@PaulHaynek @Polaris North @Enkryption @Silverstein @The Irish Tree @Frozen0TitanThe other members of Eon were wide-eyed as Scarlett swiftly made her way out of the building and onto the city’s streets. Alexandra almost blew a fuse when she saw her dart away, but Brunhyldia was able to calm her down and gave her assurance that she wouldn’t cause any trouble.
Well, too much trouble anyway.
Even more of a surprise was when Nadia volunteered herself to be the one to go out and fetch the Scarred Alchemist. She had been strangely silent and distant since yesterday, perhaps she had something that she wanted to get off of her chest? At any rate, they were the only ones to leave the compound, as Hector and Lupina decided to go on an outing. They were given leave due to Arteus vouching for them, promising him that they wouldn't venture too far as the group was still on standby. The group chatted amongst themselves as they waited
After a while, Hector and Morgan had returned, and the latter’s roughed appearance raised a few brows.
”You look like you just fell down a hill, no offense.” Roze said to Morgan. Barely a moment later, Grisha had entered the room along with the acolyte he had been speaking with earlier. The sense of urgency in his steps and expression were immediately noticeable.
”A situation has arisen. We need Eon’s fighters to ready themselves.” Grisha’s statement had naturally filled the room with an air of thick curiosity.
”Care to fill us in, Grisha?” Arteus wasn’t so quick as to allow his people to be ordered around without his input.
The Reavers of Eon found themselves split into a few groups:
Group One consisted of Ruecian, Xashan, Damian, and Morgan
Group Two consisted of Rozemyne, Shavis, Hector, and Alexandra
Group Three consisted of Leon, Einer, Lapis, and Evelyn
Childes would remain on standby as arms support, whereas Bellum and Elaine would remain away from the fray to provide healing when needed, and Rana would act as the combat operator for the mission. The others would remain at the emissary, but would act in the event of an emergency.
The members were quickly briefed that certain parts of the city were suddenly under attack by malfested, but how they came to be in the first place is currently not known. Local guardsmen had already been dispatched to deal with the issue, but due to already having to recover from a previous incident, the sudden occurrence of the incident, and being generally unprepared had them suffering moderate casualties. Due to the ready availability of Eon’s fighters, the choice was clear.
Of course, it wasn’t difficult to deduce that this would also serve as the Church inspecting the coordination and teamwork abilities of Eon.
Before splitting off, the three groups had set up shop at a building provided by local law enforcement to serve as their main base of operations. Rana, Elaine, Bellum, and Childes would remain here to provide support. Each of the groups were given peculiar green orbs embroidered with a golden design.
“These are stones that allow for communication across a moderate distance. It uses alchemy to take the sound of a person’s voice and creates a copy of it to project out of the other ones. If one of them is too far from the main one here then that one won’t work, the same if true if that stone is broken. This is for the members of your team that aren’t capable of telepathic speech.” Said one of the guardsmen. “We’ve lost contact with a number of our other teams, so the situation appears to be escalating quickly.
”Yes, we can see that.” Alex said.
”I’ll take lead, we need to move swiftly!” She turned to all groups, urging them to make haste to their positions.
”Please take care of yourselves everyone!” Elaine said sternly.
”Of course, I’ll heal any wounds inflicted on you, on my word.””I’ll do my best to lead us to victory.” Rana said, attempting to emanate more confidence.
Childes gave Hector’s gun a routine check up before he went out.
”Everything looks good for the most part.” He said.
”But I noticed some dents around the chamber, blade, and the grip. It looks like someone went a little too far when they decided to go whole sail using it like a melee weapon. Better be careful sonny, or I’ll start charging for maintenance too!” He warned, wagging his fist. He handed the gunsman back his rifle.
”Good huntin’.”One of the guards went up to Damian and began whispering something in his ear. “Hey, try to stay alive during this mission. I’m…not technically supposed to tell you this, but there’s a couple of individuals who have some useful information for you. Could be of benefit for your group.” He said, before quickly walking away.
”I think it’s time we got goin’” Ruecian said. He looked at his little sister and her best friend.
”You two try to stay out of trouble and not cause any grief for Leon or Einer. You, especially Eve, you’ve never actually dealt with malfested before.”Lapis made a face at her brother.
”How rude!” ”Ugh, we’re not Godsdamn children, y’know! And I’ll be fine, I am a prodigy after all.” Eve snapped.
Will we really be alright like this? Roze thought.
@Frozen0Titan @The Irish Tree (Morgan) Damian and Morgan would find themselves with Ruecian and Xashan in the southwest part of the city, near the charred remains of the Marquis estate. Ruecian didn’t like the lingering scents he picked up on. His eyes slowly started to become bloodshot with anger. They arrived in front of a dented gate with burn marks in oddly specific positions, and it looked as though it had been ripped apart. The scent was strong here.
”No, that’s impossible…” He quietly uttered. Xashan looked at him inquisitively.
”You cool?” He said.
Before he could get an answer, corrupted beasts found their way to the party, moving with irregular and animalistic stride.
”Eyes up, we have new friends. Let’s say hello~” Xashan mused. One lunged at him, as if responding to his candid statement. He dodged out of the way, the movement almost like a mocking dance. Making a scissoring motion with his fingers, the creature was sliced to ribbons with sand he had left behind before moving.
Two lunged at Ruecian, but instead of their talons meeting flesh they were frozen solid, and their rimed corpses fell to the ground. A sound similar to glass breaking filled the vicinity, their bodies shattered into pieces upon impact.
Several more jumped out at Morgan and Damian, quickly replacing their fallen cohorts.
@Polaris North @The Irish Tree (Hector) Alex’s group was nearing a more populated part of town, filled with restaurants and shopping establishments. Roze looked at Shavis’ new weapons, rather curiously.
”Aren’t those the weapons that those assassins wielded from that last mission?” Roze asked.
”I sense spirits housed in them now, along with the elements being augmented. Paid a visit to Nadia, I presume?””Look there!” Alex cut the conversation short, directing the party’s attention to a violent scene of malfested rampaging around the marketplace. They would also see Scarlett and a panicked Nadia in the center of the fray.
”Aren’t they your people? One of them is that weird cat lady who ran off on her own…”Hector would notice Lupina sniping at beasts on a nearby rooftop, attempting to assist the other two down below. However, he would also notice one of the creatures had crept its way up to the Belua sniper. Before it could get too close he was able to snipe its head off, which also alerted Lupina to the arrival of the group.
”Guess that explains why she didn’t come back with you, Hector.” Roze said.
”I’ll go help out Scarlett and Nadia.” She summoned Icarus, and flew her offer to where the two daters were busy fending off their attackers. Icarus’ wings sliced clean through some of the malfested that got in Roze’s way. It wasn’t long before she arrived in front of them.
”There you guys are. Y’know, we were wondering what was taking so long for you to get back.” Roze said.
”Roze! Thank the Scions!” Nadia exclaimed.
”Please tell me you know what world is going on?”Alex was busy dealing with the other surrounding malfested civilians, regrettable that there was no longer any other way to save them. Every one of them that came her way was met with a slash of light that instantly dissipated them.
Hector mainly had a choice of providing ground support to Alex or to assist Lupina who was still sniping from her bird’s eye view. Although perhaps it would be best for him to group up with Shavis, as more beasts began their assault upon them.
@PaulHaynek @SilversteinGroup Three stuck to investigating alleyways and backend roads, with the others covering the main epicenter of the outbreak. Due to the nature of the work, it was only natural that Leon take point, much to Eve’s annoyance. She was ultimately fine with it, as having gone on a mission with him before allowed her to see his skill first hand.
”Hey Lapi, you’ve seen malfested up close before right?” Eve asked.
”Yeah, but…I try not to think about those days too often…” She said weakly.
”They say that there’s no trace of the person’s original self left within once the rot sets in. I wonder if that’s true…” She continued to inquire.
Disgusting snarling sounds prevented her from thinking on it further, and were accompanied by a sudden lunge from a malfested guard. It attempted to go for Eve, but Lapis shot several ice shards at it, felling it just in time.
”Ah! Th-that thing’s fast…” She said.
”Is that what they look like up close? Ugh, they’re hideous…””Many things in nature take on grotesque forms when on the path of evolution.” Said an eerie voice. Its source was a malfested woman who was the catalyst for the corruption plaguing Cambridge.
”A malfested that can speak clearly?” Eve said.
”To think you refer to those with Mother’s gift with such contempt. It’s sacrilege, aside from it being utter mockery.” With a shockwave of negative energy she blew away the two girls and Einer a little ways, and only Leon was able to maintain his stride in the wake of her overwhelming aura.
That would leave him to deal with the woman alone, and the other three had to deal with the other corrupted beings closing in on them. A couple dashed at Einer, Eve quickly shot some plasma bolts at them, but one was still able to make its way over to the young noble. He would have no choice but to defend himself.
”You seem to possess a unique power boy. You may very well be of use to Mother.” She said, channeling a ball of purple fire. This malfested could use magic! Unless Leon quickly reacted, unpleasant cinders would be the least of his worries.
@EnkryptionIn a detention center on the outskirts of town, guards were heavily discussing matters of importance. In one of the cells, there sat a lone girl. She had little interest in what was going on around her, and was listless with a deadpan expression on her face.
In the cell adjacent to her, she could hear some other inmates talking to each other.
“Hey, it seems like security’s laxed up due to statesmen being sent out. Sounds like something big’s happening outside.”
“Yeah, so?”
“So, it could be that Kinnich has come back and is planning a breakout!”
“Scions, you’re a damned fool! Why would he even bother? He’s already accomplished what he set out to do in this blasted town.”
“Nah, we’re Belua just like he is, he always sticks up for his crew! C’mon, we gotta break out of this shitheap and join back up with ‘em!”
“You
clearly don’t know what type of man Kinnich is. He’d probably just kill and/or eat us the moment he saw us again. I’m done listening to you…”
The girl tuned out most of the conversation, however, one word roused a great anger within her blood.
Kinnich. The name of the man, or rather beast, that had taken everything and more from her. Even being the indirect reason she was torn into this cell in the first place.
Her anger boiling, perhaps she would soon make a break out of her own…
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