Endgame: Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams

[animusnpcs]

Characters: open
Setting: floor 101/hidden floor; June 2
Format: action brackets, please
Summary: Something arrives.
Warnings: psychological horror, physical horror, violence

[The thing arrives on the twenty-third floor where no one is around to see it. But even if there was anyone except the retrieval units there, they would hardly have a chance to spot a single shadow, as the Tower pushes around and caresses the thing, hiding it away. The Tower ripples, then, and delivers the thing up and up, skipping floor after floor.

Floor one-hundred and one goes dark, and the glamour fails entirely. There's a thing lurking about in the darkness, approaching the way to the hidden floor. It can't be seen in this gloom, but it can be heard taking heavy, laden footsteps.]

Comments

[irreverence]

Hey, hey. Rude.

[She slings around one of the spikes holding onto the side and braced with a foot.]

We're not ruining jack. If you guys weren't jerks, people wouldn't feel like they had to blow shit up to get things done.

[A mildly offended roll of the eyes.]

And, you know, trying to murder us constantly? Not really helping.

[animusnpcs]

[The entire floor becomes electrified. Riki doesn't seem bothered by it, but it instantly travels through the spikes and along the floor.]

[irreverence]

[...well shit.

She lets go of the spike but a little too late, the electricity hitting her and making her drop like a stone. She manages to avoid being impaled on the ground only barely, landing on her fingertips and the toes of her boots- but if the electricity is still going, the landing might not help her any.]

[animusnpcs]

[The electricity continues to course through the floor--it's powerful enough now that the room is lit up with eerie arcs of electricity.]

[irreverence]

Son of a-!

[Welp. There's really no getting around that, is there? But Asagi isn't going down easy, and she stumbles to her feet before trying to push off the floor, using the arcs to locate the nearest wall and cling to it, digging her claws in.]

You are a serious pain, you know that? Why don't you quit with the tricks and fight me yourself?

[animusnpcs]

[The wall begins to melt into the floor.] I'm not stupid and I'm not taking any of you lightly.

[irreverence]

Ok, point to you.

[But she braces herself against what's left of the wall and then launches herself at him like a living projectile.

Hope you feel like getting an eyeful of cloneblade claws buddy.]

[animusnpcs]

[Riki opens his mouth wide--she'll collide with his mouth at this rate, and then he'll bite down with unforgiving metal jaws.]

[irreverence]

[There's a split second of consideration, and then her hair lashes out, winding around parts of his metal frame and jerking her roughly to one side and around. If he's not fast enough, she'll end up someplace on his back, one hand beginning to glow somewhat ominously.]

[animusnpcs]

[Film slides up around Riki's body to coat him in a thin layer of it, pushing her hair enough to coat underneath but not knock her off entirely.]

[irreverence]

[That can't be good- but she stays the course, landing and letting her heels dig in- literally, as the blades extend, pushing down past the film a bit if they can- and pressing her glowing hand against his back.]

Hope this works.

[She hasn't ever tried this, but if the Witchblade can manage, so can she- and that's why Riki's spine gets a blast of energy, like a high-powered laser, blasted right against his shiny new film covering.]

[animusnpcs]

[The laser rips into his film and sends him stumbling forward. He makes a sound that might once have sounded like gritted teeth but now sounds more like grinding metal and pivots so that he -- and Asagi on his back -- slam heavily into the ground.

Which is, of course, still coursing with electricity.]

[irreverence]

Fuck-!

[She's fast, but she's not sure if she's fast enough to avoid being crushed, digging her claws into him to skitter around the film covering him now to try and settle on his chest in order to fire off another laser.]

[animusnpcs]

[The good news is, Asagi is able to skitter onto his chest in time to avoid being crushed, and she is able to fire off another laser.

The bad news is, when Riki hits the ground, it ripples, and ribbons of film burst up to shield him from being hit - the electricity courses through him but rather than harming him, it seems to be mending his wounds. The ribbons of film take the brunt of the laser's beam and then shoot out for Asagi. She'll need to move quickly if she wants to avoid being trapped.]

late threadjack is late

[puppy_lancer]

[Lancer had been going up the stairs when all the weirdness started. And now, he can hear the sounds of fighting on the floor directly above him. He rushes over and sees Asagi fighting some new sort of monster.]

The hell...?

[He doesn't say much before quickly scribbling an ansuz rune and sending a burst of fire at the creature. He hopes that he can pull its attention away from Asagi.]

[irreverence]

Thank fuck-

[The curse is breathed out as she uses the distraction to dive toward him- and the stairs- hoping he's too stuck on trying to find the rest of them to follow.]

We gotta get out of here.

[As much as she's loathe to admit it, she isn't doing well by herself, and he's adapting to what she can do way too fast. She needs to regroup and reconsider- or at the very least, keep him off her back until she can think of something better.]