John looked into Yukari's brilliant purple eyes and couldn't help but stare at them for just a single second. Of course, a single second for most people would have been over a minute for John, and he used thaat second to its fullest before he finally spoke.
"Just remember that you don't have to go at it alone.", John said to Yukari as he lightly smiled.
"I've got to go again, but when I get back, I'm going to get Renamon and we're going to fix this. If that doesn't work, I'll go to Voile and see if I can find something. We're going to stop the madness, I promise.", John said to Yukari, promising her that he was going to help her find a solution.
And with that, John grabbed his helmet, slid it onto his head, and walked into the living room.
Takoizu was sitting in a chair, waiting to hear what happened.
"So? What's the matter?", Takoizu asked John.
"It's madness.", John said to Takoizu.
"Madness?", Takoizu asked John in a confused tone.
"Madness brought by guilt, violence.", John grimly said to Takoizu.
"Is there any way to help her?", Takoizu asked as a look of slight concern spread across her face.
"I don't entirely know, but I'm going to find a way. I'll get Renamon to help me, and if that doesn't work, I'll go to Voile and find information on it.", John said.
Takoizu simply nodded at what John said, not telling him about the sudden idea that formed in her head. Takoizu knew that John was too busy to do everything in a single day, and couldn't be in two places at once. Of course, where John couldn't be, Takoizu could. While John would be away, trying to save Yuuka, Takoizu would go to Voile and look up information on Yukari's condition. Once that would be done, she would just have to report her findings to John, giving him the information he needs and increasing the chances that he would be able to save Yukari.
"Okay.", Takoizu said to John.
"Yukari is sleeping right now, so just be sure to keep it down until she wakes up. I'll be back as soon as I can. Later.", John said before disappearing through a Corridor of Darkness.
Takoizu simply stood there, contemplating her next move.
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All of a sudden, John reappeared back in the puzzle room and was immediately ready to continue.
"Is everyone ready to move out?", John asked the group as he walked towards them.
Originally posted by S121 Every time I see a new post on the Forum, I feel like a little kid during Christmas, all giddy.
After a few minutes the pain Chung had felt faded away. "Goddammit that was the worst pain I've ever felt..." Chung said as he began to catch his breath.
He then turned to Lily with a look of confusion, fear, and shock on his face. "I-I don't know... he didn't even so much as scratch my skin... and yet I felt a sharp pain in my chest. Like my heart was being crushed..." Chung said as he looked up in the sky. It was obvious that he was weak from whatever had happened to him.
Meanwhile the winged armored man who had already quickly dropped down from the sky in front of one of the Warthogs. The armored man then readied his clawed fist, and dealt an extremely heavy punch to the empty Warthog which sent it flying towards the Warthog that Jack was in before flying off again.
... Meanwhile...
Elsword still laid there in a pool of his own blood, barely breathing... he was hearing the sounds of a fierce battle going on around him... and he couldn't do anything about it.
"I-I... I-I'm not..." He began to mutter as the severely injured Elsword slowly tried to stand up. "I-I'm not.... t-through... j-just... y-yet... L-let me t-take him..." Elsword said in a weak tone as he grabbed his broken sword. Elsword's body was bruised, and banged up all over. His face was covered in his own blood... It was obvious that Elsword was in no condition to fight anyone, let alone stand up... yet he was forcing his body too.
Yakumo Estate - Gensokyo "Oh, madness." HP appeared behind Takoizu. "A quite complicated thing indeed."
Sometimes when you're driving down a road, a bug hits your windshield. It's ugly and unpleasant, but you just activate the wipers / cleaning fluid and it's gone in a few seconds. It's just part of driving down the road. You don't dwell on it, because that'd be silly. Bugs aren't worth the time.
Lily looked over to Elsword, who was trying to stand up and fight, but she knew that doing so was heavily detrimental to his already deteriorating condition. With that in mind, Lily spoke to Elsword in a stern tone.
"Rest Elsword. You'll only end up getting yourself even more injured.", Lily said to Elsword.
Meanwhile, Jack saw the Warthog flying at his Warthog. Reacting quickly, Jack ripped the Gauss Turret off of his Warthog and jumped out of the way of the flying vehicle. Luckily for the Spartans, the Warthogs were sturdier than the average car. Just as soon as Jack landed, he took aim at the flying creature with his Gauss Cannon-turned-gun and fired. The force of the Gauss Cannon's recoil was enough to push Jack back a few inches, but he remained on his feet with a little bit of effort.
Daniel saw what had happened with the Warthogs and decided that it was time to take to bring the winged person to the ground. Using his "Shifter" Assault Rifle's grenade launcher, Daniel fired a 40mm, high-explosive grenade at the winged man, aiming for his wings. After that, Daniel jumped down to the street below and continued to fire at the flying being with a hail of .50 caliber rounds from his assault rifle.
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"Hm?", Takoizu calmly uttered as she looked over to see the Higher Power.
Takoizu could easily tell that The Higher Power had an idea. The way he spoke and the words he chose were giveaways.
"Perhaps. I take it you have an idea?", Takoizu asked The Higher Power.
The winged man had barely avoided the shot from the Gauss Cannon, but it still grazed his left wing. Even if it did just graze his wing it still did massive damage to the wing. Causing him to come crashing into the ground. Afterwards the grenade that Daniel had fired also managed to strike near the man. The grenade's explosion had caused severe damage to Valak's wings, and even the back of his armor...
After the smoke cleared Valak stood up once again, this time however his armor and wings were beginning regenerate quickly on it's own! Valak looked at Jack and Daniel and roared once more before speaking. "Fight me like a true warrior you cowards! Fight me with the cold steel of your blade!" Valak demanded as he drew his sword once more. He was aiming at Jack this time.
MEANWHILE:
Elsword slowly looked up at Lily as he began to emit a fiery red aura like he did on the runway.
"N-No I-I'm f-fine! I c-can fight..." He said as he had a look of rage, persistence, and even a few tears streaming down his face. "I-I'm not weak..." He said as he took a few more steps forward. He clenched his broken blade tightly as the aura got more fierce by the second... as it did small stones and pebbles began to get sucked in towards Elsword as the Aura got stronger around him.
Yakumo Household - Gensokyo "Well, yes. But neither me nor your father would like it." HP said.
Sometimes when you're driving down a road, a bug hits your windshield. It's ugly and unpleasant, but you just activate the wipers / cleaning fluid and it's gone in a few seconds. It's just part of driving down the road. You don't dwell on it, because that'd be silly. Bugs aren't worth the time.