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Origins of Being: Part 1 - The Night
OOC: So, few rules or things to make clear about these threads. This is something new I'm trying and thus at a certain point might become completely uncanon for all characters involved. I will state when this is the case but until then it's safe to assume that this is an event happening within the same Nexus as other plots. Of course, I'll leave that up to other's discretion. The giant statue like construct from the previous night would still be hanging in the air. The statue was the face of a man with wings instead of ears. The expression of the man seemed completely emotionless as the air around it would be cold and still. Suddenly, the ground of the city of Tokyo would all begin shaking at once. It was as if an earthquake had suddenly struck threatening to tear the city apart, yet despite all the shaking not a single building would so much as pull from its foundation. Instead, the shaking would suddenly stop as a giant heap of stone began lifting from the ground of a crowded intersection. It would rise from the ground tearing the street apart. People would run and scream as the stone revealed to be yet another statue. This time it would be the face of a woman with a blindfold. Her face too was expressionless and the air around the statue would be equally as cold as the other's. The two statue's would begin floating away. Slowly at first but they would soon begin picking up speed as they would eventually reach another town nearby. Any who noticed this odd event would be free to follow the statues to the adjacent town, wether it be out of interest or worry.
Introducing 6 he is some person who really, really wants a PERSONA he gets drunk alot and has a sawn-off shotgun
6 tries to follow the statues in his car with a 6-pack of jack, his shotgun, and some camping equipment
My, my... The man mutters, watching the statues float off towards the town in the distance. I suppose I'm on my own, no Gran or backup from the others this time. That's fine, you can do this Seofon. Psyching himself up, he followed the statues as well, keeping one hand resting on his sword as he walks.
Last night he saw broken jesus. Today he sees giant floating statues in the middle of Tokyo. Alexei was quickly running out of fucks to give and knew that he may not have any left for you know. Actual life reactions. He was told before moving that Japan was a crazy place but this was maybe taking it a bit too far for his taste. The least people could do was react or scream a little. Just to make this feel a bit more real. "But that would just be too easy now wouldn't it you cunning sonuva binch." He says this while dramatically pointing at the sky cause you either go big with all this or go home. Seeing as his home was a hole in the ground he couldn't really fulfill the second part of the quote. So with a shrug he follows the statues and decides to go big with whatever this is.
Both u guys get a text. It reads: "yo I could pick you up and get there in my car." (Pickups snacks, coffee)
(edited by the6thFool)
Weiss steps out of a nearby store in Tokyo, brought out by the shaking and screaming. She just watched as the two statues floated off into the distance. "Was... that there the entire time, or did those just..?" She shakes her head in frustration rather than trying to decipher the whole situation. Weiss quickly turns around towards the building she just exited, pointing her index and middle finger at the wall, where white glyph circles begin to pop up that run from the bottom of the wall to the top. She quickly hops onto the wall, the glyphs keeping her pulled onto it and able to quickly head to the top of the wall to watch as the statues head off into the distance. From there, Weiss would hop from building to building using her glyphs to propel herself until there was nothing left to cross. At this point she'd use her glyphs mid-air to periodically stop her descent, before hitting the ground and running off after the statues.
Weiss got a text : I could drive u over to the statues
6 drives after statues
The town the statues flyover would be moderately sized. Unlike Tokyo, the people of this town would be panicking as the statues loom overhead. They were unused to the supernatural phenomenons of the Nexus and thus would be panicking. Strangely dressed people in suits would begin roaming the streets of the town to try and keep order. Each of them had strange looking pistols at their sides and Letters on their suits would read S.O. Anyone who entered the town would see people running and panicking all over as the agents tried to keep some kind of order while also talking into transmitters to report about the statue's movements. The statues themselves would find their place above a large building located in the center of the town. A few moments after they began circling the building the ground would begin shaking within this town as well.
I'll go tho this site and record it w/my phone cause shit be goin down
(edited by the6thFool)
Weiss stops once she hits the town's borders, watching as people panic just as they had in Tokyo, if not more so. She decides to head towards the large building, weaving through the panicked crowd before coming to a stop at it's base. "Urg, I have to do something... Maybe if I can reach the statues themselves." Once again, Weiss points her fingers to the building, and her glyphs appear on the building, with the uppermost glyph being a different color: black. She begins to run up it as she had done before, however rather than bringing herself onto the roof, Weiss uses the force from the black glyph to launch herself high into the sky, angling herself right towards the path of the circling woman statue, trying to land on it. Should she reach it, she'd use a white glyph to stop herself on it, then observe it's surface. Either way, she'd be breathing heavily at this point. Using so many glyph at once was tiring.
As if his day couldn't get any worse, fate had him in the right place at the right time to see the events unfold. The slightly disgruntled man looks up at the statues as they zoom past. "Friday. Clear my appointments tomorrow, I don't know how long this is going to take." "Affirmative, sir." "Alright. Let's dance." With a quick tug down on his hoodie and two taps to the reactor on his chest, the man would begin to be enveloped by a layer of armor. Within seconds the armor would completely cover his body from head to toe. The man would look towards the statues and track their trajectory before following behind. He takes to the air with thrusters on his hands and feet. As he enters the town from above, he can't help but notice some form of peacekeepers on the ground. He ends his pursuit in favor of landing and approaching one of the SO personnel, of course his helmet recedes to reveal his face. "Hey, excuse me officer, official, person...you. Would you be willing to tell me what's going on here? That'd be appreciated. Hard to offer assistance when you have no clue what's happening, you know?"
The shaking would finally stop as yet another statue rises from the nearby park. This one was the face of another man but its surface would be covered with what looked to be skulls. The aura around this statue was especially cold, even causing ice to form around its surface. It would join the others as they began to circle above the building around each other. With each cycle, they would get closer and closer to making contact. Weiss would notice immediately how cold it was on the statue. The temperature had immediately dropped several degrees and there was a slight energy in the air that would make her feel resentful but of what would be a mystery. Other than that, it would be made of standard looking stone. As for the agent Tony had approached, they would turn clearly confused as to who the man in the armor was. However, the agent had been trained to remain calm even under oddly supernatural situations so he would still reply to Tony. "I'm afraid the exact nature of the event is classified even to me but apparently, it has something to do with an event that took place near the founding of our operation. As for our role here, we're just waiting for the order to evacuate the town. It doesn't seem like there's much even the higher-ups can do." The agent would grow visibly nervous as if some of the fear from his superiors rubbed off on him. "I'd advise leaving when the time comes as well, there's no telling what could happen when those statues collide but apparently its something we've been told even we can't handle."
Weiss decides to take a breather on the very top of the statue, getting her breath back as she waits for the statues to reach each other. Their large size and the fact that she was so worn out would most likely prevent her from halting their collision. "It's getting colder... not that I mind. The cold's never really bothered me anyways."
OOC: may I join?
OOC: Sure
Tony scratches at his chin as he considers the agent's words. The sudden appearance of the second statue would be mildly disconcerting, but he does little more than shrug. "I'm not one for dwelling on odds when innocents are involved. I won't say I'm more suited to any of this than you are, but I won't be leaving until everyone else is safe, yourselves included. Thanks for the warning though." As Tony goes to step away, he looks back at the agent. "How long will it take for evacuation? I don't know if I can avoid damaging the town if this thing is as scary as you make it sound. And I don't want anyone getting hurt in the crossfire."
From the shadows a man with a silver earing steps out and looks at the statue, noting in his mind that there is something obviously wrong. He puts his hand at his katana, merely standing on guard, though, he noticed Tony talking to the agent, he couldn't tell what they were talking about...but he doesn't need to listen right now, he needs to be prepared to battle when needed. "...Whatever is about to happen...I'm not going to let it hurt anyone if it plans on doing so..."
The three statues would move faster and faster before completely halting when they touch. Weiss would have to brace themselves otherwise they would fall off with the sudden movement and then lack thereof. The statues would begin glowing with a dark light that seemed to cover the town in the night despite any light that might have been present before. The Statues would slowly seem to be melding together as if made of liquid concrete. The operatives below would all looking nervous before they had all received new orders. The one who Tony had spoken to would begin yelling over to nearby civilians. "Time to leave. Attention, we've just gotten order to evacuate the city! Trucks from the local police station Tokyo will be arriving shortly! In the meantime, everyone must stand outside the town! This is not a drill!" The agent would walk away in order to round up any civilians they could and lead them out of the city. Other agents could be seen doing the same in a hasty manner as if they knew there wasn't much time left.
Naoya, seeing as the citizens are fleeing and the agents rounding up everyone, had no hesitation and took out his katana, ready for battle... "Alright...let's do this...UOOOAAH!!" He yelled as blue flames erupted around him and a king like being seemingly appeared from him took form behind Naoya, as it stood still, as it glared at the shaking statues. "Let's go, Vishnu!"
Weiss braces for impact, using some of her last strength to hold together a black glyph beneath herself, keeping her in place. She ends up taking a knee in order to keep her center of gravity lower. Once they finally touch, Weiss sighs in relief. Once she notices the people around her fleeing, including the people seeming to be the protectors of the place, she panics. "No, no no! Please don't tell me this is going to blow up... I'm not even sure if I can make it far enough away. I can barely hold a glyph now... Hmm..." Weiss puts her hand to her head, thinking about the situation as calmly as she can. She takes a deep breath as she points her fingers below herself, a black glyph fading into existence, although it's hard to make out with the darkness now around it. She then leaps off the glyph up into the sky, then catching herself with another white glyph in the air. She falls down to a knee in exhaustion, but for now is able to keep herself afloat. "Haaaa... this should be far enough... Whew." Weiss looks down at the statues melting together from up above, waiting for whatever is about to occur.
Tony grins as the evacuation order is given. He finally turns back to the statues as they speed up and then stop. "Hmmm, convenient. Ready to make some noise?" "Yes sir." "Let's do it." His helmet would form over his head once more as he takes flight. It wouldn't take him long at all to reach his destination with his boosters. He begins surveying the area to see if he could spot anyone, and he immediately notices two. "Seriously? Kids these days... no sense of self preservation I swear." Seeing each of their feats he nods. "Ah. That explains it. We've got Lady Strange and one of those Persona users. Guess I'll have to make do." He quickly floats up to Weiss and notices her less than optimal condition. "Hey, hi. Tony Stark at your service, most call me Iron Man. You need a lift kid? You look like you've seen better days and the battle hasn't even started."
Giving a simple nod, Weiss extends a hand out to Tony. "Yes, it would be most appreciated. Huff, I'm almost at the limit of my energy... I may have overused my power just in getting up here."
Pulling Weiss up into his arms, Tony begins his descent. He makes his landing down near Naoya and sets Weiss on the ground. "Alright. Listen up. This isn't a game, we may very well die here tonight if we aren't careful. But that doesn't mean we can let monsters do whatever the hell they want to our world. I'll give you all the benefit of the doubt for right now, but if things go south... you are to leave when I say so. I'm not having the lives of kids on my conscience." He removes his mask to reveal a very stern face. His brow deeply furrowed as he stares holes into the pair. "Understood?"
The statues would quickly melt together until a large orb of sorts would form that glowed with a white but gentle light. The light gave off an eerie but silent kind of dread as the darkness of the night seemed to cling to it. Suddenly it would shift to a shade of red similar to blood. There was a moment of silence amongst the chaos as if all were incapable of producing any sound. The night air could be heard gently flowing by. Then like a whisper, the orb would let out a cry. It was not one cry but many like thousands of people screaming at once and then silence again. This sound was not from the moon itself but from the thousands of people running in terror as the moon began to fall. It would first hit the building from before seeming to destroy it instantly upon making contact with the structure. Whatever the building was before would turn to ash as the moon began to slowly fall down. Darkness filled the air as it made impact with the ground. Suddenly a shockwave would fly out of it turning any who had yet to escape into stone. Their bodies were drained of life leaving behind only the clothing they had on them but it would all seem to be covered in the ashes of the structures which were burnt away in an instance. What was once a town would be reduced to little more than an empty and barren field from which no life could spawn. The only one on the ground who was unaffected was Naoya whose Persona had somehow made him immune to the unfortunate fate of those around him. Of course, oddly enough both Tony and Weiss would be unaffected as well as if being close enough to Naoya somehow allowed his Personas protection to guard them as well. The moon would stop and begin to crack open. It would soon split directly in half before its pieces fell to the ground as rubble. From within a woman garbed in black with pale skin would stand. Her hair was long and covered in small lights that made it look like the starry sky and her skin was pale as if lacking true life. As she opened her eyes, there were flames in the place of where one's eyes would normally be and she wore a dress made from black feathers. Two dark wings also extended from her back like a dark angel of some sort. She would begin speaking and all would hear her voice. "Salvation has come. It is time for the world of man to enter an eternal night."
Weiss turns away from Tony and sticks her nose up into the air. "Hmph, I'm not a helpless little girl you know! I can take care of myself, and I don't need you bossing me around." But once Tony removes his mask, she looks him in the eye and sighs, still giving a bit of a pouty expression. "Fine, I'll do as you said. But that's it! Nothing more! I happen to be-" The beginning of her rant is cut short as the sees the stoned people around her. She simply stares in terror as the feather-clad woman's voice rings in her ears.
"Whoever you are, and whatever the eternal night is, I'm not letting you do that!" Naoya then cried to his persona, "Maragion!" He cried as Vishnu thrusted his hand forward and a high damage flame spell flew towards the strange woman,
A young man in a red and blue costume rushes through the air, webs carrying him across buildings at a high pace as he attempts to send a call to Tony's suit. "Hey Mr. Stark, I have no clue what's going on over there but it looks insane. I'm on my way and don't say I should stay out... And uh, not sure if it'd do any good but you think it's time to bring out the new suit?" There's a dead serious look on his face, anything setting his Spider-Sense off this badly is cause for alarm, to say the least. And for some reason, he feels like tonight isn't the time for too many jokes. Upon reaching the top of a nearby building, he'd simply stare over at the events before him and grimace. All those people... So this is what that thing he met last night does? "Holy crap, I'm not quite sure how to even begin engaging something like this... Really makes me miss the time a guy in a vulture suit was my biggest issue, but hey I'm here to help regardless." He'd glance down toward Iron-Man, he's not sure what to do but well something's gotta be done right?
His expression softens as Weiss begins to accept his terms, but that's when the shockwave hits. Her face already told him what he needed to know, but quickly donning his helmet and looking for signs of life almost made him sick. The communication from Spiderman would be enough to bring him back around. "Alright kid. You remember the deal right? Pull out on my signal, no buts. This is one tough customer to say the least..." There was shaking in his voice. Be it fear or anger, not even Tony knew. "Friday, remove the parental lock. It's one hell of a rainy day today." "Affirmative. Standby for arrival." He quickly turns back to Weiss and puts a hand on her shoulder, shaking her a bit. "I know. I know exactly what you're going through right now. But if we can't save these people, then you can be damn sure we're going to avenge them." He would then, as calmly as he could manage, walk towards the woman. He'd stop roughly a few metres away as he glared at her from beyond the mask. "Salvation has come? World of eternal night? Lady I have a few comments and or concerns. Like, who are you and what gives you the right to do as you please?"
The flames shot at the woman would quickly seem to diminish before fizzling out as if the air had frozen them in place. The woman began to step forward except any who observed would notice that her feet wouldn't touch the ground. Yet wherever she stepped the earth underneath seems to freeze over. She would continue walking until only a few feet away from Tony. In her eyes flickers of souls could be seen. Pained faces shouting and screaming in pain. She would show no emotion or pain at what she had done and the air would grow cold as she spoke. "I am the mother of the night, I am Nyx. It was with my birth that the night came to be and from the night and darkness' union spawned doom, dreams, retribution, blame, affection, age, sleep, strife, deceit, distress, fate, and finally, death. Perhaps, I am simply bragging though. Like any mother, I am very proud but that is not why I have finally come. It was always fated that when humanity yearned for destruction I would come to bring them their salvation though circumstances have changed. That from which all was spawned soon comes and before their arrival, I shall save humanity from their pain. That is my role, now tell me, what is yours, child of man?"
Shinji saw the world getting dark again, she was back, he never expected to see such a scene again, approaching the scene with a short breath he looks over and sees a couple of allies, lucky he has back up, he's going to need it, walking over to them he takes out his axe and stares down the night creature Nyx, no matter how many times you come back I'll beat you again and again. Mark my words. You may say that you fulfill humanities desires but you sure as hell ain't fulfilling mine, my role tonight is to do what I've always done. Kick ass and act tough, and I'm already acting tough, so bring it on.
Weiss would simply continue to stare at Nyx until Tony's hand on her shoulder finally brought her back to reality. She would quickly pull away from it, before watching him approach the woman with awe. Her talks of role would get her to think, and she would quickly bring herself before Nyx, standing tall with her hands on her hips. "My name, that I will grace you with, is Weiss Schnee. My "role," as you put it, is to one day lead the Schnee Dust Company, a highly influential company that distributes a valuable natural resource across the world. I'm not sure who you think you are, but you're going to rue the day you crossed me!" Weiss takes a step forward and points with her left hand straight at Nyx's face, although she's clearly still shaken, her arm wobbling from side to side.
Tony can't seem to look Nyx in the eyes as the myriad souls can be seen. He takes a confident step forward as she finishes speaking. "Another god, huh? You lot certainly come in several undesirable flavors. But I'm not here to crack wise, not after that stunt you just pulled." He motions towards the moon-like structure with his left hand. "Your little blast there just killed several people who were running away. Not towards their death, but from it. So yeah, clearly something did change. Your followers either finally pulled their heads out of their asses or maybe you just didn't have enough to begin with. I don't know, and I don't care." He brings back his arm and looks her dead in the eyes this time, a foolish test of will. "If you're here to bring your idea of salvation onto mankind, then I guess my role is to be the villain. I'll oppose your salvation and help mankind bring about their own salvation. Science grows more every day, and through our practices come technology to help humanity grow and prosper. I'll bring the light to the darkness you're so hellbent on giving us." Tony puts his arms up with his palms facing out towards Nyx. "I guess that makes me humanity's night-light." The repulsors on his hands would begin to glow bright, but he wouldn't fire just yet. "But it won't just be me defending the light of tomorrow. I might not have my proper group, but right here...right now... we won't let you have your way! AVENGERS, ASSEMBLE!"
"Understood, I've got no plans to let things end here... Now, let's show this crazy god lady what the Avengers are about!" He'd glance down toward Shinji, the guy who'd killed... Well, he can't really entirely blame him, and those words say he's helping here. Regardless, Spidey shakes it off and leaps into action. He'd rush off, running around and leaping from rooftops till he's gotten behind Nyx. "Alright what to do... Getting close seems stupid, but will my webbing even do anything?" Of course, right as he's starting to come up with a plan would be the time his package arrives. To be exact a rocket-propelled would crash down by Peter. Said pod would contain a series of nanobots that rush out and cover Peter in moments, forming a suit of armor that looks much like his suit. Save for being clearly made of metal, and having a much larger spider emblem over the chest than his former armor. With that, he'd hear Tony's shout and raise a fist in agreement for a moment. "Yeah! I'm new to this whole hero thing sure... But you can forget about me giving up!" The young man looks around for a moment, he'd quickly spot the large chunks of rock that now litter the ground of the town. And with a few quick web shots, he'd then pull several toward himself. For now, he'd just gather them to be used as weapons, simply watching Nyx closely from under his mask and preparing to move if needed.
Nyx would stare down at Weiss still not showing a hint of any kind of emotion but something began to creep up over on her face. It was a smile as the flames in her eyes seemed to grow brighter. He hand would only hover over Weiss' own but black flames seemed to try and to slowly begin forming around Weiss' wrist before they would begin to spread. The pain, if the flames were allowed to spread, would be comparable to having their limbs chopped off. As if the pain of death was spreading through them. "Allow my embrace to cover you. Soon you shall reach the same salvation as the others. Believe me when I say that the alternative is much worse." Nyx would look back towards Tony, his words and lack of understanding disappointed her more than angered her. "You misunderstand. I bring salvation to you as an alternative to what's to come. If you refuse my salvation then perhaps I will simply force it on you." Nyx would finally bring her hand up and forward aiming it at Tony. The air would rapidly grow cold as the ground began to freeze over rapidly with a thick layer of icer. The ice would almost seem to move forward across the ground towards Tony. Once reaching him it would try to spread up his legs and freeze him in place.
Crap, ice? Mr. Stark can deal with that. But the girl getting burned... Well, there's not much of anything he can do to help her from here. Instead, he'd begin spinning one of the rocks he'd picked up around on a web line, quickly twirling it through the air for a bit before he leaps up. "I feel like this is a bad plan, but I'm not about to just do nothing any longer either so here goes!" He'd aim his makeshift projectile, tossing it toward the back of Nyx's head with inhuman force behind his throw. Beyond that, he'd also fire off 2 webs at her left wing, aiming to pull the webs down to the ground and hopefully hold her limb in place by tying it down on the dirt... Something tells him this won't her long if at all though, and thus he'd begin taking evasive action by leaping high into the air and quickly pulling himself down with another web. "I really hope that we can come up with something... I'm not exactly outfitted to do tons of damage to like this, even with the new upgrades on this thing. But there's gotta be a way."
Tony's attention would be pulled to Weiss as Nyx placed some sort of magic on her. As she turned her attention back to Tony he could only listen as fear gripped him for a moment. Wait, it wasn't the words that were holding him in place. He looked down to see his legs frozen. "Friday, how's it look down there?" "Systems are slowly beginning to fail. Estimated time until-" "Don't worry. I have plenty of time." He looked back up at Nyx with silent fury. "Where do you get off? I don't remember anyone asking humanity what they thought of your salvation. So what if another threat is looming in the distance. Giving up without even trying isn't how many would want their last moments to go. I don't misunderstand anything. Your salvation is nothing but a coward's choice. So many people have fought to get this far, quitting and giving up so you can have your way... that just isn't in the cards." The repulsors on Tony's palms would begin to glow brighter than before as the armor on his forearms would form into a pair of proper jets. His back would sprout similar engines before firing alongside the arms. The goal was to either break free or melt the ice, whichever came first. While he struggles against the ice he speaks to Spidey once more. "This isn't like the airport. We don't know the extent of her powers like we did against the others. I need you to keep tossing together ideas until you find something that sticks. You'll make it through this kid, just play it safe."
Weiss screams in pain as the black flames begin to crawl up her arm. With little else to do, she backs away as she clumsily unsheathes Myrtenaster with her right hand and spins the barrel to a white cartridge, then tapping it against the flames to hopefully cause them to die down from the icy cold now coming from the blade.
Nobody wants your damned salvation! Humanity already beat you back once, isn't that enough proof for you? If anything I'd rather go down fighting this alternative rather then give it all up here! I've got a promise to keep so that's what I'll do! Castor X! God's Hand! With a quick blast of his evoker, Shinji summons the knight above Nyx and attempts to help Spider Man hold down the limb with physical force, yelling out as he does I'll help you out kid! The rest of you too! If you need me just call, this isn't my first throwdown with Nyx...
The rock would smash against the back of Nyx's head but it would be like throwing a chunk of rock against metal. It would simply break apart and the rubble would fall to the ground. The webbing would also stick to their wings but it was similar to trying to stop a speeding train as the amount of effort required to try to pin Nyx's wings would be enormous. The god's hand would slow her down for a moment but eventually, she would fight back against the pull of Peter's webs. In the end, aside from some minor damage, Peter would succeed in getting Nyx's attention. She would turn away from Tony and Weiss as she began to spread her wings and soar into the sky. The web would still be attached to her but if Peter wanted to even try to bring her down, it would require most of his effort. Nyx would begin flying over towards Peter before pointing one finger towards the ground. Her finger would spark before a bolt of lightning would spark forth, aimed right for Peter's chest. "Regardless of what you all say, I am the night and I will always come to end the day. To bring an end to the light of humanity, that is my purpose." The icer being average ice, Tony would be able to melt it easily. The flames on Weiss, however, would only be reduced by the ice of the blade. This would reduce the pain and stop the flames from spreading but they'd still linger for a while longer.
He'd reply to Iron-Man, nodding his head as he attempts to come up with... Anything really. "Got it, I don't think trying to hold her down is gonna work well or for long. Mostly I just wanted to get her off you guys for a bit. I'm pretty dodgy, and this armor's about as tough as yours is right Mr. Stark?" Against something like this, that's small comfort really. But it sure as heck beats his usual suit... And then there's that guy, so he's fought it before? Spidey would shout toward Shinji. "Good to know! Question uh how do you stop this thing, I assume it's not impossible since you're still alive and all! Now th-" His words are cut short by his Spider-Sense firing off, he'd quickly drop the webs attached to Nyx and leap high into the air. He's not fast enough to entirely evade the lightning even having known about it beforehand, but it would only slam into his right knee rather than hitting dead on. "Gah, okay so that was a shocking turn of events but I've had worse things... Though not many!" Leg's slowed down, but even so he'd force himself up and attempt to shoot another pair of webs onto Nyx, this time aiming them onto the center of her and if he hit he'd begin pulling with every bit of strength he's got, enough to carry a school bus if he's really pushing it. Not that he's sure that'll be enough. "Anyways, letting her fly around seems like a bad idea so if anyone has something for that it'd be good!"
Tony breaks free and pauses instead of giving chase, he looks down to Weiss and makes up his mind. However, he speaks his mind once more as Nyx flies towards Spidey. "So bound to your given duty that even when you're only causing more issues for humanity than helping them...you just keep going? No god should be so cruel to the people they watch over. Yet that's exactly what you are... a demon and not a god. You're the most twisted monster I've seen. And here I thought humanity had the capacity to be one of the ugliest things out there." Tony quickly makes his way towards Weiss and he takes off his helmet once more. "Weiss, right? Listen to me, deep breaths. You're going to be alright. Just stay calm." He attempts to assist her in destroying the flames by opening holes in his gloves and using the flame suppression system. He wasn't sure if standard practice would help more than magic, but he wasn't going to let her suffer without trying. "Stay out of range from now on. Only strike if you're confident... one slip up and it's game over. Be mindful." He'd then reply to Spiderman. "It is, but that shouldn't be important. The suit is an extension of you. Be quick, be nimble, don't get caught. And you've nailed a flying target before right? Just imagine Nyx is the Vulture, not in his underwear though, imagine he's ten times as deadly and very vindictive. I have faith in you kid. I'll be there soon!"
Shinji watches Nyx fly ahead and uses his persona to charge energy into his arms for now, hoping that Spider Man can bring it down so that Shinji can punish it, with that being said however he racks his mind when Spider man asks for advice, they didn't really beat Nyx, the kid just performed a miracle, impossible to replicate... but he didn't exactly want to spread despair, that was his burden to hold, so he shouts something else Nyx is no different then a regular opponent! You strike it hard enough and it'll fall like the rest of them! They are pretty tough but we got through them eventually!
The webs would hold Nyx for a moment slowly dragging her down but the effort it would take would be enormous. Eventually, however, Nyx would begin to push back against the webs, even trying to pull Peter up with them. Their wings would flap more and more as the wind would begin swirling around them. A vortex would begin forming with Nyx in the center as they used the force of the wind to try and ascend higher and higher with the webs still attached.
Right, he can hold this a bit longer. Not with his hands but... "Right, just like fighting Vulture. Except much more dangerous. Let's see how long I can make this work." Suddenly, 4 metal limbs would shoot from the back of his suit. Tipped with wicked looking stingers, they'd stab into the ground and dig in as hard as they can, having far greater strength than Spider-Man himself. Of course, given the winds even with their help, he'd likely only have a few moments left before his webbing simply snaps under the strain and allows Nyx to move freely. "I don't know how much longers this will hold out, so if anyone has a move in mind then I suggest making it quickly!"
Hmph! Here I go then! Castor X! Ground them. Summoning his persona, Shinji stands his ground as it begins to crack from how much pressure he's exerting, using up all the energy and sending the persona flying towards Nyx with a massive jump, the horse neighing before attempting a massive blow on Nyx's face
"Hey kid, you ever see that old show? With the aliens who knew martial arts? Remember that scene where the green guy shoots the bad guy while his brother held him back?" Tony begins relaying his plan to Pete as he jets up above Nyx's vortex, giving him a bit of trouble staying stable. However, his stability was getting better as the systems calculated proper thrust to give him the best angle down. "Except this time, the good guy won't die. Dodge at the last second if you have to. This is going to be one hell of a gamble." From Tony's back comes four concave pieces of armor that float to either side; two on his left and two on his right. He puts his arms outwards towards Nyx as she continues flapping away, and much like they became thrusters before, they changed into massive repulsor cannons. The largest transformation would come from the reactor on his chest. A large cannon would begin to grow around it and reach about an arm's length before stopping. Resting his arms on the cannon he'd slowly begin to charge energy. "Friday, here comes the big one. Give it all you've got!" "Setting power consumption to two-hundred percent. Max charge in..." The four floating repulsors would begin to glow first. "Three..." Next are the arm cannons. "Two..." And last but not least, the chest cannon. "One...primed and ready." "TAKE THIS NYX! I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I'M MADE OF!" All of the repulsors would fire and converge right before hitting Nyx from behind. Each beam was formidable alone, but all of them combined would be like a wall of energy just crashing down with raw force.
No normal force could phase Nyx now that they had achieved their full power but this also led to a weakness in them. Nyx wouldn't dodge because she felt she had no need to dodge. She believed that nothing humanity could manage would be able to even put a scratch on her. Shinji's strike would only further reinforce this idea. While the strike had a large amount of force behind it and would actually succeed in causing minor damage to Nyx, she would still be unphased by it overall. All Shinji's strike had achieved was delaying Nyx's freedom as she would grab Castor X by the arm and begin attempting to freeze the Persona in solid ice. While Nyx was distracted the force of Tony's beam, though she could feel the energy radiating at the last second, would hit Nyx directly. For once, she would show an emotion and that emotion was distress. From where she was flying the air she would be knocked away by the force of the blast and fall to the ground. The force of the impact she made with the ground would cause a crater to appear in the earth roughly 15 feet wide. Nyx would be lying in the center of the crater desperately trying to get back up. Despite her godly nature even she had to take a moment to recover from the attack. "This...is the power a mortal can wield? How...?"
Tony grins behind his helmet, but quickly stops. This isn't anything to feel triumphant about. This was surely just the beginning. He quickly rockets down towards where Nyx crashed and remains hovering in the air above her. "How? You don't want to know how many years of work went towards this. But that's just the technology. Even without our fancy suits, humanity wouldn't fall to such a flimsy goal. You want to protect us by killing us? Protect us from what? If it's a force beyond yourself, then why don't you help us. But if that was you threatening your eternal night nonsense some more, well... we don't want to kill you. But we will." He positions his arm once more with his palm directed at her face. "So this is where you talk, or we end this here and now. I don't want to see anyone else get hurt." He'd then talk into his comms once again. "Nice work kid, once we get this all put away... you can buy me ice cream. How's that sound?"
Move, sitting around and staring won't get them anywhere. Instead, he'd get a bit closer to Nyx, he'd send a reply to Tony even as he rushes forward. "Sounds good to me and off topic but yeah I've seen that show! Anyways, gonna try and keep her from moving around overly much... Geez, wish this place had some buildings to sling off." He'd leap up, there's nothing to grapple o- wait a second yes there is. Peter would leap into the air and shoot a web onto Nyx herself, aimed around the area of her wings he'd begin to pull himself forward. Spinning around the goddess and firing off more of his webbing, his goal being to simply spin around until he's wrapped up her wings entirely and covered a good bit of the rest of her in the process. Of course, he's expecting to be cut short by something. As he does so, he'd shout out. "Mr. Stark's right, I'm really against the whole killing thing entirely... But I'm not gonna just let mankind die either! And if there's something horrible coming, we'll stand and fight that too. We don't give up, ever."
Nyx would stand up. Her injuries from a moment ago seemed to all but disappear. She would look at Tony with...a smile. It was genuine as if she found something amusing in this situation. "I see now. Perhaps salvation shall not yet come. Regardless, this is a fight that even humans can't win. The Gods can't win it either. No one can for it is something beyond us all. The origin of everything, that from which all spawned eons ago. The great void that reality flowed out from is what will consume reality once more. The harbingers of its arrival have already formed out of the darkness that crawls across the bottom of humanities hearts. It thought to play with what it could barely understand but that only got its attention. This world won't be the only thing to end for only time can resist its pull. Only that which it didn't create has a chance but time won't help us now. Time is neither on the side of humanity, the gods, or the origin. I shall no longer impede you but I can't say the same of my siblings...Goodbye, child of man." With her final message imparted, Nyx would seem to fade into a cloud of black feathers that all simple fell to the ground. Among them was a blue crystal shard of sorts that radiated with energy. The false night sky would fade away to reveal that the sun was already beginning to rise. At long last, the night was over.
The boy would crash down, considering that the only thing he'd been able to swing off just vanished as he was mid-air there's nothing for Peter to do but crash back down to the earth with a loud thud and a groan. "Ugh, well I can't complain about her being gone... Still, something tells me that this origin isn't just a misunderstood fluffy bunny coming to say hi to us." He'd stagger up from the ground, light shocking and heavy strain aside he's not hurt too badly. But it's clear now that she wasn't even close to truly giving her all... And something worse is gonna happen? They barely lasted a bit against a being that just quit, but something even worse wants them dead. "Anyways Mr. Stark, what do you make of this whole only time can resist thing... I'm gonna try regardless of that, but it'd be nice if we could figure out exactly what the heck time means and get its help." He'd glance over where Nyx had stood, spotting the shard of crystal. A web flies at it and pulls it towards him, in moments he'd hold it up to his face and stare at the thing curiously. "Huh, wonder what this thing is. I've got a feeling it's important, but hey that's mostly because boss loot is always important." Of course, there's also that bleak feeling... Wait no he just feels sick, looking out at the various piles of clothing that cover the former town, the mask on his face vanishes to reveal a green looking kid. "Wh-what even happened here, like beyond ya know us fighting a god that was about to wipe out humanity and all. All these people just, gone in an instant and we couldn't do a thing? Almost feels like what went down in New York back then... not like I could save anyone then either."
His armor begins to recede and return to the reactor on his chest as Nyx departs. The light of the sun rising on the horizon was a welcome warmth. But as Pete just found out, there weren't many in that town who'd be able to feel it. "Only time, huh. I don't like it. Hey ki-" Tony turned around to find a green Peter and bit his tongue. Approaching the kid he pulls him into an embrace. "Enough. We can't save everyone all the time. Look kid, this one was way beyond our power. She did something and I'm even lucky to be standing here. Don't let this distract you too much... heroes are just people that try and do the right thing. We're human, you and I." He holds Pete by the shoulders and pushes himself out of the embrace. "I don't intend on giving up either. And something tells me your logic is on point. Let's give that bad boy a scan later and see what the lady of the night left us." Clearly shaken by the events of the previous "night", Tony takes some time to offer first aid to the others. After he was done, he'd suit up and head home. Ideally with Spidey in tow.
shit went down last night
"She left?" the voice of a man echoed down the hallway "Yes. It seems as though the avenger Tony and...um...friends were able to push her back" the voice of another yet more carefree young man answered back as he stood behind the raven haired man before him As if a wisp of smoke was taking shape next to him a young girl with long snow white hair that looked half his age appeared floating in the air hanging on the raven haired mans shoulder "She was merely the messenger. The horrors that will follow will be far worse master. Honestly, as much as I would prefer not to get involved with things like this it will effect us as well." "In the end we have no choice. Tatsumi, have the ravens on standby just in case. I will personally go and ascertain these events." Without saying a word the man behind him gave a slight bow before fading into the shadows of the hall like a mist. The raven haired man, Dinivis Ebonhart, walked to the end of the hallway and before long exited into the morning light. Standing outside what looked like a mansion whose size was similar to a fortress, he walked down the road. The early morning guaranteeing the near emptiness of the streets. "We cannot allow this to continue" the man said after walking onto a platform. glyphs and runes lit up as a magic circle appeared under his feet. The runes swirling like gears in a clock before a light engulfed him. After the light faded the man and girl were gone. Gone to meet with the heroes who fought back the first messenger.
also sorry for posting without asking. i was going through these threads and found this really interesting so i couldn't hold myself back. (Not an exaggeration to say I registered in the site just to add onto the thread.) if u don't want me to post the please tell and I'll take it down. great job by the way. i like where this going <3
OOC: Am I too late? I'd like to jump in since I'm free until 2 pm EST today.
OOC: @Dinivis_Ebonhart Actually, I'm kinda intrested in what you wrote. Normally I may be a little apprehensive towards something being added onto a thread that's already over but it's kind of intresting and I feel adds onto things as a whole.
Thank you and sorry about that. The character is actually from one of the books I'm writing and I just got the urge to throw him in XD. If you want I can maybe send you basic info about him if you're really interested and I didn't know the thread was dead :P
OOC: There'll be a part 2 eventually for this. Also, I might be intrested in the basic info but I'll leave it up to you wether you want to send it or not. Looking at the time you also posted right after the final post so can't blame you for not noticing that we were done for the night.