Tower assault | Forward-dated

[veepofchess]

Characters: Lelouch vi Britannia, Suzaku Kururugi, Kevin Smith, Jade Harley, Dave Strider, Gino Weinberg
Format: Prose preferred due to EPIC
This Log Is: Closed!
Location: the arena tower
Summary: This thread is dated to IC Tuesday, which is OOC Friday. I've posted it early so as to give people plenty of time to tag and make progress on it before then, when the mods will post with the effect it will have on the game.
Warnings: None right now

ONE LAST NOTE! FOR ALL THAT IS GOOD AND AWESOME TRACK THIS POST! Because there are so many people in this post, I've gotten permission to put an extra rule on it. If the person before you has not tagged in 24 hours (and you've made attempts to contact them) skip them in the order and move on. IF THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU THINK YOU CAN DEAL WITH, LET ME KNOW. I'll grab someone else. Lelouch may need to hijack the thread order, depending on what's going on, because he's in Commander Mode. If he does, continue on after that as the order goes.


Finally, he was certain that this would get him that much closer to discovering the secret of these towers. He had no way of knowing which of the staff members was connected to this tower, but that was only one of a few answers he would get today.

He was the first to arrive there, having elected to not attend his last class of the day, opting instead for some preparatory work. He paced around the outside of the tower, before coming to the door again. Suzaku should be here soon, followed by the others. Some had been easier to convince than others, but the result had been the same: Here they all were.

Comments

Third? :O

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Once prompted, Kevin raised his hand in tandem with the others and set it against the Red panel, wincing slightly when the humming increased to painful levels. Damn that was loud.

"Uh- not that this totally isn't too late or anything, but are we sure this is a good idea?"

fourth!

[greenspaces]

What is this humming? Jade doesn't really get it, but she places her hand on the black panel anyway. It's really loud; her ears are hurting.

"Let's find out!" She practically has to yell.

[utopiamods]

When Jade's hand touched the plaque the humming reached ear splitting levels. All four of them were thrown backwards as a star shot into the air. It burned in the sky and the city seemed to go still.

[veepofchess]

The blast knocked Lelouch back into Suzaku, the pair of them landing in a heap on the arena floor. Before even extracting himself from his Knight, he looked up at the tower at the star shimmering above it. Yes, that was it. That was the real star in the rhyme. Six towers, six stars. He was ready to repeat this process all over campus. They were going to go home.

[imperceptible]

As used to falling as he was, you'd think Kevin would have known how to land better after being thrown back. Not the case, rest assured.

Hitting the ground back first and being light enough to bounce slightly, Kevin came to a rest on his front and cursed softly as he raised his head immediately and-

"Oh you've gotta be kidding me." He growled when he saw the star. No offense, a burning star in the sky never meant good things.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku managed to fall correctly even with Lelouch falling on top of him. He looked into the sky and saw the star. So one of the stars they had been searching for.

He got back to his feet, slipping into a defensive stance holding the sword ready. He didn't know if anything further would happen but it never hurt to be prepared.

[knightime]

Welp. That wasn't what he was expecting. Suddenly blasted backwards.

He gets to his feet pretty quickly.

And then...he kind of just stares at the sky and at whatever the hell they summoned. You have got to be shitting him. Of course they would summon some giant ass monster. Life would be too convenient otherwise.

[greenspaces]

What.

"What?!"

What.

[utopiamods]

[Out of the star the wyrm came, it could be seen forming in the center as the star burned. As the star began to fade it floated down to earth.

It landed, thumping it's tail and making the ground shake violently.]

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And thus, Kevin was landed on his ass a second time. Resisting the urge to curse like his father would, the American quickly scrambled to his feet and ducked behind Gino.

Cowardly? Maybe. But against a giant dragon thing that looked like it could eat him in a single bite? It was also just plain smart.

"All yours, player." Kevin pointed out dryly as he watched the lizard from behind the blonde.

[veepofchess]

Lelouch's face was honest for once as the wyrm came out. Even he was caught by surprise by this. It wasn't something he had thought had any probability of happening. Monsters (like this, anyway) didn't exist. In any way, shape, or form. He got back to his feet. "Suzaku, Dave, Gino, try your weapons on that." He also pulled out his gun, and fired one test shot at it. It turns out having the extra Player at their disposal had proven useful.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku was surprised at the monster as well, but that faded within moments and readiness took over. He glanced at Gino, they were used to fighting together even if it was usually in knightmare frames. He knew Dave could fight as well. Gino had a rifle so he gestured Dave forward. "Left," he told him going to the right himself.

[trollofthree]

The bullet did about as much damage as you'd expect of a small, high-speed missile against thick organic scales, which is, not a particularly satisfactory amount. Perhaps if it had hit somewhere vulnerable, like an eye, it would have done more.

Gino, for his part, grinned at Kevin's choice of shield and shrugged the bayonet off his shoulder. As an afterthought, he took off his beret and placed it jauntily on top of Kevin's, for safekeeping.

"Right, right. Just don't get yourself killed, or this is gonna end even faster."

Apparently Suzaku had decided he was back-up. Fair enough. He braced the bayonet against his shoulder, and began taking careful, rapid shots at the monster's head.

[knightime]

Dave follows Suzaku's order, raising the two quills up as he rushed forward, taking the left while Suzaku took the right.

Was that a real gun? Well, it looks like real weapons are useless towards these things, not that he was surprised. Everything seemed to revolve around the Exaclan system. He trusted in Jade's Weapons though. He found it odd that it took the form it did, but he liked these more than a rifle.

[greenspaces]

Jade couldn't really do anything but watch and encourage. She wasn't entirely sure what to do - god, that thing was big - so she took a few steps back.

[utopiamods]

[The wyrm snapped out at the three that came towards it thumping it's tail again sending shockwaves towards them.]