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Sailor Uranus Outer Senshi Admin Roleplay Director
Title : Oh, you mean you DON'T have an Elephabulous? Shame. Posts : 13368 Join date : 2011-09-15 Age : 35 Location : NE Texas
| Subject: [HC Event] Conviction 28th September 2016, 5:12 pm | |
| - Event Rules and Information:
- Hardcore Events wrote:
- Hardcore Events
Hardcore events are a sampling of all the Roleplaying Section has to offer: profile approvals, live-chat sessions, dungeon crawler game elements, and a one-month time limit to complete the story or get a bad ending.
- Duration:
One month exactly, unless a problem arises with the host, in which case the event will be extended for the number of days the host was absent. If the storyline is not resolved within a month's time, the mission fails.
- General Rules:
All roleplay rules and gc rules apply Activity Rule: Participants are required to post within 24-48 hours or will be removed from the event (their characters will either be lost or replaced). Random Events may be introduced into the story if all players are active within the OOC chat or on the boards; Random Events are storyline plot events in which players will have a limited time to respond before consequences are enacted; each will come with a caveat in that if you cannot respond within the given time-frame, you may request another player's character take your character with them (if movement is required). Consistency Rule: All players are held to the understanding that they will pay attention to the story flow, taking note of roleplay elements (situational - who's talking to who, where people are located, etc) and event elements (their HP, MP, the placement of others on the map, etc.). If a player derails the event with inconsistencies, consequences will occur.
- Requirements:
Character Profile - Participants are required to have their character's profile submitted and approved before the event begins. *Advanced Hardcore Events require advanced character profiles. Word Requirement - Advanced Hardcore Events require minimum 100-word posts.
- Additional Elements:
Real Time RP - some Hardcore Events will have real-time rp sessions to start, end, or move the story along. Participants are required to have a skype account for these live-chat events if they don't want their character NPC'd through those instances. Dungeon Crawler - some Hardcore Events will have dungeon-crawler game elements to them, wherein players will need to distribute attribute points to reflect their characters strengths, weaknesses, and special abilities, and will need to prescribe MP requirements to attacks. During these events, they will be at the mercy of random number generators (digital Dungeons and Dragons style die) for attacks and defense rolls to minimize godmodding and/or powerplaying. Certain Events officially happen within the Galaxy Cauldron's Crystal Tokyo Timeline and so can be added to character's histories, instead of just their Storyline Information sections. Participating in these events, whether playing an original character or a canon character, can have consequences within this timeline we're creating together - characters can become famous, can make enemies and allies, and can, through storyline events, grow and develop as characters and let that development follow them through the overarching plot. The current Otaku-inclusive event train is as follows:
The Collector -> Decay -> Return to Zenar -> Remnants -> Andromeda Spire -> Leviathan Core -> Fields of Enyalius -> Light in DarknessNote, therefore, that choices have consequences in these games. Characters can die in these events if their HP goes less than 0 (in some circumstances), and therefore will not be allowed back into the chain after that event, and players who set stories in their character's 'future' may stipulate that a 'dead' character not participate because in their character's canon, that character is dead. This does not happen often. - On Character Knock-Out:
How to be Knocked-Out in an HC Event: -Be attacked for more damage than you have health for any HP level higher than 3 HP. See below for 3 HP or less. --Additional: if your character is knocked out, they lose their transformation. It takes 5 MP to transform again. -Note: There are items in the Fate Exchange (the Crone's Blessing; the Crone's Nod) that can be used (either instantly or after battle) by the character or another party member to revive a character from being Knocked Out; otherwise characters will be relying on the Revive magical ability from another ally. -Time IRL will not revive a KO character. The only time a KO character will be revived with waiting would be if over 6 hours of in-game time has passed or it is the end of the Event and the Crone is involved. --I do not intend to change the time rule so long as player characters have the ability to reverse KO for a cost, as it brings another level of character interaction into play; the option to revive or not to revive (yeah, it is their character playing god) is an interesting consideration for character development, as are the consequences that are the reactions of other characters involved – not only the unconscious person, but other team members. The potential bonding or conflict caused by such decisions is welcome in an otherwise primarily characters-versus-environment setting.
- On Character Death:
How to die in an HC Event: -Be attacked when you have less than 3 HP for greater than 3 points of damage. If you had 4 or more HP and were struck by an attack for 5+ DMG, you will be reduced to zero and knocked out; If you have 3 or less HP and are struck by an attack of 4+, your character can die. If you are KO and are struck with an additional attack, your character can die. --Additional: if your character is knocked out, they lose their transformation. It takes 5 MP to transform again. -Note: There is an item in the Fate Exchange for 100 points (the Crone's Stamp) that, when faced with the death-dealing blow, will teleport your character back to their home planet at the very last second, sparing them from death but ejecting them from the event.
What happens when your character dies in an HC Event: When killed in the KO state, characters will die immediately if attacked while knocked out. If they have under 3 HP when attacked and killed, they can post a death post as their character is conscious and can react to their own death.
In the event of a character death in a HC event, the character cannot be involved in any future HC Event because in this timeline, they are dead. Similarly, if other characters who adhere to this universe set a roleplay after that HC event, time-wise, they can stipulate that 'dead' characters do not play as they have accepted that character's death into their history. This isn't a set-in-stone, no-exceptions rule that must be followed - it is optional for the storyline creator, but players of dead characters should not take offense to that character being excluded as the death was adopted into other characters' storylines and players are expected to adhere to character profile information in all non-AU storylines.
Why include Character Death as an option in Hardcore Events? Character death is never a near certainty unless a character actively puts themselves into that situation. It either takes a lot of terrible choices or a lot of bad luck for a character to be Knocked Out, let alone die, as the characters are to be functioning as a team and, if relationships are fostered, willing to protect each other and help each other out.
The chance of dying stresses the need of teamwork within the group, of forging relationship with between characters who would rush to a character’s aide or leap forward to protect them when put in a position wherein death is possible; as death would not come suddenly (though being knocked unconscious may), there will always be a possibility for a character’s friend or ally to step forward to save them before it's too late. As to why a player would risk a character they have put much time and effort into in a game wherein their character would die, I would return why not? No risk, no reward – no guts, no glory. With the statement above about how hard it actually is to get KO’d (let alone die), putting that on the table just ups the anti during battle sequences. And beyond that, what is the risk? If a player would rather not have their character play in these events where the character could die and the consequence would be that that character could no longer play in those events, you’re already “killing” your character without letting them go out with a bang or affect the lives of their teammates in their passing – they would simply fade away from the story, as opposed to living and fighting alongside them, making friends and deepening relationships, perhaps to eventually die dramatically and be remembered by these characters for events to come. If you’re going to go out, go out with a bang, rather than a whimper.
Specifics for the Concatenation HC Event Series:
- These events will be considered primarily Advanced*****. This is different from usual - pay attention. You should strive to follow the 100-word post count requirements of an Advanced board (attempting proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation are necessary), and your character profile needs to be approved as Advanced for this event. Players may ignore the 100-word post rule only during battle sequences, to keep the battle flowing quickly in regards to play time. When tallying posts during this event, your post will be counted as either relaxed or advanced based on word count, rather than on profile category. As profiles are required, posts are tallied in the full fashion, rather than the usual 1/2 count for non-profile-required events.
- This Event is Roleplay Section Multifaceted: There will be elements from all sections of our roleplay boards within it; it will last for exactly one month (Event), requires a profile approval (Profiles), posts can be counted towards the month's challenge or contest (Challege), and will involve Dungeon Crawler Elements (Games) as well as live-events over Skype (Live-Chat RPs). More on the Game elements later. Being such, participating actively in this event can really pull in the RP points ^^
- An Activity Rule is in effect. By signing up below, you agree to follow all GC and RP Rules alongside the following activity rule: At least one post is required every 48 hours. Failure to post at least once within those 48 hours will result in your character disappearing mysteriously, to be recovered by the remaining heroes at the end of the roleplay. (They won't die, but I won't let their unresponsiveness slow down the game). If you have an unexpected (but announced) LOA during this event that lasts less than 3 days, your character will be carried with the team. If the LOA lasts more than 3 days, the normal disappearance protocol will go into effect. Additional Note: characters have up to 48 hours to reply to a post directed to them; if a player is taking a while to respond, their character is not to be negatively affected - no powerplaying will be allowed, and this includes having a character remark or notice that the other has not responded, as that manipulates a character's personality traits (refusing to recognize someone is a negative quality and only that character's player may determine how long they took to respond to a question).
- Random Events may occur.
- Skype use is highly recommended. For the game elements in this roleplay, a quick question/answer method is best and Skype is the preferred chat system. Skype is free and doesn't require personal information to use. Once the event gets underway I create a Skype group to be used as the OOC thread for the event; add me to your contacts with your GC name and I'll add you to the group. There will be a forum-based OOC board for this event (once sign-ups are closed, this board becomes the OOC), so while it is highly recommended, if you are uncomfortable with using skype information will still be handed out through this board if necessary. My skype username is Kyralih
Dungeon Crawler Game Notes
- The dungeon crawler aspects of the game are all over the place! That means we'll be using maps, as well as HP and MP counters, as well as Strength, Dexterity, Mind, and Perception skill points! See this for an Example (don't worry, lol, everything on page two and three of that document was all at the end of the game
Characters who have already made and used their profiles in past events may make small edits in their point distribution (remember to add the events you played in to your character profile to unlock more character building points!) and any changes to magic skill costs as necessary; skype me to make changes! * irrelevant for this event.
- New players (ilu come play!) will need to build their character from scratch; we'll start the process together when you sign up with your approved profile! Skype me!
- Big Game Rule: You will be held to your accepted profile. If you use any item during the game that was not listed in your profile, I'm throwing a red flag and having you rework that post. Do not "find" anything I have not told you (over skype or PM) that you have found. Stuff's important in here, and I'm keeping a tight reign on it XD. Battle wounds and such will be decided by roll via me, so no fake wounds or overdramatizing attacks and whatnot. Attacks will follow the same rule - I roll for everything. Everything. Using random rolls makes Godmodding and Powerplaying nearly impossible, so that's why I do it the way I do ^^
- Rules for items purchased at The Fate Exchange will follow the rules outlined in that OSA-P Store.
- Game Mechanics:
Stat Check Perception Checks are randomly rolled via a d12; if a character's perception meets or exceeds the roll, they succeed in noticing the hidden detail / able to see the connections and logically solve a tricky problem.
Dexterity Checks are based on Stat Points; if person A has more than double the dexterity of person B, person A automatically hits person B. If person A has less than half the dexterity of person B, person A will automatically miss person B. Persons A / B can be a PC or an NPC/Enemy.
Strength Checks are based on Stat Points and come up randomly in storylines; primary use is in carrying other senshi. It has decreased since the first event from STR 3+ to carry a person to STR 2+ to carry a person. It may be used in the future during scripted physical attacks/stalemates between combatants.
Attacking Magical Attack: Deduct MP cost from Character Stats, whether hit or miss. Roll: Hit or Miss. Roll 4+ for a hit, 3- is a miss. Sneak Attack: Perception Check; if passes, additional points of damage / additional status effect enacted. Crowded Areas: If a character misses their target and other targets are in the vicinity of intended target, a roll will be made for the other targets to see if they, instead, were hit. Roll order determined by position closest to target.
Damage - Physical Attack Roll: base roll, d6 Bonuses: --Weapon Bonus: +X for using a specific weapon, X determined in Weapon box of character creation. --Strength Bonus: +STR
Damage - Magical Attack - Costs MP, regardless of whether it hits or misses Roll: base roll, d6 Bonuses: --Magic Bonus: +(1/2 MP Cost) for using a specific magical attack and hitting the target --Control Bonus: +CTRL
Healing - Magical - Costs MP, regardless of whether it hits or misses Roll: base roll, d6 Bonuses: --Magic Bonus: +(1/2 MP Cost) for using a healing spell and hitting the target --Control Bonus: +CTRL
Multi-Target Magic Attack/Healing Calculate Damage/Healing Split the damage/healing evenly for the number of targets attempted Roll for whether it hits each target If miss, that damage/healing is just lost, not transferred.
Shielding - Magical Shield Outlined on Character Sheet
Armor Bonuses: --Armor Bonus: -Y based on armor; senshi base armor is 3 for both physical and magical attacks aimed at them.
Damage - Ultimate Magical Attack Amount of MP thrown into ultimate attack is chosen by the attacker; they can throw all of their remaining MP into it to create a harder-hitting attack. Roll 2+ for a hit Magical Attack as standard
- Specifics for This Event:
Background Information As other HC Events, this series will take place in the Galaxy Cauldron Crystal Tokyo "Canon", which means it can be added to Otaku Character Profiles as an official part of their history. That being said:
- The timeline is several hundred years after Crystal Tokyo was formed. Chibi Usa is now known as "Lady Serenity" (or Young Lady) and has taken on the mantle of Sailor Moon, and the Quartet have awakened as her guardian Senshi. Earth is open to visiting senshi from other systems; once they arrive they go through a little ceremony that walks them through the do's and don't's of staying on Earth and such. But none of this matters as far as our Story goes.
- Time-wise, this event happens during the HC Event Remnants. Within that event, the characters that were being played experienced a 1 - 2 day adventure and later found out that it was actually 5 months in the time of the rest of the Galaxy. During that time, Chaos advanced and started a Sailor War, wherein the entire galaxy was simultaneously attacked by Chaotic forces. Tens of Thousands of planets were attacked all at once by generals of the Chaos Prince's army, backed by creatures and shadows of chaos that furthered their schemes. In terms of strength, think the "generals" rather than the head-honcho in the Sailor Moon arcs ((i.e., the Shitennou, or Black Moon Clan, or Witches 5, as opposed to Metallia, Death Phantom, or Pharaoh 90)); however, a simultaneous attack by these enemies was alarming and many inexperienced senshi died, creating an immediate imbalance in the universe between Cosmos (not the senshi, but the general force of nature) and Chaos.
This event will take place during those 5 months. Subsequent events in this series will continue in a timeline parallel to the original event line; consequences of that first event line will continue to affect these events, but not vice versa as their story took them in a grander direction than this. what with their personally pissing off the Chaos Prince by a) being the Solar System Senshi and b) having the gall to his well-thought-out trap on the Remnants planet. Please note that, this being the case, any death in this series of HC events will be permanent until the end of the events when Achelois makes her deal and revives them all. So you could totally die but don't be too bummed because they'll pop back up at the end of these. Or near the end of these. Depending on how the timelines jive.
- The setting is far away from Crystal Tokyo, in an area of the Galaxy that is well out of Neo Queen Serenity's influence. And here is where we get a little complicated so hold on to your hat and mark you questions if you have any.
Miscellaneous Lore that your character (and you) don't need to know but I felt should be explained. The picture shows the rough mapping of each "Mother's" Realm of Influence - that is, each Sailor Senshi of Sailor Moon's caliber who ascended the throne to become Queen and has given birth to a daughter whom will someday become a senshi in her own right. Each has her own court of Senshi who can donate their power to her, each is considered the Shining Star of their sections. There are other Sailor Princesses within her region (Sailor Senshi of systems wherein there are multiple senshi who can donate their power to her), but of them, she is the most powerful and so takes the most responsibility for the overall safety of her sector. During the current Sailor War, each Queen is protected in her Palace, and so long as she prays for peace and her Sailor Crystal shines in response (yup, each have a Silver Crystal-esque type crystal, but Usagi's is the most pure and powerful of them all)(thus her area being largest) the pressure of chaos pressing in on her borders is held back. Without her constant attention, her answering force to that of darkness, the chaos agents within her borders would become ever stronger. The opposite of this is what happened with Enyalius - when she was tainted by Chaos, she was reborn as a Princess of Chaos, and thus able to press back against Cosmos. As her pressure was so unexpected, it caught the Queens of Cosmos off guard and off balance, and it was for that reason that the scales tipped so dangerously in Chaos's favor. On the map you'll see a few arrows - you just need to note that the Pink Circle designates the area of space under NQS's influence - that is to say, it is not her Kingdom, but it shows how far her reach is when she uses the Silver Crystal to its full extent to press Chaos back during the War. You'll note the few arrows in there to mark where the planets the HC Events have gone ((except for Remnants - I forgot to mark that planet, woops)). Other circles show the really rough sketching of the other Queen's sections - note that they're all definitely smaller than NQS's because she is the brightest star in the galaxy and strongest of them all, but still, these Queens are HBIC of their own area. Our story takes place within the Red Circle. The Red Arrow points to the court of the Queen of that sector; the yellow arrow points to where our story will take place. Note: The red circle is rather large, and is rather far away from NQS's circle. Additional Note: The little planet this will take place on is very much near the border of that sector - in the "sticks". - Quote :
- First Note About Characters for This Event:
No Canon Characters allowed. No Otaku from NQS's Region are allowed. No Otaku from any Region but Red is allowed. Within the Red region, planets closer to the yellow arrow will be assumed as home planets for these senshi No Otaku with any connections to NQS's Region is allowed.
"Sailor Moon who?" "Neo Queen huh?" "Crystal What?" is exactly what we're going for here, not that those terms will even come up at all in these. Our first story in this series is called "Conscription."Which, as the name suggests, means that your character does not really have a choice in joining this adventure. The Red Sector is ruled over by Queen Zhi, who is new to her throne, and her Guardian Senshi have been badly shaken by the sudden onslaught of Chaos Agents all over their region. Calmed by Sailor Jupiter ((yes, communications go that far, go with it XD)) they get their plan together and start contacting every senshi within their region to organize the defense and war now at hand. They put out the call for volunteers, but they find themselves overwhelmed at an alarming rate; they soon had little choice in the matter and had to start conscripting senshi into service. The strongest are sent to the more populated regions, where these Guardian Senshi believe they will most be needed to combat the strongest of foes before the most damage was dealt, but as times grew worse, they had to start picking even the outliers and pulling them into the war. *Note; Chaos primarily targeted NQS's region to dethrone her first, so while the Chaos War reached this far, it is not so nearly as bad here as there. However, with senshi being defeated left and right, Chaos's hold is growing fast. In this conscription, not even the least experienced Senshi were spared. - Quote :
- Second Note about Characters for this Event:
Powerful/Older Senshi need not apply. If you had any battle experience they would've sent you to the front lines, not where our story is taking place.
In regards to experience: 14 - 22 years old 3 or less years Senshi experience since transformation 1 or less exposure to Metallia-level Chaos Entities 1 - 2 Attacks total (based on experience, that's totally reasonable; think season one senshi, with their standard go-to's. Your character can add more attacks to their repertoire as they level up! You can include these level-up attacks in your profile, but please list their original attacks first. You can also choose a level for the others to kick in at, if you'd like, or we can discuss that together; typically, attacks can be added at level 3, 5, 8, and/or 10. Sailor [Noun]. Please choose a senshi name that denotes your senshi's physical planet or star power base, rather than an abstract idea. Also, please select a noun, rather than an adjective. The goal here is to create a team that would parallel Sailor Moon's team in the first arc ((but not with necessarily the same stuff - I'm clear as mud, I know)) Just like - senshi who draw their power from a planet (or star) and whose magical attacks/abilities reflect some single(or double like with Venus) alignment with an element or some other type of force.
I'm aiming for a party of equals. What about males? Males totally allowed, but they need to have a Sailor Crystal. Think Prince Endymion, or like Mamoru with a Tuxedo-Mask like alter-ego. Rather than full-on senshi abilities, as Naoko said guys can't be senshi, consider instead passive abilities or abilities that require an item to work. Example, Mamoru's healing abilities stem from the Golden Crystal and he has the pure-energy attack "La Smoking Bomber"; your male character's abilities may be elemental in nature, and can manifest when using a certain item or phrase. Please note that, just like with Tuxedo Mask, their offensive magical abilities may be requested to be lower than senshi abilities ((i.e. I may request a lower CTRL stat)). ((but, like, a bow and arrow that he could charge with wind energy? Totes cool and also totes cool. This is what your character would know:If they are from a "developed" planet, one where space-travel is the norm, they would have heard of the Sailor War. How they feel about it is up to you/their personality. If they are from a "non-developed" planet, where space-travel has not been created yet and there hasn't been exposure to alien races, they would not have heard of this Sailor War until conscripted. Your planet has not been hit by Chaos during this War. When making your character history, feel free to flesh out their homeworld as much as you can, or, if you're not comfortable with that, simple generalities would suffice. Other standard history req's apply. Remember: Sailor Senshi costumes do not all need to follow the Solar Sailor Senshi's design. So long as it's got a Sailor Collar on it, it can be a Sailor Senshi uniform. XD I'm not saying I won't allow the standard uniform or anything, just reminding that variety is totally welcome. For your RP Sample:Set the scene for being Conscripted. Generally, the events of being conscripted go as follows: - A powerful senshi (a Guardian Senshi for the "red" court) lands on your character's planet literally right in front of your senshi ((they honed in on your Sailor Crystal's signature)), state that by Order of Queen Zhi, you are hereby Conscripted, and will be serving in the Chaos War in defense of planets within Chaos's thrall. You are given very little time to prepare, and then transform and follow this Senshi into space - probably flying for the first time ever. The character that will collect you is named Sailor Jin. Her uniform is yellow with orange embroidery work and hemming, and resembles a knee-length cheongsam with a sailor collar overtop the higher neckline of the dress. She has black hair pinned in an up-do and has golden-colored eyes and eye-makeup. She wears slippers that stay tight to her feet; she does not have gloves, but rather has orange ribbons tied around her wrists. When the RP begins, these new, young, conscripted senshi from various planets will be assembled onto one planet, told to clear it, and then promptly abandoned to their duty. They may or may not get a visit by the Crone. *Note! For these events, the Crone Stamp will not be purchasable as you are already guaranteed your character is not dead-for-good. - Disclaimer wrote:
- Oookay, so only through talking with Mercury on skype did I realize I need to add a giant disclaimer to this event.
It'll be neat for them to discover it themselves! It all makes sense within the confines of the story! ._. oh yeah wait they should probably know that
Disclaimer: Concatenation is an HC Event series consisting of 4 month-long events to take place during August (Conscription), October(???), January(you think i'd release their titles?), and March(nope).
- Signing up for this event actually signs you up for the next four, or until your character dies. You don't have to participate in them - dropping out would just kill your character (until event 4).
- Not signing up for this event may preclude you from the next four events.
- If your character dies during any of the next four events, they will be brought back during the 4th event, but they (and, by extension, you, the player) will not be able to play in any events between the time of their death and their resurrection in the 4th event, even should you (the player) create another character to play with.
This is not the same situation as in NQS's Territory. As written above, Zhi's court is not nearly as experienced or organized as NQS's court I mean they don't have Mercury and Endymion to create their communication system, or Jupiter's experience to know how to run the show, or NQS's steadfast belief in that everything will be okay - they are in stage 5 freak-out right now, and they are suffering for it. They're not being hit nearly as hard as NQS's territory, but their territory is smaller, and thus has less senshi within it that could volunteer, let alone that would or did volunteer. Less Chaos is having a greater effect there as they scramble to keep it away and keep their Queen safe.
As stated, things are drawn so thin that they've resorted to conscripting senshi to send them off to war on planets those senshi haven't even heard of, whether they know how to fight Chaos or not. The experienced ones are being sent on riskier, higher-stakes missions and expecting them to not only make it out alive, but also to succeed and report to be sent on the next risky high-stakes mission; with the less-experienced senshi (like ours), they're tossing them into a group based generally on the stellar neighbourhood and leaving them on a planet to clear it of chaos, wherein they will either succeed, die trying, or abandon their mission and be hunted down for abandoning their mission. Yes, they would take the resources to find deserters over sending those resources to cleanse the next planet - they're panicking. They're new, they're desperate and confused and terribly afraid that if they can't do this, if they can't keep Chaos at bay and senshi following their orders, their best friend will die because of it. If one group abandons duty and gets away scott-free, they all might do it and then Xhi is dead, and the rest of her sector with her.
So annywayyy, what that means for our group is that if one person dies, there literally is no one available to take her spot, so they move on with a lesser number and keep trying.
As it stands, I'm really trying to keep deaths out of this first one. Everyone should survive Conscription, barring catastrophic accidents, so really this only primarily concerns Event 3 for characters that die in event 2, and the first half of Event 4, for those that didn't survive 3 or 2.
But tadaa disclaimer done! If you would like to back out, that's totally fine. Otherwise keep those profiles going xD
Additional Note: I've got a secret Sailor Princess plan in the works, so we can actually do combined attacks and etc. to beat big baddies this time around and potentially level up in groups and stuff; our characters will not automatically be included in this "group" as they probably won't naturally be from the same system, but I wanted to throw that out there as something to keep in mind excite hypeAdditional additional note: Some may be worried about needing a healer senshi on board and may feel like they have to 'take one for the team' and take that healer role now that Achelois and wonderful-backup Sedna aren't there to heal people. Just wanted to say that I've got a healer for this one so play the role you want to play. If you honestly want to play a healer, go ahead xD If you honestly want to play a defender, go ahead, and if you want to play a tiny little potential-badass-in-the-making, do it. XD These people don't get to pick their teammates, so it's totally okay if we end up with an imbalance xD Remember!
- Pay attention to the story - read every post so you don't miss anything. Major Plot Points will be delivered through me - I will announce, for example, when we find objects/people, and what things look like. I will arrange for the baddies to be fought, and I'll handle the combat system (everyone chooses their own attacks and everything, I just roll to see if those attacks hit, and see how effective those attacks are against the bad guys, and rolling a die to see how much damage they do. Needless to say: If your don't pay attention to the story, your character's reactions / ideas / etc. may be out of place, and will be treated as such by other characters. Read Carefully.
- Post at least once every 48 hours - Failure to post at least once within those 48 hours will result in your character disappearing mysteriously, to be recovered by the remaining heroes at the end of the roleplay. (They won't die, but I won't let their unresponsiveness slow down the game). If you have an unexpected (but announced) LOA during this event that lasts less than 3 days, your character will be carried with the team. If the LOA lasts more than 3 days, the normal disappearance protocol will go into effect.
- Watch out for Random Events - if the majority of players are active in the Discord Channel I may spring Random Events on players; these will always be announced in the Discord conversation, where it will be open for questions/comments/concerns, and will always come with caveats for those who cannot actively post on the board within the time period allotted. Instructions need be followed, else consequences wordlessly accepted for not following the specific directions.
- This is an Advanced Event! All posts outside battle are required to be 100 words or more!
And, finally, while bringing in side-storylines is okay, this roleplay's main story will end on October 31st, win, lose, or draw. I suggest keeping noses to the grindstone and keep moving forward to make it to the ending battle before it's too late!Event Begins October 1st! If you have any questions about this event (any part, anything) ask it here or in our Discord OOC Chat (tag me if it's a question specifically for me (or discord direct message me) so it won't be lost in the mess!) and I'll respond as quickly as possible. Players and Characters:
- Sailor Hemera - Sailor Mercury
- Sailor Alshain - Anait Zelleire
- Amarachius Sworn - Eternal Knight
- Sailor Aegle - Sailor Uranus
Sailor Celestal - Addelyn
- Sailor Cosima - Sailor Mars
- Sailor Chalybs - JupiterThunderCrash
- Sailor Nyx - Light
- Sailor Xtal-Diamante - Aurae
- Sailor Bastet - Brit-chan
- Sailor Aldrin - Sailor CJ
- Sailor Valdis - Sailor Saturn
Reply below to denote you are here and available to play your character this month! Not responding by the end of the day October 3rd will result in your character's dismissal from this series of events! Status Sheet Weapon/Magic/Item Sheet Map
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| - The Final Battle, part 1:
The creature bore down on them, racing towards them, it's unnaturally quick body galloping on two leg-like trunks whose roots tore the ground every time it landed, churning up the earth beneath its enormous bulk. From its midsection glowed a blue light, as did a disjointed outcropping. It screamed something terrible from this second hump as it raced towards them, but its cry was met with one of their own! Sailor Aldrin's attack whisked by, missing the incredibly fast creature; as did Nyx's Moonlight Lullaby, the icy shards hitting trees behind it, but Sailor Valdis, thinking fast, pulled together a mess of vines that surrounded one of its gigantic feet and held it fast to the ground, binding the creature before it could crush them beneath its great weight! - DM wrote:
- It screamed yet again, and blue glowed in its great heart before shooting forth in a great arc, and striking Sailor Alshain in the chest!
Sailor Alshain falls off the log and into the rocky waterfall!
Sailor Xtal-Diamante saw the ruckus below and looked for a quick route down towards the others.
Valdis wanted to grin at her success - the leg was being held in place, which meant just one less thing they all had to worry about - but she couldn't spare the energy. She knew her grip on the great limb was tenuous at best, and she needed to continue concentrating to keep her vines in place. She hoped that the others would be able to figure out something to do against the rest of it.
The pathway looked treacherous and slippery. She wanted to join them, but maybe there was something Xtal-Diamante could do from where she currently stood overlooking the group. Her comrades below... Her eyes darted from one to another, trying to determine who to focus her attention on.
Still locked up in fear, Sailor Chalybs watched as their first volley of attacks missed the huge target bearing down on them, and then vines sprung up and tied it down by one thick wooden leg, and it was halted. SAM released her breath slowly, and then squeaked again as it glowed a strange blue and fired a wave of energy. Sailor Alshain fell down to the waterfall's bottom, struck by the beam. But she wasn't dead...right? SAM swallowed hard and took a few steps farther onto the log. "Chalybs Beam!" ((3 MP)) Her Star-Cannon hummed as energy built up, and then she fired a burst of it at the tree's head lump.
Sailor Bastet stared in shock at the creature as it bounded towards them. Her friends attacked swifter than her and Hadley managed to entangle it with her vines. Bas made a quick whack on her head to remind her to act. Ari transforms into her cat form ((6 MP))
It was so quick! Crysdal had barely turned to see the great thing come crashing towards them before her teammates had rushed into action, throwing magical attacks at a distance; her eyes grew larger in fear as the attacks missed, until suddenly it stopped it's approach, vines leaping from the ground to bind it, but as it stopped its forward momentum a flash of blue light tore from its midsection, aiming towards them. Her stomach lurching, she looked up, just in time to see her friend falling off the outcropping, into the rocky waterfall below. "Elysande!" she screamed, forgetting the notion that they should stick to their pairs as her black-haired friend disappeared into the mist formed by the falls, and immediately ran over to her, barely careful of her own footing as she reached around where Elysande fell to search for her.
Some of the others had been quick to attack the large tree-like creature while others simply managed to fall in the water. Currently, she was standing on a large rock overlooking the waterfall and while she could've jumped down to join the others she wasn't sure if she could make the landing safely so she turned around to try and look for a safer way down.
- Battle wrote:
- [Bastet will be in Cat Form for 2 turns; DEX increased to 6]
[Chalybs's attack misses the target!]
As Sailor Aegle fled towards the fallen one, leaving the group near the tree-beast an even smaller number, Sailor Xtal-Diamante took a deep breath and started down, trying to be mindful of the rocks. She would observe them again when she could. She felt fairly certain that the correct course would be to use her powers on someone... but right now, determining who was too distracting.
It was huge. His sword was shining like crazy, but he was fairly certain nobody needed to be told this was their foe. It made him wonder about why his sword wouldn't lit up much before, but having a giant tree rushing in their direction fairly made that thought short. He tried to take a moment to think. What could he do really? The tree attacked and Alshain fell down the waterfall. Crysdal went for her. He could try and chop this tree into pieces of wood... but what good would it make? "Stay as much out of reach as possible, hide if you must and those who can attack from afar, don't get close for no reason." It might be useless, but at least... well it was said. He looked at the tree and sent caution out the metaphorical window. Crysdal was far from the tree, the other healer was up on the waterfall... so he sprinted to the tree, trying not to come directly face to it, running to the left toward Leg 1.
Hadley didn't want to ruin her own concentration by looking at the other - or by worrying about the others - but she couldn't help but to glance around and take in the situation. Alshain... she had been hit but Hadley couldn't see her anymore. The others seemed to be executing their own plans, but she didn't allow that curiosity and worry to take over for too long. She had to keep this leg in place, and so she continued to concentrate on keeping the vines in place around Tree Leg 1 ((3MP)), even as she wished she had enough power to do the same to all of the limbs attacking her friends.
Bastet felt her body shapeshift into her giant cat form. The transformation still felt strange but she was adjusting to the overflow of power. Transformation done, she roared as her wild fight instincts took charge. Seeing the leg bound by Hadley's attack, Bastet charges the tree creatures LEG 1 and attempts to bite it.
- Battle wrote:
- [Aegle finds Alshain]
Crysdal finds cloth against warm skin, and forcefully pulls with all of her might in an attempt to dislodge Sailor Alshain, but she was too weak to do so. With a cry of frustration, she grabbed her friend's wrist, wedged her boot between two rocks, and pulled with all of her might, but her friend's body barely budged. "Help!" she cried, "I can't --" She groaned with the effort, her breathing quicker as panic mounted, the falling water rushing over her own arms and head. "Help me, please! She'll drown!"
She heard the cries from the blonde one having reached her friend's body and diverted her path slightly, trying to reach them.
- Battle wrote:
- [Bastet attempts to bite LEG1 - Auto-hit - Bound;
Damage dealt: 5+0=5]
Carefully, Cosima made her way down the slippery slope as fast as she could. Being further down, she could truly see how terrifying the creature was and silently prayed to herself before pulling out Starshatter. Lifting the whip up high with her right arm, she began to swing it in the air as hard as she could before hitting Leg 1 " We should try to bring the legs down quickly so we can aim at its core."
- Battle wrote:
- [ Cosima attacks with Starshatter - Auto-hit - Bound;
Damage dealt: 6 + 7 + 1 = 14 points of damage]
Sailor Xtal-Diamante barely noticed the water rushing around her as she wrapped her arms around as much of Alshain's body as she could reach and attempted to dislodge her.
Gabriel saw the cat pass by him and walked toward the back of the creature so it wouldn't be able to shoot at him, or so he hoped, mindful of the creature that was Bastet. He j umped on the leg 1, trying to stab his sword through the wood. (+2 WPN)
- Battle wrote:
- [ Xtal-Diamante STR check passed; Alshain is dislodged]
[ Sworn attacks LEG1 - Auto-hit: Bound Damage: 5 + 10 + 2 = 17 points of damage]
Ari's large fangs clashed with the trees bark. She felt them sink into its leg and she shook her head to do as much damage as possible. She heard someone shout to bring down the legs and was glad that she had gone straight for this one. In the chaos around her, she had missed that Alshain had been thrown into the waterfall and heard from the distance Aegle crying for help. If she had not rushed into the attack she could have helped and her heart sunk for having missed out on helping one of their own, but if they didn't take this thing down...it wouldn't matter if onesurvivedd because this time they all could die.
Thankfully, she was able to lift the girl. In fact, she barely noticed the weight, compared to the rocks she typically carried on her homeworld. What a strange thing these creatures were, so oddly soft. Sailor Xtal-Diamante looked around for somewhere to set the prone figure. They didn't have time to stay here while the others fought.
- Battle wrote:
- [[LEG1 is bound!
The great tree shifted its enormous bulk to balance on its bound leg, and kicked outwards with its free limb! LEG2 attempts to hit Bastet! Hit! Damage: 4+8-3=9 points of damage! Head uses an Energy Beam and attempts to attack Sailor Aldrin ! It hits! Aldrin is knocked off of the precipace, falling nearly onto X-tal Diamante below! Aldrin has 1 HP remaining Heart unleashes a blue beam, which hits Sailor Nyx and throws her backwards! Nyx falls to the ground, prone!]
He looked down, seeing the cat being hit by the big leg, hesitating a bit. "Are you alright?" He called to her, seeking an edge with his free hand to be able to grip it and swing his sword to stick it in the wood higher up, well bound on climbing this tree from the back of it. He looked back down again to measure where Bastet was now. "Don't stay in the middle of its legs!" (+2 wpn)
Her blast of charged plasma fired off into the tree tops, missing its intended target by an unacceptable margin. Chalybs caught her body temperature climbing a degree in her own shame, and aimed again. She'd keep firing until she hit something. "Ferrum, load another shot," she said to her A.I., her voice dead. She had allowed herself to sink into the battle entirely. All distractive thoughts were pushed aside, and emotion was replaced by adrenaline and statistics. "Plasma is being loaded." She lined up her barrel with the tree, her mind barely registering Aegle yelling for help, or the tree firing two more times, hitting more senshi. The group was dwindling in size, and being so high up was eventually going to make her a target. She should drop to lower ground and advance. Chalybs kept her gun up as she ran to the edge of the log, and then with no hesitation at all, jumped off it, aiming for the riverbed below. She tried to hit the ground in a roll to lessen the impact, and then lined up her Star Cannon and used Chalybs Beam on Leg 1 ((3 MP))
Sailor Xtal-Diamante didn't gasp or make any reaction to having nearly been collided with by the falling form of the blue Sailor Aldrin. Instead, still holding the dark-haired girl in navy and yellow, she directed her attention to Sailor Aegle. The voice sounded devoid of emotion, not even a hint of panic from the immediate attacks that had just been launched. "We must assist the others. Must we move them both?" It was clear that "both" involved Alshain and the slightly-jiggling remains of Aldrin.(édité)
Ari felt herself being hit hard by the trees other leg and roared out in pain. Oh spraybottles! She forgot about the other leg. She released herself and dropped to the ground shaking herself, trying to regain her balance. The winged boy shouted at her to stay out the middle of the legs and with that she bounded around to the other side of the leg and prepared herself for her next attack.
Eyes focused ahead, Hadley saw as Bastet was hit by the unbound leg, and she cringed, hoping that her friend was okay. If only she had more power, maybe she'd be able to keep both legs bound at once. But she could feel her energy draining in just the attempt of holding a single one down - there was no way she'd be able to handle both. She didn't dare look away as the tree continued to attack, knowing that it was likely more of the group had been hit. Hadley felt torn about what to do next. The bound tree had been hit a few times, perhaps she could focus on holding the free one in place. Would the previous attacks be enough to keep the currently bound one out of commission? Hadley hesitated, uncertainty and inexperience slowing her decision, before letting go of her concentration of the vines on Tree Leg 1, and attempted to summon vines to hold down Tree Leg 2. ((6MP))
Relieved, Crysdal gave Hex room to move, and as she effortlessly pulled Elysande out of the water, she breathed a sigh of relief. The other seemed to be looking around for somewhere to put her, but as Crysdal stood, trying to help find a spot, she saw first that Nyx was knocked to the ground, and she gasped - only to have a body fall from above and nearly hit them both! It was Aldrin! Fear for the other overwhelmed her - she had falled right onto rock! Her skull - her bones - and yet... Aldrin seemed alright? Or whole at least. She knelt down to get a better look, fearing to see blood on the rock but finding quite nothing there; Aldrin was in one piece. When Hex spoke, her voice devoid of emotion, Crystal took strength - she wasn't flustered, so Crysdal shouldn't let herself get flustered, either. She nodded, "Towards Nyx - I can take care of them there."
- Battle wrote:
- [ Chalybs uses Chalybs Beam (3 MP)
Auto-Hit; 1+2+1=4 points of damage! Amarachius uses sword! Auto-hit: bound Damage: 3+10+2 = 15 points of damage]
Sailor Xtal-Diamante nodded and moved to where Aegle directed her, looking for an appropriate place to set down Alshain. She could bring Aldrin this way, as well, once her arms were less encumbered.
- Battle wrote:
- [ Valdis uses Foliage Entangle on Leg2
Does it hit? It hits! LEG2 is bound and unable to move!]
Her attack had hit the tree's leg and it seemed to be stuck making Cosima her heart swell with pride. There were shouts all around as the tree attacked in retaliation, hitting the feline hard and knocking her backwards. She felt a flicker of concern before focusing back on their enemy; she couldn't distract herself from the task at hand. Lifting her whip again, she aimed it at Leg 1 and lashed the whip across its thick bark.
Aegle attempted to pull Aldrin along, but it was no use; she eventually gave up and hurried to follow Hex, following Alshain down as Hex lowered her, and started looking her over to check for damage.
- Battle wrote:
- [ Cosima uses her whip and attacks LEG1
Auto-hit: Bound Damage: 2+7+1=10]
As Xtal-Diamante turned back towards Aldrin, she saw the battle continuing to rage on in the distance. Her options seemed... There. The one with wings. Sailor Xtal-Diamante concentrated for a moment, using BOOST ((3 MP)) on Amarachius Sworn's STRENGTH. As the glimmer across her eyes faded, she attempted to pick up Aldrin to carry the jelly-person towards where Aegle, Alshain, and Nyx remained.
The other leg was bound and she watched as Cosima attacked the leg she was next to again. Taking the opportunity, Bastet lunges again, biting at the tree.
- Battle wrote:
- [ Xtal increases Amarachius' Strength by 5 for 6 rounds of battle!
[ Bastet attacks LEG1 Auto-Hit: Bound Damage: 2+0+0=2] [the Head attacks Celestal ! Celestal falls to the ground above the falls! Celestal has 1 HP remaining! the Head attacks Hemera ! Hemera falls to the ground! Hemera has 1 HP remaining! Leg1 is still bound! Leg2 is bound!]
Gabriel was gripping the tree still, trying not to fall off and having in mind to stay on the tree until it died, when something hit him. A wave of energy washed over him and though he wasn't sure where it came from, the sensation he felt was enough to revigorate him. It actually felt worringly good. He saw them fall, all of them, so quickly and his heart went down his feet, clenched. He hoped someone would take them out of the line of fire and dislodged his sword again to swing it and plant it into the tree a bit higher up, using it to lift himself at the same time. (+2 wpn, +5 str)
The attacks that continued were barely observed by the one with dark and stony skin. She reached again with gloved hands and picked up another exhausted comrade, carrying Aldrin back to Aegle swiftly. Xtal-Diamante set the blue-skinned one down near the others, eyes scanning the fallen Nyx. So many of them were sleeping now... Would they be able to strike back?
She checked Elysande and Nyx over, but found nothing to be wrong with them, thankfully; she didn't even feel the need to heal them, but just as she breathed a sigh of relief, Hemera was thrown backwards to join them, skidding right next to her sister, and a soft sound somehow tore through the air, and she looked up to see Celestal fall. Celestal. The competent healer, was down. Up there. At the top of the slippery waterfall. As the notion sunk in that Crysdal was the only healer they had, she grit her teeth and took a deep breath, trying to gather her wits about her. Alshain and Nyx were down; they looked unconscious. Aldrin was hurt badly, and so was Hemera - those two she could work with. Hemera had proven herself to be good to have in a battle, so she leaned over and kissed Hemera on her forehead, (1MP: -2 to bonus) affording her what healing ability she could, before standing and staring over at the fight transpiring at the tree.
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Aegle heals Hemera
Healing: 1+10+1-2=10 points healed Hemera remains unmoving, but can wake up!
Sworn attacks LEG1 Auto-Hit: Bound Damage: 2+15+2=19 points of damage]]
Sailor Xtal-Diamante brushed her hands together, the dark maroon gloves swishing as the fabric rubbed against each other. Her eyes turned outward again, to the others. She still had the stick close by, although she had to hold it strangely when she carried the others. Now she returned it to her grip, attempting to prepare.(édité)
Hadley felt relieved to see that her plan worked, as uncertain as it had been. And as far as she could tell, the first leg was still caught under the lingering vines. Her small sense of victory was short lived as she saw the tree shoot attacks towards her comrades again. Hadley winced, but still refused to look back. She couldn't help them, even as her heart hurt just thinking of what damage those blasts could be doing to her comrades - her friends. But she wasn't a healer, she wasn't strong, and so her own powers were better spent here. The best way to help was to keep fighting and to keep the limbs from being yet another attack they would have to worry about. She could do that much, at least. Feeling that her previous plan with the first leg had worked, Hadley decided to try again with this one and concentrated on keeping the vines in place around Tree Leg 2 ((3MP)).
Ari bit down into the tree once again but this time her bite didn't feel as powerful. She must have weakened from being kicked. Her focuse was strictly on the tree's leg trying to take it down. She could hear the cries of her companions as she knew some of them must have fallen. She wished there was something she could do...
Her visor confirmed the hit, adding to the damage Cosima was doing. Valdis wrapped the other leg up, leaving the tree beast stationary for a moment. "Multiple allies are down," Ferrum said as Chalybs watched the smoke and energy dissipate from the end of her Star Cannon. More of a distraction was needed then. Her visor was a solid green color as it glowed with calculations, her eyes barely visible behind the glass. "Load again." The legs needed to be removed as quickly as possible. She knelt on one knee and fired another round of Chalybs Beam at Leg 1.
- Battle wrote:
- [ Valdis strengthens the vines!]
[ Chalybs uses Chalybs Beam on Leg 1 for 3MP Auto-Hit: Bound Damage: 1+1+2=4 points of damage]
Things were happening fast, almost to fast for Cosima to comprehend. She could see some of the others began to fall, one by one as Aegle and Hex tried to tend to them. It wasn't looking good for their group...but she couldn't give up yet. She boy was climbing up the tree, slashing wildly at it to all the way and Bastet was fighting bravely as well. If they could still fight so could she. Slamming her bracers together, she charged towards the tree, screaming wildly " Cosmic Surge Attack!" ((4 MP))
Now the fiery-haired one was attacking as well, her own work assisting with the winged one. Xtal-Diamante's expressionless face seemed to be impartially observing, but her mind whirled with smaller decisions about what she must do next. Healing those that she had moved from further danger did not rank as a priority on her list. If this thing that slashed and shot at them was not defeated, the entire group would have no chance to survive. They could no longer run, for they'd have to leave so many behind. Sailor Xtal-Diamante uses BOOST ((3 MP)) on Sailor Cosima's STRENGTH. Her crystalline eyes flashed twice as she concentrated once again on her powers.
- Battle wrote:
- [ Cosima attempts to attack the Heart!
It hits! Damage: 2+0+2=4 COUNTER The head fires a beam at Cosima , countering her attack on the heart! It hits! Critical hit! Damage: 5+6-3=8 points of damage] [ Xtal uses Boost; Cosima's STR increases by 4 for 5 turns!]
[[LEG1 struggles! LEG1 is unable to break its hold! LEG2 is unable to break its hold! Heart rests! Head rests!]]
"You should move from between its legs, Cosima!" He called down before looking back up. He tried to move his wings, feeling them able to beat despite the trees around and got his sword out of the tree before kicking under his feet, taking off to hop a bit higher on the tree, plunging his sword in the wood once more and quickly finding something to grip with his free hand. (+2 wpn, +5 str)
Hadley saw the great tree struggle against her vines, and she worried that they would not hold - but a moment later, it appeared that they could not get through the vines, even the ones that she was no longer strengthening. Hadley knew she was beginning to weaken - spending her energy holding the vines in place felt important, it felt like the best use of her own powers - but she was worried that she would not be able to do so for much longer. But she had to keep going - had to be helpful. So many of them had already been hit, she couldn't let the legs be another way for the great tree to attack them. But would the vines be strong enough, even without her holding them in place? If she used the rest of her energy to hold the vines, she wouldn't be much help in the rest of the fight - but would it be worth it, if the legs were not able to attack? She just didn't know. Hadley hesitated, staring up at the great tree ahead of her, and then at her friends who were still there, still attacking. They were so close to the legs, Ari had already been attacked by a kick, and she couldn't let that happen again. She continued to concentrate on the vines. ((3MP))
The head barely seem to flinch when it was hit, instead it turned it's head towards her and fired without a second guess. Cosima was pushed back by the force of the blast but she didn't need a healer...yet. As she struggled to stand back on her feet, she could feel another power, one similar to the feeling she had felt during the gator attack, began to overwhelm her and she felt herself growing stronger once more. Gripping her ancestral sword, she began to continue to slash at Leg 1 relentlessly eager to see this creature dead beneath her feet.
- Battle wrote:
- [ Amarachius hits LEG1!
He gets more than the remaining 6 in damage! LEG1 HAS BEEN DEFEATED
The tree locked up, its leg no longer mobile, its weight pressing into the mass in such a way as to continue to balance on its dead limb!]]
Cosima had been hit. Crysdal kissed her hand and rushed forward, moving lightly across the rock-strewn, mossy ground towards the battle raging at the tree-monster's feet; she heard Gabriel's call of warning and tried to anticipate which way Maenyra would choose to move, pressing off in one direction and raising the hand with the energy kiss, preparing to tap her ally to heal her. "Aegle Kiss!" She called in warning, and tapped Cosima with her energy kiss! ((1 MP; -3 to bonus))
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Cosima's sword bites deep into leg1!
Aegle heals Cosima for 2+10+1-3=10 8 HP]]
As Ari held on to the trees leg with her teeth, she began to feel her transformation weaken and soon it was just little tiny Ari clinging onto the trees leg, no longer a giant cat. Her magic had worn off...However, the leg went down! She jumped off the leg, getting a grasp of the situation around her. The winged boy was up, flying near the trees middle and Cosima was on the other side of the leg. She needed to save some power if she needed to transform again. Ari ran towards Cosima. "Bastet Energy Barrier!" Her barrier went up as she got near Cosima. ((4 MP)) Ari breathed heavily as she was getting tired from the fight. "If we stay close we can take down the other leg from behind my barrier...I hope..." She gulped trying to get rid of her dry throat.
Sailor Xtal-Diamante adjusted her grip on the stick and ran out towards the second leg. She reeled back, then whacked the sturdy leg with a sturdy stick!
- Battle wrote:
- [[Shield erected with strength: 6+6+2=14 points
Under Shield Protection: Bastet , Cosima , Aegle ]]
[[ Xtal attempts to hit LEG2 Autohit - bound! Damage: 6+4+1=11 points of damage!]]
Sailor Xtal-Diamante felt her blow connect, then ran back, hopefully preparing to strike again next turn!
He heard Crysdal's voice and smiled, using his wings and body to throw himself up again, quickly running, flying and climbing up that tree. That wounded leg would maybe slow it down, but they needed to keep it from continuously attacking the others back there. Keeping to the back, he managed to get up there and paused a moment, thinking. He never had to fight a tree before. He didn't know trees could move and hit and attack and be mean. He looked at his sword, still shining. This tree was evil. He couldn't doubt his sword, no matter how vague it had been. He gripped his sword with both hands and let himself fall to the head, blade first and wings open behind to avoid falling to his death. (+2 wpn, +5 str)
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Sworn attempts to hit the head!
He misses!
The head swerves away from the encroaching attack! Amarachius's wings catch him before he could hit the rocks below!]
Cosima felt a small flutter against her back and glanced back to see Aegle healing her. She nodded in thanks before little Bastet had came up beside her and mentioned something about a barrier. Whatever. It all sounded good to her. "Stay close to me." She advised as she stood in front of her to lead the attack towards the second leg and also to guard. She also just didn't like the idea of one of the younger ones getting hurt around her, " Rupturing Radiation Strike! ((4 MP. No effects))" She cried, raising her sword before stamping it deep into Leg 2.
His wings beat in time for him to balance himself enough not to break every bone of his body against the ground, back to the front of his foe while he tried to take some altitude.
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Cosima uses Radiation Strike!
Auto-Hit Damage: 1+11+2+2=15 points of damage]
The tree's movement slowed as Amarachius and Cosima stabbed at it again, and then a flash of bright color moved past her. Chalybs turned without moving from her position to identify Aegle. She touched a (possibly spit covered) hand to Cosima, healing her, and then the smaller beast that had been mauling a leg morphed back into a senshi and summoned a shield. Medics should be kept in the far back of the formation, but the shield would protect her until she retreated again. A satisfactory strategy for now. Things always seemed to go smoother when she just stopped thinking beyond what was necessary. That appeared handled, so she switched to the next viable target. She fired Chalybs Beam at Leg 2 ((3 MP))
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Chalybs uses Beam!
Auto hit! Damage: 6+1+2=9]]
[**LEG2 attempts to free itself! It is unable to! HEAD attempts to hit Amarachius Sworn with a beam! It hits! Damage: 4+6-3=7 points of damage!]
[[The Heart starts to glow!]]
The first leg was down - Hadley could see the way the great tree shifted in order to compensate for the damage done - and as she saw her friends focus their next attacks onto the other leg, Hadley let go of her concentration against the vines. Feeling a little dizzy, Hadley stumbled back, losing her footing and falling to her knees. From the corner of her eye she could see the fallen figures of her comrades, and she shuddered and looked away. Hadley pointedly ignored the painful grief squeezing against her chest. She felt drained. She had never used so much magic so quickly or so strongly, and she wasn't sure if she could even muster enough energy to send another attack. It was good to see that the legs were being taken down though - at least she had done something useful. But now what could she do?
Gabriel was thrown back with a noise of pain but kept himself in the air, his wings beating with the rythm of someone who got confused in the motion. He then tried to quickly fly back to the protuberance atop the tree's back to stay away from its head and regain his bearings. The heart was glowing and he wasn't sure why.
She frowned up at Gabriel - he was too high over head, she couldn't possibly heal him from there! Unless... but would that even work? But as she looked up at the flying warrior, her eyes caught the distinct change in light. "It's glowing!" Crysdal warned, darting backwards to give the tree greater distance, while angling sideways to close the distance between herself and the fighters. The vines strained to hold the creature's leg in place, and Crysdal wondered why she thought it was so odd to her to see that little twitching motion, but with the glowing section of the tree to deal with, she wasn't making connections easily.
Sailor Xtal-Diamante heard Aegle call out to the flying one, and she also looked over to see the suspicious glow from within the core of the creature. In some ways it seemed... familiar. She didn't quite acknowledge the parallels between this creature's heart and her own crystalline structure, but she felt the curious sense of unexplained sameness. The difference was, of course, that the creature sought destruction. Ari summoned her quarterstaff ((+1 WPN)) and ran in whacking and stabbng the leg as hard as she could. She heard someone should something about glowing. But what? Sailor Xtal-Diamante tightened her grip on the sturdy stick and darted in, as much as a rock could dart, aiming to hit Leg 2 again.
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Bastet attacks LEG2
Autohit: bound Damage: 2+0+1=3 points of damage Xtal-Diamante attacks LEG2 Autohit: Bound Damage: 6+4+1=11 points of damage]]
Hadley saw the glowing before Crysdal spoke, but the urgency in her voice struck a chord - the glowing couldn't mean anything good for their group. But she had nothing she could do - perhaps she had been stupid to use up so much of her energy with the legs. No, no, she had to do it, it had been important. This was no time to start getting second thoughts - not when there was fighting to do. "I-I'm sorry! I have nothing left in me to do anymore magic!" Hadley yelled to her comrades. Guilt pulled at her, but she ignored it. For the first time, she turned her attention onto the fallen beside her. At the very least, she could protect them. If nothing else, she could be a shield of sorts if it came down to it.
Cosima heard Aegle make a shout about something glowing but she stayed focused on attacking Leg 2 along with Bastet. Hopefully her barrier lasted long enough for withstand whatever the tree was preparing to do. Hopefully.
Ari looked around and noticed Xtal was attacking as well. Whatever was glowing wasn't good... "Hurry get inside my barrier!" she shouted at the rock girl.
Once again, the blow connected. This stick truly was a sturdy weapon! She did not expect to find something so useful in this mysterious and mostly dangerous forest. Sailor Xtal-Diamante retreated, her eyes now turning back towards the glow of the heart. There was no way she could hit it with her improvised weapon from this distance.
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| - The Final Battle, part 2:
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Cosima attacks LEG2
Autohit: bound Damage: 4+11+2=174 points of damage
LEG 2 is completley immobile]]
Aegle, hearing Valdis's lamentation, glanced back to see the girl looking towards the fallen, and felt sympathetic - but Hadley had done a great job, and -- And... And she had a potion that could help her!! "The Hermit!!" Crysdal cried, turning to run from the tree and towards Hadley, her hand moving to the pocketed belt at her waist and quickly unsnapping the holsters, fishing around inside for the correct vial as she stopped before the redhaired senshi. She was all smiles as she pulled a handful of the tiny glass bottles out of her pocket, laying them in her hands, "Magic... magic... I think that's the blue one?" she said quickly, glancing back over her shoulders at the tree's odd blue glow to make sure nothing else had happened. When she looked back, she and Hadley were no longer alone! Elysande and Nyx were up! "Elysande!! Nyx!!" she cried in relieved welcome as she offered Hadley the potion and angled around to not be in their way to see the battle against the tree. "We could use your help! The legs are down, but the two glowing areas are still shooting lasers and..." But something was off about Sailor Nyx and Sailor Alshain.
Something made extremely apparent as fire engulfed Alshain's fists, and she raised them to attack Crysdal. Nyx swung her staff around, attempting to knock Hadley off her feet.
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Alshain attempts to attack Crysdal !
She Misses! Nyx attempts to knock Hadley down! She hits! Hadley has her legs knocked out from beneath her!]]
He had his two arms up, reading to plunge his sword into the tree's head when sounds made him look down to the others. Just in time to see Alshain and Nyx attack their own. He lowered his sword and flew off again, landing between their awoken companions and the rest. "Those who can, keep to the tree!" He looked a bit lost, looking at Alshain, wondering if it was even worth it, or if it counted, or if it could work in this situation. He was new, he had never use it on senshi... or... in these kind of fights. He rose a hand, pointing it to the girl's heart. "Eleutheria." (-3MP) He called, expectant.
Focused on her fallen comrades, Crysdal's cry and quick arrival took Hadley by surprise, but the other girl had such a beautiful smile, Hadley felt a little comforted, and couldn't stop herself from returning the smile even as she continued to be confused for a moment. She glanced down at Crysdal's hands and saw the potions. Of course! As she accepted the blue potion, Hadley held it in her hands, but her attention was taken by both Alshain and Nyx. They were awake! Hadley turned a smile towards them. Nyx returned it by knocking her down onto the ground. Hadley grunted, eyes wide as she processed what had just happened. It must be the great tree and the glowing - she may not know these members of the group as well as some others, but she knew this was not normal behavior. But her depleted energy still made her ineffective in this. She was glad she still held the potion tightly in her hand and, pushing away any reservations of drinking an ultimately unknown substance, she downed the blue potion in one gulp.
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Alshain looks to him, a blue light shining within her pupils, and her brow twitches. The fire on her hands flickers. With his support, she's fighting the hold!
The Head is still glowing! Alshain is not yet freed.]] [[ Valdis drinks the potion! Valdis feels good! Like invincible good!]]
Ari heard the sounds of fighting from behind and she quickly turned expecting to see more enemies but...it was two of their companions attacking. The winged one shouted for them to keep to the treeif they could but...Ari looked to Cosima and Xtal conflicted on what to do. "Should we continue with our attack or should one of us go to help? This leg is down...but..." She looked up at the head and what she thought was the heart, where the glowing had been. She wondered...was that what caused their fallen comrades to stand again? "I think we need to destroy its heart."
Sailor Xtal-Diamante heard and then saw that some of the other sailor soldiers were no longer down... but instead of assisting with the battle, they were interfering. Alshain had turned against Aegle, despite all that the blonde had done for her friend. Nyx, normally calm and reasonable, fixed her actions on Valdis, knocking the other girl to the ground. She felt the weight of the stick in her hands and rushed forward, attempting to smack Nyx upside the head with it, possibly rendering her unconscious.
He frowned, looking at her, waiting for her to strike again or to be freed, but she seemed to keep to a state in between, worrying him. She didn't seem to attack, the fire flickering. "Please, fight." The blue light in her eyes made him look at the tree. He wondered if he could stop Nyx too or put her in the same in between state or if he had to stay with Alshain. "I think the tree has them..." He looked back at Alshain. "I don't know if I can leave."
"The creature's center is glowing." Chalybs lowered her weapon and looked to what Ferrum was talking about. Aegle had yelled something similar, and she was right. It could potentially fire another beam, but she could only speculate. She took a few steps back to be safer, and watched the Tree for its next move. What she didn't expect was nothing to happen. The tree glowed and didn't fire anything. Was it an invisible attack? A sound behind her, where the other senshi had retreated drew her attention, and she turned around to see Sailor Nyx and Sailor Alshain awake and attacking them. "Two allies are no longer down." There was a faint glimmer of annoyance at the AI stating the obvious, but why were they attacking? Was this the result of the Tree's glow? She hesitated to fall back and join Amarachius, but he had just said to focus on the Tree itself. She could not do anything to assist beyond restraining or attacking the other senshi. Chalybs was not a healer, she was a mercenary. This was, again, too much overthinking. She moved forward and fired a Chalybs Beam at the Tree's Heart.
With one final slash the tree was dead! But unfortunately their success was short as she heard a cry behind her and then saw Valdis and Aegle on the ground....attacked by their own people?! What in the world was going on? She gripped the hilt of her sword tightly in anger, barely restraining a rough growl when she heard Bastet speak. "The last time I tried to attack the head it immediately attacked me in return....but your barrier is protecting us now." She quickly remembered. Shaking her sword out into its whip form, she took a swing at the tree's heart.
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Xtal-Diamante attacks Nyx !
She misses!
Sailor Nyx evades Xtal's attack, side-stepping the effort and squaring her shoulders as though to raise her staff and call upon a magical attack!]]
[[ Chalybs uses Chalybs Beam! It hits! Damage: 6+1+2=9!
COUNTER The Head shoots out a beam towards Chalybs , immediately countering! It misses! ((Chalybs could roll aside, etc., or just say it missed XD))
The glowing fades! Alshain snaps out of it, and immediately faints!]]
Following Cosima's lead, Ari decided it was time to attack but this time, transformed. She was tired but she had to do it. Ari concentrated and summoned the magic to transform her once again into a cat beast ((6 MP))
He dropped his sword and caught her, slowly putting her down.
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Cosima attempts to attack the heart!
It hits! Damage: 1+11+2=14 points of damage!
COUNTER! Head attempts to attack Cosima ! It misses!]]
Drat, she had missed~! Xtal-Diamante recovered as quickly as she could and turned, wondering if she could attempt again before Nyx could act—her posture implied that she would act soon. Otherwise she would have to do her best to get out of the way.
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Bastet is a cat!]]
As soon as she swallowed the potion, everything changed. She felt good. More than good, she felt great. Was this really the way it felt to have her magic reserves return to her? She wished she could have this sort of feeling all the time. It almost made her want to fight insanely large trees every day if it meant she was allowed to drink potions like this. Hadley turned her attention onto her friends, seeing that others had come to help but Sailor Nyx was still at large. She attempted to call upon her Foliage Entangle to hold Nyx in place. ((3MP))
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Valdis attempts to control her Vines!
It fails!]]
He turned again, ignoring his sword, rising his hand again toward Nyx this time, walking toward them. "Eleutheria." He tried again, his voice shaking in the uncertainty. He felt uncomfortable and couldn't wait for his sword to be back in his hands and his focus back on the tree. This felt... wrong, ridicule. (-3 MP)
Transformed into a cat again, Ari jumped up, aiming for the tree beasts heart with her claws, hoping to grip and climb up on to the beast
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Xtal's Boost wears off of both Amarachius Sworn and Cosima ]]
[[ Nyx freezes, her brows twitching as Amarachius's powers aid her will to fight back against the mind control]] [[The Heart is not glowing; Nyx is freed! Nyx faints!]]
[[ Ari's claws find purchase; she is easily able to climb!]]
He tried to catch her as well, his hear unclenching but still uneasy, his wings twitching. Was it good? Was it okay? Would they live? Had he done something right or had the power killed them? They seemed unconscious rather than dead, but the worry took him anyway.
The vines... they didn't listen. She had never had such an attempt fail before, and Hadley stared down at her hands. She could still feel the wonderful feeling coursing through her, but was this different than getting her magic back? "Crysdal, I don't think this was the right potion!" she called to the blonde girl. "I can't control the vines." Another thought came to her, one that threatened to override the potion's effects - what if, somehow, her ties to her plants had been severed due to this crazy potion?
Ari nearly purred in happiness as she found a grip onto the trees bark. She climbed as swifty as she could and bit down onto the heart which had stopped glowiing. But killing its heart should kill the best right?(édité)
Sailor Xtal-Diamante could barely consider future actions against Nyx before Amarachius Sworn interrupted... and soon Nyx had fainted. But then... she felt something else. A faint echo internally, some kind of warning. Her crystal eyes looked again at the winged one now so close to her. Xtal-Diamante took a deep breath and concentrated again on that strange well of power within her core. Her eyes flashed again in that tell-tale way, directing her power (Boost, 3 MP) towards Cosima (Strength).
"Incoming counterattack." Chalybs rolled to the side to slip past the beam that fired at her as she shot at the core of the Tree. It was protective of that particular spot then, judging by how it fired on Cosima as well. And if they kept up the pressure, it could further impede whatever magic had trapped their two knocked out allies. The center was no longer glowing, to confirm her thought process. She would take another shot, but there was Ari turned Cat Creature attacking it at close range, and she did not want friendly fire. Instead, she called on her Energy Scanner ((1 MP))
Sailor Xtal-Diamante reached out, pointing the stick at the winged one. He could maneuver better than the others. Especially herself. "The glow. Prevent it."
Seeing Bastet..."change" never gotten any stranger but she stayed focused on attacking, this time slamming her wrists together hard towards the heart again, " Cosmic Surge Attack! ((4 MP. Can cause RADIATION SICKNESS, 2+d4 damage per round))" She screamed, praying that it would be more effective than her first try.
Crysdal didn't - she couldn't - she had no idea what to do at that point. Elysande was aiming to attack her; she had just barely ducked out of the way, falling to her behind and dropping a few of the precious vials on the way down. She scooted back, eyes wide as her friend's fire was brought to bear against her -- Until Gabriel landed and spoke a soft, beautiful word, and Elysande froze. Crysdal didn't know what was happening, but as sounds of battle raged behind them, she could not tear her gaze from Elysande, hoping that whatever Gabriel was doing was helping -- and then she fell, and Gabriel caught her, then turned his attention to Nyx and performed similarly, catching her, too. What happened? What caused them to turn on them like that? Hadley drew her attention and she turned, grateful for the distraction, and shook her head, coming to her knees to collect the vials and then her feet. "You can leave them here," she told Gabriel, "I'll keep an eye on them." She nodded, as though to punctuate the idea and banish the fear that they may rise again as someone other than themselves, and fiddled with the vials until she produced a red one. "Maybe this?" she said, offering it to Hadley.
- Battle wrote:
- [ Bastet attempts to attack the heart!
Hit! Damage: 6+0+0=6
COUNTER Head beam attempts to attack Bastet ! It hits! Damage: 6+6-3=9 points of damage!
Xtal uses Boost on Cosima ! Cosima's STR is increased by 3 for 4 turns!
Chalybs energy scanner: two sources - head and heart! they seemed to be all that was left!
Cosima uses Cosmic Surge and attempts to attack Heart It misses!]
Hadley looked to Crysdal, her words of 'maybe' not exactly giving her the greatest confidence, not after the first one turned out to be so confusing. But she trusted Crysdal, knew that she meant the best, and so Hadley accepted her suggestion and took the red potion from the other girl. "Thank you," she said, before quickly downing the potion before her own thoughts stopped her.
He blinked at Xtal's inexpressive voice, looking at that being that look more like an alien that most others. Her words finally reached his ears and nodded, looking at the stick for a moment before he looked at Aegle, hoping his eyes wouldn't show his inner battle. He nodded again. "I leave them to you." He looked back at Alshain, then Nyx. "Don't be dead." He whispered at her, searching his sword and quickly taking it back before he pushed of the ground with his feet, darting away, though a bit more weakly due to his mind being so unfocused, to land on the tree's protuberance again.He rose his arms and slammed his sword down on the head this time. (+2 wpn)
- Battle wrote:
- [ Valdis downs the potion!
She feels better!!
Sworn attempts to attack the head! Hit! Damage: 5+10+2=17 points of damage]
She was glad he had headed off. She would send a parting gift his way. Xtal-Diamante uses boost ((3MP)) on Amarachius Sworn's STRENGTH.
"The head and chest area are the only life sources in this creature." The Tree fired again, striking Bastet, but not fatally injuring her, and Chalybs decided to risk another shot. She used Chalybs Beam on the Heart again, still as quiet as before.
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Xtal Boost - Sworn STR +5 for 4 rounds]]
As the last trail of light strobed across her eyes, Xtal-Diamante turned her attention towards Aegle. "For magic?" she asked, glancing towards Valdis consuming the potions. Perhaps she could continue to assist in this way.
Her attack had missed and she hissed in frustration. What good were these senshi abilities if they barely worked most of the time? She gave up on using her attacks and made another attempt to simply hit the core with her whip again.
Hadley wasn't certain what this potion did, but she felt better somehow. Coupled with the potion from before, she felt absolutely great, even as she felt uncertain what was currently going on with her body right now. She looked to the others, saw how hard they were fighting - she hadn't paid as much attention as she should have, with everything that had gone on before - but now she hoped to help. Focusing on aiming at the heart, Hadley attempted to use Verdant Spikes ((4MP))
- Battle wrote:
- [[Head uses beam on Xtal
Hit! Damage: 6+6-3=9
Chalybs uses Chalybs beam Hit! Damage: 5+1+2=8 points of damage
COUNTER Hit! Damage: 6+6-3=9 points of damage
Cosima --> heart Hit! Damage: 5+10+2=17 16!
The heart cracks!
COUNTER Hit! Damage: 3+6-3=6]]
Aegle looked back at Hex, puzzled, but quickly understood and handed over a red one, wondering how she could have so poorly misremembered blue for magic.
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Xtal has a blue potion]]
A wave hit him again, the energy coursing making blink again, his wings twitching. He didn't know where it came from, but the universe knew he didn't care. He felt it. It felt good. It was well enough for him. They were working together. It felt more like a team than it had since their landing. He had to ignore the bodies laying there far away in front of him, however, his eyes going automatically to Alshain and Nyx. He couldn't get them out of his mind. His sword still embedded in the wood, he pointed his open palm to the tree, unfocused and unthinking as he whispered: "Eleutheria".
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Valdis attempts to cast Verdant Spikes!
Nothing happens!]]
Xtal-Diamante continued to stare expressionlessly at Aegle as she took the potion and quickly drank it.
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Xtal drank the red potion]]
The heart cracked beneath her teeth and Ari let out a roar of glee at the success of their kill. However, it seemed the best wasn't completely down for the count yet. She began to climb, snarling towards the head. She sunk her claws into the trees bark and used it to push herself into a lunge at the head. Once again, she bites with her fangs into the beasts head.
- Battle wrote:
- [[Bastet --> head
Hit! Damage: 4+0=4]]
Hadley stumbled, looking down at her hands. Nothing. Nothing happened! What was going on? She saw her hands tremble. Were the potions poison? Taking away her powers? Were they simply placebos? Making her feel good, but in fact doing nothing at all? "I-I can't cast anything." Hadley was so focused in on her own inner turmoil, she didn't even know if any of her friends were nearby to hear her words. This was wrong, this was not right. What was she going to do?
It was too bad that she had no current use for the stick. Still, she continued to carry it, only in one hand for now, as she contemplated her current actions. She thought of the attacks that had been made (seemingly indifferent to that which had hit her) and her crystalline eyes flickered again with light. Xtal-Diamante uses RECOVERY for 6MP on Amarachius Sworn and Sailor Cosima.
Crysdal looked back towards the fight; the middle wasn't glowing anymore, and little Ari, as a panther, launched herself onto the last glowing part of the creature and bit in, hard; surely it was almost done - surely this nightmare would soon be over! "You can do it!" she called, rushing forward a few stepps before stopping, "You can save this world!! You're almost through!"
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Xtal uses Recovery
Healing: 4+3+3=10/2=5 per]]
Chalybs wasn't fast enough the dodge the next counterattack, and she took the energy beam full on. She was knocked back into the riverbed, her visor's displays flickering with static before they recovered. "Armor systems are partially damaged. Biological system bruised, but still functional." She groaned and stood up again, dripping wet, but very much alive. Chalybs watched Bastet rip into the heart one final time and begin working on the Tree's head. One more target left. She fired Chalybs Beam at the Head. ((3 MP))
She could hear the sound of the heart cracking as Bastet sunk her fangs into it. Sweat was beginning to pour around her brow as her muscles ached from her earlier injuries so she paused to take a deep breath before rising her arm and hitting the monstrous tree across it's rotting face.
- Battle wrote:
- [ Chalybs --> Head
Miss! Cosima --> Head Hit! Damage: 5+10+2=17 points of damage]]
Ari continues to bite and tear at the head with her fangs and claws, while clinging on to the creature the best she can.
He was barely aware of attacks being thrown this way as he got his sword out of the wood and made it disappear, a small thread of resistance calling on to him. He wasn't sure, he doubted too much to bring himself to call the others to stop. He knelt one knee down, pressing his hand against the wood this time, "Eleutheria." (-3MP) They didn't need him. If he was wrong, if his senses were fooling him, well it wouldn't hurt a soul.
Xtal-Diamante watched the others continue to fight against the tree... but she felt a strange sense of disorder. Her power was exhausted. ...But was that not why she had consumed the liquid? It was Aegle she directed the comment to. "There was no magic."
"Uh --" Crysdal turned, looking back at the pair, "It could be the wrong one again," she said, looking worried, "There's a green one left? Hadley, did the red one help?" She continued to swing and lash her whip at the head, the force of each blow steadily increasing.
A miss. Chalybs felt weaker, but not physically. This was more of an... internal drain. She knew that her shots were powered by whatever energy made her a senshi, but maybe she was beginning to run low. She shook her head and aimed. Whatever energy she had left, she'd use it now. " Chalybs Beam!" She was digging so deep into her reserves that she had to call the attack to focus it enough to manifest, but the shot fired at the Head again.
Desperation clung to her. What could she do? Hadley spotted one last potion, one last try she could do. Surely the Hermit with the kind face hadn't tricked them, right? Right? She hesitated for a moment, before reaching out and grabbing the green potion. A part of her believed she was being stupid and foolish, but she clung to the belief that the Hermit had been kind, and had wanted to help them all. She heard Crysdal ask her a question, but Hadley didn't know how to answer. "I don't know what it did," she said. "I can't use my plants, that's all I know." That was all she cared about. She turned her attention onto the green potion in her hand. Green was a good color. She loved green. She drank it as quickly as she could before she could convince herself not to.
Xtal-Diamante saw Valdis take the final potion and watched intently as the smaller girl consumed it. What would be the effects this time?
- Battle wrote:
- [ Cosima
Hit Damage: 2+10+2=14 Chalybs Hit Damage: 6+1+2=9 Valdis drinks the green potion!] [Bastet Hit! Damage: 6]
Still ignoring everyone else, he kept on whispering, his open hand still pressing against the wood. (-3MP)
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Valdis starts to feel a little heavier]]
[[Something within the mind of the stree stirred, strengthening, moving towards Amarachius Sworn . Almost as though it gained strength as its physical form weakened...]]
Had the tree groaned during that last attack? Could it possibly be getting weaker. Unsure of what was has happening, Cosima raised her voice towards Bastet, "Bastet, I think it's getting weaker. Keep up your attacks!" With that said, she took another hard swing towards the tree's head.
Ari is still biting and chewing on the head. Nom nom nom is heard as she growls through her bites.
- Battle wrote:
- [ Cosima
Miss Bastet Hit Damage: 3+0=3 [ Ari detransforms back into a human!]
His mouth opened in a silent command that died under his hesitation. Should he tell them to stop? Or did they have to kill it? He tried one more time and would push them all off the creature if he felt it was starting to wake up in its last moment. (-3MP)
"Your energy levels are extremely depleted," Ferrum said as her beam landed. Chalybs was breathing hard now, and she didn't bother aiming again. "I advise that you stand down until your reserves recover." "O...okay..." The self imposed battle haze retreated, and she blinked a few times to clear her head.(édité)
Hadley frowned. Something was strange with this potion. She couldn't place what it was, she couldn't tell what had happened. A part of her wanted to try to use her attack - she had to try - but her legs suddenly felt as though they wouldn't support her weight. She stumbled down to her knees.
- Battle wrote:
- [[The magic would not respond to Gabriel's command; he was spent, but the spirit within the tree had heard his call, and fought back against the chaos gripping its soul.]]
Ari's transformation wore off on her again and she felt herself begin to slip from the creatures head. She reached adn grabbed on to anything she could. "H-help!" she screeched as she felt herself fall.
Aegle's brows knitted together in concern as Hadley fell; she moved forward, "Are you okay? What's wrong?" Were they not supposed to mix the potions? Was this a side-effect of too much of the elixer in her body? Should they induce vomiting, or was it too late?
Her attacked missed and she tried to back her agitation? Things grew from bad to worse as Bastet suddenly retransformed and was falling towards the ground. She looked back to see the winged-boy doing nothing and yelled to catch his attention. "CATCH HER BOY!"
Xtal-Diamante reached out as if to catch the other girl, but suddenly became aware that she herself felt... exhausted.
Ari's scream was enough for him to throw himself off the head, trying to at least, if he couldn't get to her up in time, bring himself under her.
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Amarachius Sworn is able to catch Sailor Bastet !]]
He caught her despite his own expectations, forcing his wings to get them both up, shakily bringing her to safety on the tree's head. Once there, he forgot he should probably let her go.
She reached a hand towards her forehead, brushing her soft cloud of pale hair aside, and wavered slightly. She glanced over at Aegle, then Valdis, and then Aegle again. "I do not recommend you consume..." She paused and inhaled deeply. "The liquid."
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Valdis loses her transformation]]
She could hear Crysdal's voice, and Hadley tried to focus on it, to hear it above the own panic gripping at her. "I don't know!" She felt tears sting her eyes, but she didn't know how to explain what was going on when she felt so confused herself. "I feel heavy."
"Th-thank you..." she squeaked out as he caught her. This certainly was new...she sighed in relief. She felt weak but like she could transform once more into a cat, "I...i think i can transform again...Throw me on to his head! NOW!" She began concentrating on the magic to transform for her last time ((6 MP))
"No... wait!" He called, looking down at the tree.
Crysdal looked from Hex to Hadley, confused by their reactions, still gripping the vials from the Hermit tightly to her chest, afriad of what all of this could mean. The fear in Hadley's voice was breaking her heart, and she stepped closer, wanting to know how to help her, how to alleviate the pain. "Heavy?? There's - The last one - the black ink - he said it was for speed --"
"Just do it!! I can't stop it now--"
- Battle wrote:
- [[ Bastet transforms into a cat!]]
Sighing in relief when he caught the girl, Cosima turned back to the tree and went back to attacking the tree's head.
The strange, stony girl in the dark red uniform shook her head. The motion seemed to take even more of her fading energy than she had expected. "It does not work. Do not."
He put the cat down on top of the tree's head. "Please!"
Her tiny voice once again turned into a feriocious roar as she felt her body transform one last time. There was no way she could do it again after this. As soon as she was on its head she went straight back to biting and clawing away at its head
- Battle wrote:
- [ Cosima
Hit! Damage: 3+10+2=15
Bastet Damage: 2
The tree rumbled, shaking on its roots, as a clean, green light erupted from the holes of the head of the tree.]
He took the cat and flew off the head, taking Cosima with him on his way there. "Stop!"
As she munched on its head, she felt herself being picked up like a kitten. The tree had began to grow bright green. What was this...? She blinked very confused at what was happening. Did they stop it?
He dropped both of them on the ground far from the tree so Cosima wouldn't be able to hit and flew back up, his feathers ruffled by his stress.
Sailor Xtal-Diamante fell to the ground near Hadley, the weakening increasing.
Hadley wanted to look up to Crysdal, but she couldn't muster the energy. She felt her transformation leave her, unwillingly, and her heart raced painfully in her chest. What was going on? She felt so wrong. So heavy and lethargic.
Cosima suddenly felt herself being lifted from the ground before realizing she was being carried by Sworn. Figuring there was nothing she could do until he dropped them off safely, she mumbled angrily under her breath.
Ari had no idea what was happening but the winged boy didn't want them to attack so instead she looked around. It would be a while before hte transformation wore off. She suddenly remembered her friends and looked towards them, only to see Hadley and Xtal laying on the grown in pain. What was going on! Did they get injured byt eh tree and she hadn't noticed? She couldn't heal them but... Ari ran over towards her friends, whining in concern. She nuzzled Xtal's cheek and purred, licking her face. What could be done? She groaned in desperation, not knowing what to do.
It doesn't work? The potions - were they doing -- But the Hermit. He had been so nice. He had been the only person to give them advice, and to offer them something to help them; why would he do this? How could he have done this? Was it really his doing? Had she stored the potions incorrectly? Was it her fault? Hadley's Senshi uniform faded away, and Crysdal sobbed once, throwing the tiny vials far away, and fell to her knees, doing the only thing she could think of to help. Haldey felt heavy - she could relieve that, right?! She wasn't dying, right?! Carefully she took Hadley's head between her hands and Butterfly kissed her hair, praying that it would work, and that, somehow, it would make up for having given her the potions.
- Battle wrote:
- [[The tree burst into a thousand sparkles of light, as a green whisp escaped what was its mortal prison. It hovered in the air before Gabriel for a moment, even twith him and those he carried with him, before escaping, rushing off into the sky and disappearing far, far overhead.
The evil had been purged.]]
Sailor Xtal-Diamante's breathing slowed as she laid there... No thoughts filled her mind... The echoes in her core dimmed...
Ari paused from her concern over her friends to watch the tree burst into a beautiful sparkle of light. She stared at it in awe. They had did it. The chaos was gone. Ari collapsed in her cat form next to Xtal, purring in happiness, hoping she could bring some comfort to the ailing rock girl.
SAM was powerless as Amarachius told the two senshi to stop attacking the creature and pulled them away."What are you doing!?" she yelled for the first time, snapping completely out of her daze, and then watched as the tree burst into light, releasing strange wisps into the air. Was it defeated? The pressure in the atmosphere was gone now.
Gabriel felt the light traveling with him for a while, a smile stretching his lips automatically, unable to hold it. He stayed in the air, wings slowly flapping behind him, just so it would keep him elevated, but unmoving. He wondered if killing it would have changed anything or if it would have freed it sooner, but he hadn't wished to risk it. He looked at his sword, after all of this, relieved to see its light dead.
Cosima was confused before understanding of what was happening finally dawned on her. They had did it....they had truly did it? The chaos presence had been defeated and they had saved this planet. She could feel her knees beginning to grow weak before she finally collapsed under her own fatigue. "What...do we do now?" She asked looking towards the boy as he seemed to be somewhat aware of what was going on compared to the rest of them.
- Battle wrote:
- [[But just as the green spot of light disappeared, another orb of white light appeared suddenly among them, hovering above the ground and whipping about, almost in an annoyed manner as it surveyed the bodies of Celestal, Hemera, Alshain and Nyx, and those gathered near Xtal-Diamante and Hadley. In a flourish it circled the area, paused, and popped into existance --
Revealing an old, haggard crone, who stared disapprovingly out of her mauve cloak at them, her eyes young and bright, completely at odds with the rest of her ancient features. "Do you always drink whatever's handed to you?" she croaked condescendingly.]] [[The End]] Conviction: Start.But just as the green spot of light disappeared, another orb of white light appeared suddenly among them, hovering above the ground and whipping about, almost in an annoyed manner as it surveyed the bodies of Celestal, Hemera, Alshain and Nyx, and those gathered near Xtal-Diamante and Hadley. In a flourish it circled the area, paused, and popped into existance -- Revealing an old, haggard crone, who stared disapprovingly out of her mauve cloak at them, her eyes young and bright, completely at odds with the rest of her ancient features. "Do you always drink whatever's handed to you?" she croaked condescendingly. |
| | | Eternal Knight Lotus Crystal
Title : GC's Official Prince Diamond Posts : 2408 Join date : 2015-07-20 Age : 32 Location : Teleporting between Elysion and Nemesis
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 1st October 2016, 2:18 pm | |
| His shoulders slouched under his own exhaustion, unaware of the misfortune happening behind them while they fought / freed the tree. He looked at Cosima, sympathetic to her visible fatigue. "We care for our people. I'm sure this is not the last fight we'll get." He didn't seem all that enthusiastic about having to fight, but he wasn't a warrior who fought little. So those fights, he would challenge them head on. He slowly came down toward the ground then walked towards the other, putting a hand on Crysdal's shoulder. "You did good. Thank you." With Celestal down and Gabriel aware of Crysdal's doubts on her own abilities, he felt like it was simply natural to be grateful for her quick actions. She had tried. They all had tried. His eyes finally caught the white light and they followed it until it took another form, his tired arm raising the sword to point it toward her. "Who are you?" They weren't even ready for another fight...
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| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 1st October 2016, 2:53 pm | |
| Map " Put your finger down," the old woman creaked, waving a hand as if to brush Gabriel's accusation away as she shuffled forward. His hand went down of its own accord as she continued to grumble, " Anyone ever tell you it's rude to point? But at least you seem wary of me - that's a good start." She stepped gingerly over Bastet's long black tail, eventually coming up in front of Sailor Xtal-Diamante, peering at the girl critically before reaching out with knarled hands to take either side of her face and squinted to look into her eyes, pulling the hard lids down carefully. She sniffed and released her, apparently done with her examination, reached into her pocket and retrieved what looked like a small chocolate ball. " Eat it," she instructed unceremoniously, handing it to Xtal-Diamante before shuffling over to Hadley. " Who did this?" the old woman asked suspiciously, though at that moment it seemed her question was rhetorical, her interest apparently piqued as she looked over the redhead as she had Xtal, her old thumbs squishing the softer skin of Hadley's face to open her mouth, turn her head side to side, and pry her eyes open a little wider; she did this with such no-nonsense confidence it would feel remiss to attempt to stop the old woman in her straightforward examination. "Did a number on you, eh?" she said, barking an airy laugh as she relased the girl and straightened - as much as her bent old back could straigten anyway - before reaching into the bag and producing an even larger ball of chocolate. " Eat it," she said again, her brow arching, " All of it, and don't complain about the taste." " What a mess," she tut-tutted as she looked behind them to the fallen senshi there. She whistled once and made a come-hither motion with her finger, and suddenly Sailor Celestal rose from her position atop the fall and sailed softly through the air to land beside the other incapacitated group members. " Reditum," she stated, raising her knobbly walking-stick staff off of the ground. - Quote :
Hemera, Nyx, Aldrin, Alshain and Celestal awaken! |
| | | JupiterThunderCrash Lotus Crystal
Title : Formerly Sailor Pluto Posts : 4781 Join date : 2014-01-16 Age : 27 Location : Dallas, Texas
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 1st October 2016, 8:27 pm | |
| SAM had finally turned around to look back at where Amarachius was going, and realized that two more senshi were on the verge of death. But they hadn't even been hit! How? Was it an unseen enemy? Another light appeared, and SAM approached with her Star-Cannon raised as it took the form of an elderly woman. At this point, she had no trust in anything. She watched as the old crone began piecing their team back together far faster than should be possible. What kind of magic was this? And what did she mean by "drinking everything they were given"? SAM connected the dots when she saw the shattered remains of a few vials. Those potions... "W-why are you helping us?" she asked, lowering the gun. "Why should we trust you after the old man?" |
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| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 2nd October 2016, 9:27 am | |
| Hadley didn't seem to be responding to her butterfly kisses - neither she nor Hex were speaking anymore - she looked up to find Hex practically slumped over, and she felt like she was going to throw up. She killed them! She gave them the potions that had killed them, and now they were suffering and she couldn't help them at all. She hugged Hadley close and squeezed her eyes tight; she had never been a religious person, but at that moment she prayed for a miracle, as the science and power that she believed in had failed her so completely, but when she opened her eyes at Gabriel's hand on her shoulder, nothing had changed. Over half of them were still incapacitated, and that was saying nothing as to how everyone else had fared against the Chaos enemy. 'You did good. Thank you.' Gabriel's words hung heavy on her mind, their stark and evident contradiction plain in the scene around them, but she nodded anyway, grateful for the attempt. Her thoughts turned ever more depressing, realizing that if herbs could help, Celestal was still unconscious and may not be able to help in time; she could try to wake her - she looked up at the waterfall, contemplating the best way to get up, when Gabriel's stance behind her changed as he called out to an unknown. Crysdal jerked her head around, fear cold in her stomach - there were only five of them left, what would this encounter cost them?! but was surprised to see an old woman shuffling towards them, acting cross and bothered as she moved her old bones and berated them even as she pushed forward as though they should trust her. As the woman took Hex's face in her hands, Crysdal's stomach flipped, wishing she even had a way to help if something bad happened, but when the old woman huffed, fished in her pocket, and drew out some chocolate, she eased just a bit, though continued to be very wary of the chocolate. The Hermit had been kind, this woman was... well she was rough. When she came to Hadley, she distracted Crysdal with a question as her old hands wrapped around Hadley's head and her thumbs went to work pushing and pulling flesh -- if she weren't so used to such treatment with the ceremonial face painting, she might have been made uncomfortable by the treatment, but everyone touched everyone on her planet, nearly constantly, and this amount of physical touch was something she was starting to miss on this mission. Her evaluation finished, she gave Hadley an even larger ball of chocolate - maybe for having had more potions? - and straightened to make disapproving noises about the fallen senshi around them. Crysdal averted her gaze, feeling ashamed at how poorly she had acted, but rather than rebuke anyone, the woman said an odd word and some of the fallen warriors gasped as though being prodded awake. ' Why should we trust you after the old man?' Sam asked, and Crysdal looked back at the crone, waiting for her answer. |
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| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 2nd October 2016, 9:31 am | |
| " Old man, eh?" she repeated in her creaking voice as she pried open her satchel and shoved her arm in to fish around a bit, " Old man--" She froze, her movements creeping to a halt as though something important had clicked into place. " An old man gave you these vials?" she repeated, her voice slow and careful and deliberate, "Did he make you pay for them?" She looked up, her eyes moving in an arc from Chalybs to Cosima, urgency in her tone. " What did he look like? What was his name?" |
| | | Eternal Knight Lotus Crystal
Title : GC's Official Prince Diamond Posts : 2408 Join date : 2015-07-20 Age : 32 Location : Teleporting between Elysion and Nemesis
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 2nd October 2016, 9:40 am | |
| "We point when we are surrounded by creatures who would love nothing more than to kill us." He pointed out, annoyed by his arm obeying the old woman instead of his own will. Her logic was faulty and his brows were furrowed. Gabriel cared very little about her sensitivity. Over half of them were down when she appeared and... apparently most of those fighting had been down too until she gave them strange things to eat. What had happened? He looked at the others. They weren't too close from the tree, like Cosima, Bastet and him were. How? When he finally connected the dot, he frowned. Was that why Crysdal seemed so stressed despite having defended them all alone with Celestal down? He kept his sword at the ready, even though he didn't raise it again.
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| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 2nd October 2016, 9:49 am | |
| The old woman hadn't answered the question. Crysdal's blue eyes were locked on her, narrowing warily as she ignored Sam's first question and focused solely on the information about the Hermit; her reaction was convincing, but she had given them no reason to trust her beyond waking everyone up, and while that was incredibly helpful, they had trusted him, too. " He was old and kind," she stated defensively, coming to her feet to face her directly and choosing the last descriptor to starkly contrast the woman's own mannerisms. She still hurt inside when she recalled his wizened, friendly old face beneath his odd tree-stump hat; she didn't want to believe that he had meant them ill by giving them the potions. He was too nice - it must have been something she had done with them, some way she had mistreated them, to make them turn sour. " He had no name, referring to himself as a hermit, and gave the vials to us freely to help us with our mission. He hadn't meant us any harm." |
| | | JupiterThunderCrash Lotus Crystal
Title : Formerly Sailor Pluto Posts : 4781 Join date : 2014-01-16 Age : 27 Location : Dallas, Texas
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 2nd October 2016, 10:01 am | |
| "He looked like a small tree from a distance," SAM said, as Ferrum recalled the memory for her. She could picture the Hermit on the wooden deck again rather clearly. "He was covered in wood and animal skins, and he had green eyes..." And hadn't done anything beyond giving them potions and leaving again, now that she was thinking about it. This woman had healed them. This entire situation was extremely confusing... "He also said he was too late to save Sailor Cipriere." This old woman's reaction was very strange though. Almost as if she knew him from somewhere. Her eyes narrowed behind her visor. "Have you met him before?" Were they separate forces, or were they working together? |
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Title : Drinker of Roleplayers' Tears ~ The Internationaliest™ Posts : 9577 Join date : 2013-07-25 Age : 36 Location : Canada
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 2nd October 2016, 10:14 am | |
| Hemera woke up with a start, and the first thing she did was look around for her sister. To her immense relief, Nyx was right beside her, seeming to just be waking up as well. She frowned as she took in their new surroundings. The strange giant tree they had prepared to fight was no longer there, other people were on the ground, and… there was a strange old lady in their midst. The others were talking, and it seemed the danger was gone. Everything was peaceful. “What… happened?” she muttered, slowly pushing herself up. Had she missed the entire battle? The last thing she remembered was the tree shooting something at her… then darkness. |
| | | Sailor Uranus Outer Senshi Admin Roleplay Director
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| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 2nd October 2016, 10:17 am | |
| The crone listened intently, shrugging off the inconsequentials such as demeanor, her hand making a rolling motion as though to hurry the conversation along, but as soon as Aegle said hermit, she looked down and away her grey brows furrowing together as she thought hard. She nodded to herself, as though agreeing with something when it was mentioned that the potions had been free, and stilled again listening to Chalybs's description of attire. She was practically unmoving, the situation starting to click into place in her mind, her original hunch having been proven true, but to what end? " He was right about Sailor Cipriere," she spoke at last, her voice deeper, less creaking, " but it was less a warning then a boast. I know him, but that he was here, and that he dared interact with the lot of you, and Sailor Cipriere besides, has many dark implications." She looked up, sweeping their eyes, drawing them in with the gravity of her being - whether she used her magic to take their attention, or whether it was her countenance, she had them all, even those who had recently stirred. " If you ever see him again, do not act afraid. Do not tell him that you met me, and, if prompted, say you had no need of his potions in this fight. Accept what he offers, but never use it. He must not suspect you know who he is, or what his purpose may be. Else you will die." |
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| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 2nd October 2016, 11:13 am | |
| Her attack had missed. For a creature that size, it sure was agile. She was watching the battle carefully, contemplating her next move... And that was the last thing she remembered. As she regained her senses, she slowly took in her surroundings. Instinctively, she looked for Hemera -- thankfully, she seemed alright, though judging by her look, she was equally puzzled. What had happened? Where did the tree go? Her attention turned to the old woman speaking. Who was she? A new enemy? Or an ally? Nyx summoned her staff and prepared herself just in case, but did not make any other movement, or say anything at all, for that matter. She simply observed the woman and listened to her words, trying to make sense of what had happened based on context. |
| | | Brit-chan Senior Member Small Lady Emeritus
Title : Queen of the Cat Kingdom Posts : 23236 Join date : 2011-06-23 Age : 36 Location : Lafayette, LA
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 2nd October 2016, 2:56 pm | |
| Ari felt her large eyes get droopy as she laid next to Xtal. Her breath was haggard and heavy as she continued to worry about her ailing companions. She struggled to stay awake, at least for her magic to wear off and become normal again. She took no notice to the new ball of light that appeared and turned into an old wrinkled woman. She only took noticed when the winged boy spoke and asked who she was. Adjusting body to turn and get a good look at the woman, the woman walked towards her and Xtal. Wary of her but not having the strength to move, Ari low out a low grumbling growl at the woman as she inspected Xtal's face then inserted what looked to be a piece of chocolate into her mouth. She continued to let the growl rumbled until she felt the magic of her transformation wear off. Just as she returned to normal, the old woman had spoken a strange word and the other awakened. Could she actually be helping them? Sam asked the question that Ari was thinking. The old woman reacted strangely to mention of the hermit they had met who had given them....of course! The potions! Had Hadley and Xtal taken them and thats what put them in this state? She took her eyes away from the crone to stare at the Xtal. The girl nearly died. She felt a rush of emotion over take her and it was all she could do to keep the tears at bay in her eyes. Crysdal and Sam once again replied back to the cranky old woman. Something made Ari give the woman her undivided attention as she spoke a warning of the old hermit. Could he really not be trusted? Had they all been so naive to take something from a stranger, not knowing truly who he was or his intent... Ari suddenly felt truly small in the world--no the universe. She felt as if she knew nothing and suddenly very useless. She simply sat next to Xtal, staring blankly at the old woman, holding back the tears that pressed to spill out of her eyes. She had no words to contribute |
| | | Addelyn Lotus Crystal
Title : GC's Official Nephrite Posts : 8024 Join date : 2012-08-04 Age : 34 Location : Canada
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 4:05 am | |
| Celestal awoke with a groan. Sitting up, she rubbed her head, eyes blinking furiously. There didn't sound like there was any fighting which means she had missed all of it. How embarrassing. She was supposed to stay conscious and save the rest of them, being a healer, not get knocked out first thing and spend the entire fight on the ground. How was her group supposed to trust her after this. It wasn't until an old woman began speaking about a man, the hermit they had met earlier, that Celestals attention focused. The man was evil? But how can they trust what she said? "You say the man we saw earlier was evil and not to be trusted, yet you give us no reason for us to trust you. What is to say that he is the one we should trust and not you, or to be honest, perhaps we should trust neither of you." |
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| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 6:07 am | |
| When the soft edible thing of dark brown colour was provided to her, Xtal-Diamante was barely conscious enough to register much about it. Her experience just moments ago with the potion—particularly observing how it had effected Sailor Valdis—should have made her hesitate... but in this case, her current weakened state drowned out the warnings. She accepted and chewed the thing, taking no note of its taste. Her rock-like self lacked taste buds, and that came in handy now. The first thing she noticed, as her consciousness sharpened, was another's presence. Sailor Xtal-Diamante pulled herself to a more upright sitting position, briefly untangling herself from her masses of hair, and saw that Sailor Bastet was very close. Was she injured as well? The feline soldier had fought determinedly in the battle, but Xtal-Diamante had not observed much of the tail end due to her own distress. Her attention diverted to the old woman that spoke—the one who had given her whatever revived her. For the crystal-eyed young woman, these actions weighed much heavier on her impressions than the empty claim of assistance from the hermit. As the others spoke, continuing to question, she only hoped they would not cross his path again. |
| | | Eternal Knight Lotus Crystal
Title : GC's Official Prince Diamond Posts : 2408 Join date : 2015-07-20 Age : 32 Location : Teleporting between Elysion and Nemesis
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 9:13 am | |
| Gabriel squeezed the handle of his sword tightly. He knew why they would have to try and react as if nothing happened. If the Hermit wanted them dead, then knowing they survived despite his plans would only make him all the more determined to end them. But even if he knew, even if he understood, he wanted, fiercely, to make firewood with that man's body. Hearing Celestal's voice was a relief, so was seeing everyone else stand and pitch in. It had been too close. He didn't feel good about leaving all their bodies there while they fought, but there was no other choices back then. It was either fight or try to heal them all and probably die. His eyes turned to Alshain and Nyx, then back to the old woman they went. He didn't trust the old woman, but she did heal them. In a way, they were now indebted to her and he didn't like it. "What's the price for all of this?"
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| | | Sailor Uranus Outer Senshi Admin Roleplay Director
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| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 10:41 am | |
| She ended her statement with a sharp nod of her head before she resumed rooting around in her bag, her old fingers tracing familiar items, searching for the objects that felt right for the situation; her fingers wrapped around a few, and she made to pull them out when Sailor Celestal spoke up, her reasoning shrewd. The Crone smiled around her crooked nose, " That's the spirit," she replied, and returned to her rummaging, apparently, once again, not going to directly answer the question of trust. Knobbly knuckles grasping the trinkets tightly, she pulled them from her cloth sack as Amarachius Sworn spoke. " Ooohoohoo," she cooed in a singsong manner, looking at her hands as she hobbled back over to him, feigning being impressed, " Look who's figured it out. These have already been paid for," she stated, dropping two small vials of blue liquid into his free hand, which raised of its own accord to meet hers. " As for the chocolate and the refreshment, they're on another's account - no need to worry about those." She turned and shuffled over to Sailor Chalybs, and similarly handed over an odd-looking necklace with a strange symbol and another little vial of green liquid, then turned and kept shuffling along towards Sailors Hemera and Nyx; to the sun senshi she gave another amulet, this with a different symbol from Chalybs but otherwise looking very similar; to the moon she gave a blue liquid filled vial and a small pouch. " Three uses with that," she said, pointing a crooked finger at Nyx's pouch. |
| | | Sailor Saturn Outer Senshi Admin Events & Storyline Admin
Title : ♥ Posts : 5197 Join date : 2012-07-23 Age : 34 Location : Sweden
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 11:19 am | |
| The addition of a new voice would have normally caught Hadley's attention, but she couldn't focus on it - she couldn't focus on anything at all - she could feel a warm presence beside her, hugging her close, but Hadley wasn't even certain who it was anymore. She tried to focus on that feeling, wanting to hide within it, but it was too difficult. Her body was so heavy, everything felt sluggish and wrong. She could hear a small bit of conversation going on before an old woman stood in front of her. Hadley tried to move away - who was this woman? - but the elderly woman was already there, poking and prodding. It made her feel uncomfortable - touches from other people was not something she was used to and Hadley wanted to recoil away, but her body betrayed her, and she couldn't muster the energy to do so. But the insistent touches reminded Hadley of her grandmother, when Hadley had been incredibly sick for an entire moon, and her grandmother had been the only one to help her - oh how she missed her. Although she didn't want to trust this stranger, the similarity of it made Hadley relax despite her better judgment. She was given a large ball of chocolate and was instructed to eat it. Hadley felt as though she could barely lift the enormous thing, let alone eat it. She wasn't hungry - she wasn't sure if she could trust herself to eat anything ever again - but there was a certain commanding presence about the elderly lady. Surely... she was okay? It was okay to trust her? Hadley hesitated for a moment, knowing that trusting strangers had gotten her into this situation to begin with. But the woman's face reminded her of her grandmother - even though they looked nothing alike, there were similarities that called to her - that had to be a good sign. Right? Well, whatever it was, it couldn't make her feel any worse than she did right now, Hadley reasoned. And at least it was chocolate. Chocolate was always a good thing. She stuffed the whole thing in her mouth. And regretted it instantly. She gagged, wanting to spit the entire mass out but forced herself to keep chewing, the acrid flavor burning her taste buds. She focused on her decision to eat this thing, even as she felt betrayed that this was absolutely nothing like chocolate. Hadley could hear continued conversation, but she was too preoccupied with getting this disgusting hunk of stuff down as soon as possible. As she finally swallowed the last of it, Hadley stayed where she was, gasping and now trying to keep it down. |
| | | Sailor Neptune Outer Senshi Admin RP Graphics & Canon Admin
Title : Drinker of Roleplayers' Tears ~ The Internationaliest™ Posts : 9577 Join date : 2013-07-25 Age : 36 Location : Canada
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 11:45 am | |
| She could barely piece things together when all of a sudden something forcibly pulled her attention to the old woman. Her brain struggled to keep up with the words, trying to figure out who she was talking about. Potions? Was she talking about the old man? Die? What was going on?! He had seemed like a nice person, but now this woman was telling them they were going to die because of him? She was still kind of confused when the woman handed the amulet to her, automatically receiving it without even thinking, her brain still caught on the old man who called himself The Hermit. “So who was that man, really? And what is his true purpose?” she asked, not liking vague implications and puzzling enigmas. |
| | | Sailor Uranus Outer Senshi Admin Roleplay Director
Title : Oh, you mean you DON'T have an Elephabulous? Shame. Posts : 13368 Join date : 2011-09-15 Age : 35 Location : NE Texas
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 4:13 pm | |
| " He is the Hermit, and he is my counterpart," the Crone revealed offhandedly, " He serves Chaos as I serve Cosmos." She paused by Hadley and put a knarled hand on her head, " Easy, girl, don't spit it up. First one was free, next one won't be. Take these." Unceremoniously she dropped another amulet into Hadley's hands, along with a red potion in a bottle, and shuffled onward. " Should'n't've messed with you lot, and now I've got decisions to make and you've got planets to save." Stopping next by Aegle, she thumbed over a wooden chip with an insignia, and nodded towards her belt. " Pocket that." |
| | | Eternal Knight Lotus Crystal
Title : GC's Official Prince Diamond Posts : 2408 Join date : 2015-07-20 Age : 32 Location : Teleporting between Elysion and Nemesis
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 5:45 pm | |
| "He served Chaos?" He repeated, looking down to his sword with a certain confusion. Shouldn't his sword have been glowing then? Shouldn't it have warned him then? Was it even working correctly? Could he even trust it anymore? This was confusing. "It's all nicely put together, but Sailor Jin hasn't told us our next stop." He pointed out in a tired voice, his sword lowering until the tip touched the ground. "Unless you know something she didn't share with us."
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| | | Brit-chan Senior Member Small Lady Emeritus
Title : Queen of the Cat Kingdom Posts : 23236 Join date : 2011-06-23 Age : 36 Location : Lafayette, LA
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 6:12 pm | |
| Ari was brought out of her daze as both Xtal stirred and woke up which brought on a huge sigh of relief. Hadley struggling to down the chocolate the old woman had given her gave Ari cause to turn her way. What exactly had the woman given them? How was the old man chaos? Who is Cosmos? So many questions... Ari gave a quick glance at Xtal who seemed fine before mustering enough strength to stand and walk towards Hadley. She knelt by her as the woman tended to her. "Is she going to be ok? What refreshments are you talking about?" Ari found herself blurting out questions as she processed everything that had been said, "What is..a tab? Who could be helping us? The only one who knows about us is Sailor Jin and Queen Zhi right? What are we meant to do?" She finished rambling and quickly her eyes went wide at the shock of her sudden outburst. Her face flushed and she covered her mouth with her hands, mumbling an "I'm sorry" from behind them in embarrassment. |
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Title : Oh, you mean you DON'T have an Elephabulous? Shame. Posts : 13368 Join date : 2011-09-15 Age : 35 Location : NE Texas
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 8:07 pm | |
| " Eh," she shrugged, " Should be," she grunted noncommittally to Bastet's questioning of Hadley's health. As the girl's questions continued, however, the Crone seemed to grow bored, shuffling towards Cosima as she meddled with something in her bag, the questions seeming to fly over her head, unanswered. " For you," she stated, dropping a green vial into Cosima's hands, " and this," she added, pulling out a plain piece of chest armor and dropping it into automatically outstretched arms. Glancing back into her bag, she let out a little grumble of annoyance and went back towards Bastet and Hadley, stopping to pat Amarachius on the arm casually as she passed, " Don't feel bad about your sword, boy," she remarked, " We're outside the influences; it wouldn't've reacted." Reaching the cat-eared senshi, she dropped a little pouch in her hands, holding up three knobbly fingers, and reached in again to pull out a piece of body armor similar to Cosima's. " You're meant to do what you are meant to do," she replied evenly, and then laughed to herself and looked back at the rest of them, growing sober. " Your task is a difficult one, but you are not alone. The Galaxy is at war, Sailor Senshi, and without you, life and love are lost. Trust in each other, and use your hearts as well as your heads." She paused, seeming to think of something, her young eyes seeming to catch on something she saw far away, and, brows furrowed, she looked back. " This is bigger than all of you; only together do you stand a chance." " I --- oh, right," she paused in her sweeping motion to find Bastet, only then remember what Bastet had earlier said, " Refreshments." With a flick of her wrist that waved her staff, the party was completely refreshed, wounds closing, bruises mending, magic completely replenished and restored; while mentally or emotionally tired, their physical ailments have been erased. " That wouldn't've been good," she cackled, then grew serious. " I must leave." She raised her staff above her head, preparing to leave immediately. |
| | | JupiterThunderCrash Lotus Crystal
Title : Formerly Sailor Pluto Posts : 4781 Join date : 2014-01-16 Age : 27 Location : Dallas, Texas
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 8:43 pm | |
| Chalybs had absolutely no idea what this metal thing on a chain was, but the old Crone had given it to her. Was it useful? A machine perhaps? No, if it was mechanical, just touching it would have revealed that. This was different. The little vial of green liquid made her far more wary though, and she pinched it between two fingers as gingerly as possible before tapping a button on her suit. A small compartment near her hip opened up, and she dropped it inside and resealed it. SAM would not be trying that liquid if she could help it. The metal chain was still a mystery to her, but she wrapped it around one arm anyway, considering it less dangerous than the green vial. So that Hermit man, the one who could supposedly kill them all, worked for Chaos. And this woman worked for Cosmos, whoever that was. And now this group she had been stuck with was now once again being tasked with even more responsibility. She was still bruised and lightheaded from trying not to die to that tree beast... As if on cue, the Crone waved her staff, and it was like she had never fought at all. "Physical status is at 100 percent. Energy levels are also 100 percent," Ferrum confirmed ."So I guess we're not going home yet..." SAM said, but she wasn't protesting anymore. She was resigned to this fate now. |
| | | Anait Zelleire Lotus Crystal
Title : 'some witty/deep quote about life that makes ppl laugh/think here' Posts : 1247 Join date : 2013-08-21 Age : 29 Location : Texas
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 8:47 pm | |
| The last thing her eyes held was the sky falling away from her before everything went dark. Blue light flashed through her vision before she inhaled deeply as consciousness returned to her. Sight returned quickest, then sound as she took in the scene around her and voices began to reach her ears. It would appear that the creature had been defeated, while she had laid there on the dirt. No, her inner voice sharply replied to the thoughts that had threatened to flood her mind. With practice and renewed vigilance, she squashed the unnecessary feelings down and turned her full attention to the old woman who was answering questions left and right. It would seem that the old man, the hermit, had intended harm for them. Alshain took the instructions and organized them in her mind, to be dealt with if needed. As the old woman continued handing out items, the dark haired senshi slowly rose to her feet. Gracefully she checked her joints and limbs with quiet, reserved movements. She dared not make eye contact with anyone instead, the blue/yellow irises swept over the ground or the old woman only. Information first, she mentally chastised herself, then deal with this. Suddenly, any wounds that had been acquired from her little tumble, were gone and she felt as if nothing physical had happened. She bit the inside of her cheek, unaware of the harsh lines that graced her face. |
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Title : Oh, you mean you DON'T have an Elephabulous? Shame. Posts : 13368 Join date : 2011-09-15 Age : 35 Location : NE Texas
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 8:48 pm | |
| Hemera's question behind her, asking about the darkness, pulled Crysdal's attention and she looked back over her shoulder at the people just waking, making a mental note to herself to fill them in once this old-woman business had ended; and she made a note to tell them everything; the more that everyone knew the better. As Sam replied to the old woman with her own description of the Hermit, Crysdal kept her eyes on the woman, looking for some sign that spoke to the woman's true nature - was she against them? Had she somehow caused the potions to foul? She came from out of nowhere, there was nothing saying that she hadn't, but then why help them now? Hex and Hadley looked remarkably better, the others were awake, so why go through the trouble of helping them if leaving them alone would have finished them off one way or another? Her abrupt change of tone, from creaking and practically ancient to rich and commanding, couldn't help but to be listened to, reminding Crysdal instantly of her grandmother, though as she comprehended what the woman was saying she wished she could have paid less attention. Her words evoked thoughts and images in her mind - ' less a warning than a boast' - Sailor Cipriere? Had she taken his potions and... and died because of it? How... how horrible. That great tree creature, with its crushing feet and beams of light against her, alone; had she been forced to detransform, as Hadley had? What kind of... the possibilities were cruel and heartless, and she found herself staring at her shoes, hugging herself absently, trying not to think of the thousand ways she could have died, or any more about the man who could have killed her in cold blood. Had he really tried to kill them, too? Her chin was forced up to look at the hook-nosed old woman as she spoke a warning about further encounters with the Hermit, and as Crysdal listened, she fervently hoped that there would be no further interaction with him. Could she lie that well, especially knowing that their lives could depend on it, one way or another? Could they? Her eyes jerked over to the rest of them, Aldrin especially, the sight of the blue-skinned girl making her wonder all the more what the lute-player could be thinking about all this, half waiting for the moment when she would interrupt with an odd theory or bring up Sailor Jin again. Rather than Aldrin, however, it was Celestal who spoke next, asking point blank the question Crysdal had been chewing over: who should they trust? The old woman didn't answer, choosing instead to treat Gabriel like he were in young-school and asked a good question, talking then more about a payment she had certainly not made, mentioning that the chocolate and the 'refreshment' was on someone else - she wondered at that, but Hemera's question was also important, and it seemed to be one the woman was willing to answer: the Hermit, her counterpart, serving Chaos as she served Cosmos. Crysdal bit her lip, reminded of talks she had had with Achelois and Enyalius during their brief time on Aegle, reminded of those terms and their repeated use nowadays; however, she remembered nothing of a Hermit or a crabby old woman. She had barely enough time to fully think back when the woman handed her a piece of wood and told her to pocket it; Crysdal hesitated, not quite sure of what it was, but she felt cautiously at ease looking at it, so she did as she was told and put it in the empty pouch beside the pouch still holding the Hermit's last two potions, her palms sweating when she realized they were still there. The rest were used or destroyed, but those two remained; what should she do with them? ... Get rid of them, but how? Where? Were they poisonous to the environment, or other living creatures? She felt poorly now about smashing the others... maybe Elysande could burn them... Sailor Jin. Aldrin hadn't been the first to bring her up again - Gabriel had. As he inquired as to their next step, she looked directly at Celestal, who must still have been holding the communicator; she hoped she hadn't lost it, or that it hadn't broken when she fell earlier... the purple uniform didn't seem to have any pockets or pouches, and she began to feel uneasy about it. If they had lost the communicator, what should they do? They didn't know where to go next - where they were needed. If they couldn't contact Jin... Ari's point about Jin or Queen Zhi being potential benefactors was interesting, but she didn't want to focus too much on that - that was a conversation for later, so long as the old woman didn't straight up answer it. Which... she didn't. The Galaxy is at war, Sailor Senshi, and without you, life and love are lost. Trust in each other, and use your hearts as well as your heads. This is bigger than all of you; only together do you stand a chance.Only together... The magic that rushed through their gathering was palpable, but rather than the heavy miasma they had traveled through originally, this felt... light. Airy, cool, and refreshing, like a cool spring breeze. She didn't know what other purpose it served, but the 'refreshment' was refreshing, at least; however, the abruptness of her announcement to leave was decidedly not. Moments ago she had been fine puttering around the place handing out strange trinkets and --- trinkets! " Wait!" Crysdal called, stepping forward and raising her hand, " What have you given us? How does it work?!" She wasn't going to mistake potions ever again. |
| | | yunbuns Lotus Crystal
Title : Queen of da Norf. Posts : 3068 Join date : 2014-02-26 Age : 30 Location : Who knows.
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 3rd October 2016, 9:20 pm | |
| It wasn't long after she had spoken that an old woman had appeared practically out of then air, spooking the small group. If she wasn't so tired she might would have jumped at her sudden entrance or huff at her condescending tone yet all she could manage to do was sit on the ground and glare. Half of their team had been knocked out during the battle while the rest of them were left to fend for themselves and now this stranger had decided to grace them with her presence? Cosima spat on the ground angrily as the woman talked, rolling her eyes as she went on about Chaos and Cosmos and other nonsense. In her honest opinion both sides were equally awful and useless. Whatever 'Cosmos' was it hadn't saved Sailor Cipriere nor had it come to their aid until after the battle was over...and that would only be true if the old woman was sincere about her allegiance. Yet despite her misgivings, she found herself strangely drawn towards the woman. Her eyes following her movement and listening to every word she uttered and soon the woman made eye contact over to her. Almost instinctively, Cosima held out her hands like an obedient child as the woman shuffled over to her and out a phial filled with a mysterious liquid. Cosima eyed it incredulously, wondering if the woman took her for a fool. After the incident with the potions there was no way she was drinking that. As she accepted the first item another one was soon placed in her hands, one that she had seemed and worn many times over: chest armor. If this had been given to her at home she would have thrown it away in disgust. There was none of the fine ornate detail or embellishes that she typically favored. It was plain, cheap, and simply just... boring. But it was also something familiar and a painful reminder of what she was fighting to get back to. Giving a tired but content sigh, Cosima pulled the armor towards her chest and held it close to her tightly. |
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Title : GC's Official Saphir Posts : 2755 Join date : 2013-04-21 Age : 33 Location : Lost somewhere in Europe
| Subject: Re: [HC Event] Conviction 4th October 2016, 3:17 am | |
| Nyx continued watching in daze, focusing on absorbing as much information as she could to piece everything together. She didn't move when the old woman approached her, and without much thought, somehow unable to even consider being cautious, she accepted the items offered to her. She stared at the pouch, her expression even more puzzled than before. " Three... uses...?" she asked, more to herself than the old woman before her. Storing the received items, she finally began to realize what was happening. So the Hermit had tricked them. Or that woman was tricking them into thinking that the Hermit had tricked them. Either way, she had good reason to believe that only one of the two was truly on their side. And based on what she was hearing about those malfunctioning vials, he probably was not as kind as he seemed to be. You've got planets to save.That caused Nyx to finally snap out of her daze, recalling the beginning of this adventure. "Celestal, do you still have the communicator Jin gave us?" she inquired. She had said that they were to use it to contact her once they were done here. So that they could go to their next battle. Was she willing to do that, though? Were they? |
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