Just to be safe, Byleth brandishes the Sword of the Creator, and 42 her EMP katana.
Narktus leans forward in his seat.
"Uh, Ammy? I didn't quite catch that."
"I understand the words, but not their meaning. Would you suggest you are, perhaps, a being that gained power from worship, rather than innate divinity?"
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."The robot now fully turns to the group, visor still glowing.
"While normally we would wait a bit longer before sharing our blessed name with the likes of our enemies, our Queen has given me permission to do so now, at your request, as knowing it will do nothing to give you an advantage." , it says.
"We are the Cyber Angels. Remember it well, as the blood your world will soon drown in will be by our doing. That is your penance."
"Pena-"
Before Sothis can even say the word, the Officer Unit sprouts holographic, angelic wings from the armor on its back and neck, after which it flies off.
"Phooey, that's not a lot to go off of.", Sothis says. "It sounds like they're really careful which information can be told out loud and which cannot."
She turns to Byleth.
"Should we spread the word to your barbaric companions from Smash?"
Wallace
◊, who'd been on the Floating City to get some groceries and had only arrived near the scene as the Officer Unit had destroyed the two Soldier Units and kept himself hidden behind a wall, has his hands on his mouth in shock. The robots that Botar had heard some rumors about were real, and judging by this one's words, hostile.
Pseudo has to know about this, Wallace figures, and he immediately contacts Botar to come and get him.
Iris actually laughs at the implication, though quickly shows an apologetic expression to show she's not laughing directly at Amaterasu.
"Worship? Me? I'd be lucky if anyone in my time treated me with respect. As I've told Thor as well, my opinion was basically non-existent to those around me."
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."Of course."
42 bows to Byleth and Sothis. "I will update others of the situation."
She goes running off, but as she does so, she passes by the wall Wallace is hiding behind, stops and looks his way.
She attempts to offer Wallace the stolen Magnaguard staff, but by then he's already gone.
Narktus fucking punches the computer station. Not hard, but enough to make GLaDOS chuckle.
"I HAD IT! I FUCKING HAD THAT NAME! I WAS OFF BY LESS THAN AN INCH!"
"That is sad to hear. But, it is no matter. Perhaps the lens of action will reveal that which is obscured by the veils of words and time."
Recognizing what Ammy means, Issun jumps into her fur as she springs back, manifesting the Snarling Beast reflector
on her back.
In accordance with the name of her Divine Instrument, she growls at Iris to let her know what's up.
Challenged by the Sun (Bewitching Dance ~ Mizutsune - Monster Hunter Generations)
"Well then, let's be off. We must ensure that as many people as possible know about this matter, so that there will be as few casualties as possible.", Sothis says, showing her empathetic sight as she looks worried.
"Come, lead the way."
"Ooh, I'm ready for this!", she eagerly says, spreading her wings and letting the winds blow around her.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Byleth walks off towards... elsewhere.
A number of dots of ink appear in the space around Iris. She will have to act quickly, for the moment the ink disappears, invisible projectiles fly towards her from those positions. They will only deal minor damage, but can also cause her to flinch and fail to retaliate.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Sothis follows, her throne vanishing for now.
While she doesn't know what the ink blots are, she's smart enough to know that, if multiple things suddenly appear around you out of nowhere, you're about to be surrounded by either people or attacks. As such, she quickly flies upwards to avoid the inevitable result.
While higher up in the air, she launches sharp, flaming feathers down towards Amaterasu.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Ammy does a spinning dodge to the side to avoid the feathers. A sideways line of ink draws itself in the space between her and Iris. If Iris does not move outside the area of the line, she will be struck by an invisible blade, temporarily crippling her wings and making her fall to the ground.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Unaware of what the sideways inkline could represent in forms of attack, she ends up getting struck by the invisible blade and falls back to the ground. She lands on her feet though and folds her wings.
"Agh... I'll admit, that was smart. I'm not used to fighting without usage of my wings.", she says.
"But that doesn't mean I'm helpless."
She charges for Amaterasu, flames gathering around her hands as she chucks a fireball towards her.
Loki may just happen to see Botar
◊ nearby, looking like he's getting ready to teleport away again.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Feb 5th 2020 at 12:22:28 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Time seems to freeze. A line of ink, trailing orange-y smoke, traces itself in an arc from the fireball to Iris.
Then Ammy gets hit by the fireball, but at the same time a line of fire is drawn from it and directly back at Iris.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."While surprised, this time Iris reacts nearly instantly, suddenly doing half a cartwheel as she was running, and pushing herself up, making herself leap over the line of fire.
As such, when she lands, she should be right in front of Amaterasu, after which she tries to follow up with a powerful spinning kick.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Upon catching sight of Botar, Loki decides to try getting his attention by throwing his dagger into the ground near him.
"Leaving so soon, are we? You know, a simple hello wouldn't go amiss."
He then proceeds to retrieve the dagger before putting it away.
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Feb 5th 2020 at 3:36:34 AM
The attack is successful, and Iris ends up slamming head-first onto the ground.
... Ouch!
She then proceeds to lay there limply.
... um...
It definitely gets Botar's attention. And he at first thinks it was a botched surprise attack, so by the time he notices it was Loki, he's already about to throw his hand axe. He stops when he sees it's Loki though, but his arm is already in mid-swing.
"Loki? ... It is not wise to greet me with a weapon.", he says as he lowers his arm. "Had I not recognized you in time, you'd have been bisected."
"Hello.", he then says in a surprisingly teasing manner. Well, at least it means he's not angry.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Ammy backs up, waiting to see if Iris will recover or not. Just in case, she keeps her Reflector at the ready.
Somewhere Else
"Stray, you have bogies inbound on your two o' clock!"
"I see 'em, Abandon. Taking evasive ma-"KRRRRSHZZZZZT
"Stray? STRAY!"
"Calling all fighters, this is Lonesome. Stray got sucked into a dimensional portal. It's closed. We can't follow him. Assume he's dead and... and let's finish this."
—
The Wash
A fighter ship
◊ suddenly comes zooming out of a portal, quickly decelerating to a slow drift through the air.
Iris now fully gets up again, looking impressed.
"Altering weather? You're a God alright. How about we kick it up a notch?"
Right after saying that, she spreads her wings again, and while they're still too crippled to fly with, she can still use them for her spinning whirlwind move, becoming a person-sized tornado.
She isn't immediately trying to attack Amaterasu though. Instead, she's attempting to draw in some of the rain, and if successful, her rotating form will manipulate the water to flow around her in a circle, then start flinging blades of water towards Amaterasu.
"It could have still been risky.", Botar says. He then appears confused.
"Recent events? Do you mean the thing Wallace was panicking about a little bit ago, which hasn't exactly been fully explained to me either, or something else?"
Edited by DevilPsyco on Feb 5th 2020 at 12:58:34 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Somewhere in Rorikstead, a young woman stand, looking quite angered judging by the expression of discontentment on her face.
Where even am I?! Hmph! I'll go and investigate by myself if no one's around to answer here.
She roll up her long sleeves and set out on her little adventure, looking quite fearless.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterIt doesn't appear to be very effective, as Iris' own spinning isn't slowed down that much. The attack itself will come to an end, but only because Iris suddenly stops and sends the wind towards Amaterasu, the force potentially powerful enough to send her flying across the battlefield.
"Oh, we've heard about that from Claus.", Botar says. "Your mission happened at a moment in time where Pseudo wasn't looking at the cameras. He is quite embarrassed about it. Had we known, we would've sent reinforcements to help you."
Edited by DevilPsyco on Feb 5th 2020 at 1:18:17 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.

"Yet it is the most logical conclusion. Against such might, no sane person would stand up to fight without such a powerful fallback." , the Officer Unit says. It then turns around, about to leave.
"Now wait just a minute!", Sothis suddenly says, some anger seemingly overtaking her common sense at the moment. She huffs and crosses her arms as the robot turns its head to look back at the group.
"You could at the very least show us some decency and tell us what to call you. If you're intent on making us enemies no matter what, we should know who you are."
The robot's visor glows, and it doesn't say anything. Hopefully Sothis didn't just ruin everything. It's not attacking, but the tenseness of the situation definitely returns...
Iris ponders.
"Well... there's not really a word in the English language to pronounce it. Nor in this newer form of Latin that I've heard here. I think it only has a word in my own language."
She scratches her head.
"I think the closest to it in the form of Latin you'd understand would be 'Dominus Antiquis: Sanctimonia'."
Edited by DevilPsyco on Feb 5th 2020 at 10:55:06 AM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.