The Glitch IV - Inversion (Ch. 1)

[Agent Fisher]

Jack/Decimus screamed and fell to the ground. He twitched in pain, and vomited onto the ground. He simply lay on the ground, quaking and vomiting.

[SirNitram]

Thog.. Albert.. Lost his balance and tumbled down as the wave of disorientation hit him. The sudden change in height didn't help.

The half-giant slowly dragged himself up. "...Okay, that wasn't pleasant.. And why am I not feeling my rug.." He muttered.

[Comrade Tortoise]

"What the flubbing monkey wangles is going on!?" Justin/Elwyn screamed as soon as he regained some sort of composure

[Charon]

Matthew had been in his living room when Auron had walked into the circle. Grabbing a bite of toast to eat. When the spell had gone off, Matthew felt a tug at his arm. Setting his toast down Matthew looked at his arm as it started being pulled towards his computer room.

"What the hell?"

The tug began pulling along the rest of his body.

"Help! Someone! Help me!"

The tugging grew stronger and suddenly his world dissolved and an immense pain tore through Matthew's body.

The world reformed as the body of Ottoman lurched and curled up into a ball, screaming. Ripping off his helmet the paladin got on his hands and knees and vomited up everything he could, but the pain wouldn't stop. Matthew screamed in pain again as he fell over to one side, clutching himself in a tiny ball as his body tore itself into his new figure after being ripped through a space he shouldn't have gone through.

[LadyTevar]

((the things I miss when I actually go to bed early... *sigh*))

Leandra had not moved when Auron threatened Vadlenar. She stayed quiet as all the dramatic threats happened, although she did turn her head to look at Thog when he 'got smart' suddenly. Her hand slid the contact stone she'd been holding back into her pouch, and she was about to rise when the reset hit.

Leah ended up sitting down hard on her rear as the disorientation hit. She'd not felt this nauseous since her morning sickn... no. Never think of that. She would have noticed the change in the air, in the world, but something more fundimental to her nature had taken over.

There were people in pain, and she had to help them. She fumbled to her feet, stumbling over to her horse to grab the healing potions out of her bag. She was reacting without thinking, kneeling down beside Ottoman and cradling his head, opening the potion to pour it down him. "Thog, get the others, give them healing potions too," she ordered. "Anyone else feeling bad, take one as well."

Leah or Leandra, she was the cleric, the healer, the one who couldn't stand to see anyone in pain. For the moment, it took priority over everything else.

[Agent Fisher]

OOC: Yeah, the reason I posted that was because I was trying to get stuff moving. Sorry.

Jack, in his characters body, finally stopped quaking. He simply layed there, trying to figure out what the hell just happened to him.

[Dark Silver]

OOC: Fisher...you just adapted to this entire situation WAY to fucking quickly. Your character just got ripped through the fabric of space and time, and brought to a entirely new world. He's not in his own body, he's in what should only be a hologram, being assaulted by smells and sights that shouldn't be real..yet is.

And all you do....is grab a water skin, swish your mouth, and say "that sucks"?

Fuck no, mother fucking no. Try again, and do better. I'm not in a mood for this shit.

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Auron watched as the woman busied herself tending to the others, to busy to even notice her predicament. Auron knew exactly what happened, but remained silent till they could adjust to the new sensations, and he didnt interfere with the Cleric's work.

Yuffie, on the other hand, had moved towards Ottomon as soon as the man tumbled to the ground, and was trying to help him to his feet, speaking softly to him, a look of concern on her youthful face.

When the group had finally managed to get settled in, Auron spoke, slowly at first, letting his voice fill them, draw thier attention. "As I said...welcome to Zion."

[SirNitram]

Thog slowly lifted his head. It was.. Harder to think. Like the foggy, dull intellect of Thog was trying to override Albert. But Albert persisted against it. "Explanations would be lovely.. Why can't I feel the rug in my home.." Albert managed, still feeling.. What? He felt sick. He felt dulled. He felt bizarre. "You say Zion.. Like we're in here.."

[LadyTevar]

Leah had just handed Yuffie a potion to give to Ottoman after giving one to Vadlenar to ease his illness when Auron's voice got her attention.

"What do you mean welcome to Zion... we've been in Zion all along," she retorted, looking over at him...

... and then realizing she was sitting in grass, not on her carpet. A look of shock crossed her face as her head turned, her eyes searching jerkily for the familiar holographic game controls that should hover around Leandra. Her hand rose, reaching out in front of her to where the HDD should sit, but doing no more than waving through empty air.

Out of all of them, Leah knew best how much of Zion could be felt, how much contact went through when touching another player or the objects around her. She knew exactly where she should be in her tiny parlor bedroom. She rolled to hands and knees, crawling the mere four feet to where her bed *should* be, sitting up, her hands again waving wildly in search of what should be there.

"Explanations would be lovely.. Why can't I feel the rug in my home.." Albert managed, still feeling.. What? He felt sick. He felt dulled. He felt bizarre. "You say Zion.. Like we're in here.."

"... I can't find my bed..." Leah whimpered, starting to shiver as shock truly hit. "I can't find the HDD... I ... it's not here. they're not here..." her breathing quickened, starting towards hyperventilation.

[Shark Bait]

Theodore/Vadlenar gagged and almost threw up when someone poured a potion down his throat, reality and contiousness in general seemed to be a fairly shakey elusive thing at the moment. Slowly he began to be able to focus better and better, the new guy who had been threatening him was saying something, it was not very clear though.

[Rukia]

Rory in Siv's body looked at the others. Ottoman seemed to have taken it rather badly. And le had taken to playing nurse mommy. She still felt nausous and had a migraine from hell still she stared at Auron. Then Thog spoke. Something hit her.

"We are in here aren't we?" She asked knowing the answer. She suddenly got dizzy again, she placed her hands on her knees and wretched.

[Charon]

Matthew pushed the young girl away, he didn't want to move, he didn't want to stand up, he just wanted to die. To end the pain. Physically, he didn't feel much of it anymore. The cleric's potion had dealt with the physical aspect of the change. What Matthew was still suffering from was the mental pain of being ripped into a million pieces and thrown into a world that shouldn't exist.

Someone was saying something. 'Welcome... Zion' What? Of course we're in Zion. Why would he... Matthew's hand moved and slid across some of the vomit he'd spewed up, it felt real. Slowly he began to realize his head was against something warm, fleshy. He shouldn't be able to feel something that well. Realization dawned in Matthew's brain.

"No... that's... that's not... how could... but... no. No!"

Matthew curled up into a ball again. He was dreaming, he was dreaming. That's all it was. He was going to wake up on his couch. And then he was going to cancel his account, destroy his HDD, and never look back.

Matthew shut his eyes tightly and then openned them again. He was still laying on the grass, the moon was shining above his head. Glancing back he saw the concerned face of the girl who'd called herself Yuffie before. Scrambling to his feet he got away from her as quickly as he could. When he was away from her he noticed another figure now behind him. He turned and stumbled, almost falling as he grabbed his sword and drew it, pointing it at the man and Yuffie respectively.

"Stay away from me! You hear me?! Stay away! I don't know what you did, but you're gonna change it. You're gonna change it now."

[Rukia]

Rory took a deep breath and straightened up. She walked over to Ottoman, he seemed to be panicing... Not that she could blame him. She carefully placed a hand on his shoulder. She unsheathed her sword again and held it at her side, she was too weak to do anything else with it. She spoke to Ottoman, "We have to stay calm... Just...." She had nothing else.... just keep calm.

[SirNitram]

Albert tried to focus. He still felt sick, disoriented, and confused. And, under it all, he could feel the rising panic. Focus, focus. Try and focus. He gripped Leandra. "Leah. Stay with me." He spoke firmly. "Close your eyes. Stop feeling around. Just listen to my voice. You know my voice. It's okay. Just relax. Breath."

[LadyTevar]

((assuming Albert Knelt, since shes' on her knees freaking out))

Arms grabbing hers, Thog's face looking at her... but Albert's soothing voice telling her to calm down, close her eyes....

Leah's eyes closed, but her hands frantically clawed her way into Thog/Albert's arms, huddling against his chest like a frightened child. She'd spoken to Albert before. She knew his voice, he'd helped her when the nightmares got too much for her. Now she had someone to hold her, a comforting voice to calm her... and slowly she began to stop shaking and shivering.

It might have been an odd picture, the half-giant kneeling, softly stroking the cleric's flame-coloured hair as he spoke softly to her. It would be several moments before Leah would be able to open her eyes and try to understand things clearly. Until then... there was comfort.

[Agent Fisher]

Jack was wide eyed.

"We cant be inside. Its not real. We cant..."

But the smells, the sights, the sounds, more real than they should be. He could feel the wait of all his characters gear. He rubbed a hand over his face, the stubble on his jaw was not his. The jaw was not his. It was his character's. It was Decimus's jaw, his stubble. He leaned over and vomitted again.

[Shark Bait]

Theodore struggled to rise, as he got to his feet he reached out and a hand caught him. It was cold, sharp and boney far too boney to be alive, he looked up and saw that one of his skeletal mages had caught his hand. Theodore studied it, it was as real as any of the bodies he had come to know through his time in the biology department, but there was something more, he could feel a connection to it, He knew it would follow his will unquestioningly. "This is new" he said to himself looking out over the camp site.

[Comrade Tortoise]

Justin got up, he calmed down. Taking deep breaths. He had remained relatively calm throughout the last few minutes. He was never one to get physically excited, save for that initial outburst when he got pieced back "together" Some of his suspicions it seems were right, only in reverse.

He looked around. He could feel his connection with what passed for nature. Still he knew that while it was real, it wasnt "real" in the sense that wetlands he studied were.

What was more however is that he could feel energy racing through him, which he knew sort of instinctively was the reserve he cast his spells from. The downside is that he didnt know how to access it right then. He knew how to use his staff though, the combination of asian and european staff fighting that he used filled his head

"So, If you will please be so kind as to explain to us why we just got sucked into a holographic game world, I would very much appreciate it" he said bluntly, and very angrilly as he walked over to Ted and made sure he was OK

[Dark Silver]

"He didn't do anything" Yuffie defended Auron, placing her hands on her hips.

"Enough," Auron spoke calmly, his tinted glasses sliding down to reveal his eyes. He had long ago sheathed his sword, while they panicked and experienced the change.

"You were brought here by another entity, a dark elf named Adena. We do not know what she wants with you, but we know she intends to conquer your World."

Auron's arm was crossed over his chest, looking towards Thog and Leandra, then his gaze flowing to the others, "Each of you, were chosen by her minions. We intercepted a message from them. This is how we knew to locate you. Like it or not, your stories have just changed, and become inesplically intertwined."

"Ugh...Auron, just say it without confusing them!" Yuffie huffed, "Listen, Your not in your world anymore. Your in Zion, the world where your game takes place. Auron and I aren't from here either, we're from another gameworld, Hallow Garden. A really evil psycho hosebeast named Adena is trying to take over Zion, and get access to your world. Your here cause her freaks decided you would make good hosts, or whateve it is they do to get to your world."

Auron glowered at the young ninja girl, but picked up from there, "Adena has done this to many others already, they serve her loyally, and work to further her cause both in this world, and your own. Yuffie, myself, and our allies and here to stop this. We know of the quest you were on, and we're here to help you complete it. Whatever it is that you've been sent to obtain, must not fall into Adena's hands."

Auron let it sink in, he had to get them adjusted quickly, thier time was short.

[Comrade Tortoise]

"It seems we dont have a choice then." Justin nodded grimly

"And if anyone says that this is crazy and cant be happening so help me Darwin..."

[Agent Fisher]

"It seems we dont have a choice then." Justin nodded grimly

"And if anyone says that this is crazy and cant be happening so help me Darwin..."

Jack tried to speak without vomiting again.

"What do you mean, dont have a choice? We always have a goddamn choice! I say we find our way out of here or, failing that, run away, far away from here, to the southern continent. Fuck this quest."

[LadyTevar]

Leah opened her eyes, slowly pulling out of Thog's arms so she could look at Auron and Yuffie. "That's ... a lot for us to believe, you know." she managed to say calmly. She rose to her feet, using Thog to help steady herself.

"Run if you like, Decimus...," she said, shooting him a dirty look. "It's why you're a guard, not an adventurer after all... you prefer to get your experience the easy way. As for myself...." she took a deep breath, trying to center herself, to make herself accept that she could handle this. "... if it's like any normal RPG, to get back to where we were, we have to complete the quest. It's still the game... right?" This was addressed to Auron, her memories of the ancient game pointing out that he was blunt but honest.

[Comrade Tortoise]

"It seems we dont have a choice then." Justin nodded grimly

"And if anyone says that this is crazy and cant be happening so help me Darwin..."

Jack tried to speak without vomiting again.

"What do you mean, dont have a choice? We always have a goddamn choice! I say we find our way out of here or, failing that, run away, far away from here, to the southern continent. Fuck this quest."

"And do what? Wait for her to kill us and posess us? Let her invade our world? No this world OURS. We already know she can affect our real bodies. So that isnt so far fetched. DO you not get it. If she wins everyone we know and love will die. Every decen thing about our world will be destroyed. We have a choice yes, but it is not a very good choice. You can be a coward if you like Decimus, I wont stop you. But you will know for the rest of your short life that you are not worthy of your rank"

[Shark Bait]

Theodore looked at the fighter making a fool out of himself "Yes lets find our own way out of here, what do you propose my myopic chum?â€

[Rukia]

Rory was now leaning on her sword and Ottoman to keep from falling. She had tried to take in everything her party was saying. She took several deep breaths in, keeping calm and trying not to vomit. She looked at Yuffie and Auron, Siv's assassin thinking worming its way infront of logical thought.

She spoke dully, but with a deadly purpose.

"So where is this elf bitch Adena? She can be killed right?"