The Island

[GoldenSama]

[If you need a refresher on the map and pre-made locations, don't forget the info thread!]

The Mystery Tower

The mighty tower stood, odd rings spinning around it. The strange building had no doors and no windows; and it stood behind high walls that were inaccessible. Deep within the hidden tower, there was a low, mechanical hiss. A puff of steam rose through the air, and several large television screen illuminated an otherwise dark room.

"... It begins at last. This should be fun!"


Arctic Zone: Wilderness

"... Damn."

Batman had been awake for only a matter of minutes. When he had gone to sleep, he was in the Batcave -- now he was in a mysterious frozen tundra, dressed in his suit and equipped with his weapons.

He had already tried contacting someone with his equipment; nothing worked. There was no means of contacting people from Gotham. Whatever had brought him here, he was stuck on his own.

Narrowing his eyes and not speaking a word, Batman trudged off into the snow.


Forest Zone: Wandering

"Kimi? ... Come on, this isn't funny anymore! ... Kiiiiiiiiimi! ... Aw, Potatoes."

With a heavy sigh, the sidekick slumped against a tall tree. When he had woke up in the middle of a forest, he just assumed he had irritated Kimi somehow and she'd gotten revenge by throwing him in a forest.

When she did not appear, and his cell phone got no signal, Wonder Sama realized something far worse was going on.

Then he found the letter.

“Good morning!

Welcome to my island. I have brought you here for a unique opportunity, the likes of which you have never experienced and never shall again. You were chosen, for in the world you have come from, you are someone of great importance. Whether you are a person of principals and valor, or one of lies and deceit; I welcome you all the same.

On this island, you will find three very different lands. In each, there is a fantastic city! In the tundra to the north is The Grand City. In the forest in the middle is The Wise City; and in the desert to the south is The Ruined City. In the middle of the forest, there is another place of interest – my Tower, which is sealed from you.

I challenge you to quest for what you seek! If you wish to return home, surely you can find a way hidden in this world. If you seek power and privilege, there is a way to obtain it. If you desire money or fame, or if you desire the chance to do good or evil; all these things shall you have a chance for.

Whatever you seek, you shall have more than one opportunity to find it. One way, is to find entrance to my Tower – and I shall reward you. That is hardly the only solution to your quest, however. This is not a competition; and yet it is. For while there is more than one way to find what you seek – there is a limit to how many of you will be successful.

From the moment you finish reading this letter, you may do as you please. Conquer these lands and the people within them if you desire; or defend them if you like. Search for what you want, or stay and be content. Live or die; whatever you choose to do, it is now your choice.”

"An alternate dimension? Oh yeah, that's original. Damn it, I'm SO getting an agent when this is over." Sama sighed.


Desert Zone: The Ruined City

The Ruined City is one of three grand cities on The Island. It is ruled by criminals. Scum and villains every one of them. Murder and theft are hobbies there, and any outsiders who are captured are forced to work, digging for water until they collapse from heat stroke.

A tall man in a purple suit and green tie had appeared here. Three giant men, each made of muscles, tattoos and not much else quickly rushed towards him.

"Hmm... this one's pretty freaky." The first said.
"Yeah, he's way too skinny to dig." The second agreed.
"And too scrawny to eat, too." The third sighed.

"... Well, I don't know how I got here or who you are; but this should be fun!" Joker, one of the single most deranged and dangerous men ever to live, gave a trademark grin and pulled several playing cards from under his sleeves.

He threw them; and the razor sharp cards made mince meat of the giant's necks.

"Ha... Ha ha ha ha... Oh this'll be FUN! Hahahahah!"

[Okay! It's started. :3 Pick a location and move your folks in! Can be anywhere, don'tcha know. A place on the map, or a place of your own creation! Just remember to put which zone it's in when you post your location thing so everyone knows!]

[Crystal Rose]

6: Murky Swamp

"This is....Disgusting."

A young woman looked around the murky swamp, her nose crinkled slightly and one hand raised slightly. From her hands came a bright red flame, flickering dangerously every now and then. This flame was not for light though...Instead it was her weapon and a sort of....Pet.

"Kale? You here?" She called out, her expression still even as she looked around. She did not travel too far from her spot, but she did look in a few bushes and up at a few trees. Usually Kale hid in stupid places such as these. She groaned and with a flick of the hand the flame she had been holding shot forward and made a strange sort of noise. At further inspection the flame seemed to have an almost life like appearance. Not human like...But life like all the same.

"Go look for Kale in the trees, i'm sure the idiot landed somewhere like that..."

And with that the ghost flame made another strange noise and shot off high into the trees. Rina Whitehall sighed and ran a hand though her bright red hair. The last thing she remembered she had been laying down to sleep, Kale on the floor beside her bed curled up in an oversized blanket. And now....Well she wasn't sure where she was. All she knew was she had woken up with a headache and a very strange letter beside her.

"That loser better not have gone and got himself killed"


Ice Mountains

"Meeeeeellllaaaaannnniiiieeee....Kaaaannnnnnnaaaa......Annnnyyyyooonnnee?"

A young man trudged through the snow, eyes narrowed slightly trying to spot anyone who would know what he was doing here....Or anyone at all. Last thing he remembered he was falling asleep in his bed after a night handing out with (or perstering in her opinion) Rina, Kale, and of course Melanie. Only a few moments ago the boy had woken up and realized he was definitely not in his bed anymore...Or his house....Heck, probably not even his world! All he had to be a guide was a letter he had found next to him....Not a reassuring thought.

"Meeeeelllaaannniiiee" Jason called out again with a groan. He had no clue if his family was here too but if they were he was determined to find them. Unlike Jason who had an almost constant heat source within him (which allowed him to produce light on a whim) if Melanie was out here she would not be so lucky. She was the oposite and harbored a much colder energy within, thus making her colder easier. He really hoped if she was here she ended up somewhere much warmer.

"Well...There isn't much more to do but look...She's probably safe at home anyways..." Jason tried to reason with himself as he continued forward. "Kanna's probably...Fine too...It's just a matter of getting home...And I guess that means find that tower..."


The Oasis

"This is.....Sooooo nice!"

A young woman smiled widely, investigating her surrounding with much intrest. The last thing she remembered she had just lied down to bed after helping her best friend with some research...It had been rather boring and she had been looking forward to a nice long sleep and some nice dreams.

Was this one of them? She looked down at her tan arm and pinched it as hard as she could.

"Ouch!" She exclaimed, now rubbing the spot carefully "Okay....So this isn't a dream then...." She walked forward leaned down to a small body of water and touched it. It felt as real as ever....

"This is really strange....But at the same time...Perfect?" The girl twisted her wrist a small bit and stood back up, along in a perfectly round blob came a huge amount of water.The girl, obviously able to conrol the water placed it in a small pouch attached to her leg.

"Tazzy? Avatar? You guys here too?" Crystal Rose finally called out, deciding to try her luck. With no responce she sighed. But suddenly something caught her eye....A piece of paper on the ground...She bent to pick it up and read it over....

When she had finished she frowned.

"Well...They get no points for originality...Unless there are magical Bunnies somewhere near....But I guess I really have no choice if I want to get home..."

Crystal looked sadly at the Oasis..."Too bad, this would be a perfect vacation spot"

[ChaosHalberd750]

-Central Mountains-

"Well...this is awkward." Sam looked onward, mountains being the only thing visible.

"Nodoka...hey, c'mon. I know you're hungry, but-" The regimental hedgehog rummaged through her bag, taking out an apple.

"...Never mind."

"It's been a while since we've had some alone time, eh Sam? And besides...this whole contest thing should be a little fun, right?" The ebony hedgehog sighed, and turned to his regimental companion.

"We need to find a way out of here...and if this contest's the only way, then so be it. But really..." The ebony hedgehog kicked a pebble idlely, and sighed. "I've had enough of fighting..."

"I, on the other hand, would like a bit more challenge." Chiharu appeared from Sam, the hedgehog grinning as he looked around. His grin quickly turned into a questioned look, the hedgehog raising an eyebrow. "...This is new. You two aren't making out for once." Chiharu remarked, the duo blushing.

"Oh, just can it..." Juuchi came from Nodoka, punching Chiharu in the face. "Don't be like that. And besides, we do so just as often as they do...you'd be hypocritical."

Chiharu rubbed his jaw in pain, and sighed. "Doubt we'll find anyone in these mountains..." He changed the subject, Sam nodding.

"You're right...well, time to rush down. C'mon, Nodoka."

"Right."

[The Vidit of Light]

Ice Mountains

(Hope you don't mind if I put Vidit here, C_R.)

Heat. It was nice.

Vidit had laid down to sleep, and suddenly awoken...to coldness. Such were the conditions of the Ice Mountains

He had read the letter...and gotten rather agitated. Who was the creep who brought him here? His duties...they'd at least notice that he was missing soon enough, and get someone else on his task...but still, who did this jerk think he was? He had to find him.

Maybe do some good while he was here, too.

"I see you're awake, sir." A voice said.

"Cortana?"

"Still in your gear, sir." came the AI's response, playing from his communicator. "If you hold out your glove, I can use its holoprojecters to appear."

Vidit held out the glove, which was somehow on his arm already, and Cortana's hologram appeared.

However, it was full-sized. Vidit was puzzled.

"Cortana?"

"Trying out a new look, sir. I don't like having to look up to everybody all the time. Anyway, I suppose you'll want a report of the situation, but I've already scanned, placed a distress beacon, and more. I can't tell where we are, or what to do, except, I suppose, find this "tower" or otherwise look around. Speaking of which...I've detected a life-form a short distance away."

"What kind of life-form?"

"Vital signs are human...mostly. But there's something there I can't quite put my finger on..."

"I'll check it out. I'm going to be walking."

"Right, sir."

Cortana's hologram disappeared.


Using the flamethrower function from his glove, he kept warm and walked along, clearing a path as needed.

Eventually, he came upon a dark-haired young man, who also seemed like he had no idea where he was.

"Hello!" he called.

[GoldenSama]

Arctic Wilderness

Due to frequent encounters with an ice-themed villain, Batman always carried a spare cape and cowl in his backpack. It was white, unlike his usual black one, and it was thermal insulated for keeping him warm. He had changed into the white cowl and moved forward.

Then there was a beeping on his belt. He pushed a button and a small device came out in his hand. He looked at it -- it was picking up some kind of high-powered technology nearby.

"... From, there?" Batman looked towards some mountains that stood not far away. He knelt down and put the device on the ground, and clicked a button. A small radio dish came out of the small device and started broadcasting.

"Can anyone hear me? Hello?" He hoped that whatever technology he picked up on the mountain would be able to receive his broadcast.

Forest Wandering

Sama had no idea, but he was actually in the southern area of the forest. To his north was a bridge, and to his south the Central Mountains that led to the desert.

"... I have no idea what to do."

Sama gave a sigh. He had a horrible sense of direction. So he began to wander, not knowing where he would end up. He had no idea which direction was north, south, east or west.

[The Vidit of Light]

Ice Mountains

"Sir..." Cortana's voice rang out.

"Yes?" Vidit replied.

"I'm getting a signal...sounds like a radio. Someone else sounds confused. Patching it through:

"Can anyone hear me? Hello?"

"Yes...someone can hear you." Vidit replied into the radio. "Responding. This is...Vidit Light." he said, giving his codename/alias. "To whom am I speaking?"

[GoldenSama]

Arctic Wilderness

Batman paused. A voice responded to him. Someone named Vidit Light replied to him. He had never heard of that person, but it was the only clue he had found so far.

"I'm Batman." He replied in a gruff voice. "Do you have any idea where we are?"

He contemplated finding the Light person. Climbing a mountain was easy, but trusting people; that was difficult.

[EvilSpritist]

Dead Forest

"SCRATCH! GROUNDER! WHERE ARE YOU POOR EXCUSES FOR ROBOTS?" A voice shouted loudly.

No answer...

"Grrr...when I get my hands on those two buffoons..." The voice continued.

Dr. Robotnik had found himself in this odd area, searching around for his old lackeys. Disappointingly, they were no where to be found and the doctor was left alone in the dead forest. The frigid, desolate, dead forest.

"Noooow...to figure out where I am. Hm. What's this?" He mumbled.

Ahead of him was a large structure made of steel that seemed rather icy.

"Hmmmmmmm....just like home. Gooooood..." Robotnik chuckled, walking toward the abandoned lab.

The Ruined City

Another white faced individual had found himself in the city of thieves. Jack Spicer, the self proclaimed evil boy genius, wandered around aimlessly trying to decide where he was and what to do.

He was immediately met by a large muscular man, who chuckled. "Hm, you look young. But that's the best time to start."

He began to attempt to grab Jack, who let out an "Eep," before there was a surprise strike from out of nowhere.

A blur of red and the giant toppled to the ground. The attacker was a waddle doo, not that Jack knew...he was wearing a straw hat and a blue cape. In his right "hand" he wielded a fan that was obviously his choice of weapon.

"Not so tough, are you?" The waddle doo said calmly to the big criminal.

Jack walked up to his savior and said "Woah, what are you supposed to be, with that giant eye and little hat and that funny little fan...?"

"I...am Samurai Doo" He said.

[The Vidit of Light]

Ice Mountains


"Batman"? Just "I'm Batman"? Great, my first signal, and what I get is a sarcastic dude who'll spout geeky references at me when I try to talk. Not that I'd normally mind geeky references, but this is a time for...seriousness.

Shaking it off, he spoke.

"I have no idea where we are. I'm sorry. I'm guessing by your inquiry that YOU don't know either." he said.

[AGodofIrony]

-Forest Wandering-

WHOOSH!

THUD!

“Darn trees!”

There was a scrambling noise by Sama, then a short girl wearing black leaped out of a tree, holding two large spatulas that suddenly shrunk in size, the girl placing them in holsters by her hips.

“Way to hard to glide through trees...Maybe I should find a different way...” the girl frowned, then paused, as if just noticing Sama.

“Oh! Hey! You're...You're a Flan-!” Meline smiled brightly, “I think I saw you before, right? Do you know where Spork is?”

-Murky Swamp-

Why did there have to be water?

Spork grumbled to himself, sitting in a tree, looking down at the swamp. Well, he could always use his Custard Aura to float...Of course, he slightly regretted burning that letter with some Custard Lightning earlier now. It might have contained a clue.

Eddie didn't seem to be here with him, but his electronics still worked. He had seen the distress beacon nearby...well, relatively nearby, and had been following Vidit and Batman's short conversation.

He was an evil genius, so he had stayed silent. And from what he could tell, neither Jimi, Hammah, nor Avenger were here. But...he felt some Flan presences. And...her.

Spork seemed to brighten up a bit, and he even considered making contact with Vidit...

Well, maybe he'd find out a little bit more first.

-Dead Forest-

“Is that...Eggman?” Metal Sonic wondered, watching Robotnik from some dead growth, remaining hidden.

“No...scanners indicate it is not. A different version...” Metal Sonic concluded. “This may prove useful...”

Metal Sonic stepped out, making no effort to hide himself, making his way to Robotnik...

[GoldenSama]

Ice Mountains

Batman expressed little emotion in hearing that his new radio-buddy had no clue where they were either. He was undaunted -- he had dealt with odd things many times in the past, and it was never as easy as just calling someone and getting lucky.

"No. I don't know this place. Stay where you are, I'll be right there."

Turning off his radio, the dish retracted into the small device. Batman held it up and it started giving off a small beep in the direction of the mountains. He had gotten a lock on Cortana's location and would hurry there.

Taking a grappling hook gun from his utility belt, he aimed it at the mountains and fired it. It locked onto one of the lower areas and Batman retracted the line -- and himself -- to the mountain.

Then he looked up, and fired again; this time the line hit on a hill partially up the mountain. He carefully climbed up the side, using the retraction when he could do so safely, and climbing when he could not.

He stopped on a ledge near the top and took a pair of portable binoculars from his belt. He looked through them, and using the thermal imager he got a sight of Vidit's location.

The Dark Knight paused. It was just one man, there were no signs of a trap. He was cautious.

Then, he jumped up onto the same level of the mountains as Vidit and slowly started walking towards him. With the snow cape on, he was blending in with the sky and the snow -- but as he approached there was no mistaking his silhouette.

"... You're Vidit?" He asked, his eyes narrowed somewhat. He was always the cautious one.

Forest Wandering

The sidekick was wandering still, trying to find some sign of a road, or a path or even just animal tracks. Instead, he heard a loud thud and turned in time to see a girl he hardly knew.

Still, he recognized her! There weren't that many girls running around with giant magical purple utensils -- even where he was from.

"Oh, hey! You're Spork's friend. Uh... Melanie? No, that's someone else... um... Murphy Brown? No, that's an old TV show... but the actress who played her was on Boston Legal..."

As usual, Sama was getting sidetracked. Proving that he could descend into television trivia even without prompting from Kimi.

Then, he snapped his fingers. "Meline! That's who you are! I never forget a face, at least when I remember."

Nothing about what he had just said sounded strange to him. Instead, the sidekick shrugged, and then blinked.

"Heeeey... I don't suppose this is all Spork's doing, is it? Not to accuse, but... well, he's a science guy, and sometimes science guys rip holes in dimensions and stuff."

The sidekick shrugged. "Well, anyway... Since we're both lost, we might as well travel together. You help me look for my friends, and I'll help you keep an eye out for the Custard lot."

((Okay! I need sleep now. When I get up, I'll have some rather evil stuff happen, so be ready! 8D))

[Clown Prince of Crime]

Arctic Zone: Ice Mountains

A young girl was shaking and shivering, as she tried to figure out what was going on and walked aimlessly.

"There's no way I'm gonna find hot water in a place like this. Unless I can find a hot spring, my best bet is to worry about getting out of this frozen tundra first, then worry about changing back into a man."

The girl, as one might guess from her monologue, was not actually a girl at all. At least, not on the inside. The body was genuinely 100% female. However, this is because of a curse that this person has obtained. His name is Ranma Saotome. And he had carelessly gone to sleep while in his female state, not knowing that he'd end up in a place like this once he awoke.

"Huh?" Ranma said, as he looked into the distance. He noticed Vidit standing there, with Cortana. It was at this moment that Ranma decided to talk to that person, as he thought to himself, "Maybe that guy knows something about all of this."

[Knucxsonia]

Thick Forest

"Hellooooo! Anybody here?!" yelled a female voice with a cowgirl accent. It was KxS, the young Custard-I trainee. She had appeared in this strange place as well.

She looked at the note that was lying next to her when she woke up. She shook her head slowly, folded the note and put it in her jean pocket. The forest was thick enough to block out most of the sunlight, so she had a hard time seeing...her myopia didn't help at all.

She tried to sense the others...apparently, Avenger wasn't here. That didn't make her feel very safe. Her Knuckles Plushie wasn't around either...neither was Tinman or ES or Hammah...but she did sense two other Custard-I. She brightened up a bit, for she indeed sensed Meline.

She sensed Spork too, but which one was closer? She looked down to her boots and sighed. "I guess I better find a way out of this forest before lookin' for any of them." she told herself as she walked about the forest, hoping that she wouldn't run into something too big for her to handle.


Ice Mountains

Not too far from Vidit Light was a bird that looked like it was wearing a tuxedo. A cute little penguin was looking around the ice and Vidit. Next to it was the same note that everyone else was getting.

What Vidit wouldn't know was that this penguin was actually Nature Girl, a superhero for the state of Arkansas, who vowed to help keep the Natural State clean and safe from crime. But now she was in a whole different world...and she wasn't used to this cold weather.

At least she was able to turn into a penguin before she froze to death.

As she looked at Vidit, she was thinking. Who is this guy? Where'd he come from? Is he a local? Oh well. No point of showin' him that I'm a superhero until he gets enough ideas...or I could transform now, just to give him a good scare, but this isn't the time or place.

She just sat there being a cute little penguin, because....well, she liked being cute.

[ChaosHalberd750]

-Central Mountains-

"...I see a oasis nearby. There's going to be tons of desert though...shall we?" Sam asked, Nodoka nodding.

"Maybe we can get some things to drink...I'm parched!" She drank from a canteen of water, Sam sweatdropping.

"...How much of that canteen did you drink?"

"Around a eighth." Sam snatched the canteen from her hand, and closed it.

"We can't risk running out of supplies. Just...c'mon. Let's make it to the oasis, then formulate a plan...and relax." Sam said, Nodoka sighing and nodding as they continued to rush down the mountain.

[EvilSpritist]

Ruined City

"Now, if you'll excuse me..." The waddle doo said before dashing away at an amazing pace.

"What a weirdo." Jack mumbled. "But now I'll just leave too. I gotta find Wuya."

He pressed a button on a strap that was on his chest. His backpack sprouted two propellers and he flew away from the accursed town. And he wouldn't be coming back.

Abandoned Lab Courtyard

Robotnik didn't notice Metal Sonic was approaching and just continued to walk up to the large lab.

"Hmm...not bad. Needs a statue of me right there." He said, pointing to a small area in the center of the courtyard.

He walked up to the door and knocked.

...No answer. So he opened to door carefully and walked inside.