Heart Of Oddworld: The Ultimate RPF

[Sl'askia]

Grid and I thought we would try something new. Ok its not really new, but we thought we would give it a shot. Basically this is an add on RPG, you can use any character you have already created or create a new one. Some humor is allowed, but don't be excessive, this is meant to be a serious story. Your character(s) can die if you really want them too, but if they do they stay that way (no calling Ishtar, Bladewing or whoever to Rez your character, once your dead, your dead).
Here is the basic plot we are going to base this on:

"Somewhere on Oddworld there is this object known as the 'Heart of Oddworld'. This object is the control source of all the energy in nature and the like. Recently someone has found it and has started using it as a major powersource for something.
With it being drained in this way, Oddworld starts to die...."

That's 'bout it, I will post the first part in a bit. Did I forget anything Grid?

[Sl'askia]

Oh and one more thing, this is kind of obvious but I'll say it anyway...Your characters CAN NOT be so powerful that they are a virtral god(in other words, no god-like abilities)


Spider walked over to the river. It was an unusally quiet day and it unsettled him somewhat. He reached into the water and splashed his face. He yelped in surprise at its coldness.
The water is unusally cold today, but how? The tempature was burning hot all yesterday and last night...he thought, and the water was warm too...
He shrugged unknowingly to himself and went to take a drink. He immediately spat the water back out.
What!? The water is stagnet!? How can that be? This is a river! He looked up at the trees and grass around him, he noticed to his surprise that they were starting to turn brown, and it was in the middle of summer. He ran about a bit, and everywhere else it was the same. No birds were singing, no wind, no....life. The realization stuck him like a thunder clap. For some reason...Oddworld was dieing....

[Grid]

Grid rubbed the Oddworldian dirt between his fingers.
"Strange," he murmured.
It was lighter and drier than usual. This particular forest was reknowned for its fertile soil, many mudokons looking to lead a mroe peaceful life as far away from the Glukkons as they could, came to farm here, and live their lives in peace. In the distance he saw a green figure wearing a loincloth, and a sunhat. Grid walked up to him, tapped him on the shoulder. The Mudokon whirled around, let out a yelp and began to run.
"Whoa! Whoa! Wait dude, I'm not gonna hurt you!!" He showed the mudokon the Oddworld Alliance tattoo on his right shoulder.
The mudokon, who looked to be fairly old, sighed with relief, clutching his heart.
"You gave me a start there.." he said.
"Uh, sorry bout that.. I gotta learn to be more discreet."
"I'll say," the old mudokon chirped.
"Listen, have you noticed anything wrong with the land lately have you?"
The old mudokon nodded slowly.
"I have. The soil is ruined, I can't even grow a decent kabbage!" he lifted up a small wrinkled black thing in despair, then throwing it away.
"ARGH!!!" the old Mudokon screamed.
Grid looked around quickly, presuming the mudokon had been shot from somewhere. There was no wound. The mudokon grabbed Grid, leaned in to him and whispered, "The heart is dying.." and sunk to the ground, and laid still. A green ray of light shot out of his chest, straight towards the sky. It stayed their for a moment, then disappeared. Grid moved slowly away from the farm, and back towards the river.

[Pacen]

Pacen ran out of his cave gasping for breath. He was finding it unusually difficult to breathe, the air seemed thinner and dryer than usual. He had to get out. He leaned against the opening of the cave, trying to catch his breath. To his surprise the rock didn't seem quite as firm as it should and began to crumble beneath his long, dark fingers.

"This is enough," thought Pacen, "first the air in my cave becomes unbreathable now it's crumbling away!? I don't know what's going on, but it would be unwise to stay there much longer."

He gathered his few minute belongings, stuffed them into his cloak, and began walking through the forest. "ARGH!", he heard faintly, as though someone had been shot. Pacen froze and looked astonished at the green beam of light leading up to the sky.

"No way, something weird's happening here."

Pacen continued making his way through the forest, a little unsettled, towards the direction in which he had seen the beam.

He stopped near a small clearing, seeing the lifeless mudokon in a heap on the dry ground. He noticed a slig walking away from the farm.

"A slig out here?" thought Pacen. He knew the slig must have something to do with all this and decided to follow him...

[Danny]

He woke up, his head pounding. Shit, What have you done with mw this time, he thought. Looking round, he could see very little in the low light, but what he could see, he didn't recognise.

Ah, Chett, as usual, the voice pounded out of nowhere, Glad you're awake. I require your assistance. It isn't urgent, so don't be in too much of a rush...

"Where am I?"

Hmm? Oh, you're in the main storage room of Blastco Dynamite.

"What am I doing here?" Chett hissed angrily.

I was indulging a whim. Don't worry, they rarely send guards in there to check on it.

"And if they do...?"

Well, you'll have to try and explain it to Skillya. Without mentioning my name, of course...

"You Old Bastard!"

I'm sure you'll cope. You've always shown yourself to be extremely resourceful in the past. See you in a few hours then...

And the old bastard was gone. Chett looked around, analyzing the situation. On second thoughts, the cellar didn't look too hard to sneak out of. After all, if The Boss could get in, surely Chett could get out...

[DarkHoodness]

(Note: This fanfic has nothing to do with the RPG, it's just that Dark Hood lives there.)

Dark Hood is finishing breakfast in his shack in the village of Pyke. After eating some Shreddies he bought with him from earth, he decides to finish off with some Oddworldian berries that he really likes. As he opens the lid to the box he put them in, he notices they are going off.

"Huh? I picked these fresh yesterday evening! Hmmm, must be the box a put them in. . . Unless I overslept or something. . ."

He looks at his watch.

"Nope. Whats more, something smells rotten around here, and it isn't just these berries. I'd better go find out whats going on."

He gets up, cleans the bowl (using powers), and puts it in his pocket. He grabs his stick off the wall, and also shoves it into his magic pocket. As he walks outside, he closes the door behind him, and his shack comes CRASHing down. Dark Hood whirls around.

"Aw, nuts!"

A quick look around his surroundings indicates that something is not right.

"What the hell? Everything appears to be dying. . . whats more. . ."

He kneels down and examines the remins of his shack and picks up a bit of wood.

"Hey, what gives? All the joints in my shack appear to be rotten! Jeeze, something isn't right at all."

He stands up, looking very worried.

"Oh man, this is not good. This is not good at all!"

Just then, he sees a green beam of light heading toward the sky.

"Huh? What the hell was that? I'd better go and investigate."

He searches through the remains of his shack to gather a few belongings, and shoves them into his magic pocket. He then runs through Pyke, and heads for the direction of the beam.
- DH

[Danny]

"You called, sir?"

The Boss's head slowly turned towards him. "Yes, I did."

Chett waited, but no elaboration seemed to be forthcoming. "What was it you wanted?"

The Boss's almost dead eyes bored right into Chett. Chett tried to avoid direct contact with The Boss whenever he could, because he gave him the creeps. This avoidance was quite easy, but it was at the cost of his mental privacy...

"I can no longer remember. Take the day off; you've earned it."

At another time, Chett would have wondered what the catch was, but now he merely attempted to get out before he found out.

"How are our profits this week?"

Chett paused, half-turning. "Oil's down, but Sugar and Steel are more than covering for it."

The Boss made a small shake of his head. "Oil shouldn't be down now. Especially after Dark Seas has, heh heh heh, 'gone under'." He shifted in his chair, filling the air with the creaking sound of his joints. "Still, we have more important matters to consider, don't we?"

Ah, Crap, thought Chett, There goes my day off...

"It's started already."

That got the Boss's attention. The corners of his mouth turned up ever so slightly, accompanied by a creaking sound. "This soon? This may not take as long as I had thought."

"Can't you tell the air is different? You can see outside, can't you? The trees are dying! The birds have flown to find more food. The planet's dying! even the soil seems deader than usual."

The smile widened. "I expected it to take months."

"But sir, I'm asking you again to reconsider. There must be another way!"

"No," the shrivelled head shook, "There is not. Do you think I haven't tried other ways?" His hand moved unsteadily up. "What do you think this was?" In his hand he held the shrunken remains of his heart.

Chett stared at it, wishing he was somewhere else. "I'm... sorry... I'll leave you now." He turned away.

"Try and find out if anyone else knows the cause, while you're out there!"

Chett didn't stop to reply. The stale air in the chamber was making him heave.

[Grid]

Grid felt something. He smelt something. He whipped around, expecting to see an army of sligs about to blast him into oblivion. That sort of thing happened a lot. He thought he saw a blur of something.
"Hello?"
Nothing.
He continued to the water's edge. The water was strangely cold. He tasted it.
"Ah crap!! That tastes like.. sewerage or something!!!"
Grid pulled a tuft of grass from the ground. He dropped it in the water. Slowly it dissolved into the water. Acidous water. It was shaping up to be one helluva day.

[Rich]

So the Add-on Rpg died....
This looks much better, a propper plot and what have you. No messing about. I'll use Rex my AORPG character, future RPG Character and future Character in one of my fics...

Rex crawled as fast as he could, the forest was burning. Sparks and Ash flew from dead trees as they erupted into flames. His village had been destroyed, only he had escaped. He crawled around looking for help but only dead animals littered the floor. He stopped to think, Oddworld was dying, the weak tree's had fallen victim to lightning.
As he scratched his green slig head he heard a scream, then a green pillar of light burst through the dead tree's. This is wierd, he thought. "Hey! that's coming from Sid's farm!" he said setting off for the light...

[Sl'askia]

What is going on? Why is everything dieing? Spider thought as he walked along the river. He could feel the sense of death all around him. He sniffed, he could smell the scent of decay on the still air. All this reminded him somewhat of the time he was stuck in the Vykker labs. He quickly pushed those memories away, shaking his head.
No...this is far worse then anything I have experenced in the labs..he thought. He looked up suddenly when he heard someone nearby.
"Ah crap!! That tastes like.. sewerage or something!!!" he heard someone say.
Spider cautiously approached the source of the sound and saw a slig who looked like he was just as bewildered as he was about what was going on.
Not seeing any kind of weapons on him, Spider decides make his presense known.
"Yer feel it to don' yer?" he asked the slig as he stepped out toward him....

if you need me to describe Spider(for anyone who doesnt know him or has read my fics on him) let me know )

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[Danny]

[Akk! Slig Overload!!!]

[Pacen]

Pacen crouched down behind a rock, trying to remain out of view for now.

"Ah crap!! That tastes like.. sewerage or something!!!" he heard the slig say. Apparently this slig was not as responsible for this as he had thought. Pacen began to stand up and approach the slig when he saw a strange creature walking towards the slig. It was like a hybrid of several creatures, it looked gruesome. Pacen stood motionless, frozen, unable to move by this strange creature he saw.

[DarkHoodness]

Meanwhile, Dark Hood is walking along the river. After examining the old mudokon's body, he sees two Slig characters up ahead on the river bank. He begins to appoarch them.
- DH

[Silversnow]

Nibkeit sat by a dead tree. He was hungry, and all the animals were gone. Why is this happening? he thought, and looked up at the sky. The sky was filled with dark clouds. Aww man, what next? Poisonrain?. He turned around and looked at the river. He saw three creatures close up to a slig at the river.
"Looks like everybody is desperate..." he whispered and sat back to watch.

[DarkHoodness]

Suddenly, Dark Hood trips, and falls into the river.

"D'OH!"

*SPLASH!* Dark Hood is now covered in half decomposing gunge.

"EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW!!!!! YEUCK!!!"

As Dark Hood shakes himself off, he notices everybody looking at him.

"Hey, what ya all lookin' at me like that for?"
- DH

[Sl'askia]

Spider blinked in bewilderment at the strange creature that had just made a fool of himself. In a way he was grateful, since after he had made himself known to the first slig, a couple of others had appeared and started to stare at him. It had started to annoy him and he didn't want to lose his temper over something stupid.
He reached over and plucked the silly little creature out of the river and put him back onto dry land.
"Yer certainly a clumsly little creature aren't yer?" he asked. He noticed everyone was staring at him again and it really got to him this time. "Yer lot are acting like yer never seen a crossbreed be fer. Quit staring at me!" he scowled.

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[Pacen]

The sudden outburst from this crossbreed shocked Pacen back to normal. They all were so odd in appearance themselves that it was no wonder they barely noticed Pacen's unusually dark, almost black skin tone. These strange creatures seemed to have as little idea about the recent changes on Oddworld as he did, but he decided to ask anyway.

"Do any of you know anything about the worsening condition of this planet?", he turned to Grid, "And what did you do to that poor old mudokon!?"

[DarkHoodness]

(To Pacen)"Sorry, I know about as much as you about whats going on around here."

Dark Hood turns to Spider.

"Thanks for pulling me out of the river. . . whatever you are."

He looks down at himself.

"Man, I am a mess!"
- DH

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[Grid]

"I didn't do anything!! He just died. Then that big beam of light burst out of his chest."
Grid looked around at the creatures surrounding him. A mudokon wearing a black cloak, similiar to the really weird creature that had fallen in the river, and the WEIRDEST creature, some kind of cross of a paramite and a meech or something..
Another beam of light shot into the sky somewhere up stream, and they heard a scream.
"Feel welcome to follow," Grid said, and headed upstream, towards the new beam.

[Pacen]

Pacen looked around at the planet he called home. "What have I got to lose?" he thought, as he followed Grid along the river.

"By the way," he said, "my name's Pacen."

[Sl'askia]

(to DH)"Your welcome, as to what I am...that is not important." Spider said, "Right now there is something else of greater importance going on that demands all of our attention." he turned and started to follow the other slig, his spider-like pants hardly making a sound.
"By the way," he called back, "My name is Spider."

[Grid]

Grid turned around.
"Since we're doing introductions, I'm Grid."
The beam started to go lighter.
"Let's hurry."
Suddenly, Grid transformed. He grew blue and iridescent white, growing larger and bulkier, huge wings sprouting out of his back, feathers falling onto the ground, his arms growing claws, and spiked armour appearing on his shoulders and torso.
Grid looked around at the stunned faces.
"A bit drastic? Yeah, I thought so too. Save that for when we find a bad guy." Grid started to return to his normal self. His image jerked and twisted, as if he was being stretched.
"Argh!! The hell is going on?!"
He stopped stretching, but remained in his new self.
"Damn! Oh well. Let's hurry before we lose where it is."
Grid leapt up to a tree with lightning speed, then glided to another, heading towards the light, still fading slowly.

[Rich]

It began to rain, steam hissed around Rex as he dived into a clearing. The forest fire had not reached this point. The next thing he saw was a Mudokon in a cloak, a strange thing in a cloak, a crossbreed and...
He dived as a Slig landed near him.
He pulled his spear "Don't hurt me!" he said.
"Did you kill the Mudokon?" He asked.
"No! he just died!" said the slig.
"I'm Rex!" he said "Who are you?" he said pointing to them.
"I'm Grid" said the Slig. "Spider" said the Crossbreed, "Pacen" said the Mudokon in the cloak. "Dark Hood" said the thingy.
Rex looks at Grids tattoo "What's the Oddworld alliance?" asked Rex "I'll tell you sometime" said Grid. "For now let's hurry to that light!"....

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[DarkHoodness]

Dark Hood gets out his stick from his magic pocket as he tags behind the group, and starts charging it up, making a zapping noise. Everybody looks at him.

"Okay, I know this is a bit drastic, but stand back. . ."

He somehow mounts his stick (like a broomstick) whilst running along, and a huge white hot energy beam comes out of the back of it. As the white hot enrgy beam hits the ground, it leaves a crator. Dark Hood gets prepelled into the air very quickley in the direction of the green beam, narrowly missing trees.
- DH

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[Capri Ream]

Belinda's head hurt so much. She could hear voices, she thought they were the one's in her head but these voices seemed so real. The last thing she could remember was trying to escape from the castle(for the billionth time)when suddenly the floating island began to fall.
Belinda got up to her feet and shook her head. The voices did not go away however. They were very real. She peeked from a bush in front of her. A tall pale thing in a dark hood took a wierd stick and go off in some direction(she was still recovering from the 5,000+ foot drop.)
"Mabey I should follow"
She spread her wings and headed in the direction the thing went.

If anyone wants a description of Belinda just tell me!

[Sl'askia]

Spider watched Dark Hood fly off.
"O-k," he muttered as he scatched his head, "Now I have seen everything..."
He just shook his head and continued in the direction Dark Hood had 'flown'.

[Grid]

Grid watched Spider starting to follow the weird puny thing. Not so puny anymore though. Grid leapt high into the air, and suddenly a surge of pain went though his body.
"Argh!!" he cried in midair, suddenly he found he couldn't move. He tried desperately to flap his wings, but couldn't.
"Aw crap."
He fell at a startling pace, still unable to control himself, he was completely paralysed. He hit the ground with a dull thud, and everything turned black.

[DarkHoodness]

Just then, an "AAAHHHH!" and a *WUMPH!* is heard in the distance. We see Dark Hood, who is now in a heap. As we zoom out, we see that he is next to a dead scrab, which has that big green beam coming out of it. As Dark Hood looks up, he takes note of where the beam was heading to. It headed upwards quite a way, then seemed to bend round and travel horizontally. Dark Hood quickley gets up, get his compass and a notepad out, and quickley notes down the direction of the beam as it fades away. Looking down at the scrab, he notices that it looks really weak compared to most he's seen during his time on Oddworld. He puts his notepad, stick and compass back in his pocket, and starts heading back to the group.
- DH

[Rich]

Rex stands over Grid. "Are you alright?"
No response. He notices Pacen is carrying some things. "Hey! can you heal this guy?"
Pacen shrugs "On Earth we had asprins" Dark Hood says. "What the heck is an asprin?" asked Rex.
"Yer usually through werter over someone who's fainted" said Spider. "But the water here is Acidous!" said Rex.
Another beam of light shoots up from somewhere "Spider, you carry him we have to follow that!" said Rex....

[Sl'askia]

"How did I know I would be roped into carrying 'em?" Spider grumbled as he picked Grid up and slung him over his shoulder. "Oh well, we better get going."