Event || Magitek Research Facility

[melodiesmods]

Characters: All the Heroes of Light participating in the event.
Where: Magitek Research Facility; Sixth District of Aqures Ixen.
When: The 22nd of September.
Summary: A letter from Artemicion calls the Heroes of Light for help! Little do they know that they will inadventenly become trapped in the Magitek Facility. The OOC Post for detailed explanations can be found here.
Warning: Weird things, battles, boss battles.

Entrance / Outside of the Facility
Artemicion Q&A
Group A: Mingle || Exploration
Group B: Mingle || Exploration
Group C: Mingle || Exploration
Group D: Mingle || Exploration
Group E: Mingle || Exploration

Boss Battle || Control Room


Group A
[AU] Gaara of the Desert
[AU] Genesis Rhapsodos
[AU] Luke fon Fabre
[OU] Ales Mansay
[OU] Saori Nakagawa

Group B
[OU] Allenby Beardsley
[OU] Angeal Hewley
[OU] Rose Glasdon
[OU] Sho
[OU] Yuna

Group C
[OU] Kobato Hanato
[OU] Princess Hilda
[OU] Sephiroth
[OU] Serah Farron
[OU] Zelda

Group D
[OU] Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca
[OU] Cloud Strife
[OU] Henry
[OU] Sparks Nevada
[OU] Yuffie

Group E
[OU] Baralai
[OU] Genesis Rhapsodos
[OU] Ib
[OU] Link
[OU] Snow Villiers

Comments

[melodiesnpcs]

Nobody's asked you to come looking for me! [A pause.] The facility is in security mode, you are in great danger.

[holycrows]

"Hey! You aren't a hostage! Or dead! Thats good."

Henry thinks for a moment.

"Didnt you send your moogle to go get everyone?"

[melodiesnpcs]

What I did doesn't matter. I need to deactivate the system before one of you be killed.

[ She waves to the offices. ]

Stay in there while I go to the control room.

[red_planet_blues]

"Stay here"? What-- No. We came here to get you out. Artema-whatever the moogle sent us in after you, Biggs and Wedge, sayin' "weird people" [Have some finger quotes with that] broke in and took down all the guards. We're here, so we might as well do somethin' about all this.

[Sparks will stand in the way of the door, for now.]

[melodiesnpcs]

The security units will not attack me. They will attack and kill you.

[ She pauses, as if trying to calm herself down before walking to the door and looking up at Sparks. She doesn't say anything. Her meaning is probably obvious enough. ]

[desertbloomed]

"Let her through, Marshal." As angry as Ashelia was with the tarutaru - and she was livid - Jessie was the only one with any kind of clue as to what was going on in the facility, probably more so than Biggs and Wedge. "There seems to have been some miscommunication about the situation here at the facility, but Jessie is right; the security system must be deactivated. We have no encountered these security units ourselves, but we are just a few of the many Heroes that answered Artemicion's call for help. If Jessie turning off this system will aid in their finding and evacuating Biggs and Wedge, we should help her do so."

The queen took a step forward, one hand on her hip. "And help you I mean to do. We shall accompany you to the control room, and afterwards you will tell us all you know of this Kalki and what exactly this mumer's farce is about." She held up the wax replica of her head, its red eyes baring down on the small scientist. "I believe you owe us at least that much."

[melodiesnpcs]

You heard her, let me through.

[ Her stare at Sparks grew more insistent and annoyed. ]

No, you will not come with me. Stop acting as if you could be any help. [ She looked at the wax replica and rose an eyebrow. ] I have no idea what this is nor have I ever heard of Lady Kalki. If I can go now, thank you.

[desertbloomed]

"Hold fast, if you would, Marshal." Ashelia tucked the wax head away and drew her sword again. Just because they couldn't hear the robots anymore, didn't mean the intruders weren't nearby.

"Mark my words closely, you wretched little creature; you will show us to the control room, you will deactivate the security system and you will give us an explanation." She tightened her grip on her sword. "Men and women dragged to this world against their will have laid their lives on the line to save you from the clutches of some powerful intruder with powers apparently completely beyond even your own ken. They could be fighting and dying as we speak, and you seek to brush us aside like so many bothersome flies?"

The queen shook her head. "You have not given us many reasons to trust you, Jessie, and yet we have, through necessity. That ends now. You will prove to us you are worthy of our trust, and you will do so by telling us all you know of your good friend the Lady Kalki once you have deactivated the security system. Are we clear?"

[melodiesnpcs]

[ Jessie looked infuriated at the way Ashe addressed her and annoyed at the Lady Kalki part. But she turned at her without hesitating. ]

You dare giving me orders?

[ She appeared to be about to do something with her hands, when a voice erupted from the one office whose door was open. They couldn't see who the voice belonged to, but that was quite clearly a man: ]

That's far enough!

[ When she heard that, Jessie suddenly jumped back away from the five Heroes, cursing under her breath, something along the lines of 'I nearly had them'. ]

[neverfirstclass]

Cloud had kept quiet during all of this, but he was watching it unfold. Something was wrong here. He couldn't put his finger on it. Maybe it was the fact that he was using magic now and had to take a different view of the battlefield than he did as a soldier.

He no longer could depend on force and armor to protect him. He had to watch for threats so that they didn't get to him first. His eyes caught what she was doing with her hands but he didn't have a chance to figure out what it was. With the new voice he raised his staff. This place was too narrow and they'd have to move quickly if it came to a fight.

[empirenpcs]

[ A man finally walks out of the office-- He's missing an eye and stops by "Jessie," looking at the Heroes of Light one after the others, calmly. ]

[empirenpcs]

Worst performance ever. I've seen better school plays.

[ Something akin to a localized smoke bomb detonates right next to "Jessie", though both she and the man seem unaffected by the smoke. A second man appears within the smoke, looking both bemused and exasperated at the situation. ]

[empirenpcs]

[ A bright light surrounds Jessie for a second-- And the illusion fades away, an adult woman standing where "Jessie" had moments ago. Noticeably, the light surrounding her second when the illusion dispel is identical to the one that erupted from the cardboard box upon being opened. ]

I was never supposed to imitate a Tarutaru.

[holycrows]

"It was a trap! That's great! Now we get to the fun part."

Henry draws his sword.

"Who wants cursed first? I've had a hex of a time waiting to use these. "

[thegreatninja]

What's up with you guys! Popping out of everywhere - like daisies!

[Yuffie takes out her blades and fans them in front of her face with a smile. No one was going to show her up when I came to a showy entrance. Plus they might have treasure on them.]

I'm the greatest ninja ever so you guys are in trouble now!

[empirenpcs]

[ The three of them look at each other for a moment in disbelief. ]

Heroes of Light, heh. Guess there was too much for reality to live up to the legend.

[red_planet_blues]

[Well this was...something. Sparks didn't much looks surprised by the turn of events, but he readied his fists all the same, the gloves whirring to life.]

Yeah, real sorry to disappoint. Look, you got two options here. Either you answer some questions and come quietly with us out of here now, or we have it out and then we take you out of here.

[Considering everyone on the Heroes side is ready for a fight, Sparks is pretty sure he and everyone knows what their answer is going to be.]

[empirenpcs]

[ The three intruders looked at each other. The one who had impersonated Jessie finally spoke. ]

We haven't found the last two crystals. We can't waste time with them.

[ The one with the eye patch nodded. ]

Go find them. I'll be keeping them busy.

[ The woman then cast a spell-- Whatever it was, it plunging the entire room into a blinding light for a couple seconds...

Please continue here. ]