Mid-Chapter Update
Continued from
here.
After breaking your way out of the artificial world that Fiamma of the Right had sent you to previously, you would find yourself in a place called Misaki Town. However, you weren't out of the woods just yet, as it would turn out that the place had been corrupted by a powerful vampire who called himself Night of Wallachia, seemingly able to manipulate fears and reside within a world called TATARI where he was all-powerful without exception, daring all the Survivors to oppose him and see what happened.
Those who would make their way to the Outskirts would face off against a girl who claimed to be the embodiment of the fears of a girl named "Akiha Tohno," guarding the unconscious body of a woman. Upon making quick work of her, the woman would wake up, revealing herself to be a powerful vampire known as Arcueid Brunestud, who claimed to be the only one around capable of defeating Wallachia by summoning the Crimson Moon with her mysterious power, the Marble Phantasm. With that, she would lead everyone to the Shrine Skyscraper.
At the Shrine Skyscraper, those who would initially traverse here would meet a young man named Motoharu Tsuchimikado, who is revealed to be the one who had been contacting them all this time through the interdimensional phone and informing them of the results that the Agents had been coming up with. Accompanying them into the building, they would face all sorts of strange occurrences, most notably ones that exploited the fears of Percy, Annabeth, and Battler. Before long, though, they would come face to face with Wallachia himself.
At first, the battle against him seemed to be for naught, as he was truly invulnerable in the territory where he had corrupted Misaki Town. However, the tables would be turned once Arcueid and those who had saved her from the Outskirts would appear. By summoning the Crimson Moon, Arcueid would seem to seal the majority of Wallachia's power, overriding his power with hers, and thus, rendering him vulnerable to the attacks of the others around him until he would inevitably fall.
Meanwhile, in the Back Alley, those who would traverse there would come across a strange vision of death, caused by Kouma Kishima, little would anyone there realize. Before long, they would come across a girl who would claim to be the spirit of a girl named Satsuki Yumizuka, who would claim to be a creation of Wallachia's TATARI, but managed to resist his evil and become her own independent existence.
The afterlife, after bumping into Aoko Aozaki and Shiki Tohno, would be led into Misaki Town where they would reunite with those in the Back Alley, where a dramatic scene would occur with Shiki coming into contact with Frank Castle and Yumizuka, a number of unpleasant memories resurfacing for quite a number of people.
With the never-ending barrage of attacks coming Wallachia's way, his death was imminent. With every blade that pierced his body, every punch that landed on him, every attack that came his way, the villain's constitution and resolve weakened more and more until he would be unable to do anything but give in.
Admit defeat.
"Kuh...kkghhghhh..."
BOOM!
His body would, in one final act of vengeance, let out a small magical explosion, blasting away
Furiosa off the skyscraper and to her death. But other than that, it seemed that that was it of him.
With a pained hiss that didn't sound pleasant in the slightest, like he was suffocating, the Night of Wallachia would definitively come to an end when the damage that he would sustain would prove too much to handle, and before long, what remained of his entire body would rip apart and turn to dust until nothing remained. Until no trace of him was left.
Until there was no longer any proof that he had even ever been there in the first place.
With a long, exasperated sigh, Arcueid would stretch out her arms. Though it didn't look like she had done much on her end, it seemed that summoning that Crimson Moon, however she did it, seemed to tire her greatly. With no more need for it to remain in this world, Arcueid would let her power deactivate, the Crimson Moon steadily disappearing as abruptly as it had come.
Before you knew it, Misaki Town was back to normal. With a normal moon, this time. Not a giant crimson moon, not a moon with a bloody smiley face, but a normal moon this time around.
Almost like a breath of fresh air, eh?
"Phewww, what a pain! Looks like he's finally over and done with. Hopefully, that's the last of him. I never liked him even back before Altrogue made him into a Dead Apostle Ancestor," Arcueid spoke, mostly to herself, it seemed, before placing a hand on her hip,
"Now, I gotta go find Shiki and make sure he's alright. Hmm... Maybe I'll stop by the mansion. Bye, friends!~" She waved, and without another word, had left just as abruptly as she had appeared.
"Yeah, good work, team! Good, good work!" Tsuchimikado exclaimed, clapping his hands briefly with his usual grin after getting out of the cover he was hiding behind.
"I expected nothing less from you guys! Now... Uh, how do we get outta here?"
And then a sharp sound would occur, as if on cue. A sound that you just might find familiar.
The Imagine Breaker.
Like glass shattering, part of the air seemed to shatter around you. Like you were inside a glass dome, the entire foundation collapsed, though thankfully, the shards of "glass" would dissipate before reaching you.
The shrine skyscraper collapsed harmlessly, sinking into the ground as though it had never existed. The chilly Winter air was replaced by a Fall wind. Though it was still cold, it was something, at least.
And in the back, Touma Kamijou would stand, breaking the illusion of the TATARI with the Night of Wallachia having come to an end.
"There you guys are! You'd be surprised at how hard it is to find a giant magical dome lying around a remote town like this, though I suppose that's what happens with my kinda luck," Touma spoke, the "dome" finally collapsing until it was completely gone.
Now, you were back in the normal Misaki Town, it seemed, though it seemed to hardly matter since the outside looked almost the same. Like a mirror that reflected what was outside.
"I suppose it was a bit of my fault too with that Second Magic of mine interfering with the destruction of the Core from earlier," an older voice spoke before the old man from the artificial world, Zelretch, would appear.
"In any case, it seems that everything is back in order. We didn't miss much, I trust?"
"Too much to explain, old man, but we took care of it! You can be sure of that! And a hi to you by the way, Kami-yan!" Tsuchimikado exclaimed with a thumbs up. Seemed like he was familiar with Zelretch. Alright then.
"I see. When will our ride arrive then?"
"In... a few minutes, hopefully. A place that doesn't show up on GPS is pretty hard to find. But we should get before something else--"
Pow! Touma had suddenly socked Tsuchimikado right in the face.
"That's for acting like you know everything about what's going on here without giving me an explanation, you bastard."
"Ow... Can't live with you, can't live without you, Kami-yan! Now, anyway, before I'm interrupted again, I think we should--"
"Hoooolld it! Attention, please, everyone!" Illya exclaimed, popping up out of nowhere, now making herself the center of attention.
"Just in case you don't remember me or we've gotten some new arrivals, I'm Illya from the castle, back from the dead along with the people who helped me get back here," she said, gesturing towards Minato, Robin, and Kirby for a brief moment,
"So ah... Basically, I've got a favor to ask. I won't force anyone to doesn't want to go with me, since you've got your own journey to brave."
"To put it briefly, I'll give you all a choice. You can either choose to temporarily leave the main group and come with me to find the Dress of Heaven from my mansion that's... hopefully not destroyed and burned to the ground. With the dress, we will be able to destroy the source of whatever's causing this Murder Game to happen. It's that, or you can simply choose to continue on your present course. This goes for you as well, Robin, Kirby, the rest of you. You've done more than enough for me already, so you don't have to feel obligated to keep going if you don't want to. I'll understand."
"... Ah-huh. That's very nice. Now, if that's all everyone has to say, then--"
"Excuse me," Zelretch said, raising his hand.
"What? What is it now?!"
"I found a dead body."
...
"Huh?"
"So it seems. Take a closer look."
Gesturing somewhere else, it would seem that
Gilgamesh had been murdered this time around! Lying on the ground, judging from the way the ground around him was structured, it would appear that he had been
pummeled to death by something powerful, but as always, there seemed to be more to the scene than meets the eye. If you investigate, you might find something else, unless you'd rather vote right away.
"... Oh, that's pretty serious. Guess we should do another vote then."
Off you go then.
~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)
@Team Beerus as
Daredevil and
Elektra (Marvel Comics)
@Mari as
Mari Kurihara (Prison School)
@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)
@Atomyk as
Mikoto Misaka (Raildex) and
Sans the Skeleton (Undertale)
@coralprime as
Papyrus the Skeleton (Undertale)
@OrlandoBloomers as
Celty Sturluson (Durarara!!)
@Melon as
Erik (Phantom of the Opera)
@TheColourlessRainbow as
Dark Swan (Once Upon A Time)
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!
@Nater Taters as
Kirby -
MURDERED! INNOCENT! SLICED 'N DICED!
@Archwar as
Jason -
DIED! INNOCENT! LEFT BEHIND!
@Saint Guillotine as
Furiosa -
DIED! INNOCENT! BLASTED AWAY!
@Gen. Gwazi Senpai as
Gilgamesh -
MURDERD! INNOCENT! PUMMELED!
The Voted
@Wedge Antilles as
Pyro -
TRAITOR!
@Mighty Roman as
Hector Barbossa and
Mister Negative -
INNOCENT!
@Jeremi as
Borsalino "Kizaru" -
TRAITOR!