SRWG - Gaea 11

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<Sandwitches> Three days have passed since the marathon of a battle that ended in the destruction of the Zaibach empire, and the arrival of the new invaders from the stars.

<Sandwitches> Though some of the heroes who were dragged to Zaibach managed to escape the invasion force, others were accidentally left behind and captured...

<Sandwitches> Others, like the heroes and children who remained behind at Berk Weyr, found themselves at the mercy of another branch of the invasion force, which swept in with such speed and strength that the weekend forces of the Weyr and the alliance of nations were powerless to resist.

<Sandwitches> In the days since, The “Army of the Helix” has gathered up the various people who were present on the battlefield and in Berk who originate from off world, and taken them and some of their allies to a mountain in the north that some of the natives with them refer to as “Mount Prisim”.

<Sandwitches> Since their arrival, the heroes have found themselves locked in a large round cell with no visible exit...

<Sandwitches> Notably...  Celestino, Nia, Len, and Baby Al all appear to be missing from the cell...  But some other children, many of which they've never seen before, appear to be in the cell with them...

<RickDominated> Subaru grimaces, her arms crossed and looking as defiant as she can....which isn't that much, considering her age and statue. "...darn, this didn't work out all that well."

<LaptopXAN> "I guess not... Darn..." Erza leans against the wall, sighing. So much for that...

<BSRaven> Simon is being awfully quiet... Not sighing in despair or moping around the place. Or even trying to escape the wrath of Birdy, just... There.

<Sandwitches> The girls Grandfather sits up against one of the walls...  his hands locked in a pair of strange looking gloves behind his back.

<RickDominated> "Mmmm...still...they didn't tie us up, Er-nee..."

<LaptopXAN> "... Yeah, but it's not like there's anything to do. This is the worst..." She sighs.

<RickDominated> "Mmmm...well...I suppose we should be plotting a daring escape, right?"

<LaptopXAN> "Probably." She gets up with a sigh. "I just don't see what we can actually do, though..."

<LaptopXAN> "We need a way to get out where we wouldn't immediately get captured again..."

<RickDominated> "...yeah, that was kind of dumb of us...it was something Gai would do!"

<RickDominated> "...I tried that...!" "Seeeeeeee...? Point proven."

<LaptopXAN> "... Hmmm." Erza looks around at the people she DOESN'T recognize. Maybe one of them might be useful...

<RickDominated> "I mean...theres mopey pants there..." "Simon." "See-moan, yes."

<BSRaven> ...Though there's actually just a whole lot of nothing coming from him. Not even moping, just... blank.

<RickDominated> Subaru waves her hand in front of him. "...eh? What's his problem?"

<LaptopXAN> "Dunno." Erza shrugs. "I dunno, hit him and see if he reacts? I'm going to go see if anyone'd like to be *useful*

<RickDominated> "Awww...I wanna come with you!"

<LaptopXAN> "Alright, come on."

<LaptopXAN> Not that there's very far to go, but moving away from the rather inanimate Simon seems advisable

<BSRaven> ...Though he does shift slightly from where he's sitting. Still rather catatonic in terms of response to stimuli though.

<LaptopXAN> "Heeey." Erza walks over towards the people she's not met yet. "Hello people!"

<Sandwitches> The most prominant of this group...  is a young Blue haired boy about her own age.

<RickDominated> "Ehhh...who's that?

<LaptopXAN> Erza shrugs. She's trying to find that out, darnit.

<RickDominated> So, Subaru pushes her sister forwards, straight into him. She's a much more straightforwards girl.

<LaptopXAN> "Waah!"

<Sandwitches> The boy catches her before she can actually crash into him.  "Woah, are you alright?"

<RickDominated> Subaru snaps her fingers.

<LaptopXAN> "I'm fine" She looks rather embarrassed. She'd shoot her sister a venomous look but now doesn't seem the idea time "Just fine. Sorry."

<Sandwitches> At this distance she can get a much better look at his face, even through the darkness...  and catches a glimpse of a black tatoo around his right eye.  "...  Whats your name?"

<LaptopXAN> "I'm Erza. S-sorry for tripping onto you." She winces. "I'm not normally clumsy but it's not easy to see here" She notes defensively.

<RickDominated> "Subaru!"

<Sandwitches> "It's alright." The young man smiles and gently lets her back down.  "And my name is Jellal."

<RickDominated> "...Jello?"

<Sandwitches> "Jellal."

<Sandwitches> "...  So where did they pick the two of you up from?"

<RickDominated> "We tried to fight back, there were a few too many though, really..."

<LaptopXAN> "Ahh... We were a bit lost at the time" Not entirely true but it's not like they'd INTENDED to get teleported straight to Zaibach. "They kinda... landed right on top of us."

<Sandwitches> He nods.  "I know what you mean...  I'm still not completely sure what all happened..."  He shakes his head.  "But we need to find some way to get out of here."

<RickDominated> "That's why we're looking around! ...can you do anything cool, like punch out fireballs, or crush rocks, or fly?"

<Sandwitches> "He's right...  WE can't let these things keep us down here."  Shirou growls, trying to find a way out of his cuffs.

<Sandwitches> "Magic?  No... uh, not really...  I've never really had a chance to learn it..."

<LaptopXAN> "It's alright. Any way you can help out is fine. We just need to get people here together and try to come up with a way out of here." Erza smiles.

<RickDominated> "...Hmm...What are those cuffs made out of...?"

<LaptopXAN> "Well. It's probably not Unobtanium..."

<Sandwitches> "I'm not sure...  I can't examine them properly for some reason..."

<LaptopXAN> "... Maybe it is Unobtanium"

<RickDominated> "....if they're mechanical, I might be able to Vibration Shatter them off...

<LaptopXAN> "... I don't think that's the best plan..."

<LaptopXAN> Erza shakes her head. "what we really need to do is work out what everyone here is capable of."

<BSRaven> "I can dig." Finally, signs of life from Simon.

<LaptopXAN> "Oh?"

<BSRaven> "It's all I can do. Dig. Up, down, in a straight line, with my hands, with a drill... I can dig."

<BSRaven> "But... I can dig anything. As long as I believe I can dig through it, I can."

<LaptopXAN> "Well... that'll get us out of here, at least. We just need to figure out how to STAY out of here."

<BSRaven> "I can dig through /anything/. Even things that would put us back in here."

<BSRaven> ...The vagueness of using his ability to believe to dig through anything just became a bit more obvious.

<LaptopXAN> "Okay, that's good..." Erza nods. "There's still an awful lot of those things out there, though..."

<BSRaven> "I'll just keep on digging."

<BSRaven> "I won't stop digging. My own grave, the grave of everyone who follows me, through to the heavens - I won't stop. My life has been, and will be to dig. That is my fate. The fate I have chosen for myself is to dig, but I can dig anything if I just..." Slam. "If I just... Believe in myself. And know that I believe in myself, deep in my heart."

<RickDominated> "...see, he's not so mopey!"

<BSRaven> Looking at Simon reveals that he's true to his word -- he's not been quiet. He's been digging with the ferocity of a man possessed!

<Sandwitches> "..."  Caren smirks...  and starts to sing.  "Hane wo hiroge tobitatsu toki ga, mou soba ni kiteru no."

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<Sandwitches> Three days have passed since the marathon of a battle that ended in the destruction of the Zaibach empire, and the arrival of the new invaders from the stars.

<Sandwitches> The Leader of the invasion force, The unstoppable Guido, has taken a small handful of his captives into his mighty battleship, the Dai-Gundo for “safe keeping”...

<Sandwitches> Nia Pendragon finds herself in a small, yet incredibly well furnished room filled with a bed, a couch, a dozen stuffed animals, and a crib containing her baby sister Al...

<Adventfalla-phone> Nia looks down at the baby, confused. What was Al doing here? Why was she in this nice room? Where was everyone?

<Adventfalla-phone> She sighed, keeping watch over Al...

<Sandwitches> The little girl is sleeping peacefully...  completely oblivious to the situation...

<Adventfalla-phone> At least she didn't have to worry. But Nia? No sword, no Blaziken...

<Adventfalla-phone> She didn't want to be the princess in need of rescue...

<LaptopXAN> ...

<Sandwitches> The doors to the room open...  and a short, round creature marches into the room.

<Sandwitches> Its about as tall as Nia... and... Pink...  with a pair of wide eyes and a little tuft of hair on the top of its head.

<Sandwitches> "Princess...  What a pleasure it is to finally meet you."

<Adventfalla-phone> Nia looked around confused. There was a princess here? Was someone named Princess?

<Adventfalla-phone> Eventually she gave up. "Um.... My name is Nia."

<Sandwitches> "I am aware, princess."

<Adventfalla-phone> "..." That usually worked. "Why are you calling me that?@

<Sandwitches> "Becuase my dear princess...  that is exactly what you are.  You've been lost, a very long time."

<Adventfalla-phone> "Uh..." Nia quickly counted. "Three years?"

<Sandwitches> "Much Much longer than that..."  The pink creature shuffles past her and peeks into the crib.  "Both you...  and Little Princess Alice..."

<Adventfalla-phone> "...did Mommy marry into royalty again?"

<Sandwitches> "No my dear princess, this is something you were born into..."

<Adventfalla-phone> "I don't understand." Nia's most commonly uttered phrase.

<Sandwitches> "I don't expect you to princess.  I expect you and your sister to stay here...  and you'll be reunited with the rest of your family soon enough."

<Adventfalla-phone> "Where am I?"

<Sandwitches> "Onboard my flagship."

<Adventfalla-phone> "Where is everyone?@

<Sandwitches> "They don't matter.  Only you princesses do"

<Sandwitches> "the others... will all be disposed of."

<Adventfalla-phone> "...disposed?"

<Sandwitches> The pink ball smiles and nods.  'Yes...  They will all need to be disposed of."

<Sandwitches> "...  Espcially the pilot of the tiny Gunmen."

<Adventfalla-phone> "Is... Is that like the cartoons where that's code for 'kill'?"

<Sandwitches> Its smile twists maliciously.

<Adventfalla-phone> Nia's face dropped. "You... You can't."

<Sandwitches> "Of course I can."

<Sandwitches> "In fact...  I'm going to go give the order to do so right now."

<Adventfalla-phone> "I order you not to!" That was a thing princesses could do right?

<Sandwitches> "You might be a princess, but that doesn't mean you ahve any sort of authoirty over me."  the smile grows.  "In fact..."  a tiny, round pink hand closes over Nias wrist.  "I think you shoudl witness this, first hand."

<Adventfalla-phone> Nia struggled to get free. "No! Stop!"

<Sandwitches> The things grip tightens as it turns and starts to leave, dragging nia behind it.

<Adventfalla-phone> Nia screams, praying for a chance....

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<Sandwitches> To the south of Mount Prisim, a pair of men survey the area where the Gunmen have set up their encampment from the cover of the treetops...

<Anti-Goth> The dark-haired Spaniard shifts the hilt of the blade in his hand.  A sense of shame still burns inside from being forced to abandon the others.  But captured, there would be little he could do to shift the situation to their advantage.

<Anti-Goth> "A sizeable number of their forces aren't all that large," he muses aloud. "Ot

<Anti-Goth> *"It's possible one of us could hijack a smaller unit..."

<Sandwitches> "Problem is, we dont know if either of use would have any damn clue how to pilot it."

<Anti-Goth> "Exactly.  And they're not too durable either..." Celestino pulls himself to a lower brach, peering through the canopy.  "How much of their force is currently on the ground, I wonder?  Rather than in their machines, that is."

<Sandwitches> The white haired man peaks back out across thie field, his red eye glowing a bit.  "...  Lot of them, damn. How the hell can they even fit that many of those bastards on that damn ship of theirs?"

<Anti-Goth> "Maybe it's bigger on the inside.  Similar technology to what the Shokaku used, perhaps..."

<Gulping> It's at this point that things suddenly start exploding. Like, a lot.

<Anti-Goth> "--?!  What in god's name--!"

<Gulping> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mEzgc_ne60

<Gulping> "YOU PICKED A BAD FUCKING WEEK TO SHOW UP MUCHACHOS!"

<Anti-Goth> "..."

<Gulping> Well, now everyone's fucked, aren't they? The silver hair, the red eyes, the glowing wings, the red two-pronged lance, the ruined-ass clothing, the Teeth...

<Gulping> Oh yes, the Teeth. Two solid masses of serrated bone meant to chew through anything less durable than super-alloy new-z@.

<Gulping> "BITCHESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS"

<Gulping> Lina Inverse Nagare has arrived.

<Gulping> Now everyone's going to fucking die.

<Anti-Goth> "That's--is that--a Nephilim, here?  How?!" The Spaniard's grip on the hilt is a vise but his expression is uncertain.

<Anti-Goth> At the same time, the ridiculously foul mouth is just about vaguely familiar!

<Gulping> "Come on, you filthy, shitty animals! I'm tired of eating lizard!" She twirls the lance, and throws it through a bull-shaped Ganmen, turning it inside out before it everts and detonates spectacularly, the lance blinking back into her hand.

<Sandwitches> Ragna drops his face into the palm of his hand.  "...  Lina.  Out of all the kids who had to end up here..."

<Anti-Goth> "Really?  She was a redhead last I knew," Celestino remarks placidly.

<Sandwitches> "Move your ass Celestino!" Ragna calls out as he hops out of the tree and stats to take off towards the Gunmen...

<Gulping> "This place fucking sucks! Everything tastes like old shoes, there's no videogames, and now there's an alien invasion!" The lance shifts as it assumes the form of some kind of cannon, red energy crackling around it as she takes aim at some approaching machines.

<Gulping> "Who even the fuck are you anyway?"

<Anti-Goth> The Spaniard follows quickly, his own patchwork attire (and half-armored boots) nonetheless not slowly him down.  "Nagar--Lina!  You're safe?!"

<Anti-Goth> Well, the Gunmen and the invasion force sure isn't.

<Anti-Goth> But that part works out in their favor!

<Gulping> "Nevermind, I don't care. Dragon Slave!" There's a sound like a great and terrible scream, and the approaching enemies are consumed in a crimson flash of light.

<Anti-Goth> "LINA!"

<Gulping> The giant, wicked grin turns to face Celestino and Ragna, and she waves. "Oh hey! You're stuck in hell too!"

<Gulping> She switches the Lance back into its usual form, and pulls a bottle of silvery fluid out of her top, popping the cap and slugging it.

<Anti-Goth> "From a certain perspective."  Those teeth...don't they usually have dentists do something for them?  That's a useless thought though.

<Gulping> Lina's dental work shifts back into something less horrific as she looks around. "So, what the fuck's going on here?"

<Gulping> "Besides the hairy fuckers dying."

<Anti-Goth> His eyes scan the new battlefield for enemies his size.  "It's complex.  These entities are in the service of a 'Helix King', and attacked the hostile nation we were opposing before now."

<Anti-Goth> "They've all but been wiped off the map..."

<Sandwitches> "Alien Invasion.  They nabbed a couple of your playmates because they were idiots and ran away from Yurika."

<Sandwitches> "Pretty sure they have *Shirou* in there too."

<Gulping> "What? Those fuckers! Tormenting the other kids is MY job! And they have Shirou too!?" She growls, and pulls at her hair in grump.

<Gulping> "God dammit fuck! They could be making him build stuff for them! That's horseshit!"

<Gulping> "He should be building things for me!"

<Anti-Goth> "..."

<Gulping> "And other people I guess."

<Anti-Goth> Celestino looks mildly horrified at this outburst.  Well, not much that can be done.  "Ragna's correct.  We need to get to them somehow..."

<Gulping> "Well, do you know what direction they're in?"

<Sandwitches> Ragna points at a large, well fortifed building behind the ENTIRE force of Gunmen, and the captial Ship.  "They're in there."

<Anti-Goth> "It's going to be a bit of a skirmish, in other words."

<Gulping> "Ah. Yeah, I'm not precise enough to NOT hit the building."

<Gulping> "I COULD, but I don't want to do that, and if I don't want to..."

<Gulping> "Yeeeeeeeeeeah."

<Gulping> She shrugs.

<Gulping> "So I guess we're gonna footslog it." She takes flight, and lands on the closest Ganmen, alighting directly in front of its main optics. "Hi. I need this."

<Gulping> "So... You should PROBABLY take the chance I'm giving you out of the goodness of my heart and just eject and run away from here, screaming."

<Anti-Goth> "So we need to open a path to the northeast...and the ship is going to be, er.  A problem.  To say the least."

<Anti-Goth> The novelty of Lina's presence, while concerning, can't distract from proper planning!  Now that'd just be irresponsible.

<Sandwitches> "..."  The gunmens mouth snaps open and the fuzzy bastard gladly obliges the small hellchild.

<Anti-Goth> "Is there anything in there we could easily control?"

<Gulping> "Looks like there's just two handles in here." She pops her head out, and looks at the next-closest Ganmen, pointing her lance at it threateningly. "Out."

<Anti-Goth> A tiny crease forms between the man's eyebrows.  "Two levers?  Nothing else?"

<Gulping> "See for yourself. And compare against this next one I'm getting for Ragna."

<Gulping> She hops onto that one, and grins in her normal manner.

<Anti-Goth> "Hrm."

<Anti-Goth> The Spaniard briefly sticks his head into the cockpit.  "So there are...a very simple interface, then."

<Sandwitches> Ragna heads over to the second Gunmen, a rabbit headed one whos pilot just fled in a terrified manner.

<Gulping> "So, you guys work on starting those up, I'm going to try and put the fear of me into these creeps." She laughs softly as she rises, wings spread wide as she holds the Lance up.

<Gulping> "LISTEN UP ALL Y'ALL MOTHERFUCKERS! ANYONE WHO DOESN'T WANT TO DIE SCREAMING, GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY! THIS IS YOUR ONE CHANCE!"

<Sandwitches> ...  Unfortunately, the beastmen seem to have gotten their shit together during this whole fiasco...  almost none of the gunmen run, and the beastmen only seem be be retreating to their ship...  where more Gunmen seem to be coming from.

<Anti-Goth> Celestino winces and fiinds himself grateful he's not in the animalistic invaders' position nonetheless.  He pulls himself the rest of the way into the Gunman's cockpit and searches for the way to shut the mouth-hatch.

<Gulping> The Lance shines, and Angelic Explosions ripple through the Beastmen lines, blazing crosses rising into the sky. "OKAY, I LIED. YOU GET TWO CHANCES."

<Anti-Goth> "Leave some for us!"

<Anti-Goth> It's preferable to trying to fight them on foot, anyway...

<Sandwitches> And...  Most of the Beastmen are actually pretty talented.  while quite a few of them get caught up in the attacks, most of them manage to avoid the rain of assaults.

<Anti-Goth> Celestino yanks at the handles experimentally, sword slung over his back again.  "Well, /move/, you damnable thing!" he commands the small mech.

<Gulping> "Right then, they had their chance to run. The Lance shudders, and expands, flowing around Lina's body like a curtain of blood.

<Anti-Goth> "...what the hell's she doing?!"

<Sandwitches> "I have no damn clue, but we should stay the hell out of the way!"

<Gulping> The flowing Lance solidifies in a shape not unlike that of Zaibach's Alsides, but not identical. It's more substantial, solid... Alive.

<Gulping> Oh, and it's blood red, covered in indecipherable script, and has giant glowing angel wings.

<Anti-Goth> "I have the vague feeling I'm witnessing some sort of blasphemy..." Celestino remarks to himself, twirling the cross 'round his neck a few turns.

<Gulping> It holds up its arms, pointing at the Beastmen legion with the five apertures that the Alsides has in place of hands. "I am Tabris. Angel of Free Will."

<Gulping> "And you have chosen... Poorly."

<Gulping> Ten spiralling lances shriek as they extend from the apertures, each one impaling a Ganmen clear through the cockpit.

<Sandwitches> Each of the Gunmen crumple...  but where each crumples, another 3 rush to take its place.

<Anti-Goth> "Damn, where are they all coming from?!"  Celestino tries to jerk his 'new' machine around again, struggling with the odd controls.

<Gulping> The lances retract, only to shoot out again, reciprocating rapidly as the lance-born machine starts to advance towards the base. "I don't actually run out of this, you know. You're not really winning anything with attrition here."

<Gulping> "In fact, I'm really just toying with you all. You really want me to show you what Serious Lina looks like?"

<Gulping> "I can assure you that you do not, at all, want to see that. Nobody wants to see that. I'm not even allowed to talk about it."

<Anti-Goth> The Gunmen lurches and barrels down the path cleared by Lina.  Well, somewhat cleared.

<Gulping> "But if you want to see it... Just keep doing what you've been doing so far and eventually I'll get bored or annoyed enough."

<Gulping> "Yeah, bored now." The lances retract as the Angelic Alsides shifts its aim towards the battleship.

<Gulping> The air around the machine's fingerholes shimmers as they glow with a dim red light. "This was kind of your own fault. HYDRA SLAVE!"

<Anti-Goth> "Lina, don't.  We've no idea what sort of defenses that has...or power source," Celestino warns as his stolen Gundam barrels through the resistant forces--

<Gulping> To be absolutely fair to Lina, she has shown remarkable restraint so far.

<Gulping> For her.

<Gulping> And she doesn't focus all ten shots on the same point, spreading them around the battleship.

<Sandwitches> The Gunmen blinks...  and a MAssive Wall of light manifests around the battleship, forming a dome...

<Sandwitches> And as each shot his the wall of light...  it stops...  twisting into the shape of a star...  before being sent back at Lina!

<Sandwitches> "What the *FUCK*?

<Gulping> The shots all detonate in the air, blossoming into flowers of crosses. "...Is that Protect Shade!?"

<Sandwitches> "That sure as fuck *WAS*."

<Gulping> "...But that's OUR SHIT."

<Anti-Goth> "What--that's impossible!"

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<Sandwitches> The entire prison ROCKS as explosions outside send tremors through the dark cell...

<Sandwitches> Meiya and Yuuhi start to cry for a moment, before Carens song continues...

<Sandwitches> "Midori no yoru no naka yorisotte mukuchi na nagusame wo kureta kara, donna toki mo sono nukumori wo dakishimete yukeru."

<RickDominated> "W-waaaaaah! ...I didn't do that...!" Subaru holds onto Erza tightly. "I didn't do ittttttt.!"

<LaptopXAN> Erza looks started by the explosions for a moment, but smiles as Caren continues singing and joins in on her older sister's song, patting Subaru on the head comfortingly.

<BSRaven> Simon doesn't even blink at the explosions. "Well, doesn't matter. I'm digging a hole out of here, even if you don't want my help."

<RickDominated> "Waaaah...! We didn't say that...!"

<Sandwitches> "Yume no sumu kono basho wo mamoritai zutto kaze no oto unmei no uta ga hibiite, tomoshibi wo te ni totte fuyusora wo terasu mune no hoshi wo tada shinjite."

<Sandwitches> Shirou smirks and nods.  "Come on Simon...  Show them the way..."

<BSRaven> "With all the explosions, nobody could blame you for wanting to stay, whether you want to or not. But if you follow me, whatever you were fated to do will mean nothing."

<Sandwitches> Simons smirk grows...  The kids arrayed around the room start to shift and come closer, some of them trying to join in on Carens song, as she too approaches.

<RickDominated> "...hmph...Then lets start digging out! It's working better than punching!"

<Sandwitches> "Sora wo yuku toritachi no kawasu nakigoe kurete yuku sougen ni hibiiteru yo yasuragi no daichi he.  To kaeru tame, saigo no kaze wo koete yuku."

<BSRaven> Simon's own smirk grows slightly... Stepping forward into a rather large hole. [As long as I believe in me. That's all he would tell me. Not to believing in him, not believing in me believing in him...]

<RickDominated> "A-ah...can....can we help...?"

<Sandwitches> "None of us are staying here Simon.  We're all right behind you."

<BSRaven> "Sure. Though this--" he holds up the Core Drill. "--is my drill." A large tremor shakes the cell again, though this one feels much closer, not just from the surface, but this one came from rather deep into the earth. "...Huh?"

<Sandwitches> "What was that?!"  Jellal calls out as the tremor knocks him and some of the other kids to their butts.

<LaptopXAN> Erza wobbles but manages to stay standing, taking a break from singing to respond "Don't know! Something big, though. Hope it's not a dragon..."

<RickDominated> "Waaaaaaah! I'm fine though...!" Subaru falls down to a three point stance almost, but looks comical as she wobbles more.

<RickDominated> She does pull up Jellal though, pushing him again towards Erza.

<BSRaven> From the end of Simon's tunnel, a dull whirr can be heard... Two /massive/ drills breaking through on the other side, retracting back to reveal the 'head' and shoulders of Alseides-Lagann. "Lagann...?"

<Sandwitches> The top of the machines head bursts open, revealing a tiny rodent, with a pair of sunglasses which launches itself at Simon.  "Boo-BOOO!"

<Sandwitches> "Hitai ni chirichiri to yuunagi ga arashi no yokan wo hakonde kuru. Anata ni fuku kaze no subete wo uketomete agetai."

<RickDominated> "Z-Zaibach!? ...n-no wait...that's not..."

<BSRaven> "Boota!" Caught... And gently stroked. "Were you hiding in Lagann?"

<LaptopXAN> Erza catches Jellal, giving her sister a *look* and then stares at the just arrived mech in confusion. How could sucha  cute... furry... animal... pilot such a thing by itself? It's tiny! Tiny but adorable.

<BSRaven> A glance at the giant red head staring at him. "...So that's it. There's a hole for you guys, but for now..." Simon jumps into the head of the Alseides-Lagann, grabbing the two handles as the hatch closes. "The hole is sloped, so you should be able to climb up after me."

<Sandwitches> Shirou and Jellal are right behind him.  "Come on everyone!"

<RickDominated> Subaru...steps out of the way, cuffing and pushing up some of the children who can't make it. "I'll go last!"

<LaptopXAN> "Right. we're getting out of here, everyone!"

<Sandwitches> "Yasashii jikan dake de ii no ni inochi wa setsunasa wo kureru no ne? Futari de ita yorokobi dake wo dakishimete yuku wa."  Caren scoops up a couple of the children and starts to follow.

<BSRaven> There's no stopping the Alseides-Lagann as it practically /erupts/ out of another hole, surveying what is bound to be sheer bloody carnage now below it. Only some of which it might have caused with its sudden emergence from the ground.

<RickDominated> Subaru keeps there, not going to move at all until she's the last one left.

<Sandwitches> Outside, A pair of the gunmen stand astride a large red construct of sometype...  and at its core is a familiar if horrifying little girl...

<LaptopXAN> "... Wait, she's here? Where was she all this time?" Erza boggles for a moment. "Grandpa, I think we've either chosen a very good place to emerge or a REALLY TERRIBLE PLACE TO."

<RickDominated> Subaru comes barreling up. "...Lina!"

<Gulping> "YOU CHEAP PIECES OF SHIT! WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU MOTHERFUCKERS GET OUR SHIT!?"

<RickDominated> "...she's still using the bad words."

<LaptopXAN> "And yelling constantly..."

<Gulping> The blood-red Alsides-knockoff seems to writhe as Lina gets angrier, the distinctive fingerholes breaking as horrible rending talons emerge, forming bestial hands as the Angel of Free Will gets more and more pissed off at basically everything.

<Anti-Goth> One of the Gunmen's 'mouth' opens up, a ponytailed man sticking his head out.  "Miss Subaru and Miss Ezra!  You've escaped?!"

<LaptopXAN> "Yes!"

<Anti-Goth> "Hurry and--who are all of those children--damn, there's no room in these things to carry them all..."

<RickDominated> "Hey, it's Celestino-San!"

<Sandwitches> Right behind them, the rest of the captives begin to fan out from the hole...  Shizuru, Shirou, the Kids...  and Caren, whos still singing...

<Sandwitches> "Ai no sumu kono basho wo mamoritai zutto.  Karada goto unmei ni yakarete mo ii tomoshibi wo, te ni totte fuyuzora wo terasu.  Mune no hoshi wo tada shinjite."

<Anti-Goth> "That's...very nice, but we need to get everyone to safety!"

<RickDominated> All the children... Minus Gai, who has ran off at aproximatly the speed of sound with a wild yawp, dragging a protesting Setsuko behind him and yelling something about "his buddy". ...They'll be fine, totally.

<Anti-Goth> "Everyone needs to stick together, or there's more of an opportunity for them to re-capture--Gai!  Get back here!"

<Anti-Goth> "It's safer in a group!"

<Sandwitches> The Enemy Gunmen seem to be regrouping...

<RickDominated> "Adveentuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure......!" It fades into the distance...nope, not listening at all.

<LaptopXAN> "Don't bother, Celestino-San! He's hopeless!"

<Anti-Goth> "Dammit..."

<RickDominated> Subaru just waves.

<Gulping> Which is Lina's cue to fall on them, screaming for blood, her Alsides-shaped construct having grown a horrible mouth full of horrible teeth as it gets stuck in and starts brutalizing Ganmen.

<Anti-Goth> "The rest of you, keep behind Ragna and I!"

<Gulping> "GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Lina screams as she manifests a planar AT-Field, and starts swinging it around like a folding chair, slicing and smashing and throwing Ganmen around like broken toys as she advances furiously through the lines like a dervish of blood.

<LaptopXAN> "... Lina's super scary today..."

<Anti-Goth> Celestino is working on dispatching the smaller, more numerous Gunmen, his stolen one moving rather jerkily as it bashes the faces of the others in.  "They just keep coming in waves--how much of a reserve do they have?!"

<Gulping> "Not enough." The AT-Field bends and distorts as Lina raises her and her machine's hands up, the field turning into a twisted pyramid in front of her. "Tasogare yori mo kuraki mono, Chi no nagare yori akaki mono..."

<Anti-Goth> "...I've missed something here with the singing."

<Gulping> "Toki no nagare ni umoreshi

<Gulping> , Idainaru nanji no na ni oite

<Gulping> , Ware koko ni yami ni chikawan!" The Alsides flows away from Lina, rushing around the AT-Field and conforming to it inside and out.

<RickDominated> "Oh, that's not a song!"

<RickDominated> Subaru offers helpfully...and her eyes bulge...she tackles everyone in front of her to the hard ground.

<Gulping> "Warera ga mae ni tachi fusagarishi, Subete no orokanaru mono ni, Ware to nanji ga chikara mote, Hitoshiku horobi o ataen koto o

<Gulping> !" A dark, bloody star is born between Lina's hands, covering the battlefield in sick red light.

<LaptopXAN> Erza is already getting down, dragging Jellal with her "Oh no."

<Anti-Goth> "...what?!"

<Gulping> "DORAGU SUREIBU!"

<Gulping> Lina slams the dark star into the pyramid, and the air SCREAMS, the Lance and AT-Field projectile igniting the atmosphere around it as the overcharged blast propels it towards the battleship!

<Sandwitches> The barrier raiss again, and within second the lance hits it...

<Sandwitches> The world, other than the ship inside which has started to spin is absolutely still and silent...

<Sandwitches> The Lance and the Barrier locked with one another....

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<Sandwitches> The Pink Terror Grins with Glee as it watches the two hijacked Gunmen and the small girl freak out at the appearance of the barrier.

<Sandwitches> "GWAHAHAHAHAHA!  Watch those fools SQUIRM!  They have no idea just what we have to bare against them!"

<Adventfalla-phone> They weren't the only ones. Nia was too. "Stop it!"

<Sandwitches> "The more I hear you squirm, little princess, the more you make me want to draw this out and make you watch every moment of it."

<Adventfalla-phone> "Why? What did we do to you?"

<Sandwitches> "You specificlly?  Nothing...  But that mother of yours...  Shes become quite the nuisance."

<Adventfalla-phone> "...mom? What did mom do?"

<Sandwitches> The Pink beast just grimaces and motions to one of the anteaters in the room...

<Sandwitches> A door on the far side opens up...  and a white furred catgirl in a bloody dress is tossed into the room.

<Adventfalla-phone> "L-Len! What did you do to her?!"

<Sandwitches> "I have to admit...  I'm surprised.  The damn cat put up more of a fight that anyone else in that city did."  The Pink ball of fluff takes a couple steps down to the part of the deck where the catgirl is sprawled.  "Such dedication to her charges."

<Adventfalla-phone> "Let her go!" Nia tried to rush over to Len. "It's me you want!"

<Sandwitches> The Pink beast Spins and reaches for Nias throat-

<Adventfalla-phone> The hand never lands.

<Adventfalla-phone> A blue charge of energy surges through Nia's body, snacking the hand - and the pink terror - away as Nia continues towards Len.

<Sandwitches> "Gwaa!"The pink ball is smashed across the room into one of the other beastmen.

<Adventfalla-phone> Nia was now at Len's side, cradling her. "Len!"

<Sandwitches> The cat only begins to stir as the pink ball of fluff rises back behind her...

<Adventfalla-phone> The cat goes into Nia's arms, the girl trying to carry her somewhere. Anywhere but here.

<BSRaven> Only for a giant foot to land between Nia and the universe's fluffiest arsehole, the Alseides-Lagann folding its arms as it lands flawlessly.

<Adventfalla-phone> "What?"

<BSRaven> "I'm good at digging, Nia." A little smile forms on Lagann's face.

<Adventfalla-phone> "Simon!" A smile comes to her face.

<BSRaven> The Alseides-Lagann promptly kneels down, offering its hand to Nia. "Come on."

<Adventfalla-phone> Nia climbed into the hand with Len. "We need to get Al!"

<BSRaven> "I'll grab her."

<Adventfalla-phone> "But she's in a crib!"

<Sandwitches> "What do you think I'm here for?"  Len growls...

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<Sandwitches> *CRAAAAAAAAACK*

<Sandwitches> "Sora wo iku toritachi no kawasu nakigoe kurete yuku sougen ni hibiiteru yo."

<Sandwitches> The Lance rockets back into Linas Hands, charred and cracked, the barrier shattering into motes of light as the spinning ship comes to a halt.  Where the two met, there's a... distortion in reality...  everything is warped...

<Sandwitches> The Sky above starts to darken...  clouds rolling in, and bolts of lighting starting to strike around a large building that is near the massive prison cell.

<Sandwitches> Gember rolls out from the ship and comes to a stop.  "ALL OF YOU FOOLISH HUMANS AND ANGELS!  TODAY... TODAY YOU WILL SERVE AS A DEMONSTRATION FOR EVERYONE OF WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE THAT OPPOSE THE HELIX KING!"  Guidos voice bellows out.

<Sandwitches> "Arashi wo koete tadoritsuku basho wa kitto anata no mune no naka. Kaeru wa…"

<Sandwitches> "Oh yeah?!  WEll, We'll see about that!"  Another voice roars in challenge, as a pair of black hands push through the distortion in space...  and tear it open!

<Sandwitches> A Red Gunmen with a pair of black sunglasses on its face emerges from the twisted nether.  "We'll stop you here!" Birdies voice declares

<Sharon_Apple> The blue-white masoukishin follows, a ring of runed ice forming around the inside of the portal as it glides through behind the Gunmen. "You've hurt too many people for us to forgive you. I used to believe in destiny, but if destiny is on your side, then I'll fight it with everything I have," Hitomi states, her voice calm and unwavering. "Subaru, Erza... I know you're still alive."

<Gulping> "FUCK YOU"

<RickDominated> "K-Kaaaffff.... yes ma'aaaaaaaaam...."

<Gulping> Lina is breathing heavily, the lance-rocket obviously having taken a lot out of her.

<Gulping> "Fuck you! Fuck the Helix King! Fuck your stolen shit! Fuck your stupid everything about you!"

<Sandwitches> "LIKE I CARE ABOUT WHAT A COUPLE LOUD MOUTHED HUMANS HAVE TO SAY"  The Gunmen Roars, leaping forward and smashing the red one to the ground, flipping to its back, where a massive set of jaws open wide and start to chomp down on the red machine!

<Sandwitches> The REd Gunmen struggles, but doesnt seem to be able to get free...  the larger machine slowly starting to drag it further into its jaws...

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