@BarrenThin @Crow
If Ben and Buddy were to attempt it, they would discover that their abilities were currently disabled as well. Nonetheless, the blue haired woman appeared to be concentrated on leading them further along, to wherever she planned on going.
Honestly though, it hardly felt like they were moving at all in this place, as the field seemed to stretch on endlessly... Until they reached a spot where there appeared to be a blue, sphere-like object of some sort, not unlike those "time gates" they had encountered before, except... This one appeared to be flickering, emitting a rather weak, pulsating light that seemed unlikely to provide much illumination, had this place been dark.
She reached out to touch it, but before her hands made contact, she looked towards Ben, his companion, and Dio respectively, seeming to hesitate for a moment before she spoke.
"Before we can return... We must find an artifact. It awaits us through this gate, in a place where all that remains of delted timelines lie." She said.
Though she was still as cryptic as ever, it looks like she'd be willing to elaborate, once they had the chance to converse with one another anyways... But for the time being, she appeared more focused on the strange blue sphere, holding her hands out as she concentrated... Eventually causing it to expand outwards, almost like a timegate, except they could clearly see the world that lay beyond.
As desolate land, with ruins of various buildings... Futuristic, and more primitive, alike... It looked bleak, like all life had been drained from it, and there was this ominous feeling, radiating from it.
All in all though, at least the portal, thing, didn't seem to be sucking them inside, but instead... The woman stepped forwards, entering the portal, motioning for them to follow once more... Guess it was up to them, to take the first step inside.
@Gands @Otto @Gummi Bunnies @Krieg @Takumi
@Wall Rose
Those who scaled the wall would quickly find a sight to behold;
rows upon rows of cannons were aimed at the ground below, where a horde of various
animal-like creatures were striking at the wall, while some were aimed high above... Towards
large bird-like creatures were circling the area, bombarding segments with arrow-like feathers on occasion. Many casualties were being sustained, but it would appear that the numerous fighters stationed here were quick to transport what they could away from the carnage... While others continued to rotate around, manning the cannons... Or launching themselves straight towards the enemy above using their mysterious gear... Managing to kill off a few airborne enemies every so often.
It seems though that the defenses here might not hold out forever, if the flow of these strange creatures kept up like this... But from up here, it seemed like those who wanted to could either
man a cannon, or just
use the elevation on the wall to their advantage in order to
stave off the creatures in the air or on the ground. On the other hand, one could always improvise if they would so choose, it just seemed that those on the wall needed some help.
@Yun Lee (Birdie)
@Mason Moretti @Minerva @Bomb @Takumi (Shion)
@Midnight Maiden @Atomyk @LuckycoolHawk9 (Connor)
@Lissamel @Jeremi (Howlett)
@Bomb
@Wall Sina
Fortunately, for
Shion, there was plenty of medical supplies to go around, and it wasn't hard to grab some from a nearby stockpile and begin helping out with the wounded and injured... Something that those doing so already were evidently gratefull for.
Mipha, and
Rosa, along with
Sidon's help managed to heal a good chunk of the injured in their immediate area, and while they did not completely seal wounds or anything... It certainly allowed those helping out to perform their tasks with ease... And a few of the injured soldiers actually turned out well enough to go back into battle too, which they were quick to do... Heading through Wall Sina's gate once they got on their gear.
"I wish help like this could come more often..." The blonde haired woman said, frowning a little.
It wasn't certain if she was aware of Rosa and Mipha's strange healing powers, but it was clear that she was gratefull for the help, considering just how many injured were flowing in by the hour.
After a moment, she seemed to shake off her gloomy expression, managing another cheery smile towards Mipha and Rosa.
"I'm Christa... Lenz. It's nice to meet you." She said.
Though no-one had asked her name directly, it seemed that she was trying to lift the mood a little... Or maybe just distract herself from the sheer number of injured that was coming in.
...
Connor's approach yielded the expected results, with one of the members of the Military Police quick to answer, for whatever it's worth.
"Ah, 3D Maneuver Gear, rations, medical supplies... Firearms and gunpowder... That sort of thing." He said, though he seemed a little uneasy when Connor mentioned helping out.
"It's fine! It's fine! We've got this covered! Just... Go help the injured!" He said, waving him off.
Actually, looking closer, while a good portion of the supplies were indeed going towards the forces stationed here, there was a small bit that appeared to be getting
pawned off to some wealthy looking civilians. Guess the Military Police didn't exactly have their hands clean.
In the meantime,
Howlett suddenly caught a whiff of something
really putrid... And if he were to turn his attention to the source, he might just catch a
mysterious protrususion from one of the crates before it
vanished into the depths within. Whatever it was, it seemed that the Military Police, nor anyone handling the supplies had noticed it... But, it certainly couldn't be a good thing, considering that it shared the color scheme of that bird-like creature that had attacked the group upon arrival.
@Jeremi (Danielle)
@Yun Lee (Noembelu)
@LuckycoolHawk9 (Supergirl/Kara)
@Verite @Archmage Jeremiah
@Recon Mission
Regardless of whether everyone chose to don the capes given to them... They found that they were more or less unnoticed, or at least, didn't draw unwanted attention as they all happened to climb into the same supply wagon, whether it was intentional, or not.
As all the units of the Survey Corps were currently at a standstill, there was plenty of time to converse amongst themselves... But in the end, when a distinct line of green smoke could be seen in the sky... Followed by a sudden volley of cannon fire from the left side of the wall... The gates were suddenly lifted, and their wagon suddenly moved forwards along with the rest of the units.
The journey to the actual outside of the wall took a fair amount of time, considering that they had to go through another series of buildings, and another gate... But it seemed that most of the creatures attacking the wall had diverted their attention towards the left side of the wall, allowing for the Survey Corps to slip through, to the place outside the walls.
Eventually, they reached a series of buildings, where there already appeared to be an outpost, and even a few cannon emplacements... With a few other Recon Corps members already stationed there, but it would appear that the outpost was far from safe, as they got closer.
The horses pulling the carts seemed to come to a stop behind the cannon emplacements, while the rest of the group seemed to be re-organizing, preparing to charge again, with some discussion going on amongst them.
If one were to peek out of the wagon to see what the Recon Corps was regrouping for, they would see that there appeared to be
horde of incoming creatures, a few bird-like ones, like they had seen within the walls... And, a bunch of animal-like creatures that resembled bears, or werewolves perhaps... If they were on steroids, that is. In addition, there even appeared to be a couple that resembled overgrown scorpions.
Beyond that, there appeared to be a
black mass of some sort, but it was hard to make out from this distance... But one could likely assume that this was the
source of these creatures, though there was no way to tell from this distance.
Regardless, it seemed that it was going to be difficult to get there on foot, but seeing that a large portion of the forces seemed to be hunkering down... Preparing to fend off the onslaught of creatures, they appeared not to be paying a whole lot of attention to the
spare horses in a nearby stable. There appeared to be at least 8 that they could take, if they weren't so confident in making the journey on foot, or heck, they could even just
help the forces here defend against the onslaught, but regardless... It was unlikely that these creatures were going to stop coming, unless the source of them was eliminated.
In fact, if one looked carefully, there was a
smaller group of Survey Corps soldiers gathering together... Appearing to be preparing to to charge through the first opening they had, but seeing that there was a load of creature's drawing closer and closer, they may be planning to use the bulk of their forces as a diversion... In either case, seeing that the black mass in the distance, as well as the horde of creatures coming their way were drawing closer by the minute... There was only going to be a small window of time for the group that had decided to accompany the Survey Corps here to make a decision.
