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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!)

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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.

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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.

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[ Seiten Taisei's reaction time is way too fast for him to be able to protect himself in any way, and when he looks up he's almost there-- and then he isn't.

Managing to react past his initial surprise, he rolls to the side, gets in a crouching position and quickly grabs his sword.

. . . He would have liked to lunge forward, but his foot hurts too much. It's probably a sprain. It could be worse, but he won't be able to pull that off like this. So he holds his sword in front of himself instead, stubbornly staying in that position like nothing's wrong here and he has a plan, or something. ]

Edited 2016-09-02 05:02 (UTC)

[Oh. That's new. The surprise is actually fairly clear on Seiten Taisei's face, and he looks at the spontaneous wall for a moment. It's interesting, but not interesting enough to keep his attention for long.

Oh well. Attacking the one with the sword can come later. The one with the gun clearly wants to play, and he turns around to face Kenren, not wasting any time in leaping and slashing at whatever he can reach first.

Out of the corner of his eye, there's a flicker of gold, and this distracts him for a second. ... ah. The other one. The one that looks vaguely like the monk. Next target. Easy target.]

[ OR I GUESS I COULD BUY TENPOU MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS????

He was half in the process of standing up, but Seiten Taisei's attack means he falls on his back again. He holds up his forearm to try and "block" the slashing, which of course, only results in it getting shredded. Kenren cries out in pain as he attempts to kick Seiten Taisei in the stomach, hoping he'll back off. ]

[ Okay, if Seiten Taisei is focused on Kenren now, this is a good time for him to stand up and not make it obvious that he's favoring one of his legs. It's not as if he has a choice anyway, considering how things are going for Kenren... But Tenpou is also not going to make the same mistake twice. So he tries not to wince as he prepares himself, and starts an upwards diagonal slash, teleporting to Seiten Taisei's side with the movement already started.

He ends up having teleported a bit farther away than he would have liked, but still within range. He's aiming at his upper arms and face.

...He's not fooling himself, though. At this point, he's just trying to make himself a bigger nuisance than Kenren. ]

[Only Kenren's arm is getting sliced to bits, which isn't as much as Seiten Taisei would prefer. He wants to see much more blood, more desperate attempts at defending. It spurs him on further, laughing three quick beats in succession, and he moves to follow his first slash with another, lower and aimed more at the gut. Maybe he can slice him right open.

But Tenpou is teleporting in just at his side, and Kenren is kicking at his midsection. Caught in motion as he is, he instead shifts his weight away. He mostly avoids the slash, but the tip of the blade does cut a thin line in his sleeve and along his cheek. The kick nudges his side, sending his slash off-balance.

Without missing a beat, Seiten Taisei instead shifts to turn his attack towards Tenpou, clearly marking him the current higher priority. The upward swing has left Tenpou's middle wide open, and a quick enough slash with claws can gut this one instead.]

[ Yes, that's... exactly the reason why he didn't want to have to go with that move. He was expecting something like this if he was lucky enough to catch his attention, and there would have been no way for him to have reacted to his speed, not even with the best of luck.

So he does try to shift to the side, ignoring the sharp pain coming from his foot from a fast movement like this, and it helps him stay alive for a bit longer but it's definitely not enough. Enjoy clawing at his ribs and possibly fracturing them and anything else that applies, Seiten Taisei. His side is yours.

He cries out and tries to bring the hilt of his sword down on Seiten Taisei's shoulder/neck as hard as he can while that happens. ]

[ If the blood loss was bad before, the new slashes on his arm certainly aren't helping Kenren's state: his vision is hazy, his pulse is shaky, and he's bleeding all over the floor.

Even so, he tries to shoot at Seiten Taisei's lower half once more. Everything seems like a lost cause at this point, but like hell he's going to sit back and watch as he tries to skewer Tenpou. ]

[Blood and flesh around his fingers is exactly what Seiten Taisei was going for. It means success, and for a second he twists them, digging in under an exposed rib and pulling, like he's playing with a toy.

Something stinging grazes his leg, and he snaps his head around to glare at Kenren, already in motion to attack this annoying cockroach instead. He should have dealt with him first. It's about that time, though, that Tenpou's hilt slams down on the back of his shoulder, leaving him ducking down with a 'grk' sound. But as much as it hurts, it only serves to infuriate him.

Seiten Taisei snaps his arm out to his side, fist aimed to slam at Tenpou's other side. Sit down.]

[ Shit! Things went from bad to fucking hideous in a matter of seconds. Konzen doesn't have the best reflexes on a good day, but when a scene like this is unfolding in front of him like a nasty recurring nightmare, it's hard to know what to do next. Tenpou goes down in a spray of blood. Kenren can still shoot his gun, but isn't looking that much better, either. He has to do something. But how? With what? Konzen left his shinkis behind. He wasn't going to pull them into this fight, when odds are that none of them will survive. He has nothing in his hands but the cold invisible sensation of helplessness that he grips tightly in his trembling fist.

But what is death but another door? He has passed through this place once before. He would do it again in a heartbeat, if he could ease Goku's pain, even for a moment. And even though he might not be Seiten Taisei, Goku is still a part of him, and would not want to be remembered for the things he has done. Konzen rises to his feet. ]

Goku!

[ He pushes past the debris and calls out to him so he can see. Konzen is not afraid. He can never be, not of him. Goku could come rip his heart out if he wants to. But not before Konzen does one last task, the only thing he can do for him now. ]

We're up!

[She sounds entirely too cheerful and eager about it, her grip around Sanzo's waist tightening briefly in warning to prepare as she teleports them across the room in a blink. She doesn't land them right on top of Goku or anything, but she makes sure to land them behind him, a couple arms' lengths away.

NOW OR NEVER SANZO LET'S DO IT]

[ Their immediate surroundings change in a blink, disorienting, but he doesn't let go of his grim grasp on his focus. The sutra stretches with a swell of power, and he makes a sharp gesture.

Ukoku had been right, it was just like muscle memory. ] -Makai Tenjou!

[ Sanzo sags as it bursts forth in writhing lengths, snatching Seiten Taisei up first by an arm and then his other limbs. All too late, he realizes that he's at the end of his endurance. It's all he can do to hold this spell, and he could count the amount of time he had left in his rasping, labored breaths. ]

[Seiten Taisei had been all set and ready to watch Tenpou crumple in a heap on the floor... but that fist never connects. Instead, the monk is here - how!? - and he's shouting, and that spell is going off, and paper is wrapping around his arm and preventing movement.

Attempts to tear the paper completely fail, and as the same happens to his other arm and his legs, he screams in frustration. His feet aren't even touching the floor anymore, and he can't escape. He's completely trapped.]

[ Maybe he could just rush ahead, distract Goku's attention from Tenpou and Kenren and prevent a bloodbath that would surely end in death. But before Konzen can make his move, a voice rings out through the hall, thunderous and arresting. And with it comes a flurry of shadows and light, enveloping the space like a tangled spiderweb.

Konzen gasps and looks up. He sees endless strips of holy writing, expanding and moving in a carefully controlled chaos. It's spellbinding. He squints through the shifting roar of scriptures and sees Goku caught up in the center of it, just flailing limbs clawing away at the whirl with feral rage.

It's his only chance, and he takes it, dashing ahead into the storm to grab him into an embrace. And if Goku doesn't eviscerate him first, he will set his hand over the kid's forehead and whisper by his ear, ]

I'm sorry.

[ For letting it get this far? For leaving him to suffer alone for so long? Everything, everything. The words are not enough. They never will be. ]

[Luckily for Konzen, Seiten Taisei has no ability to grab hold of him whatsoever. The sutra has all of his limbs bound, and the only thing he can do is thrash and shout. This isn't right. He shouldn't be able to be held like this.

But before he can even consider an alternative, Konzen is running in and holding him, and Seiten Taisei goes oddly still. Muscle memory, perhaps, much more so than actual memory, but something about this feels...

The circlet forms in a bright, golden light, wrapping around his head and fitting snugly into place. He can hear the words murmured into his ear, but he can't respond, can't even question them because he's suddenly feeling groggy, and his head is heavy and full of fog.

In a matter of seconds his hair shortens, his ears become smaller and less pointed, and his pupils become round again. Seiten Taisei is now Goku, and Goku's head is lolling forward as his eyes drift closed and blissful unconsciousness washes over him.]

[ The oppressive weight of Goku's unfettered power is broken, and Sanzo's ability to hold out goes with it. The holy scripture unwraps from the boy to leave him in Konzen's embrace, drawing back with the dry whisper hiss of rice paper parchment. He catches it as it winds into a scroll in one hand. For a brief moment, he could have smiled.

After all that, for Goku to look just like a stupid kid when he was finally out...

The Maten sutra falls from suddenly nerveless fingers as Sanzo collapses like deadweight, his head lolling forward. He's unconscious before the scripture hits the ground. ]

[It's over, but Sanzang only has seconds to feel relief before she has to spare her strength to hold the sudden dead weight on top of her. It actually catches her off guard and she stumbles with a yelp, landing flat out on the ground in a way that'd be comical if the whole situation wasn't so serious.

Or maybe it's because it's so serious that Sanzang (after making sure Sanzo isn't dead, just passed out) starts laughing. She laughs as she gently rolls Sanzo over onto his back and tucks the sutra into his robes. She laughs as she sits back on her heels and tilts her head upwards towards the ceiling, as it echoes like bells around the chamber, and laughs until there's tears rolling down her cheeks.

She doesn't even bother to figure out if their tears of laughter or something else.

It's over and Goku's safe and whole and no one has to be sacrificed and she doesn't have to tear the heavens apart in an effort to do it herself.

God fucking bless.

Laughter subsiding to giggles of a little less hysterical nature, she forces herself to her feet, wiping her eyes, and immediately goes to the nearest body, hands already glowing green to start stitching up the wounds. At this point she can't do much except stop the bleeding and take the pain away, but that'll be enough for now because they can rest.

She looks up to Konzen, struck by that strange feeling of familiarity not unlike when she looks at Sanzo, but this isn't the time to address such things anyhow.]

Hey, hey! How's Goku? I doubt it, but if he was hurt at all, I'll heal him up! Mister...? [She trails off questioningly, tilting her head as she prods for a name]

[ He can feel Goku go limp in his arms. There's a flash of light, a warm glow underneath his fingertips and then the solid sensation of a crown materializing over Goku's forehead. The binding spell releases him and they both sink down to the floor. Konzen lets Goku's head rest on his knees. He puts his hand over the diadem, just to make sure again that it's there.

Whatever is happening behind him or around him, he doesn't really pay it much attention. Goku might be restored again, but he knows this is just the beginning. The price he paid the last time he tore through heaven was too much. This brief respite brings no relief to him. He sees Tenpou and Kenren passed out on the floor.

What now?

If they come for Goku again, who is going to protect him? Konzen draws his arms around Goku protectively as he watches this stranger approach. She hovers over Tenpou and Kenren, and he narrows his eyes sharply. ]

What are you doing?

[His suspicion is met with an easy smile, if a bit strained from the effort she's putting into healing and the fact their pain is being transferred over to her. But its helping, she can do this much, so she doesn't falter.]

I'm healing them. [She doesn't bother with the bright cheer this time, going instead for a soothing tone.]

At least, as best as I can. I don't have a lot of strength right now, so I can only stop the bleeding. They'll survive. Everyone'll survive! [That's said with confident, bright tone and her smile is more natural] A little banged up, but at this point this is better than we could've hoped for.

[She nods towards Goku] He's alright... Right?

[ Everyone? That's not quite true, considering the countless body parts scattered across the hall. Konzen doesn't know about the extent of her powers, but he's pretty certain that a lot of people are already well beyond healing and are quite dead. Though knowing the way that things are here, maybe they'll be back. Death calls them here, instead of sending spirits on to samsara, like they ought to be.

He sighs and glances down at Goku to examine him for injuries. A few scratches and bruises, but nothing terrible. ]

He'll be all right.

[Maybe she should've amended that to 'everyone who actually matters'? Okay no, that'd be a little cruel especially for her.

She pulls her hands back with a pained noise, surveying the damage. Wounds were closed, at least, and she feels exhausted, their pain piling on top of Sanzo's that she's already carrying.]

Good, that's good. [Sanzang exhales slowly and rests her hands one her legs, trying to keep her focus off of her own exhaustion.]

Will you take care of him? Goku, I mean. No one else is really in the right condition to try, and he doesn't know me well enough yet for that. [Both he and Sanzo had been able to subdue him after all, and Sanzo was currently down for the count anyhow.] He'd probably be comfortable with you, once he wakes up.

[Konzen clearly cares about him a lot, she can tell that much just by how he interacts with the unconscious boy.]

[ The devastation left behind is a sight to behold. Goku sleeps, blissfully unaware for now of the toll that his transformation has taken this time. It is the nightmare reborn. Even back then, they never spoke of it to him. He didn't remember any of it, and it was better that way. The suicide of Nataku was traumatizing enough for the kid. But this ... can they possibly shield him from it again? Is it right to? Konzen's heart aches for him, the terrible burden that must pile on over top of everything else he has had to endure. He thinks upon the one thing Goku ever remembered of his time in heaven: his name.

Did you know, Bosatsu?

He wonders if she watches now, from her lotus pond.

'Don't you regret it,' she had said, the last time Konzen held him like this, surrounded by bloodshed and terror. He didn't; he doesn't; yet he can't help but wonder why it happens again. They say samsara can be a directionless wandering. Is that why he has stumbled right back to where he started? Has he learned nothing? Or is the promise of liberation just a myth and nothing more?

He wonders too, what punishment the heavens will extract from Goku this time. His hand sets protectively over the boy's head. It can't happen again. Not like before.

Konzen glances at the woman with furrowing brows. ]

He decides.

[ Konzen doesn't know this woman, and why she seems to care at all about who will watch over Goku. He doesn't need her to tell him. For now, while he lays sleeping, Goku will go to Elsa, where he's been living under her care. If he wants to go somewhere else later, then that's up to him. ]

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