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

[Magi Heart]

Magi Heart

@Seigi Ling Ling...
Raina was here.
Even now, when there was so little left.

Szofrit thought she could tear out hope from the eye of the Starfallen Savior. Yet it would mean nothing this time. This time, Wendy was sick of this senseless bullying, and Wendel even in her madness knew the one she trusted the most.

Between Seigi and Magi, there was no way they could lose. Even if they died, Wendel knew the immortality of the ego, and Wendy's hope came back, again and again. Seigi was an immortal hero, roleplay or not! They would do this, and then... maybe it was time for Magi to figure out something important...

But for now, the saviors were here for the magia mommy!

"Raina-chan... don't overdo it h̵e̶h̷e̷H̷A̸h̸a̶H̷E̸h̶e̷."

She wrapped her shadow tendrils around Seigi as they snuggled in a dissonant bubble of her creation. Her eye regenerates slowly as a pale pink light in her skull returns to blue.

Raina, let's save Szofrit. Whatever that might mean.

The voice was more a thought than words but perhaps the bond of astra and spirit would send it to Seigi in some form. Releasing Seigi, the newly refreshed Magi saw that one magia from earlier. Who was that now?

"Tick!"
"Tock!"
@Tick Tock

She had taken some of her power willingly and was close to Seigi. So Seigi as always, made friends easily. Wendy was happy but that was downed by Wendel's opinion. A magia...something she very, very, VERY much realized she did not like was that close to her hero.

Then another back and forth with a blood-stained flying jet thing that talked a bunch of gibberish and it was almost like the two were singing an argument????? Who the hell were all these people?!

"You clock twins. ...the Red Egg is my meal. Do what you want with Goldie. Wherever that is *giggle*♥. ...R̵a̶i̷n̵a̵ ̸i̶s̴ ̶m̷i̶n̷e̵.̸ ̶Y̵o̶u̷,̶ ̷d̴o̸n̶'̸t̶ ̶h̸u̶r̶t̸ ̵h̸e̵r̷."

The only hurt she should get is the tiny little one before permanent salvation.

They'll be saved earlier than others.
What?
Ş̵̏h̷͙̋ü̶̱t̸͔͘ ̶̣̋u̵͈̐ṗ̴̥.̷̲̇ ̴̗̂I̸̛̬ ̸̝͆h̴̰̽a̵̟̔v̶̭̈́e̵͔̿ ̷̫̊ả̸̢ ̴̡͛ĝ̶̪r̷̠͛u̶̠͘d̷͈̍g̵͎͐ë̷͉́ ̴̥̚t̷̤̀o̸̱͘ ̶̜̐ŗ̴̏é̶̙d̵̪̒e̴̐ͅę̸̛m̵̯͛ ̵̮̍w̴̮͊i̷̤̿t̵͉̒h̴̨͒ ̴̯͠m̷̘̓ê̸̺ç̵̓h̷͘ͅa̵̤̒m̷̨̊ó̶̺m̶̭͌.

 

[Lune]

"I'll... explain when we have the time."

She muttered to Hanno to whom her identity was revealed. So much for staying incognito.

"Fight, and we'll all survive."

Trying to ignore the pain, she readied herself among @Ash Vargold, @Erick Stryker, and @Hanno Futaba before she suddenly heard a familiar nickname. A white-haired girl.

"Gigi?"

Lune couldn't believe it. Running to @Aerial, she quickly reprimanded her.

"What are you doing here? It's really not safe here—"

She was taken by surprise by the statement. The steel reaver then tried to calm herself, deeply breathing a few times before instructing the other woman.

"—Two deaths? Crap. Gigi, go find help among the others. Please survive this...Even if you have to step on another's neck."

 

[Tick Tock]

The twisted and funny voice caught her attention. What she thought was only a fleeting aroma of sweet memories turned out to be a presence her peripherical purposefully blocked, despite having an extra set of eyes.

Pinkie! So that's the smell Tick caught on Seigers just now.

You have very funny friends, bestie. But this one is very very rude. Can you believe she almost killed Tock's loveydovey?! Tock knows you are very strong and won't let her get to you, yes yes. The strongest heroine needs no protection from Tick Tock.

Tock clapped her hands together and smiled in tandem with her sister, fake glassy eyes focused on Magi

Awh Pinkie, but the red egg is not healthy for your tummy! Bestie, you can't let Pinkie eat the red egg. It's bad for her diet, and Tick isn't ready to become part of the menu after that.

Besides we love Seigers! She's super fun, we would never hurt her, worry not Pinky Pie!

Tock went as far as to wrap her arms around Seigi for one big hug, just for a few seconds to get her point across, only to turn over to fully face the Savior with a change in posture.

A posture that mimicked her own. When she parted her lips, the twin went as far as to mix her voice with the accursed pinkette's and match the pitchness in her tone.

But don't hurt Kyanna again, kay? Do that and... Ẃ̸̱ȅ̴̟ ̵̦̇c̵̬̀o̸̙͗ṳ̵̽l̴̩̈́d̷̨͝ ̶̘͒b̵̧͑ȩ̴̇ ̵̰̆v̸̟̕ė̶̡r̷͙͌ÿ̷̡́ ̵̝́g̴͍̀ǒ̴̭o̶̢̾ď̴̘ ̵̳̇f̴͍̊r̶̦̊į̶̆ĕ̶͖n̸̙̾d̸̗̍s̷͚̆ *giggle*♥

@Seigi Ling Ling @Magi Heart

 

[Aerial]

"Ssibal."

It really was her.

"What are you doing here? It's really not safe here—"

"Ddong muduen gaega gyeo muduen gae namuranda."

she instinctively retorted - dry voice plagued with fatigue.

"I don't plan on letting this shithole be my grave."

Her usual bravado was easily contradicted by her trembling fists. She tried to smile, to show she was okay, but her face merely expressed a grimace.

"I'll do my best. You do the same, okay? Drinks if I - we - make it out of this?"

That's right. She couldn't just roll over in submission to a fate that had yet to be determined (despite the high probability. However, she couldn't run away either.

Since when did Gigi call quits when things got rough? How many times had she clawed her way back into contention when devastatingly behind? She yelled at her teammates when they dared to suggest giving up. Guess she was also the pot in this situation.

There was only one way forward: to grind these robo-asses into metal shavings. And, hopefully, find a healer or defender along the way.

"Drinks on me when we make it out of this."

A light at the end of this shit-stained tunnel.

@Lune​

 

[Pandora*]

A.D.W. Type Nu

Words from the mouths of broken dolls. Overvaluing themselves when they are just a human wearing magia shells. Relatable alas that era is over...

For the first time since its creation.

Nu does the wearing.

@Tick Tock

"Recyclables. Collection will commence after extermination."

 

[Ash Vargold]

Things that N... that Chelsea would believe, but spouted in public with the bluntness of text-to-speech reading a diary. Trying to separate emotions from logic, as if they were separate things that could be put neatly into boxes and not inextricably linked.

...yeah, Aisling knows how this goes.

"...N, having a mom isn't just a light switch you can flip."

"Besides, you're not describing a mom. You're describing a queen.

And I promise you, once that egg hatches, you aren't gonna be Szofrit's little princess anymore. None of you ever were. You're all about as special to her as a bullet in a machine gun."

@Pandora*

 

[MAI]

An expression, half seared away and exposing glowing metal, half human and worried sick, turned to face a familiar figure in the distance.

"K̴y̵a̶n̶n̵a̶?̴ Need t̷o̴ ̴g̵o̴."

It was time to pick her up and move her somewhere safe.

 

[Tick Tock]

The plane girl spoke back, only with less acrimony than she had done to Seigers herself. Ominous to many, but collection sounded like a fun word to Tick.

Nu would be met with heart-shaped hands out of Tock, and a few sets of winks that failed to be as charming as she wanted them to be.

Hehe, you silly M. It's 'Recycables', not 'recyclables'

Tick smiled, puffing her chest full off herself, and Tock's charismatic charming charms fell flat just there as she quirked up a brow and glanced over to her like she just confirmed Nu's statements about their low intellect. The 'smarter' twin leaned over, a hand covering her face as if to make her whispers all the more private

Actually, it's 'Recyclables', she said it right.

IT IS?! Maldito seas English and whoever invented you! why couldn't you be easy like Spanish?!

Her eyes and ears and all her parts turned over to stare at @Ash Vargold, as the man shared his very rightful two cents to N about Szofrit's parenting, to which both twins rushed over to stand right next to him, both physically and verbally.

Listen to the cat daddy, M!

Look at Tick Tock. They did everything for Szofrit, and she discarded us like a ragdoll. Nigh a bit of love, not a hug nor a 'sweet dreams my dearest'. Nada! Might aswell have been 'rent-a-bad-mother' because that's all Tock got.

Exactly, so hand over the suit already, Tick can put it to better use once she assimilates it... Into herself, that is.

@Pandora*

 

[Ash Vargold]

"...I'm not a cat? And definitely not a dad."

Technically not even a wolf, technically. Wait, weren't these the magia that were blowing things up...? They had a good point, but...

 

[Seigi Ling Ling]

@Tick Tock @Magi Heart

All of you calm down! There is enough Seigi for everybody, okay?! I'll shine brighter than the darkest void! Don't you see how shiny I am?! It's a signature hero move that displays your conviction!

Ahem. Also Magi don't go eat other people, please? If you have it that bad, I'd be willing to share...

Caught between Magi's shadow hug and Tick Tock's glomp. Seigi wrapped one arm around each of them. Things seemed well until N had to also butt in.

@Pandora*

As a matter of fact, yes I WILL punch my way through everything. Through you, my monster, and the boss mob! So, get over here, and after I'm done with you, you tell me what about Cain?!

Yeah, somewhere between all of this madness, her soul was still longing for her moon.

 

[Tick Tock]

All that tension suddently washed off when Seigi stepped forth to illuminate their day. Tick Tock didn't mind to share hugs with Pinkie, going as far as to reach around to pull the magical girl closer once the heroine got them all together.

Yes Pinkie, pleaseee listen to Seigers! Tick can cook some nice dishes after we are out of here if you are hungry. Mama taught her a lot of recipes.

A friend of bestie is a friend of ours, so long as she's nice. Listeners are the nicest.

< Continuing from DRAGON.End - Phase 2 Main Thread >​

The pull felt worse than the last time. From the epicenter of @Magi Heart came that wretched embrace that swallowed everything and pulled at the spiritual stumps from both sides, as if prior knowledge had made this one aware, and her words were none the less confirming of it. As energy was sucked into the abyss, so did a sleeve and pale skin got revealed.

And a few blue locks, as illusions crafted via magic to keep her form begun to weaken and give in under the syphoning influence born from their proximity.

Tock remains immobile.

Imagine how many heroes Tick created, Pinkie. A little suffering is all people needs to release their true heroic spirit, like Seigers!

I must say though, you smell sweeter, like Erika, only you smell more like I do. You smell of bad things... But it's not grief. We smell different. You know what it is-

-Aren't you alone in a sad world too, Magi..? Maybe it's the noise in my head what keeps me company. My only friend. Maybe yours too, the only one who can understand you, and understand me, is you... And me.

Blue eyes darted back to Szofrit, as the sound of a war roared in her ears once again. Of cinders. Of death.

Promise it. Maybe if we are the same I will let you take all of me, and I'll take all of you as a thanks. But no regrets, yes? We have things to do first. H̸̥̫̑̂͜ẽ̸̳͎h̷̤̞̘͋ê̸͉̄

@Seigi Ling Ling @Magi Heart

 

[Erick Stryker]

"What the hell are you people talking about?"

Erick blinked, still half-dazed. Cat-Dad? Recycling? Enough Seigi for everyone? Grief? This was one hell of a time for a midday sitcom scene.

"...nevermind, I probably won't get it anyway."

Erick looks Nu up and down, now that she's right in front of him.

"Slow it down, lady- no one's getting exterminated on my watch. Let alone composted, incinerated, or recycled."

@Ash Vargold @Seigi Ling Ling @Tick Tock @Pandora*

 

[Ayna Nietzsche]

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Adventurers Guild

Ayna was more than excited to return to the fight. But as soon she realized who was standing next to her, the smile on her face mutated into a scowl.

"Chrys."

Even just speaking the man's name almost made her vomit.

"I see, and smell, that you're still standing, alive and...swell. Like, literally. You look bloated, you ancient relic."

That should show him.

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[Pandora*]

A.D.W. Type Nu

"...N, having a mom isn't just a light switch you can flip.Besides, you're not describing a mom. You're describing a queen.

And I promise you, once that egg hatches, you aren't gonna be Szofrit's little princess anymore. None of you ever were. You're all about as special to her as a bullet in a machine gun."

"...you are dangerous to my stability. Ceasing communications."

Listen to the cat daddy, M!

"Intelligence quotient continues to drop. Ceasing further communication with this stupidity."

As a matter of fact, yes I WILL punch my way through everything. Through you, my monster, and the boss mob! So, get over here, and after I'm done with you, you tell me what about Cain?!

"Then it's time for you to break your fist primate. You are so incalculably stupid that you cannot understand me? CAIN DARLITE IS NULL AND VOID BECAUSE OF YOU ...now, your extermination begins Raina Raythean. No more coming back for you."

"Slow it down, lady- no one's getting exterminated on my watch. Let alone composted, incinerated, or recycled."

"....target added."

@Ash Vargold @Tick Tock @Seigi Ling Ling @Erick Stryker

<Last Nu reply for the cycle...>​

 

[Aerial]

continuation from post​

"I've been poisoned."

the woman melodramatically pouted as she held up the flashy can of "Omega Fire".

"I'm going to need another heal for my poor tastebuds."

Who the hell was responsible for this catastrophe? What vile, evil cretin removed sugar from a can of pop?

"Sugar-free drinks should be illegal."

Oh, how she longed for Redbull or Mountain Dew right now. Right - another reason for her survival. If she couldn't log out of Terrasphere then what would she live off of? Redbull and Mountain Dew fueled her.

@Omega Redux​

 

[Ash Vargold]

"Dangerous to your 'stability'...?"

"...oh, really."

The situation is still perhaps the worst thing she's ever been in, but... this? Aisling can work with this.

 

[Omega Redux]

Exxxcuuussseeee Omega, princess!? Omega will let you know that sugar is really, really, bad for you! A much bigger villain than Omega will ever be. Omega's doing you a FAVOUR. You should be GRATEFUL. Besides, the drink tastes like whatever you want it to be. Omega only put sugar-free on it because it sells better! It's right there in Omega's big catalogue of cool terms to make big buck. Yup.

So Omega would appreciate you stopping this slander or she has to... DUN DUN DUN... SUE YOU!!!! Hmpf. Or you could leave Omega a 5-star review on Xelp and she'll give you one with so much sugar, you'll die of a heart attack instead!"

@Aerial

 

[Imoogi]

"...what the fuck are those guys talking about."

"Hey guys! BOSS BATTLE? Remember?"

 

[Chrys]

《⋯《 ⋯ ❖ ⋯ 》⋯》

❰ Adventurers Guild ❱

Chrys paused for a moment to stare at the purple-haired goblin girl beside him. Then he laughed.

"Glad to know you're back to your shitty self."

He was less offended by the magia's words and more relieved that she was taunting him again. Having her do otherwise was a clear indication that things would have changed between them, that she could have even fallen sway to Szofrit's programming again. Or however that thing worked. Chrys didn't really care. He was just glad he didn't have to throw a giant chunk of the earth at someone he knew, someone who knew him outside of the game.

"Just a heads-up: You and Kamala should run if things go awry. I know you don't mind dying, but what about your friend dying? She's sacrificed enough for the both of us. No need for her to sacrifice herself."

His face was neutral the entire time, not betraying his own feelings at the moment. Whatever they were, he didn't need to share them with this class. With his retirement inevitable, too, he needed them to be less reliant on him and more cooperative with each other. Like a well-oiled two-headed elf machine.

《⋯《 ⋯ ❖ ⋯ 》⋯》

 

[Hanno Futaba]

It hurted. Everything damn hurted.

His eyes slowly turned to the people next to him, seeing a dead @Zelrius, scowling and gritting his teeth, struggling to move as he was stuck.

"Fucking... Hell..." He wished Ghast was there. "Hey- Are you still good to go?" Hanno asked @Lune, worried about his protege.

It didn't take long for him to side glance, noticing Levi and Sarina, not too far, but also in terrible conditions. They had been there all this time?

"So buddy... Did you finally think about what I told you before?" He asked, with an exasperated expression as he couldn't do anything in his current condition, and knowing full well this wasn't the best time. But hey, it was a time nonetheless.

@Raid Boss