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.
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Mingle Thread
The Guardian
The Killer Of Worlds

Comments

[unyieldingspirit]

K'pandolu nodded firmly at Saori's words, though something else caught her attention. "The Cloud of- the voidsent? The one Xande made his covenant with? Then…" She fell quiet for a moment, thinking before she shook herself, coming back to the present.

"The Allagans had incredible technologies, but without something to strive for, their society began to stagnate," she explained, glancing at the others. "Xande was… brought back, from the dead, in an attempt to arrest his… But he established that covenant, to see the destruction of all… His efforts saw only the destruction of the Empire at the time, though." She paused, tail twitching. "In any case… Saying it should be a 'god' is too far. Beyond the nature of such things, the struggles we face, and the changes we make as a result of them… they're as mortals, and the world we forge the result of it." She shook her head, and activated Shushin in preparation, watching Kalki.

[melodiesofdeath]

When Deadpool stood and attempted to push Kalki into the abyss, once again the woman phased out right the second before he could push her in, leaving nothing for Deadpool to push. Unfortunately, trying to push into nothing meant Deadpool threw himself right into the abyss, with the help of Yuri's Final Gale.

Deadpool fades into the abyss! He will no longer able to participate in the battle.

When Kalki re-appeared less than a second later, she shook her head and rose an eyebrow as she stared down into the abyss. "Not the brightest..." She turned back to the Heroes of Light and smiled to them once more. The premonition didn't happen yet, something seemed to block it. "It would seem we are set in our ways. Know that I take no pleasure in what I am about to do, for what little comfort this will bring you."

She rose her black crystal, and an attack washed over the Heroes of Light--

> L4 Suicide
Any Heroes of Light whose currently equipped Job's level is divisible by 4 will have their health halved.
Any Heroes of Light who have both currently equipped Job's affected will have their health reduced to 1 HP.
Maxed Jobs, Advanced Jobs and Custom Jobs count. Onion Knight doesn't count.

Ales's health is reduced by half!
Ryoji's health is reduced by half!
Jade's health is reduced by half!
Tsubomi's health is reduced by half!
Sonic's health is reduced by half!
Selphie's health is reduced by half!
Chiaki's health is reduced by half!
Cloud's health is reduced by half!
Sheena's health is reduced by half!
Reno's health is reduced by half!
Ira's health is reduced by half!
Flynn's health is reduced by half!
Tears's health is reduced by half!
K'pandolu's health is reduced by half!

Hisui's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Akane's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Chrom's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Lust's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Rukia's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Jack's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Aoi's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Sephiroth's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Yuri's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Saori's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Lydia's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Vincent's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Ruby's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Johnny's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Nanami's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Aang's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Levy's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Edna's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Yuna's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Lailah's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Minato's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Ace's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Rikku's health is reduced to 1 HP!
Dylas's health is reduced to 1 HP!

Kalki doesn't follow this with any other attacks, for the time being.

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

It's Rikku's words that make Jack do a full-on double-take, before he settles on staring at her over Kalki. "You-" Jack's discretion in not mentioning Kalki or not talking with the Heroes about his thoughts in public was mostly for Rikku and Yuna's sake. But, of all the Heroes who had the right to decide whether Kalki lived or died, Jack had said before that it came down to those two, and expected that Rikku would be the first to put a knife in the woman's back.

She's a better person than Jack is.

This leaves Jack completely unprepared for Kalki's attack. He puts a hand to his chest and drops to a knee, weakened suddenly. Focus on Kalki, because she is your opponent. "Another half-measure. You don't want to kill us any more than we want to kill you. But we can't join you, I can't do it."

This could be dangerous, if it manages to get redirected, but Jack hasn't seen anyone dodge this spell before, so he casts Drain. It's another half-measure on his part, too. Literally, because he only casts it the once, in case it goes wrong.

[just_want_normal_knees]

Ruby yelled as she felt her health just leave her. She dropped to one knee, holding herself up with Crescent Rose.

"Why...? Why do this? Why attack us? There's nothing to gain" Ruby said, her silver eyes pleading. She cast Cura on herself twice to try to regain the health Kalki stole.

[stupidgenes]

At the end of all the back-and-forth, the bottom line is that there’s little difference between Van’s plans for Auldrant and Kalki’s plans here on Crystallis. Both want to free their worlds from a cycle of suffering, and neither cares how many are sacrificed as they pursue their ideals. It doesn’t matter that this is the first he’s meeting Kalki, or that others have such strong and personal connections with her. There’s no convincing her to change her mind, and she’ll stop at nothing to make her ideal the reality.

Which means they, as Heroes, can’t just stop her. They have to kill her. Much like Asch had ordered the replica to kill Van, which he believes the replica and his friends must be doing now, if it isn’t already done by now.

Knowing there’s little he can do, Asch moves into position to protect Tear and casts Cure on her for the precious little it’ll do.

[silencesfate]

"Aaaahhh...!!"

This was it, all the words of changing her mind were behind them, what now lay ahead was a struggle not only for their own lives, but also the lives in other worlds. Too much weighed on them not to fail, they have to force themselves to move, as much as everything ached. Pain was a reminder that they were alive, right? Heart pounding in his chest so hard it felt like it would burst, and a fire in Minato's eyes, he pushed himself up to his feet, and raises his voice.

Minato never previously showed his being a field leader here, so he had no idea if anyone would heed his words, but they had come out on instinct.

"Do something about her line of sight! We can't heal everyone, so use your potions if you have them! Everyone else, fall back!"

After a quick assessment, Minato begins with a Curaga on himself, with the Haste buff, he also manages to perform it on Akane and Ace.

[worstintheworld]

[OOC: Time is tight for me today, so just quickly noting what each of my characters is doing.]

Natalia shot a grateful look at Asch. He was no fool, blindly charging into danger, and she deeply appreciated his dedication to protecting Tear. As one of the few who wasn't hit, Natalia cast Cura on Yuri and Hisui.

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Lust was seething. She raised her arms to shield her face as the attacks were directed against her, but she didn't spare even so much as a flicker of a glance for her attackers. Her baleful stare was still fixated solely on Kalki. She began gathering her own darker magic, though was forced to change her tactics after having nearly all of her health slashed. She cast Death on Kalki, not certain the spell would even take hold, but wanting her to die with every fiber of her being. Then she cast Drain. If physical attacks couldn't land, then magic might.

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Chrom was brought to one knee, and the room was spinning. Nonetheless, he cast Cura on Lailah and Yuna to keep them safe. He would not allow them to fall under his watch.

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Rukia couldn't do much. Her health was almost gone, and Shiva was taking her own sweet time hadn't appeared yet. She had little to do but wait for the Eidolon.

[arcward]

Jaune looks around suddenly as the Heroes around him are affected by the attack. He’s not sure why he wasn’t hit with it, but he’s not complaining. He agrees with Minato; they should fall back, heal up, and then try to come up with a unified strategy. Unfortunately, with the current state of things, retreating might not be an option; besides half the party being down, there’s no way out, so far as he can tell. And if they leave now, there’s a chance they won’t be able to stop Kalki.

He glances around again, takin in his surroundings. There’s a plethora of healing going on, but he’s not sure who can take a hit and who can’t at this point, and he knows the healers are going to need protecting too. He makes his way to the front lines and stands defensively in front of Chrom; he can at least be a line of defense for a physical attack while they regroup. He wants to attack but the phasing might make him hurt an ally instead, so until he can figure out how she does it, there’s nothing he can do but be ready to activate his limit break should the need arise.

((ooc: Limit break: Deflect: Attacks dealt to Jaune are automatically parried with the damage being dealt back to the attacker. Limit one turn.))

[acceptedoblivion]

He would not allow her the pleasure of hearing him scream in pain, even as he tried to stand despite her spell going off. Defiant to the last.

Mom! Lydia! were the first things that came to mind after the worst of the pain subsided. The red in his vision lessened only slightly, seeing they were still alive - if barely.

"So you think... to break us of our resolve instead." It was a tactic he was all too familiar with - had, once, though the hours or days spent being tortured were a blank hole in his memory now. In which case, not doing what he was about to would likely be a mercy. Alas, his selfishness would win out instead. Raising his sword, he Dualcast Cura on Saori and Lydia.

[line_piece]

Chiaki's said her piece, and Kalki remains just as set in her response as ever. There's no way either of them are going to change each others' minds - they're just too different. Now, as Nagito would say, it's time to see whose hope is stronger. And since there's nothing left that can be accomplished with words alone, Chiaki's going to try a different strategy. Activating Shunshin and Stealth simultaneously, she melts into the shadows among the crowd of Heroes and begins slowly and carefully making her way toward Kalki. If this takes a few turns, so be it, but her aim is to get that Black Crystal away from her. It's featured prominently in every attack she's used so far, so Chiaki reasons it must be the source of her overwhelming power.

[needsteaplz]

Saori stabbed into crystal beneath her with Garland's sword to support herself as her health reduced away. She looked up to see who cast that Cura on her and nodded at Ira.

The assassin pulled out three bottles from her pack and makes her way over to Ira. She puts two of them into his hand, an ether and a potion.

"Thanks. Now it's my turn to return the favor," she said with a nod before downing her own bottle. Disabling Kalki's phasing and teleporting was now her main priority if they hope to end her.

She came to same conclusion as Chiaki. Pulling out another Inari's Ofuda and uses it to temporarily raise everyone's luck. In quick succession, she used Smoke Bomb to teleport closer to Kalki and Shake Down to try play keep away with the crystal.

[impatienttraveler]

My, how delightful that, as so many of their number had been affected by Kalki's spell, he was not. Not that it mattered any, as his health was dangerously low to begin with.

"Unfortunately, that is the thing of those who see themselves the hero," he called out over the noise of those barking orders of retreat, removing his hat and sweeping in a large bow. "Some simply would rather watch their numbers dwindle than do what is necessary."

And Ardyn? Well, he certainly had enough blood on his hands from the start to not mind one more's lifeblood. In that instant, the sound of crystal shattering could be heard over the din of screams and moans of anguish. Though if anyone looked to see where the sound had come, all they would find was a violet-red silhouette. Ironically tossing a sword at Kalki, he used it to warp himself directly within melee range of the Avatar...

Before summoning a pair of daggers and moving to plunge one directly into her abdomen, followed by another, should the first miss. Were she to switch places with another, it would be child's play to follow her with his own arsenal. And, unlike the others, he would have no qualms were a Hero to die.

"About this plan of yours... Perhaps you'd best have calculated in the factor of their bleeding hearts and mercy."

[featherlike]

The impact nearly knocked the air out of his lungs. This was never going to be a fair fight, but such was the power of the Black Crystal in Kalki's possession. As long as she held onto it, there was no way any of them could make even a dent in her defenses.

"Ah...."

Suddenly, he realised he could move again, hit by a familiar force of a healing spell. Minato. It was an unexpected gift, and this time, he wouldn't raise any protests, replying with a telepathic message of gratitude as he pushed himself off the ground. Thank you.

But he could let his focus wander no longer. Realising what some of the Heroes were attempting to do, he quickly decided to aid their efforts with a Telekinesis skill aimed directly at the crystal. If he could so much as pull at it lightly, enough to twist it out of Kalki's grasp and into the thieves' hands, that would already change their situation significantly.

[forcegalactic]

He wasn't getting any vision of the future. Did that mean that if they failed to stop her, all of existence would become a void? That's no good. The other theory was that Kalki was such a powerful psychic that she could manipulate the timestream from being observed from the outside, something that only the Force Galactic or a cosmic being was capable of.

A sting of envy emerges in the Barkeep. How come she got to have god powers while he - who never attempted to rewrite all of reality and surely never would abuse those power - didn't? Cheaters.

Still, Deadpool and Yuri's impulsiveness presented the danger of attacking Kalki while she stood by the edge. In case that she tried anything funny after focusing her attention on harming the Heroes, he aimed two Combustion attacks at her. The first was aimed directly on her; the latter just behind her with the hopes that the force would push any unfortunate Hero back onto the platform. Better that they be harmed and near death than lost forever.

[shinrasfinest]

Though a pained cry bubbled up from inside at suddenly all of his HP bar 1 being taken in such a snap-move, Sephiroth refused to allow it freedom. He set his jaw tightly and bit down on the inside corner of his mouth as the whole room -this platform above an abyss- swayed dangerously. Until it drove him to a knee and so lowered his center of balance from being toppled, the silver-haired man lent forwards a little as well and instantly made to flex the grip he had managed to retain around the handle to Masamune.

He had a few small potions tucked away, that should be the logical next move but-

As he flexed that stalwart grip though, it ignited within Sephiroth an ability that was seldom tapped into at all down to the halving of the potential of limit breaks caused by a custom job. And perhaps also down to pride. As the limit surged over as a result of such a grievous loss of HP, it might seem as if Sephiroth were briefly surrounded by a rippling pale-green fire. Not so dissimilar to how his weapon might look with his Deathblow effect added.

Where his head was down, parallel to his bent knee after the crash to the floor Sephiroth suddenly looked up, pinned Kalki in his sights and then charged forwards to close the gap.

Limit Break: Supernova (Link) was led into by a handful of lead-in strikes that may or may not have gouged also into the platform before the energy had released enough to send his target, and himself, into the air before the Limit might execute to it's fullest.

[zodiac_brave]

Watching the Black Crystal flare up and deplete the life of his allies, Ramza wondered why he had been spared. Perhaps having mastered the not-job of Freelancer exempted him from Kalki's powers.

He took the blessing as it came. With the strength he had left, he could help the others defeat Kalki before she killed anyone else. Final Fantasy was too risky; if she swapped places with another Hero, it would surely kill them. He would instead have to rely on a weaker but more precise attack. Aided by his new Earth Bending job, he threw Rock Projectiles at Kalki.

(because Reno actually would be at 1% with two maxed jobs at level 12)

[shinra_dog]

Reno gasped and clutched at his chest before wobbling to his knees. The feeling of having the life ripped out of him never changed -- it hurt. And this would normally have been the point where he'd retreat, run and never look back. But there was no way out.

And if there was... Reno wasn't sure he could run anymore. Not when there were people here who were ready to give their last breath to change the world, to save each other. People he loved and who loved him, somehow, gods help him.

"... dumbasses..." His voice cracked, but he was smiling.

What would this be now, death number four? Couldn't be that different than the others. He must really be a glutton for punishment. But that black crystal had to go, and he unleashed his limit break against Kalki -- Pyramid -- in the hopes of immobilizing her. But just in case, he likewise rushed in with all of his strength to use Master Thief.

Re: (because Reno actually would be at 1% with two maxed jobs at level 12)

[partofthecycle]

Aang was nearly knocked over from the feeling of losing that much health. But he saw what some of the group was trying to attempt. "Hang on!" Catching Kalki might be like trying to grab a leaf coated in butter, but she was still standing in mostly one place. He could try to use Airbending to call uo enough force to blow the towards the thief Heroes. Not a straight wind blast, but something twisty and cyclonic to do what he can.

"Guys, don't try to attack her directly!" You needed to think like an airbender. He still wasn't sure if Kalki was right, but the way she was carrying on was definitely wrong.

Tazendra's another with two maxed jobs, and Nanami would only be at half, if she wasn't in the abyss

[fearlessherosheart]

Tazendra considered the matter as she cast Cura on herself; last time, she had only had success if she could cast attacks on all parties on the field of battle, and that wasn't working unless she wanted a suicide pitch. "Bah, I should have developed a spell that I myself am immune to." Even that wouldn't work with so many on the field. "It is a shame we cannot simply disable her jobs."

Well, something was better than nothing. Tazendra considered her options and went with a simple sword attack, in hopes that Kalki would mistake it as something more complex. And, if not, hopefully whoever she hits will survive the blow.

Re: Tazendra's another with two maxed jobs, and Nanami would only be at half, if she wasn't in the a

[boomchucka]

That attack hit Selphie like a ton of bricks. She can feel her health plummeting as she eventually falls to her knees. Not all of her strength is gone as In the Red kicked in for a boost in strength as Selphie looked around at the people standing nearby. She noticed Tazendra already getting ready to make an attack as the perky brunette shot a Dualcast of Cura toward the woman with a firm nod.

"Cover me," Selphie said as she pointed toward Kalki before she moved her hand in a wide arc. "I've got an idea."

If Tazendra was on board with playing a decoy, Selphie would take off to dart around behind Kalki to hopefully launch another Dualcast of Holy Light at the woman. Selphie hoped that because the Avatar was using darkness based attacks that something of the opposite alignment would have a powerful effect. If physical attacks weren't going to be effective, then magic would hopefully do something, right?

Hyne, let this work, Selphie thought to herself as she began preparing to cast her spells.

[charming_jerk]

Johnny is knocked down to all but the last bit of his life. He didn't want to start a fight with Kalki, but he wouldn't stand by, either. Especially when Reno was running at her. There was no way he was letting him go alone.

"...Damnit."

He didn't have any Cure spells, but what did it matter when Kalki was this powerful? Johnny removed the rum flask from his pocket and slapped it to Ramza's chest as he walked by. Someone else could use what little was left. Instead, for the first time ever, he willingly decided to use his Limit Break, Symphony of Destruction. In a matter of seconds, he was charging at Kalki with a fierce roar, with nothing but blood on his mind. If he managed to even get close to her, he'd do everything he could to tear her apart with his own hands.

And if she managed to take him or Reno out while he was like this, he wouldn't realize what was happening.

[cockblocker]

"Root of all creation, grant us the breath of life... Revitalize..."

Hisui didn't have that spark to his step. He just listlessly muttered the incantation, healing himself and anyone around him, but he couldn't muster the energy to even do anything. This was all pointless, wasn't it? The fighting wouldn't stop until they were all dead. There was no future. No going home. No Kohaku or Innes or Galando or Calcedony or Beryl of even that shitstain, Xing.

There was going to be nothing.

He just knelt there, healing. As a faint defiance of anything to come.

[ranoutofbugs]

Ow.

That hurt.

"Banquet of Flames!" She cried, her paper talismans fluttering about her body. "Concerto Infernus!" With that, flames (hopefully) enveloped the battlefield, at least singing her opponent no matter where she warped to. Before she was even finished, she made eye contact with Chrom.

Before Chrom could even say her True Name, Lailah once again merged her being with his, enveloping him in flames. If she was mad before, she was furious now, her crystalline eyes burning with righteous anger.

It didn't matter if this was the last battle or some trial before the main event. This woman was going down. Mikleo's sacrifice was not to be in vain, wherever he was. She was going to make him proud, as he was her precious Sub-Lord.

[dammit_yuri]

Yuri's eyes widened in surprise when the unfortunate Hero got sent off into the Abyss on behalf of his attack. Damn that woman for screwing things up. Yuri muttered an apology to Deadpool and would do everything in his power to make sure that he made up for the mistake. The worst part was being hit with the attack and sending him back a few feet with lethal damage.

"Afraid of getting hit huh? Are you made of glass then?!" He shouted at her angrily as he forced his battered self to retreat as quickly as he could to Flynn's side. He wasn't going to let her keep doing this and using other Heroes as a scapegoat for her attacks. It was low and he was going to end her if it's the last thing he did.

He lowered his tone as he spoke to his friend, "Yo, Flynn," he breathed slowly and raggedly, "Remember how you sometimes wanted to smack the living hell out of me?" He paused with a smirk on his face, despite his injuries, "How about we make that fantasy of yours reality?"

"Yeah," Flynn responded, catching up on his breath after protecting some of the people in the back as Yuri stepped ahead. "I'm all for that!" He grinned. Quick-stepping forward, he raised his blade to the sky as a flag being waved for announcing one's domination. "Ultimate..." Flames erupted from his blade, thanks to his bodhi blastia. "Hell Pyre!" Slamming the blade down in front of him, he vaguely aimed for their opponent - the fireball burrowed into the ground as bits of stone and dirt erupted into the air.

As if on cue, Yuri leaped up into the air, landing on the flat of Flynn's extended blade. With all of his strength, Flynn tossed Yuri up once more, and spun around, his sword caught in the heel of Yuri's boots, and propelled him forward.

Yuri was now flung straight at Kalki through the debris, sustaining damage as he made his way over there, and executing his Limit Break Savage Wolf Fury in hopes of catching Kalki off balance by the other attacks. Thanks the Regen, he barely survived the damage but Natalia's heal would probably hit him as soon as he finished his Limit Break. At least that was the strategy. Yuri was reckless and he would put his life down for the better good of everyone. It was a small sacrifice to make in order to fix things with his fellow Heroes. Not that he'd ever admit to being one.

[neverfirstclass]

Cloud let out a cry as the spell hit, his kneels buckling as he was trying to rise to his feet. He clutched at his gut, knowing the pain wasn't on his person but more within in the magic sense, but it was a reflex he couldn't deny. And much like that pain he couldn't shake the sensation that there was something at play here. She was toying with them. Nothing she'd done had aimed to kill them, just to disorient and injure.

As much as wanted to join the wave of attacks against her he forced himself to keep control. When he pulled his blade from his back, it was Runic he focused on.