Endgame || Apocalypse

[melodiesmods]

Characters: Anyone
Where: Pandaemonium
When: March 05th
Summary: The first phase of endgame begins! The Heroes of Light are on their way to deal with Garland as they’ve left their unfinished businesses in the hands of their friends amongst the NPCs. How will it end? The mingle threads shall not be modded, only The Guardian will be modded. Please do not start individual threads for The Guardian, reply in a single thread. Starting from now on, the game is officially in endgame. Please do not post any new posts on Mognet or in the Log Community, unless they’re backdated to before this event. The second phase of endgame will be posted once The Killer Of World thread will have been unlocked and completed.
Warning: ̩̼͋ͬͅ.̷̳̗ͦͣ͐ͭͣͬ̈́ ̤̙ͫ̉.̨̯͖̗͓̥̭̣̂̄ͣ̏ͯͫ ̶̼̻̳ͫͧͥ̆.̭͎ͮ͂ ̳̤͓̖̫͌ͪͥ̄͗̐̌.͚͍̀ ͈̻̠̥̜ͦͦ̆ͨ͋.̼̹̹̠̟͚͎ ͙͇̲̘͖̉̌̒͂̈ͮ.͇͙͑̍̽ ̪̭̹̤͓̯̜ͦͣ̒̾͆͗ͦ͟.̝̯̲͗͊̽ ̛̙͌̈ͤ̚.̪̮̰̘͚̏ͦͤ ̲̼̺͓̣̝̐.͗ͨ͜ ̧́̑̄ͥ.ͬ͊̋ͣ ̝̠͍̭̯̽.́ ̊̽̈.̡̥̖̣͓̬̠̰͗͑͂ ͍̭̩̝̉͊̑̃̓ͤ̇.͆̔̀̈́̐̋ ͇̬̤̲͉̜͙̓̍ͦͯͤͥ̔.̯̻̺͔̰̞̙͋͡ ̻̼̣̮͖̮̋ͬ.̖̝̞ ͕̦̙̞̹̲̖̓̃.̌ͯͯ͟ ̺̘̪͊̊.̲͖ ̧̼̙̋ͦͧ̂́̑͑.̷̼̬̭͔͙̹̫ͦͧ̔̄͐̏ͫ ̱͎ͥͥ̈͝.̲̣͖̪͓̯ͩ̓̈̿ͧ̅́ ̪͈͚̺̦̝͎̒ͦ̇̚.̂̆ͯͦͩ̃̀̀ ̬͕̼̆.͎̃́͐̄͒̑ͪͅ ̠̳͎ͬ.̛̭͓͗͌ͪ ̴͉̱͉̘̯̟̔͐.̫̣̥̔͑͛́ ̝̭̤̜͖͎̙̈ͪ̿̓ͯ͂̚.̟̲̥̥͈̭̳̈̋ͥͦ ͔̩̈͋͐͗̚.͓̝̼͍̈ͧ͊ͅ ̥ͥ.̷̬͍͙ͥ̓͋ͅ ̪̯̠ͨ́̂.̱̙̘̫̰͕͈̎̓̊ ̧̻̃̎.̬̇̄ ̘̣̺̼ͯ͋̀.̯ͬ ̆͗͆̆̋͝.̴̞͖̫́ͬ͌̉̍̿ ̪̹̥͙̑ͅ.̵̻̮͓̉̃ͯ͑̊̈́̚ ͚̽̒̚͘.͇̮͇̻͍͈̠͂̓ͣ̀͡ ̩̠̖̋.̺͎͈̦̺̈́ͮͬ͌̋ͧͩ ̳̠͕͙̎ͩ͜.̛̆ͥ̒͑ ̘̠͓͚̱͗͜ͅ.̢̠̠̥͍̬̂̊͋͊̂̄̐ ̦͛.̰͚̫̱͙̩̅̓ ̲̜͌̒ͭ͑͠.̠̆̈̏͆̉ ̰̹̳̻̥̮̬ͨ̍̐̆͗ͫ͜.͕̥͔̳ͩ͞ ̣͓̥̑̍͊̽̄̀.̳̘̭ͭ̔̎̍͜ ̟̞̯̏.̙̯̦̞̱̘ͬ͐ͩ ̯̠̣͉̪̅̅ͣ́ͅ.̡͗̍̿͊͐͊ ̲̙́̽̽́.̝̟͇͈͚̿͝ ̑͜

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Comments

Re: Airship Mingle

[neverfirstclass]

[Maybe not much, but final dungeon crawl experience and advice would still be welcome right now.]

Maybe a little. It's been harder to be sure of why we're doing things than if we should. Like, doing what we can to save this world, every world, stop the Calamity....even if they seem impossible I couldn't stand knowing our purpose was to just keep the cycle continuing. Especially not if other worlds are being consumed just to keep this one going.

Crystallis may want to live, but the cost...Even if we're the antagonists, I don't think it gets to say it's the good side here.

Re: Airship Mingle

[bloodypast]

[There is an approving nod there, Cloud. Vincent agrees. It had been the point of his allusions about how 'heroes' didn't always mean virtuous or good. Not in the olden times.]

I see my advice is not needed.

[There is definite approval in his voice too. Not that he felt he had much to give anyways.]

Waiting has always been the hardest part though. Patience, the anticipation and nerves, learning how to be in that state of readiness without it crippling or distracting you. It's a valuable skill whether on the front lines, or covertly.

[Turks did their fair share of dirty-work after all, and no one who couldn't be patient, but ready, made it far in Shinra's corps.]

Re: Airship Mingle

[neverfirstclass]

[Cloud nods, thinking it all through. As an MP he didn't need to do that much in terms of covert ops. It was usually either patrols or escorts. Still, both involved a lot of waiting for something bad to happen, even if nothing did.

But when it did...]

So, what about when things go to shit? What then?

Re: Airship Mingle

[bloodypast]

You trust your training, and you do what you must to get through.

[It seemed so simple, especially when put that way. But it wasn't the answer Cloud was looking for. Honestly there was no 'easy' answer.]

Being able to keep calm also helps.

Re: Airship Mingle

[neverfirstclass]

[It was more accurate to say that the easy answer wasn't so easy to follow in the heat of the moment. But it's not like he really expected some deep secret about how to keep his cool and adapt either.]

Yeah, sounds about right I guess. And trust in everyone else too.

Re: Airship Mingle

[bloodypast]

Trust is the hardest part. You trust others to do their part, and their job, without mistakes. But you have to be ready to adapt as well.

[There is a pause, and a subtle nod of his head though.]

I would not worry, Cloud. You will do fine.

Re: Airship Mingle

[neverfirstclass]

I know...

[He doesn't...but he does believe he'll try.

Cloud returns the soft nod after a short delay as well.]

Thanks for being here.

Re: Airship Mingle

[bloodypast]

[A slow blink--thanks? Unnecessary. Crimson-eyes looking out at the passing scenery.]

I have come this far. Giving up now would be pointless.