Let's Go Retro [PG-13, NDE, Adventure]

[Amagai Kuchiki]

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{Character Select Music}

Since none of the group members moved their arrows between characters before hitting the start button, they all defaulted to their machine's corresponding character. Christoph as P1, Jin as P2, Col as P3, and Asmoskon as P4. The player number didn't really matter, it was more of just a programming thing. In any case, as the four individuals pressed the start button, something strange occurred. The splash screen changed, being replaced with an idyllic sunrise, that seemed to grow in detail with each passing second, until a moment later, the arcade itself was gone, and each player found themself standing on the beach that faced the sunrise.

The players were on different beaches, although functionally they looked the same. The beach spanned on apparently infinitely in either direction, and behind them was a giant cliff face. Individuals that approached the cliff would find that they were unable to climb it, as if their hands approached it but could not touch it. The only thing really to do was look back out at the sunrise. If the players did so, the sunset would flicker in front of their eyes and be replaced with a strange screen labelled "Character Creation!"

Although the screen was simply placed in front of them more or less holographically, they could interact with it via finger motions. Each character had a small drop down menu for "Class:" revealing the following choices: Mage, Warrior, Rogue, Archer. They also had access to a series of bars labelled "Stats", each of which currently at 5/10. Next to the bars, there was a small thing that said "Points Left To Spend: 10". The stats are as follows: Strength, Agility, Magic, Endurance.

Throughout this process, each player would note that they felt distinctly...unreal, if that was the right word. No matter how long it had been since they had eaten, drank, or slept, they felt perfectly full and rested. Furthermore, they would also notice a distinct inability to conjure up their normal powers, at the very least at the present moment. But above all else, the players would note a small timer that always seemed to be at the edge of their vision, upwards, that started at 30:00, and ticked down with every second.

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"I will look after you in this place. I will watch over you."

The words that this man said continued to echo over and over in his head. No one had ever said something like that, something so kind without even knowing him. Why though? He kept on replaying the sound of his voice trying to find some sort of clue, but he got nothing. It seemed as if this person really did mean what he said and that made him feel a bit better. It also helped that the immense aura from nowhere seemed to vanished as soon as it arrived. Chris gladly stood next to Jin as he pressed the start button. The retro music was nice it reminded him of some of the old games he had read about and even once or twice played when he was a little kid.

The pixilated screen was interesting to see as it replicated a beach, as he watched it seemed to become a lot more detailed and real, far too real. Before he even knew it he was on a beach, turning around he saw that he was all alone, but something was off the beach didn't seem real and there was an annoying thing in the corner of his eye ticking down. Looking at the sunset a screen came up before him and shocked him as it said character creation. Chris couldn't believe his eyes at this was he in a game. This didn't make any sense at all this couldn't be real could it?

It had to be fake and all part of his mind, yea that had to be it this was all something he just made up on the spot to deal with being crushed by the aura of Col. He pressed the button to accept and saw a screen that had four choices. A warrior, a mage, an archer and a rouge. Nothing really stood out to him, being a warrior didn't really seem like him. He imagined the oversized armor he would be wearing if he picked that. Armor meant for someone with impressive muscles and not a scrawny person like him. He didn't know how to use a bow at all so archer was out of the question. A rouge...... no.... that wouldn't do. So all that left was the mage.

Being a mage wouldn't be too bad he could stay far away and cast spells. It wouldn't involve him getting close up and being in harms way. He pressed against the picture of the mage and selected it. Up next was a screen with stat points Strength, Agility, Magic, Endurance. He knew what he wanted to do first and that was max out his magic as much as he could he placed five points into magic. He still had five points left over to put into other places He put three into endurance and two into agility. He hoped that not putting anything in strength wouldn't come back to bite him later and that having high magic would help him deal with anything that came his way. Once he picked his stats he pressed the start button.

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Mage

Magic:10/10

Agility :7/10

Endurance: 8/10

Strength:5/10

[Jin Yamada]

OOC: Sorry this took so long, dude. I think we already talked about it with my laptop breaking and everything. Should be more active now that I have a keyboard for my tablet.

IC:
Jin wasn’t really sure what had happened after pressing the start button. One moment he had been in the arcade with Christoph and in the next, he had been transported here. To some sort of beach area. Was this a simulation-type room? He had one of those at his company. Gatz had designed one in the basement floors, beneath everything for him to use as a training room. He had once trained a fellow Bount in the simulation room he had. It was possible that where he was now was similar to that.

He lifted a hand and placed it above his eyes as he looked up at the sun, shielding them slightly from the deady rays. Just what have I gotten myself into…? Where he was now was a mystery. Why did their host even bring them to this simulation? Most likely it would be a simulation of the game that was playing across the screen before he hit the start button. At least, this is what he assumed. Either way, he would end up finding out. He turned his head from side to side and found that he was here with the others. He also noticed that the beach was infinitely long. No matter which direction he looked in, the beach seemed never-ending. He turned around and gazed at the cliff there but choice not to climb it. Though he wanted to go off on his own to figure things out, it was probably best to remain with the group for now. Especially Christoph, since he had kind of promised he would protect him back there.

Anyway, when he turned around again and looked up at the sun, he realized something. Since he had first been transported to this place, he was no longer able to sense the reiatsu of Christoph and the others. It didn’t feel as if his sensory was being blocked by Seki Seki stone or something of the like. It was as if he had lost the ability to do so completely. He found this to be puzzling given that he felt fine. He didn’t feel any different. He felt healthy, infact. Fully rested and full, even though he never felt full. Was this room also suppressing their powers? Wait. As he looked around more, he began to notice the timer in the corner of his vision. It wasn’t like it was somewhere in the distance, it was there at the edge of his vision, almost as if it was part of his vision. That timer ticking down concerned him greatly.

It appeared that he wouldn’t get a response to that right away as a strange screen suddenly appeared before his eyes. It seemed he had to select a character to use. Why couldn’t he play as himself? Best to play along with their host’s game if he was to figure out what was going on. So, he began flicking through the character selection screen, which he found to be quite responsive to his finger motions.He had to choose a class first, from a list of four that were given. Mage didn’t fit him. Neither did Warrior or Archer. Rogue didn’t fit him either, but Jin saw it as the better option than any of the others. So, he went with that one, place a finger to that class to select it. Next, he had to choose points for his “Stats.” That would be a little more difficult to choose. More agility and endurance would probably be best for the class I chose. His plan was simple: he would place an even number into all of his stats except for strength and divide up what was remaining between agility and endurance. Now, with that done with, he was ready to begin.

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Rogue Class.


Strength: 6/10
Agility: 9/10
Magic: 7/10
Endurance: 8/10

[Col Arana]

Col observed in modest curiosity as the room dissolved away into its new atmosphere. A video game? "How childish." He remarked aloud, in some disappointment. Ah well. A game was it? Then Col supposed he had no choice but to play. He waited for a moment as his companions selected their characters. His eyes fixed on Jin for a few moments. He was the powerful one. Col would have to try and bring him down for a meal when this was all over, if he did not flee too quickly. Afterall. Col was only in this for himself, and nobody else. If a chance to devour a "comrade" came along, he would take it without hesitation. Predictable, in a sense. One could always count on Col to stab the dagger in the back if you showed a moment of weakness. That went triple if you also happened to possess great power, which Jin did.

But it was time to focus on the present. Jin had selected a "Rogue" with very high agility and endurance. The boy had picked a mage, with high magic and endurance. Though Col had no great love of pure brute force (despite his tendency to defeat foes simply by overpowering them when possible), it seemed that within this group it may be a necessity. Very well then. A specialist, to fill the gap of the team. HCol himself was a master swordsman. However, he had a nagging doubt that his own prowess with a blade would matter much here. It was time to alter his style a tad. Besides. If by chance, they were permitted to fight as their standard powers dictated, Col did not want people to have any inkling as to what he was capable of, nor his preferred fighting style. To that end, Col deliberately determined the approach most opposite to his usual modus operandi. Or at least he assuemd so in theory, as he selected the Archer class, and began to input his stats, a look of wry amusement on his face. Not just any archer. A Stength oriented archer. Col had no experience at video games, but he did know archetypes. An archer would be expected to maintain distance and rain down fire on enemies from afar. Therefore, he suspected the most important attribute would be agility, which Col presumed stood in for speed and mobility. Strength... hmm. Attack strength perhaps? Magic likely was for special abilities. Endurance was likely related to some manner of survival mechanic. Fine then. Col went for what he felt might be best, not only for his class but to throw off the others present, as to his full scope of abilities.

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{Archer Stats}
Class: Archer

Strength: 9/10
Agility: 8/10
Magic: 7/10
Endurance: 6/10

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Well it seemed like whatever was causing this horrible sensation of reiatsu was in fact controlling these game stations as well. As the young Quincy had pressed the bottom and his mind transferred within the system Asmoskon was quite surprised. Never had the Quincy thought a power could belong to any such individual especially one that he thought to be a hollow. It just didn’t seem like something a blood crazy beast would be able to create. That wasn’t the thing he had to focus on at the moment it seemed that he was on a beach. Right in front of him looked to be a floating sign that asked what his type of warrior he was and his stats pertaining to the type were.

Asmoskon without even truly taking the time to look over the four types immediately looked over for the letter A. Immediately finding the warrior type known as Archer Asmoskon pressed the name of his own classification in excitement. It was then that Asmoskon carefully thought over what his stats should be and how best that would suit his own personality style of combat. He knew that he actually being an archer due to the fact he was quincy might give him an edge in picking this type of warrior however it might not and he knew that. So with that knowledge Asmoskon put in his stats and awaiting what occurred next.

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Archer

Strength: 6/10

Agility: 10/10

Magic: 9/10

Endurance: 5/10

[Amagai Kuchiki]

Sorry, I am no longer going to be running this thread. I wish I could award partial TP, but I can't.