Hi Amy! Have you heard? There’s this weird… metal spider thing… near my town!!! I snapped a bad picture of it but it’s not good cause I ran away <\3 (I was scared). I swear if this is some Eggman bot gone rouge or whatever… I’ll leave it up to the professionals (you) to check it out please!!
oh gosh...
Don't worry, the resistance is right on it!
I'll probably do this mission myself because it has been a good while since I've had a good fight.
But for now, just make sure you spread the news to other people around you. We don't need anyone getting hurt!
King Johnathan and Queen Bambee attend the baby shower of their Knight and Friend Sir Diamond Shaw and his wife @helloitskeetz. The couple is expecting a baby girl soon.
Kiki Shaw and The Queen
Kiki Shaw, the Queen and the King
Nurse, the Queen, Kiki Shaw and Sir Diamond’s Mother; Cherene Shaw
The Queen with the lovely couple. The Queen and Sir Diamond have been friends for years since for college days. The Queen him and his son Sir Dyamon Shaw.
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Hello, everyone~ Today, Capri (@vixenfur) and I made a new collab named To Your Taste - a planned three-part short story about Bartender!Mika and Bar critic!Yuu!
Please give it a read in AO3 here --> https://archiveofourown.org/works/17761502/chapters/41909270
The walker's two gatling weapons whirred in a devilish frenzy before belching out a massive amount of bullets towards him. He threw up a magical shell as the onslaught pelted him, but not before getting riddled by a few of the bullets. He responded by firing out a few bolts of energy in return, making one of the guns explode in a shower of metal and sparks.
Rounding the ruined corner, Kihta gasped at the sight of the enormous walker straight ahead. With a frown, she sighed and doubled back around the corner - taking an alternate route around the construct, the Miqo'te aimed to sneak around it to where she wouldn't risk being hit by the shots it continued to fire off. Surprised by the lack of any surprises waiting for her in the direction she ran off into, she rounded another corner and found herself some several feet away from the unsuspecting walker. As quickly as she could, she fired off a couple of arrows - aiming for the weaker areas of the walker; its corded joints where she successfully severed the other weapon.
The machine turned to face Kihta in response to the new attacker. Mitsune took this opportunity to charge at the machine, powering his weapon with dark energy. The violet lightning crackled along the edge of the blade as he swung it into one of the legs, which tore a massive hole through it and sundering the joints that made that leg function properly. The machine responded by throwing a massive kick at the Xaela, knocking him back quite a distance. He smashed into a piece of debris, smashing the wind out of him. The machine then turned its attention to Kihta and powered up its main cannon for a powerful blast.
"Mits!" Kihta cried out watching the Xaela being flung back in the violent manner he had been. As the machine turned upon her, the Miqo'te's eyes widened in panic, running back down the way she had come from, trying to dodge the blast. If she could make it chase her, she might have time to think.
Mitsune trembled as he propped his arm up on the debris behind him, gripping it tightly with his other hand. He pulled himself up, trembling from the loss of blood from the bullets and the impact from the mechanical beast's leg. He coughed up blood underneath his helm as he weakly held up his sword. He watched the monstrosity power it's cannon and aim it right for Kihta. It fired on her and it missed. But only barely. The blast annihilated a piece of a nearby metal wall sending fragmentations at her. A few sliced into Kihta's leg as the monster opened up it's back, revealing a rack of missiles.
Kihta winced in pain, biting back crying out as she continued to race around another corner - and then another, putting as much distance between herself and that monstrosity as she could. She wasn't naive enough to think that her arrows stood a chance against that thing, so the only thing she could think to do was to keep running - maybe she might confuse its operator and give Mitsune time to recuperate enough to put a stop to it. Her eyes welled up with tears in worry for him - what if he still lie in that pile of rubble?
Mitsune's wounds were heavy, and he realized he was going to go unconscious before he bled out. He winced as the machine readied it's missiles. The dark knight knew he had to do something that was abhorrent in the eyes of many. He closed his eyes, feeling a dark power surge up from within him. He felt the world surrounding him shudder, and hallowed roars of some unholy power came flowing forth. Those who were alive but wounded had their lives instantly snuffed out as their life force drained into Mitsune. The surrounding wild life and vegetation died, the wind screamed in agony. Anyone still alive could feel some uneasiness or even sickness wash over them. He was channeling black magic.
"Dammit," Kihta huffed, wincing again in pain as she continued to run - she could still feel the tremble of the earth beneath her feet, alerting her that the walker was still hot on her trail. Another blast shook the perimeter as it missed her and hit the building she had just ran around, sending bits of debris flinging this way and that. Something didn't feel right suddenly, her stomach churned noting the sensation had come from the area she had last seen Mitsune. Taking in a deep breath, Kihta turned once and fired a round of arrows at the walker - hoping there might be a weak point she might hit as she started for Mitsune. "This wasn't such a great idea! We need to go, Mits! Something isn't...." Her voice trailed off seeing the blackened area she happened upon - her fur rising on its ends.
The Dark Knight opened his eyes which were now blood red and violet. Power resonated around him with crimson and violet trails of magic swirling. Reddened lightning crackled along his body, pulsing with raw, untapped power. The machine turned around, detecting a new threat as Kihta ran out of its sight. Mitsune slowly held up his hand before a blast of dark sprang from his hand, smashing into the head of the combat walker. It's joint pulsed with black magic, seemingly paralyzed. Mitsune grabbed the sword with both hands and charged with inhuman speed and went underneath of the machine. He swung upwards as he went through, slicing through its underside like butter as he ended up behind it. The machine buckled and made a whining metallic noise as oil and sparks sprayed out from underneath it. A few seconds later it ignited in a massive explosion that ripped through the surrounding area. As the smoke cleared, Mitsune still stood, unharmed by the massive blast.
Running to Mitsune, Kihta looked him over intently - carefully examining his form for injuries. "Mits, are you alright?" She breathed, hoping nothing larger and more complicated to deal with would rear its ugly head in the brief reprieve. "Wh...what now?"
Mitsune looked at the wreckage. Before turning to look at Kihta in some kind of mental haze. He only looked up to where Aelfgar ran off to. He trembled with the new dark power he wielded as his own blood and the blood of others covered him, "I'm finishing this. Now...." He hustled after placing his sword upon his back. His speed picked up as he bolted up the nearby flight of stairs leading to the last intact area.
Kihta blinked as she looked after him, somewhat in disbelief as he carried on through the thick of it all. She saw that haze once before, and she didn't quite feel comfortable seeing it again - and sure enough, she took off after him. "No way am I letting you do this alone," she huffed to herself in pursuit of Mitsune.
Bleeding, full of rage, and pulsing with his newfound energy, Mitsune stormed up the ramp to meet his enemy head on. Awaiting him were almost a dozen heavily armed soldiers. They were clad in heavy armor, wielding gunblades, and pointed all of their weapons at him. Behind them was their fearless leader Aelfgar, running as fast as he could for an airship that was getting ready for lift off. He walked towards them, pointing his weapon at the nearest one. He grinned evilly as the black magic cackled around him like some mad demon, "Time to die."
Not far behind, Kihta arrived on the platform though she stayed a few steps behind on the ramp so that she could give herself some cover should she need it. Immediately, she fired an arrow at one of the guards and was already in the process of nocking another one as the first arrow went sailing for her target. "He's getting away!"
The guard was shot right in the abdomen as the arrow pierced his armor. He fell back in pain, clutching the wound as he yelled out. The others opened fire on Mitsune and Kihta. The hail of bullets came at them like a furious rain. Mitsune charged through the hail, his black magic shielding him from the assault. The bullets deflected, whizzing off into the distance like an angry nest of hornets. He launched his attack soon after and his blade sang a dark song as it bit into his foes, slicing through their armor like it did not exist. The four he attacked first fell into multiple pieces, blood and gore sloshing on the ground as the blade tore into them like some unholy creature, ravenous for their flesh.
Kihta ducked back down under the landing where she was taking cover, waiting for the onslaught of bullets to end. When she was sure she had timed enough quiet moments in passing between each firing round, she poked her head back up and began firing another round of arrows for any of the guards Mitsune had not yet taken out. Kihta's arrows sliced into the armor of the soldiers. One arrow went through the helmet of one of them, ensuring a quick death. The other slammed into the chest of another, felling him. Bullets punched into the area around her, some of them actually breaking through parts of the cover she was behind.
As the enemy ran low on ammunition, they charged at the dark knight. Mitsune responded in kind by unleashing a torrent of powerful swings, slicing through their armor, hacking apart their weapons, and breaking their bodies. He easily deflected their blows when they were able to get a swing in before being torn apart. Mitsune, tiring of the fight and not wanting his prey to get away started to channel even more black magic. The energy howled through his weapon as black and crimson lightning arcs jumped along the blade of his weapon. He swung the blade, tearing a hole in the reality around him. The abyss seemed to open up momentarily upon the enemies before it suddenly collapsed in a violent explosion that turned the rest of them into bloody ribbons as body parts and gore showered him and the surrounding platform.
Kihta gasped as one of the bullets nearly missed her head. Running up onto the platform, she saw that the rest of the guards were already taken care of - deeming it safer to venture out alongside Mitsune. She watched him with large eyes, seeing the way he moved and channeled darker magics like she had never seen before. "When did you learn to do all of that?" She asked herself. "And where?" Knowing she likely wouldn't get much of a solid answer right yet, she readied herself with another arrow
The engines of a nearby airship begin to churn. He snarled as he held forth his hand. Dark magic funneled through his body from the surrounding area, fueling his power. The magic coalesced into an orb of crimson and black swirling magic which hovered over his outstretched hand. He gripped it within his hand before smashing the orb into his body. It was absorbed into him as it jumped along his body like red circuitry. He glared as the ship began to take off, his engines whining as it struggled to make it's get away, "No." He clenched his hand into a dragon's claw as a horrendously loud bolt of black and crimson lightning shot from his hand like a cannon. It hit the ship it one of its engines which exploded a few seconds later. The ship made a screeching metallic noise before plummeting back to the landing pad they stood on. A portion of it exploded as the machine toppled over. A moment passed as Mitsune stared blankly at the wreckage before Aelfgar came crawling out of it, his leg battered and bloody and his head looking much the same.
Kihta fell back onto her bottom as the ship collided back with the platform, some of her arrows scattering around her from her quiver. When she saw Aelfgar emerge, she shouted to Mitsune, "Now's your chance!"
Aelfgar looked to the two of them as he stopped crawling momentarily. He reached to his side, drawing a pistol out as he pointed it towards Mitsune. The dark knight stomped forward as Aelfgar fired shot after shot into the murderous warrior. None of the shots connected as aura shattered the bullets on impact. Aelgar pulled the trigger once more but only clicks answered him and his face went pale. Mitsune ended it by bringing the blade through the weapon and into Aelfgar's arm. He shrieked in pain as his arm was sliced in half vertically to his elbow, leaving half of his hand and arm connected as the other fell to the ground. Mitsune placed his sword back on his back as he saw his enemy bleed on the ground in pain. He enjoyed watching it.
Kihta moved to her feet quickly as she gathered her arrows up and her bow, turning around once to make sure no one else followed them. When she was certain it was just them, she turned back around and made her way towards Mitsune and Aelfgar. She nodded to Mitsune.
Mitsune smiled under his helmet and snatched the weakened Aelfgar by his throat, digging his spiked claws into Aelfgar's neck, choking him. He grinned evilly, pleased to see the pain his prey was in as his voice became dark, hollow, and unnerving. Aelgar's expression turned into fear as the blood leaked from his wounds and heard Mitsune's voice. "That terror on your face. It is invigorating."
Mitsune chuckled as he gripped tighter around his neck, "There is no escape this time, Aelfgar." He didn't have the strength to fight against the Xaela in his current state nor could he in his prime, "You had best pray to any misbegotten gods you worship. Because you're are about to meet them."
As he finished, Mitsune's claws sliced into Aelfgar's neck, burrowing deeply into his throat. He slowly and painfully pulled back, ripping out tendons and muscles as a massive gout of gore poured forth onto both Aelfgar and Mitsune. The dark knight yanked backwards, tearing out the entirety of the area, leaving a visceral amount of bloodshed. Aelfgar tried to catch his breath but only the gurgling warmth of blood greeted him. He fell to the ground, his body convulsing and twitching as the last of his life seeped onto the cold, unforgiving metal platform.
Kihta gasped, unable to look. Turning her head, she cringed as she could hear the sounds made by the gruesome death the man received. She shook a little, quivering a bit as she took a step away from the area and neared the edge of the platform looking out for any new enemies. As she did this, rain started to fall once more.
Mitsune looked down at the corpse of the man that led him to the life he had now. He pulled off his helmet and tossed it beside him as the rain washed off the gore he was drenched in. He breathed in deeply, tasting and smelling the death and fire around him. He closed his eyes and his body trembled from the realization that revenge was finally his.
