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"I was meditating. What's the situation?""Oh, hey. Here to pick us up?"
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"I was meditating. What's the situation?""Oh, hey. Here to pick us up?"
He then crushes the rectangular device in his hand, and suddenly, everything begins to shake. Not the floating city... but what was surrounding it. It went beyond just the structure— it was the centipede itself was beginning to rumble violently.
"It's no~~t our problem~~~! Tehee~"
"Why is it getting upset all of a sudden? What did you just do?", Taiga grabbed Ensepheros by the collar and asked in a menacing tone."Ah, hold up. Lemme just..." Not Steve, whatever you fancied calling him, pulled something seemingly out of thin air. Some small, rectangular object. He looked down at it, and then smiled.
"Theeeeere we go! Was waiting on those messages. Now lemme see..." He continued "scrolling" through the rectangular object for a few moments, "Yep, I see. Well, if you say so."
He then crushes the rectangular device in his hand, and suddenly, everything begins to shake. Not the floating city... but what was surrounding it. It went beyond just the structure— it was the centipede itself was beginning to rumble violently.
"Assuming no one has heard that loud speech earlier.", he replied while taking out a megaphone."I see. Watcher, gather up every Dogma user, this place won't properly hold under this for long, it's time we... Accelerated our departure, yes?" Arkhan said with a casual calmness of someone who'd probably seen three too many crisis, smoothly landing on her feet as if nothing was shaking at all, and with a strong arm she hoisted Aurum into her arms like she was a princess. This of course made the girl who's name was literally Gold Silver squeak in surprise
"Did you not hear what this bastard said? He's trying to kill us all!", Taiga held the Imposter (Amogus) Steve up with one arm and yelled. The Witness, meanwhile, continued trying to read his mind to find out what his plan was."I was meditating. What's the situation?"
"Don't worry about that! All of it is her will, so it'll be fine. If she wants every last one to die, so shall it be done! Thus speaketh the Heavens! Hah! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Haaa...""Why is it getting upset all of a sudden? What did you just do?", Taiga grabbed Ensepheros by the collar and asked in a menacing tone.
"Feels like a lost cause...", he muttered before talking through the megaphone.The Watcher's announcement did very little to cause the ensuing panic of the masses. He was pushed to the side as people ran past him, desperately trying to gather their belongings, beginning to fight with one another over who could get to the nearest boat as the intensity of the centipede's grumbling continuously got worse. It didn't take long before waves of stomach acid of varying size were beginning to splash onto the entire structure.
"Yeah, it's about time for us to leave. The Daemon is going to empty its stomach contents by vomiting. That's why we must move further inside.", the Witness explained before looking down the pit Kurai had gone through."...This is getting us nowhere." Kurai sighs, shaking her head. Suddenly, she raised her fist, covered in a thick layer of rough bone, before punching a hole in the floor of the 2nd stratum. "I'm taking your boat. If you don't wanna die, feel free to join." Then, she jumps back down to the first floor as fast as possible, doing some minor acrobatic movements to break her fall as she books it for the edge of the 1st stratum, where the boats are kept.
"Damn it. Some crazy piece of shit just possessed you.", he gently lowered Steve to the floor. "Listen closely. This entire place will be destroyed soon. We need to get on a boat and leave. Do you understand?""Don't worry about that! All of it is her will, so it'll be fine. If she wants every last one to die, so shall it be done! Thus speaketh the Heavens! Hah! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Haaa..."
Suddenly, the man's face goes blank. Then, his body goes limp. His features seem to... dissolve, his face beginning to practically fall off. And beneath it is revealed Steve's face. The man groans, grumbles, and then blinks a few times. "Taiga...? Is that you? What the f*ck is going on?" Says Actually Steve, Ensepheros seemingly having left his body before the Watcher or Taiga could interrogate him.
"...Safer, probably. Faster, I doubt it." Says Kurai before she fully drops. Once she's near the edge of the entire structure, she grips onto the chain holding the Mandjet to the entire thing, pulling it back against the structure so it doesn't snap or get flung away, hardening and stiffening her bones/joints so it doesn't just tear off her arm from the force of the thrashing.Another unnecessary thing you have done today. There are faster and safer ways to get down there, you know?", he shifted his gaze to Taiga.
"P-Possession? What the hell?! The last thing I remember was going out to buy something for dinner and..." Actually Steve groans, clearly in distress, before slowly starting to assess the situation. He looks around, eyes wide."Damn it. Some crazy piece of shit just possessed you.", he gently lowered Steve to the floor. "Listen closely. This entire place will be destroyed soon. We need to get on a boat and leave. Do you understand?"
"I'll be keeping the girl safe, Watcher! Nimah, follow his lead, he's competent and knows this place better than us!" Arkhan delivered swift orders, before calmly moving away with some speed"Feels like a lost cause...", he muttered before talking through the megaphone.
"Alright then. Ignore me like you always do, but Eye would advise you to evacuate as far into the small intestines as possible. Share your boats if you can since there should be more than enough space for everyone. We have gone through this before, haven't we?", the masked man tried to instruct the citizens.
"Yeah, it's about time for us to leave. The Daemon is going to empty its stomach contents by vomiting. That's why we must move further inside.", the Witness explained before looking down the pit Kurai had gone through.
"Another unnecessary thing you have done today. There are faster and safer ways to get down there, you know?", he shifted his gaze to Taiga.
"Damn it. Some crazy piece of shit just possessed you.", he gently lowered Steve to the floor. "Listen closely. This entire place will be destroyed soon. We need to get on a boat and leave. Do you understand?"
"...Safer, probably. Faster, I doubt it." Says Kurai before she fully drops. Once she's near the edge of the entire structure, she grips onto the chain holding the Mandjet to the entire thing, pulling it back against the structure so it doesn't snap or get flung away, hardening and stiffening her bones/joints so it doesn't just tear off her arm from the force of the thrashing.
(Edited)(Kurai already left and she's holding the Mandjet in place so it doesn't fly away.)
"Yeah yea-ahh-AHHHHHH!" her jingle turned into terror as she was being brought along, looking at Nimah for a question during her confusion."Oh...****. She's right, get'ta boat ready!" The woman called out. Deafly, she grabbed Gwen's arm, practically yanking the girl to her side as she began to run across the roof.
"'Appreciate'ta support doll. Let's split while we can.
"Affirmative then." they nodded, their blade slowly sparking with friction as it's sheathed."Did you not hear what this bastard said? He's trying to kill us all!", Taiga held the Imposter (Amogus) Steve up with one arm and yelled. The Witness, meanwhile, continued trying to read his mind to find out what his plan was.
"You two should stay right here. Eye already have an escape plan.", he told them."I'll be keeping the girl safe, Watcher! Nimah, follow his lead, he's competent and knows this place better than us!" Arkhan delivered swift orders, before calmly moving away with some speed
"You know him?!" Aurum asked the purple-eyes woman with an annoyed expression
"I was one of the few who knew of your existence before you woke up. So yes, I know him." Arkhan responded
"Hey. Let's save the talk for later. We gotta go.", the Witness interrupted."P-Possession? What the hell?! The last thing I remember was going out to buy something for dinner and..." Actually Steve groans, clearly in distress, before slowly starting to assess the situation. He looks around, eyes wide.
"J-Jesus Christ. Everything's gone to shit!!"
(Below is me trying to explain how they'll use their abilities to accomplish the simple task of getting down)"...Safer, probably. Faster, I doubt it." Says Kurai before she fully drops. Once she's near the edge of the entire structure, she grips onto the chain holding the Mandjet to the entire thing, pulling it back against the structure so it doesn't snap or get flung away, hardening and stiffening her bones/joints so it doesn't just tear off her arm from the force of the thrashing.
(Yup, that's the point. They were just flexing for the first half. The "marbles" are necessary though since they're also getting other peeps who might not be able to do that down. Not everyone is a superhuman or an acrobat)(That seems like an infinitely more complex solution to getting down in favor of just jumping down and breaking your fall like Kurai did, but I think that may be the joke.)
Means we're gettin' the hell outta 'ere 'fore things get sour!" Nimah yelled. Unceremoniously, she pushed herself and Gwen down toward the first stratum, only glancing back to ensure the woman was following her."Yeah yea-ahh-AHHHHHH!" her jingle turned into terror as she was being brought along, looking at Nimah for a question during her confusion.
"S-Split?" she asked, "Whaddya mean???"
Gwen remained attached to Nimah with a small string. She wasn't letting go of it very easily. Because of it, she remained capable of following.Means we're gettin' the hell outta 'ere 'fore things get sour!" Nimah yelled. Unceremoniously, she pushed herself and Gwen down toward the first stratum, only glancing back to ensure the woman was following her.
"Get yer strings ready. Might need'ta steal a boat."
"Hey! I was going to get you guys down here!", Taiga said but then just shrugged."Well, good to know we still have a fast travel." Arkhan smiled and lept back, deftly landing near the marbles, still carrying Aurum who was looking very dizzy by this point.
"Oh no you don't. I'm the captain around these parts.", the Witness suddenly appeared behind her among the group of refugees. He had gone down after making sure to bring as many people as possible.People began funneling themselves onto whatever vessel they could get onto once transported by Watcher's ability. With a single leap, Kurai let go of the chain hooking the mandjet to the first stratum, and launched herself onto it.
"...Never driven a boat, but it's probably easy." She grumbled as she tried to shimmy through a crowd of people cramped on the boat, "...Don't blame me if I crash us all to our deaths, blame god."
"...Feel free to be the captain of whatever you want, but right now, I dont have time to humor you." Kurai said, groaning with a sneer as she watched Taiga hold the Mandjet in place.Oh no you don't. I'm the captain around these parts.", the Witness suddenly appeared behind her among the group of refugees. He had gone down after making sure to bring as many people as possible.
Akarui had already used their speed to get to the boat thanks to the swaps and had managed to put themselves within the crowd. If their ears were the obvious, it could be their sign of standing out. But their height — not so much, maybe that's why they weren't at all visible......Whoever wasn't already on a boat or near one would either die, or have to find their own way to safety.
(Shit(Major spelling mistake.)
Once he saw that no one else was going to climb on, Taiga dropped the chain and clapped. The Watcher had placed down a marble right next to him, allowing his friend to teleport onto the deck. The Mandjet finally began moving."...Feel free to be the captain of whatever you want, but right now, I dont have time to humor you." Kurai said, groaning with a sneer as she watched Taiga hold the Mandjet in place.
"Just let it go, dude!! It's over!" Kurai shouted at the man as the second and third stratum's began to collapse. They weren't very structurally stable to begin with, held together by leftover scrap and whatever materials could be found. There was no way it was built to withstand the centipede going full postal...
...Whoever wasn't already on a boat or near one would either die, or have to find their own way to safety.
Gwen was no pushover though. The strings she had allowed her to always remain close by to Nimah, irregardless of her location. As the waves would come and splash over her, a swift motion by using <Glynn> allowed her to store the waves of acids inside the strings themselves — no water ever came close to touching her body after that. That made her mouth form a glee, filled with confidence unfounded from her early on.Nimah, who had smuggled herself onto the ship alongside Gwen mere moments before it had taken off, had practically forced herself into a tiny under-compartment within the ship's structure, her gangly legs bent with almost disturbing flexibility. Because of this, she had warded off the first waves that had rocketed the ships, though Gwen would have to provide her own protection, in that regard.
Rather than follow through Nimah, she ran forwards and spreads <Glynn> far and wide across many parts of the ship.She felt the first drops of healing rain splash against her face, her brow furrowing in confusion as it dripped down her freckled cheek.
“Guessin’ that's the one the others were talkin’ about. The girl.” Nimah thought.
The two men couldn't do much to prevent it. Taiga only had enough time to use the suitcase and his own body to shield the Witness from the acid.Whoever heard the message, it didn't matter. It was too little, too late.
"OH SH*T!!!" Kurai's shout was the first thing that alerted them. The structure was basically fully collapsed by this point, eclipsed by waves and waves of stomach acid that were stronger than anything they'd experienced before. Many ships were swallowed up before they even had a chance to react, their fates left a mystery.
Before the Watcher could fully begin piloting the Mandjet, it was flung through a cacophony of poisonous waves. One could call it luck that they weren't fully eclipsed, but many were injured from splashes of the acid onto the ship. The ship itself unharmed, the passengers fighting for their lives.
"Hey, kid! Appreciate the help, but try not to overexert yourself like last time!", Taiga shouted to Aurum as he made his way through the deck.with a shield of bone deflecting the wave from hitting Arkhan's boat, she spoke in the stressful situation "And that is why you're not on that ship. Let them heal themselves--" "They're injured!" Aurum snapped, looking Arkhan in the eyes with a molten gold simmering in her own
"And they have Watcher, who is an incredibly competent field medic in his own right. I can't just bring you back, and you're the most important person here FOR your Dogma!" Arkhan said, sounding damn near desperate as she gripped both of Aurum's shoulders, who looked absolutely furious "Listen, if I get you close enough to that ship, will you be able to heal them?" "...Yes." Arkhan sighed and gently moved her own ship close enough for Aurum to make a bit of a healing rain to cover the ship and those who were close enoug to be injured
"Gwendolynn! We were starting to wonder if you and Nimah made it. Uh... What are you doing?", the tiger observed her action with both curiosity and caution.Rather than follow through Nimah, she ran forwards and spreads <Glynn> far and wide across many parts of the ship.
"Just watch me Nimah, you'll be knocked off your feet this time...!"
"I--" Aurum couldn't even throw a comeback out, largely because Taiga was right; She couldn't exactly keep this up forever AND be able to feed and water everyone. Thus, the healing rain stopped about a dozen seconds after it started."Hey, kid! Appreciate the help, but try not to overexert yourself like last time!", Taiga shouted to Aurum as he made his way through the deck.
"I'll try..." they nodded, stepping in front of the masked man and placing one hand on the guard of their blade."Akarui. Can you take care of these waves too?", the masked man
Nimah slowly contorted her body, a mess of pale, shambling limbs pushing themselves out from a space far too small for any normal person to fit in.Rather than follow through Nimah, she ran forwards and spreads <Glynn> far and wide across many parts of the ship.
"Just watch me Nimah, you'll be knocked off your feet this time...!"
(⸝⸝⸝>﹏<⸝⸝⸝)Nimah slowly contorted her body, a mess of pale, shambling limbs pushing themselves out from a space far too small for any normal person to fit in.
“Ya got some real moves, Gwenny. Woulda been’a goner if any o’ that had seeped in…” Nimah said. She cracked her neck, taking a quick glance around.