Event || Esdham Under Fire

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Characters: Anyone.
Where: Republic of Esdham
When: From the 15th to the 18th of January
Summary: Event log for the Esdham Under Fire event. Feel free to start your thread and put in the header where your character is, when and what they are doing. refer to the OOC Post for details and plotting.
Warning: Battles, possible death and war horror.

Aqures Ixen
The Army Attacked
Transport from Aqures Ixen
The Coliseum on Fire
Rescuing the Civilians
Protecting the Airport and Mognet Office
The Bevelle
Attack on the Presidential Palace (Boss Battle)
Misc.

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The Coliseum on Fire

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[ Reply here for any threads occurring in the context of "The Coliseum on Fire" part of the event. ]

Terra

[greenmagick]

She didn't have the confidence to fight against the soldiers after what had happened when she first arrived in this strange world but she also wasn't the type to sit and do nothing either. She wore her black mage outfit leaving her cloak behind as she approaches the raging flames.

She wasn't sure of anything yet, the changes of this place leaving her questioning everything about herself but even so she felt herself being pushed forward. Maybe it was because of what Bartz had told her or maybe because of the kind faces who greeted her when she first awoke?

Either way, there had to be something she could do. She held a thin wooden staff in her palm bringing it before her as she began to cast water over the raging flames. It was a slow effort but she focused on the powers she had at her disposal to fuel her efforts and lessen the flames that threatened the city. Her focus was pulled away from the happenings around her as she stood casting.

\o/

[free_spirited_wind]

Putting out fires is always a good thing. Lack of attention in the middle of a battle, not so much. Which is probably why she doesn't notice the seeker bat swooping in. This might have been a problem, if the bat didn't wind up impaled from above. There could definitely be potential in this whole Dragoon thing.

Bartz tugs his spear free from the unfortunate bat, and flashes a grin at Terra.

"You okay?"

Resting the spear on his shoulder he walks over to her.

"You gotta be careful if you're gonna be out here on your own."

\o/

[greenmagick]

Terra turns, her green hair fanning in the light of the fire as she casts. She didn't stop casting as Bartz sliced at the creature coming down at her. She knew that there were more than just monsters traveling through the city but she hadn't yet to come across soldiers and for the moment she was happy for that fact.

"Yes."

Her blue eyes were clear as she worked watching as Bartz flashed her a charming smile.

"I didn't.. think. Tempest is guiding people away from the fires."

[free_spirited_wind]

"Yeah, Kuposthenes is off somewhere trying to get people to safety."


Despite knowing him only a short while, Bartz already has a lot of trust for his moogle. If only that trust went both ways....

He looks over the fires and then back to the chaotic fighting.

"Those fires look pretty nasty. You just keep doing what you're doing, okay? I'll watch your back."

Taking a defensive stance, he flips the spear around into a ready position.

[watchesthesea]

Kairi had been trying to help out as best as she could, but considering she didn't have any Black Magic, she knew she couldn't do as much as Black Mages. So instead she played the part of protector should any enemies come around while they were busy.

Spotting someone taking out the fire she moved in quickly when she noticed a warrior trying to walk up behind them to attack, but instead found Kairi slashing at them with her sword, causing them to sumble for the meantime.

Looking over for a brief moment she smiled. "Nice to see you again Terra. Keep up the good work, okay? I'll deal with this guy." She turned her head back to the guy, gripping her sword preparing for a fight and giving them enough time hopefully to deal with the fires.

[greenmagick]

Terra was surprised to see someone trying to attack her, focused only on the fire that roared in front of her. She cast blizzard and then water using the combo to diminish the fire bit by bit while stopping it from spreading to the rest of the town. Her eyes are wide as Kairi engages with the enemy.

“Okay.” She will keep up her casting but she can’t help but cast worried glances over to Kairi. She only knew the girl a little bit but she didn’t want anything happening to her.

Terra watched Kairi move noting her skill with the sword before casting once more at the flames.

Ib

[her_rose_is_red]

"Watera!"

As soon as the airship landed got them to the city, Ib knew the first thing they had to do was put out the fires. The water spell she cast washes over the flames, putting some of them out. But there's still so many more...

Determined, she moves along to the next patch of flames and starts casting again. But it's only a matter of time before the soldiers close in on her. She could probably use some help.

[dragonflame]

Bloom had wished for once that her ability to adsorb fire was around as that could have come in handy. But she knew any and all abilities were never brought here except for that one time.

So all she had to rely on was her Black Mage abilities and the fact she had Watera at the time. She wondered if that was a good thing she had just recently learnt it. Bloom came running, using another Watera spell to attack the soldiers that had been close by, hoping to help. When she got close she stood in front of the other, her sword drawn and ready for action.

"I'm here to help. If you keep putting out the fires. I'll hold these guys off, okay?"

[her_rose_is_red]

Ib pauses just long enough to glance back at Bloom.

“Thanks. Let me know if you need help though.”

She goes back to casting, slowly pushing back the flames. Some of the soldiers have noticed her efforts though, and a small contingent is closing in.

Sephiroth | [Open to those who need a tank?]

[shinrasfinest]

They just kept coming. Ever since he had retreated from the burning barracks, wave after wave of Heran fighters had been sent into Edsham on their heels. At first, the adrenaline had swelled up into a rage and Sephiroth remained on the front line; between his advanced Warrior and Dragoon skills he easily cut down the Warriors that ran so eagerly into his blade, or sometimes leaping up and over to get to the Black Mages and Gunners who stood behind. Ignoring the sharp burning in his chest at almost every breath, utilizing Lancet with Masamune at any given opportunity to keep his health up.

But others were not so lucky. Comrades shot, burned or simply cut down along that initial line of defense forced Sephiroth, along with many others, back as the Imperial invasion continued. It felt sooner than he would have liked, or expected, as the familiar ache had returned to his hand and exhaustion began to creep around the edges of the latest potion he had taken. At least Spencer must have gotten away somewhere safe by now; even if that were the farthest thing from Sephiroth's mind.

The Coliseum- how far he had been forced to retreat? A fleeting glance around and he guessed it was around early afternoon. He'd been fighting for over 12 hours already but who was keeping time? The swarm of activity around the building called his attention to it's position. A light smoke already spilled into the air from one side of it, but there were other buildings close on the other side - the fire wouldn't stop if it hit those buildings. The whole City, with thousands of innocents, could perish. Sephiroth swallowed the burning in the back of his throat, coughed once more to clear his breath and charged into the fray.

He might have strands of silver hair singed significantly shorter, part of the tall tail of it that pulled up and through his Dragoon helmet, underneath his armor his body might be starting to ache as well, but he clenched his grip around Masamune and carried on.

Jump-d again right into the nearest cluster of Black Mages, Crescent Moon later and their latest casting was interrupted and they spread out away from him so that the Warrior's could do their job. Slash, cut, slice - the dervish is all that Sephiroth had become. It was the closest anyone might come to seeing a sliver of what his full potential had been back on his own world. Knowledge and skill working so expertly hand in hand.

poor tank needs a buff or three, doesn't he?

[nodreamsorhonor]

And in the middle of his frantic jumping and hacking came the cooling power of several stat buffs - the first one to stretch his speed, the second one a cooling mist of a healing potion, and the third adding strength to his blows. Through the smoke and the flailing forms Genesis stalked, sword in one hand and a book in the other. The Rapier had seen some use - he might be equipped with Scholar but he still could swing a sword - but his book was his main weapon. It glowed a dull brown and turned above the palm of his hand as Genesis readied another one of the Scholar's bag of tricks.

The ground shook under the feet of a cluster of troopers, knocking a couple off their feet in the process.

"Did you miss me, old friend?"

thank ye kindly!

[shinrasfinest]

He hadn't much noticed the odd feelings of being buffed up to begin with, so focused Sephiroth was on the multiple enemies and their tactics - making sure to target the Mages first and foremost as hard as he could as they were the ones spreading the fire. Bullets whizzed past his frame as he kept moving in order to dodge -the last thing he needed was a bullet wound- and then faster, stronger again. Swords scraping and sharpened edges chipping against his purple-gold Dragoon armor which had certainly by now seen better days.

His latest sword strike down over his head finished off the last Warrior before him as Genesis had destabilized their footing- only then did the silver-topped Warrior spot the unmistakable glint of red Rapier in between the bodies which was soon followed by a familiar voice over the chaos. Then all made sense once more as -yet again- Spirit Surge was cast around himself while Sephiroth recovered his stance. A stitch wanted to flare up underneath his armor at one side but stubborn to the last Sephiroth would ignore it.

"I hadn't expected you might be the one to come."

Sephiroth | [Open to those who need a tank?]

[greenmagick]

Terra was already feeling tired as she cast water and blizzard at the flame. She found that blizzard worked better because the fire didn't immediately extinguish it as she casts. Her green hair reflected in the soft light of the fire as she looked over at the warrior. There wasn't anything she could do to help and he didn't really look as if he needed it but she knew that the smallest weakness could turn the tides of war.

"Take this." Her soft voice rang over the chaos as she held out a potion for the silvered haired soldier. She was comfortable even amiss the chaos of the fires and mages set to burn the city to it's ground.

Terra focused on his hair for a moment, the sliver gleam ringing through her clouded memory.

Sephiroth | [Open to those who need a tank?]

[shinrasfinest]

Water did cause significantly more steam when used to combat a fire of his magnitude, but sometimes even ice magic might cause the inferno to violently spit back as well. Either way, they needed all the magic-users that were available to have any chance in keeping the spread at bay.

Sephiroth had taken to a knee, the latest wave of enemies dispatched having caused a lull in his activity which only drew his growing lethargy back into the foreground of his consciousness. How long had he been fighting for now? Truth be told, he had lost track of even which day it was. Beneath his armor, it seemed that even muscles he hadn't known existed had learned how to throb almost painfully. It wouldn't be long til the next attack...he needed to get back on his feet...

A small voice to his side turned his helmeted head to follow it and he spotted the potion before having the arm lead it up to Terra. The embers of the fire all around cast a strange glint through her green hair - a color that wasn't common at all where he was from.

"Thanks-" He managed to grunt, finally lifting the Dragon-styled faceplate up enough to take the potion, uncork it and swallow it back in two thristy gulps. The heat of the battle, not to mention the fires, shone in the sweat his face nearly dripped with. His eyes gleamed more noticeably in the gloom than they would usually, as he looked again to Terra as the cool, soothing rush of a potion swept through him.

"-keep alert. The waves of them are getting more frequent."

Off Tank has arrived!

[neverfirstclass]

If someone asked him later, Cloud would have said that his arriving in time to see Sephiroth fight was the highlight of his time in this world. It was bad to take such joy in the middle of such a disaster but here was the Strongest SOLDIER, Sephiroth, the Silver Elite doing what he did best. It was even better than any stories that Cloud had heard. The other troopers were right, nothing compared to the reality.

And if Cloud hadn't been watching from his vantage point, he might not have seen the black mage crouched behind a statue preparing a spell for a sneak attack. The magitek knight rushed in to the bloody battlefield, to late considering that he might be confused for the enemy. It didn't matter.

Sliding in between the mage and Sephiroth, Cloud held his gunblade aloft as the lightning spell crackled through the air. "Runic!" His skill redirected the spell into his own sword and he absorbed its energy. "General! I'm here! I have your back!"

[shinrasfinest]

In this particular instance, there wasn't any time to even think about how much easier it would have been to combat the attack if he had still been Mako-infused. What mattered was only to take those Jobs that he'd been training with for months and put them to the use that was needed now. There was a significant difference in that, compared to how anyone might have seen him fight back home - here it certainly wasn't so effortless.

Though, caught in the flurry that Sephiroth was -it was a good job he hadn't activated Assault right then- it was only by a hairsbreadth that Masamune was stopped from immediately being swung next in Clouds direction; he did look like just another Heran just then. Sephiroth had just managed to abort and jump in his stance away from full-on swinging for the boy, the blade singing over the top of Cloud's head.

"Fool." He scolded harshly, but no other comment was made -no time to even notice that Cloud had pretty much just saved his ass. Enemies were rushing from further along where Sephiroth were facing and he charged right in; he couldn't afford to stop.

Jade

[jadethenecromancer]

Once the Military Headquarters was under control -- or at least not on the verge of crumbling at any second -- Jade had hurried to provide support at the Coliseum. Its position made for a perfect target for the enemy mages; should the fire spread, there would be no stopping it fast enough to prevent countless civilian casualties.

As the battle stretched out and the night turned into a day, Jade had no reservations about shouting orders at the Esdham soldiers while he focused on casting water spells on the burning buildings. The fact he wasn't a superior officer was not raised -- there simply was no time to. The waves of Imperial soldiers were relentless, and more than once Jade was forced to halt his casting to defend himself. His Dragoon abilities would keep him alive, but time spent fighting meant less time putting out fires.

Jade

[loyalflower]

The Coliseum was like a veritable magnet amidst the chaos-- it was a large building that everyone flocked to, a clear liability to everyone should it fall or be captured. Guy, equipped with his Paladin gear, was more than prepared to stand well enough on his own...but, he couldn't do much else besides keep the enemies at bay with all of the skills that were available to him.

His movements were slower than he was accustomed to, but the defenses of his armor more than compensated for any losses. But, amidst the coordination and strategy that the enemies seemed to be using, it was clear that he couldn't simply act on his own.

[jadethenecromancer]

"Crescent Moon!" Two imperial warriors fell before his spear, but the victory was short-lived. The Gunner behind them had seized the opportunity to take aim and fired.

Jade jumped, quick enough to avoid a bullet to the head -- yet not quite quick enough to escape unscathed. He hissed at the sharp pain in his side. A Charge Shot, by the feel of it. He had little choice but to ignore the wound for now, as the Gunner was already joined by another Warrior, blocking Jade's path to the ranged enemy. Tricky.

Hibiki Ganaha

[nankurunaisa]

[One moment there's an arrow, but there's no one firing it.

Hibiki Ganaha has made her way to the Coliseum. This isn't where she wants to be, but she's been separated and people are in danger here. It doesn't matter. She's been practicing for this, she can do this. She has all the tools of an archer and a beast master at her side, and that's why people don't even notice her.

Aim. She's firing from so far away that people can't even see her.

But as soon as her minute is up the spell breaks and she's on the move. A hamster leaps into the air from her shoulder and begins casting.]

Hamuzou, Watera! Aim for the fires!

[And by then, she's readied an arrow and is looking for her next fight. A dog runs at her side, ready to Protect Hibiki whenever needed.

Her heart is racing. So far, so good. Aim has left her disabling soldiers instead of killing them, but she can't play the role of Sniper forever, even with a Moogle and a dog protecting her.]

Everyone! Keep it up! Say it with me!

[Inumi barks. Hamuzou cries out. Kathy and Hibiki say the word at the same time:]

Nankurunaisa!

[charming_jerk]

[Besides some personal training, this is the first time Johnny has gotten to fight using his new job class skills. It was a strange feeling, with all the training he had gotten in Exsilium just... gone. Or more like inaccessible, replaced with something else. He'd rather his old skills back, but swinging a sword and slinging spells was kind of fun.

Well, it's fun when there's not an actual war going on and civilians under threat.

Seeing Hibiki extinguishing fires, Johnny lends a hand by watching her back, keeping the enemy troops at bay. He finally managed to fight off enough to catch his breath for a moment.]

Say what now?

[nankurunaisa]

Nankurunaisa!

[She has no time to do anything other than put out fires, to subdue soldiers before they get too close to her.

But she's willing to make an exception here.]

It means "everything'll be okay in the end!" It means that things are going the right way. It's from my home...

[And the wind whistles as Hibiki fires an arrow. Like all of her other arrows, this one pierces the armor of the soldier. She's glad she can't see the blood, that she's further away, but that should stop him.]

...in Okinawa!

Hibiki Ganaha

[thegreatninja]

[Yuffie is looking for some action so when she sees Hibiki fighting with her pets she chooses to jump in and help. She doesn't really care for Hibiki's growing collection of animals but she can't stand them being hurt either. Her blade circles through the air slicing the attacker before returning to her hand as she flips down from a roof top.]

Hey! Be careful. This isn't a place for pets.

[She is sure that Hibiki can handle herself and while her words sound a little sharp she means to say: I don't want them getting hurt.

Yuffie is used to war and doesn't miss a beat as enemies move around them. She flicks her shuriken from her hand and lets it fly through the air easily catching it while keeping her eyes on her roommate.]

If you're an archer than stay further back. [She points up to a roof top which gives ample view of the surrounding area.]

[nankurunaisa]

They're doin' fine! They're powered up with the Beastmaster job, so I wouldn't call 'em "pets" anymore!

[And to emphasize her point, Hamuzou casts another water spell on the fires. She follows where Yuffie is pointing, though, and...

...on top of a roof?!]

Y-you can't be serious! If I'm up there, I'll be wide open, won't I? What's gonna stop everyone from seein' me!