[IC Board] All the World's a Game - Season II

[S121]

Yakumo Estate - Gensokyo | Day

Takoizu placed her helmet over her head and began to access various video files and pictures, preparing them for the story.

Meanwhile, John patiently waited for the story to begin. The sooner he was finished here, the sooner he could go and help the others.

[WriggleRid3r]

Banished Library - Gensokyo

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"Okay, so we get a basic idea of how the entire chamber looks like so we can navigate easier." Patchouli nodded. "But that doesn't tell us anything about how to move on to the next area."

"Don't you think these statues have anything to do with them?" Annie asked as she paced towards the statue that smelled like gunpowder. "When I turn on the furnace, these statues seem to have some sort of aroma around them."

[Cucoo5]

Banished Library - Gensokyo

"Perhaps if we lit the second slot of the furnace...?" Shulk said as he looked out over the room. "Also, there's seven statues and they seem to represent something...didn't Renamon mention something about that?"

[Kristia]

Banished Library - Gensokyo

"Look at those two tiles, they resemble two of the statues" Renamon pointed to the tiles and their respected statues

"If we move them to their right place, we might get our exit"

[WriggleRid3r]

Yakumo Estate - Gensokyo

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"Found it." Ran said as she entered the living room with a big machine in hand. "Sorry if I took too long. I had to clean up some of Yukari-sama's clothes on the floor to walk around safely."

[S121]

Yakumo Estate - Gensokyo | Day

"Thank you Ran.", Tkaoizu said as she received the projector and plugged it into a wall.

After setting up the projector, Takoizu placed her hand on the projector and loaded all of the needed files directly on to it.

"I ask that you hold all your questions until after my story."

"Well, As you all know, I'm from a future where everyone is dead. Besides Mokou, Kaguya, and Eirin, I am the only one left from Gensokyo after an Arcanopulsate anti-magic bomb was dropped on Gensokyo, killing everything within its radius.", Takoizu said as the projector showed a schematic of the bomb.

"Now, before I continue further, I should tell you what happened before the bomb fell. You see, The ACO is a double-division organization; WRAITH, and PALADIN. WRAITH wants to remove our abilities and make us human, while PALADIN wants to simply use, then eradicate us. Well, The ACO considered us to be the greatest threat, due to everyone in Gensokyo helping in the fight against The Devourer. Somehow, they got a hold of blueprints for an Arcanopulsate reactor, the same one used in a device called 'The Extractor'.", Takoizu said as the projector showed a picture of a prototype Arcanopulsate reactor in a testing lab.

"They were originally going to use it as a power source for a special device at their disposal, but when they saw that they were losing the war, they weaponized the reactor and killed everyone. Before that, they tried to use a fusion bomb, but John stopped it. This wa the only thing we found after the fusion bomb exploded in the ACO's missile base.", Takoizu said as she showed everyone the burned M6D Magnum Pistol, then put it away.

"After their failure at the missile base, PALADIN decided to use more extreme measures, and after a few days, they developed the Arcanopulsate anti-magic bomb. Many of the Characters tried to stop it, but they were soon killed before they could stop the launch. My mother was one of them. She died in her own home, while she was trying to plan for the counter-assault. Perhaps Yukari could have stopped it, but because she had died before, we had nobody that could safely get rid of the bomb. As soon as the bomb exploded, every inhabitant of Gensokyo, save for the "Houraians" and Ran, Chen, and I, died as their life force was sucked away and as their bodied burned to ash. The only reason we survived was because Yukari had created a sort of safe haven in the basement, where the bomb couldn't reach. Within a matter of minutes, Gensokyo turned from the green land you know now, to this.", Takoizu said as the projector showed a video from Takoizu's perspective.

In the video, everything was grey. The ground was covered in ash, the trees were reduced to blackened husks, and even the sky looked as if it were dead. The Yakumo household was to the side, badly burned and barely standing. It was constantly raining ashes, due to the wind picking them up and dispersing them in an endless cycle.

"Little did the ACO know that their bomb was much stronger than they thought. It didn't just kill everyone in Gensokyo, it seeped into the ground and was slowly killing the planet. Plants started to die, and food supplies dwindled until people were killing each other over cans of food. Anarchy and crime began to plague the streets as people began to panic over the loss of most of the world's plant life. We were fine, even with the planet dying, but as the years passed,... Ran and Chen died, and I was the only one left, after the Houraians were captured during a raid on what was left of Gensokyo.", Takoizu said as the projector showed an image of a nearby town in the outside world, only this one was covered in rubble.

Takoizu seemed bothered by talking about Ran and Chen's death, but she continued to speak as if nothing was on her mind.

"This triggered me gathering this armor and killing both divisions of the ACO. Once the ACO died, there was nothing left to do. The planet was beyond saving, and everyone was either living in fear, hopelessness, or dead. That is why I'm here. I'm here to prevent everyone's death and to ensure that the planet is saved. As you know, there is a man named Jack chasing me. He is the artificial son of Otori and Shikieiki. He believes that the future should remain the way it is, and that nobody has the right to change the past, and by extension, the future. The reason I'm caked in blood right now is because I tried to get rid of him without having to kill him. You see, I tricked him into thinking that I actually died, meaning that he should leave me alone for at least a while. Not only that, I also know what he's capable of. To sum it all up, I am her to alter the future after our planet was doomed to destruction, but Jack is trying to stop me.""Takoizu said to everyone.

"Any questions?", Takoizu asked.

[WriggleRid3r]

Yakumo Estate - Gensokyo

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"If this is what will happen..." Ran sighed. "Then it must be stopped. Takoizu told me briefly about this, and I understand how dire the situation is. As soon as Yukari-sama comes, I will have her devise a plan for this."

[wonderweiss]

Yakumo Estate
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Otori stood up.

"Thank you, Takoizu. Now, if there aren't any more questions, shall start with history for me, the Neo-Yakuza, and the Inozukas. Give me a second.

Otori was searching for a USB drive.

"Any questions before we begin?"

[SUSTIC]

London | Night

Everyone was fighting off the army of Glitter Demons as Valak flew onto the roof of a tall building nearby where he proceeded to roar, causing one more swarm of demons to appear. This swarm though was much smaller as it only consisted of a few hundred.


"Okay looks like it's time to take out the big guns!" Chung said as he stood up inside the Warthog. He then held his Destroy much like a Rocket Launcher and aimed at the sky.



"Here we go! Carpet Bombing! He yelled as he fired a blue flare into the sky. As he did a sudden blue orb appears in the air and flies across the field, pelting most of the area with many small bombs. After the first orb disappeared one more orb came in after it and did more of the same. Clearing out a relatively small chunk of the small army. Yet it still wasn't enough to slow them down. Fortunately for them Jack was making quick work of them... which was surprising...



After Chung's attack ended Raven got tired of manning the turret. "Okay that's it! Time to go all out!" He said as he stopped firing the Gauss Cannon, and instead used his Nasod Arm to propel him high into the air where he then aimed his Nasod Arm down towards the ground near Lily's Warthog. "Harpoon Spear! OVERHEAT!!!" He yelled as his arm became engulfed in flames as he fired a large fireball towards the ground. Once it made impact with the ground the fireball began to travel along the street at high speeds. Ripping and sending some Glitter Demons flying into the air.



Meanwhile Elsword simply watched on as the fight continued. His sword was a bit dull, and even chipped. Still usable, but nowhere near sharp enough to pierce through the Demons armor. "Dammit..." He yelled when he heard the distinct scream of a woman nearby.

A woman was being surrounded by demons, more notably... one large one standing at roughly 18 ft tall! It's muscles were incredibly large, indicating it had tremendous amounts of strength. "Oh no! RAVEN! CHUNG IT'S UNO HOUND!!!" Elsword yelled as Raven landed on the ground, while Chung kept firing his Destroyer at the demons. "DAMMIT! Not Uno Hound! We're a little busy here we can't take care of it!!!" Chung said as he kept firing his Destroyer. "Goddammit things just have to get worse, and worse!" Raven yelled as he punched a Arc Demon Panzer in front of him with his Nasod Arm, cracking the Panzer's armor in the process.


Elsword looked worried as he turned back to Uno Hound's direction. Uno Hound was raising his fists in the air indicating that he was going to smash the innocent woman with all his might. "NO!!!" Elsword yelled as he quickly hopped out of the Warthog that he was in, and began weaving in and out of the army of Glitter Demons and towards the hulking monster. Once he got close enough he took his sword and lunged forward, ready to counter Uno Hounds attack. However Elsword was a little too slow. He was able to push the woman out of the way, but he was not fast enough to counter Uno Hound's attack. Uno Hound then dropped his fists right down on Elsword. Smashing the young swordsman into the ground, creating a very small crater and tremor in the process.

Raven who saw what happened with Elsword screamed. "ELSWORD!!!" He yelled as he quickly began plowing through the demons trying to get to the injured Elsword, and large and powerful Uno Hound who was pounding his chest. "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!!!" Raven said as he charged up all his strength with his Nasod Fist, where he then delivered a massive punch to Uno Hound's back. A loud thud was heard as it made impact with the large Uno Hound. However the beast was not phased. "What the hell!?... When did you get stronger!?" Raven said as he looked up at the large beast.

Uno Hound turned to Raven and laughed. "Puny human! Uno Hound got stronger! Uno Hound got much, MUCH STRONGER!!! UNO HOUND NOW CRUSH PATHETIC HUMAN!!!" Uno Hound roared as it then smashed his fist right into Raven's side. Sending him flying into a nearby building. Rendering Raven unconscious. Uno Hound roared in victory once more as it took out Raven for now. That's when it turned it's attention to Jack who was alone killing many Glitter Demons. "Uno Hound now smash puny armored man!!!" He roared as he charged towards Jack.

[S121]

London | Night

After only 50 seconds of battling, Jack had already killed 260 glitter demons and looked like he was not getting tired any time soon. Spartan Time affected Jack's reaction time, allowing him to see the world as if it was at a near standstill. As the Ino Hound ran towards Jack, it lifted its giant fists into the air and swung them down for a devastating blow. "UNO HOUND CRUSH!!!", Jack heard from behind. At that very moment, Jack put away his katanas and turned around. As the Uno Hound's fists came down, Jack lunged forward a few feet, and as soon as the Uno Hound's fists crashed into the ground, Jack grabbed the Hound's spiked bracelet and rammed his shoulder into the Uno Hound's elbow, forcing it off the ground and flipping it into the air.

The pavement road cracked as the Uno Hound came crashing down, and now that it was on its back, the Uno Hound was at Jack's mercy. Unfortunately for the Uno Hound, Jack had no mercy. As soon as Jack got the opportunity, he jumped over to the Uno Hound's feet, grabbed the beast's ankle, and swung up with all his might. This caused the Uno Hound to fly into the air, then come crashing down as Jack swung the large beast to his flank. Jack saw that the Glitter Demons were still approaching, so in stead of using his katanas, he used the Uno Hound to smash the oncoming demons.

*CRUNCH* *CRUNCHCRUNCH* *CRUNCH* *CRUNCHCRUNCHCRUNCH* *CRUNCH* *CRUNCH* *CRUNCH*

Jack used the Uno Hound like a large fleshy club, smashing each and every Glitter Demon that dared to approach. As soon as Jack was bored with the monster, he yelled out to Daniel.

"Daniel! Gauss Cannon!", Jack yelled as he began to swing the Uno Hound around in a circle, readying it for a final flight.

"Got it!", Daniel said as he backflipped out of the Warthog's driver seat and over to the Gauss Cannon.

"Now!", Daniel shouted as he aimed the Gauss Cannon into the air.

With Daniel at the ready, Jack tossed the Uno Hound up into the air, where Daniel focused on the beast and shot it through the head, killing it instantly.


Meanwhile, Lily saw what happened to Elsword and Raven.

"Chung, cover me!", Lily shouted out to Chung as she sprinted towards Raven and Elsword, to remove their bodies from the battlefield.









Yakumo Estate - Gensokyo | Day

John had many questions, but he didn't quite know how to ask them all. Instead, he asked the question he thought was most important.

"How do you plan on stopping it?", John asked Takoizu.

"I know when each person died, so when the time comes, I'll be there to prevent it. Not only that, I'll be there to help you against the stronger opponents.", Takoizu explained.

"What stronger opponents?", John asked in a somewhat curious and confused tone.

"I'll tell you later, when everyone is together. We'll... have a briefing of it.", Takoizu said, using military lingo to ease her father's curiosity.

[SUSTIC]

London | Night

After Uno Hound was successfully killed by Jack and Daniel's combined effort the demons started to draw back a little as their strongest warrior on the field was taken out. However this lasted only a second as the demons grew angered with the defeat of Uno Hound. "CALL IN THE SUPPORT!!!" A few of the Glitter Demons yelled as suddenly on nearby buildings a over 10 dozen Glitter Alchemists, and Archers appeared on the rooftops. Almost immediately the Archers and Alchemists began firing orbs of Dark El, and magical arrows down at the Spartan's below.


Chung listened to Lily and nodded as he he held out his hand. As he did a small white box-like device appeared in his hand. Once it full materialized he immediately tossed it onto the ground where it then deployed a small automatic mortar cannon that began firing several rounds of small explosives into the air, and onto the Glitter Demons around Lily. Right after than Chung hopped out of the Warthog, and began running after Lily to help her with Elsword and Chung. All the while he kept summoning, and tossing multiple Disfrozen Grenades at a time. Taking out decent amounts of the demons... yet they still keep coming... After Chung began to toss the Disfrozen Grenades all the demons stopped their attack and turned to Chung... "GET THE BOY!!! HE HAS WHAT OR LORD REQUIRES!!!" Yelled one of the Demon Panzers as about 50 demons began to turn their focus onto Chung... but why?


Chung noticed this and freaked out a bit. "What the hell!? Daniel I need help! WE NEED BACKUP!!!" Chung yelled as he finally reached Elsword, and Raven. He then set up a Tactical Field which kept the small group energized, while dealing damage to any demons that enter the field. "This field won't stay up for long! In a few minutes it'll disappear!!!"

[Cucoo5]

London | Night

Suddenly, what appeared to be green lightning rained down on a large portion of the demons , killing entire clumps of them in one fell swoop. A roar of a beast could be heard as a winged dragon-like creature soared overhead with a teal colored hide that seemed to be sleek and shiny and parts of it's body that formed wings glowed orange.

Spoiler: The same Telethia as in this scene

[S121]

London | Night

Jack was about to pull out his grenade launcher, but all of a sudden, a large bolt of lightning blasted a portion of the demons like a giant airstrike. Jack looked up to see what appeared to be a dragon of some kind. It was an unusual site, but it didn't seem to be targeting Jack or the others.

(At least it seems to be on our side.), Jack thought to himself as he pulled out his "Bullet Storm" shotgun and readied his GUGNIR Laser Arm Module.

In a split second, Jack was already firing air-bursting shells and laser blasts up at the Glitter Demons on the buildings. As the shotgun shells neared a group of enemies they exploded in the air embedding shrapnel into Jack's foes. While the shells would incapacitate and kill, Jack's GUNGNIR Module obliterated anything caught in its path. Thanks to the upgrades over the old Spartan Laser, the GUNGNIR was able to quickly recharge and had a more focused beam. AS the Dark El and arrows rained down, Jack was able to easily dodge their attacks. Unlike bullets, arrows and spells were much slower.

Meanwhile, Daniel abandoned his Gauss Cannon and was climbing up the side of a building. As he climbed onto a nearby roof, a Glitter Demon tried to stab him, but Daniel grabbed the blade, snapped it in his hand, grabbed the demon by the arm, and tossed him over the side of the building. Once Daniel was on his feet, he pulled out his "Shifter" assault rifle and began to rain armor piercing, high-explosive death on his enemies, shredding through their armor and blowing them up.

Lily quickly ran into Chung's Tactical field and pulled out her MA5C Assault Rifle. As the Glitter Demons approached, Lily sent a hail of armor piercing rounds into her enemies. Thanks to the armor piercing qualities of the rounds, they shredded through armor with ease, killing many enemies before running dry. As soon as Lily needed to reload, she tossed a grenade into the group of approaching Demons and blew them up as she reloaded. Once finished reloading, Lily repeated the process of mowing down enemies.

[wonderweiss]

Yakumo Estate
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"No questions? Good. Let's begin."

Otori found his drive and plugged it in. The screen was uploading the files.

"... Friggin technology..."

The files were updated. It showed another picture of the ruined Gensokyo.

"I returned from evacuating to see this. I was extremely disheartened. I had lost all my friends. I was hoping to find John, at the very least. That's how I made this." He said, pulling out three tracker. "I set it so that it tracks titanium alloy via directional vibrations. But no matter how much I tried, I never found him."

[S121]

Yakumo Estate - Mayohiga - Gensokyo | Day

John was curious and a little confused as to why both Otori and Takoizu were so desperate in trying to find him. He knew that he was very important, but surely others would be able to pick up the slack where he fell, right?

"I understand that I disappeared when he fusion bomb exploded, but what happened to me? Why was everyone trying to find me? Other people could have succeeded, right?", John asked Otori.