Chibi Sailor Anser HP: 40/40 Group Total: 43 (still, she tried)
When the armored man came up to them, Anser stuck her tongue out. Just for good measure. No old dudes were gonna stop her from taking a racing challenge! She would be there.
She was also there for the stairs, which she skipped up fairly easily. She never really went to the gym and had any kind of leg day, but she was a dancer with a fair amount of endurance who occasionally enjoyed running up and down the stairs at Knightside Elementary. A set of stairs were a piece of cake to her, and she popped up at the top, placing her hands on her hips victoriously.
Until the slamming behind her made her jump out of her skin.
Well.
Analyzing...
What was this thing, some creepy alien computer?
It seemed there were a few options to keep going -- just climbing to the top, and crawling through those little holes. Most of the people in the room weren't going to fit in the tiny holes, she knew that. Even that cat was barely fitting, but he was kinda ... well ...
Her mother told her not to call people fat, but he was a cat...
Anser's eyes wandered over to the other hole. She was probably the only other one in the room that could do it, even though she had grown a lot recently. At that reminder, Anser vaguely rubbed at her lower legs while she made her way over to the hole.
She got down and shimmied her way through it, eventually making her way to what wasn't a convenient escape that she got for being younger than the others, but what was actually a bunch of ... levers... and knobs ... and other things that moved and definitely didn't let her out.
If they were in the monument, it seemed they were on a path towards the top. It only made sense, the thing only seemed so wide. He moved up the stairs, climbed his way to the top, and took a look around.
Not bad. That hole up there was easily reachable, right? He saw a senshi with frog shoes have a similar idea, but the attempt at a jump didn't really get him anywhere. Seemed they couldn't jump as well in here. Was there another way to get out of here, then?
There were those little holes, but only the cat and that chibi could fit into them...
The powerful knight seemed to have the idea of using each other as a human pyramid. Not a bad idea. Considering there seemed to be little other option, it was also probably the only idea. And they had a fairly large amount of strength between all of them, considering their abilities, so maybe they could get to the top.
As loathe as he was to rely on agents of Chaos to help him get out of here, it seemed he had little other option. He headed over.
Encke was fairly strong, considering the fact he was a free runner who went to the gym often. He was fairly sure he heard a grunt from the armored knight, and decided that perhaps instead of adding even more pressure, he'd try to relieve some of it. "You want some help with that? I can handle it."
If rejected, he would proceed to climb up, but otherwise, Encke seemed ready and willing to take on some of the weight.
Oh! And up she went! Almost. Tantalite was back down again before she knew it when the bird Youma attempted to lift her. She only looked a little flustered over the entire experience (mostly because hey, she was light enough to be carried OK don't you judge her), but did offer Koschei a nod of approval. A good attempt, at least.
And on the note of attempts....
Seriously, if she took another foot to the face, she was going to chop off somebody's leg and feed it to the bird!!
HP: 54/60 Group Total: 54
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Acknowledgement of the birb
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Youma Koschei HP: 59/60 Group Total: 62
Still nursing his boot-kicked face Koschei watched the wingless humans struggle more. It was disappointing really, because it just seemed like everyone was crawling all over each other without properly identifying the best course of action.
He couldn't help but cluck at them as he watched the slipping and sliding.
"Curious and curiouser!" He called, talons tapping against the ground as he hopped around. It might have been cute if he hadn't been easily twice the size of even the biggest person in the room.
Up in the air he went again and this time, he went after the senshi who'd told him to stay away. Talons grabbed the back of his shirt and he lifted him to plop him a top someone else as he had with Chauvet.
His beak made a grab for the thing tied around Altais's forehead when he dropped him.
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Youma Koschei HP: 56/60 Group Total: 65
While it was unclear if he'd been sucessful in his attempt to steal a shiny, Koschei had dropped to the bottom of the human pyramid and was attempting to nudge someone up with one of many wings.
He was in turn rewarded with a heel in his face.
Disgruntled, he dropped away from the crowd and stomped off.
Was she supposed to pull these things in a certain order, maybe?
She was a racer, not a puzzler. Puzzle things were hermano's job, at best. Not hers. Anser didn't quickly recognize patterns that weren't obvious, and it took her a bit to stare down something before she began to put together what was what. She flicked a lever here and there, nothing happened. She turned a knob there and here, nothing happened.
She frowned. It'd be nice if there was a hint.
There was a part of her that wanted to give up and stop trying, but she knew she couldn't let it go. What would happen if she didn't figure out the pattern? Would they be trapped in here? Would they all die? How much oxygen was in here? There wasn't a way out, right? So there was probably a limited amount was the alien computer saying "analyzing" because it was "analyzing" if they were allowed to live--
Anser sucked in a breath.
1, 2, 3, 4...
She turned another knob, and this time, she swore she heard something. Another lever was flicked, and she heard something else. Hey! Maybe she was on to something...
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Youma Koschei HP: 56/60 Group Total: 76
He had sunk down, watching from his spot in the corner by one of the holes, that he would occasionally peck at, but quickly grew bored.
"Stack the tower higher!" He added unhelpfully. Talons tapped impatiently before he was back in the air and this time he grabbed the captain purposefully by her shoulders.
"Come girl," he said, voice echoing in the smaller confines of the room. "Where are your wits?"
This time he was successful in helping her get further up.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:45 am
Youma Koschei HP: 56/60 Group Total: 86
Once he left Tantalite, but not before trying to steal a shiny button from her uniform, he circled the space above the powered individuals and swooped down to grab one person by the shoulders and plucked them up, only to drop them on someone else moments later.
Afterwards, he found a spot on the ground to admire his handiwork.
Quote:
anyone is welcome to jump on being the person he picks up and places further up for the climb
"I'm going to shove my wits- " she cut herself off as Koschei lifted her, instead taking the opportunity suddenly presented to actually steady herself on her way farther up. Oh! This was actually nice and productive!
Finally
But she was likely going to end up throwing one of her shoes at something. And she liked her heels, thank you very much!!
Progress: 95 HP: 54/60
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Would she actually try to shove her wits up his a**? Probably not. But the threat amused me.
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(( pls ignore, nux goofed ))
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Youma Koschei HP: 56/60 Group Total: 95
The bird chirped at the captain and her lost retort. He was curious as to where she would shove her wits too.
After standing perfectly still for some time, the pain in his pulled back finally began to subside. He straightened from his hunched over position of safety, groaning and stretching upwards so he could make sure everything was functioning at least moderately well. There were as twinge of pain here and there, his body's way of threatening him not to do anything stupid, but for the most part he could endure it.
It was time to do something stupid.
Done with standing to the side and not helping, Camelot cracked his knuckles and eyed the tower the others were making. He could move to support a lot of the bottom weight, using his Fourth stage power to help them, and decided that was his best course of action.
The very last thing he wanted to do was to try and climb up on all the poor senshi and negas that were scrambling up each other already. A ton of old man and metal armor would help no one, nor would drowning in his very long, but very warm and comfortable, cape.
The bottom where he was safest, at least in terms of hurting others. It would, however, probably not agree with his back at all. Still, he was feeling well enough to give it a good try, and moved to the stack of bodies to shift his weight into the supports, using his back and shoulders to heft what he could, and haul the team up just a bit higher.
His face did turn suspiciously red, though, despite his efforts to keep his expression stoic.
Leg day? No problem. Chauvet climbed stairs like it was nothing, a fistful of ballgown in each hand as she hopped the steps two by two. With no taser walls, she made it to the top of the staircase with hardly any effort except for a healthy flush to her face and a little bit of heavy breathing. The next room was a different story, however--there was no way she was fitting in either of those two mini-doors on the ground, and while her parkour skills were pretty sweet as Chauvet, she didn't think she had any chance of making that jump vertically.
What she didn't like was that the hum of the building was considerably louder here--and that some creepy HAL-9000 voice was sizing them up. "Nah, nuh-uh, unsubscribe, don't you analyze me," she called up towards the ceiling, her brow furrowed and her jaw set. It was bad enough that Facebook had a metric on her living status, her political spectrum, and her demographic. She wasn't about to become some number for a magical metric.
The page had been sizing up how she might shut down a voice with no visible speaker when suddenly something attacked her shoulders from behind, and she screeched when she was unceremoniously lifted into the air by the demon bird. She was too busy trying to wiggle free to shout anything clever about the youma, but luckily her capture was but a temporary one. Seated on someone else's shoulders, her shouting decrescendoed into a quiet disgruntled groan, at least until the flurry of feathers zipped by again, tossing someone new into her capable arms.
It looked like they were just about piled high enough to reach...in the absence of rocks falling and everyone dying, Chauvet glanced up at the pale captain above her and managed a sly wink. "So...you come here often?" she called up, more joking than serious (but one hundred percent about it if the captain decided she wanted to play ball).
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 5:52 pm
[TEAM PENTAGON]
Shanyume
Page Slidr
Sami-Fire
Lieutenant Paracelsian
SSBrosB
Mauvian Bernard General Arsenopyrite
Tolin Kalin
Sailor Nix
Seiana_ZI
Sailor Anser Super Sailor Encke
AMItotic
Page Chauvet
Nuxaz
Youma Koschei
Pixie Nyxie
Super Sailor Altais
demon_pachabel
Captain Tantalite
Lithiasaur
Royal Knight Camelot
Your tasks have not been easy and the weight of stress and adrenaline (and some singed skin from “motivation”) has been heavy upon your shoulders. Your group’s tasks are complete, the black door previously barring your progress slides open with ease. This reveals another staircase, but much shorter this time, and at the top, the door is already open.
This new room contains twelve transparent tubes, the perfect size and shape to house each one of you individually. Six tubes line each wall with black panels beside them at eye level, blinking nonsensical shapes and symbols. The electrical wire patterns on the walls are pulsing much faster in this room, and the mechanical humming is louder than ever.
Once all twelve of you are in the room, the door SLAMS shut, effectively cutting you off. There is no other exit in this room.
In the center, pale blue electricity seems to be coalescing, static clinging in the air, sending your skin a-tingle and your hair floating. A booming mechanical voice rings out from the ceiling:
[[COMMENCING CONTAINMENT]]
The electricity seems to have a mind of its own, twisting and contorting like a mass of writhing snakes. It’s about the size of a human being, and when a more recognizable physical form begins to emerge, you find yourself staring at something you’ve never seen before. Its legs are almost deerlike, with too many joints to be human. Its hair is a wild mass of wires, discharging as the creature moves.
Its monotonous, feminine voice calls out to you.
[[CONTAINMENT UNIT BETA, COMMENCING CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES. DO NOT RESIST. RESISTANCE WILL BE MET WITH FORCE.]]
[BETA IS WATCHING ARSENOPYRITE]
[THE FINAL TASK]
Containment Unit Beta is attempting to subdue your group and place you each in the tubes you see on either side of you. You must fight to escape!
You may have sustained damage on the way to Beta. You DO NOT heal any damage (unless you were with characters who have the ability to heal). Please keep track of your health totals for this battle!
[The Rules]
Generate your stage’s number bracket as listed above! (for example, Eternal Sailor XYZ generates a random number between 21 and 30 for each post because they are Stage 3!)
You may generate numbers THREE TIMES PER ROUND! If you’re busy and don’t have time to fill in a huge post to go with your numbers, that’s okay! Anything is better than nothing! Each round is when I’m able to check numbers - this will be 5AM PST, 12PM PST and 6PM PST. This fight will last roughly 48 hours, or until your Containment Unit is defeated.
[Special Rules!]
4th stage characters may use their royal ability ONCE during this combat. Both Leto and Camelot’s abilities reduce the amount of damage taken by their group by HALF for that round. (this damage reduction is for this event only - I know Leto’s ability is technically camouflage, but simplifying how it works makes things easier for the event! ICly, the Containment Unit would have a harder time detecting and attacking its intended target anyway.) Mauvians have unlimited kitty beams! You can ICly assume you’re using your most powerful attack. You do not have to count the number of times you’re technically able to use your magic. Characters with healing magic or abilities can opt to heal instead, generating their stage’s number bracket and using it on themselves or a teammate. You can only heal 3 times this combat. Make it count! If you are reduced to 0 HP, you will be contained!
[You have 48 hours!]
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16!
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Captain Tantalite
She slowly looked down at the Knight below her at her sly comment, brows raising slightly. Where Cerissé would not have enjoyed it nearly as much, Tantalite? Well, there was a flirt inside of the Negaverse Officer, who put on her best smile. "Clearly not as often as you~," she replied - though it looked as though another flight of stairs was in her future. Woe. With a deep sigh, Tantalite scrambled down from her position in the pyramid, still considering removing her shoes as she crossed the room.
Fortunately, there was only so much farther up to go.
And there was absolutely no going back. Which was less fun when her hair was starting to act like she'd rubbed a balloon all over her head and the room made her think of some sort of bad Sci-Fi movie that Caleb would want to watch with her. Oh, she'd watch every movie with that man when she was done being...well, whatever was trying to go on here!
She turned her gaze up towards the ceiling when it began to speak, almost missing the forming creature for all of it's chatter.
"Oh, absolutely not," Tantalite protested, only now summoning her fencing foil as the strange being looked towards their group - or more specifically Arsenopyrite. When the being made it's approach, she struck.
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