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: Mingle - Pandaemonium (a tiny bit of action)

[shinrasfinest]

Perhaps if the situation hadn't been so serious, there might have been even more sarcasm in Sephiroth's comment; it's a skill he'd not employed for such a long time that he wasn't sure if he knew how to use it anymore. Perhaps sometime in the future -if they were lucky enough to be awarded it- he might get into a position in which he felt he might be more sarcastic once more.

"Indeed. They have been extremely crafty in leaving a booby-trapped city behind them." Sephiroth mused out loud, but the how and -even- when these traps might have been put in not appropriate to discuss right now. Sharp green eyes land again on the gargoyle Mary had kicked.

"Is that gargoyle loose, at all?" Sure it still had a harpoon apparently jammed inside but even if that triggered now all potential causalities were out of the way. If the trap had a cord inside, or even if the statue itself might provide more of a ledge...

In the meantime, Sephiroth crouched just by the ledge -though clearly out of any trajectory of the harpoon- and started examining a path by where he might be able to shimmy around. He's tall, and had faith enough in his strength that he could offer Mary something of a ladder to climb out with.

Re: Mingle - Pandaemonium (a tiny bit of action)

[not_most_days]

She was a position ripe for the sarcasm, and she was still kicking herself for not planning ahead better, but there was no regret in her actions. This was the right move as far as she was concerned. All else could be worked out as long as she was breathing and her grip held.

She'd been thinking along the same lines he had and reached out a foot to test the statuary. She felt, could hear, the stone give slightly under her pressure, but not much. "Perhaps. It can probably hold my weight but not for long." A stepping stone then. It was a place to start.

As Sephiroth looked around, his height offered him a bit of a vantage point others might miss. There was a pillar close to the gap, and close to the wall as well. However it looked like its joining to the ceiling was very weak. It wasn't holding up the ceiling, save for a few stones, but those stones were still cemented to it. But only just. Perhaps if he used the wall to push it over...

Re: Mingle - Pandaemonium (a tiny bit of action)

[shinrasfinest]

At the end of the day, there was only so much planning ahead which could have been done, as these traps and how they might be staggered together would surely only be known by the authorities which had laid them. Impossible to have expected for the Esdham reconnaissance to have discovered on their own in the pre-planning before this excursion.

Of course Mary had thought to test the statue as well, Sephiroth felt confident enough in her judgment as he looked up the pillar for a longer moment and then down towards the wall...

"Perhaps I could find you another step, then. Be ready-"

He turned from the edge and made to put himself between pillar and wall, looking carefully at the arrangement and trying to plan for a few moments how exactly the pillar might fall.

With a few sturdy heaves against it, the stones first cracked and like small pebbles they clattered on the floor between him and the edge of where he needed to get Mary out from. Sephiroth didn't want to execute his Combat Mode; he'd need that energy for the fight to come, and so it was with repeated applications of brute strength that eventually dislodged the pillar.

If he could get there, in the aftermath, he'd be back at the edge to catch her.

Re: Mingle - Pandaemonium (a tiny bit of action)

[not_most_days]

Mary's gaze moved with Sephiroth's as he looked about, and she was able to guess most of his idea as he went. It wasn't perfect, but it would give her a bit of a boost and maybe she could use one of her ninja skills to close the gap.

As the pillar began to fall she tensed, and then it was a run without looking back. One foot planted hard on the statue, and as it lifted off the stonework crumbled and fell into the chasm below. The push vaulted her high, and onto the pillar as it tipped over. She ran down the length of it before it cracked apart and then leaped out once more.

She wasn't going to clear the gap, the angle was all wrong, but she held out her hands towards Sephiroth. She was at least close enough for him to catch her she hoped.

Re: Mingle - Pandaemonium (a tiny bit of action)

[shinrasfinest]

Once the pillar had fallen free Sephiroth knew he shouldn't remain on that side, that the amount of brick dust and/or debris would prove problematic should he still intend to be in the best position to catch Mary. Even with the physics quickly crunched in his head before he'd moved to execute that plan, he'd known it had been risky-

-hadn't quite factored in the potential for the pillar to crack apart as the assassin ran up it's length. Still, for a good solid two seconds or so it looked like she might well make the gap without any assistance at all...if she'd turned just a little more before making that leap.

Still, he grabbed for her, strongly clamped hands around wrists and let gravity also pull him to the floor with a dull "upmh" of a noise as his front met the unforgiving crystal-concrete of the floor below. The jerk of the momentum stopping urgently shocked his arms into burning -a weaker man would have suffered dislocation- but when the momentum all stopped, Sephiroth held firm.

"-come on."

An argumentative, not-so-strong muscle on his right side wouldn't put up with such strain for long but hopefully Mary took the hint not to hang around.