A New Challenger Approaches! (OPEN)

[catmaniac8x]

A skinny boy lies facedown in a grassy field, arms and legs splayed out in a strange manner..his left hand stretched out near a dented up golf club. By the look of his tattered clothes, and the slight ditch he made with his body, he must of been through something quite chaotic, which explains his current unconsciousness.

His right arm, which was a bit closer to his body, twitched a bit. Unintelligible muffled noises came from the boy as he felt the grass surrounding him with his right hand, and then his left hand joined in, until finally he used his arms to get himself off the ground, grimacing in pain. "Okay.." Max muttered "..arms still work.." His face looked a bit worse, it was covered in scrapes, a few cuts, some grass smudges, and dirt. But judging by the way his eyes flicked open and glanced around wildly in fright, this was the least of his worries.

It was nighttime, this was bad, bad things happened at night, the monsters always came out at night. He reached out quickly and grabbed his golf club, trembling uncontrollably as he prepared to fight while still kneeling on the ground. He didn't recognize this park, it didn't look like any park he had ever been in before..this was getting too weird. He grimaced, trying to control himself, this was NOT the right place to have a panic attack, even if his friend could calm him down-

..wait..where was his friend?

Getting up as quickly as he could while still shaking, he turned around in a circle a couple times, looking for any hint of orange fabric...hopefully not ripped apart by whatever got him here. Then again if his friend had somehow been destroyed, he was pretty sure he would know about it. But as he searched the area frantically, he saw nothing but the inside of the park. This was not good..not good NOT GOOD

"DAVE!" He shouted, panicking now "DAVE IF YOU'RE H-HIDING ON ME I STHWEAR TO GOD!" still no response "THIS ISN'T FUNNY!" okay this was terrifying, he was alone in some godforsaken park without the friend that could get him killed if he was destroyed. Great. Just Great. He was going to die here. "ohgodohgodohgodOHGODOHGODOHGOD" Max shouted, grabbing his golf club with both hands and pinning it close to his body as his anxiety kicked into high gear.

If any cars came and honked at him now he would probably do something like..leap off a handle and..pirouette?.. maybe?...who the hell knows...stupid anxiety making him think of weird things!

[92mechas]

(note: most of my characters appear out of no where just so you know)

That's when some man came in with his large cloak on concealing what he looked like, God I love it when new people come, they look so terrified but I've come to help him understand whats happening. He could see that the person was a little terrified so Viper decided to speak up "So you wound well I can enlighten you on it, but only if you don't try to hit me with you shouldn't even bother with it" He decided since he's going through a lot that he should let him have some time to process this.

[catmaniac8x]

Max shrieked when the cloaked man came toward him, readying his golf club in case the cloaked figure attacked. He glared at him menacingly (or as much as he could based on how panicky he was) for a minute or two before putting his club down, this guy wasn't going to attack.

When the figure spoke to him..Max gawked at him..trying to process what exactly the man said..it seemed a bit jumbled and rushed. Maybe that was just Max's anxiety making him not hear things correctly "...I-I'm sorry what?" he finally said, to exasperated to say anything else

[92mechas]

Viper looked at him for a sec now just a little agitated I guess he didn't hear me he decided to say it again this time a little slower he could make it slower but he still has problems with that energy manipulation, "I said that I could tell you what exactly what happend what this place is and help you with your anxiety all you have to do is say yes, you follow" he kept his hidden hand behind him and made his fingers cross please say yes.

[catmaniac8x]

"..um...sure?" Max stammered, still gawking at the guy. Wondering if he wanted him to actually say 'yes', Max added a quick "Yes.. " to be safe. It was now that he noticed that his face was actually stinging a bit, his right hand prodding at his face to see if he was drawing any blood.

[92mechas]

He smirked a little then gave an explanation while circling him " Well you see aparently this is a dimension all of itself it acts as a conector between the dimensions, and you just so happend to step through one. These portals pop up every where in every dimension, but that aint how I got hear I made my own by accident." He leaned in to help him with his anxiety, he stepped back a little " it's man it's just to help with your anxiety", next he pressed two of his fingers on his shoulders and manipulated the kinetic energy to make his blood pressure, muscle, adrenaline, and breathing relax. That might help a little "anyways my name be Viper most might call me a magician, I'm not".

[catmaniac8x]

Dimension..connecter..stepped through..what? This was all very confusing, especially to his stressed out mind. It was making him a bit dizzy, or was that the adrenalin starting to wear off? "..I'm not following YAGH WHAT ARE YOU DOING" he flinched when the man touched his shoulders. He was about to hit him over the head with a golf club when suddenly he felt his anxiety drain away. He was still somewhat on edge but not on the verge of panicking anymore. "..ah..sth-s-so um..it's different..realities..in portals.." Max stammered, making sure not to lisp in front of the stranger "..that kinda makes sense..so Dave should be coming around soon I bet" ...he ended the sentence in a mutter, he was thinking out loud at this point. He looked to Viper "So..Viper...what do they have for places to stay around here?..somewhere that doesn't cost money?"

[92mechas]

"Well I'm not quite sure about free living, I be living on the road using money from my business back home and money I make hear doing "magic" shows". He decided to give him a little money for him to use but only after two more questions "Hey man I have some money you can use but only after you answer these two questions. Uno what's your shtick every one has one mine is...". At that he made one of his hands conger fire, while the other one turned invisible. " yeah you get the picture. Also you good evil or neither".

[catmaniac8x]

Oh, so free housing wasn't an option...Max was starting to loose concentration due to his adrenalin wearing off and whatever bruises he had from the impact were starting to sting. He missed whatever Viper said after that as he rubbed at his eyes so he could focus, readying his golf club just in case he had to steady himself for some reason. When he looked up again One of Viper's hands was on fire, the other one was missing, and Max's attention was on him again..what did he say before the weird powers? Something about 'shtick'? And now he was asking him if he was good or evil? He needed to focus on conversations more
"Uh..shtick..right..um..." Max muttered.. unsure if he should tell Viper about his power..if he really could consider it one "...I can see ghosts..w-well A ghost..one, but I got his spirit bonded to a stuffed animal so technically everyone can see him now..um..." he paused a moment "And I'm sure I'm a good guy."

[92mechas]

He flicked his hands and both turned to normal, next he grabbed a 50 buck bill from his little cube invention grabbed his hands and gave it to him "also there are some apartments that and a hotel that way" Aw crud! now his anxiety is kicking in. Now Viper was starting to shake for no reason actually a really unexplainable reason. "Yeah also maybe I'll tell you how I did that hand thing later", then he muttered under his mouth "CUBE get this adrenaline out of me".

[catmaniac8x]

Max stared at the money in his hand like it had the possibility of jumping out at him and eating his face. He had never had this much money on hand in his LIFE...well other than his birthday, but he was lucky if the cards he got from his parents and relatives even made it to $30.
"..Th-thanks!" Max stammered to Viper before looking over at the direction of the hotels and apartments "..I'm um...I'm going to check into the hotel..I can probably get there fine myself so um..th-thanks again" Max said, grinning a bit, showing his missing tooth for a moment, before Max became self conscious and hid his teeth, walking toward the direction of the hotels briskly, hoping to get there before it got too late..or before this new energy of his wore off.