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[color=b89383][sub]HELSTON OUTSKIRTS  [color=a8a8a8]▎[/color]  FRIDAY  [color=a8a8a8]▎[/color]  26 OCTOBER[/sub]
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[color=a8a8a8]It did not take long for them to reveal themselves. That thing roaming and wreaking havoc was a formidable foe. Any sensitive would be wise to employ their capacity against it. Alice tried to support her fellow Aeons with hails of bullets when the opportunities presented themselves. The man she had spoken with at the camp turned out to be one of her own kind. His abilities were impressive. They belonged to some categories that Alice herself had not mastered yet.  The man with the helmet’s display was followed by the upbeat guy from the camp, the one she had waved to in response to his general greeting of those who were there. His attack on the creature obscured the view of things, which caused Alice to stop firing and find cover by one of the personnel carriers.

Alice ejected the mag and reloaded. It was at this time that the blonde woman from the camp darted forward and gave the creature a good smacking. The energy from her blasts were heavy and emitted quite powerful sounds. Alice tried to find an opening to fire at the beast, but the woman was too fast. The shots were better aimed at the tiny abominations running around, as it would keep the blonde in the clear and avoid being suddenly overwhelmed. When the mag ran dry, Alice changed position while locking ready her last bullets. She moved with rapid but soft steps from cover to cover behind the vehicles of the convoy. The others kept the aggressive monster occupied with storms of Aeonic energy long enough for Alice to reach the ruins of the first carrier.

The tag team was there and alive. Alice took a quick peak inside, and then she drifted her view across the battlefield. Their numbers were thinning at an alarming rate. Many of the regular volunteers were dead or being killed by the second. [color=b89383]“Can she move?”[/color] Alice asked the boy with the soft features and threw a glance at the woman with the injury being mended by watery energies. [color=b89383]“We need to get out of here. Try to move over to the other carrier. It’s just a few meters away,”[/color] she continued and let off a couple of shots at approaching abominations. At that instance, the ground began to rumble and vibrate again. It felt much more intense this time around, an assault on the senses to say the least. A loud, deep roar growled in the depths of the crater. A colossal creature of horrid proportions began to crawl towards full view. It towered at the height of skyscrapers, tentacles sprouting from its head clad with myriad eyes, and limbs spearheaded by hoofs. It was incomprehensible to the mind to look at, and it was accompanied by a swarm of the Red Terror that they had just fought. It was, indeed, time to leave. The sergeant back at the camp that Alice had previously spoken to surely did not predict this kind of monstrosity, but he was right nonetheless. There was no chance of victory.

[color=b89383]“Come on!”[/color] Alice shouted, as she made her way to the second carrier of the convoy. Nearly all of the regular volunteers had been killed. Only the few Aeons that had joined the fray remained, keeping horde at bay. However, they would soon be overrun. Alice opened up the driver seat door and peaked inside to make sure that the rear was unlocked, and it was. She hurried around the back of the carrier and grabbed a spare mag that fit her rifle. With a graceful leap off of the ground, Alice took hold on top of the vehicle. [color=b89383]“Come on, it’s time to go!”[/color] She shouted again while letting the bullets fly, providing cover for a retreat. The bulk of the swarm and the gigantic monstrosity seemed to just engulf the area in seconds. Routes and possibilities of escape were diminishing quite rapidly.

Her rifle ran dry again. The straps attached to the weapon came around her shoulders for it to rest across her back. Alice began modest gestures with her hands that sparked into existence faint energies of frigid nature. As it charged and grew at an exponential rate, emitting a white-bluish hue, she waited for the survivors of this lost battle to come closer to the carrier. When they were nearly there, Alice catapulted herself off of the roof of the vehicle straight up towards the sky. She extended both arms forward with their fingers folded together. A massive stream of icy energies rushed forward. Half way towards its target, Alice parted her fingers and exposed the palms, which split the giant beam into numerous hails. The bombardment caused explosive sounds to consume the field, each hit bursting into arctic air around its impact. When the survivors were safely close to the carrier, Alice ceased her attack and fell down onto the roof of the vehicle again. [color=b89383]“Go, go, go!”[/color] She shouted to whoever had taken the driver’s seat.

The way back to Helston was cut off. They only had two options. Either they drove north towards Mineral Grove or Dadena City. Or they had to drive east towards Eastbourne. The driver would ultimately have to decide. However, to Alice’s horror, as she held herself steady on the roof of the carrier, the sky in all directions were clad with falling stars just like the one that had crashed outside of Helston some hours ago—the one whose creatures they had just fought. This was not just some random astral event. This was an invasion.[/color]

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[color=79629b][b]QUEST STEPS[/b][/color][color=9a8bb0]: Anyone can take the driver's seat. Whoever does will decide where the party goes from here. (suggestion: whoever is first to post after this). Finish up the fight, react to the big monster and swarm of Red Terrors, and retreat to the carrier. React to the multiple falling meteors in the far distance, in all directions (the unions).[/color]

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