[IC] HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

[supertinyking]

@Tyki@thewizardguy
With a grunt, and some focus, the Sergals find themselves unable to teleport away Matt, nor Nathan.
"Now, you all have one final chance, listen to Matt here, or I'll kill you all. Your choice." Nathan says, his eyes glowing brightly. "I've left my generals with instructions. They'll be here with a war fleet within three minutes. That, plus me, will leave you all dead, with Matt and I leaving as to help maintain control of the plot hole. So, die, or comply...your choice."

[Tyki]

@supertinyking@thewizardguy

the sergal captain sighs before saying evenly to the comms "enter the way" before there's a sudden disconnect as they land in a station, the space visible to them completely white. The station is actually fairly sizable, a fortress suspended in nothing, the two visitors being offloaded and taken to some comfortable rooms with showers, food, and a medical team to treat matt's injuries, reconstructing the skin along his wound and not even leaving a scar unless he wants one.

[thewizardguy]

@Tyki
Matt raises an eyebrow, as the Sergal move to manhandle him. Suddenly, shouts errupt from the front of the ship as sensor readings go absolutely crazy. Babylon seems to be ripped apart completely as the Plot Hole bursts from it, devouring the entirety of the ship and much more. It expands rapidly, soon becoming the size of a large planet. It has no mass, and has no gravity. And yet, the Sergal could feel all energy being pulled towards it, as it began it's destruction of the universe. "Very well. Allow me to tell you everything I know in the brief few moments we will have before this entire galaxy is obliterated. It's moving slowly right now, to ensure you have time to understand the gravity of what you are doing. But the moment one among your company touches me, this universe, and everything in it, ends. That includes the majority of your empire. Whatever remains of it will of course be hunted down and destroyed by my remaining forces, which I estimate will vastly outnumber you after the initial extinction. And if you plan on evacuating your planets, forsake your plan. It would take a mere twenty seconds before most of your empire would be annihilated. Even if you had the capability to instantly transport every single citizen within that time period, you would lose your entire infrastructure, making your subsequent conquest and annihilation quite easy."

Matt smiles, as he steps towards the captain. "Now, this is the last time I'll be stating this. Consider your next actions very carefully, as the future fate of your entire species and empire rests on this. I'll give you about ten minutes to make your decision known. If you allow me to leave, this entire ordeal will cease to be necessary. I would prefer not to sacrifice my life, you see. But if you refuse to do so, then this will be the end of both the Sergal and Clone empires."

[Tyki]

@thewizardguy

"Look. we need this information as quickly as possible, this man needs medical equipment as quickly as possible, and you need to chill the fuck out. we get it, you don't like us, you'd like to see us destroyed and completely eradicated down to the last man, i don't even know why we're still allied with you. if it were up to me, we'd have destroyed the clones at the earliest point available. However, i'm swallowing my opinions and sticking to protocol which means we asses the situation, treat the wounded, and debrief those that are catching up on the situation. i'd personally like to kill the both of you for your obstinance, however, the fact that we just went through so much to retrieve him means i shouldn't and you because you're the emperor of our allies. Now, you can continue being an obstinate asshole, or you can come with us, get a nice warm shower, some nice food, maybe a cold drink, and relax while tweedle dee here gets his wounds treated and explains exactly what those things were" she replies evenly, the squad taking him with them to the residential area, showing them to presumably the captain's quarters with a comfortable as fuck couch, stocked mini fridge, and a working shower with nanites in it to get that nice, cellular level deep scrub

[Wraithblade6]

@thewizardguy@supertinyking@raventlark

Mithias heard Alice and had the biggest, secret, internal mega facepalm.

With the odd look on his face, Mithias was too stunned to move when Ozzy zipped behind him and realized he was carrying Bob's soul shards. He blinked and made no offensive moves, but simply replied, "They are an offering, from Bob himself. He sent them with me to show his sincerity... This is how much he loves his child. He offers them to the Corests in good faith, to plead for the safety of his daughter. He doesn't want Ozzy to hunt her down and take her hostage." Mithias glared at Ozzy. "An innocent doesn't deserve to be used like that. To involve her is to basically seal her fate. Once anyone knows who she is, one of Bob's enemies will kill her on principle. The girl is innocent. If you want to deal with Bob, then deal with him with honor."

[supertinyking]

@Tyki
Nathan growls. "....Fine, but if you do kill him after you interogate him, I'll color this entire planet red with your blood." Nathan retorts, following them for now. He stays close to Matt, and should Matt attempt to start monologging, only for a Sergal to try to stop him, that Sergal would find themselves grabbed by Nathan, him snapping their arm.

[kishin asura]

@supertinyking

".....of course." I mutter. Following up with a facepalm "lisa..."

[supertinyking]

@kishin asura
The laughing stops, signalling a correct answers.

[ShadowVentus]

@kishin asura@supertinyking

Having done nothing but stand there for only God knows how long, the two soldiers quickly snap back to reality at hearing that familiar name.

[kishin asura]

@supertinyking

"Why'd you do it lisa?" I call out

[supertinyking]

@kishin asura @ShadowVentus
"Simple.....I'm not Lisa, but I'm close." Someone says, from behind them. A woman, looking quite similar to Lisa physically, is floating behind Kishin.

[ShadowVentus]

@supertinyking

"Well well, this day just keeps getting more interesting. Wouldn't you agree?" Michael inquires aloud as he removes his hood, closing his eyes and getting into a defensive stance, ready to make use of his ties with a certain dragon if need be.
"Yup! I just hope we can talk this out for once though..." Ven responds, not very eager to start a fight, but summons his Keyblade nonetheless, preparing for the possible battle to come.

[kishin asura]

@supertinyking

"Okay, who are you then?" I ask

[supertinyking]

@kishin asura@ShadowVentus
"Call me Jessica......" The woman says, floating around. "Now....I'm glad you're all here, because you're all going to help me get out of this place...' She says, grinning evilly, as she begins to fade. Soon, from the ground, flames begin to form...things.....
Before Kishin, what appears to be Tsubaki, riddled with bullets, lumbers forth, towards her......
To Micheal, many a friends passed, either dying in his campain in his home world, the likes of Valke, Grom, Garngrel, and many others. Their wounds, horrific, as though inflicted by Risen....
Before Ventus, however, a form was not created, but a being brought forth, something of darkness...Vanitas, brought forth by the shadow of the flames, is drawn to this place, this grave.
The woman appears atop the clearing, floating on high, these twisted abominations left to assult the minds of those there, except in Vantias's case. He's left to do whatever.

[ShadowVentus]

@supertinyking

Opening his eyes to the vivid horrors before him, Michael simply smirks. "Jessica, I simply think it would be better if we discussed your terms than have you waste your time with these mindgames." he remarks, keeping a cool head about all of this. Showing weakness now could spell the end for him.
Unlike his tactician friend, Ven is having a hard time grasping the current situation. "There's no way you're back...when I was brought back, you no longer existed!" He claims in disbelief, clutching the hilt of his blade tightly. Hearing this fallen part of him laugh made him angry.
Vanitas was back alright; and he felt better than ever, laughing to his heart's content. "Sorry Ventus, but it seems all of your hard work didn't pay off. This whole time, I've simply lurking in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to strike. It appears that time has finally come!" He quickly summons his own Keyblade, more prepared than he's ever been for a fight.

[supertinyking]

@ShadowVentus
The monsters now taking the image of Micheal's friends would charge forth, weapons drawn....
"All I wanted was to be seen........"
"I was sorry, I told you of my remorse, why couldn't you just let me find redemption? Why did you let me die?!"
"I should of killed you when Frederick, Lissa and I found you in that field!"
These insults against him were slung, as these creatures attempted to attack Micheal, rage obvious in their movements.
Vanitas could feel himself empowered by something, slowly, as if him bringing angry and grief to his counter part would make him stronger here.

[ShadowVentus]

@supertinyking
Michael grins as he draws his own sword, seeing nothing but enemies in his path. "For Risen, you sure do talk a lot! I'll make this quick!" With that being said, the tactician charges, utilizing his sword with fatal accuracy, meeting their rage with his own dragon-stemmed wrath.
"Well now, isn't this interesting? I suppose what you did long ago DID have a positive outcome. It has made me even stronger! Go ahead, get angry. I'll take all of the power I can get!" Vanitas remarks as a dark aura rolls off of his body, Ventus' negative emotions giving him a pretty good advantage. Without hesitating, he runs toward his lifetime rival, attacking at a speed that would be rather difficult to counter.
"Taunt me all you want! I'll finish what I started this time!" Ventus responds, their blades clashing already. Sparks fly, the blows rather intense. This is no doubt the beginning to a very heated battle.

[supertinyking]

@ShadowVentus
As he cuts though those he once could of called allies, they shriek and wail, dying on the floor, the ghastly scene of war returning to the tactician. These monsters mutter final words that may tug on the strings of some very bad memories...regrets of failures on the battle field, memories, of maybe of someone failing to kill that archer, not noticing that the door guard had a hammer hidden in that chest, only to leave a nasty dent in a suit of armor.....But as he fought, these monsters didn't fade. They only reformed, and attacked once again. Violence doesn't seem able to easily deal with such monsters. Another approach may be needed.....
Vanitas easily began to overpower Ventus, but he could feel...something feeding on him. A tick, a leech, a parasite that was consuming a bit of him, slowly.....What exactly, was unknown to him, but maybe Ventus could hazard a guess.

[ShadowVentus]

@supertinyking

"Tch..even in the afterlife you won't go down without a fight. That's just like you, Chrom...just what is it you all want from me, hm? My death will result in nothing for you..." Michael states, his demeanor now quite different from how it once was, even getting into a more defensive form of fighting, aiming to simply disarm his enemies and knock them down.
Sensing this feeling of being gnawed on, Vanitas becomes slightly distracted, his attacks not as forceful as they originally were planned out to be. "So tell me, just how did I end up here of all places? I imagined fighting you in front of your friends and humiliating you." He inquires.
Noticing that his opponent was holding back, Ven quickly took advantage and utilized his next blow to knock Vanitas back a fair distance, allowing them both some breathing room as he decided to answer his question. "This woman, Jessica, drew you here. I don't know why, but I guess she believes that all of us fighting will set her free somehow.." He responds.
"Really now? Man, I despise you, but I despise being someone's pawn even more.." He takes this moment to look up towards where Jessica currently is, glaring at her from underneath his helm.

[supertinyking]

@ShadowVentus
"It'll put these demons to b- AAGGHHHH!" Chrom starts, before shrieking in agony, as horrific boils and cysts form over his body.
"Shut it fool!" Jessica says, materializing near by. Her appearing makes everything she's conjoured up begin to distort, becoming more hellish, and warped......

But among the sounds of fighting....
The shrieks of agony.......
The sounds of approaching footsteps can be heard.....Someone was approaching, and Jessica, and her abominations freeze, looking towards the wooded area near by, to see...someone, cloaked, and masked, appear from the forest.

".....It'll put these demons to rest." The man says, as he begins to take off his mask.