WELCOME TO EQUESTRIA

@Cerebrate19
Stranaii remained silent, having a slightly annoyed expression by Bloodroses’ comments. Gerald spoke up instead, opening with sarcastic praise of the tactics of Nod

Gerald: “Yes because your acts of sabotage, slaughter and assassination definitely improves the situation! You say that Nod wants to ‘prevent’ the same fate as GDI and Earth yet your organisation is so shortsighted that they don’t see the obvious solution of just…I don’t know, ‘sitting down and discussing it’? After all, your leader ultimately cooperated with GDI to get off of Earth. Yes, it wasn’t perfect but it was better then starting more conflicts of pointless bloodshed!”

@TheFinite
Scorch and Sev looked at one another as Meetra was talking

Thunder Force (Scorch): “Man, this ‘Snake’ guy sounds like serious business if a force user was taken down so easily”

Fang Hunter (Sev): “Agreed”

Night Hunter (Boss): “So how long have you two been together? And your assorted operations in the Griffon Kingdom; what was the benefit of it?”

@Cerebrate19
@UltraVaderMan
Shelly was flabbergasted to see a similar species. So much in fact, she didn’t notice Vigil’s blushing at the octopony

Shelly: “For these past few days, I thought I was the only one of my world to end up here! But now…seeing a genuine octoling…”

Shelly: “It’s so great to see a familiar species. I’m Shelly. Shelly Cura. What’s yours?”

@Revan0123
@Cerebrate19
Cirrena: Smiles back and shakes hoof “Name’s Cirrena Reese. A pleasure to meet two Inklings after believing to be the only one of my world here for a year” Notices the other ink-pony blushing “And I see your handsome friend has already taken a liking to me”

@TheFinite
@Cerebrate19
Matias: As I was about to say something, I saw the Powerpuffs immediately stand in front of our group, acting as a barrier between us and the infiltrator

Blossom: “And just what do you think you’re doing here?!”

Matias: “Blossom, maybe we could-”

Buttercup: “Waiting for the right moment to kidnap one of us?!”

Matias: “Buttercup, please, we don’t want unneeded-”

Bubbles: “Not on our watch, you big dumb-!”

Utonium: “Girls, wait!”

PPGs: “Huh?”

Utonium: “If he wanted to kidnap one of us, wouldn’t he have done so while the Rowdyruffs made their chaotic escape?”

Matias: “_{That’s what I’ve been trying to say this whole time…}” I watch Utonium turn to the interloper and let out a nervous laugh

Utonium: “So sorry about that. My girls are superheroes, you see? They take their duties quite seriously”

Matias: “Thank you, Professor” I turn to the sneaky pony “I assume you’ve been watching us for quite some time?”

The stallion looked over at Whistler. Seemed a bit of word about himself had already begun to spread.

“Kept you waiting, huh?”

Snake then turned his focus on the three girls. “You don’t have to worry, I don’t hurt kids.”
He flashed back to Eli.
“…As long as you don’t try to hurt me, first. I’m only here to keep an eye on you. I understand you in particular…” He gestured towards Twilight, “…Might be a target.”

He reached into a pocket on his uniform and pulled out a small metal tube and stuck the end into his mouth, not making any other comments on the situation.

“Ah, I’ve known him for a decent span of time, meeting him not long after I came onto this world. He also has another title he goes by, one he earned. Big Boss.” Meetra said. “I can help him set up his haven for soldiers, his ‘Outer Heaven’ as he calls it, and in return his militia can provide security for my new Empire, as well as training for my new army. I’m sure in time Equestria too will pay well to make use of their services for when the pretty princesses don’t want to get their divine hooves dirty.”

(do we skip him once more? eh we can work him in when he gets back shouldn’t even be hard.)

@Revan0123
The COmmandomare remains silent, but the mind is really bad at keeping quiet and supplies a conversation she had overheard, between Kane and Kane?

“Commander, i realize our current shapes were not part of my predictions but i ask that you get everyone we have brought with us used to them, besides, the look is quite becoming.”

“i have put on the body double act, gotten shot by colonel motherfucking james, the craziest bitch mankind ever produced, and had to navigate a goddamn war from an ICU Bed… haven’t i earned the full story by this point?”

“… fair enough commander, you recall that i saw mankind leave their caves? the stone age was all well and good but your species needed metal, i have pointed out the secret to them, saved your kind thousands of years,
i have also taught them warfare, when the time came, when you had to replace contests with fatalities with actual war, i was giving you pointers, humanity has taken to warfare like fishes to water, but i was the one who got their feet wet.
you defied the scrin, just the right amount, we got the treshold tower, the door, and the key because humanity learned to fight well, was it a painful process? absolutely. every war served one vision, every death was for one purpose.”

“we were your muscle, on the way out of your exile.”

“and in return, i have taken you away from the dying marble. i have had your species entire existance to abandon any and all guilt, equestria needs to learn to fight as well, you alone, for all your brilliance, won’t be enough.”

“they are coming then?”

“centuries away, but inevitable.”

“is that even nearly enough time?”

“with all the other outsiders trickling in, it might just be.”

“and if they come early?”

“a lot of glowing green and crystalline death.”

@Revan0123
@UltraVaderMan

Vigil: “eh? h-handsome? hehe, err thanks Cirrena, wait a sec, you’ve been here for a year already? and you’re doing okay?”

@TheFinite
“I figured you would introduce yourself when you felt you had the time to spare, times around here are on the way to changing, the time for the likes of you is coming and it’s not slowing down for anything.”

(I’m back, sorry about that)

@14Fan
(your post as well then.)

(Idk where to start)

(Forgot to log in)

@14Fan
(i advise thinking, and reading through a bit, and then asking, what should my character be and do in all this)

(Can we say he left the room and accidentally fell asleep or something like that? IDK I’m taking the lazy way around.)

(we can this time but really, do look up how you want to do this.)

(Ok I can do that. I’ll “merge” in when my turn comes unless you want me to go now)

@14Fan
(no need to hurry this.)

(Ok then, that’s fine)

@Cerebrate19
Stranaii: “Fascinating…”

Gerald: “Yeah, it’s fascinating alright to hear ones leader living in delusions like he is. Justifying his use of murder and slaughter just to get off-world with his favorite subjects”

Stranaii: “More importantly, these ‘scrin’”

Gerald: “Aliens from another world. The ones who attacked during the third war were just a harvesting group inadvertently summoned by a premature Liquid Tiberium detonation, orchestrated by Kane so he could capture one of the towers for ascension. Had it been a full fledged assault force that was sent by the Scrin, it would’ve been goodnight vienna for the Earth…”

Stranaii: “Just like the Shamnet when they invaded my empire”

Gerald: “And if Kane thinks the only thing to worry about is the Scrin, that’s a laugh in of itself. We shouldn’t be here, none of us were meant to!”

Stranaii: “Hm?”

Gerald: “Something or someone has caused dimensional cracks within the fabric of reality, creating whatever strange means of a type of non-consensual transport. Furthermore, why this Equestria? If everything being sent by ‘the light’ is getting funneled into this one universe, why this one in particular?”

Stranaii: “This world’s raw magical energy perhaps?”

Gerald: “Possible but there’s got to be more to it than that”

Stranaii: “More importantly, if all universes are affected by this dimensional funnel…”

Gerald: “…then I don’t think its just the Scrin we’ll have to worry about”

Gerald: “Your organisation might be prepared for quite a few things but will it be prepared for a possible war with beings far beyond your imagination, let alone fighting capability?”

@TheFinite
The Deltas look to each other again when Meetra mentions an ‘Empire’ and ‘Army’

Thunder Force (Scorch): “That’s…not concerning at all”

Fang Hunter (Sev): “Scorch, were we any different when we were bred for war against the Separatists?”

Rapid Haste (Fixer): “Lets not forget that we found out in an hour, after we arrived in this world, that the Republic we fought for was nothing but a sham”

Night Hunter (Boss): “And the case of our true purpose…”

@Cerebrate19
@UltraVaderMan
Shelly: “Well, he’s not a true inkling. Long story but he’s a human turned pony turned inkling pony hybrid, via a spell from a Princess”
Shelly then took note of what Cirrena said
Shelly: “A year…you’ve been living in this new world for over a year? What happened?”

@Revan0123
@Cerebrate19
Cirrena: “I do wish to tell you about that but somewhere more private, not out here in the open. You never know who may be listening?” Looks to portal behind them “Were you heading back down to where Ponyville was? I’ve been concerned about the citizens down there since those battles from an hour ago. Giant silver skinned bipeds (Dynamo), mystical red demons (HIM), is there anything that won’t go wrong with the poor residents of Ponyville?”

@TheFinite
@Cerebrate19
Matias: “A target? What does he mean by that?”

Bubbles: “Does he mean the other intruder in the castle was going for her?”

Buttercup: “Well he’s slow on the news, that other creep’s been taken care of”

Blossom: “It was fortunate Texty and Plant Man were here for these two instances”

Matias: “Agreed” I hear what Princess Twilight’s saying and recall Whistlers’ previous dialogue “Wait…you two know about him?”

PPGs: “HUH!?”

Utonium: Looks confused “Is there something to this fellow that we don’t know about?”

“I’m not asking for your permission.” Meetra said. “But what I will let you know is that I am not like other Sith you’ve met. You serve Equestria now, do you not? I intend to protect this nation as well, but on my own terms.”

Snake walked towards the balcony window, pressing against the wall and blowing out some smoke from his e-cigar. “If they’re as determined as they seem, they will not stop trying to kill her.”

“Why do they want her dead?” Plant Man asked.

Snake’s e-cigar lit once again, and he blew out more smoke. “Don’t know. If General couldn’t stop the explosives, I would have gotten Twilight out of the building before they blew.” He turned his head towards them. “Seems you got some capable soldiers of your own, Princess.”

Empire, who wondered into another room to conspire a way he could be a valuable asset but ended up zoning out (because that’s my level of laziness to now look through a week of rp, but only this time), came back to where everyone else was.
@TheFinite
“As well she should. At least, that’s what I think. But going off topic, I really don’t think you should be smoking. It’s not very good for your lungs or the rest of your body.”
(I think this is bland but idk what to say, I think I should get back into the flow once I get going again)

@Revan0123
“What i overheard there was already more than i should have, we are right now proving why i am not actually informed more but you Gerald… this mind link is a two way street and i thought your friend with the wheelbrace legs already clarified, the lore of the games you used to play is at most a guideline.”

“leave, or don’t, you have every answer i am able to give.”

@Revan0123
inside the sheild the eyes of the commando open.

“you know? i do have one more thing to say, the difference between living beings and robots, the former always become individual, and most of them time, grow beyond the purpose, but you needn’t listen to me i guess. what you should listen to is wether or not this here star emperor is as bad as the one you left behind.”

@UltraVaderMan
Vigil: “the problems are usually more spread out… but the evacuation has been a complete success so there’s that.”

Whistler: “not about him specifically, just the nebulous statement that an expert was keeping an eye on princess twilight. and lest we forget i have a stealth specialist on the payroll too.”

Spy: “naturally, though i must say for using no directly stealth related technology his ability to blend in is quite superior.”

@TheFinite
Whistler: “she is only the third most powerful being in this country, and a fair bit more laxly guarded than the others, a driving power behind the modernization of Equestria, and THE one most powerful Magic expert altogether.”

Twilight: “Y-your’re overselling me commander… Equestria can weather my loss the easiest out of all the princesses, measures to make sure of it have been taken.”

“there’S also the symbolism, you stand for what an equestrian can achieve, and as i hear NOD is very fond of symbolic targets.”

@Cerebrate19
Gerald got annoyed by Bloodrose being so scornful of his knowledge

Gerald: “Guideline my arse…if anything, my knowledge is leaving us more prepared for these situations!”

Stranaii: “And I am afraid this is not a situation you can walk away from. Your plans unraveled, your explosives disarmed. It was fortunate that we mind-linked you at this moment since you no doubt would plan on suicide once you regained consciousness”

Gerald: “Stranaii, what the hell ar-”

Stranaii: “I simply find you too useful, Bloodrose, to see your end via a cowards method. The skills of an agent, like yourself, is too much of a waste…”

Stranaii: “…and you will soon see the power of my will”

@TheFinite
@Cerebrate19
Before the Deltas could answer Meetras question, they heard a voice coming from behind them. They all turned to see, through the shield, that Bloodrose was talking to them; giving them a symbolic saying…along with a warning about the Star Emperor currently linked to her

Night Hunter (Boss): “I thought she was unconscious, how the hell is she talking?!”

Thunder Force (Scorch): “Well, at least it can’t get worse”

Fang Hunter (Sev): “Do you always have to jinx these things, Scorch?”

Stranaii: “Do not let the words of this vile follower of the Brotherhood deceive you! She knows she has lost so she simply wants to sow the seeds of dissent within us all”

@Cerebrate19
@UltraVaderMan
Shelly turns to Vigil

Shelly: “I mean, with all chaotic things that’s been going on lately, it does feel like only a small part of time has just passed”

Shelly: “Confidential news? Sure, we can find a quiet place. The Princess’ castle seems like a good place to hold up for private meetings as of late. Heck, its the place where I was found by her and Vigil here…heh, when I was hiding in a panic first time arriving in this world”

@Revan0123
(Is that the usual level headedness he meets criticism and doubt with?)

@Cerebrate19
OOC: Idea behind Gerald’s backstory, for this particular part of the plot, is that he’s slightly ‘big-headed’ on knowledge due to him coming from a world where stuff he knows about are fictional. He thinks he’s knows all about NOD’s shtick due to previous knowledge from the franchise he played when he was younger and now it’s proceeding to bite him in the arse with Bloodrose criticizing him :P

@Revan0123
( i was talking about stranaii.)

@Cerebrate19
OOC: Oh, my bad. Yeah, that’s intentional as, small spoiler, he’s got some ulterior motives.

@Revan0123
(I mean at this point who doesn’t, heh)