Event || The Night of the Thirteen Moogles

[melodiesmods]

Characters: Everyone!
Where: Aqures Ixen (Old Observatory, others).
When: Night from the 31st of October to the 01st of November.
Summary: Midnight is approaching, ghosts are everywhere and clouds are slowly gathering above the old observatory... What does it all mean? This post is open to all characters, there are no sign-ups for this.
Warning: The destructor has come.

Mingle || Before Midnight
Confrontation || Midnight
The Cursed Heroes
King Moggle Mog XIV

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The Resurrected King

[nightofthethirteenmoogles]

BOSS BATTLE: King Moogle Mog XIV
Data: The wicked king from the legends of old. He has been resurrected through the fusion of eleven Moogles and a Hero of Light, using countless spirits as catalysts to make him more powerful and dangerous than ever. The fusion is not complete yet, and as such the king's mind isn't fully restored. In his current state, he seems to be drawn to the four great Crystals and ready to destroy or kill all that stands in his path. Because his revival was made without the expertise of Mograma or the blessing of Kalki, his body seems to be composed entirely of a mixture of solid yet supple sugar, water and gelatin, more commonly known as marshmallow.

The revived king swung his staff at a tower of the Castle, smashing it as the bricks and stones fell to the ground. He didn't seem to have any interest in the castle however, and soon his focus shifted. And so, the giant turned his attention toward the Crystal of Fire. He was still quite far, but slowly Moggle Mog XIV made his way toward the Third Districts. Each of his steps shook the ground and to add to the confusion, there were countless people in the streets. For the most part, they were either screaming and running away, or looking at the gigantic creature with stunned eyes, as if they couldn't believe it.


[Given the Moogle is a giant, you are free to make multiple threads and smaller groups for this boss battle. Indeed, he can be attacked from different positions at the same time and each group will have an effect on its eventual defeat (that is, if you win). For each thread, you can only post one reply/attack until the next move of Moggle Mog XIV.]

By the Fire Crystal...

[damn_juicebox]

What was that?!

Rukia's head snapped around in the direction of the fifth district. Even from hear, those screams...! She glanced toward the observatory as her expression darkened. Something had gone wrong. Clenching her fists, she took several steps forward, prepared to run.

"We should--!"

Just as she was starting to doubt her initial suspicions about the Crystal being attacked, the ground beneath her boots shook violently. Rukia froze. A cold feeling dribbled down her spine as she looked down at her feet. The ground shook again. And there, rising up above the castle spires, was the biggest Moogle she'd ever seen. It was terrifying.

And so cute, damn!

It seemed like it intended to head their way, and she was suddenly very glad this little group had remained to defend the Crystal of Fire. Shaking off her trepidation, Rukia pointed her PKE meter at the distant giant Moogle, and it practically vibrated in her hand. "Our proton packs should affect it!" she declared to the others. Ordinarily they wouldn't be able to hit it from this far away, but there was a clear path, given the Moogle's massive height. "If you're a Ghostbuster, blast it!"

She unholstered her particle thrower, flipped the switch, and quintupled the power stream.

[tacticallyminded]

Robin ran up, rushing after Rukia. She still had no Ghostbuster Job; she felt a little glad for that. Time Magic had come in much too handy so far. She didn't know, exactly, when she fell in behind Rukia... but they worked well together anyways. She caught up, and raised a hand, as she stared at the woman.

Then she cast a spell: Haste. Her movements sped up, as the time magic did its work. She nodded, then, before she looked up at the gigantic thing -- and then off towards the Crystal of Fire. She took a deep breath, then readied her sword.

"I'll support you!" she said. "And cast what spells I can -- and move us away, if need be!"

[damn_juicebox]

"Robin!" Rukia was glad to see her. So far, it was just her and Graham left to defend the Crystal of Fire. The giant Moogle hadn't specifically validated her belief that this was what it was after, but Rukia was sure of it. The more help they had, the better.

She felt the familiar rush of a quickened mind and reflexes, washing away her weariness. Rukia smiled.

"That is better. You have my thanks!"

Starting at the Observatory

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

Well, this went just about as wrong as it possibly could have. Jack rushes outside with the other heroes who had been ready to defend the Observatory, only to learn that wasn't the target at all.

Jack's method of helping might be...unorthodox, the dress, wig, and heels might not look like he's ready for battle, but he can help his group better than they might expect. As he starts to dance, magic flows out of his movements to buff up everyone grouped up with him.

It's the initial dance of the Performer class, Love Power: Allows allies to attack twice in a row...So long as Jack can keep it up.

[kobatonotdobato]

Kobato knew of the dancer job and knew it's affects, but she knew already she wasn't the type to attack. Instead she used her White Mage ability to set up Shell and Protect/ She felt like it would be useful during this time.

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

Jack is keeping up movements for a good little while, but the sight of Luffy attacking the King and then getting bashed straight through a wall causes him to stumble and then stop entirely. "Captain!" He isn't moving.

"Please, you've got to help him. I'll be fine."

In the streets - open

[jadethenecromancer]

Under the shadow of the towering Moogle, Jade dodged around panicking waves of people on his way towards the giant. Whenever he spotted someone standing there like an idiot, he'd stop long enough to shake them out of their stupor and command them to escape. This was going to be difficult enough without civilians getting in the way.

The question was... would magic work? The Moogle had been dead, but now that it had been brought back -- was it more alive than dead? The only way Jade could find out was by trying. If nothing else, he could draw its attention away from Ales's airship.

He came to a halt on a side street perpendicular to the one the Moogle was marching down and paused to catch his breath. The size of that thing... Well, this wasn't the time to be intimidated. Rounding the corner, staying close enough that he could quickly back away for cover, Jade proceeded to cast Ultima.

In the streets - open

[goddessofthesky]

Zelda was heading towards the hospital but at the sight of the lumbering moogle she paused and began to fly towards it. She spotted Jade on the ground after a few passes. Using her skills to determine what it was that they were fighting against.

"Jade!"

Large gusts of wind issued from her birds wings as she landed and those around them seemed to part to let her through.

"It's made of sugar..." Not that Zelda knew what a marshmallow was. "And it's also dead."

That was what she was able to gather while flying around it though she was sure that there was more to be said about the large moogle. "Have you seen Cloud?" It was worth asking since he vanished.

In the streets - open

[shinrasfinest]

The chaos in the streets by the time Sephiroth came down from the roof of the Observatory was nearly overwhelming. Still, he found himself paused on a street corner not too far from the Castle, staring up at the swirling thunderstorm for several moments...wondering...

Before his gaze was inevitably drawn to the large white moogle lumbering through the streets. Citizens were screaming, scattering all around trying to get away from even just being trodden on. It really did seem so much larger from the ground than it had from the Observatory. The loud, stone-splintering crash as a tower to the Castle was destroyed seemed to snap him out of the daydream he'd found himself slipping into.

Concentrate- He sternly told himself as he slipped down a side street to try and find a building -or even just an open part of the City- from which he might get a decent platform for loosing his particle thrower at the King; the pack still hummed quietly against his back. Partly distracting, partly urging him to carry on.

He hoped that Terra would stay put, just like he told her.

Having ushered a family of three down an alleyway which led away from the area, the rush of disturbed wind turned Sephiroth back to look directly at Jade and Zelda. As Zelda explained the nature of the beast to Jade, Sephiroth quietly strode towards them.

"He was in the cloud with the rest of them. Who knows, he might still be within that thing somehow..." The thought made him feel sick and instantly pulled a grimace again to his features. Eyeing the big white moogle as Jade proceeded to cast Ultima, he couldn't feel more useless.

Just on the off chance, Sephiroth passed alongside Jade. The Dark Light out again and pointed out of the side street and up the one side of the sugary apparition. His sword forgotten, given as it'd be useless here, Sephiroth's other hand unclips the particle thrower from his belt and turns it on.

Ready to follow with a steady stream of light; regretting having swapped Scholar out now earlier in the last week, the extra Light-damage might prove better than it had been against the Reaper...and there were other elemental tomes as well. The best he had right now were Elemental Attacks and those would only work at melee range.

open

[charming_jerk]

[Johnny finally arrived to the fight, just in time to see the giant moogle smashing the castle.

It's marshmallow. Of course it's marshmallow.

Frantically, he ran to find as many Heroes as he can, his proton ready to go the moment he collected a few more Ghostbusters.]

I know ya think we're not supposed to, but we gotta hit it with crossed streams! It's gonna be bad, but this is how it's gotta go down. Trust me!

Re: open

[sacredancestor]

[Hearing Johnny, D nodded and held up his hand. He felt somewhat fatigued from using his magic last time, but not enough to deter him. Releasing his Proton beams at the Moogle, D shouted to Jonny.]

Agree. Ready for the crossbeams.

[charming_jerk]

[Johnny gives him a confident nod.]

Good. But we need more. Just two of us ain't gonna cut it.

Re: open

[unalive_them]

[And as Deadpool, thanks to the wonders of Haste, returns to the city, he stops as he hears Johnny talk about crossing the streams. He stares at him, blinks...

...then, pulls him into a hug.]

OH, MY GOD! Someone with CULTURE! If we weren't in mortal danger, I'd KISS you! But, we can't just use one or two. We need four. Maybe five. Six for maximum explosion!

[charming_jerk]

[Why is the strange man hugging him. Johnny is totally stunned for a moment. He awkwardly steps back from Deadpool and shakes his head, trying to refocus.]

Yeah man, not too many people know what this actually is. The coincidence is a little too coincidental, but that's a rant for later. You're right, we need more folks. Four at minimum. But I wouldn't go overboard. Too many, and god knows what might happen.

Re: open

[unyieldingspirit]

[she would say at least they haven't needed a new set of keystones, but this is… Well, rather more than she would've bargained for.

She turns towards Johnny with a nod. He says to trust him, and… well, she does.]

All right. But if this doesn't work out, you'll owe me a favour. Deal? [but she tilts her head to one side and winks- she won't hold him to it if he doesn't want to.]

Re: open

[nomorecowbell]

[Nanami had been planning on staying home tonight. The zombies and general chaos meant she had quickly made other plans. and she'd had the Ghostbuster job equipped for helping out Zelda...]

Why? Do you normally do things you're told not to do just because there's a giant candy Moogle trying to destroy the city and also crystalized Heroes trying to kill us?

[She'd looked around at that. Good. No Anthy.]

OPEN

[gomu_ningen]

There should be horror in his eyes. There should be the vacant stare of a hollow man where fear had emptied his rationale thought to give way to nothing but abject fright. Any normal man would shake and shiver, quake in his boots at the sight before him of the towering apparition. Any normal person would have turned in the opposite direction, made for the hills and hope that the lumbering white giant would disappear just as suddenly as it had arrived.

Luffy does not remain for some noble charge, or some purpose that would be for the benefit the city and its fair citizens. There is another reason for why he stands vigilant, his feet remaining still against the ground while the rest of him shakes with excitement. Balled fists raise above his head, waving back and forth as he tries to catch the attention of the massive marshmallow now looming before him.

"YES! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! DELICIOUS MARSHMALLOW! ALL FOR ME TO EAT!"

The sanity in his eyes is gone, taken over by the need for devouring the delectable dessert he selfishly assumed had been summoned for him. Had it been a gift for his courage against the Ghost Ship, or perhaps this world celebrated the time of Halloween much differently than he had remembered. Either way, his stomach cannot keep him still as he makes for a dash at the creature, opening his mouth and plunging head first into the closest gam he can sink his teeth into.

[dragonflame]

Bloom had been close by when she had seen him make a break toward it. It was enough for her to put a hand against her head for nothing but a brief moment before putting her proton pack away and headed off, rushing toward him in order to grab him and pull him back.

"Luffy, it's not for you to eat. It will be very bad for you if you did eat it. But now isn't the time for eating anyway." Unless it made him powerful or something, but she honestly doubted that one.

Aerial Attack

[umslay]

As the Heroes that remained behind fought valiantly against the Marshmallow Mog (or attempted to eat him, in some cases), a lone airship rose from the twelfth district. Ales manned the wheel, frantically shouting orders to the Heroes stationed either on deck or at the canons. His puppet is standing next to him, and as he could not afford to divert his attention away from steering, it did everything else: flipping switches, adjusting dials, and standing watch at the window. If anything, it would protect him from enemies that climbed on board, not that it was a possibility. One had to be careful of infiltrators no matter what.

The ship turned directly to the giant Moogle, its pure white body clear against the dark sky. Ales shivered from both the cold wind and the monster they were up against. There had been sentient confectionary in his world, most which would attempt to attack others, so he understood that they couldn't treat a giant marshmallow with any less seriousness than a flesh-and-blood enemy.

"Prepare the canons!" Ales shouted at those nearby.

Re: Aerial Attack

[not_most_days]

"Aye captain!" Kidd was quick to move about the deck, doing whatever she could to help. Since much of the grunt work of the airships was below deck in the engine room as opposed to in the sails of a proper ship, she opted to remain where she'd be more of use.

She made a mental note to ask Ales about airship engines again sometime so she could learn more about them. For now cannons were the thing. Even if designs were different the basics were still the same. She ran among them, helping to ready them for the coming assault.

team cross the streams - Johnny/D/Deadpool/K'pandolu/Sephiroth/anyone else who'll help

[charming_jerk]

[After assembling a team of Ghostbusters willing to risk it all, Johnny would lead them close to the monstrous moogle, off to its side where it hopefully wouldn't spot them immediately.

Johnny doesn't fancy himself much as a leader, and hopes he's not just leading these people into their deaths. But if they didn't stop this thing, it'd be horrible for everyone, themselves included. He turned to them all, taking a deep breath to steady himself.]

Alright. I'm gonna open fire on it. Just aim right for where I am. If this goes like I think it should, once we get the streams close together, they're gonna kinda like... tangle. And it's gonna get intense. Just hold on as best as ya can. Don't hesitate. Once we get this thing's attention, it's not gonna be happy with us.

[He gives them all a serious nod, turns to the moogle and takes a few steps before opening fire.]

Re: team cross the streams - Johnny/D/Deadpool/K'pandolu/Sephiroth/anyone else who'll help

[sacredancestor]

[Following the fair haired man, D spread out to give a good amount of room. This breather gave him enough time to build up energy to power his magic. He waited until he saw Johnny throw his Proton Beam at the ghost before he raised his palms.

Death or life, here we stand at its threshold.

A tic of amusement creased the vampire's brow. Why in times like these did he sound like... That man.

Brushing that thought from his mind, D called on his magic over more and pointed the Proton Beam at Johnny's. Watching it tangle with the young man's.]

Re: The Resurrected King

[bag_has_snapped]

Tsubomi was WAY in over her head. A fight like this, she should be Cure Blossom, tearing through her opponents as a hero. But in her job combination of Pirate/Ghostbuster? It almost seemed like a death sentence.

And despite the please from her Moogle and fairy companion, she went out there, intending on pull civilians and injured out of the line of fire. Using the skills "Black Flag" and "Rope's End", she intended of swinging from one end to the next to rescue those trapped while trying to lure the Moogle King away.

Probably wouldn't work, but...!

[nightofthethirteenmoogles]

This did sort of work-- Though instead of luring him, he swung his massive staff her way as she was swinging on her rope. If she's not careful, she might very well end up battered away by the massive staff.