It came in a pulse, a sudden wave of energy when it had finally begun to seem as if a victory was within reach. An unusual power signature, it was both large in size and completely unfamiliar, it did not match any faction. It was the first noticeable sign of something that had been there all along. Something hiding and biding it's time.
Beneath the depths of the lake a light shimmers like a beacon in the moonless night, and all of the Shade Fairies have retreated and began to gather in the park around it. Slowly the shaded form of a towering woman appears on the water, growing larger and more solid as the fairies take turns touching the water delivering little balls of glowing energy.
Queen Finsternis.
The power and intent behind the invasion had always been her. Not the creatures that had been terrorizing the city for the past week. The Shade Fairies were merely tools until she had enough power to manifest herself, and now she did.
Stretching her arms wide, energy surged from her fingertips, a wicked grin settling firmly on her face. The time had finally come to make the Earth her own. And where better to start then with powered defenders of Destiny City? Down below many of the Shade Faeries disappear completely, giving their bodies and energy entirely to strengthen the Queen. Some remain however, once again doning the disguise of the person they had been pursuing over the past week. Their intent is obvious. Kill and consume. Destroy and conquer. They have no need for prisoners or compassion. The Earth will be theirs unless someone can stop them.
FIGHT! Queen Finsternis's HP = ????
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Rules for Battle: * For now you will roll 1 20 sided die at a time. (This can and will change throughout the battle so please check for updates) * For now you may only roll once per round. (This can change throughout the battle so please check for updates) * You may however post as many times as you want in between rounds! Feel free to continue to fight, but only roll once. * You are free to attack Queen Finsternis, any of the Shade Fairies, or other player characters if you please! * Your character may join the battle even if they did not participate in the other portion of the event. * Civilian characters will start with 30 HP and powered characters will start with 40 HP. If your HP reaches 0 your character has fled/passed out/otherwise left the battle some how. If your character participated in a battle during the shade fairy plot prior to this final battle please add an extra 10 points to your HP. (You've experienced them in battle and know what you're up against after all!) * The battle will end when the Queen's HP reaches zero or she destroys all player characters and takes over the world. * General shop rules and common sense apply. Please play nice and have fun.
Want to volunteer some of your powers/weapons? Throughout the event you've been playing clones of your characters and many of those that remain still have those powers. If you're interested in letting staff use the cloned version of your powers (either through a Shade Fairy clone or through the Queen herself) during the battle please include this in your first post. It doesn't matter whether your shade is still alive or was already destroyed. This is a one time thing just for fun and no one is required to volunteer if they don't want.
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Thanks to Kaori for playing the Queen for us! Many thanks to all the other mods that may also be popping in from time to time to play helper shade fairies too!
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:44 pm
Queen Finsternis HP: ????
The moon still hung eclipsed in the sky as it had for 6 nights prior, the air was somewhat frigid, but none of the shades seemed to affected. The remaining stood watching their queen, most looking pleased.
"It is time," she said slowly feeling the power and energy surging through her, surging out outward over her fairies.. "We will claim this world and it will be ours, but first the inhabitant must be eradicated." She looked down to her fairies and motioned them to ready themselves, tonight was the night that they would take this city, push forward to conquering this world.
Her grin widened and her eyes glowed in the moonlight, wild locks flowing in the expanses down her back, her dark gown a stark contrast from her pale skin. She moved her wrist in a flippant motion as if she didn't know what her fairies were waiting for.
Her eyes hardened, "kill them. Kill them all."
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:43 pm
USE AND ABUSE ME!!! Character: Eternal Sailor Ganymede Power description: Searing Passion – The enemy experiences an abstract sense of desire. This desire also manifests itself in a physical sensation, a heating of the body that grows progressively stronger throughout the duration of the attack, until the target feels as if they are burning up from the inside. They're likely to feel weak and disoriented once the attack has burned itself out. The attack itself reaches its peak after about 45 seconds, and can only be used on a single enemy within a twenty foot radius.
This was a familiar scene.
Rehearsals had been abnormally short this week, due in part to the persistent eclipse and the growing fear and unease driving most people to remain safely within their homes. So it was that Paris had found herself with another uneventful evening to spend hours patrolling the streets on the lookout for youma or the increasing threat of murderous doppelgangers. Her clone had been elusive this evening, and upon sensing the strange (and worryingly large) energy signature and taking in the scene that surrounded the lake, she thought she knew why.
Eternal Sailor Ganymede arrived and abruptly halted some yards away from the lake, as a series of memories temporarily took her back to another time and place not so long ago. Paris's first experience with the war had taken place in a similar fashion—only then it had been Christmas Eve, she'd been lured to Town Square instead of a lake at the park, and she'd been plagued by strange dreams and curious snowglobes rather than a violent clone. More importantly, back then she'd had no power to accomplish anything.
Three years was a long time to learn and adapt.
“Déjà vu,” she muttered, but managed to not look as surprised and as worried as she felt.
She wasn't so helpless anymore, after all.
Ganymede wasted no time waiting for advice or support or friends with which to commiserate, but set her sights on an advancing shade and fired off an attack, “Searing Passion!”
HP: 50
** Anyone is free to interact with Ganymede, but know that I have work tomorrow morning so won't be up late tonight, and probably won't be able to post again until I get home from work tomorrow night (5 PM EST). So I'll be super, super slow! :<
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:52 pm
USE AND ABUSE ME!!! Character: Princess Iris Power description:Iris Rainbow Slicer ~ Think a giant rope/ribbon made of bright colored light that gets used like a lasso. Can cause burns, and can strike multiple opponents. This is Iris' Super level magic.
With her own Shade extinguished, Sailor Iris had no problem patrolling again. Especially since that odd lunar eclipse still lingered in the sky, taunting everyone in Destiny City.
"We need to be on guard, Iris... in case others are getting attacked by those weird copies..."
The voice was close by, or rather, perched upon her shoulder.
With a roll of the eyes, the eternal senshi commented "...I think yer milkin' that bum leg of yers a bit 'ere..." However, before she could complain much further, a rather disturbingly strong aura seemed to flicker into her senses.
"...okay... that ain't good..."
The manx cat upon the yellow collar seemed to perk up, ears completely straight up as she turned to face the direction the aura was coming from. "...I'd say it was another princess or prince or something like that... but... I am pretty sure even your copy... didn't give off that kind of aura..." Her fur bristled, making her look far fluffier than usual.
Pulling out her senshi phone, she quickly sent the message to the others that something was going on in the park, and soon enough rushed towards one of the man-made lakes in the area.
It was kind of obvious that something was up, considering the grouping of the shades.
"...I don't even know if I should put ya down or not, Cat... I think sh*t's about to get... crazy..."
********* HP: 50 Iris HP: 50
(OOC note: I have quotes turned off, so if you want my attention, just bold something in your post with my character's name so I know to pay attention. Thanks <3 )
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:06 pm
USE AND ABUSE ME!!! Character: Sailor Varuna Power description: Snow Slip! — Snow suddenly materializes six inches beneath the feet of its target in a five foot radius, pushing them up and off solid ground. Suddenly, the snow rolls out from under them, potentially causing them to fall if they are not fast on their feet. Kind of like being dropped onto a quickly moving treadmill!
It was the energy that got her attention. A strange sensation that she had not expected after getting used to the strange eclipse in the sky every night, but she supposed it was only a matter of time before the cause revealed itself.
Sailor Varuna drew closer to the lake and the strange scene around it, her eyes wide with fright at the sight of the enemy — she had no idea what else to call them, as they seemed quite persistent in hurting those they cloned. But if there was a chance to stop them once and for all, Varuna was more than happy to throw her hat into the pile.
“Snow slip!” she called out unsurprisingly. She had never been shy about using her attack, and wasn’t going to start getting conservative with it now. As long as she could stall some of these shadows… maybe that would give the others the time they needed to do something about the threat.
So I realized I forgot to roll with that attack (Ganymede)! 8D;;; Rolling now 'cause I won't get the chance again until tomorrow night!
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4Total: 4 (1-20)
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:08 pm
(Wow, I forgot how to battle, too... rolling for Varuna... orz; )
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:11 pm
USE AND ABUSE ME!!! Character: Captain Realgar Power description: Caltrops: If you've ever stepped on a lego or hotwheel in the dark, you've brushed the tip of the iceburg that is the Caltrop. These are pointed metal and will always land with a point up, and will pierce the footwear and flesh of the unwary, particularly those with thinner soles or bare feet. Because everyone wanted to worry about where they were stepping on top of everything else, right?
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"You have got to be shitting me." Realgar snarled in frustration, and seriously considered turning around the way he'd come. Curiosity and a sense of grudging duty had brought him to investigate, having already previously encountered, and been vigorously pounded by his own Shade, he's required help from Order aligned folk to survive. This and his own plans to switch side had lead him here, hoping to help return the favor, but he hadn't expected this. For that mater he hadn't expected the glimpse of a fluffy gray cat he remembered from a much more... low key encounter.
Now wasn't exactly time to play catch up with *********> though, at least not past an brief greeting.
"*********>, can you use an pair of hands? These gray ******** are no damn joke..."
"...I might need to remain here for a bit in all honesty, Iris..."
However, upon hearing her name called out, the puffed up ball of fur turned to face Realgar. Despite the amount of terror she felt on the inside, she attempted a laugh (which sounded vaguely uneasy).
"I am sure it isn't me who will be needing a hand or two... but the city at this rate..."
The cat was rambling, and the fact said cat was on her shoulder managed to catch the eternal senshi's curiosity. The blonde turned to find a familiar Negaverse agent simply chatting with the Mauvian on her shoulder.
"...well... no sh*t these f*ckers ain't a joke... already had to pummel a few... including one fer th'cat 'ere..."
Iris' own knowledge on the subject of the shades was limited, and soon enough she asked "...so are these the Negaverse's pet project that went wrong or somethin'?"
"IRIS!" the cat gasped.
"...I'm just askin' what everyone's thinkin'..."
The cat shook her head, sighing as her bell collar jingled lightly. "...I've been meaning to introduce you to Realgar here in all honesty..."
Her introductions were cut short. "Already met him... ain't th'time for this sh*t, Cat!" She kept her eyes focused on the Captain, as if daring him to tell her the truth about the Shades.
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:53 pm
USE AND ABUSE ME!!! Character: Sessrumnir of Jupiter Power description: Storm Glass — Can “catch” a target inside the glass (the attacker has to see their opponent through it), causing them to experience foggy vision, as well as storm-like conditions. Wind, rain, etc. It’s disorienting and is just as strange of an experience for someone witnessing the attack, as the person caught is now unable to see or hear much around them, outside the illusion of their storm.
”What the hell…” Sessrumnir groaned as he reached the scene of the… whatever was going on. It wasn’t something he saw every day, and it figured there was something bad happening with that damn eclipse. Maybe it wasn’t the negaverse after all, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t annoying as hell to deal with. He didn’t have to deal with his own copy, but that didn’t mean there weren’t others still around.
“I swear to god, if you do anything stupid, I’ll make sure you’re grounded for life,” he hissed at the twelve-year-old he’d been stuck with that evening. He wouldn’t have even allowed the kid to come with him had Peter also not felt the strange energy. “Mom’s going to have a heart attack…” he grimaced, pulling his weapon from subspace so he could at least fend off any attacking shades. Even though he said their mother would have a heart attack, he was more worried about her wanting to join in on the “adventures”.
“This is the last time mom’s dumping you with me. I don’t care if dad brings the President with him for dinner, mom needs to at least ask first.” She was lucky she caught him before he headed out to the bar that night, and ended up having to break out the old 64 to give the kid something to entertain himself with. But now they had something much more dangerous to worry about.
HP: 50
”Woah, what is that?? Can you feel that? Do you know what it could be? A space alien?? A monster from the middle of the lake?? Did you know they found jellyfish in that lake?? Weird, right? Little microscopic ones, probably carried in by birds, but still. What are those things? They don’t have any color — oh! These are those things you were talking about, right?” Sailor Chibi Oberon rambled as he tried his hardest not to run ahead of his oldest (and favorite) brother. Being dumped off with him that night had been the best thing ever, and now it was even more awesome!!
“Are you going to hit them with that? Are you good at fighting? Do you have magic and super powers? Can you fly??”
It had obviously been a while since there was any opportunity for Peter to spend any time with Michael, much less time spent as Oberon and Sessrumnir, but now that they were being drawn into the fight. “Woah, look out!” he called as a shade person seemed to lunge at them. Oberon jumped up and into the nearest tree, perching on a low branch until it was safe to come back down. “See? I can stay out of the way! I promise I’ll be good!”
HP: 50
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:05 pm
USE AND ABUSE ME!!! Character: Valhalla of Jupiter Power description: Gyrocompass — Causes movement reversal and vertigo.
There was something going on at the park. He could feel the strange power from its center and knew he needed to get there to help in any way possible. If it had anything to do with those shade creatures, there was definitely going to be trouble.
It seemed as though there were many energy signatures closing in on the location, but there was one closest to him that had him pausing. A Negaverse officer, from the feel of it, but they didn’t seem to rushing towards the center as quickly as some of the others.
While the energy of whatever was at the lake was overwhelming, Valhalla held back for a couple minutes, curious as to who might be close by. Relieved that he did, he caught sight of a familiar face through the trees. “Zircon?” he called to the young woman and taking a step towards the lake. “You can feel it too, right? That strange energy? It’s nothing I’ve felt before,” he told her, not going to force her to go with him, but willing to keep her company should she desire.
HP: 50
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:32 pm
USE AND ABUSE ME!!! Character: Zircon Power description: Paper airplanes! They're pretty useless at just about everything except a diversion tactic, but hey, there has to be a few basic minions floating around, right?
The ripples of energy were overwhelming, pulsating across the city-scape from the lake. It felt like neither Negaverse nor Senshi, but either way it was a threat, strong and dangerous. Zircon was curious, but the sheer magnitude of the aura's presence was enough to make her hesitate before heading that direction without backup. It would be so easy to get overpowered, overwhelmed, and a stiffness in her right arm reminded her that even while powered up she was still fragile as glass on this battlefield. Nevertheless, she knew that whatever was producing that signal was up to no good, and it was her job to do recon and report back whatever she good. With reluctant loyalty, she began to edge her way towards the uncomfortable energy.
However, she stopped in her tracks when Order power signatures began to pop up, each one a tiny flare erupting amongst the shadowy aura. Zircon's arm twinged again, and her heart fluttered in a moment of panic. The senshi were there. What if her assailant was among them? Or others of his mindset? They would surely feel her presence before she got any decent scouting done, and they had safety in numbers. Somewhere in the same region, she felt the reassuring buzz of Chaos amidst slippery Order, but that was one Captain against many, and the best she could do in a fight is buy time before getting cornered and shredded to pieces by an amalgam of strange magic.
But could she dare leave that Captain behind to the same fate?
She struggled for a moment in her inner turmoil before the call of her name pulled her from her thoughts. Out of instinct she leaped back a few feet, crouching into a defensive stance, holding her weakened arm behind her. However, the face she saw was familiar, and dare she say it, friendly. She uncoiled from her posture slightly, though there was some wariness left in her eyes as she nodded in recognition.
"It's hard not to feel it," she said darkly, glancing in the general direction of the growing battle. Perhaps it was cold out, but perhaps she was trembling. "I'm not sure which half of it's more dangerous: the unknown, or your friends. Makes me feel doubly outnumbered."
The lieutenant scoffed, chuckling at herself. Was she really going to reduce herself to such fear? In front of a Knight, no less? No. She was a representative of the Negaverse, and it was about time she started holding up their proud reputation. Swallowing her fear, she glanced back to Valhalla, inclining her head to the fray. "I suppose it's one of the few times we might actually get to be allies, so I guess we should take advantage of the opportunity while we can."
With a smirk, the lieutenant offered a quick salute before darting off in the direction of the lake, choking down the rising panic in her gut. I will be brave. I will be strong. No fear. No fear. No fear.
HP: 40
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:47 pm
Sailor Leto had been avoiding life outside of her apartment as of late, so she was one of the lucky few that didn't attend the eclipse party and therefore didn't have to deal with a shade clone trying to kill her. However she had heard from enough from her teammates to know about this entire ordeal, so as the days went on, Leto was powering up again more and more often to help out as much as she could. So when she powered up tonight, before she even had a chance to step into her mirror, she immediately felt it. The overwhelming power signature rushed over her like a tidal wave and it was something she had never felt before- neither Chaos nor Order- and that made her a little too excited for her own good.
Slipping from mirror to mirror until she got close to the location of the signature, Leto stopped as she exited at her final destination, cringing at the amount of Order auras that were popping up around her. Her hands subconciously clenched into tight fists at her sides as she approached the group that was quickly growing around the mysterious powerful figure over the water.
The idea of fighting along side the likes of Order almost made her want to throw up.
HP: 40
[please quote me if you want to play with Leto at all<3]
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:04 pm
”My friends?” he repeated in momentary confusion, before realizing that she, like many others before, was making a comment about the senshi. “They’re not all my friends,” he said sadly, knowing there were many amongst the senshi and knight population who didn’t share the same views he had. And while he knew everyone was allowed their own opinion, he wished there was still a way to bridge the ever growing gap between all of them.
“But those who are my friends will help you in any way they can. We’re not all like the Blood Moon Court,” he referenced, wondering if she knew of them or not — many Negaverse officers who had ill will towards senshi remembered the BMC and what they’d been capable of doing. Unfortunately, they had tainted the name of ‘senshi’ for many.
Valhalla followed after her as she headed towards the lake, hoping they would get there in time to hopefully curb the attack of the shadow clones, should they all be gathered together, as it felt like now.
HP: 50
(If anyone wants to interact with my characters, just quote me~ I'll be back from work tomorrow afternoon! <3 )
USE AND ABUSE ME!!! Character: Eternal Sailor Maia Power description: Absolute Harmony
Its a series of rather soft sweet notes, that Maia sings. When she makes her attack, she turns to face the target and as she sings, translucent rainbow colored notes fly toward the target and start float and circle him/her. The notes are fast in their approach. It causes the opponent to calm down. It causes the opponent to feel the thought slipping away, they feel less able to concentrate at the task at hand. Heart rate is slower and they will feel sluggish as with Sweet Harmony. The effects of the attack last for 3 minutes after Maia's note ends. This is tiring for Maia and can only be used 3 times in battle.
1.) Absolute Harmony! 2.) Sailor Maia begins to sing. 3.) Musical notes appear as she sings. 4.) Musical notes fly over to her target and encircle them. (She must be facing them) 5.) Target feels very calm and very sluggish. Attack lasts for about 3 minutes. *Can only be used three time in battle.
It'd been a a relatively good night for her. Although her the eclispe was still in the sky she hadn't encountered her shade tonight. She was patrolling with her brother in the park tonight. He said he had someone he wanted to introduce her to, even though he didn't really seem all to pleased about it which confused her.
However, said person hadn't shown yet, and the gathering energy distracted Maia and the more energy that gathered the harder it became to ignore until she simply couldn't.
She looked to her brother, "we had better go see what's going on. That much energy is hardly ever a good thing and usually need's ... what's the saying ... all hands on deck."
Shang nodded, but frowned, "you go ahead. I'll be there in a moment or two. Promise." He wanted to help of course if someone needed his help, but he also wasn't about to let Acrucis wander into the situation with a blindfold on.
Maia frowned, but gave her brother nod and ran off.
It didn't take long to come to the gathering group of powered individual who seemed to be ready to face off with or were already facing off with a etheral shade fairy on water and a small army of them on land. She noticed many familiar faces, one which made her frown slight even though there last encounter had been to bad, death threats aside.
"Anyone, know what's going on here," she called out to the other's that had gathered around.
