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cancry2021-10-10 04:44 pm
cancrymods) wrote in cancry2021-10-10 04:44 pm
Superbia Underside Log
Third time's the charm for the Executors, it seems. Their confrontation with Miss President ended peacefully and with the Superbia loop ended, the school was finally able to enjoy its hard earned festival. But it's not quite a straightforward happy ending – the way back up to the previous layers is still sealed and regardless, if the Executors want to progress, they'll have to make their way through the Underside. Finding the entrance isn't too hard. After all, it's where all of this began. At the spot in the gymnasium the previous Student Council President was corrupted, a familiar stairway stretches down, down, down into the darkness. It's been a long time coming, but it's finally time for you to graduate Superbia. | |
 ♪♫ Maze Fortress – Sakuzyo ... or so you expect, anyway. Entering the Superbia Underside is just as disorienting as always, but for totally opposite reasons to the other Undersides. While the other Undersides have been vaguely recognizable distortions of their Layers, this one is so similar to Superbia that for a second it's almost unclear whether or not you really are in the Underside or not. It almost feels like a repeat of heading down to Superbia for the first time as you descend the stairs but as you get closer, your intimate familiarity with the Layer allows you to pick out the subtle changes. It's more run down than the school itself and you can see Revenants flitting around to and fro in all directions. A few locations seem to have been switched around and warped but for the most part, Superbia stands as you've always known it, frozen in perfect stasis, just the way a certain someone would have wanted it.
⚝ STUDENT COUNCIL ROOM: Given how things started, it seems like the logical place to go. The Student Council Room isn't a big place, so it shouldn't take long to examine, right? Or so you might think. The instant the door opens, dazzling light pours out, blinding you for a second. It takes your eyes a moment to adjust but when you do, you'll see the reason for that is that the walls of the room have been replaced with thick, almost perfectly transparent glass with the summer sun pouring in aggressively from the outside. As you follow the curve of the glass up, you realize this isn't just a room – it's a giant glass birdcage. And... I don't have to tell you it's occupied by a bird, do I? ⚝ CLUB BUILDING: Once a monument to the delightful inanity of high school life, the club building has been completely taken over by Revenants. To call it an infestation would be an understatement – the instant you open the door, you find yourself utterly swarmed by them and in the confusion, you'll be chased away from the exit! All you can do is keep climbing and fighting your way up to the third floor, and from there the roof, which is made a litttle hard by the fact that the Revenants seem happy to weaponize the equipment of the club rooms against you. Watch out for that falling piano!! Make your way to the top roof and you'll find a particularly grouchy Revenant on top who doesn't seem eager to let you go! ⚝ GYMNASIUM: See for yourself.
⚝ Revenant Types Present: Charles, Metrodorus  | |
MANDATORY COMBAT ENCOUNTER: AGAPE
The moment the Executors enter her birdcage, Agape lets out a terrible shriek. It's a noise familiar to many of the Executors and a familiar sight as well – after all, this isn't the first time you've seen Agape. And in many ways, it's unsurprising that you'd find her here.
After all, the Student Council Room is where the Student Council President belongs.
Though her size makes her seem lumbering and slow, Agape is a surprisingly fast opponent. She moves quickly around the birdcage both when attacking and dodging and her enormous bulk makes it difficult to avoid her. Thankfully, despite the pair of stunted wings on her back, she's too large to fly which means the Executors will still be able to grapple with her even if their movement is limited. Her enormous claws pack a powerful punch as you might imagine and she's dreadfully strong. Most frighteningly, when she's backed into a corner the entire bottom section of her 'mask' will peel away to reveal a mouth brimming with feroicious teeth that opens all the way down to her chest.
She's been in this place for so long and she's so... so hungry. Just... what was it about this school that she loved so much again? What was it she wanted to protect?
Win Conditions:
- At least 4 characters must show up to fight.
- At least 25 comments must be posted, over at least 3 threads.
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[Does this feel like an Authority, even a former one? Does she feel like her predecessor, or like Greta? It's hard to say, but something doesn't seem right.]
Well! Hello, miss former president! Sorry we've taken so long to get to you. [Whatever else might be going on, there's no reason to be rude.]
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I don't think she's interested in talking right now!
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[Medic smiles confidently at her teammate.] Just stick close to me! I can heal you if you get injured.
...Oh, unless I'm charging her head-on. Then stay as far away as possible! [What? Strategy is important.]
Still, something about this doesn't feel quite... hm. Can you text the others? Say we've found her, but we're not sure that's all there is down here.
Just in case.
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[Although that comment does get her worried.]
Well, you know best. [She pulls out her phone to send a text.] What feels wrong?
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Even after losing her position, she still felt a lot more powerful than this one. Maybe Mammon was just super tough, though?
But it couldn't hurt to be careful. [A beat.] Anyway, I'm going to go try to shove myself into her mouth and cut her up from the inside! Good luck!
[WHAT THE FUCK DOES "CAREFUL" MEAN TO YOU, MEDIC.]
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[And then she stares dumbfounded at Medic's declaration.]
What the-do you do that a lot???
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[She dodges one swipe, lets herself get pulled in by another, steadily being dragged in towards the mouth. The wounds from the blow that connected simply heal before their eyes, flesh knitting back together in seconds.]
This is the first time I've done it on purpose, but the principle is sound!
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I-I'll hit her from the side! [She circles around a bit as Medic lets herself get dragged closer, the pencil-arrow glowing slightly before flying straight, striking at Agape's side.]
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[It turns out you can get a lot of force behind a blow if you can just ram it forward without having to worry about the damage to your joints and muscles.]
[Through the roof of the mouth, to where she thinks- hopes- the brain will be.]
Hey, it's okay! This isn't goodbye, miss former president- you'll come back around again, when you get back together. I hope we can get along better, next time!
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[She looks up to the ravenous creature impaled on her scissors, politely including her in the conversation as she shakes and snarls in her death throes.]
I don't suppose you have any ideas, miss? [The noises are quieting. It won't be much longer now.] No, I guess not...
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He gets his harp ready. ]
I can try to play something to slow it down but I'll need cover while I do.
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I can keep her off you, but it's going to be close. [She's not a long-range fighter, but she can stick by him and snip off any bits that try to get too unfriendly.]
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[ And so with Medic giving him cover he’s going to start playing his drowsy song to slow the revenant down! ]
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Ah… would such a thing truly be wise? It helps with sleeping certainly but…
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[ but if there's a way to reach Revenants, then they haven't found it yet. Mona's words can't do any good for this girl. she closes her eyes for a moment — in grief, or in an effort to compose herself maybe — before she turns to a fellow Executor. ]
Um — I'll... follow whatever plan you have. I think... I can probably herd her a little, because I don't have to be close. [ to demonstrate, she holds her ranseur out in her hands and, with a flash, it extends to its full length Minute Forme. ] And I can stop time for just a little while, so... tell me when you need her to stay in place.
[ she hates this. she hates talking like this. it didn't feel this awful to plan the bank heist, and she knows she had fun when she was alive, playing at strategies with Lupin. this is different. it's the ultimate goal that makes it horrible to say these things. ]
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[Well, no, that's not entirely fair- it's always sad when you have to take end-of-life measures for a patient. But end-of-unlife measures mean the start of something new. Sometimes you have to cut out the dead tissue to let the body live- in her view, this isn't dissimilar to amputating a limb.]
[A really pointy, angry limb that might eat you.]
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[ her expression twists, dismayed by her own uselessness. she can only do one thing, and has such a limited utility. she needs to help Medic more than that. if Medic is trying to keep the Revenant's mouth open (so that she can hurt it, find its soft spots and—) ]
Instead, I could— [ the ranseur rattles in her trembling grasp. ] ah, I could... keep h-her mouth open with my polearm...
[ her. it's terrible. but maybe it's worse to speak like that girl isn't a girl anymore, to call her it as if she's nothing more than a creature. the others have said that Mona doesn't have to fight — even now, she wants nothing more than to run away in search of reassurance from Chiron or Phoenix — what else can she do, though? she can't be useless. there isn't much she can do in a support role, and she can't make Medic do this alone.
still: she doesn't want to do this. she doesn't want to be here. she doesn't want to hurt anyone, ever. why does it feel like she always has to? ]
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[Mona doesn't want to hurt anyone- but she doesn't want anyone to hurt Mona.]
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You're Mona. Being Mona is already very important, by itself. ...I mean, it's not a big tactical advantage here, but it's pretty important in the big picture.