Lord Barcha
Apprentice
God of Superior Firepower
Posts: 4
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Post by Lord Barcha on Jun 27, 2014 16:36:02 GMT -5
An impressively unremarkable man steps into the room. His clothes are perfectly average, neither flashy, fancy, formal, casual, or even particularly comfortable.
"Greetings, gentlemen," He announces, "I am Kayaba Akihiko, and I will be the examiner for the first phase of testing."
Casually, he points to the wall behind him, and two doors appear. "For this test, I have prepared a simple challenge. Behind me, there are two doors. You each have one 'accusation'. You see, some of you are 'impostors', determined by your badges. You may accuse any one person of being an 'impostor'. I will then select a door for you. If the accused is an impostor, you will be allowed through the correct door. If not, the door you walk through will be incorrect, and you fail the test. Not that this means anything, but I've heard that impostors tend to be very 'happy'."
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Post by Wishsolen on Jun 27, 2014 21:15:38 GMT -5
An impressively unremarkable man steps into the room. His clothes are perfectly average, neither flashy, fancy, formal, casual, or even particularly comfortable. "Greetings, gentlemen," He announces, "I am Kayaba Akihiko, and I will be the examiner for the first phase of testing." Casually, he points to the wall behind him, and two doors appear. "For this test, I have prepared a simple challenge. Behind me, there are two doors. You each have one 'accusation'. You see, some of you are 'impostors', determined by your badges. You may accuse any one person of being an 'impostor'. I will then select a door for you. If the accused is an impostor, you will be allowed through the correct door. If not, the door you walk through will be incorrect, and you fail the test. Not that this means anything, but I've heard that impostors tend to be very 'happy'." Ravven considers it for a moment. Several others already had decided and were being ushered through doors. "I accuse that man over there, the guy with a 1 on his badge." He waits for the examiner to show him to a door.
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Post by Aceofshadows214 on Jun 27, 2014 21:20:24 GMT -5
Black Star has somehow gotten onto the pipes again. "I also accuse that guy with the 1 on his badge! He's definitely an impostor, because I, Black Star, am always Number One! Yahoo!"
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Post by Owslafa on Jun 27, 2014 23:39:38 GMT -5
Rat Boy shrugs. "Sometimes the bandwagon is the safest place to be. And if we lose, we'll go out as a group. Number one as well, sir."
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Post by Wishsolen on Jun 28, 2014 13:35:39 GMT -5
Ravven sits down crosslegged on the floor, waiting as the instructor directs other contestants who answered before him through doors.
He considers what he’ll do after the exam. So many possibilities, even if he failed it, he would need to choose his path. He knew he would need some money since his family would stop supporting him with money and expect him to get his own after he received his hunter license.
Turning to his two recently acquired partners, he ask, “Have either one of you heard of the Heavens Arena? I suspect it would be a good way to make money.”
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Post by Owslafa on Jun 28, 2014 14:29:55 GMT -5
Ravven sits down crosslegged on the floor, waiting as the instructor directs other contestants who answered before him through doors. He considers what he’ll do after the exam. So many possibilities, even if he failed it, he would need to choose his path. He knew he would need some money since his family would stop supporting him with money and expect him to get his own after he received his hunter license. Turning to his two recently acquired partners, he ask, “Have either one of you heard of the Heavens Arena? I suspect it would be a good way to make money.” Rat Boy nods. "I've seen a few contests there. A former employer of mine was a huge fan of a Hunter who fought there regularly. He never missed one of her matches if he could help it. It's a nice enough arena. Cleanest bathrooms in that entire district."
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Lord Barcha
Apprentice
God of Superior Firepower
Posts: 4
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Post by Lord Barcha on Jun 29, 2014 22:32:20 GMT -5
Kayaba gestures the right door. Upon stepping through, you find a room with an open hatch in the floor. A rope hangs down into the hole, which is quite completely unlit. Gradually, other people begin to filter in. The last is Kayaba.
"Congratulations on your victory. This past test was a test of your 'knowledge'. In order to interpret the clues, you needed to know about 'happy' numbers. Of course, some of you may just be fools, playacting at being scholars. This will not do at all. While the first test was to check your knowledge, this one will be about gathering it.
If you climb down that rope, you will find a maze. In five minutes, that trapdoor will close, plunging the place into absolute darkness. You will find that the walls suck in all light anyway. Even the strongest flashlight will be utterly useless. You will have no sight. Find your way to me. You have five hours." With that, he jumps into the hole and disappears.
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Post by Aceofshadows214 on Jun 30, 2014 9:36:59 GMT -5
"It will have to be a strong darkness indeed to extinguish the light of my glory! I'm the star, after all!"
Black Star then leaps into the hatch, disregarding the rope.
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Post by Wishsolen on Jun 30, 2014 10:07:33 GMT -5
Ravven follows after Black Star, sliding down the rope, but unfortunately followed too quickly and ends up landing on top of him.
"My appologies, I wasn't aware the drop would be so far."
Ravven feels around in the complete darkness for Black Star grabbing his hand and helping him up.
Using his wire ability, he summons two 15 feet lengths of wire.
"We should wind this wire around our hands so we won't lose each other in the darkness down here."
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Post by Aceofshadows214 on Jun 30, 2014 10:09:36 GMT -5
Black Star gropes for the wire in the darkness, finally finding it, then fastens it to his wrist.
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Post by Owslafa on Jun 30, 2014 13:15:48 GMT -5
Cautiously moving down hand over hand, Rat Boy finally reaches the bottom and gropes for the wire. Once he ties it to his wrist, he whispers, "We should stick to one side of the maze. It might take longer, but we won't get lost."
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Post by Aceofshadows214 on Jun 30, 2014 13:24:46 GMT -5
As Rat Boy is speaking, the group feels a sudden pull on their wrists as Black Star forges blindly ahead into the darkness with an echoing "Yahoo!"
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Post by Wishsolen on Jun 30, 2014 13:32:23 GMT -5
Black Star feels something land on his back.
"I'm afraid the two of you are much faster than I am, so I'll be riding you for a while. My appologies for the extra weight."
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Post by Aceofshadows214 on Jun 30, 2014 13:34:16 GMT -5
Black Star lets out a contempt-filled snort. "Hah! As if you could weigh down me, the great Black Star! Yahoo!"
With that, Black Star takes off, dragging Rat Boy along.
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Lord Barcha
Apprentice
God of Superior Firepower
Posts: 4
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Post by Lord Barcha on Jun 30, 2014 14:49:29 GMT -5
Black Star lets out a contempt-filled snort. "Hah! As if you could weigh down me, the great Black Star! Yahoo!" With that, Black Star takes off, dragging Rat Boy along. Kayaba's voice calls from both ends of the corridor you are in. "I will be reading the complete works of William Snakespear (in this universe, the author of Twilight) while I wait. I sincerely hope you will enjoy the clue."
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