The very last person that Celsus wanted to see was not only on this train with him, but was standing right there in front of him, completely powered up, in the middle of a train car that was on fire. And he was also yelling, which did not make the situation any better.
"You are," snapped Celsus, stalking across towards Eurydike. "The biggest pain in my bloody arse."
And without a single word edgewise, he grabbed the senshi by the waist, hauled him half over his shoulder, and all but dragged Eurydike away from the flames of the second car, wobbling unsteadily in the creaking, dissolving train. He could hear familiar shouts coming from the other side, and a second later, he'd followed after the others, pushing and shoving until finally -
A breath of fresh air, and Celsus inhaled sharply, coughing and spitting as he tried to get the smoke out of his lungs. He staggered, all but dropped Eurydike, and stumbled sideways into a very familiar knight.
"Ah, Valhalla," said Celsus cheerfully. "Fancy meeting you here. I brought a bit of luggage with me - oh, it looks like I might have dropped it, whoops."
guine
GREETINGS
sunshine alouette
I ASSUME GANY IS THERE TOO <3
frayedflower
I have permission 2 carry Eurydike out romantically
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:45 pm
Captain Amethyst (HP: 120)
Now that was certainly uncalled for. Amethyst cursed to himself as he scrambled to take cover behind the nearest pillar at the blast that the youma train sent their way. This was definitely not what he had signed up for. The next time he was late for a mission because he was stuck putting in overtime at the hospital, he was going to head straight home and have himself a nice and long soak in the tub.
"Point taken Lieutenant." He looked over at Leucite, relieved to see that the other Captain was likewise unscathed, sparing a nod at his proposal before speaking to Caramelita through the crystal again. "Looks like part of the train has stopped so change of plans. Priority is to get our officers out of those cars. Do not engage unless provoked."
Caught as she was out on the platform and with no ability to teleport - unlike a Captain or General - Caramel had had no way to avoid the barrage from the youmafied train.
She had gone down - with a pained cry - under the barrage, as the 'train' pelted the platform with more and more stuff, it seeming forever before the torrent finally trickled to a close.
She had heard the Captain's voice over the crystal that she had had just enough time to slip into the pocket of her pants before she had been bowled over by the youma-barrage and managed to fumble it with a glove clad hand that was coated in stuff she was trying not to look too closely at.
"Acknowledged" she managed to respond as she struggled to force herself up, not bothering to re-summon her mangled daisy chain - since she knew it wasn't going to do much good.
However she wasn't sure how she was going to assist in getting the officers out of the two carriages that it appeared that someone had managed to stop either.
Ironically it was the two Royal auras that seemed to be by the train that gave her the idea as she forced herself to head to the office - because if they were by the train that meant that they weren't guarding the office and maybe the office would have an extinguisher or something.
"The Royals appear to be by the train so I'm going to head to the office - see if they have a fire extinguisher whilst they are otherwise occupied" she said.
baby_gwing
Silverah
heading towards office
Strickenized
heading towards office
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:33 am
Sailor Chara of Chocolate: 70 HP
Chara was finally finding it hard to breath at this point. Between the blood that filled his nostrils from earlier and the scent that wafted through the air it made alot of sense why. And he felt so unsteady on his feet, ready to retch at any given moment. But how the hell could he think of his own self when people were still screaming and trying to escape? Self preservation was not a priority right now.
"Okay, okay, ya'll do that plan, yes? But standing here chit-chatting about it in horror ain't going to help! It only takes one person to find the Fire extinguisher or hose right? Since part of the train stopped, we need to get the others off of that part before the train comes around again and makes a sandwich out of the back one."
With that said to the other powered folks that were standing around him, he ran (and nearly slipped a few times) over to where he saw another senshi (Subamara) trying to dig through the less fiery of the stranded cars (Car 3).
"One of the windows would be right about there, right? And the windows had emergency escapes? Might be easier to break that open and have people jump out there, instead of bum rushing the front an back doors." He summoned his chocolate bits and pieces and launched another handful of it towards an upper window. If it didn't really bust a thing open, atleast the fleshy bits would get pissed enough to become thinner.
Sleet Tempest Snape
Strickenized
(Use 2/2) With the snap of his fingers Chara summons a handful of energy chocolate kisses ( 15 or so) and uses them as projectiles he can throw at people. They make contact then pop, disappearing as soon as they touch something. It stings but nothing else happens. He has up to 30 seconds to use them or they vanish.
Once they pop a scent of Chocolate fills the air. Always smells like chocolate. just a quirk though it does nothing but smell tasty.
Sami-Fire
fiction1119
LokisRose
Chara Appreciates the boostage!
Kapoodles
Battle-ready Waffles
Offline
Strickenized
Garbage Cat
Offline
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 6:50 am
The train barreled furiously through the tunnel, having freed itself from the burning wreckage of its other half. Another whistle cut through the din with a shrill cry as the train rounded on the carriages left behind. Already the other cars suffered a decomposition, with the youma crumbling away into piles of dust about the platform. With so much of the architecture exposed and brittle from abuse, the passenger cars themselves started on their slow collapse. So little of the original material remained that a sound strike from the youma train would obliterate the remainder, and inflict little damage on the creatures that remained.
The tracks groaned, resisted, then sprung up in a sleigh curl toward the ceiling where they separated wholesale from the remainder, as commanded by Polaris' magic. The train continued unhindered until Maia's song struck the conglomeration and slowed it enough for Athene's ring of beads to bring it to a stop. There, the train wrenched to a halt, tilted slightly upwards due to how the wheels hooked atop the tracks. Now halted, the train loosed a last blow toward its enemies before the coagulated mass of youma finally burnt through their energy supply.
Due to extensive damage to the train, Deadhead blows its whistle and discharges a massive number of youma from its body in a high-impact burst! Characters who are unable to dodge or hide behind pillars will suffer half their current HP in damage due to the high velocity strike from chunks of meat! Characters cemented to the ground by chyme are unable to dodge.
Afterward, thick dregs of ash dripped down from the train in chunks, leaving behind the twisted wreckage of the last passenger car. While the occupants are safe, the train car lacks stability and the passengers of Car 1 must be evacuated as soon as possible!
Deadhead has been eradicated!
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All remaining occupants of Car 1 will be filing into this RP shortly! Feel free to finish out the RP by rescuing friends, helping civilians organize themselves to retreat through the turnstiles properly, fleeing from the approaching firefighters, or continuing battles amongst each other!
Beejoux
Ceraskia, Xenotime, Pavo
Sunshine Alouette
Aquamarine, Ganymede
litian
Caramelita, Athene
Guine
Jet, Valhalla
Kaefaux
Seraphinite
Kaori_luv
Witherite, Maia
kuropeco
Aurostibite
Whimsical Blue
Cinnabar
a-disgruntled-dragon
Jarosite
Viva Viola
Aaru
Torvil
Leucite
Strickenized
Umber, Scholomance
Silverah
Mistral
fiction1119
Havasu Falls, Pompeii
Sleet Tempest Snape
Delphi
Sami-Fire
Cor Caroli, Sadachbia, Megrez
chi honda
Osiris
LokisRose
Subamara
Tasinei
Vasala
Iris_Virus
Juno, Polaris
PoddlyPoods
Chara
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 6:51 am
Sailor Subamara: HP 50 - half = 25
People were spilling out at speed from the flaming second car, and thank goodness they seemed mostly okay, as far as Subamara could see through the smoke. But the third car was still sealed as a youmafied tin can, and from the outside there was no indication of the whether the occupants could reach the other car’s opening. Subamara kept up her search for a door, the weak spot to Car 3.
A black-tipped weapon pushed through where she was scrabbling, and she backed up quickly out of its path.
Another senshi arrived, young and bloodied but with an offensive attack, which was super-awesome! A sweet chocolatey scent filled air, and she breathed deep. Huge improvement over the bile-stench, especially when it combined with her own magical residue. Mmm, mocha. She could really use a mocha.
“Windows, yes! Good idea!” she agreed, repositioning herself to grab at the window-membrane where the chocolate bombs had hit, trying to drag it down and away. She put her full weight into it, bracing her heels on the platform.
“Please don’t stab us, we’re trying to get you out~!”
The membrane crumbled into dust as she tugged, landing her on her butt. When the next hail of ballistic youma launched, she had no protection.
Kapoodles
OMG best attack! <3 (Sorry if it double-quotes you.)
Noir Songbird
For Ashanite/Car 3 Inside: I hope it's okay to assume his blade shows through to the outside? You have helpers on the platform. (Sorry if it double-quotes you.)
Between the magic of her friends (and likely many others too) the runaway train car began to slow and as it crept up the curled tracks and finally stopped Polaris' hands fell tiredly to her side. She was too exhausted to even raise her arms in defense when the tell tale whistle sounded and Polaris found herself being pelted. Falling to her knees she at least closed her eyes and mouth, taking great effort not to breath in the disgustingness she'd seen splatter the windows of the office earlier. It was bad enough on her - she really really really didn't need it in her.
Even as the assault subsided she remained sitting on the platform, buried up to her knees in sloppy youma parts. She wanted to go to the first car, to make sure Snowball was okay, but the princess was just so tired. She just needed another moment or two. It seemed like it was over for the most part, the train collapsing back into something that actually looked like a train again. She could take a few moments for relief and rest.
LP
Your princess is waiting for you, covered head to toe in youma blood, guts, and meat. biggrin Also she apologizes that everyone is hating on your name - she thinks it's lovely.
Super Sailor Juno - HP: 60 - 1/2 = 30 The first hit by the train had already left a mark on the senshi of the canopy. She'd still been recovering and trying to find some sort of weapon when the next attack came.
Though this time she braced herself for it. And let loose with a barrage of the nastiest words she could muster in her native tongue as the assault continued.
Braced she at least did not get knocked to her a** as a rain of meat came down on her, though towards the end she did slip forward, catching herself with her hands to remain in a crouched position, panting heavily.
Come the next morning she'd quite literally feel like a train hit her, nearly ever inch of her body having been pummeled at some point of the day. But there was one bright spot in this s**t storm. Job security. She was willing to bet within the next couple of weeks her and the construction crew she worked for would find themselves down here again, trying to clean up some of the mess and rebuild after the damage.
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 8:35 am
Mistral HP: 120
"Yeah, uh." Outside, the finale train car screeched to a stop. Mistral cringed away from the windows again as more gore rained against them. "Bifrost? I'm gonna have to call you back..."
From her perch on top of the control desk, Mistral scanned the office for anything the might be useful during a terrorist attack. Or, just, in event of a train disaster in general. She didn't see a fire axe - because of course there wasn't one. Hacking into the train was going to be a no-go. But there was an awful lot of fire outside, and the red canister mounted behind the door looked like it would probably be useful right about now...
Mistral hopped off the desk, slogged across the office floor, and grabbed the fire extinguisher. Then, turning, she saw the lieutenant in the doorway, looking rather like a soaked cat, if the cat were soaked in gore and viscera.
"Roger that." And with that, Amethyst was off, picking his way across the platform to get to one of the train cars to see if there was anything at all that he could do to help with getting people out of there. To him, it really didn't matter at this point who all was left in the train cars. So long as whoever in there was human and alive, he was going to help get these people out even if they were the Senshis and Knights who existed to throw a wrench in the Negaverse's plans.
As Amethyst wasn't quite expecting yet another attack from the youma train so soon, he was caught entirely by surprise when he turned at the final whistle that Deadhead gave and was promptly rewarded for his trouble with a blast that sent him crashing into one of the walls. Rendered momentarily dazed by the hit that he had taken, the Captain blinked a few times and shook his head at his own lack of situational awareness that led to his unintended separation from Leucite. Ah crap. He really couldn't wait to be out of here though he wasn't looking forward to bringing the stink back to his apartment either.
Picking himself up, he wiped at the disgusting goop that he was covered from head to toe with before making his way to the last train car that had come to a stop at a precariously odd angle. "Is anyone still in there? Hello?"
litian
Torvil
Separated from Leucite. Feel free to have Sabine hear him from within Car 1
Sirene Naiads
For Phact in Car 1
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If anyone needs help getting out of Car 1, feel free to yell back at Amethyst x3
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:18 pm
Caramelita HP: 50 / 2 = 25
There hadn't been any further orders from the Captain after Caramel had told him of her intention to search the office for a fire extinguisher and so Caramel had once again slipped her crystal communicator away into the pocket of her pants, before continuing on to the office.
In a continuing sign at just how ******** up her luck had been since the White Moon pests had started interfering with the operation, she ended up once again suffered the indignity of being bowled over by another wave of youma-barrage, having found herself stuck way, way in between pillars and with no way of being able to reach either of the two that had stood tauntingly out of reach.
With the two White Moon Royals outside and by the trainouma, Caramel had hoping that the office would be unoccupied, with the plan being to slip in and hunt around a bit to see if there was a fire extinguisher before slipping back out again - and hopefully with extinguisher to hand.
She was hoping for one with a blue, green or black stripe and preferably one with a blue stripe because she was pretty sure that the blue stripe one was supposed to be a foam extinguisher and therefore good with most types of fire.
Caramel had found herself wondering just what a youmafied train fire would be classified under when she finally managed to reach the door of the office and came to the unpleasant realisation that the office wasn't as unoccupied as she had hoped.
She limped in, trailing stuff on her feet that she really didn't want to think too hard on and stood in the doorway, dislike in her eyes as she took in the Squire and the fire extinguisher in her hands, but she managed to keep her tone pleasant as she said "I don't suppose that you know whether there's a second one of those in here, or alternatively you could - you know just hand that one over."
Because she had gone through a lot of effort just to find an extinguisher and she didn't plan to head back without one.
The train came screeching down the tunnel, youma bits bleeding behind it as it raced towards the remaining cars and the people still inside of them. Waiting for Xenotime to lend her strength, she caught the senshi doing some sort of magic to the tracks and before she could react, they caught the train and pulled it to a halt.
Cinnabar dropped the bench into the muck as it began to disintegrate, striding forward towards the doors. There were officers inside of it that needed out now that the monster had been stopped, but in one last convulsive strike towards its enemies, the train brust apart, pieces flying everywhere. It was impossible to dodge so close and a good chuck hit the half-youma straight on, knocking her painfully back. Cin hissed as she batted it away, aching where she'd turned her shoulder into it to block the blow. She clutched her arm as she closed the last few feet to join a blonde Captain by the doorway.
"Help me pull this open." The general snapped as she swung out and buried her claws into the gap where the doors met. Hauling back, she pulled hard, muscle standing out in her arms as metal protested and began to scrape backwards on its warped tracks.
"Officers, sound off!" She called into the opening, searching for any of their people inside. If she could just get a good view inside the train car, removing those inside would be a simple matter.
baby_gwing
Sleet Tempest Snape
Valeria
Verithe
Ywain
frayedflower
Amphitrite
Strickenized
Ochre
a-disgruntled-dragon
Bifrost
Whimsical Blue
Eros
Sirene Naiads
Phact
Torvil
Sabine
Kaefaux
Metis
LP
Snowball
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 6:37 pm
Harmonia // HP: 120-1/2 = 60
Harmonia had seen what the princess was trying to achieve as the tracks inched further and further. The sound of the train barreling towards them though caused anxiety to swell up in her chest but she refrained from taking her focus off of her target. Finally it seemed that everything was coming together though as the tracks moved enough and other's contributed their magic to finally, finally bring the youma infested train to a halt.
It was all none-too-soon either as her magic let up just as the train stopped.
She really had no chance to get away before pieces of youma and whatever else hit them. The most she could do was hold her arm up as a poor shield for her face. She had thought that it couldn't have gotten worse than being slowly digested by a youma. She had been proven remarkably wrong. Pieces of gunk just dripped form her hair, skirt, bow, wherever it managed to lodge itself. It took a strong effort to keep herself from gagging but there were things that needed to be done.
With so much that had happened today it wasn't at all surprising, now that the initial rush of danger was beginning to past, that Harmonia felt a deep weariness. She looked over at the princess who was now kneeling on the ground. It was remarkable the power the royals had.
Walking over to her, Harmonia held out a hand to her to help her up. "Need a hand?" She smiled through the nasty gunk that surely made her look like a drenched sewer rat. "Now that we aren't facing life and death, I am Harmonia. Sorry if I startled you before."
She glanced over at the train as raised voices could be heard from within and outside of the train as people were being accounted for and taken out of the now deceased youma shell of a train. There were enough people over there now trying to get people out that anymore would be just troublesome.
She just hoped that her friends, Peter and Haven, had managed to get out. She hadn't seen them since the mad panic during the trains transformation.
Snowball was looking at Cinnabar when the door actually opened, though he didn't bother to say much he just hollar back himself, that it was the last stop everyone out. "I hope you don't mind, since it's a little bit of a step. . . . if we help everyone off?" He smiled softly hoping that he wouldn't actually get some sort of backlash from this woman.
He'd even help the officers off, without worrying about it. However, his head was splitting with a headache from using his forehead lazer.
When everyone was off Snowball was doubling checking and paused at the kid and his brother, "Hold on there's a kid and a few bodies we should probably get off." He said looking at Cinnabar moving to get the kid and brother off first.
Carrying the older of the two towards the door with the kid clearly attached to him still scared, Snowball was talking to him quietly as they came to the door opening, he looked at the half youma general, "This kid's brother has. . . fallen ill. . . best we leave him where the emergency crews can find both of them. He'd been looking for Polaris as he was helping others off though, to make note of where he needed to head.
Sleet Tempest Snape
Valeria
Verithe
Ywain
frayedflower
Amphitrite
Strickenized
Ochre
a-disgruntled-dragon
Bifrost
Whimsical Blue
Eros + Cinnabar - Hi there General hope you don't mind the cat assuming you'll lend a hand.
Sirene Naiads
Phact
Torvil
Sabine
Kaefaux
Metis
LP
Snowball
Iris_virus
Polaris - You're kitty will be there soon
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 6:54 pm
Umber / HP: 50
Umber lingered behind the pillar, pressed to Xenotime and no less than grateful for it as he watched high-impact chunks of meat strike the walls and disintegrate into ash. The pain itself sounded obvious; more than a few individuals cried out in a manner most unpleasant. Based on the volume of youma discharged, Umber wondered if waiting out the train proved the safest alternative, but if they did...
Then all those starseeds would go to waste.
Umber lacked ideas on how to proceed, so he attempted to radio General Brimstone. But even with communicator pressed to ear, he heard only silence - if the man still remained at his remote post, he was either indisposed or reticent to respond. It wouldn't surprise Umber, considering that the entirety of this youma incident went unconsidered by the general. Umber himself didn't see it coming, either - but as a captain, he wagered that he received more leeway from lack of foresight than an established general like Brimstone.
The sound of the whistling screech drew his attention, and Umber peeked around the pillar to find the two cars of the train shuffling to a halt. The ash that fell away in chunks concerned him. However, he did not have long to pause before the remaining car raced around to strike the pair, and a combination of senshi magic pulled the last of the youma conglomeration to a halt without great incident to the passengers. It looked like their officers would be safe, and the starseeds gathered still in hand. If anyone lingered now, it would only be for the worse. Even their enemy looked exhausted, and while there was fortune in attacking them now, reorganizing forces into a retreat likely proved the better option here.
"Xenotime, will you place a call to retreat? I'll help the officers in the cars." Her general's status afforded more respect and demand than his own, and the captain slipped out from behind the pillar to receive, in part, the blast of chunks that the youma train fired off in retaliation. It knocked the captain on his a** from force of impact alone. After wiping the blood and dust from his face, he steeled himself in spite of the pain and forced himself to his feet unsteadily. A moment's collection kept him upright, and he started toward the train cars.
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Umber's moving to assist officers in/around the train cars, quote if you are in the area and want an out!
Beejoux
whoops accidentally ate the floor
Noir Songbird
Strickenized
Garbage Cat
Offline
Beejoux
Wrathful Demigod
Offline
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 7:52 pm
The general had kept a hand on Umber's stomach for a long moment after she'd ported him and Elsa to safety, even after the Dark mirror had left their side to continue the attack. Call her cautious, but she hadn't trusted that the one high velocity attack was the last. When it seemed as if the projectile youma bits had ceased she let her hand lower, leaning around the pillar to eye the damage to the train cars. Well, what was left of them. "Jesus." If she hadn't seen the people stumbling out of the wreckage, she'd have assumed the worst.
Umber's request had her glancing back up at him, and she gave a curt nod, reaching for her crystal as he slipped out from behind the pillar, only to have a large chunk of something heavy blast off the train and strick him hard enough to make his stagger.
Apparently she'd been right to be cautious, not that it did any good now.
She winced, bringing the crystal up so she could speak into it as she moved out onto the platform towards the captain, voice loud, clear, and commanding. "This is general Xenotime to all agents within the subway. Fall back. I repeat, Fall back!" She was pocketing the crystal as she reached Umber to lay a steadying hand on his back. "Done, let's go." Fingertips gave a small nudge towards the train. There were injured officers to attend to.
Xe made her way to Cinnabar as the other general called into the car for their allies, waiting and listening. Ready to jump in to help as needed.
