b]Drake06 [/b]as[b] Ryu Li[/b]

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Good guys can go bad, and bad guys can turn good, it?s all part of the game. If your character gets killed off, you may (a) Create a new one, (b) Or leave the RPG. So, buckle your seatbelts, crack your knuckles, and get ready to type!

~*~

[b]?Let go! I have to go back! Kenneth is in there!?

?This is insane! You?ll get killed along with those idiots!?

?Let ? me ? GO!?[/b]

Wrenching her arm forcefully from her brother?s firm grip, she bolted, taking off down the street towards a large building. Swarming the building were machines, robots, androids. Her brother yelled, and was about to go after her, when it hit. The sky rained gas bombs ? poison gas bombs. Andrew Larsson?s cry caught in his throat as his eyes glassed over and he fell to the ground with a dull thud.

Jennifer Larsson kept running, and then dove for the cover of the large, run-down mansion. She rolled in through a doorway, and curled up in a ball in a corner as the world exploded around her. Screams of panic, pain, and the thud of bodies hitting the ground filled her ears, and she kept her eyes closed tightly. She swallowed the rising panic in her throat, and lay there, silent.

A heavy silenced descended on the scene, and Jennifer slowly pulled herself out of her corner and stood. She gazed in shock out of the open door she had come in by, and her face paled. She felt bile rise in her throat as she stared at the carnage.

[b]?Oh dear God??

?Kelly? Is that you??[/b]

Jennifer was about to retch when the voice reached her ears, and she turned, her face still pale as a ghost. The boy who stood behind her was nearly a year younger than she, and his face just as pale. [b]?Kenneth? You?re all right??[/b]

He stopped as he caught sight of the bodies that lay still outside the house. Jennifer raised a quivering hand to her mouth. She whispered, [b]?They?re all dead ? all of them. But how did we-??[/b]

The boy swallowed, apparently fighting not to throw up himself, and their eyes met. They gazed at one another for a long time until giggles and shrieks of laughter broke their concentration. Jennifer looked down the hallway to the courtyard of the house, and spotted a group of kids.

[b]?How did they survive? How did we??[/b]

The kids had stopped playing, and were now running down the hall. It was a group of three girls and four boys, and one of the girls said, [b]?The house. It isn?t part of that world.?[/b] She pointed to the street outside of the house. Offering Jennifer a smile, she stood in the doorway. Her image flickered back and forth.

[b]?See??[/b]

The boy beside Jennifer grabbed her arm, and she steadied him. There were footsteps, and down the hallway came another woman ? her deep black-brown eyes gazed sadly at the group.

[b]?We?re lucky ? we knew. Somehow, we knew ? and they didn?t. Now, we are the only ones left.?[/b]

Gazing back outside, Jennifer examined the scene. The robots who had been trying to tear down the house, were frozen in place. Human bodies littered the asphalt, and the bomb shells lay glinting metallically in the half-light of the clouded sky. Jennifer?s eyes went to a still figure ? her brother.

The girl went to her knees, and began sobbing brokenly before the boy near her did the same. He had seen his sister lying among the bodies, and there was nothing they could do now. They held onto one another.
~*~

Jennifer sat in the hall of what the kids called Casa Rojo: the red house. Her back was pressed against the cool, red-painted wall, her head hung between her knees. Her loose hair swirled about her tear-stained face, and her eyes were closed.

?[b]Jen?[/b]?

Jennifer looked up to see Kenneth watching her, a concerned look on his face. He sat next to her, and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. The two sat in heavy silence for a few moments. The traumatized woman spoke first.

?[b]Why?[/b]?

When Kenneth looked up, she was staring at the opposite wall. Her grey eyes were dull and sad, tears touching the corners. Kenneth gave her a gentle squeeze, and kissed the top of her head. He smoothed her hair, but did not reply. Jennifer was glad he stayed silent ? she was not sure what she would have done or said had he replied.

Down the hall, which also led to the courtyard, noises of glee and laughter could be heard. The children were running up the walls, totally oblivious to the chaos that had ensued right outside. Jennifer was still silent.[/size][/color][/center]

[Engel]

[color=darkslategray]Kenneth pulled her head to his shoulder gently, stroking the side of her head. All he knew to do right then was console her, comfort her, be there.

[b]"Jen...Just be glad you're alive. Some didn't make it...and we will mourn them, but in this...courrupt world,"[/b] Kenneth seemed to spit the last words out, like a sour drink. [b]"We know death. I'm just glad....that you're here with us, still."[/b] Ken held her to him lightly.

Jennifer looked at him, eyes shining silver with tears at the corner. [b]"Kenneth....
"[/b] Ken looked down at her.

[b]"Jen...you know you can always call me Ken."[/b] He tried to smile, tried to comfort her, but it came out wrong and lopsided. Like...someone wanted him with malcontent to the one he cared about.

[b]"I know, but when I say your full name, it makes me feel...safe."[/b] Kenneth kissed the top of her head lightly again.

[b]"I know I'm not that helpful, and I saw...I saw them. I saw them die. I was holding the door open, and...I saw them."[/b] Kenneth bit his lower lip, holding her more tightly. All he wanted was to comfort her, while comforting himself by knowing she was fine.[/color]

[azn_dude]

[B]Kale watched as Kenneth and Jennifer were comforting each other.[/B]

[COLOR=SeaGreen][I]Pathetic. It's not like it's the end of the world[/I], Kale thought.[/COLOR]

[B]He walked to a different section of the house looking for a place he could stay. He sighed heavily and wondered how he ended up here. To tell you the truth, Kale did feel sad and worried on the inside but hated to show it. He was a loner and he was a cold hearted person at the same time. He began to lift rocks of the floor with his minds and started to play with them for entertainment. [/B]

[COLOR=SeaGreen]"...well now what?" He said.[/COLOR]

[B]Everyone was worrying and nobody was thinking about having any food or anything. Some people were crying and worrying about their parents while other people were confused. Kale continued to play with his rocks while thinking about something.[/B]

OOC: Sorry if it's short... :animeswea

[Citrus]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]Annie looked up at her screen as 5 blinking dots appeared on her screen appeared, her eyes widened and her jaw dropped. She called for the manager of the unit locating area, [B]?Um? Mr. Morrison, I think we have a problem. If you could just get to Unit 5-A ASAP, this is very serious. Thanks and I hope to see you here soon.? [/B] Annie hung up the phone and studied her screen heavily.

Someone barged into the empty Unit and walked straight over to Annie. She quickly turned around and looked at the new face, [B]?Your not Mr. Morrison!?[/B] she said calmly. The man held out an ID, [B]? Alex Coppers, I was sent here instead of Mr. Morrison because he is sick today.?[/B] He stuffed his ID back into his pocket. [B]?So what is going on here??[/B] he said looking at her screen. [B]?Well I am Annie Ruth, no fancy card for me??[/B]

[B]?Well, many bombs went off in this one area, maybe hundreds I am not sure, but everyone in a 20 mile radius was killed. But then if you look at my map here 5 areas are still standing perfectly still, untouched, whatever you want to call it but it is certainly odd. I think these are the??[/B]

Alex nodded and held his hand up to stop her from talking, [B]?Yes, the houses. Lets get to Leslie with this and see what she says.? [/B] The two print out the maps and placed them in two folders. They walked down the hallway, Annie?s high heels making a clicking echo throughout the empty building. [B]? Where is everyone?? [/B] Anne said looking all around only seeing 20 people or less. [B]?It?s Easter?don?t you know??[/B] Alex asked curiously.

[B]?Oh.?[/B] Annie reached to the back of her To Do list in her brain and found that it was in fact Easter. They entered a small office and slapped the folders on Leslie?s desk. She ran through them and finally spit out a word, ?[B]Destroy those houses, all of them. And who ever is in them or still living? kill them.? [/B] She spun around in her chair and did not utter another word.

Annie and Alex looked at each other and exited the office, [B]?Kinda harsh?? [/B] said Annie looking down at the floor. Annie walked into the women?s dressing room. She suited into a black leather suit with a black leather trench coat. Annie chose her weapons wisely, she retrieved a (Ok I am bad with guns so bare with me..) machine gun. It had two handels in the front and back. She retrieved a small pistol just in case?. She walked out of the locker room and saw that Alex only got his weapons.

[B]?What the hell did you dress up as? Look like one of those assassins from Kill Bill!? [/B] Alex joked around. Annie raised her machine gun, [B]?Don?t start with me..?[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Drake06]

?I?m dead.? Ryu thought as he drifted through darkness, ?Well, I?m pretty sure I?m not in Heaven. Because why do I hurt so bad? I thought Heaven didn?t have pain. I?m probably in the underworld. Why did I have to go to Hell!?
?You?re not dead you idiot.? an ancient voice said from the darkness, ?You are in a place that is kind of like Heaven. Wake up before I am forced to pour cold water on you.?
?Who the heck are you?? Ryu thought, ?Leave me alone. Stop lying to me. I know you?re the Devil and you are trying to lead me into sin.?
?What?!? Who did you say I was?? shouted the voice, ?That?s it, no more Mr. Nice Guy, you?re getting the water treatment.?
Something ice cold and wet struck Ryu?s face. ?Aaaah! Save me God! The Devil is pulling me into Hell! . . . Wait up, Isn?t it supposed to be hot in Hell? Why the heck am I so cold.? His eyes jerked open to behold an ancient Chinese man, straight from the martial arts comic books, staring at him with a huge grin.
?I told you didn?t I.? he spoke, ?I knew these buckets of urine would come in handy someday.? He cackled as Ryu began struggling to wipe the cold liquid off of his face with his shirt. ?Got you there didn?t I? I was just kidding, it?s just water. It?s funny how gullible people are.? The ancient man burst into another fit of laughter, watching Ryu glare at him.
?What in the world is wrong with you? Go bother someone else. My parents just died, my life just ended, and all you can do is tell jokes and laugh at me!?!? Ryu yelled as he jerked up and attacked the old man out of rage.
The old man?s face became serious and he easily grabbed Ryu by the back of his neck and lifted him with one hand. ?Is that how Asian Americans treat their elders? You will have to do better than that. Laughter is always good for the soul, especially when times are as bad or worse than what you?ve experienced.? He dropped Ryu to the ground like a doll.
?What right do you have to say that? You don?t know how I feel.? Ryu mumbled as he tried to force the tears back down, ?Why did this happen to me??
?Stop pitying yourself you selfish brat.? the old man said, ?You think that this hasn?t happened to anyone else? Just be thankful that you are still alive and able to talk. There are millions of people who have been killed by the agents. You were just lucky that you were good enough to outrun them for a time and you were also lucky that I was here to save your sorry butt.?
Ryu looked up at the old man and said, ?You?re right. But that doesn?t make this any worse. Why did they come after my parents and me?!? We didn?t do anything wrong!?
?So you don?t know why, eh? It was because you are special. Haven?t you noticed that you are faster than anyone else and stronger. The Government fears people like you might find the Houses. So they send out squads after anyone who is too smart, too strong, or too fast and have them eliminated. But, on the bright side, you have managed to find one of the Houses.?
?I don?t feel so special.? Ryu said miserably. The rage began to burn in him, ?I?ll make them pay for what they did. I?ll tear out their eyes and feed them to the crows myself. I?ll tear their hearts out. I?ll chop their tongues off and--? Wham! The old man whacked him on the back of the head.
?You foolish hot head. Do you think that you can take the whole Government on by yourself and kill every single agent single handedly? Fwah!? the old man scoffed, ?You couldn?t even touch me in a fight with my hands tied behind my back and my legs chained together. Much less kill a government agent. They are far more powerful than you and me at the moment.?
Ryu stared at the old man. As if sizing him up and preparing to attack him once more. ?Don?t even think about doing anything you hot headed idiot.? the old man scolded him, ?You probably can?t even stand up right now. I was surprised that you were even able to get up when you first tried to attack me.? Ryu tried to raise his arms but he couldn?t seem to move, not even budge a muscle. ? You have worked your body past the point of exhaustion trying to escape those two rookie agents. You were lucky that they weren?t experienced agents, you would have been dead before you could?ve reached your house.? The old man began to turn around and walk away.
Ryu looked up at the old man and asked, ?Who are you and how long have I been here??
The old man replied, ?I?m the Oracle. Just kidding. My name is Hysu Lee. You?ve been knocked out for two days. Just stay right there and don?t move.? he said with a grin on his face, ?I?ll bring you food.? Ryu?s stomach growled as Hysu walked away.
?I guess I?ll have to get better first.? Ryu thought, ?Before I can get revenge.?
Hysu came back with a large bowl of noodles and proceeded to feed Ryu. ?It?s good huh? Guess what my secret ingredient is? Bat guano straight from the Mexican caves.? He laughed again as Ryu hurriedly vomited the little noodles that were in him, ? Got you again.? Hysu said with a gigantic grin on his face.
?That was not funny.? Ryu replied as he began to chow down once more, a little of his appetite and fatigue gone. He knew he was going to be busy soon and wanted to be prepared for the worse . . .