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

[sesenta]

Here...

[Akane reaches for the photo frame and flips it over. Her hand dips into the pocket of her robes, removing a small screwdriver with a zodiac symbol stamped into the handle. Looks like she took a souvenir away from her brother's puzzle room. Delicately she unscrews the back of the frame, and slips the photo free.]

You never know when the opportunity will come again. Even little things can come in handy!

[She smiles and holds it out to him. This much, at least, he should be able to slip somewhere in all of that leather and armor.]

There might even be something important on the back! People do that with photographs sometimes.

[People like Zero...]

[shinrasfinest]

[Not that Sephiroth were holding the frame at all but she whisks it away a beat later. He watches not-quite with suspicion but it did feel, for the moments it took her to get in the back of the frame with her tool, as if Akane were desecrating something that it wasn't right to vandalize in such a way. For a great many of those left behind, this City had become their graves.

Though Sephiroth's expression held much of that hard, stern facade that was a given, as Akane held the released photograph out for him to take he took a deep breath and at least tried to soften some of those scolding edge of his gaze. As always, Akane had reached outside of the box that he didn't even know was really there.]

Better to be prepared.

[He takes the picture between thumb and forefinger and flips it immediately to see if there would be anything on the back -there isn't, but just in case- before doing exactly as she might expect and tucking it somewhere inside his leather coat and harness arrangement.]

Even if it does feel like we're disturbing where we perhaps shouldn't be.

[sesenta]

[Probably for the best he doesn't know what she did with an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus, then. She doesn't seem the least bit apprehensive about what she's done, smiling brightly as if she's instead been very helpful. She cranes her neck to take a peek at the back of the photograph too, but alas.]

Nothing? That's a shame.

[She settles back onto her heels, and admittedly she's a little surprised to hear him remark on a matter that borders on superstition.]

Well...I guess that could be said of the whole city.

[She turns to face him a little more directly.]

What made you decide to explore back here, then? If you don't mind me asking.

[He definitely has her curiosity, and her attention.]

[shinrasfinest]

[As Akane settled back onto her heels, Sephiroth has allowed his cautious gaze to wander the room again. To think how much must have gone on, been agreed on, strategized, argued....all in this office at one time or another. Border skirmishes in the desert, the attack on Esdham, the attack on Aqures...]

That's true.

[The crystal made a literal crypt of a lot of the City. There were places however, like this one, where there was a significant lack of people being caught up in it. The military center in particular looked the most like an evacuation had been in a more orderly fashion.]

I-I'm not sure. I guess I- [He looks to Akane and then over the vast desktop again, towards the standards and other regalia which adorned the back wall.]

-I felt that I needed to see this place, for myself.