towerofanimus | Endgame: This is the Way the World Ends

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Endgame: This is the Way the World Ends - RUANA

Characters: open to those who want to fight Ruana
Setting: the lower administrative levels
Format: action, please!
Summary: It's time to take control of the Tower.
Warnings: physical and psychological horror, violence

When everyone is assembled, Zo opens up a portal--rather, he rips into space violently, as if doing anything less will cause it to snap back shut again. The way the portal quivers and shakes at the edges, it really might. He'll hurry everyone through--and they'll all step into a bedroom. The bed in the center is decorated in pink, with a large canopy and curtains surrounding the bed itself. The curtains are closed. It's silent, but the pressure is so thick in the air it's a living thing all its own. It's completely silent.

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[This is it. The final showdown. To say that Riku is nervous would be the understatement of the century. As he slips through the portal, tension grips at his body and soul. His mind flashes back to what transpired on the ground floor. The light that nearly ended the lives of everyone in one fell swoop. A light that he brought upon his friends and allies.

The logical thing to do is to remain where it's safe, but Riku was never one to take the more logical route. Ruana is the reason the worlds are gone. Thus, it falls upon him to take a stand alongside the others.

And so he passes through, gripping Oathkeeper tightly in his clutches. His Ryu Dragon follows at his side, taking a defensive stance as they emerge in the bedroom.

Neither makes any sudden moves, waiting and watching the bed and half-expecting something terrible to emerge. The time has come. They can only hope that with the combined efforts of their fellow combatants that they will succeed.]

Edited 2014-07-19 05:43 (UTC)

[The feel of walking through the portal into that room....The air made the gate guard shiver a bit but the determined look on her face never fades. Now was not the time for fear or worry. Just the time to focus because this was the end of it all..or so she hoped. It would only make her doubt things and mess up, ending up with ehr getting hurt or worse...

A shake of her head and that focus is back. Anything could happen now and she knew it. It was time to watch for anything that could mean that Ruana was there waiting for them...which there was no doubt but still......]

[She's going to kill Ruana. That's all there is to this.

It's not going to be an easy fight, and she doesn't have her real body, anyway. She's still stuck inside this shell of a form, but Ocelot doesn't care. It's good enough. She can still fight. She has the knife that Nesir gave her, and unlike those with magical abilities, she was never in danger of losing her skills with a gun.

This suits her just fine. She'll kill Ruana and then she'll return to her own world to ensure that the people who need to die continue to die, this time properly by her own hands and not because of a virus unleashed on the world.

She will succeed. There is no other alternative.]

Edited 2014-07-19 05:46 (UTC)

[Once they arrive, Samus wastes no time in prepping. All beams are activated, and she fires up a charge shot, but holds it. Energy swirls in a sphere at the end of her right arm, lightly pulsing and giving off some light and sound.

No sense in coming this far to get taken off-guard...]

[He's been here once before. That one time with the Evil Alliance when they had sought out the exit underneath the distraction of Ganondorf's Dark World. They had dropped in here, and they had died. As Sephiroth steps beside Ocelot, yet a little behind her, his eyes flick quickly over the profile of his comrade-in-arms but then are all for that pink-cocoon in the middle of the bedroom. Deja vu, a little, but he can't let it be this final time.

This is not a matter of sides anymore, to him, however the battle lines were drawn. There is one thought which has placed itself into the forefront of his mind:

His Planet, is for him to do with it's energy what he desires, and Ruana had stolen it right from underneath him. Masamune materializes out from his left hand and he flexes his hand around the hilt, in both preparation and eagerness for what has to be done.]

[No matter what, one side will fall. Minato intends on their side being the victors, even if it means Ruana's death. At very least, he will make sure all the fighters can stay alive and supported by his Personas. It's almost funny, how easily he slipped into supporting everyone with his buff spells, but if it means they will live and win faster, he won't complain.

His grip on his filmy evoker tightens inside the bedroom, as he gaze around carefully. He have already picked his first Persona--Cu Chulainn, the warrior--and now he just have to wait for the battle to begin. That's when he will evoke and fight. His body may not be real, but his powers are and that's all that matters to him right now.

He can contribute and fight, instead of feeling weak and helpless.]

Edited 2014-07-19 11:37 (UTC)

[There was no question about where Yukiko was going to go when given the choice. It's not a matter of 'where she wanted to be'; it was a matter of 'where she needed to be'.

That wasn't a question.

Yukiko takes a deep breath, straightening her back. The fans she has might not be real, but she tightens her grip on them anyway. Konohana-Sakuya's voice is there, louder than it has been in quite a while. She's ready, whether she needs to deal damage or heal.]

This is it. Now or never, right?

Loken thunders through the portal, his chainsword already shrieking, Tarik ghosting behind him, translucent and smirking in his sea green warplate, carrying a massive cannon of a weapon. He booms through his external speakers.

"Ruana. It is time to make an end. Prepare yourself."

[Tobias flies above them, watching cautiously and prepared to strike if he needs.]

<Just let me know if I need to change into something else.>

As long as she doesn't turn into a giant butterfly...

[Naoya is there too, one hand tightening on the weapon he took before leaving, other on his sword. half expecting Ruana to have turned into something like Pandora. He's got Amon-Ra on standby, the others ready to be changed at his beck and call.

Once he survivse this then he'll....no not the time to think about that for now.]

As long we can still fight against her, she can transform into whatever she wants.

[Minato is thinking logically. There's a possibility Ruana can use a skill or pressure to paralyse them or impede their movements. In a fight, that is very fatal to any of them if she follows it up with an attack. If she doesn't, there are many other moves she could possibly use.

A number of battle scenarios is running through his mind, and his Personas are all ready to be called.]

Make sure you don't die. We can't afford to.

That's it exactly. So long as we're still alive, we can still fight.

[Yukiko's voice might have wavered before, but now, it's strong and steady. This isn't the time to worry about the worst-case scenarios. It's fine to acknowledge them, even good, but they can't be what's in control.]

None of us can afford to, no. We know Ruana can take powers from the dead, and I don't want any of us giving her more power than she already has.

Edited 2014-07-19 22:29 (UTC)

[Richtofen is twitching. From his head to his toes, he's a jittery mess. He's finally got real weapons again. He's finally going to get to taste real blood.

Like Sephiroth and Ocelot, Richtofen feels cheated by Ruana. The world back home is his to conquer, his to bring to its knees, his to ravage with hordes of his pretty undead creations. He was so close to taking that power for himself when it was all taken from him, and he intends to stop at nothing until he makes things right.

He steps up next to the pair, gun in his hand, grenade shoved in his pocket. He doesn't even seem to acknowledge their existence, but he gravitates toward them all the same. Sephiroth and Ocelot. Ocelot and Sephiroth. What a team. He likes them, he hates them, he wants to kill with them.

Everything is going to turn out in his favor.

It has to.]

Oh? I thought this was going to be some barb at my expense that I came before all of you and would mess up the timeline despite being from different home worlds.

[Well, he's got a trigger itching finger and a gun to match, comedy from his friends and status buffs ready to go live.]

No matter what happens, it's been a pleasure being with all of you.

[For all he knows, when they win, they might just all get wooshed back to their worlds exactly like it's been with Maki.]

This place...

[Zelda isn't certain where she had expected to go when she stepped through Zo's portal, but it wasn't here. The room is just the same as it was all those months ago - psychic pressure that makes her grit her teeth and all - and idly she wonders if she were to look under the bedskirts if she would still find a heart shaped button that would open the way to the processing room.

There's not much good to be found in mentally rehashing the past at this point, however. Her eyes locked on the curtains surrounding the bed, she takes a moment to steel herself before speaking, though her words remain somewhat breathless due to the pressure regardless of what she does.]

Try not to touch the bed for too long if you can help it.

[A likely worthless warning, given what they're up against, but they can use all the help they can get.]

Well, now that you've given us the idea...

[Yukiko can't help but laugh. She's just kidding, but it feels good to get that out. It definitely makes her a little less tense, though her guard is still up.]

Absolutely. Thank you for everything, both of you.

[It's probably a little weird to bow at a time like this, but she does it anyway.]

[Focusing is exactly right. Feferi's holding a sword this time, not her usual trident, but it's real. It's solid in her hand, and her body isn't a wireframe.

She's as ready as she'll ever be for this.]

- we'll beat her. There's no doubt in my mind.

We're going to beat her.

[He'd been so small when he first came here. He was young and angry, and still frustrated at losing his chance at killing Shinjiro. He had been frustrated that he couldn't enact his vengeance.]

[... He'd grown. Now he's taller, older, stronger, and knows more about what things to hang on to and what things to let go. He's seen so much here, so many terrible things... but also things that were wonderful. Having a family. Having friends. Being able to eat as much as he wanted, and having a warm bed to sleep in. Even if some of those things had been illusions, they were valuable.]

[But the time to end them all is now. He has things he has to do at home. People to protect, and a dream to chase after. He spins his spear in the air and catches it, nodding to the rest of the group.]

... Thank you. All of you.

Let me know if you need a shield or healing during the battle. I'm going to hold back on Zio skills until I can see an opening.

[Never good with meaningful words in the presence of others, Chidori doesn't say much. Instead, she squeezes Ken's shoulder, leaning gently against his back for a moment. Then she slips toward Naoya, and all she can do is settle her hand into his and squeeze, her expression set in careful neutrality. Anything else might give away the fact that she's tired and actually a little bit frightened.

But most of all, she's worried.

Worried about Ruana, worried about them, worried about living. She knows the exact moment when she began to fear dying more than anything, and while she wouldn't trade it for the world, she dislikes being afraid.]

None of you will fall if I have any say in it.

[She will keep them together as well as she can, given how good at healing Hecate's become.]

This much I promise you.

This was it. They were going to fight Ruana, he stepped through the portal, trusting Zo completely. He was his friend, even if it was a strange sort of friendship. But all friends were important and Romeo understood how big this was, Ruana was Zo's boss and Zo was going to fight her even though she was more powerful than him. They had been friends once, but she was too bad and Romeo thought that Zo must be really sad about that.

He stood, weapon in hand watching, waiting. Looking around. He saw Ken, he was with his family, that made Romeo happy, though he was worried about his friend. His eyes went back to the bed, scared but determined. They had to try their best, so that everyone could go home.

Edited 2014-07-20 20:47 (UTC)

[Nesir is still. But she is not in the emptiness. She will enter it eventually, she fights better in it. But not yet. She looks among her companions, servants of chaos even if they would all deny it, their gods weren't hers.

But in this group of people, the remnants of Ganondof's evil league she had found purpose and worth. She wasn't a tool for them to use, and they had never treated her as such one. She fought with them as an equal, a fighter not a weapon.

This was for them.

She watched the bed, Ruana. They would finally face her. The one who had destroyed her world, killed her gods, made her less than those who made her ever had. Now was the time for her end.

She served chaos, but there could be no chaos when everything was dead. Things had to live to fear, to hate, to love and be destroyed.

Funny that here, now, chaos was best served by joining those who fought for good. What would her gods think of this? What would Elena have made of it?

There was no room for failure. Failure ended in death. That was nothing new, that had been the terms of her whole life. You win or you die. Dying in service to the greater evil was the finest honour.

She fought with heroes, of darkness and light. Her world had never seen such a thing, two sides together in common cause.

They would win. Or die, but Nesir had never been keen on dying.]

Edited 2014-07-20 21:27 (UTC)

[Suzaku sees Riku and moves over to him. The man who was first to find him on his dead world. He holds his sword, his gun is in his belt, it only has a couple of bullets left.

He stands still, he's scared he realised. He thought he had grew numb to fear a long time ago, but he hadn't. He looked around, so many. All waiting, each one ready to end this. Putting aside their differences. It was like Lelouch had always thought, what he had planned in their world.] I'll guard you as best I can. [Riku's magic had more chance of doing anything than Suzaku's sword, the best he could do was try and protect those who could do actual damage]

If anything looks like it's going to hit me, move. Get as far away from me as possible.

[Minato looks at each of them, seeing the determination in their eyes, their stance and words. And the promise for all of them to not die. He nods, grateful to have them fighting by his side. It gives him courage and a stronger drive to survive.

He always intend on living, and see how things will go if--when they win. But Minato can't deny that he's afraid. If he's alone in this, his fears might be more obvious and easier to use.]

If there's anything we're missing, I'll fill in the gap. Let me know if you feel the support spells fading.

[He will renew them, so they can finish this faster. They can fight longer. They can do something without falling too soon.]

Let's do this.

Edited 2014-07-20 22:19 (UTC)

[At the sound of Suzaku's voice, Riku shoots a look over his shoulder and nods. He eyes the sword and gun for a moment before tightening his hold on the Keyblade. His Ryu Dragon squeaks a greeting before setting his eyes back on the bed curtains.

Still, there's something about Suzaku's words that leave him with a sinking feeling.]

Sure you don't want me to bail you out if that happens?

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Endgame: This is the Way the World Ends - RUANA

(frozen comment) PART ONE

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Team Beatdown-

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it has to be, at this point?

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and Eddy makes three

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mind one more? 38D

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And the fourth is Nesir

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I am totally down for it :)