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Post by FangZeronos on Jan 22, 2024 15:35:51 GMT -5
A year has passed since the end of the war with the Tok’ra Empire. The death of the Red Ranger stopping Dhazan sent a ripple through the Ranger Community. Unfortunately for the Shift Steel Rangers, the peace wasn’t going to last. As usual, evil would rear its ugly head once again. A year to the day since the end of the war, a message was sent across the Galaxy. Prince Gasket, heir to the Machine Empire, told the world of his return. With former Ranger robotic companion AXIM on his side, the Prince was set to face the Shift Steel Rangers once and for all. With a new legion of robotic minions and monsters at his side, Gasket took to Eaglemere, intending on ridding the world of Rangers once and for all. With the hunt for a new Red Ranger underway by Kida and Jax, the remaining Rangers are needed once again. Will their second fight be easier than the first? Tifa Thorston/Red Shift Steel Ranger: FangZeronos Ken Kingsford/Blue Shift Steel Ranger: y2j1915 Junichiro “Jun” Ryuzenji/Yellow Shift Steel Ranger: GoseiYellow Cole “Computer” Coleman/Green Shift Steel Ranger: y2j1915 Olivier Burnett/Pink Shift Steel Ranger: jedibloo Derek Chase/Silver Shift Steel Ranger: Mr. Silver Amara Ratcliffe/Gold Gear Ranger: FangZeronos Allies: Kida Frost: FangZeronos Jackson “Jax” Ratcliffe: FangZeronos Machine Empire: Prince Gasket: FangZeronos AXIM: FangZeronos Cogs: Everyone __________________________________ (Welcome to season 2! Be doing your own things for now, get us caught up on the "what's happened in a year" and we'll gete to the fun soon. LET'S GOOO!) Eaglemere. The sight of the last great Ranger War. The Tok'ra Empire, led by Emperor Dhazan, had been defeated by the Shift Steel Rangers, but at a cost. The Red Ranger, Moserah Garin, had sacrificed herself to take down the Emperor and gain the victory the Rangers needed to end the threat. The Rangers went their seperate ways, not sure when the next battle would be taking place, but always taking time to get together and have fun when the chance rises. Now one year's passed, and the returning Machine Empire of Prince Gasket and the Rangers' own former companion AXIM is still looming over Kida and Jax, former Rangers turned mentors to the Shift Steel Rangers. Unfortunately for the former Red Dino Steel Ranger, she'll have to call her friends back into action sooner then anyone would like. ___________________________ Amara Ratcliffe sighed as she set her headset down, having finished a stream of Crisis Core ~Final Fantasy 7~ ReUnion, her death counter in the double digits. Her mind was preoccupied, the anniversary of the end of the Tok'Ra war was on her mind. She got up and walked away from her setup, stretching and feeling her back pop as she did. She grabbed her purse and slung it over her shoulder, tucking her phone into her back pocket before walking out of the house, getting in her car and taking off for the flower shop, planning on visiting a few old fallen friends. ___________________________ On the outskirts of town, Kida Frost sighed as she paced the floor, scanning everything on Earth and the nearest heavenly bodies she could to try and find the Machine Empire. Gasket made things personal to her when he took AXIM, and she wanted to get her friend back, no matter what it took. Her alarms went off, walking over to the computer and opening hte alerts. "Found you," she growled. "On the fucking moon." The image showed a base, a new version of the Cog robots walking around outside. "Come on, AXIM....let's fucking go."
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Post by Mr.Silver on Jan 22, 2024 16:08:38 GMT -5
Peace of mind was the name of the game for Derek Chase in the past year. After a war against the Tok'ra that spanned several years for him, he finally achieved the victory he craved, but at great personal cost to him with the loss of Moze. Fortunately, he did not shoulder the burden of this loss like he did in the original timeline when many lives were lost, thanks to the time spent learning to better cope and not to blame himself for everything that went wrong. One other thing that helped was keeping an eye on everyone else. With Moze gone, leadership fell naturally to him and while that didn't include fighting, it did include TLC with his friends, enjoying each other's company when they could.
In the past year, Derek also found time to re-dedicate to his company and his passion. With no wars and a girlfriend that was normally understanding, save for some trips that Derek had to make across the globe for business, the CEO was able to enjoy his life much more than he did six years ago. Currently, Derek was on a flight on a private jet, heading back to the city after a week in Japan, partnering with Toei and Bandai for the pending release of the newest Dragon Ball game. DC laid back, playing an early copy of FF 7: Rebirth. He briefly looked down at his phone, remembering that today was the one year anniversary of that fateful day and was thankful to be coming back when he did so he could pay his proper respects.
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Post by y2j1915 on Jan 22, 2024 17:23:47 GMT -5
Cole was currently on the beach of his private island being a multimillionaire had its perks after all evil business partner notwithstanding in the year since the defeat of the Tok'ra Empire Cole had taken up aikido to do his best to emulate Ken while he wasn't as proficient as his brother he was fairly okay at this point his self-confidence was at an all-time high as he punched the air running through various combinations of kicks and punches Olivier was sleeping but he didn't have the heart to wake her after all it wasn't much of a vacation if his girlfriend couldn't sleep in checking his phone and Google calendar he saw that today was the anniversary of the defeat of the Tok'ra Empire and frowned knowing that Ken would be frazzled today
Thinking for a quick second the green Ranger decided to message Derek in the hopes that his fellow gamer and business owner could help him deal with his foster brother
<hey Derek I know you're on the way back to Eaglemere right now for the big day feel like giving us a lift? >
Cole sent the text message hoping that there wouldn't be too annoyed by having to make a detour
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Sure enough the self proclaimed King was frazzled as he ran around Eaglemere's SPD base his golden arm now emblazoned with SPD commander sigil right above his crown as he was going over the data reports one last time combing the data stream for any signs of AXIM or the new Machine Empire he was coordinating with Kida and Jax but he still felt he had to do his old man proud not to mention Moze
Zara frowned as she saw her nephew obsessively combing over the datastream
"Ken…" Zara started forlornly
"Not now auntie Z I have to come over the datastream again and go over the security protocols for the base the last thing we need is to be unprepared…""
Zara had had enough
"Ken!" She snapped
The blue Ranger turned around exhaustion clear on his features "what!?"
"It's time to meet the others the datastream can wait and when was the last time you slept?" The red Ranger asked gently
"I can sleep when I'm dead auntie Z I have to do right by my family including Moze" the blue Ranger protested
Zara's features softened "you no good to your family if you're tired promise me after you meet with everyone you'll take a nap or something or just to relax maybe go for a ride on the royal steed?" The red Ranger offered
"I'll think about it auntie Z" Ken said finally stepping away from the datastream
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Post by GoseiYellow on Jan 22, 2024 23:29:55 GMT -5
In the past year, Junichiro "Jun" Ryuzenji had kept himself busy with his music and art. He became more frequent with his appearances in the Sundrop Cafe which attracted many guests and people began to spread his performances through social media which attracted many agents of different record labels, wanting to sign him up. Meanwhile, he has been visiting his younger brother's grave and just had his past birthday when he turned 27 years old. It had been long since he had defeated the To'kra Empire and lost Moze. He made a promise to himself that he was going to keep moving towards the future and wanting what is best for his friends and himself.
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Post by jedibloo on Jan 23, 2024 0:25:56 GMT -5
Olivier stretches herself as she goes over to her love outside. Following the battle against Tok'ra Empire, she does her best to move forward despite the loss of her best friend and Red Ranger Moze. It isn't easy but she somehow makes it work. She's recently married to Cole. She works as a head mechanic at her autoshop. She visits her friends as she can. Again, she makes her life work after a year.
"Hey Babe!" Taking off the hood from her hoodie, Olivier gives Cole a quick peck. "I was wondering where you were until I spot you out doing your daily exercise." She smiles.
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Post by FangZeronos on Jan 23, 2024 1:12:21 GMT -5
Amara made her way into town, stopping and buying the flowers, several bundles in varied colors before headed to the graveyard. She stood at Tyler and Mackenzie's graves, laying flowers down and brushing away dust and debris from the wind. "Hey, guys. I'll be back later to talk, but...right now, there's a girl who needs me more," she said. She got up and walked down to Moze's gravestone, kneeling beside it and taking care to clean the headstone, removing any leaves and dirt from it, getting a handkerchief damp and cleaning up the name, digging in with her fingertips and making sure everyone could read the Red Ranger's name.
She laid a bundle of roses and white lilies on the grave, taking the dead ones aside and setting them beside her bag. "Hi, Moze," she said softly, sitting on her bag and sighing softly. "We're all still here. We think about you all the time. I'm sorry we don't get out here as often as we'd like. You know how busy we all are. Especially Cole, Ken, and Derek. Derek's actually on his way back from a Dragon Ball meet up with Toei. We had a meeting with CD Projekt Red a few months ago, about their new Cyberpunk MMO they're working on, and they asked if there was anything we'd like to see. Well..." She wiped her eyes and smiled softly. "We got a gun vendor in Night City named Moze and she only sells the best guns. They're gonna lock her shop behind a couple of big quests, and if you want the best Legendary Guns in the game to make yourself a Night City Legend, they're gonna have to find you."
Amara smiled softly, resting her hands on her knees. "Ken still blames himself. He said the other day "If Kingslayer had have worked, Dad would still be running SPD and Moze wouldn't be dead. I'd be, and then everyone would be happier." Kida slapped the shit out of him and told him to stop talking like that. We don't know what would have happened between then and now if Ken had been killed. You and Kaleb might have died some other way. Time wants to happen, and you guys knew that when you changed the timeline back then. We keep hoping Zara can talk some sense into him, but so far it hasn't happened."
She tucked the trash back into her bag, rubbing her hands. "Cole and Olivier got married. We were all there. It was a really good wedding. Best one I've ever been to. Until that Masters asshole tried to get in the way. Him and Ken almost got into it, and probably would have if Kida hadn't seperated them. Still don't know what Masters' big angle is, but we're working on it. Cole still thinks he's in league with Gasket and AXIM. I don't think so, but he won't let it go."
Glancing at her phone, Amara saw what time it was. She knew Derek would be back soon, and that the others would be coming soon, but she wasn't worried. "Jun's been scouted by a few record labels. Apparently, people are spreading his music over social media, and a few big records have looked to try and get him. I dont' think he's made any choices yet." She stuck her phone back in her pocket and got up, stretching and sighing.
"The others are gonna be here soon. I'm just gonna hang out, probably go talk to Tyler and Mackenzie for a bit, but I'll be back when the others get here." She put her hand on the gravestone, smiling softly. "Love you, Moze. Miss you all the time."
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Post by Mr.Silver on Jan 23, 2024 1:37:02 GMT -5
Derek's plane was set to land in about 15 minutes or so. He didn't get the text from Cole since his phone was in airplane mode.
"Derek, you better get cleaned up if you plan on going straight to visit Moze when you land." Boss sat in one of the comfy chairs, keeping an eye on things at the office with her laptop. Thankfully for the CEO turned hero, Boss was the one constant in his personal and professional life to help keep him grounded during all of the turmoil over the years.
"Right. Good idea." Derek got up and rushed to the bathroom on the plane so he could take a quick shower and get ready to land.
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Post by y2j1915 on Jan 23, 2024 14:18:11 GMT -5
"Hey yourself honey sorry I wanted to let you sleep in after all it's not much of a honeymoon if you can't relax you know what I mean? I know we have to be getting back to Eaglemere soon but maybe we can get breakfast to go?" The green Ranger asked "I know we already had this I know we already had the ceremony but we still haven't sorted out the legal stuff you don't want to take my last name we can hyphenate or something and how would you feel about having a second ceremony?" The green Ranger asked talking faster and faster I know there's a lot of things to sort out when talking about things but I want to have the second ceremony because I want to… Invite my parents now I know what you're going to say but I've already worked out the temporal mechanics at least I think so all it would take is a few favors from Time force and it wouldn't be that long so the timeline wouldn't be in jeopardy" I know Ms. Kingsford was there and mom is great but I just miss them" the green Ranger said after he finally stopped rambling
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The telltale roar of Ken's motorcycle heralded the arrival of the blue Ranger as he pulled up to the gate and shut the engine off After taking a few deep breaths to steady himself he went inside the cemetery and found the graves he was looking for which were on the opposite end of where Kida was three gravestones belonging to Jaguar Baptiste, and Joey Brooks, and Flynn Banner "hey guys I know it's been a long while but I've been busy running SPD and trying to make the old man proud trying to be the kind of King that you guys would be proud of too I know I've said it before but I'm sorry I should've listened to you we should've gotten out of there it's my fault you're in the ground and I'm missing an arm you guys were my best friends and I got you killed I know there's no way I can make up for that but I try and call you every time I going to battle I like to think you're there with me I can't face my father and Moze yet what do you say to them? I won't bore you with the temporal mechanics like Cole does me, but I lost dad in two different timelines and that's a lot to process even for me we still haven't found another leader, but I just hope whoever it is up to the task" with a sigh the blue Ranger stood up and went over to the other side of the cemetery.
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Post by jedibloo on Jan 23, 2024 15:12:08 GMT -5
"Hey yourself honey sorry I wanted to let you sleep in after all it's not much of a honeymoon if you can't relax you know what I mean? I know we have to be getting back to Eaglemere soon but maybe we can get breakfast to go?" The green Ranger asked "I know we already had this I know we already had the ceremony but we still haven't sorted out the legal stuff you don't want to take my last name we can hyphenate or something and how would you feel about having a second ceremony?" The green Ranger asked talking faster and faster I know there's a lot of things to sort out when talking about things but I want to have the second ceremony because I want to… Invite my parents now I know what you're going to say but I've already worked out the temporal mechanics at least I think so all it would take is a few favors from Time force and it wouldn't be that long so the timeline wouldn't be in jeopardy" I know Ms. Kingsford was there and mom is great but I just miss them" the green Ranger said after he finally stopped rambling
It doesn't take long for Olivier to get used to Cole's rambling. It takes her days to figure out. Sometimes she tells him to slow down and take deep breaths before his head explodes. So Olivier takes a step back, placing her hands on her husband's shoulder while rubbing them soothingly to relax him.
"First, we'll return to Eaglemere. It's been a while since we last visit there." Olivier begins, calmly. "On our way, we'll figure out the legal arrangements. One day at a time. This way we know the ins and outs. As for your parents, we'll see how it works. Until you speak with Wes, the plans for second wedding will be put on hold." She explains. "The last thing I don't want is for you to lose hope when things don't work out."
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Post by GoseiYellow on Jan 23, 2024 15:24:22 GMT -5
Stretching his arms, Jun walked through the streets to Eaglemere, Jun looked up to see the sun shining through his eyes. He wondered what would be next for him as he thought about the plans he had in store. But first, "Maybe some pizza would get me to think," he spoke to himself, making his way to the nearest pizzeria.
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Post by y2j1915 on Jan 23, 2024 22:57:24 GMT -5
Cole took a few seconds to breathe slowly as Olivier massage his shoulders "you're right one thing at a time first we have to get home to Eaglemere… I love you babe" Cole said giving his wife a quick kiss before messaging Wendy to tell his personal pilot they were ready to leave the island
A few minutes later a private jet landed on the beach a few feet away from Cole he extended his hand to his wife "shall we go home?"
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Post by jedibloo on Jan 24, 2024 0:33:53 GMT -5
"Yes, sir." Olivier smirks, taking her husband's hand and head towards the jet. It's a good thing she dresses in advance before she checks on Cole. This way she won't forget when it's time to leave.
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Post by y2j1915 on Jan 24, 2024 1:22:04 GMT -5
Cole gave his wife a mischievous smile as the two boarded the private jet and prepared to take off "you don't have to call me sir you know I prefer to be the one at your mercy"he said winking as he took his seat After shooting another text to Wendy making sure she would be waiting at the airport with the box of donuts and two coffees as well as his mustang Cole settled in ready for the long flight home
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Post by FangZeronos on Jan 24, 2024 1:27:41 GMT -5
Amara looked over from Tyler and Mackenzies graves, seeing Ken. She got up and walked away, making her way through the gravestones and being as respectful as she could before catching up to the Blue Ranger and head of SPD. "Ken, hang on," she said, jogging up and putting her hand on his shoulder.
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Post by y2j1915 on Jan 24, 2024 1:35:59 GMT -5
Ken turned seeing Amara as he worked away from his friend's grave sites"hey there Golden girl You're looking great if you want to get into a shouting match or something remember even the dead have ears"The Blue ranger said exasperated wondering what she could want
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