"......This is SO MESSED UP! Do you realize who you people will face?! " Ariana suddenly yelled. when she became aware of what was going on, she made her way to the location everyone was set up in. The once cheery teenage girl now full of anger, and it showed in her crimson eyes. "That's my brother that vial, disgusting creature took over. All of you who choose to fight will do so with respect. The man you will see is NOT responsible for any of this. And you better keep that in your minds every second! " She didn't want them to go easy on him, that wasn't what she was saying. They just needed to know, not to hold him responsible, and not to disrespect the person they saw before them as if it were him. "I won't take part of this....I don't even want to SEE it.." With that said, Ariana, without another word or wish of good luck to anyone, she turned quickly, leaving the room just as quickly as she came...
Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 8:23 pm
Rykuō Utagawa Rykuō looked around the area unsure how he got here and where he was he looked around. "Hello" he called as he takes out his yoyo and starts tossing it and catching it as he kept looking around.
Flint
Flint blinked a couple of times "This is strange I was preying in the church and find myself here" he thought as he looked around. "I hope Cissnei is all right" he thought.
Nero Utagawa
Nero was walking along lost in thought his very appearance frightening thinking of that kid who's fear was strong. Breaking from his thoughts he looked around not sure how he got here.
Meanwhile, also among the group of many, many people, was both Sarah and Aria, who appeared together toward the back area closest to one of the windows. The young blond princess blinked her blue curious eyes as she glanced around the rather noisy room. There were so many people all in this one location! What interested her more however, was not the people, but the simple window looking out. There was no skies to be seen, just a lot of darkness. Every now and then, she would see a stray bubble float upward, followed soon by...a fish?
"....Ahh!! Nero's place?! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy! We are in Nero's underwater castle!! " Oh dear. "I'm so excited! I want to go look around!" It seemed nothing really registered to her, not even the image above of Midgar's destruction. Not the worried, terrified gasps of some, not even Ariana's outburst. She was just TO excited to be here. She had always wanted to come here.
"..Calm down, Sarah.." Aria tried to say in a hushed voice, her cheeks tainted a faint crimson.No matter were she went with her, something like this always happened. Though, not quite as extreme as she was being now.In the middle of a major crisis, the clueless girl would always seem to be so happy about something. "....I suppose this isn't so bad..." She sighed. "I would rather see her like this, then understanding and terrified of the truth of why we are here.." She thought to herself. After a moment, she found the young blond God, Nero. "It would be silly to ask if you know who we are, you already know that, don't you? May I ask a favor of you? While this battle takes place, would you be able to make a room just for the young ones? Something to keep them distracted and happy.. If they don't know already, they don't need to know now. I would like you to take Sarah to that area, or if you cant...Just somewhere safe with possibly Sakura and Aiko? "
Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 11:27 pm
Fang
"Huh? If I wasn't what I thought I was? Hmm... Well, if I was a monster, or a fairy or a big bug or something... I'd still be me, right? In the end, isn't that what really matters?"
"...Ugh..." Fang's eyes closed, his hand coming to cover the wound still on his chest, though it had closed by now. "I won't be ableto fight at a hundred percent, but I can't sit this one out. If I only had Eryn, I could do more damage..." He grunted, He would have to make due with what he had, unfortunately. And that coupled with his injury didn't help matters. "...." Leo also seemed to be having a hard time, but less so than Fang since he had been struck before. "Father... you're staying here." Forrest insisted. "No, Forrest. I'm not going to hide here while you and everyone else march into battle. I'm going. Brynhildr's power is too much of an asset to do otherwise." And he had no intention of doing any less, no matter what. "Kana?" A familiar voice would come from behind her, though probably not the one she wanted to hear. It was Ken Amada, the Persona-using friend she had made at Balamb a little time ago. "Are you alright? Don't panic! It's gonna be fine." He put a hand to his hip, the small white dog Koromaru at his side. "I'll protect you, okay? I'll make sure the Beast doesn't get close to you. You can count on me. Though I wish you wouldn't go, something about your armor tells me you probably will." She definitely seemed battle-ready, despite her diminutive size. Koromaru barked enthusiastically, though even he understood the gravity of the situation. "...Not exactly." Nero said in response to Teresa. "Anyone who has superhuman abilities, such as the abilities of a Serenitian, will have those powers removed almost completely by the Beast's Pressure. The only sort of magic that will work is magic used through tools, such as materia, tomes or staves." He responded to Aria next. I already have a room prepared. it was a large one with plenty of activities that kids could enjoy. It would be better to take their mind off this if they had any idea what was happening. "Works for me." Soren said. "There, you see? You should stay here. I want you to stay safe, and I don't intend to die anytime soon." Technically she couldn't die until the Beast destroyed all life, including her City, which would then cause her to fade from existence. "Just cheer me on from here, alright?" ...Then, she heard a bunch of shouting from the back of the room, not so far from where she and Teresa were, actually. She turned her head, glaring at the two there, Sarah and Aria. She felt like she needed to scold them for some reason... Maybe she should after this conversation was over. "You're staying." Jake also said to his wife, Unisha, though in a more direct way. It was funny he and Ein were pretty similar in a lot of ways, all things considered. "If Serenitian powers are negated, you would be a sitting duck out there. Sitting unicorn. So, you should stay. Understand?"
"..Struck....Struck in the heart...Thanks, Nero! You were such a great help! " Teresa shot a swift glare at him, crossing her arms as she turned back to Ein. "The feeling's mutual! You really expect me to sit here while you, and everyone I love goes off to battle? A battle that's no joke. If I have a staff, I can heal that way. You know full well more healer's are needed. There's not nearly enough." She had never used a staff before, but how hard could it be to learn? Surly it couldn't be hard! "Hmm? "Unisha now, turned to her husband.There he went, trying to make it clear that 'she couldn't go'. Yeah, she knew that was coming. "Oh, aren't you cute when you make jokes..Though, did you forget? That 'sitting Unicorn' is my true form. The ability to turn human is the option. So, if we were to lose our powers, we would be stuck in our true forms until it was returned. In that form, the horn at my head possess great holy magic, and can also be used as a weapon if need be. So..I can help with this fight, and regardless how you feel about that, It's happening! " Oh, the tables had changed, at least for today. She wasn't going to sit here and watch her husband and family fight the most deadliest creature they had ever come to know.
Appearance Information and Equipment Armor: Metal breastplate over a simple off-white tunic, leather pants, heavy plate boots.
Physical Description: Sturdy and well-built, Dyrhan has a jawline beard and messy short black hair, with clear green eyes and a wide face. His body is a canvas painted with scars and cuts from years of experience.Of special mention is his lack of a right arm, instead having a marvelous technological development in its place.
With a growling sigh, Dyrhan was growing impatient with the dire situation. "What are we just standing around here for Nero? If it's as bad as you're saying, then we should be out there now trying to put an end to it!", the mercenary boomed, swinging his cannon-arm in frustration and nearly smacking those around him onto the floor. "We can't waste any more time. We need to collaborate on a strategy and maybe form small teams, that way we can watch each others' backs and we're not just rushing in blindly."
Weapon(s): Variable Cannon[Right Arm Amplification - Deals Fire damage], Reinforced Gauntlet[Left Arm Weapon - Deals Physical Damage]
Abilities: =Variable Cannon: Shrapnel Blast - Loading metal shards into his arm, firing produces a burning spray of searing red scrap. It causes moderate damage to unarmored targets and causes bleeding. A point-blank shot has enough force to send even a minotaur staggering back. =Variable Cannon: Missile Launcher - Straightening his right arm, the hinges are locked and the shoulder joint unfastens, letting the weapon detach from his body. Twisting at the elbow to create an open passageway, the cannon serves as a means of long-distance combat, but occupies his other arm to load and fire, taking a total of TWO [2] Turns to complete an attack. The explosion radius stretches 15 meters, and can dish out quite high damage even without a direct hit. =Mythril Crusher - A hard, furious punch is made with his gauntlet, capable of shattering mythril ore. Also useful for breaking weapons and shields. =Defensive Formation Buster - Charging in, Dyrhan cocks his left arm back and throws out a rage-filled punch, able to bust a large hole in most standard defense formations and staggering anything hit.
Limit Break(s) =Variable Cannon: Mk.II Devastator - Lowering down to one knee, Dyrhan settles his cannon down onto a stabilizing tripod, beginning to build up Fire magic within the barrel. After ONE [1] Turn, a powerful beam is released, with a radius of one-quarter of a meter. On contact with any physical surface, a powerful meter-wide explosion erupts from the contact point with enough force to cause heavy damage to even the most reinforced structure, with the entire length of the beam serving to burn through the target as well. Using this is by far his most powerful attack, and the amount of heat generated from his cannon makes it searing hot to the touch for a single turn afterward, dealing addition fire damage to melee attacks made with the cannon. =Undying Determination - Fueled by his rage and determination for justice, Dyrhan becomes unable to die for THREE [3] Turns, shrugging off even Death itself and becoming immune to status effects. In doing this, he can sustain fatal wounds and attack much faster. After the last Turn, Dyrhan heals for a portion of the damage he dealt.
Rykuō Utagawa Rykuō looked around and saw some people "excuse me what is going on here" he called out to them.
Flint
Flint took in his surroundings and saw others "Cissnei" he called hoping she was hear since he did not know anyone else.
Nero Utagawa
Nero stepped out of the shadows and noticed a familiar sight of the girl and the boy with the dog from Balamb. "Well this is a surprise" he thought keeping hidden.
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 11:14 am
Agrias Oaks
Slowly as the blonde knight regained consciousness, the paladin heard the gentle wash of water against a ship -- a sound Agrias was most familiar. That memory caused Agrias Oaks to snap fully awake and bolt straight up. The last time heard that sound and felt the gentle rock of a ship, was when she, Ramza and the others of her old troop had their final showdown against the Lucavi and their lord Altima.
Quickly gaining her feet, the blonde warrior glanced around to attempt to gain her bearings. The combined flotsam of lost ships and debris made the paladin believe, at first, that she was transported back to the ruins of Mulond, "What!?... No... No... Not this place!" Drawing Excalibur, the holy knight carefully looked around for any of the Lucavi minions, yet found none. The unsettling quiet just seemed to unnerve the woman, then a thought invaded the blonde's consciousness, "If I have been returned to Invalice... We did destroy Altima. Mayhaps the others are here!"
Carefully, the paladin sheathed her weapon and made her egress up near the peak of the bow of a ruined vessel, cupped her hands and began to shout, "Ramza!!! Mustadio!!! Lavian!!! Beowulf!!! Orlandu!!! Hello!!! Can you hear me!!! It is I, Agrias!!! Please... Please answer me!!!"
Rykuō Utagawa Rykuō tossed is yoyo and caught it as he walked "this is a weried place" he said talking to the yoyo "Yess it is" said the voice in his head.
Flint
Flint looked around and cuped his hands to his mouth Cissnei" he called out hoping she was ok.
Nero Utagawa
Nero kept walking keeping himself hidden as his shadow loomed over a female "excuse me miss" he said.
Tifa's crimson eyes were still in a disbelieving trance of the image above, this was Midgar. While she didn't grow up here, it had become more of a home to her then she ever thought possible. Here she met many dear people, she knew so many citizens of the massive city, and had also befriended many of them. Now, they were perished by the hands of the beast. Everyone she knew in Midgar was gone.Her memories destroyed. It would not be something she could just shake off and pretend didn't happen. While at the same time she wouldn't let it hinder her focus of battle against the beast.
It was suddenly then that a unfamiliar young man's voice caught her attention, quite alarmingly, as she saw large metal, in the familiar shape of a cannon, graphed into a mans arm? Tifa had to jump back to avoid getting smacked down by the frustrated man, which ended in her jumping back into Nanaki! Rather, poor Tifa tripped over the large beast! Falling over him only to land on her back, it was a good thing Nanaki was a quick mover, this situation could have been much more embarrassing for...certain reasons. Luckily, someone else was close to her at the time, that someone being young Kadaj who helped her to her feet..However, Tifa was much to embarrassed to get a single word out, even a thank you! Was this gun-arm fellow a friend of Barret's? Both his personality and unique cannon-arm were pretty similar.
"Um...Alright. EVERYONE! Be QUIET and LISTEN TO ME! " Geez, she really needed to be up on some sort of balcony, or something high just to get everyone's attention, not to mention so they could all see her. She was so small, she wondered if everyone could in fact even hear her. This was not some tiny area after all. "God, I didn't know there was going to be THIS many people. But I think I might have something to help everyone out. I'll ..use my device to teleport it all here, but in the time we had to prepare for this, god knows it was a LONG time, I prepared something for every fighter and healer to wear. They will be special vials of the most powerful healing sources I could find naturally. Your health and magic will restore at max, but it will also drive you to a sort of adrenaline rush like nothing before to keep you going as long as possible,remember, this is a fight for the world,it won't be pleasant, everything we can do has to be done if we want to win. But this is ONLY to be used if you are reaching the end of your strength, or are hurt badly enough that you cannot fight anymore. This is your last life line, when the battle becomes it's worst, when our large group isn't so large anymore. When all your options are zero, this will be your life, as well as the worlds. Everyone and everything counts on the potions you will all have. Think of it also, as a means of deception for the beast. Let him think we are weakened, let him think he won. Then, WE can rise up out of the ashes and kick his sorry but from this existence! " It was sometimes hard to believe this was just an eight year old girl talking. Taking a moment, Hiyori slipped out a small device, golden and silver in color with only few buttons. "The vials will be placed in small rings that will fit to everyone here. It's only a small dose, but that is all you will need. Don't be discouraged by the size of this potion. You REALLY don't want to over do it. " Unless they wanted a heart attack. "You will feel your hearts racing, of course. As I said, it will raise your adrenaline like you've never felt before. " As she pressed the button, to the back of the room, a large portion that was clear from the rest began to glow of a strange light. In seconds, and in a brilliant flash, there appeared a table as long as the length of the room, completely filled with the many life saving rings. They were silver, while the top was a tiny glass sphere, specially designed to hold up against harsh impacts, so during the battle, should anyone fall the wrong way, or the ring got hit, the glass would not break. Opening them was simple and quick, with a simple latch to pop up that was also water tight, they could quickly drink the tonic without having to deal with any more trouble getting it open. The liquid inside was almost clear but had a greenish tint to it. "So, um, everyone grab one. And only one each, please.."
Phoenix couldn't help herself, she was now staring at the massive sum of small rings scattered along the table for everyone. "...I don't even want to know how long that took to make.." It was a terrifying thought. "You are one amazing kid, Hiyori." Glancing away now, Phoenix glanced into Agrais's direction. It was hard not to find her almost right away due to her yelling! "Agrais? ..Haven't seen you in a long time.." She had to add, it was probably back when Avalanche mansion was still around, in more peaceful times when Isabel, Unisha and herself were also around. "I guess your looking for your friends, they might be here. But, I think your a little confused as to where you are? Think of it as a safe zone before the battle? " Cissnei meanwhile, turned to the faint, yet familiar voice in the distance. It was quite noisy of many other voices throughout the room, but she knew that voice. "Flint? " The ex-turk blinked, looking into the direction she thought she heard him.
[[ooc: Lol. I can see it now, the world is lost as everyone is killed by Dyrhan's cannon-arm..]]
"This is how it started, and this is how it'll end. By my hand."
Nero's eyes closed, tilting slightly to the side. There seemed to be a lot of people yelling at him, or just yelling in general. Not that he expected much less. "I assure you, it's no rush. The Beast will wait, he knows you're coming." "I wish we had time to formulate a good strategy..." Robin said. "Yes, though at this point we're running in next-to-blind. It's hard to know just what the Beast can do." Soren agreed. "..." Stark crossed his arms. He had been studying almost nonstop lately in countermeasures to the Beast, and he may have come up with something... But he would save it for now. "..." Nero waited for everyone to collect their dose of Hiyori's medicine before he spoke again, opening his eyes and facing them all. "Then it's time." He raised his hand. "Everyone who wishes to take part in this final battle, hold up your arm. I will send you now to the brink--the moment in time where the fate of everything is decided. I cannot say what the outcome of this battle will be. But I offer this counsel--support one another. Allies must fight as one unit on the battlefield, not several individuals. Never underestimate the Beast. If you are able to defeat him, do not assume the battle is won. It won't go down easily." The vast majority of the ones in the room raised their arms skyward, and Nero nodded, closing his eyes. "Good luck. Know that whether you succeed or fail, you are heroes who have proven your bravery in taking this seemingly insurmountable challenge. Should you succeed, there will be rewards. Should you fail, your souls will rest peacefully." And without another word, those willing to battle were teleported away, shot a huge distance across the world to where Midgar once stood. Where the Beast awaited...
(( OOC: Hey guys, I managed to get the weekend off from work, so hopefully we can get this Beasty train rolling. Lol. ))
Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 7:38 pm
Skuld HJG
Aerith Gast Gainsborough
Rykuō Utagawa Rykuō saw a bunch of people "ah so your going to fight the beast" he asked a girl with a stuff animal.
Flint
Flint kept walking and noticed a bunch a people "Cissnei please answer me if your ok" he called out.
Nero Utagawa
Nero kept walking keeping himself hidden as his shadow loomed over a female "sighed as his shadow loomed over the blond paladin "Excuse me miss you ok" he asked.
Agrias nearly jumped from being addressed from two different directions. Upwards, the holy knight sees Nero and toward her side, the redhead Phoenix. Recognizes both of them from Avalanche, and immediately calms down, "Well... Obviously I was not transported to Invalice then... So... This is a sanctuary?" The paladin asked the pair.
Aerith Gast Gainsborough
Tim the Wolf
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 11:49 am
Rikku
Waltzing up yawning like she had just woke up from a catnap, the blonde dreadlocked Al Bhed strolled up and grabbed an offered vial from Hiyori, "Thanks. This will be a great help. Oh goodie, Aggie's here. Now, that we've got fighting the 'Big Kauna' aka 'Bestiality Boy', let's talk tactics. From what my little drones are sending back, Beastie seems to be using the planet's own energy to fuel himself. Now whether that is the case or not -- he's obviously gaining energy from somewhere. I have an idea on how to disrupt that connection, and between me and Aggie here -- I think we can do just that...."
Agrias and the others watched as Rikku disappeared in a boiling pool of hellish red blood beneath her. Moments later, Rikku re-emerges wearing dark armor and wielding a wicked-looking greatsword. The paladin took a step back from Rikku the Dark Knight, sensing her aura. Rikku herself gave those present an evil grin, panning her gaze with now red swirled eyes, "While our paladin may not wish to acknowledge it or not, a few dark knight fell sword abilities could be useful. And I know that you know these abilities too, Aggie -- don't bother denying it. We don't have time on our sides to argue. Anywho... Aggie and I can use at a distance Infernal Strike to disconnect Beastie from the planet or wherever he's drawing energy from -- effectively making him.... mortal.
"Agrias and I could keep a distance away from Beastie on either side or him. If he charges either or us, the one attacked uses immediately Sanguine Sword to heal the incoming blow with Beastie's own life-force -- effectively transferring the blow he delivers to himself. The other not attacked continues using Infernal Strike to continue draining his power. This way... we can give the others the opportunity to kill this twit! What do you think Nero, I know you're listening? And if you think this will work, when do we go and join in the fun?"
"I don't know that this plan will work. I can only believe he is highly intelligent, with the ability to sense all that is around him, he may see it coming before you can make your move and surprise you with his own attack. Those with swords, are at a greater risk. We've lost several well skilled people who are using swords against him.." Aven said softly as she began to walk to the girls.The image above them still present, they could see everyone already up against the Beast fighting, this was how she knew that swords didn't seem to be handling so well against him. Only one so far seemed to have any luck, driven by the pain of loss of his father..
Ariana Lylatt
Slowly as the blonde knight regained consciousness, the paladin heard the gentle wash of water against a ship -- a sound Agrias was most familiar. That memory caused Agrias Oaks to snap fully awake and bolt straight up. The last time heard that sound and felt the gentle rock of a ship, was when she, Ramza and the others of her old troop had their final showdown against the Lucavi and their lord Altima. 
