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Aylitha frowned when she suddenly felt her connection to her mass vanish, her mind cut off from her other body. "Canceller," she muttered, sounding alarmed. "How?" She shrunk her wrist, reshaping it into a tentacle, making slippery, and pulled it out of the man's hand. She jumped back, and felt her connection appear again. "So you aren't..." she muttered. "Right, local magic..." She got annoyed with herself, she should have been able to remember that, instead of jumping to her previous conclusion.
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Aylitha made an annoyed sound when the helicopter disappeared. "Should have had Eldritch here," she muttered. She watched the sand someone else used get repelled by a force blast. "Oh well," she muttered, and rushed in towards the leader. Her right hand turned into a mass of tentacles, reshaping into a black knife, stabbing towards the leader. Other tentacles rose from the filth, lashing out at the grunts.
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"Sure, we've got more than enough. I think we buy in bulk nowadays." I hand the teapot to Ark.
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Aylitha smiled. "Well," she said, "I'm not sure about the rest of them, but it is for me." She let out a giggle. "And I warn you, I am one of the DA's department heads." At that moment ten tentacles lashed upwards from the black filth around her, shooting towards the helicopter, aiming for the engines. At the same time the filth's growth accelerated, spreading to cover the entire roof.
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"Really?" Aylitha muttered, annoyed at the latest distraction. She looked around. Just disappearing would be the easiest. She didn't like people who threatened her though. People like them, they should be torn apart, acid injected into their veins, nerves ripped out of them. People like them should learn their place in the world. She checked the mass available at her other self. She could do with a bit less for a while, if she got low she could always use the insects, and she had enough bodies being digested to make up for the difference shortly. She walked towards the men, smiling. "Well well, execute us, you say? Why don't you try? It might take you a while though, dying generally is somewhat... difficult for me." She paused in front of them, a thin black film spreading out across the roof from her feet. @RayOfSunshine
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"No thank you, I personally prefer honey, it has a bit more taste than sugar for me." I take the honey, putting a couple of spoons of it into the tea, and start stirring it.
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"Thank you, do you have some honey as well?" I finish the waffle, still wondering how I managed to eat it in the first place.
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"Sure, do you have Rooibos?"
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I start eating the waffle, somehow.
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I walk into the room, a large black fox, and lie down in a corner of the room.
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Aylitha looked at the creatures moving towards her. The larger ones slowly lumbering on two feet, looking strong enough to smash through walls without much effort. Smaller ones ran past them on four feet, jumping forwards, sometimes sprinting small distances on two feet. Ugly claws were visible on their paws, long enough to disembowel a grown man with ease. A hint of a smile touched Aylitha's face. She stood still, waiting. The moss around her pulsated, drawing in closer to her. The first creature reached the moss. It jumped, diving straight for Aylitha, but as soon as its body crossed the boundary the moss gathered up into a tentacle, spearing straight through it's chest. It dropped down into the moss, twitching. The moss engulfed it, tearing, biting, acid burning through its skin and bones and flesh. Other creatures jumped over it, and more tentacles lashed out to spear them as well. They slowly pushed through them though, corpse by corpse, they edged closer towards Aylitha, until one finally reached her. Its claws slashed through her body, tearing through her flesh, breaking her spine. Tentacles rose between the separated pieces though, stitching them together. Her hand moved at speeds faster than should have been possible, touching the back of the creature's head. Her hand turned black, and tiny tentacles lashed out into its skull, spreading through it spine. At the same time a mass of tentacles rushed forwards from behind her, spearing the rest of the creatures who jumped through the breach. The creature next to her stood still, then turned around, throwing itself at the still approaching creatures. Aylitha started laughing, the sound echoed by thousands of mouths appearing in the moss.
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Aylitha blinked, looking up at Althea. "Ah, uh, right, support will be appreciated," she said, sounding startled. "Sorry, controlling multiple bodies is difficult while my mind is limited. But yes, support is useful. I'll see if I can keep them somewhat occupied for your forces to arrive. The rest of the DA might be coming as well, I think? I'm not sure, Aylitha might be calling them as well, given the situation." *** KanMien walked out of the alley, and started climbing the fire escape to the roof of a nearby building. On their back they carried a large backpack filled with ammunition, as well as a large, disassembled rifle. Even with the Gravitonics attached to the pack they struggled under the weight. Once they reached the roof they removed the backpack and started reassembling the rifle. When they were finished they were holding a large anti-materiel rifle taller than their own body, Gravitonics attached to deal with the frankly ridiculous recoil. Lying down at the edge of the roof they started aiming at the approaching horde, focusing on the ones flying in the sky. They started tapping their Zinc. That was one of the few benefits of the Alleystorm, that it made their spikes function correctly. Picking their first target they adjusted the scope. Two kilometers. They fired, the rifle slamming against their shoulder. A few seconds later the creature exploded as the incendiary round ripped through it. KanMien worked the bolt, and picked their next target. Like that, they continued firing, slowly taking down the flyers.
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Aylitha nodded. "They are," she said. Internally she sighed. It seemed they would be useful after all. "I'll help as well," she said. "My capabilities are... limited right now, but I should still be useful. I'm currently tracking them to make sure they don't run off, and I should be able to keep a decent amount of them busy." Back at Aylitha's other body the cocoon retreated, and she stepped out of it. Slowly she started walking in the direction of the army, the moss around her pulsing, shrinking and growing to keep track of her, any organic matter left behind bearing traces of digestion. She scowled. She hated having to control multiple bodies.
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As the monsters left the building small bugs started following them, hiding beneath the roofs of nearby homes, stalking them as they walked the streets and flew through the air. The bug near the guild leaders landed on the ground in front of them, and twitched. Aylitha hated doing this, wasting her reserves like that. Still, it had to be done, and if they weren't useful she could just eat them, more matter was always useful. The bug burst open, matter bubbling up out of it, tentacles lashing out. They twisted together, forming a new body. A moment later a young girl stood in the same location, skin unnaturally pale, eyes completely black. "Sorry for the interruption," she said, a faint smile visible. "Something... important has just come up." A long distance away the black patch covering the streets shrunk, some bugs vanishing, the matter disappearing back into Aylitha. @I think I am here., @Truthless of Shinovar, @Sorana, @Silva, @Rushu42
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Kumiko flew down to the ground, landing close to KanMien. She felt her knees buckle, but managed to stay standing. "Hey," she softly said, smiling. "Hey," KanMien answered, smiling as well. "Good job out there," they gently told her. "You can rest for a bit, if you want to. The others take care of the rest." Tired, Kumiko nodded, releasing her forms. She collapsed, legs giving out beneath her, and the world around faded away. She felt KanMien catch her, and then her mind faded away as well, falling asleep. KanMien sighed, smiling, and lifted up Kumiko's body, walking back into the alleys. Absently they noted she was lighter than they had expected. They shifted the alleys in front of them, walking into Kumiko's quarters, and laid her down in her bed. Tucking her in they walked out again, looking for an armory. They took out a pen as well, to send a message to the rest of the group. Phoenix is gone, it went. Kumiko is down, but unharmed. Brought her to her room. Dark Phoenix is still out there. Can't deal with that on my own though. Unrelated message, do we have those ceramic anti-steelpusher rounds in rifle and anti-materiel rifle calibres? Still, as they were walking on they felt uncomfortable, a slight tugging feeling, as if they did something wrong by leaving Kumiko's room. They shook their head, trying to get rid of the feeling. *** A small bug flew through the air, silently floating on the winds. It was but one of many, all of them spreading out over the city. It settled down close to a small group of people, listening to them, watching them. There weren't a lot of people in the city anymore, which meant that any still there should be interesting to watch. One of them seemed familiar, for some reason. Back in a different street Aylitha stirred in her cocoon, the Alleystorm disturbing her.
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Kumiko saw the Phoenix turn towards her, and saw it nod to her. She nodded back, smiling. Quickly it flew up into the sky, past the storm clouds. She looked at the black Phoenix. Should she fight it too? She shook her head. She wasn't in much of a state for more fighting, and honestly, she didn't really care what it did to the city. As long as it stayed away from her she would leave it alone as well. She flew down towards the ground, wondering about the person she had seen there. She took a closer look at them. KanMien? She thought. She wondered why she was there. Was she there to make sure she didn't do anything stupid? Did she think she couldn't be trusted with something like this? Or perhaps, maybe she was worried about her? Maybe she was just there to help her once she was done. She was smart, she probably had at least some idea of what she had been planning to do, and would probably have guessed that she would need help afterwards. She smiled at that thought, for some reason. She slowly started moving down towards the location she had last seen her. @Ax's Boyfriend
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Shade looked up at him. Tell him something about herself, he had said. She grew nervous, wondering what she should say, what she should reveal about herself. "Um, name is Shade," she said, sounding nervous. "I'm seventeen, I think, and I'm from earth. I... sort of need a safe, calm place to stay, and I ended up here." She started talking more quietly. "It isn't anything dangerous," she quickly said, "But living on my own might be a bit difficult. I mostly just need something stable". And I can kill most Epics with more ease than a Reckoners squad, she silently added in her head, and I'm scared that I'm broken, that I can't do anything else than that. @Blessing of Potency
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Kumiko saw the Phoenix rise again, and lifted off herself, hovering above a building near it. She wasn't sure what it was doing, and decided to wait until it became clear. She looked around, seeing the black phoenix destroy the PlasmaCore building and shrugged. It wasn't her issue in the first place. She only cared about the other Phoenix, the one who had brought her those memories. Her face grew dark when she thought of that, and she started wondering if she should kill it here and now. She shook her head. It was too beautiful to be killed like that, no matter what it had done. Besides, she should thank it for giving it her first good fight in more than a year. Noticing some movement in the corner of her eye she looked over, and saw someone spectating them on the ground. She shrugged, not really caring about them. The figure did seem familiar though... *** KanMien sat on the ground, ignoring the rest of the group. They hated the Alleystorm, the way it felt when it enhanced their spikes. They wondered about how Kumiko was. She had said that she had everything in hand, and she probably would be alright, but they hated the feeling of not knowing for sure. Besides, they told themselves, it would be good to have more information about was was going on, right? They looked at the others. It didn't seem as if the group was going to do anything, so they could probably leave, right? They looked up at Voidus. "I'm going to take a look at the situation outside, sir." They said in an emotionless tone. Rust, they hated how that storm made them sound. They walked out of the alley, past the burning PlasmaCore building, looking at the Phoenixes. Multiple Phoenixes? They thought, surprised. No, they thought, tapping their zinc and taking a closer look. Two of them lacked substance, and one of those was the wrong color. They thought about it. Those two were copies, probably. People who used their powers to emulate the Phoenix. One was likely Kumiko, probably the golden one, given their abilities, but who was the other? They shook their head, and continued watching, alley close by in case a quick escape was necessary. *** Just after KanMien left the alley a large black fox moved through it, stopping behind the group. It took care to stay within the area that was still part of the Alleys, not crossing into the normal world. "Hello," it said. The voice had a strange sound to it. It sounded feminine, but with strange reverberations, as if multiple voices were overlapping with each other.
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It might also be good for the Guild leaders (and members) to start brainstorming on the effects on their guild.
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True. A personal suggestion would be took keep the actual actions as a DA-only thing, keeping it in the DA threads. Instead, (at least in the beginning) it'll just be the effects of the process starting up that manifests in the general world that people can investigate. Someone else suggested the universe becoming unstable at one point as a potential plot for Era 4. This might figure into that quite well. All the other plots will be going on as normal, but at some moments weird things occur, sudden instabilities in the universe. People who want to can have their characters investigate to try and figure out what's going on but they won't directly be interacting with the DA.
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Kumiko collided with the Phoenix, flames flaring up around both of them. Immediately she separated again, preparing for another attack. She stopped however when she saw the Phoenix motionless in mid-air. She stared as it slowly started falling down, wondering what to. She could just try to kill it, but that seemed... unfair for some reason, to kill something as majestic as that while it was helpless. She cut off her own flight, falling down to the ground as well, softly landing in front of where the Phoenix would fall. As she touched down she felt her knees buckle, having grown weak under the strain. She could still feel it, still hurting, but it was bearable now. Looking at the falling Phoenix she prepared a new form, similar to one she had used before, but only selecting a single story this time. She wouldn't have done this normally, the strain would have killed her for sure. But with the support of the Alleystorm... She focused, getting the form ready, but not applying it yet. Her current form was a lot less difficult to use, and the regeneration would be useful in case of anything unexpected.
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Kumiko looked up and saw the Alleystorm arrive. It's power washed over her, wiping away most of the strain on her body. She smiled. Finally, she could go all out. She rose up into the sky, hovering a feet above the ground, golden light shining around her. Then, she launched herself at the Phoenix, shockwave shattering the street around her.
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