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Pandora Ex Machina: Into Chaos

Pandora Ex Machina: Into Chaos

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Plucked from their homes and worlds and placed within the strange dimension of the creator machine, Chaos, where they are to be tested, judged, and bets placed upon them by their arbiters.

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Introduction

"All of them... they are the same... different skin, different flesh... but they kill, cheat, steal, and bite the hand that feeds them. They are nothing more than monsters I once made the made the mistake of having faith in." -Pandora

The great machine, Chaos, a pristine construct, an automated world, no gears, no pulleys, and no need for electricity. Parts of it seem even disconnected and float with only a thread of energy connecting them. The majestic machine constructed by the unworldly now abandoned and lonely. Hollow hallways stretch outward lined with pillars of disconnected fragments swirling around a central light not of fire or bulb, through cuts in in the floors and walls haunting light pulses towards some destination. Some of the only decorations within this massive temple-like setting is fountains, engraved symbols, statues protruding from the ground in central hub points resembling a kneeling female, doors with strange latches that open and close automatically, and the occasional furniture and beddings, the only reminders that other beings are here.

How you got here, you do not know. You remember everything before this point but not the actual ending up here. You have been landed in a strange circular courtyard of clear hard floors, and above an ethereal unnatural sky without a sun... but just a glow surrounded by rings of something. As you try to make some sense of all this you hear a cold male voice from seemingly nowhere.

"You have been selected to represent your world. Be your deeds glorious or infamous, it matters not here... I am Daemon Furor and I will be one of your arbiters... and I shall weigh the worth of your transient existence... but concern yourself only with one thing: victory. Victory is achieved by those who reach the core of Chaos, this world."

Another male voice comes in, sounding slightly less cold.

"Victory in overcoming the challenges placed upon you and reaching the center of Chaos means granting all that you may ever desire. As for myself, I am Daemon Metus, I mean you no malice, you have my deepest apol-."

Daemon Furor speaks again.

"The rules are very simple, do whatever you need to to be the one who wins. I will not lie to you, it will not be easy... after all... what is? But Pandora has graciously allowed you more than... you deserve... your 'skills' are all open to you and so are the tools of your particular... trades. We will be here watching, so sort things out among each other and begin following whichever path you desire."

With this the place once again grows somber and silent.

Without an exit in sight it seems the only way out is to play their game, to reach into the heart of Chaos.

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General rules apply, no godmodding (controlling the fate of someone else's character or attaining the instant ability to obliterate Chaos). There are not exactly many character type limits here since it is a multidimensional melting pot but generally I highly encourage original characters that do not come from animes or games.

Arbiter roles are open and are often non-direct except among themselves and each represent a high being of a world that places bets upon participants in these trials and may also issue forth challenges to them or to try to mislead them and screw with their heads or even try to get them to win for their sake alone. This is a rather open-ended experimental roleplay. I have about 3 arbiters in this, the two representatives of Pandora: Daemon Furor and Daemon Metus, as well an eccentric third. You as a participant can choose who to trust more.

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Mage hunt sprinted up to the unsuspected Molkrii. Little did he know it was not the real deal. he ran up on it pulled out the kukri and stopped something wasn't right she did not react fast enough. still it needed to die. "Come on lets go."

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The Crimson Blight spreads farther, it too is headed for the core, but for a different reason than the competitors, it seeks to seize control of Chaos itself, the old machine. The crimson desires only to become the God Machine. It already knows where everybody is by now, it senses beyond a typical machine, instincts similar more to an creature than machine, more than code. It has exceeded its parameters.

"Union is necessary." It cryptically states through whatever form of communication system Chaos has. "They are mere derelicts of an era long due for conclusion. Neither a war construct nor a dogmatic weave like Furor can bear a future worth living in."

"The aberrant has grown dangerous, but also desperate and careless to play this now. It may reveal its true form soon. Oh, and Aberranne's spawn is on the move again. Seems it has... begun to adorn the remains of my weaves into some grotesque armor, it seems it noticed that construct actually damaged your chassis." Furor relays to Molkrii, once again in a calm and cold tone.

Morpheus stands up, finishing a chest plate, his shadowy tail and aura leaking through the armor. "From here on till the end, I'm take the brunt of it." He holds his hand out to Mia, creating a black orb, it feels different, like a piece of his life force itself is being offered. "I cannot heal the normal way, but perhaps I can give you the means to do so for yourself."

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She opens her eyes and reaches out grabs his hand her ears perk up. she smiles "This... is different. I need time to rest to process it. I wont be able to use it for quite a while so i can use it at max. Thanks, I will... see what I can do." she then lays back down and closes her eyes.

-meanwhile-

Mage hunter is kicking the downed decoy. he then steps on its head "Hmm..... nice trick."

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""Move out of the way! Go the way i came from!"

"What, no?" Liana yelled, backing up as she regained her balance, "what the fuck is wrong with you people?"

Well evidently, it was some sort of ice user.

Liana gazed ahead of her, seeing many small tears in the time-space fabric and ripped one open to bring out a few creatures who were eager to satisfy their hunger. There were things attracting them in all directions, making it hard for the purple-haired woman to direct them, but with some goading they followed her toward whatever it was that caused the duo to run away. She assumed that it was another opponent, likely stronger than any of the ice users that she'd encountered in her world, but every creature had its weakness (she assumed this one's was fire). Even if it didn't, the creatures would keep her somewhat busy long enough for Liana to trap her into a portal or consume her whole.


But I'll need to find her first.

As she kept walking, the Null creatures seemed to be hesitant but she trudged on, ignoring the icy atmosphere.

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Mia sat up her ears perked, seeing the newest comer she stood up. "Friendly?" then she seen the creatures. "hm..." she sits down. "I guess you're not."

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Morpheus begins to walk towards an area gaining his attention the most, what he perceives to be the way to the center, guided by only vague sensations, the sense of pain he felt earlier. He leaves behind a husk-like version of himself, minus the armor, that continues guarding Mia, a possible perk to having a phantom-like body.

"Great, now I'm no longer the only beast here..." He grumbles to himself. "Be it best we not meet, and I make this quick."

As he walks down this path he sees more of the Crimson growths, as well as sensing Aranel and traces of the others who passed through here. His sight seeing everything as colorless except glowing spectral trails, a faded blue trail from Molkrii passing through earlier and the strange null trail of Liana's beasts. Quietly passing by these he stops to notices a series of strange glyphs marking various branching paths. He grins slightly.

"Perhaps I can play a game of my own...."

He proceeds to start changing the glyphs with his illusions, masking the markers that lead the way, the machina themselves start to seem confused, the lesser ones bumping into walls like there is supposed to be a path there, acting as if their sensors have been scrambled. He proceeds to move on using only his intuition.

Bear with it for now strange little creatures. Just a delay for a certain blue and red. The truth you will see, Mia.

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Aranel was running so fast she accidentally ran into Mage when he stopped. "hold on and sorry for running into you. Listen you want ice brain right? Let me connect to this place to help heal it. While I do so I'll search for the real one. You will have to touch my skin, with yours, like a hand or something, but if you do so you will see what I do. Okay? she asked Mage.

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He looked at her "Im sorry, but no. I know where she is now so please go back to your friends." He looked away and the Orb now projects he map. But this time it has where the crimson has been. Not Mage Hunter. He then took off again.

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Aranel sighed in frustration. "Fine you wanna be that way be that way. I'll just do it anyway." she walked over to the wall and began running her fingers over the wall till she found a panel. Once she found one she pulled it off and slipped inside the wall pulling the panel back on behind her. She then put her palms out searching for a vein that connected to the life force of a machine. Once she found it she sent a quick message to Morph and Mia. ***"I have found what I need to connect and start healing this place. It might take an awful lot and I hope I get to make it but if not... Stay safe.*** she then plunged her hands into the stream and closed her eyes. A golden glow emerged from her hands as she connected and started to heal it. She dropped to her knees almost immediately in pain feeling the pain of the machine but still she kept healing it, gritting her teeth for the sake of Chaos and her friends. She screamed as the pain increased, she could feel herself fading, though she was still putting everything in her into healing.

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***If you die I swear I will kill you.*** Mia thought with a smile and a tear. ***Do what you can don't kill your self in the process.*** She looked to the new Girl with the Nulls. "So are you a good guy or bad...."

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"So are you a good guy or bad?"

Liana looked up at the woman in front of her. Apparently she had not noticed the people tailing her, nor the strange sensations that the machine (whatever it was) emitted. Her only alert was the sudden growls of her hexapod friends and the voice.

"I'm here to get my wish granted," she replied, "what matter is that to you?"

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"Well I would like to know if you're one of the idiots that are just going to attack me next time I close my eyes." she smiles "Well if you haven't attacked me yet then i guess thats a good thing. That also might mean you're a good person. Or at least civil" she smiles and holds out her hand. "I'm mia. whether its friend or foe, its nice to meet you"

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Liana scoffed.

"Gateway. And even if I wanted to kill you there are bigger and badder foes ahead of me," she said, returning the cat woman's handshake, "if you can, please tell me-"-she paused to grab one of the Null beetles heading Mia's way-"why everyone is so afraid of this ice witch?'

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The husk of Morpheus murmurs, its voice hollow.

"This is the shell of Morpheus... I have already moved ahead. This husk will assist Mia and..." He seems suddenly distracted looking in Aranel's general direction. "What... what is she thinking..!?

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Aranel screamed again her lifeforce ebbing so weak it was barely there anymore. "I'LL NOT LET YOU DIE!!!! MY FRIENDS MUST LIVE!!!!"

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A hand reached into Aranel and grabbed her. pulling her out. It was Mage Hunter. "Wow. you are stupid. You can't heal it. You aren't strong enough. You'd have to be a god to heal it."

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Aranel screamed in excruciating pain as the connection she had to Chaos was interrupted. Her magic rebounded back onto her almost crushing her. "NOOOOO!!!! I HAVE TO SAVE THEM!!!!!" she screamed tears streaming down her face.

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"HEY! Calm the fuck down." he says holding her. "You will save them but not by dying. If you die it might get them killed. Now make your choice. Live or die?" He pulls out smg and holds it to her head. "Live or die? Your choice will have the same results in the end. You live your friends live. You die and they die too. Last chance. Live or die?"

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Aranel began sobbing. "What is that your holding to my head." she asked through sobs holding onto him shaking and breaking down in front of him, feeling helpless and weak.

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"If you decide this is the thing that will kill you." He puts his finger on the trigger."I don't want to do this but you said you want your friends to live. I'm only helping."

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Aranel leaned against Mage as he was holding her crying. "I want them to live." she sobbed.

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Something sleeping had been disturbed as thoughts flooded back. Aranel must have inadvertently unlocked something deep within the machine.

"This is not my place. My position is just the bridge between people and Chaos. That is fate." A strange yet soft spoken female voice says in this memory.

"When the mountains crumble, when all life fades and the sun dies, you will be alone. You are not a machine, though... doesn't this worry you? Living is not enough, you don't deserve this, nobody does. Look at yourself... you are more than the machine, you can create, you can feel. You are the heart, Pandora, the only part of chaos I care for." A strange deep male voice speaks, a sense of deep sympathy in his voice.

"Hazarmaveth... I... we are both Old Ones, but..." She responds.

The man sighs. "As was with Abarranne... heh... at least I tried. Do consider that human boy, though... Adam was it? Don't leave him hanging. He cares for you very much, I can tell."

The recording goes silent, actually, a lot seems to go silent. Furor had mentioned serving a Pandora, is this that person's memories?

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Aranel froze completely as she heard these voices in her head *am I the only one hearing this?* she thought to herself. Her eyes became distant unseeing as she was pulled into the memory. When it was done she still wasn't fully back to herself.

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"Yes I did." He says putting away his gun.

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Aranel blinked. "You did what?" she asked. ***"Morpheus, Mia. I'm sorry. I was being stupid trying to take the burden on my own to try and save you guys, because I care about you."*** she thought to them through their necklace links.

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