Her intention had been to go after the pale haired senshi if she made it out of the blackened, burning cloud of smoke emitted from her teammate, but a wild fist proceeded the woman free of the choking cloud. Teal eyes widened a split second before the fist connected and sent Ceraskia reeling backwards with an explosion of pain and black starbursts that rendered her temporarily blind.
There was a muffled yelp of pain from the dainty dancer as she staggered backwards and damn near fell as he heel caught on a bit of debris on the floor. "b***h!" It was snarled out, thick and wet, and when she dropped her hands there was blood on that pale, pretty face and rage in bright eyes.
She wanted to see the other woman laying prone and lifeless on the floor at her feet, but before she could do so much as stalk forward a page was grabbing the order senshi's arm to bodily drag her away. No!
The dancer got as far as two quick steps before she nearly fell again, and that was all it took to have her thinking better of chasing after the minty haired senshi. Who knew how what sort of strength the page had, how much fight the girl still had in her. Ceraskia knew herself and she didn't like the odds of charging after two targets with as hurt as she knew herself to be.
Fuming visibly she walked carefully back to Faustite, holding herself rigidly as if things hurt.
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 6:10 pm
Super Sailor Cybele HP: 1
Cybele knew that she had hit something, but she wasn't sure what good it had done. Watering eyes made it hard to see, and flaming skin made it hard to care about anything else. She stood just outside the smoke, blinking blank eyes and patting at her chest, which only burned her fingers. The ink seemed to be burning out, maybe-
A voice cut through the pain. A piece of cloth was thrust against her, smothering the last bits of flame. She could see the blurry face of the same page, Alhambra, and she gave him a tiny gracious nod, which was enough to make her head swim. That was when she saw the corrupt out of the corner of her eye, and she gritted her teeth, but Alhambra was pulling her away and she didn't have the focus to fight him.
"I-" she tried to speak only to end up coughing. She could smell more smoke now, and glancing back at the building she caught the beginnings of fire. Even Cybele wouldn't try to bring the fight to a burning building, and there were downed civilians nearby who would not survive the smoke. Looking up at the Page, she gave a wordless nod.
She picked up a teenage girl who was panting in the now-open doorway and started heading towards the outside doors.
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 8:12 pm
Corrupted Guardian Cat Katya: 30/30
Katya being a cat might have been one of the first to have smelled the smoke, to know something had gone horribly wrong, but she didn't panic like most would...like a normal cat may have. Instead she went dashing off towards the theater in order to find her own General and let him know. She didn't need him to get her home, she had four paws and could do that on her own, but she needed to let him know and make him aware of how his own personal team was fairing.
When she found him, after much searching, it seemed he wasn't alone as Arseno was with him. "We need to leave, the fire is spreading." Her green eyes glancing over her General as she moved about the small balcony they were in. it was a small box, tight for the three of them really. "You got hurt..." She observed, ears laying flat before she moved to jump into her Generals arms. Paws moving up to touch his face. "If you have a starseed I think that would be good." As she was sure Benitoite hadn't taken any starseeds, she was sure he had energy orbs though but doubted they'd be good enough.
"Be safe Arseno...and contact us once you are home, you have our number. I want to know you are alright." That he got out of here alright, that no one stopped him and prevented him from escaping in good health.
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 8:20 pm
General Benitoite: 3/60
Looking up, from where he was seated, to Arseno he nodded his head. "I'll live...but that glowing senshi has magic I think we should all take note of." He spoke softly. Moving in a sort of stiff, gentle, manner as if being careful of aggravating an injury. It was just that his body still hurt from the senshi's magic, even if it had stopped.
"I'll write down about it later and let you and others know." He didn't want people to be clueless, not about this specific senshi anyway.
Taking note of Katya he nodded his head, petting her gently once she was in his lap. "I can smell it...and we should leave. Arseno is going to grab some people before exiting." Nodding once to his fellow General, showing her understood what the other would be doing. "Make sure you get out safe...and help anyone on our side that you see." Figuring the doctor might just pluck up a few people from the opposing side along the way, and that's what the other meant when he talked about grabbing some people.
"Yes, as Katya said - call later. I'd like to know you made it home well. We should be exiting soon...before this place comes down around us...it's old."
That said he got out his communications device and put out the call.
"This is General Benitoite. It would seem some senshi has set fire to the area around the stage and it is spreading. You should all leave as soon as you can. If you need help call for it - help is available in order to get out. If you need medical help it is available." He was calm as he spoke, standing as he did so, he kept Katya balanced in his arms.
"I repeat, it's time to escape. Take others with you...and capture is allowed."
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 11:06 pm
It looks like the fire is spreading, beyond all possible chance of anyone putting it out...aside from the fire department. Speaking of the fire department...their trucks can be heard heading towards the fire. The sirens loud and numerous.
Civilians are fleeing, running into the street and down the block. Some people are not running away but hanging around somewhat close, perhaps too close, to the burning building. As the building continues to burn it's obvious it's time to flee and take whoever you can with you, be it innocent civilians on the ground or your teammates. Either way there is going to be a body count after this...likely a large one.
With the fire trucks there is the local media, hot on the trucks heels. The media wants to, of course, know what's going on and get the news out fastest.
Time for people to leave...the building isn't going to last long that's for sure.
(Or ya know...people can hang around and watch the building burn to the ground. But I doubt it's a good idea...the media will put some spin on things,...senshi and knights did it...negaverse did it...the terrorists did it. Someone will catch the blame.)
Sweenys_Revenge
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 7:54 am
Captain Faustite: 42/45 HP
Noctua's slipping away with the feline was met with a souredd sneer. Can't follow orders. Abandons her station at signs of struggle. What a waste. A waste reflective of her general, who even now refused to give orders to collect the situation. Faustite and Ceraskia were now alone, flanked, and facing impossible odds. Was there use to their distraction with the doors broken open? He doubted so; he doubted highly that Ceraskia wanted to die for Benitoite's folly.
Her approach spoke her answer. Faustite wasted no time on the ensuing cacophony; he caught her beleaguered form by the elbow and muttered a command meant for them and them alone — "Fall back.
"Benitoite picked his hill to die on, so let him die." A last look slid to the senshi of the hunt, now far from them, now encased in hands and arms trying to pat her down or assuage her, before he wholesale dispersed into smoke. When it cleared, the pair no longer lingered there, now at one of a hundred thousand elsewheres.
There was always that little bit of uncertainty when Athene tried to draw on his magic, at least when trying to draw on his basic or super magic - and this time had been no different, a small quiet sigh of relief escaping his lips as the magic flew true and caught the corrupted super–
And mayhaps the magic wasn't as strong as that of some of the other's that he'd experienced or as flashy, but it would at least keep those trying to escape safe - at least for the immediate moment.
He wasn't expecting her to scream, the sound unsettling enough that he hadn't been able to help but give her a startled look–
Although maybe that had been her intent, given the frankly creepy smile that graced her lips as she deliberately spoke the words of what had to be her own magic.
That or maybe she was just creepy.
Maybe, but he was too close to avoid the magic, too close to avoid the sudden feel of dizziness or the slight touch of nausea, or to dodge out of the path of the panicked man who knocked into him sending him stumbling–
And maybe he was more out of it than he thought, because for a moment he thought he could smell smoke.
Sweenys_Revenge
Sweenys_Revenge generated a random number between
1 and 25 ...
14!
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:28 am
Corrupted Super Sailor Noctua -- 13 / 45 Damage Rolled: 14 Total Damage to Athene: 18
The eternal senshi faltered. So her magic had taken effect. There had been a moment of terrible uncertainty as he watched her without moving. Though Noctua had to be honest, the look of alarm on his face at her guttural scream was worth it. But still he stumbled and his face twisted with the magic that wrapped itself around him. Now all Noctua had to do was wait. Wait for the magic to wear off of her. It couldn't last forever...
The end came without fanfare and without warning. The barrier vanished and Noctua was free, deciding without deciding that this Senshi was not worth her time if it meant time wasted getting to Benitoite. What if he was hurt. What if worse had happened? She felt through the crowd, searching for her general and finding several similar auras but unable to tell the difference.
If this Senshi she stalled her while her General perished... he'd pay in his own blood. But she had to find out first, and then there was still an obstacle between her and her goal. So Noctua dealt with it the way she dealt with most things that were in her way. Noctua forced her whole body against him, shoving him out of the way with edges and points and maybe the magic would last long enough to keep him away from her while she found her General.
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Feel free to grab her and attack as she body slams you out of the way heart
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Skeleton incoming barring Athene attacking her heart
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7!
Eternal Sailor Athene // HP: 42/60 Hitting Corrupted Super Sailor Noctua for 7 damage
Between the dizziness and sense of nausea, Athene wasn't as on the ball as he probably should have been, which meant that the shattering and fading of the beads that were keeping the corrupted super trapped had taken him by surprise–
Although the dawning sense that yes he really was smelling smoke wasn't particularly helping either, because it was reminding him that the interior of the theatre was mostly wood and that Alice was - at least as far as he knew - still in there.
He had started to turn, fully intending to go back in there, only to hiss as someone knocked into him in a blur of purple and black and blue sending him tumbling.
His hand reached out as he fell and yanked, fingers tangling in something as he tumbled, a part of him wincing as he hit the ground.
Athene forced himself to his feet, a wince crossing his face for a moment, because he had a feeling that he was going to have bruises - bruises that he was most likely going to have to try come up with some sort of story for–
He turned and pushed his way back into the theatre and (hopefully) away from the corrupted super, because he had to try and find Alice.
The trying to come up with a story was going to have to wait until later - much, much later.
Sweenys_Revenge
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:37 pm
Captain Reinerite // HP: 24/45
"Will do" Reinerite said, in answer to the command to fall back, her voice cool but calm as she acknowledged the order as she tucked away what was to be the last of the energy orbs that she would drain this evening and banished her staff.
She had no intention of using the exit that it appeared that some were still trying to make a dash towards, because as a Captain of the Negaverse she had her own means of leaving–
A brush of aura had her pausing, before turning to step over an unmoving woman as she made her way towards where it appeared to be coming from, her grey eyes stinging a little from the smoke.
She would have to hurry, the thought translating to quickened footsteps–
Because that had felt like a Lieutenant's aura.
Perhaps it was luck, or maybe just that the other was closer than she'd thought - but it turned out that the aura that she'd picked up on was a Lieutenant's aura - and one who appeared to be unconscious.
Reinerite reached out a hand to shake her, before curving her hand around with the intention to hold the Lieutenant - because whilst not one that Reinerite was familiar with, she also had no intention of leaving her - even if teleporting more than herself would leave her more tired than she would like.
"Lieutenant, we are leaving."
It seemed that she would be taking someone along with her after all.
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Hope this works as a pull out for Strengite Fic, lmk if you want me to tweak anything
Her body collided with the eternal's solidly, but not without consequence. She felt the hand in her hair before she realized that she was going down. She fell atop the eternal in a pile of bones and points but didn't care. Within moments he released her and she dashed, scrambling to her feet despite her injuries from all of the senshi that had descended upon her. She was beginning to feel them, feel the ache in her bones and the stinging from every punch she had received.
But it didn't matter. None of it mattered. The only thing that mattered was following the cluster of energy signals strong enough to be Generals to the balcony level, even if the task seemed presently impossible. Everything was standing in her way. Bodies piled on the floor that she trampled underfoot. The current of people that she was swimming against. Drowning in. She was jostled and fell, curling up to narrowly escape being trampled herself. Somewhere along the line someone had gotten in her way. A senshi younger than her. Noctua, still in need of a soul for her General, took what she needed from the senshi and left her body on the floor behind her.
By the time she got herself back to her feel precious time had already been wasted and who knew what state Benitoite was in. As bad as her? Worse?
When she was finally close enough, she leapt, skeletal hand grasping the railing that kept those above from falling over the side. And there she hung for a long moment, gasping and panting as she watched the tide below her rush out the broken doors. It took all she had left to haul herself over the edge, collapsing into a pile where she stayed, unfocused blue eyes searching the faces around her until she found her beacon. Her General.
Benitoite.
Still panting she held out her arm, trembling from exertion, and opened her hand. There, sitting int he blood that it drew from cutting into her soft palm, was the starseed she'd pulled.
"It's not hers," she said weakly, afraid to meet Benitoite's eyes lest she be met with disapproval, "but I brought you a soul, General."
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:41 am
Lt. Strengite HP: 0/30
Strengite had struggled to breath even as the frightened sheep around her continued to beat on the locked doors of the theater but it took too much work to do more than trying to control her coughing so rather then yank a few more seeds or gather some more energy she just sat there. During a rather bad moment of coughing darkness started to eat at her vision, to combat the encroaching blackness the lieutenant did something that she had learned to help her breathe better while exercising, she closed her eyes and visualized.
Breath in, drag it deep below the belly, let it gather then release it slowly in on a controlled count. In and out, this was how she sat there slowly gaining control over her own revolting body, only the occasional cough breaking her concentration. It was basically meditation just not quite, she didn't give a crap about all the other stuff that was connected to meditation, she just used it to make it easier to breath both now and when she worked out.
The lieutenant was so absorbed into her breathing she didn't even twitch when the smell of smoke started to tickle her nose, Strengite just assumed that some senshi used fire type magic or something else like that. Who would be stupid enough to actually use fire in a old building anyway? Beni's communicator call however had her flinching, causing a fresh bout of coughing. Someone really had set fire to a predominantly wooden building?! Are they insane? Struggling to calm down, especially now that she knew the smell of smoke was really a fire, Strengite took a moment to once again slip into the meditative breathing. There was no point in racing out of there if she passed out on the way from coughing.
Apparently she wasn't the only one evacuating since it hadn't been more than a moment before someone shook her and told her they needed to go. The move made her go into another coughing fit, silver eyes tearing up as she glanced over at the newcomer. "I. Know." The smoke was making the coughing worse. Damn that freaking senshi! Knowing she risked her skin if she stuck around anymore the lieutenant stood up and started to head out only to hunch over with more lung ripping coughing.
litian
That works quite well ^.^ tho she might actually need that teleport out cuz breathing isnt her friend right now
The corrupted super had, thankfully, not followed him–
But the time spent crossing paths with her had been time that he could have spent trying to find Alice - time that he no longer had.
The smell of smoke was more prominent as he summoned his senshiphone to hand and turned on the flashlight app in a bid to better see where he was going, even as a part wished that he hadn't as the light shone over the bodies that littered the floor and the aisles.
Victims, people who he and those of the others of order that he'd sensed there had been unable to save.
Athene pressed on, but as the smoke started to grow thicker and there was still no sign of Alice, he knew that he would have to turn back soon - should probably have already turned back.
He almost missed the slumped red head, almost stumbled over the other despite the light, hand reaching out to catch the edge of one of the seats in order to steady himself–
And then found himself making a startled sound as he recognised the man as the man that had been sat next to him during the performance.
Athene's hand reached out almost without conscious thought as he reached out to shake the other.
"Wake up" the words were punctuated with another shake. "Please you need to wake up and get out of here - the building's on fire."
And since the redhead seemed to at least be alive, unlike the others that he had come across so far, Athene made the decision that he would get the man out one way or another, his hand reaching down with the intention of trying to awkwardly pick up the taller man so that he could drag him out if needs be.
He was just going to hope that Alice had somehow make it out, knew that he would have to text her once he was powered down and finally out of the theatre.
Captain Reinerite // HP: 24/45
Reinerite couldn't quite hide the somewhat irritated expression that flickered across her face, although it was hard to tell if the Lieutenant had caught it given that she was currently engaged in a coughing fit
She stepped forward, reaching out to catch the other woman's wrist with a firmer grip since it seemed that the Lieutenant had misunderstood her leaving comment.
"No I meant that the two of us are leaving now - and not through the doors."
And whilst it would be tiring, Reinerite was confident that she had enough energy to at least do this much, her face furrowed in concentration for a moment–
Before the two of them disappeared from the theatre.
Fiction1119
Hope this works for Pat and also as an exit for Strengite
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 4:33 pm
Mauvian Liryn (cat form) // HP: 30/30
It turned out that the senshi that he had caught a glimpse of was Hamal, Liryn darting in between other people's legs as he trotted towards her.
"Hamal!"
And whilst he knew that Athene had to be somewhere in the building too, Liryn rather thought that Hamal needed him by her side more–
And there had also been the question of a door that very much needed to come down.
He had contemplated taking the other form, because this was a time when having hands was probably more useful than having paws - and it wasn't as if he couldn't still fight in that form - at least if needed.
It seemed, however, that he wouldn't be needed on the door, as the combination of efforts on their side managed to get the thing down causing people to stream out.
There was still the matter of the Nega agents in the lobby however and Liryn was fully intending to help to deal with that.
He was not however expecting the smoke, the smell harsh and acrid in his nose - or the way that it seemed to be quickly spreading, his head gently nudging that of Hamal.
"The theatre is on fire" he said, his purplish eyes serious.
And he knew that the two of them had to leave, like the Nega agents were doing - and the civilians.. And well everyone...
But.
But–
Purplish eyes glanced towards the doors, painfully torn, because Athene was still in there somewhere.
Sleet Tempest Snape
Hope this works Sleet and I'll have Athene catch up to them in his next post
"Cool. Cool cool cool. I'll grab your number after this?"
Well, it was quite the opposite of cool now with the fire spreading, but still. Alhambra took up the other knocked out girl, hoisting her up in a bridal carry before following after Cybele and her sailor package. Encke would be found eventually, but for now they needed to clear the area and make sure the pair were okay.
