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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 15, 2009 12:46:03 GMT -5
Otto didn't know what to think about a lot of things...
Only recently, he had discovered that he somehow had the ability to transform into a powerful beast. But upon being told about this by his team mates and learning that it looked all too similar to his least favorite creatures, the 'Zinterou', he immediately formed a great dislike for it. The reason for his transformation? A spike of pure hatred upon absorbing shadows, hatred for a being known only as the Wizard... Even though he found his hate for him be considerably muted. (And for those of you who haven't read 'God's Conception 2' yet, to figure out why, shame on you! XD]
The power he had in this form was unbelievably bewildering, but he wasn't about to admit that. As a matter of fact, he swore to himself he would never EVER again use that form...
BUUUUUT, putting that aside...
During an adventure prior to the showdown with the Wizard, he and his friends finally found a person they had been looking for, and, fortunately, he was kind enough to leave them with his address. So after getting back to Void City and picking up Wally, Helga, and Courage, Otto and Double D traveled to this house with all due haste.
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However, when they arrived at the house Gantz said he lived in, they were surprised to find that, instead of a house, there was a smoking pile of ash, that could've been a house a long while ago.
"Wh-what?!?!?" Otto yelled in outrage as he rushed at the pile of ash. "WHAT... WHAT is this?!?!?!?!?!?!?! He said he lived HERE!!! This is where that house should be!!!!"
Wally was the next to approach, looking at the debris with a curious look. "I wonder how this place came to be like this... Gantz didn't look the type to light houses on fire."
The reward for this comment was a healthy 'THWACK!' upside the head from Otto to Wally. "I wasn't saying Gantz DID do that Wally." He looked over the ash trying to figure a few things out...
From where she stood, Helga held Courage, hoping to find comfort... "I hope Gantz-san is okay..."
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Post by nintendonut1 on Sept 15, 2009 22:27:30 GMT -5
"Mm-hmm..." Courage nodded slowly, nuzzling her softly. He had really warmed up to her in such a short time.
Double D surveyed the wreck waringly, standing beside Otto. "How dreadful... I hope he's alright..." Gently, he shut his eyes, testing the air. Grimacing slightly, he faced Otto in concern. "...I can feel a lot of lingering dark energy in this area... Do you think Him had something to do with this?"
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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 16, 2009 9:25:26 GMT -5
Otto looked among the remains of the house and took a few sniffs. "Hard to tell... I may be able to sniff auras but the smell of ash isn't exactly helping things..." He took a few more sniffs, "Aside from that however I get the vague scent that there was, not one, but two dark energies present here not too long ago... Along with one holy presence, likely Soul Calibur... But there's a second one as well, and it feels almost vaguely like yours and Felix's aura... Like an angel has been here..."
"An angel mate?" Wally looked around quickly, "Could we really have another angel on our hands?"
Helga walked up next to Wally, looking around. "An angel, that Soul Calibur thing, two dark energies... I wonder what happened here..."
[Don't worry, Gantz appears next post.]
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Post by nintendonut1 on Sept 17, 2009 0:55:06 GMT -5
"Heaven only knows..." Double D sighed, scratching under his hat. "...we're at a point where we have to assume anything and everything."
Courage visibly gulped as a response.
(btw, I mainly applied Blossom because she has potential in this plot. Would you like for her to come in at some point here?)
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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 17, 2009 9:06:23 GMT -5
[Yes, she should come in at some point, I agree.]
"That I agree with..." Otto shook his head, as turned back to Double D. "Well... Now what? Our only lead's just gone up in smoke..."
It was silent a moment. "Well... I'm drawing a blank here..." Wally groaned.
"So am I..." Helga sighed.
"SO THIS IS WHERE YOU RAN OFF TO!!!!!"
Helga jumped, Otto and Wally didn't as they turned to see a small figure running up to them, looking angry...
Tarosuke soon put on the breaks, and doubled over, trying to catch his breath. "You were a (Pant) hard guy to find you (Pant) dark fancying (Pant) half demon!" He finally caught his second wind within the next minute. "You know, you're extremely rude! I was going to question you regarding the events that had happened during the events at the old church's garden, and what do you do?! You blow me off!!"
He balled his hand up till it looked like a finger gun and pointed the index finger at Otto. "Now tell me what I need to know, before you run off again!!"
[Sorry, wanted to introduce Tarosuke first, he's going to play a role in this as well, though just what you'll see later.]
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Post by nintendonut1 on Sept 18, 2009 10:56:48 GMT -5
[not a prob]
Double D jumped, swiveling aroung, and Courage yelped, clinging to Helga.
At the intruder's words, Double D raised his hands diplomatically. "P-please, there's no need to resort to violence so quickly..."
He glanced at Otto waringly. Just what DID this stranger need to know? Hopefully not too much; the Wizard was their problem, their business.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 18, 2009 11:31:31 GMT -5
Otto merely raised an eyebrow at Tarosuke, a rather disgruntled frown on his face. "Why are you even following me anyways? I thought you had gained all the info you wanted from being a witness."
Tarosuke averted his gaze, but still kept his finger trained on Otto. "Well... ... A lot of what you were saying didn't make a lot of sense to me." He glared at Otto once more aiming carefully. "So maybe you'd care to clarify what had happened? I've got a 'Rei-Gun' poised to handle you if you decide to do something stupid, so don't even think about it."
"A... Rei gun?" Something about that name stuck out in Wally's mind... From reading all that manga and watching anime, he couldn't help but have the feeling... That he had heard of that ability before.
Clearing his throat, Tarosuke decided it was time to start the questioning. "First question; Who is this Wizard?"
.................. After a second, Otto groaned to himself. He was JUST about to explain before another voice suddenly appeared. "The Wizard is a being of pure mental energy. His mind is so strong that that's all that remains of him. However, he can still take over inanimate or even sometimes animate bodies to use as shells like a sort of puppet master."
Tarosuke immediately felt someone grab his 'Rei-Gun' hand, and clamp hard.
From where he stood, Gantz had been the person to do this, wearing his sunglasses despite the late night hour.
"Sorry you had to see my old place like this, their was a small incedent, but thankfully no-one was hurt. About the only thing that happened was the house burning down." He shook his head exasperatingly. "And I had JUST got finished paying off all payments on that stinkin' place."
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Post by nintendonut1 on Sept 18, 2009 12:56:04 GMT -5
Double D nodded slowly. "We suspect he conquests to 'purge the worlds of the evils of humanity to create perfection,' or something to that effect..." He hesitated to elaborate; uncomfortable, he rubbed his arm, still aching from such emotional wounds...
Thankfully, Gantz's arrival certainly picked up the mood.
"Oh! Gantz!" While Courage cheered, Double D hurried over to greet him. "Thank goodness you're alright!"
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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 18, 2009 14:30:16 GMT -5
Gantz grinned typically, "Aren't I always?"
"MY (ow!) Hand!!!" The boy looked down at small yokai, whom was giving him a dirty look. "Let me go already!!"
The boy raised an eyebrow coldy, at him. "Only so long as you don't keep pointing that Rei-Gun finger around, got it hotshot?" Tarosuke glared up at him for a second... Before nodding a little bit, looking pained. "Glad to know we have a mutual agreement." That was the last thing said, before he finally let go, and Tarosuke rubbed the hand tenderly. "Moving past this, I'm glad to know, YOU guys are alright. I felt a gigantic spike of dark energy earlier."
He then turned till he was looking right at Otto. "I'm guessing that was you?"
The man nodded, turning away. "I... I unlocked some kind of special ability I didn't know I had... I had never sensed that capability in me before... So... How did it suddenly appear?"
"Don't kid yourself." Gantz responded, looking at Otto sympathetically. "That ability has always been inside you, and you can't change it."
"This proves it."
Gantz looked a bit surprised at this, looking at Otto curiously.
Otto glared at the boy, crossing his arms. "While we were at the church we met some guy claiming to be a kind of puppet master, able to control certain people. He controlled Double Dee's significant other Felix like a puppet on a string." He shook his head a little.
It was definately an odd moment, which was proven as Wally gave him a strange look. "What are you getting at mate? You told me about that, but what are you getting at?"
Also curious, Helga looked to Otto herself. "I agree with Wally, what is it?"
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Otto pointed to Gantz. "You said Wally was your first creation..." He thought a moment. "That makes YOU the man who created us doesn't it?"
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Gantz sighed. "I can't help you Otto. The ability you have; to transform into that demon Chaos Rex? I can't get rid of it... It's beyond my control." Shaking his head, he motioned to the others. "Follow me, I'll take you to my new place."
[In case that wasn't clear, Otto doesn't want the ability to transform into the beast we see in 'God's Conception', and, upon putting together that Gantz had been the one to create him and Wally, he is about to ask Gantz to remove the ability from him. Gantz, however, cannot. At least, not safely; the ability is too deeply ingrained into his character to remove.]
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Sept 18, 2009 15:16:14 GMT -5
Nearby, a tall, human-sized wooden doll of sorts was watching on. As it was, he was wearing an eyepatch and was missing an arm. He walked out from behind the tree he was behind for a second, before deciding it was better to not interrupt the two. Once Gantz offered to take them to his new place, though, Yui finally came all the way out from behind the tree.
"Crea-- er... Gantz... I'll take them there, if that's alright. I can't really do much else until you reattach my arm anyways..." Yui mumbled to himself. He felt more useless than normal. He was a broken doll, who couldn't even tell Gantz from his real Creator. He had let Gantz's house burn to the ground.
If anything, he could at least lead them to his new place.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Sept 19, 2009 13:21:38 GMT -5
"Crea...?" Double D slowly looked between Gantz, Wally, and Otto, baffled. Courage made a whine of confusion.
Things were developing very quickly.
The angel recognized Yui's offer, nodding. "That's... that's fine. We all have much information to trade."
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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 19, 2009 13:43:45 GMT -5
"N-no..." they all turned to Gantz, whom was looking at the pile of ash and debris. "You guys go on ahead... I'll catch up..."
Not one person said a word, before Gantz turned to look back at them. "Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. I'll be right behind you."
Finally, Otto was the one who responded, "You better be. We've been looking all over for you previous to this." He then turned to the doll. "Lead the way."
"Hold on a second." Otto turned back to Gantz, giving him a curious look. "How did you figure it out? Me being your creator and all?"
After taking a few minutes to think about his response, he shook his head. "It was... Just a feeling... Besides... You kept on mentioning things about me and Wally that... We didn't even know about ourselves." Tilting his head, he appeared to be finished with his explanation. "Is that reason enough?"
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Finally, Gantz chuckled. "You're as sharp as I thought you out to be." Turning to Yui, he motioned off. "Go ahead, Yui. Show them there."
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Sept 19, 2009 16:05:27 GMT -5
"...Thank you," Yui said. He pulled off his hat and gave as good a bow as he could with his weak joints. He should have been taking it easy, and working on repairing himself, but he was missing the nessicary components, so all he could do was a small patch job at the moment anyways. "My name is Yui. Pleased to meet you." He didn't sound very pleased though.
The doll lead the way through the trees, heading to Gantz's new home.
((OOC: Where is Gantz's new house anyways? XD))
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Post by nintendonut1 on Sept 19, 2009 18:45:48 GMT -5
(Good question. XDDD)
Double D made a face, but nodded, consenting. It wasn't that he didn't trust Gantz, he was just... a little strange, is all.
As they began to follow Yui, the angel couldn't help but look him over intently. His old interests of building and fixing things began to resurface as he caught up with the doll.
"Excuse me... Yui, was your name?" Double D addressed him. "Forigve me, I couldn't help but notice... you look quite tattered... are you looking for ways to fix yourself up at all...?"
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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 21, 2009 10:16:46 GMT -5
(The question is finally answered in the 'Well this is Different' thread. But just to recap, it's an old decrepit mansion that Gantz has fixed up. It was originally going to collapse on itself before then, making it unsafe to enter so expect 'building condemned' signs when you arrive. As for it's location, it's located at the very edge of the church district.)
"Yes... You're falling apart Yui-san. Are you okay?" Came Helga's voice, steeped in concern.
Shaking his head, Otto continued walking, "Moving along; how much further is this place Gantz mentioned?"
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Somewhere behind them, Gantz appeared to be digging through the ashy remains of the house, looking past every piece of ashy burnt through wood carefully. He silently did as such, as he had no real wisecrack or muttering to share to it. Shaking his head, he moved another piece of wood aside.
"Why are we here?"
GREAT... As if his day couldn't possibly get any worse...
"Gantz, I must protest to you doing this, you're only killing yourself." Soul intoned inside his head.
However, the boy was in no mood to listen to Soul Calibur right now and just ignored her, as he continued to dig through the ash. Soul would've rolled her eyes if she had any. "Gantz, what makes you think anything could've survived a fire like that, much less that beam of Ultima energy you fired down on this place? Nothing could've made it through that."
Gantz, however, stubbornly ignored the voice, and continued to dig...
Clink!
"GKT!" Gantz pulled back quickly as a reflex. He was not surprised to see his fingers near cut open from something underneath the ash. Something seemed to click as he sighed in relief. Using a quick Curaga spell to close, clean, and heal the wound, he carefully brushed the ash aside...
Underneath the ash was what appeared to be a picture frame. Much to Soul Calibur's disbelief, it appeared in relatively good condition despite being covered in ash. The only thing off with it was the missing glass from the front of the frame, which is likely what the boy had cut himself on. "I..." She looked on in disbelief, as the boy carefully plucked the frame out of the ash.
In the picture frame was a cute little picture. Gantz himself was in the picture with a good amount of his friends along with him. There was Nutcase, arguing with Tom Servo and Crow to the left of him; there was his clan, Lukino, Issac, Luna, Marco, Roland, and Ben standing in a line. Mizuno, Spike, Helga, and Natalie was in the pic as well, the three Ape Escape characters giving attention to the young fishboy. There was Otto, Wally, and Misty in the picture as well, Misty standing close to Otto himself, the boy embracing her...
And finally, Gantz was standing next to Rosaline, looking happier then anyone had ever seen him, holding Rosaline close, the girl doing the same...
Finally a tear appeared from the boys eye, hidden by the sunglasses. "I... I charmed this picture frame... I... I didn't want to lose this picture for anything..."
Using his sword, he pried the final pieces of glass in the frame out before delicately pulling the picture out...
He wasn't ever gonna let it out of his sight again.
"You really care about them don't you?"
Gantz nodded. "I'd give my life for them. Their like my family Soul."
Soul would've nodded her head if she had a head to nod. She understood perfectly. She once said she didn't care about the individual... But now, looking at Gantz...
She wondered if she pegged mortals wrong?
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