Event || The Empire Strikes Back

[melodiesmods]

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

Comments

[makingfriends]

[By luck (whether it's the good or bad kind is debatable), Ventus is near the hospital when the showdown starts. The choice is a major one, but he doesn't hesitate. Like the others ahead of him, he hurries into the building, but at a much slower pace. His leg isn't much better than it was a couple nights ago, making any movement absolutely miserable; the thought of braving flights of stairs is intimidating, to say the least.

Still, he presses on -- just give him a minute, guys, he'll be right with you.]

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[Minako couldn't help but be more than a little relieved with the help and even more so for the extra copies because now there were more of her. As she moved to evade she was trying to think of her next plan of action, what would be the best idea. She could tell already she wouldn't be of much help so perhaps if she could keep being the target? That would be the best shot. Using her copy she made she used Ninjitsu again in the hopes that it would target her and keep targeting her enough for the others to try and do something.]

[melodiesboss]

[Most of the attacks seems to bounce off Ultima Weapon, though the second Ninjutsu seems to be leaving a... Scratch. However, the weapon doesn't attack given just how many targets there are. So rather than picking the next target, the weapon seems to get ready for something.]

3

[When the countdown reaches 0, Ultima Weapon will cast an Ultima spell on all the targets at once-- Be they Heroes of Light or Illusion. It is impossible to stop the countdown, but if the Heroes stop attacking, it will cast it immediately so fleeing isn't an option. It may be possible to use certain skills during the countdown to limit the damages, however.]

[grandsummon]

( a countdown? yuna's eyes widened as she realized what was happening -- it was charging up for a major attack! her mismatched gaze darted around at the heroes that were present, as she activated her levitation, zipping forward in the air closer towards the weapon )

Shiva! ( she cried, as the aeon appeared partially just behind her, mimicking her spinning motion with a blast of icy cold wind, then disappeared. ) We can't let the attack hit the building! It won't be able to take it!

[victorix]

[Rikku presses her lips together in a grimace. Their attacks were getting nowhere, she felt as though she were banging head against a wall. She digs her heels into the ceiling, stopping her momentum as the sound of the countdown stirs a sense of dread in her stomach.]

Oh no!

[Crouching down, Rikku quickly readies her limit break; Mix; Super Mighty G, bounding back to her feet the Alchemist rushes to the center of the party and tosses the vial of precious components high into the air.

Sailing high, the flask bursts when the violent reaction reaches a critical point, spreading the concoction over her allies and with it - casting Shell, Protect, Haste and Regen on the heroes.]

[unyieldingspirit]

[one ear twitches slightly when Yuna summons Shiva- but her attention remains squarely on the Weapon. Three? That's- even less time, and she utters a curse.]

Moving!

[once she gets another Holy Light off, at least thank you cast times.

Rikku gets a nod, at least- K'pandolu can feel the strength of that mix- but she's looking for another spot to move to. She'd prefer to keep some height, but it'll be a boon as long as they get the Weapon away from the hospital.]

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[That isn't good, it looks like it could fire within the next five minutes and they need to do something before that could happen. Feeling the various things that had been cast she started to think about what she should try next. Gripping her sword tightly now she tried her best to reach the weapon and use an Ice Brand attack on it.]

[melodiesboss]

2

[Some faint energy wave can be seen emanating from Ultima Weapon. It doesn't seem to be intent on moving, however, nor is it slowing down. Some attacks do seem to be slightly displacing the weapon though.]

[makingfriends]

[Ven is a little winded by the time he reaches the roof, looking like a mess in his bloodstained armor. Regardless, he's focused and tensed and reacting as soon as he assesses the scene -- several Heroes, enormous weapon, and some kind of countdown.

Renewing his Spirit Surge on himself, he moves into a midway position and, once his brief spell delay is up, casts an experimental Bio at the weapon before taking quick stock of the other Heroes. No one he's fought alongside in earnest before, but that can't be helped.]

[grandsummon]

( flipping up, back, and finally away thanks to the gravity defying levitation her job offered, yuna landed on the ground softly. she felt the warm sensation of rikku's mix concoction wash over her, strengthening and enhancing her movements. she spared a moment to nod over in her cousin's direction...

but something else caught her eye -- the battered form of an armour-clad hero. her brow furrowed, knowing that they were all guilty of pushing themselves past their limits... and vowed to try and keep a lookout for the newcomer.

jumping back again, scanning the area for either shelter or some other way to re-direct the blow, yuna attacked from a distance with her telekinesis )

[victorix]

[Rikku returned a two fingered salute to K'pandolu's nod, biting the corner of her lip. The Al Bhed hopes she made the right choice choosing a sympathetic mix to buffer the heroes instead of using a big hitter on the weapon - she's never faced something so imposing, it may blow them all away regardless...but she wanted to try to protect everyone.

The ninja dashes past her cousin, shooting the older girl a glance that tells her to remain back before bursting forwards with the unnatural speed haste grants the already fast job.

Rikku's well aware she's no power house, using her quickness and athleticism to counter the powerhouses of stronger warrior classes, throwing in two or three hits to match their every one. Hoping haste will help make up for that factor, the assassin uses parkour to jump-kick off the claws and scale along the arms of the creature until she's within reach of the charging weapon cannon itself, careful to stay away from the growing beam.

Her daggers move in a blur, slashing with all the strength and enhanced speed she can muster, slash after slash in a combo like a pugilist at the punching bag, desperately trying to push the aim of the weapon away with the blows of her weapons.

When she's spent she darts backwards, back at Yuna's side a moment later.]

[unyieldingspirit]

[The arrival of someone else catches her attention, and her breath catches for a moment. Ven- but he's been fighting, clearly, and come out badly-

She hisses out her next breath, tempering the rage even as it catches on her words.]

Rhalgr's teeth!

[-with or without Hydaelyn's grace, she'll do what she can to protect them. In a split moment, she summons her double, both smacking their hands together to call down a lightning ninjutsu before darting in to cut wherever they can.]

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[Minako landed on the floor. It wasn't good that it was still counting down. However she could see they were having some if only a little bit of an effect on the machine. Minako used her Ninjitsu again, before moving in close to unleash another sword attack. This time Armour Break in hopes that it might effect it somehow.]

[melodiesboss]

1

[Ultima Weapon continues onwards, and the energy it has been gathering pools into a faint sphere around its head. It begins to slow down as it prepares its attack.]

[makingfriends]

[The fact that it slows down would be reassuring, if not for the energy that's clearly building up. Ven's repertoire of abilities falls unfortunately short on the magical ailment and buff side of things, so all he can do is keep contributing offensively.

And that countdown is still going. If the weapon's impressive defense is any indication, its offense is going to hurt. So after a moment of running through his jobs' abilities from memory -- a little harder than one might think, since he has to push aside the habit of referring back to his original skills -- Ven switches his approach.

He left his halberd behind, but he can still utilize his Dragoon side with just his Keyblade; so using the previous lapse between numbers in that countdown as a guess, he crouches and waits for as long as he dares after that 1 is announced -- and then in a blur of movement uses Jump to vault high into the air. As massive as the Ultimate Weapon is, he's not sure he can clear the impending attack -- but it beats doing nothing and waiting for it, and he can at least deal some damage on his return.]

[grandsummon]

( yuna's heart was pounding. the imminent countdown had reached its peak, but she wasn't about to just cower away and take cover. although she had no idea what sort of attack was coming, she turned quickly to see that none of the other heroes had given up either... which added fuel to her fire.

her aeon's fire, too. levitating off of the ground again, the psychic's arms spread wide, she called upon a great force of her own... ) Ifrit!

( materializing out from a glyph again in a partial summon, yuna brought an arm forward, her palm out towards ultima weapon... ) Show your flames!

( there was a massive roar from the beast, who lashed out with his most powerful attack, hurling Hellfire towards the enemy. )

[victorix]

[Rikku pushes down a swell of frustration, wanting to yell for her cousin to use the psychic levitation skill to move out of the weapon's range as the countdown reached an ominous conclusion. Knowing full well it would be a waste of breath.

Taking a hint from earlier, the assassin raises two finger to her forehead, beside her the air shimmers like a desert mirage as a copycat of the young blonde appears. Rikku's clone moves over in front of the former healer, prepared to use parkour to leap in front of the woman as an extra buffer once the weapons fires should their attempt to move its aim be for not. Clones are readily expendable after all, even if the sight is grizzly and disturbing.]

[unyieldingspirit]

[All K'pandolu feels she can do now is as much damage as she can- whatever she can. One more barrage, then.

She draws a breath, activates Shushin, and strikes, the ability adding to the speed granted to Haste to allow her to try for an even greater number of blows, before moving back in the attempt to evade whatever the Weapon means to launch.]

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[Minako made sure she had a clone of herself to stand in front of her for whatever might happen. After all she was worried about what might happen next... It was probably not good either way.]