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Post by Calvin Kuro (World's Collide) on Jan 20, 2021 7:42:07 GMT -5
"Achron...what...?" Calvin questioned as if this was the first mentioning of this term to him.
"Achron? What's that?" Alex said calmly as if his life wasn't in danger.
"Shut up, Alexander," Dan kindly advised him to do.
"..." Not letting his ego make the situation worse, Alex did what he was told. He slowly started backing up.
"Take another step, and you're dead," Jimmy warned him.
"...So I'm not dead anyway?" Alex wondered.
"What did I just tell you?" Dan fired back.
"Wait a minute... I recognize you..." Calvin said in reference to Tinsley himself. "You're- ..." Suddenly, Calvin's speech was taken away. Confused by this, Calvin's eyes widened in shock...and a little bit of fear.
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Post by Father Tinsley on Jan 20, 2021 7:51:21 GMT -5
Tinsley nodded in recognition of what Calvin was going to say. Unfortunately, Tinsley didn't want his name getting out, so...he 'took care of it'. "Go ahead... Spit it out," Tinsley taunted. After about five seconds, he carried on with his objective. Before that though:
"If what you're telling me is that you have no idea what Achron is, then I'm afraid I'll have some remorse over this after all," Tinsley admitted. "Ah well. I'll address this next question to the human side of you, Mr. Kuro. Would you prefer that your wife and children see you fight to your last breath, or will you come with me so that you die in seclusion? And no, running away isn't a valid answer or response. Please don't do that... That REALLY makes me mad. I'll give you one minute to consider your options."
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Post by Calvin Kuro (World's Collide) on Jan 20, 2021 8:11:09 GMT -5
"Are you serious...?" Calvin angrily asked. He was briefly shocked by his speech returning. On that note...
"What you just heard is the real deal," Dan confirmed. "Not that you'd be dumb enough to scream out for help, but as of this moment, we're the only ones who can hear each other. So, there's really no way out for you."
Calvin reached into his pocket to grab ahold of Dragonus. When he did, he quickly jumped back and threw him onto the ground. Dragonus' ball form was grayed.
"...He was fine a moment ago..." Alex commented. That was the last straw for Dan. He got in Alex's face and grabbed his right arm. Alex attempted to quickly swipe his right arm right as Dan was trying to grip it, which is a Krav technique. Although he was successful with this, Dan swiped across Alex's upper arm. Calvin's horror then worsened as he heard Alex screaming like a maniac...because he can now join the amputee club...
"..." Calvin was beyond pissed right now, but...was there anything to do here? This man has made Dragonus a non-factor in this confrontation. If just one of the three enemies can just do that to a human being so easily, does he even have a chance?
Calvin didn't think about that. A divine aura flowed through his body: his Achron power of course. He dashed towards Dan to get him away from Alex, but Jimmy got in his way. Jimmy allowed Calvin to make contact, but as this happened, the Achron power began to disappear. Jimmy then pushed Calvin onto the ground with one hand.
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Post by Father Tinsley on Jan 20, 2021 8:30:43 GMT -5
"...Your creators have failed you..." Tinsley declared. "It's amazing to see really. They break the rules of their own simulation by manipulating far too many events. Then, when we have had enough, we're the ones who get banished. Even after the war, they CONTINUED to spit on us by making abominations like yourself and a couple of others on this planet... What a shame. Genesis Dragonoid really showed us, huh?"
"The offer is still good despite your attack, Mr. Kuro. I'd prefer for my morality to be intact, so I do suggest you be reasonable and choose death in a secluded area," Tinsley presented again. "Although...if you try that again, Mr. Fushichou will have a worse time..."
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Post by Calvin Kuro (World's Collide) on Jan 20, 2021 8:38:02 GMT -5
Calvin attempted to activate his powers once again, but it was no use. It was as if it disappeared the moment he touched Jimmy. That's when he got a factual representation of the futility of it all... This was not a winnable situation...
"..." Calvin looked at a crying Alex. He sighed and shook his head. "...I guess there's no other choice then...right?"
"Please...please tell me there's a way out of this... Please!" Alex screamed out. Dan was about to get him again, but Jimmy yanked him to the side before he could.
"...I will choose the latter option..." Calvin reluctantly chose. "...But tell me... Why are you doing this?"
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Post by Father Tinsley on Jan 20, 2021 8:48:23 GMT -5
"Good question," Tinsley acknowledged. He appeared to be very happy to answer it. "Simple answer: you're an Achron, so you must die by default. The more detailed answer: I have unfinished business from wayyyyyyy before your time. To condense the story by a lot, I have many plans on my agenda. Your death is apart of one of those plans. It will trigger something of importance to us. The loss of one of the greats in a society causes widespread sadness. Unfortunate, but necessary. I'm really looking at it as a 'I Declare War' act to the others that are here."
"But of course, as you should've guessed by now, I'm being merciful to you by the simple fact that you're a human as well. So, I want you to go back in the house, and say farewell to your wife and child. Tell them of anything that we're saying or doing, and I'll just kill you right in front of them. Now go."
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Post by Calvin Kuro (World's Collide) on Mar 10, 2021 19:55:20 GMT -5
"..." The feeling of hopelessness grabbed onto his emotions and almost made him burst out crying. Consider for a moment that Nia is Calvin's biggest fan. She'd be devastated that Daddy 'abandoned' her, as she might think with the way this is going. Or, if Tinsley is depraved enough to gut Calvin in front of his daughter, how much therapy would it take to even attempt to heal her? Then, there was Alexander. Then there was a loud thump on the ground. Seems he lost consciousness from having his arm cut off. Nevermind then...
"Look at what you did!" Jimmy yelled at Dan. "If he dies, that's on you! You weren't supposed to kill him!"
"You act like I'm gonna get grounded or something. Who really cares except for you?" Dan retorted. "Besides, if he dies, and that Resistor meets with his spirit, he'll be able to tell everyone about how the two of us exists. Imagine how spooked they're gonna get when they realize that I'm still alive, and there's another you."
"...So there's another me too, I'm guessing?" Calvin inquired.
"Maybe. I dunno. Well...I did fight him once, so there's that," Dan shrugged.
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Post by Father Tinsley on Mar 10, 2021 20:06:50 GMT -5
"That will be all, gentlemen. I'll take it from here," Tinsley dismissed. Both Dan and Jimmy disappeared in a puff of dark smoke. Having lost his patience, he went to Calvin, grabbed ahold of him, and threw him all the way up to his balcony. Unfortunately for Calvin, Rumiko saw Calvin land.
"Calvin!" Rumi rushed out to the balcony to check on him. She then looked down to see who could've thrown him up here. Naturally, no one just fakes getting thrown anywhere, so she was curious. She saw Alexander on the ground with one less arm and blood everywhere.
"Oh my God... Oh my God... Calvin, how did this happen!? We have to call someone!" Rumi panicked.
Unbeknownst to Rumi, Tinsley appeared right behind her. She was horrified as if death was coming for her from behind. Interesting, right? How could she know he was there when Alex knew nothing about him? Unless...
"Are you really surprised about this, Rumi?" Tinsley asked her.
"..."
"You knew marriage was forbidden with us. That's why you should read your papers. Anywho, you didn't tell me that your husband was Achron. Why is that? Keeping secrets from your Father?"
"...I didn't know you would do this..." Rumi muttered.
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Post by Calvin Kuro (World's Collide) on Mar 10, 2021 20:11:21 GMT -5
"What!?" Calvin yelled in anguish. He quickly got on his feet to find out why his wife sounds like she knows who this man really is. "What does that mean!?"
All Tinsley could do was laugh. As this was getting more amusing for the Tribunal Father, Calvin was getting even angrier.
"You better explain what that means!" Calvin demanded with the angriest tone he has ever shown.
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Post by Father Tinsley on Mar 10, 2021 20:18:07 GMT -5
"Anyone can guess what she meant. She betrayed you," Tinsley figured. "It was a rather useless betrayal though. I would've come to you after seeing your abilities on display anyway. Your wife's membership condition was only a good excuse to come here now. Ah well. Look at it this way though. I prefer not to kill a child. They are honorary members when we can acquire them. The same will be for Nia."
Tinsley then pointed towards Calvin with his right index finger. "She'll be taken care of. With the Tribunal, we're all one, big, happy family. The only father she will be referring to from now on is I, Father Tinsley."
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Post by Calvin Kuro (World's Collide) on Mar 10, 2021 20:24:59 GMT -5
A portal to the Doom Dimension opened behind Calvin. Presumably, this was Tinsley's doing. Calvin gathered a lot of willpower to resist the suction of the portal. All he could think about in this moment was that Rumi had a part in this at all.
"I'll get you for this..." Calvin swore. "Send me wherever you want to send me... I'll be back...and I'm coming for you!"
And with that said, Calvin was overpowered by the suction of the portal and was sent to the Doom Dimension. Where? Who knows. But Tinsley must have a good reason for doing so.
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Post by Father Tinsley on Mar 11, 2021 5:16:35 GMT -5
"Oh, that's right. I forgot to mention. I waited until now to reveal your treachery. That must've been a huge shock to him..." Tinsley observed. "Well, I must be off. Pleasure doing business with you."
"So that's it, huh? You've ruined everything!" Rumi shouted.
"You want to join him, you said?" Tinsley pretended to hear. The five seconds of silence implies that she doesn't. Tinsley laid hands on her forehead at a speed that Rumi couldn't possibly see coming. "You speak of this without authorization, and you die instantly. Do you understand me?"
"...Yes..."
"Formalities, please."
"...Yes...Father..."
"Very good. I must be off now. Before that, would you like to be beaten to make your involvement less likely, or do you want to run?"
"...Wh-what...?"
"Hmph...nevermind. Too slow to answer. You're on your own then. Bye!" Tinsley faded out of sight, leaving Rumi on the balcony to truly understand that she just made a deal with the Devil.
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Post by Fury on Mar 17, 2021 23:56:30 GMT -5
The Dharaknoid was floating high in the sky near the planet's limits. He was looking down at the planet in disgust. He saw what just happened to Calvin. The powers at play down there looked very familiar to him. He even remembered it by name...
"...Father Zayne...Your time has come..." Dharak seethed. Right before he could begin the process of erasing him, Dharak felt the same multiversal 'quake' that happened before. This time, it was not as severe, but it was beginning to rise in intensity the longer his attention was on Father Tinsley. Naga warped next to him to check on the situation.
"What's going on down there?" Naga inquired. Dharak didn't answer. Instead, he directed Naga elsewhere.
"Go to the Doom Dimension now. Find out where Calvin was just dumped. I'll take care of this," Dharak ordered. Naga did what he asked and went into the Doom Dimension via a portal. When Naga got there, he was overlooking a rather disgusting sight of Betadron and Fury scheming to do...whatever they were doing.
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Post by Fury on Mar 18, 2021 0:37:58 GMT -5
Fury and Betadron were standing over an unconscious Calvin. Both of them were awkwardly starting at him. After some amount of time, one would expect for one of them to finally do something. Fury finally chose to speak up since he was getting tired of this silence.
"...So what are you gonna with him?" Fury asked.
"What do you mean?" Betadron wondered.
"This has to be for you... This being does nothing for me..." Fury rationalized.
"I mean... Yeah, that makes sense. But...this is strange. I thought they were just going to supply me with hate and... Wait a minute. There's definitely some hate coming out of him, but... This guy's Achron..." Betadron recognized.
"Really...? Interesting... Very interesting... And he's armed with a Bakugan as well..." Fury observed. "Is the amount of hate he has worth your time...?"
"His wife betrayed him, which is...typical. It's the love for his daughter and how his wife endangered her well-being that I'm interested in... I can work with this," Betadron believed.
Dragonus immediately rolled out of Calvin's pocket and stood. Before Dragonus could attempt to attack then, Fury placed his hand up.
"Wait..." Fury pleaded. "...Betadron, do you need him alive?"
"It doesn't really matter, but may as well put him to work," Betadron figured. He stepped up to Dragonus ready to engage him.
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Post by Fury on Mar 18, 2021 1:29:00 GMT -5
Dragonus prepped himself to take on both Fury and Betadron; however, Betadron was nonchalant about subduing Dragonus without laying a finger on him. All Betadron had to do was speak...
"Some say that Bakugan feel the pain of their partners... I know you heard what I said about what his wife did... She sold both of you out to the Tribunal. She led you to believe that she was on your side, that she wanted to build a family with him, that she wanted you - YOU - to be to Nia what Drago was to the Master Blaze. How does it feel that she put you in this situation?" Betadron asked Dragonus.
"..." When Betadron's words started to pull at those hateful triggers, Dragonus appeared...comfortable around Betadron. "...I feel like...she has to be made to pay for it somehow..." Dragonus expressed.
"I think so too," Betadron agreed. "But, we can't do that being stuck in here. We're all stuck here for now, but you can get out. We'll help you if you help us. Is that okay?"
"...I guess so..." Dragonus believed. "What can I do for you?"
"I need to extract something from you, then it'll make it possible to send you back to Earth," Betadron outlined.
"Do what you have to do," Dragonus agreed.
"...Huh... Betadron...do you realize how good of an opportunity this is...?" Fury started to realize himself.
"Yes... I do..." Betadron also realized. "Now, Dragonus, this will hurt a little, but it's to help you. Stigma!" Betadron pointed his left palm towards Calvin and Dragonus. Now, their hatred will be extracted from their bodies. It'll personify into a monster, much like the one that Asuka faced during the siege on Silver Knight HQ, or when this Calvin's counterpart was faced with one...
"...Oh no..." Naga dreaded.
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