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Deep Ground Online: War of Strangers

Michelle - Shooting Star-Yellow King

Shooting Star ran as fast as she could, zooming past buildings and streets as if they were nothing. Still, it was a number of minutes until she finally arrived, skidding along the ground until she reached a complete stop. She could tell that she wasn't the only King to offer support to the Fanged Rangers. Before she could feel relieved that she wouldn't be alone to lend her aid, a gigantic mob of Dissolutions swarmed the area. I'm too late, Shooting Star thought in dismay as she watched them.

She pulled herself out of her dismay, then charged right into the group, taking out one weak Dissolution with one X-Slash, then sliced through another with her reverse X-Slash. A large number of the Dissolutions turned toward her and lunged at her, but Michelle then performed her Tornado skill, spinning around in place and causing the Dissolutions to get sucked in. Many of them died in the ten-second period in which her skill was active, and several others were badly injured. A quick Gyro Strike put an end to those wounded Dissolutions, though.

One large golem-like Dissolution stomped it's way toward Shooting Star and tried to pummel her into the ground, but Michelle easily dodged it's punch and went behind it, striking its left leg with a Piercing Barrage. Its leg could no longer support it, causing the golem to crouch to the ground. It continued to try to fight, but in its weakened state, it was quickly slain and dissolved into a puddle of black sludge.

Shooting Star felt like she was wasting time trying to fight all these Dissolutions. She needed to find the Green King, or perhaps the mastermind behind the assault. She zoomed her way through the mob, forging her own path through the Dissolutions if she had to. As she weaved her way through, she noticed that the Dissolutions were ignoring some players while ruthlessly annihilating others. She quickly realized that only the Ebony Strykers were being ignored while everyone else was was either fleeing or dying. She took into account this new information as she made her way towards the Green Guild Hall. Maybe the Green King would be there.

Deep Ground Online: War of Strangers

So I assume everyone within the vicinity of the Green Guild Hall has either died or fled from the Dissolutions, right?

Deep Ground Online: War of Strangers

I just hope that huge collab was not something I needed to be in.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Spirit

Status report: The duel between Michelle and Aiko is going smoothly.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Spirit

Michelle was stunned by how high Press' Golem's atk had risen. It was very rare to see a monster's atk go up that high, and on the first turn as well. That would be a tough battle to fight, if she had to. Well, there was no time to worry about that now. What mattered now was the next duel. Her against the Koa'ki Meirus. She hoped that her adjustments would aid her now. "Let's go, Freya," Michelle said to her faithful Spirit Partner. Freya nodded and smiled as they walked over to the stage, their eyes trained on Akio, who stared back at them. Michelle looked at her Duel Disk, then took a deep breath and looked back at Akio. "Here goes nothing," Michelle muttered.

Deep Ground Online: War of Strangers

I did that at the very beginning, and Windel has had no problems with it. Go ahead.

Deep Ground Online: War of Strangers

Michelle - Shooting Star-Yellow King
Michelle sighed. That was certainly an interesting chat. Now that the alliance against Black King was set, Michelle decided to log into DGP and see how her guild was doing. She closed her eyes, then felt herself logging in.

Welcome, Shooting Star-Yellow King

She found herself back in the Yellow Guild Hall, noting that her three advisers were already there. "Good afternoon, gentlemen," Shooting Star greeted them. "Before I make any announcements, I would like to know if we have any news."

"Nothing of significance," the level 7 Wizard, Arcane Force, said. "aside from the Black King claiming to have an alliance with the Sweepers, but I believe you already knew that."

"And that kind of news is absolutely terrible!" the level 8 Shinobi, Silent Enigma, exclaimed. "Who knows what kind of havoc such a duo could cause! We may have held our territory well enough, but-"

"I thought we told you to stop yelling. Jesus," the level 7 Tank, Stone Brick, interrupted.

Enigma turned and glared at Brick, replying, "I am aware of that, but clearly my 'yelling' is well founded. The Sweepers possess plenty of power, and we have only held our territory by close calls. Even that was only without the Black King herself walking up to us."

"We've heard this so many times now, it's starting to get dull," Brick muttered. Enigma glared at him more fiercely and said, "With due cause! I-"

"Are we here to deliver news, or are we here to argue?" Shooting Star said, adding an edge to her tone of voice to imply that she meant business.

Enigma flushed red and lowered his head. "My apologies," he said shamefully.

"Other than the aforementioned alliance, there is nothing to report today, as usual," Force said dismissively.

"Very well," Shooting Star said, nodding. "Now, I'd like to make one announcement. I have spoken with the other Kings, and-"

"You did what???!!" Enigma exclaimed, lifting his head and showing his expression of shock. Michelle cleared her throat in annoyance, glaring at Enigma, who lowered his head back down. "I apologize. Please continue," he said.

Shooting Star sighed, then continued on. "As I was saying, all the Kings, excluding Black, have decided to form an alliance against our new threat. The other guilds are to be treated as friends, not as enemies."

Her three advisors all looked at her in shock, then looked thoughtful. Before they could say anything, though, a messenger came bursting through the door Shooting Star and her advisers were in. "I have urgent news! A group of players from the Ebony Strykers have begun to launch an assault on the Green Kingdom!" the messenger announced. "Judging from the size of the attack, the Green Guild may not survive!"

Michelle was quick to react. She stood up from her chair and said, "I'm going. Advisers, I leave the guild to you." Before they could respond, she zoomed out of the Guild Hall and towards the Green Kingdom. With her Shukuchi skill, she would get there in very little time, but only time would tell whether or not she would get there in time at all.

RWBY: Deep Blue

Damn that is brutal.

Deep Ground Online: War of Strangers

For the most part, the eulogy for the 4 Kings was expected. However, that all changed soon after the President's words about the Black King declaring war and the claim about having the Sweepers on her side. If that was true, things took a turn for the worse. The Sweepers were not players to be taken lightly, even for a King. Michelle's eyes grew wide and her heart started to beat rapidly. To make such a bold claim meant that the Black King would do what it took to win. Michelle needed to make sure that she and her guild would be on the winning side of the war. She couldn't claim neutrality, as Black King declared war on all Kingdoms.

Michelle left the auditorium after being dismissed and went into her room. She immediately entered the forums to consult with her advisers on the matter, but stopped when she saw that she had received a pm, and from the new Red King, no less. She clicked the link, and found that it was a mass invite to all Kings, excluding Black of course, to join an alliance for the war. Michelle was equally surprised to the boldness of this idea. Michelle had been thinking of how to ally with Black, but having all 6 Kingdoms against one proved too interesting to ignore.

Deep Ground Online: War of Strangers

Huh, I could have sworn that no one had unique skills until lvl 3. Something about having players not rely on them as they play the game.

Also, I don't think anyone gets a spec until lvl 3.