The Final Assault (Frontside Skirmish)

    She’d been keeping an eye on Kahn, ready to sprint ahead should his match go poorly, when the ground beneath her began to quake. Biting down harshly on her tongue, Destiny began to wobble. Calliope immediately wrapped her arms around her owner’s waist, steadying the girl until she regained her sense of balance. // Heavens, what was that…? //

    One glance at the tower was all she needed to verify that whatever was happening was definitely not good at all.

    She could have sworn she grew nauseous. A heavy ball of despair sat in her stomach, and for a moment, tears almost pricked at her eyes. She thought…but…it just…already…?

    // No…No no no nononoNO! // She couldn’t. Not now. Dammit, she did not fight, she did not push herself, she did not just crawl through Limbo just to fail now. She was going to keep going right until the end. With any luck, that would be enough to do something.

    After taking a moment to regain her footing, she advanced closer to Kahn, focusing on the man Kahn had warned them about before. Phalanx he’d called him, right? Shaking her head lightly in disbelief, she called out, ”Really? Yachiru? Is that all you care about? His goals, what he wants? What could he have possibly done for you to make you follow him this far?” She took a brief glance around, cementing the fact that she was referring to the chaos all around them. “Don't you have anything else you care about?”  

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Kahn picked up the parts and stowed them away, somewhere safe…one step closer to getting four back now it was time to…..

Then there was a rumbling…Kahn looked around before noting that the moon was darkening, and then he saw it sprouting limbs. “Oh what the fuck….” He said before hearing the Second King burst out into how the plans were coming to fruition, he glanced back to Tomoe seeing her setting back on the ground. “They seem sure of themselves, but I’m with you till the end.” The red haired young man said nodding toward their leader before hearing the orders to disengage. The red haired young man mentally switched Persona’s, not wanting to get caught off guard should something not go according to plan. He heard Tomoe order not fight even if they did…well that was going to be a bit difficult to explain. However, he trusted her, and he would believe in whatever shred of hope they had left.

Seeing how they were tackling the Seventh Phalanx, Kahn looked toward the second king. Evidently she did not respond to females at all, meaning that it was up to him to talk her down and out of it. Granted, she seemed like she was completely head of heels for Yachiru….this was not going to be easy. The red haired young man looked at her, “And what about you? A pretty woman like yourself ought to have something else other than what Yachiru wants to live for? A friend? Family? There has to be something else you are willing to live for besides simply Yachiru’s goals.”


It was then that he heard Tomoe’s thoughts about how the Second and Third king looked a lot alike, “Related? There is one way to find out. Those of you on the other side find out if the third king had a sister or family! I’m going to try and pry a bit more information from the second king. So here we go.” He thought to the others before looking back at Two.

“Maybe a sister?” the red haired young man asked, did she actually have one? Right now it was a possibility, but he would watch the second king’s posture very closely attempting to observe if there was any shift in her posture. If she took the bait, then there would likely be some response, and she might just buckle down and listen. Though another part of his mind wandered off as to why Yachiru wouldn’t let the sisters reunite…but he might get his answer soon. Likely because he imagined that if she did have a sister..she would be curious as to how Kahn knew of her. If the second king confirmed his suspicion, then he would relay the information to the other group.

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OoC: Cole is weak to Wind

    "Destroy...?” No…This was all wrong. Phalanx’s logic felt so…skewed. So he felt trapped in a role, despairing in his station? But his perception of that role was…well, what other word was there than wrong? ”That's not what a knight does. They're there to defend, to protect...to help build. That's what they've always done. How can you call yourself a knight for a king set on destroying everything?”

    And the next thing she knew, a flurry of attacks fell in front of her, causing her to emit a startled gasp. Instinctively she backed up a few paces, face twisted in concern as she looked ahead. The person who’d been standing there was… ”Kahn! Are you alright?”

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Kahn frowned as suddenly both the kings were upon him, this most certainly was not good news. He saw the second king's attack and braced himself for the worst. He felt the blast wash over him and...no do any damage...he blinked for a moment, before snapping his head toward Guren and stepping out of the way from the guest of winds. However, Kahn was utterly unharmed by the attacks. He noted how the other two had re-positioned, and realized that getting surrounded was now a very real possibility. He moved back to where he was next to Tomoe, "We need a better formation, and I think I see where we can go." The young man said looking over to the side away from the ridge. If they went over there then they could put their backs to the wall, and not be surrounded.

He then turned his attention toward the second king, and he held back a glare at the very least. He was irritated that their attempts were taken with hostility. "You didn’t have to attack me after you said you didn’t want to talk about your family. But point taken, we won’t talk about that." Kahn said a slight bit of irritation in his voice. But he took a breath, and relaxed just a little bit, they were trying to be civil. "Let's talk about something else. I have to admit I am a bit curious, as to why are you so in love with Yachiru? What has he done for you that has earned your admiration?" Kahn asked, he was confused about how on earth someone could love Yachiru, so he asked with curiosity. The young man had no clue, but if here were to understand how to talk her out of fighting, then he may have to talk to her about her relationship with Yachiru. That relationship might be the key to talking her down and making her understand the dire situation that the world as she knows it is in.

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    The girl let out a quiet sigh of relief as Kahn walked away unscathed. As much as she would’ve like him to personally respond to her call, the shouting he was doing served the same purpose, so she supposed she couldn’t be too upset. Still, she kept her eyes on Kahn for a moment, making sure he wasn’t about to lunge at the other king before she looked back at Phalanx, freezing momentarily as she found him glaring at her.

    For a moment, Destiny was afraid that Phalanx was about to shift into that monstrous bird again and swipe or peck at her in rage. Instead, he began to talk. She listened to every word, and some part of her understood what he meant. To be given a responsibility he didn’t want…she’d thought like that when she’d first gotten her persona. It was something strange, something foreign and dangerous, and at first she wished she’d never been introduced to it. Those thoughts popped up every now and again, of course. It would be so much easier if she’d never been given these abilities in the first place. But she did get them, and she opted to, for the first time in her life, face the issue head on. That was how she got where she was today, how she was able to stand here now with a god overhead, somehow expecting to stop it all and turn everything back the way it was.

    ”But what about this life?” she asked, features softening. ”You said you came here from another world. Wasn’t coming here your second chance? Even if you still had your abilities as Phalanx, you didn’t have to pursue that same line of work. You said it yourself, that our worlds are very different. You could’ve ignored it and led a completely different life here. Why are you just…” she faltered for a moment before she spoke again, ”Why are you running from that chance, and waiting for someone else…for Yachiru to fix it for you?”

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Kahn frowned a bit at the information of Kogami, that was unfortunate, dammit...if he was here he could have prevented it or at least helped rescue him. However, what was done is done, and there was not much he could do about it now. He had two people he had to protect right now, and that involved talking the second king down. She seemed interested in only the fight, and while Kahn was unsure of outright stating his intent to not fight her, as it might provoke her into attacking him, he could attack the one thing that Tomoe had noted. He had noted that as well, perhaps that would be the first chink in the armor, and that would lead to more chinks. This would be slow as it was clear that the second king was incredibly loyal to Yachiru, but he just had to prove that the loyalty was misplaced.

"He's always there when you need him? Really?" Kahn said before shaking his head, "Where was he when the Fourth King needed him? He was nowhere to be seen. Even though he had the potential to repair her and bring her back to life. He did not. Despite how much it hurt Yatagatasuru. He did nothing. We're the ones trying to bring the fourth king back to life, not him. The man who fourth called a 'father' didn't even give her a second thought after her demise." Kahn looked back at the second king, "Why would he do that?" The young man asked her, and before she could answer it, he would give her the real reason.

"I’ll tell you why, he thinks of you as tools. Hell, you're not even human to him; you're just something he can use to achieve whatever his goal is. You're given no consideration, no remorse, you have just one expectation and that is to do as he says. But....there is no love." He knew he had to explain a bit more, "You’re giving your life up for a love does not exist. You're a tool to him, and tools don't get the love and affection you think you have. The worst part of it all is that he isn't even honest with you. I heard he sent you on a dangerous mission earlier. When you saw him again, did he ask how you were, or if you were wounded? If you love someone, that's the first thing you ask them."

The young man let out a sigh, "As much as I hate to be the bearer of bad news, that isn't love. Love isn’t exactly something that is earned, it is something that has to be given freely. Love shouldn’t require you to put your life on the line for him; if he loved you then he should have protested the very moment you suggested such a thing. Instead, he is up there….achieving his own goal, without you by his side. I know you don’t want to hear this but, Yachiru does not love you. He's just using you and your feelings toward him ....I'm sorry that you had to learn this truth now." he said, and mentally braced himself for very angry retribution that he could see coming his way.

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