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KAIJU FIGHT #9
BEYOND THE GATES (KAIJU FIGHT #9.)
▶ 001. GATE OF HEROES (FIFTH GATE OF THE UNDERWORLD.)
The Underworld halls and passages abruptly end in a massive cavern, filled with grinding vibrations of high tech engines and many thrusters firing in succession. Hovering in place amid the spacious chamber is a gigantic aerial stronghold primed with energized force fields above a dangerous chasm of pillars. Any Outsider who's spent time with Bakugo might recognize this as his hero academia transformed: U.A. - The Flying Fortress. The gate they need to access lies within.
Those who cannot fly or traverse the air freely must deal with the Pitfall grounds beneath U.A., a grouping of flat-topped spires linked together with ropes, wires, and cables. Trying to navigate them with the thrusters firing above is difficult enough, but some of the pillars are (visibly) booby-trapped with powerful landmines, combustive cursed energy blood, and mechanical explosives alike.
Passing through U.A.'s force field barely grazes the Outsiders who enter, as its goal isn't to keep people out but to utterly strip Outsiders of rift poisoning and debris. Like a purification filter, there will be no signs of rift poisoning within U.A.'s protective walls. Outsiders can take time to rest amid the campus' trees, dorms, pathways, and towering H-shaped school.
Don't rest too long. The sound of machines revving and metal crashing heralds an army of green-plated robots approaching. Red sensor eyes lock onto the Outsiders. U.A.'s fleet of Villain Bots are combat testing robots designed to create battle simulations, and they mean business. Wait, is that a white rabbit hopping around? Yep! Get too close, and they burst into a dark swirl of energy. And those roses blooming in the grass? Approach them and they erupt in a volley of nails.
With the chaff weeded out, the Outsiders can finally approach U.A.'s school proper and the two figures standing atop it. Explosions burst and flare, a threatening display around a hero's hands, while spectral blue flames ignite on a sorcerer's fists.
"Oi, you shitty extras! Making it all this way here just to die? Sucks to be you!"
"Hey, don't forget about me! I made a promise, didn't I?"
One of the Outsiders' strongest tag teams finally takes the stage.
Those who cannot fly or traverse the air freely must deal with the Pitfall grounds beneath U.A., a grouping of flat-topped spires linked together with ropes, wires, and cables. Trying to navigate them with the thrusters firing above is difficult enough, but some of the pillars are (visibly) booby-trapped with powerful landmines, combustive cursed energy blood, and mechanical explosives alike.
Passing through U.A.'s force field barely grazes the Outsiders who enter, as its goal isn't to keep people out but to utterly strip Outsiders of rift poisoning and debris. Like a purification filter, there will be no signs of rift poisoning within U.A.'s protective walls. Outsiders can take time to rest amid the campus' trees, dorms, pathways, and towering H-shaped school.
Don't rest too long. The sound of machines revving and metal crashing heralds an army of green-plated robots approaching. Red sensor eyes lock onto the Outsiders. U.A.'s fleet of Villain Bots are combat testing robots designed to create battle simulations, and they mean business. Wait, is that a white rabbit hopping around? Yep! Get too close, and they burst into a dark swirl of energy. And those roses blooming in the grass? Approach them and they erupt in a volley of nails.
With the chaff weeded out, the Outsiders can finally approach U.A.'s school proper and the two figures standing atop it. Explosions burst and flare, a threatening display around a hero's hands, while spectral blue flames ignite on a sorcerer's fists.
"Oi, you shitty extras! Making it all this way here just to die? Sucks to be you!"
"Hey, don't forget about me! I made a promise, didn't I?"
One of the Outsiders' strongest tag teams finally takes the stage.
▶ 002. GATE OF TRUTH (SIXTH GATE OF THE UNDERWORLD.)
Straight to the point, just like its Guardian, it's a short passageway to the next gate. When it opens up to their next trial, the area is brighter and smoother, the floor checker-patterned with black and white stone. It's essentially a huge chess board, and the Outsiders stand on one end of it.
The gate stands just beyond the opposite side, tall and imposing and so close. It looks like it's been carved out of steel with a simple design. In the center, a large hourglass is fixed on a rotator, the sand still at the bottom. It's blue-tinted, paneled, and vaguely familiar to some. The Gallu on the opposite side of the board wear different colored uniforms. Atop the gate is the Duel Blitz, its beam rifle in hand. Perched on its shoulder is Yzak himself, twisting his precious, bone-made black bishop chess piece between his fingers. He leans forward, sharp blue eyes staring the arrivals down as if sizing up prey.
"Come on over, then, if you have the capacity not to bullshit me."
The Gallu disappear.
"You're on a timer, too. So tick-tock, or else..."
He lifts his free hand at the Outsiders in a gun cocking motion, the Duel mirroring with its beam rifle. The hourglass begins to rotate and reset.
It's a simple walk across the floor. Some squares are fine, but others? One of the spirits springs up, grabs an Outsider's throat, and Yzak's voice echoes with a question. Honesty will cause the Gallu to crumble and Yzak will seem to reel mentally, clearly affected. Lie even a little and the Gallu can tell, inflicting something (rift effect/physical/player choice) as a punishment. The answer must be spoken out loud - to the spirit, to Yzak, to those around you.
Admit some hard truths about yourself, and you'll be rewarded by the hourglass turning again, stopping halfway into the rotation to leave an opening, allowing the Outsiders to proceed through the gate and advance.
The gate stands just beyond the opposite side, tall and imposing and so close. It looks like it's been carved out of steel with a simple design. In the center, a large hourglass is fixed on a rotator, the sand still at the bottom. It's blue-tinted, paneled, and vaguely familiar to some. The Gallu on the opposite side of the board wear different colored uniforms. Atop the gate is the Duel Blitz, its beam rifle in hand. Perched on its shoulder is Yzak himself, twisting his precious, bone-made black bishop chess piece between his fingers. He leans forward, sharp blue eyes staring the arrivals down as if sizing up prey.
"Come on over, then, if you have the capacity not to bullshit me."
The Gallu disappear.
"You're on a timer, too. So tick-tock, or else..."
He lifts his free hand at the Outsiders in a gun cocking motion, the Duel mirroring with its beam rifle. The hourglass begins to rotate and reset.
It's a simple walk across the floor. Some squares are fine, but others? One of the spirits springs up, grabs an Outsider's throat, and Yzak's voice echoes with a question. Honesty will cause the Gallu to crumble and Yzak will seem to reel mentally, clearly affected. Lie even a little and the Gallu can tell, inflicting something (rift effect/physical/player choice) as a punishment. The answer must be spoken out loud - to the spirit, to Yzak, to those around you.
Admit some hard truths about yourself, and you'll be rewarded by the hourglass turning again, stopping halfway into the rotation to leave an opening, allowing the Outsiders to proceed through the gate and advance.
▶ 003. GATE OF BOUNDARIES (SEVENTH GATE OF THE UNDERWORLD.)
(cw: suicide)
An unassuming and quaint hospital sits in your view. But it's quiet. Empty. There are no Cars and no personages on this solitary lot besides you. Should you choose to enter the double doOrs, the halls are just as still. It's as though everyone got up and left their stations exactly as they are.
This was not a drill.
Wander the rooms and you might run into your fellow "OUtsiders". You might run into a dead end. Travel up the floors and back down again. The longer you stay, the more youR nerves may fray. Look back whence the way you came and the door to the outside is gone, there's no escape.
Enjoy your sTay.
Wander and wander, wander and ponder, the flutter of a butterfly's wings over Yonder. The steady ticking of a nearby clock. The echo of your steps while you walk. For all the rooms and all the corners you might search, there's only one place that this gAtekeeper might find heR perch.
Once you riDdle out your destination, our cheerful winged friends become an infestation. Barring your path at every opportunity, poisoning your blight at a touch, from which even your gods have no immunity. The only remedy sits upon her gate—strange tail swishing, tears streaking, fangs bared, and inconsolable as of late.
"We H̴̢͠ave to diE̵̟̽," she sighs, hoarse and cracked from an eternal cry. "It's the onĹ̴̜y way. P̵͔̈́lease, let M̴̹̂E̴̩̾ kill you."
In a ruined white night gown, she drops from her gate and lands on all fours, succumbing to the intertwined fate. The whites of her eyes a luminescent yellow, voice shifting into a strange and distorted bellow.
With a lunge, red in her eyes, this battle for humanity has begun.
An unassuming and quaint hospital sits in your view. But it's quiet. Empty. There are no Cars and no personages on this solitary lot besides you. Should you choose to enter the double doOrs, the halls are just as still. It's as though everyone got up and left their stations exactly as they are.
This was not a drill.
Wander the rooms and you might run into your fellow "OUtsiders". You might run into a dead end. Travel up the floors and back down again. The longer you stay, the more youR nerves may fray. Look back whence the way you came and the door to the outside is gone, there's no escape.
Enjoy your sTay.
Wander and wander, wander and ponder, the flutter of a butterfly's wings over Yonder. The steady ticking of a nearby clock. The echo of your steps while you walk. For all the rooms and all the corners you might search, there's only one place that this gAtekeeper might find heR perch.
Once you riDdle out your destination, our cheerful winged friends become an infestation. Barring your path at every opportunity, poisoning your blight at a touch, from which even your gods have no immunity. The only remedy sits upon her gate—strange tail swishing, tears streaking, fangs bared, and inconsolable as of late.
"We H̴̢͠ave to diE̵̟̽," she sighs, hoarse and cracked from an eternal cry. "It's the onĹ̴̜y way. P̵͔̈́lease, let M̴̹̂E̴̩̾ kill you."
In a ruined white night gown, she drops from her gate and lands on all fours, succumbing to the intertwined fate. The whites of her eyes a luminescent yellow, voice shifting into a strange and distorted bellow.
With a lunge, red in her eyes, this battle for humanity has begun.
▶ 004. THE ABYSS (KAIJU BATTLE.)
Upon reaching the depths of Kûr, outsiders are greeted by an empty seat made of rocks, ruined columns, and the rift where the waters of the abyss should be. Ereshkigal is already transformed and towering above the rift. Her voice is deeper than usual, colder and distant.
“I commend you for having come so far. But there is no hope for humanity. I shall put an end to your foolish hopes and keep your souls safe forevermore!”
As seven ethereal spears appear around the corrupted goddess and shoot at the outsiders, Rin and Lucy open up the offensive — all while trying to call out to Ereshkigal’s true nature. They are not alone in doing so, a number of other outsiders following them. Indeed, Hunter tries and reminds her that people care for her. It causes Ereshkigal to hesitate, allowing Kaga, Kadaj, Raleigh and Donatello to attack her.
Following sage advice, Archer takes a shot at praising Ereshkigal, which leaves her very confused — helping Yato who takes advantage of the opening to deal heavy damage. Aki summons a blizzard of cherry blossoms that lasts for the entire battle, lowering visibility. Ereshkigal is taken aback, her next attack missing Raidou as a result. Unfortunately, it also causes Asagami, Laios and Vergilius to miss some of their attacks. Furthermore, Vash, who has been corrupted, tries to stop his own comrades!
As the assault continues with Nanami, Leonardo and Yesod, Akakagi’s paper shikigami leave the goddess burned, allowing for Murasama and Yuta to deal even more damage. And seeing how the praise worked once, Dearka and Gilgamesh do it again, but with a twist: they also insult her! This creates enough of an opening for Cagalli, Shinn, Harusama and Aventurine to attack. Tezcatlipoca’s and Dante’s words manage to get her to hesitate further, allowing Hunter to land a critical hit.
The battle takes its toll on the corrupted goddess and Outsiders alike, but suddenly a giant ethereal spear forms in her skeletal hand, twice her size and crackling with energy: her Noble Phantasm. She aims it at Geto, the blow shaking the foundation of the Underworld itself as she strikes. Anyone standing around him will be wounded or knocked out.
Ereshkigal pulls the spear back and prepares to pierce Taryon this time — but as he speaks and even apologizes for his perceived misdeed in allowing this to happen, the skeletal enemy freezes. After a moment of silence, the gigantic spear vanishes and Ereshkigal’s beastly form explodes. The rift vanishes, revealing the dark waters of the abyss beneath it. Outsiders with good eyes may see Ereshkigal has returned to her normal form — unconscious, bloodied, yet no longer corrupted. Though she fell into the waters of the abyss, someone has leapt after her. But that is likely to be the least of anyone’s concerns for the ground starts trembling...
“I commend you for having come so far. But there is no hope for humanity. I shall put an end to your foolish hopes and keep your souls safe forevermore!”
█ █ █ MONSTER DEBRIEF SHEET
NAME: Ereshkigal
HEIGHT: 20m
WEIGHT: ???
CLASS: Evil of Humanity | Beast: Null
LOCATION: Underworld - The Abyss
ABILITIES: Can lower the atmospheric pressure. She must be quickly defeated or else the atmosphere may become unsuitable for life. She can materialize ethereal spears and attack multiple targets at once. She is capable of unleashing her Noble Phantasm - an unblockable attack directed at a small area. She can control the ground to trap or separate Outsiders and weaken their offensive abilities.
WEAKNESSES: She can become stunned or confused briefly under the following conditions: Being complimented or praised. Being reminded of her true self.
Mocking and insulting her may cause her to attack prematurely, resulting in a miss. However, her following attack will be more powerful.
EXTRA NOTES: Those already suffering from Rift poisoning and effects are warned to be careful in case effects worsen.
RIFT EFFECTS: Corruption, Sumerian Fever
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As seven ethereal spears appear around the corrupted goddess and shoot at the outsiders, Rin and Lucy open up the offensive — all while trying to call out to Ereshkigal’s true nature. They are not alone in doing so, a number of other outsiders following them. Indeed, Hunter tries and reminds her that people care for her. It causes Ereshkigal to hesitate, allowing Kaga, Kadaj, Raleigh and Donatello to attack her.
Following sage advice, Archer takes a shot at praising Ereshkigal, which leaves her very confused — helping Yato who takes advantage of the opening to deal heavy damage. Aki summons a blizzard of cherry blossoms that lasts for the entire battle, lowering visibility. Ereshkigal is taken aback, her next attack missing Raidou as a result. Unfortunately, it also causes Asagami, Laios and Vergilius to miss some of their attacks. Furthermore, Vash, who has been corrupted, tries to stop his own comrades!
As the assault continues with Nanami, Leonardo and Yesod, Akakagi’s paper shikigami leave the goddess burned, allowing for Murasama and Yuta to deal even more damage. And seeing how the praise worked once, Dearka and Gilgamesh do it again, but with a twist: they also insult her! This creates enough of an opening for Cagalli, Shinn, Harusama and Aventurine to attack. Tezcatlipoca’s and Dante’s words manage to get her to hesitate further, allowing Hunter to land a critical hit.
The battle takes its toll on the corrupted goddess and Outsiders alike, but suddenly a giant ethereal spear forms in her skeletal hand, twice her size and crackling with energy: her Noble Phantasm. She aims it at Geto, the blow shaking the foundation of the Underworld itself as she strikes. Anyone standing around him will be wounded or knocked out.
Ereshkigal pulls the spear back and prepares to pierce Taryon this time — but as he speaks and even apologizes for his perceived misdeed in allowing this to happen, the skeletal enemy freezes. After a moment of silence, the gigantic spear vanishes and Ereshkigal’s beastly form explodes. The rift vanishes, revealing the dark waters of the abyss beneath it. Outsiders with good eyes may see Ereshkigal has returned to her normal form — unconscious, bloodied, yet no longer corrupted. Though she fell into the waters of the abyss, someone has leapt after her. But that is likely to be the least of anyone’s concerns for the ground starts trembling...
▶ 005. ESCAPE FROM THE UNDERWORLD.
With the rift’s disappearance, the Sumerian Fever immediately ceases, though its after-effects may still be felt. Likewise the corruption no longer spreads, even though it may still take a while (or a good beating) for its effects to dissipate. Perhaps more importantly, the trembling intensifies, an earthquake rocking the entire Underworld and causing it to collapse!
Held together with magic from another world, there is nothing left to sustain it. First the cage with the souls disappear, followed by all the Gallû Spirits. Be careful not to miss a step while running back to the surface, or you may plummet and fall into the abyss. Collapsing platforms and paths may require jumping or finding creative ways to pass over them. It’s a bit of a rocky exit, especially while carrying the wounded and formerly corrupted outsiders, but it could be worse…
… Will it be worse?
On the way out, a collapsed wall reveals a previously unexplored room filled with all sorts of gems: emeralds, sapphires, diamonds and the like. Should anyone be tempted to take one (or more) of those gems, two ghouls will appear, each holding a clay tablet upon which the words “USELESS GODDESS” are inscribed. The entities cackle and — oh, dear! The room starts collapsing on itself, better leave it immediately! And — wait, why is there a giant boulder rolling towards you now? Run! Are those arrows flying from the wall and lightning bolts striking the ground?
The escape has become a veritable adventure! Such is the fate of anyone activating the trap that was meant for this elusive “useless goddess” Ereshkigal had been preparing for. And it is also the fate of everyone else really, since the trap doesn’t differentiate between thieves and innocent passersby just trying to escape impending doom.
Held together with magic from another world, there is nothing left to sustain it. First the cage with the souls disappear, followed by all the Gallû Spirits. Be careful not to miss a step while running back to the surface, or you may plummet and fall into the abyss. Collapsing platforms and paths may require jumping or finding creative ways to pass over them. It’s a bit of a rocky exit, especially while carrying the wounded and formerly corrupted outsiders, but it could be worse…
… Will it be worse?
On the way out, a collapsed wall reveals a previously unexplored room filled with all sorts of gems: emeralds, sapphires, diamonds and the like. Should anyone be tempted to take one (or more) of those gems, two ghouls will appear, each holding a clay tablet upon which the words “USELESS GODDESS” are inscribed. The entities cackle and — oh, dear! The room starts collapsing on itself, better leave it immediately! And — wait, why is there a giant boulder rolling towards you now? Run! Are those arrows flying from the wall and lightning bolts striking the ground?
The escape has become a veritable adventure! Such is the fate of anyone activating the trap that was meant for this elusive “useless goddess” Ereshkigal had been preparing for. And it is also the fate of everyone else really, since the trap doesn’t differentiate between thieves and innocent passersby just trying to escape impending doom.
▶ 006. AFTERMATH.
Dr. Masuda is waiting at the exit. Mere moments after the last Outsider has escaped, the tunnel crumbles and the path to the Underworld is forever sealed. Analysis tools reveal the inside of the cave has returned to the way it was before — as if the Underworld had never existed. However, any gems grabbed on the way out can be kept. The sole physical reminders of this adventure. That and any wounds that have been sustained, of course.
All of the disappeared Outsiders have been rescued and are (mostly) well, the corruption is gone and the Sumerian Fever is a distant memory. Communication has been reestablished with LILITH headquarters, and there is confirmation the staff is slowly recovering from this ordeal.
While Outsiders may be expecting a congratulations from the Commander, their oculars are oddly quiet as they had back to base. However, seemingly out of nowhere, SYNTHIA delivers a sudden message:
All of the disappeared Outsiders have been rescued and are (mostly) well, the corruption is gone and the Sumerian Fever is a distant memory. Communication has been reestablished with LILITH headquarters, and there is confirmation the staff is slowly recovering from this ordeal.
While Outsiders may be expecting a congratulations from the Commander, their oculars are oddly quiet as they had back to base. However, seemingly out of nowhere, SYNTHIA delivers a sudden message:
"Hello, my dear children. It is my misfortune to deliver to you all this message;
Commander Shiro has passed away. Captain Yamakawa will be taking the position of Commander with a heavy heart."
▶ 005. AFTERWORD.
This is Kaiju Fight #9 and the conclusion of a player plot hosted by Melodie. Thanks for everyone involved in this event! All comments in this event count for 2 points towards June AC. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask them below.
EVENT BREAKDOWN/RECAP (CLICK TO EXPAND)
1. GATE OF HEROES: Bakugou & Yuji's gate, which consists of booby traps, pitfalls, villain robots and the corrupted teen tag team themselves, proves for a challenge to Outsiders.
2. GATE OF TRUTH: Yzak's gate is quite different, asking Outsiders a handful of questions (player's choice) that must be answered honestly to proceed.
3. GATE OF BOUNDARIES: Solve the riddle and fight the fight.
4. THE ABYSS: The results in full detail of Ereshkigal's battle.
5. ESCAPE FROM THE UNDERWORLD: An earthquake shatters the Underworld, and Outsiders must escape through an array of booby traps, ceasing opportunity to take some gems. The corruption and illness are beginning to fade away entirely.
6. AFTERMATH: The Outsiders make way back to Neo Tokyo, only to receive news that Commander Shiro has died.
Escaping
When he sees the robots, Raidou's instinct is to hold up his sword defensively. Logic should tell him that by now, Katsuki would be free of the realm's influence, but he's hardly thinking straight.]
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Lights shine from one of the robot's front lens and Katsuki swings the larger machine around in a sweep. Cutting around behind Raidou to make sure he's bringing up the rear as a few other robots swerve out to gather other Outsiders if they want. He isn't asking the summoner whether he wants to get on. A sidecar-like attachment to the robot more or less scoops the man off his feet and dumps him into the cushioned interior.
Katsuki doesn't look any better. Bloody bandages around his stomach, one eye half-hidden behind his choppy bangs completely red from broken blood vessels, costume ripped and torn with exposed wounds, and his gear wrecked. But he's not gonna stand by and watch more of their numbers fall on the way out.
Engines fire and the robot plows forward with both Outsiders.]
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When he gets a good look at his friend, though, he relaxes. it sinks in. It's really over, isn't it? One way or another, it's done. The only thing to do now is get out, and there's nothing Raidou can do but sit back and hope for the best there.
He scoots closer, carefully, putting the sword back. I looks Katsuki over, looking for an opening in his suit on his arms. Then, deliberately and slowly, places a hand there, and soon the familiar tingle of nanobots getting to work can be felt. Raidou needs it right now as much as Katsuki does. He settles in, watching the Underworld pass them by, and hopes that this is the last time he sees this place for a very, very long time.]
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Raidou's attempts to get closer see the robot shift the sidecar, bringing it flush to the main body and lifting it so he's able to be in reach of the driver. He won't have an issue finding openings in his suit. What looks like an arrow's torn through the side of one thigh, and his arm's bared in different areas with cuts, scrapes, and burns. Katsuki barely notices the nanonbots working on a small offering of healing.]
You better be doing yourself too. [His words lack their usual heat.
Raidou at least gets his wish about seeing this place no longer; it's practically collapsing all around them.]
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[The words are also without any feeling, barely croaked out. The adrenaline hasn't quite left his system yet - not until they get out of here entirely can he really rest - but he's starting to drag worse than ever.
Despite the chaos around them, Raidou watches it all with his usual unreadable expression. Of course he wants them to get out, to get home in as much of one piece as possible. He also just wouldn't be surprised if the whole damn place didn't fall in on their heads as they tried. So it goes.
He's not completely given over to despair, though.]
... I'm really glad you made it out.
[He's missed you, buddy. A lot.]
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Cave in! Drained and injured, Katsuki shoves through all of it, twisting the controls and shoving the robot into a side path. Spires of rock, splashes of water, trails of dust, all whizzing past them from debris of a ceiling chunk crashing into the floor where they had been. Other robots and Outsiders skirt around it, losing one machine in the process, but it managed to throw its passenger to a partner machine for trade off.]
Like hell am I gonna die to some fucking cave in.
[Smashed as he is, his rock-solid pride remains roaring in his mess.
... tch, missed you too.]
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Another swerve takes them off the path they were on, down the slope just before a wall explodes behind them. He ducks his head to avoid debris, a metal shield flaring up beside Raidou to block anything coming towards the sidecar. Cracks rush across the ground, clawing for the back of the robot and anyone keeping up.]
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Left! The ground is--
[That's about all he has time for before the ground starts to split that way.]
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Thanks.
[Maybe it sounds strange to be thanked, but he means it. Polite until his dying breath.]
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They're leaving this goddamn place behind! Without losing a single one of them again! The only place any of them go from here on out... is back home! Katsuki jams the controls forward, bursting more speed from the engines as other robots pour for the entrance. They're doing their damnest to hold themselves together as the energy which brought them to being is already leaking away. None of them are going to drop their charges until they're safely delivered.]
Save your breath... for when we've made it out.
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What he can do, though, is try to put his confidence in others.]
You got this. Almost there.
[Not that he has any idea if the latter is true or not.]
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Make sure nothing's behind us. We're the last ones out.
[Because he's going to stay in the cave (near the mouth) until he knows everyone's made it out before him. Even if that means ejecting Raidou's sidecar like a rocket.]
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It's hard to tell how many people might be behind, which is what worries Raidou. When there's a long break of no one coming, it's easy to think that's everyone. But is it?]
... That might've been everyone. I-I don't know.
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There's a flare in the compartment beside you! Shoot it behind us and keep an eye out!
[Unless someone fell behind in Ereshkigal's chamber and no one saw them fall... He'd brought the entire fleet to the goddess' chamber and made sure no movement happened after everyone got out. Until the cavern began to fall. Now it's a matter of making sure no one dropped after.]
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Passing through the last two gates now, Tsurumaru's gravestones all sunken into the ground and broken.]
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... We did it.
[There's a good chance everyone made it out. Maybe not in one piece, but all the same.]
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Katsuki rises from the pieces, wrecked and weak, but alive and determined to move.] Get moving, Raidou. I'm behind you.
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He is absolutely not going on alone. He moves wreckage from the path, and then offers a helping hand to his friend. They both look like wreckage themselves.]
No. You're beside me. Let's go.
[They've not come this far for anyone to lag behind, or get forgotten in the chaos.]
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I said go. [Together. At least until the mouth of the cave, where the blonde stops, determined to make sure he's the last one out of the cave.]
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Did you think I came this far to go without you?
[They might just be the last ones, but Raidou won't argue regarding waiting around to see if there are any stragglers. But he won't leave Katsuki alone. He will, however, sit on a nearby rock. Everything's catching up with him, and he's too exhausted to much else besides sit and wait. Once they get out of there, his job is far from over - there are a lot of Outsiders who need to be purified.]
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Katsuki's forced to move, shoving off the ground and stalking away from the cave with Raidou. They're the closest when the cavern ultimately collapses on itself and sinks into the earth. Probably throwing a bunch of dirt on them in the process...]
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He looks at it, and lets out a deep breath. It's truly over.
There are a lot of people to go check on, and the two of them definitely need medical attention themselves. But he reaches over to clasp Katsuki on the shoulder, a supportive gesture.]
It's done. We did it.
[A little bit of disbelief in there.]
... Go find Denji-kun. Okay?
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