[RP] A Single Element

[Noblejanobii]

Arian Black
The Enchanter
The Pyramids of Egypt
Affected RP'ers: @AWA1997

"What I feel is not hate. I simply deliver criticism to every fault I see. Sure, there are particular mages that I am not fond of at all, but I do not hate them. They simply do not live up to my standards and I am trying to aid them to reach these standards. If they do live up to these standards then everything will run much more smoothly. Sadly, not everyone does. But that is why I have taken this burden on to correct everyone's efforts."

[AWA1997]

Castor Spellman
Enchanter, Alternate Universe First Incarnation.
Pyramids of Egypt
Affected RPers: @Noblejanobii

"Look, you probably don't want my opinion, but I'll give it to you anyways, and I'll give it without any frills or dressings. If I had to deal with you on a regular basis, I would start ignoring you completely. Just from the conversation we've had so far, you're not the most likable of people. You set standards for everyone and want them to be absolutely flawless and don't accept even the smallest of mistakes from other people." Castor said. "And everybody makes mistakes, even you, so you either need a reality check, or some sort of attitude adjustment. But, hey, that's just the opinion of one of your counterparts from another universe, nothing that can actually make a difference, right?"

[Noblejanobii]

Arian Black
The Enchanter
The Pyramids of Egypt
Affected RP'ers: @AWA1997

"You are correct. I do not care what your opinion is. You don't know how my universe works. Just as I don't know how yours works. Since I am very courteous, I won't offer any advice on how to run your universe. But it must be chaotic in your universe if you don't have a ruling order. What, are your mages at war with each other over something as silly as the concept of love?" Arian laughed at his own joke. "As if that could ever happen."

[AWA1997]

Castor Spellman
Enchanter, Alternate Universe First Incarnation.
Pyramids of Egypt
Affected RPers: @Noblejanobii

"Our universe functions very well when the only two that are still alive and have been from the start of the universe are not at each others' throats." Castor said. "It is only when those two start trouble that things sour, and most of the time they're fine so long as they are nowhere near each other. Currently, though, they are fighting, and it can be traced back to the concept of love, but it more falls towards the powers one of those involved. They both love each other, want to be with each other, and want to have children. The issue is that our Death Mage does not feel it is worth it since he is unable to control his Death Touch power no matter how hard he tries, making him unable to actually raise a family unless the child is a Mage, while our Life Mage feels it is worth it for the chance of getting a Mage child."

[Awasfriend]

Bernie Sumner
Space Mage
Alaska
Affected RPers: @AWA1997

"It will look like you apeared out of the ground, one of the other mages you were warned about just apeared in your destination. There is a mage fighting them, but he most likely won't attack you. He seems to know these mages. He will most likely think of you as back up."

John Smith
Science Mage
London
Affected RPers: @Noblejanobii

John attempted to disarmed Madeline while she was distracted when Madder apeared, "Embodiment of madness if I may ask what is your name?" 'Things just went from almost impossible to practically impossible, with out killing them,' he thought.

[Noblejanobii]

Arian Black
The Enchanter
The Pyramids of Egypt
Affected RP'ers: @AWA1997

Arian sighed and rolled his eyes at Caster. "Honestly, your universe is much more immature than mine is. Really, arguing about children? Love and children are trivial matters to be handled by the mages that dictate emotions and life. Someone who is a mage of death or anything that does not directly relate to love or children should stay out of these matters. If a universe is entirely run by beings driven by the primal instincts of mating but hold onto the finite concepts of love then the only thing that can result is discord. You might as well kill both of them off and start anew. Then, maybe, will your universe be at peace."

Madeline and Madder Hatter
First and Second Madness Mage Incarnations
London
Affected RPers: @AWA1997 and @Awasfriend

While John thought he could easily disarm Madeline while she was distracted, this was not so. Before John could take away Madeline's scythe, several hats formed a wall between Madeline and John, preventing him from drawing any closer to her. He would have to try harder than that if he wished to disarm her.

"I'm Madder Hatter," Madder replied, "or Brent Hughes, whichever you prefer. Second madness incarnation. I'm surprised you don't know me. I'm pretty infamous around the mage community." Madder's voice was obviously strained and his face pale from the internal war going on.

[AWA1997]

Castor Spellman
Enchanter, Alternate Universe First Incarnation.
Pyramids of Egypt
Affected RPers: @Noblejanobii

"Meanwhile yours is fighting a bigger fight over whether or not to allow Mages, beings that have existed since the universe began and who keep order, should live or be killed off. And, honestly, neither of them can help it. Life is a succubus who is always fertile, while Death has killed every mortal he ever touched, including many of his own children on accident, whether he meant to or not. Besides, our Time Mage at the time said that they'd work it out eventually, and he and his successors do a pretty good job of keeping the timeline in tact. It's actually supposed to happen some time soon, shortly after our current Time Mage dies."

Dagan Dimitris
Earth Superhuman
On his way to London
Affected RPers: @Awasfriend

"I would love to get there faster and to help out sooner, but it would still be suspicious for me to arrive so soon."

[Neo Emolga]

Tyler White
Life Mage
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York, United States
Affected RPers: @Awasfriend

Glasgow, huh? Well, I was hoping things hadn't gone too out of control.

"I'm on it," I told Bernie as I stepped through the portal. "Keep in touch in case things get worse elsewhere!"

Not that I was looking forward to stepping into something even more drastic, BUT I could at least do something about it.

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Tyler White
Life Mage
Glasgow, Scotland
Affected RPers: @Noblejanobii

After stepping into Glasgow's Victorian-style streets surrounded by old city buildings, it got me wondering how Kritana was reacting to all the extra death going about. Thing was, how much and how far was I to take the revivals? I figured we could just chat that out later.

Still, I heard plenty of screams and police sirens. Definitely sounded like Bernie wasn't kidding on this one. I decided to go incognito for now. I shapeshifted into a simple Glasgow police officer. Whoever was responsible for the attack probably wouldn't suspect I was working behind the scenes, just as long as I kept my powers hidden and out of sight.

All I had to do was follow the sounds of commotion and disruption. And it didn't take long before I found the source. Maddox. Riding around on a poor, mesmerized and enslaved horse and unleashing death volts through the air, which killed everyone and anything they struck down upon. And he was stabbing innocent people with a hook sword. I highly doubted Maddox had gotten Kritana's seal of approval before causing this ruckus.

Well, now I could see why Bernie had interrupted my meeting with the humans. Definitely wouldn't hold this against him, that's for sure.

"We're losing control of the situation!" a younger, panicked police officer cried out into his radio communicator. "This has to be the apocalypse!"

Apocalypse? Nah. Way too early for that.

"Get to someplace safe if you don't think you can handle this!" I advised him. "Radio for backup and give them a sit-rep!"

Some police officers had begun to open fire upon Maddox, but I imagined that probably wasn't going to do much against him. I figured anyone with this much deathly power probably wouldn't fall over flat just after a few gunshots. But if they at least pestered him, well, now that would be fair game.

I turned and I saw and heard a crying human baby in a carriage while the mother was lying face down in the street, obviously killed from one of Maddox's death volts. Her body was even sizzling from the deathly aftermath of the strike as I imagined her death must have only happened less than just a minute ago.

Now we just couldn't allow that to linger on.

Indiscreetly, I used my revival power to resurrect the mother, trying to keep it hidden from sight. All of the wounds and bodily harm that had come to her was undone, and suddenly she woke up as if nothing was wrong. She was completely shocked and bewildered, but she was definitely alive again and unharmed.

"Ma'am, we need you to evacuate the area!" I told her, grabbing her wrist and pulling her up from the ground, totally playing the role of cop and not the 'it was me who revived you' act. "This zone is no longer safe!"

She just nodded and rushed out of there, racing down the street with her baby as fast as they could go. In the meantime, I grabbed a shotgun from a nearby police car that had slammed into a wall as a result of the commotion. So far, it hadn't seemed like Maddox caught on.

Just then, a trio of death volts had struck several police officers trying to take cover behind another police car that was part of a road block. As I had expected, it killed them on the spot, but... well, all I had to do to undo that little blemish was draw the revival circle out of sight and suddenly all the damage and harm that had come to them was undone.

"What the...?" one of them asked, suddenly realizing he was alive again. "Were we... I thought we just got hit!?"

"Now's not the time, get back to the fight!" I shouted to them, playing the part by shooting at Maddox, even though I knew it wouldn't do a thing against him.

They looked at me for a moment, unable to understand what just happened, but they didn't suspect me for being the reason behind their revival. Ooh, now I could have a lot of fun with this.

In the meantime, I scanned the area. Maddox had killed quite a few people and it would take a bit of time to revive them, but I was confident I could revive them faster than he could kill them. Meanwhile, time was not on his side. As I heard a police helicopter in the air and lay heavy, suppressing machine gun fire upon him, I kept wondering how far Maddox was willing to take his little killing spree before things got even more stacked against him.

[Noblejanobii]

Arian Black
The Enchanter
The Pyramids of Egypt
Affected RP'ers: @AWA1997

"My universe is only in this mess because the other mages will not listen to my excellent advise," Arian replied, "and such excuses are not acceptable. Instead of caring about their emotions the two mages should have dedicated all their time to controlling their powers. Then this conflict would have been avoided."

Jude Audrey
Fate Mage
In the Middle of the Atlantic/In his own realm
Affected RP'ers: @AWA1997 @Awasfriend

Suddenly a rift in time split open and Jude poked his head out. "Step through the hole or I'll push you. We don't have time for this. Well, I do, but you don't. Now go through the hole. I'll make sure they don't notice how quickly you reached London. Happy?"

Maddox Hatter
Wraith Mage
Glasgow, Scotland
Affected RP'ers: @Neo Emolga

Foolish mortals. One could not kill an immortal being with mere bullets. Death could not be vanquished from a combination of metal and ignited sulfur. Such things were simple ideas that did not apply to Maddox. As they shot at him, Maddox would feel a pinch from the hits, but his body would heal the wounds instantly. If anything, Maddox found this more of an amusement than anything else. Oh how they struggled when they realized the end was near for them.

Still, Maddox was more focused on the revelation he had been pondering since he first set foot in this world. He was alive. For the first time since Maddox could remember, he was feeling. His chest rose and fell as he breathed, crisp cold air entering and exiting his lungs. Wind brushed his face, stealing away the heat that the sun bestowed upon him. All sorts of sounds, smells, and sights surrounded Maddox. His senses were almost overwhelmed from how different the world of the living was from the realm of the dead. Maddox was amazed at the echo the bullets gave off as the bounced off the buildings, the chills that ran up his spine as he rode on the back of his dead steed, and the vibrancy of all the colors Glasgow's horizon held. It was truly beautiful. And that's why these people had to die.

The voices were clear as well. They all delivered one single message. If Maddox did not kill, he would be killed. They would send him back to the Underworld and no longer allow for him to enjoy the gift of life that he had been allowed for this short time. And that simply was not fair! He deserved to live the life he had been deprived of! He deserved to know what it felt like to be alive! Maddox deserved to live! And these people that were attacking him were not going to let him live!

"I won't let you send me back!" Maddox yelled as he shot several death volts at some officers trying to hide behind a police car. "I refuse to go back there when I just got here!" Maddox shot another string of three death volts at some officers trying to ambush him from behind. "And if you will not let me live, then you must die!" Just then the helicopter let off a flurry of bullets onto Maddox. His body had a more difficult time of regenerating now but even this could not send him back to the Underworld. Maddox summoned a second hook sword and crossed the two of them, aiming both blades straight into the air at the helicopter. His body began to pulsate, a black coloring filling the air around him momentarily before it was drawn into the swords. Then, it unleashed, launching a large single death volt into the air, straight at the helicopter.

[Awasfriend]

John Smith
Science Mage
London
Affected RPers: @Noblejanobii

'Of course that failed,' John thought. "Madder, the one who managed to postpone his original descent into madness?" He asked, attempting to melt the hats between him and Madeline.