07-12-2017, 07:02 AM
“Really? Huh. I wouldn’t have guessed that.”
The Vision’s mouth twitched. He resisted the urge to snap at his new ally. After all, his Avengers had failed to develop a reputation as heroes.
“Is it so hard to believe?”
Error: Bad logic.
line 204: distance_traveled = 21 meters
line 205: estimate distance_to “starpiece” = 23 meters
line 206: distance_traveled + distance_to “starpiece” = 44 meters
line 673: distance_traveled = 42 meters
line 674: estimate distance_to “starpiece” = 23 meters
line 675: distance_traveled + distance_to “starpiece” = 65 meters
Total distance cannot increase!
The Vision faltered, his flight shifting slightly, as he tried to make sense of the data. Goku was saying something, but the Vision was not listening. Because of this error in numbers, his computer falsely believed he was flying in cartwheels, and the visual field inertia compensators were off-setting his vertigo slightly. He felt extremely dizzy.
“We help people,” he managed to say when he noticed Goku was expecting a reply.
Suddenly, a scream erupted from below. Goku and the Vision stopped in their aerial tracks. Goku pointed at where the scream came from as the Vision tried to recalibrate his navigation systems.
“Looks like you’re going to get your chance!” the fighter laughed, before suddenly shooting off downwards. The Vision grimaced.
“Request: wait,” the android called out.
> self.setvalue density 330.13697%
Shifting...
The Vision’s body rapidly grew heavier, and the android nosedived after Goku. The martial artist had already arrived by the time the Vision landed heavily on the ground. Now that he was on the dead marshy ruins of Silent Hill, he noticed that the sun had disappeared beneath the fog.
“Hello?” Goku shouted, cupping his hands over his mouth, “Anyone need help?”
“Goku, calculations indicate a 63.4% chance that this is an ambush scenario-”
Before the Vision could finish his sentence, his scanners warned him of the warhammer swinging down from behind him.
> self.setvalue density 3.10338%
Shifting...
The Vision nearly instantly vanished, but he couldn’t hold this form lest he float back into the sky extremely rapidly.
> self.setvalue density 100%
Shifting...
The Vision ducked and solidified his fist, throwing a left hook aimed at a human’s stomach. Instead, the punch landed on a person’s head. Bewildered, the Vision stepped back to see who his attacker was.
It was an anthropomorphic individual, to be sure. And while the basic features of the entity were not unusual, the size was. This person appeared to be an average-sized human that had somehow decreased height, distorting the proportion. The individual was wearing plate armor and bore the warhammer that had passed through his body.
He was currently waddling along the muddy ground towards the two Primes. Goku was scratching his head, his eyes reaching for memories, when he suddenly snapped his fingers.
The short person’s eyes grew wider in horror. “It’s... It’s you!”
“Oh, hi!” Goku chirped, “You’re that short guy! Kunain, right? I guess you got out of jail! You guys still after the Star Piece?”
“The Star Piece?” the individual sputtered, “Forget the Star Piece! I want to live!”
The Vision’s head started buzzing. He pinpointed the noise to his internal radio. He adjusted the volume until the radio became bearable to listen to. When he did, the sound it projected was that of an air raid siren. The Vision licked his lips.
“Warning,” he said to Goku, “My sensors indicate that a high-danger event will soon occur-”
“High-danger?” Kunain scoffed, “Death itself is coming from this town and there’s no way to-”
“Death itself?” Goku asked excitedly, “Is it more monsters? Are they strong?”
“A monster, yes,” the warrior panted, “But not ‘they.’ ‘She.’”
The two Primes exchanged glances, the Vision’s a nervous one and Goku’s delighted.
“Great! She’s back!” Goku cheered, turning to Kunain, “Where is she?”
“Goku, I wish to note that it is highly inadvisable to pursue the-”
“If you wanna kill yourself, fine,” Kunain snapped, “She’s in the lighthouse. She’s already taken some lady with a cigar.”
The Vision flinched. “Query: what was her name?”
“I dunno,” Kunain shrugged, “She called herself Crimson, though.”
Vision turned to Goku, ignoring the survivor.
“Agent Crimson was one of my companions in our mission,” the android replied.
“Oh,” Goku grinned, “We should go help her!”
“Affirmative, yet-”
Goku had already taken off. The Vision shook off the recording of air sirens playing in his head and grabbed onto Kunain.
“Let go of me, ya-”
The Vision flew after Goku to the lighthouse, carrying the small man. After only 32 seconds of flight, he arrived at the short tower, landing behind Goku. Kunain jerked his shoulders forward, making his armor clank noisily.
“Recommendation: remain quiet, Mr. Kunain.”
The lighthouse was quite short. It appeared to be made of the same moldy concrete that the hospital was constructed from, with more fences surrounding it than was frankly necessary. Rusty metal cages climbed up the rotting steel ladders to the top on the outside. One metal door, turned orange with oxidation, seemed to be the lighthouse’s only entrance.
Goku grinned widely and walked up the stairs to the rusted door. Without hesitation, Goku dug his fingers into the door and pulled back, prying it from its hinges. The Vision opened his mouth to protest, but simply sighed and followed Goku into the lighthouse.
“The pair of you are insane,” Kunain grumbled, “I’m leaving.”
“With all due respect, Mr. Kunain, Mr. Goku and I are Primes,” the Vision said, not even turning his back, “Your best chances of survival are alongside us.”
Kunain hesitated, before swearing in a foreign language and entering the lighthouse.
The Vision’s eyes widened. He ignored the slew of error reports in his logical processors as he tried to make sense of the place. Goku seemed to have no trouble believing what he was seeing, simply nodding as if he was impressed.
“But it’s...” the Vision muttered.
“It’s huge!” Goku exclaimed.
Goku was right. Instead of the inside of a lighthouse, they seemed to have entered a large hollow concrete cylinder, its walls featureless. It was relentlessly dark, refusing to be lit even by the maximum brightness the Vision’s Solar Gem could muster.
With a flash of red light, Willa Ironheart appeared once more, this time in the center of the room. The pyramid around her head was now removed. She seemed to be levitating another figure. Facial recognition software revealed the individual was-
“Agent Crimson!” the Vision exclaimed. He leapt forward, only to be thrown aside by the Witch. He landed painfully against the concrete wall. Goku and Kunain were already being lifted by the Witch.
“Hey! Let me go! This isn’t fair!”
“Blast, blast, blast, blast...”
The Vision tried to pick himself up, but he found that he could not move his body. The Witch turned slowly towards Agent Crimson.
“Why, Mr. Shade!” The Witch was whispering, but the Vision could – as illogical as it was – hear her voice from inside his head. “Is it her you love now? Is that why you left me?”
The Vision struggled, red fog once more wrapping his body and preventing any movement.
“What’s so special about her, Victor Shade?” the Witch whispered, “Because she’s younger? Well...”
The Witch leaned her face towards the helpless and unconscious Agent Crimson.
“Maybe you’d love me if I were Crimson.”
The Vision grunted and watched in horror as the Witch suddenly lunged at Crimson’s face with her own, hungrily kissing the hapless soldier. Goku squirmed against his bonds, unsure of what was happening but nevertheless clearly very uncomfortable. The room which would not be lit by Vision’s portable sunlight suddenly filled with a bright red light as Willa Ironheart suddenly jerked from Crimson’s face, her eyes wide. They turned black and she shrieked again, shaking the lighthouse’s very foundations.
“Vision!” Goku shouted, “What’s happening?”
“I do not know,” the Vision shouted back.
Willa Ironheart and Agent Crimson both collapsed. The three prisoners were suddenly set free from the red fog, falling to the ground. Goku and the Vision landed on their feet. Their newest companion collapsed in a clutter.
“Alright, that’s it,” Kunain shouted, “I’m leaving!”
Kunain reached for the door, which was no longer there. The dwarf scanned the wall wildly for the exit.
“No. NO!” the dwarf yelled, his voice cracking, “Where did it- But how-”
The Vision and Goku kept their gazes fixed on the pair of women that were collapsed on the floor. Willa’s body slowly disintegrated, as if an invisible wind was blowing sand away. The Vision had already forcefully shut down his logic processors, but he instinctively knew that this was very, very strange.
“Awww,” Goku whined, “Was that it?”
As if to respond, Agent Crimson gasped dramatically, her torso twisting as far as her spine would allow. The Vision rushed towards her, collecting as much data as he could before her body went motionless once more.
“Agent Crimson,” the Vision attempted.
He knelt next to the body of the soldier. Vital signs were abnormal, yet simultaneously there was nothing unusual about her vital signs. The Vision was glad his logic processors were off. This conclusion probably would have crashed his systems.
“Agent Crimson,” the Vision tried again.
Crimson’s eyes snapped open. The Vision couldn’t help but wonder if her eyes were red before. His question was answered.
“I knew you’d love me like this, Victor,” the Witch whispered again.
Panicked, the Vision flew back, preparing for combat. Goku grit his teeth and joined Vision in the air. The Witch levitated herself, keeping level with them.
“What’s the matter?” Crimson’s mouth spoke with the Witch’s voice, “I thought... Isn’t this what you wanted?”
“Error: I am not Victor Shade,” the android murmured, “I assume the misunderstanding originates from the similarities between myself and one of your associates, which is implied to be a similar phenomenon I am experiencing between you and another one of my associates-”
“Always talking so fancy,” Crimson mourned, “But you told me you’d love me if I was Crimson.”
“Error: I have never said that.”
“It’s true,” Goku added.
“SHUT UP!” Crimson howled.
The red fog that was the trademark of the Witch appeared around Goku, slamming him into the concrete and flinging him upwards. Kunain whimpered.
“Her name isn’t even Crimson, you know,” the Witch wept, “Her name is Anung Un Rama.”
The Vision flinched. “Query: what?”
His memory processors unintentionally opened a file, showing a video of Hellboy disclosing to the Vision his true name at Starbucks.
“Anung Un Rama,” the Witch shouted, “Not Crimson.”
“Agent Crimson was Hellboy,” the Vision muttered.
“She lied to you!” the Witch shrieked, “Just like you LIED TO ME!”
The Witch slammed the Vision into the wall, but continued to press the android against the concrete. He felt his body start to crush under the pressure. Panicking, he increased his density to reduce the damage.
“Error, error, error, error-”
The Vision’s body was pushed through the wall, and his body tumbled outside. His programs crashed and he went unconscious.
The Vision’s mouth twitched. He resisted the urge to snap at his new ally. After all, his Avengers had failed to develop a reputation as heroes.
“Is it so hard to believe?”
Error: Bad logic.
line 204: distance_traveled = 21 meters
line 205: estimate distance_to “starpiece” = 23 meters
line 206: distance_traveled + distance_to “starpiece” = 44 meters
line 673: distance_traveled = 42 meters
line 674: estimate distance_to “starpiece” = 23 meters
line 675: distance_traveled + distance_to “starpiece” = 65 meters
Total distance cannot increase!
The Vision faltered, his flight shifting slightly, as he tried to make sense of the data. Goku was saying something, but the Vision was not listening. Because of this error in numbers, his computer falsely believed he was flying in cartwheels, and the visual field inertia compensators were off-setting his vertigo slightly. He felt extremely dizzy.
“We help people,” he managed to say when he noticed Goku was expecting a reply.
Suddenly, a scream erupted from below. Goku and the Vision stopped in their aerial tracks. Goku pointed at where the scream came from as the Vision tried to recalibrate his navigation systems.
“Looks like you’re going to get your chance!” the fighter laughed, before suddenly shooting off downwards. The Vision grimaced.
“Request: wait,” the android called out.
> self.setvalue density 330.13697%
Shifting...
The Vision’s body rapidly grew heavier, and the android nosedived after Goku. The martial artist had already arrived by the time the Vision landed heavily on the ground. Now that he was on the dead marshy ruins of Silent Hill, he noticed that the sun had disappeared beneath the fog.
“Hello?” Goku shouted, cupping his hands over his mouth, “Anyone need help?”
“Goku, calculations indicate a 63.4% chance that this is an ambush scenario-”
Before the Vision could finish his sentence, his scanners warned him of the warhammer swinging down from behind him.
> self.setvalue density 3.10338%
Shifting...
The Vision nearly instantly vanished, but he couldn’t hold this form lest he float back into the sky extremely rapidly.
> self.setvalue density 100%
Shifting...
The Vision ducked and solidified his fist, throwing a left hook aimed at a human’s stomach. Instead, the punch landed on a person’s head. Bewildered, the Vision stepped back to see who his attacker was.
It was an anthropomorphic individual, to be sure. And while the basic features of the entity were not unusual, the size was. This person appeared to be an average-sized human that had somehow decreased height, distorting the proportion. The individual was wearing plate armor and bore the warhammer that had passed through his body.
He was currently waddling along the muddy ground towards the two Primes. Goku was scratching his head, his eyes reaching for memories, when he suddenly snapped his fingers.
The short person’s eyes grew wider in horror. “It’s... It’s you!”
“Oh, hi!” Goku chirped, “You’re that short guy! Kunain, right? I guess you got out of jail! You guys still after the Star Piece?”
“The Star Piece?” the individual sputtered, “Forget the Star Piece! I want to live!”
The Vision’s head started buzzing. He pinpointed the noise to his internal radio. He adjusted the volume until the radio became bearable to listen to. When he did, the sound it projected was that of an air raid siren. The Vision licked his lips.
“Warning,” he said to Goku, “My sensors indicate that a high-danger event will soon occur-”
“High-danger?” Kunain scoffed, “Death itself is coming from this town and there’s no way to-”
“Death itself?” Goku asked excitedly, “Is it more monsters? Are they strong?”
“A monster, yes,” the warrior panted, “But not ‘they.’ ‘She.’”
The two Primes exchanged glances, the Vision’s a nervous one and Goku’s delighted.
“Great! She’s back!” Goku cheered, turning to Kunain, “Where is she?”
“Goku, I wish to note that it is highly inadvisable to pursue the-”
“If you wanna kill yourself, fine,” Kunain snapped, “She’s in the lighthouse. She’s already taken some lady with a cigar.”
The Vision flinched. “Query: what was her name?”
“I dunno,” Kunain shrugged, “She called herself Crimson, though.”
Vision turned to Goku, ignoring the survivor.
“Agent Crimson was one of my companions in our mission,” the android replied.
“Oh,” Goku grinned, “We should go help her!”
“Affirmative, yet-”
Goku had already taken off. The Vision shook off the recording of air sirens playing in his head and grabbed onto Kunain.
“Let go of me, ya-”
The Vision flew after Goku to the lighthouse, carrying the small man. After only 32 seconds of flight, he arrived at the short tower, landing behind Goku. Kunain jerked his shoulders forward, making his armor clank noisily.
“Recommendation: remain quiet, Mr. Kunain.”
The lighthouse was quite short. It appeared to be made of the same moldy concrete that the hospital was constructed from, with more fences surrounding it than was frankly necessary. Rusty metal cages climbed up the rotting steel ladders to the top on the outside. One metal door, turned orange with oxidation, seemed to be the lighthouse’s only entrance.
Goku grinned widely and walked up the stairs to the rusted door. Without hesitation, Goku dug his fingers into the door and pulled back, prying it from its hinges. The Vision opened his mouth to protest, but simply sighed and followed Goku into the lighthouse.
“The pair of you are insane,” Kunain grumbled, “I’m leaving.”
“With all due respect, Mr. Kunain, Mr. Goku and I are Primes,” the Vision said, not even turning his back, “Your best chances of survival are alongside us.”
Kunain hesitated, before swearing in a foreign language and entering the lighthouse.
The Vision’s eyes widened. He ignored the slew of error reports in his logical processors as he tried to make sense of the place. Goku seemed to have no trouble believing what he was seeing, simply nodding as if he was impressed.
“But it’s...” the Vision muttered.
“It’s huge!” Goku exclaimed.
Goku was right. Instead of the inside of a lighthouse, they seemed to have entered a large hollow concrete cylinder, its walls featureless. It was relentlessly dark, refusing to be lit even by the maximum brightness the Vision’s Solar Gem could muster.
With a flash of red light, Willa Ironheart appeared once more, this time in the center of the room. The pyramid around her head was now removed. She seemed to be levitating another figure. Facial recognition software revealed the individual was-
“Agent Crimson!” the Vision exclaimed. He leapt forward, only to be thrown aside by the Witch. He landed painfully against the concrete wall. Goku and Kunain were already being lifted by the Witch.
“Hey! Let me go! This isn’t fair!”
“Blast, blast, blast, blast...”
The Vision tried to pick himself up, but he found that he could not move his body. The Witch turned slowly towards Agent Crimson.
“Why, Mr. Shade!” The Witch was whispering, but the Vision could – as illogical as it was – hear her voice from inside his head. “Is it her you love now? Is that why you left me?”
The Vision struggled, red fog once more wrapping his body and preventing any movement.
“What’s so special about her, Victor Shade?” the Witch whispered, “Because she’s younger? Well...”
The Witch leaned her face towards the helpless and unconscious Agent Crimson.
“Maybe you’d love me if I were Crimson.”
The Vision grunted and watched in horror as the Witch suddenly lunged at Crimson’s face with her own, hungrily kissing the hapless soldier. Goku squirmed against his bonds, unsure of what was happening but nevertheless clearly very uncomfortable. The room which would not be lit by Vision’s portable sunlight suddenly filled with a bright red light as Willa Ironheart suddenly jerked from Crimson’s face, her eyes wide. They turned black and she shrieked again, shaking the lighthouse’s very foundations.
“Vision!” Goku shouted, “What’s happening?”
“I do not know,” the Vision shouted back.
Willa Ironheart and Agent Crimson both collapsed. The three prisoners were suddenly set free from the red fog, falling to the ground. Goku and the Vision landed on their feet. Their newest companion collapsed in a clutter.
“Alright, that’s it,” Kunain shouted, “I’m leaving!”
Kunain reached for the door, which was no longer there. The dwarf scanned the wall wildly for the exit.
“No. NO!” the dwarf yelled, his voice cracking, “Where did it- But how-”
The Vision and Goku kept their gazes fixed on the pair of women that were collapsed on the floor. Willa’s body slowly disintegrated, as if an invisible wind was blowing sand away. The Vision had already forcefully shut down his logic processors, but he instinctively knew that this was very, very strange.
“Awww,” Goku whined, “Was that it?”
As if to respond, Agent Crimson gasped dramatically, her torso twisting as far as her spine would allow. The Vision rushed towards her, collecting as much data as he could before her body went motionless once more.
“Agent Crimson,” the Vision attempted.
He knelt next to the body of the soldier. Vital signs were abnormal, yet simultaneously there was nothing unusual about her vital signs. The Vision was glad his logic processors were off. This conclusion probably would have crashed his systems.
“Agent Crimson,” the Vision tried again.
Crimson’s eyes snapped open. The Vision couldn’t help but wonder if her eyes were red before. His question was answered.
“I knew you’d love me like this, Victor,” the Witch whispered again.
Panicked, the Vision flew back, preparing for combat. Goku grit his teeth and joined Vision in the air. The Witch levitated herself, keeping level with them.
“What’s the matter?” Crimson’s mouth spoke with the Witch’s voice, “I thought... Isn’t this what you wanted?”
“Error: I am not Victor Shade,” the android murmured, “I assume the misunderstanding originates from the similarities between myself and one of your associates, which is implied to be a similar phenomenon I am experiencing between you and another one of my associates-”
“Always talking so fancy,” Crimson mourned, “But you told me you’d love me if I was Crimson.”
“Error: I have never said that.”
“It’s true,” Goku added.
“SHUT UP!” Crimson howled.
The red fog that was the trademark of the Witch appeared around Goku, slamming him into the concrete and flinging him upwards. Kunain whimpered.
“Her name isn’t even Crimson, you know,” the Witch wept, “Her name is Anung Un Rama.”
The Vision flinched. “Query: what?”
His memory processors unintentionally opened a file, showing a video of Hellboy disclosing to the Vision his true name at Starbucks.
“Anung Un Rama,” the Witch shouted, “Not Crimson.”
“Agent Crimson was Hellboy,” the Vision muttered.
“She lied to you!” the Witch shrieked, “Just like you LIED TO ME!”
The Witch slammed the Vision into the wall, but continued to press the android against the concrete. He felt his body start to crush under the pressure. Panicking, he increased his density to reduce the damage.
“Error, error, error, error-”
The Vision’s body was pushed through the wall, and his body tumbled outside. His programs crashed and he went unconscious.
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Hear about the beacon in the fog.
Opt to cooperate with the guild.
Get lost in the fog.
Find my way into the suburbs.
Get lost in the fog again.
Make my way into the cabin.
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