Rangers: Now Recruiting

[morphmasters]

Whatever you was doing? Wherever you were? It's now irrelevant. You see a sudden flash of light, a sensation like you're suddenly made of nothingness, and a rush of electric energy where you think your body must be. There's just enough time and consciousness for you to think that this is frightening, or strange, or perhaps cool, but in a second your body is whole again and you're sprawled on the cold hard ground in the darkness.

The space you find yourself in is dark, save for the twinkling white lights like stars that adorn the walls. As others warp in just like you have, streaks of colored teleportation energy fading around the outlines of their bodies, a ring of light illuminates the central controls. A number of control panels surrounds a central platform, the tops of the panels standing about at waist-height for an adult human. Each panel's outline is lit by a colored streak of light.

A single shape stands on the central platform, hustling and bustling to each successive platform. It's not human---the head is shaped like two cymbals crushed together, the limbs move a little too stiffly, and brightly lit buttons line its torso. It suddenly turns to spot your character, its red visor fixed on you as surely as a human's eyes would be. The little robot throws up its hands, waving you over after a moment.

"Ai yai yai. Ah...what should I say? Oh, that's right. Welcome, humans! And...others. You have been chosen to become Power Rangers."

Congratulations, you're about to find out just what that means.

[ooc: Your character has been given a morpher and a promise that they'll know what to do when they morph. Feel free to talk amongst the other recruits, badger Alpha, accept or refuse the offer at your leisure. No matter what, though, the call of battle will soon reach you, and your character will be teleported out into the wider world (and the call of battle). Don't worry, you'll be back in the Hexagon soon enough.]

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Open-ish

[twistedreality]

The last thing Nightgale remembers was passing out in that weird, magical forest after talking with that chick's disembodied voice. Now, she wakes up to this knot in her stomach as if she had been shunted through dimen-- Wait... What is this place? This isn't the...

The Zoroark quickly shifts into G and stands up hurriedly, brandishing claws and blue fire that crackles at his hands.

"What the fuck is this?! Who are you?! Someone better start talking before I start incinerating!"

Yes, Nightgale really doesn't like not knowing stuff. The last time she 'didn't know stuff' she was played like a fool and a tool.

[morphmasters]

"Ai yai yai. Activating defense!"

Alpha presses a button, causing an electric cage to form around Nightgale. He's had it reinforced, but he hopes it's enough.

"I must ask that you refrain from violence. You have been recruited to become a Power Ranger, a superhero to protect this world. I will release you when you can calm down."

[golfandrobots]

It didn't take long for Lee to realize that who came through the gate was clearly upset. He put on his best face to try to aid the new girl.

"Uh, that won't be necessary." He lifted his hands to show that he meant her now harm in a submissive gesture before he slowly lowers them to his sides.

"The gate brought you here. You are not being held against your will, but rather we need your help."

Re: Open-ish

[songoku]

"Incinna-what-ing?" Goku stared in fascination at the fire that erupted from Nightingale's hands. He'd never seen a technique like that before.

"Hey, how'd you do that?"

[dragonspooker]

Before the darkness is dispelled by the actual lights, Lina calls forth a lighting spell - which is quickly dispersed when the light shows up.

Alpha gets a weird look - as does the whole place. She's never quite seen such things before. The magic train she encountered when traveling with Filia comes close, but not quite.

"...'Power Rangers'? Just what're you talking about, little golem? And what makes you think yanking me away from my business is gonna make me wanna cooperate with you?!"

[morphmasters]

"Please, miss, we need your help! You have been chosen because you are an excellent choice to wield these powers. All the Rangers from our own world have died---we made an error in tactics that won't be repeated. This world is extremely important, and it could be a disaster if it falls!"

Alpha flaps his hands with worry. How can he make these humans understand? He knows they're emotional, but this is a little much.

[songoku]

While Lina was busy yelling at Alpha, Goku was making his way up behind her. After a brief moment of consideration (in which any of his acquaintances could have issued some sort of warning, had they been present), he reached over and gave Lina's crotch an experimental pat. You know. Just to see what was there.

He gave her one of those artless, childlike grins that said wow he figured something out awesome. "I get it! You're a girl, right?"

[songoku]

Confronted by this new and wholly unfamiliar kind of robot starscape kidnapping secret base everything, Goku unslung his bo from his back in an instant, raising it up into a ready stance.

CLEARLY ALPHA HAD TO BE SOME KIND OF WITCH.

Once he received even a cursory explanation, though, he seemed at least temporarily mollified, and sprang nimbly up on top of a row of controls (almost as tall as himself), poking at random buttons with the bo. He looked back at the morpher every now and then, then stuffed it into his pocket, all the better to fiddle with things he probably shouldn't be touching. "C'mon, take me back!"

[morphmasters]

"I can't send you back at this time. There is only enough energy for a one-way trip," he explains, apologetic in his robot way.

[appletastic]

Applejack crashed to the floor, groaning and reaching for her hat. She questioned Alpha sharply---her, powers? She couldn't get back to Equestria? After the requisite control panel-stomping and resulting time in time out, she was released to wander around, staring in wonder at her old Element necklace. Something was new about it, she could feel that even now.

She was left to stare at all these strange folk, watching them warily from near one of the control panels. She'd never seen anything like them before. No one else walked on two legs save Spike, and they sure weren't dragons.

"...is it me, or am I a little out of step 'round these parts?"

[songoku]

Goku popped up from behind a control panel, grinning widely at her. "Hey!"

Pony or not, talking animals weren't actually all that rare where he'd come from. Heck, as long as she didn't turn him into hay or anything, maybe they could be friends! "Are you gonna stick around and be a Powermacallit?"

[golfandrobots]

It didn't take Lee long to realize that a certain sense of confusion would overcome the one little pony that came crashing down. He immediately stepped up to help her to her feet, or rather hooves. He chuckled at her assessment and knelt down to establish better eye contact.

"I don't think so. I think you're right where you should be."

[twistedreality]

That was the closest thing to a Pokemon she had seen since her arrival. Reminded her of a flameless Ponita.

G approached the pony and gave her a once over.

"You're not a Pokemon, are you..." He wanted to make sure.

[golfandrobots]

It had been years since Lee had set foot in the Hexagon. He was watching the viewing globe for a moment, his hand lingered just far enough from the surface to feel the presence of the power within. It was a welcoming sensation.

Before, he was chasing after the black market sellers of parts and weapons and now, nearly 30 years later, he was here again to finish what had begun. He turned from the globe toward Alpha 5.

"It seems that you and I have become a part of the world once again, yes?" The white he so often wore was his trademark along with his grey eyes and silver hair. "Where is Zordon?"

Last Lee remembered, Zordon was still alive.

[morphmasters]

"Lee!"

Sorry, Lee, you won't be getting an answer to your question right away. Instead, you'll have a very surprised Alpha latching on. His emotional circuits are going haywire again...

"It's been so long since our last contact! Where have you been?"

[morphitudinous]

For a long time, Billy put up with the overloaded Alpha. As soon as the little robot had spotted him, he'd latched to Billy's waist for quite a long time and refused to let go. And when Billy learned why, he stood frozen for a few long moments. His friends and all who came after...all dead? Just like that? How had that been allowed to happen?

He settled his hand on Alpha's shoulder as they talked, and when he broke apart to join the rest of the group, his face was solemn. Yesterday he was a Ranger in the past, in innocent times with evil just a minor threat. Now the world was on the brink of destruction and all he knew was gone.

He swallowed hard, clutching the morpher tightly in his hand. He was going in, he would help these new Rangers through, and then he would immediately get to work on making this right.

"I suppose I'm about to find out how possible it is to change time."

[golfandrobots]

Lee heard another voice within the room and he turned around from his place. He was looking at the empty rings where Zordon would normally greet them. It was surreal yet strong enough to pull him from his thoughts.

His own Morpher has been dormant for so long that he didn't think to grip it but it was with him. He turned to face Billy and stepped closer to the veteran Ranger. "Yes, as am I." Lee spoke softly.

[songoku]

"Hey, you doin' okay?" Billy looked a little green (blue?) around the gills -- even more so that some of the other people around here, so Goku figured he might as well see if he could help with anything.

"Yer looking a little sick! Maybe you should lie down or something!"

Open like a boss

[gigglesnortpriestess]

The first question on Yukiko's mind wasn't 'where am I' or 'how did I get here' but rather...what is a power ranger? It kind of sounded like that Featherman R series that Naoto-kun and Yu-kun like watching. Speaking of those two, she turned to see if anyone else had joined her but sadly saw no one. Well, it was obvious their leader wasn't due to him being nice and safe on the train back home but everyone else was standing beside her as they said their goodbyes.

This was getting odd.

[morphitudinous]

Billy lifted a hand in greeting, waving tentatively. He approached with his hands stuffed in his pockets.

"Hey, welcome to the Command Center. So, what do you think?"

[linefacingforever]

Yeah, that was the thing about train rides... Yu really needed to stop falling asleep during them. The first time he had done that, he ended up in the Velvet Room, the encounter there just a precursor to the massive amounts of strangeness that followed over the year.

Now there was this.

He didn't let his exasperation show as he scanned the crowd, wilting a little in relief when he spotted a familiar head of black hair. Yu approached Yukiko from behind, waiting until he was behind her before...

"I thought we were done with weird things happening."

Re: Open like a boss

[songoku]

"Hey, what's wrong? You lookin' for something to eat?" Goku's bo was once again stowed safely on his back, now that he could be reasonably sure no one was going to try and kill him or anything.

Naturally, priority #2 was lunch. "I already asked that metal guy about it, but he said he didn't have nothing but muffins."

Open~

[linefacingforever]

Apparently falling asleep on train rides just always led to strangeness.

He let out a soft breath as he looked around the room, having trouble hiding the curiosity he felt. There was... a lot of tech stuff here, making it all look like something out of a cheesy sci-fi flick from the 90s. Naturally, he loved it, and he wanted to run around and poke and prod and press every button and make lightsaber noises and generally be the geek that he was. Not that anyone would be able to tell this from the expression on his face; it didn't twitch from his usual, aside from maybe raising an eyebrow a twitch as he glanced around.

Well, at least he wasn't the only one here that didn't know what was going on. He's pretty sure they didn't all fall asleep on train rides though.

"...hunh."

[morphitudinous]

"Do you need a hand?" Billy offered kindly, pushing himself back into looking after these other Rangers. He thought they might have something in common, somewhere. Those curious eyes weren't new to him.

[earthslicer]

"Not now, it's too early..." Groaning, one of her hands held her head as the other arm pushed the rest of her body up. She didn't remember falling asleep on the floor. What was she doing before-

Jerking her eyes up, Emily noticed complete change of scenery. This- this wasn't Shiba House. Everything was different from the old rustic home, with lots of blinking lights and tubes. Where was this?

Then came Alpha. Initially confused at the whole issue, Emily listened to the robot intently, her Samuraizer held firmly in her grip. The other Rangers were...gone?

Mia?

Mike?

Kevin?

Even Jayden?

And yet, she was here, without any memory of any of these horrible things. The Samurai Rangers were still fighting against the Nighloks. The others were still alive. So why weren't any of them called instead?

"Can I really do this on my own?" The pit in her stomach suggested otherwise.

[songoku]

"Yer not on your own!" said Goku, from his perch atop one of the control panels, which he had taken something of a liking to. It hadn't occurred to him that Emily might not actually be addressing him.

"A bunch of us are sticking around, too!"

Alert!

[morphmasters]

Suddenly, there's a blaze of red lights as a dozen alarms around the control panels go off. Alpha hurries over to a globe-shaped screen, taking in the sight. An attack in the business district has begun! He deposits the tray of food he'd been carrying in front of the group and attempts to catch their attention.

"There's no more time to explain! The attack has begun. You'll be teleported to the site of the battle, but please eat what you can. You'll need your strength."

[ooc: This is chronologically the last thread in this post, but please feel free to keep tagging entrances for your characters or introing new ones below!]

Re: Alert!

[songoku]

Oh, man. FOOD. Goku completely ignored any bread, coffee, or processed stuff on the tray and went straight for the meat and veggies, gobbling things down with abandon. And boy, could he ever eat.

Way more, in fact, than one might assume from his small stature.

His table manners were somewhat lacking, however, and if there were any utensils offered, he sure wasn't using them.