melodiesoflife | Endgame || Apocalypse

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Endgame || Apocalypse

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.
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Mingle Thread
The Guardian
The Killer Of Worlds

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Saori held onto Bonnie as she reached to grab Barkeep's hand. Just as they teleported out, she looked back one last time at the now crumbling platform.

She helped the item vendor up on his feet before checking on Mordecai.

"Thank you for getting us out of there. Rest up while we can." She looked up at Ardyn as offered the Ether. The anger she felt towards him when he stopped her from attempting to make a Kalki-kabob softened. Instead she just gave him a nod before finally diverting her attention to the moogle she dragged back.

"I'm sorry, Bonnie, but we can't go back. I wasn't able to see if Mary and the others are..." She choked back the tears. Brigid flew in as soon as she heard word of the Heroes returning and found her hero with her hood drawn up. Quietly, she went over to Saori and gave her a hug. The Assassin just needed a minute to compose herself.

"I don't blame her for lashing out like that but it's not going to solve anything. Ramza was always the type to see the best out of others. Of course Kalki would use that to her advantage."

She lets go of both moogles to take out Garland's sheathed sword as proof of his demise. "I don't know if this sword's got anything special to it, but I'd like to hold onto it if no one objects."

At least it seemed the order to retreat from the City had already been given, yet that didn't stop Sephiroth -in his determined though something staggering sprint for the outskirts- from taking a good note of how his fellow soldiers were also going about getting out. He slowed on more than one occasion, and diverted through dangerously crumbling streets perhaps more than he should have; avoiding falling debris and rallying those soldiers who might otherwise become lost.

As a result, finally -and perhaps one of the last- Sephiroth urges himself to push that sprint for the final stretch that would put him on the Enterprise. No matter how much his legs, or even his whole body, were burning from the exertion and would most likely punish him later. When close enough, Spencer was launched in the direction of the airship and he flew on ahead a few paces; just to make sure that the crew saw that another Hero was incoming.

Once aboard the deck, the seasoned Colonel gripped at a nearby railing -so he wouldn't be knocked over by the constant shaking- and began to slow his breathing in the same way an athlete might do after a marathon. Though Sephiroth's eyes appeared to be firmly only a few feet ahead of himself, pinned to the deck, he was indeed still listening to the comments and outrage being thrown around.

He didn't disagree particularly, with Sheena, but taking it out on Cid wasn't going to help at all. As for what they were going to do now; well, Sephiroth still couldn't speak past the steady gulps of air he was taking, but it seemed to him that take off was imminent.

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There was a time to argue. There was a time to be stubborn. That was neither of those times as the constant bucking of the platform was scaring Selphie more than her face was hopefully showing. She didn't bother to shoot a look back at the possessed Ramza but merely nodded at Yuri as she started to run for Ira's portal. She had a feeling that they were some of the last heroes to evacuate but crossing the decaying platform felt like it was taking an eternity.

She shouted defiantly at the platform to not give out on them as she jumped the last few feet into the portal. The darkness swirling around her for the briefest time was enough to drain the colour from her face as she eventually stumbled onto the deck of the Enterprise. She was noticeably shaking from the brief trip before moving out of the way. The adrenaline from the battle was starting to wear off as she loosened the belt around her shoulders and pulled Falchion off her back to set it on the ground. She sank next to the sword and shot a petrified look at the portal.

"Selphie," Jaelyn called out before rushing to her partners side. "Are you all right?!"

"I'll be fine," Selphie breathed out. "Yuri and Chrom were right behind me. C'mon, don't die in there. You're both needed, now more than ever."

She didn't ever dare to ask if everyone was all right; she already knew the answer.

The item-selling soldier and the moogle accompanying him did their best to take as many of their goods as they could, but alas there was only so much they could carry while running. They looked at what was left and the Moogle was the one to speak.

"We'll be back, Kupo."

They then both hurried behind Natalia, following her to the ship. And on the ship, Cid was already under too much pressure with the earthquake to ease the tension with his reply. His reply to Sheena was was on par with hers as far as rage levels were concerned.

"The fuck are you talking about? Don't you think if I'd planned to screw you over I would have gone back to get my damn coffee rather than sit here and risk my ship and life for your asses? Throw yourself off the bridge and go yell at whoever's down there or shut your clapet, definitely and permanently!"

And as soon as this was said, a crystalline pillar suddenly erupted to the left of the ship, half as tall as the castle of Aqures Ixen. It would quickly become evident the airship tilting to the side along with the ground, as if this entire pan of earth threatened to crack away from the continent or slide into the ocean. Most of the crew fell onto the ground and Cid held onto the railing, leaving the wheel.

"Someone take the damn wheel." He then went to the speakers, calling out for anyone still not on the ship. "You've got one minute before we leave! That's sixty seconds so move your asses!"

Thank goodness for the Ceiling Walking skill. With everything tilting, Sonic had buried Caliburn into the floor to stop his own falling. At Cid's calling, he activated the skill and made his way to the wheel.

"Hey, someone toss me Ales!" he called out. "He can pilot these things - I'll keep him balanced!"

Jack clings to the nearest railing to keep from falling too far. His own heavy armor is working against him here. No really, next time, equip Dragoon. ~~Who's driving this thing, the Doctor?~~

But he works his way back to Jade. He can see where he thinks this is going. "I dont think we've missed our chance for that." Time doesn't quite work like that. "The worst idea is that one of us tries to duplicate what Kalki is doing with one of the Black Crystals we already have. Can we at least agree nobody is going for that one? What we saw in those visions probably doesn't apply because we've conquered our Calamity selves. Again, not entirely a waste. But the will of the Calamity might still overpower us."

"We need more time." That's what this is all coming back to.

"That future was just one of the possibilities, perhaps-..."

Ace's response was cut short by the airship's dramatic turn, causing him to instinctively tighten his grip around the girl as he lifted his feet off the floor. No point in relying on the force of gravity now.

Struggling with locating the Teensie among the confused crowd, he instead directed a quick Levitation spell at Cid, and then everyone else who might need it.

He had to believe.

Buffeted as he was by the earthquake, Kenshin reached the Enterprise, seizing the railing and pulling himself over with one of the Heroes' help - but it was necessity alone that led him to follow the others in their escape. The great pillar that vaulted from the ground beside the ship struck him with a glare like the judgment of a divine being. Within, Kenshin was not so sure it was just like that. Not anymore.

He'd lived through war before. He'd pledged to stand with them, knowing some would not return. But to think...

As he held himself to the railing, Kenshin looked, again, at the abyss into which Miss Rialynn, Pyrrha, and the others had been thrown. And this abyss was so deep it did not even seem to stare back. Some of the hollowness in his eyes from that time in Rakinmura, that town of broken men and souls in despair, touched them now. He had to believe they were all right, that they were not yet beyond the reach of their help. He had to believe that...whatever force had overcome Ramza, it could be driven from the young Beoulve.

He had to.

It was just hard.

The hardest thing of a hard, hard day.

Valefor had come to life in a cloud of pyreflies, just as the ground beneath Yuna's feet gave way. She clung to the mane of feathers as her wings pounded against the air to gain flight.

There was a quick survey of panic as the searched the chaos for her cousin, though the aeon seemed to have caught onto her intentions first, scooping the blonde up in her claws, after a quick dip down into what seemed like the bottomless chasm.

That was close.

More of a glider than a flyer, especially under so much weight, Valefor bat her wings heavily, moving to reach the Enterprise and deposit the two Spirans to safety.

The Barkeep heard screaming in the general direction of Cid and Sheena, but he wasn't able to make it out from the din of the world breaking and his brain swirling from exhaustion. The cool glass of the vial of Ether touched his hand, alerting him of something going on. He rolled his head to the side to see Ardyn's and Saori's feet.

"Thanks. It ain't nothin' to help out folks." With a tired flick of the thumb, he popped off the top and tipped it over so that the contents flowed into his mouth. That would teach him to overuse his magic.

No thought-out epiphany would be had, considering that the ship tilted to its side, sending the old man rolling across the deck. The railing stopped him and knocked the wind out of his gut.

Mogdelina heard Sheena's words, but they sounded so far away. Albel... her stupid, stubborn, strong Hero was gone. She fluttered for a moment as the ground collapsed, watching the others continue to help the injured.

She could still help. She could still be a hero, too. Just like Albel.

"Come on! Keep going!" She flitted from body to body, steadying people, handing back weapons. She could see the stairs shaking, saw Sephiroth and Spencer stumble -- !

"Sephiroth!" She charged into him, the impact of her tiny body helping to reorient him. She grabbed onto his long silver hair and rode the rest of the way out until she saw Zack. She recognized the chocobo as Cloud's.

Well, no time like the present to ride one of those, too. "Yah!" Mogdelina leaped from Sephiroth's head to Zack's back, scrambling up and taking the reins. She couldn't see past the chocobo's neck, but she was confident Zack knew the way back to the Enterprise.

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Sohma practically fell upon Reno's body as Sheena and Cloud emerged from the portal of darkness. His relationship to the redhead had been... complicated. They'd had more than a rough start. But in the time they'd been forced to spend together... things had changed. Sohma still wouldn't say he liked Reno, but he'd learned about the other man, he'd grown to understand him. He respected him.

He patted at Reno with his tiny paws. "He's barely breathing, kupo!" With low health to begin with, that corridor had taken its toll on the Turk.

"WOAAAAAH!" Ruby had gotten snapped out of her stupor that had kicked in from the point Kalki had died to when the ship tilted, quickly snapping open Crescent Rose and slamming the scythe blade into the floor to keep her from falling.

"Um, I'm starting to think we're running out of time here...!"

Saori was quick to activate Ceiling Walking and at Sonic's suggestion, she had an idea. "Keep an eye on them," she told Ardyn, referring not only Barkeep but the two moogles. Without an explanation, she broke into a run towards Ales.

"Sorry Ales, but time isn't on our side!" She snatched up the Teensie like he was some sort of sports ball and continued her mad dash to the goal. Hopefully this distance is enough and she doesn't hurt him too much as she used Throw to send him flying towards the wheel and Sonic.

She didn't stop there since she learned a thing or two from Mary about airships. They were gonna need all the help they could get.

"I should hope no one is going for that plan!" Jade raised his voice to answer Jack over the ruckus, gripping a railing to steady himself. "Especially since we already have Ramza on his way to so-called godhood by the looks of it, we don't need another one--"

Sohma's cry for help interrupted that train of thought. Right, Jade was still on healing duty, wasn't he? With the help of Vanish, he was able to reach Reno without falling over and knelt by the Turk's side to cast Curaga. Hopefully this would all end soon, as he had very little magic left to spare...

Ales was a good person. Okay, so he wasn't, but he was working on that part. He had two jobs, he worked hard, he went to meetings, he built a personal minicipter to keep him aflot for several seconds. He had dignity. He did not deserve this.

The yelp of surprise as he was scooped up was followed by a scream of terrorh as he streaked across the remainder of the distance, with the steering wheel as his target. He was going to die. His body would crash his nose and he'd fall off the ship.

To prepare for his end, he held his hands out in front of him to cushion the collision inky to find himself gripping a handle of the steering wheel. It spun for half a revolution in the direction of a safe orientation.

Huh. Saori did it. If they got out of this alive, he'd thank her and kick her.

"Hold onto something!" He yelled, not sure if anyone would hear him. Using all his Teenaie strength and airship training, he pulled on the wheel to send the ship back into its original position. He would fly them back to Aqures Ixen if he had to.

Reno gasped and sat straight up, gripping at Jade's arm. Poor Sohma clung to his Hero's shirt. That Soporil had really knocked him out, and he would have easily died in his sleep if he'd stayed in the darkness for even a few more minutes.

"Thanks." He held onto Jade for a moment more as they rocked, not only to steady himself but to ground his healer. Looking for Johnny, he was relieved to see he was in good hands with Vincent.

With a grunt, he pushed himself to his feet. Things were still a little blurry as he blinked the drug out of his eyes. Ales... Reno struggled with unsteady gait across the ship, wishing he had his Ninja skills. But being a Turk meant he'd be able to help fly the ship if anything happened to Ales or Saori.

"Brace yerselves! Another one's comin', port side!"

Reno was getting flashbacks of the shaking pillar over Sector 7. Focusing on the others was helping. Saving people instead of leaving them behind... that counted as atonement, right? It was something.

Taking a look around, the Heroes of Light would be able to see the earth was shaking as far as the eye could see while the sky was darkening. And characters who had directly teleported to Aqures Ixen would be able to feel the earthquake, albeit its intensity was lesser. Whatever Kalki had started, that was probably affecting the entire world and not just this place.

Another pillar of crystal emerged, but this one looked seemingly short and was far away from them, in the middle of the sea that was coasting the imperial city. Should they be looking at the sea attentively however, the Heroes of Light would be able could see however is that this pillar didn't come alone as the shock from its eruption caused a gigantic wave to form, high and powerful enough to swallow the Airship without any efforts if it was to remain still.

Any Heroes of Light who haven't boarded the Enterprise or teleported yet are lost, not unlike those who fell into the Abyss.
They'll be back as soon as this thread is over and the next Endgame event started.

"Holy... Time isn't a luxury we have." Cid turned to Ales. "Now! Get us out of here!"

"Don't have to tell me twice!" Ales yanked the wheel so that it spun rapidly, and while he had the opportunity he turned on the Enterprise speakers to address the crew. "GET THOSE ENGINES RUNNING LIKE YOUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT, BECAUSE THEY DO. I AM TURNING THIS SHIP AND FLYING AS FAST AS I CAN."

He slammed the lever up to cut off communication. The workers below did not need any more explanation that that if they wanted to escape the wave in time. The wheel slowed down. Ales took it once more and steered it away from the pillar. Eyeing the distant horizon that was his goal, he took a deep breath in preparation for the kick.

Without looking away, he addressed the people standing near him. "Warn me if you see any other pillars coming up," he muttered.

In the end, somehow he managed to somehow make it thanks to the help and dropping in with Chrom still on his shoulders. Eventually he set down the poor unconscious here to the side, while sitting next to him. He hoped that Flynn and the others made it to safety.

He looked around for the teen that was with him earlier. As long as she made through the teleporting with him, she should be fine.

"Man that was a close call," he sighed. He knew that everyone was already talking among themselves and there were angry heroes. He saw Selphie talking to her moogle so he was fine with that. He looked around for Rukia, Hisui and everyone else that he knew. The ship was being rocked back and forth so he had to ground himself and hold onto Chrom.

At the same time, Repede and Acrisius went for him and Chrom to make sure they were both okay and Repede dragged the prince to a safer area with his dog strength while Acrisuis buried himself in Yuri, worried for his life. The man couldn't help but pat his moogle and tell him that things were okay.

"GOT IT! Repede watch him!"

Yuri shouted when he heard Ale's speak. It was easy right, looking out for pillars?

"Kupo!" came a startled Moogle cry just as the ship lurched violently as Ales made his request. "I'll help, too!" Corrine had managed to make it to the bridge despite the upheaval carrying quite a load in his bag.

"I have some potions and ethers and elixirs for anyone who needs them!" he said, flitting from person to person. Sheena had ordered him to take them to the bridge shortly after nearly hugging the little furball to death. Spotting Repede and Chrom, he flew over and placed one of the potions next to the dog. "For when he wakes up, kupo."

Afterward he would just flit from Hero to Hero, offering his potions and asking if they had seen Mogdelina and looking out for pillars at the same time.

To be fair, she could've just used Smoke Bomb but when the adrenaline was still strong, that was the best she could think up at the last minute.

"Aye, Captain!" Saori shouted out of habit and cast a Clone to help survey their surrounds for any more pillars. She wasn't able to see a pattern in the way the pillars were emerging. There had to be some sort of sign of where the pillar would show up.

Needless to say, she wasn't going to push their luck too much. Just to be safe, used another Inari's Ofuda to raise the entire party's luck.

Thankfully, Ales had been quick enough so that both the gigantic and the pillars could be avoided. Once the airship was high up enough, Cid sighed in relief and the rest of the trip back to Aqures Ixen went without major accident. Thanks to the Heroes' effort, even if the Enterprise was to crash it would probably remain salvageable... Other crystalline pillars emerged around, but none of them were close enough to the airship.

Until they would reach the Desert of Roalie, of course. A crystalline pillar would suddenly emerge from the ground, faster and taller than any other-- And hit the airship's tail. Regardless of any efforts made, the Airship would thus crash into the desert.

All Heroes of Light, regardless of their location, lost consciousness.

End of the Apocalypse Event.
(you can use this thread to continue playing up to the crash. there will be no more mod replies or plot-related happenings in this event)

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