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

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[Fortunately, there weren't many people staying behind in the 14th District, but unfortunately, the Illusionist wasn't hiding anywhere near Kobato and the Barkeep.

He crossed his arms.] White Mage and Illusionist. Good for helping' folks out, but not too great for fighting fires or people. [He cocked his head.] How do you reckon you can put out the fire?

Oh! I never thought to have those two jobs together before. I have Illusionist myself, just not currently equipped.

[She paused slightly, trying her hardest to think of a way.]

Well, I guess the weather helps with some of it, but maybe we will need more water or ice. I could use Shiva, but that could just damage buildings more.

Not my decision! Woke up wearing all these clothes, probably as an apology for takin' my powers away. Doesn't make up for everythin', though.

[Where are his dimension-hopping abilities? What happened to the power to bring everyone back to life?]

Most of these homes are rubbed by now. You can use that Shiva thing on those. Less fire's always good.

I never had powers before, so I don't think it was to say sorry, they just wanted help and couldn't do it that way. At least this is just a very wild guess from me.

[She nodded slightly, but at the same time she didn't really want to cause a bigger mess. But ice turned into water when melted so it wouldn't be a bad thing, right?]

I can try.. but if it doesn't end up well... Then I guess I'm sorry.

[For now she moves so she is a decent distance from the other as she soon started the summoning, using the movements that she remembers until the summoning arrived, using Diamond Dust to cover a large area in ice.]

...Maybe that really wasn't the best idea.

In your case, maybe. In mine [he juts a thumb at himself] they take somethin' that would've fixed this whole mess in minutes, and they think a bit of healin' magic and copyin' attacks will do any good.

[But if he is an Illsionist, might as well use that mimicking ability when a summoner is next to him. Barkeep copies Kobato's movements, the crystal guiding his body, and after Shiva covers the area with ice, Barkeep summons even more, and the entire street is fire-free, with an obviously fake one still burning in front of them.]

Well. That takes care of this neighborhood.

You mean this whole city mess, or everything in general?

[She wanted to be sure so that she didn't sound overly stupid by making such a wild guess again.]

I-It does, but do you think we could have damaged it more than actually helped it?

[She really didn't hope so, since right now it kind looked like a frozen wasteland.]

That is a very good question! To be honest, it would've fix this whole Calamity trouble in minutes! Then I'd send everyone home, and that'd be the end of that.

Cosmic space powers, you see? On Mars, I got the strongest force in the universe residin' inside of me. Don't use them too often, just to be safe, but I like to think I use 'em responsibly for the good of the planet.

[Well...those houses are certainly not on fire anymore.]

We took away some fuel, I guess. And one that ice melts, it'll wash more of the fires out. [He holds a hand to his mouth in concern.] Only if it floods, that'll cause more trouble for the city, and we can't have that.

...I hope those houses needed to be rebuilt anyway

How would it have helped the problem? Although you mention cosmic space powers, but I still don't quite get it.

[She tilted the head problem, she had no idea of anything right now so hadn't a clue how his powers would have worked.]

I just hope it won't flood then... Though I do have a fire summon, so that could help.

It's called the Force Galactic. Long story how I got them, but I'll tell you later. Anyway, [He puffed his chest, glanced over the iced homes, and turned towards another fire.] I ended up bein' omnipotent. Time travel, dimension-hoppin' chest lasers, weather control, teleportation, trackin', fortune-tellin', you name it! Once I figured out what's causin' the Calamity, I could've gone straight to the root of the problem! Heck, I'd teleport us all there, destroy it, then takes us to our home dimensions once we were done!

[Unfortunately, some bozo took his powers and let Aqures Ixen burn.]

Whoever brought us here mustn't like us too much.

You think they don't like us?

[She wasn't sure, they always seemed so happy to see them and that in turn had made her happy. She she had listened quietly as he had spoken about his powers. That was an awful lot right there.]

How do chest lasers work? I know robots can have them maybe, I read that in a comic.

Takin' our real powers from us? That's some form of sabotage right there. Those Biggs and those other fellas say they don't decide who comes, but once we find out who does, I'm givin' them a piece of my mind.

[He raises his healing staff triumphantly.]

...But I'll need somethin' better than this.

It's kinda like a comic. I think about the cosmic energy surroundin' me and focus in all in my chest. Then it beams out. I never really had a chance to use it on people, but I've been practicin' on Felton's bottle collection. He got mad at me after he found out I was usin' 'em, so I moved onto other planets and practiced shootin' plants.

What if it's the world that decides? [probably totally out of the park, but Kobato does think the oddest things. She gives a small somewhat awkward laugh.]

Though I don't think that makes any sense at all. But who or what could make such a choice like that? It doesn't make much sense. [She holds up her own staff, she didn't think it was that bad.] The staff isn't bad. It helps me anyway.

[She listened to him explaining the whole laser thing and within a few moments her eyes widen slightly.]

Why would you shoot planets though? Poor planets.

The world? [Realization dawned.] Sort of like how "the universe" decides what can't or can't be done. Like how Croach was "forbidden" from fightin' evil Jim himself.[He nodded sagely. It all started to makes sense. Still, that wasn't nice of you, Crystallis.]

If I want to beat some sense into them, I'll need more than a wooden stick and healin' powers. I can try to copy that dance you did, as long as you attacked first. Still, it'd be nice to get up and personal with fightin'.

[Barkeep stopped in his tracks and waved a hand in front of Kobato.] Not planets, kid. I'd never kill a whole planet like that! No, I prefer to be precise in my laser trainin'. A flower over here, that leave up above. Don't want to cause a mess in space-time while protectin' my place.

[She was still more than a little confused at most of what he was saying, but she tried her best to nod slightly, all the while still listening.]

I think that is why I got the jobs I did though because I don't want to hurt people, I want to help them. So for me this was what they believe I would be best at. Maybe that was what they thought with you as well.... Even if that does kind of sound rather insulting in which case I am sorry.

[She still pouted slightly.]

I see, but that still isn't very nice for the poor flowers and such.

I didn't use 'em for hurtin', just helpin'. You know, openin' portals to other dimensions, restrictin' trim travel for evil counterparts, lettin' their good alternate selves shoot them instead, bringin' a friend back to life, making' hamburgers and ice cream...regular things, you know?

Hey. I can always bring those flowers back when I'm done. [Not that he ever did, but he won't say that out loud.]

...Those don't sound like regular things. Except maybe hamburgers and ice cream.

[She smiled slightly, she was trying her best to understand, but she wasn't sure if she was actually getting it or not.]

Oh! You could, but wouldn't they have been exploded?

Well, no. But they were pretty regular to me. Bad weather for the quick draw contest? Just a thought and it's sunny again.

Exploded? Why would they do that?

But if everything was as perfect as that, I don't think it would be as fun. Although if everyone is happy that is always good.

[But that was just her, however she could see that it could help people and that was always a good thing.]

Because you would have used your laser thing on them, thus exploded.

[The Barkeep stopped, raised a hand with a pointed finger, and gave it one steady shake.]

And you are right. What's the point of fixin' everythin' with my powers? My wife mentioned that usin' them too often might break the universe. Monkey's Paw, if you will. Promised her I wouldn't use them in town. The sky don't count.

That's why I practice on remote planets, and only use some of the Force Galactic from time to time. There's some minor inconveniences that ought to be fixed, just to get rid of life's frustrations.

...They don't explode. They disintegrate.

Sky doesn't count? How come?

[She nods slightly, thinking she is starting to understand what he is on about.]

O-Oh, I think I can understand it now. [She soon looked around, now she was getting back on track with what they were doing before.] Shall we get moving again. try and find the cause?

Well, my wife forbids me usin' my powers in town, but the sky isn't exactly in town, is it? It's not like a little bit of sun's gonna ruin the spirit of the contest!

[Loopholes were this man's specialty.]

Right, we need to keep movin' on. I got a whole bag of elixirs on me, use it as you see fit.

I-I though the sky is the sky and is a part of everything...If that makes sense.

[It made little to no sense.]

I-I'll try and have no need to use them. I have a few potions myself though.

[She soon starts walking off again though.]

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