Bowser walked over to where Zafira was standing, his hands behind his back, a wide smile on his face:
"See? I told you fools that I could invade and take over a ship! Nothing's going wrong, and there seems to be no resistance from the Andvaranaut either. I guess they are all cowering in fear from the mighty King Bowser! Bwahaha! One more ship will be added to my already big collection of things I've conquered!"
The King of the Koopas laughed again.
Dlanor A. Knox
Dlanor was just about to finish up the last of the paperwork, when alarms suddenly went off, apparently from a distress signal. The doll-like girl quickly stood from her desk as a taller, brown haired woman appeared before her.
"Allow me to speak. The Andvaranaut has been attacked by unknown forces," The woman
◊ said, saluting the younger looking girl, "Let it be known that it's shielding managed to deflect it. However, another hit like that is likely to destroy the shields entirely.
Dlanor nodding, showing no hint of worry, or much emotion at all, "Inform the Siesta Sisters of THIS. We should prepare our COUNTERATTACK."
"Allow me to speak," Spoke another voice as a blonde woman
◊ appeared wearing a similar outfit to the brown-haired one, "The Siesta Sisters are already on board the ship. They have identified the target and are preparing for the attack."
"...GOOD," Dlanor stated simply, "Make sure the others are contacted about this MATTER. The Andvaranaut shall need their SUPPORT."
Three uniformed bunny girls
◊ were quickly acting to prepare for the counterattack. If they did not act soon, then the ship was in danger of being destroyed.
"Data Link from Archangel Satellite 4, Homing Format, Verdict-Model Conceptual Guidance," The pink haired bunny girl stated a stream of confusing words as she prepared to fire on their attacker.
Next to her, the blue haired bunny girl furiously typed on the computer main-frame, "Target Locked, nyeh. Ready to open fire!"
The third bunny girl, a no nonsense blonde nodded before contacting the enemy ship, "You have fired on a Wings Protected ship. I repeat, you have fired on a Wings Protected ship. If you do not back down now, we will be forced to open fire without warning! ...Siesta 410, be ready to fire the cannons if they do not comply with our warning."
"I'm on it, nyeh," Siesta 410, the blue haired one, answered.
Does this work for you GS?
edited 4th Mar '12 4:41:06 PM by FlameHaze17
Naruko
As the alarm rang, the citadel completely went in to red alert. Citizens immediately fled in their abodes, businesses were abandoned, and generally the masses were stampeding in order to get to a safe place at the moment. As the alarms blared, Naruko looked up and narrowed her eyes.
Defensive Unit Deployment System Activated. With those simple words echoing throughout the Wings' various minds, they would feel a shift in their bodies. If they were incapable of flight, then the teleport system would take them to a spot around near the ship by warping their bodies into the area they designated. Naruko chose that moment to warp a hundred feet starboard, and began flinging herself at the thing through a line of continuous clones that she kept summoning to propel her closer towards the bulk.
Valvatorez
"Lass, what are you doing about?" Valvatorez asked the facedown girl witha frown upon his face, due to the fact she was the only being nearby besides the fairy on dint of every other demon running away at lightspeed. Artina poked her head over the vampire's shoulder, glancing down at the girl with curiosity.
Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.Archer appeared nearby the ship, in mid-air. Wasting not time, she quickly traced the first thing in mind. Strictly speaking it was unlike most of the things she could trace, but that did not mean she could not trace it. The silvery, spike-tipped gauntlet appeared over her hand, and she squeezed. It launched forward with a strange grating sound and buried itself in the metal of the ship, before carrying the small girl towards it. She intended to take a place atop the airship. She traced Kanshou in her free hand, and drove it into the metal as a handhold, before looking up and tearing the spike from the ship.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Bowser looked at the ceiling as the message was being relayed to him. His eyes widened once the word "wings" was mentioned:
"What?! They're on the ship?! Oh, this just keeps getting better and better! Not only will I take over the ship, but I'll also take down some Wings! Haha!"
He turned over to a Koopa Captain that was standing near him:
"Captain! I want you to add more soldiers to the attack squad! And intensify the attack on the Andvaranaut! I want to destroy their defenses before invading!"
The Koopa Captain nodded and ran off. Bowser turned to Zafira with a smirk, winking:
"See, this is called strategy".
"You realise that this means Signum is on board?" Zafira asked, stare piercing as he regarded the lizard's strategy as... somewhat stupid. Maybe he hadn't considered getting some better options than 'Attack! Attack! Attack!'?
Bowser stared at Zafira after she told him Signum was on board. He mumbled a few words before giving her a worried grin:
"Of course I know that, because I... I-I..."
Once Culex came out of the shadows, Bowser laughed and pointed at him:
"I have him! Of course you know Culex, my powerful ally! Bwahaha!"
He looked at Zafira and once again smirked and winked:
"Strategy. Never underestimate the powerful King Bowser! Right, Culex, I want you to go with the Koopa Squad. Once inside the ship, destroy any kind of weapon they have there. Then, I want you to take care of any other resistance until I invade the ship with my other ally. Then we'll invade the ship, all three of us, plus my armies, and take care of any Wings that dare to cross our way! Understood?"
"I am more talented then you think," muttered Ezio, raising an eyebrow as he saw the Lady murmur something silently. Was she just praying? That could be either a good or a bad sign - it might have been her way of respecting the fallen, or it could have pointed to a connection with the church... and through them, the Templars. Looking up at the apparent source of Bowser's voice in a mixture of annoyance and confusion - how on Earth had he managed that? Did he possess a Piece of Eden? - he growled, "Silence, idiot."
The older man staggered slightly as the Andvaranaut took some more hits. Grabbing on to the wall for purchase, Ezio said, "Whatever you're doing, I suggest we focus on finding this ship's cannons. It's quite unlike any of the vessels I have sailed on, though - do you know where they might be?"
Things were rapidly getting chaotic, it seemed, and he had no intention of just waiting for the inevitable. That was foolhardy at best and deadly at worst.
Locking you up on radar since '09The Lady straightened. "The captain isn't answering," she said. "This is most likely bad - either they can't receive my call for some reason, or our comms are being jammed. As to this ship's cannons..." she looked around, and sighed. "This is a cargo vessel. I doubt there are any."
She was grasping her sword rather tightly; her knuckles were coloured white.
"I've a way out, though," she whispered in Ezio's ear, not wanting anybody else to hear her. "I've a Void Smallcraft onboard. You can come, if you want... I want to know you better."
"...No cannons? That's ins -" said Ezio, cutting himself and then shaking his head. "Never mind, things seem to work differently here." In his own time period it was unheard of for even the smallest cargo vessel to go to sea undefended. He did not bothered to ask the Lady for clarification as to what 'comms' or 'jamming' was, feeling that it would only make the woman regard him as an imbecile. He paused for thought as she continued, asking him a question. Part of him was tempted to answer in a sarcastic manner, but he doubted the Lady would appreciate it. "I want to know you better too, but I want to find out more about these Doomsday Riders and the 'Wings', whoever they are. Right now it seems the only way I'll be doing that is if I stick around."
"Unless, of course..." Ezio slowly turned toward the Lady. "...You know something I don't."
Locking you up on radar since '09"Well, of course I know something you don't," whispered the Lady. She wasn't contemptuous, or haughty; she was stating a fact. "It seems that you've only recently arrived... at the wide multiverse, I think; I know the signs. Well... I will fill you in, just give you the gist of things; there's not much time for anything else. Then we must go before it is too late."
Incredibly, she sat down near him, cross-legged, her sword rested across her legs.
"The Wings Of Brynhildr are, basically, the five elite agents of the Citadel of Eternova, the government of the multiverse. They sail the universes, far and wide, instruments of the Citadel's will," she said. The ship shook. She got up and ran toward the door of the compartment, where she stopped. "Come, Ezio. We're running of time."
Zafira sighed, turning away and using his abilities to communicate exactly what was going on to Signum. If their so-called Ally wasn't going to hold back at all, it would look suspicious for her to do anything other than go full out... and dangerous, if her cover was blown. Their master could, of course, regenerate them endlessly but they would be back to square one regarding this infiltration... and Vita would make for a frankly terrible undercover agent.
Understood, the knight replied, relocating herself to the most at-risk portion of the ship and positioning herself behind the three sisters. Knight clothing summoned, Laevatein converted to bogenform... and Sturmfalken ready to fire as soon as the invasion begun, inevitably destined to punch straight through Bowser's unprotected troops like paper. Her universe's magic was over the top for a reason; the defences were nearly as ludicrous themselves/
"Where is Ganondorf? We need to start the invasion!"
Bowser scratched his chin:
"Oh, Ganondorf is a powerful ally. Did you know that he gave my troops a different kind of armor? I don't really know what it is, but it's supposed to be so powerful that not even Mario can defeat them! And by that, I mean that the armor is on their heads! I mean, who would have guessed that you could put armor on their heads! Just genius!"
The King of Koopas laughed and then proceeded to scream at the Koopa Captain, who returned:
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! WE'LL BEGIN INVADING THE SHIP IN A FEW MINUTES! YOU HAVE TO BE WITH YOUR TROOPS!"
As the Koopa Captain ran away to his troops, Bowser turned to Zafira:
"Are you ready to see the biggest spectacle of your life? I call it "Bowser taking over the Andvaranaut!" And it's going to be fantastic!"
edited 5th Mar '12 1:53:09 PM by Stratofarius
Questions buzzed about in Ezio's mind, but it was pretty obvious to even the most dimwitted fool aboard the Andvaranaut that now was not the time to stop and ask questions. Running toward the door with a swiftness that belied his age, Ezio quickly caught up with the Lady. "Lead the way," said Ezio, by now wondering whether the Doomsday Riders truly intended to claim the ship or if they wanted to blast it to smithereens first and gather any salvage they could.
Locking you up on radar since '09From his seat in Pandaemonium, the Emperor let out a light chuckle. He was honestly surprised that Bowser could pronounce the Andvaranaut's name properly. Perhaps he wasn't just a big, dumb brute after all.
Still, it was clear that he was not exactly the brains of the operation. The warlock that he had recruitd, however... Now there was someone to keep an eye out for. Mateus could easily smell the ambition Ganondorf held. It reminded him of himself, really, and as such he knew just how dangerous such ambition could be. But for the time being, he was useful. They were all useful, even the turtle. But if he had to single out anyone, both the warlock and the magical tome held the most potential, and at the same time the most danger.
But the turtle, he could handle. And yet even so, he had placed one of his agents on the ship, just to keep a closer eye on him. You could never be too careful, after all.
Had the attack began already? He honestly didn't care. He didn't care for any of this, for the Emperor's work or for whatever that sorry excuse for an Adamantoise was planning. There was only one thing he cared about, one thing that would have made his heart skip a beat were he not a semi-incorporeal spirit who had been dead for a thousand years already.
Slowly, Shuyin made his way away from the main conflict. He had to see her. He... Just had to. It had to be her, right? Not like last time. He made a mistake last time, and cursed himself for being so stupid. But this time... This time, it had to be her?
"...Lenne?" He asked, as he approached Saya, before embracing her tightly. "It... It really is you this time, isn't it? Oh Lenne, this time they'll never take us apart..."
Did someone say her name? Saya turned her head to the side, eying whoever was behind her. Oh, it was Shuyin. Wait, what was he doing? He embraced her? "E-eh..?" the last time she was hugged like this... wait, she was never hugged like this. A combination of fear and delight mixed in the depths of the young girls soul. "No." she said, turning her head to look over the ship's side.
"My name is Saya." she continued, "I'm sorry to dissapoint you."
Siesta Sisters
"Uhm.. 00! It doesn't seem like they're willing to back down," Siesta 45, the pink haired bunny girl, stated to her leader, a hint of nervousness in her tone.
The blonde nodded, "Understood, 45." She quickly opened up the communication link to Dlanor, "Miss Dlanor, the enemy has not heeded our warning, permission to open fire."
"Permission GRANTED," The voice on the other end stated, "I have been transported to the SHIP. I shall be there to provide my support SHORTLY."
"Roger," Turning off the communication link, 00 turned toward the pink haired swordswoman who just entered, "Hello, Miss Signum. We were just about to begin our counter attack. Please feel free to join in when you like."
"Nihihihi, let's see how they like the taste of this, nyeh," The blue haired rabbit got an almost deranged grin on her face, "Locking target, charging, ready.... FIRE!"
The sisters sent out their return fire. A powerful blast of energy derived from their own magical ability, yet amplified with the cannon-like technology they were currently using.
Pratty
Sugar quickly went to her Master's side and healed her damaged nose. With her nose no longer throbbing in pain, Pratty sat up, yet hadn't got around to standing. Instead she looked up at the vampire, averting her eyes slightly in embarrassment, "Ah.. well.. you see Master Val... I was just passing by and ahem... noticed the crowd around your door. I swear I wasn't trying to peep, honest!"
"Yeah! Master Pratty is only allowed to peep on me!" Sugar stated, definitely not helping with the situation or with Pratty's embarrassment.
Shrak.
Archer made it to the top of the airship. The wind blew her twin tails about, as well as her clothing. She faced away from the enemy ship for several moments. "You call this worthless attempt an invasion?"
Her gauntlet shattered, as did Kanshou. She turned to face the enemy ship. I was Bowser, wasn't it? That meant that the attackers were be Goombas and Koopas. An advancing force of turtles and mushroom-shaped heads on legs. There was no point in prolonging this, in the slightest. It was best to take care of it as quickly and as cleanly as possible. And there was one clear solution present in Archer's mind. Normally, her usual method of attack would be unable to damage a ship to any large extent without using key abilities of the weapons she traced. However...
"Toresu on," she muttered to herself. In one hand, a vast, black bow formed. It was taller then she was, and it had a mechanism attached to it(something separate she had traced to attach to the bow) allowing her to stretch it in spite of being unable to reach the opposite side. In her free hand, there formed a massive sword, a jagged club of a weapon.
Nine Lives. Like an arrow, she knocked it into the huge bow, then pushed the mechanism forward while pulling Nine Lives and the string back. The sword glowed, as Archer's eyes narrowed. She took careful aim at the enemy airship, and...
"Nine... Lives!"
She let the glowing sword loose. With incredible speed, it streaked towards Bowser's airship with a whistling sound, bound to violently explode and release a vast amount of destructive energy on impact.
edited 6th Mar '12 8:58:53 AM by AnnoR
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up.""Bah, with or without Ganandorf, let's start this invasion—"
The ship began to shake as its shields attempted to deflect the attacks, but it was clear that the ship was taking some heavy damage. Bowser held on to a bar, as a Koopa Captain approached him:
"S-sir! We're under attack!"
"Use the cannons! A-all of them! Including the prototype ones!"
"B-but sir, the Bullet Bill cannons, we don't know if they work!"
Another attack hit the ship as a few Goombas flew past Bowser, crashing everything on the control room.
"Just do it, Captain! And tell all squads to begin invasion in 10 seconds!"
A hole opened on the back of the ship, and out of it, came a huge black and white cannon, which still had a few holes on it. The cannon soon aimed at the enemy ship, and began to charge, as a Bullet Bill appeared inside of it, ready to be fired. The other cannons continued to fire back at the Andvaranaut as the Koopa, Goomba and Paratroopa Squad began their invasion attempts, trying to enter through the holes they made on the Andvaranaut's crest by using bridges, ropes, and anything they could think of. Bowser, meanwhile, was in the verge of freaking out:
"All squads, INVADE, NOW! AND WHERE IS GANONDORF?!
Hunters and lesser infected alike leaped from Bowser's ship onto the Andvaranaut, with inhuman speed. They immediately singled out the largest threat, their united mind focusing onto the target that had unleashed such a mighty attack against them - Archer. The beasts charged, roaring, claws flying at the girl. Mother prodded them on, encouraged them, told them to infect her. Make her one of them.
Greene herself had also jumped onto the Andvaranaut with inhuman grace, and walked slowly along it, her touch spreading toxic red slime across its deck. It served as a dark reminder to never touch the woman, for fear of the virus that grew within her. The same virus that now sought to turn this ship into a hive.
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?"I am here," Ganondorf appeared from the shadows, "You only have to ask for me to appear, your majesty," He was kneeling, and smiling.
"I finished preperations. I have sent out a super soldier as well as the Gohma army," and indeed, if one were to look among the zombies below... the Ghomas seemed to be thriving on the 'disease' that the zombies were spreading. They dashed about, the little bugs, just an eyeball on two legs but they would go from their usual black to red as they attacked with a sudden dash of blunt speed. Sure, not very impressive, but with this disease they were becoming a bit harder to kill.
The super soldier he spoke of wasn't showing himself yet, it seemed, but Ganondorf was not bothered by this. It was likely waiting for an opening.
edited 5th Mar '12 7:57:31 PM by SimplyDavid
Token Loli!

Zafira gave an apathetic look at Bowser. War... War seemed to have no tactical ability beyond 'surprise attack and pray for the best'. It was almost disturbing in its lack of forethought; had Signum been out to actually destroy the lesser Riders rather than drive them off, even though that earned less trust than the success would, she would have had no difficulty avoiding the tortoises and striking at the head immediately.
Signum, meanwhile, was waiting for the invasion to actually start so that she could 'fight it off'.