The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Session 680

Session Start: Mon Oct 09 13:13:39 2023
Session Ident: #TAW-Session680
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-654.9.5
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> *while an emergency meeting is being held, crews are prepping shuttles andteams down in the hanger for the assault on Xevil on the two worlds*
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Due to the location of the two planet's being rather far apart from each other, we've had to a coin toss on where to move the PAX and then send the majority of our shuttles and gears toward the other world
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> While this is going on, we need to teleport the two teams to the respective planets so we need to decide quickly where you all will do the best work
<Seraphna> Jaime> I guess for me that’s obvious.
<XanTop> <Xan> And to recap those places are the newer Dark One planet and the Guardian homeworld.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... it was stealing Dark energy from the core of the Tsivrixsh home world. Targeting my people's new home for more makes sense... and the guardian world is over a petty grudge, was it?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Well, I'll be going to the Guardian Homeworld with Zephyr
<Seraphna> Angela> I follow Cherry.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I can't risk Ariel being in danger. <Erevis> I, too, will be going there.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "You can probably guess where I'm going."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Oh goodness wherever shall I go.
<XanTop> <Marcus and Valen> I'm going to the Dark One world. 6* They both pause and look at each other.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Of course... setting personal feelings aside, what if Xevil is counting on us acting a particular way?
<DeathStar> *Andrea drums her fingers in thought on the table*
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> And what way might that be?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "What if he is? I doubt he has any plans regarding our team matchup."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "The people wih connections to specific worlds will go there. Obviously, I would go to the Dark One world, while Cheryl would go to the Guardian world."
<DeathStar> <Ren> You suggesting - what - we switch worlds?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "somethign to consider... admittedly, I could be overthinking."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Diversity of power is often a strength. He may have strategies to target the citizens of each world.
<DeathStar> *Fate seems quiet, mainly listening to them all*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh right... it makes sense that he'd send anti-Dark One things to the Dark One world, regardless."
<Seraphna> Jaime> If he say attacked the Guardians, our Dragoon allies would fall just as easily.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Same with the Dark Ones.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Precisely. Whiile I might just be a meal for him if I go to the dakr One world."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> If he's on both worlds like reports say
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Would switching really matter?
<Seraphna> Thena> Thena suing for copy copyright.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Again, something to consider."
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Hm. I'll put it to a vote. Who here wants to switch worlds. <Cheryl> I'm against
<Seraphna> Thena> Thena votes to be on both. Like Jikuu will somehow.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "For."
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Anyone else?
<Seraphna> Angela> I back my Cherry.
<Seraphna> Jaime> I abstain, I'm pretty much good either way and have neither powerset.
<XanTop> <Xan> Hm.
<DeathStar> <Ren> I'm pretty much the same
<XanTop> <Xan> Has Xevil showcased elabroate cunning so far to warrant being this hesitant?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I would not underestimate him
<Seraphna> Jaime> I wouldn't say cunning so much as he still outclasses us on intel. He knows stuff about this we don't.
<XanTop> <Valen> Switch all you want, I'm going to protect Vesper.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> I suppose I have to make sure Valen doesn't hurt himself.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> One fact I do know
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Switch or not, he is on both worlds as we debate - doing damage
<DeathStar> *She rises*
<XanTop> <Xan> Yeah, I say let's not overthink this and go as we planned originally.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Very well. As my plan was objected to, I'll go to my people's home world."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Let's get to this so the girls can get us all song-cleansed up.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Then, the Guardian team - come meet me. The team going to the Dark World, go with Andrea
<DeathStar> *Erevis stands as well, with Cheryl and Zephyr joining her*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan slides up to Andrea** Hello Mistress.
<Seraphna> **Angela and Jaime join Erevis**
<XanTop> 6* Kellin and Xan join Erevis while Marcus and Valen join Andrea.
<Seraphna> **Thena goes with Erevis, and Thena goes with Andrea**
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Alright. Lets head to the hanger
<DeathStar> *she nods and leads her team to the hanger, where Megumi and Lorelei are preparing shuttles*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Well, mother, it seems we shall have to help auntie. I cna't wait to show her what I've been learning."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Just make sure he doesn't eat the dark of the planet before we do.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> *to her team as they arrive in the hanger as well; Warren and X preparing gears*
<Seraphna> Thena> Grandpa going in hard.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Since shuttles are going to take too long to arrive at our respective planets, here is what Andrea and I have planned
<Jackieness> <Moira> "I'm going... getting stir crazy avoiding the eldritch crap, so... you got me. Problems and all."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Enter either the shuttle or Gear, and we will do a force teleport to the planet using our powers.
<DeathStar> *Megumi adjusts her glasses* The shuttles have been upgraded. Feel free to get on.
<Seraphna> *Sera's people get in the right transports**
<XanTop> <Xan> Teleport of the whole shuttle?
<DeathStar> *Andrea gets onto the shuttle* What, don't think we can do it? *Erevis steps onto her transport with Megumi*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *goes with Team Erevis*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *sticks with her mother*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Noire, use your training and pull our shuttle into shadow port to our homeworld
<DeathStar> <Ren> ... *Deadpans*
<Alicia> * Charlotte heads onto the Dark One shuttle, Jikuu looking over at herself before each picking a shuttle, Akatsuki looking disappointed before going with younger Jikuu to the Guardian world
<XanTop> <Xan> Guess I just didn't consider it was possible... 6* He moves to get into the shuttle.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... this should be fun. Good thing I just ate." *raises her hands and attempts to open an interstellar shadowport*
<DeathStar> *the Dark Team vanishes into nothingness a moment later*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Jaime. Do the same thing with our transport
<Seraphna> Jaime> Oh, sure. **She muses and concentrates before glowing and initiating the teleport**
<DeathStar> *Megumi puts on goggles as they go*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Dark One Homeworld
<DeathStar> *The shuttle rises from the shadows*
<DeathStar> *around them, eldritch corruption and horrors have begun to take root*
<DeathStar> <Ren> .. Great
<DeathStar> *Andrea and X step out of the shuttle and look around the landscape*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Oh our little Noire has grown so wickedly good. But oh my, this place is a bit darker than normal.
<DeathStar> *Lorelei scans things from the shuttle*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "It's kinda gross though."
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> I'm detecting a planet wide mark
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...and our people finally find a place in the universe...and Xevil does this!"
<DeathStar> <Andrea> We're not too far from the resort. We just need to becareful
<XanTop> 6* Valen looks to see how far they are from where Vesper works.
<DeathStar> *just a few miles*
<XanTop> <Marcus> How'd we disrupt the last mark at the Tsiv place?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We need to find where the mark is emanating from."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> A little black magic. Noire eating it.
<XanTop> <Valen> Sorry I gotta go check on Vesp. 6* He turns and starts to jog off for the hotel.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Song magic."
<DeathStar> *Lorelei steps forward when those with her would get a ping*
<DeathStar> *a god ping from the direction of the resort*
<Seraphna> Thena> **nods and points out her cute song device**
<XanTop> <Valen> ...Uh oh. 6* His jog turns into more of a sprint now.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> ... there's still a God remaining?
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Vesper, right?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Must be Dusk."
<XanTop> <Marcus> Huh?
* Dias` has joined #TAW-Session680
<Seraphna> Kaelan> We left Amazo on Tareh so couldn't be him.
<DeathStar> *X tenses and begins to leap quickly among the corrupted ground*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan muses, drawing Truth, she starts carving a holy moonlit path forward for the group and moves**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Come on, before that fool gets himself killed." *moves on*
<DeathStar> *Ren follows along; corrupted figures begin to rise from the ground. Some of them appear to be tourists, but some look to be Dark Ones. They leap out at Valen and X, who draws her Ripple Blades and twirls to slice at them*
<DeathStar> <X> Enemies
<Seraphna> **Thena powers her device and starts singing a cleansing song as they go**
<DeathStar> *The corrupted beings seem to hone in on Thena*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> You have fans
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Remember, you fools! Those are innocents!"
<DeathStar> <X> Those are no longer innocents. Examine them closely
<Seraphna> **Kaelan blasts out holy moonlight at the ones that get close** This should just knock em out or back.
<Alicia> * Victoire sings anyway.
<Seraphna> **Thena keeps it up, singing with Victoire as they move, Kaelan makes it easier on the two by lifting them in tendrils**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "These are just here to delay us. We need to move past."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Yep, you girls sing, I'll move you.
<Seraphna> **Kaelan keeps going**
<DeathStar> *The singing seems to at most slow these corrupted figures down; at most it aggros them toward the singers. They move along the corrupted sludge towarf the singers, even slowed
<DeathStar> *And fling out their limbs to try to grab people*
<DeathStar> *a few even sink back into the ground and reappear in front of the group as they try to go around*
<Alicia> * Jikuu uses TK to pick them up and move them away. "No. You are in the way."
<XanTop> 6* Valen has his shield out, mostly just trying to keep them back.
<DeathStar> *X opens ripple up and slices them in half*
<DeathStar> <X> How popular is this place?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Very popular. And we are near the main resort."
<DeathStar> *Fate appears in the sky and drops Dias head first*
<Dias`> *A scream of excitement can be heard from above*
<DeathStar> *the Dark One corrupted leap for Victoire, a tendril wrapping around her and beginning to crush her*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Hey!
<Dias`> *Dias adjust his fall to come slamming down on the Dark One going after Victoire.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *tries using Dark Absorption on the corrupted Dark Ones*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Thankyou Dias. Stage divers are not welcome here."
<DeathStar> *Dias scatters them when Noire tries, knocking them out of reach*
<DeathStar> *they rise up, looking all broken*
<Dias`> *Dias gives Jikuu a thumbs up and he dusts himself off as he looks over at the broken ones*
<DeathStar> <X> Well that cleared the path
<DeathStar> <Ren> Lets run then?
<XanTop> <Marcus> You did it again Dias, good job.
<XanTop> 6* Valen thumbs up to Ren and takes off running.
<Dias`> <Dias> Thanks Marcus! Sorry it took me so long. I fell asleep while I was thinking. Had one hell of a dream.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Come now." *proceeds forward again*
<DeathStar> *X hurries along with Andrea taking up the rear. Ren sticks near Victoire*
<XanTop> <Marcus> Dreaming about punching again? 6* He moves to keep up with the others.
<DeathStar> *the group arrives at the resort, where areas of it are heavily corrupted*
<DeathStar> *But the main center of it seems to be untouched, a ward up*
<Dias`> *Dias jogs along Marcus* No. Surprisingly not. It was about someone taking care of a massive garden.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Someone seems to be alive
<Seraphna> Kaelan> I'd guess Vesper and her God remnant are holed up there.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> THat would explain why we feel it.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm..." *looks around*
<DeathStar> *all around the ward, corrupted beings bang on it*
<Dias`> <Dias> 'cept the garden was of trees. Just weird. *He looks around at everything being better, so he sniffs the air*
<DeathStar> *As if trying to get in*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Plus side, the enemy gathered up in one spot for us.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "The down side is that there are alot."
<DeathStar> <Ren> You want to attack them?
<Dias`> <Dias> So did anyone figure out a way to remove the marks on the planet?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "We need to find where it's drawing power from."
<XanTop> <Valen> Vesp!? 6* He calls out, getting closer.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We cover Thena while she uses her Song MAgic to destroy the mark."
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Athena's tower
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Will likely be needed.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Anyone want to call her?"
<DeathStar> *the tourists turn their heads toward VAlena as he calls out*
<DeathStar> *And they begin to move toward the group*
<Dias`> <Dias> I'll let you guys do the brain thinking on that stuff. So we just going to....Oh hey, they noticed us.
<DeathStar> <Ren> I think we need to get inside that ward
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Dias. Smash."
<Dias`> *Dias rotates his shoulder a bit, then takes off in to the group coming at them*
<Seraphna> Thena> We have two mini towers with us.
<DeathStar> *a dark Goddess being, almost vampric, emerges from the protected ward area, and grabs some of the corruped tourists and rips them in half, making a path for the team*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmm... we have been welcomed. Move!" *heads for the opening*
<DeathStar> *Lorelei muses, keeping an eye on their back as she hurries*
<Dias`> *Dias pulls his right hand back as he slams his foot down, then snaps it forward sending a wave of compressed air towards the one side of the split group to send them further away*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Lets just hope we'll be safe in there
<XanTop> <Valen> ...Dusk?
<Dias`> *Dias then starts hopping after the group*
<DeathStar> *Andrea trots on inside as Dusk turns toward Valen* Welcome back, Valen. We were beginning to worry about you after you let
<DeathStar> *left
<Seraphna> **Thena sings her heart out while Kaelan adds Holy-Moon magic to tne mix**
<XanTop> 6* Marcus moves to step inside the dusk bubble.
<Dias`> *Dias moves to step inside*
<DeathStar> *the area inside seems to cover the main building and a few of the side buildings. Tourists can be seen huddled inside*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We need more than just safety for ourselves. We must undo this attack."
<XanTop> <Valen> Sorry I made you worry. 6* He frowns and moves to step inside.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> And what made this transformation occur?
<DeathStar> <Dusk> When the eldritch corruption began to spill out and touch people, lets just say this happened as protection
<Seraphna> **Thena and Kaelan move in as they can**
<DeathStar> <Andrea> We should talk to Bobbi inside
<XanTop> <Valen> Vesp okay? She didn't get hurt or anything did she?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... yes."
<DeathStar> <Dusk> .... She was touched and partially marked, hence the transformation to halt anything. But she is fine
<Dias`> *Dias peers around, resting his hands on his hips*
<DeathStar> *Andrea leads them into the main office, where Bobbi can be found, tending to the customers and looking annoyed*
<DeathStar> *The Dark One barely acknowledges them*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "We'll need to deal with the mark."
<Dias`> *Dias rubs his nose as he steps inside* Do we know where it is?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Auntie."
<DeathStar> <Bobbi> The planet mark?
<DeathStar> *she looks up* From what I've been told, dozens of planets of marks right now
<XanTop> <Valen> Thanks for steppin in. 6* He tells Dusk with a nod, looking a little more relieved.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Both that, and the mark on Vesper."
<DeathStar> *have
<Dias`> <Dias> On this one. They wanna remove it.
<XanTop> <Marcus> We removed the mark from the Tsiv world.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Xevil is giving this world and the Guardian world special attention."
<Seraphna> **Thena lets Athena know they're closing in on the mark for now, sending kitty faces**
<DeathStar> <Bobbi> Well, I can't do much with all the tomes taken
<DeathStar> <Bobbi> Unless you just want another Dark One in your ranks
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Your ancient tomes are gone?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...did it take the grotto immediately?"
<Seraphna> Kaelan> It got to the back room already?
<Dias`> *Dias looks at Marcus* Why are they talking weird?
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Very little Dark One tomes, the books I've been using to supplement my abilities for the past few decades remain
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Call it dark arts if you will
<XanTop> <Marcus> I think it's some spoopy place.
<XanTop> <Marcus> Ah yeah the books. If those are missing, that's bad.
<Dias`> <Dias> Oh like when we used to hide or naughty datapads in the "research room"
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Who is talking weird?"
<DeathStar> <Andrea> I have the other tomes, Bobbi had the remaining ones. It seems Xevil just swallowed them up in his eldritch corruption
<Jackieness> <Noire> *clenches her hand sinto fists* "...how dare he..."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I'm pretty sure he did it just to piss us off. I don't think he even reads."
<Dias`> <Dias> Wasn't he like eating up a shit ton of dark one stuff? Is there anything in those nerd books that require a lot of dark one stuff to pull off?
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Oh yes. IF you have enough power, those tomes can teach you to do quite a lot
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...he was siphining off dark energy from the Tsiv homeworld core, yes."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "... wait, you really think he's trying to use them?"
<DeathStar> <Andrea> The shields for Earth, for example
<DeathStar> <X> What I'm getting here is those tomes need to be burnt
<Dias`> <Dias> I may no longer be President of Earth but when the muscles in my head start pumping iron, I'd say he's gonna use that stuff to do something epic.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> So he might drain this planet of energy to perform some dark ritual?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh yes, let us destroy everything that enemies might possibly take over and use against us, no matter how useful it is... seriously?"
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> From these books
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Grandmother was right. Xevil really is the source of all our woes."
<DeathStar> <X> You think you can get these books back then?
<XanTop> <Marcus> And if we sucked off the mark the ritual could still take place?
<Dias`> <Dias> You sound like don't want someone to take away something you could use for yourself.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "As long as they don't get burnt, or disintegrated or similar, yes. We may have to kill Xevil to do so, but..."
<DeathStar> <Andrea> I was hoping to go through the tomes and do something about the mark situation. Right now I might still be able to do something about them with my copies
<DeathStar> <Andrea> But it's one of those an eye for an eye
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Those books belong to my people. I studied from them during the period when mother was still...gone."
<Dias`> <Dias> So much worrying. See?! Noire should have them memorized. But let's focus on destroying this mark.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Well, we'll have to go back outside the protected area
<Dias`> <Dias> Here I was hoping it was secretly placed below this safe zone.
<DeathStar> <Bobbi> I'll lead you
<DeathStar> <Bobbi> It's massive
<Dias`> *Dias leans to Marcus and whispers* That's what she said.
<DeathStar> *X shakes her head*
<DeathStar> *Ren prepares to step out when the planet shakes*
<DeathStar> *Lorelei grabs her datapad that is linked to the shuttle*
<Dias`> <Dias> I'm not doing it.
<DeathStar> <Dusk> Your joke displeased something
<XanTop> <Valen> Is this going to be more core stuff?
<Dias`> <Dias> Does everyone have super hearing?!
<DeathStar> <Andrea> This planet does not have a way to a core
<DeathStar> <Dusk> *shows her fang*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We only settled this world a few years ago. There have been no such projects to tunnel down there."
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> This planet is being drained.
<Dias`> *Dias nudges Marcus* Show her your fangs for me.
<XanTop> <Marcus> Almost everyone has better hearing than us, I could've told you that.
<XanTop> <Marcus> Wait, drained how?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Are you really asking for the mechanism?"
<Dias`> <Dias> Than we should hurry to that mark and destroy it.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Likely stealing the dark energy for his own purpose. We need to find the center of all this. Now."
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> The scanners are indicating... well if I had to put it, it's dark energy infused in the planet is vanishing. It's one of the reasons this planet as chosen for the Dark Ones
<DeathStar> <Bobbi> Come on. Lets go
<DeathStar> *she steps out* The barrier I put will hold even with me gone
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Gotta stop the psycho eldritch fascist.
<XanTop> <Marcus> Alright time to fangy. * He shifts into his werewolf mode, moving to follow Bobbi.
<Dias`> *Dias pumps his fist and jogs out after Marcus*
<DeathStar> <Dusk> I will remain to protect the people here. Last thing we need is to leave them unprotected
<XanTop> <Valen> Be safe, I'll be back. 6* He tells Dusk and the jogs after the others.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *moves forward with the group*
<DeathStar> *Ren follows Bobbi out of the barrier where they are immediately attacked by corrupted Dark Ones, who rise from the sludge like ground to grab Ren. They attempt to stab her in the gut with tendrils and hang her*
<DeathStar> *while a few others go for Thena and Victoire*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *tries to free Ren with her own tendrils*
<DeathStar> *Ren gasps for air, holding her stomach*
<DeathStar> *Victoire is ensnared by some monster hole that has hands begin to pull Victoire in*
<DeathStar> *the screams on the other side can be heard*
<Dias`> *Dias kicks off, leaping above Ren and then spin kicking downwards at the one impaling her*
<Alicia> * Jikuu throws out a hyperspace blast into the hole, slicing the hands off as she does.
<DeathStar> *Ren rolls back as Dias and Noire free her*
<DeathStar> *the hole vanishes*
<Dias`> <Dias> You alright there?
<DeathStar> <Ren> Yeah. I'll live. *She breaks a Dark One over her knee and throws them*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "These attacks will just keep slowing us down."
<DeathStar> *X slices in half a Dark One*
<DeathStar> <X> You have a plan?
<XanTop> 6* Valen tries to shield bash one off VIctoire, while Marcus tries to help Thena.
<Dias`> <Dias> That's good to here. *he leaps backwards and kicks another one, sending it flying into another
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Auntie, what is the best place to shadowport closer to our destination?!"
<DeathStar> *The one stumbles and eyes Valen, their face becoming monsterous while Bobbi and Andrea chant, pulling two down into hell*
<DeathStar> *Marcus manages to free Thena with a lucky roll*
<DeathStar> <Bobbi> One moment. *She opens a shadow port* In here
<DeathStar> *She steps in*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *moves through the shadow port*
<Dias`> *Dias grabs Ren and throws her in then leaps in*
<XanTop> 6* Valen backs up to the port holding his shield up in defense.
<DeathStar> *Ren rolls through and Andrea, Lorelei, and X follow; the group arrives in what appears to be a corrupted field but it doesn't seem to have a mark in sight*
<DeathStar> <Ren> ... I'm confused
<XanTop> 6* Marcus tosses Thena and Kaelan in, then he hops in, Valen backing in last.
<Seraphna> **Thena looks to Victoire** Maybe we can uncover it?
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> And the drain is somewhere else
<DeathStar> <Bobbi> Do any of you have a drone or something?
<Alicia> <Victoire> "I hope so."
<DeathStar> <Bobbi> Or better yet, Dias. Throw Marcus into the sky
<Alicia> * Charlotte sends out a drone
<XanTop> <Marcus> Huh? What?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "...seriously? That big?"
<DeathStar> <Bobbi> All the planet sized marks are likely that big
<DeathStar> <Ren> What's up?
<DeathStar> *She looks at the drone and jerks*
<DeathStar> <Ren> What the fuck?!
<Jackieness> <Noire> "What?"
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "The mark is below us... and also over there, and there..."
<Dias`> <Dias> Always wanting me to throw someone.
<XanTop> <Valen> I feel out of the loop.
<DeathStar> <Ren> ... we're standing on the foot
<DeathStar> <Ren> Of the mark
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... that explains the field."
<Dias`> <Dias> So wasn't Thena gonna have Athena come and sing this planet safe?
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> The Idol Machine on the PAX isn't finished yet
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> If she tried it
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> It could damage the PAX
<Dias`> <Dias> ....*blinks* Guess we just have to do it the old fashioned way.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Wait wait one second
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We do what we did last time. We find the heart of it and uses Thena's song magic there."
<Seraphna> Thena> Me an Victorie have out mini towers...?
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Why wasn't the Tsivrixsh mark this large?
<XanTop> <Marcus> Time to suck that thing off!
<XanTop> <Valen> Was that a test mark?
<Dias`> <Dias> ....Less Dark Energy to steal....Ooh. What if he plans to do the ritual on this mark.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> I don't know. I'll go to the shuttle and let the PAX know we might need to use the Idol Machine anyway even if it might be dangerous.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Just incase
<Dias`> <Dias> Get out the shovels everyone.
<Seraphna> **Thena puffs her cheeks**
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Guardian Homeworld
<DeathStar> *The shuttle appears on a pad over looking the fancy Guardian structures that are now completely covered in corruption, the great civilization ruined now*
<DeathStar> *Erevis emerges
<XanTop> <Xan> This will never not be an awful sight.
<DeathStar> *Warren runs scans*
<DeathStar> <Megumi> I can prepare an emergency blackhole .. just incase
<XanTop> 6* Kellin forms his pistol as he looks around.
<Jackieness> <Moira> "So what's the ground plan?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I hope Ariel and Darien are okay
<Seraphna> Angela> This is terrible.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Find Ariel - see if we can stop the spread of this.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Kill Xevil
<XanTop> <Xan> Kill Xevil for sure.
<Dias`> *Chad steps out last, rubbing his neck*
<DeathStar> *Megumi turns toward Zephyr, adjusting her glasses, then lets out a breath and joins them. Chii coming along with them*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Ariel will likely be this way
<DeathStar> *she begins to lead them across a large walkway toward what looks to be a massive tower in the distance. The walkway looks to be chewed up with the stuff on it*
<DeathStar> <Warren> I will remain in the shuttle incase
<Jackieness> <Moira> *goes with the team* "Place is a mess."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> It has seen better days
<DeathStar> <Megumi> I have been running scans on the planet and have been coming to some theories
<Seraphna> Jaime> **rubs her face, frowning at the horizon**
<XanTop> <Xan> Hit us with a theory.
<Dias`> <Chad> And what do you have?
<DeathStar> <Megumi> The giant sized marks appeared on the planets a few days ago and they did not cause these corruption outbreaks. *She peers down, not looking where she is going as they walk across the bridge platform, forcing Zephyr to steer her*
<Dias`> <Chad> So than where's the corruption outbreaks coming from
<DeathStar> *bringing up the massive mark on the Guardian planet, Megumi continues* You can see the areas this mark covers, and while there is some overlay in the areas it touches, it's not all of it. I believe at first this mark was much like the nightmares and insanity for marks on a person
<DeathStar> <Megumi> I'd need to gather more information for the marks on the other worlds that remain like on Earth
<Jackieness> <Moira> "So did Xevil do this just by showing up?!"
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Most likely
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Xevil is probably the cause of both outbreaks
<Dias`> <Chad> It's a safe assumption.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "So the solution is to ensure he does not show up..."
<Seraphna> Jaime> I like it. The solution then is smash his ugly face so hard he unravels.
<Jackieness> <Moira> "I have a sword."
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Which leads me to another question more than theory - what is Xevil now? How is he on both worlds and going off the data of your fight, he is not a singular being anymore
<XanTop> <Kellin> Eldritch conglomerate?
<Jackieness> <Moira> "..honestly. He's probably dead and being meat puppeted by the devil he made his deal with."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I guess we need to talk to Fate.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> After this
<Seraphna> Thena> Clearly copying my cool ideas.
<Jackieness> <Moira> "Your cloning doens't hurt people, Thena."
<Dias`> <Chad> The problem we deal with then, is if there's not a core him, it's going to be difficult to stop him.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I doubt that. If he was a meat puppet, he would not show hatred for certain people
<DeathStar> <Erevis> And I am hoping that flaw that remains in him will be his undoing
<Seraphna> Thena> Think he chose these worlds due to Ariel and the Dark Ones?
<DeathStar> *as they reach the center of the platform, Guardians begin to rise up among them*
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> We have company
<Dias`> <Chad> Yeah, it would appear so.
<Jackieness> <Moira> *draws her sword*
<Seraphna> **Thena huffs and readies herself, Jaime pulls open a sack on her back**
<Dias`> *Chad unholsters his gun, flicking the safety off*
<DeathStar> *the Guardians begin to form into Gears*
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> That's cheating
<DeathStar> *she kneels and begins to charge up*
<Dias`> <Chad> Great.
<DeathStar> *Megumi hides behind Zephyr*
<XanTop> <Xan> Uh, how do we...not kill them in the process? Or are they already gone?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I sense no life signs in them
<XanTop> 6* Kellin shoots a hyperspace blast for one.
<Jackieness> <Moira> "You mean, they're dead?!"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Yes.
<Seraphna> **Angela grumbles and hits a button, then forms armor and sword**
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> We might have a city of the dead?!
<Jackieness> <Moira> "...damn." *then charges toward a not-Gear one and tries to slash it down*
<DeathStar> *Cheryl charges her whip as Kellin brings one down and trips the gear andflings it over the edge*
<Seraphna> **Jaime dumps dirt on the floor and it rises, she starts shooting shards of rock**
<DeathStar> *Jaime's rocks knock them about while Moira slashes the Guardian down*
<DeathStar> *Zephyr dragoon bustahs the bridge, blowing it up*
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> There
<XanTop> <Xan> ...this is bad. Those poor people.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> ... now we can't back track
<DeathStar> *Cannot
<Jackieness> <Moira> "And they are on the same side as Warren with the shuttle."
<Dias`> <Chad> He'll be fine.
<Seraphna> Angela> Warren’s not about to go down that easily.
<XanTop> 6* Xan comm Warren to update him of the situation and that he may need to fly up to protect himself until they're ready to leave.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Ah, you do care about Warren
<Seraphna> Thena> Sent Agent Thena to tell him too just in case.
<DeathStar> *Megumi tugs on Zephyr and they soon reach the massive tower*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Alright Ariel's place is somewhere in here
<Dias`> <Chad> Can you sense her here?
<XanTop> <Xan> Yeah no sense in him going down in a last stand, he would love that.
<DeathStar> *as she leads them up what was once something out of a sci-fi book, it now looks like something out of hell with stuff running down walls and bodies laying around with expressions like they saw something out of this world. In the distance a storm is brewing and a faint buzzing can be heard in their ears but where it's coming from, who knows, but it sounds almost otherworldly in a bad way*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Yeah... she's upward
<DeathStar> *She winces, peering out the window now and again while Megumi's ears twitch*
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Something bad is coming
<Dias`> *Chad rubs his ears* Seem's like most of felt that...
<Jackieness> <Moira> "...no kidding."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Which planet was the PAX coming to again? It feels like Xevil really planned on crushing this one
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Lenneth flipped a coin
<DeathStar> *she seems sullen*
<XanTop> <Xan> So...this might be a long fight for us.
<Dias`> <Chad> Id, head up and gets scans. An Idlet drops out of his pocket and heads upwards, scanning*
<Seraphna> Angela> The Chad Winters Method.
<Dias`> <Chad> I don't flip coins to solve problems.
<DeathStar> *as they walk up the stairs, shooting can be heard now*
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> I think that might be Darien
<Dias`> <Chad> ...Id's seeing something Eldritch appearing in space.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Is that Nyarl
<Dias`> <Chad> Then we should hurry.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I would think it would just appear
<Dias`> *Chad pulls out his datapad and looks at the live feed*
<Seraphna> Angela> Time to move then.
<Jackieness> <Moira> "Where do we hurry to, though?"
<Dias`> *Chad shows it to Cheryl* Look like it to you?
<XanTop> <Kellin> Towards that shooting.
<Seraphna> Jaime> I really really do not like Eldritch.
<DeathStar> *up in the skies above Guardian, an eye of sorts can be seen among the stars*
<DeathStar> *looking down at them*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> What the fuck?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> What has Xevil done
<Jackieness> <Moira> "...that's new..."
<Dias`> <Chad> He's going scorched earth then.
<DeathStar> *Chii ninja warps up to the top*
<DeathStar> *while Erevis jogs up. Darien can be seen firing at the corrupted Guardian mechs coming at him and Ariel*
<DeathStar> *one lifting him up to throw him over the edge and back down to the long bottom*
<Dias`> *Chad moves his best to keep up*
<DeathStar> *Chii ninja stabs into the mech while Ariel slashes*
<XanTop> 6* Xan and Kellin both fire their respective pistols at the guardians
<DeathStar> **The Guardians turn and zoom in a the two when Erevis fires hyperspace to try to slow them down*
<Seraphna> **Jaime hurls parts of the room at the mechs**
<DeathStar> *the eye watches Jikuu from Id's screen while the others fight*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *draws her sword and then dashes forward*
<Seraphna> **Angela fires a bolt of holy light at one’s face knowing Guardian mechs translate damage literally**
<DeathStar> *The Guardians are overwhelmed and soon are stopped*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Everyone okay? *she eyes Darien panting and holding his chest*
<DeathStar> <Ariel> We thank you
<DeathStar> *something quietl emerges from the eye*
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> We found Ariel.
<Dias`> <Chad> Id's reviewing his data, but he detected something changing with that image I'm watching.
<XanTop> <Xan> Never seen a giant eye in the sky before. Shame we couldn't jsut throw Dias at it.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> We need to do a massive evac I think
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Even if the PAX isn't here the teleporter system should work, right?
<DeathStar> <Ariel> They seem to be down.
<Dias`> <Chad> As long as that thing doesn't interfere.
<XanTop> <Xan> We could call for Warren and fly out of here...maybe. I'm not sure what else they have up there.
<DeathStar> <Ariel> We need to reach the teleport system and get it back on; then people could use it to leave.
<Seraphna> **Angela checks Darien over and heals him**
<DeathStar> *Darien nods his thanks*
<Dias`> <Chad> Then we should get moving while we have the time.
<Jackieness> <Moira> "...what exactly is that thing doing up there?!"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Alright. Lets get Warren here to fly us to the system
<Dias`> *Id drops down to join them*
<DeathStar> *Zephyr eyes the image; it looks almost like something with multiple legs is coming out of the hole*
<Dias`> <Chad> *eyes the image from his datapad* You seeing anything, Zephyr?
<XanTop> <Xan> Multiple legs is the big eldritch baddy, right?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Fuck… it’s like the symbol.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> I'm hoping it's not the symbol thing and it's something else
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> We'll have to wait
<DeathStar> *Warren arrives via shuttle and lands*
<DeathStar> <Warren> Come on in
<XanTop> 6* Xan moves to get on the shuttle.
<DeathStar> *Cheryl steps on in with Chii and Megumi; Zephyr, Ariel, and Darien follow suit*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *climbs into the shuttle*
<XanTop> 6* Kellin peers around, lost in thought for a moment before moving to get on the shuttle.
<Dias`> *Chad moves to get on while Id floats in behind them* <Chad> Id's running it against anything he can reference to.
<Seraphna> **Jaime, Angela and Thena get on**
<DeathStar> *Ariel leans over Warren's shoulder and gives him directions to the teleportation system plant; Warren lifts off and begins to take off. By the time they arrive, more of the creature begins to emerge. IT's definitely not the mark symbol, has this thing has 8 legs*
<DeathStar> *and multiple eyes begin to peek through the hole now*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> ...?
<Seraphna> Jaime> It’s a Nope!
<Seraphna> Angela> Spiders, ew.
<DeathStar> *those staring at the image begin to feel strange*
<DeathStar> *Almost like those with a mark*
<Dias`> *Chad closes his eyes as he changes his focus*
<DeathStar> *Warren lands the shuttle at the plant* <Ariel> Follow me
<Jackieness> <Moira> *moves out after Ariel*
<DeathStar> *Zephyr remains eyeing the image while Cheryl and Chii get out*
<Dias`> *Chad hops out and moves out to join the others*
<Seraphna> **Angela looks at Cheryl instead**
<XanTop> <Xan> Fuck my head is killing me. 6* He grabs it, slowly moving to follow. Kellin also steps out.
<Seraphna> **Jaime looks away and grumbles**
<Dias`> <Chad> I'm worried we're not gonna get everyone cleared of here before that thing emerges fully.
<DeathStar> *As they approach the controls, suddenly a Dark hole trap is flung at them, mainly at those with Progenitor powers. Those without it are barely affected, but Erevis goes down, twitching as the trap locks her in place*
<Dias`> *Chad does his best to try and avoid it*
<DeathStar> *Xevil rises up, hands glowing with Dark energy*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *draws ehr sword and tries to slash at Xevil*
<DeathStar> *Ariel draws her sword as Xevil eyes Moira and sinks into the ground, appearing behind Erevis and grabbing her*
<Dias`> *Chad eyes him and to see if there's room to get around him*
<Seraphna> **Jaime tries to fight it with her Dark Spirit link while Angela raises a field of holy energy around them**
<Seraphna> **Thena screeches and tries to steady herself**
<Jackieness> <Moira> *skids to a halt, turning* "Stop that!"
<Seraphna> Jaime> Get away…. From Momma!
<XanTop> 6* Xan shakes his head and aims his pistol at Erevis.
<XanTop> (Xevil lol)
<Dias`> *Chad follows, aiming his gun at Xevil*
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Did you actually want to fight me? Well, I mainly wanted to do a test with this trash to see if I could make her useless again. *he tosses her aside*
<XanTop> 6* Kellin is stuck in the trap, griting his teeth.
<XanTop> <Xan> Fuck you. 6* He shoots an eye laser for Xevil
<Seraphna> **Jaime growls and fights against the trap, Angela frowns and blasts Xevil with Holy energy**
<DeathStar> *Xevil is burnt and sinks into the ground, the trap easing off now. Erevis sits up as Cheryl tracks the ground*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *leaps and then tries going for a vertical slash*
<DeathStar> *Xevil's hand lifts up to grab Moira's leg*
<Dias`> *Chad glances around*
<DeathStar> *and begins to pull her down*
<Dias`> *Chad aims his gun at the hand lifting up and fires several shots at it*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *tries twisting her body to swing her sword at his neck as she comes down*
<Seraphna> **Jaime punches the ground and sends a shockwave of seismic crushing down at Xevil** Fuck off!
<XanTop> 6* Kellin pushes himself to his feet.
<DeathStar> *The hand is cut and then smashed, sinking away, or vanishing*
<DeathStar> *Erevis stands, unsteadily*
<XanTop> 6* Kellin taps into his hypersense to get an idea of where Xevil might be right now.
<DeathStar> *Xevil seems to be using the corruptive areas to just lurk about under them or in the walls; as if he were part of it.*
<DeathStar> <Megumi> *goes for the controls to restart the system*
<Dias`> *Chad moves to follow after Megumi*
<Jackieness> <Moira> "...seriously?! This is getting on my nerves!"
<DeathStar> *Chad would spot Xevil appearing from the wall to swing a corruptive weapon at Megumi's skull*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I have an idea
<Dias`> <Chad> DUCK MEGUMI. *He raise shis pistol and fires two quick shots to try and slow it down*
<DeathStar> *Megumi drops*
<DeathStar> *Xevil's aim goes off*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> We need to destroy as much of this place as we can without destroying the equipment
<Seraphna> **Jaime fires a blast for Xevil**
<DeathStar> *Xevil grunts*
<Jackieness> <Moira> "Open for suggestions!"
<XanTop> 6* Kellin applies some hyperspace to the corruption to try adn burn it away wihout damaging what's under it.
<DeathStar> *Cheryl swings her whip at Xevil who grabs at Jaime and begins to retreat into the wall*
<Dias`> *Chad keeps moving after Megumi*
<DeathStar> *Megumi reaches and begins to boot up the stuff*
<XanTop> 6* Xan activates the beam saber and fires at Xevil, keeping close to Erevis in case he needs to defend her.
<Jackieness> <Moira> Dashes forward and tries slashing away the wall before Xevil cna retreat*
<Jackieness> *
<DeathStar> *Erevis burns away what she can of the area*
<Dias`> *Chad comes up to Megumi, moving to work with her*
<Seraphna> **Jaime sheathes herself in Hyoersoace and blasts herself free**
<DeathStar> *Xevil reforms himself after all that*
<DeathStar> <Xevil> ...Tch
<DeathStar> <Xevil> I do give you all a compliment
<DeathStar> <Xevil> You're so singleminded, you miss the threat creeping up on you
<Dias`> <Chad> I think I have myself almost ready, Megumi.
<Dias`> *my side*
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Yes, the teleporters are ready. We just need to send the word out. <Ariel> I will do that
<Dias`> <Id> If you're referring to the thing above us. I am monitoring it.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Says the singleminded creep who would rather watch the world burn than just live a life.
<Jackieness> <Moira> "I wonder who we can blame for that threat, huh?"
<DeathStar> *Erevis approaches Xevil, glowing with more hyperspace than she normally does*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Just speak plainly instead of babbling like it impresses people.
<DeathStar> *by now, the spider-man has emerged from the hole and has begun to unleash webs down with tiny spiders*(
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Can we confirm if this is the real Xevil?
<Dias`> <Id> We shoud hurry. The thing I have been monitoring has emerged fully.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Does it matter? He’s the source yeah?
<DeathStar> *Megumi eyes her scans*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Right. Everyone - give it everything you have
<XanTop> <Xan> Maybe the eye thing is the source.
<Dias`> <Chad> What are you picking up?
<XanTop> 6* Kellin forms his Bustah but aims for the spider creature.
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Well, the Xevil in front of us is an eldritch creature that has his DNA. But at the same time
<DeathStar> <Megumi> I am not sure if he is the source of anything
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Erevis might be about to waste all her energy in destroying him for nothing
<Seraphna> **Jaime forms spirit hyperspace rocks from the walls and taps them, and they go firing up into space to rocket for the creature.** Fine.
<DeathStar> *around them, spiders begin to crop up*
<Dias`> *Id relays that to Erevis and Xanatos*
<DeathStar> *Crawling around*
<Seraphna> **Angeka blasts out a wave of holy energy and forms a barrier**
<Jackieness> <Moira> "...ok...this is getting screwed up."
<Dias`> <Chad> We might need to get out of here. *He starts firing shots at the spidedrs that get close*
<XanTop> <Xan> Erevis...I don't think he's the final thing.
<DeathStar> *thankfuly, they easily splat. *Erevis pwoers down* Everyone to the shuttle. We need to go.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I think we are about to be overrun
<XanTop> 6* Kellin releases his progengoon bustah at the spider creature in the sky.
<Jackieness> <Moira> "I hate that we couldn't beat this thing..." *starts moving for the shuttle*
<Seraphna> **Jaime’s hyper meters follow Kellin’s blast**
<XanTop> 6* Xan cuts at spiders with his saber as he starts backing up towards the shuttle.
<Dias`> <Chad> May as well activate it now, Megumi.
<DeathStar> *Warren backs up to the group*
<DeathStar> <Warren> Get in if you want to live
<Jackieness> <Moira> *slashes at some spiders and then moves into the shuttle* "Have you been saving that one?!"
<DeathStar> *Zephyr squints as the shot vanishes up into the sky, more spiders dropping after it hits something up there* It's raining spiders
<Dias`> *Chad grabs Megumi and moves to the shuttle with her*
<DeathStar> *Megumi does something while Chii rides a spider into the shuttle*
<DeathStar> *the shuttle has been surrounded by spiders, who are trying to web it*
<XanTop> <Kellin> Well...that was further than I expected. 6* He backs up towards the shuttle, Xan slashing and shooting at spiders while others are boarding.
<Dias`> *Chad fires at other ones once he gets there make it easier*
<DeathStar> *Darien takes control of the shuttle and flies them out, heading away. Xevil seems to be watching them leave*
<Seraphna> **Angeka and Thena hop in, Jaime picking up Megumi while she works to get in**
<DeathStar> <Erevis> ....I am going to attempt something. One moment
<DeathStar> *Erevis attempts to force the shuttle door open despite the webbing and aims back at Xevil*
<XanTop> 6* Xan moves to catch or hold onto Erevis if need be
<XanTop> 6* Kellin looks in the shuttle for some sort of energy bar or drink, feeling drained from his bustah
<DeathStar> *Erevis charges as fast as she can and unleashes a hyperspace blast, destroying the tower they were just in*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> ... *hands Kellin a slice of cake*
<DeathStar> *Darien flies them up where the hole the spider-god was emerging is now empty*
<DeathStar> *did it go back in, or did it leave*
<Dias`> *Chad sits down, rubbing his face* I'm worried about what came through.
<DeathStar> <Megumi> I managed to get some good scans of Xevil to take back
<DeathStar> <Megumi> If Revi didn't kill him, we might be able to tell what he has become
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Dark One Homeworld
<DeathStar> *Ren pokes the foot*
<DeathStar> <Bobbi> So singing will kill the mark?
<Dias`> <Dias> So they say.
<Seraphna> Thena> Can try? Have two tower devices.
<XanTop> <Marcus> Noire did something to the last one.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "All I did was take the remaining Dark Energy before it could finish siphoning it off."
<DeathStar> <Xevil> You honestly believe you can do it twice? Most of your people have been corrupted, I have half of your people's secrets, and you are a few singers
<DeathStar> *Xevil stands behind their singers*
<DeathStar> *Ren turns, growling*
<Dias`> <Dias> Wouldn't taking the da...*Dias turns around making a bee line for Xevil*
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Your allies have fallen already
<Jackieness> <Noire> *raises a hand and tries to shadowport the singers away form xevil*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Thena, lead the song
<Seraphna> **Thena begins a song of happiness and hope**
<DeathStar> *Andrea, Ren, X, and Lorelei stand between them and the singers as well*
<Dias`> *Dias leaps at Xevil, throwing a roundhouse kick at him*
<DeathStar> <X> Give the word and I'll cut him in half
<DeathStar> <Xevil> I've noted you all have become quite aggressive in your old age. *As he's hit*
<Dias`> <Dias> No, I just want to see if you're worth the challenge anymore. *He lands, twists and throws another roundhouse kick at Xevil*
<Seraphna> **Thena raises her voice and empowers her magic with her energy as she sings**
<XanTop> 6* Valen keeps near the singers, shield ready.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Oh please, I'm too weak for you to consider. *he notes as he's hit again*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan joins in a bit as she forms a shadow katana and peers about for what he’s really doing**
<DeathStar> *the mark has no reaction to the singing*
<XanTop> 6* Marcus sniffs and looks around since Xevil isn't fighting back.
<Dias`> <Dias> Yeah, and you're starting to bore me. *He plants his foot and presses against it as he throws a right hook for Xevil's ribs*
<DeathStar> <Xevil> But I also will not stand here and be pummeled by a fool. *As Dias connects, a full scale corruption attack seizes through his body, as well a searing hyperspace like a burn in his fist*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan keeps looking** I don’t think the mark even matters to him…
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Now. *he steps past Dias* I don't see you all budging that mark
<Dias`> *Dias howls as he steps back, his body instantly tensing up*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... alright. What do you have to say then, Xevil? What are you really about?"
<XanTop> 6* Marcus kneesl and tries to phsyically damage the mark.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> In all honesty? I want to see all of you burn - the whole world burn, beginning with her. If you can't even remove a single mark, you're not worth playing with
<DeathStar> *Cheryl lifts her head as the PAX contacts them, overhead*
<Seraphna> **Thena keeps singing and believing in herself**
<Dias`> *Dias roars a bit as he stands upright* Ho ho ho, now that was interesting.
<DeathStar> *Marcus' punching does chip away at the physical mark*
<DeathStar> *very slowly*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... we did remove the mark on your homeworld."
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Yes. Yes you did
<DeathStar> *Xevil turns to Dias* You think yourself the hero that will save the day. The one who has been trained to do so
<Dias`> <Dias> No. I think myself the Hero that paves the way for those behind me.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> ... Hm. I have the tools I need. *he fades into the ground*
<Seraphna> Thena> *taps her comms and nods as she sings super positive now**
<DeathStar> *The PAX begins open up it's Tower to connect to the other singers*
<XanTop> 6* Marcus keeps chipping away at it until he's either in the way or it's gone.
<DeathStar> *Marcus would sense magic energy right next to him as part of the mark blows up from a powerful magical blast strikes it*
<Dias`> *Dias glances at Marcus* You gotta throw your back into it! *He pulls his fists back and starts pounding away the Marked ground*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I do not like how he toys with us."
<DeathStar> <Andrea> .... *uses her tendrils to strike it*
<XanTop> 6* Marcus blinks, looking at the source of the powerful magical blast.
<DeathStar> *Zayne lands by Marcus*
<Seraphna> **Thena begins to cat dance as she sings for extra power**
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Should I go after him?
<DeathStar> <X> It'd be a waste of time
<XanTop> <Marcus> This mark is more important.
<DeathStar> *X ripple attacks it*
<XanTop> 6* Valen blinks at them and starts sendign some holy lightnign out across the mark.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We don't even know if thatw as truly him or just some avatar he sent."
<DeathStar> *The PAX targets areas of the mark to attack*
<Dias`> <Dias> We could probably use you guys to help with this. *He stands up* Hey X, how hard is it to punch a ripple and cause it to move?
<DeathStar> *Blowing it up*
<DeathStar> <X> Punch... a ripple...
<Dias`> <Dias> Yeah. Use it as a moving garbage shoot
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I wonder... if Xevil's interest in Dark One sorcery might have a practical application here..."
<DeathStar> <X> I rank it as nearly impossible
<DeathStar> *The mark begins to glow*
<DeathStar> *as the singing and attacking begins to have an affect*
<Dias`> <Dias> Well why don't you set one infront of me. I'm like to try it. It's that or I spend too much time punching this away.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> This drawing is acting up
<DeathStar> <Andrea> It's overloading
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...just like at the Tsivirxsh homeworld."
<Dias`> <Dias> Oooh. Is that why the last one blew up?
<Seraphna> **Kaelan slaps moon tendrils into it**
<XanTop> <Marcus> Noire sucked up the dark juice last time.
<DeathStar> <Athena on comms> We need more singers or something else
<Dias`> *Dias peers around* Hoo boy. I don't know if I can punch that many explosions.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "That was a special case, MArcus."
<DeathStar> <X> *opens a ripple* Run then
<XanTop> 6* Valen taps into the angel mark and flies around shooting holy lightning for the evil nasty mark.
<DeathStar> *Lorelei tenses at Valen*
<DeathStar> *Zayne shrugs and unleashes a poweful blast*
<Seraphna> **Thena, Thena and Thena sing more and one pokes Victiore into joining**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...though..." *tries to sense if there is any Dakr Energy siphoning sitll going on..."
<DeathStar> *it seems Xevil has already taken what he needed*
<DeathStar> *The mark begins to glow andbrighter*
<DeathStar> <X> Everyone... get ready
<Jackieness> <Noire> "He already ran with what he came for."
<XanTop> <Marcus> ...I think this is going to suck.
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> *Erevis looks to be in a foul mood as she arrives at the meeting room*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I cannot believe Xevil got away with it again
<DeathStar> *Ariel mainly looks shellshocked at the state of her world*
<Dias`> <Chad> We've been playing catch up since this whole Sin thing started.
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> We'll have to send in a clean up crew of singers and Maka to the Guardian Homeworld, but ... I have bad news
<XanTop> <Xan> His time will come.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> What happened?
<Jackieness> <Moira> "...and a fun time was had by no one."
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> There was a decently sized explosion on the Dark Homeworld
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> The others were near it
<Seraphna> Jaime> Again?
<XanTop> <Xan> Did we lose anyone?
<Seraphna> Jaime> So Thena or Noire got them out right?
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> We're still trying to find that out. They were busy trying to reduce the explosion size; if it had gone off, it could have ripped the planet in half
<Dias`> *Chad rubs his face a bit*
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> The only bright side is there was no feedback to the Tower for using the Song Magic
<Dias`> <Chad> That's good, we're gonna need the Tower for what's to come.
<XanTop> <Xan> Damnit, I hope they're okay. Do we have another team out checking? I can head out now if needed.
<DeathStar> <CHIP> We have John and Hotaru's group on site
<DeathStar> <CHIP> They should be back any moment
<DeathStar> <CHIP> Ah, here they are
<DeathStar> *John steps into the meeting, followed by Andrea, who looks grim, along with most of the others. Zayne plops into her seat and Dusk is even there as well as Bobbi*
<DeathStar> <John> Found them
<XanTop> <Xan> Everyone okay?
<DeathStar> *Cheryl counts heads*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Ren is in medical right now, recovering; she should be okay - hopefully
<DeathStar> *X holds onto her arm, having some debris scattered along it*
<DeathStar> <X> Peachy
<Jackieness> <Noire> *sits down* "I am... annoyed."
<DeathStar> <X> Marcus is also under going some surgery
<Seraphna> Kaelan> I am miffed.
<Dias`> *Dias pulls out a small rock from his arm* ...I didn't think he'd be able keep up, but he impressed me!
<XanTop> 6* Valen walks in slowly, holding his side, he took a nasty tumble since he was airborne during the whole thing.
<DeathStar> *Rachael fusses over Valen while Dusk holds out a drink to him*
<XanTop> <Xan> Well we're 0 out of 2...
<Jackieness> <Moira> "Whoa, what happened?" *stands and goes over to Valena and Rachael*
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Well, like I said, I think I have an idea of the state of Xevil
<DeathStar> <Megumi> That might explain a few things
<XanTop> <Valen> Exploded. 6* He sniffs at the drink then downs some of it.
<XanTop> <Xan> We're all ears, anything that might help us put a stop to this.
<Dias`> <Chad> Let's hear it.
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Xevil is sending his consciousness out in these bodies
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Well not even bodies
<DeathStar> <Megumi> They're like Xevil Homonculuses
<DeathStar> <Megumi> We need to locate Xevil Prime
<Dias`> <Dias> So he's making less poppable Thena's.
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Yes
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... and where might he be hiding?"
<DeathStar> <Megumi> No idea!
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Then we need to have a chat with Fate and see if she can locate him
<Dias`> <Chad> He's gotta be at some source of power.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Assuming she can even tells us without violating some abstract cosmic rule."
<XanTop> <Xan> We'll play the guessing game with her if we have too, anything to help at this point.
<Dias`> <Chad> We may just have to wait until he's forced to come out.
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> For now lets recover. We have a lot going on
<DeathStar> -TBC-
<DeathStar> -Minis are Open-
<DeathStar> *Lenneth eyes all the damage done over the past few days*
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