[IC] Multiverse Rising (Always in need of New Friends)

[Lmpkio]

@Mtntopview@dirty slime@Absolis@supertinyking@Wraithblade6

Alliance Of Conquerers - Arcadia-1

A day has past since the battle took place and finally everything is calming down at base. It was a long day, filled with ups and downs, victories and defeats, yet finally they can breathe for a minute. Defenses were at a all time high, with turrets locking down the whole perimeter, Star Destroyers above, and new incoming troops from all the captured universes. Cybertron was amongst the worlds that had been conquered, and with it Starscream is/will be finally crowned ruler of the decepticons. Everything was going pretty smoothly.

Ghidorah-San watches from the bridge of her base as everyone is live and active, ready to defend the base at any given unexspected minute. Ultron has finally been refitted into a new body, now stronger and more durable to attacks, along with a few other surprises in store. Satsuki still oversees the base, along with Bowser and Starkiller with their troops. They'll be invading other worlds soon, where and what they'll be, no one knows. But when they'll invade, it'll be ugly and devastating.

Suddenly, the alarms blared throughout the building, and opening the door to the Conquerer's office, the newly recruited Mithias comes in with urgent news.

"Someone called Teal'c is calling."

At the same time, an onscreen report from a nearby Star Destroyer pinpoints the incoming fleet. Hopefully they won't be attacking them, for already they need a break from this kind of shit.

With a sigh, Ghidorah-San acknowledges.

"On screen." she bluntly states.

Then a giant hologram flares up to see the leader of the Goa'uld.

"This is the Alliance of Conquerer's leaders speaking." she announces, "State your buisness."

[Savato]

Eto

Conablum Labs - Welcoming the Guests

@Absolis@Flamelord@SgtEasy

---

With Cyano's tech wizardry, decrypting the information snagged directly from Ultron's mind was a piece of cake, as such the scientist revealed some rather delicious information concerning certain members of the group she so despised. The data was incomplete, but certain pieces of information flowed out and yielded delicious results. The clearest intel would be an entity best described as a living mass of energy and radiation and whom the corrupting powers would be overwhelming even for something as messed up as the One-Eyed Owl herself. The Ethereal would make great use of this data and possibly formulate counter-measures. Another key element would be a second entity whom almost all data would be lost with only the exception of two details: The first would be that it could be big, and by big it seemed to even surpass Biollante in some respects. The second was that it shared DNA resemblance to the aforementioned Kaiju. Nothing else was mentioned.

"Dark Samus and some big, ugly monster huh ... Sounds delicious~ And what's this?"

Employing the pad she held on her left forearm, she'd notice that a strongly encrypted file was still being decoded despite how absurdly powerful the technology was here. But eventually the file would unlock, revealing a very brief document that would make Eto's eyes widen in complete astonishment. Groundbreaking news rarely affected the troubled ghoul, but this was certainly a breakthrough that would even make Cyano jump in surprise. Upon swiftly reading the bits of information, she'd murmur to herself.

"I see ... So that means ... The Alliance of Conquerors is led by - What now?"

As she was going to reveal this massive piece of information to the awkward public, the alarm went off, indicating that there were intruders or something. Cyano confirmed it by asking some blokes to check it out, but because Eto's moment of suspense was left in cliffhanger because of these idiots, she was going to address them herself. Marching off with the pad now safely stored in her handbag, it didn't take her long to reach the front gate where the trio seemed to be waiting.

Sniffing the air, her Ghoul traits allowed her to capture the aroma of the three alien entities knocking at their door, more or less. One smelled completely foreign, another as if they lived here and one smelled like ... The Ethereal. Though with a strong tint of human. The last individual likely remained near that alien overlord for an extended period of time for her to capture such a scent. Out of impulse, Eto simply kicked down the gate separating the wave of guards and the three attempting to establish contact. Apparently they were peaceful, well too bad for them, the gate was cleanly propelled at their way in a speed capable of pretty much shattering any human's skeleton. She wasn't trying to hurt them, but it was common decency to get out of the way.

"What the hell are you three and why are you breaking my epic moment you ... Dumb Trash!"

Although still in her silly Takatsuki Sen persona, she was a lot more unpredictable and they had better comply the best they could with the green haired maneater. After all, if Ruiko Saten feared the Ethereal's power, this Ghoul would likely make her reconsider her esper career if some people were to get a little cheeky. She awaited their response, hands on her hips and standing her ground as if she were an unbreakable defense for the three imperium followers.

[dirty slime]

@Lmpkio

Conqueror's Camp

Gigan had spent most of his time in the base's hospital after the ape spy's escape and the digital being's attack, recovering from his internal wounds and stewing in anger, disappointment and the rather wonderful healing fluid that the white-clad human thralls called "Bacta"; the refreshing, tingling sensation of the salve upon his skin and organs along with its comforting warmth slightly lessening the sting of his recent failure. At first it let the Assassin relax and calm down, giving him the most restful sleep he had in quite some time, but after nearly a day in the tank; he was getting rather restless and bored. To his fortune however, he only had to wait for less than an hour before his body was completely healed and then ruining said good fortune was an alarm coming out that told the base's personnel to get ready for battle. Sighing to himself, Gigan then tried to get the attention of his guards by tapping on the walls of his tank and staring at them, telling them to let him out so he could see what was up and needed to be killed.

[mattmanganon]

Ace had finally reached the top of the statue, the strong wind lapped around his shiny outfit and made his hair flutter gracefully. He looked to see a few glowing lights off in the distance and... A Palace? "Well wax my body and use me as a surfboard, there is life in this burnt out husk." He then began climbing down the statue, then started to walk over to the palace. Along the way, he survayed the burnt out husks of the buildings. "Somebody had one hell of a barby." he mumbled. Finally, after several hours of walking he managed to get to the palace front door. He looked around it for a means of entry. Eventually, he just firmly rapped his knuckles on the solid door.

[SgtEasy]

Banha Akiyama

Conablum Labs

@Absolis @Savato @Flamelord

---

When the unknown busted through the gates, Banha immediately put himself between whatever it was and Ruiko. He knew that Rivard could protect himself (probably) but he didn't know what kind of powers she had or whatever potential hostile that just came through the gate had. She seemed agitated and he immediately tensed up, gripping his weapon just a little tighter than before. He silently expanded his kinetic and biotic shields over the group, a light and almost invisible shimmer appearing in their vicinity before disappearing. It was just a light shield, not enough to ring any warning bells. He could bump up the power but that would make them suspicious. The Supreme Grand Leader kept his mouth shut, he knew where his strengths were. Dealing with leaders of a corrupt galactic government he could deal with. Talking to a psycho potential powerhouse was not something he was qualified for. He glanced towards the other two, hoping that they could do something.

[Mtntopview]

Starscream:

Much glory had happened recently. With the backup of his benefactors, Starscream's coup went off without a hitch. He took personal pride in smiting Megatron for the weakling that he was. He neglected to make note that it was the Conquerors forces that crippled the Decepticon leader before he swooped in and finished him.

The multiverse would surely remember the day STARSCREAM defeated the unworthy Megatron, and asserted himself as true leader of the Decepticon forces! Of course, this was just the beginning. While he brought glory to Cybertron once more, he would also bring glory to the rest of the universe. Truly, he was a generous being. Soon, all would bow before Starscream, as they would be granted the honor of serving him! All across Cybertron (at least the Decepticon controlled area's), his righteous message was being played.

Starscream currently was before his troops. They consisted of a whole battalion of drones, and would be backed up by the reluctantly obedient Combaticons. He took great joy in their misery at being under his command once more. He viewed it as a punishment of sorts, seeing as how they were a resource too valuable to just imprison. He would not make the same mistakes twice. Perhaps over time he could eventually earn their loyalty, or find a way to force it instead.

"While you may be taking orders from these Conquerors, understand that your true leader is me!" He began pacing along the rows of soldier drones,

"Your loyalty should be unquestionable, and if I detect any traitorous thoughts, I will not hesitate to extinguish the one responsible for thinking them! Megatron and his failures are gone!" He noted his freshly gained army grew a bit uncomfortable by mentioning their former leader, but it needed to be said. "It is through my will alone that Cybertron will be restored. Not through these pathetic Conquerors, not through the Autobots pathetic hopes and dreams, and not through the will of Megatron."

This was almost the very same speech being broadcast throughout Cybertron, sans the mentioning of Conqueriors though. He didn't need any Autobots knowing about the existence of a Multiversal threat. It might rally his enemies under one banner, a unified enemy he didn't want to engage.

"Now understand, that you may face forces much stronger than you out there. While it may be tempting to retreat, understand that failure is unacceptable! Any bot caught violating my orders, will be marked as shoot on sight!" He took to pointing at the assembled force, before gesturing to himself "However, this shouldn't be an issue. With me as your supreme leader, victory is assured!"

[Absolis]

Absolis Rivard

@savato@flamelord@SgtEasy
Absolis quickly batted the gate away with the flat of his sword. It would fly past Eto, and bounce against the wall behind her. At first he would start to walk up to her, in an effort to talk, but the urge to cut her down and head straight to Cyano, who was most likely inside, was a bit too strong.

Absolis would back down and take a few steps back, before gesturing to ruiko that perhaps she should be the one to talk to the crazed person before them.

[Pirouette]

Muffet

She's a Spider, ya know.

---

While being late was never good, being fashionably late made things slightly better. A timely entrance could be justified and if anyone could pull it off, it would be the proper eloquence of the Spider Queen.

Muffet used one of those terminals to open up her gateway to Eto, a flighty little thing in Muffet's opinion, but easily one of the more fun candidates in the Outliners. The two of them shared synergistic personalities and most importantly, tastes. To keep it simple, meals were certainly easier with the ghoul nearby.

Although Muffet wasn't much of a fighter, she secretly hoped that her partner-in-crime had spared some of the action at that lab, or wherever this terminal was leading. Stepping through, Muffet's eardrums twitched in delight as the sound of alarms was the first thing to register in her mind. Sadly, she had no idea where to go as the place was considerably more complex than she would have liked. After a bit of wandering, she found herself heading back to the main entrance. Before she even witnessed the standoff, she could taste the bubbling intensity from around the corner.

"Ahuhuhuhuhuhu!"

Muffet squeaked her giggle from behind Eto shortly after she turned the corner of the facility and laid all her eyes upon the her partner standing before three individuals. "You only put bad food in the trash, dearie... Muffet called after her partner, stepping towards Eto's side. "...And I see a perfectly unspoiled treat in that trash." Muffet's attention was more drawn to the young girl, who's name she did not know, nor did she care much to know. She gave the girl a wink with her rightmost eye, making sure the girl knew that odd compliment was for her. The others looked unappetizing as Muffet couldn't identify the figure under the mask and armor and she couldn't help but feel beaten by the creature that had six eyes!

[Absolis]

Keith

---

@lmpkio

For the moment the conquerors were distracted, the guest was busy, and security was focused on the outer wall. Moving through the shadows to remain undetected, Keith would begin planting a number of devices along the walls. It wouldn't take him very long to place them throughout the entire central facility.

After he had finished his task, he moved himself to ghidorah. Since she seemed to be the leader. He needed to talk with her, even if it was something rather trivial. Appearing behind her, we would speak suddenly, and would most likely surprise her.

"Ghidorah. My employer has an offer for you. He wants to offer your stormtrooper units a special armor. In exchange for access to your terminal. We are willing to give you a demonstration before hand, but I assure you, you will be pleased."

[Flamelord]

Ba'al and Teal'c, Ha'tak, Central USA, Arcadia-1

To the credit of the Alliance, it was not long after Teal'c had contacted them that he got a response, indicating that at least one person there had their eye on the skies. That was good, since Ba'al didn't like to be kept waiting. Sure, he wouldn't have started a war over it, but he would have been less than pleased. And one did not antagonize the Goa'uld. But it probably would have been difficult anyway, given the ships that were apparently parked near the Alliance base. Oh well.

Ba'al didn't deign to answer himself, instead nodding to Teal'c, who opened the connection so that he could be seen. Time to see just how sociable the Alliance was. Ba'al listened carefully as the exchange began. This could be quite interesting.

"I am Teal'c, First Prime to Lord Ba'al of the Goa'uld. He seeks an audience with you," Teal'c explained succinctly and clearly. He was not one to waste words, that much was obvious. It just remained to be seen how it would go from there, now that the request had been made of the Alliance.

---

Saten Ruiko, Entrance, Conablum Labs

It quickly became apparent that their arrival had stirred up something of a hornets nest as guards responded to their presence, but that couldn't prepare her for when some girl showed up, kicking down the gate by herself and sending it rocketing at them. At least Banha stepped forward to block it, the thing bouncing off his shields and then sent flying back courtesy of Absolis. Nonetheless this girl immediately set Ruiko on edge, if only from the flagrant use of her strength to do such a thing which seemed so much like Mikoto back home.

She tried to keep it cool though, putting on a smile as she took a step forward. "Oh, did we interrupt something? Sorry, we didn't know if there were visiting hours or something like that." Okay, so not the most amazing introduction, but it would serve for the moment. Or so she hoped.

Before she could go on though another figure emerged, and Ruiko could be forgiven for staring a bit. It was....a giant spider. An anthropomorphic spider at that, which was pretty weird. Sure, Ruiko had dealt with some weird things, but that was pretty high up there! Well, she would just have to deal with it as best she could.

"Wha..." the comments, and the wink, threw her for another loop though. Was the spider flirting with her? Ruiko could only pray that she wasn't like Shirai, perverted and with a seemingly unstoppable desire to get what she wanted. Sure, Ruiko wasn't a totally stranger to that as well as Uiharu could attest, but she wasn't sure how she would deal with it if it was, well, a giant anthropomorphic spider.

She coughed, getting her wits back before she began, bowing as she made her introduction. "Hello. I'm Saten Ruiko, and these are Absolis Rivard and Banha Akiyama. We're here on behalf of God-Emperor Nova, and we were hoping we could talk to the head of the Labs, or somebody else important." Well, she'd made the attempt, even though she was no diplomat. Here was hoping that it worked out.

[Absolis]

Cyano Conablum

---

@flamelord@savato@pirouette
@sgtEasy
Well, it seemed someone had handled it. The alarm stopped as the gate opened. Either they were stopped at the gate, or the visitors hadn't attaked, since there hadn't been an explosion and a shower of glass at the front entrance. That was good. They could handle it. Right now it was nap time.

Cyano set her feet up on her desk. She even closed her eyes. But it wouldn't last long. With thoughts flying through her head, such as that who ever it was was going to do something stupid. Fine. Fine! She would chance a look, but she wasn't going to get involved with it. It didn't matter if the multiverse was knocking on her front door. They could wait for her to fi-...

"No... no it can't be him. Great. Just great. Wait, no. This is perfect."

Cyano burst through the doors outside of her office. She turned to the nearest guard, who instinctively flinched, though Cyano hadn't noticed.

"You. Get the torture room ready. And you, I need balloons. Lots of them. In lots of colors. Make sure they have smiles on them. Wouldn't want them to come off as too dreary."

Grabbing a personal teleporter off the wall, Cyano would lock on to Eto, and would instantly find herself standing next to the spider and eto. She would look at absolis and smirk, taking pleasure in the hatred that contorted his face.

[Savato]

Eto

Conablum Labs - Welcoming the Guests

@Absolis@Flamelord@SgtEasy@Pirouette

---

The short ghoul cocked her right eyebrow in response to Absolis' pointless display of power. He could have just let it go by or something, heck the alien dude did a good job at that, but no, there was always a show off among any group. It didn't help that his smell reminded her a little too much of Cyano, leading her to guess he was from around here. Well, at least they were warned of the rules of this universe, and if they were not, then it'd be all the more fun to surprise them.

Muffet being the timely spider that she is appeared at the nick of time as dinner was served. Indeed, there was no point in playing the goodies here, the rules were not the same in the Rivard Universe after all. And the spider monster was right, these were't exactly trash, especially if that little one was indeed the child the Ethereal spoke of before handling the new Quincy base. Both the Owl and the Spider could agree on the fact that Ruiko had an appetizing side to her. Especially when she imposed herself unlike her two male counterparts, prompting the half-ghoul to slowly lick her lips in anticipation.

"My oh my love, you're oh so right~ This one's a treat."

She almost zoned out anything Ruiko said and just proceeded to approach the little girl. Her body language was relaxed and not aggressive in the least, but that would make it all the weirder after her display of force and irrational response. With Cyano here, the party could really begin now. The female Ghoul was about as tall as Ruiko, something that got more and more noticeable as she closed the gap between her and the group of Imperium followers. A bold move, but confidence reeked out of the Aogiri Tree's head figure.

Just a couple of meters away from Saten, she'd stop as it would be clear that they would all be on their guard at this point. For good reason too, Eto wasn't here to roll in the red carpet after all.

"Ghouls taste like utter shit but are so filling, people taste like heaven but aren't worth jack. But what about ... An esper?~"

The malice flowed out of the ghoul's eyes, the intent of devouring these people was quite clear at this point. Though once again, she'd only be this aggressive due to the specific circumstances of this world. She wasn't that insane, quite the contrary. As she pronounced these unnerving words, a large, tree-like appendage emerged from her back and was already erected far beyond the distance between Ruiko and Eto. Her long, monstrous Kagune with various 'branches' formed like arms and bones stuck out of it, but didn't strike any of them, though it clearly set itself between Ruiko and Banha. In this same instance, the Yakuza would notice his purposely weakened barrier breached. It wasn't too hard for Eto to do so, after what she did to Ultron, her strength was clearly a level above a simply gate being propelled.

Nonetheless, all of them would notice the various mouths formed on the thick appendage, broader than her own body upon realization, and each would speak as if they were sentient while gnawing endlessly at nothing when they didn't speak.

"Ettttooooo!"

"Yahoo!"

"Mmmm this one smells good Eto!"

"Kill them all!"

"It's a Helicopter!"

"It's time to Boogie Woogie!"

The each voice was different and seemed to be like they were spoken by normal people. And the more they spoke, the more each individual here, even Eto's allies, would feel nauseous. It would actually have a significant impact on Banha's energy shield, which would further explain why she breached it so easily. Ruiko would quickly recognize this type of influence however, it felt similar to the alien's power, at least the general feeling it gave.

"You guys wanted to talk huh? Just my luck! I've always been a fan of discussing business through dinner.~"

And with these grim words, a second Kagune emerged from her back, erecting itself in the form of an arc so it could immediately dive down and crush Ruiko in an instant. Well, not really crush, at the end of it would be a massive mouth, much like Noro's Kagune, and would swallow the girl whole if she didn't avoid it, or stopped it. Or have an ally stop it. Banha had the first Kagune separating him, though he could maybe handle that. It didn't matter really, there was nothing to lose here.

[Lmpkio]

@Gummi Bunnies@Mr_pink@Archmage MC@Flamelord (Plus others if I missed them).

Ryu & Gojira-San
Reunited At Last

The events of yesterday were sudden and most certainly not expecting. Everywhere they go, it seems that trouble always finds them, intentionally or not. But alas, after the battle with Megalon, things seemed to have calmed down for the most part. Gojira-San still slightly sulks on not getting to her opponent in time, with Ryu already being fully rested along with his new partner. Yet they are still alive and kicking.

Heading to the other side of Eastgate, they need to keep moving. Surely someone should know where a terminal is... and even if they don't, surely there must be a sign. But where? For now, they've began walking down a street, almost aimlessly, as they figure out what they should do next.

"So what do we do now?" Ryu then asks the obvious question.

A growl escapes from Gojira-San.

"You know what we need to find." she says in a slightly dampened mood, "But without Nova's guidance, we have no idea where to look. We're completely on our own in such a shit storm."

"Nova's ego is risky." the champion responds, "That fight in the other dimension that he said we'd win? We lost. I don't trust him. He may have good intentions, but his ego is massive."

"But he's a valuable ally." Gojira-San responds, "Technically without him, we wouldn't be here. After all, he found that terminal in the first place..."

She then pauses.

"I still think he's alive... where I'm uncertain. But when we do find him..."

She then trails off into silence, with Ryu simply nodding.

"What you said is true." he then answers, "But until we find him, we're on our own. We'll find that terminal, weather Nova's with us or not."

The hybrid says nothing, perhaps making a mental smile, as the two continue walking.

---

@Absolis@Flamelord

Alliance Of Conquerers - Arcadia-1

As she was waiting for a response, Keith would suddenly appear behind her with an offer.

"Ghidorah. My employer has an offer for you. He wants to offer your stormtrooper units a special armor. In exchange for access to your terminal. We are willing to give you a demonstration before hand, but I assure you, you will be pleased."

"I will be the judge of that." booms the dark lord as Starkiller then suddenly enters the room.

"Show him what you have." she answers to the scientist in a rushed tone, "I'm a little busy here. I'll watch when I have time."

With that, the sith lord would follow Keith to the demonstration room. At the same time, the Conquerer leaders finally get a response.

"I am Teal'c, First Prime to Lord Ba'al of the Goa'uld. He seeks an audience with you,"

An audience? Perhaps this alien race would like to ally with them somehow. Nevertheless, she was still cautious about the whole situation.

"Your audience is right here," she answers as Ultron, Satsuki, and Bowser then come up to the screen, "Speak."

[SgtEasy]

Banha Akiyama

Conablum Labs

@Absolis @Savato @Flamelord @Pirouette

---

Banha glared menacingly at the now confirmed hostile in front of him. She had sprouted appendages from her (please, he has seen more from Nova that no one can beat healing people from death) and blocked the path between him and Ruiko. But he had no time for her right now, he had to focus on ridding this damn appendage blocking him and his escort. He raised his C-14 and tried to blast his way through but realised that bullets doesn't really work. They merely got stuck in it's fleshy surface. He felt himself get nauseous but just crossed it off to being around the appendages.

The Batarian looked at the Bolter and shrugged, pointing it at the fleshy wall. Imagine his surprise when he blew off a good chunk of it but it just regenerated it all. He groaned as he realised that he has to use some of his precious grenades. He looked at all the grenades he had and took the Inferno Grenades. These appendages looked a little fleshy and who the hell didn't like explosions. He placed two of them hi on each side of the appendage and strengthened his shields to great magnitudes and clamped his boots on the floor. "RUIKO! DUCK DOWN!"

BANG BANG

There were several fiery explosions, the cluster bomb Inferno Grenades destroying the appendage in front of him. Banha's shields weakened but it didn't deter him. As soon as the appendage was gone, he lunged to where Ruiko was, clutching a bandolier of grenades in his hands. He felt even more nausea but strengthened himself. He extended his barrier to her, enveloping his escort in a stronger energy shield. "Ruiko," he struggled to speak, the nausea getting to him severely. He felt the shield weakening once more but used his emergency reactor to get it back up. "Whatever happens, stay behind me, okay? Are you burnt?"

[Nightknight]

Hitomi Hisako
Location: Eastgate City

As Hitomi was pondering her surroundings she spotted across the street a group of people walking. Among them was a young women who resembled a Kaiju, though much smaller. She never knew that Kaiju could take on such humanoid forms. Another slightly odd figure was a woman whose species was undiscernible to her. Perhaps she was some form of Kami? But not any form of Kami she was familiar with. The next individual was... a walking drawing? While a bit confused, she chalked it up to her just being a unique form of Shikigami (A type of paper kami). But it was the buff human-smelling fellow she was most perplexed by. "A human?" She spoke to herself. "Why is a human hanging out with Kami?" She was used to conversing with spirits of all shapes and sizes. However, in her homeland of Japan, it was rare for humans and kami to converse with one another directly. The kami or spirit would usually reciprocate offerings with miracles or kind acts, and that's as far as it usually goes. Not to mention the others were not any kami she knew of. This question in her mind begged for an answer. She started her approach to the group in hopes of asking where she was or who this human was.

[Pirouette]

Muffet

The Dance of Many Legs

---

Muffet raised one of her hands to cover her mouth, hiding a giggle directed towards the flustered girl, who she now recognized as Ruiko. One of the Ethereal pet projects that ended up a failure. "So polite... Good on you, dearie, for minding your P's and Q's." Muffet replied to Ruiko as Eto approached the esper, hiding yet another giggle when she finished.

Muffet's attention shifted from Ruiko to her partner, Eto, as the ghoulish girl came a stop before the young esper. The spider had already expected Eto's intention but she looked on with a grinning curiosity as she watched the girl flipped to a sadistic hunger in an instant. The moment those appendages came out, Muffet was already drawing her own weapon. A ceramic teapot followed by a matching teacup with accompanied saucer. Well it wasn't really drawing as just bringing the items she hid behind her back to full view as if she had some secret weapon hidden away from the invaders. But no, just her tea set.

Muffet poured herself a cup of a purple liquid that seem to glitter as light reflected off of it. She raised the cup and took a sip, giving an audible sound of delight from her small sip. It was something to soothe the feeling of nausea that was slowly creeping in as Muffet watched on, mostly in disgust, at Eto's transformation. It was nothing new but something about it just.. reeked.

Muffet continued to watch the action develop as the six-eyed character stepped in front of his comrade and fired shots wildly into Eto's appendages. Taking that as her cue, Muffet decided it was her 'turn' in this battle. Taking her teapot, she reached out with it and delicately tipped the ceramic pot so that only two drops spilled out from the opening and onto the floor in front of her.

For a moment, nothing happened as Muffet watched her little drops of liquid, looking smug and satisfied with her contribution to the fight. But if someone focused in on those drops they could a slight vibration permeating across the liquid as if they were being heated violently. Then something unexpected happened. Muffet's first drop blew up into a non-transparent bubble and kept growing, past the point of physics, as the surface of the bubble grew large enough to encompass a small car, cloaking Muffet behind the purple bubble. As soon as the bubble reached a predestined point, it popped and suddenly everyone could see something that wasn't there in the first place. A buffalo-sized spider stood where the bubble had just been. Without a moment's hesitation it scurried over to it's mistress and prostrated itself before Muffet, offering her a 'ride' on top. Muffet hopped on just as Six-eyes shouted his command to Ruiko. The large spider scurried away from the encounter with Muffet riding on top, clearing her from the blast radius.

Taking another sip of her purple tea, Muffet eagerly watched on as her second drop began to spread across the floor of the lab to form a ball-sized puddle. Just like the bubble, the puddle was nontransparent, only showing a dark void of purple instead of the floor beneath the liquid. The liquid sat still, like a quiet lake, for a moment before something upset the surface, almost like fish popping their mouths up to feed. Then with one little black hairy leg, the first spider emerged. It looked just like an average household spider, but it was one of those big ones that looked really creepy. That spider managed to skip across the puddle and onto dry land before others emerged.

It only took mere moments but the floor around the puddle was covered with spiders scattering about the ground. Countless numbers of spiders were scurrying out from that puddle and headed right towards the intruders, all with a cute hungry look on their faces.

[SgtEasy]

Nathaniel the Magician

Sydney, Australia, Arcadia-1

@Savato

---

Nathaniel groaned as he awoke, the Staff of Gladstone sticking into his ribs. Getting up as quickly as possible, he grabbed his staff and searched his surroundings. Futuristic City in the desert. Pretty standard. "So this is Arcadia-1, huh?" He muttered under his breath. Das Jotunheimen has been trying for ages to get a powerful agent into multiversal anomalies such and it seems that he was the one that was chosen. His mission was clear. Steer the Dark Outliners away from his organisation to avoid a three way war that would reveal Das Jotunheimen. Other than chaos, secrecy was what his bosses valued the most. This was also the first time they gave him a mission other than "Make havoc".

The Magician was told to get the attention of a being named the Ethereal who could get him a position into the shadowy group. He didn't know how he had received this information. He has only ever seen his bosses once (the only one to have done so). The information just popped inside of his head like every other time he switched universes. Shaking his mind about thoughts of shadowy corporations and their mysterious bosses, he went back to the situation at hand.

"How do I get this Ethereal's attention?" Explosions and levelling the city might've worked but Nathaniel was also informed of the different factions in play. His mission wasn't with the Goa'uld nor the Imperium. Something subtle but enough to garner the attention of some alien lackey. He needed to be subtle but eye catching as well. He needed to show power. But first, he needed guards before summoning such great spirits. He summoned both Sonya and Duros in a short while, feeling his magic deplete ever so slightly. The apparent female of the two winked at him while the Sandman just glared at everything and nothing at the same time. "You need to guard me while I summon Ramuthra, I'll explain this all soon." Sonya almost opened her mouth to speak before shutting it, turning around with Duros to search the perimeter.

Nathaniel summoned Bartimaeus after several incantations, the very large lion appearing he used to anchor himself to real-world appearing next to him in a cloud of smoke. "I am known by many names mortal! The Serpent of Silver- Oh. Hi boss." The Magician sighed at his antics before waving it off. "We need to merge again, to summon Ramuthra this time." His loyal companion opened his mouth as if to speak but he cut him off quickly. "I'll explain later." Bart shrugged and manifested into his purest form before entering his body.

Merging was a really weird experience but it had it's benefits. Larger than normal magic storages were very useful when summoning powerful demons. "Okay, fine. Let's do this then, I haven't said hello to Ramuthra in a while." Nathaniel rolled his eyes before starting his incantation. Most incantations are very simple, usually translating it in English works 99% of the time. However, Greater Spirits tend to be more fickle beings. And so, Ramuthra's incantation is several pages long and is a mix of Arabic, Latin, French, Russian and Japanese. He was an asshole.

Finishing the last two words of Latin (he believed that it was all gibberish really), Nathaniel began to summon Ramuthra the Most Powerful. The great blue dragon towered above him, letting out a huge great roar. It's aura forced Sonya and Duros to their knees, the ground beneath the spirit changing states almost constantly. The ground shook, fire sprouted from everywhere, it was as if the elements themselves reacted to his arrival. And there was The Magician, calmly waiting with his Amulet for his most powerful summon to calm down. After several minutes of showing off, the Dragon looked down at his master.

"You better have good reason for this Nathaniel." The Magician panted a little but soon straightened himself up as Bartimaeus exited out of his body and quickly leaped over to where Sonya and Duros were. "I need no reason to summon you, Ramuthra." The dragon winced at the use of his true name before smirking. "Well then, master. What do I do now then?"

Nathaniel smiled, looking down at a heat scanner attached to his wrist. The charts were off the scale, Ramuthra was giving off such high levels of energy that it couldn't be missed. "Wait."

[Archmage MC]

@Lmpkio@Flamelord@dirty slime@Weird Tales@Savato

Light - Arcadia 2

Not much happened after the whole Kaiju fight. Gojira was still in a huff, but at least Light was able to get in contact with Shockwave again, Shockwave giving her a communicator. Light tried to tell the others about Shockwave, but apparently they didn't care or didn't listen as no one said. "Good job!" Or any compliments or the like. Overhearing Ryu and Gojira talking, Light asked them "Who is this Nova you two keep talking about?".

At least Ahsoka was still entertaining to be around, but she went off to go find something for the group to do and Light wasn't sure when she'd be back.

[Absolis]

Absolis Rivard and Cyano Conablum

---

@Savato@sgtEasy@flamelord@pirouette

Hider

As soon as Cyano showed up, Absolis lunged towards her, only to be blocked by the appendages coming out of the other girl standing near the spider. They wouldnt be much of a problem however, as moments later an explosion came from banhas side, and opened a path between the two.

Absolis again lunged at Cyano, his sword coming in from her right. Cyano ducked and rolled under his sword, coming back up on his left side, and swung for the joints on his armor. Fortunately for Absolis, he managed to bring his sword down to parry her.

The fight between the two would move a short distance away from the group, that way no one could get in their way. Their swords clashed, and their was silence to be found in the loud roar of their battle. No witty insults or come backs were said. Their eyes remained locked throughout the entire battle, pure hatred emanating from the both of them.

The battle raged on, regardless of what the others were doing. Even if they finished their battle, it would be too dangerous for either side to try to break up the fight. Cyano ran circles around Absolis, coming in for the occasional blow to his joints, and then jumping back out of range to shoot at him with the multitool. Most of the shots would dissipate into his armor. Others would be blocked by his sword. Every time Cyano would come in for his joints, Absolis would swing at her, but her agility allowed her to avoid his attacks.

The two were evenly matched, that would be clear to anyone watching. Now both had come in to close range, each one trading blows and blocking attacks. Absolis' larger sword allowed him a slight advantage, but they were again equal when Cyano brought out her Sabercloth dagger. Allowing her to block and attack. However, seeing the stalemate, Absolis leaped back and seeped in from the left with his sword. As he expected, Cyano ducked, and he took this opportunity to follow up with a swift kick. Cyano would be knocked back, and would land face up on the ground. This would be followed up by Absolis driving his sword down into the ground right above her face.

But... she wasn't there. Cyano had rolled out of the way of Absolis' attack, and he found his sword stuck in the ground. It wouldn't take him long to pull it out, but by then it was too late. Cyano, still on the ground, drove her sword through Absolis' waist, right above his leg. Her position on the ground actually making the damage done worse, as otherwise it would have gone cleanly through. The searing pain of the sword drove absolis down onto his knees. Cyano helped herself up with the sword. Pulling it down until it was stopped by where Absolis' armor continued. Now on her feet, she twisted the sword, then slid Absolis off of it. He was not dead yet, and would most likely survive for quite a while. But after she was done with him, he would definitely wish that he had died here.

Her battle over, Cyano wiped some blood off of her lip, and turned to the other group to help out, should they need it.

[Flamelord]

Ba'al and Teal'c, Ha'tak, Central USA, Arcadia-1

Well then, that had been fast. Of course Ba'al had been hoping for a face to face meeting, if only to show off, gloat a bit, that sort of thing. But he supposed that he would survive this. He was sure that they would be willing to change their tune once they had the opportunity to talk things over.

Nonetheless the camera would shift perspective, showing the Leader of the Goa'uld on his splendid throne as the conversation began. "So, you are the Alliance of Conquerors then? It is a pleasure to finally make your acquaintance. I just came from a meeting with a man named 'Nova,' claiming to be the 'God-Emperor of Mankind', and he had all sorts of interesting things to say about you. Given that we are on this world together, I figured I should stop by and introduce myself'

The Goa'uld was calm, confident, unintimidated and sure of the superiority of his fleet. Besides, if there was a serious fleet battle here then it could damage a significant portion of this planet, and he was fairly certain that they wouldn't want that. FOr now he would see how things went, as Teal'c commanded the fleet for him in the meanwhile.

---

Saten Ruiko, Conablum Labs

Ruiko noted Cyano appearing as she waited for a response to her request, or something at all really. Yet it seemed that they were to be ignored today, even as Eto advanced towards them. Ruiko couldn't help but be unnerved, even as she put on a brave face. Just what was going on here? And what was with all the innuendos they were making? They were just joking, right?

Then something began to happen, and her eyes widened as a large tree-like thing appeared from Eto's back, branches rising and moving between her and Banha. Not only that, but they began to speak as well, each of them pounding at her head and making her a bit dizzy in the process. What they were saying was hardly comforting as well, and her worry grew at the same time.

"Wha?" Her confusion was cut off as another of those things came directly at her, in an overhead arc that would otherwise crush her. In spite of her nausea she acted in an instant, Air Hand activating to push her backwards with a burst of air from her shoes, just like she had practiced so many times before. At the same time she noticed Absolis going off to fight the new arrival, while Banha managed to blast through the thing separating them, hurrying over to her.

"I'm fine," she confirmed as she was enveloped in the shield. She frowned, looking to her opponents even as...what? She couldn't help but stare at the giant spider that had appeared and was offering the humanoid spider a ride, even as a swarm of spiders headed towards them. Fortunately Ruiko didn't scare easily, especially not against things like spiders.

Nonetheless, it was obvious that this mission had gone to hell, and they had barely even started it. "Fine then," she grumbled to herself, reaching into her back pocket and producing the fullgrimm that Nova had given her, the object producing an unearthly purple glow. "Alright, back off, all of you. I don't want to, but I will use this if I have to," she yelled, making sure that they could see what she was talking about.

That said, she wasted no time in going on. "So that's it then? You just attack whoever shows up at your front door, even when we said that we had no plans of attacking you? Some company you are." Admittedly she wasn't in the best place to talk given how sketchy Academy City was in that regard, but that was besides the point, and it was a situation she planned to change when she had the opportunity.