Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-30225761-20170220075001/@comment-29564364-20170223045338

I pop back in from the entrance: "You know what? I'll go do some maze exploring instead. I'm curious as to what kind of traps there can be. When you were invited earlier, you seemed like you wanted to leave as soon as possible, so don't hesitate to leave before my return. But if you do,"

Alpha-2674: "I'll come along."

Me: "They are exact copies, powers included, so it'll be as if I were with you. Don't worry about me, I should be fine on my own. Unless you guys (Gwen & Matt) want to come?"

Gwen: "No thanks."

Alpha-2659: "Who's a copy of who?"

Alpha-2653: "Me, a duplicate? What tells you that you're not one of the duplicates?

Alpha-2638: "Since we're all perfectly identical, there shouldn't be any distinction between copy and original."

Tienna: "Oh boy... I can't even tell which is the real one..."

Alpha-2640: "We're all real!"

Alpha-2680: "Usually, she would instantly know if a single hair was out of place."

Alpha-2673: "But this time she can't because there is none."

Alpha-2666: "What about the party?"

Me: "Oh, yeah... Totally forgot about that..."

Alpha-2666: "I'll go! These books contain much less interesting information than expected."

Me: "Then you should hurry up. Matt stayed there and I'm not sure he's comfortable alone with them."

He hastily leaves.

Me: "Well I guess I'll take my leave as well.

I exit the building once again, but this time turn left and follow the main street all the way to the largest entrance. I step through the arc, exiting the Center and disappear in to the darkness of the Corridors. After a few turns, once  the light from the Center's ceiling is no longer in sight, the torches start lighting up as I approach and going out as I walk away from them.

Me: "That candle magic is neat! Isn't it, Melissa? You've been following me for a while now, waiting for me to be alone."

"How did you know?" she asks, coming down from the ceiling.

Me: " N.I.G.E.L. picked you up."

Melissa: "Who?"

Me: " N.I.G.E.L. is the artificial intelligence responsible of the management of my house. Although he's far away, he is still aware of my surrounding through the various captors and sensors in my clothes."

Melissa: " I see. Eh... Hum... About earlier..."

Me: " You can still try, but your chances of success with me are nul."

Melissa: " How... raw. You could really use a little tact."

Me: " I just wanted to make sure it was clear. To me, tact is useless."

Melissa: " At the same time, I don't really know what I was expecting. After all, you're already with that girl..."

Me: " Tienna? No I'm not."

Melissa: " So I still have a chance?!" the look in her eyes brightens.

Me: " Nope. I'm single and I intend to stay single."

Melissa: " Aw... Only to be put out a second after. Mhm... Is there anything that could change your mind?"

Me: " If it exists, I have yet to find it."

Melissa: " What if I find it? Will you...?"

Me: " We'll have to see whe- if that happens. By the way, I didn't see you getting out of the office. How, or rather, where did you leave from?"

Melissa: " The window. It was quite simple. And you? Were you not going to the welcome/goodbye party?"

Me: " Oh, I decided not to go. But I still went."

Melissa: " It's already over?"

I project an holographic clock in front of me: " What? No, it must have just began by now."

Melissa: " But, you're here."

Me: " Multilocation. I can be at multiple places at once."

Melissa: " So THAT's what that was, back in the library! I thought I was hallucinating. How do you do that?"

Me: " I do this through Kinetic Duplication, which uses the effects of motion and forces. The kinetic energy resulting from the momentum of any movement creates a cast of me. I then psionically solidify and animate it. Or they can just simply walk out of me."

Melissa: " I'm not sure I quite understood, but I'll go with it. But something bugs me... Why would you choose the hallways over Alyssa's home?"

Me: " I didn't choose one over the other, I chose both. And I'm always awkward in parties. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't dance and I certainly don't have sex! I never have anything to say and I always end up just standing around, doing nothing."

Melissa: " Then why did you accept our invitation?"

Me: " You went out of your way for someone you had just met. I didn't want all of your efforts to go to waste."

Melissa: " Oh! we do that for every new comers."

Me: *poker face* "..."

She giggles: "But still. Thanks for being so considerate."

We keep wandering and talking for a while, ending up in countless dead ends, but not a single trap in our way.

Me: " Where are all the traps? We've been walking forever and none have shown."

N.I.G.E.L. Corrects me: "You've only been walking for seven minutes and two seconds."

Me: " ONLY THAT?!"

Melissa: " It's because we're still relatively close to the Center. The further away you get from it, the more dangerous it gets."

Me: " Oh! N.I.G.E.L., can you mark our way? We wouldn't want to get lost."

N.I.G.E.L.: "I already took the liberty to do so."

Melissa: " Wow Nigel! You're so mindful. Thank you!"

"You are welcome." N.I.G.E.L. answers.

We come to an alt when we arrive at yet another dead end but with a square hole the width of the corridor in both the ground and ceiling and a ladder that goes through.

Me: " Oh no... It's gonna be harder than expected. It seems to be a 3D labyrinth. So... Up or down?"

Melissa: " What is it?"

Me: " Do we go up that ladder or do we climb it down?"

Melissa: " Hum..." she thinks for a few seconds, "Down."

Me: " Alright. Down we go!" I jump on and slide it down.

" Hey, wait for me!" she follows, flying down.

Aided by gravity, we zoom past many openings.

Me: " There seems to be multiple lev-" my sentence is cut short when I enter water, but I quickly resurface. "Water again? Tienna wouldn't like it." I chuckle. "Well. It's not surprising given that the Earth's surface is 80% water in most fictional works."

She finally catches up, "Oh, you finally reached the Depths?"

Me: " The Depths?

Melissa: " After the core was destroyed, we drained the water out of the Center and all of it filled the deepest Depths of the Labyrinth."

Me: " So do you mind an underwater level?"

Melissa: " Well... I can swim, but I don't think I can hold my breath for that long."

Me: " Who said you needed to swim?" I project a double-sized Filter Field around me which forms a spherical air bubble. " Are you coming?"

Melissa: " Aren't we going to suffocate, breathing at two in a space that small?"

Me: " It's a Filter Field. It filters in the oxygen dissolved in the surrounding water."

Melissa: " Is that so?"

I nod.

Melissa: " O-Okay." Still hesitant, she hopes in and we both sink to the bottom.

(FINALLY DONE!)(Any ideas for enemies?)