NIGHTMARE PLOT: BATTLE LOG

[these_balls]

Who: Nightmare Plot participants!
Where: THE BASEMENT (dun dun dunnnnn)
When: Wednesday, October 30
Summary: IT'S NOT CHERNOBOG. But you still have to fight it.
Rating: PG-13 in general; please mark threads that go higher accordingly!
Log:





YOU ARE HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. YOU'RE FIGHTING THIS. (IT'S NOT CHERNOBOG.)

ALSO, MOOD MUSIC.


KEY:

• RED areas are inaccessible regions! This time, characters have a little less discretion in what they perceive as the reason for the inaccessibility; it'll either be something like a broken or crumbling wall, a locked door, an archway overgrown with dangerous-looking vines, thick fog, or something else of that nature!

• The GREEN area is the set of stairs you used to get down here in the first place! Again, this is here so you know where your starting point is in relation to everything else.

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☆ THE NUMBER TO MEET OR BEAT IS 55 PARTICIPANTS ☆.

REMEMBER: IF YOUR CHARACTER DOES NOT POST TO THE BOSSFIGHT LOG AT LEAST ONCE
(AS A TOP-LEVEL COMMENT OR IN RESPONSE TO SOMEONE ELSE'S TOP-LEVEL COMMENT)
BEFORE 7:00 AM EST on OCTOBER 31, THEY WILL NOT COUNT TOWARD THE 55-PARTICIPANT GOAL!

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Comments

[strongestoftheturks]

[He shakes his head.]

Just fists. But I hit hard enough.

[A tiny smirk cracks his serious demeanour; he's definitely ready to rock and roll.]

Sure. We go on your mark.

[doitrockapella]

[ > Hold still a sec

...

THERE IS AN IRONY HERE because wow, it's not like it's the first time she's ever heard that before.]

Lieutenant?

[There's still that familiar old deep-seated instinct to run when someone's running up at her (particularly an officer of the law), but this time she just turns and holds her ground, waiting to see what it is he wants.]

[crystalballer]

[Thank goodness for that.]

Wait, it's actually working?

[He glances over to the creature. It isn't trying to kill them at the moment, so...]

Whoa, I guess it is...

[He didn't even stop to see if it was earlier. He just saw Ishimaru yelling at it and thought it was ridiculous.]

[enjoymyatelier]

Yes, it is! Isn't it impressive?

[...he's normally a bit less showboaty, because honestly, when else does he get to show off his abilities to his fellow magic nerds?]

It's not the only thing I can do, of course, but most of my other artifacts don't seem to be here and some of the other things would take some time to set up. Still, I'd say this is my strongest Mystic Code.

...what are you doing, anyway?
[(Yep! Something like that. I'd say he could pick up on the fact that it's actually air/water affinity magic, that it can detect heat, that its shield abilities operate on surface tension, and that the attacks operate on centrifugal force? If that's the kind of stuff he could pick up on, anyway.)]

[surpassedjupiter]

[Rubbing at a temple, Phi's briefly distracted by that...incredibly lucky shot. But no, she couldn't be thinking about that, she had to concentrate. She needed to remember. Why had she said what she did, again...?]

We... We need to make every shot count. The more power we waste, the sooner that thing -- [Her head turns, eyes becoming colder a moment as they land on Not Chernobog.] -- wins this fight.

[surpassedjupiter]

[YEAH, SHE'S LOST IT, WHERE THE HELL DID THAT CHAIR COME FROM and why does this woman look familiar, Phi doesn't know anyone here and certainly not someone who can wield a chair like that.

The more she thinks on it, the more it's slipping away. Phi shakily gets to her feet, a hand coming up as if to keep her brain from splitting her skull.]

Thanks, I guess. [Once she's sure she won't be toppling over again anytime soon, Phi focuses on this avenging angel of hers.

...Maybe a little too much. But it was important! Her eyes bore into Parker for several seconds before something seems to click!] We need to move. We shouldn't be over here.

1/2

[exeggutorhead]

[Envy looks almost amused at that small outburst there, but then looks awkward for a second at her thanking him. He's wound up getting a lot of practice saving people over his time in Johto; if he'd come straight from home then he would have just left her to get chased. But it still feels weird to him when it gets pointed out. So he waves it off, looking as casual as he can. Nothing to see here, no remotely good deeds anywhere!]

Yeah, well it wasn't a big deal. You were running right near me, I figured I might as well.

2/2

[exeggutorhead]

[He pauses trying to think of a distraction, then pulls his bag around so he can dig through it with his non-blade hand. He pulls out one of the sharper daggers he pilfered from the armory, and holds it out for her to take.]

Here, I don't need it anymore with my powers back.

[tentacletrainer]

[[(Shhhhh.)]]

I understand how you feel. I wonder how we're able to now as opposed to how long we've been here so far...?

[[Pardon her for a second as she takes a few monsters out, nailing one right between the eyes while the other is sent flying across the room.]]

[usedwrench]

[It's good that he'd be amused, because then she doesn't have to feel bad for it. But if she felt bad every time when her temper goes from zero to hundred, she'd have to feel that way all too often. No hard feelings about giving out her opinions on stuff, even if they come out with a mix of her hot-temper in them!]

I figured. [But still. No, not going to repeat it.]

[She'll be staring at that dagger. Weapon. It could hurt people, or those monsters in this case.

I-It's not like I don't appreciate the offer, but [...] I'm not really a weapon user type of person.

[Let's pretend that the thing she just said made sense. Also just give it to her somehow, it's not like she'll survive here for long if she's unarmed.]

[lieutenantantichrist]

That's impossible and right now I don't give a damn. Just as long as you kill these things.

[There's impossible shit happening everywhere he looks. A part of him still fights it but that part isn't going to get anything done right now, so he doesn't need it.]

[Blake smiles savagely.] That's what I wanna hear.

[He's just gonna appreciate the show. He laughs triumphantly.] Buddy, whatever you just did, do it more!

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Blake's surprised that she actually listens. He's got a sense for how his thing works now, but he has a feeling that if he tries to run up and smack her on the back he's gonna be handling the rest of this fight with a high hell in his throat.]

Here. Just grab on for a second.

[He holds his glowing hand out toward her, feeling like an idiot, but it's them versus whatever the hell these other things are and there's no time to get picky.]

[He jerks his head toward it.]

Yeah, I know, but we need every edge we can get. Hurry up, before these things eat somebody!

[exeggutorhead]

Are you a defending yourself and not getting killed type of person? Because right now, you're gonna need a weapon for that.

[Yeah he's just going to reach over and put the dagger in her hand. He's looking out for her, in his own weird Envy way.]

You can't count on people to show up and kill the monsters for you.

so I think this is actually one of my favorite threads ever, jsyk

[usedwrench]

[No. She's the "Stay home and the fucking hell out of the battlefield, or else we'll get worried!" type of lines getting girl, who shouldn't even be here.

Or that's how it is back home. Now her heart is kind of trying to jump into her throat, because wow that's a real dagger and he is just putting it on her hand.

Here? Right now? It's not like there are any options for her. Well, except keep on running and depending on others, who by the way are busy on their own with these monsters here.

"You can't count on people to show up and kill the monsters for you."

That's right. Envy does have an excellent point, she won't deny it when it's clearly a true fact. This place's mostly full of strangers, and if someone happens to save her on a situation, when she's escaping the monsters, then she's just lucky.

There's no Al, who would keep her safe. There's no Ed, who'd protect her like a lion again. Or anyone else from their side, who'd do their best to keep her safe - or, well, they might offer a weapon for her too, just like Hawkeye had offered that gun to Ed earlier back home. No time to be a selfish little girl, who thinks weapons are scary and on the list of things she'll never touch again.

She takes a deep breath.]

I guess I [biting her lip a bit.] Am going to be a girl like that. [She clenches the dagger into her dominant hand.] You're right, I can't just count on people to do that. [pause.] Thanks.

[Thanks for an important lesson that she fully needed to realize here, and for that dagger this time, duh.]

[tearsofademon]

No idea, but honestly, now isn't really the best time to question it.

[One of them tries to get the jump on Ryner from behind, but he grabs it and knocks it to the ground instead.]

[tearsofademon]

It's really amazing! Even more so in person, honestly.

[he readies a spell of his own as he's talking - and no, he's not going to comment on his eyes]

Ahh, as for me, I'm just luring some of them out, so... What I seek is thunder--Izuchi!

[he lightning strikes a few minions that have been chasing after him]

[healing_wish]

[Eevee jumps on Madoka's shoulder. She lets her be there, if she really wants to, of course the evolution pokemon could go into her pokeball as soon as she would start feeling too scared there.]

Yeah, no worries. It's nothing we can't handle.

[...Neither are Sayaka's powers as Madoka is going to make sure that she won't pass any limits here!]

That's amazing, Sayaka-chan! You got everything back. [While she looks weird with just the bow, if they'd be from the same timeline and point in there, umm.

She won't let it bother now though. There are other things to do, she'd have to learn to shoot with this bow and fast. Maybe -- if it appeared out of nowhere (well, it kind of did), then maybe she'd get shooting skills out of nowhere too... She smiles at Sayaka.]

I trust you with my life too, Sayaka-chan, and don't worry, I'll have your back and everything else all the time. Let's beat this and go back to the rest of our pokemon, ne?

[She's about to shoot another arrow. This time she's aiming for the huge monster. If she had one more wish, it would be something along the lines Please, reach it by going all the way there..]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[It's taking Blake a lot of effort to stay on his feet. These things just keep coming, and everyday he taps on somebody's shoulder to give them a charge, it takes something out of him.]

[The gunshot grabs his attention like a dogwhistle.]

[That one kid, Mack, is yelling and firing bullets out of thin air. Blake notices that at about the same second he sees the low thing with too many legs crawling up behind him.]

Kid! Look out!

[As soon as it's out of his mouth, Blake is running over so he can stomp the thing in the middle of its back. It makes an inhuman screech as it crumples.]

[artfuldestruction]

[Exploding robots with lasers

...

exploding lasers??

...

Clearly, Johto is theirs for the taking.]

Likewise, Dist. I shall treasure this beautiful moment.

[If Dist is feeling odd about all this partnership, he's certainly not alone. Why, the last person stupid enough to work with Kato ended up gleefully abandoned on a soon-to-be-exploding lunar energy plant! So what is it that makes Dist different, and gives birth to some strange non-abandoning compulsion?

Could it be because he's finally found someone equal to his level of crazy beauty and innovation? Back home, no one was worthy of being his servant, much less someone he considered a partner! But this...it's different. Different, but....nice.

...

and incredibly destructive. Which, really, is far more important!]

Get set.

[Kato doesn't mash the button hard this time, preferring to slowly press it down, closing his eyes blissfully as the familiar heat fills the room once more. Spreading his arms, he turns towards Dist and smiles.]

Go.

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Blake, blazing with a red glow, follows a trail of shouting that leads right to Ishimaru. When he sees him, the first thing is a rush of relief.]

Shit, kid, I thought one of these ate you-

[Then disbelief.]

Are you lecturing that thing?

[beholdmydemons]

[...Some kind of charm, and Sukukaja. Interesting.]

Wendigo, crush them!

[The giant howls bestially, lunging forward and swiping at the creatures around it. It looks up and roars ice at the boss before returning its attention to the minions that are slowly creeping back to harass it.

Safe within Orias' circle of flames, Walter whistles, satisfied.]

Not bad at all.

[ardent]

It's not something I expected either, to be honest, and I have no idea how it works! But I'm not going to question it, either; if I can have some sort of impact, I should take the opportunity!

[ardent]

Lieutenant Blake!

[He would salute right now, but he's distracted by several things. Like Not-Chernobog, for one thing.

For another....uh.]

...You appear to be glowing!

[captainash]

Oh, I will. They should have known better than to mess with a super pilot.

[Even as he aims for a monster's jaw with the Lancer, his left hand grabs one of his beam sabers and aims for its legs. Another down. Five more approach, angry or hungry or simply out for blood.]

Cover your eyes!

[That's all the warning Blake gets before Ash activates the suit's flash eye.]

1/2 I'm having a lot of fun with this thread too! <3

[exeggutorhead]

[Envy nods approvingly when she does accept the dagger. With what she'd acted like the first time he offered, he was half expecting her to try and give it back to him. She might not want the approval or respect of someone like him, but she's getting it anyway. He grins.]

I wouldn't thank me until you're out of this fight alive.