The Will to Fight: Conclusion

[voidtreckermods]

The battles rage loud and ferocious at the gates of the city and off in the ruined wastelands of Erda, and on the walls a struggle of a different kind occurs. The team who stayed behind at the towers are small but determined as they move stoically across the walls to right the stones that have become misaligned, even as their friends battle not too far away.

The city begins to hum. It's a quiet hum, not loud enough to be heard out where the others are fighting but it vibrates even through stone. The recovering monks assure them that it is done, the wards are back up and no demon will be able to enter the city.

Eventually the battle is won, all three battles. The demons fought back and killed, a major blow to their gate system that will keep them back for hopefully a long time. Those waiting in the caverns return to the city and by the time they get there the illusions are gone. Everyone can see the world for what it really is.

But despite the ruins of their world the people are relieved, the adrenaline of the fight coursing through their veins and the mood is one of hope. They will build again, their people will survive.

All Voidtreckers please return to the Voidtrecker Express. Departure will be in a few hours

It has landed not too far from the city, cloaked to make it unnoticeable to the citizens, for all the good that does. No one has been particularly subtle this last week. People can begin regrouping, packing up the camp and getting any wounded not already healed to the train.

However roughly half an hour later another message appears on their SCA.

Passenger Persephone has requested we remain on system System #86525656412355 for an additional day to further assist the people of Erda. The Voidtrecker Express will depart on the morning of Day Fifteen of the month of Kazoo.

The train remains where it is, so the voidtreckers can use its facilities. There is definitely a lot that can be done to assist those of this world and the citizens will welcome any helping hands.

After an extra day they finally depart, returning to the void once more.

(OOC Note: Once the wards are up any characters who are demonic in nature will not be able to enter the city either!)

Comments

[kumoko]

"Turns out their filters are pretty bad," she agrees, turning the page. His appearance gets a grand total of six eyes looking him up and down. It would have been two, but she's digging the snake look. Creepy, but also kinda cool. He'd make the internet shit bricks, for sure...

Another page turns, since the other four eyes are still trained on it. "But that's their problem! Guess we'll just have to be the bigger demons and live it up out here."

[agathokakological]

"Well, I am one of them, sort of. Suppose they're doing their job." he mutters, an arm reaching to the side to browse what other comics she has piled there. He's never been much on books, but these have pictures... a lot of them reminiscent of cartoons, which he's always enjoyed.

"It's certainly comfortable. I have no complaints."

[kumoko]

"Thanks, thanks." Pride in your home is important! He's picked up The Adventures of Bumblekid, a decent superhero story which she's read a few times before getting unsettled by the whole 'oh and the main character has a special attack that instantly kills things but if she uses it she dies' device.

Kinda close to home, you know?! Too soon! The others are a little less unnerving. Another page turns. She hopes she's giving off cool vibes. "How'd you find it? The demons and everything."

[agathokakological]

"Very different." he huffs, "And somehow exactly the same as the rest of them. A veritable paradox."

Crowley flips through noncommittally before tossing it gently back on the pile. "What about you? How did it compare to where you're from?"

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[kumoko]

"Weird to be on this side of it, but kinda like home." Fighting monsters that shared her exact skillset is a little... yeah. It's true that a lot of the worlds are pretty similar, she wonders if there's some kind of voidcraft that goes to the worlds where everything's a sentient pile of sticks or a bunch of tiny robots. "Still trying to figure out the whole..."

She waves towards the city. "Eh, whatever happened over there."