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: ̩̼͋ͬͅ.̷̳̗ͦͣ͐ͭͣͬ̈́ ̤̙ͫ̉.̨̯͖̗͓̥̭̣̂̄ͣ̏ͯͫ ̶̼̻̳ͫͧͥ̆.̭͎ͮ͂ ̳̤͓̖̫͌ͪͥ̄͗̐̌.͚͍̀ ͈̻̠̥̜ͦͦ̆ͨ͋.̼̹̹̠̟͚͎ ͙͇̲̘͖̉̌̒͂̈ͮ.͇͙͑̍̽ ̪̭̹̤͓̯̜ͦͣ̒̾͆͗ͦ͟.̝̯̲͗͊̽ ̛̙͌̈ͤ̚.̪̮̰̘͚̏ͦͤ ̲̼̺͓̣̝̐.͗ͨ͜ ̧́̑̄ͥ.ͬ͊̋ͣ ̝̠͍̭̯̽.́ ̊̽̈.̡̥̖̣͓̬̠̰͗͑͂ ͍̭̩̝̉͊̑̃̓ͤ̇.͆̔̀̈́̐̋ ͇̬̤̲͉̜͙̓̍ͦͯͤͥ̔.̯̻̺͔̰̞̙͋͡ ̻̼̣̮͖̮̋ͬ.̖̝̞ ͕̦̙̞̹̲̖̓̃.̌ͯͯ͟ ̺̘̪͊̊.̲͖ ̧̼̙̋ͦͧ̂́̑͑.̷̼̬̭͔͙̹̫ͦͧ̔̄͐̏ͫ ̱͎ͥͥ̈͝.̲̣͖̪͓̯ͩ̓̈̿ͧ̅́ ̪͈͚̺̦̝͎̒ͦ̇̚.̂̆ͯͦͩ̃̀̀ ̬͕̼̆.͎̃́͐̄͒̑ͪͅ ̠̳͎ͬ.̛̭͓͗͌ͪ ̴͉̱͉̘̯̟̔͐.̫̣̥̔͑͛́ ̝̭̤̜͖͎̙̈ͪ̿̓ͯ͂̚.̟̲̥̥͈̭̳̈̋ͥͦ ͔̩̈͋͐͗̚.͓̝̼͍̈ͧ͊ͅ ̥ͥ.̷̬͍͙ͥ̓͋ͅ ̪̯̠ͨ́̂.̱̙̘̫̰͕͈̎̓̊ ̧̻̃̎.̬̇̄ ̘̣̺̼ͯ͋̀.̯ͬ ̆͗͆̆̋͝.̴̞͖̫́ͬ͌̉̍̿ ̪̹̥͙̑ͅ.̵̻̮͓̉̃ͯ͑̊̈́̚ ͚̽̒̚͘.͇̮͇̻͍͈̠͂̓ͣ̀͡ ̩̠̖̋.̺͎͈̦̺̈́ͮͬ͌̋ͧͩ ̳̠͕͙̎ͩ͜.̛̆ͥ̒͑ ̘̠͓͚̱͗͜ͅ.̢̠̠̥͍̬̂̊͋͊̂̄̐ ̦͛.̰͚̫̱͙̩̅̓ ̲̜͌̒ͭ͑͠.̠̆̈̏͆̉ ̰̹̳̻̥̮̬ͨ̍̐̆͗ͫ͜.͕̥͔̳ͩ͞ ̣͓̥̑̍͊̽̄̀.̳̘̭ͭ̔̎̍͜ ̟̞̯̏.̙̯̦̞̱̘ͬ͐ͩ ̯̠̣͉̪̅̅ͣ́ͅ.̡͗̍̿͊͐͊ ̲̙́̽̽́.̝̟͇͈͚̿͝ ̑͜

Mingle Thread
The Guardian
The Killer Of Worlds

Comments

[shinra_dog]

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.

[just_want_normal_knees]

"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...!"

[needsteaplz]

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.

[jadethenecromancer]

"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...

[umslay]

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.

[shinra_dog]

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.

[melodiesmods]

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!"

[umslay]

"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.

[dammit_flynn]

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?

[ninjainviolet]

"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.

[needsteaplz]

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.

[melodiesmods]

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)