Chapter 3
"The World is Tumbling Down"
Continued from
here.
With the untimely murder of Frank Castle, people had been left to investigate his death and attempt to ascertain who the culprit was. Though the vote came close to becoming pinned on Satsuki Kiryuuin, an unprecedented shift in opinion had caused the public vote to be ultimately cast onto Mister Negative, and for some reason, Hector Barbossa.
Meanwhile, within the afterlife, after doing away with Shizuri Mugino, Minato Arisato, Robin Tact, and Illyasviel von Einzbern would manage to escape the strange place called Academy City shortly after helping young Shiage Hamazura locate his sick girlfriend, Rikou Takitsubo. Escaping the place by jet, it wouldn't be long unfortunately until their jet would be shot down by unknown forces. When they would come to, they would find themselves in a strange room alongside Frank, captured by a young man calling himself Teitoku Kakine, who was under orders from the boss, "Crowley," to keep them alive and under custody.
Shortly after Kakine would depart, a strange man would suddenly appear and save them. A man claiming to be, in short, the spirit of a man named Kouma Kishima. Leading them away from the site of their capture and into a camp in the forest they would find themselves in, "Kouma Kishima" would treat them to a meal, explaining that his existence is linked to a strange phenomena called the TATARI.
With the votes landing on
Negative and
Barbossa in a twist of fate, it seemed that the investigation was over for all intents and purposes. Calming herself down to the best of her ability, Rin would get up and approach the two of them, clearing her throat as though she were about to speak.
"R-Right... Well, if we're all done. I may as well do the spell and confirm to see if--" She began to speak, before something would interrupt her.
Footsteps.
Foreign footsteps from someone she did not recognize. Footsteps from someone Archer did not recognize. Footsteps from someone none of you recognized.
And yet, when you saw him, you could guess just who he was supposed to be from his air of haughtiness alone. The strange aura that flowed around him like he was all that.
It couldn't be anyone other than Fiamma of the Right himself, the mastermind of the Murder Game who had shown himself to all of you.
The man stood at the front of the stairs that led into the courtyard, facing you all with a deceivingly benign smile.
"Oh. You all must be the Survivors. A fitting title, but it will not remain so for much longer," he spoke calmly, as though he had this all in the bag already.
"You... But how? How have you--?" Kotomine spoke in a grave manner, before being interrupted just as abruptly as Rin was earlier.
"Silence. You have outlived your usefulness, old man," Fiamma of the Right spoke with a strange edge, but before the priest could reply, the man would shoot a beam of light at him, knocking Kotomine back and sending his body crashing through the Church's walls with a resounding boom.
Sean Grant and
Edipsu were also caught in the blast, their bodies following Kotomine's and crashing through the wall as well. It seemed unlikely that any of them could have survived that kind of attack.
"There, what a bothersome old man. And for the rest of you..."
"What do you hope to do? You are severely outnumbered and outgunned, fiend. If anything, we should be the ones intimidating you into submission."
"Should, but that's not the case now, is it?" The young man shrugged, sticking out his right arm towards everyone,
"In any case, "outgunned" is wrong. I have enough power to wipe every single one of you out with a single thought, as well as this very city if I so desired. Allow me to demonstrate."
"By the power of the Right Hand of the Crimson Moon... I will make you all disappear!"
And with that, suddenly, your vision would go completely white before any of you could possibly react.
- - -
When you would all come to, you would find yourself... in a strange place.
Your surroundings looked quite different to say the least. Not only was it suddenly daytime, but... just everything seemed off. You couldn't really describe it, but somehow, it felt as though you were in some sort of... artificial reality. Like a virtual reality. A computer program. A digital world, to say the least.
"Tch... what the hell? Where are we?" Rin questioned, cautious about her move. This place didn't exactly feel safe either. You could all just feel something behind the scenes watching you. Not a comforting feeling.
"Damn. Kirei's out for the count, and it doesn't look like Archer's with me for some reason. So much for defense for my sake... though I guess I'm safe since I'm not an actual participant of this game."
Lucky her.
"Well, in any case, we don't have time to be awestruck by wherever we are. Just gotta gather our bearings and explore this place. I'll stay back and take a look at the... scary pirate and Chinese gangster."
Okay, maybe she wasn't so lucky.
Anyway, once you recover, where should you wander off to?
Academy
Arena
Core
Tag me and @Jeremi for the Arena, tag me for the Academy, and tag @TheSpringwoodSlasher for the Core. Tag @OrlandoBloomers for... I dunno, general things.
~CAST LIST~
@Bomb as
Ethel and
Karin (Fairy Fencer F)
@Gibbons as
Gunha Sogiita (Raildex)
@C.T. as
Ryuuko Matoi (Kill la Kill)
@The Silver Paladin as
Percy Jackson and
Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson)
@Hospes as
Reece "Annabel" Duchannes and
Ryan Duchannes (Caster Chronicles)
@TheSpringwoodSlasher as
Edward "Stubbs" Stubblefield (Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without A Pulse)
@DapperDogman as
Ryner Lute (Legend of the Legendary Heroes)
@Gummi Bunnies as
Erika Furudo and
Battler Ushiromiya (Umineko no Naku Kori Ni)
@CrunchyCHEEZIT as
Deoxys (Pokemon)
@Crimson Spartan as
Lon'qu and
Donny (Fire Emblem)
@Krieg as
Maxine Caulfield (Life Is Strange)
@Schnee Corp Lawyer as
Cole (Dragon Age)
@Kaykay as
Saiai Kinuhata (Raildex)
@Gen. Gwazi Senpai as
Gilgamesh (Type-Moon)
@Jeremi as
Borsalino "Kizaru" (One Piece)
@Archwar as
Jason (OC)
@The Man Without Fear as
Daredevil and
Elektra (Marvel Comics)
@Mari as
Mari Kurihara (Prison School)
@Nater Taters as
Kirby (Kirby)
@El Tigre! as
Satsuki Kiryuuin (Kill la Kill)
@Klutzy Ninja Kitty as
Eve (Black Cat) and
Ilona (OC)
@CCC Kouhai as
Bee (Bee and PuppyCat)
@york as
Cinder Fall (RWBY)
@Josh M as
Silk (Marvel Comics)
@Thuro The Assassin Potato as
Cameron Phillips (Terminator) and
Raiden (Metal Gear)
@Saint Guillotine as
Furiosa (Mad Max)
@Atomyk as
Mikoto Misaka (Raildex) and
Sans the Skeleton (Undertale)
@coralprime as
Papyrus the Skeleton (Undertale)
@OrlandoBloomers as
Celty Sturluson (Durarara!!)
The Dead
@Verite as
Illyasviel von Einzbern -
DIED! INNOCENT! DEFEATED!
@Shattered♦Secrets™ as
Ermac -
DIED! INNOCENT! GUNNED DOWN!
@The Tactician as
Robin Tact and
Minato Arisato -
MURDERED! INNOCENT! BURNED TO A CRISP!
@BarrenThin as
Frank Castle -
MURDERED! INNOCENT! SKEWERED!
@ShiroKiyoshi as
Sean Grant and
Edispu -
DIED! INNOCENT! BLASTED!
The Voted
@Wedge Antilles as
Pyro -
TRAITOR!
@Mighty Roman as
Hector Barbossa and
Mister Negative -
UNKNOWN!