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Lupu, Squire of Saturn Roll 5 (+5 Bonus)

Ah...cheating on Evan’s food. Yes, that did make a bit more sense and Lupu tried to give a laugh, though only reached down and clutched at his brother’s hand. “I’ve got you too. Seriously. Just keep fighting. I won’t lose you again...and you won’t lose me again. You’re stuck with me and...that’ll just have to do.”

Lupu managed a grin and shuddered, truly not enjoying this one bit. It was frightening, and though he was trying to keep brave, he was truly glad that Evan wasn’t here. This sort of a fight would either give the senshi nightmares, or…

Or give him a panic attack that turned into a murder spree like a few Halloweens ago...oh. That had been something.

Lupu, Squire of Saturn Roll 6

“Mm. Me too.” Lupu finally just gave a soft curse and chucked his bow as hard as he could towards the monster, regretting the action after a moment but. What was done was done. “...Hey, Ammersee? I like when you call me Lu. That’s cute. Ah. I’m glad that you’re my brother, just...in case you’ve forgotten that I do care. Seriously.”


Oh. Now it just sounded like he was preparing to meet death or something.

“I mean. That…ah. That doesn’t excuse you, so just...keep doing damage so these don’t have to be my last words, okay?”

The scrap metal soared through the air, each one flying so close to the creature that they either hit it and bounced off, or just barely managed to hover around it. The more pieces that gathered, the more form they began to take. The metal fragments seemed to come from all around--the pieces everyone had picked up, and the pieces that were still lost in the village.

The metal echoed loudly, each piece seeming to seamlessly click with another piece.

The creature flailed, clawing at them, but its blows ricocheted off of the wall of metal.

In only a moment, the pieces began to glow white, and the glow spread across the creature. It was desperate and let out one last great wail--and then, the metal pieces all clicked together, in a spherical metal prison that caged the creature. It expanded in size, briefly, before shrinking down to the size of only a basketball, and falling to the ground with a thud.

The runes carved into each piece glowed for a few seconds and then they too faded, leaving only the lifeless metal orb lying on the ground.

There was a stillness in the air that persisted for only a few seconds--and then, the fog began to slowly swirl around the orb, rapidly picking up pace once this set in motion. It gathered from everywhere, filling the air with the familiar haze of thick, white condensation. This time, something felt different--there was no hallucinations, no choking, no pain--only a brisk chill and the brief sensation of dampness and wind.

And then, they were back.

Destiny City was as they’d left it, only they would find that their three weeks away had only spanned three hours, here.

Perhaps it would be easy to dismiss the whole thing as an illusion--if they hadn’t returned with souvenirs to prove it.

Captain Geocronite (closing post)

Geo took a moment to catch his breath, fully expecting to have to try and run or jump again within the next few seconds, but that didn't come. Instead he heard the creature screech horribly, again, and looked up, but found that it wasn't screeching at them, but the metal pieces that had been lying around that were now flying around it. And only for a moment he could see that they had come together to form some sort of prison.

Light happened, a thud, and then more fog rolled in. Before he could blink, he was back in Destiny City again, though it was a bit later now. He took a look around and deciding that tonight wouldn't be worth hanging around teleported back to his home and immediately collapsed on his bed.

Chip Wrap up


Eventually, the creature, whatever it was, ceased to be...and with it, the whole place. Chip blinked as everything changed...or maybe he moved? It was hard to tell. Either way, he was suddenly standing in Destiny City. Exactly in the spot he'd been standing in weeks ago. He blinked, looked around, scratched his head as he considered what exactly happened. As someone constantly surrounded by chaos, and quite used to magic, it wasn't really a huge surprise that something weird and inexplicable happened...although it was still a bit troublesome that he didn't know exactly what had just happened.


Then his com tablet pinged with a message, and he looked at it. It showed the date as...the day he left. A little later, sure, but almost no time had actually passed.

He blinked again, stared at it for a moment, and just said, "Huh. Neat."

Captain Rakovanite - Closing Post

Once things started happening, they happened all at once. All the talismans and metal shards converged upon the monster through seemingly no input of anyone gathered there. They encircled and caged the creature, but even though that obstacle was removed, other things started to swirl around them.

Despite the creature being trapped, the fog still moved.

Rakovanite was only distantly aware of his brother behind him, but as the wind picked up in a frenzy and the fog dove in, he reached back, locking his fingers tight around Cervantite's arm for whatever was to happen next. Anything his mind warned. It could be anything. There was no telling what something as wild and untamable as magic would decide to do with them, and this had already happened once before.

But unlike the first time, this was only chilly. The first time had been suffocating, and though breathing through the fog was still like trying to breathe through a blanket, this time it at least felt possible to do just that: breathe.

With only a vague sensation of being pulled forward, they were back in Destiny City.

Despite how long they'd been away, Rakovanite recognized it as exactly where they'd been pulled from, the alley they'd been patrolling in when the fog claimed them. Cervantite's arm was still clenched tight in his grasp, and he tossed a quick glance over his shoulder to ascertain that it was Cervantite with him before Rakovanite released him and took an uncertain step forward.

"We are home..." He stated quietly.

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Basic Corrupt Diesel - Closing Post

They were. They were home!

Diesel lurched forward to snare both his arms around an unwilling Rakovanite's shoulders, a bubble of deliriously delighted sound escaping him as his eyes scanned quickly around. "We're alive!" He crowed in delight. "And after all that nonsense, I was starting to wonder, holy ******** kept him from expressing much more than that, and if he had to guess, he'd say Nat was in a similar state, as they both just stood there in the alley, staring ahead at the road that crossed in front of them.

It had felt like ages.

His vision was still blurry, and his hair was practically matted, and his clothes were mangled, and no one was going to mention that this could be another fake-scape because it didn't look like one. It just looked like home. The air felt like home. Diesel thought he wanted to question how or why and was this normal? But he... didn't think Nat would know. He didn't think anyone would know.

In the distance a clock tower gave three chimes, and Diesel tipped his head toward the sound. "It's three AM," he whispered, and he wondered what that spelled for their time away.