And The Clocks Ticks Again

[strangerpeople]

[You feel as if your body has not moved for a long time. The ache is dull as you can feel your limbs creak and move, trying to shake off any potential rust that has seeped into your bones. And maybe actual rust if you're Proto, sorry buddy. With eyes blinking out any tiny crusties from your corners, you may remember that you were trying to escape.

Escape? But where to in this hellhole? There's no exits from this abyss...right?

You remember screaming from someone...one of the strangers who showed up in the car, yes? She was speaking to her friend about something-]

Did you hear me, Seven?! I said-what in the bloody hells happened here?! AND WHO STOLE MY TIME FREEZING POWER AND USED IT ON US?!

[Yotsuyu is livid, screeching to anyone who hears. Anyone might be confused as to what she means by 'time freezing power' but looking up at the sky, there is a reason for her to be concerned: There are blue streaks and the bright light of Logos, but they are starting to die like embers, absorbed into the black.

There had been a war; the Amaranthine Conjunction doesn't let go of its possessions easily, even beyond its borders. But this is too far for it; this is not its territory and it never will be. Its Law has faltered. It's light is useless. The power is retreating, forced back from the black thing that pervades the sky. Just what happened to make this happen? Who is powerful enough to freeze everyone including two strong Angels?

It matters not because the clock is still ticking against you all...and the storm is not letting up.]

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[alwaysgonnatry]

[ When she finally had opened her eyes...

THIS was not what she'd wanted to see. Her head was spinning from the awful sounds, reeling as she looked around at all the different monsters heading towards them. There was no way they could fight them all, with the numbers stacked against their very few numbers. If she said she wasn't scared, that would be a damn lie. ]

This is it. W-We can either go out scared or... go out fighting.

[ Her voice trembles and it's clear she sounds almost on the verge of tears now. At least before a flash of light flickers and Zack would find he's not holding onto her weapon form anymore. Akko's re-materialized in her normal, human self and even if she looks scared, there's also something strangely determined on her face. ]

I choose to fight. Even if it's... not fair and kinda futile. You hear me!?

[ She glares skyward, and all around them before yelling the rest of her words out as loudly as she could. ]

YOU THINK I'M GONNA RUN? THINK AGAIN!

[ If noone really stops her she is going to suddenly start bolting forwards, fists raised as if she really will have any effect towards the oncoming beasts. ]

[icanhearscreams]

[Jun grabs her from behind in a bear hug, even if he's trying to not panic from the physical contact. He can't even really form words like this, but she can't go out there. She can't.]

[alwaysgonnatry]

[ She stiffens up at the sudden contact, her eyes going wide and halfway about to tell the other person to let her go when she realizes it's Jun. ]

I... We can't just... sit here and be killed without fighting back... we can't...

[ Akko's voice trembled a little, and she was trying so hard not to cry... and probably failing. ]

[silvertongueheir]

Still, you shouldn't touch them! That could definitely be dangerous! [Franciscus is slowly uncurling from his original pained pose, reaching out to support Akko as he tries to fire flames at the monsters. Not that he expects it to do much, but still...if everyone else is going to defy this, he will too. After all...he wants to see his friends again. He wants to see Osomatsu again.]

[strangerpeople]

[Through the howl, they can see the nothing rip around them. But it is toying with them, much as the little girl did. It can destroy them at any time. It can, and possibly will, at any moment.

But not yet. The little girl has its ways.

And so the faint light appears, flickering like a wayfinder.]

[alwaysgonnatry]

L-Look! I... There's a light...!

[ She won't try to break free from Jun's hold, but she's seen it with her eyes going wide. ]

Jun... Fransiscus... We need to get to it. Wouldn't it be better than this...?

[strangerpeople]

[Soon, Akko, too, can see the light coalesce into a flickering 104.]