melodiesoflife | Event || The Empire Strikes Back

Event || The Empire Strikes Back

Characters: Everyone participating in the event
Where: Aqures Ixen
When: July 27th to August 02nd
Summary: The battle for Aqures Ixen is about to begin! The Heroes of Light are going to do their best to defend Aqures Ixen, but will this be enough? Feel free to participate and reply to appropriate threads. New top-level threads will be posted regularly as the battle progresses.
Warning: N/A, will be updated.

July 27th || Mingle
July 28th || Bomb Defusing / Imperial Assault
July 29th || Mingle / Attack on the 13th District / Aerial Battles / Imperial Camp
July 30th || 14th District on Fire / The Hospital / Mognet Office Attacked
July 31st || The Fire Spreads / Betrayals
August 01st || The Second Wave / Ultima Weapon
August 02nd || Final

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ A monster works to reduce their numbers! With a roar, Logen smashes his way into the already-landed troopers and war machines, the blade of the maker already slick with blood and oil, his body red and black as well, barely recognizeable as human as he guts a gunner with his sword, before bullying his way forward into a mass of Warriors, matching his blade against theirs, though he spends a lot of time headbutting them, and just battering his way through with nigh psychopathic vigor. He switches from the sword of the maker to a knife halfway through, as he tackles a Dark Knight and just starts stabbing as they both topple over, hissing from between clenched teeth as his knife punches through the chin guard of the Dark Knight and into his brain. ]

Still alive, still alive, I am still alive. [ Logen says, rolling into a ball and slowly standing up after yet another murderous rampage. ]

[Johnny doesn't have much of a chance to see what's going outside of his own pocket of the battle, but when he finally slices his way out from a few enemy Warriors, he spots Logen. He doesn't even recognize him at first, but he does recognize the state he's in immediately. Johnny doesn't approach or try to reason with him. He knows how useless that would be. Instead, he points with his sword to the nearest batch of incoming Imperial soldiers and decides to let Logen go first. He'll back him up.]

Over there! Go!

[ Logen pauses a moment to snatch up the Blade of the maker, and a half-broken shield from a warrior he'd murdered just a moment before, then plows into the warriors, shield leading as he smashes their guard aside and follows up with vicious stabs, punches, and even bites. ]

I am the great leveller!

[Johnny stayed far enough behind Logen - or so he hoped - that he wouldn't get caught up in his attacks. Instead he took out those who had managed to either block Logen or came up behind them. Logen could continue creating a path for them through the battle.]

[ Logen churns right through a Chocobo knight, punching his sword up through the imperial chocobo's skull and then tackling the rider, knifing him, before being thrown off his feet by several shots from gunners coming up behind. He spasms, and attempts to stand. Clearly badly hurt. ]

[Johnny is only one guy versus the gunners, but he comes at them from the side with some Break attacks, opting to petrify them instantly rather than outright kill them. He takes a few hits before some military soldiers come to his aide, and get the attention of the other Imperial fighters in the area. Johnny uses that chance to break away and check on Logen.]

Shit, dude, you still with me? Hang on.

[He starts digging through some pouches, trying to find the last of his potions. He could use one himself, but Logen needs them more.]

I am... still alive.

[ He wheezes, and coughs out some blood as he rolls over on his side. ]

Still alive. [ Logen clutches at his ribs. ]

But I think I'm fucked.

No, man, hang on.

[He doesn't have anything that could bring Logen back to life, but he does have a few of his bottom-barrel elixirs. He uncorks it and shoves it at Logen hastily, looking between him and the battle ensuing around them.]

Here, see? Ain't much, but it's better than nothin'. Got too many guys left to kill to have you die on us already, man.

Let's get killing then, eh?

[ He grunts, and will rise with his help. ]

Think we have enough knives to do for them all?

[Johnny helps haul him up, and shoots him half a grin, on that's trying to cover his shredded nerves.]

I still got my sword, man, and enough spells to go around. And when I run outta that, I got my guitar 'n can back you up with a song. There ain't no way to stop me.

[The House of the Dzur had plenty of figures known for berserker rages. Tazendra, thankfully, had only experienced it once, witnessing a friend sacrifice himself for her. Still, she knew enough to know that such a state could be nearly as dangerous to allies as enemies.]

[So she is staying out of sword range, and keeping her own blade drawn: that because they were in a war zone, and because Tazendra knows that a berserker might not be able to tell an unarmed warrior from an armed one, so why slow herself down?]

Can you stand on your own?

I'm still alive! [ He guts a warrior with his knife, punching it into his stomach with rapid, squelching noises, before turning back to retrieve the Blade of the maker. He gasps, then turns back to the fight, momentarily hammered back by an Empire Black mage blasting him with ice magic. ]

Shitshitshit.

[Tazendra fired her own fire spell back at the mage.]

If you will permit me to handle the mages, you shall stay alive as long as I stand.

[Who knew if he could hear her? But it was a good enough plan for her.]

You talk too much. [ He lurches forward as the mage's pressure is taken off him, meeting the blade of a Dark Knight, smashing his guard aside, and gutting the dark knight before he can recover for another swing. ]

Do I?

[well, it was't important. She could get back to keeping mages off Logen by hitting them with Firaga spells first, and keeping an eye out for the Empire's machines.]

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