MIssion 226: "Peace on Earth"

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wyverncakes
:     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_3sSQ6KNgM
wyverncakes
:     Well then...
:     The incident with the Word of Blake is over and done with, hooray!
:     Unfortunately though, there's still the very peculiar fog covering a vast swath of North America.
:     Maybe it's some parting present from the Ruina (they did operate in this continent a lot, maybe not)... but the fact that we can't raise communications with any place inside of it does not bode well!
:     So you know what that means: sending out a search party!
VJockey
:     Well Mad's a part of it. She's going to be keeping the ARCHIMEDES system off this time around though... she remembers what happened the LAST TIME she used it when she couldn't keep her rage focused.
wyverncakes
:     The general plan is to go in, see about what the cause is, and get out with anyone who's been trapped inside of it.  Well, the plan at least.
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "This kind of weather is not normal for this area, is it? It must've been caused by something!"
:     Tobia: "I read that one horror story once..."
swedenfc19
:     Ranna is just glad this is not another absurd Blakist weapon.
Meraxa
:     Richard: Oh? What was it about?
VJockey
:     "Like what? A haunted town?"
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "How did you know? Pyramids were also involved. And giant knives."
wyverncakes
:     At any rate, everyone who's taking part, you're hitching a ride in a shuttle, moving closer and closer to the massive fog cloud
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "...In a way, I'm glad it was just a story, not based on real life."
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "This fog reminds me of one of the Clan Homeworlds. Heavy fog, arm-length sized extraterratrial centipedes..."
wyverncakes
:     There doesn't seem to be any end to it, like an expanding barrier shrouding everything within.
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Gigantic centipedes...?!"
Meraxa
:     Richard: I dunno. Considering all we've seen... *Richard gazes out from the shuttle, finally wearing his old clothes again. Its been a while*
wyverncakes
:     Still...
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "...What's a centipede?"
VJockey
:     "A bug made out of legs and feelers"
wyverncakes
:     Shuttle pilot: "Doctor Trendy assured us flying inside of this wasn't going to cause us to dissolve or anything, but she didn't say what actually *was* inside."
:     "So everyone, hold on."
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "A multi-segmented, multi-limbed insect."
VJockey
:     ".... Just so you know I never trusted doctors"
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "That sounds like most of them. Okay, here we go!"
VJockey
:     [Mad's going to take a deep breath and cling to her controls.]
Meraxa
:     Richard: Hmm...
wyverncakes
:     The shuttle slips into the fog cloud... and it does so, suddenly all forms of communication to the outside world go dead instantly.
:     Even any kind of fancy, supernatural variant would wind up with nothing except static...
:     ... But what you ARE picking up now... is some energy signatures off in the distance though!
swedenfc19
:     Ranna watches her wrist comm go dead... "This at least explains the lack of communications."
VJockey
:     "What do you figure? Magic or tech?"
wyverncakes
:     Pilot: "So much fog... this is going to take a while but just stay frosty!"
wyverncakes
:     And thus the ship makes its way, slowly at first, but as minutes tick by the mist diminishes as you go in!
Meraxa
:     Richard: If I was outside, I could try and discern its essence... But that'll have to wait.
wyverncakes
:     It's still somewhat present, but before long you can see outside into...
:     ... Strangeness.
:     The entire area, this entire region, is all just one big city.  One bonkers-tastic city.
swedenfc19
:     Ranna tries to see if she can spot signs of people from the shuttle.
wyverncakes
:     Roads lead off into cliffs or skyscrapers, structures are built at crazy angles, signs are written in pure gibberish.  It's all very neat and clinically-clean... a far cry from the Ruina's MO though.
wyverncakes
:     And Ranna!
:     Off in the distance...
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "...I can only guess what kind of tech could cause THIS!"
wyverncakes
:     Pilot: "... Wait... getting something on the comms..."
:     You can make out several machines.  KMFs and mobile suits of differing designs but matching color schemes... and you also might notice something seeming to stir in the air above.
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "A defense force of sorts? Knightmare frames and mobile suits."
wyverncakes
:     ???: "This <static> Captain... <static>... of the Kirin Unit!  Anyone... we have civilians here and... <static> are estimated to attack again in another few-"
:     ???2: "They're here!"
:     www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3fqE01YYWs&list=PL4C0337F700B8E11F&index=15
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "They're not a part of this place! They're lost here or something!"
VJockey
:     "Kirin unit..?"
:     "The hell are they here?"
wyverncakes
:     And the unwanted guests rocket down from out of the fog cover!
:     Strange, black, bird-men armed with spears!
:     Dozens of them!
swedenfc19
:     Well, with that, Ranna is going to just deploy from the shuttle in the Verfolger.
VJockey
:     "...the FUCK are those?!"
wyverncakes
:     (Everyone else can deploy too for that matter and act)
VJockey
:     [Mad deploys from the shutte. Flight capable mech ahoy!]
Meraxa
:     Richard: They're trouble. IDEIGI! *And Richard similarly takes up his mech, chanting as a spell circle appears behind the great paladin. With it formed, it shoots out from the craft, taking flight*
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "This is Star Captain Ranna Kerensky of Clan Wolf, we are here to provide support, do not fire at us."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "What the... I've never seen such monsters before!" Time to deploy the Full Cloth Crossbone!
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 1: "Wait... that's... a Chalice mech isn't it!"
swedenfc19
:     And the Verfolger will be strafing the bird-men with the torso beam cannons, taking care not to hit any of the Kirin mechs.+
wyverncakes
:     Already the battle's starting, with the Omnimech-sized Birdmen dive-bombing and attempting to fight with spears.  They're not much individually, but there certainly are a whole lot of them!
VJockey
:     *Air units? Time for some air superiority! LASER BLASTER TIME! Mad fires off the pulse laser several times at the birdmen - aiming to clip their wings and let gravity do the rest!+
wyverncakes
:     [Ranna] Ranna, that would ALMOST be overkill against the birdmen, but fortunately your cannons shred through them and get multiple avians per shot... doing a lot to help take the pressure off of the Kirin Unit's forces!
:     [Mad] Damn Mad, that's just fucking cruel of you.  The birds crippled, with some trying to keep their wounded aloft (and thus becoming easy targets for the Kirin Unit), others just splattering on the ground in a pasty mess.
Meraxa
:     Richard: Let's see what they can do! *Summoning the paladin blade to his side, Richard flies straight towards several of the bird men, attempting to cleave them through+
swedenfc19
:     Ranna nods approvingly: "Excellent shots, Mad."
wyverncakes
:     [Richard] Ideigi's got forty meters, God knows how many tons and layers of armor, magic, and a gigantic sword against the Birdmen's sheer numbers and pretty much everything else!  You part one swarm of them in twain like you were Senator Moses!
tengusaur
:     * "Are there even any humans in this city?" Tobia lands on the ground and aims up towards the flying creatures, pointing the Peacock Smasher away from any allies on the ground level! The crossbow-like weapon fires nine beams towards them at once.+
VJockey
:     "Heh... Thanks... figured it'd be easier to take care of them like that!"
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 3: "There are!  We've got... g-gah!"  The Sutherland has a rough scrape as a Birdman touches down and tries to impale it with its spear, but a hail of gunfire from the KMF's machinegun takes it down.  "W-We've got them taking refuge in a transport we brought!"
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "Initially I was suspecting the city to generate the fog as some form of defense mechanism, but now it seems these avian creatures may be responsible."
VJockey
:     "...A transport? Are you saying you shoved them all in there like sardines?!"
:     "Damnit! If something big hits that thing they'll die! Didn't you try bring more?!"
wyverncakes
:     [Tobia] Peacocks > Birdmen (or you could possibly even call them Tengu, all things considered).  The nine beams cut another swath through them!
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "How many transports and civilians do you have? This is a large city."
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 3: "Calm down!  And this isn't even supposed to BE a city!"
VJockey
:     "I AM CALM!"
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 1: "All maps have this place as a hilly region that's been growing into a forest."
VJockey
:     [No she's not]
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Then why are people here? Were there villages?"
:     Tobia: "This is getting weirder..."
Meraxa
:     Richard: ...I think thats ignores the point a city came out of nowhere. Is there like, an anti-Viridi, god of urbanisation?
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 2: "They were people passing through.  Evacuating from the incident with the Word of Blake and the Ruina's forces.  How bad are things out there?  Did anyone find a way off-planet yet?"
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "Ruina has been taken care of."
:     Ranna: "And the Word of Blake forces on Terra has been wiped out."
wyverncakes
:     For the record, your defense has driven off what's left of the birdmen's forces.  No need to worry about combat right now.
:     Kirin Unit 3: "They did?  Well... that's a relief."
VJockey
:     "... Then what the hell is going on here..."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "The shield is gone! You can leave the planet safely, you just need to get out of here first!"
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 1: "We've been stuck in here even before that.  We were in pursuit of Yui Sendou."
VJockey
:     "!!!!!"
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "...Repeat that again, Kirin."
VJockey
:     "...What"
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 1: "We'd heard reports that she was intending to join with Kairos Aspida."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Didn't she join Kairos Aspida?"
wyverncakes
:     "It was one thing for her to have a fragment of the Seal of Solomon in her possession..."
VJockey
:     "She said she was but-"
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "Do you have coordinates of her last position?"
wyverncakes
:     "... But we weren't willing to risk her handing that kind of power over to *them*."
VJockey
:     ".........."
:     "You..."
:     "You were going to kill her...."
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 2: "We weren't going to do that!"
VJockey
:     "Well it sure sounds like it to me!"
wyverncakes
:     "You think that, after the kind of combat she's been through a few army surplus machines like these would be a match gainst her?"
:     "We were hoping, as a last resort, to buy it back from her.  Scraped together as much money from every denomination as we could!"
:     "If you don't believe us, check the transport!"
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "You were attempting to track her... and then ran into this fog."
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 1: "More like the fog just *sprang up*."
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "Sprang up? Explain."
wyverncakes
:     "It suddenly enveloped us and then kept spreading after that."
VJockey
:     "..."
:     "That Seal of Solomon thing..."
wyverncakes
:     "One minute it wasn't there, the next we were in this bizarre city.  And it just keeps going on and on and on!"
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "It sounds like it was targetted, then..."
VJockey
:     "That funky shard crap... do you think it could've...?"
Meraxa
:     Richard: Well, that explains this odd feeling I'm getting...
wyverncakes
:     "The Ruina and Blakists were steering clear of it, we we were trying to take the least of three evils..."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Maybe they didn't come here because they were afraid?"
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 4: "... If they're really gone though..."
:     "... We could get the civilians out of here."
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "Aff, we can escort you out."
wyverncakes
:     It's then that you're all supplied with a distant coordinate.
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Yeah! Let's make sure they get out safely!"
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 1: "The fog'll just keep spreading though.  This could be the work of the Shard, maybe not."
:     "If it is though... that's the last coordinate we have of where Yui was."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "...How far can this fog keep going?"
wyverncakes
:     Anyone who was paying attention to the charts before about the fog, take note: Yui's last known coordinate was about in the middle of it.
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "Hmm."
VJockey
:     [That can't be a coincidence.]
:     "... I'm going to find her."
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 2: "We... don't know.  Theoritically... given enough time it would cover the whole planet."
Meraxa
:     Richard: I think its one of those 'you don't want to know' matters.
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Yeah, this is what I feared." Totally not enthusiastic here.
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "Great Father... How many units have you lost defending the transport thus far?"
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Then after we get the civilians out, let's find out what makes this fog and stop it!"
VJockey
:     "Guys... if this fog's gonna keep going... then we gotta stop it where it started right?"
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "...You think it's the psycho girl?"
VJockey
:     "She's not a psycho."
Meraxa
:     Richard: Phrasing...
swedenfc19
:     Ranna facepalms. Not the very best word to use there, Tobia.
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 1: "One or two from some uglier things deeper into the fog.  We've been trying to stick to the outer rim.  Deep enough in that the Ruina or Blakists wouldn't attack, far enough out that we'd just have to worry about the birds."
VJockey
:     [Tobia, Mad's tone was distinctly murderous.]
wyverncakes
:     Kirin Unit 3: "And... if you're really going to be going in there.  To look for her, I mean..."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "The mentally unstable girl who tried to kill a hostage. Better?"
wyverncakes
:     "... good luck."
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "The edge of the fog should not be far away, we entered from this path." And she will send them the shuttle's inbound flight-path.
VJockey
:     "....................."
Meraxa
:     Richard: Tobia, not the time.
wyverncakes
:     And if nobody else is going to complain, the Kirin Unit's transport is going to come rumbling into view, making due for the direction you were coming from, with the group's mechs escorting it out.
VJockey
:     "You're really pushing it..."
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "People, let us focus."
griefgathering has entered the room.
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "You can punch him if you like after the sortie, Mad, but not now."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Hey, you weren't there when she tried to do that!"
VJockey
:     [She lets out a frustrated sigh...}
:     "Right... right..."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Anyway, let's find her."
wyverncakes
:     And thus you set off again!
Meraxa
:     Richard: Come on...
swedenfc19
:     Ranna will swtich between her sensors. Any of it working?
Daviddarsh has left the room.
wyverncakes
:     As you move further into the city, the crazy just increases more and more, like someone's turning up a dial from "coo coo for coacoa puffs" to "this is your brain on crack acting"
daviddarsh has been invited.
Daviddarsh has entered the room.
wyverncakes
:     The roads become crooked
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "This is.. Even a member of the bandit caste can design a more sane city."
wyverncakes
:     Some of the signs actually are referring to you by childhood nicknames
VJockey
:     "Is anyone else getting a headache from this..."
wyverncakes
:     Two stoplights seem to be chatting with each other via morse code.
:     And the buildings are also getting bigger and bigger...
:     To the point that you're finding yourselves in a city proportioned for giant robots...
Meraxa
:     Richard: Someone didn't like geometry when they created this fog...
wyverncakes
:     But finally!
:     Things stop just escalating in craziness and take a sharp right turn instead.
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Is it just me or does this place seem alive?"
wyverncakes
:     ALMOST, Tobia!
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "That or it is making us hallucinate. I think I spotted my name on one of the road signs."
wyverncakes
:     For on the ground, within the cracks between the sidewalk plates... you can something flowing red like a river.
:     Blood.
Daviddarsh has left the room.
wyverncakes
:     And if you follow its course, you can see everything seems to be converging into the center of the town...
:     ... Which in turn stands out all the more for being a traction city.  Admittedly a small one, but one nonetheless.
Daviddarsh has entered the room.
wyverncakes
:     With its aesthetic contrasting with everything else in the city.  Especially that oak tree at the very top.
:     MEANWHILE!
:     YUI!
:     For god knows how long, you've been nailed to a wooden tree through your limbs in a manner reminiscent of the Magician from House of the Dead!
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "What's that? A mobile garden?"
wyverncakes
:     You've also been bleeding a lot.
:     Almost Hyatt from Excell Saga-level.  That's how bad it is.
swedenfc19
:     Ranna, flatly, "What."
wyverncakes
:     And you've also had company all this time... your favorite nun, Elizabeth!
:     Elizabeth: "Ah... look..."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Explain that giant tree at the top!"
wyverncakes
:     "... The fools coming, trying to save you..."
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "...?" Yui looks, as best one can with razor wire wrapped around their neck.
wyverncakes
:     "Come now, demon."  Elizabeth stands up, pushing Yui's head forward (and causing the wire to be pushed into her throat!  "Look harder.  Can't you see them?"
:     Amazingly, Yui... this is NOT killing you!
:     (Anyone looking REALLY hard will be able to see this going on too)
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "Gh! I...Wait, is that mad..."
wyverncakes
:     And at that, Elizabeth calls out to you all!
:     "Foolish crusaders!"
:     When she speaks, the very ground and the buildings rumble... her voice being carried aloft by the very world you are in now.
wyverncakes
:     "You see now, the last salvation of humanity!"
swedenfc19
:     "Warden," Ranna corrects almost non-chalantly, though she is far from that.
wyverncakes
:     "Brought forth by one of the many demons who have plagued it in its twilight!"
VJockey
:     "... Salvation? The fuck are you talking about?"
:     "....wait..."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "What do you mean? Be less cryptic!"
Meraxa
:     Richard: Deluded as ever I see. When was the last time we met?
wyverncakes
:     Elizabeth chuckled.
VJockey
:     [Are Elizabeth and Yui somewhere on the tree where they can be seen?]
swedenfc19
:     Ranna [allies]: "Are we able to extract Yui while this crazed woman is grand-standing?"
wyverncakes
:     "Was not the Earth sealed away?  Invaders from beyond the furthest star beginning a campaign of destruction in this land?"
wyverncakes
:     (Yes, Mad.  Plain sight.)
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     Yui's just gonna be bleeding quietly now. Metal in your throat does that to people.
swedenfc19
:     Ranna [allies]: "I do not like the look of those injuries."
wyverncakes
:     "The endtimes will not be denied!  Surely the White Chalice would know that, after you all toiled time and again to save the world only for another crisis to emerge!"
VJockey
:     "..........................."
:     "....................................:
Meraxa
:     Richard: Except we have denied them, time and again. Thats why we've lasted this long.
VJockey
:     "I am going to murder you"
wyverncakes
:     "Fortunately, fate smiled on me in this moment, providing me with this demon, this parasite of the world!"
VJockey
:     "I am going to murder you painfully"
wyverncakes
:     And that her hand reached back, squeezing Yui's neck from behind.
VJockey
:     "You bitch.....GET YOUR HANDS OFF THE GIRL I LOVE BEFORE I BREAK THEM OFF!!!!!!"
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "...she still came, huh..."
wyverncakes
:     "For once, Yui was of use to me!  She and the shard have let me provide humanity's salvation! Humanity will be freed from this hellish existence, and Yui will spend eternity on a dead planet!"
:     Mad... you should not be screaming like that.
:     Or maybe you should!
:     Hey look, one of the Kirin Unit's machines is following behind you and-
VJockey
:     [Oh, Elizabeth... you crazy nun...]
:     [You've managed to enrage Mad more than anyone else in this world has.]
wyverncakes
:     ... Suddenly transforming into some sort of silvery, humanoid, Size-M THING swinging a whiplike arm to smash you to bits with!
:     (React: Mad)
Aero
:     #Mad
wyverncakes
:     (Approved!)
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Nothing you say makes any sense, it's just crazy cultist talk. But it's clear now that you're the one who did this! Let Yui go now, maybe she's a loon but she's our loon!"
VJockey
:     *Mad barely was able to catch sight of the sudden shapeshift - and only had mere moments to try dodge away!+
Aero
:     * "NOT SO FAST!" Midori emerges from the fog in warrior mode and swings it's subspace saber at the whiparm. +
wyverncakes
:     [Mad and Madoka] The whiparm gets cut to bits, but Mad, your reflexes have still grown considerably since you first made yourself known to the Chalice!  You dodge it just fine!
:     And it's then that you see that you're not alone in the city!
:     No... around corners, huge, yeti-like monstrosities are coming out, growling at you furiously.
:     A flaming, winged eyeball bursts into being right in front of the traction city!
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "It's Madoka! Hey, Madoka, did you notice any signs calling out your name?"
:     Tobia: "Err... Those creatures..."
:     Tobia: "What the hell."
wyverncakes
:     And in front of Yui and Elizabeth, a familiar being materializes again!
Aero
:     Madoka: "Eh I'm not smart enough to read."
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "....Magic. Aff, this is magic, not technology." As if to answer Mad's question from way back.
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Really?"
Aero
:     Madoka: "Of course, I can only do things that don't involve a brain!"
wyverncakes
:     (Lineup: Madoka, Mad, Tobia, Ranna, Richard)
:     Oh Madoka, you troll.
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Like piloting a complex mech?"
VJockey
:     "..Heh..."
Meraxa
:     Richard: This is my territory then it would seem...
Aero
:     Madoka: "We all know that Midori does all the work for me."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Now I'm not sure are you serious or not... Nevermind! We need to take care of those monsters if we want to stop the fog from spreading!"
wyverncakes
:     (Enemy lineup: Wendigo x 8, Naagloshii (shapeshifter), x 1, Uriel (fire eye), Sariel x 1, Traction City Zion x 1)
Aero
:     Madoka: "Right let's get those monsters!"
:     Madoka: "That's our job after all, defeating monsters, demons and everyone who helps them."
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "Well said, Madoka."
wyverncakes
:     (Mad and Madoka)
Aero
:     *And with that said Madoka attacks the closest thing to her. Maddy, there's a subspace saber being swung at you!+
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     Yui: "Mad!"
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Wait, what?"
:     Tobia: "Madoka, what are you doing!"
wyverncakes
:     [Mad/Madoka] Not only that, the Spaceshifter's body is transforming into... OH that's a low blow.  It's turned into the Type-Y AXI!  "... Madeleine... you're a disappointment."
:     ... AND it's swinging a beam claymore at you as well!
:     (React: Mad!)
swedenfc19
:     #Mad
VJockey
:     "?! What-"
wyverncakes
:     (Gonna nix that)
VJockey
:     *Mad's going to kick away, what... what the FUCK!?+
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "Another shapeshifter?"
wyverncakes
:     Elizabeth: "... Oh dear..."
:     "... I forgot how many I made."
:     "I suppose one of them just got too into character for a moment."
wyverncakes
:     And it's then that she suddenly catches herself and laughs.  "Oh silly me..."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "I hope so! Because otherwise it means she went insane!"
wyverncakes
:     She gives Yui a painful pat on the head.  "They were yours, demon!  Creations born from your mind, your very being!"
VJockey
:     [Its a shapeshifter... they're shapeshifters! She can do this!..... but why the hell does it still hurt?]
Aero
:     Madoka: "Why are you confused Maddy? I'm only trying to stop you from helping that despicable scum. Haven't I treated you better than she has?"
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "Gh!" more blood, as that razor wire slices up her neck again.
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "...Could this be occuring outside the fog? Her sending out dopplegangers out to the Chalice? As it is now, our communications are blocked."
wyverncakes
:     (And while we're waiting for that, Tobia, Ranna, and Richard can also act)
VJockey
:     "Shut up...."
:     "She isn't scum..."
Aero
:     Madoka: "She betrayed you after a simple speech, she left you all alone. What kind of person would do that to someone they loved?"
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1-TrAvp_xs
wyverncakes
:     [Mad] You spring away from Midori's blade... but AXI's claymore has enough reach to run through your machine's arm, pinning you to one of the buildings!
:     Gregory: "After all this time, you've never learned the lesson."
VJockey
:     "Argh!"
swedenfc19
:     Ranna flies close to the Type-Y AXI shapeshifter, and lets loose a burst of autocannon rounds at it. Mad does not need to engage two at once if necessary.+
wyverncakes
:     "Every connection you've ever had.  Everyone you've ever gotten close to."
:     "You either kill them or they destroy another part of you."
wyverncakes
:     [Ranna] Your dakka chews up the area near the fake-AP Frame, but it just splits itself and lets the bullets pass through its metallic body... and now you've also got a giant wendigo jumping from above, intent on smashing your machine to bits!
:     (React: Ranna)
Meraxa
:     #Ranna
wyverncakes
:     (Approved)
:     "Think hard, Madeleine."
:     "When have your efforts to make something of yourself every succeeded?"
:     ^ever succeeded
Meraxa
:     Richard: Hmph. *The relatively large frame of Ideigi suddenly flies in between the two, shield raised to block the Wendigo+
Aero
:     Madoka: "You can't do anything on your own, don't worry we realize that. That's why we HAVE to help you."
tengusaur
:     * "Enough talking! You're just feeding her lies!" Tobia rushes forward, brandishing a huge, rapier-like physical blade... But at the last moment, he turns it on, making many beam sabers appear over its surface like some kind of beam saw, and swings it at the Mado-shifter instead! "Eat the Muramasa Blaster!" +
wyverncakes
:     Elizabeth: "And watch... watch, demon."
VJockey
:     "..."
wyverncakes
:     Her hands hold Yui's face steady, fingers poised to tear out her eyelids if she tries to shut them.
:     "The woman who loves you will be granted the only salvation left in this world."
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "Mad, you improved your piloting skills, you upgraded your units, those are not things they can deny you of."
wyverncakes
:     [Tobia] From behind you'll find yourself suddenly being fired upon by the flaming eyeball, burning rays of fire raining down on your position... these aren't proper lasers!  Your beam cloak's not having any effect on them!
:     (React: Tobia)
Atrament Corel
:     #Tobia?
wyverncakes
:     (Approved)
VJockey
:     "... I don't care..."
wyverncakes
:     [Richard] The Wendigo smashes into your shield, and what it lacks in size it makes up for in ferocity, smashing its fists into it with all the strength it can manage, denting it even!
Aero
:     Madoka: "Haha very impressive piloting skills, she still couldn't do a thing to Villagiulio even if she wanted to. In the end she still has to rely on everyone else to have any significance."
VJockey
:     [Her voice was a soft, and angry growl...]
wyverncakes
:     (Still, you're free to take your own turn and Ranna's safe now)
VJockey
:     "... I don't care...."
Atrament Corel
:     *A beam cloak may not work but maybe a Vox's subspace shield will! Hupo suddenly appears to defend against the flames!+
VJockey
:     [She snarls the words again once more, anger boiling in her veins.]
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "Elizabeth...What happened...to make you so full of hate."
wyverncakes
:     [Tobia and Mugi] Now at least THIS Vox is a legit one!  The subspace barrier soaks up the hits!
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Muginami?"
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: "Looks like I made it just in time..."
VJockey
:     "I don't care if I've gotten any stronger... I don't care if I'm significant... or if I ever succeeded... or if I hurt everyone around me just because I'm some kind of fucking bad luck charm"
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Quick! Are you the real one, or another shapeshifter?"
VJockey
:     "I don't care...."
:     "But...."
:     "You..."
wyverncakes
:     Elizabeth: "Child..."
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: "Well...I'm not talking like they are, am I?"
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "... Can you read?"
VJockey
:     "You take the appearances of the people I care about. My best friend... the person I see as a father..."
wyverncakes
:     Elizabeth let a fingernail dig into Yui's cheek, dragging it down slowly.
:     "All I do... I do in the name of love..."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Okay, I will take that."
VJockey
:     "You're serving the bitch who's hurting Yui..."
:     "I don't care about anything else.... But you freaks... and that bitch up there whose orders you take...."
:     "I'm going to crush ALL OF YOU!"
wyverncakes
:     (Mad and Madoka)
Aero
:     Madoka: "Let's see you try!"
tengusaur
:     (did my attack actually, you know, do anything?)
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     Despite the rather large amount of pain she's in right now, Yui cracks a sort of half-smile. "Well...how about that."
Meraxa
:     Richard: *Raises his sword, and thrusts it forward to try and stab the wendigo&
wyverncakes
:     (Alright, taking a moment right now to just tie up loose ends here)
VJockey
:     *The ARCHIMEDES system triggers, almost on its own - the sheer burst of rage was almost explosive as she tore away from the beam claymore and charged forward! The Fake Madoka first... no. Mad swings the arm loaded up with the massive pile bunker at the Not-Midori!&
wyverncakes
:     [Tobia] Thanks to Mugi's defense, the way was also clear for you to strike the Madoka impersonator, and the Muramasa blade did manage to shear off and eradicate part of her form... so they're obviously not invincible.  (Sorry again)
:     [Mad] ... Your mech's taking some damage from tearing away like that, but you do have the element of surprise... and the chance to run the not-Midori though with that huge pile bunker!  Boosh!  (Mad can continue)
Aero
:     Madoka: "Ghhckk...."
wyverncakes
:     Gregory: "And now you're attacking the image of Madoka.  Getting practice for the real thing?"
Aero
:     Madoka: "Maddy...don't do this."
VJockey
:     "....Oh..."
:     "Oh you better believe I'm doing this!"
wyverncakes
:     (Tobia can also act again)
:     (New lineup: Madoka, Mad, Tobia, Ranna, Richard, Mugi)
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: "Impersonating Madoka like that is just asking for trouble!"
Aero
:     * Not Madoka is going to try to ream her subspace saber into Mad's cockpit before she gets splattered+
wyverncakes
:     Oh snap... Mad, gotta worry about that too!
:     (Mad, take that into consideration with your action!)
tengusaur
:     * Tobia: "Alright, now for this thing!" Crossbone's X-shaped thrusters are blazing as it flies towards the giant fiery eye! The Gundam's arms are covered with its cloak so it's hard to tell what it's trying to do... But then one shoulder gets revealed, showing no weapon! Just a pyramid-shaped beam shield around the fist! Which Tobia uses to punch straight into the monster's iris! "Oryaa!" +
VJockey
:     *Yeah about that - Mad is going to grab at that arm with her free hand! Does it matter that the Subspace saber was most likely eating through her armor as she grabbed the hand holding it? Probably... but right now Mad has other plans! That being to LITERALLY lift the Not-Midori up to SMASH it into the ground before taking a massive swing and THROWING it at the AXI copy!!+
swedenfc19
:     Ranna [allies]: "If I am able to distract Elizabeth, will anyone be in a position to extract Yui?"
wyverncakes
:     [Tobia] And the I-Field barrier is met with a massive, blazing spear of fire from the very pupil of the eye!  It's hot... oh damn is it hot, but you still run through the the entire ocular weak point!  Kinda lousy design, honestly... except suddenly THOUSANDS of eyes widen in pain right along the lengths of the wings... and in case you were wondering... yes, Tobia.  Now they're all firing at you from point blank range!
:     (React: Tobia!)
Meraxa
:     Richard: I can possibly fly right up there... Just need some cover.
wyverncakes
:     [Mad] Look on the bright side, Mad.  You're not 'practicing' actually hurting Madoka... you're getting that off your checklist by taking it out on a dummy!  The fake Midori's smashd into the ground, tearing it to pieces before it's thrown straight at the fake AXI, blowing a massive hole in its entire form!
swedenfc19
:     Ranna [allies]: "The creature near Elizabeth will need to be engaged as well. It is too close to Elizabeth and Yui." She paints Sariel on the tacnet.
wyverncakes
:     (Ranna, Richard, Mugi)
:     Indeed it is, Ranna!
:     Sariel is poised and ready, but holding back... bodyguard, not a footsoldier!
swedenfc19
:     Ranna is going to engage the rest of the Wendigoes all at once! She strafe some with beam cannons, firing at others with the scattershot rounds, and sniping the ones further away  with the shoulder mounted ERPPC.+
wyverncakes
:     Gregory: "... Still... going, Mad..."
:     "... All talk... empty actions!"
wyverncakes
:     [Mad cont.] And just to speed things along because we've got stuff to do, hte damaged AXI lunges at Mad, swinging its claymore again!
:     (React: Mad)
Meraxa
:     Richard: ...Second thought, I'll handle that. Or at least get it away. *And so Richard gets to it, hoping the others can handle things as he flies into towards Sariel. Its blade disappears, and instead...* NOVA PUNCH! *He attempts to unleash a punching beam of light to knock it across this... WEIRD landscape!+
tengusaur
:     * Tobia: "And now... What? That's too many eyes! Way too many!" Time to propel himself downwards and away from the beams, while at the same time he also fires several balloon-like fake MSes to obscure the vision of secondary eyes! Their attacks are not beams, but the cloak provides some protection against physical attacks too, and Tobia counts on it to take whatever blows still hit him. +
wyverncakes
:     [Tobia] The heat blasts do cut through your balloon decoys, but not fast enough to catch you!  The X-3 escapes!
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     *Sariel raises its shield against beam, and responds with a slash from it's glowing sword of holy light.
Atrament Corel
:     *Mugi is going to help out with the mook clearing first! She divides her beam rifle into two smaller ones and opens fire on the Wendigoes as well.+
VJockey
:     *Mad's reply to that was a self repairing armor-shield to intercept the blow! Luck willing she'd be able to divert the force then get close enough to headbutt the AXI-Copy!+
wyverncakes
:     [Ideigi and Sariel] It's holy light versus holy light!  The two attacks clash in a blinding spectacle that makes it hard to tell who's winning out!  But hey, now Sariel's tied up!
Aero
:     @/#? Yui
wyverncakes
:     (Approved!)
:     [Mad] And your shield buys you enough time to smash AXI's head in nice and clean.  The fake-AP Frame's DEFINITELY seen better days, and it just... crumples onto the ground in front of Mad.
:     Not exactly the most dignified ways to go, sure.
:     But then again, not the real Gregory.  He doesn't deserve a dignified way to go.
Aero
:     * Well then it's the perfect time for Madoka to show up and grab Yui. "Ah good following the light did lead us to them Midori." +
VJockey
:     "The real Gregory would've been able to stop that."
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     (Yui is nailed to a tree and tied up with razor wire. You sure you wanna just rip her out like that?)
wyverncakes
:     [Mugi] And your shots rake the Wendigos ranks, causing one of them to be eradicated and another two wounded!  A fourth vaults over the shots and bounces between to skyscrapers to get big air, and then dive-bomb the Vox!
:     (React: Mugi!)
swedenfc19
:     #Mugi
wyverncakes
:     (Approved!)
Aero
:     *FREE YUI WITH SOME SWORD ACTION THEN GRAB HER+**
swedenfc19
:     "Here I am," Ranna says over loudspeaker as she fires a lancing shot of energies particle at the in-flight Wendigo. At the same time still bombarding the others!+
wyverncakes
:     [The REAL Madoka] The fact you had an impersonator running around here two seconds ago got Elizabeth to drop her guard when you were coming... giving you the time needed to chop up the tree and get Yui semi-free... but unfortunately then Sariel spins around to attack you!  Midori's struck by a beam of light with tremendous concussive force, knocking you back into a building... but not before Midori did a number on that tree (and cut the cable around Yui's neck!)
Aero
:     Madoka: "Ow ow ow ow ow."
wyverncakes
:     [Ranna and Mugi] Aaaaand that Wendigo goes down.  Up in the air and unable to dodge like that, it was quite the sitting duck.
:     Elizabeth: "She actualy..."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Madoka!"
wyverncakes
:     Oh crap, she's pulling out the hammer and nails.
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Can you read?"
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: (to Ranna) "Thanks!"
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "You are welcomed. Let me handle the Wendigos."
Aero
:     Madoka: "What? Of course I can. That's not a nice thing to ask Tobia."
VJockey
:     "Madoka... quick! How did I meet you?"
wyverncakes
:     [Mad, Madoka, Tobia]
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "That... I will explain later! At least I'm glad it's the real you!"
:     (enemy list?)
Aero
:     Madoka: "Eh...uh I rescued you when you were drowning. What's with all the questions?"
wyverncakes
:     Elizabeth: "If they're that intend, Yui, of freeing you from this tree..."
:     "Then all I'll have to do is make you one with it!"
VJockey
:     "I just killed a copy of you..."
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: "You see, we were just beating up a replica of you a while ago."
Aero
:     Madoka: "Just because I got lost on the way here doesn't mea-"
VJockey
:     "It made you look stupid."
Aero
:     Madoka: "EEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH!?"
swedenfc19
:     Ranna laughs: "That is Madoka."
VJockey
:     "Yup!"
wyverncakes
:     [Ranna's action] And in the meantime, your own efforts to help Mugi clear out the Wendigos thins out most of what's left!  There's only one remaining, the bastard that dented up Ideigi's shield!
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Yeah. Definitely." Nod, nod. Gundam does the same.
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "...They really are coming to save me..." She glances at Elizabeth. "Take your time."
wyverncakes
:     Elizabeth: "If you insist."
:     Yui, the first nail's going to go through the middle section of your right pinky.
Aero
:     Madoka:" Wait what's going what do you mean a replica of me? You killed a copy of me? What's going on!?"
wyverncakes
:     One smooth hit.
VJockey
:     "That-"
Aero
:     Madoka: "Ah Yui!"
VJockey
:     "YUI!!!"
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "What?!"
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "Unforgivable."
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     Yeah, that's a fine scream of pain from Yui there. "...gah...I got 9 more fingers."
:     "Think you...can get them all...before you lose?"
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Why are you torturing her? Didn't you want to save humanity?!"
wyverncakes
:     Elizabeth: "There's other places I could rather move onto, Yui."
:     "Things that the unfamiliar eye could mistake for a toe."
VJockey
:     "... She's a crazy nun"
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: "...Despicable."
VJockey
:     "She probably thinks death is saving people"
Meraxa
:     Richard: She believes existence itself to be suffering, so somewhat.
VJockey
:     "Guys..."
:     "Watch my back okay?"
wyverncakes
:     (Oh right, enemy list)
:     (Wendigo, Sariel, Uriel (flame eye), and the traction city Zion)
VJockey
:     [Mad's going to make a rush straight towards Yui!]
Meraxa
:     @Mad
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: "Roger that!"
wyverncakes
:     (I assume to deal with Sariel?)
tengusaur
:     * Tobia: "Then I will distract this thing!" He rushes towards Uriel, sending several fake MSes floating into its direction again... But under their cover Tobia quickly and sneakily jumps away, his Gundam taking a completely different direction! &
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     Sariel appears, barring the path.
Meraxa
:     (Yeah)
wyverncakes
:     (Then go ahead and act, Richard)
:     [Tobia] It's a cunning move... especially when Uriel's lacking all but one human organ and that organ isnt a brain!  Your feint works perfectly, with the eye opening fire on your duplicates and giving you an ideal opening!
:     (Continue: Tobia)
Meraxa
:     Richard: You and I have a score to settle! *Richard flies in from the side at Sariel, frustrated he'd let it slip away earlier. Not this time, as he intends to grab and drag it far, far across this ridiculous landscape! And possibly through some of the oversized buildings!+
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     *Grabbing it might be difficult, as Sariel opens up with a blast of holy light from its hand as Richard charges!+
tengusaur
:     "Gotcha! Haaaa~!" Tobia spins in mid-air, swinging the Hi Muramasa Blaster with all his might, held in two hands! He's pretty far away, but instead of several many beam blades he switches mode to one, ridiculously long one! In fact, it's long enough that it might nick Sariel on the way to Uriel. +
wyverncakes
:     [Ideigi and Sariel] The knightly machine is blasted by the powerful light, tearing into the machine...but!  Ideigi does manage to wrap it in a bear hug!  Its not going to be looking good after this, dragging the being away... but eh, you've been through worse, Richard.  Remember the incident with Cthulhu?  Just keep telling yourself you've been through worse.
VJockey
:     [Meaning Mad can keep going! Thanks for being her meat shield Richard!]
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "Mad!"
wyverncakes
:     [Tobia] And Sariel's got a bit of a scrape too, thanks to Tobia!  And Uriel's run through cleanly as well!  Hell yeah!
:     Elizabeth: "You!"
:     Elizabeth stands between the two of you, hammer at the ready, Mad!
:     Elizabeth: "You honestly think its worth it, girl?"
:     "The demon rebuked you.  Rejected you."
:     "Even now she is the engine which makes all that you see a reality."
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "Mad! You came!"
wyverncakes
:     For that, Yui, Elizabeth's going to throw a nail at your face.
:     It doesn't embed into it, just bounce off after hitting really hard.
:     Still a bitch move to make.
:     "If you wish for it, I'll nail you to the cross here as well."
VJockey
:     "...Yui.... I'll be right with you..."
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     Yui just winces at that nail. After the whole stakes drive through her shoulders and legs thing, it's not a huge deal.
VJockey
:     *What is mad going to do? Open up the cockpit after making sure that the Lambda wasn't going anywhere without her say so... then literally LEAP out of the cockpit to land a devastating punch right into Elizabeth's jaw SO HARD THAT EVEN MAGIC WON'T UNFUCK IT!!!+
swedenfc19
:     @Mad
wyverncakes
:     [Mad] Anger built up over a long period of time can do miraculous things.  And when your fist smashes into Elizabeth's jaw... well, you can FEEL the bone just crumpling into sheer nothing.  She's sent spiraling back, teeth spelling out, and a look of anger and pain on her face like you'd never believe as she intends to bring the hammer down!
:     (Go for it Yui)
:     (Err, Ranna)
VJockey
:     [Mad merely smirks at Elizabeth.]
wyverncakes
:     She can't even speak here.
:     Her face just droops open... her mouth bleeding from busted gums and tongue.
swedenfc19
:     Ozone sizzles in the air, before the afterimages of laser beams appear as Ranna sends a trio of shot from her laser rifle at Elizabeth's arm, and whatever wire is still tying Yui up at the tree.
:     While she is on top of  her mech... which is still in flight in the air.+
wyverncakes
:     [Ranna] And those precise shots free Yui from her restraints!  And also burn off Elizabeth's arm...
:     ... And go on to also take off a chunk of her head too.
Aero
:     Madoka winces..a lot from that
swedenfc19
:     Ranna nods in satisfaction. Looks like she has not lost her touch outside a mech. Then pops back into the cockpit of the Verfolger.
wyverncakes
:     Elizabeth's body falls down into below into her city, smashing into stray branches and girders along the way before vanishing into smokestacks.
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     Yui drops to the ground...and stays on her knees there, seeing as she's got a whole in every limb. "...You really came..."
VJockey
:     "Yui..."
VJockey
:     [What is Mad going to do you ask? Pick her girlfriend up bridal style that's what!]
wyverncakes
:     And the various constructs, the remaining Wendigo and also Sariel seem to fade away.
:     It all feels over.  Finally...
:     ... Except, this is another Arach canon.
Aero
:     Madoka: "Hehe Maru."
swedenfc19
:     Ranna [to others]: "Keep up a perimeter, we do not want any surprises."
wyverncakes
:     So let's go two for two with things going straight to hell just when things seem all nice and tidied up.
:     "... Ha..."
:     "... Ha ha..."
:     Hey Mad?
:     You'll notice all the blood and bits of Elizabeth scattered all over the tree canopy?
:     The tree's... kinda sorta... absorbing them.
VJockey
:     "..."
wyverncakes
:     In a way not unsimilar to what was happening with Yui's blood until like five seconds ago.
:     And that laughter?  It's in Elizabeth's voice.
VJockey
:     "Damnit... Yui... I had a lot of things I wanted to say..."
wyverncakes
:     "... You rejected my salvation."
VJockey
:     "but its gonna have to wait."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Get away from that tree! Quickly!"
wyverncakes
:     "... You chose to stay in this world.  You chose that demon..."
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "...let's save them, then."
wyverncakes
:     MORE THAN THAT!
VJockey
:     [Runrunrun back into the Lambda and awaaaay from the tree of evil!]
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "...Burn the tree."
wyverncakes
:     The entire landscape seems to change in an instant!
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: "Not good..."
wyverncakes
:     The sky shifts, becoming blood red with a big black hole in the sky where the sun once was.
:     Around you, eight gigantic, curving pillars rise up like the legs of an arachnid, each one straining for it!
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "Carrying me like this...I'm going to ruin your shirt, you know..."
VJockey
:     "...Does it look like I care?"
wyverncakes
:     The entire city, bizarre but in pristine condition, began to warp into a rusted, bloodied, decaying ruin...!
:     And the Traction City itself changed, tendrils bursting out everywhere, along with a pair of massive, rotting hands reaching to snatch up the Lambda and crush it!
:     (React: Mad!)
VJockey
:     ".... ah crap... Hold on!"
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Gah, this is almost like that horror story! Only even worse!"
mad4space@hotmail.com has left the room.
wyverncakes
:     The traction city itself seems to creak and bend... its very structure moving to reflect Elizabeth's own face!
Aero
:     #Mad
wyverncakes
:     (Approved)
mad4space@hotmail.com has entered the room.
VJockey
:     *Manuever! Manuever away from the horrid rotting flesh attempting to grab at her - and if it got too close? Fuck it. BLADES!+
wyverncakes
:     www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKJur8wpfYM
Aero
:     *Hey look Maddy another Madoka is cutting away at the tentacle like arms to help you out. +
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: "I hope Lan never sees this."
wyverncakes
:     Elizabeth/Babylon: "... Yui Sendou... you were not the only one possessing a shard!"
wyverncakes
:     "... I had intended you as the means to end the world, so I could depart for true paradise... but circumstances have denied me that!"
:     "... But now, your face will be shared by ALL of you!"
Aero
:     Madoka: "Yeah she...yeah."
wyverncakes
:     The last remaining Wendigo, long ignored by everyone, screams out in pain as it suddenly swells and grows larger, its hair falling in an instant... until it's some massive, hairless, dog-like monstrosity!
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     Yui's meanwhile sitting on Mad's lap. "...So those are the monsters from her mind, huh..."
wyverncakes
:     From behind the tree, a strange, thin giant... dressed in Victorian-era garb steps out... its lack of face just adding to its weirdness.
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Why would you turn yourself into a monster to accomplish something like this? You're insane! Probably the most insane person I met, and that's no easy feat!"
wyverncakes
:     [Madoka and Mad] Your double-bladed efforts ward off the attack... Elizabeth's not going to get to you that easily!
VJockey
:     "and everything's rotten and falling apart..."
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: "If there's anything I know, it's that true paradise is something you have to earn. And this isn't how you earn it!"
VJockey
:     "Huh....."
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "...Mad, it's been a long day, but...can you do me a favor?"
VJockey
:     "Anything..."
wyverncakes
:     From the ground, a strange, giant black puddle of some bubbling liquid forms, and alongside, from the ground bursts the torso of a giant woman... body made of porcelain and with a featureless face.  Except for the eye sockets... oooh in those eye sockets you can see masses of redded flesh crammed in tight.
wyverncakes
:     Before you were fighting constructs derived from Yui... now?  Now you're taking on Elizabeth's own.
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "...I want you to show her mercy."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Are those the products of her mind? They're even more messed up than Yui's..."
wyverncakes
:     (Enemy lineup: Hell city Babylon/Elizabeth, Antlion (lady torso), Carlos (skinless dog monster), Rain Man (who is most definitely NOT Slenderman in a hat!), Adonai (blob monster))
:     (Ranna, Richard, Mugi)
VJockey
:     "... wait.. what? After all that shit she put you through?"
wyverncakes
:     Elizabeth: "Products of my mind?"
:     "... No!"
VJockey
:     [Mad sounded incredulous to say the least.]
wyverncakes
:     "This... is the world!"
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "...The mercy of a quick death."
Aero
:     Madoka: "No it isn't!"
wyverncakes
:     "The world as it's been since Second Impact!"
swedenfc19
:     Ranna shakes her head, almost in pity, as she fires upon Rain Main with bolts of man-made lightning. Perhaps the light  will clleanse away the shadow.+
wyverncakes
:     "A golden age destroyed by the squabbling over how to stop an asteroid!  A world gone mad, where every calamity is just prelude for another!"
:     "God is evil!"
:     "The world is wrong!"
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "...Whatever she's been through...I don't think anyone deserves to suffer like she has, any longer..."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "If the world really is wrong..."
wyverncakes
:     "And peace and sanity can only be found in the next life!"
VJockey
:     "... Yeah...."
:     "That I can do..."
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Then you should do what you can to make it right! Not give up on it!"
:     Tobia: "You're spouting bullshit!"
Aero
:     Madoka: "Giving up hope when people continue to fight is unfair!"
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "If you had spent all this effort on helping Terra  rather than attempting to end it..."
wyverncakes
:     [Ranna] And as your shots move towards the Rain Man (who keep in mind is gigantic compared to you... though your machine is wider), the being just dashes forward with blinding speed.  "And look at this."  Holy fuck, Rain Man can talk!  "An ant, raising a hand against a human being."  And the awesome thing about being so lanky?  He can actually just squat down a little and punch at you with ease!
:     ... Also, holy fuck, not only can he talk, but he's speaking quite eloquently with a British accent.
Meraxa
:     #Ranna
wyverncakes
:     (Approved)
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: *"Everyone feels despair, but this..." Vox Ignis raises its beam rifles and begins to open fire on Carlos! "This shouldn't be the way you deal with it!"+
Meraxa
:     Richard: Look at this. A monster full of himself. *That fist is caught... by Ideigi's own, the machine having suddenly appeared in a blur of motion. It glows with the light of the shining body spell, raw magical power surging through its frame.* COME ON! *And now Richard is the one throwing a punch. A very, very heavy one.+
wyverncakes
:     [Mugi] And the grinning, skinless dog gets hammered by those blasts... which are only tearing off chunks of its face as it charges at the Vox Ignis.  "Hey... hey!  Lay off her!  I know she's a bitch but... eheheheheh... I think you understand me when I say that's sorta my thing."  And then the giant dog *winks* at you... before letting its giant tongue fly straight at the Ignis!  Spittle flies everywhere, landing on the ground and the buildings and already eating massive holes through it!  That's bad news, Mugi!
:     (React: Mugi)
:     And yes... I suppose that just goes to show how insane Elizabeth's become.
Aero
:     #Mugi
wyverncakes
:     ... Where the projections of her mind given physical form... are better at casual socializing than her.
:     (Approved!)
Aero
:     *"Watch out Muginami!" Madoka is going to fly down and clothesline the dog before it's tongue could get any closer to her comrade. +
wyverncakes
:     (Keep in mind it's Size L, Madoka)
VJockey
:     "... That's disturbing."
Aero
:     (I can still clothesline!)
wyverncakes
:     (Righto)
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "...Are all of them going to talk?"
wyverncakes
:     [Richard] You manage to catch the Rain Man's punch... but when you launch your own massive haymaker, the giant gentleman responds with a sudden, fast, and compact jab to Ideigi's head, knocking it back!  "Aaaaah, and now a knight's moved to defend the honor of the lady?  Well then..."
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "Thank you, Richard."
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "Sure...looks like it."
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: *"Ah?!" Good thing those beam rifles also double as beam swords, but will she be fast enough to cut into the tongue before it reaches her?+
VJockey
:     "I don't even want to know what the one with the weird eyes is going to be like."
wyverncakes
:     [Madoka and Mugi] Midori's gusty move works... at least in keeping Mugi safe.  You smash into Carlos's form, Midori's arm crumpling from the strain.  God, just how tough is this dog?  BUT!  It does at least cause him to recoil enough that Mugi's safe from the direct strike of its tongue... letting Muginami dice up the last few meters of it!  Still, a lot of spittle to worry about though, which begins eating away at Ignis's body!
:     (Mad/Yui, Madoka, Tobia)
Aero
:     Madoka: "Ahh Midori!"
VJockey
:     "This.... is going to need some creativity..."
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "I leave it in your highly capable hands."
tengusaur
:     * "Think... How do you handle a dog...?" Tobia flies high into the sky, above Carlos... And then he shoots two chain anchors towards the dog-monster from above! "For example, you put it on a leash!" &
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: "Keep it together, Hupo! We're not out of this yet!"
wyverncakes
:     [Tobia] Your anchors sail down, stabbing into the skinless dog like this is some kind of Assault on Gigant.  "H-hey?  You can't go chaining me up like... like some dog on a leash?"  Damn, not even the Robot Masters would resort to a pun like that.  But instead, Carlos spins around, with enough strength that the X-3's suddenly being hurled towards the now very punch-y and tentacle-y Babylon!
:     (React/Continue: Tobia)
VJockey
:     *As such several weapons shift as the slasher guns literally start to pour out metal - the now-gunblade esque assault rifle soon found itself joined to the pile bunker - and even that the arm it was attatched to became more armored and vicious - the location of the laser cutter on the Lambda's leg was also moved - soon linked with the beam tonfa/pistols. Ah yes... this would make things much easier... "HAAAAAAA!" Mad charges towards Babylon, pushing as much speed as she swung the now larger, bladed and thoroughly armed fist to unleash a massive piercing hammerblow!+
wyverncakes
:     [Mad] And going towards Babylon gets the attention of Adonai!  The blob monster shudders... and suddenly you're finding a very strong force of gravity pulling on you, down towards the monstrosity!  "Oooh, I'm sorry... we couldn't let you just run off like that, deary.  Though if you wanted more of Sister Elizabeth's unique touch..." That... is not Adonia.  No, that's Antlion, charging at you from behind and the blobby Adonai swinging a tentacle at the Lambda now!  "... Well I'll be more than happy to go one beyond it!"
:     (React: Mad)
tengusaur
:     * "Gaaaaa! Look out below...!" Tobia tries to use all the maneuverability Full Cloth can pull off to... wrap the chains around Babylon! At worst he wants to at least limit their maneuverability, at best - tie the two monsters together! Whatever he does, he quickly cuts off the chains and gets the hell away from there before the tentacles and stuff hit him too much! +
swedenfc19
:     #Mad
wyverncakes
:     (Approved)
wyverncakes
:     [Tobia] It's a bit of a bad landing for you, but it could've been worse!  Full Cloth avoids the grasping appendages and bashes into one of the inanimate parts of the city and gets the chance to connect the chains, and then you escape!  The dog definetly is on a... admittedly long leash right now.  But still!
swedenfc19
:     Another ERPPC shot flies out, Ranna aiming for Aldonai's tentacle even as she unloads solid slugs with beam cannons at the charging Antlion.+
VJockey
:     *Oh THIS is going to be tricky... No matter...SWING the punch around into Antlion! Sweeping the leg that now has a VERY active set of beam blades and a laser cutter at the blob-thing!+
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Oof! Hard landing... Okay, part 1 of the plan complete!"
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     Yui grimaces with the sudden acceleration. "You know, I didn't think you'd have come..."
wyverncakes
:     [Ranna and Mad] Ranna's shots buy Mad just enough time to perform the 180... and the Adonai gets a lovely dose of being cut to shreds AND its attack cockblocked to put it down... and the the Antlion's attack is derailed as well, giving Mad the opening to smash Lambda's fist into the side of the monster's face!  The entire porcelain mask shatters off, revealing the fleshy innards, and Antlion just shreiks in anger as she tris to get back up!
:     (Ranna, Richard, Mugi)
swedenfc19
:     Ranna will try to boost away from Rain Man, and focusing her weapon fire on the reveal internals of the Antlions - More mech-sized shotgun rounds for the fleshy bit!+
VJockey
:     "Yui... It doesn't matter if we argued... or if we've hurt each other before...."
:     "I said it before, and I'll say it again"
VJockey
:     "I love you. And goddamn I'll tear my way through heaven, hell and anywhere in between to keep you safe"
:     "Because... out of everyone I know... you're the person that needs a happily ever after more than I do."
wyverncakes
:     [Ranna] Your shots zero in on Antlion's vulnerable spots... but suddenly the monster vanishes into the ground underneath you all!  "You... you're the reason... the bitch could break my face... So... I'm going to break YOU!"  And Ranna... suddenly the ground all around you is turning to just a big, sticky mush... with your machine sinking fast into it!
:     (React: Ranna)
Meraxa
:     Richard: I said... COME ON! *Having reeled from the Rain Man's hit, Ideigi suddenly swings back round with its fist. And then it throws out its other arm. And then again. And again. And again because Richard plans on punching this guy ALOT! Helps that he can't afford to let Ideigi be the one taking much more of a pummeling+
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: *"Let's try this again...!" The rifles were fired while separated before, but now Mugi combines them into a single cannon. As she boosts forward, she shoots at Carlos again, this time launching a much larger beam to get its attention!&
tengusaur
:     @ Mugi
swedenfc19
:     Maximum boost! Ranna rams the throttle to full, even as she begins firing point blank down at the mush, especially those near her mech's feet. ERPPC, beam cannons, autocannon rounds. Even the laser AMS!+
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "...You damn fool..." In a normal context, that might be an insult. But Yui's smiling, tears in her eyes.
wyverncakes
:     [Richard] And as you begin your assault, the Rain Man... is slipping into a rather orthodox boxing stance!  "Laying aside your blade?  Good!  Then we shall fight... like... gentlemen!"  And at the right time, the Rain Man unleashes another cross counter!
:     (React: Richard!)
Meraxa
:     Richard: *He'll meet it!+
wyverncakes
:     [Mugi] Your beams begin to strike Carlos, the giant monster howling and recoiling in pain!  "O-ouch!  Jeez!  I guess you could say... Carlos is  goooing to the dogs here...!"  But still, Carlos suddenly charges forward... and the entire Babylon city starts moving with him as he lets his tongue slather all over a building near you, to drop it right on you!
:     (React: Mugi!  And Tobia can continue the support!)
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Muginami! Make him chase you around the city! The chain is only so long, and then he won't be able to move anymore!"
wyverncakes
:     [Ranna] You dakka tears up the ground around you, helping free your machine... but the Antlion emerges elsewhere, so just as you start to get free- "Easy."  The Lamia smacks the Omnimech into a nearby building with a flick of her tail, causing the machine to crumple in more than a bit!
:     It can still fight though!
tengusaur
:     (actually, make that support purely in the realm of advice )
swedenfc19
:     Ranna: "Tsk."
wyverncakes
:     (He's actually pulling the city, Tobia)
tengusaur
:     (Can still be done if it slows him down!)
wyverncakes
:     (Alright)
:     [Richard] Ideigi might be battered and beaten up from its scuffle with Sariel... but there's one advantage it has over the Rain Man.  It's not paper-thin.  Ideigi does get knocked back by the hit... but your punch just sorta... smashes the Rain Man to bits...
:     ... The figure's upper half goes sailing through the air before hitting a building, and begins sliding down in a bloody mess, taking off  his hat to you.
:     Oh hey, the guy had goggles and a scarf on underneath.  That totally just makes him Slederman with a hat, goggles, and scarf!
:     Rain Man: "... Good show..."
:     "Good show I say..."
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "...Mad? I think I can help."
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: *"Roger that!" And that's exactly what she does, but not before taking a detour through that building! The white and orange Vox shifts into Piercer Mode, and the subspace field instantly forms around it along with the energy cape for added protection!+
wyverncakes
:     (Quick enemy lineup: Carlos, Babylon, Antlion)
VJockey
:     "Anything you can offer Yui"
:     "What've you got?"
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "...What do you want?"
wyverncakes
:     [Mugi] You slip down and under through the building, and Carlos is just going to try to chase after you... and have the building crash down and hit Babylon too!  This earns Carlos an angry whack from the demonic Traction City.  No rolled up newspapers nearby, unfortunately.
:     (Mad, Madoka, Tobia)
tengusaur
:     * "Gotcha! Now let's open fire!" Now that Carlos should be tied to Babylon much closer, it's time to finish this! Tobia draws the Peacock Smasher and aims in the typical Gundam fashion, and then fires from a long range and from the skies, raining beams down towards the dog below! +
Atrament Corel
:     @Tobia?
wyverncakes
:     (Approved.  Go ahead and join in)
VJockey
:     "... A sword"
:     "I need a sword"
Atrament Corel
:     *"Here we go!" And here's some support fire from Vox Ignis too! A single combined cannon shot followed by more after Muginami splits her weapon into two smaller rifles again!+
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "Got it." Yui focuses her eyes on the area in front of the Lambda. The unicursal hexagram, that sign of summoning, appears glowing in red on the ground in front of it-and out from the earth rises a weapon. A sword, alright-but not one that can cut. Rather, it has the appearance of a complicated drill, something designed to shred whatever it is thrust into.
:     "...Hm. Still need practice..."
:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7FMBEBkAyk
VJockey
:     "...No..."
VJockey
:     "this is perfect..."
:     "Now...."
:     *Mad grabs the sword, holding it forward. She's pumping a massive amount of power into the Lambda, she's never been more sure of anything in this life than this. Forward.... Time to go....
:     "FORWARD!!!"
wyverncakes
:     [Mugi and Tobia] Poor Carlos has not been having a great day today.  Getting associated with that Magic School Bus kid, being whacked by his creator, running around a city... and now he's getting hammered by the combined power of Tobia and Mugi, his weary body finally starting to give out from the punishing blasts.  "Oooh no... ooooh no... I'm going dooown!  I got no respect!  No respect at aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalll!"
VJockey
:     The Lambda practically explodes across the ground in a burst of speed towards Babylon - aiming to pierce through with a single blow!&
wyverncakes
:     And finally the dakka assault finally workerd through his body to his vitals, blasting them to bits.  Carlos the giant, skinless, grinning dog falls, and grins no more.
:     (Anyone else wants to move right now, go ahead.  Gonna see about wrapping this up)
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "That was disturbing."
swedenfc19
:     Ranna fires at the Antlion again, this time Alpha Striking without any subtlety.+
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: "Mhm..."
Meraxa
:     Richard sets about joining her in that assault, appearing behind the Antlion so as to try and smack it into the full barrage.+
wyverncakes
:     [Mad] You charge at Babylon, but Elizabeth's entire being is poised against you!  "And what... do you expect to do after killing me?  Keep living in this dead world?  If it's not one devil, it'll be another!  Our time here has past... it passed seventeen years ago!"  And the entire city is going to throw up a Hoktuo no Ken-tastic assault of punches and tendrils at the Lambda!
:     (React/Continue: Mad)
Aero
:     #Mad
wyverncakes
:     [Ranna and Richard] Well, the Antlion WAS trying to go and run interferance and take out Mad... but unfortunately Antlion gets struck right into the course of Ranna's assault... and dies with a furious scream as she's eradicated.
:     (Approved!)
Aero
:     Madoka: "Muginami I need to borrow one of your swords!"
VJockey
:     "SHUT UP!"
:     "Hell..."
:     "THE ONLY HELL IS THE ONE WE MAKE FOR OURSELVES!"
Atrament Corel
:     (Permission to lend Madoka a sword?)
wyverncakes
:     (Who am I to stop you?0
:     ^)
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: "Here!" *And she throws one of her two blade/guns at Midori! "Catch!"+
:     (actually make that the whole weapon)
Aero
:     * "Thanks Muginami!" Midori grabs the weapon with her left hand and charges the saber in her other arm. "We weren't even alive seventeen years!" The green vox storms in glowing brightly and unleashes a hurricane of slashes at the hundred crack tendril fists. "+
VJockey
:     *That sword? Mad's putting out so much rage energy its seeping into the blade itself. A spiralling inferno of rage! "AND ITS TIME SOMEONE LET YOU OUT OF YOURS!!!" Mad is going to downright ignore any sort of damage the Lambda takes - even if the limbs are torn off - the skeletal structure of the machine was going to rapidly rebuild itself. "YOU HAVE YOUR FATE! WE HAVE OURS!"
:     She thrusts the blade forward!
wyverncakes
:     [Madoka] And fortunately, what beats the Hyakuretsuken?  The Valmanway?  The tendrils are shredded in a heartbeat, and the path...
VJockey
:     "VANISH!!!"
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     "Goodbye, Elizabeth."
wyverncakes
:     [Yui Mad bro?] ... Is clear!  Lambda blasts through the entire city, straight into its core... which has become a massive formation of Elizabeth's shard... which breaks like an opal before Lambda bursts through the other side!
:     There's a tremendous release of energy, accompanied by the death cries of a mad cultist...
:     ... The sky above you shatters back into the proper, real one!  (Yes, Yui.  The Earth Sealing got taken care of so don't worry!)  The pillars crumble and fall!  The strange, alien city is replaced by the forests!
:     It's... over.
:     Mad...
:     ... It's been one hell of a rocky, rocky road getting here.
:     Oh dear GOD has it been.
tengusaur
:     Tobia: "Alright! Earth won't turn into a gigantic, fog-covered hellhole!"
wyverncakes
:     But all you have to do is look at the girl in your cockpit to know in the end, it was worth it.
VJockey
:     [She couldn't help but feel a small smile on her face...]
Aero
:     Madoka: "Alright I can do it now right?"
wyverncakes
:     MISSION
swedenfc19
:     Ranna leans back on her seat. "A job well done, everyone."
wyverncakes
:     ACCOMPLISHED!
Aero
:     Madoka: "Maru!"
VJockey
:     [A hero... she always kept saying that word. Now? She finally...REALLY felt like one.]
Atrament Corel
:     Muginami: "Good job!"
arachnion01@gmail.com
:     And a hero gets a lovely hug from their love interest. Who is still bleeding, but not very much.