WEEK 4, DAY 7: MISSION

[wonderful_mods]

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[Darkness. Silence. That's all that hangs over Tatsumi Port. The city is completely blacked out, all signals are dead. No phones work, there's nothing but static on televisions and radios across town.

The sky is overcast, and the people on the Realground have found themselves looking up towards the sky... perhaps the giant tower standing where Gekkoukan High School once was might be an indication of why. Oddly, none on the RG seem to actually see it - at least, none of them notice it, judging by what you might find if you scan.

Speaking of scanning... the area is shockingly noise free. There's no interference, just a calm, unflinching acceptance.

All of the walls are down. Reapers have no orders, players have no mission. It's obvious there's one thing left to do.]

[[OOC Note: There is a Mission Reward, but the mods couldn't bear to let go of their radio silence. Mouse-over the dashes!]]

Comments

[apprisingreaper]

They will have no need to argue with you. They have accepted their fate willingly, and now, regardless of what caused it to come to this, the world must be ended.

[Asakura can certainly try hitting it, but once it starts retaliating, he may regret attacking.]

[vexed_snake]

[Asakura is still trying to decide if he wants to start hitting Nix or not; his general dislike of the rest of humanity is waging war with his desire to hit things. Saving humanity would really ruin his image, after all.]

So...how are you going to end it, then? I hope there's going to be lots of screaming.

[If Nyx's plans sound boring, then he'll start hitting things.]

[apprisingreaper]

I will summon Nyx here, and when she arrives, all life on this earth will be pulled away. Each human will become like the Lost. Some fortunate souls will simply fall asleep for eternity. Others will transform into Shadows, and they will wander this earth, seeking out the remaining humans to destroy them.

Eventually, when all humans are gone, the Shadows will return to me, and I, too, will fade away into nothingness.

[vexed_snake]

Destroying humans does sound like fun...

[...he is actually considering sitting back and watching this happen. Such a class act.]

[apprisingreaper]

It is not fun. It is simply a Shadow's instinct. Even the boy I once was could not resist that instinct all the time.

[vexed_snake]

[Asakura kind of absentmindedly rubs at the hand Ryoji broke.]

Just because it's instinct doesn't mean it can't be fun. Otherwise, it would vex me.

[apprisingreaper]

Perhaps you find joy in causing chaos in this world, but I do not. Nor do I feel any remorse in what is fated to occur. I can not feel anything about the state of this world. It is nothing more than inevitability, and there is no use wasting any kind of emotions on something that can not be changed.

[vexed_snake]

Tch. Feeling nothing? You're boring now...how vexing.

[He's passing that pipe from hand to hand. Yeah, he's vexed enough. He'll charge Nyx and take a swing with the pipe.]

[apprisingreaper]

[Nyx jerks back a bit with the pain, but such a simple swing isn't going to do much to it. Even more frustrating for Asakura may be the fact that it doesn't retaliate. It just stands there, waiting.]

[vexed_snake]

[At least that jerking back was a reaction. Asakura grins and takes another swing.]

Maybe you're like a pinata...I wonder what'll happen if I break you open.

[He's still needling, provoking, trying to get some sort of a response.]

[apprisingreaper]

[And still there is no reaction, no expression other than that same blank grin.]

[vexed_snake]

[That seems to vex Asakura worse than any other reaction. Have a wild and crazy charge, Nyx. He's swinging that pipe with careless abandon.]

[apprisingreaper]

[It will probably take Asakura a long time to chip away at Nyx, but eventually, he does enough damage to elicit a response. Still, all it does is raise a hand and fly out of the way, a strange light temporarily flashing as Nyx speaks once more.]

The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate... Entrusting his future to the cards, man clings to a dim hope. Yes, the Arcana is the means by which all is revealed. Celebrate life's grandeur... Its brilliance... its magnificence...

[And suddenly, a powerful wind spell is cast, a green gust of wind rushing around Asakura. Hopefully he can dodge out of the way. It'd be a shame if he was blown off the building.]

[vexed_snake]

[The speech just causes Asakura to stare because seriously what is up with that? It vexes him even more, and even though he's getting very tired, he'll try to take another swing at Nyx--

--BUT WAIT THAT IS A REALLY BIG ATTACK. Asakura dodges and rolls, and he manages to avoid getting blown off the building to everyone's disappointment. However, he's been fighting for a long time. He burned up a lot of energy getting to the top of the tower thanks to his desire to smash everything in his way, and he's burned even more fighting Nyx. He collapses and passes out, unable to fight anymore thanks to sheer exhaustion.]

[apprisingreaper]

[It's something Nyx does, Asakura. If he didn't pass out, he could have heard it twelve more times after that.

It barely glances at Asakura before turning its attention elsewhere. Nyx had known Asakura was not serious about fighting, that he did not truly wish to live. Well, Nyx would be sure to grant his true desire soon enough. Until then, he may rest before he gets the eternal rest that he had evaded for so long.]