[21:58] <Flamy> 6:29:55 PM <Flamy> Ferrous, already having memorized the route to the portal, hops from wall to wall, using chains to grapple onto a new point. However, her desire to walk alone in her endeavour to slay the evil dimension might be turned sour by rotten luck... not that she wasn't luckier than the person that would accompany her.
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[22:00] <Nidhogg> (Tangent posts next?)
[22:00] <Tangent> Below her, there's a small, dark haired figure walking down the Overcity streets. She's been doing that a lot lately- this is the first time since that onsen trip with Iris and Alexa...she flushes slightly at the memory, absently rubbing the back of her neck. She hears a rattling and looks up sharply- even if her mind's elsewhere, she's on alert in the Overcity.
[22:01] <Tangent> She blinks up. Is that... "Hey...Ferrous?" She shouts. "That you?"
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[22:03] <Flamy> The steel girl... slows down for a moment! This also causes her to dangle awkwardly from a chain. "Ah, Amelia! It's been a while, hasn't it?" Ferrous lowers herself to the ground, glad to meet a comrade in justice. "What would bring you here?"
[22:05] <Tangent> Amelia waves up. "Yeah, what's up?" She grins at her...acquaintance? Friend? Fellow magical girl? "Ah, just...looking around. You know...Just the usual...You?"
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[22:10] <Flamy> The chain retracts into the schoolgirl's sleeve. "Me? Well... I am travelling off to Nidhogg's Domain." She begins to walk off, but stops to face Amelia. "Don't follow me, alright? I don't want anyone else to be hurt because of... /her/."
[22:14] <Tangent> "Nidhogg?" Amelia frowns at the mention of the...strange girl who brought monsters into the pub. "Don't be stupid." She replies, hands on her hips as she stands just in front of the other fire girl. "What're you doing? Who'd she...hurt? What happened?" She demands. "Come on, Ferrous. If something's wrong, I'm coming too."
[22:14] <Tangent> She doesn't sound like she's asking.
[22:20] <Flamy> Ferrous... is a steel girl! A Cold Steel Justice, even. "Ah, you were not there when she... well, she had brought one of those abominations, and destroyed a fair part of the Overcity. We... look, I cannot bring you along. That is all." Kids these days have no respect for their elders.
[22:24] <Tangent> "What? What'd she do that for?" Amelai shakes her head. "Did anyone get hurt?" She seems to have completely brushed over the steel girl's declaration. "What's the plan?"
[22:27] <Flamy> Ferrous tries to step around the paladin. "The plan is for me to destroy every evil in her world." Lawbreaker materializes over her right hand.
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[22:34] <Tangent> "So...killing monsters? Or getting Nidhogg to stop?" Amelia frowns, but turns her head as Ferrous moves. She holds out her arm, blocking Ferrous. "You don't need to do it on your own. I'll help."
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[22:36] <Flamy> The steel girl frowns. "Again, I cannot have any more people suffer from Nidhogg or her creations. So please, get out of the way before I deem you an obstruction to justice."
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[22:38] <Tangent> Amelia frowns right back. "Damnit, Ferrous, let me help! Tell me exactly what happened, and what you want to do!"
[22:43] <Flamy> "She caused more destruction, we took her in for further interrogation, and she somehow caused even more destruction!" Ferrous is beginning... to lose her cool! "I intend to go into her world, and eliminate every factory of hers IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE!" That part was shouted with valor!
[22:44] <Fyhlen> (Fight on, justice warriors)
[22:48] <Tangent> "FINE!" Amelia shouts right back, looking up at Ferrous. "But you're not doing it on your own! If you're fighting evil-" Or things that might be evil. "I'm coming with you. If these factories need to go, you don't need to tear them down by yourself!"
[22:52] <Flamy> The steel girl... looks back down, then smiles after a moment. "Very well! You, me, and the world. Nothing will stand between us and justice!" She offers a hand to the fiery girl.
[22:54] <Tangent> Amelia exhales, then nods. A slightly strained smile back as she takes it. "Right! Lead the way." She's pretty glad Alexa's not coming for this. "Um, did Nidhogg get away, or..."
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[23:05] <Flamy> "She's still detained by Morgana and Aurora," Ferrous explains while they travel to the destination that was now both of theirs.
[23:07] <Tangent> Amelia nods. "What was she thinking? I don't think she's evil...Stupid, weird, but evil?" She shakes her head. "Anyway, yeah, we should definitely check out her world because there's SOMETHING not right there."
[23:12] <Nidhogg> The portal that would take both Girls to Nidogg's Domain lay only meters ahead, shrouded in a light mist and fog that seeped up from the ground. The structure that housed it took the form of a delpidated and poorly maintained warehouse that had seen both the ravages of time and countless travelers.
[23:13] <Flamy> "Likely deceived in some way," The steel girl mused as the two began to close in on the path to their new destiny. "... are you scared?"
[23:15] <Tangent> Amelia blinks as she looks aroumd. "...No?" She sounds baffled, like Flamy's asked her if she's a goldfish. "Why?"
[23:15] <Flamy> (... pls)
[23:16] <Nidhogg> (more narration?)
[23:16] <Flamy> "Just asking!" Clutching her bookbag (she had one of those, apparently), Ferrous charged into the portal! Great idea, Ferro.
[23:17] <Tangent> "...Right." Amelia runs after her, sword in hand and black hair streaming behind her. "Right behind you!"
[23:19] <Tangent> She follows Ferrous through a second later!
[23:19] <Nidhogg> The trip through the portal was odd and harrowing sensation. Lit by swirling stars and glimpses of worlds abound, it's depths twisted and curved at angles that surely would have made one sick to contemplate them.
[23:21] <Nidhogg> The trip, thankfully, lasted for what would feel like mere seconds for anyone traveling through it. However, frightful it seemed, it was no match for the destination that lay at it's terminus....
[23:23] <Nidhogg> The Girls emerged into an industrial hell lit by the boiling red skies above and the baleful blue energies of a forge that radiated magic raw enough to leave the metal that composed it a ghostly shade of Azure.
[23:23] <Nidhogg> (this is going to be lengthy).
[23:23] <Flamy> (No holding back!)
[23:24] <Nidhogg> Far above, the broken remains of blackened planetoids bled the fiery remains of their cores into towering and monolithic conversion stacks that stretched skyward like a mad fusion of a metallic volcano and a twisted skyscraper.
[23:25] <Nidhogg> Below, through the grill like catwalks, Constructs in their thousands could be seen streaming forth from the gaping, maw like entrance to the forge. Like daemons, they emerged from the curtains of rippling, stygian blue light, their hulls still glowing even as they took their first steps and obeyed their first directives.
[23:26] <Tangent> (say when you're done btw?)
[23:27] <Nidhogg> They marched in complete rhythm, not a step out of sync as they were ordered toward their new destination by a baleful metallic voice that echoed throughout the forge complexes.  These were the finished products of the forges. The cultimation of endless and horrific toils. Atronik Constructs.  The favored of Nidhogg's minions.
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[23:28] <Nidhogg>  Vicious Arcane Machines designed for conflict that had been re-appropriated by the foolish ruler of the Domain to sate her desire for knowlege. War Cans, Heavy Boilers, Crawlers,  Tripods and a great multitude of other designs, many of which were yet to be encountered outside of the place of their origin.
[23:28] <Nidhogg> (is it cutting off anywhere?)
[23:28] <Tangent> (all fine)
[23:29] <Nidhogg> The forges around the Girls rattled and shook as, opposite the side the smaller Constructs, far larger machines emerged from the factory. Alarmingly, each of them was a behemoth engine of violence that could easily have broken the back of any mundane army thrice over with little effort.
[23:30] <Nidhogg> So mighty were their foot falls that the smaller Constructs, all of which were lacking the protocols for their Atronik Gyros, were knocked off their feet by the quakes of their larger breathren. It was a sight that greatly amused the hoardes of foul Mono-Eyes and the daemonic Nydra Legion that patroled the labyrinth of complexes.
[23:32] <Nidhogg> But more disturbing than the sight around the Girls, was the sinister prescence clawing at their supernatural senses. The allure of a world that was alive. A world that could sense them. A world that whispered temptation on the foul winds of the ruin storms that raged above in blood red skies.
[23:32] <Nidhogg> (done.)
[23:34] <Tangent> Amelia gapes at the armies and massive forges...then scowls. "Okay, yeah, this is bad. Why the hell's she building an ARMY?"
[23:34] <Flamy> "Truly fascinating..." Ferrous began to feel awe for these hulking machines, but shook her head vigorously. "... but abominable nonetheless. We must search for their point of origin, and eliminate that first." She began to procure some sort of ammunition from her bookbag, loading her fingers with it. "Discretion is advised."
[23:35] <Fyhlen> (Good luck! Fight strong!)
[23:36] <Tangent> Furrowing her brow- her magic's flaring up, pushing her to burn, burn it all- she listens to the voice over the loudspeaker. "Yeah...Whoever's giving orders might be a good place to start."
[23:36] <Tangent> "We can get some answers from...it at least. Find out what's going on here."
[23:38] <Flamy> "They're making machines for war. That's all the justification I need to order a cease and desist on it," The steel girl looks for a route around and into the entrance of the forge.
[23:40] <Tangent> "Well, yeah, it's got to go, but...what the hell? Nid's behind all THIS?" Amelia shakes her head. "When you said factories...Didn't expect something like this."
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[23:42] <Flamy> "Obviously, Nidhogg is not intelligent enough to have done this alone," Gungnir (or at least, the copy of it that she had received from the twins,) was still in her bag... hopefully, nothing would actually detect it.
[23:42] <Nidhogg> Ahead of the Girls lay a maze of walkways, corridors and yet more catwalks that spread the breadth of the Factory's observation floor.
[23:45] <Nidhogg> Aside from sparse groupings of Nydra, a drunken Mono-Eye or two or a smattering of War Cans, there was little to the floor patrols. Pathetically little. A obvious sign of how lax things were in the heart of Nidhogg's Domain. The Monsters and Machines alike expected little to come their way and had based their protocol on such assumptions.
[23:45] <Nidhogg> (done.)
[23:46] <Tangent> "Yeah...I think I need to talk to who did." Amelia mutters. "No way they're up to anything good." She taps Ferrous on the shoulder. "We can probably just get across, no problem...then look for whoever's calling the shots." She eyes the monsters and constructs with distaste. "Jeez, and I thought those zombies were bad..."
[23:48] <Flamy> "Hold onto me, Amelia," Ferrous points her left hand at a nearby catwalk. "It could get bumpy." Once Amelia got a grip on her, the steel girl would fire her chain at the catwalk, swinging from object to object in order to traverse through the floor!
[23:50] <Tangent> Amelia pauses, then nods, dismissing her sword and moving behind the other girl gripping onto her piggy-back style. She's getting far too used to this sort of situation...The breath leaves her lungs in a gasp as the duo swings ahead!
[23:50] <Nidhogg> (Do Ferrous's chains make sound?)
[23:50] <Tangent> (Is it a noisy factory?)
[23:51] <Flamy> (Of course it's going to make sound, it's a metal chain attached to... well, it's actually not attached to Ferro's body, exactly.)
[23:51] <Nidhogg> (Yes. But they may hear Ferrous if she's swinging on the catwalk their using.)
[23:53] <Nidhogg> (I see Flamy.)
[23:56] <Nidhogg> The sound of chains did little to grab the attention of the factory patrols. Only once did a Mono-Eye glance around at hearing the sound. Their inebriated vigilance was rewarded with a tumble from the catwalk as they slipped and went over the mangled railings with a gurgled roar.
[23:57] <Nidhogg> (done.)
[23:59] <Tangent> Amelia just tightens her grip and focuses on not letting go.
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[00:02] <Flamy> Didn't get noticed, so that's alright! Still, where do they land... "Amelia, we may have to get noticed. Is that alright?" Meanwhile, Ferrous hangs on one spot, examining their surroundings a little...
[00:03] <Tangent> "Had to happen!" Amelia says into her friend's ear. "I'll deal with it!"
[00:03] <Tangent> *happen eventually!
[00:04] <Nidhogg> A dozen meters east of where they had entered Nidhogg's abominable world, lay a large archway like corridor. It seemed the only way other than "up" that lead away from the immediate forge itself. The catwalk that lead to it lay beneath the Girls.
[00:04] <Tangent> "Me first." Amelia says cheerfully, and drops down in a flutter of red shawl and blue cloth, sword in hand.
[00:06] <Flamy> "Right behind you!" The tentacl- chain retracts, Ferrous descending to a wonderless world with her right hand... attached to her wrist. An "artificial" right hand, but a right hand nonetheless!
[00:08] <Tangent> Amelia lands on one knee, her free hand touching the metal of the catwalk. She springs up, looking around as Ferrous descends more gracefully.
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[00:10] <Nidhogg> The landing of either Girl went unnoticed among the noise and smog that boiled up from the floor of the factory. The undulating blue mists that radiated forth from the Mana Furnances below kept them hidden. Even passing Nydra on the platforms above and adjacent to the one they were on failed to notice either Girl as they went about their duties.
[00:11] <Nidhogg> (*failed to spot)
[00:11] <Nidhogg> (and done.)
[00:14] <Flamy> "Onwards, Amelia," Ferrous beckoned the fiery girl forward, advancing on towards the great corridor...
[00:14] <Nidhogg> Through the corridor's haze and smoke, an exit to the factory could be seen, leading out into the world beyond it's sweltering innards.
[00:16] <Tangent> Amelia jogs along, sword in hand...and her other hand over her eyes to shield them from the smoke. The heat doesn't bother her at all, but the smoke's making her eyes water and her want to cough.
[00:16] <Tangent> "Lovely place Nid's got here." She comments quietly. "Wonder why she never invited anyone to visit?"
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[00:20] <Nidhogg> Upon reaching the corridor, Ferrous and Amelia were assaulted by a noisome odor that eminated from the world outside. It's pungent stench seemed remniscent of a powerful tang that was complimented by a sulferous smell. A smell that blew in on howling stormwinds, a stinging breeze that could be felt in the corridor.
[00:21] <Tangent> Amelia gags. "Urgh...rotten eggs..." She exchanges a glance with Ferrous.
[00:23] <Flamy> "It's hard to be likeable if you're not very smart or social," The schoolgirl fired back, eyes squinted to keep out the smoke as best as she could without sacrificing vision. Ferrous... well, as a 14-year-old, even she thought sulfuric stenches such as this sucked, her work occasionally resulting in such aromas. "Still, I do wonder why anyone would need this
[00:23] <Flamy> many for just war alone."
[00:26] <Tangent> "I was joking....And yeah...Whatever they're up to, it can't be anything good or they wouldn't hide it." She shakes her head. "I guess we'll have to ask when we find them."
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[00:33] <Nidhogg>  The corridor lead out onto a walkway where the object causing the horrific stench could be seen far below on the lower levels of the complex. Deep within a metallic trench carved through the ground that stretched and wound around the forge, was an appalling collection of arcane detritus and refuse. Scrap metal and busted machinery that looked as bizzare and alien as the forge it was undoubtedly sustaining.
[00:33] <Nidhogg> (did it cut off anywhere?)
[00:34] <flashdrive> (nope)
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[00:38] <Tangent> "Urgh. Is that...a garbage heap?" Amelia shakes her head. "Not exactly eco-friendly, is she?" Her attempt at humor falls flat.
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[00:40] <Flamy> "I wouldn't imagine that one who focuses entirely on progress would focus much on collateral damage," Ferro's attempt also fell short.
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[00:42] <Nidhogg> As distasteful a sight as the scrap laiden gulleys were, they were nothing compared to what lay further ahead beyond the forge and beyond even the broken, blast burned rock and jagged ground that lay untouched by the minions of Nidhogg.
[00:42] <Tangent> "We could head back..." Amelia suggests, not sound thrilled by the prospect. "Look for another way around."
[00:43] <Nidhogg> Beyond the Forge itself lay a vast and unending sea of deep arterial crimson that lit up the horizon with it's angry glow.
[00:46] <Nidhogg> It was from this direction that the mighty stormclouds blew in, illuminated by discharges of lighting that struck the deep red Sea, heating it to a boil.
[00:46] <Nidhogg> (done.)
[00:46] <Flamy> "We could follow where those... things come out of," Ferrous mused, glancing back to where they came from. "Or draw attention to ourselves, and then find out where to go from there."
[00:47] <Tangent> "Let's head back, yeah. No sense waiting around...and those monsters have to be coming from somewhere, right?"
[00:50] <Flamy> "Understood," The steel girl walks back, into the factory... and likely to go against the flow.
[00:52] <Nidhogg> From the direction Ferrous and Amelia had came, the reverberation of heavy metallic footsteps could be heard. A sound reminiscent of the Constructs they had seen marching forth from the furnances, if vastly lower in it's pitch. Through the smoke and mist did much to obscure them, a trio of War Cans could be seen approaching. Not the quickening pace of having detected intruders, but the slow and gradual pace that said they wer
[00:53] <Nidhogg> (did it cut off anywhere?)
[00:56] <Tangent> ( that said they wer)
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[00:57] <Nidhogg> -were simply on patrol.
[00:59] <Tangent> "Hey, Ferrous. You can throw metal, right?" Amelia asks quickly, raising her sword as she peers through the mist.
[01:00] <Flamy> "I could just throw them outright. Why do you ask?" The steel girl glared into the smoky beyond.
[01:01] <Tangent> "...I was going to..sword them." Amelia admits sheepishly. "Go for it, I guess..."