Here We Come to Save the Day [Active]

[humaniste.livejournal.com]

Characters: Everyone who volunteered here
Content: A large group of people is off to go explore and possibly decimate a suspicious building. Awesome. :D
Setting: The Joutenheim gate to about the M-10 area
Time: Midmorning
Warnings? They're going to go blow up a building. Warnings for everything associated with that.
NOTE: So you guys know, there will be a few things different about this thread. For one, it'll start all with one long subthread to a certain point. I will start a new subthread with Death when this changes, and from there y'all can split into teams (don't worry, this will all make sense). Don't be afraid to do multiple subthreads once the teams split off, and by all means poke me if you have any questions. I'll put teams together soon.
The other big change is, no posting order. Post as frequently as you'd like - just remember to give everyone else a piece of the action!

To be honest, Death wasn't entirely certain what they were going to find. He had his suspicions - after all, all the signs pointed towards the Organization - but it was still better to err on the side of caution.

He had left instructions to exit the gate individually or in small groups, so as not to create suspicion. He himself had already gone through and stood to the east of the line of people waiting to enter. He would be easy enough to see and the people in line would pay him no attention. It was perfect.

So he waited. The others should arrive soon.

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[upgrade2hat.livejournal.com]

Suddenly, there were monsters present. Not the kind Tanaka was used to. Tall and thin and shapeshifting, what. He jumped slightly at their arrival and strange appearance; so here was what Sephiroth had in mind. Not your average robot invasion or massive animal attack. Somewhere in between, maybe.

His moment's surprise was enough to let them begin the attack, and half the group split off before Tanaka could align himself. And one man was being attacked, spewing fire and dodging attacks, and not dodging attacks. No time for gawking or error, then.

"OSUrrrrghn--" He tried to plant his feet and let out a cry, when one of the creatures lunged at him with a sword. An inelegant stagger out of the swing's path, and Tanaka gritted his teeth. He wasn't a fighter, but he'd have to move like one. A nice intro to the big leagues. No backing down--determination!

He gathered his spirit and dodged another attack. He would keep his focus! He could not let these things lay a hand on him. "Let's do this!" he yelled. "Three-two-one, here!" Tanaka's spirit flared, and with it he felt someone else's do the same, but he was too distracted to focus on who; to much going on to spread it out. He could only hope those not getting the boost would make do.

((OOC: Didn't want to pick and choose. Whoever posts next gets a nice little boost to their levels of awesome. Unless Tanaka trips or gets hit.))

[tinybutfierce.livejournal.com]

So these were the strange creatures that they were supposed to take down. They were certainly weirder than anything Karrin had encountered (and she had taken down a chlorofiend with a chainsaw). Karrin wasted no time and pulled out her gun, shooting at the first one that came in her line of sight. She was grateful that the bullet actually seemed to work, although it didn't hit it and go through like a normal bullet should. She supposed that was because they were made of some weird shape shifting substance.

Deciding not to question it as long as the gun worked. Karrin looked over to Harry and saw he was already down. "For the love of," it was hard to aim with it so close but suddenly a strange...empowering came over her. She checked it off to adrenalin and shot the bugger away from Harry with a clean shot.

[eaturdumbapple.livejournal.com]

Angeal nodded back to Sephiroth when the groups split, focusing on the impending danger first and foremost. If anything, they'd finish early and follow their comrades inside, but for now, there were enemies to be dealt with.

Whether it was the battle or not, the winged SOLDIER felt an unusual spike in his normal adrenaline and his focus sharpened on the targets. Whatever the man with the uniform did, it helped, and he leapt forward to strike at the nearest creature. Upon impact, however, the monster seemed to... transform before his eyes, into a spear, and swipe at him. The SOLDIER ducked and went for a roundhouse kick, knocking the monster to the ground and finishing the move with a stab through its head.

...did it just... disappear on him?

"What the hell are these things?" He asked over his shoulder, blocking another after his head.

[kotetsu-blade.livejournal.com]

He'd expected nothing less. The ex-guardian stop only to watch as Timon moved over to the other group, making sure he made it there safely before quickly moving out of the way as one of the Creepers transformed into a spear and shot toward him, though it managed to catch the sleeve of his coat, tearing it. He brought his sword down on the creature, watching it disappear before turning his attention on the others.

Most of his group seemed to have some sort of fighting experience, at least.

"Nobodies," Auron replied, dispatching another of the creatures just in time to dodge a slash from one that had managed to sneak up behind him. "Or so I'd assume."

[ithehellamharry.livejournal.com]

Harry didn't close his eyes or see his life flashing before him, he just smirked and waited for the gunshot.

Dragging himself to his feet, he shot Murphy a grin and shouted, "I think guns work!"

Another Creeper barreled down at him in the shape of a spear, but this time Harry didn't bother dodging, he just lined up with it, hauled back his fist, then punched the air in front of him, releasing the power stored in one of the kinetic energy rings he wore on his right hand. The ring stored up a little bit of kinetic energy from when he moved his arm, only to later release it with devastating force. The air in front of him seemed to distort, like water that had a rock tossed into it. The distortion tore forwards and slammed into the Creeper, causing it to crumple as if it had slammed into a brick wall.

Spinning back to glance at Murphy, Harry saw another Creeper making its way behind Murphy. Swearing, Harry lifted his staff and shouted "Ventas Servitas!" Wind bust from the end of his staff and shot out to hit the Creeper hard, flinging it away to splat it against the side of the invisible lab. Moving near Murphy he said, "So, would it be too Lord of the Rings if we started keeping score?"

[tinybutfierce.livejournal.com]

Karrin didn't linger on Harry for long, casually glancing at the others to make sure they were handling themselves alright before shooting down two more of the Nobodies. It was strange to watch them disintegrate into nothing soon after being hit, blasted, or swiped at. It really made her wonder what the hell they were made of.

She sensed one behind her just as Harry blew it away with some of his magic. "Now Harry, that would just be childish," Karrin replied with a wry smile. She turned her back to him and shot down three more as they moved strangely across the grass trying to get to anyone they could. Karrin didn't bother looking at Harry although there was definitely amusement in her voice, "Although I do believe that brings me to about...seven."

[upgrade2hat.livejournal.com]

Rrgh. Okay. So he sparked up two peoples' spirits. This was good for their odds in this fight, considering the lack of balance in numbers, by all means. But the effort was straining on Tanaka's boundaries. He gritted his teeth and pushed on. Like he was going to let himself trip up that fast.

The creatures weren't all that hard to dodge, if he was paying attention, which was a stroke of luck. He needed to keep as much focus as possible on motivating the actual fighters in the group, on keeping his cheering strong. Step, slide, wave, step, "Hya!" The moves were simple enough, but his strain was apparent for anyone watching. But he was keeping himself up, and with himself, the others. The flames were slowly rising.

[ithehellamharry.livejournal.com]

It seemed like they were getting the upper hand pretty quickly, the Nobody's edge in numbers being rather handily dealt with by virtue of superior skill, firepower, and musical accompaniment.

Smashing through another Creeper with his staff, before hitting the two behind it with a blast of flame, Harry counted off. Usually combat was a hectic mess of fear, pain, and split second decisions, but sometimes, just sometimes, you got into a situation where you were strong enough, your allies skilled enough, and your enemies stupid enough, that you got into a sort of rhythm. That's what Harry found himself in now, and before too long, it seemed like all they had left to do was mop up a few stragglers.

That's when the ground started to rumble, and Harry had that sinking feeling he got whenever the cosmos decided to let the other horrible spiky shoe drop.

Emerging from portals of darkness were Nobodies that had made the ones that they'd just beaten look like kittens. Sticking to classical terms, if the Creepers were the goblins, then these things were the Cave Trolls. Each one towered over Harry, and he wasn't a short man by any means, and hefted what looked like a T-bar support beam as big as they were in one hand.

"Uh, Murphy, what do you say we count these guys as like, three?"

[kotetsu-blade.livejournal.com]

Auron wasn't sure how many of the Nobodies he had defeated. Every one of them had disappeared as soon as he had delivered the final blow. He was used to such things, but fiends always dissipated into pyreflies, they didn't just disappear into nothing. He wasn't sure whether or not he preferred it.

He turned as new portals of darkness appeared nearby. While it hadn't been easy before, Auron had had a feeling that the Creepers weren't going to be all there was to the fight. "The reinforcements arrive," he commented, readying himself to defend against the next onslaught. With the size of their weapons, defending was likely something he was going to be doing for awhile.