Murder Game XVI: The Time Crisis (IC)

[York]

@Yun Lee (Noembelu) @Crow @Verite @Takumi (Shion) @Midnight Maiden (Wes & Rui) @Klutzy Ninja Kitty@Sen @BarrenThin @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Kaykay @Gwazi Magnum @LuckycoolHawk9 (Kara)
@Stowaways

Despite the nature of Dio's powers, it seemed that it was unable to affect the mysterious woman, who just began to laugh... Not seeming to stop, save for taking a breath here and there.

Not even Giorno and his stand's blows, that ravaged her body... Seemed to phase it, but in the end, she was finished, her body, broken... And ultimately, that laughter petered out, and alas... Her body began to desintegrate, almost like a titan's... And soon, nothing more, than her battered clothes,and her skeletal remains would be left behind, which in time, would vaporize too.

Cinder surveyed the scene, almost seeming to envy Dio, and not just him... But a good chunk of the people that had fought off her apparent counterpart; despite all that she had gained, they were still leagues above her. Yet, despite her bitterness at the fact that the powers she once thought would make her unstoppable, paled in comparison to what was offered in the multiverse... She swallowed her pride, and stayed silent, instead, glancing towards the mysterious device that was still sitting on the belt the woman had once had.

Looks like it was still active... And might just be usefull to keep around.

Interestingly enough, it was emitting a faint, blue glow.

...

In the meantime, Pesky Dust seemed to be able to grasp a few images from the woman's "dreams", if you could even call them that... And while they were fuzzy, and unclear, he could faintly make out the dark, pulsating outline of some sort of ginormous beast, and along with it... He could even hear its faint, wretched heartbeat.

If he were observant enough though, he might realize that the beast's outline oddly resembled some sort of coccoon, or shell... But he could not make too much more out before the woman's life came to an end thanks to Giorno. Just before her life ended though, a thundering screech echoed in his head...

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@Inner City

Well, the soldier looked kind of offended by Sidon's comment, evidently offended that he had mistook her for a male.

"Who the hell are you calling a-... ...?!" She started, but was quickly cut off by the cries of the female titan.

While it was immobilized, it appeared to be calling the attention of numerous other titans in the distance, even if overall, the titan horde was beginning to thin, there was still enough to cause a problem if they drew close enough.

"Oh whatever! Just take this and SHOOT SOMETHING DAMMIT!" She shouted abruptly.

With that she jammed the rifle she was holding into Sidon's hands before she headed back to the front lines, grabbing a spare rifle that was laying around in order to stave off the titan horde...​

 

[Midnight Maiden]

Well. Rui had been all but prepared to hop into the suit Ben made her and pummel that fiery chick- the other fiery chick -to oblivion, but it looked like that had been solved, or something. Backing away from the suit, she tentatively watched the scene from a small distance, biting her lower lip as she looked on, beholding the final portion of the fight.... And thus, the comments from Dio and Giorno towards each other.

"...Jeez, you two have got some serious shoes," Rui muttered, briefly staring at Giorno and Dio with a sweatdrop. "Issues, that is," she added just as quietly, still staring with a deadpan. But she didn't linger. Her task here wasn't observing some boy with daddy issues; it was... Suddenly turning her head, looking for something with mild franticism, the redhead called out. "...Ben? Buddy?" she spoke, frantically searching for the pair... Only to breathe a heavy sigh of relief when she found them, her face lighting up immediately after and her arms flinging themselves around each of the males, respectively. Even if Ben still happened to be in an alien form.

"Hahaha, you're okay! I'm so glad!" she cheered, gently having squeezed both of them during their embraces. But she, unfortunately, had little time to cherish her joy that they were alright; the female's attention caught by a conversation between the now-downed assailant from before and some of her... hm. Allies wasn't the right word. Acquaintances? Something like that. Regardless, it caused her to pause, ripping away from her embrace with wide eyes to turn to face the group as Giorno began to state that the woman was useless. "Wait! What are you--?!"

Before she could even fully finish her demand, blue eyes widened with horror and shock as she witnessed the pummeling of the now-unmasked woman, Rui's own legs scrambling to get there to stop the male from killing her. "NO!!" she called, running as fast as she could... Only to trip, landing on her knees about seven feet away from the scene, tilting her head up just in time to witness the snapping of the figure's neck, a lump rising up in her own throat and her jaw dropping as she bore witness to it, eyes beginning to shimmer with horror and agony.

Why?..

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[Crow]

@Yun Lee (Noembelu) @Crow @Verite @Takumi (Shion) @Midnight Maiden (Wes & Rui) @Klutzy Ninja Kitty@Sen @BarrenThin@CrunchyCHEEZIT @Kaykay @Gwazi Magnum @LuckycoolHawk9 (Kara)
@Stowaways

Despite the nature of Dio's powers, it seemed that it was unable to affect the mysterious woman, who just began to laugh... Not seeming to stop, save for taking a breath here and there.

Not even Giorno and his stand's blows, that ravaged her body... Seemed to phase it, but in the end, she was finished, her body, broken... And ultimately, that laughter petered out, and alas... Her body began to desintegrate, almost like a titan's... And soon, nothing more, than her battered clothes,and her skeletal remains would be left behind, which in time, would vaporize too.

Cinder surveyed the scene, almost seeming to envy Dio, and not just him... But a good chunk of the people that had fought off her apparent counterpart; despite all that she had gained, they were still leagues above her. Yet, despite her bitterness at the fact that the powers she once thought would make her unstoppable, paled in comparison to what was offered in the multiverse... She swallowed her pride, and stayed silent, instead, glancing towards the mysterious device that was still sitting on the belt the woman had once had.

Looks like it was still active... And might just be usefull to keep around.

Interestingly enough, it was emitting a faint, blue glow.

...

In the meantime, Pesky Dust seemed to be able to grasp a few images from the woman's "dreams", if you could even call them that... And while they were fuzzy, and unclear, he could faintly make out the dark, pulsating outline of some sort of ginormous beast, and along with it... He could even hear its faint, wretched heartbeat.

If he were observant enough though, he might realize that the beast's outline oddly resembled some sort of coccoon, or shell... But he could not make too much more out before the woman's life came to an end thanks to Giorno. Just before her life ended though, a thundering screech echoed in his head...​

Well. Rui had been all but prepared to hop into the suit Ben made her and pummel that fiery chick- the other fiery chick -to oblivion, but it looked like that had been solved, or something. Backing away from the suit, she tentatively watched the scene from a small distance, biting her lower lip as she looked on, beholding the final portion of the fight.... And thus, the comments from Dio and Giorno towards each other.

"...Jeez, you two have got some serious shoes," Rui muttered, briefly staring at Giorno and Dio with a sweatdrop. "Issues, that is," she added just as quietly, still staring with a deadpan. But she didn't linger. Her task here wasn't observing some boy with daddy issues; it was... Suddenly turning her head, looking for something with mild franticism, the redhead called out. "...Ben? Buddy?" she spoke, frantically searching for the pair... Only to breathe a heavy sigh of relief when she found them, her face lighting up immediately after and her arms flinging themselves around each of the males, respectively. Even if Ben still happened to be in an alien form.

"Hahaha, you're okay! I'm so glad!" she cheered, gently having squeezed both of them during their embraces. But she, unfortunately, had little time to cherish her joy that they were alright; the female's attention caught by a conversation between the now-downed assailant from before and some of her... hm. Allies wasn't the right word. Acquaintances? Something like that. Regardless, it caused her to pause, ripping away from her embrace with wide eyes to turn to face the group as Giorno began to state that the woman was useless. "Wait! What are you--?!"

Before she could even fully finish her demand, blue eyes widened with horror and shock as she witnessed the pummeling of the now-unmasked woman, Rui's own legs scrambling to get there to stop the male from killing her. "NO!!" she called, running as fast as she could... Only to trip, landing on her knees about seven feet away from the scene, tilting her head up just in time to witness the snapping of the figure's neck, a lump rising up in her own throat and her jaw dropping as she bore witness to it, eyes beginning to shimmer with horror and agony.

Why?..

@Crow @CrunchyCHEEZIT @york @BarrenThin @Takumi @Verite @Kaykay @Gwazi Magnum @LuckycoolHawk9 @Sen @Yun Lee @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Stowawaysssss​

Some may be able to see Pesky Dust's shock. When the woman completely disintegrated, Pesky Dust's mind was out of the dreamscape and back into the physical plane. He swiftly slapped the emblem on his chest, turning back to his human form.

"What... was that thing?" Ben says as he takes a few steps back, feeling shocked by the flashing of images. If they were any clearer, Ben would've probably been puking on the floor. While he helps the fallen Rui up, he was a little too shocked to ask her anything, the same way Rui felt great horror from the face of the now-disintegrated woman.

The woman's body left a mysterious device behind. Ben knew that this was not the time for shock. He shook his head to regain composure.

"That's the device Jury Rigg was after, and I think he had a pretty good reason to pursue it..." Ben comments. "Let's take it."

Ben then turns to Rui, putting a hand over her shoulder.

"Rui, you need to stay calm. Take a few breaths."

"Skree..." Buddy, rubbing his fur against Ben and Rui, seemed to feel a bit nervous, presumably for the same reasons that Rui felt horror.

Ben pockets the device and boards the custom Jury Rigged vehicle, for the lack of a better word, while accompanying Rui and Buddy to a seat. "You two just relax, a bit of rest might be able to calm you both down, even if just a little."

Ben then peers out of the vehicle, exclaiming to everyone else, "hey! You all coming or what?"

Once everyone was on, Ben would prepare to switch the vehicle to 'sky mode', causing the vehicles cylindrical wheels to split in half and transform into rocket boosters of sort, while a pair of plane wings would sprout from its bottom.

"Everyone ready for takeoff?"

It would later be revealed that despite being the one who built it, Ben was a wonky ship pilot, the ship fidgeting in the air as it moved. Perhaps someone with actual experience in flying vehicles could persuade Ben to let them take the wheel.

"I... I'm the guy with the Driver's license and doctorate... I... I can handle this..." Ben says in a very nervous manner, clearly lying about those last four words as he tries to maintain a smile.​

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@york

@Stowaways​

 

[Midnight Maiden]

Ruby paused, at Weiss's inquiry about a plan. While she had initially figured they would handle this in the same way they handled that screecher at the colloseum, there was something different about this one. It appeared to be able to release steam from its skin, scalding anyone who got close to its nape, and what's more was the shimmering that seemed to have enveloped its weak point... Almost like an aura...

As she was thinking, that woman from earlier, who had this uncanny resemblance to Ruby, gave Blake a serious look, as if she was conveying something... Without words. Blake seemed to nod in response, before the woman suddenly leaped into action, but instead of targetting the ginormous one, attacking the tower... She appeared to be going after the screechers.

While Ruby cast a worried look down at the woman who had departed, she quickly pulled herself together... Looking up at the Titan again, and though she heard Sonic's suggestion, she appeared to have a slightly different plan in mind...

"We need to hit its nape with all we've got!" She said, pausing for a moment as she looked towards the side of the tower.

Then, her eyes fell on Yang for a moment, before she turned to Weiss.

"... Me and sis need a boost!... We gotta get to the top of that tower!" She called.

While this would likely be the first time Ruby was doing this with someone else, it was evident that she intended to have Weiss use her glyphs to help her (and Yang) get ontop of the tower... Where they could pummel that titan's nape, giving Cap, who was up there, some much needed assistance.

In the meantime, Blake turned towards Sonic, pausing for a moment as she looked towards the titan, taking a long, hard look at its heels, and its spinal area, before she turned back to the blue hedgehog.

"You take its back... I'm going for its achilles tendon." She said.

Well, it was a sound strategy, but it was strange; first her revalation about a titan's vulnerability at their nape of the neck, and now this... Despite supposedly never having encountered these things inher life before, she was oddly knowledgeable in their weak points... Just what was up with her?

In either case, it looked like Blake was ready to leap into action as soon as Ruby and her sister were able to scale that tower...

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@City Outskirts

It seemed that the Azuma's axe quickly drew its attention, as it suddenly slid to a halt... Turning around as it raised both of its hands, catching the blade with some incredible precision.

Selene in the meanwhile, appeared to be having no luck with controlling the titan... As it would appear that there was a stronger force controlling it already, one that appeared to have no difficulty shaking off Selene's mental influence....

On the other hand, Wes's pokemon, who had attacked its heels with whirlwind and flamethrower appeared to have made a little headway... The strange, bony growths that were protecting its heals were beginning to show cracks in them... And thanks to Eygon, the creature appeared to be guided towards him... Beginning to lumber in his direction.

It was, however, momentarily halted by the Huntress's grapple line, but unfortunately... Not for long; the creature's brute strength alone allowed it to snap the line binding its legs, only producing a momentary stumble before it continued towards Eygon, intending to bring both of its fists down upon him.

Through all of this though, Howlett was able to land on the titan just fine, however... His claws appeared to be unable to penetrate the titan's armored nape, but not because of the material that made up its armor alone. In fact, what seemed to be protecting its nape, above all else, was a mysterious shimmering that flickered across its nape briefly. Some sort of protective aura perhaps?

In either case, it would appear that unless he could break through this aura, its nape would be well protected... But, it seemed that there might be a good chance of doing so it he could somehow grab the attention of some of the forces operating the artillery up on the walls.

Most of them were more focused on keeping a large horde of approaching screecher titans at bay, however, if this big, armored titan could be felled before it could make another attempt to breach the walls... This line of defense might actually hold...

​

"You always have been vague with your plans.." Weiss sighed, shaking her head slowly with a small huff, briefly rolling her eyes as she drew Myrtenaster, not seeming horribly surprised by Ruby's rather simple declaration of what could hardly be considered to be even twelve percent of a plan. But after a few moments, the heiress gave a small, roguish grin to her teammate. "Fortunately for you, I'm quite adept at improvisation," she added, taking up a ready position, her weapon switching to it's ice reserves of dust as she joined Blake in the onslaught of the screechers, slashing away with determination and practiced precision, spinning and flipping about in her assault as though this were a dance, as opposed to a fight.

Though they were hardly that different, in the words of a wise man.

For a long few minutes, Weiss assisted her teammate in slashing away, decimating the napes of the titans' necks with determination. Small puffs- evidence of her exertion -were occasionally unleashed, she doing her best, and that much being evidenced. Slash, parry, block, slash, glyph, lunge, flip back; she had perfected her technique, much like her singing and stage work over years of her father breathing down her neck and using her. Only, this? This was of her own will. She would not let her friends or the citizens fall. Not because she was told to, or because she would face consequences and punishments should she not. This? This was for herself. And, perhaps, just slightly for...-

"...Ruby!"

It was a simple exclamation, meant to catch her leader's attention. Smiling softly and pausing in her onslaught, Weiss pointed her weapon out in front of her, glyphs beginning to form up the entire length of the side of the tower. Looking to her teammate, she offered a gentle smile, opening her mouth before shutting it once more. Briefly seeming to contemplate just what to say before trying again, she finally spoke.

"...Please... Be careful..." she murmured, almost sadly. But she shook it off, quickly bouncing back to her cooler tone. "That goes for you as well, Xiao Long!" she added to Yang a little louder, aiming to send them off with that. Though, before she could be sure they got off safely, she found herself being lashed out at by a particularly angry titan, sending her flying backward with a small yelp. Wincing and quickly rolling back to her feet, the female managed to quickly clear her head and recuperate with the help of her aura, about to resume lashing out at the titans... when she happened to notice something.

Another titan, heading right for Ruby and Yang as they began to depart.

In an instant, Weiss's eyes went wide, hands simultaneously clenching and body leaping into action without proper thought, a single word uttered from her lips with intensity as she lunged towards the titan.

"No!"

Dashing towards the titan at speeds that were above that of most humans, to any onlookers, but obviously not as great as that of her team leader. It was a wonder that one could move so quickly in heels, but she showed no evidence of struggling with it as she raced forth, leaping into the fray right between her teammates headed for the tower and the titan coming for them, raising her blade up in front of her as it began to bring it's fists down toward her. Of course, everyone with any sense would know such a tiny blade would give no protection to such a force. But that was the thing; Weiss had not been thinking. But even if she had, to protect her distracted teammates? She would consider this worth it. Even if it meant she would receive the full force of the attack.

Which, much to her astonishment... She hadn't.

Eyes that had been squeezed shut upon placing herself in the way of the attack now cracked open, one slowly opening and peering up at the titan, followed by the other as they both widened with shock, Weiss all but freezing up with awe. For, before her now, was a sight completely new to her. Rather than the titan's fists keeping her crushed into the ground, she saw a massive blade of an icy blue hue, held firmly by an armored arm of the same hue, protruding from an all-too-familiar glyph she had failed to even realize she had brought to exist. The huntress-in-training's jaw dropped, rendered speechless by the sight of something she had summoned on her own that now held the titan's attack at bay for a few moments longer... Before the arm reared back, leading into a series of furious, powerful slashes on the titan.

After gawking for a few moments, she managed to snap out of it, blinking rapidly and shaking her head before glancing over her shoulders at Yang and Ruby. "..Go!"

And just like that, the onslaught resumed.

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[BarrenThin]

Giorno squinted at the woman, who showed no fear or distress in the face of his threat. It was something Giorno was used to and quite tired of in his experience of Passione. There were simply those who exist to be pawns in the greater scheme of things. Souls who have bound their fates to someone, and are willing to die in their name.

"I see. Well, you're useless to me, then."

"I'm not one to deny someone their dreams. But...I once learned a lesson that 'murder is permitted when one is insulted'. I thought it was grossly immoral when I first heard it...but, it's a very important distinction."

"Because you insulted these innocent people's lives."

"Enjoy the embrace of whoever you serve."

Without even breaking for anyone else to ask questions, Giorno slowly turned and allowed his Stand to finish the job. Gold Experience gripped the woman by the throat, lifting her into the air, rearing back it's fist.

But, it stopped for a moment.
​

...

Giorno stood there, staring down at this woman. This crippled, horrible bruised and beaten woman. Her face spelled out a cruel fate she has fallen upon. Her experiences all led up to this moment of her demise, fighting one last battle in the name of whoever she believed in. She was a puppet, a pawn, and a piece of dirt...but, something about what DIO said caused Giorno's face to harden into one of pure...anger. Giorno has never been this angry-- a burning, scorching heat consumed his heart with every alluring whisper that his father passed into this woman's ear.

"I..."

Why was he so angry? Why did his father cause him to feel this way?

It was because he wasn't a giver. He wasn't giving this woman the fate she resolved for. He was taking away the last few moments of her life for his gain. To take something from someone so...broken. Giorno Giovanna carries a conflicting curse in his blood. Something in his blood boiled and popped in response to DIO, causing the golden son to suddenly lash out.

"MUDA!"

The tentacle would fly out of the control as Gold Experienced deflected it, overloading it with the energy of life, causing it to wither away. It was like a reflex...Giorno didn't even think! His body simply moved on its own, following by him proceeding with his plan. His plan to give this woman the fate she resolved for. The path that she believed to be the right path, the golden path.

And then the pummeling begin.

"MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA

MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!!!"

"MUDAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

*CRRRACK!*

The golden fists would not miss their mark in the slightest, and each one would shatter a bone in the woman's body. Under normal circumstances, the pain would be unbearable as every bone and muscle in the woman's body would be ground and smashed into the finest powder known to man. However, it happened so fast and the numbing effects from Gold Experience's sensory overload abilities made the woman's death mostly painless.

The final smash caused a resounding snap to emanate from her neck, as her head would twist 180 degrees sideways.

She was...RETIRED.

"...I'll achieve that power when it's necessary. To achieve power beyond what is needed...is just a waste of time, and waste of strength."

"She did not deserve that strength. She has gotten what she was owed. Nothing more...nothing less."

@york @Crow @Verite @Takumi (Shion) @Midnight Maiden (Wes & Rui) @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Sen @BarrenThin @Yun Lee @Kaykay @Gwazi Magnum @LuckycoolHawk9 (Kara)
@Stowaways


​

The vampire stood there in stunned silence as his son defied him yet again. For a moment, he didn't know what to think. His tentacles retreated into himself. The woman's neck broke. Moments before Giorno killed her, though, he did realize that his powers weren't working anyways. It didn't matter, though. That wasn't the point. The point was that Giorno had pushed his luck too far with his father. He had insulted him one too many times.

There was no ritual to it. No ceremony.

DIO didn't say anything. He moved up to his son and looked him in the face. Rage boiled up more and more. The World didn't do anything. DIO did. He slammed his fist into Giorno's gut a few times, screaming with each hit.

"HOW. DARE. YOU. DEFY. ME?"

Each hit grew stronger, though he withheld enough to not kill his son, or hopefully cause too much in the way of harm other than emotional harm. He slammed his fist into Giorno's cheek, then pushed his son onto his back and planted his foot on Giorno's neck. "You are weak! Worthless! Useless! Useless! USELESS!"

As time sped up, all of the physical harm and movement happened at once for everyone around him. DIO stood on top of his son, continuing to scream at him, only, now that people could hear him, with an accusatory, horrified tone. "You just murdered a woman in cold blood, Giorno! How could you!? I was trying to spare her! To convert her to our side!" He stepped off of his son, horror in his eyes as he looked down at Giorno. "How can any of us trust you now?"

"You really are useless."

@Yun Lee (Noembelu) @Crow @Verite @Takumi (Shion) @Midnight Maiden (Wes & Rui) @Klutzy Ninja Kitty@Sen @Crow @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Kaykay @Gwazi Magnum @LuckycoolHawk9 (Kara)

@york

@Stowaways​

 

[Midnight Maiden]

Some may be able to see Pesky Dust's shock. When the woman completely disintegrated, Pesky Dust's mind was out of the dreamscape and back into the physical plane. He swiftly slapped the emblem on his chest, turning back to his human form.

"What... was that thing?" Ben says as he takes a few steps back, feeling shocked by the flashing of images. If they were any clearer, Ben would've probably been puking on the floor. While he helps the fallen Rui up, he was a little too shocked to ask her anything, the same way Rui felt great horror from the face of the now-disintegrated woman.

The woman's body left a mysterious device behind. Ben knew that this was not the time for shock. He shook his head to regain composure.

"That's the device Jury Rigg was after, and I think he had a pretty good reason to pursue it..." Ben comments. "Let's take it."

Ben then turns to Rui, putting a hand over her shoulder.

"Rui, you need to stay calm. Take a few breaths."

"Skree..." Buddy, rubbing his fur against Ben and Rui, seemed to feel a bit nervous, presumably for the same reasons that Rui felt horror.

Ben pockets the device and boards the custom Jury Rigged vehicle, for the lack of a better word, while accompanying Rui and Buddy to a seat. "You two just relax, a bit of rest might be able to calm you both down, even if just a little."

Ben then peers out of the vehicle, exclaiming to everyone else, "hey! You all coming or what?"

Once everyone was on, Ben would prepare to switch the vehicle to 'sky mode', causing the vehicles cylindrical wheels to split in half and transform into rocket boosters of sort, while a pair of plane wings would sprout from its bottom.

"Everyone ready for takeoff?"

It would later be revealed that despite being the one who built it, Ben was a wonky ship pilot, the ship fidgeting in the air as it moved. Perhaps someone with actual experience in flying vehicles could persuade Ben to let them take the wheel.

"I... I'm the guy with the Driver's license and doctorate... I... I can handle this..." Ben says in a very nervous manner, clearly lying about those last four words as he tries to maintain a smile.​

@Yun Lee (Noembelu) @Crow @Verite @Takumi (Shion) @Midnight Maiden (Wes & Rui) @Klutzy Ninja Kitty@Sen @BarrenThin@CrunchyCHEEZIT @Kaykay @Gwazi Magnum @LuckycoolHawk9 (Kara)

@york

@Stowaways​

Not initially having noticed that Pesky Dust had gone in to try to figure out more about the woman, Rui was left to revel in naught but the horror, sadness and dropping of her own gut as she beheld the horrific scene before her, unable to so much as form words. A few moments later, she found herself receiving a warm, gentle nudge from something soft, a gentle purr coming from the thing as it brushed against her cheek. Slowly, Rui snapped out of her trance enough to realize the thing was Solice, who had come to comfort her through her apparent, well... discomfort. Yet still, despite forcing a faint, sad smile of thanks, Rui could not manage to budge.

Well, not until Ben helped lift her to her feet, anyways.

"I-I...--" Rui attempted to speak, only to apparently choke on her words for a moment before managing to truly form them, tears still lingering in her eyes, threatening to spill over and wet her face. "--Th-thank you, B-Ben..." Rui uttered, softly, her eyes closing briefly as the tears began to spill over and glide down her pale cheeks. She immediately reached up, fervently scrubbing at her face with a shuddering breath, choking back a sob. Don't get her wrong, Rui had seen many a horrible thing in her lifetime. She, herself, had been kidnapped by thugs, toted very far from home in a burlap sack to be delivered to a villainous mastermind... Or, that had been the plan, until Wes had rescued her. Furthermore, she had seen countless Pokemon, their hearts sealed off by cruel men and women wishing to make them into nothing but machines. And it had worked for a time, before together, she and Wes had saved them. But this? The slaughter of a woman who was already near death during her defeat, that easily could have merely been turned in?

This was something she could never have been prepared for.

Nonetheless, she managed a shaky nod when Ben told her to breathe and calm herself down, the female doing as told without objection, knowing very well that he was right about needing to calm down. She would be useless if she didn't get her head back on straight, and that would make her feel even worse. That said, she allowed Ben to lead her to one of the crafts he had made. Just in time, thankfully, to miss Dio's assault of Giorno. Otherwise, she only would have gotten more worked up.

But hey, there was totally more time for that still, if it continued.

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[LuckycoolHawk9]

Kara, still in her Supergirl outfit looked over at Ben and the equipment that he was controlling. " I think I should take that before we crash the ship. I have experience with flying- both literally and figuratively," she said, looking over at Ben. She, meanwhile paused and forgot something. She hadn't introduced herself to the others. " I'm Supergirl, by the way."

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Connor looked around and sighed. It seemed that his plan had fallen through the floor, but he didn't really have time to reconsider it. He instead turn to shoot at the other titans, aiming for their napes and hoping that the others could handle the big one. He hoped that he got some his other friends soon, heck he would even taken S girl who had knocked him out.
" Hey, shoot. I love the moral support, but shoot," he said, addressing Sidon.

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[Yun Lee]

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The vampire stood there in stunned silence as his son defied him yet again. For a moment, he didn't know what to think. His tentacles retreated into himself. The woman's neck broke. Moments before Giorno killed her, though, he did realize that his powers weren't working anyways. It didn't matter, though. That wasn't the point. The point was that Giorno had pushed his luck too far with his father. He had insulted him one too many times.

There was no ritual to it. No ceremony.

DIO didn't say anything. He moved up to his son and looked him in the face. Rage boiled up more and more. The World didn't do anything. DIO did. He slammed his fist into Giorno's gut a few times, screaming with each hit.

"HOW. DARE. YOU. DEFY. ME?"

Each hit grew stronger, though he withheld enough to not kill his son, or hopefully cause too much in the way of harm other than emotional harm. He slammed his fist into Giorno's cheek, then pushed his son onto his back and planted his foot on Giorno's neck. "You are weak! Worthless! Useless! Useless! USELESS!"

As time sped up, all of the physical harm and movement happened at once for everyone around him. DIO stood on top of his son, continuing to scream at him, only, now that people could hear him, with an accusatory, horrified tone. "You just murdered a woman in cold blood, Giorno! How could you!? I was trying to spare her! To convert her to our side!" He stepped off of his son, horror in his eyes as he looked down at Giorno. "How can any of us trust you now?"

"You really are useless."

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Useless.

Useless.

"You really are useless."

She can't move, help, do anything. All she and the others could do was watch. And listen to what he has to say. Noembelu can't hear his words. All she can hear are the screams.

On the floor, writhing in agony, is Aprile. From her left eye come tears, from her right...blood. He stands above her, holding her eye in his hand.

"You are all witnesses. She deserved it." She doesn't deserve this. "She tried to desert her rank." She was trying to run away from her kidnappers. "The same will happen to you if you try to run." If they try to go home.

'This isn't home,' Little Eagle, who won't die, is in her mind again. Whoever Aprile was before she became Aprile, must have been in her head too. Noembelu can't let herself get hurt like who Aprile was has.

'I want to go home.' This is home now.

'I want my mother.' I have no mother.

'I really am useless.' You have a use when you serve Lord Bison.

...

.....

Little Eagle is quiet.
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DIO hit Giorno again and again, furious that he defied his father. In him she saw him again, the man who created Noembelu, the man who killed Little Eagle bit by bit.

"You really are useless."

Noembelu's hands went cold, tingly, her heart was beating fast and hard. She had to gasp for breath, losing all sense of calm for the time being. Noembelu was always calm. She was never frightened, or scared, but now she was all of those.

Her legs moved for her, getting her away, into the ship. Why was so hard to breathe? Why...why...

But...Noembelu never asked why...didn't she?

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[Takumi]

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Despite the nature of Dio's powers, it seemed that it was unable to affect the mysterious woman, who just began to laugh... Not seeming to stop, save for taking a breath here and there.

Not even Giorno and his stand's blows, that ravaged her body... Seemed to phase it, but in the end, she was finished, her body, broken... And ultimately, that laughter petered out, and alas... Her body began to desintegrate, almost like a titan's... And soon, nothing more, than her battered clothes,and her skeletal remains would be left behind, which in time, would vaporize too.

Cinder surveyed the scene, almost seeming to envy Dio, and not just him... But a good chunk of the people that had fought off her apparent counterpart; despite all that she had gained, they were still leagues above her. Yet, despite her bitterness at the fact that the powers she once thought would make her unstoppable, paled in comparison to what was offered in the multiverse... She swallowed her pride, and stayed silent, instead, glancing towards the mysterious device that was still sitting on the belt the woman had once had.

Looks like it was still active... And might just be usefull to keep around.

Interestingly enough, it was emitting a faint, blue glow.

...

In the meantime, Pesky Dust seemed to be able to grasp a few images from the woman's "dreams", if you could even call them that... And while they were fuzzy, and unclear, he could faintly make out the dark, pulsating outline of some sort of ginormous beast, and along with it... He could even hear its faint, wretched heartbeat.

If he were observant enough though, he might realize that the beast's outline oddly resembled some sort of coccoon, or shell... But he could not make too much more out before the woman's life came to an end thanks to Giorno. Just before her life ended though, a thundering screech echoed in his head...

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@Inner City

Well, the soldier looked kind of offended by Sidon's comment, evidently offended that he had mistook her for a male.

"Who the hell are you calling a-... ...?!" She started, but was quickly cut off by the cries of the female titan.

While it was immobilized, it appeared to be calling the attention of numerous other titans in the distance, even if overall, the titan horde was beginning to thin, there was still enough to cause a problem if they drew close enough.

"Oh whatever! Just take this and SHOOT SOMETHING DAMMIT!" She shouted abruptly.

With that she jammed the rifle she was holding into Sidon's hands before she headed back to the front lines, grabbing a spare rifle that was laying around in order to stave off the titan horde...​

Once the masked woman had been defeated Shion would sigh in relief as he would leave the mechanized suit to join the rest. Like many others, he quickly learned how unfit she'd be to get information from.

Giorno's method of dealing with the woman cuaght him off guard, the sudden throwing him off for a moment. Eyes wide as he stared at the disintigrating corpse.

Being snapped out of it, giving his hrad a light shake he avoided looking at the body--or what was left of it at this poin--and instead decided to move on.

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The vampire stood there in stunned silence as his son defied him yet again. For a moment, he didn't know what to think. His tentacles retreated into himself. The woman's neck broke. Moments before Giorno killed her, though, he did realize that his powers weren't working anyways. It didn't matter, though. That wasn't the point. The point was that Giorno had pushed his luck too far with his father. He had insulted him one too many times.

There was no ritual to it. No ceremony.

DIO didn't say anything. He moved up to his son and looked him in the face. Rage boiled up more and more. The World didn't do anything. DIO did. He slammed his fist into Giorno's gut a few times, screaming with each hit.

"HOW. DARE. YOU. DEFY. ME?"

Each hit grew stronger, though he withheld enough to not kill his son, or hopefully cause too much in the way of harm other than emotional harm. He slammed his fist into Giorno's cheek, then pushed his son onto his back and planted his foot on Giorno's neck. "You are weak! Worthless! Useless! Useless! USELESS!"

As time sped up, all of the physical harm and movement happened at once for everyone around him. DIO stood on top of his son, continuing to scream at him, only, now that people could hear him, with an accusatory, horrified tone. "You just murdered a woman in cold blood, Giorno! How could you!? I was trying to spare her! To convert her to our side!" He stepped off of his son, horror in his eyes as he looked down at Giorno. "How can any of us trust you now?"

"You really are useless."

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@york

@Stowaways​

Shion wasn't quite sure what to say or do about what happened next, but after a moment he glanced between father and son before uttering a few words.

"What he did was excessive in some ways, like what you yourself are doing. This...converting, possibly wouldn't have worked as she was far gone and beaten. Unfit to give anymore info than what was already given. It's best to just...try and move onto the next thing, since the moment has past." he spoke. Even with his high IQ, his expertise was ecology, but seeing the body of this woman disintegrate like a titan almost reminded him of the parasitic wasps from two years prior, along with some of the atrocities he had witnessed and in turn, committed.

Murder for the right cause, was still murder. Morally right or wrong didn't matter in some cases. In this case? Dio's response could be seen in two different lights.

Dio's words about trust brought up something in Shion.

Nezumi never fully trusted people, neitger did Inukashi--no, not everyone could be trusted and this man was definitely untrustworthy. He was someone Shion would have to be careful around. Both of them due to the power they possessed.

Glancing at Giorno briefly, a look of concern would show in red irises. But only for that moment as something a little darker would take it's place.

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[Kaykay]

Well.

All that happened.

Not really taking much note that the woman's face resembled the one whom the group was following all this time, as Shichika admittedly never did get over his condition of failing to tell some people apart in the first place, let alone remember their name, he could only listen silently as the woman seemed to finally utter words that would hopefully clue them all in a to what exactly the situation of this bizarre place was, but to little avail, as all that happened was she began raving like a lunatic.

The swordsman had little use for gods. Where he had come from, the only god around was time. Time was the one thing that crumpled mountains and structures, turned man and beast into dust, and built as much as it destroyed. It was the only absolute, and the thing that Shichika himself tried his best to keep up with. Sometimes, he even felt like a messenger of time, mapping the nation, living for a purpose of his own rather than one pre-determined for him.

The man could only sigh, rubbing his head briefly as it seemed that there was little chance of learning anything, let alone getting out of this place, from the woman. He raised an eyebrow at DIO's later attempt to persuade the woman, the vampire's hypnotic aura seeming to somehow go over Shichika's head like a balloon, as though the swordsman were immune to such a menacing aura, even if only secondhand at the moment. All he did was awkwardly lean over to Seisa, all the while still looking at DIO and Giorno from the sidelines.

"... These guys are weird. What do you think, Yayoi-kun?"

He still couldn't get the names or faces right, evidently, as he attempted to talk to Seisa.

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"I would have to agree, this group is certa- ...Yayoi-kun? Who's that?"

After speaking stoically as usual for a moment, a slightly surprised expression suddenly overtook her. What she thought was exactly what she said, who was he calling Yayoi-kun? He looked straight at her, but then there was no reason she should have been called that. Did he mean to address someone else in the group?

"In any case, my name is Seisa Mikagura. Sorry, you might have the wrong person...Whoever you are."

Seisa wasn't exactly an advocate for manslaughter, but when the figure resembling Cinder vanished after being barraged relentlessly by Giorno, something seemed off. A human didn't disappear like that after being killed. However, the fact Giorno was willing to be so utterly violent was something in and of itself. Was the smile he flashed his temporary allies just a facade to cover that part of him up? It wouldn't have surprised her if that was the case.

Though immediately afterwards, Giorno was blown away by the man calling himself DIO.

"Killing Art."

This time, Seisa separated DIO from Giorno, moving them approximately 5 meters away from each other. She looked over at them with a tired look in her eyes, as though scolding a group of school children.

"That was awful of him. But that was awful of you. Both of you should calm down. Don't act without thinking first. Avoid fighting each other for now, and perhaps avoid each other entirely. Understood? If you're going to fight, do it away from my presence."

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[Crow]

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The vampire stood there in stunned silence as his son defied him yet again. For a moment, he didn't know what to think. His tentacles retreated into himself. The woman's neck broke. Moments before Giorno killed her, though, he did realize that his powers weren't working anyways. It didn't matter, though. That wasn't the point. The point was that Giorno had pushed his luck too far with his father. He had insulted him one too many times.

There was no ritual to it. No ceremony.

DIO didn't say anything. He moved up to his son and looked him in the face. Rage boiled up more and more. The World didn't do anything. DIO did. He slammed his fist into Giorno's gut a few times, screaming with each hit.

"HOW. DARE. YOU. DEFY. ME?"

Each hit grew stronger, though he withheld enough to not kill his son, or hopefully cause too much in the way of harm other than emotional harm. He slammed his fist into Giorno's cheek, then pushed his son onto his back and planted his foot on Giorno's neck. "You are weak! Worthless! Useless! Useless! USELESS!"

As time sped up, all of the physical harm and movement happened at once for everyone around him. DIO stood on top of his son, continuing to scream at him, only, now that people could hear him, with an accusatory, horrified tone. "You just murdered a woman in cold blood, Giorno! How could you!? I was trying to spare her! To convert her to our side!" He stepped off of his son, horror in his eyes as he looked down at Giorno. "How can any of us trust you now?"

"You really are useless."

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@Stowaways​

Not initially having noticed that Pesky Dust had gone in to try to figure out more about the woman, Rui was left to revel in naught but the horror, sadness and dropping of her own gut as she beheld the horrific scene before her, unable to so much as form words. A few moments later, she found herself receiving a warm, gentle nudge from something soft, a gentle purr coming from the thing as it brushed against her cheek. Slowly, Rui snapped out of her trance enough to realize the thing was Solice, who had come to comfort her through her apparent, well... discomfort. Yet still, despite forcing a faint, sad smile of thanks, Rui could not manage to budge.

Well, not until Ben helped lift her to her feet, anyways.

"I-I...--" Rui attempted to speak, only to apparently choke on her words for a moment before managing to truly form them, tears still lingering in her eyes, threatening to spill over and wet her face. "--Th-thank you, B-Ben..." Rui uttered, softly, her eyes closing briefly as the tears began to spill over and glide down her pale cheeks. She immediately reached up, fervently scrubbing at her face with a shuddering breath, choking back a sob. Don't get her wrong, Rui had seen many a horrible thing in her lifetime. She, herself, had been kidnapped by thugs, toted very far from home in a burlap sack to be delivered to a villainous mastermind... Or, that had been the plan, until Wes had rescued her. Furthermore, she had seen countless Pokemon, their hearts sealed off by cruel men and women wishing to make them into nothing but machines. And it had worked for a time, before together, she and Wes had saved them. But this? The slaughter of a woman who was already near death during her defeat, that easily could have merely been turned in?

This was something she could never have been prepared for.

Nonetheless, she managed a shaky nod when Ben told her to breathe and calm herself down, the female doing as told without objection, knowing very well that he was right about needing to calm down. She would be useless if she didn't get her head back on straight, and that would make her feel even worse. That said, she allowed Ben to lead her to one of the crafts he had made. Just in time, thankfully, to miss Dio's assault of Giorno. Otherwise, she only would have gotten more worked up.

But hey, there was totally more time for that still, if it continued.

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Useless.

Useless.

"You really are useless."

She can't move, help, do anything. All she and the others could do was watch. And listen to what he has to say. Noembelu can't hear his words. All she can hear are the screams.

On the floor, writhing in agony, is Aprile. From her left eye come tears, from her right...blood. He stands above her, holding her eye in his hand.

"You are all witnesses. She deserved it." She doesn't deserve this. "She tried to desert her rank." She was trying to run away from her kidnappers. "The same will happen to you if you try to run." If they try to go home.

'This isn't home,' Little Eagle, who won't die, is in her mind again. Whoever Aprile was before she became Aprile, must have been in her head too. Noembelu can't let herself get hurt like who Aprile was has.

'I want to go home.' This is home now.

'I want my mother.' I have no mother.

'I really am useless.' You have a use when you serve Lord Bison.

...

.....

Little Eagle is quiet.
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DIO hit Giorno again and again, furious that he defied his father. In him she saw him again, the man who created Noembelu, the man who killed Little Eagle bit by bit.

"You really are useless."

Noembelu's hands went cold, tingly, her heart was beating fast and hard. She had to gasp for breath, losing all sense of calm for the time being. Noembelu was always calm. She was never frightened, or scared, but now she was all of those.

Her legs moved for her, getting her away, into the ship. Why was so hard to breathe? Why...why...

But...Noembelu never asked why...didn't she?

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​

Once the masked woman had been defeated Shion would sigh in relief as he would leave the mechanized suit to join the rest. Like many others, he quickly learned how unfit she'd be to get information from.

Giorno's method of dealing with the woman cuaght him off guard, the sudden throwing him off for a moment. Eyes wide as he stared at the disintigrating corpse.

Being snapped out of it, giving his hrad a light shake he avoided looking at the body--or what was left of it at this poin--and instead decided to move on.

Shion wasn't quite sure what to say or do about what happened next, but after a moment he glanced between father and son before uttering a few words.

"What he did was excessive in some ways, like what you yourself are doing. This...converting, possibly wouldn't have worked as she was far gone and beaten. Unfit to give anymore info than what was already given. It's best to just...try and move onto the next thing, since the moment has past." he spoke. Even with his high IQ, his expertise was ecology, but seeing the body of this woman disintegrate like a titan almost reminded him of the parasitic wasps from two years prior, along with some of the atrocities he had witnessed and in turn, committed.

Murder for the right cause, was still murder. Morally right or wrong didn't matter in some cases. In this case? Dio's response could be seen in two different lights.

Dio's words about trust brought up something in Shion.

Nezumi never fully trusted people, neitger did Inukashi--no, not everyone could be trusted and this man was definitely untrustworthy. He was someone Shion would have to be careful around. Both of them due to the power they possessed.

Glancing at Giorno briefly, a look of concern would show in red irises. But only for that moment as something a little darker would take it's place.

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Before Flight

With Rui and Buddy all settled in, Ben decides to call everyone to get on board. That was when he witnessed DIO pumelling his son in the face and stomach area.

Ben wanted to step in, and based on his actions, he didn't have any intention to choose anything from the Omnitrix. It appeared that Shion and Seisa had stepped in. Ben decides to break the awkward silence, frowning from the aftermath of viewing the case of domestic violence.

After all, it wasn't in Ben's nature to smile after seeing such a sight.

"We're ready for takeoff, last call," that was all Ben Tennyson said. He did not comment on DIO's actions.

When Giorno would board the vehicle, Ben would simply ask a single question.

"You alright?"​

---

Kara, still in her Supergirl outfit looked over at Ben and the equipment that he was controlling. " I think I should take that before we crash the ship. I have experience with flying- both literally and figuratively," she said, looking over at Ben. She, meanwhile paused and forgot something. She hadn't introduced herself to the others. " I'm Supergirl, by the way."



Connor looked around and sighed. It seemed that his plan had fallen through the floor, but he didn't really have time to reconsider it. He instead turn to shoot at the other titans, aiming for their napes and hoping that the others could handle the big one. He hoped that he got some his other friends soon, heck he would even taken S girl who had knocked him out.
" Hey, shoot. I love the moral support, but shoot," he said, addressing Sidon.

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After Flight

"I'm Ben, Ben Tennyson- wait a minute..."

Ben, while shaking Supergirl's hand, couldn't help but notice something.

He looks around, and notices that someone in the crew was not present, yet the number of members were the same. He couldn't tell who, though. He looks at his Omnitrix, then back at Supergirl.

"Ooooh," Ben winks as he passes the wheel to Supergirl, seeming to at least understand that Supergirl was an ally. "Nice to meet you, Supergirl."

Ben, still standing, decides to speak up to everyone.

"Guys, when I was Pesky Dust, that masked woman... I saw someone... something... I think it's what they call the last dream one would ever have before their death."

Ben begins to explain to the group what he saw.

In the meantime, Pesky Dust seemed to be able to grasp a few images from the woman's "dreams", if you could even call them that... And while they were fuzzy, and unclear, he could faintly make out the dark, pulsating outline of some sort of ginormous beast, and along with it... He could even hear its faint, wretched heartbeat.

If he were observant enough though, he might realize that the beast's outline oddly resembled some sort of coccoon, or shell... But he could not make too much more out before the woman's life came to an end thanks to Giorno. Just before her life ended though, a thundering screech echoed in his head...

"... that black beast... or at least, I think it was black. It was in a cocoon... shell... maybe an egg... her last dream was of that thing. The fact that she died dreaming about that thing... I think it proves that it holds a lot of sway in her heart."​

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@Stowaways​

 

[Verite]

"I would have to agree, this group is certa- ...Yayoi-kun? Who's that?"

After speaking stoically as usual for a moment, a slightly surprised expression suddenly overtook her. What she thought was exactly what she said, who was he calling Yayoi-kun? He looked straight at her, but then there was no reason she should have been called that. Did he mean to address someone else in the group?

"In any case, my name is Seisa Mikagura. Sorry, you might have the wrong person...Whoever you are."

Seisa wasn't exactly an advocate for manslaughter, but when the figure resembling Cinder vanished after being barraged relentlessly by Giorno, something seemed off. A human didn't disappear like that after being killed. However, the fact Giorno was willing to be so utterly violent was something in and of itself. Was the smile he flashed his temporary allies just a facade to cover that part of him up? It wouldn't have surprised her if that was the case.​

"Oh... Wait, you're a girl, right?"

The keenest observation Shichika had made all game.

"Sorry, I'm not good with faces. Or names. Or people," he cleared his throat, gingerly clasping his hands together, "I thought you were Yayoi-kun from earlier... or... Wait, what was his name again...? Yoichi-kun? Good grief, it doesn't help that he looks like a girl too... Why does everyone look the same?"

They didn't.

"But at least I have West and Rumi memorized over there," he said, pointing respectively at Rui and Wes, before looking back at Seisa momentarily.

"Still... Seisa, huh..." The swordsman repeated, as though attempting to get a feel for the name, though it was likely that he was going to forget it soon enough, "I'm Shichika. Shichika Yasuri. Nice to meet you! Or... I suppose it would be if we were in a better situa--"

And then DIO and Giorno happened.​

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The vampire stood there in stunned silence as his son defied him yet again. For a moment, he didn't know what to think. His tentacles retreated into himself. The woman's neck broke. Moments before Giorno killed her, though, he did realize that his powers weren't working anyways. It didn't matter, though. That wasn't the point. The point was that Giorno had pushed his luck too far with his father. He had insulted him one too many times.

There was no ritual to it. No ceremony.

DIO didn't say anything. He moved up to his son and looked him in the face. Rage boiled up more and more. The World didn't do anything. DIO did. He slammed his fist into Giorno's gut a few times, screaming with each hit.

"HOW. DARE. YOU. DEFY. ME?"

Each hit grew stronger, though he withheld enough to not kill his son, or hopefully cause too much in the way of harm other than emotional harm. He slammed his fist into Giorno's cheek, then pushed his son onto his back and planted his foot on Giorno's neck. "You are weak! Worthless! Useless! Useless! USELESS!"

As time sped up, all of the physical harm and movement happened at once for everyone around him. DIO stood on top of his son, continuing to scream at him, only, now that people could hear him, with an accusatory, horrified tone. "You just murdered a woman in cold blood, Giorno! How could you!? I was trying to spare her! To convert her to our side!" He stepped off of his son, horror in his eyes as he looked down at Giorno. "How can any of us trust you now?"

"You really are useless."​

DIO hit Giorno again and again, furious that he defied his father. In him she saw him again, the man who created Noembelu, the man who killed Little Eagle bit by bit.

"You really are useless."

Noembelu's hands went cold, tingly, her heart was beating fast and hard. She had to gasp for breath, losing all sense of calm for the time being. Noembelu was always calm. She was never frightened, or scared, but now she was all of those.

Her legs moved for her, getting her away, into the ship. Why was so hard to breathe? Why...why...

But...Noembelu never asked why...didn't she?
​

"O-Oi, big guy! I think your priorities are a little mixed up, so let's not get carried away!" Shichika said, though his words were unconvincing even for him.

The Kyoutouryuu Master was no saint when it came to preserving the lives of others, even his enemies, and he knew better than most others that death was simply the natural conclusion of certain paths people would choose within their lives, but he still felt a twinge of regret that things had to end up the way they did for the crazed woman they had just fought, with Giorno almost seeming to give her a sort of mercy killing not unlike the one he dished out on his own Nanami, and with DIO's overblown response, things were certainly getting... bizarre.

Still, he let Seisa do all the work and talking before taking notice of Noembelu's reaction, though with how oblivious as he was, it took him a small while to figure out what had spurred on her reaction. Still, he stepped over to the woman, putting a hand on her shoulder as he looked upon her.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong? Are you alright?"

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[CrunchyCHEEZIT]

Well. Rui had been all but prepared to hop into the suit Ben made her and pummel that fiery chick- the other fiery chick -to oblivion, but it looked like that had been solved, or something. Backing away from the suit, she tentatively watched the scene from a small distance, biting her lower lip as she looked on, beholding the final portion of the fight.... And thus, the comments from Dio and Giorno towards each other.

"...Jeez, you two have got some serious shoes," Rui muttered, briefly staring at Giorno and Dio with a sweatdrop. "Issues, that is," she added just as quietly, still staring with a deadpan. But she didn't linger. Her task here wasn't observing some boy with daddy issues; it was... Suddenly turning her head, looking for something with mild franticism, the redhead called out. "...Ben? Buddy?" she spoke, frantically searching for the pair... Only to breathe a heavy sigh of relief when she found them, her face lighting up immediately after and her arms flinging themselves around each of the males, respectively. Even if Ben still happened to be in an alien form.

"Hahaha, you're okay! I'm so glad!" she cheered, gently having squeezed both of them during their embraces. But she, unfortunately, had little time to cherish her joy that they were alright; the female's attention caught by a conversation between the now-downed assailant from before and some of her... hm. Allies wasn't the right word. Acquaintances? Something like that. Regardless, it caused her to pause, ripping away from her embrace with wide eyes to turn to face the group as Giorno began to state that the woman was useless. "Wait! What are you--?!"

Before she could even fully finish her demand, blue eyes widened with horror and shock as she witnessed the pummeling of the now-unmasked woman, Rui's own legs scrambling to get there to stop the male from killing her. "NO!!" she called, running as fast as she could... Only to trip, landing on her knees about seven feet away from the scene, tilting her head up just in time to witness the snapping of the figure's neck, a lump rising up in her own throat and her jaw dropping as she bore witness to it, eyes beginning to shimmer with horror and agony.

Why?..

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So.

This is what it felt like.

Three years is too long.

But, like that breezy summer day, it's hard to forget it.

Giorno's body cooled as the anger escaped his mind. He looked confused and dazed, like he didn't know what exactly he just did. The blonde-haired gangster stood over the ragged, disintegrating corpse of a woman, his Stand's fists drenched in blood and shards of bone. Gold Experience would linger in the air for a few moments before silently vanishing from view, returning to that subconscious area in the back of the mind, which Giorno believed a Stand would lie.

It was like Giorno's true self was retreating in this shell he built up for himself-- a shell in the making for years. The idea that he was still a 'good person' despite having paved his path to victory in blood. Giorno Giovanna was never known for apologizing or having second thoughts. His ambition-- that cursed ambition passed down by a dark bloodline -- wouldn't allow him to look back on his path. It was only the shimmering path ahead, towards what he thought where his dreams.

The one thing he always wanted was truth. But even now, since he saw his father, he didn't know if he himself would ever find truth again. He didn't know if he found that truth in the first place.

...Was it truly a facade?

Is his virtue based in reality? Or was his goodness merely superficial?

His eyes wandered, spotting a young woman kneeling off to the side. She looked mortified, like she'd just seen a horror movie. Giorno didn't make any movements or statements. His eyes darkened, as he looked towards the ground for a moment.

"...I'm--"
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The vampire stood there in stunned silence as his son defied him yet again. For a moment, he didn't know what to think. His tentacles retreated into himself. The woman's neck broke. Moments before Giorno killed her, though, he did realize that his powers weren't working anyways. It didn't matter, though. That wasn't the point. The point was that Giorno had pushed his luck too far with his father. He had insulted him one too many times.

There was no ritual to it. No ceremony.

DIO didn't say anything. He moved up to his son and looked him in the face. Rage boiled up more and more. The World didn't do anything. DIO did. He slammed his fist into Giorno's gut a few times, screaming with each hit.

"HOW. DARE. YOU. DEFY. ME?"

Each hit grew stronger, though he withheld enough to not kill his son, or hopefully cause too much in the way of harm other than emotional harm. He slammed his fist into Giorno's cheek, then pushed his son onto his back and planted his foot on Giorno's neck. "You are weak! Worthless! Useless! Useless! USELESS!"

As time sped up, all of the physical harm and movement happened at once for everyone around him. DIO stood on top of his son, continuing to scream at him, only, now that people could hear him, with an accusatory, horrified tone. "You just murdered a woman in cold blood, Giorno! How could you!? I was trying to spare her! To convert her to our side!" He stepped off of his son, horror in his eyes as he looked down at Giorno. "How can any of us trust you now?"

"You really are useless."

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@york

@Stowaways​

"--GAH!"

Before he could even comprehend the buzzing in his head, Giorno suddenly felt the world itself just crashed on top of him. His abdomen crushed inwards, and he could hear a distinct snap come from inside. Something had just broken; something important. He couldn't figure out what it was, because his face crushed inwards as well, causing a pained yell to escaped his throat. A spray of blood escaped his nose and mouth, spilling onto the ground and over his clothes.

He didn't speak. He couldn't.

Giorno simply glared upwards at his father.

...Was this what it really feels like?

True hatred for another living being?

An honest feeling that everything would be better if this person never existed?

Giorno once had a step-father he hated, but that was only a puppet. Now, he had his own real father to look at and feel a burning in his throat. Like he could scream right now and tear out this mans throat for trying to convince people that he was in the right. He had the audacity to try and lie through his teeth. Giorno understood DIO more than anyone else here could...he wasn't sure about it at first, but this man was a 'taker'.

This man was evil.

Giorno's eyes wandered towards his coat, spotting the still-intact outline of that shimmer gold Arrow...

I could do it right now. I could kill him in an instant.

No one would be able to stop me. He'd be dead. He'd be gone. He wouldn't stand in my path.

I'd--

I...

...for that honorable determination you showed when you injured your own arm...and for the dream which is worth it's weight in gold...I'll take my chances on you, Giorno Giovanna.

...I...

I...

"...I, Giorno Giovanna, have a dream that I know is just."

The reactions of the other's carried their courses. But, Giorno would slowly rise to his feet, staring upwards and wiping the blood off his lip. His expression didn't show much grief or pain, but a glimmer of what brought him to this place since the beginning. A glimmer of resolve, and hope.

"...To take the life of another human being is the ultimate evil. Perhaps I can't justify all the lives I've taken to reach this point. But...to let that woman live any longer would be an insult. An insult to her, and an insult to every corrupted moral she stood for. She was a puppet and a victim to her own fate...to take control of her anymore..."

"That is what a 'taker' would do."

"I've taken a life, but I've given what she's asked for, and what she was due."

"I did what was just."

"...I wouldn't expect someone like you to understand. I'll take up the suggestion of Seisa...and continue achieving my goal; which is getting myself and my allies out of this place alive. That is what we're all here for, so let's stop wasting our time doing...useless things."

Turning to Seisa and Shichika, Giorno gave a short bow. "I wouldn't want either of you to get involved with things like this. My sincerest apologies for the commotion. We should continue now, yes?" he suggested, giving DIO one last defiant look and turning towards the vehicle Ben had acquired, limping aboard.

Before Flight

With Rui and Buddy all settled in, Ben decides to call everyone to get on board. That was when he witnessed DIO pumelling his son in the face and stomach area.

Ben wanted to step in, and based on his actions, he didn't have any intention to choose anything from the Omnitrix. It appeared that Shion and Seisa had stepped in. Ben decides to break the awkward silence, frowning from the aftermath of viewing the case of domestic violence.

After all, it wasn't in Ben's nature to smile after seeing such a sight.

"We're ready for takeoff, last call," that was all Ben Tennyson said. He did not comment on DIO's actions.

When Giorno would board the vehicle, Ben would simply ask a single question.

"You alright?"​

---

After Flight

"I'm Ben, Ben Tennyson- wait a minute..."

Ben, while shaking Supergirl's hand, couldn't help but notice something.

He looks around, and notices that someone in the crew was not present, yet the number of members were the same. He couldn't tell who, though. He looks at his Omnitrix, then back at Supergirl.

"Ooooh," Ben winks as he passes the wheel to Supergirl, seeming to at least understand that Supergirl was an ally. "Nice to meet you, Supergirl."

Ben, still standing, decides to speak up to everyone.

"Guys, when I was Pesky Dust, that masked woman... I saw someone... something... I think it's what they call the last dream one would ever have before their death."

Ben begins to explain to the group what he saw.



"... that black beast... or at least, I think it was black. It was in a cocoon... shell... maybe an egg... her last dream was of that thing. The fact that she died dreaming about that thing... I think it proves that it holds a lot of sway in her heart."​

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@york

@Stowaways​

Upon boarding the vessel, Giorno slumped down on the nearest seat, wincing in pain as his wounds were still fresh. Glancing up at Ben, Giorno didn't react for a moment, but a short smirk spread across this face. "...I think I'll be fine. Thank you, Ben."

"To speak truthfully, I'm the last person you should be worrying about."

Giorno Giovanna never bluffs.

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​

 

[Yun Lee]

"Oh... Wait, you're a girl, right?"

The keenest observation Shichika had made all game.

"Sorry, I'm not good with faces. Or names. Or people," he cleared his throat, gingerly clasping his hands together, "I thought you were Yayoi-kun from earlier... or... Wait, what was his name again...? Yoichi-kun? Good grief, it doesn't help that he looks like a girl too... Why does everyone look the same?"

They didn't.

"But at least I have West and Rumi memorized over there," he said, pointing respectively at Rui and Wes, before looking back at Seisa momentarily.

"Still... Seisa, huh..." The swordsman repeated, as though attempting to get a feel for the name, though it was likely that he was going to forget it soon enough, "I'm Shichika. Shichika Yasuri. Nice to meet you! Or... I suppose it would be if we were in a better situa--"

And then DIO and Giorno happened.​

"O-Oi, big guy! I think your priorities are a little mixed up, so let's not get carried away!" Shichika said, though his words were unconvincing even for him.

The Kyoutouryuu Master was no saint when it came to preserving the lives of others, even his enemies, and he knew better than most others that death was simply the natural conclusion of certain paths people would choose within their lives, but he still felt a twinge of regret that things had to end up the way they did for the crazed woman they had just fought, with Giorno almost seeming to give her a sort of mercy killing not unlike the one he dished out on his own Nanami, and with DIO's overblown response, things were certainly getting... bizarre.

Still, he let Seisa do all the work and talking before taking notice of Noembelu's reaction, though with how oblivious as he was, it took him a small while to figure out what had spurred on her reaction. Still, he stepped over to the woman, putting a hand on her shoulder as he looked upon her.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong? Are you alright?"

@Yun Lee @Kaykay @BarrenThin @CrunchyCHEEZIT @york @Crow @LuckycoolHawk9 @Takumi @Midnight Maiden @Stowaways​

She needed to calm down. She had to calm down. This wasn't her. Noembelu was calm
Noembelu was strong. Noembelu was never afraid. Noembelu could always breathe. But it was so hard right now, and she didn't understand it. This had never happened before. And she didn't knoe how to stop it.

Noembelu barely heard what the boy was saying to her, but she would try to answer him anyway. "I...I..." She needed to focus on her breathing, calm it down. In...out. In...out.


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@Stowaways​

 

[Verite]

Turning to Seisa and Shichika, Giorno gave a short bow. "I wouldn't want either of you to get involved with things like this. My sincerest apologies for the commotion. We should continue now, yes?" he suggested, giving DIO one last defiant look and turning towards the vehicle Ben had acquired, limping aboard.

Upon boarding the vessel, Giorno slumped down on the nearest seat, wincing in pain as his wounds were still fresh. Glancing up at Ben, Giorno didn't react for a moment, but a short smirk spread across this face. "...I think I'll be fine. Thank you, Ben."

"To speak truthfully, I'm the last person you should be worrying about."

Giorno Giovanna never bluffs.​

She needed to calm down. She had to calm down. This wasn't her. Noembelu was calm
Noembelu was strong. Noembelu was never afraid. Noembelu could always breathe. But it was so hard right now, and she didn't understand it. This had never happened before. And she didn't knoe how to stop it.

Noembelu barely heard what the boy was saying to her, but she would try to answer him anyway. "I...I..." She needed to focus on her breathing, calm it down. In...out. In...out.​

"What? What are you trying to say? I don't understand."

He was bad at this, the whole "comforting" business, as seen with how he was trying to talk to Noembelu.

"Well, in any case... C'mon."

Still, if Shichika knew anything, it was that staying here wouldn't do anything. They needed to move, even if the swordsman himself wasn't exactly sure where he was going, but either way, he followed the wounded Giorno for the time being, and upon boarding the strange place, would attempt to help Noembelu into one of the seats.

As Giorno addressed both him and Seisa, the swordsman could only stick his tongue out in response initially. A strange verbal response for sure, though with his face, it could be inferred that he was thinking.

"..."

"Mmm, I don't really get all that's going on with you and your old man, but... I guess he's a different guy than you thought, eh?" He inquired, placing his hands on his hips, "You used to look up to someone like him, huh? Enough that you wanted to emulate him. But... Well, in my experience, you're just letting yourself become a victim, someone who comes to bear the weight of a legacy of pre-determined fate of blood," Shichika spoke softly, perhaps one of the more profound things that he had to say about anything all this time.

True enough, Shichika Yasuri was the head of the Kyoutouryuu School of Swordsmanship, just as his father was before him. And with that title, he was expected to bear the weight of such a thing, including the prejudices and troubles of being the son of Mutsue Yasuri. But it was only by realizing that he was a human, not a sword, that he could realize that there was another way. Even if at the cost of Togame, who was afflicted with the same curse of legacy's weight...

"But I... I made a promise. I'm following an order, you might even say... That come what may, everything is on me now. Rather than who I was to become being determined by who my father was, I was going to choose for myself what would happen. And like so, it would be my choice to get involved in what I please."

A pause, and an almost amused expression, before he continued.

"Besides... It's only natural, right? We're... what they call, partners. Isn't that right, Georgia-san? Sayaka-san?" He asked, looking at both Giorno and Seisa.

Just like that, he had almost instantly undermined the integrity of his own speech by complete accident.

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[Gummi Bunnies]

@Gummi Bunnies @Yun Lee (Birdie) @Yang Lee @LuckycoolHawk9 (Connor) @Bomb
@Inner City

Well, the soldier looked kind of offended by Sidon's comment, evidently offended that he had mistook her for a male.

"Who the hell are you calling a-... ...?!" She started, but was quickly cut off by the cries of the female titan.

While it was immobilized, it appeared to be calling the attention of numerous other titans in the distance, even if overall, the titan horde was beginning to thin, there was still enough to cause a problem if they drew close enough.

"Oh whatever! Just take this and SHOOT SOMETHING DAMMIT!" She shouted abruptly.

With that she jammed the rifle she was holding into Sidon's hands before she headed back to the front lines, grabbing a spare rifle that was laying around in order to stave off the titan horde...

"... about time my weapon systems were restored."

Even if she were hitting the mark with those gunshots, A2 wasn't exactly cut out to use ranged attacks like this for any longer. Of course, she rather not waste the ammunition was given for this gun either. So, she figured she would make her accuracy problem a bit easier. It didn't take long for her to materialize her spear, guiding it to her free hand with the usage of her electromagnetic systems. In the manner of throwing a javelin, A2 threw the spear at the back of the female titan's knee, much towards the knee that wasn't shot up with bullets that turned into ice it seemed. With a general feel on where to aim for, regardless if the spear stuck in place or not, A2 fired several more shots in the same direction her spear was thrown at.

@Gummi Bunnies @Yun Lee (Birdie) @Yang Lee @LuckycoolHawk9 (Connor) @Bomb
@Inner City
​

 

[Archmage Jeremiah]

In the meantime, Mipha, and Blaze would find themselves in the heat of battle... With alot of the ship's passengers, fighting off a good number of smaller titans down below. While most were easy to dispatch, it would appear that there were quite a few abnormals; some appeared to rush their opponents relentlesssly... Others crawled on all fours, lunging towards any opposition with lightning fast movements.

However, despite it all, they all had the same weakness; their napes. Taking advantage of this weakness, no matter how big or small, their numbers were beginning to thin in no time... Until the thundering sounds of footsteps could be heard somewhere in the distance, followed by two distinct screeches, piercing the air. Looks like they were about to have company... And not the good kind, as in the distance, they could spot two screecher titans charging towards the tower.

Digging her boot out out of a charred wound she had inflicted upon a felled titan, Blaze peered out into the distance as her sensitive ears zeroed in on one awfully distinct sound. Sure enough, the source was an oncoming wave of fresh titans. Just what are these things; throwing caution to the wind and attacking anything in sight? she wondered with a frown while centreing her pyrokinetic powers.



"Stay put ma'am!" Blaze commanded Mipha, "I'll draw them out so you can strike from the flank! If any of them turn on you, scream, and I'll end them before any harm comes to you!"

Once she had moulded a sizeable orb of molten soil and stone, Blaze hurled it at the titans encroaching on their position only to begin forming another, and aimed to make the process as bright and noisy as she possibly could.

@Mason Moretti @york

@thatguyinthestore @Takumi @Jeremi @MarMar @Midnight Maiden @Fallen Hope

@Beacon​

 

[Jeremi]

What a mess.

A stench lingered in the air, one that resembled old flesh and charred bones. It was almost sad that Dorian could identify such a scent. Oh, such was the life a hapless and talented mage lived! Dorian may have enjoyed combat for the technical prowess one could convey, but this was on a whole other level. It was nothing short of what Dorian imagined being in the thick of a Blight to be. Just... with fewer dragons.

He had descended the ramparts in the chaos, becoming a bit lost as a result. He had left magical mines of both fire and ice in the giant's path, but Howlett's handiwork had made the effort completely unnecessary. The man was now knee deep in the giant's corpse, looking down at a sight Dorian couldn't see.

Cupping a hand beside his mouth, Dorian called out to the others, "I didn't go splat! You're stuck with me for just a little longer! Delightful, isn't it?"

He jogged over toward Howlett and made a disgusted noise once he saw the unconscious boy. "So, they have bad digestion. Good to know."

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Seeing Dorian come up to him made Howlett smile for some reason. Good thing he was smart enough to stay out of the way. That had to wait for the time being at least as he picked up the boy from the ground. "I don't think he was a snack." As Howlett said that he raised his unclawed hand to the boy's head.

"I think he is the giant."​

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[York]

@thatguyinthestore @Takumi (JD) @MarMar (Yang, NPC) @Midnight Maiden (Weiss, NPC) @Archmage Jeremiah @Mason Moretti @Fallen Hope
@Beacon Tower

Due to the sudden arrival of multiple screechers, Ruby had diverted her attention towards taking them down... Her semblance serving her well in this aspect. However, in doing so, she failed to notice the Colossal Titan's fists coming down upon her, and had it not been for Weiss's unexpected intervention, it would likely have meant her end.

For a moment, she stood there in shock, noticing that Weiss had managed to summon a giant arm weilding a sword... But the surprise was replaced with a smile, as she quickly pieced together what happened; Weiss had summoned something for the first time. It was only when her teammate yelled out for her to go that she snapped back to reality, remembering what they had to do.

"You got it!" She said, with a sort of confidence that she only seemed to display in the heat of battle.

Though, Weiss could swear she saw something more than just confidence on her face as Ruby made eye contact with her, but... It was a little uncertain, as the young leader quickly dashed up the tower, with the aid of Weiss's glyphs, preparing to finish what Danielle, who had already been perched up there had started.

With Yang by her side, the two unleashed a flurry of blows and weapons fire against the titan's nape... And interestingly enough, the creature didn't seem to fight back.

Soon enough, their blows managed to cause the shimmering aura that once protected its nape to dissipate, and allowed both of them to destroy the nape.

Thus, with its nape gone, the colossal titan tumbled backwards... Its body ramming into the top of beacon tower, causing a greenish flash of light, followed by a defeaning explosion, as the top of the tower was demolished by its ginormous body... Which appeared to have caused some sort of reaction with whatever was being stored within.

As a result of this, the explosion blew the titan's body forwards... And at last, it collapsed to the ground, crushing numerous titans beneath its enormous body, and at last... The colossal titan was defeated, its body slowly beginning to desintegrate, with both Blake and Ruby respectively landing on the ground... The former looking quite tired out from her efforts.

However, in light of the main threat having been felled, Ruby caught something out of the corner of her eye; a screecher titan, out of many that were still prowling the area. One that held someone familiar in its hand... The woman from earlier, the one who was dressed almost like Ruby, and even shared her hair color. While Ruby had barely just met her, there was this aching feeling of familiarity about that woman... Like she knew her, and an pressing urge, to help her.

Yet... No matter how fast Ruby, nor anyone else ran, it seemed that no-one could stop the inevitable; the mysterious woman was weakened... By numerous shockwaves the screechers had unleashed some time ago, and unable to do anything as she was eaten by the titan, spattering the ground nearby with blood.

In that moment, an overwhelming, almost burning feeling seemed to build up in her body... The same feeling she had felt in that Civil War incident, when she had been under the influence of that mist from the Silent Earth...

Perhaps it was something that had been building for a while now, between her mother's death... Penny's disappearance, and what had happened to Jennifer in the Civil War incident... And now, amongst the thousands of casualties Vale had experience, she witnessed what felt like her mother dying for the second time.

This burning feeling almost seemed to radiate from her chest... Growing stronger and stronger, and soon... It began to flood through her entire body, and then next thing she knew, she clenched her fists, throwing her arms to her sides, and... Cried out in despair, saying the first thing that happened to have popped in her mind in the moment.

"MOTHEEEEEEEEER!"

She screamed out, as a bright light burst out from her eyes, rreaching out to envelop the screecher, who just moments ago... Had devoured that woman, alongside multiple others, who just happened to be in its vicinity.

When the light finally faded, Ruby collapsed to the ground... Unconscious, and in her wake... She left numerous skeletal remains behind, remains of what had once been screecher titans.

While they were no Grimm, perhaps they were just close enough in nature... To be affected by whatever mysterious power had just been unleashed, but nonetheless, Ruby was evidently spent, not seeming to be moving at the moment.

Blake in light of all of this, looked shocked for once; even she hadn't quite expected this to happen, but instead of immediately heading over to her teammate, she was more concerned with the woman that had just lost her life.

Dashing towards what was left of the screecher Blake seemed to be searching for something, but it was hard to say, or see... From this distance, what exactly it was.

...

Blaze in the meantime would notice something about the titans around her, particularly the screechers. Just before the Colossal titan was defeated, when its movements seemed to have become more sluggish, the screechers had stopped screeching.

Nonetheless though, Blaze's efforts to provide a distraction paid off, as her attacks appeared to be drawing the attention of multiple titans, which were quickly finished off by the forces on the ground... Notable a mysterious girl with Bunny ears, that appeared to be switching between a variety of weapons made from hard-light, with techniques that even resembled a few of the fighters around her... Like Ruby, and Weiss, just to name a few.

Thus, with the efforts of all those who were fighting, the remaining titans were soon eliminated, leaving behind a vast amount of desintegrating corpses... And various blood stains, along with limbs here and there, from those they have devoured in their wake.

However, the strange Bunny girl seemed more focused on the desintegrating body of the Colossal Titan, having noticed the outline of someone apparently familiar to her amidst the spot that had once been its nape.

It was only when she got close, that she realized who it was; there was no mistaking it. The armor... The short, brown hair, that mace...

"... Cardin?" She said, looking quite surprised.

Fortunately (for her) though, it looked like he was unconscious for the time being, but... What was he doing inside that colossal titan's nape?

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@Inner City

The female titan seemed to have become more sluggish, the crystaline substance that had once accurately formed around her weak points seemed tohave become slower... And more fragile.

With this in mind, A2's spear, in combination with shots from her weapon was quickly able to immobilize her target... With the female titan's knee completely incapacitated, it was open for an attack from behind, which a few soldiers wielding rocket launchers took the liberty of doing just that.

Taking carefull aim, the titan's nape was hit with multiple rockets, one breaking through the now frail crystaline substnace that had once protected it... While the others, slammed into its nape, causing it to shimmer briefly, before it dissipated.

Another rocket was all it took before its nape was destroyed, causing the creature to collapse to the ground, not seeming to move again... Looks like the female titan was defeated, but it was hard to say why she had suddenly become weakened...

Perhaps there was some sort of external factor to thank?

At any rate, it looks like the front lines were clearing away the last of the titans there too... So, for the most part, the battle was over... For now.

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@Stowaways

It seemed like Dio and Giorno were about to duke it out, which Cinder was prepared to watch with interest. Only, before the fight could truly take place... Seisa disabled both of their powers with her ability, diffusing the situation, which drew a rather envious look from Cinder.

Her eyes lit up momentarily, as she contemplated what it would be like, to have the power to rewrite space and time like Seisa did... But, ultimately, she realized it was just another one of those powers that was out of her reach, for now.

No matter what ends she had to go do... She would one day, find the powers she needed, to best the man that had once bested her in the past... In that Murder Game she partook in.

But alas, for now... Cinder stepped onto the vehicle with the others, knowing her search would have to wait.

Though, out of the corner of her eye, just before they left, she noticed Rui, who appeared a bit downtrodden by all of this... Evidently quite shaken by what had happened with that woman back there, whoever she was.

And while she normally could care less for such trivial things, part of her wondered what it was like... To be like that again, to show compassion... To care for the lives of others.

For the life of her, she couldn't remember the last time she had actually done so, and while she wouldn't say what she felt towards Rui was anything close to compassion... More like a weird sense of yearning, not unlike what cropped up whenever she had hung around Ruby, which was months ago.

In the end, Cinder ended up patting Rui on the head gently... In a sort of patronizing manner maybe, but... Nonetheless, it was strange to see this sort of action from a person like her.

Perhaps, deep down, she envied those who still had their innocence... Those who had yet to see the true horros that this world, or perhaps... The entire multiverse had to offer.

After all, there are some things that you simply can't come back from... Some things, that would take the innocent one once had away... Regardless of whether they wanted it.​

 

[Jeremi]

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@Beacon Tower

Due to the sudden arrival of multiple screechers, Ruby had diverted her attention towards taking them down... Her semblance serving her well in this aspect. However, in doing so, she failed to notice the Colossal Titan's fists coming down upon her, and had it not been for Weiss's unexpected intervention, it would likely have meant her end.

For a moment, she stood there in shock, noticing that Weiss had managed to summon a giant arm weilding a sword... But the surprise was replaced with a smile, as she quickly pieced together what happened; Weiss had summoned something for the first time. It was only when her teammate yelled out for her to go that she snapped back to reality, remembering what they had to do.

"You got it!" She said, with a sort of confidence that she only seemed to display in the heat of battle.

Though, Weiss could swear she saw something more than just confidence on her face as Ruby made eye contact with her, but... It was a little uncertain, as the young leader quickly dashed up the tower, with the aid of Weiss's glyphs, preparing to finish what Danielle, who had already been perched up there had started.

With Yang by her side, the two unleashed a flurry of blows and weapons fire against the titan's nape... And interestingly enough, the creature didn't seem to fight back.

Soon enough, their blows managed to cause the shimmering aura that once protected its nape to dissipate, and allowed both of them to destroy the nape.

Thus, with its nape gone, the colossal titan tumbled backwards... Its body ramming into the top of beacon tower, causing a greenish flash of light, followed by a defeaning explosion, as the top of the tower was demolished by its ginormous body... Which appeared to have caused some sort of reaction with whatever was being stored within.

As a result of this, the explosion blew the titan's body forwards... And at last, it collapsed to the ground, crushing numerous titans beneath its enormous body, and at last... The colossal titan was defeated, its body slowly beginning to desintegrate, with both Blake and Ruby respectively landing on the ground... The former looking quite tired out from her efforts.

However, in light of the main threat having been felled, Ruby caught something out of the corner of her eye; a screecher titan, out of many that were still prowling the area. One that held someone familiar in its hand... The woman from earlier, the one who was dressed almost like Ruby, and even shared her hair color. While Ruby had barely just met her, there was this aching feeling of familiarity about that woman... Like she knew her, and an pressing urge, to help her.

Yet... No matter how fast Ruby, nor anyone else ran, it seemed that no-one could stop the inevitable; the mysterious woman was weakened... By numerous shockwaves the screechers had unleashed some time ago, and unable to do anything as she was eaten by the titan, spattering the ground nearby with blood.

In that moment, an overwhelming, almost burning feeling seemed to build up in her body... The same feeling she had felt in that Civil War incident, when she had been under the influence of that mist from the Silent Earth...

Perhaps it was something that had been building for a while now, between her mother's death... Penny's disappearance, and what had happened to Jennifer in the Civil War incident... And now, amongst the thousands of casualties Vale had experience, she witnessed what felt like her mother dying for the second time.

This burning feeling almost seemed to radiate from her chest... Growing stronger and stronger, and soon... It began to flood through her entire body, and then next thing she knew, she clenched her fists, throwing her arms to her sides, and... Cried out in despair, saying the first thing that happened to have popped in her mind in the moment.

"MOTHEEEEEEEEER!"

She screamed out, as a bright light burst out from her eyes, rreaching out to envelop the screecher, who just moments ago... Had devoured that woman, alongside multiple others, who just happened to be in its vicinity.

When the light finally faded, Ruby collapsed to the ground... Unconscious, and in her wake... She left numerous skeletal remains behind, remains of what had once been screecher titans.

While they were no Grimm, perhaps they were just close enough in nature... To be affected by whatever mysterious power had just been unleashed, but nonetheless, Ruby was evidently spent, not seeming to be moving at the moment.

Blake in light of all of this, looked shocked for once; even she hadn't quite expected this to happen, but instead of immediately heading over to her teammate, she was more concerned with the woman that had just lost her life.

Dashing towards what was left of the screecher Blake seemed to be searching for something, but it was hard to say, or see... From this distance, what exactly it was.

...

Blaze in the meantime would notice something about the titans around her, particularly the screechers. Just before the Colossal titan was defeated, when its movements seemed to have become more sluggish, the screechers had stopped screeching.

Nonetheless though, Blaze's efforts to provide a distraction paid off, as her attacks appeared to be drawing the attention of multiple titans, which were quickly finished off by the forces on the ground... Notable a mysterious girl with Bunny ears, that appeared to be switching between a variety of weapons made from hard-light, with techniques that even resembled a few of the fighters around her... Like Ruby, and Weiss, just to name a few.

Thus, with the efforts of all those who were fighting, the remaining titans were soon eliminated, leaving behind a vast amount of desintegrating corpses... And various blood stains, along with limbs here and there, from those they have devoured in their wake.

However, the strange Bunny girl seemed more focused on the desintegrating body of the Colossal Titan, having noticed the outline of someone apparently familiar to her amidst the spot that had once been its nape.

It was only when she got close, that she realized who it was; there was no mistaking it. The armor... The short, brown hair, that mace...

"... Cardin?" She said, looking quite surprised.

Fortunately (for her) though, it looked like he was unconscious for the time being, but... What was he doing inside that colossal titan's nape?

---

@Gummi Bunnies @Yun Lee (Birdie) @Yang Lee @LuckycoolHawk9 (Connor) @Bomb
@Inner City

The female titan seemed to have become more sluggish, the crystaline substance that had once accurately formed around her weak points seemed tohave become slower... And more fragile.

With this in mind, A2's spear, in combination with shots from her weapon was quickly able to immobilize her target... With the female titan's knee completely incapacitated, it was open for an attack from behind, which a few soldiers wielding rocket launchers took the liberty of doing just that.

Taking carefull aim, the titan's nape was hit with multiple rockets, one breaking through the now frail crystaline substnace that had once protected it... While the others, slammed into its nape, causing it to shimmer briefly, before it dissipated.

Another rocket was all it took before its nape was destroyed, causing the creature to collapse to the ground, not seeming to move again... Looks like the female titan was defeated, but it was hard to say why she had suddenly become weakened...

Perhaps there was some sort of external factor to thank?

At any rate, it looks like the front lines were clearing away the last of the titans there too... So, for the most part, the battle was over... For now.

---

@Yun Lee (Noembelu) @Crow @Verite @Takumi (Shion) @Midnight Maiden (Wes & Rui) @Klutzy Ninja Kitty@Sen @BarrenThin@CrunchyCHEEZIT @Kaykay @Gwazi Magnum @LuckycoolHawk9 (Kara)
@Stowaways

It seemed like Dio and Giorno were about to duke it out, which Cinder was prepared to watch with interest. Only, before the fight could truly take place... Seisa disabled both of their powers with her ability, diffusing the situation, which drew a rather envious look from Cinder.

Her eyes lit up momentarily, as she contemplated what it would be like, to have the power to rewrite space and time like Seisa did... But, ultimately, she realized it was just another one of those powers that was out of her reach, for now.

No matter what ends she had to go do... She would one day, find the powers she needed, to best the man that had once bested her in the past... In that Murder Game she partook in.

But alas, for now... Cinder stepped onto the vehicle with the others, knowing her search would have to wait.

Though, out of the corner of her eye, just before they left, she noticed Rui, who appeared a bit downtrodden by all of this... Evidently quite shaken by what had happened with that woman back there, whoever she was.

And while she normally could care less for such trivial things, part of her wondered what it was like... To be like that again, to show compassion... To care for the lives of others.

For the life of her, she couldn't remember the last time she had actually done so, and while she wouldn't say what she felt towards Rui was anything close to compassion... More like a weird sense of yearning, not unlike what cropped up whenever she had hung around Ruby, which was months ago.

In the end, Cinder ended up patting Rui on the head gently... In a sort of patronizing manner maybe, but... Nonetheless, it was strange to see this sort of action from a person like her.

Perhaps, deep down, she envied those who still had their innocence... Those who had yet to see the true horros that this world, or perhaps... The entire multiverse had to offer.

After all, there are some things that you simply can't come back from... Some things, that would take the innocent one once had away... Regardless of whether they wanted it.​

Danielle was high above in the sky when the giants were defeated by the girl that had come with the group to the tower. Landing back on the ground Danielle made her way to where the colossal giant had fallen and noticed a rabbit girl looking over a boy in the remains of the giant.

"Was this kid inside the giant?"She wasn't quite sure what to make of it. Was this kid the only thing that remained from the giant?​

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