Final Fantasy: Incarcerated RP

[Always 309]

Just in the nick of time, Mariah saw that James had deflected Marcus's bullets, and one was heading straight for her. She jumped to avoid it, but it grazed her left arm. She winced and gritted her teeth, and looked at the wound as it started to bleed. Fortunately, it wasn't bleeding a lot, and she hoped it wouldn't slow her down.

 

Mariah watched desperately as Marcus ran down the hall, leaving only her and Joy with James. Joy was still just watching, hopefully planning something good. Alright, Joy, now might be a good time to move in on James! she thought. She tried to catch his Joy’s eye to make sure that he would be ready to attack as soon as she went in to distract James.

[Number XV 490]

(Night. Always, you can control Joy.)

[Azure Flame 670]

(I'm going too, night.)

[Damion Strife 130]

Vincent walked in with a fully loaded gun, but this time he felt control loosening and Marcus's voice errupted from his lips. " Whose ready to eat some metal?" ,Marcus said. Luckily for Mariah and Joy, Vincent still had control over the body, and both of the bullets were shot into the wall with a single shot. "Don't you dare get cocky kid! I don't know why, but for some reason I can't speak threw you anymore. So don't you dare say anything to draw him out against us!" ,Vincent thought angrily. He then aimed his gun at Sephiroth and Marcus said, "Hey, why don't we talk about this?" "Really?! What the Hell?! Do you even have a brain??? This guy would kill you for such a dumb question!! Why the Hell did I choose you again??" ,Vincent thought getting even more distressed.

[JesusFreak 41]

After several streets, Sara finally collapsed onto the pavement utterly exhausted. "Worst. Day. Ever." Sara muttered as the Vanishga spell wore off. Come on now. It wasn't that bad. Wasn't that bad? Are you nuts?! I almost died. Heck we all almost died. I'm done with this. Go find some other person to inhabit because this is just insane. Sara told Balthier tiredly. Even if I could find someone else I wouldn't. We're a perfect team. Balthier replied softly. Everything will be fine. You just need some time to think. I'll be here if you need me Sara. She sighed, "Maybe this is an extremely long and horrible dream that I'll wake up too soon.." Sara tried to reassure herself but it didn't work. She knew this was real. Sara looked around and saw Chuck a few streets away. She decided to wait for him here also hoping August got away and was right behind them.

[Always 309]

(@ Number XV: Haha alright, I’ll try my best.)

 

Cloud decided to take advantage of what little time he had left controlling Joy’s body. Though James had wounded him, he could work past it--now was the time for action. He saw Mariah looking up at him. Since Tifa was still influencing her, he knew exactly what she planned to do, and gave a very small nod of acknowledgement. Hopefully James hadn’t caught it, but Sephiroth not seeing a signal between people with his sharp eyes? That was a long shot. He dodged the bullet James had directed at him and got ready.

 

Just then Marcus came back into the room, shouting at James, apparently trying to provoke him. Why is Vincent allowing Marcus to do that? That idiot’s going to get himself killed! he thought. Then it occurred to him that Vincent must have lost some control. Oh, well. There’s our distraction, I guess.

 

 

 

Mariah looked at Marcus in shock ((and she thought pretty much the same things that Cloud was thinking)). This time it was Joy’s turn to catch her eye, and she didn’t even bother to nod, only signaled with a movement of her eyes that she understood. Since Marcus was the one doing the distracting, she wouldn't have to, and they could attack together. She ran vertically up the wall and launched herself at James, flipping herself over in the air for a kick. Simultaneously, Joy leaped into the air, swinging the Buster Sword high above his head. With the two of them attacking at the exact same time, Mariah hoped that they would finally have an advantage over James and be able to get a few blows in.

 

(Well, Damion, since Azure Flame is out for the night I don’t see any point in continuing right now, seeing as Joy, Mariah, and Marcus have no one to fight. Not that I mind if you want make one more post about Marcus/Vincent. But I’m going to bed. Good night!)

[Damion Strife 130]

(Nah, I've gots church tomorrow. Guess the epic battle will have to be put on hold til tomorrow. Night!)

[WakingDawn96 1,166]

"Hey, I think I should call Sara. I am abit worried about what happened today. It feels like something major is going to occur." Victoria told Paul. "Right. I feel that the world is about to pay for something that no one knows about." Paul said. Victoria called Sara. "Its ringing." Victoria told Paul.

[Not-with-a-whimper 144]

Vaan had to take over for the last little bit to the hospital, as August was completely drained of all energy. He checked himself in and then crashed, right at the desk. One thing was certain, in order to hold his own and defend himself out there he would have to figure out this whole "inhabiter" thing and master the use of Vaan's abilities. If not, he was doomed to defeat and the eternal slumber of death.

[Dark Memories 47]

Ackira ran down the stairs and out the door. On her way out, she bumped into a boy, about 20 years old. He had spikey gray hair and looked like someone she had seen before.

 

"Im so sorry. Who are you?" Ackira asked picking up her lance, but the boy beat her to it.

"You should keep that hidden, people wont like it. My name is Nathan." He said in a calm but not so strict voice. Ackira nodded in agreement.

"Where do you stay? You seem new here." Ackira said trying to be polite.

 

Hes an inhabitor Ackira, how come you see it? Fang said calmly.

Well sorry, Ackira thought back as she looked at the boy. He hadnt answered her question, something was odd, maybe because he was an inhabitor, Ackira hadnt a clue.

 

"Inhabitor." Nathan said as he slid his hands in his pockets. Ackira was puzzled by what Nathan had said.

"Me an inhabitor? Well yeah. You are too huh?" Ackira said as she looked at him. Nathan didnt say anything but shook his head instead. Ackira laughed.

"Come on. Lets go to the park and talk there." Ackira said, grabbing Nathan by the arm and dragging him along.

[Azure Flame 670]

James ignored Marcus, thinking him to be a fool, and flew back as Joy and Mariah came at him. He sent a flurry of slashes at them while throwing a ball of fire at Marcus to shut him up.

 

Chuck collapsed next to Sara, panting hard. "I've never run that hard in my life." he said through his panting. "Wh-what do we do now?"

[Always 309]

James was slashing at Mariah and Joy as they came toward him. “Dammit!!” Mariah tucked her knees in and did a triple flip to redirect herself toward the ground so that she was no longer coming toward James. A couple of his attacks reached her, however, and she was slashed across the back twice. The gashes were just shallow enough to miss her vital organs, and excruciatingly painful. She lost her coordination, falling to the ground in a heap.

 

(@Number XV, Damion Strife, and Azure Flame: Alright, I’m going to be gone for several hours, maybe even until tomorrow. If any/all of you get back online and want to continue the battle while I’m gone, you guys can say Mariah blacked out from the fall and was out of the fight, and/or Number XV can control her and decide whether she's out of the fight yet. However Number XV works it out, I’d rather Mariah not die, so please nobody kill her/let her get killed LOL.

 

Otherwise, if no one continues the battle before I can get back on, forget everything I just said.)

[Number XV 490]

Cloud slammed into the wall, hearing a sickening crunch. He groaned, and fell to the ground. Not only did the gashes hurt, his bones hurt in almost every place. Dammit! he thought. Thanks to Joy's stupidity, they might lose. He looked at the fake Buster Sword. Was it just him, or was it making him weaker by the second? Thanks to Joy's anger, he was still weak, leaving Cloud more time to control his body. Doing the last thing he could, which was stupid (and he must have been desperate to use a stupid tactic), he threw the Buster Sword as hard as he could at James.

[JesusFreak 41]

Sara shook her head. "I have no idea. And to be honest, I'm sick of this whole thing..." She looked around for August. "Was August right behind you? I really hope that raise spell worked and he was able to get away from that guy." Sara stood up quickly and fell back down. Okay...so that wasn't such a good idea.. She thought to Balthier, but he didn't reply. Oh sure...give me the silent treatment. Real mature. She told him. Sara looked back at Chuck. "Maybe, if your up to it, could you go looking for August...while I'll rest here for a bit? I doubt I'll be able to walk normally for a while so I'm pretty much no help whatsoever right now." As Sara finished speaking her cell went off. She answered it, "Hey Victoria. Where are you guys? How's everyone else doing? Um...could you maybe come and pick Chuck and I up? We're pretty much almost dead from exhaustion."

[Not-with-a-whimper 144]

Scardigne's body was regaining strength at a remarkable rate while resting in his living room at his lake house. A present from his parents when he got back from the war, the secluded house would serve as the perfect training grounds for his preparation to eliminate the demons. He'd finally mastered the secret that the rest of the hosts and inhabiters, with the exception of maybe Sephiroth and James, had yet to even discover. The balance of give and take necessary to preform at optimal levels. Scardigne traded off some of his life force, the remaining years he had left to live, for access to more of Gabranth's power. The results were astounding. His body was regenerating at a remarkable pace, he could run for hours without feeling tired, he could sense and respond to things on an inhuman level, and perhaps best of all was that he could access all of the abilities Gabranth commanded. He could feel his body getting older and older, and knew that with his injury he wouldn't have much time left, but hopefully he could eliminate the threats before then. No, he would eliminate the threats before then.

 

OOC: As always, if I need to make any changes then just let me know and I'll get right on that.

[Damion Strife 130]

The fire blast blew Marcus straight back down the hall he just came from. "Ouchey..." ,Marcus coughed. "What the Hell?!? Come on! Get up and get out there!" ,Vincent thought angrily. "Shut it Vincent! I know what I'm doing!" ,Marcus said. "Obviously not! You aren't even paying attention to the burns on your hands, or the fact that your butt is on fire!!" ,Vincent thought back. Marcus instinctivly rolled on the ground and put out the flames, but then noticed that the hallway was burning! "Oh crap!" ,Marcus yelled, "We gotta get this over with and fast!!" Vincent then began to force his will onto Marcus and completly took over. Marcus went into an unconscious state leaving Vincent with his thoughts. "Alright. Now I'm pissed off" ,Vincent yelled. He bolted down the hallway shooting at random places in the walls, but the bullets bounced at odd angles around Sephiroth, one aiming for the knee, one for the arm, one for the back of his left knee, and one for the shoulder.

[Azure Flame 670]

James grabbed the fake Buster Sword as he shot at him, swinging it around. It blocked the bullets aiming at his front, but got hit by the one at the back of his knee. Wincing in pain, he threw the sword at Marcus.

 

Chuck could barely pick himself up, falling back down on his face. "Sorry, I don't think I'll be able to even get up anytime soon." he said. "That took alot out of me too."

[Damion Strife 130]

Vincent attempted to dodge but took a small slice across his entire chest, but he managed to grab the sword and throw it back at James. He then looked as blood ran in a slight trickle out of his cut. "Only a flesh wound..." ,Vincent said, "Plus I managed to get him in the knee...maybe that should slow him a bit..but I doubt it knowing Sephiroth's track record. If so, then all I managed to do was piss him off..."

[Azure Flame 670]

James barely dodged it. The pain dimmed his focus a bit, and caused him to move a little slower. "You fool, you cannot win! Especially when I have Sephiroth's abilities at my disposal!" he said. Raising the Masamune, which began to glow with a dark aura, he said "Descend, Heartless Angel!" The dark aura appeared around the three of them. "You are finished!"

[Damion Strife 130]

Vincent winced...this couldn't be good. He looked at Cloud and Tifa, and noticed they couldn't take much more of this. He sighed, because he knew he couldn't either, and so he had one choice. He'd have to grab them and retreat. Otherwise, what would be the point? So, he started to move towards Cloud in his ghost cloak mode...hoping to get a chance to escape with them all alive.

[Always 309]

Mariah awoke to a loud thud close by. She opened her eyes, and the world was on its side. She saw the Buster Sword just a couple feet away from where she lay. Dazed, she lifted her head a little and looked around. She realized that the battle was still in motion, and her side was losing...badly.

 

“Descend, Heartless Angel!” she heard James say. “You are finished!” She saw a dark aura appear around Joy and Marcus, and she began to feel heavy, the little strength she had quickly draining from her.

 

The next thing she knew, Marcus was gone, nothing but his black trench coat floating in the air.

 

Tifa, you still with me? she thought. What just happened to Marcus?

 

“...Yeah, I’m with you,” Tifa said after a moment. Her voice sounded weak. “Vincent’s trying to get us out of here.”

 

Mariah watched as Marcus’s trench coat moved towards Joy.

 

“Please hurry, Vincent,” she heard Tifa say in her mind. “I don’t care about myself. Just let Cloud get out safely.”

[WakingDawn96 1,166]

"Sure, we could pick you all up. But, Paul and I have to be at reharsel at 3:30 and the place we are performing is about two hours away so how about you all come relax behind the scenes while we get ready?" Victoria asked Sara as Paul and she walked out the door of their room.

[Damion Strife 130]

Vincent grabbed Cloud's arm, and then flew quickly to Tifa. He grabbed her arm as well and flew quickly towards the window, but he felt something terrible about to happen. He quickly shouted, "Friendlies!!!" Then he threw them out the window, and they landed into the arms of the mansion guards. The guards brought them to an ambulance and told them that they'd be just fine, but then the governor started freaking out about Marcus... Where was he??

 

Vincent shot at a gas canister in the hallway, the flames hadn't got to it yet, but if his bullet would reach it...the mansion would explode violently. His friends would be safe though, and he would most likely survive due to the fact he was near a window.

[Number XV 490]

Cloud, finally out of there, sighed in relief, and since the fake Buster Sword was gone, so he gave Joy back his body. Joy groaned, after the darkness in his head was gone. His thoughts were back to normal, and he turned over. Where was he? Everything since he picked up the Buster Sword was a blur. He looked over, and saw Mariah a short distance away. They seemed to be in an Ambulance. He groaned, and said, "Hey, Mariah, are you all right?"

[Always 309]

Since James’s almost fatal attack, it was difficult for Mariah to process everything that was going on. She was also very weak, barely able to move. The last thing she remembered somewhat clearly was Tifa reassuring her that Vincent was trying to help them escape.

 

After that, images and sounds came and went in a blur. She felt herself roughly landing in the arms of another person, as if she had fallen from a somewhat considerable height. The man carrying her was shouting at other people, but she couldn’t make sense of his words. There were flashing, red lights everywhere. Noise. Lots of noise. She saw another man who looked very familiar, but she couldn’t remember who he was. He looked desperate, kept saying, “…Marcus!” Marcus…wasn’t that someone she had met recently? She felt herself being laid on something soft.

 

The next thing she knew, someone was saying her name. “Hey, Mariah, are you all right?” She opened her eyes and saw medical equipment around her. She turned her head toward the voice. Joy. He was lying on a stretcher. It was only after she noticed this that she realized she was on a stretcher as well. An ambulance.

 

“Joy,” she said with a tired smile. “I'm so glad you're okay." Then her smile faded as she pieced back together most of the events that had occurred at the mansion. "We lost against James, didn't we?"

 

Then another detail came back to her...one she had overlooked and forgotten about in the madness of the fight. "Hey...what happened to you at the hospital, just after you found the Buster Sword? I remember that you didn't look well, said you needed time to think, and went to your room. And then when we were fighting James, you were going crazy! What was that all about?"