Whatever attention and keenness to detail she had vanished, replaced by a vicious intent. She does a short leap backwards to gain momentum, snapping her fingers as magic chains manifested from her hands, extending before a morning star took form at the end of the chains.
She spun the chains at a rapid speed, before turning them against both of his arms. She didn't care to whatever arm held the real weapon, she would break both if necessary.
"Humans are too faulty to save other humans, but Inhumans can't understand humans. Is it possible to be both?"Esperer
He faintly laughs at the weapon choice, it isn't out of mockery but nostalgia.
"A feisty one at the moment with those eh? You bring me back."
Kanan dashes forward to dodge, putting himself between the chains to prepare his counterattack. Hoping they work like real chains he clashes the middle to redirect the flails back and coil Esperer in her own chains as if they were a bola. This coming at the cost of both blades shattering from the force.
If it fails he's pretty open to anything.
Blackreach
A woman's laughter echoes around the area, especially behind the five men as an arrow flies past them and towards Reiss who didn't see it coming at all. He's pinned to a wall nearby from the arrow. Thanks to the woman's aim it only hit a loose part of clothing. It's enough to make it seem like he's standing back up at least.
"Yer' pretty worse for ware aren't'cha?"
Artemis arrives and yanks the arrow out of where it pinned Reiss. Dropping him as more cracking came from his legs as he grunts in pain.
"Can't you be more gentle I'm a crippled man here!?"
"Your fault for divin' into dragon ass, just don't move around too much right okay? I know it's hard for ya but whatever."
She gently pats Reiss' legs as if to say farewell to them before running in to aid the others. Firing a compacted volley of regular arrows in one go to wherever the heat ray is coming from. Most arrows would be burnt to a crisp but a good chunk would still remain to form a decent semi-harmless distraction as she tries to drag the Nergi's attention away from whoever's next on their menu.
"Heyho howdy do mr great gluttonous gross giant! I might not be much but can you quit yer fast ferocious feasting for friends fa-ffafaf-faf-"
Artemis couldn't think of any more words to loudly shout while waving to provoke Annie into pursuing her. If he's is provoked, she immediately makes a fucking run for it and tries leading it in circles to waste its time further.
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realToo bad for you, buddy jane! I'm going to take you down and gut you open like a little fish! Because I-HEY!
Suzuki is struck by Dante's retaliation and looks enraged at it, pulling out her katana. YOU TURBO MONKEY BITCH! she bemoans, suddenly having a strong Texan drawl. ILL GET YOU FOR THIS! ILL GET YOU!
Forgetting Vera, she begins to run after Dante, looking to... repeatedly bash him with the hilt of her blade, huh.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterAboard the Yamato
Roland
Roland, noticing that vergil doesn't recognize him yet, realizes he just found something. A golden opportunity. He begins to walk off, trying to subtly get out of sight, before putting on his mask, heading to explore the rest of the yamato, and try to map out its facilities, or at least, see what's in store.
As Time resumes
Homura, as time properly resumes, turns to give a polite bow to Jotaro in his new location, from her new location.
Angela, to avoid suspicion, turns around a bit after time resumes, Looking towards Jotaro for a bit, before moving on to handle her librarians, saying "I'm not going to risk fully manifesting the library right on top of this vessel. Get those books ready to move out once we reach stable ground."
Mar and Vincent
"What the he-" Vincent begins to yell in shock, before he stops, as Mar's wounds are undone.
Mar begins to get up, looking around in utter confusion, saying "Wha- What just..." He looks down to himself, noticing he's completely fine, moving a bit to stand up, look around, and get a bit of distance between himself and the grimas , before saying to vincent "So... how am I, you know, up and able to walk this easily?"
Vincent, making a concious effort to ignore the fell dragons in the room for now, as to not start a fight on the yamato as he processes what just happened, gives a firm nod to Jotaro, saying, "You... you saved my brother's life. I'm in your debt, it seems. As exalt of the halidom of Ylisse, I thank you for your aid."
Nah stops, looking towards Jotaro, trying to pick her next words carefully.
Frank raised an eyebrow, not making out a word of what she was saying.
"…Right." He did the polite thing and pretended he did, taking another swig and looking back out to the clouds, getting lost in the waves. The vibration of the Holidevice in his pocket brought him back to reality, and he broke off, away from the people around to a more private and secluded area where he could talk, uninterrupted.
- - - -
"Then so be it."
Mac straightened his posture and lifted his chin. "It's far better to be safe now, than sorry later. Yes, we suppressed the horde, but what would happen if we hadn't? If it were to spread, because you didn't use your big space boat laser beam? Then everybody is dead, not just the few soldiers down there. And then you, metal person, are to blame for not taking this threat seriously before. It is arrogant to assume you can deal with something when you don't even know what it can do."
With great power…you know the rest.Hub Centralis
Ninten, standing in front of the entrance to the mall, is talking to Niko
◊. Ninten is holding something and he looks pretty grateful.
Blackreach, G.E.M. Base
The base seems to be on lockdown, judging by the armored plating being strewn about all around the outside. However, there are still G.E.M. soldiers standing guard near the entrance, so it's worth a shot to go talk to them and see if they'll let Thor in anyway.
Somewhere in Skyrim (one-shot post, not a full scene)
Omori, Hero
◊ and Mari
◊ are sitting on Mari's picnic blanket, Hero and Mari making conversation while Omori is mostly just staring ahead, lost in his own thoughts-
"HHHHHEEEEEEYYYYYYYY!"
As usual, the sound of Kel's excitement snaps Omori out of said thoughts. Not that this bothers him though, his thoughts rarely have anything new to say anyway. He, Hero and Mari turn to Kel and Aubrey as they come running back to them, with Kel holding something.
"Look what we found lying on the ground not far from here!", Aubrey excitedly says. Kel holds out what he's holding. It's a piece of paper.
"Paper?", Hero says, leaning in closer to read.
"'Come, one and all, to the greatest circus performance you'll ever see in your life. At the Funtime Circus, a magical place for kids and grown-ups alike, fantasy and fun will come to life before your very eyes. From a singing show with Foxy to acrobatic tricks with Ballora and much more, we aim to make our shows an experience you'll never forget.'", Hero mutters aloud.
"'We feature two shows a day, one for both children and adults, and another extra show for children only, which will feature an exclusive show from our circus' main star, Circus Baby. Children have free admittance if a flyer or ticket is shown to Freddy at the circus entrance. One ticket/flyer can count for an entire group of up to five children, so come have fun and bring your friends along. The location of the circus can be found on the backside of all tickets and flyers. We'll see you there!"'
Mari tilts her head.
"So you want to go to that circus?"
"YEAH!" "YEAH!", Kel and Aubrey yell at the same time. Mari and Hero look at one another, the latter looking unsure.
"I dunno... last time we went to a show we met Sweetheart.", he says, shivering a bit.
"Well, I doubt the people running that circus can be as bad as her.", Mari says, smiling a little. "I don't see anything wrong with you guys going."
"Hrm...", Hero hums, in thought. Aubrey moves in to latch onto his right arm, looking at him with pleading eyes.
"Pleaaaaaaase, Hero?"
Kel then does the same with Hero's left arm, showing him the same look.
"Pleaaaaaaase?"
"Uhhh...", Hero nervously says, not being good with pressure. He quickly looks at Omori.
"Say, Omori, what do you think about this?"
Omori, silent as ever, gets up, walks towards Hero... and then grabs his right arm too. His expression is unchanging and he still says nothing, but there's a certain spark in his eyes that makes it very clear he's interested in the circus too. Hero sighs.
"Fine, we can go to the Funtime Circus."
"YAAAAAAAY!" "YAAAAAAAAY!"
Kel, Aubrey and Omori let go of Hero, after which the former two each grab one of Omori's hands before they start happily skipping in a circle to celebrate their victory. Omori, despite his deadpan expression, skips alongside them, making for quite the funny sight.
"Are you sure you don't wanna come along? It does say the ticket works for five people.", Hero asks Mari, who nods.
"Someone's gotta be waiting with a picnic for you all when you get back.", she winks.
"Oh, but there is one thing."
"Yea-", Hero tries to ask, only to be interrupted by a quick kiss from Mari. The poor, shocked boy looks red as a beat afterwards, stammering over his words while Mari chuckles.
"M-M-MARI!"
"I couldn't help it, your face is too cute when you're flustered.", she giggles. The victory skipping circle has stopped so that Aubrey can react with a happy 'awwww' while Kel mimics he's about to throw up from all this romantic mushy-ness. Omori, meanwhile, turns around, as if feeling a bit embarrassed. But it's impossible to tell with him.
"Have fun at the circus!", Mari happily calls after them when Hero quickly gets up.
"We will!", Aubrey says as the four start walking, Hero still looking flustered beyond belief.
"Bye, Mari!", Kel yells as they leave.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Thor makes his way over to the soldiers standing guard, offering them a quick wave.
"Hello there. I've not come here at an inopportune moment, have I?"
Hub Centralis, Mall
Wanda
◊ emerges from the mall, carrying a bag in each hand. Once she catches sight of Ninten speaking with Niko, she sends her belongings away with a Chaos Magic-infused Mass Teleport before approaching the boys, an eyebrow raised.
It's not very effective...
Tenso uses Air Cutter again!
"Ah, typical. One moment."
Amaterasu howls, surrounding herself, Issun, and Kroq-Gar in light.
They warp to the Tournament of Power Arena, where a girl with yellow skin and pointy ears sits. "Jeez, there you are. What took you so long?"
Amaterasu barks.
The yellow girl's face falls. "I... see. Wish I had been there to help. But now are we gonna do the thing?"
Ammy nods, before turning to Kroq-Gar. Issun fills him in. "This here's Rhea, the deity we were contracting to help build stuff for the Naoalli. We'll be bringing her along."
"Nice to meet you!" DB!Rhea smiles sweetly.
—
Roland will hear Vergil's voice saying "Nice try," and before he can blink he'll be down on the ground below.
—
Vergil walks up to Angela. "One of your Librarians tried to sneak around the ship and gather information."
He points to an exit teleporter. "We have a zero tolerance policy for that. When you next see him, I'd suggest you tighten his leash."
—
Jotaro simply nods to Vincent. "It was nothing."
He then turns to Nah. "... What?"
—
Miku turns away from Frank, leaving him to his business. Whoops! Sorry. That was the Wave-Motion Gun, our secret ultimate weapon.
Need me to come over?
—
"... You have a point," Samus admits, deciding to end the conversation there.
She waits in silence for Mac to make some distance before saying, softly so he doesn't hear, "But I knew exactly how dangerous this enemy was. What I didn't know... was you."
A presence looms over Ninten, or rather, the item he's holding. Wanda can sense it very faintly - it's a presence like being in Ljósálfheimr, that dream realm where she and Giegue found Ninten after his death, but dark. The negative to that realm's positive.
The presence doesn't seem to be doing anything, though, it's just there.
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"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."The soldiers look slightly surprised to see Thor, though one of them shakes his head.
"I'd say you've come at the perfect time, Thor."
"Norm and Linda were about to go look for you in a few hours from now.", the other soldier says as she starts to open the door.
"Can I bring you to them?", the first soldier asks.
Wanda'll be able to hear them talking as she approaches them.
"Seriously man, I can't thank you enough.", Ninten happily says.
"No biggie. You guys helped me out when Missingno screwed my head up, it's the least I can do."
"And you're sure your mom will be okay with me borrowing this?"
"Yeah, it'll be alright when I tell her it's to help you. If we really need it I'll come pick it back up."
"Alright then. Thanks again!"
Niko chuckles, then seems to remember.
"Oh! I've got some errands I still gotta finish, so I can't stick around. See you!"
He starts running off, running past Wanda and greeting her with a quick "Hey miss Wanda!" before running off. Ninten now looks at her too and eagerly approaches her.
"Hey Wanda! Guess what? My night troubles may just be over!", he excitedly says. "Look at what Niko lent me!"
He then shows Wanda what he's holding. It looks like a dreamcatcher.
As for the presence Wanda will be able to feel from it, Ninten doesn't look worried about it. Either he can't sense it, or he can, but it not doing anything makes him not worry about it.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Thor looks surprised to hear that Norm and Linda were planning to look for him. Only for a moment, though, as he answers the soldiers with a nod.
"Of course. May I ask why they wanted to seek me out? I hope it's because of how much progress Asgard's helped them make in rebuilding their world."
Wanda briefly waves goodbye to Niko before shifting her gaze to Ninten.
"A dreamcatcher? Normally, I'd just say those were just good luck charms that don't actually filter out nightmares," she admits. "But if I'm sensing what I think I'm sensing, we're not talking about an ordinary dreamcatcher..."
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Apr 6th 2022 at 3:57:31 AM
The soldier nods and goes inside, inviting Thor to follow.
"We almost have all the resources we need and things are finally starting to get going, so in a way, somewhat.", the soldier says to Thor, sounding grateful. "Though that's not quite why they're looking for you."
He looks at Thor as they're walking.
"Since you've been such a good help already, I won't yank your chain. They're looking to try out a lie detector test. It's nothing to worry about, just a bit of routine. Everyone in the base had to go through one over the course of the last month or so, even the people not from our world."
"It's definitely not ordinary. Niko said that Sarah got this from a dream deity that rules over nightmares, and that the dreamcatcher is blessed with her protection."
Ninten laughs.
"If that's really true, I'd love to see nightmares and dream monsters try to get to me now. Maybe now I'll finally have a peaceful night's sleep again for the first time in forever. It's probably pretty obvious, but I'm super happy right now!"
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Thor follows alongside the soldier, an eyebrow raised when the latter reveals why Linda and Norm wanted to go looking for him.
"A lie detector? I haven't been plotting to betray G.E.M. or terminate the alliance, you can be certain of that."
"No doubt it came from the same dream world Giegue and I found you in," Wanda replies. "Let me know if the dreamcatcher doesn't work as planned, okay? Maybe my Chaos Magic could give it a little boost."
"We know. None of us here actually think you're planning to betray us, or that you leaked the info about the Navitus energy or anything like that.", the soldier says, his words sounding honest. "It's moreso just to make things official, y'know? That some random jackasses can't one day make things complicated by accusing people we've interacted with. There's always some of those people everywhere."
He stops in front of a door.
"Here we are. Linda'll probably be all business until you're proven innocent, but the process should only last a few minutes or so."
"Huh... would Sarah really have been to that same dream world? That's be a funny coincidence. But I wouldn't be super surprised, some things just end up connecting that way.", he says, smiling.
"Will do, Wanda. I'm gonna be testing it out tonight. If I don't have any nightmares at all, I'll know it works."
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."I suppose that's understandable. The last thing anybody needs is someone planting the seeds of discord and hurling false accusations at trusted allies."
Thor proceeds to walk through the door, setting his axe and hammer aside shortly upon entering.
Wanda shows Ninten a warm smile in return.
"Do you want me there when you test it out, just in case something goes wrong?"
He'll see Norm and Linda
◊ being busy at the end of the room. Surprisingly, Kumatora
◊ is also there. She's about to head towards the exit when she spots Thor. Her expression instantly clears up as she approaches him.
"Thor! Guess G.E.M. caught you earlier than I thought they would.", she jokes as she greets him.
"Just got done with this stuff myself. Did they tell you what you're here for?"
"You think something could go wrong?", he asks, apparently not having considered that option. Though it's understandable, he doesn't really have a reason to doubt what Niko told him about it. He scratches his head and ponders.
"I could ask Uncle Giegue too... I mean, you can be there too, I'd feel pretty safe if you were there, but that'd mean you'd have to spend the whole night in Pseudo's base and you wouldn't really be able to sleep much, right? Are you sure that's okay?"
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Thor shows Kumatora a grin and reaches out to tousle her short, pink hair.
"According to the guard outside, this is simply routine. I doubt this is going to take exceptionally long," he says. "I don't suppose you'd be kind enough to let me know what I can expect. Heh, I might even let you borrow my axe in return, provided you don't go about chasing Claus with it."
"Of course. I just want to make sure everything goes smoothly and you aren't ambushed by that monster again," Wanda replies.
While her hair being tousled would normally annoy Kumatora, Thor is one of the few people who is allowed to do so. She smirks.
"They're gonna hook some stuff to your head and ask you a few questions. Nothing too serious, it doesn't even hurt.", she says.
"Nah, I'm trying to be a bit more nice to the twerp for a while.", she then says, laughing a little. "He and Lucas got in a sibling spat and now they're too busy being annoyed with each other for Claus to care about arguing with me."
She then turns her head to look at Linda and Norm.
"Hey, the next to last guy you want is here!", she calls out to them. They now turn around and Norm shows a smile.
"Ah, Thor. That's good, I was worried we'd have to try to locate you."
Linda smirks, then glances at a chair.
"We'll get it over with quickly. Go sit on that chair, okay?"
... well, at least she's smirking again, so even if she's all business right now she doesn't seem to be angry anymore.
"Thanks, Wanda. I'll tell Pseudo in a bit that you'll be staying over.", Ninten says, smiling. "You should probably tell Pietro the same so that he won't worry."
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Thor blows out a sigh.
"Odin's beard... Remind to speak with the boys as soon as possible, Kumatora. If Lucas has done something as rash as approaching bloody Ridley by himself again, I might need to have words with him."
He approaches the chair, waving to Norm and Linda.
Upon taking a seat, he offers Linda a smirk in return.
"As always, it's a pleasure to see your beautiful face once more, Lady Linda."
"Of course."
Levitating her phone into her waiting grasp, Wanda sends Pietro a quick text regarding the situation.
Nakai was not one to run. He had held the gates to It's many times over when he was just a century old. He had warred against the Dragon Ogres and Giants many times, and had came out ontop. And while he knew he was drawn here by his instinctual desire to set balance back in place, his compatriots were fleeing the scene. And his only known connection to home was injured by the explosive force of the Annihilation's assimilated properties. He roared back to the Sea Serpent, who looked over to him one last time. It was wrath, the ire of not finishing the hunt plastered on the reptile's face. The serpent left in an explosive blast of lightning that would scorch the sides of the Elder.
Nakai huffed and would begin to search for Luin, the one member of the party he had scarcely seen since the tornado hit. If he was to discover her, he'd attempt to retrieve her, looking back for the entrance that led out of the cave, roaring back to the others.
"Rrrreeeegrrrrroup!"
Kroq-Gar observes the strange elven woman, and in doing so did pace around her, sniffing the air. Despite her appearance... She was not a Child of the Old Ones... A tragedy really, but one he would have to get used to. There were many parallels to home, but it was only at surface level. He would ask her directly, Kroq-Gar not having much time for pleasantries.
"What have you been informed of... Regarding the Naoalli, Rhea?"
The Saurus was blunt, and to the point. While his encounters prior would have been considered more personable... He wasn't on a mission.
AwawaKumatora lets out an amused sound.
"Don't worry, it's just a normal sibling quarrel. Neither of them's done anything stupid this time around. They're just being stupid.", she says.
"According to Flint, Lucas and Claus are very close, but that doesn't mean they didn't argue or fight from time to time when they were kids. He says this is normal, and they'll make amends once they start missing each other."
Norm approaches with a device that he puts on a table near the chair.
"I can tell you're joking, but I wouldn't be surprised either way.", Norm says. Linda, meanwhile, chuckles.
"I've definitely missed your compliments, muscles.", she says as she approaches as well, untangling some thin cables strapped to the device.
"You just finished using that thing on me, how are the cables tangled already?", Kumatora asks Norm.
"It works the same way as headphone cables. Nobody really knows how it happens, just that it does.", he jokes. Linda starts attaching the cable ends to Thor's head. They have suction cups on their ends, so at least it wasn't a lie when Kumatora said the stuff doesn't hurt.
"Alright, once I'm done with this mess, we're gonna ask you some formal questions.", she says to Thor.
"For the record, none of us think you're guilty of anything. Dunno if anyone on your way here mentioned it already, but it's just for official documentation."
"Once you're done, the only one left to question is Amaterasu. Wolf or not, she's a goddess, so I wouldn't be surprised if she can communicate in ways other than animal noises."
Norm starts helping Linda out with the cables, since she's starting to get frustrated with them.
"Be sure to mention if this stuff ends up being attached too tightly.", Norm says to Thor.
Ninten, meanwhile, is sending Pseudo a text as well.
"I doubt Pseudo'll make a big deal over it considering how often he's invited you all to stay the night in the base, but he probably appreciates being told ahead of time."
He looks up from his phone again.
"So, while we wait for for acknowledgement from the bossman, how've things been for you?", he asks, smiling.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Looking relieved when Kumatora explains that Claus and Lucas' squabble wasn't anything to worry about, Thor waits as Linda hooks him up to the lie detector.
"Rest assured, the soldier who escorted me here told me everything. I'm prepared for whatever questions you might have."
He flashes another smirk at Linda.
"And once we're finished, I certainly wouldn't be opposed to spending some time with you."
Wanda pockets her phone before sitting down on a nearby bench.
"Not much, really. I've been working on fully mastering my Chaos Magic, Pietro's getting ready to take down Polyphemus, we helped defeat Ultron not too long ago."
She gestures for Ninten to sit beside her.
Rhea folds her arms and raises an eyebrow at Kroq-Gar. "Only that it needs me to build a pyramid in its kind's image,
why?"

Blackreach cave
The Crazy Musician let off the mallet just in time, to avoid being burnt into a crisp along with it.
While the five men were shooting at Nergi, he ran quickly behind them, jumped high, and his sneakers grow bigger, becoming the size of sedans, and tries to stomp them on the ground!
Three freaking ghosts!