In which the entire tower collectively goes OH SHIT

[tempustemporum]

Characters: The entire tower. PARTY POST.
Setting: Take a wild guess.
Format: Either or.
Summary: The tower has been reduced to one room, and it's chock full of monsters. Who you gonna call?
Warnings: Lots, the least of which being language...


[Well, ladies and gentlemen, shit dun hit the fan.]

[The tower has been condensed to one room with pretty much nothing in it. This post? Do whatever in it. General reactions. Go. ...As for Ienzo, he's just kind of sitting in the corner, head in his hands.]

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[benigncancer]

[Signless might be a preacher of peace and proponent of non-violence, but he is still a troll. He has fought when necessary to survive, and he has no intention of dying here in this tower.

He has shit to do, okay?

He's a whirling dervish of threshecutionating death, and he's scything (sickling?) through monsters to save anyone in his line of sight. Highblood, lowblood or alien doesn't matter to him.

Then a monster out of his nightmares looms up in front of him, and he pales, taking a frightened step back as he looks up at the creature. Oops, he might be in trouble.]

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku had been fighting since the monsters arrived, he had lost count of how many he had fought.

He had lost sight of Signless but when they all ended up in the large empty cafeteria. He saw him being attacked by the creature and leapt towards him, aiming a kick to the back on the monster.]

[benigncancer]

[Imperial drones are sources of terror from the time of a first wriggling. Signless is almost frozen, staring at the pails in the creature's hands, and whimpering pathetically as he cowers.

But the drone stumbles forward, shocked as Suzaku kicks it, and that breaks the spell. Signless slashes at one of its massive arms, knocking the filial pail to the floor and cutting it deeply. Sparks fly from the slash in its hard metal shell.]

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku was curious at what exactly this thing was, to make the usually seemingly fearless Signless so terrified. But there was no time, Suzaku reset his stance and lept forward again trying to kick the secong bucket out of the creatures arm.]

[benigncancer]

[The Drone turns, avoiding the kick and swinging the pail around towards Suzaku's head. Signless is still shaking the fear off, but he jumps forward again and slashes at its back, cutting deeply into it again. The thing is tough, though, and still standing.

It swings around and backhands Signless in the face, dropping him to his knees with a snarl]

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku was knocked to the ground by the pail and got to his feet shakily, just in time to see Signless fall to the floor. What was this thing that they where fighting?

Suzaku launched himself at it again, giving up on any attempt to damage it and focusing on keeping it away from Signless.]

[lethechained]

[Naminé is not nearly as well-equipped or trained to fight the monsters, at least not directly. The only magic she's been taught so far is more or less defensive, but it's the first chance she's had to fight back against attackers - or at least resist them effectively - and she's been making good use of it. Tired though she is as she attempts to make her way to somewhere safer, she notices Signless right away and turns her head to get a better look. He seems to be doing well enough without her help, at least at first, but when she looks back again just to be sure, she realizes he's stopped. Confused, her eyes follow the way he's looking.]

[It's certainly a fearsome creature, that much is for sure, but she has no idea why this one, in particular, has caused him so much hesitation. It doesn't really matter, anyway, since she immediately calls on her magic once she realizes he might be in trouble. The creature is on the receiving end of Stop spell which halts any motion it might have been about to make, but she knows all too well that the spell will wear off very quickly, and that Signless needs to wake up and deal with this thing right now.]

Signless!

[benigncancer]

[The call wakes Signless a bit, and he looks around as the Drone stops, confused. His eyes widen and he dives between the Drone and Namine protectively, slashing at the creature with his sickles]

Namine, stay away from it!

[Then he realizes that the drone is actually frozen in place, and he attacks it again, not understanding what's wrong, but not wanting to waste the opportunity]

[lethechained]

--....

[She starts to try to explain, but stops automatically when her name is called. The order makes her immediately feel guilty for concerning him, but at least he's moving again. Fortunately, the Drone isn't, at least not yet, but it will be soon. She has no idea how fast it might be able to move when it... actually can move, but she's not sure she's ready for another Stop spell (stupid cooldowns), so she prepares for a Reflect instead and watches for any signs of movement from the Drone, figuring that by the time she manages to tell Signless the Drone is frozen, it'll already be free again.]

[benigncancer]

[The Drone starts to move again an instant later, but the slashes from the troll's sickles have already made an impact. It swings its arms a bit more clumsily, many of the servos sliced through.

Signless turns and moves closer to Namine, watching the Drone carefully.]

Thanks for the help.

[lethechained]

You're welcome. [She watches both him and the Drone as closely as she can, still curious about why he froze up like that but unwilling to allow herself to be too distracted. Hampered or not, the Drone's still around, so she doesn't let go of her magic just yet.]

But-- what is that?

[gloomyapoplectic]

[Signless isn't the only one with that particular demon. Not too far away, a certain still-healing troll stares in horror as the robotic-looking figure approaches the adult troll that shares her affliction.

Maybe it's blind bravado, or maybe it's just plain and simple panic for the other troll's safety, but Kanaya finds herself rushing towards the drone from the rear, yanking the cord of her chainsaw so hard that her knuckles hurt.

With the mightiest swing that a slender troll of six sweeps can manage, she heaves the chainsaw and brings the blade around. It collides with the drone with the shrill grinding of metal, but Kanaya doesn't give, growling from deep in her throat and throwing all of her weight into damaging the monster while Signless composes himself.]

[benigncancer]

[Signless starts as Kanaya comes out of nowhere and slashes at the drone with her chainsaw. Shocked at the sight, it wakes him from his terror, and he moves in to help her, slashing at the drone's arms with his sickles]

[gloomyapoplectic]

[Kanaya is relieved when she sees Signless start to move again, but doesn't allow herself to let up, drawing the chainsaw back to drive it forwards again. Once Signless is close enough, she ceases her angry growling just long enough to speak to him.]

Are you alright? [Physically, he doesn't look too bad, but for a clearly competent fighter to suddenly freeze up like that...

Not that she doesn't understand. Culling drones are some of her own worst nightmares.]

[benigncancer]

Fine, fine. [He's embarrassed, to be honest. Yeah, okay, so it's a scene out of nearly every one of his daymares, but still. Stupid stupid stupid. He moves in to attack the Drone savagely]

You doing okay, kid?

[emissaries]

[Okay so once Aradia is properly rudely awakened and gets her ass-kicking boots on, she can be found trotting around the fray, tossing monsters into each other from a distance at which her telekinesis still works and just generally having way too much fun with this. But one particular scene makes her pause - why, that person looks a lot like her good buddy Karkat! And he's being menaced by... a filial drone?

Wow, she didn't think his commitment issues were that bad.

ANYWAY just as the drone's about to strike, it will be hit in the face with... some other large monster, knocking it clean over (and killing the gruesome projectile). That accomplished, Aradia eagerly approaches Signless, grinning and waving.]

Heeey! You all right there?

[benigncancer]

[Signless blinks as the Drone is knocked over. He darts forward and culls the thing with a few slashes of his sickles, making sure it's dead, then straightens and looks around at the grinning Aradia.

He waves back, smiling awkwardly]

Hey, I'm fucking great, you?

[emissaries]

[Oh this is bringing back memories. In the back of her mind there's that niggling suspicion of "what if this isn't Karkat," but let her have her nostalgia for a minute.]

Fantastic. Just like old times, eh?

[POSE AS A TEAM??? Y/FY]

[benigncancer]

Oh yeah. Old times. [He has no idea what you're talking about. But team posing is okay, yes? He and his friends do that, too.]

[grandhighblood]

[The highblood spots the Imperial Drone with its back to him and a curious look spreads across his face. He's just finished battling off a wave of smaller creatures that were not even much of a match for him, and decides hey, he's got a bone to pick with the drone. Nobody likes the drones. Especially the highblood... motherfucking drones always trying to collect shit from him even though matespritship is so not his thing......

And sure, the drone might be bigger than him, but it's not by too much! He leans his head down and thrusts it forward to stab it clean through its back! He doesn't even know that the Signless is there so it's not really to save him, but just for fun.]

[benigncancer]

[Holy shit. Signless blinks and then dives forward to finish off the Drone with a few slashes to vital areas. As it falls, he looks up at the Highblood. Great. Not actually that much better than the Drone]

Thanks.

[grandhighblood]

[Shaking the gunk off the tip of his horns, he raises an eyebrow down at the Signless, only somewhat distracted by the mayhem around them.

Instead of saying anything, he bares his teeth, lowering his head again and drives it forward as if about to impale the Signless without warning or any sort of reason.

But oh... pleasant surprise. The horns don't even touch the Signless and instead they pass by either side of him, stopping abruptly when they hit a scaly bipedal creature of some sort. It shrieks in pain and dies quickly. Lifting his head, all that hair swaying around them, he jabs the Signless in the chest with a finger.]

Best be keeping on your motherfucking toes, brother.

[benigncancer]

[Highblood is fucking lucky that Signless didn't bury his sickles in his fucking skull, actually. At the moment GHB impales the creature, a sickle is at his neck, the wicked blade curving around his throat from front to back. It's a nasty weapon. But he doesn't draw a drop of the Highblood's blood]

I'll keep that in mind, brother.

[Somehow the word sounds different coming from Signless]

[floreatnoctem]

You should be careful.

[The too-calm voice is followed by a gunshot, and then a wash of flames, burning the hulking, somewhat insectoid creature to nothing more than a husk- one that collapsed into ash as Chidori's axes made their home on either shoulder, just to make sure it was properly dead. She reeled the weapons in with a flick of her wrist, giving him a once-over as she moved closer.]

I don't think they'll stop simply because you do.

[benigncancer]

[Holy fucking shit. Signless blinks a bit, and then offers the girl a sheepish smile]

Thanks. I just panicked for a second there. Embarrassing...