destinystrings | Troops Come Marching In

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Troops Come Marching In

It's finally tournament time, which means it's time for the cavalry to move on out. When the rescuers make their way to the abandoned factory that had been named as the entrance by Q, it's rather easy to spot where their destination was. In fact, they were greeted with the appearance of extremely out of place grecian columns and ancient-looking ruins, complete with a large set of stairs leading downward; there might as well be a big neon sign with arrows pointing downward and the caption "HEY EVERYONE!! HERE IT IS!! ENTER THIS DUNGEON!! WIN FABULOUS PRIZES AND LOOT!!!" It's a rather alarming testament to just how powerful rumors are in this town, if the Junes saga wasn't indication enough.

Reiko, a member of the Seven, awaits them at the entrance with her Jack Frost standing at her side, clutching two strange objects in her hands as every assembles.

"I took a look around inside before you got here," she began, a matter of fact tone to her voice, though it was still light despite the gravity of the situation. "It's something else in there! Looks like they've set up some kind of maze inside... You'll have to get through it if you want to find the others deeper inside.

"You'll split up into two groups to get through it; Eikichi, Rock, Kotoha, Ruri and Yosuke on one, and Nano, Shinjiro, Lucas, Lucina and Billy on the other. It'll make it easier for you to get through undetected, but be sure you stay together with your groups, OK?"

She moved forward with the devices in hand, handing one off to Ruri and the other to Nano. "These are courtesy of Q-- they'll teleport you and any others in a short radius back outside here, but they're one time use only. Make sure to only use them once you've found all of the others, OK?"

Once she'd handed them off, she stepped back out of the way of the entrance, her Jack Frost following at her side. "I'll stay out here and watch your back; if you need anything, you can contact me or Q over the CommLink. Good luck! And try not to get anyone killed!"

Threaded | Flat

[Before going inside, you have a chance to take a moment to speak with your teammates and your fellow rescuers to devise a plan if you so desire, as well as discuss your personal strengths and weaknesses to keep in mind for the future mission.]

[Once you all go down the stairs, you'll be greeted by an extravagant lobby with two different paths to go down. Well... I guess it's time to split up and enter the maze! Good luck, you'll need it.

Please make two threads for the two different groups, and your tag order can be in whatever order people initially tag in.]

[While we are skipping to the final event on each section, the dungeons will continue to be tagged until they are done. This is just to speed things along a bit.]

As the team continues into the dungeon, they can finally hear the sounds of a giant battle above them, sometimes explosions sound off and make the ground shake, causing dust to fall down.

They are definitely getting close, that much it certain.

Arriving to a large golden mirror, it seems that their teleportation to the battle arena is most certainly assured, but nothing is ever easy. Especially not here.

As they step close, a series of lights go off, and thousands of rose petals and cherry blossoms fill the air, spilling over, on them, sticking on their clothing and making a bridge leading to the front and back of them. Red stagelights open up one by one in the shapes of hearts, the dark corridor suddenly looking more like a love nest than anything else.

"ATTENTION VISITORS!!!!" a voice behind them booms out, as threatening as he can make it be. He looks young and thin, maybe sixteen with teenbopper charm to him, blonde hair, baby blue eyes and dressed in a rather charming suit. A pair of shimmering wings rise behind him, almost twice his size. "We have you surrounded! Can't let you get to ma and pa's anniversary bash, you hear?"

"Yeah that's right!" a voice on the other side of the corridor answers. The other voice belongs to a boy looks exactly like the other, only shifting a pair of blue eyes for green and sporting jet black hair. "We promised 'em we'd take care of you if you tried anything funny!"

"Protecting Love is our duty!"

"Yeah!"

"We're going to fight you!"

"Yeah!"

"And ma and pa can go back to doing it all do--"

"No no no! They don't need to know the details!"

"...yeah good point."

Silence.

"...YEAH, READY YOUR WEAPONS AND PERSONA, AND FACE OFF THE WRAITH OF THE PROTECTORS OF LOVE!!"

"EROS!"

"ANTEROS!"

"You're supposed to finish it..."

"But she's the one who does it usually."

"...."

"You know it sounds better when Harmonia is around to cheer us on..."

"She doesn't like this kind of fighting, you know that!"

"Yeah....sorry. Sure ruined our dramatic intro..."

More silence.

"...C-can we just get to the fighting?"

"Yeah that's what we were told to do and all!"

The winged twins looks up at the Visitors expectantly, waiting for their answer.

> FIGHT

> REFUSE
[Please make your character's decision IC, and add it as your title. We'll total up the votes for what to do and that's the direction this will be going to.]

Edited 2013-08-03 22:45 (UTC)

As the group approaches the end of the hallway, all that greets them is a simple wooden door. However, a burst of sparkling pink light smelling strongly of your favorite scent in the world blocks your way forward, taking the form of a quite gorgeous looking woman. Depending on the individual person, her appearance is quite different; whatever you might find most attractive in a woman, be it platonically or romantically, that's how you'll perceive her.

Despite her charming smile, it's obvious enough that she's trying to withold her anger, perfectly manicured fingernails tapping impatiently against her arm as she looks over the group with partially narrowed eyes. The woman sighs and brushes her hair back out of her face, placing her hands on her hips as she turns to address them.

"This was sooo not how I wanted today to go, being my special night and all. I don't usually run the place y'know, how do you think that is gonna look to other people with you sillies screwing everything up? That I can't even handle an itty bitty fighting tournament, puhlease!"

Her smile has evaporated into annoyance at this point, and she waves her hands at them as if to make them all disappear out of her sight.

"I'll give you one chance to leave before you make me really angry, okay? You wouldn't want to make me really angry, would you?"

The woman bats her eyelashes at the group before giving them a heart-throbbing wink.

Continue on?

>Yes
>No

The room you enter is surprisingly plain, sacrificing interior design for utility. A desk with large piles of papers and scrolls sits there, and piles of books are scattered around the rest of the room. If you're observant, you'll notice that there's a back door leading somewhere else.

The most interesting thing, however, is the masked figure rifling through the pile of papers on the desk. The person suddenly looks up and, realizing they've been spotted, takes out a gem, activates it, and disappears before anyone else can make a move.

However, it looks like they forgot to snatch whatever they were looking through, as the papers are still on the desk. How fortiutous!

Threaded | Flat

MINGLE

MAZE

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