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Echo Incursion - Despair Attack!

Who: Anybody
What: Zetsuborgs! Zetsuborgs everywhere!
Where: Anywhere. Teleporters exist and I'm flexible.
When: Basically any over the week.
Why: Because zetsubou

Somewhere, at any place in the world really, a bizarre event is happening. Par for the course really, but as characters make their way around today they might come across one or more strange little creatures. The tiny things are essentially a sort of lock with tiny hands and feet connected to their body by lengths of chain. And probably dismiss them as curiosities since they seem rather harmless on their own.

But however dangerous they may or may not be is irrelevant. All that matters to them is their mission. Their mission to hunt down strong and hopeful dreams and lock them away forever.....

[OOC: So, here's the post for Kirara's Incursion event. Details are here. Open to anybody who wants to get transformed, see or get involved with an NPC getting cause or fighting monsters. Whatever. It's all good.]

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Arthur lunged backwards, wincing as the force of the weapon itself sent him staggering. He threw one arm forward, blocking a bit of it, though the end result wasn't pretty--the length of his arm coated red from taking something like that on without a weapon handy. Bloody dripped at his elbow and people scattered as the monster began to take its rampage seriously.

"Emi! Are you inside that thing!?"

It wasn't her, but she was close to it. Otherwise, he would have sensed her in that attack. Arthur was wary about his approach, not wanting to attack and risk hitting her.

He probably should start fighting back, the cage holding Emi had risen further up into the air at least.

The monster wasn't shy about trying to attack once more, now that it's last blow hit Arthur and drew blood...

The explosions, and not being able to detect their exact path and source reliably? That's sort of problem, or at least Saretha figures it should be a problem for most. ~~She's not willing yet to admit it is a problem for her.~~ Instead, she braces herself, and tries to focus. To zero in on the incoming projectiles. To prepare to dodge--

Focusing so much on that, she's caught unaware when the yellow Precure suddenly scoops her right up and takes off into the air.

Well.

This is rather embarrassing. There's a brief, rarely seen moment of embarrassment as her cheeks actually color from the sheer shock of it. But her expression quickly reverts, and her mouth twists in a heavy, rather foreboding frown.

"You can set me down, now."

The Zetsuborg's single red eye lights up as a yellow flash pulls its target away. It follows Twinkle's movement, setting its gaze on the young woman carrying Saretha.

Precure.

The Zetsuborg lifts off the ground, and flies at Twinkle and Kirara. As it does, it takes aim with one of its arms, revealing the beam gun concealed within and opening fire, sending a spray of shots at them both.

Wait.

What the fuck?

"Ah! Bro, she transformed! Just like those girls on TV!"

Yeah. He... he can see that. Where the hell was that when they had saved her the other week, along with that crazy girl? He groans and shakes his head. Well, at least--

Wait. Why is she running towards it?!

"HEY! Hold on you little idi--"

Mamoru's shout falls deaf from the bird monster's shrill cry as it suddenly pounds forward, wings flapping wildly with agitation as its claws slap against the street pavement. Once again, he's not really faced with the ability to do anything but run on instinct.

As he literally runs, racing to out pace the girl, and meet the monster. Adrenaline pulsing through him, all he knows is that he needs to knock the hell out of the thing. So, he leaps up, finding himself carried much further in the air than a normal human might be.

His fist flashes out, slamming into the monster's midsection. It gives a cry, before flapping mightily with its wings, the gust powerful enough to knock Mamoru back through the air. He hits the street, tumbling and bouncing across it, sliding to a stop and... he groans, before pushing himself up. As he does so, there's a flare of energy around his fist, and he grunts.

"There has gotta be an easier way to do that."

Eep... well, that's something of a scary look. Cure Twinkle just smiles a little bit sheepishly in response to the fierce look. ... Even though that embarrassed look from a second ago had been kinda cute on her.

"Okay, okay. Just let me--" And that's when she glances back down at the monster, just in time to see it take flight. "What the--?! It can fly?!"

That is just unfair! Especially when it starts shooting lasers at them!

"Oh, come on!" She releases Saretha with one hand and throws it toward the beams, sending a spray of scattering stars to intercept them. The two energy collide and explode, the shockwave knocking Twinkle off course with a cry as she just manages to right herself before she and her passenger go crashing into the pavement. Though the landing is still rather heavy, even for her extra strength. "What is the deal with these things?!"

Suddenly, even as Raye rushes the monster, there's a burst of light from above. Cloak whipping out around her, Cure Moonlight is suddenly raining small bolts of energy down onto the Zetsuborg from above. In the past couple of weeks, she's become rather adept at fighting monsters meant to be dispatched by the Precure.

"Moonlight," Cologne, flitting around her head, speaks up. He'd sensed something amiss already and they were already en route when Fougere was going for help. Such monsters aren't common in their world, and when they appear it's rather like a beacon going off. "The darkness I'm sensing is similar to what we've fought recently, but different. Just as each one tends to be."

She grits her teeth, noting Raye rushing it with the intent to kill.

"RAYE! It needs to be cleansed, I don't now what killing it normally will do to Rakka!"

"Of course it can, she turned into a Mobile Suit!"

Barked in Twinkle's ear like it should have been obvious. There were giant robots flying around fighting aliens and giant monsters years ago, didn't you see them?! It makes sense in some sort of twisted way Amy would turn into something like that--

Then Twinkle shifts her position, shooting to intercept the blasts. Explosions, and they're hurtling towards the pavement. Saretha instinctively adjusts herself to lessen the impact, even if that means Cure Twinkle takes more of it.

What?

She's a Precure. She can take it.

Groaning, she very quickly starts trying to pick herself up. "I believe this is your territory, so you tell me!"

"... But...!"

Okay, but Molly actually has practical monster fighting experience. She grits her teeth, as she watches him get knocked to the ground. Part of her wants to help him... but the other part of her wants to prove herself.

So she shoots Mamoru a glare and just... turns and resumes running towards the beast, this time at full speed. And, unlike her first battle with a monster, she's managed some control over this power, and she's able to rein herself in enough to not overshoot this time.

Her form could be better, but all in all, she's swinging a particularly powerful kick at the beast's head.

The sound of metal grating came next. As Arthur skidded back on his heels, his eyes found Emilia in the cage, unconscious. She was in his view.

That much was enough.

A streak of lightning scored along the monster's arm, against its spear and towards its head in one gesture. Arthur became a natural disaster in a flash, Excalibur drawn and ripping through the creature like a buzz-saw, spun with a dozen slashes that were thrown in that moment. Stepping off of the monster's face, Arthur turned on his heel and swung to rip apart the top of Emilia's cage to release her immediately after, diving down to catch her once she was freed.

Probably not the proper way to beat these creatures, but the effect was the same. The monster didn't even roar in pain, or thrash around... It only says "Dreaming..." falls over backwards and vanishes... Right as Arthur opened the cage... which also vanished.

Now, she needed to be catched.

Arthur didn't have time to think about the creation of the monster or their particular methods, but he was absolutely certain of himself when he attacked it. With an absolute lack of mercy, he pursued Emilia and caught her as the creature, which held onto her before with its cage, dissolved.

Landing in the middle of it, Arthur held her to his chest, raising his voice a touch.

"Emi? Hey?"

Emi had drifted from unconsciousness towards sleep, reflexively breathing now and looking peaceful... It might take a while before she wakes. In the end, she subconsciously knows she's safe now...

"ZETSUBORG!"

The mobile suit monster lands with a heavy crash behind them as they hand on the pavement. The beast stares down at them for a few precious seconds, before raising its ~~fork~~weapon.

If Amy had any control over herself, she'd be screaming in horror at a part of her being forced to do this. For a moment, she did indeed convulse uncomfortably in the cage. But right now, she was being controlled by darkness.

"Zet... su... BORG!"

The multi-pronged weapon stabbed downward, intent on crushing both young women beneath it.

Edited 2015-10-23 04:39 (UTC)

The rain of energy was a nice distraction, but not one that was going to hold up for very long. The small stabs of magical pain the Zetsuborg experienced only pushed it further. It had pushed itself to its feet, wings outstretched in a threatening gesture as it bellowed into the air. "ZETSUBORG!"

"Cure Moonlight!" Fougere zipped past Lily, almost too quickly before turning back. "Y-you need to do something!" He didn't really trust Raye to end this peacefully.

Which wasn't what was going down right now. Raye was the main enemy to the monster, and it knew that. Something made it focus on her. Maybe something to do.... with that girl in the cage?

....Yes, that will do nicely. Heads up, Raye, because one of those wings is swinging a peculiar looking cage right at you.

Raye's charge came to a sudden stop with Lily arriving on the scene and casts a look up at the Precure. There's anger in her eyes, but more than that there's fear and panic. At what's happened to Rakka, at the thought that there might already be little or nothing that can be done for her, and Lily's warning just makes that even worse.

Normally, that warning may have gone unheeded but not this time. She can't take that chance now, can't risk anything happening to Rakka whether by her actions or someone or something else's. She just... she can't lose her.

"Then what do I do?!" Her voice is uncharacteristically high as she calls out to Lily, frantic and terrified. She doesn't get to catch any kind of answer though, as a shadow drops over her and she turns her head back to the monster.

A horrified gasp escapes her when she notices exactly what it's using to attack her. All her eyes can focus on are Rakka, hanging suspended in that cage and her mind works at a mile a minute. If she dodges, then the cage and Rakka will be slammed into the ground. Likewise, she doesn't dare counterattack and even blocking for the same reason. What happens to her doesn't matter, as long as Rakka is safe.

So, she does the only thing she can think of. She digs in her feet, grits her teeth and raises her arms as if trying to catch the cage.

And then she takes the hit. Full-on.

This is bad. This is really bad. She doesn't have any other Precure immediately handy, and that puts the job of actually purifying this thing on her. At the question, she shakes her head. She's rarely heard Raye in such a state - and certainly, she's going to do her best not to remind her of it later.

"I could use some help fighting it, still! Just don't--"

Then the swing comes. Faster than Moonlight can react, and her eyes flash wide with horror as it comes down right upon Raye. From there, she doesn't think. She just acts. There's a flash, and suddenly a purple and silver streak flies into the Zetsuborg, fist extended. Power erupts from her punch as she tries to nail it in the head, if just to knock it away and give them some space.

"A what suit?"

You know what? Nevermind. The impact on the ground is a little more jarring than it should be thanks to those explosions knocking her balance off a little, but Saretha's hunch is right and her magically-enhanced strength is enough to withstand it. She shakes her head a little, clearing it before turning to Saretha at her question.

"I don't know! I think... I remember something about these things, but not much." She frowns a little, thinking back, dredging up the memories that had come along with the Echo of first seeing one of these on the network. "They're monsters, they... seal away a person's dream and feed on despair. I... fought them."

Her frown deepens as she recalls that information. Locking away dreams, feeding on a person's despair. Somehow saying it aloud like that makes something twist in her heart, it's sickening and angering. Trampling all over somebody's dreams like that, somewhere deep down on some instinctual level she just knows it's wrong and needs to be set right.

Then the thundering crash of the Zetsuborg behind her and she whips around to face it, just in time for that fork weapon to come stabbing down at her.

"Can you give it a rest-" with nothing else at the ready and no time to leap away she reaches out with one hand, calling on her power and with a flash an ornate, crystal rod appears in her hand. "-for one minute?!"

She clasps the rod with both hands and swings with all her might at the fork, hoping to parry it aside. It's ridiculous, and probably kind of silly looking, but it's all she has at the moment.

... She didn't at all expect the wave of light that suddenly bursts forth from it to blast over the Zetsuborg.

If it was bad for them, then it was even worse for Rakka. Her body was there, suspended in that strange, magical cage, but her mind was somewhere else. She couldn't help, she couldn't fight. There was no way to tell Raye to get out of the way. Only nightmares existed, like the one trying to smash her girlfriend.

Which was still happening. The beast swung down the cage at Raye, not expecting her to stay where she was, and certainly not expecting to to try and catch it. And, if she's careful enough, that's exactly what happens. Still, Zetsuborg hits with the force of a truck.

"ZETSU-" And then the first connects, creating a sort of mini sonic boom as it collided with the monster's face. With the force of that blow, it was blown clean off its feet, landing a good few meters away. The cage, thankfully, was left where it was.

That hurt. A lot.

It probably wasn't the best way to get Rakka's cage out of the Zetsuborg's grasp, but it's not like plans were ever Raye's strongest suit. That problem is entirely doubled right now, she's acting entirely with blinders on, concerned only for Rakka's safety.

There was also a time when an impact like that wouldn't even have phased her in a fight, back when she wouldn't be going into this fight alone. As it is, she feels the ground hit her back almost immediately after the impact and then... well, she practically feels everything in her body get crushed flat. It hurts like hell and it's only those blinders that let her clutch to the cage and rip it out of the monster's grasp when Lily punches it away.

For a second, there's stillness from the impact site before the heavy cage slowly rolls off and the bloodied form of Raye crawls out, hunching over it as her body starts to put itself back together. It hurts, but it's only pain and it doesn't last long. It isn't important.

She casts a glance over to where Lily's fighting the monster before leaning over the cage and speaking in a voice that grinds and gurgles unpleasantly through the first few words before getting stronger.

"Rakka? Rakka, can you hear me? Say something!"

Whether Molly has much experience or not, help is most definitely on the way! Kirara's "friend" has just beamed out of the teleporter and beelined it to where the fight's going down. It wasn't hard to find! Just follow the screaming crowds and shrieky bird noises.

Either way, she's here now and... of course, there's Mamoru right in the middle of it all! Couldn't even at least run away from the monster, for crying out loud. ~~Hypocrisy, your name is Twinkle.~~

She gasps a bit when she sees him knocked to the ground and a righteous fury wells up inside of her, because nobody treats her friends like that! Altering her path, she gathers up her power and shoots forward in a kick right at the Zetsuborg's head at the same time Cure Heart does and aiming for the opposite side.

"Hyaaaaaah!" Hopefully this results in something cool like mashing it between them, and not something stupid like crashing into each other.

"Their dream..."

Saretha's eyes narrow, and she focuses on the Zetsuborg, just as it roars and begins to strike. Though she doesn't exactly want to leave someone to fend for themselves, she scrambles out of the way, banking on the Precure being able to fend for herself. Her eyes zero in on something as she moves - a think, but sturdy looking piece of pipe strewn about in some rubble from the various explosions the monster has caused.

She hears the crash and flash of energy behind her, sinning just as the wave of light suddenly explodes into the Zetsuborg's face. Nodding to herself, though wishing for something with a bit more accuracy and finesse, she grabs the pipe and shifts her stance. She focuses on the monster, and with a swing the air seems to bend to her will, a massive gust slamming onto the monster along with Twinkle's blast.

"I cannot do much, but I am hardly going to be a spectator! Hurry and do something!"

This isn't something Lily can afford to keep going for long, but at the same time, she's got to do a bit more. No other Precure are with her, and she doesn't want to risk attempting a finishing attack yet - by her experience and memories, they seemed to need weakening at first. Trying to overshoot herself could just end with her whiffing the attack, and... well. That wouldn't end well, would it?

As she sees Raye crawl out, she's relieved, but she knows she can't focus on that. Raye will... be okay, as horrifying as the sight is. She grits her teeth as the monster crashes back, swinging her weapon out, purple crystal shining. There's a burst of light, and a shockwave of energy travels towards the Zetsuborg, hopefully while it's still prone. If she can just wail on it a couple times, maybe that'll be enough to open her up to cleanse it.

Both Precures manage to slam right into the Despairrotmon's head, producing a massive, ear-splitting screech that can be heard from quite a distance. It's enough to make Mamoru wince, as the thing stumbles back, shaken from that. Actually, he's kind of impressed - that girl from before didn't seem anywhere near that strong, and...

Wait. Where did the yellow one come from?

Shaking his head, he rises to his feet, producing a rectangular, white and orange device from his pocket. "Alright, then. Can't really be shown up by a buncha magical girls, can we?! AGUMON!"

Green eyes blinking, Agumon looks over to his partner, confused.

Meanwhile, the memory Mamoru had just received when these things had appeared comes flooding to mind. He grunts, holding the device pointed out to the Digimon. "Hold still. This shouldn't hurt. Probably." He suddenly slams his other hand, still burning with energy, onto the top of it. "DIGI-SOUL... CHARGE!"

Agumon looks more than a little alarmed as bright light bursts from the device, shining towards him... but then, there's a surge of power around him, and he changes.

"Agumon, evolve!"

Within moments, Agumon is no longer there. He's replaced by a large, dinosaur-like creature, muscular and orange with blue stripes, wearing a horned helmet. He snarls loudly, fire billowing in his maw.

"GeoGreymon!"

Edited 2015-11-03 02:25 (UTC)

Had Rakka's mind not been magically locked away by the creature of darkness that gripped her dreams, that sickening crunch would have been more then enough to rouse her from her slumber. Perhaps it was a good thing that she wasn't awake at this particular moment, since she'd be so shocked at the sight of a broken and bloodied girlfriend.

She says nothing.

Blasts of strong energy slam into the monster's body, It writhes and shakes in pain, yet somehow manages to right itself again, though it's looking worse off for it. Seeing as how Lily had placed herself front and center between the Zetsuborg and the cage, she was now its main target. It lets out another bellowing cry before trying to crush her this time with its wings.

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ITS OKAY I AM SO SLOW

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