Complete Comms Main Story (S4 Finale) DRAGON.end - Phase 3

[Raid Boss]

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Official comms thread for DRAGON.end - Phase 2

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[Lune]

"It can't be..."

"Chels?! W-what are you doing there? Why are you with the enemy?"

@Lady N

 

[Ash Vargold]

"If this is what your idea of 'ending it' looks like, I have some serious concerns about your mental, N!"

@Lady N

 

[Pandora*]

A.D.W. Type Nu

A blood-covered face showed no emotion as the red light from within N's pupils locked onto you. Her voice was musical by default yet the sound of crackling may be noticed by the best of harmonics users.

@Lune

"You say that name without knowing the consequences, Dayeon Song. Stupidity confirmed. No matter, I will attempt to lock you here and prevent further complications."

@Ash Vargold

"Emotional instability is an unacceptable error that this unit has been unable to resolve for too long. Now stability has been restored by the Alpha's presence. My capabilities were incomplete without synchronization. I am thankful to the Handler.. for my mother's generosity. It is your mental faculties that are lacking Aisling Lane"

Her eyelids lowered slightly. A finger to her plated temple.

"My brain wants a family. I have one now. Mission accomplished. You all could have just left and lived lives I could not. Now you die for this death game. Stupid,... fatally so."

 

[Tick Tock]

MAMAAAAAAA. MAMAAAAAAA!

Tock screamed at the top of her lungs for Szofrit. Alas, sthere's too many people around her to be noticed even if she frantically waves and cries oil for the lack of motherly support.

Tock wants her hugs, and the bedtime story, and the sweet embrace of her mama... Oh mama, why would you abandon little Tock in the dark, with all these fleshy and poorly mannered strangers?

Hush you. Mama Eva is our only mama, she divorced from Robomama already!

Insert Tock's fake oily tears.

Ooh! Salutations Bestie, you came to the party, Tick is happy now! Tick likes what you did with your hair, you need to show Tick whose your stylist! Tick is losing her head straightening these bangs...

Tick nodded a few times over after giving a quick glance to Seigi and her stunning looks, clearly ready for the bash compared to everyone else. Blood had gone trendy it seems, that and missing limbs and internal organs. Apparently, the lack of them in exchange of machinery had gone out of fashion, how sad for her, an old doll by now!

But first, we have to trash some of these funny and totally non-lethal apparatuses. Fancy a race?

 

[Jin]

Her body spasms unbidden as she willfully offers herself as sustenance. The hideous sight of his transfigured form breaks through the darkness, and perhaps some who gaze upon him might wish they had not. His skeletal hands rip and tear flesh, squishing and gurgling as he hungrily sups on the life essence of an ally on the brink. All of this to keep him alive. Perhaps, to keep all of them alive. Sacrifice... necessary, but not heroic.

Lambent red orbs sunken into the skull-like face turned slowly to take in the battlefield, the placements of their allies, newly minted victims to fail at satiating him. The Bloodsworn's vow invoked, here stood the Avatar of Avarice, unbound.

Blood trickled from his maw as a rattling sound escaped, the jawbone moving only slightly. Was he... laughing?

"Ah, that's where you went."

His new, wretched form used the nutrients in the girl's meat and the moment it passed through to his gullet, splattered it uselessly to the expanse of darkness that formed the floor beneath him. Her life was expended, but coated in her last effort, her death would not be wasted, not be in vain.

My brain wants a family. I have one now. Mission accomplished. You all could have just left and lived lives I could not. Now you die for this death game. Stupid,... fatally so.

Jin registered her face, recalling a somber moment overlooking a monument that offered him no answers. What she had found there was a secret she kept, and in turn, what he had seen was a secret that he too would keep. Her tears, her sadness, her pain... had they died with her, in the way that she threatened them? Was she as lost as she wanted them to believe, or did she just want to believe it herself?

"If this is the answer you wanted..." his guttural, inhuman voice rumbled toward Lady N. (@Pandora* ) as he righted himself after a hearty meal and splayed his bladelike digits. "...then the only kindness left to you is oblivion."

 

[Lune]

"How?" She turned to @Ash Vargold, who by now she had identified as Aisling Lane, confused about the musical, emotionless voice. "She was not a magia, was she?"

Snapped at the thought of her friend being taken control of, Lune growled, eyes locked on Szofrit. "That's it. NO MORE HALF MEASURES!!"

 

[Pandora*]

A.D.W. Type Nu

Nu scoured Chelsea's mind and found the brief encounter at Advent Lost. A momentary confirmation of the host's rejection of truth.

@Jin

"Oblivion is the natural outcome. I did not request your involvement in my affairs. If no directive is given, eject yourself."

A curl of the lip. A machine moving the human face according to muscle memory. The personality having had its emotions removed but mannerisms partially retained. Nu was a host using model after all. To bring humans and magia together...

"Hmpf. You give up your humanity of your own free will. We will not sacrifice ourselves for those who themselves wish to wear the skin of another species. You have prepared your body for swift assimilation. Tsk... stupidity confirmed."

 

[Ash Vargold]

Ash bit his lip, glancing @Lune's way.

"Her armor... apparently it had some ability to influence her emotions."

A memory of her burst when they fought the Calculator, and her quiet, desperate request not to tell anyone. Aisling sure regretted that one now.

"...I guess its influence went deeper than anyone realized."

"I've heard of shitty moms using their children as props, but this is a whole new level of narcissism."

Apparently, no matter how terrible the situation, Ash is incapable of resisting the urge to introduce sass.

 

[Erick Stryker]

"I dunno what to make of this, but we can't just leave her like that,"

Erick glanced toward Lady N and back to @Ash Vargold and @Lune .

"Not sure what I'll be able to do to help her, but if we can beat the big boss, maybe... maybe she'll snap out of it. Until then, leave her to me. I'll try to keep her where she can't hurt anyone or do anything she'd regret."

 

[Hanno Futaba]

It was for Hanno's relief to see that no one from his 'team' had their life severed from their bodies.

"Shit-- Attia!" Hanno called for @Attia Patal, seeing her in the middle of the warzone, and somewhat unreachable before yelling- "Good to see you alive, buddy! Keep that up, I will try to help ya when I am... A bit more free-" He scowled, glancing aside to spot several familiar faces... And the speech of the black haired girl.

A couple familiar names caught his attention, one in particular being an unexpected reveal.

"So it... Wait, you are Dayeon?" Hanno blinked surprised at @Lune, then tilting his head, still in a combative stance. "That does explain your fighting style-- I like the new visuals though, blue goes well on you." But maybe Hanno was biased regarding it.

The insults of the corrupted woman were soon dragging his eyes to her.

"Hah--" Hanno huffed, tracing his eyes to Lady N. "So you really are with them, huh." Hanno rose his eyebrow. "Hey, I didn't expect someone that calls others stupid to be brainwashed so easily like that-" He taunted a bit. @Pandora*.

Just as he finished the mild provocation, he peeked at @Ash Vargold.

"So buddy... What's the plan?" Hanno asked. "I don't know your bestie that well-" He admitted

 

[Seigi Ling Ling]

@Tick Tock

Hey Tick!... and Tock?... It feels like ages. I like your looks too! You're like straight out of one of my favorite animes! Whatshisface. After we trashed some baddies, we gonna have all the time in the world to go adventuring. Tick, Seigi AND Tock! Oh, it'd be even greater if we switch looks! That'd be amazing. You know any of Sneezfrits weaknesses?

Maybe Seigi always wanted to be a weird crazy Magitek Spider thingamajig all along.

@Pandora*

N YOU STUPID! Stop being so edgy and making a scene and get over here! You're on the wrong side of the team. Hmpf. Give up your humanity I have become emotionless robit bee-boop- IN YOUR FACE.

 

[Pandora*]

A.D.W. Type Nu

The man she had directed to VRS...

A futile offer, in fact, the entirety of Chelsea's deluded mission was. If fate had led her to Nu, then indeed fate was a broken and worthless concept. Much like the humans here now. perhaps Nu's model concept was also outdated. After this, the host will be properly adjusted. Nu already had her consciousness and thus Chelsea's persona was now Nu's. So the inferior body was unnecessary. Perhaps adding a few inches would be good as well. She never did enjoy her stature.

@Hanno Futaba

"Affirmative. I or rather my host was very stupid. Chasing a mother of her imagination. I am home and will not let you undo my freedom."

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Her.

A centerpiece in Chelsea's mind.
The one that started her true delve into the death of Terrasphere.
The one who saved... interfered with her in Isulus.
The one who triggered reckless impulses and damaged Nu for so long.
The one who put Danielle through so much without even noticing!

Rage... but controlled. The mission was more important. The egg was the directive and this was just another target.

A song...
Ignition...

If only her mother would let her but for now she would just...

"You. At last, I can tell you what I think of your stupid, reckless, illogical, relationship-destroying behavior. You think you can just punch your way through anything you stupid primate?! ...this registry. You are just a corrupted bag of flesh. Your soul is host to the ancient Nemesis. Not even worthy of assimilation. Only complete annihilation is suitable for you!"

A blast of power came from her as Nu negated her drive to ignite. The Handler gave her an assignment and the host body would be ruined enough by the power already granted. Going further would be a fatal miscalculation.

Priorities.

"You know nothing of Ignition pretender. You hold onto a monster and you left behind Danielle for your own stupidity. To think I ever could involve myself with such behavior. You are done here living calamity."

@Seigi Ling Ling

 

[Ash Vargold]

"...I don't have a plan."

If it were actually Ash standing here, instead of Aisling playing pretend, maybe he would, but...

"I just want to get everyone out of here alive. But I don't know if that's even possible."

@Hanno Futaba @Erick Stryker @Lune

 

[Erick Stryker]

"Life doesn't always give you the luxury of planning, and things don't always go according to plan when it does,"

He assured the other man- he saw a man, heard a man, anyway.

"We'll do what humans in our position always do. We'll fight back, and we'll take losses, but we'll survive- and make sure to save anyone we can along the way."

@Ash Vargold

 

[Ash Vargold]

"...wow. You really said that with a straight face."

@Erick Stryker

Ash shakes his head, and looks into the madness of the battlefield. In the end, Aisling can't find the light at the end of this tunnel. Why did they come here, in the end...?

"Hah... I always ask people to think about whether this world's worth dying for.

Somewhere along the line, I think I forgot to keep asking myself the same question."

And right now, Aisling sure knows what her answer would be.

 

[Erick Stryker]

Ash was right. He'd said it with a straight face, and if Jimmy was being honest, he couldn't disagree with the guy in good conscience. Only, there were several factors that made it a little more nuanced than that.

"Well, we're already here and there ain't much we can do about that now. Gotta take what we can get."

@Ash Vargold

 

[Aerial]

Dayeon Song. The name stirred the woman from her stupor.

"Day-o? Is that you?"

Shit. If it was - She couldn't lose more friends to the System. Please, no, don't be her.

Fuck. Aerial couldn't run. Self-preservation faltered and crumbled: how could she live freely in the real world (whatever that meant anymore) if tragedy befell her friend?

But what sort of help could she offer if she couldn't even help herself?

"... Does anyone know if, if you still die or whatever the fuck happens when you hit three deaths?"

Her voice trembled, weighed down by the heavy implications.

"I'm at two."

she mumbled, mostly a reminder to herself because who the fuck would care about a stranger when their own lives were threatened?

 

[Kyanna Wynne]

Szofrit's attack approached-- There was pain, but not as much as expected... Thanks to those around her.

There was another rush of panic, of fear, but her eyes grew wide open as she noticed @MAI from afar, finally meeting the girl after a vague time that felt like several days.

"... Mai..!" The joy of finding her was short lived, with the state of her health being more concerning than anything else. "... What... What she had done to you, Mai..?" Kyanna's lips pursed, wishing she could approach her friend immediately, but the obstacles and chaos of the battlefield blocked her path for the moment.

Her gaze then turned, noticing @Eva and @Tick Tock, all of them far, far away.

She needed to find a way to them... As fast as possible...

"Tick, Tock!" She tried to call them, after a small hesitation. "Eva! I... I can't reach them yet-- Tell them to take cover!

 

[Tick Tock]

Hey Tick!

Tick!

...And Tock?

Tock!

Yet the pair paused for a second just as a little voice chirped at the back of their heads-- No, specifically on Tock's. That voice, unmistakenly so, called for her. The melodies of an angel clad in black and a very pointy hat, Tock knew exactly who this was...

MI AMOR!!

She turned around almost instantly, bright eyes joyful with love and all the funny feelings of a 90s cartoon character feeling romantic would get, including hearts for irises. Wife-Vision allowed her to target Kyanna without a doubt, yet her ears could not catch everything she said.

She's over there, Tick! Tock's beloved. She is alright, stressed and clearly panicking. Just like Tock loves her. Seigi, you have to meet her someday, perhaps an invitation to the future wedding will reach your mailbox... Tock hopes you don't live in Finweald though, huff.

Maybe her mass destruction of the city missed Seigi's house? Did she even HAVE a house? Hopefully not!

Tick is a magical puppet girl!

Tick gave a little twirl on place once BESTIE complimented their looks, giggling while doing so.

Oooh! That's an amazing idea Seigers! Imagine three Seigers even! We will go around punching bad guys and send them a mimir. As for weaknesses hmmm...

Tick glanced around and around, only finding blood, lots of people fighting, big robots, and Szofrit herself.

Weaknesses? Eggscelent question, if you destroy her head she dies, yes yes. But she wanted something else... A red egg. She wants to hatch an egg like a bird mom would, only this is a big robot bird. She is delaying us, Seigers, protecting that egg. Egg is no good, we need to destroy it, but we need to stop her firs-

Her own little speech was interrupted by an even louder speech, coming from none other than the one Seigi simply mentioned as the one with the name after the letter M. Yet her speech was far from helpful, and only has been saying non-sense ever since she showed up. But worst of all... She talked bad stuff about her bestie.

Tock looked over to Seigi, then N, then Seigi, then N.

Solo entendi que tu mama te abandono.

HEY! No one talks like that to our Bestie, do you want to end like Finweald?!

Relax Tick, she is just a wannabe magia. We just need to get that fleshy body out of that fancy suit and she will stop looking up on Terrapedia for big words to insult us with! She will become normal in no time.

Huff... Fine...YOUR HAIRCUT SUCKS, M!

Done?

Tick nodded. Quite the therapeutic experience!

@Pandora*