Liminality

[umazak]

Gar sighs as he finally makes his way to the steps of his target location as he feels that he has only managed to reach his maximum limit of roughly twenty miles an hour. He knows that something like this is not common for those from Earth, but it is still dissapointing to know that he could not pass his own limit. After a brief second of melancholy he finally makes the resolve to work on increasing his rate of acceleration if given only a short amount of space in order to reach his top speed. He picks this as a goal simply for the fact that he's certain he could not pass his limit because of the fact that he started to speed up when he was already relatively close to his target. Still, this only acts as a distraction from the real questions at hand. He finally looks back to the one that seems to control the Mr. Mime and starts to wonder just how old the guy is to still be interested in Pokemon. Sure with his own generation one can never truly escape the pull that is Pokemon, but the Mr. Mime is just insane.

"Welcome to The Siglur Academy. I'll be one of your guides, Darian Gray~, charmed. I will say, THAT was merely a fraction of the iceberg, but just so you know what to expect. Perhaps even things from your own worlds? Enough of my rambling, Ty, lets give them a tour."

A fraction?! Not only is what the man did supposed to be a small part of things, but it's a fraction?! And chances are that it's just barely capable of reaching the stages to be called a fraction. Gar is officially entranced by this place as he begins to think that he could actually become one of the strongest if he were to train in this place. Oh well, no use fantasizing over something like this, that tour was sounding quite interesting to him right now. At this moment a strange thought occurs to Gar that makes his mind freeze in both fear and anticipation. He realizes that if Pokemon of all things would show up then that obviously means that practically anything will show up in this place. This thought sends the adrenaline through his body and sends his muscles once again into a hysterical fit of flexing themselves.

[tavishmithos]

With about as much relief as could be given, Ty Dex rubbed his face and shrugged which in turn returned Alakazam to his pokeball and as the pokeball vanished so did the gloves and hat from atop Ty's head.

"That was quite the odd setup. I haven't seen any Pokemon in this part of Red City in awhile. I wond..." There was an interruption in Ty's words as he seemed to dissipate in a fashion similar to that of fog and in an instant of time, rose out of the ground past the steps and motioned with his arm of shadow, "....der if you'll all enjoy the tour?? Please come in."

The dark skinned man chuckled and turned to walk inside, "Yes. Welcome to Siglur Academy and all Orsa has to show you with Darian and myself as your guides..."

[Zangetsu.]

As soon as Jo took the first step on the academy stairs, a familiar sound filled the air. A sound of several particles being concentrated into one force. And as far as he could tell, that's what was happening. Mime, one of the Pokemon he did recognize was in the midst of unleashing a spectacular beam to say the least. Jo took guard as he shielded his face with a forearm and simply watched. One could guess that it hadn't been the force of a fully charged rail gun that from which he had witnessed in video games and in real life. And surprisingly enough, this was in fact 'real life'. Everything about this particular world felt real. Although the atmosphere was not the same as it had been on earth. At all. Jo could not not remember anything to save his own life but the scattered memories were piecing themselves together as if they were a jigsaw puzzle. It did not make sense at all. But did it have to?

The beam finally launched itself just inches away from Jo's coat. Shooting faster than what seemed like a million miles per hour, the pure force of energy made its way toward the target. Without looking back, Jo immediately felt sorry for anything that was remotely in the vicinity of that blast. Yet he found himself holding just a piece of what seemed like particles from the blast focused around his left arm. Panic overtook Jo seeing as he thought his body was catching fire. "Shit, shit, shit, shiiiiiittttt!" He immediately forced off the coat and wrapped it around the said hand. The sensation was not that of fire however, it felt...good. Not having ever relaxed, Jo flexed his fingers into a claw. In the same moment, the coat twisted in whirled off in a hurricane type manner.

The mere accidental force of energy compelled Jo enough to relieve one of his favorite childhood memories. Again, flowing back to him like a stream of water. In the same claw formation, Jo slapped his wrists together and maneuvered them next to his ribcage. Facing in the same direction as the beam, Jo uttered the command "Ka...me...ha...meeee..." a serious face washed away the confused one he took earlier. And with a devastating voice, "HAAAAAAAA!!!!" One could almost taste the anxiety Jo felt as he uttered the last syllable. But, the end result like all his other tries: Nothing. Hoping that no one saw him, Jo casually turned and put his attention ahead toward 'Gray'.

"Welcome to The Siglur Academy. I'll be one of your guides, Darian Gray~, charmed. I will say, THAT was merely a fraction of the iceberg, but just so you know what to expect. Perhaps even things from your own worlds? Enough of my rambling, Ty, lets give them a tour."


"Fraction my ass." Jo thought to himself as Darian introduced himself. It was not so much that Darian had taken on a role such as a tour guide that bothered him. But it was the fact that Siglur had even appointed someone who apparently displayed a fraction of his power by obliterating an entire building in one shot. Shouldn't he have better things to do than giving a tour? And this Ty persona.

"Yes. Welcome to Siglur Academy and all Orsa has to show you with Darian and myself as your guides..."

There were a lot of questions to be asked, but not at this moment. First things first, getting this tour out of the way.

[kazukifafner]

They were all gathered around the staircase now. The two "leaders" stood atop them while the rest lingered near the bottom. The strange beasts, called "Pokemon" if what Jagg overheard some say was accurate, were all taken care of. He payed about as much attention to the surrounding individuals as he did to where his foot landed with each step he took. In other words, he didn't pay much attention. Instead, he cocked his head to each side in his half-hearted way of looking over the rest of those present. He lost interested to quickly too take in anything though. He really didn't care about it right now. Far be it from him to take unnecessary effort.

"Welcome to The Siglur Academy. I'll be one of your guides, Darian Gray~, charmed. I will say, THAT was merely a fraction of the iceberg, but just so you know what to expect. Perhaps even things from your own worlds? Enough of my rambling, Ty, lets give them a tour."

"Heh, I hope so," he answered. "I'd like to think I was brought here for more than over-sized pieces of orange shit." He adjusted his choker, a habit he often did when he was bored.

The dark skinned man chuckled and turned to walk inside, "Yes. Welcome to Siglur Academy and all Orsa has to show you with Darian and myself as your guides..."

"Well then, let's stop sitting on our asses and get things rolling, 'kay?"

[tavishmithos]

Ty rolled his eyes....

It was a feat that more than like;y was unnoticeable since his eyes were pitcher than black and their movement didn't exactly occurr in normal linear time, but as delayed as the reaction to the comment from Jagg was, Ty Dex snickered and looked at him anyway, "I'm certainly not surprised that one such as you and the other were the only ones to fight a Dragonite. Its looks like your mentalities attracted the weakest and stupidest out of the bunch." What Ty said was obvious and there wasn't much getting around it. If the Dragonites had of been as strong as the one that used the Hyper beam against Draian Gray...there would be nothing left of Jagg OR he whom was deemed the Archbringer.

"Seriously, what a crock, lets continue before things get too out of hand, this place isn't like anywhere you're used to and for lack of better understanding on your part, your own death might be just what you need to see what's really going on here eh Dar??" With that, Ty shiftly walked into the doors and turn left down a very long hall, he received nods and waves from a few people; those that WERE people as in this place isn't wasn't odd at all to see giant frog-human hybrids or snakes with legs. "First we'll stop here," Ty halted in front of a large panel looking apparatus upon the wall and simply walked through it, upon him doing so the entire side of the hallway expanded and morphed which brought into view a room that was not only upside down and backwards, but also perfectly correct and structured. Multiple floors and different tiers of space and room were all lodged inside this large room and it was bustling with activity.

Ty waited for any stragglers and for Dar to give a quick explanation after he mentioned how this was the gym.

"Its the cloest logical explanation we can give, but I'd much rather show you guys to the dining hall after we are all done here....maybe you can see Reforge eating a cow. I swear that's almost as scary as the the time when Erebos pulled off his cloak and stood up," Ty cringed...."I almost pissed on myself. i was scared as hell!!!"

[Grace Falls]

With eyes closed, Dai Sin felt the ripple that radiated through his body, fulfilling him with an essence all too familiar. However, what filled him felt quite different, different from what he seemed to have the last time he was actually here in Orsa before the reset. The essence that filled him mirrored the color of the room, white and translucent. A metamorphosis was what that took place within the confined space as his body shifted in appearance from what he possessed in the earthly plane. Although he manifested nude initially, he felt fibers weaving themselves around his body, clothing him in the solid colored attire. Within his right hand, he felt the smooth handle of the blade that is rightfully his.

Dai Sin finally felt his conscience arise from a slumber and his eyes slowly lifted as he saw the whiteness of the Gridroom. The room radiated with some source of power, and he felt as if others were here before him. No thoughts or worries came to his mind, but an emptiness that desired to get out into the streets of Signur. And with his feet finally coming to a rest unto the floor from levitation, Dai Sin made his way towards the exit and into the city of surprises, both horrible and pleasing.

As soon as Dai Sin walked out into the open, he was hurled down a couple of city blocks by a stray Hypno’s Psychic. “WTF!!?” A surprise, but nonetheless a direct hit. From the air, Dai Sin could see a bunch of other pokemon within sight engaged in battle with others like him. Only for a brief moment in air, Dai Sin tumbled down into the ground; however, the pain and damage he took was minimized to an extent.

Getting up slowly, he could not believe he was caught off guard. But, it was Signur and anything could happen here. Brushing debris and dust off his clothes, Dai Sin caught the same hypno charging down the street from his peripheral vision. Annoyance was first, and then anger came rushing through him. With Screamus in hand, Dai Sin also charged likewise, simultaneously dodging small blasts of psychic the Hypno released. As the Hypno came within range, Dai Sin jumped into the air, spinning over the Hypno and landed behind it. Grabbing the blade reversed handed, he stabbed in the opposite direction he faced and he pierced the Hypno from behind. Without looking at the pokemon, Dai Sin jumped into the air, slicing the Hypno in half, and from about 5 meters high, Screamus unleashed a raging blast that crippled the already decapitated pokemon, reducing it to shreds.

The activity attracted other wild pokemon and instead of dealing with the flock, Dai Sin ran for the academy at which everybody seemed to be gathering…

[Zangetsu.]

It was not so much the fact that Ty had completely blown off one of the few that was new to Orsa that grabbed Jo's attention, more so the fact that Ty could come off as not being one to exemplify arrogance. That answered one of many questions that Jo had in the back of his mind. As the group progressed through the halls of the academy, the inhabitants of Orsa seemed to not have any hostile tones about them. Humanoid entities that harnessed physical 'irregularities' as not witnessed on earth. Or anywhere that Jo could remember. Nonetheless they all seemed to hold a sense of sanity on a level one could call friendly.

Jo had his hands deep in the pockets of his jeans, toying with the residual lint that resided in it's corners. Although that was usually a sign of thought. Ty had answered a few questions as to where and who. But what about the why, how, and when? And one thing that bothered him to no extent.

"Seriously, what a crock, lets continue before things get too out of hand, this place isn't like anywhere you're used to and for lack of better understanding on your part, your own death might be just what you need to see what's really going on here eh Dar??"

Be that as it may, things were far too out of the relm of understanding anything right about now. In the grand scheme of things it's pretty normal to have only one life to live. But that could not possibly be tied to Orsa. Things here were obvously different. The burst of pure energy from before could not have come from anywhere. Who is to say? He couldn't even recall the last few years upon landing in Orsa. Just a letter. Either way, the tour was still ongoing.

The group ventured upon a 'gate' of sorts. It did not hold a negative connotation about it just up until Ty simply walked through it. Jo pushed his finger through, then his forearm. Before deciding to back out, the group was all to excited to see what was on the other side. As a result, Jo was dragged in with them. It turned out not to be a bad experience after all seeing as there was more than enough to keep one busy in this specific room. Jo then waited to hear just what this room was all about

[KHProdigy1]

These halls were long, beyond that. Wide, of a fix proportion, the walls were white and tiled. Each door had something of an Orb-like protrusion on it. The color of the orb was significant of what wing they were in. Given all the orbs were red, they were located in the A-wing of Siglur Academy. Known as the Ascent-Wing in full, and it contained the gym and cafeteria parallel to the other.

They'd entered the gym. As the panels seemed to part, upon this they found the true activity. The inhabitants were likely split in focus due to a mere game among comrades. The lighting was dim, and it looked a tad darker than normal. Watching Sebastian and Issai play a game of dodge ball.

"This is the Gym. A fairly large and vast facility that ties into the exercise of the school. I'd honestly consider more for recreation, but of course when it comes to special-powered beings like everyone standing here...things get extreme. Watch these two." Gray~ stopped in between as Sebastian and Issai where playing a solo game. The launch speed of the ball being thrown, breaking the sound barrier, and quivering everyone's ears as that gym was so large it was just a box to echo and bounce the sound off the walls and then at the door in which they all stood.

Gray combed his hair down, and then shook his head. These two nutcases weren't even playing a legit game, you can't kick a dodge ball traveling at the speed of sound back in someone's face, are you crazy?? It reminded him of Cessai's infinite melee combo, like some variation of the Omni-Slash only he would teleport to compensate.

"Its the cloest logical explanation we can give, but I'd much rather show you guys to the dining hall after we are all done here....maybe you can see Reforge eating a cow. I swear that's almost as scary as the the time when Erebos pulled off his cloak and stood up, I almost pissed on myself. i was scared as hell!!!"

"Dear god, don't remind me of either of those man. Moving on to the cafeteria. Line starts all the way at the centre, three doors all day, two entrances and they both exit out of the centre. Don't worry, none of the food is toxic, and the vending machines are non-profit." (omg we totally don't consider currency necessary).

Gray looked up, "Now that, is the wide screen television that portrays the events and news both inside and outside of the school walls. Stretched across different halls, to upcoming events, to different planes entirely. In truth, I feel this is more of a boarding school than an academy, as we've got lodging facilities which is located behind the school off to the right."

It was then Gray noticed Ty Dex was gone, and saw him coming back from the line with a cheeseburger and he just looked at him, as if he had ten-heads. "You would man...seriously, wheres mine? Help a brother out??"

[kazukifafner]

Jagg slid his hands into his pockets and snickered. He liked this Ty guy. Well, as much as he could “like” anyone. It was starting to get fun, though the backed-up feeling of having his powers sealed was a little irritating. All the same, he was beginning to think that this little excursion that the bitch forced on him would actually help him kill some time.

Inside the academy's walls, a cornucopia of beings, both human and non-human, littered the building. His boss must have a kinky side if she wanted to get higher standing with these weirdos. The group came to a wall, or some kind of panel, which seemed like a dead end. However, all Ty had to do was walk through it and a whole other dimension to the convoluted building opened up to them. Better still, the place they were looking at seemed inverted. Even though Jagg appreciated inversion, or maybe it was perversion, this was still quite a bit to take in. Though, the concepts of a gym and a dining hall were easy enough to grasp.

He followed them inside, as did a straggler who came dashing in from outside. In this supposed gym, a couple of people unknown to him were playing a game of dodgeball. At least, that's what it seemed like. To be honest, this had to be the most intense game of dodgeball anyone had ever seen. Hurling balls at the speed of sound looked fun. Unfortunately, Jagg was only half confident that he could handle such an activity in his current state. It was one thing to redirect an opponent's power; it was another thing entirely to take it full force.

The other one, “Dar” if Jagg remembered right, began explaining the rest of the academy to the group. He described the gym, dining areas and their accoutrements, monitoring capabilities, and even lodging to them. This was all fine in and of itself, but it seemed like they weren't getting a key part of information.

Jagg raised his voice to make sure that his “hosts” could hear him. “Hey, this is all nice and ritzy and all, but aren't you leaving something out? Like, what the hell you expect us to do here? You gotta admit, you've been pretty vague on that subject so far. And I hate vague shit.”