Into the Dragon's Lair, So to speak...

[mooglenews]

WHO: Everyone.
LOCATION: The World That Never Was.
TIME: RIGHT NOW!
WHAT: An attack is finally being launched on Maleficent's turf to try and take her down.
RATING: We'll see-- probably a PG-13 at least for lots of violence.

Here is how this is going to work!

• There is NO TAGGING ORDER, especially with groups so large. It's important that we keep each thread rolling, so don't worry about sticking with a particular order. Post whenever you can!

• Each group is going to be lead along by the mods. We have particular things planned for each group, which means the threads should be kept moving. We're not going to rush anything, but we will move things along ourselves if a group hits a snag.

• There is a OOC plotting post for this. Use it! Coordinating between players and your group-mates is a very good thing. If there's a certain post where people have planned to go next, mention it in an ooc note on the comment preceding it.

• If you missed the chance to sign up for a group, want to participate but didn't want to be in a group, or in general just want to show up and participate in some form, never fear! There's a comment section just for you. We'll figure out something for you.

• For reference: there will be no formal healer group. Instead, the healer group has become support. Each group will have ONE support character who will be tailing their designated group and hopping in to assist and/or heal whenever they deem it necessary. They are as follows:
GROUP 1; Kairi, GROUP 2; Lenalee Lee, GROUP 3; Winry Rockbell, DEMON GROUP; Zelda.

Also! Bear in mind that this attack will last longer than just tonight! Everyone has several days to keep threading. We have specific dates for when each portion of the fight will be taking place. These are just references for when things will be done IN-GAME so that things are fairly spaced out, NOT how fast you have to get them done! Please keep threading even after the date it happens in-game.

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The Final Countdown (GROUP 1)

[mooglenews]

Once inside the castle, Leon, Sailor Moon, Sailor Venus, Ventus, Kanda, and Tuxedo Mask will find themselves traversing a treacherously long staircase upward. It's as if it was built to purposely drive its travelers insane. Perhaps it was, given the current owner of the castle. The hallway seems awfully dark and dank given the pristine white exterior of the rebuilt castle, warped by the overwhelming darkness that's resonating from within the throne room that Maleficent claimed as her own personal lair. Lining the stairway are torches, lit with green fire, and with each step, the stairway under their feet seems to crack and crumble a bit.

Once the top of the stairway is reached, the group finds their selves in a round empty room with another hallway leading up directly in front of them. It's covered by a gate, however, and no amount of force or cleverness will break it down. Instead, a mob of generic Heartless begin seeping up through the ground to attack the group.

It... almost seems too simple, doesn't it?

((NEXT RESPONSE: SAILOR MOON))

[moonbeams]

The sudden appearance of the heartless caught Sailor Moon off guard, but not enough to prevent the materialization of her tiare with which she managed to knock several of the heartless back into the walls of the room.

"Look out! They're... they're appearing everywhere!" Sailor Moon turned back to her companions, her blue eyes wide with concern -- at the very least she had Venus and Tuxedo Mask here with her. She knew they would be okay -- she only hoped the others would fare well also.

"The gate....!"

[notsquall]

So much for the path up to Maleficent. The dark fairy knew what was coming up after her, so Leon doubted it would be simple, but he tried swinging his gunblade down on the gate anyway. He was promptly met with resistance and not even a glimmer of success. He staggered back, turning around so he didn't have his back to the heartless.

"No luck! Anyone got a better idea?" he prompted, cutting through two of the heartless that were lunging at him.

[salvagedlight]

Maleficent was evil, cruel, and torturous, but one thing she wasn't and had never been was stupid. They'd been fighting her for over a decade, and that was the one thing that hadn't changed.

"Let me try!" Wayward Wind left Ven's hand with a vengeance, the Strike Raid maneuver sending it flying in loops around the area, striking one, two, three Heartless in succession - not hard enough to kill them outright, but hard enough to take a good chunk out of their health. But he left finishing them off to his companions, already on the move when his weapon came back to his hand, high jumping over one Heartless that reached out to try and grab his pants as he sped by it. If there was a gate that was locked, he was their best opportunity of getting through...

Dodging one more Heartless, Ven planted his feet outside the gate and pointed his Keyblade directly in front of him. Light started to gather at the tip, building quickly, and a second later shot from the end of his weapon at the gate in front of him, a clicking echoing in the air...

...And nothing happened. What?!

"It didn't work! I don't get it, why didn't it-" And that was all the leeway he was afforded, as he had to stop talking to duck another Heartless attack and go back on the offensive and defensive at once. At this point all they could do was fight what was in front of them.

[decaying]

"We didn't get this far to be blocked off by some stupid gate!"

Kanda wasn't here to waste time, there was something big causing havoc and he was very determined to put it out of its misery with his very own blade. His fingertips were itching for a fight and quite frankly, he was not in the mood to deal with a stupid gate. Two people had blasted it and nothing. Clearly, this witch knew they were coming.

"You said this was supposed to be a surprise attack, you didn't tell us the damned witch would react this quickly." He grabbed his blade and brought it over his head. There next objective was the door, better that they all put their attention on that and not worry about the heartless.

"First illusion: Netherworld insects!" His blade caused a light-blue gash to appear suspended in space where creepy worm-like creatures escaped and began to attack at the heartless. It was keeping them preoccupied. Good.

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

There was one thing Venus herself didn't know and that mostly was the fact she didn't know how to open the gate ahead. It hadn't been something she faced before, so she drew a blank in the terms of how to open it. But for now her mind was on other things, taking care of the heartless as best as one could, using her 'Love and Beauty Shock' He take care of some numbers of them.

Jumping in the air to jump over a couple couple and Kanda's attack at one point, she landed in a crouching position, watching carefully at the creatures before her. "If a key doesn't work, do you suppose magic might?"

[watchesthesea]

This was Kairi's true true fight. She had been practicing for a moment like this, training in fact as hard as the young girl could and this was her moment of truth, her moments to try her best and to see if she's strong enough to be able to be by her friends side in fighting. So with a grip of her own Keyblade, she stepped back, watching, studying and if any Heartless were to come close, taking care of it before it attacked her first.

She was watching for those who might get injured and get her cure spell at the ready. This was her job and really, she found it to be a very big job; keeping those who were fighting alive and healthy and she took it on with a pinch of salt. taking out another Heartless after a good few swings, she looked over at the gate before slowly but surely walking over to it, all the time keeping her defense up.

[mooglenews]

Why, it's as if Maleficent expected those measures to be taken against the gate. Your keyblade did indeed unlock something, Ventus, but it wasn't the gate. The entire room begins quaking violently until out of the gate materializes a Shadow Stalker, shaking its chains about as if to mock the heroes. The basic heartless seep back into the floor, vanishing as quickly as they had come, but the heroes will have their hands full with this one.

Before anyone can go on the offensive against the creature, it lunges into the floor, possessing it. One could see the face and chains of the Shadow Stalker fused into the surface of the floor. But don't let that distract you for long! It opens its mouth wide, trying to devour the group from below.