Flux

Supernovae The man's fist passed through Jude as intended, much to the man's surprise, but Jude was in for a surprise as well. The cement floor beneath Jude basically exploded as his fist came into contact with it. Jude fell about 6 inches into the newly created pit, losing any balance he would have had. The man stood and backed up, giving Jude a curious stare. "So that's your ability, eh? That makes things quite difficult for me..." ---------------------------------------------- Snap Crackle Pop, King Murdoc(?), Chimchain(?) Beetle stood shakily, looking at the destruction around them. "He just... broke the entire upper floor. With one punch..." He looked for Rebecca and the guy carrying her, panic settling in when they were not to be found. He ran over to Alice, who also was thankfully unharmed. "Did you see where that guy with Rebecca went? I don't see him down here..." ------------------------------------------- Arkhidon Hades glanced at Keaton's phone as the lights took shape. "Ah..." he began. "So we're about here, if my memory serves correctly," he said, pointing at a room. "...and that's a fairly simple shape. I'd be willing to bet that their leader's in that large room at the end as well. They always save the biggest room for themselves..." He shrugged, walking back into the hallway. "That was a pretty clever trick you pulled, I must admit. Perhaps you really do have a good brain, at least when you decide to use it." He flashed a playful smile as he disappeared from sight in the doorway, moving forward. "It appears that we're fairly close," he called back. "Let's hurry and finish up here." ----------------------------------------------------- Jory, rustytengo Mr. Taylor gave an apologetic smile as he moved to accept the handshake. "Well, I'm afraid I can't really-" His sentence was stopped as he made contact with Beverly. After a short time, he answered. "...Actually, I'd be delighted to do so. I'd been intending to show them for a while, after all." He turned to the group he had been with before. "If you'd just excuse me for a moment, this shouldn't take long." He led them out of the room towards the entrance hall. The Bartender looked at Lux and Beverly as they passed, giving a nearly imperceptible nod. Mr. Taylor led the pair up the staircase and into a room on the right. The man in the white tuxedo in the doorway below watched the whole time, a small frown beginning to form on his face.

In that case, I shall wait patiently for a time when we come across Nero's... fear.

No problem, Acqui. It's not like we're commissioning you. It's up to you whether you even want to do this, so we're grateful just for that.

If it makes you feel any better, I read through the whole post before I saw it pointed out here, and I didn't even notice. Maybe it's just because I see Keaton a lot more, but still.

Nero turned to Abraham, his face revealing none of the shock he felt right now. This man knew of his family? And perhaps of the events that had taken place...? He would definitely need to talk to him later. But for now... "It looks like we'll need to save the talking for later..." Nero muttered, his voice quiet and emotionless. "I'd stay back unless you can fight..." With that he unsheathed his sword, closing his eyes and beginning to focus. His body shimmered before slowly fading away, until he could no longer be seen.

Garen took aim at the underbelly of the bird-creature, that being the largest section of the creature. He didn't trust himself to make precision shots from this range with a pistol. He began muttering under his breath as he move his pistol along the bird's flight path, readying his shot. "Sorry about this, fella. I don't fancy myself a hunter, but when you attack my comrades, I have no choice..." When he had finished, he pulled the trigger three times.

Hehe. My RP is interfering. WITH HIS MIIIIINNNDD!!!!!!!! Speaking of which, I need to update that when I can be on here for more than a few minutes again...

One of the few singers with a voice I actually like listening to. I usually end up preferring instrumentals.

"Stop. Everyone...just stop marching. It's obvious that something's been fucking around with the navigation in all of our Helmets for a while now. At first I thought that maybe either the Pilot of the ship or even Major Bane himself had made a mistake when he told us we were just a mile south, that maybe we'd been dropped far further... but this is ridiculous, even if he did so happen to get the information wrong. For the love of God, A days long walk to even get to base camp makes no sense considering the things running around this forest, a group is more likely to get picked off by the predatory wildlife than ever make it to the objective location. To make it even worse, it seems that the maps are all set up to reflect that '1 mile south' data point. Go on, check you HUDs... I can't be the only one whose map still says this right now..." Garen had to agree with Arietta. He had had similar thoughts himself, but he had been stubbornly determined to follow the major's order. He had followed the readings on the display of his helmet, heading north the entire time. But unknowingly, the display had been wrong. They could be anywhere right now. Garen cursed under his breath at the realization. He should have just used his own navigation skills, instead of relying on the technology of their helmets. That was why he had learned such things, after all. He turned on his comm to give orders, just as a loud roar pierced the air. The comm filled with static. "What the...?" he mumbled as he banged on the side of his helmet. "This is yet another reason why I stay away from technology... You can never trust the stuff to work when you need it!" A fragmented message came through the comm from Arietta. "Sh...Nother...From...4!" Garen turned to his four, a large birdlike shape visible in the sky. He cursed, retrieving his pistols once again from his belt. It appeared that luck was not on their side today. The night sky was illuminated with a blinding flash as Arietta shot at the birdlike creature. Smoke curled from the beast as it changed its path, moving past the group. Garen scowled under his helmet. That would certainly draw attention to the group, though he supposed it couldn't be helped based on their current circumstances. Right now they just needed to survive. "Get out of here!" Arietta's voice rang through the night air. "All of you, now! I'll hold this thing off as long as I can!" Garen snapped. After all that both he and Major Bane had said, the team was again trying to make sacrifices to move on. "No!" he shouted, running to her side. "I don't care how many times I have to say this, but WE ARE NOT leaving ANYBODY behind! Even if I'm the only one, I will stay as long as a comrade is here. By the major's orders, I am to make sure every single one of us makes it to camp, and that is what I will do. I hope that the rest of you have learned enough by now to say the same."

"Cough"...Nero... "Cough" I guess he really is too quiet.

Blaze lifted his paws off of his eyes, taking a look around before stepping on to the ground. "...T-thank you, Theo..." he mumbled before taking a seat next to the Pangoro. The sun felt good bearing down on his back, making him feel energized. The sand spread out all around them, spires of stone poking through periodically. There was a large cliffside visible in the distance, rising far above their heads. It made for a beautiful sight, though he imagined it would be a painful walk, especially for those who weren't fire types. He felt sorry for Nivia, being thrust out into a desert like this. It certainly wouldn't be a good way to start her journey.

Things always get moving again right when I leave for a day or two. Also, typh, I found Kenshin's reaction here kind of funny: ...Mostly because Garen would have a completely opposite reaction. Kenshin blames nature, while Garen will probably think it's the equipment's fault, at least until he realizes that it's affected everyone in the same way.

I'm going to refrain from having Nero vote until most others have. It's just his character to remove himself from group matters unless necessary.

The Enigmatic Phantom Status: Recovering stamina-wise from the constant use of his ability on the previous floor. Traveling with: Nobody anymore. He loses every friend somehow... Inventory: His mask, his black trenchcoat, and his longsword.

A portal appeared in the circular room as Phantom strode through, returning from the alternate dimension. His sword was sheathed, though he took a glance around the room to be sure things were fine. He could see a large titan, apparently wounded, but he was looking for the boy who was glowing. He could practically feel unstable power coming from that boy, and Phantom had had a bad feeling about it. Unable to find the glowing boy, Phantom next looked for Mr. Taylor, who had been his companion, but alas, he was nowhere to be found either. He took one last look around, red eyes glowing through his white mask, before he strode through the door, unknowingly into the next level.

Fine by me. There's not a whole lot I could post at this point anyway, as long as Notus has no objections.

^You monster. My record. But in all cerealness, I don't believe Poochyena or Mightyena have been done yet. According to the OP, they're supposed to be white, but if you think something else would be better, feel free to share it. We need to revive this!

I should probably post something... I feel like I'm fading away... Or we could assume Phantom already went into the next circle. Whatever's better.

There's also a program called "Better DS3" if none of those are working. It uses the drivers from Motionjoy's DS3 Tool, but it's simplified overall, and a lot more reliable (And it works offline). Unless it's a driver that's causing the issue, that should work. Though this can all be completely disregarded if SuperJan's answer works for you.