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Sho Minamimoto ([personal profile] piphilologize) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2016-08-25 11:32 pm

Susano'o Trashes Heaven

Who: Sho Minamimoto vs. Everyone!
What: Susano'o decides to take on Heaven. Chaos results.
When: All day April 19
Where: All around the Heavens
Summary: In a bid to take over Heaven, Sho has unleashed an apocalyptic number of taboo ayakashi the biggest Heaven-wrecking godmode weapon this side of the Far Shore. It doesn't end well. Get ready for spring cleaning 2.0.
Warnings: Math, strong language, casual disembowelment and other violence, NPC death, potential for character death.

12:00:00 PM
Susano'o, Selfies, and the Subjugation of Heaven


As he'd revealed in his 3 AM BBS post, Sho has a variety of fascinating ayakashi that he wants to share with the world. By noon, several large heaps located in various parts of Heaven have caught on fire and there is a massive outpouring of taboo ayakashi.

Concentrated primarily near the Meeting Hall and Susano'o's junk heap of a temple, these ayakashi attack shinki and gods on sight. They're vicious, powerful, and the only way to defeat them is the power of teamwork.

At 2 PM, Joshua will be providing some helpful tips. Meanwhile, Sho will be teleport-spamming throughout Heaven. Feel free to text him, but he'll stop answering right around the time Bishamon and Hajime start to catch up to him. (Picowatt will be helping out from there on!)

Save Heaven 2K16? (Details here!)

03:14:15 PM
Boss Fight: Seiten Taisei and the Neoclassical Drakes


It's the zero hour, exactly 43,200 seconds since he posted his warning to the BBS when Sho decides to change the game. Heaven has rallied against him, gods and shinki alike, and it's time to pull out the big guns.

In the air above the Meeting Hall, he unleashes thirteen Neoclassical Drakes before releasing Seiten Taisei.

And, suddenly, it's entrails everywhere.

??:??:??
Post-Battle Spring Cleaning


Well, the day is saved, but there's a metric ton left to do. The mass slaughter left a bit of a bloody mess, and Susano'o has shrines on the Near Shore covered in graffiti that can turn any stray ayakashi into the taboo sort. Weird and corrupt magics all over the place, some of which are on fire. His junkyard temple is burning merrily, and there are still some stray taboo ayakashi to put down.

Anyone ready for Spring Cleaning 2.0? Grab a mop.
erogappa: (look -- as close to crying as he gets)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-08-27 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ All eyes on him? Okay. Gojyo takes a deep breath. ]

Goku's not human. [ His gaze flicks to Hakkai, but then settles on Sanzo. ] That gold crown he wears is a limiter. If it comes off, he gets a lot stronger... an' goes kinda crazy.

[ He turns next to Elsa. ] You've seen him. [ This is so hard, finding things to say that won't tread on that forbidden level of Too Much Information, but there's nothing he can do about that. If they're going to stop Goku, they need to know how, and that's going to involve learning things about their old selves. ]

[ To Hakkai: ] Last time he got like this, it took gettin' electrocuted to stop him, with a whole bolt of lightning. [ To Sanzo: ] If his limiter's broken, it'll take some serious magic to make a new one. [ And, finally, back to Elsa: ] You should stay here.
killsthebuddha: I intend to deserve it (judge all you want)

[personal profile] killsthebuddha 2016-08-27 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He'd known the kid wasn't human, but...

Well, it doesn't matter.
]

We'll figure it out. [ Maybe.

Or they'll get murdered by a damn misbehaving monkey. His gut feeling seems to want to lean along those lines.
] Get us to him.
arealhardnose: (what on earth)

[personal profile] arealhardnose 2016-08-27 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
No. [Really, Gojyo? Did you think that would work?

She looks at each of them in turn again as she speaks.]
Are you serious? I'm going with you. I might be able to stop him by calling the name I gave him.

[Come on now. She has seen what Goku gets like (and it should've occurred to her sooner, that what's happening to him is just that).]

If you don't want me to fight, that's one thing, but I'm not going to abandon him.
reformedsinner: (reserving comment)

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2016-08-27 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hakkai's eyes narrow as he returns her glance.]

Swear to me you'll stay out of the fight. And if it gets too bad, you'll escape.

[If it's that dangerous -- she's not bad in battle, but he's seen her fight enough to be worried. Gojyo's afraid of Goku's strength. This isn't the kind of fight Hakkai wants her in, either.

He flexes his right hand at his side. Electrocution with a lightning bolt. That's a lot of electricity: a lot of power, to simply slow him down. If all they have to do is slow him down, restrain him long enough for someone capable of reinstating the limiter to do it, it might be possible.

Time is being measured in lives, right now.]


Let's go.
erogappa: (hakkai --focused forward)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-08-27 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Escape. Ha. There's not escaping from the Seiten Taisei. If he's not stopped, he'll kill everyone, just for the pleasure of doing so.

But if they can't stop him, then being away from the battle will only buy Elsa time. It won't save her, not in the long run. And they don't have time to debate the issue.
]

Fine.

[ He gestures everyone to move in -- he's only ever teleported with Banri's ghost, and they've always been touching. It's easier with contact, even just a hand on a shoulder. His attention lights again on Hakkai -- specifically, on Hakkai's limiters. If they're going up against the unleashed monkey, should he tell Hakkai to take his limiter off too?

No. No, better wait until he can see what the situation is. If they can stop Goku without Hakkai going green, then that'll be for the best.
] Hold on.

[ His target is the main meeting hall, about a hundred yards off to the side and a few feet in the air. Brace for landing, everybody. ]
killsthebuddha: (nobody wants to die)

[personal profile] killsthebuddha 2016-08-27 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Landing lightly with a grunt, Sanzo's already striding towards the meeting hall as he double-checks his ammunition. To hell with strategy or sizing up the situation from a distance.

It's a massacre, and it's only going to get worse.
]

That pain in the ass monkey...

[ That fierce, burning qi is terrifying even at this range, but there's no other choice besides acting on instinct and hoping something worked. ]
arealhardnose: (unhappy realization)

[personal profile] arealhardnose 2016-08-27 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Elsa has just enough time to tell Hakkai] I promise [before Gojyo calls for them to get together and teleports them to the meeting hall.

Right away, it's clear why Gojyo is so concerned, and how well founded Hakkai's concern for her is. She regrets, for just a moment, leaving her old sword behind, but maybe it's better that way. She shouldn't be thinking of fighting. Her escape intuition is giving her a handful of ways to get out of here before Goku notices her, but all she does is catch Hakkai's gaze and nod, a silent reassurance that she will be true to her word.]


Be careful, [she says, glancing once at all of them. (This is how it was when the Rangers rescued her, when she was dazed from recovering her memories of what she did as Mesogog's general. Be careful, she'd said to them too, and then Zeltrax invaded their base and took her once again.

That's not how this will be. This time, she can escape if anyone or anything comes after her.]


If you need me, I'll be just out of the way.
reformedsinner: (you wouldn't like me when)

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2016-08-27 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, look at this mess. And we'd just cleaned, too.

[Now: blood is spattered up across the walls and puddled on the polished wooden floor. A few bodies are visible. Most of them aren't complete.

Hakkai's just a step behind Sanzo, his posture shifting slightly for balance as he readies for combat. The malevolent energy radiating from the hall is intense, beyond anything he's felt before. This isn't going to end well. Not at all.]
erogappa: (angry -- teeth sucking)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-08-27 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ With a backwards glance at Elsa -- she'll be fine, she's staying back out of the way -- Gojyo falls into step with Hakkai, just to Sanzo's other side, his thyrsus ready in his hand. ]

Oi, Sanzo. This time, how about you staple that thing to his head, huh?

[ The familiar wave of Seiten Taisei's energy is like standing in front of an oven. It sears the edges of his awareness and sets his heart racing until his fingertips tingle. Sleepy, sleepy, he tells himself, concentrating on the staff in his hand. It's naptime for the monkey, sleepy, calm, slow.

More quietly, now that it's just them:
]

Don't hesitate. He's damned resilient like this. And fast.
konobakazaru: ([ST] 3)

[personal profile] konobakazaru 2016-08-27 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fast enough to have already been on the move, if he'd noticed their presence already. Luckily for them, Seiten Taisei is a bit preoccupied. At the moment, he's hunched down on his hands and knees in a far corner of the meeting hall, shoulder and arm moving in a repeated motion. Before they can even see him, they can likely hear the noises: something wet and organic, and the light sound of manic laughter echoing off the walls.

Heads are, apparently, not all that durable when you slam them repeatedly against the floor.

The entertainment only keeps him occupied for so long, though, before the head in his hand is reduced down to little more than lumpy mush mixed with sharp fragments of bone. Once he loses interest, the laughter dies away as well, and he pauses for a moment, looking over the mess. Satisfying enough, for now.

Seiten Taisei stands, blood-spattered and looking no worse for wear, slinging excess blood from the claws and spattering the nearby bodies. A glance up reveals the group standing at a distance, and for a moment he pauses, as if he recognizes them. But with the grin that splits his face, and the way he's suddenly disappearing, it isn't likely.

Especially since he's reappearing mere steps away, already leaping forward and slashing at the first one he can reach. Not a bit of recognition whatsoever.]
killsthebuddha: I intend to deserve it (judge all you want)

[personal profile] killsthebuddha 2016-08-27 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Fast doesn't cover it.

Sanzo can't follow him by sight, but he throws himself suddenly to the side even as that idiot child reappears in front of him. It gives him the clearance he needs to dodge his lunge, but there's a whisper of claws that almost catch the fabric of his robe. He'll be through if a hit lands, that much is clear.

In a single fluid motion, his immediate retaliation is to fire two shots at him in rapid succession.
]
reformedsinner: (ready to go)

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2016-08-27 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Goku has claws. And he's not just fast: Hakkai can't track him by sight, only instinct, and by the overwhelming force of his power. He leaps to the other side, lashing one hand out to strike at Goku's ribs.

(It's unlikely he won't dodge, of course. But with enough attacks, can he dodge them all? One might hit.)]
erogappa: (stick -- get the high up cobwebs)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-08-27 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sanzo splits to one side, Hakkai to the other, and Gojyo drops to one knee, bringing up the pine cone end of his staff as fast as he can. Slow, slow, slowslowslowslow! he mentally hollers at the staff as he blasts at the monkey-shaped blur. ]
konobakazaru: ([ST] 5)

[personal profile] konobakazaru 2016-08-27 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Two shots come in rapid succession, but Seiten Taisei's reflexes are far quicker. The hand coming back from the swipe darts up into the path of the shots, right about the time that Hakkai's hand is going in for his ribcage.

The blow hits, and it jolts him aside with a heavy grunt, but not before he can bring an elbow up towards Hakkai's face while he's still in range to do so.

The one in the middle is doing... something. He isn't sure what, and for just a split second, he tilts his head in curiosity... but only for that split second. With a quiet 'heh', his hand is jerking forward, tossing something at Gojyo. Two bullets.

Of course, it's only a diversion to keep him distracted while a foot snaps forward towards Gojyo's head.]
killsthebuddha: (pic#10502621)

[personal profile] killsthebuddha 2016-08-28 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ Bullets are entirely useless. "Resilient," that fucking kappa said. Yeah, right.

He gestures sharply with his right hand, snapping out:
] Line!

[ Light flares up, an attempt to bar Seiten Taisei that he's already aware isn't going to stop him. ]
reformedsinner: (unlimited)

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2016-08-28 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Hakkai's blow hits, but even if the force should've broken ribs on a human, Goku only grunts, and then his elbow's whipping up to hit Hakkai in the face too fast to dodge.

He jerks back, lessening the force of the blow, but it still sends pain rocketing up and down his cheek. His monocle goes flying, clattering across the floor, and his vision blurs with impact. Or --

There's something else ringing against the floor...?

He collapses to one knee, hands hitting the boards and tensing as a disorienting flood of energy pours through him. His body is different, the breezes tugging against the tips of his long, pointed ears, his nails scoring long claw marks through the wood, his vision sharpening and the sounds pouring in upon him suddenly louder and more distinct. Even the scent of blood is more overwhelming.]
erogappa: (fight -- stick to stick)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-08-28 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sanzo's line gives Gojyo the half a second he needs to scramble out of the way of Seiten Taisei's kick -- although not fast enough to stop the light clink of spent bullets from tapping against his cheek. Fuck, Goku...

He rolls to the side, toward Sanzo, shoulder protesting as he launches himself back up, swinging the pine cone end of the staff around to try and clock Seiten Taisei in the back of the head. There's a flash of something greenish out of the corner of his eye, but his focus is on Goku, and he doesn't dare look away.
]

Goku!
konobakazaru: ([ST] 7)

[personal profile] konobakazaru 2016-08-28 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[The borderline does indeed distract Seiten Taisei for a split second, making him hesitate, just long enough to keep that kick from connecting.

But that's the least of it. Power is building off to the side, where Hakkai had landed, and that has his attention even more so. Enough that, when Gojyo swings his staff, it actually connects. Pain splits through the back of his head for a moment, briefly stunning him, but only for that moment. He whirls around a second later, snarling and lashing out with claws, ignoring for now the growing threat at his side that is no longer the bigger of his issues.]
killsthebuddha: (pic#10502620)

[personal profile] killsthebuddha 2016-08-28 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
You'd better not be damn lunatic, too-! [ It seems worth saying to Hakkai in a tight voice, for all that Gojyo's fighting for his life right then. If there were two berserkers, they were dead. Maybe they were dead anyway. It's an overwhelming amount of strength, but he doesn't even know if it's enough even if Hakkai is on their side still.

It'd take real power to restrain Goku, and he's frantically trying to marshal his thoughts, to focus and get some sense of how. He had to be able to do something, dammit, and guns and shinki magic bullshit weren't good enough.
]
reformedsinner: (all bite no bark)

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2016-08-28 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
I'm all right.

[Better than just all right. Stronger, and he's not going to worry about what's happened to him or where this power came from right now. There's no time. Goku is whirling on Gojyo with those razor-sharp claws slicing through the air, and Hakkai comes to his feet in a single smooth lunge, aiming to take Goku in the side and knock him down and away. His own hands are as clawed as Goku's, and his fingers brace, ready to dig those claws into flesh and hold Goku still.]
erogappa: (smirk -- this smirk goes to ziptone)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-08-28 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ The staff connects, and there's a brief, bright moment where Gojyo almost smiles. He's got Goku's attention! He's...

...shit, he's got Goku's attention. Goku turns on him and Gojyo raises his staff defensively -- if he can get the monkey to bite the staff instead of him, then he'll have a second to strike back, right?

But Goku doesn't bite him. Instead, Hakkai -- an unlimitered, youkai Hakkai, when...? -- tackles the monkey off his course. Gojyo's mouth gapes, then spreads into a brilliant grin. Guess he doesn't need to tell Hakkai about his limiters after all!
]

Your vines! Wrap him up!

[ He's got both hands on his staff again, but he can't risk blasting Goku again, not with Hakkai in the way. He'll have to wait until they separate again. ]
konobakazaru: ([ST] 12)

[personal profile] konobakazaru 2016-08-28 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[--and there's that power he should have been paying attention to. Just as Seiten Taisei is about to slash down with claws, something impacts with him - hard - and sends him sprawling to the floor.

This, of course, is incredibly infuriating. The dig of claws in his skin makes him snarl and writhe, but Hakkai doesn't seem to be budging as much as he'd like. He opens his eyes, pupils thin, tight slits, and bares his teeth at the youkai.

And then proceeds to jerk his upper torso up far enough to attempt to headbutt him in the face.]
killsthebuddha: that was our chance (we're not going)

[personal profile] killsthebuddha 2016-08-28 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hanging back, Sanzo has to trust the other idiots aren't about to get themselves killed. He murmurs under his breath, a quiet mantra as he pulls together his concentration.

He breathes in, out, and reaches for a connection with the sutra he carried on his shoulders.
]
reformedsinner: (sneak attack)

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2016-08-28 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Sanzo's chanting a mantra under his breath. Preparing to use some sort of power, perhaps? Hakkai feels skin tear under his claws as he clenches one hand hard on Goku's arm and whips the other up between them to block the headbutt. Goku's head hits his forearm with a dull, wet crack -- Hakkai's bone, not Goku's, but not his skull, either, even if the force of Goku's blow slams his own freshly broken arm back against his face. He sucks in a harsh breath, and calls to Gojyo.]

Vines?

[How -- he's not in his vessel form!]
erogappa: (fight -- with goku rubber face)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-08-28 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Shit. ]

Vines!

[ He can feel a power building from Sanzo -- the priest's figured something out, something that sure is starting to feel more like a makai tenjou than the return of the kid's limiter. That's great. That's fucking great, Sanzo, do that!

Meanwhile Gojyo drops to his knees next to Hakkai and Goku -- that crunch he just heard couldn't have been good, and he's willing to bet it was something of Hakkai's going crunch -- grabbing for Goku's... anything, really. Those claws will shred him like paper, but Sanzo's got this. So if he can get the kid in a headlock for a few seconds? Maybe? Cut him some slack, he's making this shit up as he goes along. ...Just like Hakkai seems to be. Removing his limiters was nothing but a good instinct, it seems.
]

It's fine, just hold him, Sanzo! Do it!

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