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ARIES BOSS BATTLE [Closed]

Welcome to the Great Show on Earth

Who: Chosen 5 (Closed Log)
Where: Aries Stadium and Beyond
Summary: The Aries Monster Strikes unexpectedly.
When: 19th of April, 11AC, 13th hour.
Warnings: Fear, Horror, Dead bodies, Body Damage, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Battle Music: Breathe

There had been no warning. No special feeling.

Just strange things that set themselves up on all parts of the city. But for five Visitors, the situation is far different than the rising panic that is slowly building in the city. Without warning, they are whisked into a destination, as the lights of the stadium shine brightly in their eyes. There is little time to think about the irony that, once again, the stadium is at the center of the issue. How did they get here?

Before they can think or even see who their compatriots are, the lights move of their own accord, shining on a gigantic figure standing nearly twenty feet tall. There are four golden ram heads with a single body.

"LAAAAADIES AND GENTLEMEEEEEN!!!"

It can speak? As it does, the happiest of the monster's head takes forefront.

"Weeeelcome to the greatest show on earth! The one, the only...me! Have you attended my media circus yet, or were you just sleeping? Regardless, congratulations! By a purely stroke of luck, you are the Outsiders that I have picked to fight me! You're all quite a challenge so to make sure I was up to the task, I've already practiced with citizens..."

It's face moves and changes to that one that looks terrified, the sound of grinding gears and metal turning.

"How they screamed and cried for mercy! Too bad for them!"

There's a pile of people to where it points with its cane. It's not...pretty to watch. There's more than a dozen people in there, no doubt...

"Are you ready for the main attraction, Outsiders? I'll start with only you five to face me in my full splendor!" The creature bows at the visitors, snickering to itself. As they watch, the head switches to the ram's head that looks angry.

"Now then! Formalities aside, this is a life or death situation! Death for you, of course. Fooooooor in this battle there is," Aries holds up its hands and goes back to the happier face. "NO rules, NO setup, NO stage level!" Confetti falls from the stadium's celebration piles. "Now then, Outsiders, let's see if you'll be able to save your beloved city, shall we?!"

"Cue the music!"

The monster's ego was clearly huge. Well there was no chance to say hi to each other, time to quickly prepare and get ready!

[OOC: THERE IS NO SET ORDER FOR THE FIRST FEW THREADS, TAG FAST AND FURIOUSLY, FOR THOSE INVOLVED, PLEASE COME TO THIS PLURK.]

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The second attack completely obliterated the parking lot, as well as the nearby trees. However what was left of the barrier was shattered completely.

"Well done!"

Was that...was that praise from Q? Maybe hell had frozen over. Before the attacks could hit the monster, the head switched over to Anger, ans the status effects hit an invisible wall...but nothing could stop the pen from exploding. Well, now there was a hole along with those broken seats.

"No! no no no I refuse!" As it looked down at them, it looked up to see the barrier was gone. "Ha! Hahahahahahaha!!!!! Well isn't that something...I think this is the part where I bid you adieu then!"

Without waiting any further the beast jumped right out of the stadium and as an earthquake indicated it had landed...began to make a run.

No time to think at what had just happened, as the helicopter carrying Q and the cameramen lowered itself enough so it was barely a few inches from the ground. The wind tore at their faces and the noise was deafening.

"Grab on to bars and hold on! We have to follow it! We can't let it get away!" There was no time to board Omoikane, from the speed the monster was rushing.

Hopefully everyone had enough body strength to pull this off...because there was barely a few seconds given to them to grab before it left again.

"Let's go! We need to figure out what its doing!"

Edited 2014-04-24 09:51 (UTC)

Ruri ran to the helicopter and pulled herself up to sit on the blade (What? Did you honestly think she'd be dumb enough to hang from it like some 80's action movie character?) and sighed.

"Was the barrier yours or the monster's?"

Her eyes flickered as she ordered the Nadesico to get over the mosnter and squish it between the ground and the ship's Distortion field.

Edited (positioning confusion) 2014-04-24 10:21 (UTC)

Sébastien hurrired to ~~da choppah~~ the helicopter, hunched over and protecting his face with his arm. As soon as everyone was safely hanging onto/inside the helicopter, he summoned his Persona, resulting in even more cramped space, and cast a Calming Wave spell to allow the others (and himself) a good chunk of magic for the second battle against that monster.

"Since when do monsters bent on killing people run away anyway?" Not that he was actually complaining... wait, why was he in the chopper in the first place???

Edited (Just a touch added.) 2014-04-24 20:50 (UTC)

"We have to WHAT?!" Sasha had never hung from a helicopter before, and while she wasn't afraid of heights per se, the idea of hanging from such a precarious position was... scary. But it wasn't like she had a choice; they had a rampaging monster to pursue. She grabbed onto the bottom of the helicopter and struggled to pull herself up. She very nearly didn't make it, but she managed to sit herself near where Ruri was just in time.

He hadn't expected the Ringleader to run. His expression darkens considerably as the helicopter approaches. Maybe they shouldn't've destroyed the damn barrier, but if Q was correct, and the barrier had been the creature's doing, couldn't it have canceled it out himself?

Frown deepening, he's just a second behind everyone else as he turns and pulls himself onto the helicopter.

"Right! Let's go!" With the new cargo in tow, the helicopter picks up speed, following the running monster.

"Where is it going," one of the cameraman asks, still filming. Q seems to be intensely concentrated on the entire thing, when he presses his ear and the call pops up so that they can hear it.

"Q!" The voice of the chief officer Suou is speaking in worry. "The hell is happening over there?!"

"A bit of technical issues, for one..." He presses a few more buttons to keep the entire thing not from crashing with everyone in it. Be thankful.

"That monster's heading for town hall!" Q clicks his mouth in annoyance.

"But why is the question..."

"The entire hall is being evacuated, but we need that thing gone before it gets too much into the city!" There's enough destruction as it is.

"Right! Alright, you heard the gentleman, let's stop that horrid thing before it does more collateral damage..."

>Characters must attempt to finish the monster before it arrives to town hall!
Characters now have the following options available to them:
> Use Gun (Medium damage)
> Throw item (Anything from Small to Large damage)
> Shoot canon (Large damage but only one character can use this per turn)
> Fall on monster and use normal Persona attacks (Due to the monster's size, it will hard for them to retaliate and may disorient them away from their target).

5 full turns remaining before impact.

"I'll order the Nadesico to move and get in between the city hall and here. I can't guarantee it will help, but its better than nothing."

With that she sits in the familiar chair of the weapons officer, looking over the controls and pondering she grabs the stick and nods.

"The interface isn't much different than simulators I used when I was little so here goes nothing."

With that she watches the monster for a minute to track its movement, lines up and fires.

He's not sure jumping on the damn thing would be the smartest thing to do at this point, not if people were going to openly fire at it. (Last thing he needed was to get shot again.) But he will take a gun. He's never used one before—Evoker aside—but he'll attempt one anyway. He can any of the heavier models, probably handle the recoil better than anyone else.

And it's not like he's chasing after a small target.

The weight of it in his hands was intimidating, but he had no choice. Like in the movies, right? Point and shoot? The target was so big, anyway, it's not like he could miss, right?

The recoil took him by surprise, though, and he nearly dropped the gun after firing it.

Well, Ruri had already claimed the cannon, so it seemed that Sasha would be taking a gun, just like everyone else was. It seemed to be the most reliable method of damage at this point. Carefully, she aimed and fired... the recoil made her wince. A sharpshooter she was decidedly not.

The creature continues to make a run for it despite the firepower hitting it. Ruri's hit sends it falling, but it quickly moves again, as the hits from the others manage to do some damage. Buildings scatter from its run, as it moves faster with the goal in mind. But even with its size, it will be a while for it to get there. The only problem now is that while the Arena was a mostly vacant area in Aries, the ward of Leo is not. From the way it's going, its not going to pay special attention to see if buildings have people in them or not...

"We could distract it," Q offers. "If we clear the rubble, here, here and here," he pointed towards the map readings showing up on the display screen and their codecs, "we could clear it a path. While we'd be aiding the creature, the result means it would follow that path instead of running amok in the ward. However..." Here you could tell he was a man who was used to such situations, "Sacrificing a few people may give us enough leverage to finish it off before even more deaths happen once it gets to its target. I have no doubt it's simply going over there for a chat."

> 4 full turns remaining before impact.
> If the party votes this decision, they will sacrifice a turn, but save more citizens. However, they risk that the monster will arrive to city hall faster.

Ruri is also good at analytics and odd strategies, but doesn't seem to have the stomach for bloodshed she can avoid.

"If we clear the path, I can put the Nadesico in front of it and raise the barrier fields. We would have a shot at it from an angle it doesn't expect with the main gun and people would be saved. We can also radio ahead for a full evacuation of city hall. Correct?"

The noise from the helicopter makes it damn hard to here.

"If you think you can get your ship to do that, then it'd be better then we might as well try. If your ship can't, then we might as well just try to finish it off—otherwise we're going to lose more people than however many it's already killed. So if you're sure, then I'll go along with it."

And he'd like for their to be as few lives lost as possible. If only they had just kept the damn barrier up for awhile longer.

"R-right!" Sébastien agreed, not too sure about the plan but trusting the people with the combat experience and the spaceship with a lot of guns over his own judgement.

"Well! Looks like the decision's more or less been made," Sasha said, looking to the others around her. "Let's save who we can. City hall can be rebuilt, can't it?"

"As much as the Arena at this point," he answers scoffing. "Right. I suppose property damage is the norm in this city at this point anyway. And here I was hoping to take my retirement soon enough... Let's take care of the issue at hand..."

With a surprising amount of control, the craft moves into position as it fires a few rockets, sending trees and empty debris from buildings flying off. The monster trips, and as it looks upwards, it seems to prepare an attack at them. The red warning lights keep flashing as the warning alarms go off.

"What an infernal racket! Miss Hoshino, if you could..."

"Of course. Though you know I'll be tied up with repairs for weeks after this."

She sighs as her eyes flicker with electricity, the Nadesico moves to cross the T with the helicopter and its shields drop, the energy still being felt in the air as all 20 missile racks unload into the monster just before the main gun fires at it.

"Omoikane, ram it."

With that the Nadesico moves to ram the monster, its shields flickering on as it nears for contact then speeds off towards the park to get the monster far away from anyone who it could hurt.

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ARIES BOSS BATTLE [Closed]

BARRIER BREAK | Mind (Self)

PLAYER TURN

Ruri - Nadesico maneuver (Distortion Field)

Sébastien - Calming Wave

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MUSIC CHANGE

Ruri - Cannon

Shinjiro > Gun

Sébastien > Gun

Sasha > Gun

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