TITAL 2: Why did It Take Me So Long To Do This?

[Aesoth]

"I believe we have gone over who is the insect in this fight, but if you must be reminded." Athez grinned as he blasted the monster with twin bolts of lightning.

[AKeybladeYouSay]

<So apparently there's going to be a while (I'm assuming about a month) where I'm going to be without internet in my home. >_> Perhaps I shouldn't have waited so long to come back.>

[Haar_Dragon]

<No big deal. Angel is the only character involved with any of yours for the moment, and she's...thoroughly unimportant to anything else. We will, however, eagerly await your return. SO COME BACK AS SOON AS YOU HAVE INTERNET. Or else we'll slit your wrists with paper plates, m'kay?>

[NebulaGregarZX]

Aleri cast Reflega to buy a few seconds, then focused. Time itself appeared to slow down for him, and he began to rush into the crowd of machines, tearing them apart while able to evade their attacks with ease. "Fine, send in the damn robots, my hands will crush them all!" With broad, carefully-timed swings, he began to demolish his enemies. If this dragged on much longer, he really would nuke the place with Ultima...

Meanwhile, Rexial was still on the deck of the Gummi Ship, maintaining a barrier around the facility to prevent escape. "If Jack's buying time so that he can run, it won't work."

[AKeybladeYouSay]

<The thing is, I don't know when the internet's going to stop.>

[Haar_Dragon]

<Dafuqduzdatmeen?>

Sora: Yeah. Kinda hard to get away when there's an unbreakable barrier in the way...I've tried a couple of times...it hurts, surprisingly enough.

[AKeybladeYouSay]

<I wasn't told any specifics by the big man who pays the cable bill.
So, are we just assuming she took him upstairs and he went straight to sleep? Not to sound sarcastic, I'm legitimately wanting to know.>

[lethalityComplex]

<@Yusei Well, what do you want me to do? None of my characters are involved in any plot, and I'm bored sitting here doing nothing.>

Felix: *gargle* ...*twitch twitch*

[AKeybladeYouSay]

<I'd suggest getting creative with it, not stupid.>

[NebulaGregarZX]

*A Dark Corridor springs up in front of Felix, Sukiru's voice echoing from within.*

"If you must find something to do, you could come watch what's going on with me. Be aware that, once the main event is over, I will have to kick you out. I don't like having visitors much, but I'll make an exception."

Kiel: *Hits Felix on the back, trying to help him with his choking, taking out a canteen and offering it to the man* Here, try to clear your throat. I'm pretty sure cotton candy dissolves on contact with most fluids...

[Haar_Dragon]

<I think we should assume that, Yusei, so yes.>

[AKeybladeYouSay]

<Okay, fair enough.
Just to be clear, I might be able to post once a day during the school-week. And the internet should be stopping anytime now.>

[Haar_Dragon]

<Aight, well, good luck with your school-posting. I, meanwhile, will be too busy home-posting. Because I will have internet, and you will not, and everyone else should hopefully also have internet, and you will not, and am I antagonizing you enough yet? Because you are not.>

[AKeybladeYouSay]

<I'm sorry, I didn't realize Mojo Jojo had arrived.>

[Haar_Dragon]

<What gave it away, the massive run-on sentence?>

[lethalityComplex]

Felix: *wakes up, his mouth no longer stuck by cotton candy* Thank you. Now, as for that portal... *walks through Sukiru's portal*

[NebulaGregarZX]

*Felix emerges in the Observation Room, Rexial's Castle. There are a myriad of floating screens, each focused on different places and people. One is enlarged and focused on Xavier, one is less enlarged and focused on Aleri. Another, hidden to the side, is focused on Lenox's party, and next to it, one that focused on Diryax. Sukiru is sitting in a swivel chair, looking at Xavier's monitor, glancing at Aleri's once in a while, and carefully observing Lenox's search out of the corner of his eye, trying to be discreet about it.*

Sukiru: *Not even turning to face Felix* Ah, good, you're here. I thought you'd like to see what's going on, since you would be bored otherwise. I would allow you to wander the castle, however... I have the uncanny premonition that it would only lead to mischief, and we're reorganizing around here. We cannot afford any more chaos. Besides, this is more interesting. Just don't cause any trouble, please. And, as much as you may feel obligated to help their exploits, don't interfere with Xavier's fight, or whatever Aleri is doing. Now that it is out of the way... just ring that bell for room service. Don't try to confuse people here any more than they already are, though, or I may have to force you to relive the memory of choking on your cotton candy for about three hours. Please, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

[lethalityComplex]

Felix: *sits on a swivel chair and slides next to Sukiru* ...By the way, my mouth was stuck shut, I wasn't choking... until I K.O'ed myself by running into the wall.

[Admin (HalcyonWandering)]

"I'll crush you!" The giant of a man walked forward through the blast of electricity slashing at Athez and Junior with his massive ax.

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Xavier leapt to the rooftop following the nimble paper girl with sure footsteps. As he followed her movements, he admired the freedom he gained when they went to the roofs. It seemed as if none of the crime below existed here.

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A laugh came from the back of the room as a screen flickered on. Jack looked at Aleri with a large smirk on his face as he twirled Fragarach in his hand on the opposite side of the screen, "I think it's funny how you think you're the heroes of this little story."

Explosives lit and began to countdown throughout the entire facility, "Well, newsflash, you aren't."

[Aesoth]

Jumping up as the ax swung, Athez lands on the side of the ax head and leaps at the monster.

[NebulaGregarZX]

Aleri pointed his weapon accusatively at the screen, ignoring the explosives for now. "Oh yeah, and you are!? A hero would face his enemies, and I'm don't think this counts. That's it, I'm not going to bother sparing your sanity. I'll tear you apart with my bare hands, then freeze you alive, then shock you to near death, then burn you beyond recognition, THEN cut you apart, you ugly bast-"

A screen appeared next to him, Sukiru's concerned visage popping up. Wait, concerned...?! "Damnation, Aleri, stop the show of bravado and get out before you get blasted apart!"

Sukiru's statement seemed to bring Al to the reality of the situation: He was in a warehouse with explosives, preset by Jack, who was probably not here, and who knew what kinds of materials were kept here? They could easily be incendiary, and probably were, knowing him. The explosion would be enough to kill even Aleri, and probably destroy the Gummi Ship, if it were in range. Sora would likely survive the blast, Rexial would be weakened, and they would all be trapped there, along with his own ashes.

He tried to open an LC, only to find that they were disabled. Figures. The only opening was the hole he had made in the roof, and he probably wouldn't make it out in time. The walls were too thick to blast through without high-level magic, which would set off the explosives early. Even if he cast Mighty Guard, it wouldn't be enough to block an explosion of this magnitude. It wouldn't exactly be Ultima, but it would certainly obliterate him.

In summary...

"...Oh s***."

[Haar_Dragon]

Meanwhile, back on the ship...

Sora looked down at the hole Aleri had fallen through. "Is it just me, or is there a candle lit in there?" He wondered aloud. But, if it was a candle, how could he see it? Excalibur was practically in orbit...this couldn't be good news.

[Admin (HalcyonWandering)]

"Insolent welp!" Removing one hand from the ax handle, Lavarock grabbed Athez's fist and threw him at the side of the house with a significant amount of force.

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"I never said anything about being the hero." Jack smiled as the screen cut out.

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After a short while, Gaige stopped in front of a small tavern that was oddly on the rooftops alongside several others storefronts. With her metal hand, she traced an anarchy symbol on the wall and it rolled aside with a mechanical percision, "Quick inside." She motioned for Xavier to follow as she ducked in.

[Aesoth]

Throwing out his dagger, the chain wrapped around the head of his ax and tries to pull it from his grasp as Athez flies into the side of the house and lands.

[Admin (HalcyonWandering)]

Lavarock held his ground as he latched his other hand to the ax swinging Athex by his own chain and slamming him into the ground, "You cannot overpower me, pup!"

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Xavier followed Gaige into the hideout and examined his surroundings. It seemed to be a small apartment that could hold about four. Two of the occupants were already inside a small lamb person from what he could guess... a faun maybe? and a tall, skinny young man with a sniper rifle across his back.

The sniper smiled in greeting, "So, Xavier Fisher, nice to meet you in the flesh. The name's Mordecai, welcome to the Anarchists."

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