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

[WriggleRid3r]

Roxas' House - Tokyo, Japan

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"Uwaaaah- everything's so confusing I have no idea what's going on-" Utsuho was at the verge of bawling as she literally had no idea what was going on, flapping her wings. If you could visualize how one was thinking, Utsuho's brain would be spinning at high-speed right now.

"Stop flapping your wings!" Reimu growled at Utsuho's demeanor as she stuck close to the rest of the party to make sure she didn't get isolated.

[SUSTIC]

Washington D.C - City Streets

As the trio made their way back up to the apartment Julius just sighed upon hearing what Midna had said, he was also positive that they were going to see more of those creatures soon enough. It's not that it is worrying him, just more or less just seems to irritate him slightly.

"Yeah... you may be right. I'm positive that we won't see the last of those demons for I had recognized that scythe. It belongs to Death. The Death that I know and have faced. His presence was quite strong over the area while the demons were attacking. The only thing that really bothers me is that it was too coincidental for Death and his army of demonic beasts to attack this town on this very day. Either way I think we should still rest but keep our guards up in case another attack happens." Julius replied as he stopped at the last flight of stairs to catch his breath, but he did take a step back for Pit and Midna to continue up the rest of the stairs. "Curse this old body of mine... one small fight and a bit of stairs and I get tired out... Guess all the Vampire Hunting has left me drained over the years." Julius commented with a rather dry and somewhat depressing sounding chuckle.



Sana's Studio | Manhattan, NY

As the Mechromancer began giving some 'advice' to the cross-dressing Soldier, the Soldier was about to lash out at Gaige but stopped as he noticed Sana's anger and before he knew it he found himself getting struck by a serious bolt of electricity. Oddly enough the Soldier was letting out a mixture of screams of pain, and insane laughter as he was being shocked... but mostly pain.



Lu and Ciel's Apartment | Barcelona, Spain


Ciel just groaned as he nodded, and at that moment went to the kitchen to begin preparing the requested tea and snack for Kongou and his Mistress. "God I why did I have to make a deal with a freaking demon?" Ciel complained as he began making the tea.



Mess Hall - Prometheus Labs - London

The moment Neuman asked Chung if he had gotten a Christmas gift for anyone, Chung paused as he very clearly had not. The closest thing that he could think of that could be considered a "gift" for someone was that Disfrozen Battery that he had privately made and given to Jack to test out... unfortunately that little test run earlier didn't turn out so well. "I... uh... no not really... except one thing, but it nearly blew up Jack..." Chung replied trying to keep a straight face, kinda embarrassed and trying not to laugh at what happened earlier.

[Kristia]

Washington D.C Apartment building


"Then we will have to invetigate about it, sure there can be random encounters with small pawns, but having a horse or an tower already on the chessboard shows that there will be a big move from the other side" commented the twili as they headed upstairs in the building.

Midna was getting better on her energy with each step she made, but she noticed that the vampire hunter getting worse until he had to actually stop and take some breaths. Not caring for "lady like" manners, the former princess picked Julius bridal style "Come on veteran hunter, I have some ideas on how to help you with age limiters" she said still moving towards Palutenaīs home.

Sana's Studio | Manhattan, NY


Even though that the bluenette was electrifying the drag queen soldier, the latter was both screaming and laughing at being electrocuted. "So a crazy masochistic drag queen soldier, everyday there is something new to see".

Then the mechromancer focused on the angered woman "Now now, as you see, he is both suffering and.. enjoying this" she said getting closer to the anthropomorphic character "So how about we relax and try to find a way to actually deal with the situation" she offered.

[SereneGrace]

Hieda Manor | Human Village

Bang listened intently to the man's story... and it intrigued him. Such a quiet yet uneventful night that was brought to an end by some mysterious woman with long black hair. With the only defining characteristics being the fact that she sounds to appear without clothes, have incredibly pale skin, and long pitch black hair. That... both makes things easier, yet at the same time might make things a bit more difficult. But it does sound like a youkai or restless spirit of some sort.

After the story ended Bang stood up as he sighed. "Thank you for your story... it may not have given me much, but I can at least devise a plan that may put me in direct contact with your attacker. In fact I have already developed one right now! It will take preparation and a outfit that would make me appear as any ordinary member of this village! I will also consult with my men to help with this plan." Bang spoke up as he turned to the Elder.

"Elder if it is possible do you suppose you can try to warn the people of the village to remain indoors tonight? If things go the way I expect, it might become too dangerous for people of the village to venture outside once the sun sets."

[S121]

Roxas' House - Tokyo, Japan

After everyone had gathered together and headed through the Corridor of Darkness, the portal in Roxas' house closed.



Outside SDM - Gensokyo

After a couple of seconds, another Corridor of Darkness opened up just outside the gate to the SDM, and out came the group.

"Is this the place?", John asked Mara as they exited, wondering if Renamon and Nera were nearby.





Firestorm Citadel

Takoizu lightly frowned in her helmet as she thought about the Higher Power's question. In truth, Takoizu knew how to fire danmalu and dodge, but she didn't know the more advanced aspects of danmaku fighting, due to never being taught. After a brief silence, Takoizu finally spoke.

"I never learned any more than the basics. They died before they could teach me.", Takoizu said, albeit in a a slightly less enthused and slightly more serious tone as another wheel came. Just as before, Takoizu raised her hand at the wheel and it was blasted to shrapnel and splinters as an intense beam of turquoise energy slammed into it.





Crater - Santa Cruz

"You're the one that was trying to release a bunch of evil demons from the stone and destroy humanity, remember? What do you plan on doing now?", Isaac asked Malthael.





Mess Hall - Prometheus Labs - London

"Oh, right.", Dr. Neuman said with a small chuckle. Even though he had gotten after Jack and Chung about the unauthorized modification earlier, he couldn't help but think of Jack blowing up in a comical fashion.

After a brief moment, Dr. Neuman had another question, as evidenced by his smile slightly diminishing.

"So can you tell me what exactly you were trying to do with Jack's armor?", Dr. Neuman asked.





Bench - Streets of London (Vala's Location) Tameka

The red SPARTAN couldn't help but feel puzzled about the current situation. There was much that he still did not fully understand about this girl-turned-SPARTAN-II, but he also had his orders from Prometheus Labs to apprehend the "threat" and escort them to the Labs for further questioning. Seeing that Vala wanted to go to the Labs, there was no need to fight... not that he would even want to fight a SPARTAN-II with what appeared to be shotgun gloves. After a moment, the SPARTAN spoke up.

"Very well. I was told to take you in, so you're coming to The Labs, but I don't think Halsey would see you in person. She might use holograms to speak with you, considering the danger you potentially have.", the SPARTAN said to Vala.

[Kristia]

Bench - Streets of London (Vala's Location)

Vala made a mock offended expression while getting up and prepared to follow the soldier "A threat? But I'm just a lady who wouldn't hurt a fly" then she smiled going back to her normal attitude "Not surprising from her then, from what I have investigated, Cathy is like a goddess for almost all the IIs but looks at the IIIs and IVs like monsters, so on what side of her are you red spartan? The psychological brainwashed to follow her finger? Or the rejected success?" she asked

In reality, the brawler wanted to see how the red spartan would react, Nicole explained her that the spartan IIs showed next to no emotion to be the most effective weapons for war, yet they showed affection, at least in mental type, to the doctor who in turn looked at them like her daughters and sons. But the IIIs were gazed with a cold version of Halsey who just checked their statistics, the IVs had it even worse since they were seen as the "mass produced" spartans if their numbers were compared with their elder versions.

SDM

Mara floated around while taking the energy around "I can feel the pup with soneone else, the vixen isn't around, I guess they are in some sort of dormant state which would explain the faint energy that comes from the Lucario" she explained to the spartan "I have a thought though, if the second dormant body is the time traveler, we could rip the problem from its root now"

[Koishi]

Firestorm Citadel

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"Ah." HP nodded as the final engine fell. "Then remind me to teach you sometime. I've learned a bit from watching Gensokyo."

HP then continued to move down the bridge, the fortress looming above them, smoke billowing. Another gauntlet awaited, and at the end, an elevator. "Well, as they say, once more unto the breach."

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Santa Cruz

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"If you had touched the soulstone..." Malthael started, anger seeping into his voice. "The universe would be on it's knees. Humanity comes later. First..."

Malthael outstretched his arms, the blue glowing energy from the many cracks and the floor entering him. "The soulstone must be reformed."

Large spectral bat-like wings around two times his size grew, and carried him up. The Kinesis Module shorted out from the intense force put against it from the angel. Koishi fired the charged cannon, impacting into Malthael and detonating. Smoke covered where he was, as his form rushed forth towards Koishi.

"All paths end in death, demon." Malthael spoke as his sickle tried to slash at Koishi. Koishi blocked it with the cannon, forcing her to drop it. Koishi then smacked Malthael into the wall behind using her tendrils. The wall cracked and shattered, undead falling to the depths below in a domino effect. Malthael was not dazed. His form flew out of the hole with great speed, disappearing into the distance.

A rumbling occurred around them, pieces of the crater beginning to drop.

"Uh, I think we should..." Koishi was forced to dodge a falling piece of debris from above. "Go."

[wonderweiss]

Henir's Chronology and Expanse

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Jack looked everywhere but was lost.

"I swear, are you entirely sure we weren't placed into some sort of trap?"

He faced Nera.

"Have you found anything?"

[Kristia]

Henir's Chronology and Expanse


"This might be a trap, I can tell you that" Nera replied while looking through the cabinets searching for medical kits "But we have to face what we got, because running from anything can be a bad thing too" she spoke while the fox looked around the place "And I canīt answer that yet, there is dust around everywhere and.. aha!" she smiled while taking a white box with a red cross, she could feel the weight of the box and knew that there were medicines for general purposes "While we canīt find the exact medicine, we can at least give this"

[wonderweiss]

Henir's Time and Time Again

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Jack frowned from behind his mask, but decided to move along, still looking for a proper medicine.

"I suppose so. Should we continue searching or should we go and check up on those people?" He asked. As he was looking, he opened a drawer and dust spewed out. He had no trouble breathing, but his eyes were unblocked and dust got in his eyes. He let out a grunt of discomfort as he tried to wipe his eyes.

[Kristia]

Henir's Time and Time Again


"I donīt know, we could keep searching, but the time we got might be too precious, so I suggest we get some bandages and pain killers just in case for us" Nera recommended while opening the medkit and closing it after inspecting that there was a good assortment of medicines for the couple hidden in the house "So we must act fast" she said strapping the medkit on her left as a bag.

[SUSTIC]

Henir's Time and Space

As the trio were exploring the old Alchemilla Hospital in search of medical supplies for that strange couple, things began to go... quiet... a little too quiet in fact. Before there was at least the sound of wind blowing through the dark, ruined, and empty hospital. In fact the sounds of scratching from rats and what not had also gone quiet. The sheer silence that radiated throughout the old hospital was then broken by the sound of what seemed to be an old air-raid siren blaring throughout the entire town.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQf8Mns_sK8

As the sound of the Air-Raid siren started blaring, any light coming in from the windows became dark as what looked to be nothing but a pitch-black void replaced the foggy town. Not only that but the entire building the trio was in began to... decay further. The walls, floors, and ceiling began to change drastically. What was once a rather normal, yet abandoned hospital was being replaced by a building with rust colored walls with bloodstains splattered along the walls. Things though were not over yet even though the air-raid siren had quit blaring... instead the sound of metal scraping against the now metal floors could be heard echoing throughout the building...



Washington D.C Apartment building

Julius just smiled as he shook his head. "Well whatever these herbs will do, they will hopefully better than that arthritis medication my doctor had given me." Julius joked with a small faint chuckle as the group finally made it back up to Palutena's apartment.

Once there Pit quickly opened the door and rushed in, only to be greeted by Palutena sitting in a dining room chair. As the trio entered the apartment, Palutena stood up and turned to Midna, Pit, and Julius with a warm smile. "Tell me how well did things go down there? I hope they didn't give you all too much trouble?"


Mess Hall - Prometheus Labs - London

Upon being asked what he did to Jack's armor, Chung sort of froze up as he began stuttering.

"I uh... Well... you see... I sort of uh... made a... battery... a small miniature Disfrozen Battery to test on well... the Spartan Suits... designed to essentially supercharge the suit... Used it on Jack... and it was well... successful. Jack moved really fast... really really fast... even while carrying me. Things were impressive until well... it blew up Jack's suit. B-But it's fixed now! Eve fixed his armor! But the battery is sort of fried to all hell."


Santa Cruz - Crater

As Isaac and Koishi was busy dealing with Malthael, Shadow was still on the outer rim of the crater, arms crossed and keeping an eye from a safe distance. Shadow could feel the sheer pressure of the power from the crater, and was going to wait a bit before just blindly hopping in. He wants to observe Malthiel and how he would act. However suddenly Malthael megan attacking Koishi and Isaac. However instead of jumping into the fight Shadow simply continued to observe.

((bout time I make a post for Dante.))
Santa Cruz - Streets

As Dante was busy fighting the undead, he stopped as he sensed a very strong surge of energy coming from the crater. Sensing this Dante stopped fighting as a smirk came over his face. Almost immediately Dante began sprinting as fast as he could down the street and towards the crater at a high speed. Thanks to his inhuman reaction time, he was able to easily avoid running into any demons. All the while though he still was using his Devil Arm sword, The Rebellion, a poweful demonic claymore to slash and slice through any lesser undead as he dashed and weaved through the streets and towards the crater.

[Kristia]

Henir's Time and Space


Neraīs senses went high-wire when the sirens sound blasted through the city as the whole scenery started changing "Whatever is happening, stay together, something bad is close to happening" she said getting out of the room immediately to avoid being in a dead end, Renamon simply nodded and followed the Lucario.

As everything got to an even worse scenario, they could hear the metal screeching getting closer "We must move now" she said fully serious.

Washington D.C Apartment building


"Maybe not herbs, but Iīll need to press specific points in your body to see its energy flow, then I will see what I can do" the twili responded to Julius as they entered the apartment and were met by the green haired goddess. She couldnīt help but smile when she asked about their well being "We had some rough seconds, but got a good workout, the skeletons and lesser demons were small fries, but that big one controlled by the scythe was something of bigger leagues, this day might get even more and more interesting" she said letting the vampire hunter sit on a chair as she leaned on a wall "We might get to see more challenges"

[SUSTIC]

Henir's Time and Space

As the Renamon and Nera quickly ran out of the medical supplies room what they found was that the hallway was drastically changed. What was once a hallway empty of any blockades, is now a hallway with an wrought-iron grate wall blocking the path that the trio had came from, with a similar iron grates blocking any other stairwells on the current floor they were on, in fact some doors were missing, and there was also new doors in different places as well...


Washington D.C Apartment building

Palutena sighed in relief after hearing that things had gone relatively well, however she can still feel how tense Julius was feeling. In fact Julius was feeling quite... tense as he thought about that scythe...

"Yeah... I agree. Things will be getting more interesting soon. I can really feel like things will be getting more serious with the appearance of that scythe." Julius replied as Palutena just smiled warmly.

"Well whatever the case may be. I'm sure that we can handle things if those demons return." Palutena said as she then realized something. "Oh yes I forgot! Julius, Midna could you help me with something in another room real quick? There are some things in the closet that I need help with." Asked Palutena as Julius who had just sat down sighed as he stood back up.

"Very well. Lead the way." Julius responded as Palutena smiled before walking off back into her room, with Julius following close behind.

"Oh and Pit can you stay in the kitchen and keep an eye on the food? Thanks!" Palutena called out as Pit just let out a depressed moan before slamming his forehead onto the table.

[Kristia]

Washington D.C Apartment building


"That weapon looked extremely similar to the one that the Grim Reaper uses, interesting creatures appear in your world Belmont, I can imagine all the lore you got then" she praised the vampire hunter since she also enjoyed reading, it was a necessity for a princess to be well learned with many subjects and one of her favorites were the legends and lore about many myths.

She then noticed that Palutena easily asked for her and Julius while putting Pit in a metaphorical leash, ("And so, another thing to see") she smiled to herself while following them.

(I will wait for Wonder to make a post for Henirīs time and space)