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Entry tags:
- bleach: kenpachi zaraki,
- bridei chronicles: faolan,
- danganronpa: komaeda nagito,
- digimon: erika mishima,
- fire emblem: dwyer,
- homestuck: dave strider,
- homestuck: terezi pyrope,
- kingdom hearts: roxas,
- overwatch: soldier 76,
- red vs blue: agent washington,
- rwby: yang xiao long,
- senjou no horizon: futayo honda,
- undertale: sans
Field Mission 2: Elegy Effigy Part 3
 1. ELEGY EFFIGY: THE FATE OF THE NETHERILA. THE OASIS TOWN, A MIRAGE With Terezi and Chiron at the wheel of a revitalized airship, they touch down in the middle of Vista Virs as the destruction winds up to a fever pitch. There's not much time left for this city as the Sandworms begin a final barrage against the bustling Oasis town. Destruction is imminent- and you have a choice. Help the Needlers and the Kitsune get onto the ship and wait for the torrent of attacks to die down, or stay within the limits and stall for as long as you can. For those of you willing to fight the good fight, know that the battle is a losing one. There are simply too many of them in number and size, and not enough power among the Reclaimers to successfully avert their ire. Do what you must; explode the topaz on the outside limits, take motorcycles and become the carrot on the stick, fire magic straight into their mouths to slow them down. It's only a band aid at this point, but every second you keep them away from Vista Virs, more lives are able to be saved. Anyone looking to stay within the airship can do their part as well. The area you're in is rather spacious, complete with several halls of military issued bunk-beds, a mess hall, an empty library, and, of course, the engine room. Some of the more famed Kitsune hunters (Suwa and Ishisaru) are nowhere in sight. True to their noble intent, they're still down there, doing everything that they can to slow the destruction down. They strike, and they destroy. From the airship's main observation deck, you see the long hanging archway of Vista Virs fall into the lake below. You see Stylosa trying to bring people together through an old jaunty tune, turning their attention away from their homes being dismantled piece by piece. All in all, the casualties are a little higher than anyone would hope for. But you've done everything you can. And just like that, the cold chill in the air dies. The winds cease to whip around. You can feel the dread in the air alleviate, and the sandworms all stop to stare off in the distance, as if a war horn has blared, calling them off. And all around you, the topaz that once glowed a sickly yellow return to a cool, cloudy saffron. You don't know what's happened, but you can guess it. The Architect's Pen has been retrieved, and the veil between worlds restored. After a while of anticipation and waiting for a signal of a secondary wave of attack, the airship lowers down. And it's a quiet, somber scene. B. THE LABORATORY Roxas, Futayo, Kenpachi, and Wash have infiltrated the laboratory compound and disabled the cosmoscopes that were allowing the mingling of worlds. Legion has been sucked into the Astral Plane, and with it, the rage of the Netherese Empire finally subsides, no longer trapped and stewing beneath the topaz of the desert. Bubbles are called down and the injured are carried away. For those of you who are a little bit more inclined to the... self-servicing side of the alignment scale, the laboratory is open for looting. There's a good deal of experiments that Lucas was working on back in here, and we'll leave it up to you in what you find. Just don't go too crazy; he didn't create a laser death ray, although- maybe that would've been a little helpful in the preceding hours. Lastly, if you have a grudge against Hodge Podge, now's the time to yeet that thing into the trash compound. The robots there have effectively overthrown their domineering manager drones, and live in a perpetual state of peace and communistic society. That's not to say that it's entirely smooth; there's still quite a lot of things to suss out for them and what that means. If you've got the spirit of leadership inside you, it might be worth it to try and help them establish at least some order. It might be helpful too, one day- when Vista Virs is eventually rehabilitated. Twocas, Lucas' doppelganger, eventually makes his way back to town with the help of Roxas and Wash. Pretty much everyone around here glares and tenses up when they see him. It's almost like they can smell the wrongness in his own nature. What happens next is, actually, somewhat surprising. They talk. Lucas and his twin have a heart to heart about their mother, and if you're paying attention, it's pretty heart wrenching to see. In the end, Twocas starts to cry, and Lucas, well. He gives him a really, really awkward hug. Like the reflections you saw in the caverns below, he fades away and becomes whole with his other half again. But the joining of the two hits him hard. "I created him to split my grief away from me. I know... now, of course, that... it was a really, really bad idea. I just couldn't live with it. It hurt... so, so, much and I just. I didn't know what to do with all that pain. I'm sorry, everyone. This is my fault. This is all my fault. There's nothing I can do to bring the town back to the way it was before. The only thing I know I can do is pay for my crimes. I'm ready to return to the Moon Base. Lucretia can decide what happens to me." Maybe you're happy with this outcome, maybe it's bittersweet. But eventually, Killian will slap a pair of arcane handcuffs on him, grab him by the collar, and call down a bubble to Vista Virs. Lucas was right. It's time for him to accept the responsibility of what he did. C. THE CAVERNS AND THE DESERT Now sealed off, the caverns remain home to no one but a sleeping God of Death. Sseth remains in there, his worshipers all sacrificed upon his birth into this world from the Celestial Plane. It's incredibly dangerous and ill-advised to return back in there, but we're not going to stop you. Several parts can be cleared away by hand with enough effort and enough moxie to Indiana Jones your way down. There's villages of Yuan-ti nests dotted throughout the caverns and ripe with various jewels, gems, and fine trinkets. If you can stomach looking at a giant reptilian god sleeping away, it's all yours. But note, the ever looming presence of evil strongly exists there. This is not a completed job, not by any stretch of the word. Although the god sleeps in the caverns below, his influence is pervasive. Spend a long enough time down there and you'll start to feel a malevolence touch your heart, like a black and oily hand clasping around your brain, whispering madness directly into it. Otherwise, the desert is rather calm. There are still monsters about, but it seems that the chaos has come to a halt. If you've got a heavy heart, you might be able to ride out and camp for a night or two before returning to base. Anyone who sleeps out there under the stars will have a peaceful, albeit surreal dream of occupying the body of an animal, traversing across the sands. It should bring you some peace, but maybe not enough to undo the trauma of meeting your reflection or any of the other quite awful things that have happened since your arrival in the Netheril. But everything comes back to Vista Virs. Return to town, or return home to the Moon Base, the choice is yours. But there's still stuff to do if you have the time and energy to spare. Some say that keeping yourself active helps you not dwell. We imagine some of you would be very keen on taking that to heart. 2. THE FIGHT, THE RETURN HOMEFor those of you who have not assembled to retrieve the Grand Relic, this still isn't the time to be sitting on your hands. There's so much to be done if you intend to make it back to the Moon Base.  A. IN THE THICK OF THINGSWith all the chaos unfolding in and around Vista Virs as the sandworms approach, there's little in the way of impactful support for the Needlers, merchant Kitsune and even your fellow Reclaimers who have been affected. If you're up to it, and if you're able, here are a few options. Of course, you are always free to have your character do what would best suit them. ○ First aid, or final aid: Healers, this is your time to shine. With the symbiotic relationship between the Kitsune and Needlers, and with many of them having never seen a conflict past Netheril survival, hunting and a bitter rivalry with the Kobolds, there's a dearth of effective healing magic. Will you be tending to the injured? Or will you be the one to hit that unfortunate button on the bracer to send a Reclaimer back home for revival? B. THE AFTERMATH It is, unfortunately, the way that a war with an unspeakably thorough destruction such as the Hunger occasionally plays out. Your efforts were not in vain. But collateral damage could not be helped. The tall, haphazardly constructed yet beautiful settlement of Vista Virs has been destroyed by the sandworms. Casualties could not be avoided. Among the wreckage, the shredded and splintered framework of the boardwalks you've inhabited for the past month and a half, a lone monument to the tenacity of the Needlers remains: A lake, pristine as ever, even if it's currently littered with debris. As the story goes, the Thorn that wrung out the nearby cacti to create Thorn's Thumbprint gave the Needlers the endurance, the strength they needed to survive in a harsh environment such as the Netheril. And Thorn's Thumbprint remains. They will survive, just as they always have. You may comfort those who have lost so much. You may help with rebuilding efforts. You may give them your word that you'll be back to help rebuild — which isn't a lie. Ultimately, though, you will have to return.  C. HOMEWARD BOUNDYour visit to the Netheril is over. After a month in the unforgiving desert climate, you return to your quarters on the base, where your bed's been freshly made, the water in the shower's warm, and the food is far more appetizing. It's time to rest. At some point past your initial return, though, a message appears on your bracer. It's not quite an acknowledgment of what happened at Vista Virs. That'll come later, and in a setting that's more formal than a message through the bracers. It has come to my attention that the Culinary Operating Official Kitchenmate, or the robot you all have affectionately termed Bender, is 3. OOC NOTESCongratulations on obtaining the second Grand Relic! For those of you who participated in the Call to Arms, you can use this log to thread out the results. As a reminder, in order to qualify for a token to use in the Gacha, you will need to provide a link to your CTA thread from this log. There will be no RNG for this post. As noted in the third extra prompt, you are going home, and will be back at the Moon Base by March 10th. You may use this log for homecoming prompts as well. We'll have a proper Interlude plot for you and new Reclaimers in the coming weeks! We hope everyone enjoyed their visit to the Netheril! We're so thrilled with all that you've accomplished. blurb code by photosynthesis |
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[Bakugo had died. He killed his mirror double back in those caverns, and woke up at home base with something missing. Something immediate-- his ability to see colours. Everything was painted in dull tans and greys and it was immediately hard to adjust himself to, but he didn't have time to sit around and be a liability because of it. So as soon as he was back at Vista Virs, and the place was under attack, he did his best to fight. Fighting is what he's best at, after all.
So, with a grin wide across his face, tricking the fear inside of him he sets off with his explosions in his palms, having run out of grenades for his launcher. He's aware that he's not nearly as powerful as he should be right now, and relying solely on his Quirk isn't the best course of action when he's faced with giant sandworms but if he can at least stall to give enough time for the rescue to go underway, that's all that matters.
And while you're either on the field fighting with him or just caught in the fray, a massive rock is shaken out of the ground by a sandworm bursting from it nearby and hurls right towards you-- just for Bakugo to use a palm sized explosion to blast it out of the way.]
If you're just gonna stand around like a moron, do it somewhere else you fucking punk!!
[Aaand of course he's going to insult you even while he saves you.]
ii.
[When things calm down, and those who are injured needs tending to, there's a Hero here to help. Though reluctant as he is, he does realize that he has a healing ability... he didn't want to take being a Bard seriously, and he's never used any of his abilities up until now but after becoming more of a hindrance than a Hero these last two months he's tired of not doing his part.
So if you happen to have injuries on the smaller side he'll approach you with a scowl so clerics and those with stronger healing magic can attend to those who are more seriously hurt.]
....you'll be fine, suck it up.
[Surprisingly, that small, tiny bit of encouragement does send a warmth through your injury, soothing it as it heals a small bit of your health.]
iii.
GODDAMMIT!
[There's the sound of a crash coming from the dojo, after all's said and done and everyone's back home. Coming in there you'll find Bakugo standing in the midst of wrecked robots, panting heavily with nothing but his bear hands to use against them. Another one shows up for the fight and he grabs it by it's neck, tossing it into a wall with a yell and after that he swerves on his heel to deliver a roundhouse kick to another that sends it's head right off.]
DIE, YOU FUCKING HUNKS OF TRASH!
[He's so incredibly angry. At himself, mostly, for what a piss poor job he'd done during his first mission. He feels ashamed and humiliated for being such an asset, for not taking anything as seriously as he needed to because he viewed all of this as a stupid game. But deep down he did know... he knew that his world was destroyed, and he was the only one that could save it. But he denied it all the way up until he died in those caverns, and now he felt like a goddamn moron.]
Fuck! Fuck!
[He yells as he punches another robot down onto the ground, and he goes down with it. Straddling it as he punches it over and over and over until his knuckles start to bruise.
Fuck all of this. Just fuck it all.]
iii.
The shouting definitely startles her when she enters and Yang makes a quick beeline to the source. She arrives in time to see him pin the robot and start punching it with such ferocity it's a little frightening at first.
In all honesty she doesn't think she should interfere until she can actually start to see his hands bruise. Then Yang gets a bit concerned. She'll invite herself right in.]
Whoa, hey... Take it easy.
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It's not until she speaks up that he notices someone's there, and it does get him to stop and look up at her, his brow furrowed deep enough for a wrinkle to crease right between his eyes and his chest rising up and down quickly as he tries to catch his breath.]
I'm taking it fucking easy! In fact, I'm perfectly goddamn calm!
[your hands say otherwise boi]
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But she has a lot of sympathy for his state right now. She can't really blame him for being upset. After all that had happened it was hard to accept it. They've all lost so much just by being here. To lose even more, especially like this... it was just too much.
She takes a few careful steps closer.]
Come on. Your knuckles are all bruised. Anyone who fights with their fists should know better. If you damage them too badly then what?
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[Bakugo barks that at her, like a dog wary of a stranger getting to close to his house.]
I've got fucking healing shit, I'll just fix my hands before they get utterly fucking destroyed.
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After a moment she shakes her head.]
Right, well... that doesn't make it okay. Here, spar with me instead. It'll be a better work out and you won't hurt yourself as much.
[She kind of wanted to use the dojo too after all. Better to just spar with the guy instead of listening to him yell.]
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[That's your new nickname, wear it with pride. It's not flirting, by the way.
He gets up off of the training robot, brushing his shirt off a few times before he moves into a fighting stance, already just. Ready to throw down. He's got a lot of frustration to work through, you know.]
Show me what you've got.
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Yang's eyes narrow a little, gaze unimpressed. He sure is asking for it so she'll make sure to deliver.
She gets in a fighting stance too, shifting her weight accordingly and lifting her fists. Her movement is natural, stance on point. Her experience in hand to hand combat is obvious but then she can tell he's no stranger to this either.]
Don't disappoint.
[She launches herself, going on the offensive first before he has the chance. She makes a wide swing from the left, other raised in defense.]
iii.
Well. It didn't confirm anything. But Qrow had wanted to check in on Bakugo anyway. And this is where he finds him.
He lets his Aura flicker into place immediately, wary of the potential volatility going on. He wonders what Raven would felt if she'd fucked up like that. He could see it without too much trouble, Raven running from her reflection rather than facing it. Would she kill it rather than admit it was right?
Maybe. He doesn't know his sister anymore. And, he supposes, he's never going to get to, now. But Bakugo is here, and he's tearing into those robots, and Qrow can't do anything about Raven but maybe he can help this kid.
Folding his arms, leaning against the wall by the doorway.]
Sure you don't want an opponent who can really fight back?
[Hey, he's never been against wearing out your feelings through physical exercise. But he's got a feeling that kid's going to hurt himself going too far. So, interruption, whether that stops Bakugo entirely or leads to a match. He'll play it by ear.]
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I don't fucking care who my opponent is. You wanna turn?
[He'll fight you if you want. He'll absolutely regret it without any weapons or his Quirk to rely on but hey. Sparring is sparring.]
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[That isn't exactly how Qrow would put it, but it is a way to put it. He pushes off from the wall, not drawing Harbinger. He's already got his Semblance, and he's not sure Bakugo has his Quirk (the reasoning behind this is simple: nothing here has been blown up yet). So a weapon against an unarmed kid venting their anger (or other emotions) seems a bit much.]
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I could go all day.
{He says as he punches a fist into the palm of his other hand. Normally, sparks would be flying out from that but.. yeah. He's Quirkless again.]
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We'll see about that.
[Qrow shifts into a fighting stance and gestures for Bakugo to come at him. His style for this sparring match is mostly defensive; his goal is to help Bakugo wear himself down, which means turning Bakugo's own momentum against him rather than trying to get hits in himself. It's not a style Qrow is expert at, not when it comes to hand-to-hand, but brawls when he was a kid and Tai's later instruction have made him at least pretty damn decent.]
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[Stepping in is almost definitely the wrong thing to do here, but Kaede can tell the other boy is just hurting himself like this. She'd originally come to the dojo with her training rapier to practice disarming opponents, but she just can't leave something like this alone.]
Bakugo-kun, stop! You're gonna hurt yourself!
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I ain't gonna hurt myself! I've got that healing thing-- whatever it's called!
[healing word he's talking about healing word]