The Hunt Begins (Dark Data)

[Ash Williams]

During the afternoon in the local tavern of Darkshire, Ash was doing his daily routines. On occasions, he would go for walks to make sure that everything was going fine within the town or sitting at the bar and drinking beer that was in wooden mugs for his thirst. He was present at the bar, sitting on one of the stools with his back hunch over while having both of his hands on the drink. The bartender was cleaning and wiping the used mugs behind the bar. After defending the town from the invasion, he had to take a break to heal the wounds of the fight. Now, Ash felt better and more active than he was after the tough battle. Darkshire was still rebuilding from the destruction of the fights that took place from the other primes and secondaries.

Still, monsters try to claw their way through the defenses and at least attempt to steal someone. Nothing new at least hasn't popped up after the fight but the town was shaken up after the invasion attempt that made the townspeople fear greatly that still there are primes out there that want to annihilate them. On the other hand, they still did feel comfort that there were other primes out in the Omniverse that wanted to defend their rights to live. Over these past events, Ash was starting to get recognized to be one of the primes that were willing to stay with them and protect what they have left.

The evil dead slayer takes another drink out of his beer to feel refreshed. Suddenly, the front double doors of the tavern burst open with a black cloaked figure. As soon he stepped in, his hood comes off revealing a man in his mid-fifties having gray hair but was nearly going bald. His face was clean shaven and had a few wrinkles from age. The stranger spotted Ash sitting at the bar and walked up to him. Ash didn't pay much attention who just came in but he heard footsteps approaching him.

"M-Mr. Williams, it's an honor to meet you." said the man looking at Ash.

"What do you want old man? An autograph?" questioned Ash with his back turned on the man and took a final sip of his beer.

"Well um actually no. I come here with opportunity for you. My name is Dr. Young, I'm a scientist from Coruscant on the behalf of Dr. Regal and we need your help." continued the doctor taking a seat next to Ash.

"Listen here pal, I got more things to worry about for this town and its people. If you guys want to use me as an errand runner or a guinea pig for your experiments than beat it! There are more primes back in your fancy smancy city than this place!" refused Ash turning to the scientist next to him.

"Now now, wait just a moment! This is an important topic I need to talk to you about and it's serious! Listen, recently there are dangerous things popping up all around the Omniverse and they can control the fate of our existence. These devices can fling us into a dark future!" stated the scientist.

"What devices?" questioned Ash

"Dark data chips. Y-yes these are the problems that are popping in all the verses, including yours. Something out there can get a hold of these things and can turn someone or something powerful that could cause problems for Darkshire's existence! Right now, Dr. Regal has gathered primes together to stop this madness that's happening. Your name is on that list. We have heard about your actions here and think you are suitable for the job. You will make an excellence to our team. What do you say?" finished the scientist hoping Ash that he will agree to help them.

Ash rubs his chin and questions that if this scientist is being somewhat serious.

"Fine, I'll help you guys fix this problem since it's on a large scale and if it threatens Darkshire." answered Ash

"Excellent! Now there is one prime heading to this verse to find the dark chip as we speak. Since you are already here, I suggest you help this prime find it. Now when you encounter these dark chips, I highly recommend you destroy them rather using them because it can become highly addicting to use just like drugs. It will destroy you mentally and physically. These dark chips will look like tiny computer chips with the color of black and purple." said the scientist reaching in his cloak's pocket.

"Here's a piece of technology we developed that will help you track down Nebula's activity. They are responsible for creating the chips. You will also be protected from their corruption that radiates off of them… here's the part I wish I had the choice not to tell you but you do have the ability to insert these dark chips in case you get into harry situations. The good news is that it will prevent from the worst to happen. I highly suggest you use these chips sparingly. When you use them, they will make powerful than what you normally use too." finished the scientist who hands Ash the gauntlet that had a small monitor mounted at the risk.

"Got it. So, don't use the chips too much," responded Ash

"Exactly, now you excuse me. I must hurry back to Coruscant and help my colleagues with this situation." said the scientist getting up from the stool and walking out of the tavern.

Ash looks down at gauntlet he was holding with his metal artificial hand. He attaches the device to his left risk and examines the piece of technology. A button got pressed on one of the sides from the gauntlet which activated it. The screen flashes and turned on showing other applications to use. Soon after, Ash got up from the bar and paid his drink then exited the tavern. He tried to make his way to one of the gates of Darkshire that will let him enter the ferocious nature of the Pale Moors.

[Marisa Kirisame]

As Chara entered the small settlement, that was New home (thanks Asgore for teaching Chara how to name things). She sighed as she knew that the monsters did not have the resources to build much more, or even build enough farms. She would have to fix that fairly soon, because they couldn't keep hunting animals and mess with the ecosystem round there. She looked at the slightly starving people of new home and felt her heart drop; she shouldn't have them survive in such a harsh place, but would Darkshire really give them supplies and food in there time of need. She sighed as her options were slowly limiting themselves. There was Dracula and there army, but she kinda didn't want to deal with Mr. Stormrage at all till she was ready to hit the main stage and stake some land and alliances with various factions.

"Dracula im coming for you." she gripped the knife as she sighed. "How are the food storage holding up?"  A monster that was humanoid in nature but was like a dragon walked up to her, she could tell he had a lisp, and a stutter. "m-my lady . . . w-we need to trade for food. I-if we go into a extended siege we wont be able to hold out for very long. O-one or two weeks max." She sighed while she rubbed her eyes with her hands in annoyance. "Im working on a back up. But I understand your concern." She walked into the actual castle and walked to her chambers to see what she had missed. She walked in to a room that was no better than the monsters living conditions, she made shure of that specific detail. She walked over to a computer desk and sat down in a wood chair, before turning on the old computer.

It turned on and she looked at the recent news, and sighed. Flowey was still out there and killing. "Why would you kill? I was going to get you your old body back, but you went around killing. Because its like you said its kill or be killed." She taped the desk in frustration. She was at the end of her fuse, right now and to make it worse, she was a terrible leader. She got out of her chair, and went to her bed, sighing as she looked at her knife. If mom could see what a pickle Chara was in. She was shure to have a bad time from her. She waited for the oncoming onslaught that the Nebula's forces would bring, almost screaming in a mix of rage and fear.

[Ash Williams]

Galloping can be heard throughout the dead forest from the horse's hooves smashing into the muddy ground. It was already afternoon time in the Pale Moors. The weather was the same having gray cloudy skies with the sun trying to shine down on the verse. The temperature wasn't too cold but did felt cool while riding the horse. Ash held the reigns to control the horse and keeping track on finding this prime that's posted to help him find these dark chips. The risk gauntlet monitor showed a radar that scanned the area to find the location of the primes that were apart of Dr. Regal's missions. He was picking something up but could tell that the location of his teammate was far away.

Ash picked up speed riding through the natural roads of the Pale Moors. Nothing wasn't present in the forest now since it hasn't come to nightfall yet which was the time for Dracula's army or any other monsters to wonder about. Sometimes, he would pass a loner zombie wondering about just looking for flesh to feed their never ending hunger. After riding for a while, Ash stopped at a riverbed to take a break. The horse moved away but not too far from his owner. Curiosity came to the animal to look for something edible after galloping so much. A canteen was clipped to Ash's belt that held water for him to stay hydrated out in the wilds of the verse.

He took a drink from it by unclipping it from his belt and raising toward his mouth. The water from the river wasn't pure and clean due to having a muddy brown color. Noise from the running river was nice to hear and relaxing. Ash raised his left risk to check the monitor to see if he was getting closer. It was shown that he was getting closer where the prime was located. Each pulse that the radar did, the dot that resembled the prime was blinking steadily.  A yawn came out of Ash while stretching out to get ready to climb back on his horse for a lengthy journey.

Suddenly, the horse was spooked and galloped out of the forest back on the road heading back to Darkshire. The animal whined in fear as it ran away from Ash. He did a command whistle to get the horse's attention but was unsuccessful.

This made Ash think that there was something suspicious happening in the forest and it could be one of the Pale Moors horrid creatures.

"I can't even get a break out here by just trying to find a prime and this so-called dark chip…" muttered Ash grabbing his shotgun's wooden butt and getting out of the holster.

Two buckshot rounds were already loaded in the shotgun and ready for action. He held the shotgun in both of his hands but in a lowered position while looking around him to see who or what scared his horse. Leaves were crunching further away from him in the forest that made him turn quickly in the direction where the noise was coming from. Shortly after, crows cawed and flew out of the forest as if something frightened them. By what's happening around him, Ash figured out that he wasn't alone in this part of the Pale Moors after all.

"Show yourself whoever is out there! You don't wanna make me find you!" shouted Ash into the forest where the noises came from but there was no response.

He moved into the forest, having his weapon aimed toward the place he was walking to. Still, the evil dead slayer looked all around him from caution. Suddenly, dead leaves began crunching again in the area that Ash was heading at. His hands gripped the shotgun firmly and ready for anything to jump out at him. Anticipation fell upon him as each step, he was getting closer to the source of the sound. He tried to approach the area in a stealthy manner. Before Ash investigated who was making the sound, he hid behind a tree holding his weapons tightly. The crunching continued to happen while Ash was hidden.

Without hesitation, he moved out from cover with his shotgun held high, aiming at the source of the sound. It was a black cat causing all the noise. Noticing Ash, the animal hissed at him and ran away quickly. A sigh of relief came out of Ash also having a dumb smile on his face. His weapon was lowered at ease. Chuckling was made by him from how stupid the scenario was. Right when he turned around and stepped away, his boot triggered a wire that was under the leaves. Instantly, a trap was sprung with a thick net coming out of the ground, being covered with dead leaves.

"W-WOAH! GAH!!!" screamed Ash getting caught in the trap and dropping his weapon.

He was lifted off the ground from the rope being pulled upward by the tree that was bent to keep the trap on the ground in the first place. The Darkshire defender got tangled in the net and squirmed to break free.

"Heh heh heh, well looky here! It appears we got ourselves a trespasser." said a red skinned cyclops that was tall and buffed with a small horn protruding out of his skull coming out of hiding.

Soon after, more monsters showed up and were snickering at the scene of Ash trying to break free.

"Dammit, you Dracula creeps are such a pain in my ass!" yelped Ash as the net slowly spun.

"How cute, you think were one of those idiots?" scoffed the cyclops.

"What should we do with him sir?" said a short troll standing next to the cyclops.

"Bring him to the queen. She'll want to see this so-called human." Commanded the cyclops looking down at the troll.

It didn't take long for them to get Ash out of the trap and restraint him. One of the monsters picked his weapon off the ground and confiscate it. The squad of monsters escorted Ash through the woods toward where the castle was located. It felt like a hike to get there but as they get closer, Ash could see the castle.

[Marisa Kirisame]

As Chara walked outside to the dreary sky that she called home, she saw a small group of her patrol walking back to the town center. They seemed to be harboring a human by the looks of it. "How interesting. A human here?"  She walked over to the Cyclops and troll slightly snickering. Ash glared at the queen, and she just smirked. "So . . . You decided to trespass in our territory huh? That will get you killed you know." She pulled out a knife looking at the rope wrapped tightly around his arm. "Before I decide what to do with you, what is your name?"

Ash huffed as he looked at the chef's knife in her hand. He looked around to see a few more monsters walk to see this human. "my name is Ash. . . Ash Williams, now could you please not sic these monsters on me?" Chara put her finger to her chin as she saw one of the devices from Dr. Regal and pulled him up. "Come with me, now." Chara told him as she pushed him to her castle. "We have some things to talk about. Now people of New home don't fret I will figure what to do with him." She winked to them, giving them a patient smile, before frowning at Ash, she put the knife to his neck cutting him a little and then she moves it away from the neck.

After getting Ash into her chambers she locked the door and cut off his bindings. "Talk now, about the device on your arm. I can still kill you . . . who am I kidding, You got that from doctor regal?"  She sighed and crossed her arms; Ash looked down at the gauntlet, and nodded in reluctance. "I have to punish you for coming here still, the subjects won't approve of me letting you go scot free. so hmm" She tapped her chin as she sat on the bed, while putting the knife in a pack. "So the punishment, for coming here unannounced will be, helping Darkshire and New Home having a trade agenda. Yes I think that will do quite nicely. And to answer you question if you ask why I know about Doctor Regal is this. "She showed the same machine on her sweater sleeve.

Ash gave a look of disbelief. "so you aren't going to kill me?" She shook her head before talking bluntly. "If I was my old self, then yes you would be. Now lets move away from this topic." Her face darkened as she grabbed a few more items, and pulls out a chocolate bar and eats it. While she was getting a few looks from Ash, she shrugged and tossed him a chocolate bar. "If you want to team up we will be out in the field for a while I presume so get your last taste of good food, if this Nebula character locks our summoning ability's, if we meet them. Once your ready to head we can start, the hunt I mean."

[Ash Williams]

Great, I gotta work with this twerp. thought Ash with no amusement on his face.

Chara's nature still was sort of threatening to Ash but he wasn't scared easily from the kid that had twisted thoughts. Hopefully, Ash could get along with this prime throughout their hunt for the dark chip. For now, he wasn't hungry and would save the candy for later when he felt it was necessary to eat. He walked along with Chara as they walked out of the room and traveled through a spacious hallway. Both walked for a minute in silence but Ash remembered the punishment that she gave him.

"Wait, just hold up for a moment! You monsters want a trade agreement with Darkshire? Don't you realize how tough that would be? That's like trying to make the Kingdom and the Empire have an alliance. Us humans, don't trust the monsters very well from the never-ending feud that's been going in this land for some quite time now. Yes, I now know you guys aren't affiliated with Mr. I will suck your blood. For the time being, it's not the best time to ask something big since were recovering from an invasion. Judging from the looks of your place, I can tell you are in need of help." Said, Ash, while walking with Chara done the hallway.

The highness sighed of stress from Ash's statement and knew that he was being serious on the situation.

"I understand what position you guys are in but remember the trade agenda I'm making here. If you forget about us, I'll find you and make sure that you will do it." Said Chara with a menacing darkening face.

Ash tried not to get intimidated by the child's words but wasn't going to forget about her offer since there could be a possibility to they could become allies. It just depended on how well it will turn out at the end.

"What we really need to worry about is finding this dark chip before the big and bad Nebula does. If we don't, both of our homes will be destroyed." Stated Ash as he looked back at Chara.

"I agree too." Responded Chara nodding in agreement.

"Also, are you too young to be a queen?" questioned Ash with sarcasm.

"Do you want to die?" threatened Chara once again with her face darkening.

"I'm kidding! Jeez." said Ash rubbing his shoulder as they were about to make it out of the castle after going through some hallways.

The both exit the castle at the front entrance which consisted some of her monster guard force that was knights for her kingdom. They walked down the steps that led them away from the castle to the center of town that they were at before. While passing through the town, the monsters respected Chara's presence and treated her as she was high and almighty. Unfortunately, Ash was given some unwelcoming looks and especially monster children hiding behind their parents as if they feared his appearance.

Before getting out of the town, the both summoned horses from their Omnilium which their rides came with the riding accessories such as saddles.

[Marisa Kirisame]

As she climbed on her horse she saw Ash look around with little emotion. She put on a huge, fake smile as she trotted with Ash out of New Home. After a while of pure silence she tried to get this person to talk. “So the reason we all hate humans is that you caused us much pain. Especially one human in particular back home is here now. Plus given that i’m the only one of the royal family left here i get to be queen.”


She knew that, she had to get allies that would profit her in the end. Not just in the moment, like the failure that was the society. She didn’t want to admit it, but being at such a high LV, and her hatred of humans gave her immense trouble. Plus the trade route would only work if they didn’t know what she almost helped in the assault. “look, darkshire was my home for a little bit. I want to repay the kindness that was given to me; in the form of saying if Darkshire does attack Dracula, i will help and this is not apart of the trade. Because we both have a common foe.”


As the two of them made their way down the rough path, too who knows where. Ash and Chara both heard things at the same time rustled, and reigned in there equines. The two of them looked at each other as if in confirmation that they both heard it.


When the readied their weapons, they saw a dear bounce past them down the path until it took a sharp right turn into the woods. They sighed at the false alarm. When Ash began to have his horse trot down the trail, Chara followed suit behind him by a couple feet, meanwhile she rolled up her sweater sleeve and winced as she absent-mindedly touched her knife scars.

Flashback to New Home, The Dreemur residence. [/quote

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As Chara was playing Chess with Asriel, she heard him speak softly. “Hey Chara, could you bring some food in from the kitchen?” Chara put down the rook and got up.


“Yep give me a sec.”


She walked into the kitchen and saw a couple pieces of pie on the counter. As she reached for the plates, she accidentally slipped and cut herself on a Chef’s knife; Toriel forgot to put away. Though she was mostly unharmed she did cut herself. As she covered the wound with her hand, memories flooded back. People who had taken advantage of her body, they had beaten her, they had tortured her, they had tried to break her. That was when she gained the ability to reset. She also felt a immense pleasure from it.


As she bit her lip to keep from yelping she grabbed a nearby bar of chocolate and eat it, letting the monster food heal her wound; though the scar would stay. She then cleaned up the blood spill and the knife before putting it back.


She grabbed the pie pieces and came back, only to find Asriel rigging the game, oblivious of her presence. Acting quickly she put the plates down and moved behind the goat, before hugging them from behind. “Hello Asriel!”


Asriel blurted out a kid’s sound in surprise. “C-chara! Don’t do that! Its embarrassing.”


Chara genuinely smiled at this, laughing heartily before handing Asriel his piece of pie.

End of flashback.

“Hey Chara you’ll be left behind if you don’t hurry up.” She jolted back into reality as she saw that Ash was waiting a bit ahead, and that she had stopped moving.

“Yea, i’ll be right there!” She trotted to Ash and the two of them continued down the dusty path against Nebula’s forces.

[Revan Noctis]

<From Putting out the call>

And so here he was again in what so far had proven to be one of the more dangerous places in the Omniverse that he had discovered. Just like last time he was here to save the people that lived here, after passing through the gate many had noticed him which admittedly brought him some satisfaction. He had asked them if they had noticed anything strange but after Illidan's invasion they had obviously been too busy to notice. He managed to let them know what he knew, hopefully the knowledge would be useful if the city came under threat before he completed his mission.

Revan was unsure if foolishness or bravery led him to wondering through the Moors's dark forest yet here he was with the advanced tracker from Coruscant his only guide. Since he had originally never left the city of Darkshire until now it was nice to have some concept of where to possibly go. He did know other primes were already out there ahead of him though it was hard to say how far as he had never used tracking equipment before. Not even entirely sure where it was he was going making his way to potentially more friendly faces was bound to be worth it. He was glad to not be alone however as he looked back at the two magical ponies that had joined him on this important quest.

"So if I am reading this right there are at least two other primes somewhere around here and they are moving fast." He then noticed what he hoped were horse tracks and not the feet of some strange horrific creature.

"I suggest we follow these tracks and join up with whoever is out there, maybe they could know some knowledge we don't." He figured it was worth a shot.

Revan knew these forests were dangerous and he was glad he wore mostly black with a hood that covered his face, he was unsure how the evil forces here would react to the two ponies but he hated to admit by being with him they were probably in that extra bit of danger. He was glad that Sombra had changed his mind and had decided to stay with them, he did not understand why Sombra had seemed so eager to leave as if he did not realise the benefit to sticking together. Celestia had as he presumed been good in keeping the light though perhaps more metaphorically then literally, her cheery mood even made walking through a forest of horrors more bearable, together the evils of the forest had best fear them.

Despite the constant lack of sunlight the verse seemed to tolerate as it suffered from dark magic the forest had appeared to have rapid growth rates forcing him to occasionally use his blade to slice through branches that got in his way. He knew Sombra being an expert on dark magic was useful for informing him of how much dark magic was corrupting the land, though he supposed a part of Sombra wanted the land around him corrupted though why he didn't know as it just got in the way.

"Sombra do you feel maybe sometimes you possibly take things a little too far, I mean I get that your angry but don't you ever get to sit down and chat with friends?" It was an odd thing for him to say especially considering they had been forced from their former lives but he had never seen Sombra talk about anything that didn't involve supposed violence.

"Are you doing ok Celestia?" He asked knowing it was an extremely dark and cold place for a pony who was clearly used to more warmer temperatures.

[James Knight]

"Do you even want to know why I didn't want to come with you in the first place, Revan? It was so you and Celestia could concentrate on the battle at hand. Given you trust her, and she doesn't trust me I didn't want that to get in the way of your battle. However I decided to come with you, so as to make the battle a much fairer fight for us. With all of our abilities as limited as they are our chances of survival are slim. To answer your question Revan, normally I don't have friends that I can rely on. I had soldiers and minions in the past, but never friends or allies." 

Sombra was unused to having friends in the Omniverse. Of course with the messed up load of dung that Revan had dragged both himself and Celestia into, Sombra knew that having friends could save his skin. It was something that he didn't completely understand yet but that he'd get used to. Unfortunately for whoever was sending the dark chips to the Omniverse? Sombra was not very forgiving. And since they had attempted to conquer somewhere he fully intended on conquering when he got himself stronger? Sombra didn't feel the need to play nice with any such individuals and that meant that he would make them suffer. He'd start with going after the threat here, and then work his way to the big boss. True he had never aided the heroes, but he was aiding them now but for less than altruistic reasons. It was going to be easy to conquer an Omniverse that was not boosted in danger by the dark creature they had fought, only more than one. Going to meet other Primes seemed like a wise idea, at least the way that Revan had worded it to him anyway. 

"Your instincts are spot on my student. We shall go meet these other Primes, and if they have become beasts like those creatures... well my scythe has only began to taste the Omnilium of my enemies."  He'd then turn towards Celestia, and say to her. "For now, for this mission Celestia we must let go of the past and work together. I know you don't trust me and probably never will. But for the sake of my student, I am willing to let bygones be bygones, if you are willing to do the same. Well not just for his sake, but for our own lives as if we don't work together there is a massive chance the both of us could end up dead." 

[Nebula]

The ever-present darkness of the Pale Moors loomed almost palpably around every corner. Behind every tree, every loose bit of scrub and pale, sad looking shrubbery, in every ditch and hole that pockmarked the gray, bleak landscape, there was naught but mist and shadows, flickering in the dim light of the non-existent sun. Sounds of shuffling and movement among the trees off to the side of the path came to prominence now and then, some hardy (or lucky) animal surviving among the moors moving away from the primes as they made their way through.

It was dark, and eerie, but peaceful and uneventful enough. At least for a time.

Then the Liberator Aides of the hunters lit up. Screens flared to life, with a hiss of static, before opening up to a radar screen. Shown on the device was a long blip, the shape of Nebula's symbol outlined in clear red, closing in quickly. First it was just one. Then a second appeared, off to one side. Then two more, from another direction. And more, flickering into presence on the radar alert, pouring out of the trees further down the path.

All manner of monstrosities of the Moors shambled and burst forth to plant themselves in the way, weapons both natural and manufactured poised at the ready. Thirteen pairs of eyes, gleaming and shining red in the mist, glared forth, fixated on Ash and Chara. It didn't look at all as if it was going to end peacefully.


Further along the trail, Revan, Sombra and Celestia had their own problems. A massive beast, skin like stone and dripping what looked like tar, came crashing down out of the sky, great wings spread. Foul, black fluid dropped from a fanged maw, steaming and hissing as it touched the ground. With a wordless, snarling roar, it flexed claws and a bladed tail, prepared to leap into the fray.

Encounter!

Ash and Chara: Darkling patrol squad.
-- Twelve regular underlings, considered to have 1 in ever stat.
-- One Darkling sergeant, with stats of 2/1/1/2
-- Every one of them has the Survival power, along with Physical Strength and Ranged Proficiency.
-- They wield various weaponry, as well as anything natural (fangs, claws, etc.)


Revan, Sombra, Celestia: Darkling Wild Guard
-- Four meter tall gargoyle
-- Stats are 3/3/3/1
-- Has the Survival and Flight powers, and the Physical Strength, Ranged and Remote Control proficiencies
-- Has large claws on all four limbs, fangs, a bladed tail nearly six meters long
-- Can spit acidic tar, and is covered in a similar substance


Everyone has one post to deal with the threat, up to 1,000 words. You have three days to make said post.

[Yu Kanda]

[spoiler] This happens before the encounter, i asked Adam for permission. Encounter post will follow. [/spoiler]

Once more Kanda found himself in a familiar setting, the vastness of white started to hurt his eyes again. He was back in the Nexus, the fountain back to normal, his body healthy once more. It seems he was given another chance after his battle with Harbringer. He didn't feel any different from before, the power of omnilium was still flowing through his body. After observing his surroundings he couldn't see any signs of the battle, no corpses, no blood, no nothing.

The exorcist grabbed his communicator and immediately contacted headquarters and Commander Klaud, "Commander, this is General Kanda, can you hear me?"
His message was followed by a long static noise.


"Commander, this is General Kanda, come in commander."

"Kanda is that you?" Klaud's familiar voice soothed the worries Kanda was developing.

"Yes Commander, I've returned to the Nexus, however, there are no signs of the culprits or victims"

"That's because the incident took place months ago General. We were afraid Omni deemed you unworthy. Glad to hear we were wrong, welcome back to the land of the primes General."


It took Kanda a moment to comprehend the fact he was gone for months, while for him it only felt like mere moments. One moment he felt the life flowing away from his very soul, the next darkness. Until mere moments ago, when he once again woke up in the Nexus. It seems Omni wasn't done with him yet after all.

"Thank you Commander."


"Now, i need you to report back to the Pale Moors, one of our scouts will be there to escort you. Some strange things have been unfolding, several primes are already gathered, hurry general Kanda"

The exorcist sighed as he returned the communicator within his uniform. Even after death he wasn't allowed a break. With that thought lingering through his head he started his travel to the Pale moors gate.

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The commander was right, a black order scout was already on the scene when the general arrived. The scout was still very young, he couldn't have been older than 14.
Kanda looked at the young man who was trying to remain out of sight, "Looks like the order is recruiting them younger each year hmm?"

He startled the black order employee who didn't notice Kanda coming up behind him. The panic in his eyes was proof for Kanda that this wasn't a well trained scout, it seems the black order has lowered the bar significantly.

"Apologies General, i didn't expect you here so quick."

"It's ok, show me where these primes are that the commander talked about."

The scout simply nodded before leading the way into the grim wilderness that is the Pale moors.


It was obvious to Kanda that even though he wasn't a skilled warrior, the scout was an excellent tracked. With ease he was finding his way through wasteland towards the primes. Kanda simply followed without much thought.


After a short trip the scout stopped behind a dead tree and nodded towards the distance, with a whispering voice he spoke, " there they are, the primes the commander told you about."

Kanda gazed towards the direction his scout motioned and noticed several individuals, "Thank you, return to your duties back at the base, I got it from here."

The young black order member nodded as he saw the General move towards the group.

[Ash Williams]

Their horses whine in distress from getting blocked off from other primes that appeared on their radars in front of them. Ash and Chara didn't know at the last moment that more of their kind was going to be in this verse. Growls and snarls were made by the darklings. Both haven't seen such savage creatures before which made them think that these things weren't even humans or monsters of this verse. The horses start backing up as the creatures came closer to them. Ash got off his horse quickly and so did Chara to get ready for the ambush. Their rides disappeared into Omnilium as they summon their weapons. Ash disconnected his artificial metal hand and was stored in the orb while he attached his chainsaw hand and yanked the starter cord.

The weapon sputtered from each yank that Ash made. After three hard yanks, the weapon began to vibrate and scream as the motor rotates the chainsaw's blade. Lastly, he summoned his double-barrel shotgun that appeared in his left hand. Chara raised her right arm with her hand opened waiting for the real knife to come to existence. After summoning it, she grasped the weapon tightly and swiped her blade left to right for a warm up. Ash loaded his gun with two buckshot shells before he made a move.

Without wasting time, the royal child moved forward quick on the group. She made three slash motions with her weapon creating red half-rounded projectiles that impacted one of the underlings. This attack made the underling stumble back a bit and roar in anger from Chara's action. Another of Nebula's minion jumped out from the group for the offensive prime but she glitched, making the underling's claws missed. She reappeared back into reality, behind the underling who tried to attack her and stabbed the underling's back making it moan in pain.

Chara stabbed the creature's back repeatedly until it died. The scene was gory and messy after the series of stabs. Her eyes glowed menacingly red and darkness filled her face. This made the group of underlings riled up and even more hostile than before. While admiring the mess that she created, an underling leaped out and was about to pounce the distracted Chara but was blown backward from the shot fired from Ash's boomstick. A smirk came off Ash's face after firing his gun and was ready to kick ass.

Ash rushed in and stood behind Chara as they became surrounded by the underlings. His shotgun was raised upward with his chainsaw pointing at the underlings in front of him. The creature's bodies were dark and hard to tell what detail they have on their bodies. Their eyes still illuminate with redness just like Chara's.

"So, you freak shows must be Nebula's friends. Well at least you knuckleheads don't smell as bad like Dracula's bozos." said Ash still having a smirk.

"These incompetent beasts are such weaklings. I'm going to enjoy slaughtering every one of you." replied Chara in a sadistic manner.

The underlings hissed and growled at their statements they made. Soon after, they attack the two primes with a series of claws and fangs. Ash attempted to at least try to block some of their moves they made with his chainsaw and fired the last shell in his shotgun at one of the underlings that blew it's head off. Claws clashed with Ash's weaponized hand but did get two scratch marks on his chest and stung a bit from his flesh getting scarred. His shirt got partially shredded in the process leaving two pairs of scratch marks through the clothing. He grunted from the pain and put his boomstick back in the holster. Both of his hands held his heavy chainsaw hand and was going to help make successful swings.

Ash slashed back at some underlings from his loud roaring chainsaw. His chainsaw's blade did slice through one underling's stomach and was finished off with him decapitating it.

Meanwhile, Chara stabbed each of the incoming underlings in a faster pace than Ash. Her face never changed during the fight and constantly had that evil look. When one of the underlings got stabbed, they would retreat a couple feet back from the painful attack. There were at least three of them that weren't smart enough to back off like the others. One tried to bite in Chara's neck but got a knife lodged into its skull instantly killing it. Another came in and tried to use the claws instead but got stabbed brutally in the heart which caused death.

 The third got its throat sliced open but still didn't give up trying to kill Chara. She finished it off by penetrating the eye and shoved her blade deep into the brain. The royal child took her knife out of the lifeless corpse of the underling. As they continued to fight off the horde, both noticed that one stood off to the side and appeared to be smarter even tougher than the rest. This must've been their leader of this pack.

Ash sawed through a torso of an underling that turned the body into two pieces. Still, the creature was alive and crawling at Ash while he had his focus on the others. The evil dead slayer continued to try to cut down the crowd of underlings which he was successful killing two more. From a surprise attack, the crawler grabbed his right ankle and sunk his fangs into the flesh. A yelp came out of Ash's mouth and made him look down at the underling. He grabbed his shotgun out of the holster and reloaded it quickly.

"Chew on this, ankle biter!" cried Ash over the fighting that was going on and pulled the trigger while the shotgun was aimed at the head of the creature causing it to blow up into pieces.

Let us begin!
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Ash used his signature Boomstick
Ash used his Chainsaw Hand
Survival was used
Suppression was used

Chara used the real knife and the projectile power
Her glitch power was used to teleport

Underlings used claws and fangs
Survival was used
9 out of the 12 underlings were killed

The sergeant remains unharmed

[James Knight]

"Celestia, take to the air. I'll buy us some time in order to fight off the creatures by using my scythe. Revan, you hit the creature from behind and I will attack from the front. Avoid the black substance on it, it looks like it could be dangerous."  Summoning his scythe, Sombra prepared himself in order to battle the creature. Given what danger it posed, allowing it to survive was not a wise decision. There were others handling the underlings, and the other enemies so those could be disregarded for the time-being. What he needed to do was focus his efforts on the creature he wad fighting. Truth be told, he had never expected to do battle with a Gargoyle before. 

Once his scythe had materialized, Sombra almost immediately launched into Scythe Raid on the creature. 

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Sombra has summoned his weapon, and performed Scythe Raid.

[Marisa Kirisame]

    As Chara huffed as she stabbed another underling. She felt something grab her unarmed arm from behind and bit. She yelped in apprehension as she pulled the knife out of the underling and spun around before stabbing multiple times causing the darkling that bit her to fall over twitching and bleeding on the ground. “I guess i’ve always been this way, a patched up megalomaniac. No matter.”


    She heard something hiss as she felt something rip her sweater. She looked at the smarter one to see that it was loading another bullet into a rifled musket quite badly. Her face started to seep out black goop as she stabbed her knife into the underlings head she was dealing with.


    She heard Ash fire his shotgun at the sergeant hitting it in the arm. Green blood started to seep down the arm as they fired back at Ash firing off a total of ten musket shots. The area smelled of gunpowder and gasoline as Chara and Ash fought the general. As Chara went to flank the general she was met with a arsonist by the looks of it.


    The arso pointed a flare gun at her and fired, causing a flare to fly out and bonk Chara in the face. She stumbled back covering her face one hand and saw from bloodshot eyes the arsonist pulling out a makeshift flamethrower. They gave it a quick test giggling as some fire came out. Chara ran forward trying to not let this place go down in flames. She in a fit of fear killed the underling in a mix of quartering and disembowelment.


She looked up only to see both Ash the the general fighting in a trench esk fight. She started to move around the battlefield meanwhile trying not to get a bullet to the head. She went to flank the general only to get a bullet fired in her direction hitting a nearby tree. As she ran at the general she caught it out of surprise due to it attacking Ash.


She crashed into it cutting it across the stomach causing blood to spurt out on her and paint the battle field with a blue hue of color on the black and grey world. Ash the general pushed the royal down on the ground he went for the neck. Chara closed her eyes but death never came for her, she looked up only to find the head was a mass of skull and brain next to her.

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[Celestia]

The Pale Moors were a curious place, it simultaneously resembled a number of places she knew, and yet felt so foreign.  There were foreboding places in Equestria.  A number of forests were large, ominous and full of dangerous creatures, but those tended to be full to too much life rather than not enough.  Those occurred by the plant-growing too thick, and the creatures being too large and territorial.  There were territories which were more barren, such as frozen North or the badlands, but there the ambience came from the almost complete lack of life.

The Pale Moors somehow managed both.  Life was evident, from the various carrion feeders that could be seen when one was watching carefully, to the cries of distant creatures, natural or unnatural.  But there was a profound sense of...desolation, Celestia might say if she were trying to put a word to it.  This place seemed opposed to life, even despite the presence of creatures inhabiting it.  Perhaps it was the colours, or the lack of sun.  This was the only plane she'd seen without one, or without even a central feature such as the Nexus' fountain.

The environment would cause Celestia mild discomfort at most.  She wasn't going to be scared away by a little darkness and cold, not after what she had faced in the past.  When Revan asked her how she was faring, she smiled back at him.  “I have faced much worse than this, you need not worry about me.”
Revan caught signs of the other primes in the area, and suggested meeting up with them.  Celestia also felt this to be the most sensible course of action.  “Yes,” she agreed, “gathering will help us coordinate our efforts, and curb the chance of accidentally injuring each other.”

Revan asked Sombra about his earlier behavior, still a little hurt by it if his tone was any indication.  Celestia was tempted to offer an explanation, that Sombra was never much for friends, preferring to think of people as tools from what she knew of him.  She held her tongue however, as that was an issue which could wait until they were out of the immediate danger.  Sombra provided an answer anyways, much to Celestia's surprise, and stated that he was trying to avoid being a distraction, seeing how Revan trusted Celestia and wanted to avoid a dispute.  Yet again a surprising sentiment to come from one such as him.

They moved on, and Sombra hung back while Revan took the lead, wanting a conversation.  He wanted to forget his and Celestia's mutual history, at least for the purposes of completing their current task, and though his wording was a little unclear it seemed he wanted her to say the same.  Celestia regarded Sombra for a moment once he'd finished, wondering about any hidden meanings in what he said, before finally replying.  “My stance remains unchanged.  I will assist those who would protect the innocent, prevent harm and help those in need, and I will oppose those who desire to do the opposite.  Strictly speaking, I never wished harm upon you.  For as long as you are committed to this task of removing a greater threat, you are my ally.”

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Speaking of, not moments after Sombra and Celestia finished their conversation did an example of this greater threat appear.  A large creature, apparently concealed by the fog, came crashing down ahead of the three of the.  It was a four armed biped, with a pair of wings and covered with an inky black substance which periodically dripped off.  Where the droplets landed, they sizzled and smoked and the ground was left pockmarked.

And of course, after suggesting Celestia take to the air Sombra summoned his scythe and charged straight at it.

Somewhere in the distance, the sound of another skirmish could be heard.  Presumably that was the other group of primes, but the trio would need to deal with the current threat before they could concern themselves with their errant compatriots.

Sombra's suggestion was sensible enough, from the air she could more easily observe and assist her allies, and so Celestia wasted no time getting airborne.  “Careful!” she called out, as Sombra began hacking away at it with his scythe, spreading droplets of what covered the creature around.  “its 'skin' is toxic!”  As she spoke, she readied her own attack.  With the creature so distracted by the frontal assault, she had plenty of time to charge and aim, and second later she released a flaming ball of rock aimed behind the creature.  When the ball had almost touched the ground it exploded, the flame and fire piercing and burning the creature's back, exposed limbs, and most importantly its wings.  By perforating those, Celestia hoped to render them unusable and keep it grounded, which would thus limit its options to flee or pursue.  Meanwhile, Sombra would be protected from the attack by the creature's own bulk.

Celestia continued to circle overhead, lining up another attack.  If the creature wound back to strike one of her allies, she would fire a ray of heat at which ever of its limbs it extended in preparation.  If not, the ray would be aimed at its head instead, hoping to blind the creature.  Either way, her next priority was disrupting its ability to attack them.

Combat word count is 350.
Because it's taken me so long I decided to handle my entry and the combat with a single post, divided at the dashes.

[Revan Noctis]

"Crap." Was all Revan could blurt out as the large gargoyle fell out of the sky landing in front of them and curling its tail and flexing its large wings before letting out a loud screech that would have sent lesser men into a fear induced panic.

He would have said a lot but his companions already knew exactly what to do as they hurried into action against the new terror they had found themselves against. Celestia had taken to the air as Sombra formed his powerful and deadly scythe. Revan did as Sombra asked of him sprinting quickly as the creature took a moment to eye him as he ran past it as if considering how good he would taste. He unsheathed his sword slightly from his waist with his left gauntlet as he hurried past the creature ready to dive into the forest if it turned its full attention onto him.

Once behind the creature he leapt into the air dodging the beasts powerful razor tail as small dots of acid landed on his thick chest plate which protected him well as the tail swept by him. The creature seemed to be forced to deal with Sombra's charge from the front, Celestia's strike from the air slammed into the creature causing it to grow further aggressive as it began doing its best to claw at Sombra. He came to a halt studying the creature for a quick second before he finally fully unsheathed his blade, it was time to add a Gargoyle to the list of horrific abominations he had been forced to slay since arriving in the Omniverse. The creatures oozing of erosive material meant climbing it was out of the question, he could only hope it didn't damage his sword as he ran up and plunged his sword into its back side.

He pulled the blade out of the armoured shell doing his best to avoid getting sprayed by the acid that had almost immediately covered his sword almost to the handle only now to drip off. The creatures blood rushed from its wound, he did his best to avoid it knowing it was likely it was deadly too. He was then forced to keep an eye on the long outstretched tail as it curled and began swinging, the barbed end constantly threatening to impale him if he failed to keep it in mind. Ducking this time he felt the rush of air as the blade went over his head only a few inches from taking off a chunk of his skull, gripping the sword again he leapt up before raising his sword and in a cutting motion brought the cold sharp blade down upon the creatures tail bone doing all he could to sever it from the creatures over all body and potentially ending the risk of it whipping around to pose more danger.

The Gargoyle against the idea of allowing him to remain in its blind spot kicked up a leg forcing Revan to back off to avoid the claws and acid that came his way. Swinging his sword around he then raised it charging again but the leg was extremely agile and found its mark as it slammed into his chest forcing him to fly back and slam into the ground again. If not for his allies there would have been an extreme chance of being crushed under the creatures acidic clawed feet, thinking fast he managed to roll out of the way only just dodging the foot he had been worried about a moment earlier as the creature was forced back by the others. Revan used his right hand to lift his body up off the charred ground as he pondered what his next move should be. Next taking his sword crouching down he charged in turning his blade to the side he went straight for the area above the creatures foot intent on reducing its mobility further. His plan seemed to work as the creature fell to the ground forced to use one of its upper arms to hold its weight.

Revan again ran round the creature again hoping to get to its front end where he wanted to gain access to its head. It clawed at him again in a more futile attempt to avoid its approaching destruction as Revan dodged out of the way before joining up again with Sombra at the front. He saw Celestia her pristine wings outstretched as she flew over their heads ready to assist.

"Aim for the head!" He yelled as the creatures eyes locked with him and Sombra, the Gargoyle lifted its clawed hand up again prepared to crush them with sheer brute force.

Sombra fired a dark magical blast of energy at the creatures head as he brought his sword up to protect himself and the unicorn by impaling the creatures hand, Clestia fired a flaming meteorite at the creatures head for good measure causing it to finally heave over and collapse in front of them. Revan hoped they didn't have to deal with anything like that monstrosity again.

847 words Revan used long sword Sombra used dark magic blast and Celestia used meteor.

[James Knight]

"Good, one thing less to worry about." said Sombra as he fired a dark magic blast from his horn at the Gargoyle, not even bothering to get close because of how dangerous it was to anyone who was around it on the battlefield. Such a creature was a menace, and one that needed to be finished off as quickly as he could muster the strength to do so. For now he was forced to play nice with Celestia, but only because they were against odds he couldn't defeat on his own. Revan was able to guilt trip him, and that had Sombra concerned. Revan being capable of that was something Sombra had never expected from his protege, which was worrying. 

"When I find the son of a whorse that created this abomination and the others like it I will subject it to every torture that I can possibly fathom." stated Sombra scowling as he waited for Scythe Raid to recharge, while he took a trot back a few steps. When Scythe Raid had finally recharged he fired his scythe in Scythe Raid at the creature in hopes of bringing it down, or at least lessening it's effectiveness. He was aiming for the head as decapitation was normally a good way to kill creatures you didn't like and right now he was too scared of the creature to formulate a plan. His fear... he had never experienced fear. Well he couldn't afford to be afraid right now, as the creature was a downright menace to anyone who was around it. It was also a threat to his potential rule. All in all? The creature was not going to survive. Trotting closer to the creature, but hopefully out of the way of it's attacks, Sombra tried to pin it's tail with telekinesis. He was struggling with the spell, due to the other moves he had used. 

"Now. We must discuss a cease-fire arrangement when we have brought this creature, and all like it to an end. Our next stop after we've freed this verse is the Vasty Deep if none of you have objections. Given my home is there, I refuse to allow it to be overran by creatures like this." 

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Sombra has used Dark Magic Blast, Basic Level Telekinesis, Scythe Raid. 
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[Yu Kanda]

Dark creatures aren't easily defeated, King Sombra's attempt to pin down its tail was a valiant one yet unsuccessful. The mythical creature broke free from the spell's grip and  targeted the group with his acid breath. The toxic weapon spread widely, yet the primes managed to evade the flying liquid. But before any of them was able to perform a counter attack a blue arrow appeared out of nowhere within the creature's chest. The three turned around and noticed another prime joining the battle, Kanda of the Black Order had arrived. His blood bow slowly vanished, small pieces of red crystal dispersed into the thin air.
 
"You had your fun, now it's time to finish this beast. As an exorcist of the Black Order i sentence you to die." Kanda's voice sounded cold and calm. This monster had nothing against what he faced before, Harbringer was still haunting his mind. The anger inside him started to resurface, whatever emotions Kanda had buried after dying, they were about to be unleashed, and the gargoyle would have to face it.
 
He unsheathed his sword, a blue glow covered the blade. Without wasting much time he used his innocence power to summon his second blade, consisting out of pure energy. With a steady pace he walked towards the scene, the other primes were on guard, they didn't know Kanda nor did they recognize the symbol he was wearing on his coat. But it wasn't the primes the general was interested in, it was this beast that dared show it's ugly face. This was why the Black Order was summoned to the Omniverse, to face and destroy these things.
 
Kanda had to make a statement, the moors is the home of the black order and they won't go easy on their enemies. His innocence wings emerged from his back, spread wide for all to see. Without a second thought he allowed the innocence to take over his prime body, the energy that created his wings now started to cover his body. Dark clouds were gathering above, thunder was heard from afar, everyone knew it in their guts, something was coming. A bright light emerged from within the exorcist, forcing nearby friends and foes to avert their gaze whilst kanda's transformation took form. When the light began to dim, bystanders witnessed an Angelic like figure covered in white-yellow energy. Both swords had become one with his body of pure innocence. The group of nearby primes needed a moment to comprehend what just happened.

"I sure hope he's on our side." Celestia spoke. The others didn't reply, they observed what was happening in silent.

The gargoyle let out a terrifying high pitched screech, a sound that brought a chill to ones spine. Kanda wouldn't have Any of it, it was time to exterminate yet another monster from This verse. In a blink of an eye the exorcist closed the gap between him and the winged creature, forcing one of his swords through the acid covered skin. The substance covering it's skin was thick and hard to slice, it took Kanda more strength then usual to run his Blade through his foe. He Did Not anticipate the quick reaction of the brute and faced the wrath of Its tail, a bash of its tail send Kanda flying backwards. Immediately followed by another tail swipe, this time the general was prepared. In this form the beast appeared slow, easily countered, his feet elegantly moved aside and effortlessly avoided the swipe. Both his swords found their way through its tail, slicing off a chunk.

The creature of horror screeched in pain as it took to the sky for refuge. He took the opportunity to launch another breath attack. The primes below dodged for cover and avoided the acid rain. Perhaps it though the skies would give him the upper hand, but it was dead wrong. Before even realizing what happened the fast exorcist had already passed him and was hovering above, preparing his next strike. His eyes emitted a brighter light for a moment, Revan was the first to notice, their unexpected ally was gathering strength for  an attack. He quickly alarmed his allies," Move!" Not a second to late. The exorcist unleashed his hurricane attack, a high speed twist of his Blades send the gargoyle tumbling towards the ground like a high speed missile. Upon impact another screech was heard as the monstrosity created a small Crater. Dust particles  filled the area around it.

Kanda hovered above the scene, observing and vigilant. Hopefully this was the end of it.
His voice, distorted by the energy reached the ears of the others, "Be carefull, it might still be alive."

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used Hurricane attack
used Tier 2 powered-up form: Illusion : Angelic form.

stats:
Atk:8
Def:2
Spd:9
Tec:3

[Nebula]

The Evil Dead Slayer and the Royal Child stood among the mangled bodies of the twisted inhabitants of the moors. Broken, bleeding, oozing viscous, dark fluids, and their eyes still glimmering red, hatefully glaring at the two primes as they tried, desperately, to cling to life long enough to get up again and renew their assault. But they were too broken and defeated for that. And one by one, the piles of broken flesh and corruption sparked and sputtered, flames of a purple hue taking root in their body. Blazing up in a fierce, short-lived conflagration, there was soon naught left but ash, and an echo of their pained wailing on the wind.

Among their remains, the weapons that some of the had wielded remained. Blackened, covered in ash and grime, but still serviceable. Where the sergeant of the group had gone down, there was a small pouch, glimmering with purple light from within.


The gargoyle was beaten down, smashed into the earth and lost to a shower of rubble and dust. Mingling with the mist and fog of the area, the extra particulate in the air made vision and breathing both quite difficult. For several tense seconds, it seemed the great beast was downed, the eerie howling of the wind as it blew away the shroud all that could be heard.

...then it was there. A low, crackling rumble in the ground, and a barely audible hissing growl. The earth bubbled and hissed, steam and a horrid stench rising from it, as a clawed limb burst through the soggy ground, latching onto the rear leg of the scythe-wielding former king. A cry of surprise went up, as the pony was wrenched into the air, the gargoyle's form exploding out of the earth. Wings mangled, half of its face gone, a rear leg broken and rendered all but useless and its tail hanging in ruined tatters. The acidic sludge covering its body ate and burned away at Sombra, even as the dark beast hissed and rounded, swinging the entrapped horse at Revan, hurling him like an improvised missile and sending master and protege tumbling into the trees in a tangled mess of limbs and cloak, covered in burning sludge.

Skeletal, ruined wings spread, as it howled a wordless cry into the air. A shriek of challenge, at the hovering figure above, that had so grievously injured it. A scream of pain at the state of its injuries. A maddened wail of death. A final rattling breath escaped it, as blood finally began to join the thick, acidic sludge oozing from its many wounds. It sagged forward, dropping onto its chest, and lay still. In some last measure of defiance, its wings stood up straight, the spindly bones and ligaments exploding in a shower of shrapnel and acidic bone shards. The entire area was covered in the deadly flechette hail, leaving countless tiny, stinging wounds, hissing with the corrosive ooze coating them.

And then the gargoyle itself caught flame, purple sparks taking it and racing over its corpse as it was consumed. Among the pile of ash when it was gone, there was a small crystal. The size of a fist, pulsing faintly, akin to a heartbeat. The liberator aides of the group would point right to it, as a signature of Nebula's dark power.

Encounter: Victory!

Darklings successfully destroyed. Battle damage result:
-- Chara: 2 damage; a few minor, superficial injuries
-- Ash: 2 damage; minor injuries, one bleeding wound to the leg from being bitten
-- Sombra: 4 damage; several acid burns and minor injuries from being thrown into the trees
-- Revan: 3 damage; several minor acid burns and tree-related injuries
-- Kanda: 1 damage; superficial injuries from wing flechette
-- Celestia: 2 damage; superficial injuries from wind flechette and acid burns

The darkling sergeant and gargoyle both have spoils for anyone who wants to take/destroy them. You all will have one post each to do so and contend with the aftermath. You have four days to make said post, which may be no more than 600 words.

Also, a note for Sombra: when it says 'you have one post', don't make more than one post. Consider this the only warning to that effect.

[Marisa Kirisame]

As Chara looked around she saw that the battle was over. She took a quick look at her device and saw no new blips popped up, and sighed in relief as her eyes turned back to a brown. She took at Ash and sighed as she walked over to the general and searched his body only to find something of worth on there body and put it in the pack. “Could be useful in stopping nebula whatever it is.”

She felt a flash of euphoria as she looked at the carnage. The judgement of the underground walked to her horse as she calmed it with a sensitivity she keeps to herself. She breathed in the scent of the horse as she looked at Ash with a slight frown. “Should we wait to see if anyone else is joining up with us, or do we continue? It may be the only time we get any help.” She took a look at the loot while waiting for an answer.

[Revan Noctis]

Revan awoke moments after the Gargoyle had at last been slain by their team, the pain immediately shot through him as he used his hands to lift himself off the ground to where he found himself hovering over the dark unicorn.
He quickly checked himself over taking note of the damage the acid had caused him, the burns stung in a way that made him consider for a moment if he could even go onward after this. He did his best to check to make sure Sombra was going to be ok, it was a blur but he recalled the creature had tossed his friend into him and then supposedly they had ended up over here in the trees. Sombra was certainly breathing which was a good sign, he just hoped it was enough.

"Sombra are you ok?" He asked examining the wounds of his dark chaotic friend trying to flgure out if anything was broken.

He looked around the area noticing how much it had been turned into a battlefield much like the ones from his own world where everyday an unsuspecting soldier risked getting an arrow through his neck. He had not been expecting such a powerful creature to confront them but he supposed they had pulled through well. It seemed whatever fight the creature had left had been extinguished by Celestia's own skills though how bits of the creature ended up everywhere he was not so sure. Looking around the princess of the sun still had not shown herself which caused him to worry as he did his best to search around the forest without leaving Sombra's side.

"Celestia!" He yelled hoping the white alicorn would appear before his eyes unharmed.

"Sombra if you can hear me I think you should stay still I do not think anything is broken but I'm not a professional, especially when it comes to ponies, but I need to check for Celestia." He tore off some damaged fabric from his cape and used it as a bandage for Sombra's wounds hoping that his friend had no internal bleeding.

"Celestia!" He yelled again getting up and searching for the winged producer of fire and light.

Finally he found her awakening nearby under a tree of her own with what seemed to be bits of the creature stuck into her coat. He leaned down knowing that there was only going to be one way to get them out as he used his hands to grip the arrowhead like bones out of her body as carefully as he could. He found himself regretting his decision to bring them here, it seemed he was a danger to all of them. A few moments later he pulled the last out which he quickly patched up with more fabric leaving half his cape non existant until it was repaired.

He checked Celestia's tracker for a moment seeing again what he knew were other primes that could help.
Standing for a moment he checked his own tracker, there would be no point in yelling or running after them they were too far away. They needed some way to get their attention, to send a message, he had an idea.

"Celestia, I know this might be a lot to ask but I need you to fire one of those balls of fire into the sky." It was their only hope of getting the attention of the others, whoever they were.

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