melodiesoflife | "please! fight with us!"

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"please! fight with us!"

Characters Yuna & OPEN.
Where Hospital → Residential District
When Loosely dated for early in the month!
Summary It's just another day in Crystallis for the summoner... OR IS IT?? Multiple prompts to pick your poison!
Warnings Possible violence in the fight prompt.

HOSPITAL.
It was another day of normal rounds, at least, as normal as it got these days. At the beginning of her shift, Vaan, now crystallized, had been brought to the heroes wing. With a heavy heart she had spent the better part of her shift there, her quiet regret locking itself tighter into her heart as she stood there. Yet again, someone she had cared about had been taken away so easily... with nothing that she could do.

Sitting now at the station, she rubbed at the side of her head, voicing only a sigh. "Y-Yuna?" Momolumi poked his head out from in front of the desk at her station.

"Mm?" she lifted her head, a small smile making itself known when she saw who it was.

"Ku... kupo shouldn't you eat something?" Eating, being a very important past time to Momolumi, was something that he kept close track of for his hero. And she hadn't had anything all day!

"I'll be all right..." she trailed off slowly, reaching to pat him gently on the head as she floated over the counter top. The sound of footsteps from one of the hallways finally caught her attention as she looked up, "Ah, hello..."

DARK VALEFOR.
Breathing in deeply, Yuna stepped outside of her house at B7, and into the bright, warm air. Recently the weather had taken a turn for the better and the islander found herself spending more and more time outside. The fresh breeze felt crisp as she inhaled, then exhaled slowly, opening her eyes and smiling upwards to wards the sun.

In her grip, she held her father's staff, the gift she had received back on Christmas. Looking down, her fingers tightened around its shaft as she thought about how it had gotten here — knowing the possibility that Braska had been in this world wasn't unheard of. For now, all Yuna could do was move forward, though today, she was looking for something more familiar...

Moving slowly but deliberately, she spread her arms out at first, stretching them as she thought — how many times had her father made these same steps? — as she folded her arms, then began the motions of the Sending.

Although there were no souls to send here, the dance was nostalgic, and she felt closer to Braska in that moment than she had in a long time, losing herself in the moment, time falling away... until an ominous cry moaned.

Her eyes shot open, blue-and-green scanning the area for the chorus of the dead that started to sound all around her — the distinct sound of pyreflies gathering. Then, suddenly, a great light shot upwards, parting the skies as a glyph took shape, a concealed figure coming crashing down through them.

Yuna knew these glyphs — she knew these sights and sounds! But how could it be...?

There was no mistaking it. With a painful screech — Valefor her very first aeon... landed in the yard. But her colouring looked foul and tainted, and her cries... this was just like how Bahamut had looked during her time in Kalki's lab!

WILDCARD.
( interested in running into yuna elsewhere? safe at home? the city square? anything goes! )

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Terra's thin arms were filled with colorful flowers. She had brought them for those trapped within the gleaming veneer of crystal though for one person in particular. She stopped when she spotted Yuna, her heart jumping in her chest at the sight of the summoner. Her eyes betray her surprise as she pulls her attention to Yuna.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know anyone else was here."

She didn't want to interrupt but she wanted to place the flowers down before she left.

Looking up, and seeing Terra there, armful of blossoms, Yuna smiled, shaking her head. "It's all right," she glanced back at the crystallized faces once more, before turning her attention back to the green-haired girl. "It seems like I'm always here to tell you the truth... I suppose that's one of the conditions of working at the hospital though," she tried to follow up with a small laugh, a feeble attempt to lighten the mood.

"Are those — for the crystallized?"

Terra nodded her head while a soft smile played across her lips.

"Yes, I make deliveries to the Hospital regularly. I thought to bring flowers for those in Crystal and..." Her voice trailed off but her eyes turned to Vaan. She felt awful for what happened and now she felt like she couldn't right things.

She'd seen the flowers lining the rooms occasionally, having taken some time to water them herself on slower days, but this was her first time finding Terra delivering them herself. Yuna smiled softly, eyes travelling between the crystal and the other girl, and nodded.

"I'm sure that... they appreciate it," at least, it was comforting to imagine they did. "I'm certain that Vaan does, at least."

"I hope so."

Terra looked over at Vaan feeling her heart reach out towards the crystal figure. He was her friend, one of her first friends and while she didn't know him, he believed that she was a good person. She wanted to live up to that.

She stepped forward and placed the flowers next to Vaan's crystal first. "Thank you."

For obvious reasons, her thoughts lingered on the terrible future that many of them had seen. It had felt so real, the emotions she had felt, the people that she had hurt... and Vaan's touch, both warm, and cold — the mechanical one having taken the place of his true limb.

And Yuna, well... she knew what had been the cause, he'd shared that with her, at least.

"Vaan... was always happy to help, wasn't he? I remember when he spoke about you, in the Conflict. How he wanted to see you freed..."

Terra’s gaze moved from the cold still form of her friend to the ground. It wasn’t that she couldn’t face Yuna but she hadn’t forgiven herself. Even now she doesn’t forgive herself. It didn’t happen, she’s taken great lengths to keep her powers controlled but that doesn’t change the memory of that one future. Terra was capable of turning down the wrong path. Their vision made it feel so real.

“He’s a much better person than I am.”

She was scared, even now, and there was nothing to alleviate her worries.

“Excuse me. I should go.”

Cloud stopped in his tracks, a panicked look on his face for a moment as he wasn't expecting someone to call out to him. He'd been making regular trips to the hospital to visit Zack and Tifa so it got to the point of silent nods rather than speaking to anyone for directions.

He turned round for a moment before he finally found the source. His eyes widened as a feeling of deja vu washed over him. Or considering it was a memory of that vision perhaps vuja de was more appropriate.

"Oh, hey, Yuna, how are you?" As soon as the words cleared his lips he noticed how tired she looked. A frown took over his face as he began to worry about her. Was overworking herself her natural state?

On a good day, it usually was her natural state. But on a bad one, well... it was more of a necessity. "It's good to see you, Cloud." It was good to see anyone in that terrible vision of the future back in the real world, a place where they could all work to prevent that terrible vision from coming to pass...

"You're... here for a visit?" Everyone knew someone in stasis, these days.

Given how everyone was feeling after that vision, as well as the different goings on that followed Cloud had failed to check up on every one of his friends since then. He was glad to see Yuna now. He didn't know what everyone had gotten up to in it and he tried against his own worries to not care about it. It didn't have to be the future they faced.

Kalki's video didn't help much in that confidence.

"Uh...yeah. Zack. And Tifa now too." And Aerith and Angeal and Genesis and Genny and Elena and Barret. There were almost more Gaian's in crystal than there were awake.

There was a solemn nod at the short list, knowing well that there were many people with numerous friends trapped in crystal by now. It was nearly two years since the first of them had arrived it was... natural, she supposed, that victims would only accumulate.

"I'm sorry... about Tifa." She was the Gaian Yuna knew best... well, at least in another world. "She was— a good friend of mine, too... at one time."

Cloud just looked quietly at Yuna for a moment. He didn't know the two knew each other. Tifa didn't tell him much about her friendships here. She seemed fixated on Gaia whenever they spoke. Her Gaia anyway.

"Thanks. Making friends was always easy for her. She always knew when to be serious in one moment and then happy and open in another." He sighed and smiled weakly. "To be honest, despite being neighbors I didn't really get to know her until just before I left town. It was my own fault, really."

Yuna shook her head, not ready to subscribe to the theory that it was somehow Cloud's fault they hadn't been close. She knew that Tifa has been searching for him during the war, wanting to see him released from whatever shackles bound him to the side of Chaos...

"Seeing her on the battlefield was really something, too. She was so strong... I hope that, someday— I can be that strong, too." She gazed at her friend, encased in Crystal, for a few minutes more, before turning again to Cloud.

"Does that mean... you grew up together?" Childhood friends, maybe?

"We did. Though I kinda kept to myself a lot. Her dad was pretty much the bigshot in town and of course all the other kids wanted to hang around her. I spent a lot of time just watching from the sidelines." He rubbed the back of his neck as he spoke. He wasn't really happy with how he used to be back home. So much wasted opportunity and pointless anger.

"Her dad didn't like me much either, especially after that one time..." He trailed off. It wasn't an uncomfortable story so much as it was a complicated one to tell. And he didn't feel like it was the right time to tell it. "But yeah, Tifa was strong. Physically especially. You'd need years of training to catch up there."

He looked away now, in the direction of where her crystal was being kept. "But she's more gentle than she seems. More vulnerable. It can seem like strength, but it's more like she feels all of her emotions as strongly as she possibly can. The good and the bad. And she's honest. She's no good at pretending she feels any other way than she does." His cheeks turned a bit pink, smiling as he thought about her.

Adventurer had been outside tending the garden he was beginning to work on that morning when he heard the ominous cry echoing across the area. Frowning, he felt the vibrations in the air ripple as he muttered, "That's not good. Moggle Mog, to me!"

Grabbing his axe, he ran towards the district and pulled up at the sight of the Dark Aeon. "By the twelve, is someone summoning in town?"

Running up to Yuna, he called out to her with a wordless shout.

Yuna's residence, whether their paths crossed much or not, was often passed on Sephiroth's morning-jog route when he was in Aqures Ixen and most of the time it would be logical to walk back that way from the central districts as well; especially if he were coming from Terra's flower shop. He tried not to spend so much time there when she was working and he wasn't, given as it was a reputable business in the city and he didn't want to distract but-

On leave, there are so many things he -could- do with his time that odds are Sephiroth ended up there anyway even if it might be for a lunch break or at the end of the day when the sun were going down. It was getting later and later every day, with the onset of spring in Aqures. When he were to go back to Esdham again, he remembered well how scalding hot and dry it would probably be in comparison.

It was the screech that was heard that chilled him, though Sephiroth would never admit to having not noticed the shot of light or parting of clouds that had occurred a little behind where he'd come from. His hand immediately went up to the handle of Masamune; the over-long sword sheathed and strapped at a slight angle down his back, as he first turned and began to stride back in the direction of where the cry had to have come from.

"Yuna- are you alright?" Just like him to demand a status of the situation first, as he passed the threshold into the yard, coming up parallel but just a little to the side of where the Adventurer had also taken an interest. Sephiroth hadn't yet pulled his sword, but inside his will rested on that initial cast of combat mode; almost as if deciding if he needed it.

The walls did nothing to hide the screech from him, or the cold sinking feeling Tidus got when he heard it. Something felt wrong and off and when that happened he was usually right. He had finished Blitzball practice and was debating over getting some more in later. He hadn't been paying much attention when Yuna left, but he definitely was now. Grabbing Brotherhood, he jumped out the window and rolled on the ground, noticing the others whose attention had been grabbed before his eyes widened at the aeon.

What was wrong? Valefor wasn't supposed to...

"Yuna, get back!" He ran to her side, already prepared for a potential fight. "What just happened?" It was unsettling to see Valefor like this. It almost seemed like she was in pain.

Rikku had not been home.

The sight of Valefor's light from the heavens sent her splintering across town, and the thief appears out of breath as the last of the pyreflies escape the chaos.

Daggers drawn, she'd meant to look for the foe the feathered creature had been summoned to fight. Instead, Rikku frowns up at the tortured sounds and strange look of Yuna's battle companion. Still under the assumption the calling was on purpose, she goes to move beside her cousin and Tidus to take up her guardian duties.

Sheena lived in B2, and was currently outside with her Rheaird when the bright light and great figure appeared. Rising slowly, she stared in that direction for about a nanosecond before the screech sent her flying towards it.

She had just seen a Summon, and it was in pain.

It didn't take her long to arrive, but once there, she didn't draw her katana. There was something very wrong here, and she didn't want to make a mistake and attack something she shouldn't.

Still, she took up a "ready" stance, and looked about, voicing the question foremost in her mind.

"What's wrong with the Summon? Is it hurt?"

Shock and fear washed over her, but both the calls from the Adventurer and Sephiroth drew her from that state, though her eyes were still wide as they arrived. "I— I'm fine!" she was quick to shift the attention away from her, and back to her suffering companion.

Before she could explain to those two what had happened though, as others started arriving as well. "It... It's Valefor!" she cried, just as Rikku made the scene and Sheena shortly after — but the only explanation she could offer was a shake of her head as she rose her father's staff in her hands, her grip on its shaft tightening.

"I don't know what happened, Valefor shouldn't be here!" An Aeon from Spira here in Crystallis, by her hand?! But first things first... "We need to get her away from the houses!"

Extending her wings with another cry, the heretical summon looked as though she was getting ready to swoop down for an attack, eyeing the Adventurer as she bat her wings, conjuring a strong gust of wind in the direction of the heroes to off-set their balance.

The arrival of others was noted but Sephiroth didn't take his eyes from the giant bird-like summon as it landed, then took to hovering and then lifted itself a little more while they were all talking. A flick of a glance only to Yuna when she shouted out to explain the circumstances.

He'd known only a little about Yuna, not so much of her story as a summoner back on her homeworld. No more than she really knew about his life as SOLDIER. But it was more than enough for Sephiroth to understand as Valefor cried out again just before issuing a buffet of wind down to attempt to knock their balances. He spread his stance, dug boots a little heavier into the ground and -thankfully- it seemed to be strong enough to hold, but it ripped his hair around something crazy and howled between the nearby buildings.

"You're right." Though it was clear it was the Adventurer who had the interest of the corrupted summon for the time being and knowing the price of only his first Combat ability in his custom job Sephiroth wanted to hold off as much as possible until it were entirely necessary.

"We're going to have to draw it outside of the City. Across this district, somehow."

"On it," said Adventurer. Good god banana wall where was Corey when you needed him? All NEST jokes aside, Valefor seemed to have its eyes on him, which was a good thing since he braced himself against the wind.

Wind Type. Elemental. Threat Level: Unknown. Commence battle? Yes, No? YES.

"I will draw its ire and lead it outside, the rest of you formation with Sephiroth. No one heal or attack before its in position!"

The nice thing about his custom job? It was things like this as he brandished his weapon and the Echo flooded the area with a corona of light. For anyone particularly sensitive to it, it would be like some kind of "presence" as he Provoked Valefor and started backing up before running and throwing his axe like a boomerang at the summon to gather more threat.

"Legs don't fail me now...!"

And he took off running towards the gates.

[Echo: 5% Stats, Damage And Healing Done, HP and MP Increased by 5%]

Edited 2016-04-10 14:33 (UTC)

Sheena gave Yuna a startled look. This wasn't planned? She shouldn't be here? Wait... "You mean she's not from Crystallis? Is she from your world?" It was the only thing that made sense to the ninja. What in the name of Martel was going on?

Hearing that cry, Sheena stopped her questioning and immediately moved in front of the target of Valefor's attack, nearly losing her balance--if she hadn't pulled and dug her katana into the ground.

"We have to hurry," the ninja agreed, a suggestion on her lips--just as the Adventurer took off. "Dammit! Will he be able to outrun her?"

Because if not, she's got a Rheaird he can borrow.

He hadn't afforded the Adventurer much attention personally as they'd all turned up and were preparing to deal with Valefor; the other Hero seemed to know what he was doing well enough.

But at that time that the Echo blotted out all with it's light, Sephiroth's attention snapped to the axe-wielder as the upward pull to his base stats settled. On top of the buff from the Job-passive mako inside of him the resulting buzzing seemed to almost make his skin crawl; Sephiroth could acutely feel all of his finer hairs standing on end. He couldn't distinguish any potential other 'presence' in it but even if he had the overall effect had charged his own inherent power almost too far, it was almost dizzying and Sephiroth were glad he hadn't yet initiated Combat Mode.

Not that he'd got long to dwell on adjusting, before the Valefor was being taunted all the way down the street. Sephiroth looked around to the other Heroes just once before also heading out of the yard and drawing as much speed as he could out of his own legs so as to keep up. Masamune curled backwards along the back of his left-arm as he went, a blink might have missed him sliding it from the tilted back-sheath as he hit the cobblestones of the street. Looking up, he imagined he might be able to make a jump high enough to connect with the summon if need be but-

Well, the last time he'd taken a risk like that he'd ended up house-bound for nearly two months. Sephiroth wasn't about to try that tactic as an attempt to slow Valefor down for the others, unless there weren't any other choice.

At Yuna's words Rikku looks to the rest of the crowd that's gathered, of course -- what was she thinking? Valefor did not belong here. No more than the rest of them.

"Ho..."

The question as to how they accomplish this when the summon was apparently not listening is cut short when the blonde springs forwards, recognizing Valefor preparing to attack. Moving before her cousin and criss crossing her daggers, placing herself in the last spot she imagined winding up. Between Yuna and her aeon.

She watched, wide eyed in disbelief as the Besaid summon set its sights on the Adventurer and took off through town. "Ah?! Jeez. I forgot how scary they are when you're on the receiving end!"

No one heal or attack... Attack... Were they really — going to attack Valefor? Fight her?! If it was even possible for her stomach to tie itself into tighter knots, the thought of having to take down her very first aeon, her trusted friend did the trick. She cringed visibly as her cousin moved in front to shield her.

Poised ready for an attack, the axe that was thrown her way was enough to get her attention, evading the sharp end just enough to only be nicked in the leg. But she certainly didn't like that... A wail shouted in the Adventurer's direction conveyed her displeasure.

But it had worked; and the great flyer was locked onto him, aggravated enough to follow with a sense of purpose — revenge.

Yuna took to running as well, her worried look plain on her features as she looked to Sheena first. "Yes, but —" her hesitations were just as clear in the way she glanced back at the summon, "this isn't right! She would never..." her mismatched eyes searched behind her for the spirals of Rikku's and the clear blue of Tidus'.... we have to help her! her message was a silent one to her guardians.

Their movement on foot was certainly slower that the creature in the air — who took full advantage of that. With a few full flaps of her wings, the aeon burst forward, then took off up into the air, looping around and down, claws aiming at full speed downwards at the Adventurer.

Fortunately, Adventurer was more than ready for a counter attack. Long years of being on the road honed his reflexes, and with the full power of his custom job at hand, well, it helped.

He couldn't let it switch targets, lest anyone else get in the way. He was the defender.

Skidding to a halt, he turned to face Dark Valefor head on as he invoked his Defiance Stance. Power flowed off his frame as he became hard as steel, his HP soaring well over everyone else's as he swung his axe around and slammed it into place behind his head, holding it.

A crackling barrier of circular glyphs appeared as Vengeance was invoked. 30% damage down shield, and when Valefor's claws would strike it, it would inflict a small portion of damage, just to keep its attention.

Silently, he hoped Yuna had a plan.

Running to create more of a defensive wall next to Rikku, he caught the pleading in Yuna's eyes and nodded. His decision was made. "No kidding..." He mumbled out loud in response to Rikku. He shared the same fears, but if there was a way to stop Valefor without hurting her, they would find it.

While the Adventurer was busy distracting Valefor, he began to cast Haste on himself and the party members.

"Once we get her out in the open, if any of you have a way of restricting her from attacking, use it." He stared at Yuna with nothing other than trust. This was going to be painful no matter what; he wanted to help spare her from having to hurt Valefor.

"If you think we can help her, then we will. Just tell us what to do."

A short spike of dread sparked in Sephiroth's gut as he watched the airborne monster easily shoot forwards of the Adventurer and turn to swoop down in an attack, as the wingspan barely missed the side of a house. The other Hero seemed to have it well in hand, but stopping like that when they weren't yet outside of the city limits was problematic. Sticking here to face it would have untold collateral damage.

There was only one thing for it. Sephiroth surged more energy through himself and into his boots as they pounded on the street while he caught up; increasing speed rather than slowing down.

He might not take a leap high enough to injure or get himself atop the large bird-like creature, but he could for sure provoke some of the attention onto himself. If what it took was to bounce it between him and the Adventurer than that would have to be the tactic.

Just before taking the leap, Sephiroth activated his own inherent Combat Mode to gain for himself a further surge of energy. Masamune was turned and -with any luck- as Valefor struck the conjured barrier, it would tear along the side of a wing as the silver tail of hair swept by.

Sephiroth almost stumbled with his own momentum as he hit the ground but just about managed to keep his balance and convert it into the forward motion he needed to keep running.

It was easy to read the plea in Yuna's expression -- yet even looking away, Rikku could have felt it. Even still, Valfor was more than just a weapon to the Al Bhed. As Sephiroth's attack met its mark, slicing at the mighty aeon's wing, she could not help but wince,

"Please! This isn't her! Give us a chance to help our friend!"

As much for Yunie, as for herself, it may have been from a distance -- but you did not fight beside someone without gaining a mutual respect. She recalled Valefor coming to Tidus in those crucial moments at Home, allowing her fellow guardian to beat out his frustrations,as if she understood -- wings curving down in comfort. Gentle.

In a poof of smoke, the assassin used Smoke Bomb and appeared at an adjacent side of the summmon, waving her arms and daggers wildly to try to drive the winged creature away from the others -- machina help her, towards herself, -- trusting Tidus to guard their charge, and Yuna to get get the aeon under control if there was any hope. Screaming the Spirain's name at the top of her lungs. "Valefor!!!" The gift of her job was Rikku could quickly move back to Yuna given the need.

It was strange, at least to hear their pleas, but he understood on some level. The power to defend their people, the strength to guide them. Summoners tapped into this power, and kept any who would abuse it under control.

Their honesty touched him, and Adventurer defended against the swooping attack as he leaped backwards, much farther than one would imagine.

"Geez," he said with a smile as he landed on a rooftop half a block away, such the power of the Echo enhancing his abilities. "There's no hope for it now. Let's just get her out of the city."

Provoking her once more with his ability, Adventurer took off along the rooftops as he bounded across gaps with relative ease. The comforting embrace of Hydaelyn's blessing upon him made him smile, and the paired Dragoon ability allowed him to leap far. He couldn't get too far away, but one last leap took him over the gates as he landed with a roll.

"KWEEEEEHHHH!" The arrival of reinforcements was heralded by the high pitched trill of a chocobo, the blue bird running to the group was without his rider. It wasn't until a few seconds later that Cloud appeared, rounding a nearby corner, greataxe in hand. He still was neglecting the swords that had come to him from Gaia, but that didn't mean he was going to keep out of the fight.

Taking a quick look around he shot Sephiroth a nod before running to Yuna. He could tell by the anguish on her face that she knew something was going on. Placing himself between her and Valefor he glanced over his shoulder. "Just tell me what you need me to do. You can explain the rest later."

He wasn't going to just simply wait though and gathered a mass of dark energy in his hand which he threw at the flying Aeon. If it hit home it would render the magical beast blinded for a time. Not spectacular for leading it away from town but it would help keep people from getting hurt.

Where Cloud was defending, Zack took a bit more initiative. The Adventurer seemed to have things under lock and Sephiroth's brief stumble was a bit disconcerting, but then there was the lone girl calling for the creature's attention. Not knowing her own job setup or her plan, the chocobo ran to her side, trilling and nodding its head before turning to try to tell her to get on. Just because there wasn't a Chocobo Knight present, that wasn't going to stop the bird from helping because he wanted to.

As claws met defense, Valefor wailed again, a burst from her wings to propel her backwards again, twisting in a quick circle. Her instincts were sharper than ever, sensing Sephiroth's movements without even having to turn to see him coming. Her tail kicked up behind her as she beat her wings again, the masamune's blade catching the long appendage instead, as she made an attempt to fend the weapon off.

Yuna watched in horror as friends struck friends... realizing that in her maddened state, the aeon's prowess seemed almost quadrupled. Tidus' Haste jump started her thoughts finally, and she nodded in his direction, trying her best to keep it together. Those around her would feel the warm sensation of both Protect and Shell wash over them. She needed to keep it together... Not just for the sake of the party, but for Valefor, too.

Rikku's sudden appearance at the beast's side was enough to cause confusion, grabbing her attention away from the Adventurer and Sephiroth both for a moment, to screech loudly at the thief. She was becoming more and more aggravated, and while her tail tried to fend off the silver SOLIDER, she whipped her head downwards, a glyphic force radiating from her hair as it lashed towards the Al Bhed.

"Rikku!" Yuna pleaded, coughing from the remnants of the smoke bomb. Everyone seemed to be looking to her, the summoner, for guidance. Only... the last time this happened the result was less than favourable. But the arrival of another hero called to her instead. "Cloud..." everyone coming together... to help them all.

With renewed purpose again, Yuna nodded, grateful for the blond man's help, and not needing an explanation she didn't seem to have anyway. "Keep going, we're almost out clear of the houses!" and a glance towards Cloud for him to understand where they were exactly. "We need to get her out of here."

Although his blast of dark energy hit its mark, Valefor was able to shake it off, immune to status effects, and only further enraged. She didn't seem to appreciate the enclosed space any more than the rest of them did... and this time, ignoring the Adventurer, she took off in the direction opposite of the heroes... what luck.

Sheena had taken off beside Yuna, ready to offer the use of the Rheaird when she saw what the others were doing. Even if how Valefor was acting wasn't right, what they were doing really wasn't either.

Yes, getting her away from the houses was the right idea, but not by doing something that would cause her to destroy them in the process.

Luckily, that wasn't happening, and hearing the pleading note in the other Summoner's voice, the ninja turned to her, her expression understanding. "I don't know how she came to be here, but you're the one she made a pact with. Deep down, she should remember that!"

How they would accomplish that, the ninja had no clue.

The summon was sharp indeed, sharper than any run-of-the-mill monster that was for sure; to have changed it's position as if it knew he was coming - Sephiroth felt lucky that his sword had even managed to nick at its tail and soon found, with a quick glance over his shoulder, that he needed to near enough dive for the pavement to miss the counter-move as the appendage tried to fend him off.

It seemed that the Adventurer had gotten its attention again, and Sephiroth took a moment to gauge the situation as Cloud's dark energy spell surged in from back a ways. Heaving a little in his breath, though it felt strong to do so and not tiresome at all. Between his mako-energy levels and the Echo on top, it was already likely that he'd probably be able to go for hours yet. Sleeping might even prove to be an issue tonight.

As the Aeon lifted itself higher into the air, and flew off pointedly away from the Heroes, Sephiroth drew himself back up to his feet and craned his neck up, looking around to at least try to get the bearing that the giant bird-type creature had flown in. The Adventurer could jump from roof to roof all he wanted; Sephiroth wasn't about to take that much of a risk chasing something down.

Better to wait for the others. Sephiroth eventually turned back to where the others had lingered back further, closer to Yuna's residence. Turning his long sword around and tucking Masamune back up the underside of his left arm again as he strode closer.

"Well, she's out of here now. Any ideas?"

Edited 2016-04-25 19:56 (UTC)

“Chocobo!” There was a trill of delight in her voice as Zack appeared in the mayhem of the moment. The blonde pauses in a mist of evaporating black as, shortly after the scream, the assassin had erupted into a series of smoke bombs that pulled the brightly colored girl through an ever growing haze. Her expression quickly turned to dread,

Oh no, where’s your knight? I don’t wanna get you killed!

Spiral pupiled eyes blink, regarding Zack curiously for a moment at the nod. A quirk of the bird? Rikku hears her name get cried out in the same instant Valfor is swinging towards her. “Look out!”

Daggers criss crossing over her face, the thief springs to the side with all her might – tucking into a roll to evade the flare of the glyph that comes barreling down. The shell enchantment placed on her flares in stubborn resistance. The cobblestone of the street erupting where the magic struck it.

A pact... Sheena's words offered a little bit of comfort in what was looking like a bleak situation, and she nodded towards the ninja in thanks. With everyone here, wanting to fight to help tame Valefor once again — it strangely gave her some hope.

They seemed to be clear of most of the houses now at least, as the summoner searched the sky for her otherworldly friend, having lost her in the clouds. Mismatched eyes squinted in the afternoon sun, widening a moment later just after Sephiroth's words reached her.

Any ideas?

Well, she had one, that was for sure — "Take cover!"

The aeon didn't come into view at first, but the unmistakable laser-like attack of Energy Ray came barrelling through the obscurity, aimed right at the bulk of the heroes.

Well this sucked.

He realized he had kited the Aeon too close, and now... well...

Sensing the build up of energy, he charged back into the fray, bringing the full brunt of his power. Striking the ground, he swung his axe as Berserk took over, coupled with Vengeance. With a cry he threw the axe headlong into the Energy Ray, hoping to divert its course as he was too far from the attacker.

Sheena nodded in return, somewhat aware of the feelings churning within Yuna. Summons were more than creatures at your beck and call; they became comrades, friends, a part of you. And to see one suffering hurt you as much as it did them.

She stopped next to Yuna and was about to offer up an idea when the severity of the warning in the other woman's voice reached her. Looking up, she saw immediately what was going on and grabbed Yuna's hand, pulling her back out of the way of the attack.

"Down!" she commanded, shielding the Summoner.

That idea she had had? Yeah, it just changed.

"-tch."

The Energy Ray came down from somewhere in the clouds, well before the summon-gone-rogue might come into view and it was only by Yuna's prompt warning that Sephiroth's attention was snapped in the direction she had spotted the incoming attack. Moving with less than a second to spare.

He leaped down and away from the bulk of the group, better to scatter and dodge and then reassess, than attempt to take an unknown attack like that on head first; he's no stranger to the power that summons wielded and since he didn't even know this one it's better safe than sorry.

Immediately after collapsing his front to the pavement a fair distance away, it's almost as if he's spring-loaded, the dexterity with which he gets back to his feet - sword back out and around his front again - ready.

On guard as he was, the chocobo managed to avoid getting struck by the Energy Ray, but his leap away from the blast put some distance between himself and the Al Bhed. Instead of running back to her the chocobo looked around at the state of the battlefield once more. His eyes met with Cloud's, who nodded to him. The chocobo responded with a trill and fluffed its feathers up.

Cloud didn't like seeing Zack out in the middle of the fight without him, but it's what his bird chose to do. He trusted him.

"Kwehhhh!" Zack flapped again and ran around in some tight circles before trying to lead Valefor away from his city, doing his part to help that group. If anyone looked like they'd need assistance he'd divert to pick them up, but for now the bird was running and trying to get as much attention as he could.

Hopping back up, she shook off a fine layer of dust the attack had shot up from the ground. After darting a glance towards Zack to see to her delight the rouge chocobo was very much ok, the blonde flew back towards her own charge, initiating stealth so she does not agitate Valfor when they finally have the aeon headed the right way.

"Oh...no."

At the telltale swoop of mighty wings the guardian used a combination smoke bomb to blink herself besides her summoner, just in time for the slice of the mighty blast.

"Yunie!" Rikku braces down in cover with her cousin, placing herself between the summoner and the attack.

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"please! fight with us!"

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DARK VALEFOR. (one single thread, please!)

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feel free to keep a loose posting order! and additions are still welcome from here on, too c:

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(pops in here only as I'm about to go to bed so that the thread can carry on otherwise!)

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Sorry I'm late

its not to late, its never tooooo laaaaaate

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