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The Game is Changed

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What: Mictlan
Where: Mictlan
Summary: 2/2/10AC
Warnings: Tentacles and Kandori (not necessarily in that order but thankfully not together)
Note: Only bring one of your characters to the log and if they are fit to go that night. This isn't part of the main event for this month.

It was obviously a dangerous mission, and hidden away by the cover of the reddish tint of the 13th hour. With most of the city still focused on what had happened during the tournament and the Anoli, there was little question to the disappearing Seven and Wisemen...or if they had noticed at all.

But eventually that would readily turn into questions, and the panic and confusion that could ensue might be dangerous. Thus it was time for a little trip into the temple that once yielded no answers and see what exactly had happened...and hopefully able to stage a rescue attempt. But what did the Mictlan have for them in store, and would they be able to get in at all? It was hard to judge.

As the Visitors arrived, they were ushered into the front doors of the temple in the center of the ghost town. Most of the demons were being kept at bay, in a bid to better keep their strengths and powers.

For who knew what they might need in there...the video had cut off so many times, after all.

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The stone seems reluctant to release Guybrush, and the teleport is unable to remove him from the portal's grip. The light continues to get brighter and brighter.

[helenchanted]

Well whatever was happening, Miki wasn't going to stay there without a fight. Taking out her evoker, she pointed it at her head.

"HELEN!" The persona hovered forward and attempted to grab the pirate.

[electricyousei]

Ruri looks over at Guybrush and ponders for a moment.

"What does it feel like on the other side of that stone portal? Do you think something with a camera could be slid in to see the area?"

[plunderbunny]

"Guybrush!" Came a shriek from behind the group. Forget Personas, Elaine shoved past everyone and ran forward to grab at Guybrush's free arm before the stone could do... more of whatever it was doing.

[belfire]

Kazuya, who had been watching all of this chaos for a while, muttered a soft 'called it' under his breath before sending Okuninushi forwards. He knew how these things went! Everyone will grab onto each other, and get sucked in in a comical anime way.

Best to sacrifice a demon subject to the rescue of Guybrush. Alas.

So now three people are grabbing onto Guybrush - persona, demon, and human. Will that be enough?

[greyerrant]

Garviel grunts, deciding Guybrush is being sufficiently dragged, and checks the strange statues for signs of movement.

"This could be the distraction part of a larger trap. Watch out."

[greatseal]

"Not the time, Ruri-chan..."

Right now it's time for action. Whether Guybrush has enough people pulling already or not, Minako raises her Evoker to add to the mix. Quetzalcoatl wraps his snake-tail around Guybrush's waist and tugs, beating the air with his wings. The move isn't just about rescuing Guybrush - having her Persona already summoned will also help if the trap is suddenly sprung.

[otakuro]

"Uh."

There seemed to be quite enough people tugging desperately at Guybrush at this juncture in time. Badb Catha returns to Atsuro's shoulder with a subdued caw, and the boy quickly summons a second demon, Shiisaa...

This was less about fighting than about mobility at this point. With Badb Catha's Flight and Shiisaa's Switch, he felt fairly confident he could help the others escape from Tentacular Doom - or at least one person, anyway.

"Be careful, everyone! This is the part in the video where they were captured!"

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The statues show zero signs of life or movement. If it weren't that video earlier, you'd think they really would just be elaborate statues.

The light continues to get brighter and brighter as their efforts persist-- it blooms and spreads to fill every recess of the room and everyone's eye sight.

Just as fast as the light filled the whole room, however, the stone finally released its grip on Guybrush, the suction no longer holding his arm captive and sending him falling back to the ground along with everyone that was holding on to him. Curiously though, they weren't the only ones that were falling.

There was far too much sound to just be the members of the team. Once the light finally receeded, the source was obvious: Q, Orpheus, Minerva, Eiichiro, and Brainstorm had fallen to the ground right along with Guybrush, Elaine and Okuninushi.

Luckily for them, it seems Brainstorm was able to land with enough composure so that he wouldn't fall and crush the others. Once everyone had toppled out, the stone lowered back down to hover above the pedestal once more, the bright light completely gone.

However there...seems to be some extra voices and passengers to this fall-- two people had very ungracefully fallen to the ground with the others, while another one was standing aside, a black figure with complete composure. These three were definitely no Seven or Wise Men.

Please no tagging yet until we are done

[suppliesgadgets]

"Well that was quite a ride," a familiar voice spoke from in the middle of the newly formed pile. "Now, if whoever has his foot on my back were to so kindly remove themselves as soon as possible, it would be appreciated."

This may take a small while please keep your hands in

[exceedinglydramatic]

"Mffhmffhmwwweee!"

Orpheus was only just above Guybrush in the unfortunate human sandwich. Perhaps one could thank the stars that the pile of bodies had rendered him unable to speak for the moment.

[therooms]

Eiichiro was already attempting to stand up on his end.

"That was...quite a ride..."

To put it lightly.

[universebeware]

"Were it my foot, you likely wouldn't be asking that question, so count yourself lucky. I'd say 'quite a ride' is quite the understatement, though," Brainstorm says to Q and Eiichiro, working on trying to upright himself from the awkward hands-and-feet position he'd landed in. Which given the large wings on his back proves a bit trickier than he would like. He does eventually manage to push up enough that he gets into a crouching position near the pile, and looks around to see where they're at.

"...well, I suppose this answers our big question, yet raises a great deal more."

[therooms]

Wait...where was Professor McGonagall? There was just a cat standing close by, its tail twitching as it stood on top of the pile and then jumped off.

AW SNAP

[chinmokusatsu]

Minerva wasn't the only cat in the pile, oddly. There was another black cat, about the same size sitting next to her, ear flicking every so often in annoyance.

And across from both of them was the composed figure who hadn't fallen like a sack of limbs. He slowly turned around to face the group, making no expression as his eyes passed over the Seven to look at the other occupants of the room. Under his waist-long cape, something shifted- the man resting his hand on the long katana he had.

And yet, he said nothing. Simply watched and waited.

WE'RE ALMOST DONE

[modernwoman]

"Uuuh...." the groan came from one of the other new voices as she pushed herself up, violently holsting herself up using the poor man standing below her. When she realized what had happened, her face broke in a smile and she beamed.

"H-hey! It worked! Kichou Asakura has done the unthinkable and traveled thought the cosmos of space and time itself! After appearing like a miracle and saving the Diet Building, the Travelers from the sky carried us over and...wait I need to write this down before I forget it..."

AND WE'RE DONE (Guybrush gets special permission to go first though)

[amodernman]

The unfortunate man that the strange woman was using to stabilize herself was the last remaining new voice, and was in an unfortunate position near the bottom of the pile. With a groan, he shifted himself out from under her footing so he could actually move.

"Lay off, Tae! Don't you think there's a better time for that?!"

He straightens himself up, trying to retrieving his bowler hat from his half-kneeling, half-standing position. "When you said you had a way back, this wasn't exactly what I had in mind..."

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

The only person NOT getting up right now? The Mighty Pirate (tm) who started the whole mess. He doesn't seem to be unconscious, though, if the somewhat strangled question of "i'M lEE eVeREtT, hAVe yOU sEeN a lITTlE gIRl aROunD?" means anything.

Just... give him a bit to unflatten his ribcage, okay?

[greatseal]

Minako feels a bit bad. She intended to keep Guybrush aloft with her Persona, but the sudden pile of people had pretty much yanked him out of the winged snake's grasp... and everyone else's grasp as well, it seems. But the group of other people is distracting, and it appears that they are all still alive and very much not in the grips of an eldrich horror.

In other words, all that worry was for nothing.

"So which of you is hiding the tentacles?" she asks.

[greyerrant]

Garviel scowls under his helm, and he looks over the pile of people, rumbling.

"You're lost, now you're found. Time to exfiltrate. Now."

[helenchanted]

"...."

Yes thank you Miki, that is award-winning dialog and a perfect reaction to this entire situation.

[otakuro]

"...The cat looks suspicious."

Atsuro sighs to himself as both of his demons vanish. Apparently, there was nothing to worry about whatsoever... And from the sound of their conversation...

"...Seriously, though, is Tentacle Travel the new standard in transdimensional portals or something?"

He points at the three new arrivals. Four.

"...And should we be worried about getting them back through the portal?"

[poorfueleconomy]

"Welcome back."

The entire thing turned out to be so much easier than she expected.

"We'd all love to hear about wherever it is you went. And how it is that you've multiplied..."

[technomaturgist]

What even is happening.

Ferrus will just sit in his little injured and spectating corner like a rational adult. And watch. The most useful response to all this.

[determinedhowl]

Cats.

Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaats.

...No really, he simply barked at the SUDDENLY PEOPLE AND CATS (oh and robot, too; for some reason he always included robots under people thanks to Aigis).

"...are you alright?" If anything, he's sort of seconding Miki's surprise. Slightly. ...Somewhat.

Okay not at all, he's somewhat unimpressed except for the CAAAAAAAAAAAAATS.