Raja of the Lorries
Jun Sheng
"Um, great that you're trying to see through this illusion and all, but I think we have more pressing issues to worry about? Namely us being pressed into the ceiling?" Jun moved closer towards Jirou, turning around as he inspected their surroundings.
"Nevermind. You keep doing... whatever it is you're doing. I'll buy you some time. I've been working on this one for a while... Hun Tian Ling!"
Calling upon his scarf, Jun closed his eyes in concentration, moving his hands through the air like a conductor directing an orchestra, or a potter shaping clay. He'd always been aware that his weapons were merely replicas of their original namesakes, and that their sizes, durabilities and properties all relied on the amount of magic he supplied them upon their summoning. Beyond that, Hun Tian Ling had always behaved with a certain amount of agency, as if it had a mind of its own.
Therefore, taken to a logical extreme...
Jun opened his eyes, inspecting his creation in satisfaction. Standing before him was a vermillion doll, for lack of a better word. It was devoid of any details, merely a floating pair of massive gauntlets connected to a shrunken torso standing at around three to four meters in height, lacking fine details, legs or a face, all constructed from layer upon layer of tightly wrapped magical cloth.
For now, Jun still hadn't worked out how to make it do anything beyond obey simple, direct orders, and he'd actually been planning on asking for help, but hadn't been sure of who to go to.
Now, if they managed to get out of this in one piece, he'd make a note to ask Kaguya about installing full sentience into magical weapons.
"Get the roof!" Jun shouted, and the two arms immediately leapt to obey, bracing themselves against the floor with their palms spread wide, ready to stop the pillar from smushing them into paste against the ceiling.
Now, they could begin worrying about getting to the door.
Edited by bruhneville on Dec 22nd 2020 at 6:21:40 AM
King among Xanas
Classroom
As the classroom continued its assault upon the students those who had managed to advance toward the door would quickly notice an issue, in that the door had seemed to multiply all across the room in different sizes and shapes as they moved toward it. A further layer or protection against those who might seek to exit the room too easily by just crossing the distance. The gentle voice of Kaguya rang out over the vast expanse that was the room.
"What you are currently experiencing is an attack on your minds, shifting the room to my own desires. Think of it like being trapped in a dream, however this is only a part of what you will face against an Outer Being, they will attempt to flood you with sights and images you couldn't imagine. Ideas, numbers, modes of existence that your humanity can't handle. Keep your minds like steel, but just remember, you aren't puppets being toyed with. Don't find the solution that makes sense, create the solution that is yours."
With that said the room began to grow deathly cold as doors began to open, showing a total darkness behind them. "As I have no wish to directly attack your minds, I will demonstrate the dangers involved through the simple method."
Be better, because what is the harm in trying?
Deranged X-Mas Figure
Katarina
As soon as the door multiplied and spread across the room like Scooby-Doo, Katarina drew up up her wings, coming to a halt and floating in mid-air a Kayuga gave them the lowdown. But even as she told them what was up, that it wasn't that big a deal, that all they needed to do was look within or some other Confucious drivel, there was only one thing that was running through Katarina's big fuzzy noggin.
Was she real?
She wasn't being cute. Or clever. Though their teacher was undoubtedly trying to be.
And she wasn't having any of it.
"You know, I usually have a much higher tolerance for this sort of thing. But that is some of the most asinine, sanctimonious garbage I have ever heard! 'No wish?' 'The simple method?' 'Not toyed with?!' BULL. FUCKING. SHIT! You're already attacking our minds! You're already toying with us! You said it yourself! You went and put us in some Gods forsaken mindscape without our consent! You hijacked our craniums, right before you went and tried to kill us! Again! Maybe not you specifically, but it may as well be, because that demon Schatach and the rest of you have done your best to send us to the grave already! If you want to teach, then teach! Treat us with respect! And not as your children or playthings that you think you can do whatever with! Because until you do, I am not moving an inch from this spot!"
She was starting to wonder why she had even come back here. She may have been more tolerant of what she was. Even enjoyed some of what this school had to offer. But she was not going to be some doll for their amusement! Not anymore. And she wouldn't let Aaron or the others suffer the same fate while she could help it.
Besides. She already felt like a queen. The least she could do was act the part.
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around
Fwomph
Kyn took a deep breath as the illusion went from bad to worse. It was all too distracting, this false danger; she had to focus and figure out the truth.
"Can I ask you to call the illusion off if I pose a danger, princess? My own solution would likely normally be dangerous because it involves shooting the source of the illusion."
True to her word, Kyn tried to focus out what Kaguya wanted her to see and instead tune her other senses; Sound mostly but other more abstract means of discerning her environment as she pulled her bow from her back. She tried to reach deep into her training and beyond that, maybe into this investiture of power for sensation a little beyond the mundane...
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang
Móirín couldn't say she expected otherwise when Juli fled wildly toward what looked like the exit. It was as clear a sign as any not to count on the girl. Well, she only had to shake the flake down if there were no other prophets in the 'demigod school'.
"Thanks. Ditto." she nodded at Jun and Jirou. She'd thank Kaguya. Later. If this wasn't more weasel words.
And there was a way to clarify that. Móirín's lips curled into a big toothy grin as she unsheathed her sword. The school knew damn well that she didn't just suffer through sights and images and ideas and numbers and modes of existence that bothered her. She cut them down. It was how she got here and how she finished that slot machine class. Now, it was going to be her way out, and, if it wasn't well the teacher said potentially cutting up the room was fine!
"Excuse me!" Móirín gave Jirou and Jun—the closest—a brief warning before leaping and thrusting her sword home deep in the floor. Before ripping it out and carving her way through. "Levi," she whispered to her weapon. "I hope I can borrow some of your oomph!"
The sword didn't glow or 'sing'. It vibrated. She'd only notice later that the blade stayed in pristine shape.
Edited by CenturyEye on Dec 22nd 2020 at 8:31:04 AM
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
The Light That Blinds
Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck—!
Juliana gasped as about a dozen doors suddenly appeared all over the room. Which one's the real one?! The burst of adrenaline was wearing off, and her limbs were starting to feel heavy as exhaustion settled back in. She shivered as the room grew freezing cold, eyes wide. Oh my god, just...just...
"HOLD EVERYTHING!" Juli screamed, stomping her foot.
There was a loud crack, and she shrieked as giant black spikes emerged from the ground around her. They seemed to drink in the light around them, and had an oddly reflective quality, almost like glass.
And then she realized they were glass.
Juli looked down. At her feet was a circular patch of obsidian, cracked where she had stomped the ground. Black trails snaked across the ground, eventually emerging from the ground as the spikes.
"...huh," she said. "That's...new."
"Kept me waiting, haven’t you? Tch. No matter. Dawdle all you’d like. In the end, your defeat remains inevitable."
Breath of the Sun
Aaron
So the door was not actually the door. That made things a little harder. But Kaguya then helpfully explained that they were in a dream. That made things simpler.
Kat seemed to be annoyed by the whole thing. Aaron considered petting her to see if that would calm her down, but he didn't want to come off as condescending.
"I think this is her idea of teaching, Kat. I get why you're mad - honestly, I think Scathach is a bitch as much as you do - but you kinda want shit like this from a drill instructor. If you don't hate them, that means they aren't pushing you hard enough, y'know?"
He carefully climbed off her, swinging his legs over. "Anyway, I'm gonna find my own way, like she said. See you on the other side."
Aaron dropped, landing on one knee on the ground, in a way that would have shattered the kneecaps of a normal person. Aaron rose unharmed, dusting himself off. Hefting his spear, he considered what to do. The easiest thing would be to just make his own door, but he didn't know how to do that. He casually tried thinking 'door' as hard as he could, but to no effect.
Then he saw Juli stomp the ground into obsidian, somehow, and he had an idea. He hefted his spear over his shoulder, and with a thought, transformed it into a mighty warhammer. It was crude, a simple rod with a massive lump of bronze at one end, but it would suffice. "Gonna make my own exit."
Grasping it with both hands, he swung downward, and with a blow that sounded like thunder, smashed the ground. Hairline fractures circled outward from the impact. He lifted his hammer and brought it down again. And again, and again, each time cracking the ground further, intent on smashing a hole out of the illusion.
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?
Deranged X-Mas Figure
Katarina
...and he just left.
Her boyfriend told her everything was hunkey-dorey, that they should live and let live, and that this was how this sort of thing worked.
And then he jumped off and went smashing the ground to rubble with the rest of them.
...how? How could they all accept it? Had they all been cowed into submission? Been there long enough that giving in and letting themselves be the resident whipping boys was second nature? Was that how it was now?
She wouldn't stand for this. Couldn't stand for this. She wouldn't be treated like cattle! She swore, as soon as she got out of this, she would march up to little miss moon mistress, grab her by the cuff, and make her wish she'd never been—
Suddenly, the gem on her forehead awoke with a violent flash of red and silver. Her eyes glowed bright, shimmering with power and intensity as the gem flashed like a light show. A giant fist of light appeared in the air, radiating scorching heat as it slammed into the ground below, burning and cracking it beneath its weight.
And again.
And again.
And again and again and again. As many times as it took to break through this sorry excuse for a classroom and.. and...
...what was she doing again?
She wasn't sure. All she knew was that she making a giant fist of intensely hot heat and solid force, pounding it down until she could pound no more. Like an object in motion. About all she could do was keep going until something or someone changed the formula.
May as well keep it up.
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around
Classroom
Jirou couldn't help but sheepishly laugh under his breath as he watched Moirin, Aaron, Kat and Juli begin to wreck the room in an effort to break the illusion...that, or try and make their own exit. "Well...I suppose that's one way of leaving the room...albeit one much more suited in a battle than in a school. Hopefully the classrooms around us are empty." He muttered to himself and batted away a stray chunk of rock before raising his voice. "Please try to avoid bringing down the entire floor beneath us if possible or I might have to deal with complaints during the next class rep meeting from whatever class is currently below ours"
Regardless, Jirou wasn't going to stand here and do nothing. Moving towards one of the walls, the Oni rapped his weapon against the surface and sent a ripple of magic and force through the room, trying to create a map of the room's layout with vibrations that returned. Create the solution that is mine...Well, magic has been quite handy where force fails, so perhaps this might point us in the right direction Provided that one of the enthusiastic classmates didn't accidentally brain him with a stray rock or that Kaguya's illusion didn't mess with his magic either, Jirou would slowly begin to pick out which of the doors were real and which were illusions.
Raja of the Lorries
Jun Sheng
Apparently, everyone thought that "finding a solution of your own" meant beating the everloving shit out of whatever they could get their hands on.
For Jun, he considered whaat Kaguya had said as best he could. The way she'd phrased things seemed to suggest that none of this was "real", that this was some kind of advanced illusion or mental attack.
In that case, how did one even escape from a direct assault on the mind?
The best way to avoid an attack on one's ability to think coherently... what would that be?
OH!
I have a terrible idea.
"Um, sorry to bother you when you're concentrating and all, but do you have any alcohol on you?" Jun tugged at Jirou's sleeve to get the oni's attention. "Because if you don't then I'm going to try slamming my head against the floor until I fall unconscious."
King among Xanas
Classroom
Something odd would occur as the various students went about their work, changing the environment, attacking, or letting loose magic and chaos in equal measures. The room would become hazy, and they would get another sight, standing perfectly still in the room, looking forward at Kaguya. However rather then the pristine princess they had seen blend in with the wall her face was contorted with effort, her fingers growing odd 'vines' from them connecting to the back of their necks. But said vines looked like they were rapidly aging, crumbling like rocks. With a final sigh from their last attacks the vines shattered, and the students would find themselves back in the classroom with Kaguya, who was rapidly schooled her features and looked at each of them with a nod.
"Acceptable work, however that illusion still played on the rules that you have known. Gravity was the same, the atmosphere was the same. Most mental attacks are meant to throw you off balance, make you too confused to consider how strange everything is so that you can't work to escape." after a moment a small but honest smile came across her lips. "Still, I am proud at how quickly you all adapted to it, I think that if an Outer Being were foolish enough to try and rip into your minds it would find itself facing quite a terrible fate itself."
Kaguya motioned to the door. "As this class can become emotionally exhausting to students you are free for the da-" before she could finish the teacher collapsed to her knees, grabbing onto the desk as her eyes began to glow white. "All students proceed to the auditorium, priority 1." she waved her hand, the door changing into an entrance to the grand meeting hall they had become acquainted with.
Be better, because what is the harm in trying?
Fwomph
Kynigos slowly lowered her bow and took a deep breath.
"Well, we have had a good 'track record' dealing with Outer Beings. We are strong and fight well together."
She gives a little bow before heading through the doorway.
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Deranged X-Mas Figure
Katarina
As soon as Kaguya pulled away her tendrils and lifted her spell, Katarina slowly blinked, quickly coming to. Despite all she had done in the illusion, here in the really-real world, she'd stayed her two-legged fuzzy self. Deep down, she had no doubt she could do all she'd done in there for real. Nor would she forget how it felt. Powerful. Majestic. Full of confidence and grace.
Like a queen.
That wouldn't be easy to forget.
Nor did she forget how she near blacked out towards the end. She had traces. Flashes of a... giant fist? Pounding the ground over and over like a smasher on a conveyor belt.
But that couldn't be right. She'd come a long way. But that? That was something else. She rubbed her forehead, shaking her head and pinching it hard. She swore she could have felt something there, but when she touched it again, it was gone. As was any reasonable explanation for how she did what she did.
Unless...
...the gem? Was that it? She didn't think much of it when she found it, but she remembered how it felt. The sheer power rippling down her spine and through her very being. As though waiting for the chance to burst free with a vengeance.
Maybe that was it?
Questions for another day. Before she could give Kaguya what for, she sent them off to the auditorium. What for, she couldn't say. P Ossibly an emergency. But knowing this lot, there was every chance it was more training. Maybe some last-minute drill. She wouldn't put it past them.
But she couldn't take the chance it wasn't. She scampered off, tail twirling and fur flying as she raced down the halls. She thought about turning into that winged cat or a sphinx, but she wouldn't turn into another kitty just now if she could help it.
Though that last one sorely tempting.
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around
The Light That Blinds
Fortunately, this class hadn't lasted long, and they'd done a good job according to Kaguya. Juliana was fully intent on returning to the dorms and taking a very long nap when—
Oh, for God's sake, what now? Juli barely kept herself from groaning as she followed her classmates through the door to the auditorium. Titans escaped their prison? Apophis swallowed the sun? Skeletal star demons are coming to the Earth to devour us all?
...that one was weirdly specific.
Well, whatever it was, she hoped at least that it would be easy this time.
(It definitely wouldn't be. But hey, she could dream.)
"Kept me waiting, haven’t you? Tch. No matter. Dawdle all you’d like. In the end, your defeat remains inevitable."
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
Priority 1
"I still want to see you after I've dealt with this, Ms. Kaguya." Móirín said. The announcement had been ill-timed but that was war. They had only done one (defensive) drill, and she needed a seer or a messenger. And she had to leave the magic one stop shop.
Based on this opening, she could have two Scáthaches, but now she had to wait. Ah well. Still, duty called and she marched into the meeting room without further ado.
Edited by CenturyEye on Dec 25th 2020 at 8:03:10 AM
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
Breath of the Sun
Aaron
Apparently 'smash it' had been the correct answer. Aaron merely smiled and nodded at Kaguya's praise. No Outer Being was going to fuck with his head and get away with it.
Then Kaguya declared something called a 'priority 1', which was probably important.
Shrugging, Aaron followed the others into the auditorium.
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?
King among Xanas
Auditorium
The scene in the auditorium was one of very carefully controlled chaos, students in various states of dress, some in casual clothes, others in combat gear, and others looking like they had been ripped out of bed in order to attend the meeting. More then that the majority of the staff was sitting on the stage, looking concerned or eager.
Vein and Aaliyah walked over, pulling Jirou slightly to the side and whispered to him. "This is a big announcement, and your class probably isn't going to like it, try and keep them from going postal." they nodded toward the young Oni and made their way to their own classes, taking their seats as the rest of the students found their way. Once each student was seated Hades appeared on the stage, looking as per usual all the worse for wear.
"Greetings students of Solomon Academy, I apologize for taking you away from classes and activities, but as of an hour ago an Outer Being has been detected and confirmed by a number of solar and lunar deities," a screen lowered behind him and the lights in the room dimmed as a projector began to play.
The image played across the screen showed a background most students would have only seen in movies or old footage in black and white, the surface of the moon. Standing in the center of the frame was a woman that one of the students would know even if the footage had been hazy, Artemis stood with a bow drawn back and eyes looking into the distance.
"At first we had assumed it was another meteor, there are a number of them that occasionally get to close to the planet and require intervention," Hades spoke as Artemis loosed her arrow, the ground around her cracked as an arrow of pure moonlight flew out. The camera tracked the arrow flying far into the darkness until it disappeared from sight. The footage speed up and the students would witness the camera tracking back a large amount of dark sludge flying toward Artemis, flying directly into her but suddenly splitting in two perfect pieces before even touching her, as if it had hit a solid object. From the sludge came forth odd twisting creatures, humanoid but too tall and thin to be properly seen as such. Their bodies were pitch black, through some had rings of white around their waists. They moved toward Artemis, only for a sudden flame to appear and purge them away, revealing a number of odd men and women that looked quite a bit like Kaguya.
"The failure of Artemis's arrow and the reprisal attack by the creature to land brings us to one theory, we are facing an Outer Being, and one of significant size." the projector clicked as it switched over to a static image, depicting what looked at first like a massive planet, only for the light of the sun to reveal that it was pitch black. The image zoomed in, and the closer it got the more the students would be able to see. The Outer Being was comprised of billions of the beings they had seen crawl from the sludge, wrapping around each other and comprised into a massive sphere. At the 'front' of the thing a giant white smiling mask of unbelievable size stood out, stark against the otherwise black form.
"Both our own Oracle's and those of other Academies have confirmed this being as 'The Family', a combined species Outer Being. Rather then a god or the worshipers of a god this creature is the combination of an entire alien race. They only had a single deity, one of misery and pain who made their lives an endless suffering. When they discovered this they went insane with rage, developing a way to kill their god and devouring him. After freeing their entire race from the afterlife controlled by said god they went insane to cope with their misery. They seek to take anyone with any level of sadness or misery that they can detect into their union and remove any traces of individuality."
Hades allowed that information to sink in before continuing. "It will be another three weeks before it enters range to begin launching any attacks on Earth, but even then it won't be able to do anything from orbit, rather because of the nature of the world being a divine being itself it can only send out spores to take away any people until it passes Earth. We believe the total time it can remain close enough to launch an attack is 48 hours, during which time the gods will put humanity into a stasis in order to prevent mass panic. Classes 3 and 4 will be performing a joint operation with a number of other Academies worldwide to prevent the most damage possible. Class 1 will be performing another mission at the time and will be focusing solely on that matter."
All at once the calm of the auditorium exploded into questions, and no doubt the students of Class 1 had their own.
Be better, because what is the harm in trying?
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
Auditorium
I guess I have to call my parents again... Móirín rested her head in her hands following the presentation. Get leave and do something corny before they go into stasis. And on that...
The fomorian made her way to the front, just in front of the stage, after whistling then swinging her sword down to produce a deafening boom. "Principal, pal, good ol' Hades, so... are we talking putting everyone in sitting duck stasis or...?" Móirín shrugged. There was probably a term for not that, but she didn't bother. And if they could put people 'in stasis' to keep the civvies perfectly safe in battle, the powers that be had been badly underusing it. If my folks die because they were frozen and couldn't run, then this thing dies and the guy who made that f*$% up goes right after.
"And you're shutting down the world but my clan still has no king to see to that kind of defense. Right now I need a phone number or a talking head in a mirror, so we can talk. And we just left Kaguya's class and still have time left in there. I say we get first dibs on her report."
"Don't keep me in suspense about the mission by the way." Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
Deranged X-Mas Figure
Katarina
Katarina wasn't sure what she'd been expecting. From the looks of it, everyone had been called from every part of the school for this announcement. Some hadn't gotten out of bed before being pulled out of their sheets and dragged to the auditorium to be told the news. But even then, with this school, it could have been anything.
What she wasn't expecting was the lovechild of Junji Ito and H.P Lovecraft.
She wasn't a stranger to great big otherworldly monstrosities. The Leviathan was nothing to brag about, but she could handle it with little trouble. But this?
She wanted to vomit.
But to her surprise, that wasn't what happened. Instead, she had switched back over to the sphinx. Almost on instinct. She wasn't sure why. She didn't have any need for flight just now. Nor did she need a boost in raw power. What she needed was strength. The strength to stomach whatever horrid abominations came her way, and come out the other end in one piece.
And as a sphinx, she had that strength.
She looked again at the screen. It was no less horrific or blood-curdling. The sight of it alone was enough to give the Gods nightmares. But the fact that it was made up of billions upon billions of beings, all seeking release from the crushing despair that plagued their existence? That was nearly beyond comprehension.
And yet, if it had only been a few weeks earlier? Then a part of her may have wanted to join in the dance.
But that was then. This was now. And she was not going to let them take her or Aaron or anyone else if she could help it.
If they wanted to end their misery so bad, then she'd be happy to oblige them.
She turned to Hades, sharp eyes brimming with ferocious clarity. The gem was also on display, sitting pretty on her fuzzy forehead. By now, it was so embedded, one could swear she'd been born with it. "So! Any plans on how to deal with this monstrosity? Or do you intend to throw us and the whole kitten caboodle at it and see what sticks?"
She licked her paw, not looking them in the eye as she made sure not a single strand of fur was out of place. "And the Formorian has a point. The very notion of the Gods suspending all of humanity on a whim is suspect, but it would leave the whole planet defenseless. Besides, I don't see why we can't lob a nuke at it. For that matter, I don't see why we should stop at one. What's keeping us from throwing all the world's nuclear weapons at that misshapen creature and letting you lot sort it out?"
Edited by kkhohoho on Dec 27th 2020 at 11:05:28 AM
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around
Raja of the Lorries
Jun Sheng
Jun almost felt like puking as he looked upon the visage of the outer being that was threatening the entire planet. It was just so... wrong. Something about it was like watching an accident in slow motion, almost enrapturing despite its horrid appearance.
Jun tore his eyes away from the screen moving closer to Moirin and hiding behind her reassuring bulk so that even if he wanted to, he was no longer able to see the abomination.
"Well, at least we don't have to fight... that." Jun wasn't keen on facing down a creature that looked like the offspring of his worst nightmares and one of those videos he'd found Aaron watching a while back, so the news that their class was going to be handling something else entirely was incredibly reassuring.
"I'd like to ask some things of Madam Kaguya and Sir Hephaestus before we leave, though."
The Light That Blinds
Juliana's face went ashen at the sight of the "Family". They looked twisted and grotesque, straight out of the works of Lovecraft. She wondered if the Outer Beings had inspired the Great Old Ones.
But the sheer terror of the Family's appearance was offset by the horror of the time Hades gave. Three weeks.
They had three weeks left to live.
Juli felt her stomach churn.
"Three weeks," she whispered. "We only have three weeks...what do we do?"
She remembered the second-years, and their Outer Being-killing god. She really didn't want to leave the fate of the world in their hands, but...well, part of her really hoped they'd gotten that god into a workable state. At the very least, she was hoping they'd actually be helpful, and wouldn't try to kill their underclassmen. Again.
But you killed one of them first.
Juli straightened and raised her hand. "I, too, would like to know about the mission," she said. "How important is it that we can't help out with the Family crisis?"
Edited by LilyTheLitten on Dec 28th 2020 at 12:03:23 PM
"Kept me waiting, haven’t you? Tch. No matter. Dawdle all you’d like. In the end, your defeat remains inevitable."
Breath of the Sun
Aaron
There was a lot to digest. Aaron felt like hitting something, though that was a common feeling for him. Kat had turned into a sphinx, he guessed it was an emotional thing. Aaron, for his part, had instinctively called a halberd to his hand and was gripping it hard enough to deform the metal.
"I'm with Kat on this one." He said, frowning. "You have multiple sun gods. Couldn't they, I dunno, make the sun shoot a big fuckoff sun-laser at the thing and destroy it? Or, hell, I know Kyn's bow is based on some Hindu myth about a bow that kills gods. How do you not have weapons that can deal with this sort of thing?"
Aaron definitely remembered some myth about a guy who blew up the sun with an arrow, or something along those lines. And the space fucker was clearly a lot smaller than the sun. It just didn't add up.
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?
Fwomph
Kyn clapped a little the moment her mom turned up on the little film presentation. But then her mom failed and basically a whole bunch of information about humanity going on pause and this new threat.
"I have two questions. Firstly what are you actually planning on doing once the world is paused and the creature has arrived? Secondly what is so important for my class to be doing that it means we cannot partake in defending the world from this obvious threat?"
She also retrieves her bow from her back (but does not reach for an arrow) to just kinda emphasize her words.
"I would gladly fight alongside my mother to ensure the safety of the world. It is my purpose and my destiny."
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Auditorium
"I can try, but make no promises." Jirou muttered back to his fellow representatives as he joined the rest of his class in to hear what Hades was to announce. Please don't let it be another sea horror in the middle of the water...though knowing my luck we'd be heading to the bermuda triangle for the next one.'
Jirou ended up being wrong. What Hades revealed was far worse, and the pit in the Oni's gut plummeted further as he saw the gods' efforts fail to stop Nyarlathotep's wet dream from approaching the planet. A spike of emotion lanced through him during the mention of their plan to pause humanity for the time being, thinking of his family and what might happen to them during that time...but he pushed that ball of emotion down for now and tried thinking up solutions as the voices of his classmates filled his ears. Okay fire seems to have some effect, so perhaps Jun and I could prove useful here...not to mention elemental imbuing. Jirou's mind buzzed, Not to mention...
"I do not believe it would be...very feasible for us to fight the Family in space, for many reasons beyond it being much more favorable terrain for our enemy. The nuke idea...it does have some potential, I will admit" Jirou muttered to Kyn and Moirin, before voicing his own question. "You mentioned that the Family seeks out sadness and misery. Do we know how it reacts to positive emotions? Or other emotions in general?"
Katarina
The fur on her brow wrinkled as he called her 'babe'. She had never given it much thought, at least since she first heard it. But in this form, feeling so Bast almighty proud and majestic?
It felt like an insult.
But she let it go. It wasn't that big a deal. Just as long as he knew his place.
...huh. 'Knew his place?' She may have felt like a queen, but that was pushing it. Perhaps she was letting all that sheer grace and majesty go to her head? Best to keep a watch on herself. At least until she was in a form that wasn't so much of a royal b****.
"Don't thank me just yet. For all we know, there could be a giant foot or an incoming cow straight out of Monty Python and the both of us would be squashed flat on the pavement. You worry on keeping yourself in one piece. If push comes to shove, I'm sure I can carve a large enough path for both of us."
She wasn't sure how exactly. Charge her way through with her barrier at max and hope for the best? But somehow, she knew. Knew that no matter what, nothing could stand against her bold, dashing knight and his almighty queen.
If nothing else, being a sphinx gave her a hell of a confidence boost.
She nuzzled him on the cheek before taking off, wings flapping as she soared towards the exit. Her gem briefly glowed, shimmering a mix of red/orange crimson and dazzling silver before simmering down.
If worst came to worst, at least she'd die fabulous.
Edited by kkhohoho on Dec 21st 2020 at 10:13:41 AM
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