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

[greenmagick]

Terra nodded to Rae looking for the way off the roof. She found a door, which was locked, so she carefully cast blizzard on the handle until it shattered. She looked back at her bridge and then released the spell, erasing all trace of their path. Slowly, they made their way down the stairs. Terra would glance nervously at Rae, trusting that the little moogles surveillance was enough. She knew this shop like the others on the street and if they slipped into the alleyway they’d be able to jump one more street over and hopefully to safety.

As they moved down the steps she paused and attempted to quiet her trembling heart. She was shaking but she didn’t let that affect her tight grip on Ven. She carefully lifted him feeling her arms and legs ache from the extra weight. She wished she had warrior equipped.

After the moment past she stepped forward again and moved out towards the alleyway, her footsteps quickened slightly almost dragging Ven along as she quickly sought their freedom. She gestured for Rae to fly ahead hoping to find the nearest camp to lay Ven down to rest and get him proper care.

[makingfriends]

The rain was a relief to the heat in Ven's skin, at least, but he barely noticed over the agony that continued to build in his thigh. If the pain didn't peak soon, he ran the risk of breaking his silence -- but he managed, for now, and bit down every time a particularly jagged spike of pain worked through him.

Rae made up for his slack, at least, constantly flitting to and fro to check on the area ahead and report back to the duo. Once they were in the alley, she clung to the shadows as she crept to the building's corner -- only to rapidly gesture Terra backwards as a couple soldiers hurried past. The darkness worked in Ven's and Terra's favor, fortunately, because the men only spared the alley a passing glance as they went and noticed nothing.

Breathing a silent sigh of relief, Rae waved them forward. There were still soldiers along the street, but they were all focused in the opposite direction; as long as the group moved quietly and drew no attention, they would (hopefully) be fine.

"Through here, kupo! The camp's frontlines are just a couple blocks down -- the soldiers shouldn't go past here." Not without risking a landslide of an ambush, at least.

It was at that point that Ven did his best to straighten up some, taking back a little of his weight. He looked at Terra with the most clarity in his gaze that he'd had since getting shot, and nodded once. This was what it came down to.

[greenmagick]

Terra looked at him noticing the strain to his features. She knew how hard this was for him and the pain she was feeling was nothing in comparison. She stopped and moved in front of him so that she could hoist him on her back. She pulled his arms over her shoulders.

"I'll carry you." She wasn't giving him a choice.

Once he was in position, she ran. She used the pitter-patter of the rain to hide her footsteps as she splashed towards their safe haven. Her breath fell heavily from her lips and she didn't look behind her to see if the soldiers would stop and turn. Her heart was lodged in her throat as she forced herself to move forward.

She would stop until they were safe.

[makingfriends]

It wasn't as though Ven could resist, not really, so despite a startled Hey! he didn't try to stop her. Instead, he attempted to put himself to use by watching to the left and right while Rae watched their backs, but the attempt didn't last long. Even under the cold rain and the throbbing in his injury -- made worse with every jolt of movement -- keeping his eyes open and his attention focused was one of the hardest things he'd ever done.

Try as he might, he couldn't stop his head from dropping down onto Terra's shoulder. After that everything went dark, silent, and -- thankfully, briefly -- numb.