Round 3
Earth Defense Force
Yalena stayed rather silent as the debates continued further on, before she finally spoke up, having decided it was time to move on, however... Even though the votes were still (barely) stacked towards Noembelu, it would appear that things were taking a sudden, and rather dark turn.
Her usually calm, and composed demeanor quickly faded when in the light of Constanza's attempt to kill her, Noembelu had abruptly killed herself. Yalena looked onwards at the scene with a mixture of anguish, and confusion, evidently not having been fast enough to prevent Noembelu from doing what she did. Not long after A2 and Birdie, engaged themselves in a fight to the death... It was in that moment that, for potentially the first time since she had met the group, she was unable to maintain her composure.
"No! No more...! I-... ..." She trailed off, as by this point, even she doubted that either A2, nor Birdie would listen to her.
In a last, desperate attempt to prevent any further deaths, she was prepared to charge forwards, in order to restrain Birdie... But no matter how fast she could have gone, or if her attempt would have even worked, Shichika's blow killed him too.
As both Noembelu and Birdie lay there, dead... A chilling wind suddenly blew throughout the group, bringing with it this ominous feeling, and for just the briefest of moments, they might even have heard rasping laughter echoing from somewhere far away.
There was a long moment of silence as Yalena desperately tried to keep everything together... Her knuckles turning white as she clenched her fists, until at last... She was able to pull herself together, just long enough to recount the votes that were distrivuted.
"... Like they said... Noembelu and Birdie were Harbingers..." She said quietly, after a moment.
Evidently, she had received some information from their deaths in particular, indicating that they must have indeed, made it to the place Ben, Buddy, and Dio had too after their deaths.
Seeing that she couldn't waste any more time, in case someone else were to die here... She gestured for
Azuma to come over to her, quietly placing her hand on Azuma's head once she did so.
Closing her eyes, she concentrated... And soon, Azuma vanished into thin air, the transport process appearing to have been successfull. It wasn't long after that she opened her eyes, looking saddened by the information she received.
"Azuma... However, is... Innocent..." She said quietly.
Her voice had even cracked a little as her gaze fell upon Noembelu and Birdie's bodies... Evidently she wasn't very happy about how things had turned out, but all the same... What was done was done, and there was no way to undo it.
A few moment of silence passed by, as Yalena appeared to have gone quiet, before
Danielle noticed that the crystaline fragment she had taken from Noembelu had begun emitting a blue glow.
In response to this, a familiar, blue sphere began flashing not too far off from her, and... Much like the times before, the "trigger" lifted into the air, where it made contact with the "time gate", causing it to open up once more.
This time, the gate looked a little more unstable than before, with the images of a bright blue sky, with a rather brightly colored city with high skyscrapers intermingling with a darker backdrop, and a sprawling, darker looking city.
Faint sounds of gunfire, explosions, screams... And other, unidentifiable happenings could be heard.
"... The next places is more... Unstable than the ones that you have visited so far... Be carefull..." Yalena said, her voice wavering again.
Then, just like before, the time gate sucked everyone into it, just like before... Minus the woman that is, who gingerly touched a mysterious device on her belt, the same one Blake had acquired from that previous place the timegates had brought them to.
Just before the gate closed behind them, one could swear they saw her eye color change, taking on a brighter, more yellowish hue just before she appeared to... Vanish entirely, right before the timegate closed behind then, and they were thrust through the very fabrics of time and space once more...
...
"We're running out of time..."
"I know... We'll have to hurry."
"Yes. Before it finds us."
...
Everyone was greeted with a crazy sight; a futuristic city, but one that had clashing scenery... With skies that appeared to be quite inconsitent to asay the least, from a bleak, cloud filled sky, to a bright, nearly cloudless blue sky, to a dark, night sky, speckled with stars. Fortunately, at least for the time being, the lighting and "skybox" remained static, and appeared to be "hovering" over various areas.
Unfortunately, there was little time to take the whole scene in as it quickly became apparent that this timegate had ended up dropping them from rather high up in the air! With the ground far below them, a drop at this height would most definitely kill them... What made matters worse was that their powers appeared to
not be functioning at the moment.
However, they were lucky enough that someone had swooped by in a hexagonal looking craft, with some sort of futuristic weapon uptop, which managed to
catch most of the group ontop of the craft before they plumetted too far. With the unfortunate exception of
Guido,
Deadpool, and
Wheatley who each respectively
fell down to the ground below... The fall instantly killing them, even if it was a bit tough to see for sure at this height.
Whoever was piloting the craft certainly was taking care to keep the rest of the group from dropping down though, and for the most part... The rest of the ride was relatively stable, but by the looks of it, there was some heavy fighting going on in the airspace further on, but nonetheless, the pilot of the strange craft that had caught (most of) the arrivals managed to land it in a more peacefull spot, by what had once been a highway.
It looks like there were quite a few marines and vehicles stationed here already, some that looked a bit more futuristic, while others looked more like members of a more modern looking SWAT team. In either case, this location looked far from permanent, appearing to be a more temporary spot more than anything, far from a safe haven in what appeared to be a time of war.
With a small hiss, the door at the front of the craft that the group had been caught ontop of opened, and the pilot stepped out... Taking off her helmet to reveal the face of a young woman... Though she didn't seem quite as young as Yalena was.
She had a familiar looking device on her belt, just like the young woman from the previous world, and a near identical look in her eyes... As Yalena, and "Blake" had, though unlike the others they had met... She actually had a nametag directly ajacent to her combat knife on her breast plate which read "Col. Amelia".
"Welcome to the war, soldiers! Just come on down, and I'll show you what kind of options we've got for ya!" She said.
The top of the ship itself didn't seem too, seeing as there were many handholds, and even a few indentations here and there that might as well act as make-shift ladders, allowing almost anyone to descend with relative ease. All the while, the woman appeared to be waiting for everyone to hop off the ship before she continued, her gaze occasionally wandering into the distance, where various explosions appeared to be blooming, indicating an ongoing battle on the horizon, and a few, large ships looked to be hovering in the sky... Presumably some oversized, and rather futuristic looking spaceships, no less.
When everyone had made their way off the roof of the ship, she cleared her throat as she drew in a breath, making sure everyone around her could hear what she was saying.
"Right! So, as you can see... We're knees deep down shit creek! Before I can help ya, there's a few places for ya to visit." She began, stopping for a moment to turn and gesture towards a spot to the left, where buildings on the darker side of this strange mishmash of a city were...
"To our left, the Covenant's got some armor holed up over their, covering some AA batteries that're giving our air support over there hell on Earth!" She continued, before gesturing over to an area to the right, where there appeared to be taller, and brighter looking buildings.
"Aaand to our right, we've got a different problem. Some sorta Alien terror ship just landed, and the bogeys it dropped off are tearing through our forces like butter! If someone can knock out that ship, our little alien problem should be over..." She added, then... She appeared to point directly behind her, where one could faintly make out a brownish patch, and alot of smoke was billowing from.
"Lastly... Directly in front of ya, some sorta ship crashed not too long ago, bringing with it a ghastly parasite that's been eating away at the city... And whatever sentient life it can latch onta." She said, rubbing her forehead, as if she couldn't even believe what hse herself was saying.
"So. Looks like we've got our work cut out for us, aye? What'll it be, ladies?" She asked, cocking her head to one side.
In their immediate vicinity, there appeared to be
three groups of vehicles prepared to take the group to whatever area they chose to go.
To recap, there are three areas that this woman, who her nametag identifies as "Amelia" told them to go to:
1) An area to the right where there appeared to be
AA Batteries, and some
armor set up by what she called "Covenant" forces, that were making it difficult to bring in any air support over there, a problem that could be taken care of with a little... Percussive maintenance, shall we say.
2) A tightly knit cluster of buildings to the left where Amelia mentions an
Alien Terror Ship of some sort had landed, which was giving defending forces over there a considerable amount of trouble. She mentions that it would be optimal to somehow destroy or disable the ship itself in order to make it easier for the forces there to hold their ground.
3) Directly in front of the group, albeit a good distance away, there appears to be a
crash site, where some sort of
parasite was wreaking havock on the forces there, and potentially the landscape itself, judging from the rather... Off-looking browning color emanating from the spot.
Cast:
Yoichi Saotome from
Owari No Seraph, and
Link from
LoZ: BotW played by
@Klutzy Ninja Kitty
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Wes, and
Rui from
Pokemon Colesseum played by
@Midnight Maiden
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Tsukiko (Moonchild), OC played by
@Voidwarrior
Character(s) Status:
MIA (Lost in Battle at Beacon) Role:
Unknown
Sidon from
LoZ: BotW played by
@Bomb
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Johnny Cage from
Mortal Kombat played by
@The Myrmidon
Character(s) Status:
Deceased! Role:
Vagrant
A2 from
NieR: Automata played by
@Gummi Bunnies
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Mipha from
LoZ: BotW played by
@Mason Moretti
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Birdie and
Noembelu from
Street Fighter played by
@Yun Lee
Character(s) Status:
Deceased! Role:
Harbinger!
Blaze the Cat from
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) played by
@Archmage Jeremiah
Character(s) Status:
Deceased! Role:
Vagrant
Shichika Yasuri (α) from
Katanagatari played by
@Verite
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Dorian Pavus from
Dragon Age played by
@Atomyk
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Rosa Joanna Farrell from
Final Fantasy IV played by
@Minerva
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Seisa Mikagura from
Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku played by
@Kaykay
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Ben Tennyson from
Ben 10, and
Eevee from
Pokemon played by
@Crow
Character(s) Status:
Transported! Role:
Vagrant
Connor Walsh from
How to Get Away with Murder and
Kara Danvers from
Supergirl played by
@LuckycoolHawk9
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Eygon of Carim from
Dark Souls III played by
@Otto
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Giorno Giovanna from
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure played by
@CrunchyCHEEZIT
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Sonic the Hedgehog from
Sonic the Hedgehog played by
@thatguyinthestore
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Shichika Yasuri (β) and
Houou Maniwa from
Katanagatari played by
@Sen
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Shion from
No. 6 (AU), and
Jason Dean from
Heathers the Musical played by
@Takumi
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Togame from
Katanagatari played by
@Hana
Character(s) Status:
MIA (Lost In A Time Gate!) Role:
Unknown
Clemont from
Pokemon X and Y played by
@Lissamel
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Deadpool from
Deadpool (The Movie) played by
@Gwazi Magnum
Character(s) Status:
Deceased! Role:
Vagrant
James Howlett from
Marvel Comics (Earth 12025), and
Danielle Cage from
Marvel Comics (Earth 15061) played by
@Jeremi
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Alexandra Kalomoira (The Huntress), OC (
DC Alt. Universe) played by
@Gands
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Guido Mista from
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure played by
@penguin055
Character(s) Status:
Deceased! Role:
Vagrant
Selene from
Marvel Comics played by
@Josh M
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Aleksandra Zaryanova (Zarya) from
Overwatch played by
@Nater Taters
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role: Unknown
Wheatley from
Portal 2 played by
@Yang Lee
Character(s) Status:
Deceased! Role:
Vagrant
Constanza Richards from
The Disunited States of America (OC) played by
@Krieg
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Chara Dreemurr (Chestnut) from
Undertale (AU/OCish thing) played by
@Fallen Hope
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Azuma Shinonome from
Sekaioni played by
@MetalNova
Character(s) Status:
Alive Role:
Unknown
Dio Brando from
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure played by
@BarrenThin
Character(s) Status:
Deceased! Role:
Vagrant
