Mirror, mirror...

[Till Doyle]

Till Doyle had recieved reports about the strang properties of this lake. He decided to investigate it himself, knowing no-one knew who he was. His mech was parked out of sight, within some nearby trees, its cloaking field engaged.

He nears the water and looks in, and sees only his reflection at first. Getting closer, it seems to disappear. He awkwardly kneels down, and goes to touch it, just as a hand reaches out. Unsure what to make of it, he pushes himself back into standing, and takes a few steps back, his eyebrow raised.

Slowly, a female steps out of the water, approximately the same age as him. She's slimmer than him, but is wearing a womans business suit. Remarkably, her hair style is similar to Tills. Looking her up and down, she appears to have no injured leg of any sort.

Speaking to him, "Hi, I'm Tilly." She offers him a hand, and, he almost snorts at her.

Till: Vhere did you come from?
Tilly: I can't quite explain it right now. I'm waiting for my assistant to come.

Till continues to glare at his counterpart, unsure what to make of her.

[Leporidae]

It was rather nice in the tree. It was a good time for Lep and Feline to get to know each other.

Lep: So, what now?
Feline: I don't know
Lep: Well, there some rather intresting people here . . .
Feline: Mmmhmmm . . . Um, Lep, I need to tell you something
Lep: What?
Feline: Well, I lied. I'm not really from the alternitive universe. I'm really a clone of you, made by the lab scientists. They wanted to see how Rabcats react when they see themselfs. I'm just a project gone horribly wrong.

*Lep's eyes widen as Feline said that*

Lep: Really?

*Feline puts her head down*

Feline: Yep.
Lep: . . . Then how did you know those people
Feline: Easy, after thew scientists faild at making a exact copy of you, they dumped me into the alternative universes.
Lep: I see . . . Oh s***!
Feline: what?
Lep: Do you know who our alternitves are?
Feline: Nope, I was the only Rabcat there.
Lep: that means . . . that your alternitive came here! He, or she, must of shown the alternatives of everyone the way here!

*Feline's eyes widen*

Feline: . . . d***.

*Suddenly, the out of the pond, came out two cabbits. both have cat ears and rabbit-like tails. The alternitives have spots instead of stripes, and they HATE eating. They can survive without eating.*

Alternitive Lep: Ugh, bad AND good guys! They both suck! So doses neutrality!
Alternitive Feline: I say! They even have food! Ugh! How disgusting!
Alternitive Lep: They don't even worship all of OUR 3,942 Gods!
Alternitive Feline: Ugh, why did I brang them here anyway!
Alternitive Lep: Oh man! Look at those imposters over there!
Alternitive Feline: I know! Lets go auto-hitting and spaming!
Alternitive Lep: Yes, a good idea! Hello world! I'm Eadiropel and I come to
blow up the forest with L.E.A.N.N.E bombs! Muahahaha!
Alternitive Feline: I, also come with destruction to the forest! Please, call me Enilef.

*Lep and Feline's eyes and ears twitch as their alternitives talk about destroying their home*

Eadiropel: In name of the corp.!
Enilef: In name of the corp.!

*Lep and Feline goses into shock, not only do their alternitives want to auto hit and spam, but help the corp too!*

Eadiropel: Now lets go chop down some trees, sweety!
Enilef: Lets go hunny.

*Lep and Feline fall out of the tree, unconcious, as Eadiropel and Enilef kiss and walk away. Lep murmers something "We have to stop them"*

((xD PLOT TWIST! Dun dun DUN! :O))

[thatanos]

*ThatanosB hits Thatanos with bible*.

Thatanos: What the Flip!

ThatanosB: I thought you were asleep.

Thatanos: Why didn’t you say wake up!

ThatanosB: Because I like to hit people with bibles!

Thatanos: Man I have put up with this long enough!

*Thatanos Draws sword and raises wings*.

*ThatanosB takes a similar style except instead of a sword he draws a M4 assault rifle*.

[Cirrial]

While the two Cirrials are occupied in elemental combat, yet another figure approaches the pond. A figure with a gleaming glass case and a teal heart, and a tail split into five segments. Protoparagon.

i sense ENIGMA, a CURIOSITY, something is not right

It moves over to the pond, hovering between crossfire as it does. It stares into the pond. Something within its very essence screams at it to turn back.

NO - to do so would be cowardice, and cowardice would be failure, and failure is not equal to perfection
i approach!

It approaches and is pushed back. It counters the momentum with a few fast beats of its heart to increase mist pod vapour emission, and stabilises itself, hovering over the ground.

Its five optical spheres all focus onto a figure, and it cannot believe its ocular sensors.

There, standing before it, is the unmistakable gleam of glass casing enclosing a cubic, reddy-pinky heart, with a singular long tail and several tendrils supporting the body at its base. Instead of hands, it has another two tendrils with roots growing through the casing and into the heart.
Its head had four optical spheres, arranged in a diamond pattern, and the neural network was not there - some large coiled-up walnut blob was in there instead. Proto tried to guess at the function of this organ, but failed. Where was its neural network? What was this entity, a light hue of red as opposed to its own dark teal shades?

The entity slowly moved towards him, a faint rustling as its tendrils move across the ground like several snakes moving in unison. Proto noticed two curling attennae on the top of this creature's head, and heard a voice with its own attennae. It speaks in a metallic voice, but filled with an upbeat undertone.

"What? What are you? Where am I? Wow. It's exceedingly quaint and bizzare around here. Hey, who are you? Isn't the weather great? It's splendidly terrific! Maybe even terrifically splendid. So, you seem to be quite the doppleganger, eh? Not very verbose, are you?"

Proto stands there, silent.
Even its mental voice is wordless.

The reddish creature moves closer.

"Oh, come now, this will never do. How do you expect yourself to be taken seriously if you don't speak? I know you have the capacity in there somewhere. My, but how impolite am I? If you can't speak, I'm dreadfully sorry."

Finally having noticed a chance to voice itself, Proto says the first thing that comes to mind.

"You talk, talk, excessive, talk."

"Oh, you can speak? Absolutely delightful! Well, I know I am quite the one to communicate a little too frequently, but I'm just excited by this remarkable oddity of a world. Allow me to introduce myself. I go by the nomiker of Terminalparagon, but that is an antenna-full to get around. You can call me Termy."

If such a thing would be possible Proto is even more speechless than before.

...terminalparagon...protoparagon...opposites? conflicts? terminal, proto, last, first... I am confused, am confused, confused...

Termy moves on its tendrils closer to Proto, its optical spheres swivelling to inspect this quasi-mute double of itself.

How odd. We seem to be near identical in form. Apart from those squelching organs on its sides, its five-segmented tail and that baffling array of wires and circuits in its head, and its teal complexion. I wonder if we are identical in function too? Does this creature know of its origins? Are its origins the same as mine? Such questions, and one so reluctant to answer!

"So, what is your name? Do you have a name?" Termy would ask this and slowly move in a circle around Proto, inspecting it further.

Proto only then responds. "Name, identity, I am Protoparagon."

"Ah. Interesting. We seem to share a few end syllables in our names. Or rather, a word. Paragon. The perfection of an idea or concept."

Its speech is fragmented. I do hope this is just a speech difficulty. It is so hard to guess at the internal workings of a mind alien to mine!

Termy then looks around. "My, what a crowd of opposites."

[Azaria Matthews]

((I thought it would be interesting to see myself as one of them.

Wamphyri! Want all you will, you shall not have me! I will continue to fight for as long as I am able!))

*Wamphyri Az pauses as Zek Mind Speaks to her, then sends a Mind Speak attack trying to convince her to leave. Wamphyri Az sends a Mind Speak communication back to Zek, with a little mixed in insane laughter in the background with it

~Cease your attack Queen, I am not a Wamphyri you want to have to deal with. Have her if it is what you so desire, she is my opposite, and still a weak unworthy human~

*Human Az stops backing away, an expression of horror on her face and gun still pointed at her doubles heart while the evil version of herself smiles unnervingly and continues to move towards her*

Az: You, you are Wamphyri? You can't be! I wouldn't, I'd never give myself to them! Never never never
(Wamphyri) Az: You didn't. They got you. Eventually, they'll get you

*Wamphyri Az gets a hold of human Az's gun and points it directly at her own heart, all the while smiling unnervingly*

(W) Az: If you are so horrified by me, then shoot me.

*Human Az's hands, which had begun to shake held the gun tighter. Her finger on the trigger, human Az pulled it and sent a single, solitary silver coated bullet at Wamphyri Az*

*Wamphyri Az simply stood there and smiled, staggering a couple of steps back as the bullet hit her chest and held a hand over where it had hit. Still smiling, she removed her hand to show the silvery, almost liquid metal had appeared and coated over the skin where the bullet would have hit. The liquid like metal moved over the silver coated bullet and removed all traces of silver from it, leaving a harmless metal bullet which Wamphyri Az plucked out of her chest. The liquid like substance receded back into her body as the small wound started to heal over, and Wamphyri Az flicked the bullet in Zeks direction*

(W) Az: See what I mean? A toy, nothing more. You should concentrate on your nanobots
Az: My... Silmites? You're... you're using Silmites? But that's impossible!
(W) Az: Not when you know how. Look at what you can become, give yourself to them

*Human Az looks at the Wamphyri version of herself and is horror struck. Standing up straight, Az quickly turns around and runs, passing the ripples in the water where Zeks doppelganger was about to show his or herself. Behind her Wamphyri Az's voice can be heard madly and very evilly laughing, enjoying that she's terrified this version of herself. Wamphyri Az sends a Mind Speak to Zek*

~Your prey is getting away from you~

*Human Az runs towards one of the other groups (you can decide who, I will probably bump into one of you), yelling and mumbling at random intervals*

Az: I will not! I will not! Never never never never...

[Laur Doyle]

((So many powers all in one place. I cannot resist the temptation))

*Laur had sensed powers coming out of nowhere, centralised around this place. She had come to investigate this strange lake which seemed to have a power of it's own, and walking along the edge Laur feels someone she had known for many years. It would seem Till had come to investigate himself. As Laur walks towards him she notices a woman, who had tried extending a hand which Till had not taken*

*As soon as Laur reaches Till and the woman in a business suit, ripples appear in the waters surface and someone steps out, taking a place next to the unknown woman*

*This other one is a male, wearing clothes similar to hers. Brown and administrational, but practical. Laurs blue eyes widen as the man, also with brown hair and blue eyes looks towards her and his eyes too, widen. He was the spitting image of her brother, Leon*

Laur: Leon?
Leon: Laur? You're alive here?
Laur: Yes. But you died, years ago
Leon: So did you

*Laurs eyes narrow at the business woman next to her brother that was not her brother, who also recieved a glare*

Laur: Who are you? You, you're not my brother. My brother is dead

[GBE]

As the two versions of Phase charge at one another, and leap, they clash i mid air, and both land, with one knee on the ground. Looking uo at each other, Mirror Phase goes to punch Original Phase who rolls to one side, and does a small backwards push with his hands, kicking his legs out at his mechanical doubles face.

MPhase is knocked back, and looks a little insulted as he stands up. OPhase stands up also, "I see your emotions cloud your skill. Much more training is needed."

MPhase glares, narrowing his eyes, "At least I am not cold hearted!" With that, he charges his double, leaping at him. OPhase charges forwards, and grabs hold of him as he flies through the air. As they clash, both grab hold of one another, their powers begin to go haywire.

They kind of just stand there as each of them begins to become distorted...

((Yes, a plot-twist of my own, you'll see what happens, later... ))

[Till Doyle]

Till stares at Laur as she has her little outburst at what appears to be her brother. He turns to look at Leon, one eyebrow raised, as Tilly lets out a bright smile, "Oh Leon, you're here at laaast! What took you so long. I was wondering what you wanted me to do?"

She runs over, and hugs him from behind, her arms around his waist. Till narrows his eyes at his doubles actions, "Laur, vhat powers are you picking up fro zese, freaks?"

[Laur Doyle]

*Laur raises an eyebrow at the one who called himself Leon as he grinned at being hugged by the other woman, then gently moved her arms and turned around to face her*

Leon: Take it easy Tilly, you were only away from me for five minutes at the most. Do you know who this man with the cane is? He doesn't look very nice

*Laur watches, she almost seethes but replaces it with a mask of calmness and tries to sense the two's powers. Finally getting two feelings she recognised her eyes open slightly wider*

Laur: The girl seems to have the same power as you do, but different somehow. And Leon he has... the same powers as the one my brother had, but nowhere near so unstable

[Wamphyri]

Zek recieves (W)Az's mindspeak. As she watches Az fire upon her counterpart, even Zek is impressed by this newcomer. Then Az begins to run away. She ignored her, focussing on this new comer, her thoughts seeping out, trying to explore its mind.

Out of the water flys out what appears to be a combination of Zek and Shaithis, with the same silmites that (w)Az has within her body. However, this alternate version of Zek is more aggressive than most.

The secrets of her race are fully realised. She still seems mostly attractive, bar the red tint in her skin. However, she has giant black and red wings supporting her. For reasons to be explained, she has no legs.

Landing on the ground, she hisses, it has sound of venom. Zek from this reality is taken aback at the raw power of these two. She can feel it almost as if it is a blanket.

[Azaria Matthews]

*Wamphyri Az can feel Zek trying to explore her mind. Wamphyri Az smiles wider and moves towards her until she's in earshot to speak properly*

(W) Az:I wouldn't do that if I were you, you'd get lost in here. Allow me to introduce... you, from the mirror dimension. When your counterpart gets here that is

*Wamphyri Az looks Zek up and down, tilting her head slightly*

(W) Az: You haven't consumed Shaithis yet I see

[thatanos]

*Thatanos diving out of the way of ThatanosB's M4.*

Thatanos: Coward drop the gun!

ThatanosB: Never!

*Thatanos fall into the lake unable to swim it felt like 900 pounds had been dropped on him*.

What the heck I can’t swim. Where is a life guard!?

[Cirrial]

The two Cirrials have vanished from the vicinity completely, mutually agreeing to use the Ryft for their own combat.

Protoparagon and Terminalparagon survey the chaos around them.

conflict conflict DISTRACTIONS I can ABSORB without awareness, conflict, DISTRACTIONS

What sort of a mess is this? A barbaric rabble fighting itself? Makes one feel priveleged to exist in this universe and not have a bizzare duplicate launch an attack on oneself. Although, my personal doppelganger seems untrusting of such blind faith that it won't attack me.

Proto starts to slowly hover off, and Termy curiously slithers after it.

"I say, where are you going now? It would be most convinient for me to know what was going on. Protoparagon, please, kindly inform me as to what your planned destination is and why you are going there." I would really hope it isn't one of these insane combatants.

Proto does not stop moving but answers the question. "Conflict has caused distraction, perfect for assimilation..."

Termy stops dead. One of its attennae twitches. "ASSIMILATION?! Are you mad? ...Quite possibly, but still. Why, it would be a dire breach of the Three Objectives to consider genetic absorption of any of these beings! Do you not live in accordance to the Three Objectives as I do? Are your Three Objectives different to mine? I demand answers, you reluctant alterego!"

Proto stops, and its own attennae twitch. It says the most it has ever said for quite a few years. "I serve, serve the objectives. The objectives served, I perform according to the objectives alone. The first, assimilation of beneficial genetic material. The second, produces copies upon perfection. The third, destroy inferior life."

Termy, if it had eyelids, would blink in amazement. It was shocked to its very essence. "How can that as sanctified as the Three Objectives become so perverted by such a being? You... you DARE call those the Three Objectives? ...This is blasphemy! This is heresy! The Three Objectives strive for perfection of the universe as a whole, this... selfishness contrasts to the aims to which they were created! Perfection of the self... it... it's madness! Not only is it impossible, but your corruption of the Three Objectives dictates genocide! ...What kind of universe IS this?"

Proto turns away and starts hovering towards the general vicinity of the combatants. Termy places its arm-tendrils over its eyes in a gesture of hopelessness. "I can't do anything about this... this universe is set to destroy itself..."

[GBE]

((The plot will be resolved now))

The two versions of Phase continue to become distorted. For once in his life, Original Phase lets his pain be known through several loud yells. His counterpart, had been yelling, as his programing made him react to damage much like a human would.

Slowly their forms begin to break down, and swirl into one another, their molecules becoming intertwined. Soon, there is just a large whirl-pool of energy and molecules swirling. Several flashes crackle from this pool.

With some slight hissing and fizzing, the pool begins to trickle out, creating a form, a new form with the combination of both Phases. It look identical to them both, but seems to have a slight glow to it.

As it's form comes to completion, it steps forwards, and in a slightly hollow tone of voice, it seems to begin speaking to itself, "I, am life incarnate. I am life. I can create. I can destroy. No mission. Find a reason. I am life incarnate. Protection of life. Deletion of life. My only missions."

It shudders slightly, this new entity, calling itself Life, seems to have the same pale eyes as original Phase. It's clothing is of white robes, with no foot wear. Where it stands, plants slowly, yet faster than natural plants, begin to grow around its feet.

It looks around at the chaos of some of the fighting, "Entities must combine, form their potential. I am life incarnate. This is a must. A third mission? A third mission."

[Wamphyri]

Zek stares at Wamphyri Az, angry and annoyed, she is much too arrogant, even for a Wamphyri, snarling, "Why, would I have consumed Shaithis?!" Although, the thought had crossed her mind.

She turns to see Az running away, and sends a Mind Speak attack at her, hoping to knock her unconscious.