Flamelord

The War of the Three

Tartys

Stumbling inside, Tartys paused momentarily as the voice of Torag rang in her head, indicating to her that the battle was over due to a settled truce. That came as a surprise, and to be honest she found herself more than a bit discontented by it. It did prevent additional loss of life, but it also meant that they had to cede their victory, when they had been so close to actually winning this fight. What had there been left to challenge them, aside from that abomination fighting their 'ally'.

Still, she wasn't the one in charge, and could only accept it. Resuming her motion, she was soon able to find one of the makeshift medical areas where she would soon be patched up and ready to get to the fight once again, or to wherever they were sent next. It was better than nothing she supposed, since she wouldn't be seeing any more action on this day.

Though if the mountain could stop feeling like it was going to explode, that would be great.

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Tatiana Lorenz

The mission had proceeded fairly nicely thus far, that much was obvious. There had been no real trouble even as they headed for their new destination, and Tatiana would admit that she was getting a bit of an itchy trigger finger. She had come all this way, yet not a single fight had occurred that was worth mentioning. There were those grunts, but they hadn't really stood a chance. She wanted something that was worth her time.

Before they could actually get there though, she found herself interrupted by a message from Hibiki, warning her that an enemy had appeared in the teleporter room that required her attention. "On my way," she replied swiftly, wasting no time in idle chit chat. They couldn't let anything happen to Shizuka, or else they'd be cut off from their escape.

At that point she abandoned stealth, turning on her heels and activating her armor fully as thrusters flared to life with aa burst in the air. Wings extended slightly to allow for greater maneuverability as she took off, practically flying down the hallways as she retraced her steps back to the teleporter room. At the same time she prepared for combat, adjusting inputs and vectors slightly to maximize her flight speed. There were a few close calls, but she didn't crash and that was what counted.

Quickly she arrived and assessed the situation. Turrets hammered away at a demon, while Shizuka had her blade ready. Into that flew Tatiana, another gun springing to her grip from her holster as she dynamically entered the room, moving along the wall as she fired. The biotic rifle and her standard plasma rifle would hopefully do some damage, and she kept up the fire to give Shizuka time to do what she needed to do. Now she could have a real fight.

@Ryonara@floodtalon

Deep Ground Online (Hiatus)

Masae Kanegawa

If it wasn't so early in the morning, Masae probably would have been more put off by Aderyn suddenly appearing in front of her in nothing but a towel. As it stood she rubbed her eyes while listening to that angry tone, not expecting that it would have been such a big deal. But that was mornings for you, and really it wasn't too surprising where Aderyn was concerned, if only because the noise seemed to indicate that she hadn't had her coffee yet.

"Well then," she replied as Aderyn suddenly remembered where her shampoo was and returned to the bathroom. "...Sure, I guess," he called as her roommate asked to use her shampoo at the same time. It seemed she didn't have much choice in the end, but she didn't mind really so long as Aderyn didn't use all of her shampoo this one time.

While she was busy with that Masae moved into the kitchen, ignoring the coffee as she went about preparing her breakfast for the morning ahead. Eggs, sausage, there was nothing that bad about it. Soon enough Aderyn joined her, partaking of her coffee at the same time as she gathered her stuff to head out for the day. Masae didn't look like she was in quite the same hurry as her roommate was, that was clear.

"Alright, sounds good to me," she confirmed as Aderyn told her that she would be meeting with someone from her DGO guild. That earned an internal smirk at the same time, matched with a sigh from her at the news. So much for the war not being that big of a deal, huh? But she didn't mind that much, that was just how Aderyn worked and she didn't hold it against her. The fact that it distracted from their promise to play DGO together only helped as well. "Have fun."

She ended up leaving the apartment some time after Aderyn did, and headed towards Purple Crown Academy to get to work. At least her schedule was lax enough to allow for this, and yet she didn't waste time lollygagging along the way. Passing by some girls at the front gate, she headed to go drop her stuff off in her locker for safe storage before getting to work. This was definitely going to be a busy day for her.

@Mega Birb

The War of the Three

Tartys

Things could definitely be going better. At least the immediate problem of people throwing down attacks that would destroy the entire area with no regard to faction or allegiance. That had been more than a bit annoying, and Tartys was given the opportunity to relax and bit and try to recover, even as she dealt with the invisible unit that had proven such an issue before.

Her blow allowed Omega to finish it off though, which was better than nothing at all. With her blast of magic fading away, Tartys sagged a bit under the pain she was currently experiencing. She gasped for breath, shoulders heaving as she struggled against the burning inside of her from protesting muscles, practically blinded in one eye. Needless to say she could be better, even if she had managed to fight Henry to a standstill that one time. This was a bit outside the realm of her experience.

That recover was interrupted by the shaking of the ground, and Tartys was able to look over to see that both the Machina and the Angels had taken this to another stage, though how much Juno could be considered an Angel was very much in debate at this point. She hadn't done a good job of proving her allegiances thus far after all.

Her musing was interrupted by Omega, who moved close before ordering her to retreat from the field. She was loathe to do so, but in her state she supposed she had little choice. At the very least it would give her some time to heal without being repeatedly attacked by whomever came around. "Alright. Take care," she replied before heaving herself forward and back towards the volcano, to enter the fortress itself and recover from her wounds. Hopefully all these previous attacks hadn't overloaded their medical facilities.

@Awesomoman64@KoL@Lucius Cypher

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP)

Alexander Nevsky

The servant quietly heeded his Masters request, now that he had been given direction with his initial task accomplished. He was more than content to continue along with them to the cafeteria, where they could have their food and learn a bit more about this modern era. Nevsky was looking forward to it, and he followed along as they continued towards the cafeteria.

Once they had arrived, Nevsky looked about to see that many of the others had arrived and were already busy taking part in their first meal after coming back to life. It wasn't that much of a surprise and Alexander went to go see what they had before loading up on ood as well. Indeed there was a lot here, and he ended up with some salad, prepared meat, bread, the sort of meal that a ruler would be able to enjoy in his time.

He moved and sat down near Montag and his servant without being too close, especially for the consideration as Walgrave arrived to converse with the Master that he had made contact with before. Now would be a good opportunity to learn about just what his Master wanted, which was something that Nevsky had been hoping to learn since he had been sent off.

Slowly sampling of his food, Nevsky was impressed. It was much more refined than his time, at a term, and less heavily spiced. The meat was tenderly prepared, and he had to compliment the cooking of this era. It had definitely advance since his own time, in technique and refinement.

At last Walgrave arrived, and Nevsky nodded to his master as he began to talk with Montag about what they wanted to do. "I can agree with that," he confirmed, taking his glass and nodding to those present before taking a respectful sip. He was definitely enjoying this experience of the modern world.

@Beloss@GreenGoat@Lonewolf685

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP)

All the cooks are Shiro, kidnapped from multiple dimensions.

@GreenGoat

Oh, so Zelretch just called in a favor from the Counter Force? :V

The War of the Three

Tartys

The pounding against her barrier did not do Tartys any favors as she struggled to maintain it, doing her best to keep it up as long as possible. That would give Omega time to deal with all the foes that they were currently up against, something desperately needed with the sudden assault. It was just a pity that it had to be the Machina, given their magic would be less effective against them.

Power seemed to drain away, but she was nonetheless cognizant enough to hear his demand, as she closed her eyes and merely focused on the barrier. Yet even with her eyes closed she could still see some trace of the light that illuminated the area beyond, she just managed to not take the full brunt of it. Thank goodness for small favors, though they would have to see whether that made a difference in the grand scheme of things.

Not that she had the chance to find out, for just as it faded away she was practically floored by a sudden surge in gravity, hitting the ground with a grunt. With the shock, and the impact of the kunai, the barrier couldn't hold up and she allowed it to fade away rather than try and maintain it in such a weakened state. It wouldn't do any real good except tire her out further.

Her eye blinking rapidly against the blood and dust that sought to try and blind her, Tartys grabbed her spear and hauled herself back to her feet, facing down the area that they attacks had come from. "The enemy is invisible," she huffed as she stumbled a bit. But it didn't stop her as she drew on what power she still had access to, glimmering light manifesting on the tip of her spear as she gestured it in that direction.

Rays of light shot out, a spiraling kaleidoscope of burning heat that was aimed at covering as much ground as possible in order to hit the invisible target. She could only hope that it landed, and that Omega could take advantage of it to finish the thing off.

@Awesomoman64@TheWindel@KoL

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Tatiana Lorenz

Well, it wasn't her energy rifles but this biotic rifle would do, Tatiana supposed as she and her companions secured the teleporter room for themselves, with little opposition from the guards that were present. With the area under their control they went about securing it, with her scouting to make sure there wasn't anyone hiding around the place while the others set up more permanent defenses for the room. Speed was still of the essence here.

But really at this point there wasn't much to do. Not for her anyway. She was just here to provide some security while they handled the teleporter, and given that there wasn't anything attacking them at the moment she thought she did it quite well. Hopefully they'd get to actually fight someone, rather than all this sneaking around soon.

Then they hit a snag. Tatiana walked over as Hibiki explained the situation, the fact that the teleporter was no longer functional because someone decided to mess with the power, which had in turn set this entire place to explode. That seemed like a serious design flaw from her point of view, but she didn't think they'd let her lodge a complaint about it. "I guess it was too much to expect that this would be easy," she noted aloud.

Still, it seemed they had a backup plan. They just had ten minutes and could only teleport once. Fortunately Shizuka would be fine once the mountain exploded, so Tatiana didn't feel too bad about leaving her behind. Instead she nodded to Hibiki as the commander explained their new mission. "Sounds good to me," she agreed as she holstered the barrier bomb and watched Hibiki go ahead of her to scout the way.

She gave the girl a good ten count before moving after her, the other feed popping up in her HUD as she followed with rifle at he ready for any threats that appeared. They were on the clock now so they had better move fast, something emphasized as she felt the entire mountain itself shake in a manner that was not natural. Just what was going on up there?

@Ryonara

God's Shattering [Concluded]

Had she been around to ask, Alex would have had a perfectly acceptable answer as to why he was here when he was supposed to be laying low. But given that his Relic was currently in a mode that did not predispose itself towards talking, he felt no reason to elaborate upon his methods or motives. He merely nodded as the bartender explained what was up, giving him some insight into the situation that was currently at hand in the Imperium. He'd find out about what happened at the Church later, he supposed.

Of course, he couldn't help but scoff. "Man, if she's growing impatient then she only has herself to blame," he noted aloud with relative indifference. "If she wanted it done quick she wouldn't have opened up the search to the public." Not everyone was as good as him when it came to this sort of thing, not that he felt any shame about it.

Still, he'd gotten what he came for, at least to some extent. "Thanks for the info," he told the bartender before stepping back and exiting the building once again to return to his safehouse. Now it was time to recover a bit, and the first thing he had in mind was some sleep. That should give things time to settle, and soon he could begin planning out his next big scheme. All in all it was still pretty much life as normal for him.

Deep Ground Online (Hiatus)

Masae Kanegawa

Even with the start of the festival, life remained relatively the same for one Masae Kanegawa. She had to keep better track of her time, and she was out of the apartment more, but ultimately it wasn't that different from what she did normally. If they had a tech issue they called her up, and she fixed it before the day was ruined. In return she got a couple nice perks, but beyond whatever discounts she might get for food and the like she didn't care too much. She just enjoyed the satisfaction of fixing the problem. Though getting fed never hurt either.

At the moment though she was curled up in bed, blankets pulled tight to allow her to bask in the warmth that surrounded her. She liked to think of herself as a creature that didn't need too many comforts, but she hated having to sleep in the cold. Even if their place wasn't actually that cold at night, it made her feel better.

Through the dreams of her blissful sleep came the clinking and grinding of the coffee machine, indicating that Aderyn was awake and already busy with sating her addiction. In a way, it would have been more troubling had Masae not heard it, with as much routine as it was for her roommate. Otherwise she might have thought that something was wrong, and otherwise left herself to worry about what had happened. With Aderyn's medical condition she didn't think it was an unreasonable worry.

But she tried to cling to her sleep, at least a bit more if she could. Tendrils of her dreams continued to try and lull her back into oblivion, the strange and the outright weird that she couldn't claim in real life. Something involving parkour...giant robots...explosions? Already it felt like it was fading from her mind, leaving her to grumble and shift beneath the covers as she was pulled from her pleasant hideaway.

Aderyn's call at last roused her from her sleep in the full, and she sat up before rubbing her eyes. Well, not much point in trying to fall asleep again now. She knew herself well enough to know that once she woke up, she wasn't going to get back to that state easily. Brown slippers went onto her feet as she went about getting out of bed. "It's wherever you left it," she called back as she swung her bedroom door open and walked out into the apartment proper. "I haven't touched your shampoo recently." Honestly, it was just the typical morning here, in spite of the festival.

@Mega Birb

The War of the Three

Tartys

For some time Tartys' existence was pain, the feeling like a sledgehammer was pounding at her skull in an unrelenting reverberation that shook her body. Her thoughts were muddled, and there was a ringing in her ears that made it hard to hear anything. Eventually she did manage to haul herself back to her feet though, body swaying slightly as streaks of blood ran down the side of her face from her wound. Dull eyes looked over the battlefield as it developed, while the angel herself focused on dealing with the pain and everything else.

Her teammates weren't much help there, sadly, acting as if she hadn't just been shot in the head. Sure, it wasn't lethal to the point where she was dead, but it did take her out of it for a while. That was why she needed a minute or so of staring dumbly at the armor that had been tossed her way before she could grab it, trying to figure out some way to make it work with her spear.

Just in time too as she found that the robot she had previously disabled was not actually dead, and she shook her head as she jumped back, wings flapping to try and get out of range of it so she could better recover and fight back. That worked well enough until suddenly it felt like she got heavier, and was sent plummeting to the ground, along with everything else nearby as the gravity increased courtesy of the Eclipse Princess. For being their 'ally' she was doing a very good job of explaining why she had been locked up earlier.

"Gah!" She tumbled as she hit the ground, to find that the robot was still coming at them and there was even more to worry about. Her anger and frustration grew before at last she lashed out, slamming the butt of her spear into the ground as she panted. A dome of light appeared around her and Omega, protecting them for the moment so they could recover and otherwise allow the Killa Kan to blow up without there being a problem.

Not that it came up totally in time as a kunai sank into her other arm, earning a cry and pretty much rendering the limb useless. "This could have gone better," she grunted to herself as she got back to her feet, maintaining the shimmering barrier for the moment. "Any plans?"

@KoL@Lucius Cypher@Mega Birb@Awesomoman64@TheWindel

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP)

Alexander Nevsky

Rider nodded in understanding as Richard provided his response to the request that had been posed. It was reasonable in every regard that he could consider it, and given that Nevsky wasn't sure what his master had in mind it was what he expected from this encounter. Now it was all up to Walgrave to work out.

"Excellent," he replied as he followed along, joining them in moving for the cafeteria. There was nothing wrong with getting to know those they would be fighting besides, and he was also eager to see what sorts of foods existed in this modern world. for some reason, being reincarnated from the dead had left him surprisingly hungry, once he thought about it. So ultimately he had no reason to disapprove, and instead he moved after them.

At the same time he sent a message to Walgrave, to inform him of the success of his mission. 'My Lord, I have made contact with one of the Assassin's Masters as you requested. He is willing to treat with you, and is currently headed to the cafeteria. I have joined him for the moment.' Whether his Lord chose to attend was another story, but there was nothing he could do about it. He merely followed along as they went to join the others.

@Lonewolf685@GreenGoat@Beloss

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Cecil Lavernth

An eyebrow rose as Cecil found his Servant tossing him one of his swords, which he hadn't expected him to do. He played along though and reached down for the blade. Well, he hadn't really used a sword before, but he was confident that at the very least he wouldn't go and stab himself on accident or something. That was what magecraft was for after all.

He'd barely done anything past that before he found himself resoundingly defeated, the tip of Saber's sword poised at his neck, and he would admit that in that moment he did fear for his life. At this distance, there was no way that a Command Seal could save him in the time that it would take for him to use it. But he was left safe as Saber pulled back, chastising him at the same time while Cecil released a breath he didn't realize that he had been holding.

"You know I wasn't asking to practice against you," he pointed out once El Cid had finished his introduction. Yes, he was definitely impressed, and he would not forget the fact. But there were a few other things to handle too. "I just figured it might help you demonstrate what you can do better." He shrugged then, looking around the room. "It's not that I wanted to hide it from everyone, but more like I assumed there might be an issue with showing off all these skills and such in a room full of other Servants and Masters."

It had worked out though, so he didn't complain too much. Now he just had to figure out where the library was in this place....

@AtomicNut