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Eclipse Princess
^{Current Location: Hohenheim's Castle}

@Lmpkio @Grombus @Banana @floodtalon @The 42nd Gecko @Mega Birb @Awesomoman64 @Ryonara @Flamelord @Lucius Cypher @Lonewolf685 @TheWindel

When Juno was called by the Imperator, she was sprawled over her bed, after trying the present given by Miyu and finding that it was a bit too small. "Hmph..." Juno put the thing aside, dressing her usual casual attire in place of it.

After listening to the whole briefing with speaking as much a word, mostly because she was eating a pack of strawberry Pocky that she bought on the lower dimensions, Juno nodded. "We just have to do as that person said, huh? Nom nom~ Fine."

At teleport later and Juno would find herself before Hohenheim's castle, listening to the Alchemist's swagger. At least Hoho had being considerate enough to get a ticket for an all-paid date for Juno and 'that person', so there was no reason for the Spatial Valkyrie to get bored and just go back home to play her video games. "Ok, but you better not be lying." Juno yelled, knowing that Hohenheim would be able to listen to her well enough.

"We are kinda like one another, Hoho and I. There's somethings I can't tell you. Nom, nom~" Juno replied to Omega, after the ghostly cowboy approached her, all the while devouring the supply of treats that was loaded on Miyu's mecha, since no one else looked like they wanted anything. Though, as a hint of wat she was talking about, Juno pointed to the tornado like clouds behind the castle. If Omega had good eyes (or any eyes), he would be able to see faint wisps of what looked like the body of a huge (as in dimension sized huge) serpent coiling around the Nexus borders as if it was the only thing keeping the chaotic matter in place. He could make of that hint what he wanted, though.

"I'll be back." Juno pushed a pack of potato chips on Omega's hand and went after Miyu when she noticed the angel going dangerously close to the edge of the world. "You don't want to fall down there. You can't fly and all that, you'll fall to the void forever, even if you die." Juno kicked a rock down the edge as she lifted Miyu by the scruff of her neck, dragging the Angel back with a hand as the rock was slowly being unmade by the power of the spatial vortex. "If you do anything dangerous again I'll hit you over the head. Nom, nom~" The Spatial Valkyrie warned Miyu, not unlike a mother chastising an unruly child.

"So, what are you all waiting? The door is beginning to close. Nom, nom~" The purple-haired warrior asked as she resumed eating the chips she left with Omega.

Ni-Mu
^{Current Location: Hohenheim's Castle}

"..." Ni-Mu stared blankly at the world around herself as she was activated for the first time. The orders of the High Queens had already been downloaded and assimilated by her processing core and before she could even take a step out of her stasis pod, she activated the teleport program that would take her to the fortress of the Alchemist of Genesis.

The prototype listened to every word from the Alchemist, processing every bit of information that could give the edge over her foes. For this battle the Machina were severely outnumbered and outgunned, anything that they could use at their advantage was needed to be seized immediately. "I'll call a card, then. Targeted at the Angels of Heaven." Ni-Mu said in a low monotone. Considering the information she had loaded about Tarot cards, the most sensate option was to have it target at an enemy, given the odds. Putting trust at their foes was a stupid move as well and, finally, the Angels were the ones with a number advantage, plus Eclipse Princess on their side. Logic dictates this course of action.

"Heh, heh. So much for trust others' good will, eh?" Hohenheim quipped as she shuffled the deck before drawing the card V - The Hierophant and discarding it. "How convenient, The Hierophant, to the Holy Whores. Hahaha! Well now, a double folded blessing within a curse. Protected by the Divine and at the same time restricted by it. I guess that's luck for the Angels, then. This card would force whoever drew it to obey one of Deva's orders to the best of their ability, in exchange for a blessing of her choice that will last until the end of the game. Considering that the Angels already obey her no mater what, that's just a free buff for their team."

"Now then, O Mighty Emperor of the Heavens. Make your choices, what orders and what boons do you have for your vassals? Try to not exaggerate too much, because they must balance each other, by the way." Hohenheim's voice reached all the way to Deva's chamber, who got informed of the conditions of the call from the Alchemist just as Hohenheim spoke.

Ni-Mu ignored the botched draw and began walking to the gates at a normal run pace. That was a game of odds, naturally something like this could happen. The only thing that mattered now was reaching the Gate before the others did and try to take some of her enemies down with an ambush on the narrow passage as soon as she had the chance.

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It's nice to be back home. And i see a lot has gone on. I get the general gist that we're all going to this Tower of Druaga, is there anything specific about Hibiki and Shizuka I should be aware of?

Also @TheWindel@KoL@Lonewolf685, would there be any way for Hibiki to be able to contact Shizuka as a sort of Mission Control person for this round? I kinda want to work with Shizuka some more and use Hibiki for a more supportive role, since they won't be able to rely on Eos for field information.

@Ryonara

Well, it's good to have you back. Nothing important happened, since we were stuck for like the whole of the second half of December. The RPs are more or less resuming just now.

Anyway, what you are asking wasn't really foreseen on the original plans. I guess I can think of a way of doing such, even though no one knows the design of Hohenheim's Laboratory. The Alchemist can very well invite one (and, only one) person from each faction to her observatory so they can overlook the challenge from afar, Hibiki can be that if she wants. However, in doing so, she'll forfeit any rewards as well.

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@Banana

Ohohoho~ you aren't very fast from the truth. Obviously, I won't spoil, but you indeed aren't very far.

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@Lmpkio @Grombus @Banana @floodtalon @The 42nd Gecko @Mega Birb @Awesomoman64 @Ryonara @Flamelord @Lucius Cypher @Lonewolf685 @TheWindel

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Hey, people, I noticed one thing on most of the posts that came until now. People are dissing parts of Hohenheim's explanation, or ignoring her at all. I won't say how you should play your characters, I just want you to know that there'll be no plot armor for PCs this time, like the huge amount of corrections and lenience from the previous battles. That's why we had that whole system set for Shadow listing stuff and all that. The battles are on an even field now, so we are gonna be impartial.

You screw up, you become a guinea pig for the sadist Alchemist. As long as you acknowledge that, you can play however you want. Just be mindful of the consequences.

Adventure into the world of Pokémon! (PRIVATE)

I'll post tomorrow, I believe.

God's Shattering [Concluded]

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"Thanks, Tori, I guess you went out of your wait to help us, uh?" Siena was, of course referring to both she and Linea as well as Nebula, who even now hanged limply on Tori's arm, still unable to move thanks to the lack of a power source. "Can't say the same of that moron Alex. The next time I see him..." The explorer let her sentence hang vaguely, though the fist she clenched unconsciously made it quite clear that she was thinking about paying the breach in their trust with something more than verbal bashing.

"Anyway," Linea interjected, "how can you not know who Lady Asgard is?"

"Yeah, are you sure you were born in the right Imperium?"

"The Crimson Guardian of the Knights of Ragnarok, Head of Justice, the Executioner."

"And, our boss, 'cause we were searching the Relics for her-" While as the Twins were in the middle of explaining to Tori, who one of the most important persons in the whole world is, a shuffling sound from behind them caught their attentions. An experienced adventurer never drops their guard while in a dungeon. That's a skill that comes with experience and the Aquarian Twins had more than enough of it to know better.

The distraction from the slime abducting Eleonor wasn't enough to make them forget it as well. "We know it, wolf girl. As soon as we are done with this little inconvenience right..." Siena acknowledged Ruxen's words just as the other slime was an few centimeter away from them. The white-haired girl's substitute arm shone with a pattern of circuitry like tattoos as she felt her new powers activate on instinct.

"Hey, no touching!" Siena yelled as she spun around and let go the power, creating a blast of cold energy that froze the whole tunnel behind them, turning the slime into a large amorphous ice block.

"We'd better go, Oneesama and Tori, this won't keep it away forever. The way the Beastgirl is guiding us is the nearest exit, if I remember well. We have to help rescue Lady Asgard as well." Linea nudged Tori toward the path Ruxen was leading them.

"Yeah, let's go, the guards should be here at anytime. If they come from the Market, we will end up surrounded if we don't run." Siena patted Tori's shoulder, before hastening her pace to match the others at the head of the group, especially Lorelai and Solanne, who she knew little to nothing about. "So, can anyone tell us what happened? I just know that I fell unconscious and them woke up with some weird instructions and codes on my head and some powers I didn't had before. By the way, I'm Siena and that one behind if my sister, Linea. We're explorers working for Lady Asgard. So... who're ya'll?"

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*: Yggdrasil will not do anything because he doesn't have means to pursuit Meihou and Titania, at the moment.

*: Tegonay will be up after Jessi does something, or on my next post (when Si joins the fight, after talking to the Jester), regardless of anything.

@floodtalon, @BlueAjah, @TheWindel, @The 42nd Gecko,@McFazzer , @Awesomoman64, @Lonewolf685, @Flamelord.

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@Lonewolf685
Cool. I'll make a post shortly after a few others post before me.

@Banana

You would be the first and, as far as I can see, the only Machina player to post now. There's hardly any user for you waiting others at this point.

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@TheWindel

When did you added that Mokou GIF?

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Eoshley: "Marquis!"

By the way, @Mega Birb, you underestimate Hoho's capacity of defiling anything that exists and most of that which doesn't, as well.

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@TheWindel KoL said we needed to be greenlit before going for the challenge. Or does that mean, "your character needs to have been accepted"?

@The 42nd Gecko

What I meant was not to rush ahead before we were sure of who was going to take the challenge, or not. Like Lone said, it's not mandatory, you can choose whether to go or not.