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[shimmershimmer]

[The wall has been breached. So have the illusions. The dreamers are awakening. People's powers are returning. A Gyarados bit off some of her legs. Her suitor is dead. All-in-all, this has not been a very good day for Our Shimmering Lady, She of Unerring Purpose. She's not taking it well, either. She coils up on her concrete temple, hiding all her fleshy bits under a chitinous shell, and roars.

You should never piss off a Lady.]

((Boss battle post! I am out for most of the day, but will pick up as I can.))

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[microbrobotics]

[ ohhh shit. hopping on to Baymax! ]

Hurry up! If we're gonna bomb her, we gotta move!

[fourleafcleaver]

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon! [Her hands are kind of full of explosives right now though so she's just going to...hop around next to the robot? This robot is too tall and she is too tiny and volatile.] Hey, help me up!

[microbrobotics]

Here! Climb on!

[ he slides down a bit, grabbing for her arm carefully. and Baymax kneels too so she doesn't have quite so steep of a climb. ]

[fourleafcleaver]

[And up she goes without issue or explosions!!] Let's go, Cassius!

MID-BOSSES

[shimmershimmer]

[So, about those strangled and dead demons who didn't wake up with the rest? Do they seem a little more... mobile than they did before? And why is the Shimmering Lady letting out that creepy-sounding bug chuckle?

At this time, the dead will find themselves themselves remarkably less so. That's good! But they're also filled with a irrepressible drive to protect the Lady. That's bad. But they should be easy to defeat when you all have your power, right? That's good! But they're fully conscious and can feel pain. That's... bad? I'm going to go with bad.]

[fauxlosophical]

[Well, hello there. Kimblee's been content to watch the battle from a distance, though even without the Lady's urging, he's never really been one to stay on the sidelines for very long if he's given the opportunity to do otherwise.

So he's here, and arguably he's going to do what he's been doing this entire time: that is, make your lives just that much more miserable simply by merit of existing.

You're more than welcome to come see how "easy" he is to defeat, however. If anything, he welcomes the challenge.]

[ill_hearted_gentleman]

[ Oswin doesn't have much in the way of powers, just his armor and a spear he's whipped up from a training pole and a sharp knife from one of the kitchens, but he's definitely not one to stay on the sidelines if he can help it, either.

He's had experience fighting the re-animated-and-powered-up dead before, too, so he doesn't have any intent of showing Kimblee any mercy. No, his blade is aimed right for Kimblee's heart. ]

[fauxlosophical]

[Kimblee came into this wanting a war and he got...Oswin, with a knife on a stick.

...You know what, you can't have everything.

Kimblee's reflexes have never been the best, but he's had military training and more than enough combat experience to not be taken down so easily; it's a little inelegant but it'll let him dodge the pointy thing for now, feinting back and bringing his hands together with a sharp snap as he does so.

The energy that action creates between his palms is bright blue for now, sharp and crackling, and he's quick to channel it into the ground, allowing it to arc down and detonate between them. So the ground's going to be really unstable and you might want to watch it, Oswin, but at least you're one of the few that's earned a warning shot from him.]

Re: MID-BOSSES

[heartofsnarkness]

[suddenly one of Mitsuko's arms is a giant terrifying lizard arm with huge talons?]

Finally, something I know how to deal with.

Re: MID-BOSSES

[very_bad_end]

...where were you hiding that thing?

Re: MID-BOSSES

[heartofsnarkness]

Well, you see, I'm a witch, so...

[irenicly]

[Spontaneously coming back to life would actually be something of a relief to Banjou in normal circumstances.

This, however is, uh... not so good.

He isn't sure why he wants to protect the Lady so badly, but he does and he's not backing down. Banjou may be useless in a fight, but he's sturdy and capable of taking blows. He can even heal ridiculously fast if he's injured!

....but hopefully he won't be severely injured.]

[lifescratched]

[Is Banjou conveniently near any trees or buildings? If so, Connor will be perched atop one of them, staying very still and waiting for the right moment...

And when he gets it, he'll leap down, using the element of surprise in an attempt to knock Banjou unconscious in one blow. Why have a drawn-out fight when you can use stealth?]

[irenicly]

[He is, in fact, near a tree!

Unfortunately, he's not going to be quite so easy to knock out, being a ghoul and not human. What would knock him out quickly is another ghoul taking him out. Fortunately, we have one of those!

Banjou is dazed, but the urge to protect the Lady hasn't destroyed his pacifism so he isn't fighting, exactly, but he is going to struggle back to his feet as soon as he recovers.]

[culinarian]

[ Siebold can feel that there's something different about his Gyarados now; it's like water has returned after a terrible drought, restoring the sea serpent to its full strength at level 63. It's no longer nerfed to level 5 and it's pissed off. ]

Dragon Dance.

[ Siebold takes a few steps back, giving the Pokémon ample room to start moving around in a peculiar, dance-like way that doesn't seem to do anything at first, but then its movements become faster and faster. And maybe you're just imagining it, but doesn't it seem fiercer and more powerful somehow...? ]

Enough. Use Waterfall!

[ As soon as the command is issued, Gyarados rears its head back and unleashes a torrent of water large and strong enough to knock down trees. ]

[shimmershimmer]

[The water knocks her off of her perch and the Shimmering Lady comes crashing down to the ground, curling up defensively as she lands.]

[backdrafted]

[OH OUR POWERS ARE COMING BACK, YOU SAY.

=)

/FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE]

[shimmershimmer]

[Crackle crackle — goddamn that smells bad]

[thefaceofjustice]

[Well nothing was found in the empty void, big surprise. So Bobby is back, descending straight down from some high place via automatic grappling hook wire.]

[weeabird]

[THAT IS A BAD DETECTIVE]

Fool Bright!

[thefaceofjustice]

[uh oh]

...P-P-Prosecutor Blackquill!!!! You're awake!

[weeabird]

You damnable yellow-bellied coward! I'm amazed you didn't break every bone in your body pulling a stunt like that!

[steel_over_blood]

[ The kids have the Lady in hand over there. The conflict with the dead looks like their side has the advantage in both numbers and skill. As for Bulat... he's got his own, longer-term goals to strive for and that's why he's vanishing from the stage for now. He remembers very well where the Major was heading last, and he's hunted down harder targets. ]

[genuine_human]

[The Major's in one of the concrete cottages nearby the Gate. Perhaps not the one that Bulat saw the Major looking through, but certainly, definitely in the vicinity. He is in the bedroom on the top floor. The door is locked and the windows are shut. The Major is sitting in a chair just by the corner of the room with a knife in his hand.

He smiles at the woman in front of him who also had the idea of running away, it seems.]

... This is a pleasant surprise. Doktor Takano.

[very_bad_end]

[an angry, but not altogether unhinged Takano Miyo had been hiding when he burst in, and she now sat in an chair opposite the Major in another corner, armed with one of the few 'weapons' a doctor could expect to have: a syringe with an unknown medicine.]

Herr Major, this is quite the situation your antics have pulled us in to... I'm glad we have the opportunity to meet like this. You know, before 'the end'.

[Of course, she made no sudden moves to use it: she valued her life as well]

We saw it all, you know. All of us that were 'killed' were watching. I found it quite the spectacle.