I'm.......falling??

[The Rogue]

I hear the blast and screech of metal as one of Crowder's grunts detonated an explosive, I get pushed off of the roof by the sheer force. For some reason I don"t feel the heat, I'm falling with my back towards the ground, then everything is in slow motion and goes white, then I hear the voice.

“My name is Omni. This is not the world you know. This is the Omniverse. You interest me, so I have made you part of it. The Omniverse is a place that reflects the wishes of those who are part of it. But! There are rules. I will explain them only once, so listen carefully.”

"What?"

Omni hands you a glimmering orb in which all the colors of the rainbow coalesce. “This is Omnilium. It’s what ties the Omniverse together. Without it, you are nothing. With it, anything you desire can be yours. But you will need more than this. If you desire it enough, you will find it. You will find that using it comes naturally. Just think of what you desire most.

"Wait hold on!"

“You will not be alone in the Omniverse. There are others. Of course, they, too desire Omnilium. Do not fear death. For as long as you interest me, you will be reborn.

"Great enemies right of the bat, ironically in the after life"

“That’s all you need to know right now. You’ll figure out the rest soon enough. I’ll be watching … and waiting.”

"Who know that Hollywood was right, God sounds like Morgan Freeman" I chuckle to myself lightly

After what seems like hours I wake up to the sound of bubbling water?

'Where am I?', I think to myself as I get up. I dust my pants off and turn around. My jaw drops as I see the pristine Fountain. I whistle, "Wow...." I say under my breath as I scan the horizon.

[The Rogue]

I look about the horizon and I look to the eaast and see a large arch made of some off white material, 'Is that stone?', I ask myself, I slowly turn to my left and I see an arch covered in leafy growths, 'Maybe some wooded area? I could go there to meditate, maybe later though', I keep turning and spot an arch that has thick plumes of smoke rolling off of it, 'I should probably avoid that one, I keep turning and see an eroded version of the first arch I saw, 'That looks like it's about to collapse any minute', I keep turning and see what I have been hoping for, 'Steel! Modern civilization!, without turning to look at the other gates, I walk to the one made of steel.

[The Rogue]

"You know.... I should probably take inventory....." I say aloud to myself. I step off the path and sit. I touch my middle finger with my thumb and the hollo-screen if my HandPad comes to life. "What is Dataverse conection?", I ask seeing a wired symbol that seems to signify my signal strength, but it looks like someone mashed a phone signal meter and a Wi-fi symbol. "This looks nothing like my old GUI", I mutter as I scroll through my HandPad, " Let's check the email" I say under my breath. I open it up and see that even my email changed! 'Is that Omni for real'?, my new email reads, Connor.Hound@Omni.Dataverse.me, "Wow...." I shake my head and turn off my HandPad the same way I turned it on. I stand up and reach for a pistol in a holster that was on my right thigh, but it's gone? "Where's Laocyön?" I say in a startled voice "In fact I don't even feel the weight of Fenir or Kerberos.... Crap I must have left them on that roof! I didn't die with them so I don't have them!" I make that conclusion "Maybe I can make them...but I don't think that I have enough of that Omnilium stuff...." I reach with my right instinctively and I feel Lupa's grip "Well at least I have a weapon....Lupa is still a good gun, well....in my hands at least"

[The Rogue]

I touch my thumb to my forefinger and I turn invisible 'Well at least my cloak works', I turn it off and a display shoots out of my HandPad, showing a bar with a small sliver missing, then a voice that sounds like a robotic version of Omni's announces from my HandPad, "98% energy left for cloaking", the display shrinks and winks out, "Okay then...that's going to be troublesome when I'm sneaking about...I wonder if there is some way to turn that down...but I have to get to that arch way, there could be a city behind it" I continue my journey, constantly scanning my suroundings. "I'll need a vehicle...maybe I can buy one when I get too the city, hopefully one like Trimerera..."

[The Rogue]

I keep on walking for about an hour, I look at the archway ahead and can see vague traffic of vehicles, people, animals. "Darn, I wish I brought my scope or binoculars.....", I sit down and open my HandPad again. I open up an app called PesterOmni, "Hmmm, looks like a messenger app...." I quickly sign up. Then I move over to the web browser, and create a small web page

viewtopic.php?p=42392#p42392
Hello, I am Connor Hound, I am new to this place, and I want a few questions answered.

1.) Am I dead? Is this the After Life?

2.) What does the Archway West of the Fountain hold in store?

3.) Does anyone need a bodyguard, assassin, or someone to do your 'behind the scenes' work? Because that was my life, from before...

you can contact me through my email, <!-- e --><a href="mailto:Connor.Hound@omni.me">Connor.Hound@omni.me</a><!-- e -->, or my PesterOmni(?) BulletTechnician (BT)

[The Rogue]

I stand up and dust myself off after reading abut this place on the internet of this universe and after sitting for a bit I don't feel as tired, 'I'm glad I took a break, I now know more about this place', I smirk and look ahead of me, Hmmmm, there does seem to be more vehicles than walkers...', I look at hand and smirk. Then I stick it straight out and vague gray blobs that also seem to shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow, 'That must be Omnilium..., then they smash together, causing small flashes of rainbow light. The now giant blob starts to take form, first squishing down from a disoriented mass and into rectangular prism. The prism shrinks slowly, and as it goes down it leaves some behind, the top forms a small and oval like windshield, then handle bars start to form. The tank and seat start to take shape, the top of the hover wells soon after. I start to sweat a bit from this ,'Who knew that this would be so strenuous?', and after five minutes the small hoverbike is seemingly finished. Then suddenly the gray and shimmery bike starts to from pigments of blue on the body, and green on the hover wells, and on the tank, an etching forms, it's the top view of a dragon. 'Finally, some familiarity....now I don't have to walk', I get on and start the engine of, "Trimererra...", I whisper, and the name of the hoverbike is etched into the back of the dragon. I look towards my destination and take off. "Yeeeeeah!" I yell out as I feel the wind across my face and through my hair. I smile wide, like a child, as I speed towards my destination.

[Roger Smith]

Standing guard at the gate to Coruscant, as always, there was a handful of Stormtroopers, keeping watch for anything....well, anything that shouldn't be let through the gate. And just generally keeping their eyes open to keep records of comings and goings.

"Hey, Clark, man....is it just me, or have there been a lot of people passing through toward Camelot lately?"

Clark sighed in exasperation as he responded. "Haven't really been keeping an eye out to keep count, but I guess so. Guess something must be up over there." This wasn't the first time Nelson had asked about something completely inconsequential.

"Hey, you two geniuses, knock it off over there. We got incoming." A third trooper, lowering a pair of binoculars, spoke up. "Think I saw him summon something, so he's a Prime."

Both Nelson and Clark snapped their attention from each other out to the center of the Nexus, standing up straighter and bringing their blasters up into both hands, held low and idle, but still ready in case of emergency. It was much more presentable than the lax lounging against the sides of the portal they'd been up to. "New arrival, y'think, Roberts?"

"Twenty credits it's some clueless new guy." Clark piped up.

"I got fifty if he attacks without any reason." Nelson joked.

"Quiet you two!" Roberts snapped, shaking his head in exasperation. He took a few paces forward, lifting one arm in a wave. "Greetings, Prime!"

[The Rogue]

I let off the gas and glide to the three storm troopers. My hair disheveled from not wearing a helmet. "Err hello, This is the gate to Courscant right? A modern city?", I examine them as I wait from a response. I take in their supposed leader, a tall and awkward one with orange highlights, then the other two, one shorter and more relaxed, the other a medium height and somewhat tensed up. "And did I just hear you two bet on my response to this?" I say with a slight scowl.

[Roger Smith]

Lowering his arm back to his side, Roberts inclined his head in a nod, resting his blaster against his shoulder. "That's right. This is the gate to Coruscant. I'm...not sure what you mean by a....uh, 'modern' city, but it's the Empire's crown jewel, and the upper tiers are probably the most technologically advanced location in the entire Omniverse." There was a note of no small amount of pride in his voice as he spoke.

"Yeeeeep, discounting the actual physical Dataverse, anyway," Nelson butted in, lazily drawling over his words. "Thaaaaat place is a real marvel of techno-wizardry, lemme tell ya."

"Yes, well....that too," Roberts begrudgingly admitted. "And please accept my apologies for these two clowns..." Roberts jerked a thumb at Clark and Nelson, the both of who merely shared a glance with each other and shrugged innocently. "They meant no harm or offense, we just....we get a lot of trouble coming our way. Just the other day we had a patrol to the fountain go..." He paused, turning his head toward his subordinates. They both looked away, Clark suddenly becoming very focused on adjusting the sights of his rifle, and Nelson shuffling awkwardly about and gazing off blankly into the distance. "....go missing. A Prime, new arrival like yourself, did them in."

He turned back to Connor and sighed. "We're all a little paranoid, so we try to make light of it when we can, keep our spirits up. But enough of that. If you have any questions about Coruscant, we can answer them. Otherwise, you're welcome to be on your way, just don't go starting any trouble."

[The Rogue]

"And people can actually enter the dataverse? Cool. Do you know anything about the archways? And I was teasing ya'll back" I laugh and smile

I look at the three shuffle nervously, "So are you three Secondaries?", I ask curiously, "If so to whom? And why are you three so nervous?"

I keep looking at three, wondering why they are so nervous, "Anyways, I'm Connor, I ran a private security firm back in my universe, and I should be dead. Who are you three?" I smile and stretch out a hand for them to shake. While I wait I analyze their weapons

[Roger Smith]

"Weeeeeell, yeah you can go and jump in on the ol' data streams yourself, if you really want to," Nelson offered helpfully in answer. "It's real nifty, if you like that kinda thing, I guess. Little tooooooo much for me, though...all those numbers and information and stuff."

"That's because you're allergic to math!" Clark quipped, nudging his fellow in the ribs. They both shared a brief chuckle.

"Well, yeah, anyway, moving on to things that matter..." Roberts grumbled. "There's not much to tell about the gates, really. Step through one, and you're in another Verse. I'd be careful for your first couple trips through one, they can be a little disorienting until you get used to them. Nelson there actually fell flat on his face his first time through one."

Nelson choked back a disagreement with a sudden cough, shaking his head in embarrassment.

"And yeah, we're Secondaries, alright," Clark butted in again. "You'd never see so many guys in doofy white armor -- terrifying as that armor can be, with its vague resemblance to a skull and all, mind you -- if we weren't, y'know?"

"Heeeeeeeeeey, man, I like the armor! It's spiffy."

"Enough!" Roberts passed a hand over his helmet's visor, letting out a deep breath. "Apologies for these two. Like I said, it can get rough out here sometimes, so we have to keep our spirits up somehow." He held out a hand and shook Connor's as the other man extended it. "Name's Roberts. I'd offer my full Id and everything, but....it's kind of a mouthful and no one really cares." He jerked a thumb at the other two. "The one who keeps cracking the bad jokes is Clark. And the one who's brain is stuck in low gear is Nelson. Welcome to the Omniverse, Connor."

"If you're looking for work in the security field, you could always see about signing up with the EPD. They're always looking for new recruits, and Primes are almost never turned down if they've got the right skills. It's up to you, but we can point you the right way if you'd be interested."

[The Rogue]

I laugh as they crack jokes at each other, 'Man these guys crack me up, they almost remind me of characters from a web series I used to watch....hmmm', I think to myself as I smile like the dork I really am.

"The armor does look nice, but uhhh, I don't think it will run my cloaking and.... other equipment. Plus it's not really my color", I smile a bit uneasily.

I laugh again as the apparent leader cracks jokes about his men, "You three really crack me up you know.", I smile brightly. I watch them still tring to get a fix on them.

"Yeah, you know go ahead and give me the info on this 'EPD', I'll check it out and see if it's really my thing. If doesn't work out, I got plans", I wink and laugh in a sinister manner.

[Roger Smith]

"Yeah, the armor's kiiiiiinda...." Nelson looked down at himself, arms spread wide in something approximating a "what the hell am i wearing" posture. "....kinda awful, y'know? Blank white. And we're posted in a blank white void."

"Kinda bland, man." Clark just shrugged. "But not bad. Least it's warm."

"We try to keep things entertaining," Roberts admitted. "Gets pretty boring out here, even when we're not dwelling on whether we're going to make it home at the end of the day.But enough about all that... Right, the EPD." He took a deep breath, shaking his head in disgust. "The EPD is shorthand for the Empire Police Division. We keep the peace in Coruscant, and in our positions and holdings in other Verses. We get a lot of trouble of all kinds, from just street gangsters and minor incidents of disturbing the peace, all the way up to mass-scale destruction and open combat in the streets."

"If you're interested we can point you to a recruiter. Otherwise, just...make sure your plans don't disturb the peace or cause any trouble. Not every Stormtrooper is as sociable as we are."

[The Rogue]

"At least you're warm right?", I laugh and look at them in turn.

"Nah, it's not my thing, but if you ever get bored, give me a call", I touch my thumb to my middle finger and the holo-screen from my Handpad. I scroll over to my personal info, displaying what looks like a cell-phone, my e-mail, and my PesterOmni, "You can contact me through these, don't be a stranger", I smile and rev Trimmererra, the engine roars loudly and I take off through the gate. 'I hope I just planted the seed for employees', I smile and take a look at the world around me, and my mouth drops....