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ReynTheLord Since: Aug, 2017
#383151: Nov 26th 2023 at 10:59:24 PM

Arena Ocean Shallows

Suddenly, a roar echoes out from the distance in the waters, as the fish scatter. A much larger fish rushes into the waters, aimed directly at our rocky friend...

The fish being a...

REAPER LEVIATHAN

(Submarine pictured is Very small, enough to fit one person)

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_reaper_leviathan_is_the_perfect_monster_design_change_v0_765pc24yv61b1.png

Dave swaps from his harpoon gun to his aquatic gun, as the leviathan rushes over, yelling "This is what the guns were for everyone! It might swim a bit fast, but its going to have a hard time maneuvering in the shallows! Shoot it!"

Dave seems... oddly not panicked as he aims his shot, firing one shot into one of the things eyes, disorienting it, causing it to veer off course from it's attack. He may be familliar with fighting aquatic monstrosities this size... or larger.

Edited by ReynTheLord on Nov 26th 2023 at 11:00:05 AM

josh6243 Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler from Digital Realm Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler
#383152: Nov 27th 2023 at 1:34:59 AM

Mahke Etstop - Ocean Monster Fight

Despite getting frazzled by the Ocean Reaper's sudden arrival, Mahke swiftly retaliates with a flurry of blasts from her gun. Eat dirt, foul beast!

RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#383153: Nov 27th 2023 at 4:16:24 AM

Arena Shallows

Kaisui quickly breaks into a full-speed swim- she could outspeed a speedboat, easily -and slams her oversized wrench into the Reaper Leviathan. Fighting things like this in melee combat is kinda her thing, to be honest. Her eyes are full of cold determination.

The Cauldron

Yakedo stretches her arms before sighing.

"Huh. So they're stronger than a demon."

She watches the Ork disappear into the flames. Then she clutches her head, the headache of her overstraining her power finally setting in. She grabs a large metal flask from her pouch and gulps it down. It's just water, but it'd help.

"Well, I'm sure there's more work to be done, but... anyone got something for a headache? I overstrained myself with that last attack."

aeiou: the second
Hotpizza (Searching for Spock)
#383154: Nov 27th 2023 at 5:09:08 AM

Shallows

Taye isn't frightened either. Not when she's fought aquatic monstrosities the size of skyscrapers and won, multiple times.

Having been on alert earlier on, she's quick to tuck her harpoon away and- oh god did Kaisui just swoop in to get up & close with a vicious shark? No wonder she's usually in powered armor. Taye was about to swap to the multishot gun, but after seeing this, she pulls out her own personal gun instead.

She takes aim at the leviathan's eyes, and fires off one shot. Thank goodness Taye's brand of magic prevents friendly fire from happening & hurting Kaisui. It's less certain if the shot hits the leviathan at its weak spot, or at all.

Edited by Hotpizza on Nov 28th 2023 at 3:10:10 AM

BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#383155: Nov 27th 2023 at 6:57:34 AM

The Shallows

As the huge fish approaches, Mermaid!Bely swaps her aim and fires her glittering scales at the Leviathan's eyes, hoping to blind and disorient it.

Meanwhile, Drake swaps his harpoon for the gun, and fires some rounds at the beast.

Three freaking ghosts!
RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#383156: Nov 27th 2023 at 2:04:49 PM

Lourent

(UF!Frisk)

HP 16/36. TP 42%.

*Magic fills the air.

ITEM>Depressed Quiche

*You ate the Depressed Quiche.

*It's out of it's misery now.

*HP fully restored.

UF!Frisk carefully navigates between the storm of beams band bullets- the amount means they end up grazing for TP. A lot. They do get hit a few times, though.

10 damage to UF!Frisk. 26/36.

+58% TP from grazing. TP at MAX.

Then Asriel's attack comes, which is... comparatively much easier to dodge.

(IF!Chara)

'HP 15/15. MP 4/4.

*Huh. Maybe I should try using one of those...

ACT>Chara>Spell Cards

Spell Cards use 4 Mana and give Chara greatly enhanced DEF for the duration. The only drawback is they can only be put into effect at the end of the group's turn, after everyone else has done their turns (This only relates to the IF gang's turns).

-4 MP from Spell Card preparation. 0/4.

Chara dodges the hail of lasers and bullets- though they do get hit a few times.

3 damage to Chara. 12/15.

The shockwave is familiar to them, though, and they comment on it...

"Hey, Azzy. Ever fought a giant mecha? Because one from our world uses an attack like that. ...though the experience wasn't fun for me, Frisk, or Papyrus..."

They shudder for a moment, remembering what happened with Undyne and her mech, which ended with Undyne... melting. Though it was fixed, it wasn't pleasant.

(IF!Frisk)

HP 10/10

*More lasers? Is that her specialty or something?

ACT>IF!Frisk>Change Mode>Charge

Back to the projectile-absorbing cannon. IF!Frisk weaves through the projectiles and lasers, managing to absorb a few of the stars.

+5 Charge. 5/5 (5 Spark)

With it fully charged up, they hold it forward and let out a giant beam, comparable to an actual Master Spark, aimed right at Marisa.

(Papyrus)

HP 655/680

*MORE GIANT LASERS! THIS REMINDS ME OF UNDYNE!

SPELL>Bone Barrier>Chara

Papyrus summons a barrier to block any hits against Chara, seeing as how their attack will be a long one. Then he raises a barrier to protect himself from damage- though it isn't perfect.

48 damage to Papyrus. 603/680.

(IF!Chara - Spell Card)

   Soul Sign "Flames of Bravery and Patience"   

Chara does a Flash Step backwards before holding out their hands and starting to send a fast 'spiral' of white flame orbs out, alongside the occasional circular burst that alternates between orange and blue in timed intervals. They flicker for a moment beforehand, giving an idea of when they'll change. The rest of the IF gang seems to be unaffected by this, though that's because Chara really doesn't want to hurt them, so the magic just... doesn't. Though it won't badly hurt Marisa or Asriel, it'll still sting quite a bit.

Sacred Pinhole

"Oh no you don't."

The Artemi fusion claps their hands together...

"I seal thee, under a curtain of dark."

A mass of Cursed Energy drips down and quickly forms a dome-like barrier around the pinnacle, cutting the masses that were moving away off from moving further. The Artemi fusion stands still with their hands pressed together- a vow placed on themselves, while they focus, the barrier is nigh-unbreakable. Should they move, it won't fall, but it will weaken.

A Centralis That Leads to Hub Road- wait

The Replexi copies land and quickly subsume into her form, and she grows to a size to rival Snaptrap.

"Hey! Pick on someone your own size!"

She retorts, already running and forming a huge greatsword from her nanites to slam it into the opposing 'con.

Aniyah, meanwhile, is still patrolling the sky, searching for any other targets.

Edited by RainbyPlays on Nov 27th 2023 at 6:07:09 AM

aeiou: the second
StepexNo2 Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS from The Complex Plane Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS
#383157: Nov 27th 2023 at 2:46:28 PM

The Shallows

Seeing the sea leviathan emerge from the darkness doesn't spook Audiogeist either - in fact, it amuses him. The sea wants to challenge him? So be it.

The poltergeist lets out a dry laugh, as he propels himself frontally at the beast. He solidifies a large sphere of plasma around him, just barely big enough to fit between the leviathan's mandible, and once he's in grasp, he summons two more blocks of plasma above and below its maw, and uses them to attempt to violently slam it shut. If this breaks the creature's horn, then all the better.


Centralis park

"Hello there! I'm an Explorer robot, just along for the adventure", the robot introduces itself. "Your ice cream stand looks amazing! Do you have any recommendations for the best flavors?"

The voice interrupts again. "Er. To fill in some details, I've loaded ChatGPT, an AI trained on generating texts, into an explorer, and I'm... basically running a sort of field test right now. Dunno why GPT won't talk about that part."

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#383158: Nov 27th 2023 at 4:08:10 PM

Centralis - The Bridge

"Woah. Where'd I end up this time..?"

Avalynn is crossing the Bridge into Centralis on what looks to be a bike of some kind. Though it lacks any sort of insignia, and is a forest green color, like her jacket.

"Eh, that isn't important right now. What's important right now is charging my bike..."

She checks the charge indicator. Maybe... 20 miles left on the battery. Technically, she doesn't need the bike, but she's owned it for years, dammit. Besides, sometimes travel is about the journey, not the destination.

There's also some stuff stowed on the bike. A duffel bag, a gun case, a tough lockcase/lockbox, a sleeping bag, and what looks to be a small cooler. All strapped to the sides of it. Again, she doesn't need the gun here. Though, she doesn't know that yet. In her world, she never wanted to stand out. So she stuck with the 'norm'.

"-right. Wonder if my GPS works here..?"

She fiddles with the device strapped to the bike's left handlebar, and gets... nothing. Oh well. Eventually, she pulls up to a station that provides... a lot of stuff. She pulls up to one of the electric chargers and connects her bike to it. It won't take too long, but she decides to take a look around, buy some snacks, stuff like that. Then she hops back on her bike and rides off.

...

Centralis

A while later, late at night, she's still driving. Sightseeing, that kinda stuff. She's talked to a few random people and gathered enough to know this place is called Centralis- and beyond that, the Arena as a whole. Quite big, though most of it can be traversed by her bike.

I wonder if magic exists here, too. And I wonder what people's stances on it are... If it's anything like my world, I should keep using this bike and my gear, rather than my actual strength and abilities. No good to get caught. Well, not like getting caught matters if the people sent after me are weak...

Eventually she stops somewhere for the night. An old, abandoned warehouse. She pulls her bike inside and starts setting up her sleeping bag, humming to herself as she does.

aeiou: the second
josh6243 Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler from Digital Realm Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler
#383159: Nov 27th 2023 at 5:15:00 PM

Albaz, Ecclesia, and Tri-Brigade Leaders - Hub Centralis Park

The wolfman suggests, "Neapolitan or Spumoni flavors. Simple, right?"

The catgirl continues, "We like them because they're three flavors in one like us, the leaders of the Tri-Brigade Squad."

"Almost forgot," intrudes the birdman. "I'm Shuraig. The werewolf is Rugal, and the catgirl is Ferrijit."

"It's a pleasure to meetcha!"

Of course, Ecclesia has to order a sky-high ice-cream cone. She's a real big eater, for sure.

Albaz asks, "   What kind of field test?   "

Edited by josh6243 on Nov 27th 2023 at 5:26:35 AM

KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#383160: Nov 27th 2023 at 5:22:09 PM

Collateral Damage

Golden Bat takes off after F and Ana.    "Hyaku-nen no gōmon wa, man-nen no chinmoku ni kurabereba nandemo nai."   

Vera is disturbed by the "merciful killing" of those hollowed out by the light. Especially since, y'know... she's an angel... and kinda big on light herself. To see it perverted in this way is sickening. Terrifying.

Raising her staff, she stays up in the sky, conjuring lances of holy energy to rain down and impale the remaining vessels of light.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#383161: Nov 27th 2023 at 5:58:17 PM

Sacred Pinnacle

The combination of Kratos' brutal slashes and Zystak and the Hunter's explosives prove to be too much. With one last howl at the sky, the Stained Zinogre stumbles before finally collapsing. It twitches briefly but soon all movement from it ceases, the monster now out of its misery. The Dark Matter seemingly died with it as it makes no sign to escape from its host and the puddles stop moving.

QUEST COMPLETE-

Or not, as after a long enough pause they might think it dead, the Dark Matter explodes from out of the ground, right below the Artemi and firing a barrage of dark energy projectiles. It follows this up by sending its orange "petals" at them which will explode on contact, in some extreme alpha strike. It seems to be going all out to stagger them to weaken the shield, after which it will try to brute force its way out.

It doesn't seem to care about the others for now, likely planning to just outrun them.


Lourent

Silly IF!Frisk, Lasers ARE her specialty. Something demonstrated by how she weaves past Frisk's own take on her spell she probably stole from Yuuka anyway. She doesn't have any time to act smug though as Chara and Asriel start attacking. She uses her sword to block some shockwaves but finds herself taking a few unpleasant hits from both attacks.

Even though she'd expect to feel annoyed by this, an old familiar smile still makes its way to her face.

What had she said all that time ago? Even if you lose a Spell Card battle, you win as long as it feels fun. It's a game, after all. Games aren't something that you sit and wait to be entertained by; they're something you go out of your way to enjoy.

She sighed a little. Feels like everyone in her "group" has forgotten that. Even Reimu. Sure, they had their reasons but still.

So instead of going for something more tricky, she goes for something flashier.

   Star Sign "Dragon Meteor"   

Marisa points her hakkero-sword downwards as Astra coils around to bring her open mouth near it. She and the sword glow and Marisa grins, which is all the warning the others get before a massive Master Spark-esque black beam shoots out, launching Marisa out of the others' range for a moment. If they get hit it will hurt like hell but it's fortunately quite slow as it moves across the ground, relying on sheer size and the fact it kicks up sand to make seeing it a bit harder.

After the usual amount of time has passed, it peters out and she falls down, using Astra as a parachute and chuckling to herself from adrenaline. That was still fun.

Edited by shroobot3000 on Nov 27th 2023 at 3:59:03 PM

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#383162: Nov 27th 2023 at 7:24:33 PM

Hub Centralis - Above

Ana straightens out her flight, teeth clenched but still smiling. She closes her eyes and puts a hand to her jaw, feeling it broken.

Her eyes open wide, locking onto Golden Bat.

   "I've done much worse than ten thousand years."   

The air is thin up here, the wind frigid and fast. Ana moves her hand away from her jaw, a ring of dagger-lights appearing around her wrist and twisting clockwise around before vanishing. She looks at her wrist, mouth open like she is about to speak. She does not.

Her eyes drift like a sliding stone, landing on F as he rises towards her as well.

   "The fighting, the... death. It does not bother... you."    she says, glancing over at Golden Bat before refocusing on F,    "But you, Ferdinand... all the torture I can ever inflict, it would be... comparable, to what you will do to yourself."   

Ana's eyes slide up. To Icarus's fleet, and then, back to F.

F comes in for another rising uppercut, confident as ever.

   "That is tough talk, coming from-"   

She grabs him by the face with one hand, his strike impacting her stomach with a tremendous boom, a sound that will be heard many seconds later below like a stray gunshot. Reeling from the blow, Ana still reaches out and grabs his head with her other arm, grinning and gritting her teeth as she slams his face into her knee. Once, and then again, flecks of F's blood falling from his broken nose.

She lets go of him for a split-second, letting him look up at her in a daze. She's smiling, moving her jaw like it isn't split at all, despite the misshaping of her face. She doesn't give him another moment to recover, punching him straight in the chest to knock the air out of him before beating him senseless with a left-hook punch to the jaw, a drive-down strike to the temple, a straight punch to the shoulder, and a knee to his liver. Then, she rises up and kicks him in the neck, sending F hurtling out in the direction of Icarus's orbiting fleet.

His velocity alone makes him a collision hazard, as it is both moving nearly opposite the fleet's orbit in addition to being in vast excess of escape velocity. Of course, unless they're all packed together up there, the distances involved make any impacts unlikely.

Not that it matters much. F slows himself down by the time he's amongst them, dazed and bleeding. His body is slowly regenerating, but it still looks like he needs medical attention, even despite the now-dim aura of Super Saiyan Rose still blazing around him.

Ana turns her attention to Golden Bat. Too little too late, because she just spent so long beating the shit out of F that he practically has a free hit. Not the first time she's let this happen.


Hub Centralis - Below

Screams rip out across the crowd as snarling, growling victims are shredded and impaled by ether lasers and lances of light. Strangers, loved ones, children are (necessarily) butchered right in front of their own families, the light-broken victims-

"Please, don't kill me, I have-"

"Oh god, I haven't even said goodby-"

"Someone help me, please, someone help me!"

-their voices ring out in panic, moments before being silenced.

"...Bloody hell! They were possessed beyond repair, all of you should see that!" shouts Nia, her voice telling in her lack of confidence in that reality. But the damage is already done. She watches with mounting horror, as this roadblock turns into a fullblown stampede. A few loathing civilians even pick up weapons and try and attack, one even throwing a metal pipe at Vera, coming short of actually hitting her, missing and hitting the truck instead.

If Nil would like to drive away, the way forward is still covered in corpses.

All of this is getting to Nia. She glances back into the truck, at the family she's supposed to protect, and the man with his little dog. They seem unaware of what just happened, consumed by their own little worlds of despair.

And Nia intends to keep it that way.


Icarus's deconstruction efforts, if authorized, will be a massive help in dealing with the damage Ana has done. Of those left living and not accounted for at this point, about half are trapped under rubble, making extraction difficult and exceedingly dangerous.

The good news is, the fires have died down, and underway rescue efforts from Croque are doing well to take care of injuries and those at risk, though the air quality is still poor. High up in the sky, the threat that is Ana does not seem to be an imminent risk, and even if she was, the Paradiso's shielding should be enough to keep her out, hopefully.

Edited by Whoma on Nov 28th 2023 at 12:24:26 PM

Yatta!
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#383163: Nov 28th 2023 at 8:57:38 AM

Poachers

Mona snorts indignantly as she approaches the fallen Poacher, seemingly intent on grabbing her to eat her or something. Her attention though is soon diverted to where Sebastien is, noticing he's in a bind. Sebastien for his part moves before he can even process it, double jumping to the side. This does have a detriment though as when his mind actually catches up to his body he ends up taking a tumble.

Fortunately that's when Mona fucking grabs and throws the Poacher at the gunner, using her as a projectile to throw the guy off with the skill of that fucking heat seeking Tigrex boulder what the fuck game I dodged that. Anyway with him hopefully distracted, Sebastien throws a grenade at him to hopefully finish this.


Angstrom

"You're trying to what?" Yuki asked, confused as Angstrom then got cut off. Predictably she does incinerate all the wood with a giant beam of flame but doesn't notice Angstrom until she gets command grabbed and smacked into the dirt.

After a brief pause suddenly fire explodes out from her to likely force Angstrom to back off, whereupon she gets up as if she's not affected by all the flames. She wipes some blood off her nose and glares at him.

"Okay, no idea who you are but I'm gonna guess you're evil after all that." Yuki says before bringing her hands forward and sending another stream of flames at Angstrom, though not extinguishing the aura of fire around herself.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#383164: Nov 28th 2023 at 6:06:56 PM

In the midst of the Hub Centralis nighttime, perhaps disturbing the slumber of one Avalynn, a commotion arises—the distance roaring of a powerful motorcycle, slowly growing louder. It starts in the distance but quickly approaches, becoming more and more prevalent, filling the warehouse with sound, before at last—

BOOM!

One of the warehouse doors explodes open, as a heavily armored figure bursts through on a VERY patriotic-looking motorcycle.

It hits the ground and the wheels squeal as the motorcycle slides across the warehouse floor, the figure stepping off mere moments before the vehicle crashes into a set of boxes behind him and grows buried beneath the debris.

With great power…you know the rest.
ReynTheLord Since: Aug, 2017
#383165: Nov 28th 2023 at 6:28:46 PM

Hub Centralis, Near the Warehouse

A Man seemingly in his Mid 20's walks by the warehouse, wearing a modern navy dress uniform and... A bandoleer of Black powder pistols, and a cutlass. The Man's ears are pointy, and veer off to the sides.

A Manakete...?

The temperature around them is slightly colder than usual.

Hearing the crash nearby, the Manakete walks over the warehouse, yelling "Oy! What's with the Havoc over yonder?"

Edited by ReynTheLord on Nov 28th 2023 at 7:32:29 AM

BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#383166: Nov 28th 2023 at 6:40:30 PM

Warehouse

A hooded figure approaches the warehouse but seeing how there's already other people present, he can't just waltz in. A cloak's silhouette briefly passes by any onlooker before apparently fading into the warehouse.

Edited by BoniniBanana on Nov 28th 2023 at 10:40:44 PM

real
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#383167: Nov 28th 2023 at 7:02:41 PM

The good weather around the Warehouse steadily nosedive with each appearance of a newcomer. By the time the hooded figure is making themselves not known, the sky is dark, and it's raining like God is taking His shower outside, forming a thick water wall all around it.

Luckily, the inside of the Warehouse should be safe, right?

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#383168: Nov 28th 2023 at 7:23:14 PM

Warehouse

"What."

Avalynn stares dumbfoundedly at the newcomers for a solid five seconds. An AMERICAN, some sort of terrible fashion clash between 'old-timey pirate' and 'modern navyman', And some cloaked figure she sensed by noise and air current alone- she could use her magic to inspect further, but... she's still averse to that idea.

"I guess a girl can't get some sleep around here. So why, pray tell, did you crash into this warehouse?"

She turns to face the AMERICAN, adjusting her glasses as she does in the usual way that just makes them shiny. She doesn't seem amused.

...am I really gonna lapse into being a chuuni again..? I mean, sure, I can back my acting up with raw physical prowess and magic, but it always makes me cringe after... ah, hell. Just this once.

She's tapping her foot slightly before finally using her magic in a small amount to try and force the cloaked person from hiding using a strong gust. With the sudden rain, it'll be less suspicious. If she succeeds and catches them in the open...

"-eh? Oh, so someone was sneaking about, too. Nice."

If for some reason it doesn't, she won't say anything, and simply wait for the AMERICAN to speak.

Edited by RainbyPlays on Nov 28th 2023 at 10:34:48 AM

aeiou: the second
ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#383169: Nov 28th 2023 at 7:52:59 PM

Warehouse

The armored fellow struck a dramatic pose, lifting his gun with one hand and resting it upon his shoulder as a holographic cape in the image of the flag grew from his shoulders, flapping in some non-existent wind.

"Why am I here? I—uh…Hold on." His gun lowered almost instantly and he turned his back to Avalynn, bowing his head and pressing two fingers against the helmet’s side. "MARTHA, why am I here again?" He spoke in a low voice. "Uh huh. Right. Yeah. I don’t know what that means. Uh….repeat that? …Sorry, you lost me somewhere around "multiverse"…Well then what am I supposed to tell her? No, I’m not peddling that government bullshit. I’m no letter boy, MARTHA! I’m not like that glowie Dan down in HR…Fine, fine, geez." At length, he straightened his posture once more, turned back to Avalynn, and assumed the same dramatic posture as a few moments ago. "That! Is classified information."

Edited by ISZATSO on Nov 28th 2023 at 10:53:52 AM

With great power…you know the rest.
Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#383170: Nov 28th 2023 at 9:05:56 PM

Warehouse

Almost as though it couldn't get any more suddenly chaotic for poor Avalynn, out of nowhere, there is suddenly a... sound.

Its a sort of a, grinding, wheezing sound, starting out distant and laborious.

An object begins to appear, phasing in and out of transparency, clearly the source of that confounded noise. Which could be excused as normal if it were some kind of thing you'd expect to make a noise like that. Really, what appears is quite befuddling.

A Police Box. A wooden police box! And not just any, this hunk of junk looks ripped straight out of the 1960s, an absolute antique if the arena were beholden to any temporal consistency.

And, well, it definitely is an antique.

The world unwilling to wait any longer to answer all the questions it just posited, slowly, the door of the mysterious police box creaks open...

And out comes Some daft- wait no, this isn't the right image hold on

Uh, Some daft-looking man in a suit, strangely also wearing heart-shaped sunglasses and an obnoxiously wide-brimmed sombrero that immediately falls off when he can't fit it through the door.

He looks at the... collected characters, with a "huh wuh" sort of face, removing the sunglasses, squinting as his eyes adjust to the light.

So... warehouse. Nice place. Very roomy. Do any of you have directions to 9663 Cornell Street? He peeks out from inside the box. "Because I seem to be lost."

Left his wallet, you know how it is. Not that The Doctor has a wallet, but that'd be his excuse. I mean, who hasn't lost their wallet at one point or another?

Its the arena, everyone's already out to out-weird everyone else.

Yatta!
ReynTheLord Since: Aug, 2017
#383171: Nov 29th 2023 at 12:29:34 AM

Warehouse

The... No, those aren't Familliar Rank insignia. It's some Emblem with jewels on it. The Navyman starts talking, still with his pirate dialect.

"Cry You Mercy, lass, I jus wanted ta See if everythin was Fine 'ere."

The rainstorm outside encourages the man to enter the building instead of just looking inside.

"Alep, Admiral of th' Ylissean Royal Navy, At yer service."

He tips his uniform hat, bringing more attention to his odd ears.

He looks to the armored individual too. "Are ye wounded, lad? I've got som Vulenaries if ye be injured in the crash."

He then hears the sudden... Whooshing. The Pained whoosing, as if a machine was having breathing problems, turning to the sound of the noise. He then sees the police box fading in and looks it over. Haven't seen those in Ylisstol in at LEAST a hundred years. Time's murky for a manakete, however.

He then sees the man peeking out of the phone booth giving an odd adress. Never Heard of a Cornell street. "You from Jugdral or somewhere, lad? Trying to get somewhere using a rewarp staff on a police box? Thought I've seen everythin in the last few thousand years. Ye proved me quite wrong." He clears things up. "Nay, I've not 'een hide nor hair of Cornell street."

RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#383172: Nov 29th 2023 at 7:03:49 AM

Sacred Pinnacle

The Artemi fusion stands there calmly, finally unleashing something they've been holding back from using the entire fight. Just before the attack would hit them...

"A futile effort. But an effort nonetheless."

They reach up...

...and tear their face from their own body. In a near-instant, their body reforms to be more muscular, and is additionally much more durable- The barrage barely nicks them.

When the dust clears, their face is finally revealed- or not. They've pulled their hood back up, obscuring their face. They focus again, the barrier barely weakening for an instant from when they tore their face off. They start to make the barrier smaller, intending to trap the Dark Matter within.

"I do wonder just what manner of beast you are."

They continue to float there.

"But a being of darkness against a being of Cursed Energy is quite ironic."

Hub Centralis - Paradiso

Go ahead. Less tall buildings will mean less chances for more rubble. Currently refitting a fleet of transport ships, should be quick enough.

10 transport ships in the hangar of the Paradiso are being rapidly refitted into a form of mobile ambulance. Stacked bunks and several automedical systems mean that upwards of 100 people can be slotted into one ship. Croque hopes it's enough.

Hub Centralis - Streets

"..."

Nil's face goes flat and emotionless as they put their mask on and pull up their hood. No time for emotion.

Ryve and Ayona both leap back into the truck just as Nil guns the engine, the truck automatically forming a wedge plow at the front to shove the bodies out of the way. When Nil speaks up, it's with almost no emotion.

"This is Doctor Nil. Returning to the Paradiso to finish recovery and assume battlefield command."

Some voices speak up, faint, but possibly still loud enough for Nia- with her big ole' ears -to still hear.

"Understood, Doctor. I'll have everything ready as soon as I can. Please do be safe out there."

Ryve and Ayona look about as shaken as Nia.

"I-I... as soon as this is over, we'll need to hold a proper memorial..."

Ayona nods silently.

"...it was our duty back then. No sense to stop now."

The truck hurries along, Nil flooring it as it finally reaches an assembled MIRAGE gate...

Hub Centralis - Paradiso

...and warps right into the Paradiso's hangar. The gate closes and disassembles behind them, to prevent access by anyone else. Mostly Ana. Nil hops out and rushes off somewhere, leaving Ryve, Ayona, Nia, the shaken family, and the man alone for a moment. Though it's soon broken by RI personnel opening the doors and leading everyone out- the family and man will be lead away to a safe area that's been set up in the hangar, should there be no objections. Ryve, Ayona, and Nia, meanwhile, have more of a choice on where they go, though the former two seem to be content to follow Nia. Both have that look on their face that says 'I have so many questions' but they hold it back for now.

...the raging battle can barely be heard here, among the sounds of frantic footsteps and the beeping and alarm of vital monitors, and the humming of the shield systems and thruster systems. The 10 transport ships can be seen above, parts warping in with flashes of green light as they are rapidly assembled.

Much of RI is here to help with the efforts. Multiple medics are healing the injured with their Arts, though there's only so much they can do with a workload this large and non-specialized equipment.

Paradiso - Bridge

Nil rushes in, both Amiya and Kal'tsit stepping to the sides of the main holoprojector. Kal'tsit speaks up first.

"Doctor. I've spoken to our field medics. They're gathering civilians at the designated extraction point."

Then Amiya.

"Doctor... all of the RI personnel are alive and accounted for. We're currently working under Croque's orders, but you may be able to take better control of the situation."

Nil adjusts the blue-red 'pins' beneath their hood that look like hairpins. They're actually a mental interface device for the PRTS. As such, they connect to the secure line shared between Croque, Icarus, and them.

Icarus. I'm trusting that you can see the AR overlay of the PRTS system right now. Looking at the areas of rubble and the records of evacuation, I suggest we focus our main efforts here, and here.

At the two mentions, holographic markers appear- one at a market district, and one at a mall.

The other areas Croque managed to take care of in time. It's still worth checking, however. Always a chance someone was missed.

They let out a slow sigh that isn't heard over the text-based radio link.

Once everyone is evacuated, we can focus on fire support and preventing further damage.

aeiou: the second
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#383173: Nov 29th 2023 at 7:32:47 AM

The hooded figure just smiles beneath their hood upon sensing Avalynn cast a spell, but he's unaffected and continues sneaking, almost tauntingly he abruptly vanishes, listening in on everyone else before deciding to chime in from behind after The Doctor asks for directions.

"Tryna get shipped to a friend's house? Might've been a touch far off, this place ain't got jack."

Doubling as a way to try and spook Avalynn too. Though the manakete's accent was also a pleasant surprise.

"Soldier'll be fine, he's got the strongest plastered all over. But what's'n admiral like you doing 'round these bits?"

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#383174: Nov 29th 2023 at 8:35:38 AM

The rain finally lets up outside, as if to acknowledge that everyone has moved to inside the warehouse. Fittingly, the clouds above clear, and the moon shine upon streets that are more giant puddles than concrete or pavement, at this point. Yet, the sound of rain doesn't let up all the same.

And it's because it's now raining inside the warehouse. In a single concentrated little corner, as if not to bother any president or time lord who forgot to bring their umbrella to the function. It works like a sort of big invisible shower, which could potentially make it far less spooky now that I put it that way.

The rain gathers to form a puddle of water on the ground and then, after feeling like it's been enough, completely stop. The raindrops just fade away. And soon, everyone in the warehouse could dismiss the accident as a bizarre shared hallucination between all of them, with only the puddle as a "lasting" legacy of the in-doors rain.

But then, from out of that puddle, a sort of enormous knight in immaculate yet eerily organic-looking armor begins rising. He doesn't simply emerge, grabbing unto the floor with his large claws and pulling himself out. He's lifted out of the puddle, with his chest, helmeted head and arms emerging before his legs do. He then further levitate over the puddle a bit more, righting himself upon his feet before he finally hit the ground.

For all his size and presumed weight, he barely make a sound upon landing.

Hmph Moving slowly, almost exceedingly carefully, the knight-like being slowly lowers his arms and stand up, acting as if the slightest movement of his could destroy his surroundings entirely.

Two slited blue lights move in the emptiness beneath his helmet, accompanied by two more, yet smaller, slits. But aside from acknowledging the gang, he doesn't greet them yet.

Edited by Bolded1 on Nov 29th 2023 at 6:59:46 PM

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#383175: Nov 29th 2023 at 10:37:38 AM

Warehouse

why are there so many people here i'm supposed to be a nobody isn't that how this works

Avalynn just... stands there, for a moment. After a solid minute of dumbfounded staring, she addresses The Doctor first.

"Pretty sure you've got the wrong universe. I don't know if this place even has street names."

Then she addresses the AMERICAN.

"Classified, or not easy to explain? Either way, I don't care much." She shrugs after the comment.

Then she turns to Alep with a small bow.

"Good to meet ya. Name's Avalynn." She doesn't hold her hand out for a shake, but at least she bowed, I guess.

She then takes a moment to stretch her arms before addressing the cloaked figure.

"And you, edgelord. What's with the cloak?" She says in a snarky tone.

She has a small smirk on her face as she says that. Then she stares at the giant knight for a moment, before getting a bigger smirk on her face.

"Oh look, everybody, it's the weatherman." She snarks, again.

Then she leans against her bike and lets out a long sigh, before regarding the whole group.

"So... how or why did I suddenly attract so much attention? Is it common practise to suddenly have a group of people show up when you're tryna sleep?"

aeiou: the second

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