Status: And You're Lookin' Kinda Unfamiliar Location: The Frontline ____________________________________________________ His retort to Eren's response was at first was simply a deep, bellowing laugh. "That's all it takes to make ya swoon? Oh buddy, I'mma have you head over heels for me then." Shaking his head he began to saunter forwards, with all the complete confidence that this was a fight that he had already won. And honestly in some ways, it was. Every moment he kept Eren talking he simply bought more time for reinforcements to arrive and the security to tighten. Now he knew that Eren was the distraction. Of course he was.
Jokes on them. The Breaker was the same gambit; a distraction to keep the SeeD's attention. Honestly it was probably one of the reasons he had been posted here, but all that actual mumbo jumbo wasn't something he paid a whole lot of attention too. He grinned at the broken nose line. "Hey now, be careful with who you threaten with a good time."
At no point did Breaker ever enter a proper combat stance. Perhaps it was just love of the game, perhaps it was a intimidation routine to continue to be so casual even when squaring up with someone who was theoretically on his level. But that's when him and Titan crossed approaches, with spots in Breaker's pauldrons opening up, and a salvo of micro rockets being launched straight at Golem. Titan in turn thrust it's hand into the ground, a huge line of jagged stalagmites rocking up to Eren with the likely intent to impale.
But someone may notice the attack would have a secondary and tertiary use. If Eren avoided it in one direction, it would separate him from his Guardian Force. And in any case, it was going to make the terrain more difficult for any one fighting on foot. Slowing them down, which could be a issue for a melee combatant like Eren. ____________________________________________________
With the fireworks going off, Yukiko half-expected the entire base to be up in arms over Eren's violent display, but not only were they prepared for him, they had destroyed any of the smokescreen she provided for him in those grenades. She was agitated that they were so casually watching Eren, not even bothered by the attempt. Well, if they wanted to play hard, she was going to play hard. "Haste!" She was going to be prepared one way or another. From the forest, a massive creature burst forth from the treelines, blocking out the moonlit night sky as he descended down towards the barracks and warehouses. The massive bird-like GF known as Valigarmanda took center stage as it screeched a violent cry, lightning, frost, and flames all encircled around the massive bird as it began to prepare to bombard the entire section of the base while Yukiko broke through the fence-line and sprinted towards the closes building for cover, unleashing gunfire upon the soldiers that were guarding the back half of the building, using whatever carts, boxes, and vehicles she could hide behind to break line of sight, and return fire. She had to trust that Eren would be able to handle the SeeD guarding the place while she handled the soldiers. Her and Valigarmanda both would have to leave the base in ruins. ""
Status: Under Attack; Again! Location: More In Cover ____________________________________________________ Green clad Galbadian's were putting out Shells to cover those Soldiers who were in Valigarmanda's immediate attack zones. Mitigation seemed to be the their goal, while those clad in blue finally began to open fire. Half of them seemed split on Yukiko, and the other half began to unload on Golem. At least, the ones with guns. A select other were procuring riot shields and using them to make additional cover from the expected barrages of both gunfire, grenade and guardian force attacks.
The one's clad in black, those likely to be B.I.E. as they didn't not seem to be wearing much as far as insignia's seemed to be focused on dealing damage on Valigarmanda. ____________________________________________________
Blackshot - Double Trouble
Status: All According to Plan. Location: Sniper's nest. ____________________________________________________ Her aero spell had been very effective at dismantling the smokescreen they had hoped to keep the very pink target obscured. Juno had been so happy their opposition had decided to be so very incautious and cast a unauthorized spell. It was not much of a warning, but it was enough to know that trouble was in the vicinity. Even with routine drilling for such events, SeeD assaults were always dangerous. The rank and file had done enough to just mitigate their own losses, and now were forced to engage as the second hostile element appeared.
Blackshot had expected more of a stealthy routine from the rest of the opposition, so when the second enemy guardian force hit the field, there was almost a sigh of relief. Her opponent wasn't going to stay hidden, and she wouldn't have to just play over watch for her partner, Juno. The sniper adjusted her sight to hone in on Yukiko.
She stilled her breath, tracking the evasive movements of the woman but there was a cold truth she was still using baseline SeeD tactics. Haste. Speed. The objective was the most important thing, and so it was making her easier to predict. Beginning to lead Yukiko, her scope tracking the woman's center mass before Blackshot squeezed the trigger on her long rifle, a single retort that betrayed the presence of a sniper in the area. Hopefully, the rest of the cacophony of battle would mask her location. That being said, she kept watch, to see what effect she had. ____________________________________________________
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2025 9:08 pm
When no words are spoken and pleads are ignored
When judgement has failed you When your own heart's impaled you....
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The curious thing about Golem was his lack of usage in the battlefield overall. If there was one thing Eren learned from Raeka, it was that having hidden qualities in your fighting abilities to be used in the last moment was more than advantageous, especially if it were to be controlled and used in limited scenarios. Golem's usage in the Space Station, especially when Eren had been out and about working on engines, energy propulsion, and other such things, was the propensity of using its nanomachine body to dispense among the surface, and not only protect him from oncoming debris, but also keep him grounded or enter a machination to either clear things out or flesh out wirings and internal components to find what was wrong with it. There was a reason that Golem was constructed and came to life in the depths of his parents laboratories, a tool that his father, and his father before him, had come to utilize to great lengths.
Golem was a Golem of Modern Technology, a monolith that worshipped at the altar of technological advancement, and one who absorbed it. His earthen nature came at his basis, the green magic fueling the machines with powerful earth qualities in an iridescent glow, a trait characteristic of Kyng weapons and machinations. Not only was Golem a swiss army knife of sorts, he was just as strong and magically capable as any Guardian Force. Could he fly? No. Did he have his particular elemental weakness? Of course. The world he lived in though, especially in outer space during their time in Esthar, gave him home field advantage.
Valigarmanda's assault on the battlefield would be an advantage of sorts, but it also concerned Eren that again, it seemed like they were expected. How? It could not have been Robin...a mole? A rat? ....was it Zone? It did not matter right now, and his weird accusations would get him and Yukiko nowhere. In fact, it further incentivized him to finally have a winning bout, not disregarding Breaker's approach but rather anticipating a dual attack. The pauldrons opened and launched their assault, and Titan in turn launched spikes at Eren, but this was all that Eren would need. Fire, lighting, and ice crashed around Breaker and Titan, Eren himself leaping back into the open hand of Golem, who hummed in response; tossing Eren towards Breaker at high speeds in a missile dropkick, muttering "Slow." as he drew near, passing over the stalagmites. Even if Breaker moved out of the strike despite the sudden strike of SLOW, Eren had the capability to land on his feet, and counterattack, the chaos of the fire, lightning, and ice giving more chaos to his advantage.
The glow from Golem vanished as quickly as it had launched Eren, the missle salvo launching towards Golem as machine gun fire pinged off its metal flesh, the physicallity of the Guardian Force not one to be forsaken. The Guardian Force pooled quickly into the earth, like a liquid as it seemed to go back into the fissure that it had created, for a moment leaving the battlefield. But obviously this was only a ruse, the approach of it and Titan having cracked deep in the earth and giving the Guardian Force a pathway right behind Titan, its hands materializing in the cracks behind Titan and grasping its feet with mechanical grips, pulling to sweep the more fleshy Force that opposed it whilst rising from the crack.
Yukiko was caught in the crucible of combat, Galbadian soldiers a relentless tide seeking to break her advance. Though they fell swiftly, their coordinated assault forged a deadly choke point. Her Guardian Force, Valigarmanda, unleashed a maelstrom of triple firagas, thundagas, and blizzagas, tearing through the enemy's defenses with devastating elemental fury. Despite the onslaught, Valigarmanda remained a bulwark, before retreating into the shadowed embrace of the forest to preserve its hidden status, later desummoned by Yukiko. He had served his purpose, and Yukiko, could summon him again. However, being pinned behind the building was a critical vulnerability. The enemy, individually weak, pressed their numerical advantage, aiming to force her into the open. A sniper, that she had been unaware to, had followed her movement, leading out the shot and firing. The bullet, rang out, and though Yukiko was running from cover to cover, she was not slow by any sense of the imagination, especially with haste on. Despite having lead the shot, once the sound of the bullet rang out, Yukiko did something strange.
They underestimated the ferocity of a Trabian warrior.
Orthodox tactics were never her creed. To buy precious moments, she deadstopped in her tracks, throwing herself against the ground as soldiers were rushing at her from behind, forcing her to trigger her leg blades while the bullet ricocheted off the ground from missing her. Moving into a breakdancing leg sweeping motion as she cut down the guards running at her with blades, slicing at their ankles to force them down while she acrobatically kicked herself off the ground and fired off a grappling hook towards the roof of the building launching herself off the ground and towards safety.
Yukiko, upon hearing guards moving around the corner, pulled a grenade, yanked the pin, and hurled it around the building's corner. Not for a kill, but to shatter their formation, to drive them back. She seized the distraction, sprinting to the opposite side of the building, slapping two satchel charges onto the wall. With a calculated detonation, she blasted a hole through concrete and steel, charging into the breach. The upper floors, a maze of offices and administrative clutter, were irrelevant. Her objective lay below. She stormed through the office spaces, her LMG spitting a torrent of fire, eliminating any who dared to impede her path. Her objective was singular. With her grenade launcher mounted, she fired an explosive round, obliterating the far wall, propelling her closer to the tower. She was mere feet away, but enemy soldiers converged from every direction, a final wave of resistance. Preparation was paramount. "Protect. Shell." The two spells enveloped her, forming shimmering barriers against the instant oblivion of concentrated fire. Now, she waited, channeling Valigarmanda once more, ready to unleash hell upon those who stood between her and her objective. ""
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2025 9:53 pm
Zone
Status: Out of his league. Location: The Audience. ____________________________________________________ Zone had been watching through his binoculars. He was hoping to help with either Yukiko or Eren keep watch for surprise attacks or maneuver through the crowd to plan explosives discreetly. But this? The beanie wearing man's stomach grumbled loudly, and he wished for a brief moment that he was back in the old day. A annoying princess and Watts and a wild dream to take down Galbadia. But the SeeD back in those days had told them the truth. They were just playing rebellion, and with this, the real thing. He'd felt the loss before, but they had always avoided true open combat and seeing it at this scale. He went pale.
Was this a mistake? _____________________________________________________
The Breaker - Double Trouble
Status: Can I Help You, Sir? Location: In The Ring. ____________________________________________________ Special delivery. Did the pink thing have some sort of ulterior plan, or was coming at him in a dead straight line was Eren's best approach? Honestly, The Breaker kind of dug it, and if he didn't deep six this guy during this fight, a beer would probably be pretty great. Sure it would be a breach of protocol, but eh, he probably wouldn't get court marshalled over the idea. The big lug didn't really try to dodge, no he had a reversal all lined up instead as he brought up his arms and prepared to catch his opponent.
A pang of disappointment struck when the trick of the attack was laid out. Slow. Were Esthar SeeD truly this predictable? It was like Eren had read the playbook and was picking out the favorites. This Galbadian had already accounted for this level of petty trick.
Which wasn't true. Blackshot had, but he benefited like all hell from her foresight. The spell struck him and some sort of clock like normal appeared over his head before cracking and shattering before it's effect could take place. The debilitating spell had failed, and with a slight adjustment, Eren flew straight into The Breaker's arms. Unfortunately this would be the proper start of the big guy on big guy violence, Breaker taking Eren's legs and using the momentum to convert the attack into a Giant Swing.
The aim was to swing and slam Eren dead into some of the newly formed earth spires, and then advance upon the Estharian before he recovered.
Titan kept focus of Golem once it was clear that their opponents wanted to keep this a more akin to Mano-e-mano and Gf-e-gf than getting stomped on. Not that Titan cared, he just wanted something to hurt, and if that Golem was what wanted to be his punching bag, then all the better for it. When he felt the mechanical grasp of his opponent attempting to go for his legs, a craggy rumble was heard. Closest thing to a laugh Titan gave off, punching the ground once again to form new crystals around it's legs and the hands of it's opponent. They both could be locked there for all he cared. With a second punch he began to send a wave of crystals to actually harm it's opponent. ____________________________________________________
Blackshot - Double Trouble
Status: Calculating. Location: Same Place. ____________________________________________________ Blackshot frowned. That shot should have landed before Yukiko heard anything, especially with the explosions of -Aga, gunfire and screaming idiots having a d**k measuring contest. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she assessed the situation, and there was a cold counter play she could likely count on. Her opponent seemed to be rushing into a grave, and that was fine, trying to stop someone on a suicide run was a extraordinarily hard task. Especially SeeD. This was part of the tactics that had made cracking Unbroken so hard, they were burning their own homes like Fisherman's Horizon to just keep going.
But their weakness tended to be their allegiances. As Garuda, her own Guardian Force spawned in the air, preparing a big attack to shut down Valigarmanda if it showed it's ugly face again, the sniper's sights aligned onto Eren. "Make your choice." She whispered. It wouldn't be long before Breaker and the Juggernaught's clash would open up a split second window for a crippling third party attack to allow Breaker to finish the job. And once he did that, he could handle the girl as well. He was made to deal with explosives and other such debilitating noise. ____________________________________________________
Obviously this seemed more insane to yell out loud as Breaker grabbed his legs. Eren had hoped for a counter approach, and using normal bullshit SeeD tactics would do nothing but help him sway the tide of battle upon deviating. There was nothing better for a good ploy than pretending to go with the flow of the standard playbook that most other soldiers would go by. Again, his prior confrontations with the Sorcerer had given him plenty of thought in terms of strategy, his own weaknesses and how to circumvent those failings that he had come across time immemorium. The dropkick was just a measure to get close fast, the slow to gauge if anything could break through to afflict status on him but was not necessary. It was all the surface layer of the Onion that Eren was creating and peeling back, magic already flourishing through him once Breaker grabbed his legs and began to swing, earth spires formulating to be broken down like bowling pins.
But upon being grabbed, the magic shot out of Eren like an explosive grenade, primed and ready before he could even be struck, paired with the new additions to his boots being clicked. "FIRA!" A massive fireball erupted from Eren's gauntlets, pointing not exactly at Breaker, but slightly downward, towards his feet. The nature of being swung, he smacked through a spire, but Eren would not be Eren if he was not one of the toughest idiots produced by the SeeD program. The massive fireball aimed at the ground and exploded at Breaker's legs, the boots activating and in a fast and sudden jerking motion that gave more than enough power to break the strongest grip, propelled a bloody mouthed Eren to his feet in a backflip of sorts, landing and rushing forward with a powerful right hook.
"Protect."
Even without the protect spell, Eren had laughed off Sniper shots before, and this time he was not riding solo.
Golem's response was fast and earth shattering. The guardian force began to glow as earthen magic poured into its cores, its hands being stuck only for a moment before the energy shot through his hands into the earth, causing the very ground to rumble and break apart, the earthen encasement shattering from its arms. A loud moan could be heard from the nanomachine filled GF, its hands having actually formed around Titan's feet in its own encasing, pulling upward to send Titan front flipping to the ground before being struck by the earth spikes, its hand fighting through the small amount of damage before delivering a swinging backfast at the most likely recovering GF, the hand forming into a massive block of a fist to smack into the side of the earth god force's ribcage and send it reeling.
Tit for tat, damage for damage.
Guardian Force: Golem Status: Mute
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 2:18 am
The Breaker - Double Trouble
Status: Boom Therapy. Location: Ground Zero. ____________________________________________________ Eren being so close to The Breaker could finally notice a few unmistakable oddities in his behavior this fight. First and foremost, almost none of the explosions that had been rocking the battlefield had much if any effect upon the man. Secondly there was a times a keen shimmer on the armor, that flared with a hexagonal ward system as the Fira went off at his feet, something that should have rocked even a man of this Galbadian's size, but for the engineer the gears may have been ticking.
His armor was more than just heavy, it was reinforced in some way to simply endure the kind of behavior that both Eren and he were sharing at the moment. Para-magic protection? Mystical dampening? Pre-battle buffs? It was too soon to tell, but he had some sort of system that was allowing him to endure all the concussive force and shock as if it was a gentle breeze.
Due to this, even with Eren's inventive recovery, The Breaker was back on top of him to reverse the flow of the fight. The gargantuan man brought up one gauntlet to block the right hook. It was strong, that was for sure, and the physical blow didn't seem to activate whatever system that was keeping magic from having full effect. The unfortunate side of this however, was that The Breaker did not allow Eren to finish muttering the word for 'Protect' out, using his mitts to cover Pinky's lower jaw to quiet the cast before it finished. Not quiet a silence spell, but it worked in a pinch.
This was when another hidden slot in his cuirass opened, and a salvo of micro-missiles were being launched at Eren from point blank. Idiot on Idiot violence had nothing but big brain moves and explosives.
Hitting the ground seemed to be one of the ways that Titan was attacking. Being flung into the air was unfortunate of course, but the earth force simply channeled it's wrath and came down with a world shaking fury. The Guardian Force's landing was painful, but simultaneously an attack, huge waves of crystalline spikes and earth emitting in all directions with what seemed to be even little care for the safety of it's summoner. Or perhaps it was wanting to catch Pinky in it's collateral damage. ____________________________________________________
The battle waged on, Eren seemingly doing very little to stop his opponent, while Yukiko had been pinned down into the building by soldiers and a sniper apparently. Despite the insanity of the battle, Yukiko somehow felt comfortable here. Her eyes were focused, not deterred or afraid of the odds against her. Much like any trabian, they were bred with no fear in mind. For the wilds of Trabia were far more dangerous than a calcuated gunfight. Much more unpredictable. For any monster could surge into a boss monster at any moment. That cold reality made every fight a potential last, and so, all Trabians expected every battle to be their last, so they fight with courage in their heart. Knowing that so long as they completed their goals, that nothing else mattered, so long as another comrade stood tall, another would carry their torch forward. Despite Koyuki breaking live for the world to see, no Trabian wavered, merely accepting that Koyuki had fallen, and thus the torch was passed to Selphie.
So too, would Yukiko pass the torch, should this fight be her last.
With a sharp inhale, Yukiko pulled all the grenade pins on her chest, activating Nulshock, Nultide, Nulfrost, and Nulblaze all at once. Then she reached into her pouch, pulling out two Earth Gems, and one water gem. Rather than let Valigarmanda get shot again, she instead commanded him from the skies above, having him rain his tri-disaster down upon the entirety of the base, causing a hailstorm of aga level spells to be fired off directly in the path Yukiko needed to run towards, but it also provided the necessary cover to run through. Chucking the two earth gems towards the left and right side of her pathway towards the spire, massive earth spikes began to shoot out, impaling and rupturing the earth around them, and then finally she threw the water gem underneath her, causing the water to explode and launch her like the world's deadliest waterslide towards the spire as the earth pillars provided cover for her, along with the hailstorm of three elemental -aga level spells raining down all across the field, having no reservation on targets anymore, just to provide cover, though if Eren was unlucky, he might have gotten caught in the crossfire.
With her slide, she shot her grappling hook out onto the spire, launching her straight towards the base where Zone had told her to get to, quickly getting into cover to avoid where she believed the sniper to be positoned. Slapping down the special charge. "Zone! I got the satchel down!" She called in, priming the thing to detonate in 20 seconds. That was all she was going to need, and all the time she was willing to give the galbadians a chance to stop her as she pulled one last grenade pin, as smoke began to engulf Yukiko. ""
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:04 pm
When no words are spoken and pleads are ignored
When judgement has failed you When your own heart's impaled you....
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DAMNIT. was the proper response here. The shimmer showed that his spells would not be of use, a barrier of sorts in this man's armor. Of course it wasn't for show, and Eren knew better, but finding out that it had such technological advancements behind it could only make Eren marvel in jealousy, but also infuriate him at its usage against him. Even the punch was blocked by the Galbadian's own gauntlet, no shimmer accompanying the physical strike at least, but the b*****d then covered Eren's mouth and took away the ability to complete the spell that he was trying to give himself a similar sort of edge. <********> There was no use in yelling it, a waste of oxygen that Eren would need for all of this physical confrontation; the fight becoming more harrowing due to the sudden launch of MINIATURE ROCKETS AT HIM POINT ********' WALKIN' ARMORY a*****e!
The rockets were unavoidable, but considering Eren had taken worst beatings before, it gave rise to him using the close range to his advantage. Gritting his teeth, he wrapped his free arm that was not blocked around the arm that Breaker used to cover his mouth, shifting his blocked punch into a grab. Holding onto the arms, he ate the explosions, grunting in pain at the potency of the close range strike but not being stalled by it, placing his feet onto the points inside Breaker's upper legs and pulling. Not only was Eren's gauntlets gripping as tightly as they could, bracing for the explosions from the surprise attack, he used the force to his advantage, engaging in an inertia powered monkey flip to launch the larger man into the air....towards Golem, who's response to Titan's impulsive counterattack was to launch forward into a cartwheel.
The movement allowed for the gliding over the wave of spikes with a clean dismount to place itself between the other guardian force and the should be launched Breaker. Golem's response? A massive fist upon dismount launching in a simple but powerful backfist to smack into the monkey flipped Breaker, swinging for the fences as they would say in the UNITA sport, Dock Ball.
Eren could only roll onto his stomach and see the wave of rocks spiking towards him, activating the crystals in his gauntlet to send a responding wave of spikes in response that stopped the attack in question. OH s**t! Eren covered his head as spells crashed around them with Valigarmanda bombarding the battlefield, barely out of reach of the effects. Golem only raised its hands, the effects of the spells being absorbed but burning the nanomachines that made up its body.
Status: Out of his league. Location: The Audience. ____________________________________________________ Zone heard the radio call in, but his stomach churned and groaned, the stress of the battle, and being so close to it brought a real sense of dread into the man. He crumbled to a low squat, his body his worst enemy in times of high stress. Was this really all he could do in this moment? They were depending on him, and he needed to bring himself to continue forward. All he could do was radio in to at least let them know he heard. "Copy." All he had to do now was wait for the damn thing to blow, then he could focus on his part. _____________________________________________________
The Breaker - Double Trouble
Status: Feeling the Groove. Location: In The Ring. ____________________________________________________ This kid was quite the spunky little man, The Breaker couldn't help but grin wide as the little man had thought of tossing him towards Golem. The man's spiked pauldrons and armor opening up as mini rockets began to fire out all over in a hailstorm of violent explosions, some rockets even heading straight for Golem and others at Eren. Hell, if they were going to be tossing explosions out left and right, why not have a bit of wild fun with it, right? "Flare! A violent explosive non-elemental burst of magic came blasting at Golem along with the rockets as the breaker came swinging to clash with the massive Guardian force's fist, with nothing but brute strength, and the sudden blast of a pulse round smashing straight into Golem's side. The sheer force of the breaker's fist combined with Blackshot's gunfire was enough to reel back Golem, the man's strength not only unquestionably dangerous, but the sheer fact that he could tank such punishment, was a testiment to both his fortitude and armor. When he landed on the ground, he turned to face Eren with a smug grin on his face. "Haha, Buddy, if you wanted to hug it out, you could have just asked!" He taunted Eren, clearly not worried about the boy one single bit. Following up on the reeling back Golem, Titan came charging in from the side, going for a full on punting kick towards Golem to send him flying back across then slam his foot down onto the ground to send earth rupturing spikes towards Golem as he was landing.
Status: Calculating. Location: Same Place. ____________________________________________________ The choice had been made, and Blackshot had taken the opportunity. With Yukiko having chosen to sacrifice Eren, she turned her rifle over towards Golem, watching as the fight progressed. When Eren tossed Breaker, Blackshot unloaded a round into Golem, causing the GF to stumble back from the combined surprise attack. Her eyes then turned to where Yukiko had been hiding, radioing in the soldiers. "Flush her out." She ordered. In the midst of that order though, Valigarmanda was making life hell for the soldiers initially, but as the massive bird came flying down to assist, Garuda had finally made their move on them. With Tri-disaster in motion, Valigarmanda was wide open, causing Garuda to channel the very sky, lightning cracking and sending bolts of lightning all across the sky, lighting it up for several seconds before a LOUD explosive burst of lightning shot from the sky like a railgun cannon, smashing straight into the guardian force with such catastrophic power, it instantly took out the otherwise powerful GF, down to the ground, crash landing in a violent explosion of triple elements until he dissipated into nothing. The soldiers all barreled down on Yukiko's position, gunfire going off to pinch her in the corners of the spire, with really only one option, to run straight for Eren, or, be blown away in her own explosion.
As soon as she even remotely made that move, Blackshot would take aim, and fire. ____________________________________________________
Yukiko cursed under her breath, she was stuck in a s**t situation! With nothing left for her to do, she had no choice but to run! But she wouldn't make it easy! She grabbed a handful of gems from her bag, and threw them everywhere! Aga level spells flying out and bursting around her while she made a mad dash for Eren, moving at a level of speed like nothing else depended on it. Her hand, reached inside of her pouch, clutching onto a grenade, but as she made the motion to pull it out. BANG! The shot rang out, almost in a perfect fluid motion of anticipation, having taken the shot at Yukiko's most vulnerable. The bullet slammed through, piercing throug Yukiko's barrier and hitting Yukiko right in the side. The shot was enough to send Yukiko crashing to the ground, coughing and grunting as she was bleeding from her side. She could hear soldiers running up and shooting at her, more bullets seemingly hitting and clashing against the barrier, some breaking through and scraping her. She was in a bad situation! ********! This was going bad real fast. With no other option, she did her best to take cover, pulling the grenade pin just as the explosion of Zone's satchel went off, the sheer shockwave sending every galbadian soldier crashing back on their asses while the blastwave that followed killed a few who were a bit closer. Yukiko's barrier and Shell managed to mitigate some of the damage, but what really saved her through the explosion was the grenade she pulled. Rather than it violently go off, the grenade burst, releasing out a cure spell, healing Yukiko of her wounds as she laid on the ground, attemtping to get up, but Blackshot was already prepared for another round into Yukiko's skull, all but prepared to end the Trabian girl's career before it even truly began.
At least that was until something impossible occurred, interrupting the whole battliefield. ""
☠☠╰▷╮Amidst the eternal waves of time, from a ripple of change shall the storm rise. Xaris ☠ Zeigmus "The demon soars through dark skies Fear and death trail its shadow beneath Until men united wield a hallowed sabre In final reckoning, the beast is slain."
In the skies where Garuda had been momentarily savoring their victorious triumph over killing Valigarmanda, without any sign or warning, Xaris came crashing into the side of it at mach speeds, not only impaling Garuda with such visceral force that the guardian force was sent crashing towards the ground of the base, Xaris roaring with a fury unlike any other as her foot was planted firmly into the chest of the beast, spear embedded in deep into it. Where had she come from, and how did she managed to get into range without any awareness?
-A few minutes earlier-
Just before arriving at the scene, Xaris, Saida, and Momo had arrived, all but prepared for a war of their own making. The two had gotten very little word from Xaris since her recruitment into this operations, emotions running high with her from the touchy reunion with her long lost dead love interest. Not only that, but she was here attempting to rescue her daughter's enemy. Everything about this felt like a betrayal to her, but at the same time she had chosen to help the one person who did not do her wrong, Momo. The moomba had kept a soft spot in her heart, and perhaps out of one last act of respect and kindness to her one remaining friend left who she considered close, she threw away even her own self-respect and love for Mai to help him.
The battle could be heard from the distance they were at, having arrived near Zone's location through rather coincidence than realizing that he was there. If not for his groaning and stomach rumbling from the stress, she doubt anyone would have realized he was there. Momo was the first to confront and ease him into the situation, and both Saida and Xaris were plotting the battle, letting Momo do the diplomacy. The air was uncomfortably silent despite the sounds of explosions going on in the distance, Xaris continuing to say little to her former friend, at least until it was time to get to work. "Send me in with Phantom to take out that airborn GF. We'll use that invisibility ability he has to break through the lines and surprise attack them." She stated it. Saida, not seeing an issue with that request, summoned Phantom, who did just as ordered. Before the invisibility, Xaris casted float on the three to help stay off the ground. With the three had gone invisible, all perfectly stealthed in the night, phantom carried the three off into the sky, moving till the three were just above the base. Momo and Saida dropped from Phantom, floating their way down to the battlefield, Saida going for The Breaker, and Momo going for Blackshot. Xaris, on the other hand, spoke. "Hurl me at that beast" She ordered him, prompting Phantom to grab Xaris and hurl her like a javelin at Garuda, Xaris aiming her spear directly at Garuda as she came soaring through the sky at it like a bullet train to impale it.
Out of the abyss peer the eyes of a demon. Behold the Razgriz, its wings of black sheath.╭ ◁╯☠☠ "As the demon sleeps, man turns on man His own blood and madness soon cover the earth From the depths of despair awaken the Razgriz Its raven wings ablaze in majestic light."
Location: Rooftops Status: Violence Hunger: Always there ___________________________
Momo was no stranger to the acts of diplomacy, a master in the arts of such speech ever since his time spent as a celebrity hero! He regailed Zone with the tales of why they were there in a fiery passionate speech of duty, and the need to save his friend's child, ending it promply with a proud nod to zone and a Myeer!" for good measure, before taking off into the sky with Xaris and Saida just as fast as they had arrived, leaving Zone bewildered, albeit grateful that they had finally backup. Perhaps this fight wasn't going to be so brutal for them?
With a violent crashing dive onto the building, Momo unafraid to promote his proud theatrics as he promptly landed next to Blackshot, shouting "Beware! The Great Pulgiest is here! Put gun down!" He shouted, pointing at the sniper with full sheer confidence, and even put up his dukes, shuffling and bouncing on his feet, ready to attack Blackshot as soon as she even tried to make a move.
Smooth.
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Saida
Status: Thawed Queen. Location: The Next Battle ____________________________________________________ Having fell from the sky, Saida focused all of her attention towards The Breaker. She head dove straight down, catching speed as she readied her claymore overhead, preparing to crash down on him. Blackshot and him both caught in a surprise attack of their own now. The crash landing of Garuda had signaled him that something was off and wrong, his eyes darting around for a moment before his instincts told him to block, swinging his gauntlet up to block the strike from above as Saida slammed into him with such force that the ground caved in, rupturing and splitting violently as the two pushed against the other in a sheer display of raw strength. With such force, Saida had managed to push down hard enough to bring the Breaker to a knee, but even that seemed to be not enough to break the armor. What the hell was this thing made out of?! _____________________________________________________
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2025 9:55 pm
When no words are spoken and pleads are ignored
When judgement has failed you When your own heart's impaled you....
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The moment after the explosions had rocked Eren had caused a good amount of damage to his torso, smoke billowing from his bare chest as the burns began to settle across it. Said friendly fire continued to pour around them, causing Eren to grit his teeth, trying to gather his senses upon what was happening in the battlefield. Chaos was the apt descriptor. The entire environment had turned into a battlefield, gunfire and eruptions from sniper fire, Yukiko, and his own ongoing battle tearing across it to almost replicate battlefields of olde. Worse yet, Valigarmanda came careening down into the earth, struck down by the appearance of another opposing Guardian Force. God damnit, I am sick of this s**t. I am sick of being outmanned and outgunned. I'm sick of these Galbadian ******** throwing their nice a** technology in my ********' face! The gauntlets squeezed tight in frustration as he grunted, drawing himself to a kneel as a barrage of missiles launched towards himself.
The irritation of the situation, as well as the damage he had taken, gave way to that familiar flow of energy. Breathing slowed, senses were heightened, and adrenaline coursed through Eren's veins as the rockets careened towards him. Flashes reminded him of the similar sensation, when an errant President had cast Aura upon his form, the power coursing through his veins, though this was incentivized by the pain of battle that he had endured. This Breaker fella was better prepared than him, was stronger, had more experience, and was just better equipped.
Eren was still a young SeeD in comparison, though there was one thing Eren had yet. The missiles drew near as his hands raised in the air, pointing at Breaker. "Mirror Force."
Golem was struck with the might blow of a Flare, a powerful sniper round to follow in unison. A loud moaning sound careened out of the giant Guardian Force, crashing to the ground at the force of the SeeDs that collaborated against its intelligent designs, flashing from the pale green to a violent red at the sudden onslaught that had bereft it. It's sound was piercing to the ears, but the Guardian Force was only down, not out. The Golem was a beast of technological proportions, its processes running wild as Titan came charging towards it with a punt kick. Not to be though. Earthen magic pulsed green into red, its arms and body turning to wrap around the leg of the Titan, bucking its lower half so that a powerful insect like leg jabbed upward into the throat of the assailant, the other swinging like an enzuigiri to smack into the face of the Titan in a follow up.
The missiles found no mark on Eren. Black earth pooled around him, spiraling like a whirlwind as the destructive tools and gunfire were met with a green mana shield, swirling as it ate the damage of not only the missiles, but the gunfire of troops as well, ricocheting all the damage back at the assailants that surrounded him including Breaker. The velocity and power of the strikes only causing the hue to glow, Eren coming to a stand as damage became life force. The burns faded as he clenched his fists. He wasn't done here.
"Last Solution."
Pointing his fingers as Breaker was beset upon by Saida, the magic around him coalesced into a large weapon. The Last Solution Railgun. Created by the power of limit break and earthen magic, the cursed earth weapon glew bright as Breaker went to a knee at the power of Saida. "Fire." It came as a whisper, but the weapon shot a powerful piercing beam, capable of cutting through any armament just as the powerful foe put his knee to the ground, the man positioned perfectly in a perpendicular setting due to the power of Saida.
Status: In Trouble Location: Ground Zero. ____________________________________________________ It seemed that perhaps even the machismo of The Breaker had a limit, as pressed as he was, he didn't seem to have any kind of charming retort chambered to fire off with. Perhaps it was a secret only he knew, as in the latest barrage of blasts he had noticed the barrier on his armor shatter; the durable layer of defense against spells and specifically explosions had been over loaded.
Partially his own fault, but it was his thinking that it was better to burn out than fade away. The fact that someone was reflecting damage also didn't help this case, but that could be worried about later due to the fact this white-haired woman had slammed a greatsword into his armor. It wasn't that often a direct hit could push him back so much, and it was dragging out a bit of glee even past the concern of self preservation.
Pushing Saida's blade aside with his left hand, he went for a uppercut follow up with his right, minorly annoyed as the woman easily slipped the attack on the outside. Cocking back his left hand, his brow raised as he noticed a glow. "s**t." He said, crossing his arms at the last moment as he was blown away by a magical railgun. Rocketed back from the force of the impact, for a moment the Breaker disappeared into the smoke.
Standing at the far end of the path of destruction, a trench formed from the railgun shot starting at Eren and ending at The Breaker, the latter man was revealed to still be standing even after that. Though significantly worse for wear, finally both his armor and armament showed heavy damage, enough for the wounded man to toss down the gauntlets. "If we’re goin’ to hell, I’ll light the way!"
Maybe the machismo didn't have a limit.
The glean in his eye may have given it away as he brought his fists down in a mighty slam, the entire area's format shifting as a circular earthen barrier enclosed much of the battlefield. Easily close off escapes for Saida, Eren, Breaker, Golem, Titan and anyone else in the vicinity. Energy pooled from the earth into his arms, before he leapt into the air with a roar. "Tell'em Breaker sent ya! CRIMSON ECLIPSE!"
A large beam of black energy slammed into Breaker from outside of the terraformed barrier. For a moment the man turned into some negatively lit form before he descended back to the ground, striking it. For a moment the world seemed to stop, before the entire area within The Breaker's barrier blossomed into a catastrophic explosion. A black and red inferno that mushroomed up into the atmosphere.
When the smoke clears, yet again The Breaker could be seen standing. Even worse for wear than before, scorched as all hell. It seemed that this attack didn't spare him from it's effects at all. All devastation, no hesitation. Still, even with that grin on his face it was clear the fight was out of him. The Breaker was standing out of pure stubbornness, not that he had withstood his own attack. He was out of this fight, and maybe he had taken another out of the fight with him. ____________________________________________________
The Guardian - Titan
Status: Under The Weight Location: Ground Zero ____________________________________________________ Was this just a horrific mirror match, or just cosmic coincident putting two so similar a forces at each other. Golem was not the only guardian force that could adjust it's form, and this was when Titan revealed it's secondary nature. The insectoid-stab was driven just off mark, grazing against the exterior of Titan's jaw as his lower half morphed into a mass of tentacles. The upper half of Titan bulked up, armored flesh making a shell like exterior scales that removed the accessibility of the enzuigiri attack's target.
Titan simply took the secondary kick, annoyed, and brought his right to grab at the mass of the Golem counterpart, cocking back it's left hand to make a massive swing. It's tentacle appendages slithering away to instead grab at Eren. Titan however hesitated to throw the attack when it saw it's master being tagged by a limit break. It's left hand changed tactic to add itself to the grapple to try and pin Golem and Eren in place. It seemed it knew what was coming next, considering it was still in the fight, Titan knew that The Breaker was still standing.
Though, Titan wouldn't stay for too much longer. When the blast went off and The Breaker was struck from his own attack, he was forcibly desummoned by the secondary effect of the limit break. ____________________________________________________
Saida
Status: Scorched Queen. Location: Ground Zero. ____________________________________________________ Perhaps twenty years ago she may of had some props to give for someone surviving a head on hit at full force was impressive. But it only added to the agitation of this whole experience as nothing with Galbadia could be simple and easy. Even talking to Xaris had gone relatively smoothly, the true ramifications that would come from that would be way more complicated. It had to be. The woman may be holding it together for now, to get this job done, but Saida knew at some point emotions from either of them would come to a head and things would need to be... addressed.
And this b*****d came back with a uppercut, though as unsubtle as it was it wasn't hard for a fresh to the fight Saida to slip to the outside of the attack to avoid it. She was bringing her weapon to bear with a counter attack before her opponent disappeared in a flash of light and the smell of burning earth. For the flash of a moment she looked at the pink aired boy who had fired off what was likely a limit break, but at the same time she had seen spells like meltdown also launch off beams like that.
Saida brought the heirloom blade back to bear and was making a split second decision before checking on her opponent or helping the... weird Force fight the giant naked earth man. At least before she heard The Breaker speak, and her attention honed back in on the man. See? Nothing was ever simple with Galbadians. But experience caught her attention, and even being out of the game for twenty years, there were some things that had never left, and knowing when someone was about to do something extremely stupid and dangerous was one of them. Her new family also were pretty prone to such things.
"Phantom!" She ordered, bringing her blade up to defend herself. The summoned ghost force nodded in understanding, unleashing it's Ghostly Veil to lessen the damage the physical powerhouses limit break would do. On both her and Eren. And honestly, it would have worked against any of The Breaker's normal limit breaks, but the joint nature of the attack changed the nature at the last moment. While Saida was fresh into the fight, the blunt of a blast as powerful as this one still staggered her to her knees.
Her weapon seemed to show the ulterior nature of the attack, despite having withstanding other attacks like this before, this time it was cracked. Almost fractured. With a shuddered breath, Saida shook her head, seemingly disorientated, but simply withstanding one of the two secondary effects of the attack. The first, it carried a meltdown like capacity, bringing down the defensive traits of those who are caught in the blast, but the secondary one was a blackshot special. Forcefully shuddering the junction and making any Guardian Forces maintained by those in the blast zone desummon.
Still she had withstood the attack, now to check on the main objective, and then she would check to see if the pink haired one was still conscious, but her family still came first. _____________________________________________________
Blackshot - Double Trouble
Status: Confused. Location: In Trouble. ____________________________________________________ Was that Momo? Wait, the ex-B.I.E. Moomba? The only non-human to ever successfully enlist in both a military but also a black operations unit? And now one of the most popular children entertainers on the face of the earth? Here? To fight me?
Blackshot almost couldn't believe it. Of all the things, of all the people, of all the time it was here and now she would run into Momo the Moomba. Much less actually be threatened by him. She couldn't decide if it was adorable or irritating, but either way the girl realized that her perch had been compromised and honestly she didn't like to personally get her hands dirty. Slowly taking her hands off of the rifle, she began to put them up to surrender. Sure. She wasn't being paid enough to put herself on the line, and if it wasn't for The Breaker, who offset her laisse-et-faire attitude, she probably would have failed SeeD testing.
"You got it, big guy." And honestly, that would have been true if she didn't see a big ******** linear accelerator magical railgun take a swathe through the environment and blow her partner back damn near twenty feet. She smirked just a smidge as she saw Breaker was still standing. Of course he was, the stubborn oaf just didn't know when to quit. And if he wasn't quitting, honestly she couldn't let him down and not at least try to hold her own.
She knew what was next, and all she had to do was wait for the right moment. Which was coming just a few moments from now, which was still a damn shame. It meant she needed to fight with her hero. Now she knew why people said never meet your heroes.
Blackshot fired off a bullet from her knee. See, she was the counterpart to The Breaker. He had the gauntlets, she had the greaves, and the legs to back them. Special built, surprise shot would buy her a moment. Which was enough for her to snag her rifle and join Breaker's limit break, firing off her patented black shot into him. Which was just before she got a heavy blow to the side which sent her reeling. Stumbling away with her rifle, she brought up a leg to defend herself. ____________________________________________________
The Guardian - Garuda
Status: Mad. Location: Under Heel. ____________________________________________________ From Heights to Depths, Garuda was to say the last, upset. First of all, she didn't appreciate being brought out of the air. Second of all, she really didn't enjoy the dust and dirt that now covered her from the impact. Third of all, this b***h thought she was enough to plant her boot like she had accomplished anything? She must not know who Garuda was, for she was no push over like Siren.
Oh no, Siren relied upon tricks and ailments, but Garuda herself was all power and very little chill. So her solution was simple. She would be free, she would return to the air, or she would rip this harlot to shreds and then do the former two. Obviously. With a screech, the Guardian Force cast a Tornado on her very own position. Danger close. If Xaris wanted to stay and take her chance with a tornado, she would then have to deal with the follow up melee of the giant harpy. ____________________________________________________
The Moomba: Momo
Location: On top of it. Status: Fight Fight. Hunger: Increasing. ___________________________
How had he ended up here? Back on the streets again. Walking the beat, talking the talk, being that guy once again. He had only meant to bring Saida and Xaris back together. But the trouble seemed to be simmering underneath. Momo could smell the discomfort that Xaris carried with her. Maybe that was why he had been unable to just let them go off to be the duo he knew them to be back in the day.
But still, here he was, the fastest moomba alive watching a sniper. Probably the fastest moomba alive. Did his son count as a moomba? He got lost for a moment, and wondered why he didn't bring young Sammy along for this one, having another SeeD on their side would have been a great boon!
Then he smelled danger. His eyes narrowed at the snipet, she was cooperating just fine until her leg twitched. Momo ejected himself to the side as the bullet shot through the space where he was, and the Moomba was a orange ball of fury. It zipped forward like a spinning yoyo, before unfurling into a missile drop kick dead into the sniper woman's ribcage. The blonde staggered back, and the Moomba falled up with a claw strike, deflected by the girl kicking up a greave.
"Your badness go down today! Fear, for great Momo is here!" Unfortunately, his assault would be put off by another explosion.
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:26 am
Zone
Status: Lost and Confused. Location: In Over His Head. ____________________________________________________ Zone was prepared. At least to perform his support role of tracing the data, to pierce the connection once the charges cleared the air. Even through all the nonsense, he was still eagle eyed enough to catch that Yukiko had planted his charge. He tucked away behind a tree and waited for his opportunity, hopefully he could just... not get caught in the madness of the elemental gods throwing the forces of reality at one another. This is why you hired SeeD in the first place, to not deal with those kind of things.
When the first explosion went off, it shook the entire area and Zone was somewhat concerned. It was too early. The signals were still well guarded, and as his anxiety rose a second explosion went up. It sounded strange. Like an oscillating tear before it became clear that this was the right explosion. Even with all the madness, now all they needed to do was pull out once he traced the line. All he needed was a few moments. _____________________________________________________
Matthias Keller
Status: Adapting. Location: The Nosebleeds. ____________________________________________________ The truth of the matter was, the black site was underneath the facility they were bombing this entire time, and Director Keller was off site observing this entire operation. Xaris and the others showing up made this go from a annoying set back to a destroyed base in so many of the outcomes that he had to take a different route. The key personnel had been moved days prior. Key researchers, equipment and other things relocated before it was lost, but damn it all if Robin was too much of a problem to quickly slip to another site.
Now, the interesting part was the special satchel that Yukiko had planted. That was a IED made with using Echo-corrupted material. Hard to get a hold of, but those scrappy underdogs still had surprising things to pull out of their bag. But this caused more of a chain reaction with the Echo that just had all of it's restrains blown sky high between lunatic Galbadian, Trabian and Esthar SeeD. The man simply shrugged. Observing the fallout was the best secondary, well tertiary objective he was able to salvage from this raid.
He watched the Echo expand rapidly, swallowing up most of the left over Galbadian infrastructure in the area, and the combatants who were too damage, slow, or occupied to escape. "Launch the observer drones, I want to watch the subjects for as long as possible. The President needs more information on these echoes and we're running out of time." _____________________________________________________
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 6:57 pm
The Consequences.
The consequences of being consumed by an Echo are varied. Monsters who have fallen through them may tell one what they experience, creatures from the past and future may have been able to warn of the dangers. But for those exposed to them in the wild, they would begin to make these discoveries on their own.
Xaris and Yukiko
The pair find themselves before a cathedral of translucent crystal and blackened glass that bends light through shimmering heat waves. Walls pulsing with veins of slow-moving magma and golden conduits of sorcerous fire, carrying both warmth and the strange sense of order. The architecture resembles both a temple and a laboratory - its symmetry almost suffocating. Odder still, the fire and glow of the molten earth were casting no shadows.
Xaris would feel discomfort. As if the very concept of darkness was being suppressed by the nature of this domain. Their arrival seems to shock some of the people around, each of them wearing near starch white uniforms, with little individuality shown from person to person. In fact only one being seemed to have any sort of identity that wasn't being subjugated.
A woman approached the pair. A girl who wore a gown was semi-translucent; enough so that some modest remained. But she was sleek in form, statuesque, and eerily symmetrical - skin pale with a faint inner luminescence, veins glowing with faint gold and green fire that lined her skin. Her eyes burn with powerful white light. Her hair flickers between solid and vaporous strands of platinum light.
The people all stopped upon catching sight of her, hushed whispers as they bowed low before her. "Queen Nyale." "The First Everett Queen." They whispered, amongst other titles before a single motion of the woman's hand brought all to a immediate silence. 'The Queen' looked upon her two new guests, and looked at the woman in black. "Father was right. Of course he was. Otherwise you should be dead, Xaris, but do not let me get ahead of myself. We have yet to meet. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Nyale Everett, The Pure Queen."
A hollow smile graced her face. Like a woman who was attempting a expression she had only heard of. "And you, Xaris Zeigmus, welcome back from the dead. Who is your friend?" She inquired, motioning to Yukiko.
Eren and Breaker
"Another broken man." A woman spoke, sitting upon a fractured throne. Sitting at her side, bound and chained was a white haired young man, a single wing made of darkness flickering in and out of existence. The red head cast her gaze upon The Breaker and Eren, almost dismissively before looking past them, at the rest of the throne room that stood as a silent testament to her power. The floor is a vast clock face, cracked and slow-turning, its hands stuck at one minute before midnight. The tick resounds like a heartbeat stretched across an eternity. Its walls are mirrors-not of glass, but of moments. In each reflection, one would glimpse a different version of themselves: lives unlived, deaths yet to come, triumphs hollowed by cost.
"Eren... I haven't seen you in a Eon or so. You never joined the korrupt SeeD raids in a pathetic attempt to kill me." She smiled softly, seemingly not interested in the unconscious form of The Breaker at all. "Or perhaps this inkarnation never got past my pet... Anyways. Kyng. What brings you to my domain, where I have komplete kontrol?"
Meanwhile, Blackshot and Momo had their own trials to face together, and on the other side Saida was reunited with her family before having to face the troubles of the Echo together. But their stories were for a different time.
