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Across Universes is a Forum Roleplay found on TV Tropes. The main story revolves around a group of mercenaries who explore the universe and take on missions from anyone willing to pay them. Unfortunately, they have to deal with each other. Witness their arguments as they attempt to do their jobs, and maybe have a laugh or two along the way. It can be found here, and signups are right here.


 * Alternate Self: Ai and Albert are both the Lone Wanderer, somehow. They even have the same backstory. At one point, they end up having an argument on who deserves the title better. Hastur notes that they have something in common, though. They'll bring about the end of humanity through various means. Albert will do it through pure stupidity. Ai will do it on purpose and replace humanity with a race of androids.
 * Apocalypse How: A growing X-3 class.
 * Badass in Distress: The group had to rescue Einar when he got stranded on Mars. Einar is a Space Marine who fought the forces of Chaos on a daily basis and survived.
 * Butt Monkey: Longram, Longram, Longram. Despite the fact he's a trained combat engineer of the Enclave, the multiverse doesn't give any mercy to him at all. Near the start of his FIRST appearance, he had a bump into Albert Walker which broke out into a fight, got arrested and jailed, got bailed out by Asagi with a hefty debt with interest, other characters added their debt to his, and during one time Asagi had to sell off EVERY GEAR he had with him even though Longram paid it all off through a wish. Sucks to be a mook like him.
 * Catgirl: Sorceress Ael, which was fitting since witches are known to have pet cats.
 * The Corruption: Einar somehow got his mind altered by the Warp when he got stranded on Mars and becomes loyal to Khorne. He even tried to kill his fellow group members.
 * Cosmic Horror Story: Oh, boy...
 * Deadpan Snarker: Longram tends to made some snide comments, especially dealing with the ridiculous and stupid during these bizarre adventures.
 * Defeating the Undefeatable: The group managed to beat Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes during the Virtual Reality arc. To put this in perspective, Gilgamesh is a mythical hero tougher than most Servants. They won because they teamed up and because of their Servant powers.
 * Dimensional Traveler: There are plenty and the group are most notable.
 * Distracted by the Sexy: To free Einar from the corruption of Khorne, the group created a gigantic projection of a nude Asmodeus. In this case, Asmodeus is a kitsune gynoid with a lot of fan service.
 * The Dog Was the Mastermind: Sorceress Ael, the sorceress behind the manipulation of Galbadia's president, used psychic powers to disguise herself as his pet cat.
 * Dressing as the Enemy: The group successfully obtained the robes of drunken Magic Supremacy Group members and accidentally became double-agents.
 * The End of the World as We Know It:
 * Flashback Nightmare: After the Ohm arc, Oliver dreamed of the time when he was still human. Despite his cowardice, he managed to kill over 300 terrorists and thus was reassigned as a soldier.
 * Fusion Dance: During the Virtual Reality arc, group members fuse with the spirits of fallen historical and mythological figures
 * Godzilla Threshold: To stop the threat against Moon Cell in the Virtual Reality arc, the group had to reassemble Ea and summon Gilgamesh. Unfortunately, Gilgamesh was pissed at the group and proclaimed that he will punish the group for dirtying his precious Noble Phantasm with their filthy mongrel hands.
 * Gundamjack: In the Huckebein arc, the group was hired by The Black Charisma to steal the Huckebein prototype before Zeon forces abuse it.
 * Headbutting Heroes: While the group can agree they must stand together to face challenges and form friendships, some just don't get along too well for certain reasons.
 * Albert and Longram despise each other due to a fighting a war in post-nuclear Washingston DC as opposing factions. However, this heated relations improved thanks to Catherine advising Longram to bury the hatchet.
 * Homeworld Evacuation:
 * Hub City: Terminus Station was a massive space station filled with a cosmopolitan population from all walks of life.
 * Identity Amnesia: No Name doesn't remember his name until the Virtual Reality arc. When the others fused with the spirits of the past, he got his memories of his name back because an alternate version of himself was apparently a hero from a time long past.
 * Inside a Computer System: While the group was in cryogenic storage for their journey to a safer galaxy, the ship places them in a virtual MMORPG. While they experience a week of time in the RPG, 500 years will pass in real-time.
 * Last of His Kind: Andrew Longram is the last surviving member of his world's version of the Enclave and to a certain extent, the last of the Old World Americans.
 * The Man Behind the Man: In the Ohm arc, Vudan Arms gave the MSG the supplies to take on the world. Vudan Arms stopped after the group stopped the attack on Loswell Foundation. Cami, the representative of Vudan Arms, even went on a rant on how Lyle is the most incompetent person she had the misfortune of meeting.
 * Massive Multiplayer Crossover: The main premise with some Original Generation to boot.
 * The Multiverse: The multiverse the group's in is as vast and infinite as ever.
 * New Old West: Middle of Nowhere is a western-themed town, complete with saloon and train station. What makes Middle of Nowhere unique is that it takes place on a desert planet.
 * Non-Action Big Bad: Cami and Vudan were behind the events in the Ohm arc, but Cami surrendered after encountering the group during the raid on their base. Vudan refused the offer and was shot in the face by Noble Six.
 * No Respect Guy Andrew Longram, one of the resident engineers of the group. Even though he's one of the few folks with a stable mindset among the cast of wierdos, his comrades ([especially Asagi]) berate Longram and treat him like an idiot or a liability at the very worst. Most of it stems from being from a very xenophobic faction and Longram's jerk tendencies. To further the metaphorical ball breaking, he owed Asagi a heavy debt to pay off his bailout from jail which arbitrary rises to Asagi's whims.
 * Our Werewolves Are Different: On one of their early missions, the group had to deal with an invasion of bishonen werewolf cultists who were weak to head trauma and gold.
 * Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: During the Ohm arc, Lyle revealed he was dumped by Cath in the past. He's so petty, he attempted to stage a robbery at the Loswell Foundation just to get back at her. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the power to do so and has to rely on his henchmen in the MSG, who don't even show him an ounce of respect. He even got pissed off when Asagi placed a sign with the word "HA" on it formed into crude art of Cath holding hands with Longram.
 * Single Biome Planet:
 * Nowhere is a desert-themed planet. The only ice that could be found is directly at the poles.
 * Cryogen and Pyrogen is a binary planet system. Cryogen is a planet completely covered in ice. There's even an ancient laboratory underneath the ice sheet. According to Imca, "[Pyrogen and Cryogren] are [part of a] terraforming experiment. All the heat from the two goes to Pyrogen like a giant refrigerator. Ever stuck your hand behind a fridge?"
 * Spin-Off: Across Universes is an action-oriented spinoff of We Are Our Avatars. Across Universes places a hardline on character powerlevels, and thus the characters have to get more creative when coming up with solutions. It also forces the character sheets to be more creative.
 * Spiritual Successor: To We Are Our Adventuring Avatars. Imca, founder of this RP, wanted to properly experience the fun of We Are Our Adventuring Avatars without all of the baggage that came from that game.
 * Square Race, Round Class:
 * Turax is a magician who happens to be a Krogan. Krogans are known for their Blood Knight tendencies and their Super Toughness. The typical Krogan would probably go for a physical-oriented class if they happen to get stranded on a medieval planet. Then again, Turax believes that knowledge of arts is an excellent source of power, which also extends to spellcasting. During the Virtual Reality arc, he even gets the powers of Merlin.
 * Lisa is a giant who's obsessed with ninja to the point where she becomes one herself. It would be more fitting if she picked a more tanky class. She even got the powers of one of the Hassan-i-Sabbah.
 * Status Quo Is God: . In other words, they were back in poverty.
 * Traintop Battle: One of their first missions on Nowhere involve protecting precious water from bandits with partial success, another would be recusing a NOD leader from the same train filled with Mecha-Mooks.
 * Witch Species: Sorceress Ael turns Asagi into a sorceress by passing her powers on.
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: Asagi thinks she's a video game protagonist. However, this is actually a Forum RP.
 * You All Meet in An Inn: The group met at a train station in a town called Middle of Nowhere.