The Skycrane
Syana sighed and entered the container after Hael blasted it open, and, while the tech was admittedly quite nice, the tablet was what caught her interest more than anything. She grabbed one of the rifles on the way, placing it in a magitech levitation harness on her back, as she calmly approached the tablet.
"Hmm... Information is oft the greatest element to possess. I wonder if this will have any details on this 'Yharim' individual?"
"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalousThe cannon was rather hefty, and as Hael grabbed it, it came to life in his hands, a soft glow under his fingers where his hand wrapped around the grip. There was a switch, near where his thumb would naturally rest, that seemed to act as a fire selector and safety in one.
Syana, meanwhile, would be treated to a rather long read as the tablet flared to life at a touch, bathing the otherwise dark areas of the container in a blue glow.
Page 1
The formation of a grand tundra such as the one found in the southwest seems to elude any scientific explanation, but then so does the rest of this realm's geography. While I would have much preferred an underground base as opposed to our current plans, it would be incompatible with our goal of surveying the whirlpool to the southeast. Additional winter gear has been delivered to assist personnel in weathering the cold.
Page 2
The foreman has expressed concerns about the security of the base. While the remote location was chosen in part to deter any would-be spies, I will admit that the armaments they have been issued are woefully inadequate, at best. It seems that Lord Yharim has misjudged the requirements for its successful defense, so I have taken it upon myself to issue some additional firepower. It is an excellent opportunity for testing experimental weaponry in the field, as well, and so I have included a selection of such in the shipments.
Page 3
While I should, in hindsight, have stopped the antics of the worm before they spiraled out of control, they nonetheless proved an effective distraction. This, along with the currently more egregious threats to the arena, have allowed the first shipment to arrive safely. The heavy laser weapons within it should be enough to allow defense of the base against a significant proportion of the realm's denizens. I have also elected to replace the supervisor of the facility - the previous one had attempted to dig into details on Project Dominion, and while I doubtless share his concerns, it is nonetheless an unacceptable act of treason.
Hael hefts up the plasma weapon, gets a good grip, feels the weight and switches...
And then he lugs it over to Syana, reading half of Page 2 and all of Page 3 of the tablet from over her shoulder. "Huh. Looks like Yharim might be trouble if he's preparing for defense against the majority of this place."
Edited by KiriK on Aug 6th 2020 at 12:25:54 PM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Rhea's Arena
Dylan is le caught, changing into Red and making Traveler appear again.
He waits for Omega to either put him down or activate the Spirit, and then springs at Enforcer and aims a flaming slash right for the established weakpoint!
Vague Hub Centralis
"this computer reeks of bastard. i think afton did it"
Before Freddy could deliberate further on the matter, the computer wraps itself in chaos fire before exploding, but not before spilling out a couple of familiar faces: Haiosi and Enragement Child.
Kusanagi: "Where the hell did you come from?"
EC: "not this insufferable fool again..."
Freddy: "bastard. douchebag. actual asshole. explain or inhale"
Haiosi: "I'm free! No more of this unwinnable-"
EC: "xehanort excommunicado'd us and now we want vengeance. i hate to say this, but... we may need to temporarily cooperate."
Freddy threateningly puts his hand on his tophat.
EC: "jesus christ, you can't listen for shit. okay, you win, i'll explain how we got here."
The World That Never Was, The Past
Haiosi: "We aren't doing anything, nor making any moves! Meanwhile, people are trying to betray us, mount offensives against us... And yet nothing's happening!"
EC: "we've been stuck in this stark-white hellhole ever since all of that meme beam shit happened, and meanwhile shy guy over here gets to lollygag in the main arena with no fucks given to anyone. Not to mention that asshole clown he runs with, or ansem getting basically a fucking vacation."
Xehanort simply laughs their complaints off.
Xehanort: "You have no patience, no foresight... Rodney here has those qualities."
Xehanort motions to Rodney.
Edited by DefRevenge24601 on Aug 6th 2020 at 4:27:56 AM
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"The Past
The Rogue chuckles behind his mask. "Yeah, you need to get good. In fact..."
He raises a hand covered by what appears to be a Nintendo Power Glove. "As punishment for biting the hand that feeds you, I banish ye to the hellscape that was my early game designs." He snaps his fingers Thanos-style, and Enragement Child and Haiosi are warped to the digital realm.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."The Skycrane
"My my my... Seems Lord Yharim has grander aspirations than his title might imply. Hmmm... Good sir, would you happen to be able to pilot this craft? I suspect it would put quite an unfortunate rock in the gears of whatever was planned for this gear if we could... oh, form a crew, give them some of this gear, and prepare ourselves for whatever Yharim has planned?"
She paused and added, "If you're up for it, of course. It could be quite fun, though."
Edited by OmegaShadowcry on Aug 6th 2020 at 6:00:46 AM
"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalousHael smirks and turns in the direction of the skycrane's probably-very-nervous pilot. "Eh, I'll get my own craft, we just need to take this shipment. As for a crew... I'll leave that part to you, just leave the behind-the-scenes stuff to me."
Edited by KiriK on Aug 6th 2020 at 7:14:57 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Present
Freddy jumps back and tosses his tophat, but Kusanagi catches it.
Kusanagi: "Interesting. I personally think that we should at least alert someone of this "Xehanort" before eliminating these two. In fact, I may know somebody."
Kusanagi offers a hand to EC, which he takes.
Kusanagi: "If you so much as think of betraying my trust, I'll smite you with more power than you've ever seen before."
EC simply nods, not really in a spot to debate that at the moment. The four of them get moving, but not without Freddy and EC giving each other the stink-eye.
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Syana chuckled slightly and said, "Very well. I shall trust in your abilities, In any case, shall we meet here again when we have a crew and a vessel, Sir Hael Storm?"
She paused, and then added, "Or rather, Captain Hael Storm?"
Edited by OmegaShadowcry on Aug 6th 2020 at 6:20:09 AM
"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalous"Heh." Hael Storm is amused by Syana calling him 'Captain'. "Sure thing. It's a deal, Syana."
He poses confidently and immediately jumps out of the hole he punched in the container. He creates a LEGO platform underneath it, then uses his fancy new toy on full-auto mode to shoot out whatever the skycrane is using to hold the container. "Every unclaimed weapon in this is mine now, sorry not sorry!"
Hub Centralis
Convenient Lorebot 5000, 42, is roaming around.
Edited by KiriK on Aug 6th 2020 at 8:24:17 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Vs. Enforcer
Omega succesfully avoids getting clobbahd, and as such will no longer have to practice his bowling pin impression.
Enforcer is on his toes now. He crosses his arms in a haphazard block, but it's enough to keep the Traveler away from anything it might hurt.
Ami snipes an arrow in one of the cracks, stunning the big guy just long enough for Rbade to nail him in the back of the head with what looks like a Great Ball- but turns out to be a ''Shinsu'' bomb, stumbling him for longer. Dylan might take a little bit of the blast, though. Woopsie!
/\。。/\The Skycrane
"Damn, I was about to take one of those heavy laser weapons. Fair call though — looter's rules and all that. Fair well for now!"
With that, she secured the tablet, and blackflipped off the side of the skycrane, spiraling down as she aimed herself towards Esche.
Vs. Enforcer
Omega scrambled back to his feet and switched his axe into sword form, the handle shifting physically as the blade of icy magic disappeared and then jumped back into being.
He made three quick slashes at enforcer with it, as he conjured up his Harrowhawk, which then proceeded to pester Enforcer from a different angle.
Edited by OmegaShadowcry on Aug 7th 2020 at 11:26:17 AM
"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalousRhea's Arena
Dylan stumbles back from the explosion, but recovers fast enough to hold his hand out and fire a large blast of flames from it!
Hub Centralis
Kusanagi: "Yo, robot chick!"
Kusanagi, Haiosi, and Freddy, who is currently hosting a protesting EC on one shoulder, walk over to 42's location, Kusanagi flagging her down.
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Hael Storm would find little disturbance as he carried his loot into the great beyond, and Syana similarly had no troubles making off with the tablet...
Draedon's Forge, Location Unknown, Some Time Later
"So you are telling me that you gave up your shipment to the enemy to save your own skin."
"Y-Yes, sir."
"Remind me again of the exact contents of the crate?"
"Twenty gauss rifles, eight gatling lasers, and the Plasma Caster prototype, sir."
"You seem to have forgotten one rather important thing."
"... Your p-personal log, sir."
"You understand that treason of this order is punished by death, yes?"
"Wait! Wait, hear me out! That pirate who made off with it, he was using some kind of energy... I believe you've mentioned the Jungle Dragon encountered something of the like before?"
"... I expect an incident report by this time tomorrow. Dismissed."
Edited by QuirkyTurtle101 on Aug 6th 2020 at 4:42:59 PM
Hub Centralis
Freddy drops Enragement Child on the floor, him getting up and dusting himself off.
Kusanagi: "I apologize for this in advance, 42, but there's another big problem on our hands, and I need you to carry some info off to your "main protagonist" buddies."
EC then explains about Xehanort, his general plan to bring back Kingdom Hearts, and his and Haiosi's excommunication from the group.
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Back At Hub Centralis
The Robobot Armor landed back in the midst of town and its passengers disembarked,"Ok, you two. What is it you needed to show me?" Miles asked as he was dragged off by the Sisters to a bulletin board.
"Here. Found this while we were out looking for clues on where that Devourer girl ran off to." Nebula said as she pulled one of the papers off said board and handed it over.
Miles took it and looked it over, raising an eyebrow,"Um, Nebula? This is a bounty to hunt some Divine Beasts. Not sure what yo-wait," He stopped himself and examined it more closely, eyes widening,"Skyrim?!"
"Yeah, figured it's as good a place as any to check out. If there's anyone who can help you with learning more about your powers, they'd be there." Nebula nodded.
"And where exactly are we suppose to find Skyrim?" Miles challenged, only for his spider friend to point to another bulletin board with directions on it,"Oh...well, I feel dumb now."
"Eh, hindsight's 20/20. Now let's go." Nebula grabbed his hand and dragged him off....
42 just kind of... blankly stares and smiles as she takes in the information.
"Understood. I'll pass this along."
Bounty Boards - Letricallo (Reprium), Lonther (Astil), Esche (Onyxis), Minira (Estraole), Aurum (Lourent), Hub Centralis
All over the land, a mysterious plea for help appears on the bounty boards.
To the Denizens of the Arena
A troubling matter has become apparent. Five giant mechanical beasts have been spotted roaming the Arena, rampaging as they go. Their nature, creators, and purpose in being here are all unknown.
A giant mechanical salamander clings to the volcanos of Estraole, raining exploding rock on all who draw near.
An elephant rests in the sea near the western shores of Solstheim, spewing endless water from its seemingly-bottomless trunk.
An eagle soars over Skyrim, shooting down all that enters its airspace with powerful lasers.
A camel roams the dunes of Lourent, surrounding itself in a sandstorm and smiting anyone who gets lost within it with almighty lightning.
The fifth and final entity is... unknown. It has only been described as an artificial monstrosity that rampages through towns, its pilot pillaging what is left in its wake. Where it rests, nobody knows.
Conventional weaponry and forms of combat seem to be useless against whatever these things are made out of. To anyone who reads this, your assistance is requested in tracking down the machines, determining if they have any connection to the Cyber Angels, and bringing them down by any means necessary. Anything acquired along the way is yours to keep.
-S
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."The message is seen by some people and...
...
Skyrim's Sky
Remember not to fall! You'd die! But you'd probably pass out before impacting the ground!
Y-yeah, erm, could you be more reassuring please?!
Beruka, Camilla, Morgan, Scarlet and Cynthia are flying up high on the sky! They'd ask male Morgan to join but it's better to have at least one flier hang back.
Stay focused. Beruka look around.
Edited by Bolded1 on Aug 7th 2020 at 7:10:36 PM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterLater, on top of a mountain in Skyrim
"Strange," Zero remarked as beeps and boops could be heard emanating from him,"I detect no intelligent life signs within the general vicinity."
"That can't be right," Miles shook his head as he stretched out his Ki Senses as far as they could go,"There's usually bandits, necromancers, giants, someone..." After a few moments, he sighed in dismay,"Nope...you're right. There's really nobody here."
Zero wanted to say "I told you so" but he decided against it and just kept scanning.
Shyna sneezed from where she was perched,"C-Could we go someplace a b-bit warmer? I'm s-starting to freeze here!!"
"Yeah, it might be best to find a place to hunker down..." Miles remarked as he and the girls climbed back aboard Zero and jetted into the skies before slowly descending down outside the College of Winterhold.
Deciding it was as good a place to check for life as any, they headed inside....
Skyrim's Skies
Attacking Divine Beast Vah Medoh
The avian behemoth soars through the skies, surrounding itself in a powerful updraft. When the Shepherds come near, they may find themselves suddenly yanked up to eye level with it... at which point it surrounds itself in a forcefield and immediately starts firing powerful exploding Guardian lasers at them from turrets on its front, back, left and right tips.
College of Winterhold
The moment Miles and co. set foot indoors, they will suddenly feel a powerful energy coming from the floor above them, in the Arcaneum.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."The Shepherds stop talking and get to dodging, though Cynthia and Morgan are distinctly more graceful than the others. They all avoid most of the blows, though Camilla's hit in the shoulder!
They tend to have a weakspot! I'll distract it! Morgan attempts to attack with bolts from her Shock Stick, using her weapon to try to send bolts from afar. The other Shepherds all scatter and fly around, in search of a potential weak point. However, Beruka throw a tomohawk at one turret, to try to see if its too durable.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter

Ignoring Syana for the moment, Hael grabs the cannon/welder thingy immediately. "Everything else can go to those Assembly techies, but this is mine."
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."