Anyis hit the Titan's right hand hard while it was still on the ground, striking it with both blunt force and fire. The ice surrounding his hand shattered almost instantly, allowing the Titan to raise his arm up out of the ghost-hunting girl's reach. Before the beast could retaliate, though, Szand's spear pierced the Titan's forearm while Eidolon teleported up to his shoulder to cut deep into it with a sword. Those extra attacks sent the Titan past his limit, causing the chunks of data around his remaining good arm to burst apart and leave behind just a skeletal frame. The Titan let out a pained roar as his arm momentarily went limp, allowing MeleeMan and Eidolon a chance to attack from atop the monster's shoulders.
Feeling the hits against his body, the Titan regathered himself quickly enough to lash out at the most immediate threat, in this case MeleeMan. To his defense though was Damascus, who managed to whittle away the damage from the Titan's bony fist until it was little more than a bump against MeleeMan's side. Quickly shaking off that debuff, the Titan was about to make a more worthy strike against the gnats pecking at his body, Djinni brought down a rain of meteors and interrupted his motions. This was especially effective with both the Titan's arms damaged, as the firey pelting had nowhere to go but square into the Titan's chest. With the beast forced to try and swat away the meteors, MeleeMan and Eidolon continued their shoulder-mounted assault while Magna charged up his glass palm buster. Something was bound to be off with that shot given that Magna, who himself was glitched, just glitched his buster, which again itself was already glitched was corrupting the attack with errors at an exponential rate. The aim, luckily, was about the one thing left alone as the orange blast of energy shot out and struck the Titan in his stomach.
It would forever be a mystery how hard that shot actually hit, but whatever that number was, it was apparently past the tipping point. The chunks of ghost data composing the Titan's body gave way, exposing the full basic frame of the monster... and his all-important giant red core. By all rights the Titan should've been defeated, but the skeletal creature flat-out ignored the HP readings on all of the Operators' PETs and burst into a rage. White fire began spewing from the point of Magna's bugged buster shot, quickly engulfing everything left of the Titan, purging all the beast's ailments, and flinging MeleeMan and Eidolon off and to the ground. As it was before, that effectively left them and the rest of the group outside of the Titan's reach, but...
Well, with the meat of his body effectively destroyed, the hole that the Titan's lower half had been stuck in was suddenly not as much of an obstacle as it once was. Thus, the flaming remains of the Titan rose up out of the hole, and the giant that was already from waist-up the size of a decent building now towered over the immediate world at a more mountain-like type of height. The blaze quickly consumed the Titan's now exposed legs, effectively shrouding the entire skeleton and turning the monster into a creature of pure white flame. No one could really tell what the Titan's attention was on with the flames coating his face, but a low growl rumbling through the battlefield as he reached a burning hand down towards Anyis probably gave enough of a clue. Though he had no particular intellect to speak of, the Titan could still recognize the girl responsible for his last death.
Rather than cast a shadow down over its prey, the Titan's giant hand drowned the area around Anyis in light from the burning white flames, blinding the Navi almost entirely. The raw destructive power of the fire repelled everyone else away, leaving Anyis to fend for herself against the Titan's grasp. While she could've probably fought to the death in an epic battle of ice versus fire, that... wasn't necessary. When the Titan's burning hand closed in, its destructive white flames got mixed with the curative white flames from the laurel on Anyis's head. Being the original and true form of Grants's fire, the few embers resonated strongly with the rest of the blaze and sent the Titan's entire flame body into a chain reaction. The destructive white flame that fueled the revived Titan was converted fully back into the curative white flame that Grants killed the Titan with originally, and the effect was just as potent the second time. The Titan began writhing immediately as the flames around him ate apart his skeletal body, making the ground quake with each stumbling step he took. Despite his colossal size, the Titan burned away in just a few moments as the huge volume of flames around his body rejected everything about the monster's existence.
And, amazingly, just like that all that was left of the Titan was a soft rain of white embers and ash. For a moment it could've been wondered if the Titan actually burned too well and left nothing of his core, but thankfully one of those embers ended up being larger and more solid than the others, falling in front of Anyis as what closely resembled Grants's old core. With the source properly dead, the rain of white fire embers soon halted entirely, and as a result the laurel around Anyis's head put itself out, leaving her again exposed to the mind-bending pain she suffered from. Perhaps it'd be best if she got this over with quickly.
====Summary====
----The Titan----
Titan: DELETED
Titan's Left Arm: DELETED
Titan's Right Arm: DELETED
----Allies----
Anyis.EXE: 220 HP [Normal]
Magna.SP: 100 HP (3-Hit Shield) [Cracked] {Glitch: GlassBody/Plague(touch)}
MeleeMan.EXE: 388 HP [Normal]
Damascus.SP: 70 HP (IronBody... sorta) [Cracked] {Glitch: JelloBody/AquaBody}
Djinni.EXE: 180 HP [Normal]
Oasis.SP: 60 HP (1 Hit Shield) [Cracked]
Szand.SP: 30 HP (Cover) [Cracked]
Eidolon.EXE: 200 HP [Normal] {Glitch: Inner thoughts are broadcast aloud/Chip damage fluctuates based on mental state (RP).}
Icaro.SP: 60 HP (1 Hit Shield) [Normal]
----Terrain----
Broken: 2% (The hole made by the core.)
Missing: 20% (Where the Titan stood. Cannot be changed.)
Cracked: 39% (4 large patches where the Titan slammed the ground.)
Normal: 39%
==BATTLE END==
All GET: 1000z, 20 Bugfrags, 10 FXP
Anyis GET: Grants's Core (Repaired)
The Battle for Her Soul
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All of that happened a bit too fast for Anyis to understand right away, leaving her to just stand idly as the warm rain of embers fell from above where the Titan once stood. Without a doubt, the Titan was swallowed whole by the white flames he had just been attacking with just moments before. But why? The Titan had gone completely berserk, releasing all of his power to rebuild a body out of Grants's flame, and yet it was that same flame that destroyed the monster once and for all. Anyis put two fingers on her temple to think, and that action made her feel the warmth from the laurel Grants had placed on her head. Since the Titan had corrupted the white fire into a power of pure destruction, that parting gift to Anyis was the only instance of the healing fire left...
... Ah! The healing flame could purify corruption, which is what made Grants so helpful in Anyis's ghost hunting for all those years. Despite being a tiny candlelight compared to the wildfire the Titan was wielding, the healing flame laurel was the complete antidote for the destructive blaze, and must've restored the Titan's fire to its original purpose. And since the Titan was just one gigantic ghost, being enveloped in a purifying fire... well, the result was fairly visible. Who would've thought that Grants fusing himself into the Titan would become the monster's greatest weakness, instead of his greatest strength?
"Anyis! What are you waiting for? Grants's core is right in front of you, isn't it?" shouted Mill suddenly, noting the holy prize that had fallen at his Navi's feet.
"... Oh. Ah, right..." replied Anyis absentmindedly, with her mind still sorting out this finale. This, however, was right about when the ember rain stopped, and as a result so did the white flame laurel. That little accessory that kept Anyis from feeling the effects of her AI getting purged as it currently was, in other words. With that suddenly gone, her mind immediately began to rip apart with all the pain she had felt before, plus the damage that had been inflicted on her AI since wearing the laurel. The shock was so intense that Anyis didn't even make a noise, only instead falling flat to the ground, with an outreached hand falling right next to Grants's core.
"...!!" Mill's eyes widened as he watched Anyis drop, with him having no idea that the purge had advanced that much during the battle. "Hey, come on Anyis! Just pick up the core and begin the merger! I'll take care of the rest!" he commanded, but to no avail as his Navi didn't move an inch. "Ugh... Magna, pick up the core!"
"Understood, Operat-" responded Magna initially, before being interrupted by his left arm falling off... again. With the white flames gone, so was the adhesive that was keeping his busted arm in place. Perhaps that alone wasn't much of a threat the second time, but unfortunately Anyis's suffering was catching up to her SP, as multiple new cracks spread throughout Magna's body, regardless of whether it was metal or still glass. Orange energy began seeping out of the breaks, giving the golem an appearance akin to a nuclear reactor running critical. "..."
"Oh damnit..." swore Mill frustratedly. "Can anyone else-"
"That is unnecessary Operator, I will fulfill the order..." said Magna finally, having just recovered his focus from that partial breakdown. Since he was already standing next to his Mother Unit, Magna simply reached down with his one remaining arm, touched the core, and... watched all his fingers break instantly. Damnit. Magna just looked at his lump of his arm, muttered something like, "Processing...", and after a moment punched the ground very, very hard. The force mostly recoiled back into his broken body, shattering whatever was left of his right hand and causing a large amount of energy to spill out. Before anyone could properly react to that sudden (and extreme) action, Magna pointed the energy leak down at Grants's core, and properly picked it up this time.
... Huh. "Since when could you do that...? I guess it's just sorta like your barrier... Whatever, just give the core to Anyis now!" mumbled Mill, before focusing back in on the task at hand.
Magna quickly obliged for both his and the Mother Unit's sake, pulling the captured core to her. Anyis remained unresponsive, so Magna flipped her over on her back before placing the core onto her chest, in a rather deft maneuver for a golem with no hands. As if to signal the end of his task, a chunk of Magna's base gave way to a particularly large crack, wrecking the golem's balance and sending him toppling to the ground with a rather loud thump. If this wasn't resolved quick, Magna was liable to break even before Anyis finished.
Thankfully, Magna falling to the ground seemed to jar Anyis back into enough of a reality to understand that Grants's core was sitting between her breasts. Somewhere in the recesses of her mind, Anyis wanted to bemoan the fact that even in death her husband managed to find his way there, but given that she was about 50% conscious at best... Well, yeah. Anyis initiated the install, absorbed the core into her body, and promptly fell asleep to allow Mill to work his end.
Much to the Operator's relief, install notices did begin popping up on his PET window. "Finally... Yes I want to install, yes I know I'm altering her core, yes her core is the destination folder..." After going through that another 10 times or so, the merger commenced, before stalling in light of a new question. This was one that Mill expected and wanted, though. "File already exists, replace... That should do it... I hope." said Mill without a whole lot of confidence, after clearing that for all the pending files ahead. From there the merger continued without a hitch, and finished within the next few moments. With that done, Anyis's restart procedures ran and she was made to wake up.
"..." Anyis was slow to stir, but she ultimately did. She cracked one eye open, then the other, then announced after her vision came into focus: "... Bleh..." Perhaps it was to be expected that she wasn't going to wake up at 100% right away. Without elaborating much further than that, Anyis pushed herself up into a sitting position, and began to rub her eyes as if some crust managed to develop in the whole minute she was out.
Mill tried tapping his foot repeatedly against the floor, but his patience wore out anyway. "Hey! Anyis! Are you okay or not?!" he barked, before realizing something and backing off. "You... are still Anyis, right? Not Grants or the Titan, or some weird mental fusion of all 3 of you?"
"... God that'd suck... Yeah I'm me, I guess." mumbled Anyis before giving a halfassed answer. "I feel... weird. The migraine's gone, though, so I guess that part worked. Did the patch cover your problems too, Magna?" she queried, turning her head to her SP who was still lying sideways on the ground.
"I believe so. The internal damage seems to have ceased. I do not think the superficial structural damage will repair itself however, so Operator will have to manually restore my body upon return to the PET."
"Great, there goes the rest of my day..." sighed Mill. "Oh well, neither of you are dead, so that's mission accomplished. How about I jack you two out so we can call this mess over?"
"Mm... Sounds good. I'd kinda like to go back to sleep, honestly..." sighed Anyis, who genuinely did seem tired. Maybe the patch was stressing her out a little. "...?! Ow ow ow ow ow! Wha... Agh! What the hell...!" yelped Anyis, as she immediately clutched her ribs and doubled over in pain. Okay, so maybe the patch was stressing her out a lot. Magna started writhing around too, albeit in silence as he never really responded verbally to pain. "Mill...! Did you... mess up the... install...?!" groaned Anyis, as she rolled onto her side and curled into an agonized little ball.
"Of course not! Maybe adding the Titan's data was just a bad idea... Oh crap..." retorted Mill, who quickly started thinking of worst cases with this situation. Yet, just as quickly as this install recoil occurred, it vanished, as the pain left Anyis and Magna after about 15 seconds of torturing them.
"Shit...! Well I'm awake now!" complained Anyis, who stood upright and stamped her boot in anger. "That had better not happen again! Ugh... Crap, my chest is feeling tight again already..." Anyis gripped her robe and bodysuit in response to the dulled pain, only to have her gauntlets break under the light pressure. "...?!" Chunks of silver clattered to the ground, and Anyis's surprisingly slender arms were left bare for all to see. "The hell is this?! And why is my hair dangling in front of my eyes all of a sudden, for that matter?!" She was definitely starting to get annoyed.
"Anyis, uh..." began Mill, "... Nevermind. Magna, are you okay?"
"I am fine, Operator. Mother Unit, perhaps you should initiate in internal scan. The core merger may have left residual damage from the forced replacement of several of your critical files." advised Magna, as he pushed himself upright... with his two arms? Well he was repaired, great. No questions asked.
"... Okay Magna, what the hell." pressed Anyis, getting distracted from her own concerns by... Well.
"What is the problem, Mother Unit?" questioned a confused Magna.
"You. You're standing." answered Anyis bluntly, before brushing her suddenly long bangs out of her eyes.
"... Correct?" Magna was still confused.
"On legs. Two legs." stated Anyis.
"... I lack data on this." responded Magna, who remained confused, albeit for an entirely different reason. Indeed, Magna was standing on his two legs that he had all of sudden. Sure, his lower half had been a lot of things, but legs were not one... two of them. As a matter of fact, when Magna became self-aware of his new limbs, he realized he didn't have the drivers for maintaining balance at his height, so...
*thud*
"God... I get it now. It's adaptation... Magna must've replicated some of the Titan's design." groaned Anyis, after becoming aware of the less-than-seamless patch. "So... that means..."
"Uh, yeah, Anyis? I'm just going to bite the bullet and say it." announced Mill bravely. "Your clothes do not fit."
"... Wha?" said Anyis in response, before looking down. There was something in the way of her vision. Two somethings, in fact. Two somethings that were being very strained against her bodysuit. "Oh goddamnit... I should've known absorbing Grants would do this! That damned pervert..." whined Anyis as she wrapped her arms around her newly-pronounced chest and curled back up into a ball, only out of self-pity instead of anguish this time.
Mill... just scratched his head. Everything was fixed... right?
... Ah! The healing flame could purify corruption, which is what made Grants so helpful in Anyis's ghost hunting for all those years. Despite being a tiny candlelight compared to the wildfire the Titan was wielding, the healing flame laurel was the complete antidote for the destructive blaze, and must've restored the Titan's fire to its original purpose. And since the Titan was just one gigantic ghost, being enveloped in a purifying fire... well, the result was fairly visible. Who would've thought that Grants fusing himself into the Titan would become the monster's greatest weakness, instead of his greatest strength?
"Anyis! What are you waiting for? Grants's core is right in front of you, isn't it?" shouted Mill suddenly, noting the holy prize that had fallen at his Navi's feet.
"... Oh. Ah, right..." replied Anyis absentmindedly, with her mind still sorting out this finale. This, however, was right about when the ember rain stopped, and as a result so did the white flame laurel. That little accessory that kept Anyis from feeling the effects of her AI getting purged as it currently was, in other words. With that suddenly gone, her mind immediately began to rip apart with all the pain she had felt before, plus the damage that had been inflicted on her AI since wearing the laurel. The shock was so intense that Anyis didn't even make a noise, only instead falling flat to the ground, with an outreached hand falling right next to Grants's core.
"...!!" Mill's eyes widened as he watched Anyis drop, with him having no idea that the purge had advanced that much during the battle. "Hey, come on Anyis! Just pick up the core and begin the merger! I'll take care of the rest!" he commanded, but to no avail as his Navi didn't move an inch. "Ugh... Magna, pick up the core!"
"Understood, Operat-" responded Magna initially, before being interrupted by his left arm falling off... again. With the white flames gone, so was the adhesive that was keeping his busted arm in place. Perhaps that alone wasn't much of a threat the second time, but unfortunately Anyis's suffering was catching up to her SP, as multiple new cracks spread throughout Magna's body, regardless of whether it was metal or still glass. Orange energy began seeping out of the breaks, giving the golem an appearance akin to a nuclear reactor running critical. "..."
"Oh damnit..." swore Mill frustratedly. "Can anyone else-"
"That is unnecessary Operator, I will fulfill the order..." said Magna finally, having just recovered his focus from that partial breakdown. Since he was already standing next to his Mother Unit, Magna simply reached down with his one remaining arm, touched the core, and... watched all his fingers break instantly. Damnit. Magna just looked at his lump of his arm, muttered something like, "Processing...", and after a moment punched the ground very, very hard. The force mostly recoiled back into his broken body, shattering whatever was left of his right hand and causing a large amount of energy to spill out. Before anyone could properly react to that sudden (and extreme) action, Magna pointed the energy leak down at Grants's core, and properly picked it up this time.
... Huh. "Since when could you do that...? I guess it's just sorta like your barrier... Whatever, just give the core to Anyis now!" mumbled Mill, before focusing back in on the task at hand.
Magna quickly obliged for both his and the Mother Unit's sake, pulling the captured core to her. Anyis remained unresponsive, so Magna flipped her over on her back before placing the core onto her chest, in a rather deft maneuver for a golem with no hands. As if to signal the end of his task, a chunk of Magna's base gave way to a particularly large crack, wrecking the golem's balance and sending him toppling to the ground with a rather loud thump. If this wasn't resolved quick, Magna was liable to break even before Anyis finished.
Thankfully, Magna falling to the ground seemed to jar Anyis back into enough of a reality to understand that Grants's core was sitting between her breasts. Somewhere in the recesses of her mind, Anyis wanted to bemoan the fact that even in death her husband managed to find his way there, but given that she was about 50% conscious at best... Well, yeah. Anyis initiated the install, absorbed the core into her body, and promptly fell asleep to allow Mill to work his end.
Much to the Operator's relief, install notices did begin popping up on his PET window. "Finally... Yes I want to install, yes I know I'm altering her core, yes her core is the destination folder..." After going through that another 10 times or so, the merger commenced, before stalling in light of a new question. This was one that Mill expected and wanted, though. "File already exists, replace... That should do it... I hope." said Mill without a whole lot of confidence, after clearing that for all the pending files ahead. From there the merger continued without a hitch, and finished within the next few moments. With that done, Anyis's restart procedures ran and she was made to wake up.
"..." Anyis was slow to stir, but she ultimately did. She cracked one eye open, then the other, then announced after her vision came into focus: "... Bleh..." Perhaps it was to be expected that she wasn't going to wake up at 100% right away. Without elaborating much further than that, Anyis pushed herself up into a sitting position, and began to rub her eyes as if some crust managed to develop in the whole minute she was out.
Mill tried tapping his foot repeatedly against the floor, but his patience wore out anyway. "Hey! Anyis! Are you okay or not?!" he barked, before realizing something and backing off. "You... are still Anyis, right? Not Grants or the Titan, or some weird mental fusion of all 3 of you?"
"... God that'd suck... Yeah I'm me, I guess." mumbled Anyis before giving a halfassed answer. "I feel... weird. The migraine's gone, though, so I guess that part worked. Did the patch cover your problems too, Magna?" she queried, turning her head to her SP who was still lying sideways on the ground.
"I believe so. The internal damage seems to have ceased. I do not think the superficial structural damage will repair itself however, so Operator will have to manually restore my body upon return to the PET."
"Great, there goes the rest of my day..." sighed Mill. "Oh well, neither of you are dead, so that's mission accomplished. How about I jack you two out so we can call this mess over?"
"Mm... Sounds good. I'd kinda like to go back to sleep, honestly..." sighed Anyis, who genuinely did seem tired. Maybe the patch was stressing her out a little. "...?! Ow ow ow ow ow! Wha... Agh! What the hell...!" yelped Anyis, as she immediately clutched her ribs and doubled over in pain. Okay, so maybe the patch was stressing her out a lot. Magna started writhing around too, albeit in silence as he never really responded verbally to pain. "Mill...! Did you... mess up the... install...?!" groaned Anyis, as she rolled onto her side and curled into an agonized little ball.
"Of course not! Maybe adding the Titan's data was just a bad idea... Oh crap..." retorted Mill, who quickly started thinking of worst cases with this situation. Yet, just as quickly as this install recoil occurred, it vanished, as the pain left Anyis and Magna after about 15 seconds of torturing them.
"Shit...! Well I'm awake now!" complained Anyis, who stood upright and stamped her boot in anger. "That had better not happen again! Ugh... Crap, my chest is feeling tight again already..." Anyis gripped her robe and bodysuit in response to the dulled pain, only to have her gauntlets break under the light pressure. "...?!" Chunks of silver clattered to the ground, and Anyis's surprisingly slender arms were left bare for all to see. "The hell is this?! And why is my hair dangling in front of my eyes all of a sudden, for that matter?!" She was definitely starting to get annoyed.
"Anyis, uh..." began Mill, "... Nevermind. Magna, are you okay?"
"I am fine, Operator. Mother Unit, perhaps you should initiate in internal scan. The core merger may have left residual damage from the forced replacement of several of your critical files." advised Magna, as he pushed himself upright... with his two arms? Well he was repaired, great. No questions asked.
"... Okay Magna, what the hell." pressed Anyis, getting distracted from her own concerns by... Well.
"What is the problem, Mother Unit?" questioned a confused Magna.
"You. You're standing." answered Anyis bluntly, before brushing her suddenly long bangs out of her eyes.
"... Correct?" Magna was still confused.
"On legs. Two legs." stated Anyis.
"... I lack data on this." responded Magna, who remained confused, albeit for an entirely different reason. Indeed, Magna was standing on his two legs that he had all of sudden. Sure, his lower half had been a lot of things, but legs were not one... two of them. As a matter of fact, when Magna became self-aware of his new limbs, he realized he didn't have the drivers for maintaining balance at his height, so...
*thud*
"God... I get it now. It's adaptation... Magna must've replicated some of the Titan's design." groaned Anyis, after becoming aware of the less-than-seamless patch. "So... that means..."
"Uh, yeah, Anyis? I'm just going to bite the bullet and say it." announced Mill bravely. "Your clothes do not fit."
"... Wha?" said Anyis in response, before looking down. There was something in the way of her vision. Two somethings, in fact. Two somethings that were being very strained against her bodysuit. "Oh goddamnit... I should've known absorbing Grants would do this! That damned pervert..." whined Anyis as she wrapped her arms around her newly-pronounced chest and curled back up into a ball, only out of self-pity instead of anguish this time.
Mill... just scratched his head. Everything was fixed... right?
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MeleeMan's last thought before everything went momentarily dark was that Djinni's pillow-talk sounded a heck of a lot better than her singing.
The Titan's vanish was unseen by MeleeMan, who ended up face-down in the dirt. It wouldn't have been so bad, only his helmet had gotten stuck in the ground, much as Damascus had found herself stuck earlier. The ground around these parts really wasn't too stable. Finally, he agreed to break even and reclaim his head without his helmet, leaving it stuck in the net floor. To his surprise, the big guy they'd been fighting had disappeared entirely. He performed a quick check to make sure that it hadn't just gone underground, but nobody really seemed panicked any more... Well, nobody but Anyis and Magna, who both looked like they were having a mixture of blackouts and seizures and, in Magna's case, engineering failures. For that matter, it'd be pretty hard for that golem to look "panicked," exactly.
Damascus had lost some of her panic when her body started to get its rigidity back, then regained some of it when her favorite metallic golem had started falling to pieces. Such a splendid body, lost! She was pretty used to dealing with loss and tragedy, but she had to admit that it hurt her right in her sex drive.
Luckily, his body didn't stay gone too long; in the place of what he'd had were two similarly solid legs. She decided that she could deal with that and began to make her way over to check on him.
In the mean time, MeleeMan was back over to do the same, but it didn't take him nearly as long as it took Anyis herself to find out what had changed about her. MeleeMan found that he didn't really have to roll around the change in his head to decide whether he liked it or not, like Damascus had. The titan hadn't dropped much when it had died, but at least there was one long-lasting reward to come out of all of this. After finally affirming that she was conscious and aware enough for the outburst to be at all appropriate, MeleeMan burst out laughing. "Ha ha haaa! Looks like that guy's core had some kind of limiter removal or upgrade or some crap in it, huh? I'd have helped you out a lot sooner if you'd have let me know about it!" he guffawed.
Further unfortunate was the fact that without his helmet, the fact that his eyes were locked onto her new assets wasn't nearly so well hidden as it ought to be. Damascus stood quietly by, knowing that even if she tried to talk to Magna, their voices would soon be hidden by the ensuing outrage between Anyis and her antagonist.
The Titan's vanish was unseen by MeleeMan, who ended up face-down in the dirt. It wouldn't have been so bad, only his helmet had gotten stuck in the ground, much as Damascus had found herself stuck earlier. The ground around these parts really wasn't too stable. Finally, he agreed to break even and reclaim his head without his helmet, leaving it stuck in the net floor. To his surprise, the big guy they'd been fighting had disappeared entirely. He performed a quick check to make sure that it hadn't just gone underground, but nobody really seemed panicked any more... Well, nobody but Anyis and Magna, who both looked like they were having a mixture of blackouts and seizures and, in Magna's case, engineering failures. For that matter, it'd be pretty hard for that golem to look "panicked," exactly.
Damascus had lost some of her panic when her body started to get its rigidity back, then regained some of it when her favorite metallic golem had started falling to pieces. Such a splendid body, lost! She was pretty used to dealing with loss and tragedy, but she had to admit that it hurt her right in her sex drive.
Luckily, his body didn't stay gone too long; in the place of what he'd had were two similarly solid legs. She decided that she could deal with that and began to make her way over to check on him.
In the mean time, MeleeMan was back over to do the same, but it didn't take him nearly as long as it took Anyis herself to find out what had changed about her. MeleeMan found that he didn't really have to roll around the change in his head to decide whether he liked it or not, like Damascus had. The titan hadn't dropped much when it had died, but at least there was one long-lasting reward to come out of all of this. After finally affirming that she was conscious and aware enough for the outburst to be at all appropriate, MeleeMan burst out laughing. "Ha ha haaa! Looks like that guy's core had some kind of limiter removal or upgrade or some crap in it, huh? I'd have helped you out a lot sooner if you'd have let me know about it!" he guffawed.
Further unfortunate was the fact that without his helmet, the fact that his eyes were locked onto her new assets wasn't nearly so well hidden as it ought to be. Damascus stood quietly by, knowing that even if she tried to talk to Magna, their voices would soon be hidden by the ensuing outrage between Anyis and her antagonist.
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Somehow, in the midst of the chaotic battle, the Titan went down, and Eidolon managed to shut off the broadcasting of her thoughts by corrupting the programs that made it possible. Satisfied more at her renewed silence than the fall of the ghostly monstrosity, she chose to simply lie on the ground for awhile as the Titan was consumed by white fire, leaving no residual data beyond the core for her to absorb. A shame, but she was too happy to no longer be bleeding thoughts to worry about it.
As for the transformations of Magna from a purple golem into a walking purple golem and Anyis into...well, herself but more filled out...Eidolon didn't know what to say. Anyis seemed upset, so it must have been bad, but Eidolon couldn't quite figure out why. And even if she could, her own self-glitching would have prevented her from putting any response into more than a few distorted words.
"They seem to be fine...I think," Andrew said. "I guess we should...uhh...check up on them later just to be sure?"
"We should, yes," Icaro said, gliding over. "I'd like to help them now, but other than that...transformation I don't think there's anything wrong."
"Hmph. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't just a little bit disappointed by that," Andrew grumbled.
"BITter," Eidolon said, trying to speak for the first time since being glitched. Her voice came out distorted, and very sharp and loud on one end of the word then diminishing into almost nothing.
"So what if I am?" Andrew asked defensively. "Would you like to see several years of work trivialized like that?"
"WOULdn't know."
"Of course you wouldn't," Andrew said, still grumbling. "Also what'd you do to your voice?"
"BROke it," Eidolon answered. "TO SHUt myself UP."
"I can fix that," Icaro offered. "...I think."
"No you can't," Andrew said, sighing. "I can, once I jack you out, but I'm tempted to leave you like that just to remind you what happens when you do things that mess up your systems. Maybe then you won't let yourself fall apart as much."
"STIll bitter."
"I was joking." Andrew thought for a moment, then added "I'll need to do it anyway, because you're going to need to talk properly. I've finally got an idea that may be able to fix you properly, and as much as I hate to admit it, you can thank Anyis here for it. But you're going to need to tell me what you remember."
"TELl you whAT?"
"Everything I don't already know. But especially anything that may have come up during this little incident. You were flipping out over Grants earlier and I need to know why." Eidolon didn't answer. Pulling her visor off her eyes, she stared blankly back into the massive pit that had once trapped the Titan.
"Hey...call on us again later and we'll see how you're doing," Icaro said, gliding back toward Anyis and Magna. She then shifted her attention toward the other two navis that showed up to help and their support programs, her focus settling on the one that appeared most distant from being associated with fire: Oasis. "And the rest of you, I guess we'll run into each other again sometime? I'd like to stay around since we didn't get much of an introduction, but Eidolon broke herself again and Andrew was talking about working on her, which means..." She glanced back to see Eidolon's body absorbed into a blue beam and disappear from the net. A similarly colored aura appeared around her immediately after. "...yep," she managed to get out before she was jacked out as well.
((Exit Eidolon and Icaro))
As for the transformations of Magna from a purple golem into a walking purple golem and Anyis into...well, herself but more filled out...Eidolon didn't know what to say. Anyis seemed upset, so it must have been bad, but Eidolon couldn't quite figure out why. And even if she could, her own self-glitching would have prevented her from putting any response into more than a few distorted words.
"They seem to be fine...I think," Andrew said. "I guess we should...uhh...check up on them later just to be sure?"
"We should, yes," Icaro said, gliding over. "I'd like to help them now, but other than that...transformation I don't think there's anything wrong."
"Hmph. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't just a little bit disappointed by that," Andrew grumbled.
"BITter," Eidolon said, trying to speak for the first time since being glitched. Her voice came out distorted, and very sharp and loud on one end of the word then diminishing into almost nothing.
"So what if I am?" Andrew asked defensively. "Would you like to see several years of work trivialized like that?"
"WOULdn't know."
"Of course you wouldn't," Andrew said, still grumbling. "Also what'd you do to your voice?"
"BROke it," Eidolon answered. "TO SHUt myself UP."
"I can fix that," Icaro offered. "...I think."
"No you can't," Andrew said, sighing. "I can, once I jack you out, but I'm tempted to leave you like that just to remind you what happens when you do things that mess up your systems. Maybe then you won't let yourself fall apart as much."
"STIll bitter."
"I was joking." Andrew thought for a moment, then added "I'll need to do it anyway, because you're going to need to talk properly. I've finally got an idea that may be able to fix you properly, and as much as I hate to admit it, you can thank Anyis here for it. But you're going to need to tell me what you remember."
"TELl you whAT?"
"Everything I don't already know. But especially anything that may have come up during this little incident. You were flipping out over Grants earlier and I need to know why." Eidolon didn't answer. Pulling her visor off her eyes, she stared blankly back into the massive pit that had once trapped the Titan.
"Hey...call on us again later and we'll see how you're doing," Icaro said, gliding back toward Anyis and Magna. She then shifted her attention toward the other two navis that showed up to help and their support programs, her focus settling on the one that appeared most distant from being associated with fire: Oasis. "And the rest of you, I guess we'll run into each other again sometime? I'd like to stay around since we didn't get much of an introduction, but Eidolon broke herself again and Andrew was talking about working on her, which means..." She glanced back to see Eidolon's body absorbed into a blue beam and disappear from the net. A similarly colored aura appeared around her immediately after. "...yep," she managed to get out before she was jacked out as well.
((Exit Eidolon and Icaro))
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From upon his newly-existing ass, Magna waved goodbye to the Unit Icaro as the translucent SP was dragged offline by a grumpy Navi and Operator. Unit Damascus then approached him, but without any verbal acknowledgements, so Magna just watched her for a second before saying, "Thank you for assisting the Mother Unit in her time of critical need, Unit Damascus." Naturally, he didn't even make note of how his own life was also in danger this whole time. "The Units MeleeMan and Rania were also indispensable in their efforts. Should you require assistance in a similar capacity at any time, I will render all aid possible." So he promised, with heaps of glowing praise added on top. Sadly, it all sounded very lifeless in Magna's voice, even though he was grateful.
Anyis, meanwhile, found herself looking up at some sneering bastard standing in front of her. Oh wait that was MeleeMan without his bucket helmet. His brown hair was kind of the disaster one would expect to find trapped in that pressure cooker for a few eons, and his beady orange eyes were... the same color as Anyis's own larger eyes. That was creepy as all hell. Almost as creepy as the creeper hovering over her right now. "Oh shut it, no one asked you!" shouted Anyis in retort, letting go of her chest long enough to summon her gauntlet and thrust a fist at MeleeMan's gut.
... Or, she tried to, anyway. Anyis's hand stopped a few inches short because she realized that was in fact just her hand. "... Um...?!" Her gauntlet had broken just moments ago, and seemingly that was permanent. Come to think of it, the same thing happened to Euthenia when her core got patched. The younger sister's powers otherwise remained intact, though, so Anyis figured she still had options. "Fine then... Boogeyman, knock MeleeMan down a few pegs!"
... Nope. An increasingly distressed Anyis looked from side to side for her ghostly servant, but for the first time ever he was not heeding the call. "Oh no... Ice! Ice, then! Eat frozen retribution, MeleeMan!" declared Anyis, before waving her hand in front of her to conjure... nothing. Absolutely nothing.
"Ahh... This is bad... This is really, really bad...!" moaned Anyis, who clutched her head with her hands, pushing up her overly-long hair as she panicked. One thing Anyis had yet to notice during her fidgeting, though, was that she actually was 2 inches taller than before. That in itself was fantastic for the previously 5' 4" girl, but her robe did not get the notice. The lower edges of her white cloth barely reached her hips as it was, so... yeah, it was a good thing Anyis had her bodysuit, regardless of how tight it may be at the moment.
"Oh man, I'm going to have to re-tune you too, Anyis...? I might have to drop by the shop for some parts..." sighed Mill as he watched his Navi's powerless plight.
"Get over it! You're the one that wanted to save me, so do it right!" snapped Anyis back at her Operator, before immediately returning her attention to MeleeMan. "And don't you DARE think you can pull anything! I may be weak now, but I will come back to turn your life into a frozen hell if you... Argh!" That wasn't a scream of pain, for the record. Just unbridled frustration.
"Umm... She means to say she's very grateful you helped save her life. I think." translated Mill for Rania, albeit with a bit of an optimistic twist. Mill then generalized his statement and added, "Really, I owe all of you a ton for this. If you ever need any help, just give me a call... starting tomorrow. I think I'm going to need all day today to get these two back up to speed..."
Anyis, meanwhile, found herself looking up at some sneering bastard standing in front of her. Oh wait that was MeleeMan without his bucket helmet. His brown hair was kind of the disaster one would expect to find trapped in that pressure cooker for a few eons, and his beady orange eyes were... the same color as Anyis's own larger eyes. That was creepy as all hell. Almost as creepy as the creeper hovering over her right now. "Oh shut it, no one asked you!" shouted Anyis in retort, letting go of her chest long enough to summon her gauntlet and thrust a fist at MeleeMan's gut.
... Or, she tried to, anyway. Anyis's hand stopped a few inches short because she realized that was in fact just her hand. "... Um...?!" Her gauntlet had broken just moments ago, and seemingly that was permanent. Come to think of it, the same thing happened to Euthenia when her core got patched. The younger sister's powers otherwise remained intact, though, so Anyis figured she still had options. "Fine then... Boogeyman, knock MeleeMan down a few pegs!"
... Nope. An increasingly distressed Anyis looked from side to side for her ghostly servant, but for the first time ever he was not heeding the call. "Oh no... Ice! Ice, then! Eat frozen retribution, MeleeMan!" declared Anyis, before waving her hand in front of her to conjure... nothing. Absolutely nothing.
"Ahh... This is bad... This is really, really bad...!" moaned Anyis, who clutched her head with her hands, pushing up her overly-long hair as she panicked. One thing Anyis had yet to notice during her fidgeting, though, was that she actually was 2 inches taller than before. That in itself was fantastic for the previously 5' 4" girl, but her robe did not get the notice. The lower edges of her white cloth barely reached her hips as it was, so... yeah, it was a good thing Anyis had her bodysuit, regardless of how tight it may be at the moment.
"Oh man, I'm going to have to re-tune you too, Anyis...? I might have to drop by the shop for some parts..." sighed Mill as he watched his Navi's powerless plight.
"Get over it! You're the one that wanted to save me, so do it right!" snapped Anyis back at her Operator, before immediately returning her attention to MeleeMan. "And don't you DARE think you can pull anything! I may be weak now, but I will come back to turn your life into a frozen hell if you... Argh!" That wasn't a scream of pain, for the record. Just unbridled frustration.
"Umm... She means to say she's very grateful you helped save her life. I think." translated Mill for Rania, albeit with a bit of an optimistic twist. Mill then generalized his statement and added, "Really, I owe all of you a ton for this. If you ever need any help, just give me a call... starting tomorrow. I think I'm going to need all day today to get these two back up to speed..."
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While the others had gone to investigate what was going on with Anyis, Djinni was still singing with the musical Discord. The sound the Discord produced shrunk more and more as time progressed, eventually becoming mute and executing its stage exit. With Djinni still in trance of singing, she did not notice that the head of the Discord wand had started lighting up and eventually exploded right in her face. "Aaah!" Djinni exclaimed as she fell backwards, soot covering her face and part of her clothes. In her hand she now held a broken microphone and in front of her was a broken Discord. "Wait, what just happened?" she asked herself while staring up at the sky.
"You rest!" Oasis yelled at Szand who was edging towards the location the Titan had been, "You injured!" Despite also having been attacked, Oasis was feeling much better due to Icaro's song. She tried reaching for Szand's shoulder, but her hand was swiftly smacked away.
"Don't worry. Danger's gone," Szand said to his sisterly companion, "Just need to do something." Oasis followed him as he continued to walk towards the Titan's 'resting place'. Once he had reached the place, he balled his right hand into a fist and smacked it into his opened left hand. He closed his eyes and took a bow towards the Titan. "May you rest peacefully," Szand said, opening his eyes again when he straightened out his body.
Oasis, looking at Szand, joined him by his side and did the same motions with her hands followed with a bow. "And Grants too," she added to Szand's words.
"OK," Szand quickly followed up with, "We're done here. Carry me to Djinni. I'm injured, right?"
Oasis frowned, but in the end it was the truth. Forming large aquatic hands at the ends of her ponytails, she picked up Szand with them and started to run towards Djinni. She had now grown much more used to her legs and it was hardly a problem to traverse from point A to point B.
Quickly sitting up, Djinni looked around herself while taking her cape and wiping her face clean. It was only then she noticed the Titan was missing and that Anyis was playing, from her point of view, with MeleeMan. "Ah!" Djinni uttered and noticed Eidolon had left already, "What a shame... I didn't really get to know her." Djinni stood up and noticed her two children arriving at her location. "Are you two alright?" she asked, remembering the Titan smacking down on both of them.
"Agony and misery, Djinni," Szand said sarcastically while keeping his face void of emotions and giving his voice the same treatment, "I have never felt pain as this. Ending my life would be more soothing than this."
"Oh stop it," Djinni commented and walked over to them. She gently patted Szand on his head, following by him groaning and growling at her. "Let's go see what's up with our friends," she said and kicked off against the floor to float over to MeleeMan and Anyis.
"Not my friends," Szand remarked.
"Friends nice!" Oasis exclaimed happily as she ran after Djinni, still carrying the woefully pained Szand.
Once the trio had reached the beauty and the beast, Djinni pretty much instantly noticed the differences between pre-Titan Anyis and after-Titan Anyis. She, however, had not yet realized the powerless state Anyis was in as from a distance it just looked like the two were simply playing around. Curiously Djinni started to circle around Anyis.
"You legs too!" Oasis exclaimed excitedly as she pointed at Magna, "We all legs now!" Enthusiastically she ran around in circles, while Szand was just staring ahead of him with a straight and annoyed face.
"Excuse me," Djinni said as an announcement of her privacy breaking motions as she pushed her chest to Anyis' back and swung her arms around to place her hands onto Anyis' chest for a personal 'check up'. "Hrm..." Djinni hummed as her fingers moved around slightly before they were taken off and Djinni took a step back. She then proceeded to circle around Anyis again and looked down at her with a mocking look in her eyes. "You still have ways to go, Anyis," she commented, but her eyes quickly returned with kindness in them as she proceeded to talk, "I'm glad you are alright now, Anyis. If you need help again, feel free to ask us." Djinni then turned her head to look at MeleeMan. "You fought well and I'm glad you came help Anyis too with her situation. Maybe you're a nice guy after all," she spoke to him with a smile behind her mask.
"You rest!" Oasis yelled at Szand who was edging towards the location the Titan had been, "You injured!" Despite also having been attacked, Oasis was feeling much better due to Icaro's song. She tried reaching for Szand's shoulder, but her hand was swiftly smacked away.
"Don't worry. Danger's gone," Szand said to his sisterly companion, "Just need to do something." Oasis followed him as he continued to walk towards the Titan's 'resting place'. Once he had reached the place, he balled his right hand into a fist and smacked it into his opened left hand. He closed his eyes and took a bow towards the Titan. "May you rest peacefully," Szand said, opening his eyes again when he straightened out his body.
Oasis, looking at Szand, joined him by his side and did the same motions with her hands followed with a bow. "And Grants too," she added to Szand's words.
"OK," Szand quickly followed up with, "We're done here. Carry me to Djinni. I'm injured, right?"
Oasis frowned, but in the end it was the truth. Forming large aquatic hands at the ends of her ponytails, she picked up Szand with them and started to run towards Djinni. She had now grown much more used to her legs and it was hardly a problem to traverse from point A to point B.
Quickly sitting up, Djinni looked around herself while taking her cape and wiping her face clean. It was only then she noticed the Titan was missing and that Anyis was playing, from her point of view, with MeleeMan. "Ah!" Djinni uttered and noticed Eidolon had left already, "What a shame... I didn't really get to know her." Djinni stood up and noticed her two children arriving at her location. "Are you two alright?" she asked, remembering the Titan smacking down on both of them.
"Agony and misery, Djinni," Szand said sarcastically while keeping his face void of emotions and giving his voice the same treatment, "I have never felt pain as this. Ending my life would be more soothing than this."
"Oh stop it," Djinni commented and walked over to them. She gently patted Szand on his head, following by him groaning and growling at her. "Let's go see what's up with our friends," she said and kicked off against the floor to float over to MeleeMan and Anyis.
"Not my friends," Szand remarked.
"Friends nice!" Oasis exclaimed happily as she ran after Djinni, still carrying the woefully pained Szand.
Once the trio had reached the beauty and the beast, Djinni pretty much instantly noticed the differences between pre-Titan Anyis and after-Titan Anyis. She, however, had not yet realized the powerless state Anyis was in as from a distance it just looked like the two were simply playing around. Curiously Djinni started to circle around Anyis.
"You legs too!" Oasis exclaimed excitedly as she pointed at Magna, "We all legs now!" Enthusiastically she ran around in circles, while Szand was just staring ahead of him with a straight and annoyed face.
"Excuse me," Djinni said as an announcement of her privacy breaking motions as she pushed her chest to Anyis' back and swung her arms around to place her hands onto Anyis' chest for a personal 'check up'. "Hrm..." Djinni hummed as her fingers moved around slightly before they were taken off and Djinni took a step back. She then proceeded to circle around Anyis again and looked down at her with a mocking look in her eyes. "You still have ways to go, Anyis," she commented, but her eyes quickly returned with kindness in them as she proceeded to talk, "I'm glad you are alright now, Anyis. If you need help again, feel free to ask us." Djinni then turned her head to look at MeleeMan. "You fought well and I'm glad you came help Anyis too with her situation. Maybe you're a nice guy after all," she spoke to him with a smile behind her mask.
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((Written from phone))
"Hey, who do you think I am?!" Meleeman grumbled, frowning down at Anyis despite her newfound height. "Don't flatter yourself. I know the meaning of the word 'restraint' too. I wouldn't go after you unless you're at one hundred percent." Despite his reassurance, the statement "go after you" really felt like it might bear more clarification. "Can't say I'm going to miss either the ghost or the ice, though. I will be happy if some of these changes stick around..."
Damascus returned her friend's sentiments with just as much failure to convey emotion as he experienced himself. "A shield needs not thank a sword. We both serve our masters and need only strive to perform that duty efficiently. Although one could certainly question as to whether such splendid weapons as ourselves could not find more fulfillment in each other's company than with our given masters," she responded. There was that sex drive coming out again. Despite her better senses and Oasis' focus on legs, she found herself wondering if the golem's transformation came with any other new equipment...
"Yeah, I'm pretty nice when it comes to a lot of things," Meleeman agreed with Djinni, smirking with unhidden self-pride. "And I dunno, give the kid a break. She was already doing a lot better than Rania was..."
An "ahem" rang loudly through his receiver, but he didn't flinch. "It was our pleasure to help," Rania assured the others. "I'm just glad it worked out in the end... I hope. I feel like I could write a paper for my advanced AI theory class regarding Anyis now..."
"Hey, who do you think I am?!" Meleeman grumbled, frowning down at Anyis despite her newfound height. "Don't flatter yourself. I know the meaning of the word 'restraint' too. I wouldn't go after you unless you're at one hundred percent." Despite his reassurance, the statement "go after you" really felt like it might bear more clarification. "Can't say I'm going to miss either the ghost or the ice, though. I will be happy if some of these changes stick around..."
Damascus returned her friend's sentiments with just as much failure to convey emotion as he experienced himself. "A shield needs not thank a sword. We both serve our masters and need only strive to perform that duty efficiently. Although one could certainly question as to whether such splendid weapons as ourselves could not find more fulfillment in each other's company than with our given masters," she responded. There was that sex drive coming out again. Despite her better senses and Oasis' focus on legs, she found herself wondering if the golem's transformation came with any other new equipment...
"Yeah, I'm pretty nice when it comes to a lot of things," Meleeman agreed with Djinni, smirking with unhidden self-pride. "And I dunno, give the kid a break. She was already doing a lot better than Rania was..."
An "ahem" rang loudly through his receiver, but he didn't flinch. "It was our pleasure to help," Rania assured the others. "I'm just glad it worked out in the end... I hope. I feel like I could write a paper for my advanced AI theory class regarding Anyis now..."
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Anyis's thoughts were racing as she grappled with the fact that all her powers were dysfunctional. Her thoughts continued to race, albeit for different reasons, when Djinni sneaked up from behind and suddenly began groping her breasts. "Fwha...?! H-hey, Djinni!!! What the hell are you doing, you... cow!" yelped Anyis in surprise, who quickly swatted the other girl's arms away and put a few steps between the two of them. "Since when were you making a competition of this?! I don't even want this extra dead weight!" Anyis wrapped her arms up back up around her chest in defense, and actually for good reason. One other effect Anyis forgot about from Euthenia's changes...
*snap*
And there went her emblem, and as a result her belt. With its restraint gone, Anyis's robe fanned open to leave her overly-tight bodysuit as the only thing between her body and prying eyes. "...!!" When was this ever going to stop, Anyis wondered. As if to answer that, Anyis's long bangs fell over her eyes again, effectively obscuring most of her vision. Surprisingly, her temper was actually starting to waver, if only because all this stress and frustration was getting really exhausting. She still had the fuel to snap back at least one more time, though. "Augh... Wait, where do you get off calling me a kid, MeleeMan?! I'll have you know I'm...!" Whoops, almost let her age slip there. "... A-anyway, those are some pretty big words when you've probably never ever had a girlfriend. You don't even have a clue what being an adult is really like, do you?" A sly grin spread across Anyis's face as she came up with that counter.
Between what the Mother Unit just said, and what Damascus had told him, Magna felt compelled to raise his hand and speak up. "Mother Unit? Should I edit my definition of 'kid', given this new information? I believe I would qualify for that status under those changes."
"Uh... No, you don't need to worry about it Magna. I'm not even sure what to call you in that regard, frankly." answered Anyis honestly, unknowingly in spite of Damascus.
"Understood, Mother Unit." replied Magna, who promptly lowered his hand and resumed his quiet sitting.
"... *cough*" interrupted Mill, who didn't want to see this discussion continue much further. "As much as I'd love to question how you can suddenly brag about Grants after keeping him a total secret for months, I should probably get the two of you jacked out. You're running out of extra layers of clothing to break, Anyis."
"Mm..." mumbled Anyis as she took another look at her bodysuit. "... Yeah, not going to risk that. Magna, get over... Ah, wait, you can't walk two steps without falling over. Nevermind, I'll come to you." So Anyis walked over to her SP, albeit cautiously as she continued to hug her chest and dart her eyes back over to Djinni every few seconds. "Oh, and Rania? Just talk to me if you really do need me for your class. It wouldn't be the first time I was the subject of literature." she added nonchalantly. Mill raised an eyebrow at the cryptic comment, but ultimately chose not to inquire before finally pulling his cohorts off the Net.
(Jack Out)
*snap*
And there went her emblem, and as a result her belt. With its restraint gone, Anyis's robe fanned open to leave her overly-tight bodysuit as the only thing between her body and prying eyes. "...!!" When was this ever going to stop, Anyis wondered. As if to answer that, Anyis's long bangs fell over her eyes again, effectively obscuring most of her vision. Surprisingly, her temper was actually starting to waver, if only because all this stress and frustration was getting really exhausting. She still had the fuel to snap back at least one more time, though. "Augh... Wait, where do you get off calling me a kid, MeleeMan?! I'll have you know I'm...!" Whoops, almost let her age slip there. "... A-anyway, those are some pretty big words when you've probably never ever had a girlfriend. You don't even have a clue what being an adult is really like, do you?" A sly grin spread across Anyis's face as she came up with that counter.
Between what the Mother Unit just said, and what Damascus had told him, Magna felt compelled to raise his hand and speak up. "Mother Unit? Should I edit my definition of 'kid', given this new information? I believe I would qualify for that status under those changes."
"Uh... No, you don't need to worry about it Magna. I'm not even sure what to call you in that regard, frankly." answered Anyis honestly, unknowingly in spite of Damascus.
"Understood, Mother Unit." replied Magna, who promptly lowered his hand and resumed his quiet sitting.
"... *cough*" interrupted Mill, who didn't want to see this discussion continue much further. "As much as I'd love to question how you can suddenly brag about Grants after keeping him a total secret for months, I should probably get the two of you jacked out. You're running out of extra layers of clothing to break, Anyis."
"Mm..." mumbled Anyis as she took another look at her bodysuit. "... Yeah, not going to risk that. Magna, get over... Ah, wait, you can't walk two steps without falling over. Nevermind, I'll come to you." So Anyis walked over to her SP, albeit cautiously as she continued to hug her chest and dart her eyes back over to Djinni every few seconds. "Oh, and Rania? Just talk to me if you really do need me for your class. It wouldn't be the first time I was the subject of literature." she added nonchalantly. Mill raised an eyebrow at the cryptic comment, but ultimately chose not to inquire before finally pulling his cohorts off the Net.
(Jack Out)
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Even though Anyis had applied some seriously intense burns before taking off, Meleeman found himself fixated on the changes she was undergoing. If only she had stuck around a bit longer... Hers was not the only suit getting a little tight for its wearer. "Dammit... I've been a man since the day I was born!" he proclaimed in his defense, but Djinni was likely the only one around to hear it. On that note, he kind of wished he could be Djinni for a bit so he could pull some of that junk off without getting a ColdPunch in the jaw.
"Magna is still young?" Damascus pondered with a thoughtful frown.
"I guess that makes you a cougar, huh?" Rania said in a voice that was intentionally too quiet to hear. "Anyways, let's get back to the house."
Meleeman gave Djinni another stiff nod and Damascus gave her SPs an even stiffer bow. "Be sure to let me know if any crisis ending in a top bursting breast expansion comes up for you too, alright? Although damn, I wouldn't be surprised if I already missed that one," he concluded, remembering who he was talking to. With that the two vanished off of the net.
((Jacking out))
"Magna is still young?" Damascus pondered with a thoughtful frown.
"I guess that makes you a cougar, huh?" Rania said in a voice that was intentionally too quiet to hear. "Anyways, let's get back to the house."
Meleeman gave Djinni another stiff nod and Damascus gave her SPs an even stiffer bow. "Be sure to let me know if any crisis ending in a top bursting breast expansion comes up for you too, alright? Although damn, I wouldn't be surprised if I already missed that one," he concluded, remembering who he was talking to. With that the two vanished off of the net.
((Jacking out))
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Djinni just remained quiet, keeping her lips straight on top of each other as she looked at MeleeMan leave the area. "Yes," she admitted after he had left, "It has happened..."
"Cow," Szand commented as he pulled up an interface. They were now the only ones left so he figured he'd start the logging out sequence.
"I-it's not my fault," Djinni tried to refute, clearly meaning that it was Efreet's fault. But these were the last words to be shared between the three as they were beamed up into the PET.
"Cow," Szand commented as he pulled up an interface. They were now the only ones left so he figured he'd start the logging out sequence.
"I-it's not my fault," Djinni tried to refute, clearly meaning that it was Efreet's fault. But these were the last words to be shared between the three as they were beamed up into the PET.
Logging Out. (Finally)