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Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#358351: Sep 17th 2021 at 8:35:13 AM

The Unkindled bunker down and raise their shield, though its small size means that they get flung backwards nonetheless. They even ragdoll along briefly... before getting back up and dusting themselves off, staying relatively calm.

They roll back at the beetle and then run at it, dragging their axe along to the ground before going for a violent upward swing with it!

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#358352: Sep 17th 2021 at 8:42:14 AM

GO-GO, GADGET-COPTER!

A helicoper appendix pops out of Gadget's hat, and flies upwards, still shooting water from his hose to everybody. I means, they must be hydrated in the desert, right?

I hope everybody are chilling out

Edited by BombonBombin on Sep 17th 2021 at 10:42:36 AM

Three freaking ghosts!
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#358353: Sep 17th 2021 at 8:50:35 AM

"n-no idea sorry... i kind of just got here too- this place is very interesting...." Will stopped patting the wolf, a journal appearing out of thin air as he jots down a quick profile of her.

real
ironcommando smol aberration from Somewhere in space Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#358354: Sep 17th 2021 at 8:58:43 AM

The scientist lady gives off a sigh of relief as she checks on her troop that nearly got dragged under the sand earlier. The unit slowly gets up to its feet.

"Whew. Didn't get bitten. He'd have been a goner otherwise."

She looks towards the others, as green energy charges up in her hands.

"Keep it up! We've gotta move from here, the desert's getting restless!"

She throws one of the green energy orbs at the beetle attacking the Unkindled, hoping to knock it off balance.


The two beetles above ground were both locked in combat.

Lacking a way to use its sandblaster effectively, the drenched "beetle" immediately attempts a sidestep flight to the side, trying to find dry ground to use it. The energy-alien-creature doesn't get too far before the Shoebill violently tears at a mandible, successfully pulling it off. Well. That was the end for the beetle's days of snacking on others.

More water sprays around the battlefield thanks to Inspector Gadget. This hits the already-soaked beetle head on, causing it to writhe around as its insides begin to slowly wear down, a strange particle-like energy escaping from it.

As it was still soaked, the cryo attack quickly reacts with the moisture. While the beetle was resistant to the cold-based attack, it wasn't immune — and with an icy burst, it ends up turned into a frozen popsicle, the energy holding it together dissipated.

The Unkindled was having quite the fight as the beetle quickly charges at him head-on. The Unkindled's upward swing immediately catches its head, flipping it upward and exposing its weakly-armored "abdomen".

"Weakspot. Fire!"

Cara's green orb blast crashes into the beetle, as three of her troops focus their energy guns upon the exposed weak spot. Gadget's water spray then catches the creature, dissipating whatever energy held it together as the now-lifeless being's exoskeleton falls to the sandy ground, before the armor pieces that made it up evaporate into digital-looking particles.


Cara looks around as she waited. There was definitely one more, and she wasn't much of a fighter.

The final beetle decided to pop up right there and then, in front of her. It attempts to charge right at her... as she slams down her arm holding the green energy. The shockwave stuns the beetle momentarily, as Cara quickly glares at it, holding her arm out. She pulls up the sleeve on her labcoat, revealing that her arm appears to be made of some kind of glass-like substance.

The woman smiles confidently as the rest of her troops turn towards the "beetle".

"Look. Your hunting definitely isn't going so well, so I suggest you hightail it out of here before I decide to make you an experiment."

"Desert Beetle" x1

...eheh
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#358355: Sep 17th 2021 at 9:00:08 AM

The shoebill takes another break from the mayhem to ominously stare down the remaining beetle.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
MicoolTNT Shadow of Legends from 'straya, m8 Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Shadow of Legends
#358356: Sep 17th 2021 at 9:05:51 AM

The water from Inspector Gadget's hose... makes the black-armored guy's energy shield(?) flicker, as though possibly damaged or interfered with. Whoops!

"No thanks to your help, brightspark." His emotionless helmet again hides his possible frustration.

"No complaints there," he agrees with the scientist's suggestion to withdraw, still in a cynical tone, but for once with no veiled or overt barbing beyond that.

Seeing that the woman appeared to have the situation under control, he refrains from further attacks, but holds his pistol ready to provide covering fire if it should prove necessary.

"You sure that thing can understand you? 'cause, uh... that looks awfully like a dung beetle to me. They're not really know for diplomacy?" Sarcastic comments, apparently, are also a thing he's always ready and willing to provide.

"We can handle what is true, for we are already living it."
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#358357: Sep 17th 2021 at 9:10:42 AM

The Unkindled sounds disappointed at not being able to get loot from the beetle. So disappointed that whereas the others are trying to get the Beetle to stand down, they rush in at it from off-screen and attempts to bring down their enormous axe on its neck, meaning to sever it in half.

If it succeed, they then proceed to wag their fist at the air in triumph. It's still a bit eerie because they make no sound doing it, apart from the clanking of the armor.

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
ironcommando smol aberration from Somewhere in space Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#358358: Sep 17th 2021 at 9:28:15 AM

After a short stare-down, the beetle looks towards Cara, before it opens its wings and begins to take in sand. Clearly, it wasn't taking the hint.

The scientist lady's eyes turn from her usual carefree one to a stern, yet excited glare.

"Experiment it is, then."

She tilts her head towards the Unkindled rushing towards the beetle, as if to say: "Do your job".

The Unkindled's axe quickly slams down on the beetle's neck, right as Cara charges at the currently-being-decapitated creature. As soon as the axe cleaved through, Cara's arm plunged into the "energy" between the "beetle's" head and thorax.

What came next was just... weird. The "energy" holding the creature together was quickly siphoned into Cara's arm, as the dark-blue tinted "glass" began to fill with the stuff. All that was left of the creature was its exoskeletal "armor" pieces, which began to dissipate and fade away in digital-looking particles.

Cara's arm glowed as her troops began to gather around the frozen beetle's remains.

"I take it that you want to study it?" one of them asks.

"Definitely." she replies.

Cara's pink eyes seem to look at the frozen remains for a short while, then shifting over to the shoebill, before she turns back towards the group. That bird was quite different from what she'd known about them.

"I'll say. It was quite useful." she mentioned as she gazed at the black armored trooper. Anyone looking at her glass-like arm component now would notice that the glow was gone... and what looked to be a small replica of the beetle was being constructed within it.

"We need to move. The desert grows restless." came the grim sounding voice from one of the troopers.

...eheh
BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#358359: Sep 17th 2021 at 9:38:19 AM

Gadget answers to the trooper: It's a good idea right now. He stops to shoot water and flies to move along with the group.

Three freaking ghosts!
MicoolTNT Shadow of Legends from 'straya, m8 Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Shadow of Legends
#358360: Sep 17th 2021 at 9:45:57 AM

"Well, some people have weird appetites, that's for sure." He doesn't really sound any harsher, or more judgmental, or really any different from his other comments. Does that mean he's not really very bothered by this?

"Yeah, I'm sure ready to blow this joint, I like a good scuffle as much as the next badass but I like it better when I can look the other poor bastard in the eyes... so to speak."

"We can handle what is true, for we are already living it."
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#358361: Sep 17th 2021 at 9:46:25 AM

The shoebill clatters and just flies into the air, towards the edge of the desert. LOL get bodied landscrubs.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#358362: Sep 17th 2021 at 9:55:08 AM

The Unkindled stand there, apparently sticking with the group. They say nothing though, and keep their distance.

Weird.

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
ironcommando smol aberration from Somewhere in space Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#358363: Sep 17th 2021 at 10:08:15 AM

Cara looks at the shoebill flying away towards the edge of the desert. It would definitely take... quite a while, even then.

(Drat, and I wanted to do more research on that...)

The frozen remains of the "beetle" did need some carrying, and having her forces carry it would leave them vulnerable. At this point, Cara gets another solution. Normally, she didn't like losing an arm for it, but this was a different situation.

"This might cost me an arm, but it'll work."

Pulling down the sleeve of her left forearm, Cara aims her left fist into the sky and launches her left hand and forearm right off!

[LIFESEED DEPLOYED]


There's a bit of a pause before a large, floating pod-like object quickly descends from the sky and landing on the sand. It appeared to be some kind of futuristic floating... vehicle, which quickly opened up revealing a spacious room that could fit everyone in.

"Yeah, I think we could use this to get out of here, it's safer." the scientist grinned.

...eheh
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#358364: Sep 17th 2021 at 10:14:11 AM

Well, the shoebill won't stop flying unless something intercepts it.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
MicoolTNT Shadow of Legends from 'straya, m8 Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Shadow of Legends
#358365: Sep 17th 2021 at 10:15:59 AM

"...yep, you're definitely into some weird stuff," the black-armored soldier says... in a tone that seems almost reminiscent of grinning and laughing. Interesting, is it possible that he approves of this? Why?

"Okay, but if we end up in your weird BDSM dungeon, I'm not playing." He hops aboard.

"We can handle what is true, for we are already living it."
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#358366: Sep 17th 2021 at 10:23:39 AM

The Unkindled get in, still without saying a thing.

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
ironcommando smol aberration from Somewhere in space Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#358367: Sep 17th 2021 at 10:30:23 AM

The four soldiers waste no time in getting the frozen beetle remains into the Lifeseed, as Cara teleports in to that. It was definitely much safer in this vehicle, being way too big for any beetle to drag into the sand.

"We can follow that bird... if it knows the way. So anyway, now that we're currently out of danger, maybe you could tell us about yourselves... and what this place is."

There's a short pause as she folds one arm behind her head, her eyes still scanning the frozen remains of the "beetle".

"I know there's a Reality Bleed going on here."


The strange pod-like vehicle takes off a few metres over the sand as it heads in the general direction of the bird.

Through the glass dome, Cara could definitely see a few flying entities in the distance. They were quite far from the group or the shoebill, but she was on guard.

Most likely another battle, but I gtg bed now

...eheh
BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#358368: Sep 17th 2021 at 10:43:21 AM

Gadget follows the shoebill, without knowing where it goes.

Three freaking ghosts!
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#358369: Sep 17th 2021 at 11:58:46 AM

The energy, when fired upon, just swirls out of the way of Godzilla's attack as if it were sentient. ... though considering what they're dealing with, maybe it is.

The energy then disperses into two separate streams of energy, both flying off rapidly to different parts of the Arena. They fly so fast that even Pietro would be somewhat challenged if he'd try to follow them.

   "One of those is headed to our cave, to that tiny bird that has the staff."   , Ovarr says, landing as he closes his book and puts it back on his belt.    "The other part must be headed to wherever that second artifact is, but at the speed that it's going it's a lost cause trying to follow it."   

"Speak for yourself.", Psyco laughs, about to fly after it, but he eats a face full of sand instead when Ovarr grabs him by his tail to prevent him from flying off.

   "You would just get yourself cursed trying to research that thing. Besides, I thought you said you made peace with it being too dangerous to do that."   

Psyco gets up with a sheepish chuckle, patting down his cloak to get the sand out of it.

"I wish to thank you both for you help.", Helryx says. "But we are not quite done yet. What do we do about it now?"

She points, making the two demons look at the currently beached, wounded Dragon Whale. It has shrunk a little, still being around Godzilla's size but definitely not towering over it anymore. Its wounds aren't regenerating either. But despite all that, it does seem to be calmer now, breathing steadily as it's trying to find its balance on the sand. Any remaining water cyclone settles now, the water calming just as much as the beast itself.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#358370: Sep 17th 2021 at 12:11:42 PM

Seeing as the battle has resolved, Godzilla releases the last of his supercharged energy into a beam of Atomic Breath that goes straight up into the sky, parting clouds and burning the air itself red.

"Such power..."


The shoebill slows down slightly when it notices it's being followed.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#358371: Sep 17th 2021 at 12:15:30 PM

After taking note of which directions the two energy streams were going, Thor touches down beside the others. He looks first to the Dragon Whale, then the others.

"Heal the beast's injuries and get it back into the ocean. Without that aura causing it to lash out, I doubt it's going to harm anyone else."

Loki watches the second energy stream, wondering if anyone in the group would be quick enough to reach whatever artifact it was heading for. Certainly, it wouldn't be a problem for Thor, seeing as both brothers were destined to come across these artifacts.

Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#358372: Sep 17th 2021 at 12:53:31 PM

Throat of the World

Red is here! He's flying through the storm on the back of his Charizard.

"..." He taps the dragon's back.

Charizard tries to use Sunny Day to try and clear up some of the weather around them.

/\。。/\
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#358373: Sep 17th 2021 at 12:56:17 PM

The storm briefly dissipate... but because it's so violent, it threatens taking over again. To further disturb matters, it'll become obvious Red isn't alone: A flying shape, far larger than his Charizard, is coming right his way, the storm amplifying around it.

However, once it gets closer, it slows down, as if to signify it won't charge... yet.

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#358374: Sep 17th 2021 at 12:58:09 PM

Well, this is kind of nerve-wracking. Red remains composed, though.

"...?"

Red has Charizard slow down as well, and they land. Red hops off his mount.

!

He tries to hail the other shape. Who dat? Charizard uses Sunny Day again to try and get a better view momentarily.

/\。。/\
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#358375: Sep 17th 2021 at 12:59:03 PM

Unfortunately, it is too fast, unless Thor can fly as fast as Pietro can run. Still, this does confirm, without a doubt, that a second artifact is currently in the Arena somewhere, it's just not causing any trouble.

   "Such power indeed."   , Krika says to Torxetil.    "As a Rahi scientist, this being intrigues me greatly."   

"Don't get any funny ideas.", Lesovikk says.

   "I'm not so callous as to risk damaging what is clearly an alliance with this being. It has come to our aid before, I doubt that is a coincidence. But I am allowed to be intrigued, am I not?"   

"Of course, as long as you don't cross any lines.", Helryx says.

Psyco nods to Thor.

"Heh, Dragon Whales are still dangerous on their own, but they won't usually attack unless you invade their territory.", he says as he walks to the beast, bringing out his book again.

"Anyhow, I agree with your decision, so I'll get to healing."

As he does so, the rest of the group also looks at Godzilla releasing his energy.

"A really impressive Rahi.", Matoro says. "I'm glad to know it's on our side."

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.

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