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[@floodtalon], [@The 42nd Gecko], [@TheWindel]
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Not only a few meters up the mountain does the duo suddenly receive some rather unexpected company. The sounds of robotic chirping and metal-scratching screeches can be heard coming from all around her as they surrounded Titanica and Zayata on top of the mountain walls. A growl of dissatisfaction groans over the Vassal as she doesn't take any of this lightly. Judging by the glimpses she's gotten, they were robotic raptors of some sort. Did the Machina create these creatures? And if so, why are they here? 

Yet the questions didn't matter much to her. While she can easily crush them with her bare hands, they are still a valid threat. And they are blocking her path towards her goal. The vassal's eyes began to glow hot-blue in rage, her mouth emitting bluish-grey steam, and her spines begin to spark rapidly as she prepares for combat. She must make this quick if she's to beat that interloper near the bottom. As she slowly begins to scale up the mountain, Titanica quickly fires her atomic beam as she aims for the raptors scampering on the sides, being careful not to cause an avalanche by striking the sides of the rock. If any happened to jump from the edges onto her, she would simply pick them off in the air with her beam or physically smack them aside with her giant tail or fist. 

But as she continues climbing up, she suddenly catches a glimpse of none other than the intruder who was flying up the mountain. He was pale, with blackened eyes only showing two dots of white soulless pupils, and had two large grey horns. No doubt it was some kind of demon. They were the only things she could catch on him before the character continued his ascent into the mountain. Rage began to pump adrenaline into her bloodstream as Titanica fires her beam straight towards his back, attempting to knock him straight out of the sky. Yet this adrenaline rush also prompted the vassal to quicken her pace up the mountain, gripping onto hard rock with her hands as they transformed into muscular reptilian-esque arms. She wasn't going to let him find this black goat leather on her watch. 

Her tail can be useful for Zayata to latch on as she quickens the pace.

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[@floodtalon]
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As Utada charges at the archangel using her sword and shield, Lucifus retaliates by casually swimming away from the strike. But not before he releases a charged orb of stellar energy right in the machina's path. At first, it may seem as if she can just quickly avoid it as it was going at a relatively slow speed. But alas, the orb bursts, releasing a plethora of smaller orbs that also quickly explode all around her. 

This is when Lucifus quickly follows up by spreading his six wings out and releases a storm of stellar bullets upon Utada all while continuing to circle around her. It's almost as if he's trying to trap the machina figure in place...

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Unit-T continues to scan the buildings for any sign of the staff, sometimes even entering a building of interest to double check. Yet so far she seems to have found nothing. Maybe there are some clues nearby that can point Tina in the direction of the staff...?