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[EZEKiAL]

Scykle sped through the Inbetween, at last coming across a large, tear-like portal. "Wow...this looks interesting," he marveled. The Nightmaren stepped through, into darkness.

"Okay, wow. This is darker than dark. I can't see a thing!" Scykle concentrated, lighting up the blue, triangular crystal on his chest for use as a flashlight. He regretted doing so.

"HYEHYEHYEH! A new playmate!" A pair of glowing ice-blue eyes and a set of sharp, menacing teeth appeared, laughing wildly. Scykle jumped backwards as a massive card exploded in front of him. "You're a renegade, aren't you?!" Jackle screamed in an unrecognizable tone that was a mix between joy and rage.

The blue and silver Nightmaren knew he was no match for such an opponent, and fleeing would only get him killed. He looked up at his adversary, the room now lit to reveal insane toys of torture and a massive jack-in-the-box staring at him. Things were not looking well.

[Lumas Nocce]

"So... What you're saying is, this Wiseman is like Wizeman times two, and he's making a move on Nightopia? and that the only way to stop him is finding the elusice Selph," murmered the stange Visitor, who's current form was a 15 year old male with dark floppy hair wearing skinny jeans and a purple hoody. "Sounds pretty... intese, anyways." He was about to add something, but stopped, taking a moment to sniff at the air. Jumping to his feet, he exclaimed, "We need to find Scyckle. Right now!"

[TORiAS_the_fallen]

Torias nodded, closed his eyes- then glanced back up at Lumas- "It's Jackle, isn't it?"

His demenaor suddenly changed from formal to erratic "Goddamnit! I told him not to leave the Sacred Pool!"

He turned to Twilite ", WE'll finish this discussion later- let's go."

[Lumas Nocce]

"I can't change shape or use any powers here!" Lumas exclaimed after a failed attempt to turn back into a cat, or at least fly. "Can I Dualize with someone?"

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle was attempted to hold his own against the massive Nightmaren, but every swipe from his claws glanced off of Jackle's mantle. With it, he was indefinitely invincible, and without Twinkle Dust or the ability to fly, the blue and silver Nightmaren had no way of tearing it off. The orange Nightmaren laughed again, sending waves of cards towards the flightless Scykle.

[InTheNightlight]

Twilite nodded and dashed off behind everyone else. She knew that if they coaxed Jackle to join them, they'd have a better chance at winning the war against Wiseman. But what of the other 3?...

David, Nick, and Chad all huddled around a lanky, blue, bird-jester-like humaren. Finally, he came to.

"Ugh...I feel like I was hit in the head with a rocket..." He groaned. His vision slowly came into focus to see the 3 boys before him.

"Good morning Selph!" David said cheerily.

"Well, technically it's night..." Nick sighed, knowing that hardly anyone listened to him anyway.

"Hey, what's up...?" Selph asked drearily.

Later...

"Hmmm......so the Dream Realm has been reduced to shambles and Wizeman is dead.....Well, we--" He stopped as maniacle laughter filled the air.

"That laugh..." Chad gasped.

"Jackle!" They all said. They rushed off towards the Mantle's Playroom.

[Lumas Nocce]

"Okay then!" Turning into a ball of light, Lumas flowed into Twilite's body, which now began to glow red and sped up, flying faster than she ever had towards the tear-shaped portal.

[TORiAS_the_fallen]

(sorry again)

Torias closed his eyes. He had not intended for this to happen, but certain things could not be helped.

[Strato]

A 'maren simply watched from afar, fiddling with the die in the palm of her hand while Jackle screeched at the intruding nightmaren. Heck, she wasn't supposed to be here, either. She was trying to keep a distance; trying to prevent herself from being sliced into two by those cards of his, and trying to prevent herself from being attacked by that other 'maren, too. Rodo liked to watch these kind of things, she'd usually cheer on Jackle while she watched in the shade of the looming items that accompanied the playroom. Rodomontade boasted her opinion: she was just the same when it came to Jackle in game, but then again... she never did face Jackle.
Ever. She didn't even know the guy's name! She only watched and believed she could. Rodo shook herself out of her daydreaming about what she had tried to prove to other nightmaren, earlier. The others said she was quite good at pool and the cards, and that's what made her believe she was as good as him.
"Bah, he'll slice 'emmm." The 'maren threw her hand out, pointing to Scykle, then to Jackle. "He'll slice 'em up. Always does." She made herself unnecessary audience, here. But she had enjoyed watching dreamers and rebel nightmaren meet the edge of the card, here.

Abilities: Let's just say she uses pool as her main weapon, can summon fire on her fingertips but this obviously doesn't throw serious damage
Appearance: Ram-like hat with club and spade tassles and lower diamond tassles with resemble earrings; the horns are going the opposite way of the other, a neck ruff that becomes more fan-like on the back, blah! I'll just give you picture refs. <3
Rodo's mask
Barricade, Shock, and Rodo
Rodo, Shock, Barricade
I think you can point out which one's Rodo. lol.
Sometimes, she wears a mask. And the thing on her neck is almost like a spring, she's based off of a Jack-in-the box.
Likes: Playing pool, gambling, playing tricks on people, intimidating foes
Dislikes: Losing a game of any sort, being intimidated herself
Weaknesses: Her own weapons are her weakness, remember that and think about it. You throw her attacks back at her, you'll be on your way to victory.
Bio: Rodomontade and her sisters are very loyal to Wizeman. But one of her sisters, Shock, had broke free from that. Shock wanted to become a 'hero,' rather than the zero she always felt like. She had an urge to help dreamers and all that other generous stuff, and this made both Rodo and the other sister, Barricade despise Shock. Rodo however has a bit of worry for Shock, but mostly follows Shock because she's around dreamers--and dreamers are majority of Rodo's victims.

[InTheNightlight]

Twilite entered just as David, Nick, Chad, and Selph came in.

"Jackle!" They shouted simultaneously. Suddenly, David oticed Twilite. "Hey, Twi!" He rushed over. "Long time no see!"

Twilite grinned. "David! It's great to see you!"

"Yeah, it's been so long! I remember when you were this big." He took his thumb and index finger and squeezed them almost together. Twilite stared. "That's......that's not humanely possible, is it?" Twilite shook her head. "Nah, must've been a photograph..."

Jackle sighed and said, "Are we DONE with the happy little friend reunion?I have some butts to kick, here!"

David and Twilite got into stance, as well as everyone else(besides Rodo, who was still watching).

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle leaped onto Jackle's beloved mantle, clinging for dear life.

"C'mon, can't we talk this out?" The blue Nightmaren giggled nervously, as he gently clawed at where Jackle's neck would've been if had one. Jackle laughed loudly, falling to the floor and flailing around.

"Stop it! No! STOP STOP STOP!" Scykle jumped from the cackling Nightmaren's mantle to the floor next to him and began tugging on his mantle. Jackle swatted pointlessly at Scykle in an attempt to squash him flat with his size. The blue Nightmaren noticed his new friends standing over near the giant door leading out to the Inbetween.

"Guys! What's...OOF!" Jackle swiftly uppercutted Scykle in the jaw, launching him to the ceiling, where he was pancaked against it.

[InTheNightlight]

David jumped up and spun into Jackle like a pinball, knocking him back.

"Oh, it's on!" Jackle shouted, leaping back up. He took out a card and used it like a flyswatter to send David back into Inbetween. He rushed towards the portal, but something blocked it. A gigantic block had also been thrown there by Jackle, to keep David in Inbetween.

"Shoot!" David looked around. "Hmm...so...I guess I'll have to find a way back through this place..." David dashed of at full speed.

Meanwhile, in the mantle, everyone gave their best shots at Jackle. Chad leaped up and began punching furiously. "Come on you lousy son of a bi--" He knew that Nick would yet again scold him, thus breaking the fourth wall, so instead, he said, "biscuit!"

Jackle dodged each punch and countered by kicking Chad in the face, sending him spiraling onto a cube.

"Hah! Is that all you--" Before he could finish, the top of the cube popped opened, revealing that it was a Jack-in-the-Box. "WOOOOOOAH!" He shouted as he hit the cieling.

Nick flew behind Jackle and slashed at his cape with his sword. Jackle shrieked and flew around, panicking that his mantle had been 'hurt'. Jackle was REALLY mad now. He threw his cards at Nick and pinned him to the wall.

"Aw, SHOOT!" Nick shouted. Jackle flew right at him and began punching his lights out. Twilite leaped up and latched onto his mantle, trying to rip it.

Jackle shrieked again and flew around, trying to fling her off.

[EZEKiAL]

Scykle floated down from the ceiling like a sheet of paper, regaining his third dimension when he hit the ground. He bounded over to Jackle, and with Twilite's help, the magical mantle slipped from its owner's collar.

Jackle screamed, although he seemed to still be laughing. "Why you little...!" The laughing Nightmaren took a kick to the face from his blue and silver adversary. He flew backwards into one of his Jack-in-the-Boxes, which popped open to greet him with its creepy smile. He grumbled at it. "Not now, Jack..." The Nightmaren looked up at the Renegades and Visitors around him.

"Jackle, why did you attack me like that?" Scykle asked, "It's much more like you to jump me and cut my head off..." Scykle demonstrated by popping his head off of the scarf that made up his collar. The Second-Stage Nightmaren sighed.

"Ever since Dad started talking to Mr. Red Robes, the Originals like me haven't gotten to see any action. I was so ready to kill something, I just..." Jackle seemed truly disappointed in himself. "I'm sorry, Scykle. I'll be sure to kill you next time!" The true Nightmaren and the false one shook hands, giving each other a look of rivalry, but it was obvious that Scykle would stand no chance against Jackle alone.

(Edit: I accidentally posted the same scene twice. My computer's been on the fritz lately.)

[InTheNightlight]

While this was happening, David had traveled extremely far in the Dimension of Inbetween. He jumped off of walls, catapulting into another and jumping again, he had come across ventiltion shafts and such, but was surprised him was that when he'd come across the jump walls, things changed. He guessed he'd gotten out of Inbetween, but where was he now? He crawled through the vents, and coughed up some dust. He could barely see through all the grey particles. He felt blindly around, until somehow, he fell. He twisted through the darkness for what seemed like an eternity. Finally, he felt his spikes hit a floor, which gave away beneath him. He blacked out...

Twilite called everyone to the block to try and push it away. She said to Jackle, "Jackle, what did you mean when you mentioned 'Mr. Red Robes'? What did he look like?"

"He looked kind of like Master Wizeman, but he had a black gem shard in his head and red robes." Jackle said, recalling what he'd seen.

"Wiseman..." Twilite muttered.

Nick looked around after the block was away. "Hey wait...Chad, where'd Selph go?"

"What?" Chad also looked. "He hasn't been here with us?"

"Something must've happened to him."

"Wait, you guys saw Selph?" Twilite asked.

"Yeah, he was just outside the castle when we saw him. He's gone, now..."

Meanwhile...

David opened his eyes and looked around. He was in some kind of storage room. He got up and looked for a way out. He looked at a glass window to see someone standing on the other side of the area. It had a gun.

David ducked and covered his head as the window exploded around him. He ran out the broken window and ran across what looked like a store. On the shelves were toys of demonic dolls and one that looked like a friend of his. It had two stuffed tails and a red gem in it's head. He thought he'd remembered it, but he kept running. He skidded around a corner and hid in a pile of water-blasters. One of them was triggered and squirted him.

"Huh?............Is this water?" He looked at a tag on it that said 'you wish it was water'. "Ugh! Sickos..." He muttered. He watched as the figure walked by. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it turn a corner. Up above were some vents. If he could use his pinball-spin move to get into them, he should be safe. He jumped onto a shelf rack and spun at the vents. He made it in. He crawled through until he saw the shooter and someone else...he couldn't hear what they were saying, but caught the phrase, "Project G.O.". He found a twitch building up in his nose but fough the temptation to sneeze. He thought of continuing, but just as he moved, he sneezed. The people looked up and the one with the gun shot wildly. David continued on. He jumped out the vent and ran towards the exit. He heard a click and before he could duck, he felt a stabbing pain enter his back. He blacked out just as the assassin appoached him...

[EZEKiAL]

Jackle shuddered suddenly. "Agh...you guys feel like someone just made a Sonic R reference?" The Nightmaren stared at him blankly, then continued to push the block out of the way. The orange Nightmaren floated from his position and disposed of the block with a snap of his fingers. It disappeared in a puff of purple smoke and an odd cackle. As Twilite and the others rushed out into the Inbetween, Scykle turned to Jackle.

"Why don't you come with us?" The blue and silver Nightmaren offered. Jackle laughed, then took a seat on his Jack-in-the-Box.

"Sorry, kid. I'm not into hero work. I'm the crazy bad guy, remember?!" He laughed his disturbing laugh as Scykle ran out of the room to meet up with his companions.

[InTheNightlight]

David woke up once again. He was in a kind of trunk. He felt the vehicle lift off the ground and felt himself soaring. He revved up his pinball-spin and jumped out, just as the car sailed over the edge. "I take it you're with the mafia." He quipped as he turned. He saw the gunman and ran. He jumped across the top of the buildings nearby, and usually, just when he thought he'd lost the shooter, he'd appear. He ran until he was out of breath and energy. He collapsed and realized he'd only been running for a minute. He looked at the gunman. "How do you keep...following me?" He gasped between breaths. The figure put his hand to his own temples. "What?" David felt his own temples. He was bleeding slightly. He was so busy running for his life in the store, he'd failed to see that he'd been cut from falling down that first vent. He'd lost a lot of blood, and it was seriously slowing him down. He got up, but fell when he tried to walk. "Urg..." He saw the assassin walk towards him slowly. "No..." He struggled to keep his wits about him. "Is this how it ends?" He asked himself. Just before he slipped into unconsciousness, he saw someone K.O the gunman. He blacked out again, but for a long time...

Selph was flyinmg above the Delight City, looking for NiGHTS. "If Wiseman is back, I'm gonna need all the help I can get." He looked at a rooftop. "Is that...David?!" He rushed down and slapped the gunman upside the head. He looked down. "Hmm...passed out, large amounts of blood loss, and from the looked of things, he's in a coma." He slung David over his shoulder. "I'd better get to the Circle of Healing--and FAST."

[EZEKiAL]

A Nightmaren hung from a ball of light used to switch the colors of the neon. It stared with piercing red eyes as the Nightmaren took the bleeding Visitor away. Without detection, it used its muscular arms and legs to leap from building to building and give chase to the pair. It's tattered blue and black scarf blew in the wind behind it.

[Lumas Nocce]

"Well," Lumas began, "that was productive. We just.... wasted a ton of time." The boy was sitting crosslegged on the 'floor' of Inbetween. "How about instead of fighting annoying nightmares that don't join our cause afterwards, we can hunt dow nthe humans that've been popping up in Nightopia."

[Strato]

"Bravo, bravo." Rodo chimed as she watched as the last nightmaren left out. She clapped her hands enthusiastically. "Didn't quite get all that, but..." The nightmaren looked at the area of where Scykle had left. "I'm guessing they're on some kinda quest?"

(argh.
late.

Well, Rodo did pretty much nothing in the RP. xD

I guess Ferdel'll replace.)

"Figaro! Figaro! Figa-aa-aaaroo-oh..?" An odd, red nightmaren's wide psychotic eyes caught a glimpse of what she never saw in her short life. Humans and Nightmaren? Together? Good God, this was the oddest thing. She herself had an urge to follow this group to wherever they were to be roaming next, but her true intentions weren't so sweet and curious.
Her hands were slowly engulfing with fire, and her real purpose was starting to become more obvious: to burn. She had a terrible habit, that Ferdel. Yes, she was an odd pyromaniac. She had no other reason but to burn "for the lulz."
Or, as she says, "Ferdelulz." which isn't that funny, but she thinks it is.

(my posts are made of fail, I know. .A.)

[TORiAS_the_fallen]

(don't feel bad, I disapeared TT)

Torias nodded in response to Lumas comment. Then glanced up at where Rodo waited, his crimson eyes buring.

"Who... are you?"

He smiled, then shook his head. "Never mind. I'm Torias. Torias The Fallen, and I'm not what I appear to be."

The aura around him shifted.

[Lumas Nocce]

Curling between Torias' legs, Lumas quietly sniffed the newcomer. "This one will be helpful, I believe..."

[Strato]

Rodo smiled slightly behind what was her mask. She pried it off and swayed her hand wielding it, going into a bow.
"Rodomontade. But you can call Rodo for short." The nightmaren then returned to her default posture. Her fingers constricted the mask, making it crumble away.
"Torias, huh?" The maren could feel the aura begin to rise into presence. She raised her eyebrow, but she would not let it distract her. "I--"
She looked down at Lumas, lifting her foot away. "--uh, like. Now, who's this?"

[SiLVER]

(I've deleted this post. It messed up the story everyone made. And I'm really sorry, Strato, for taking over your character, and messing everything up. Sorry to everyone.)

[Strato]

(Why're you playing my character...? .A.
I was intending on making her help...
... You made her leave, too? You're practically pushing me out of this... xAX;

[SiLVER]

(Why're you playing my character...? .A.
I was intending on making her help...
... You made her leave, too? You're practically pushing me out of this... xAX;

I'm sorry I took over your character. That last post I made is f---ed up, and I'm incredibly sorry.

[Strato]

(Bah, s'okay. <:'D)