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« 004 ⇢ INTERLUDE004.EXE »
Who: These suckers and E R R O R
When: OOC: 5/29, IC: 7/15
Where: CERES Research Tower and Beyond
What: It seems an old friend has decided the situation is progressing too slowly.
Rating/Warning: PG-13: Violence, injuries and inevitable deaths.
▶ ACTION.EXE | IC: 7/15
▶ RUN.EXE | MOD NOTES
When: OOC: 5/29, IC: 7/15
Where: CERES Research Tower and Beyond
What: It seems an old friend has decided the situation is progressing too slowly.
Rating/Warning: PG-13: Violence, injuries and inevitable deaths.
▶ ACTION.EXE | IC: 7/15
For those unlucky saps who disappear today, ranging from early in the morning towards the middle of the afternoon, well...they can't be reached by CereVice.
Any attempt to do so will bounce back the message User Currently Occupied.
It's an odd message, and one that's never been used by the CereVice. How strange. It's probably nothing though, right? No contact can be established between groups or from groups to outside people in Cerealia, whether by technology or magic. You're cut off from everyone but those in your groups, now.
Otherwise, all abilities will remain intact.
As for the people who do disappear, well... things get a little hairy really quickly.
▶ RUN.EXE | MOD NOTES
This is the event log for these sign-ups! Your groups have been sorted below; here are a few handy links for you:Group 01 | OOC plotting
Group 02 | OOC plotting
Group 03 | OOC plotting
Group 04 | OOC plotting
Group 05 | OOC plotting
Group 06 | OOC plotting
Group 07 | OOC plotting
Group 08 | OOC plotting
Group 09 | OOC plotting
Group 10 | OOC plotting
Group 11 | OOC plotting
Group 12 | OOC plotting
Group 13 | OOC plotting
Group 14 | OOC plotting
There is no tagging order, so feel free to tag in whatever way works best for you as a group.
The characters should not ICly be gone longer than 5 hours -- if they survive, of course. There will be mod involvement in each of the threads.
If there are any questions, feel free to ask them here. Please try to avoid asking hypothetical questions (such as "What will happen if my character does [action]?") as that's part of the fun and risk of the interlude! You are welcome to plot with your groupmates in this post. Thank you!
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If we do press it we should be on guard. I'm not sure I like that the outcome of doing so is still so mysterious. But we can't disregard it either. We can just use the hallway, but the idea of us missing something crucial that might be linked to this button is also there.
[ He honestly doesn't know what to do about the mysterious button. ] If we do press it, I'm sure we can take on whatever it is that's thrown at us.
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We won't know unless we do something, but if that's the case -
[He backs up so that he's not near anyone, holding out his sword before unsheathing it and drawing a circle in the air above him. What's even more interesting is the fact that there's light trailing from the tip when he does so, and when he flicks his wrist down, the circle fills with light and a gold flash is seen before he's covered in what looks to be golden armor with a wolf motif.]
I'm ready to take it on too. [Even with a limited time to do anything, it's better than nothing. And it probably would be better if he did this now rather than have to risk not being able to get it on in time.]
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( words spoken to herself in a whisper as she quickly takes a step back and in a few fluid motions by twirling around a small red light that appeared in her hands, she continues to flick her wrist until a rather large red sword manifests into the palm of her hand. not only that, flames are flicking from the blade and is also used as light to brighten up the room just a little more. saber swipes her blade to the side, heat coming off of it and hopefully not anywhere near something that could catch on fire.
she's always been suited for battle considering the armor she adorns at this moment, but since everyone else is getting geared up. holding tightly onto the weapon in her hand as she places it by her side, the servant glances at everyone else who's gotten ready and are getting ready. ) It would only be rude of me to abstain from this duel, I only hope my master's mana can hold out adequately if anything is to happen! ( it's troublesome to be a heroic spirit to someone who isn't a magi like many other masters. she does hope the use of her powers don't knock him out since she doesn't have anything to eat to keep her mana in tact without any amounts of food around her to eat; she has to work off her master for now. if she lacks that, losing her corporal body and going into spirit form is the worst that could happen but.. she believes all will be fine. )
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Leon's a little taken aback, to say the least, just kind of . . . gaping at the group. He had some thoughts about all this, but for the moment they fly out of his head, leaving him in awe. Slightly embarrassed awe. No one's actually looking at him expectantly, but he still feels like they are, like everyone's disappointed he's the one without some . . . cool sword or armor or, seriously, are they all like this? All of them?!
He spares Tsukino a quick glance. Good thing she's normal like him.
(Right?!)
After a few moments just kind of moving his mouth without making sound, trying to will the flush out of his cheeks, he reaches up and tugs a hand hard through his hair, sighing. Dammit. He can still at least plan, huh? (But he's not good at being the smart one either!)
He can try . . . ]
Ooookay, if something jumps out and friggin' murders us after all that, there's probably nothing we could've done in the first place, huh? —Look, let's push it, but no one go anywhere near the cage! Just in case! And if something crazy happens like the whole place catches on fire, run for one of the doors! . . . Right??
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So, she raises a hand and shouts, her brooch seeming to pulse with a blinding light as she transforms in front of all of them right then and there. Standing where Usagi was is now Sailor Moon. Complete with posing, even. Because every good Magical Girl needs their trademark pose. Of course.]
For Love and Justice, the pretty sailor suited soldier Sailor Moon!
[Wow she almost seems actually fairly serious. For about a full minute or so, before turning her attention to the button.]
I think everyone's fairly ready, right? If something happens, we'll figure it out together! So....lets see what this actually does.....?
[Hope you're all ready because. Yeah. She's going for it, reaching with one gloved hand to push the button. Probably the button of doom, but they won't know unless they try?]
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The button is pressed, there's a beep, and a robotic: ]
Cages opened.
[ And then there's the metallic scrape of metal on metal.
At which point a few friends step into the room, peering around with robotic intelligence.
They're robot velociraptors, who wouldn't be excited about pressing that button? ]
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Running for a door seems like a terrible idea, actually. Instead he flings himself under the desk—if he can make it under there. He's sure going for it, and he wasn't standing that far away. But raptors is fast.
Good luck, guys.]
Hoooooly shit! Shit. Shit shit shit! Why'd we fuckin' do that! Holy shit!
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We shall protect him! Everyone get into position! A duel to the death these metal beasts wish to bring to us and we shall give it to them! <( hopefully these dinosaurs aren't fools, isn't insane to rush towards someone with a flaming sword unless they love to die? in all honesty, nero holds out her weapon and watches her surroundings. tbh, if leon looks up he can probably see a bit of asscrack which i'm so sorry for, hopefully that doesn't kill. making sure that none of the the beats come towards the desk, the fire flickers of the blade when she swipes her blade downward for an intimidation attempt. )
Such vile and ugly creatures, to look at us with such vibrant emerald hues of pure destruction! You shall close them when you meet death! ( glancing at everyone else for a moment before laying her eyes back on the weird mechanical beasts, she shakes her head. ) They would be good mounts perhaps we whip them into shape and show them who controls who!
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[But that's all she really has time to register, before the beasts start to approach, and she shifts to accommodate Leon hiding under the desk. As much as she wants to join him and wonders what the heck they could possibly face next, she knows she's transformed, that she should be more confident. That she can't leave this just to the others. She herself probably isn't the best dressed for this sort of thing, ever. The sailor fuku does leave rather little covered, but at the same time, as a senshi, her body and endurance is stronger. She just has to hope it will be enough.
Even as she holds an arm in front of her eyes at the sword's downward swing, she then raises it slightly, pressing at her tiara, quickly aiming and throwing it at one of the robots if they come closer after that.]
Mounts? I guess they would be faster than walking, but....I'm not sure. [As much as she wants to attempt to cooperate, after the last robot fiasco she is not sure that is really an option at the moment with these.]
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He fumbles for his CereVice, suddenly thinking: he hasn't even looked at the thing yet. The first thing he does is scroll to Kirigiri's name, try and pull up a message, but it won't connect. Of course. He doesn't know why, he's not thinking, but Togami's next—
User is occupied, huh . . .
Well, that's not a good sign.
He glances nervously between his screen and the people surrounding the desk (or their asses, whatever), heart pounding in his ears, unsure if he's waiting to die. His CereVice clearly isn't going to be any help—but wait, maybe he can at least get a picture of these things, some video of this room, something for later. So he turns on the camera function, although he's not going to stick his neck out for this, so his viewpoint is pretty limited here. Like he's going to crawl out into Raptor Hell for the sake of some footage. No thanks.
But maybe he'll get something.]
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Got a little over a minute to do this.]
Not sure that would be a good idea! [At least in his case. That and he's way too wary of what might happen should they decide to suddenly want to eat the person riding them.
If they ate.
Though he's pretty sure they'll at least maim and/or tear someone apart, at least.
There's a very brief pause before he slams himself bodily into the nearest robo-raptor that isn't occupied by Nero or Usagi's attacks, only to kick off of it, lunge forward and deliver a downward slice.
Not today, son.]
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Which is hard since everyone sans Leon is pretty badass, but still.
Ultimately, they settle on Nero, and with metallic, dinosaurian roars, they charge her with shocking speed. Still, she'll have the time to get at least two or three of them with her sword. The problem is the fourth, which will latch its teeth into her upper arm and shoulder.
Thankfully that's all of them occupied, though, since the fifth one just got tackled by Ryuuga. It hits the ground, and his sword hits the dinosaur and unfortunately skids right off of the metal plating with a screeching noise. The dinosaur immediately snaps out at Ryuuga in return, and it will get either his sword in its teeth (which it has the jaw strength to snap in half) or his arm (which...well, see above note about jaw strength). ]
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Fun enough that whatever touches the surface of his shield will start to disintegrate, and the longer its in contact with his shield the faster the disintegration spreads. So the dinosaur will have a nice gaping hole spreading through out its upper thigh. ]
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A foolish attempt! ( with a deep breath and closing her eyes, she focuses on using another ability. a buff towards her attack power and defense, she points her sword at the mouthless beast. she should kill it off but an idea comes to her mind, if she could probably tame it like one of her own. it'll be a risky move but perhaps maybe she can make it call off the others. keeping her eyes on the beast, she begins to speak. )
Riding a beast like you is nothing different from wrestling and riding the lion back home! With that, I know I am able to ride you! Thanks to my Imperial Privilege, it is what I have decided! ( an ability given to saber, it allows her to possess unique skills of whatever she wishes; though it can only be used for a short periods of time until she falls into a migraine and forgets it all together. this ability is also good in imitating the class of rider and with that at hand, perhaps she could try and tame the beast so that she could ride it? well, she'll find that out if it's willing to stop attacking and play at her terms. )
Heel beast! Allow me to ride you or call off your vermin!
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Though a little late for that now - he's shifting to make sure the jaws clamp down on his arm instead of his sword - he can get healed later, but if the Garoken gets damaged, he's not even sure if anyone would be able to reforge it. There were few people who would be able to repair Soul Metal in the first place back home.
Normally, the enchanted metal would be burning the flesh off of whatever touched it, but considering that the dinosaur in question was mechanical and not organic, well... not so much. He's swinging down with his free arm to slam on top of its head while it's occupied with his arm and Shigeru's attack, though - hoping that it loosens its grip before his arm is broken in the process.]
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Instead, the dinosaur rears back to avoid her attempts at cutting its mouth, though that does allow her to free her shoulder and heal it.
But her attempts to tame the dinosaurs cost her precious time, and that's when the second dino that was after her barrels straight into her, knocking her to the ground. She'll have the time to take it out, perhaps, but then the other is jumping on her, and she'll get a face full of dinosaur teeth.
Poor Nero will wake up 3 IC days later in Cerealia proper, in one of the casinos fittingly themed "Dinoland". She won't have any negative side effects, however!
And her valiant sacrifice and/or valiant existence as the distraction for the dinobots means that Shigeru's attack is going to be able to disintegrate the legs off of one of those, knocking it to the ground where it's practically useless, and Ryuuga's strike successfully loosens the jaw of the dino enough to free his arm.
There are only two of the things left in any sort of fighting shape, but... on the other hand, they are two metal velociraptors. ]
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[Oh hell. This is. Not going well at all. Usagi decides to refrain from attempting to use her tiara again, merely forcing herself to try to physically slam into the robot attempting to go after Ryuuga and his arm, managing to do so only seconds after he frees himself.
She doesn't have the time to be distraught over the loss of Saber. Not here. Not yet. She tries to tell herself, to will herself to hold back the tears, to focus on keeping the others alive where possible. She turns, trying to check that Leon is still safe at least in all of this, even as she attempts to back up Shigeru and Ryuuga.]
How's your arm? Are you okay? [She asks as she tries to access the situation. Two more left. They're outnumbered now, even with Leon staying back and keeping safe. So she's a little more confident, even if they're one down from when they started. As she tries not to let the guilt eat away at her just yet.]
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But she doesn't get up.
It's not the time, though. Sometimes you just don't have time to think about what's just happened. He still has the sawed-off length of cage bar clenched in his hand under the desk with him, and impulsively, if any of those robots are going to run past the desk on that side trying to make a move for someone else, he's going to swipe out hard with it and try to trip it up.
Otherwise, he can't do much but huddle here and breathe.]
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He'll slice the dinosaur's head clean off once Ryuuga's arm is freed from that particular one. He'll turn to the other two still functioning robots, his eyes narrowing in anger and consternation. This wasn't supposed to happen, they knew the risks and they knew that they shouldn't have pressed it. They were all at fault for Nero's death and once this was all over, if they managed to survive it, he would have to apologize profusely to her. There's that familiar sensation of guilt clenching around his throat as he tries to swallow back the anger he feels. But for now he was going to make it his mission to help get everyone out of here safely. He'll start by activating his powers on the two remaining robots that took Nero's life. He'll focus his powers on their legs again before he even gets near it as he lifts up his hand and stretches it out towards the two robots. They'll start to disintegrate before he even rushes towards it. They won't be able to escape either, not when he's like this. He's killed monsters and beasts ten times worse than this, so he will do the same here. He'll dash forward then sword at his side and shield at the ready. He'll try to go for a clean cut to slice one of their heads off in one fell swing. ]
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But that doesn't stop her attempting to help, attempting to assist Shigeru as best she can with trying to somewhat restrain the other remaining robot, attempting to hold it down by the legs. Hopefully it won't try bite at her before Shigeru manages to strike at this one.]
Now! This one!
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And there's a beep, and then: ]
Battle detected. Alert sent.
[ That seems ominous. ]
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Saber!
[But before he can lunge to assist, she's down and-]
No...
[Ryuuga looks back as Usagi asks how he was, giving a slight nod, forcing himself to take a deep breath, swallowing hard. His gaze flickers to his off-hand as Zaruba finally makes himself known, the skull ring on his left middle finger still visible and now talking even as the armor is donned:]
Ryuuga, you've got thirty seconds!
[He curses under his breath, but before he can make another move, the last of the raptors is down and what he assumes is the security system is being painted as a result of their fight.
There's a growl forming at the back of his throat. He can't afford to stay in the armor much longer, and dismisses it, though he looks furious. He's never taken people dying in front of him well, even after all this time seeing more than his fair share of it thanks to his job as a Makai Knight. After all, he was supposed to stop that sort of thing in the first place.]
We need to go!
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Y, yeah. Yeah, let's move! Let's get outta here!
[He even feels like he needs to raise his voice to hear himself, as if he's speaking the words into an old-school staticy telephone before they come out of his mouth "for real."
Thirty seconds? Why thirty seconds? How does this guy's jewelry know how much time they have to get out of here?
Does it matter right now?
He gets his footing and heads for the doors, not able to run yet after being crouched on the floor, but moving as fast as he can while his legs loosen up.
Two doors on the far wall and a door to the left, and then the elevator, which he's going to avoid. He heads for the door on the left. Why? Because it's by itself, and he's not feeling up to making arbitrary decisions between two doors right next to each other right now.
He's not going through yet or anything, though, and he's not going to argue if someone else has a preference for a different one.]
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I'm sorry Ryuuga. I cna heal you once we get out of here, so please just hold on a bit longer!
[ He gives the other a worried glance regardless. This is a dangerous place to lose blood in and he doesn't want the other to pass out either. He'll turn to Ryuuga and Usagi then, pointing towards where Leon is going. They're gonna stick together through all of this so to the left it is. He'll heal up Ryuuga's arm once they're not running for their lives?!
There's no time to debate on which way to choose between so he's fine with going to the left. He hates to have to leave Nero here however. ]
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[He could deal with this. He had been blinded before, this was nothing. He could push through the pain.
(Except it was two different things altogether, but whatever.)
He could push through this. He doesn't evencare what direction they were going in, but he knew that he wasn't leaving anyone behind. He refused to.]
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▶ CHECKPOINT TWO.SAV
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