slayers_desire: (warrior face)
slayers_desire ([personal profile] slayers_desire) wrote2015-01-07 02:41 pm

Dinner with Maloker ((group thread))

Some may consider that all the 'Big Guns' that April has called together is overkill … but not really, not when it comes to the fact that many great minds are needed to find a way to prevent The Three (Discord, Disharmony and Cacophony) from their evil plans.

And the Big Guns are needed... when they have no idea where to start looking for The Three.

When other Keys (such as Dawn Summers) are being drained of their existence.

When the clock is still ticking on Lorne... and his battle with his disease.

Invitations were extended to Clark Kent/Superman; Harry Dresden; Sheriff Bigby Wolf; Edward Elric; Cipher Nine; and of course Spike, Angel, Buffy, Willow and Wes.

April is waiting in the planning room, for each person to arrive, going through some books as she does. For many... this will be a familiar encounter, as they had to come to fight together before. But there will be some new faces. And new ideas.

((forgot a posting order. Since multiple characters, Kat/Ael/ me))
fmalchemist160: (➳ Fight Mode: Riding the Adrenaline Rush)

[personal profile] fmalchemist160 2015-02-16 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Ed dodges to the side, too distracted by fake-Angel to be able to do anything to stop fake-Buffy. He shines his light on fake-Angel, hoping it'll be enough to keep him at bay.

Cipher Nine loosens his hold around Lachesis's waist, but doesn't entirely let go until she's bound inside the amulet.
kalel_ofkrypton: (Alone with my thoughts)

[personal profile] kalel_ofkrypton 2015-02-16 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
Bigby leaps forward towards the Buffy-shadow, fangs bared. Wind rushes at his back, carrying him along swifter than an ordinary wolf.

Clark lowers the amulet, still feeling awful about doing this to April, but they have no choice and it's too late to stop. "Just Atropos left."
fmalchemist160: (➳ Fight Mode: Jump Attack)

[personal profile] fmalchemist160 2015-02-16 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Ed's response is to keep moving, employing his carefully honed dexterity and his very acrobatic fighting style to get away from Angel every time the shadow tries to surround him. Since Bigby is managing to keep the fake Buffy in check with physical attacks, he transmutes his automail arm into a blade and makes several slashing attacks in retaliation.

Cipher Nine lets out a long breath as they approach Atropos. "We just need to figure out her fear," he notes. "When we came here last, to get rid of Adam, she was afraid of losing Clark," he notes. "But I have a sneaking suspicion Edward managed to cure her of that fear in the process of helping to clear Adam out."
kalel_ofkrypton: (Determination)

[personal profile] kalel_ofkrypton 2015-02-16 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
The Buffy-shadow isn't really her, so Bigby has no problems whatsoever with mauling her with teeth and claws, biting hard and whipping his head back and forth, shaking her like a toy. It's been a long, long time since the Big Bad Wolf was let out to play, and although she doesn't taste like anything, it doesn't lessen that tiny bit of satisfaction deep in his chest.

"I'm open to ideas," Clark says under his breath as they approach the last of the Fates.

Harry makes a face. "Hate to say it, but we could try the fear of losing your kids."
fmalchemist160: (✒ Alchemy: Ground Transmutation)

[personal profile] fmalchemist160 2015-02-16 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"A little help here!" Ed calls to Bigby, now that he sees the Buffy-shadow has been torn to shreds. He resorts to trying dummy transmutations, scribing circles with Alchemy to keep Angel at bay with the flashes of light and static that go along with any transmutation.

"Blast it," Cipher Nine sighs as Atropos heads into the cave. He's hesitant to just tear in after her, though... the darkness when they were here earlier was so impenetrable that even his infrared vision didn't allow him to see. He doesn't like using April's maternal instincts against her any more than the others do, but if it gets the job done...
kalel_ofkrypton: (A bit of a hero complex)

[personal profile] kalel_ofkrypton 2015-02-16 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Bigby whirls around, huffs and puffs, and blows a blast of northern wind at the Angel-shadow. He bounds back towards Ed, ready to do the same thing to this shadow as he did to the other.

"We can't let her get away," Clark says. He doesn't hesitate to run after her, despite the memory of the darkness.
fmalchemist160: (➳ Fight Mode: Blade-Arm Strike)

[personal profile] fmalchemist160 2015-02-16 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
With the support from the wind, Ed lunges to help Bigby tear the Angel-shadow apart, slashing multiple times with his blade-arm. Out of the corner of his eye, he does indeed notice that April isn't trying to get out of the quicksand anymore. He hopes it means Cipher Nine, Clark, and Harry are close to binding her Voices.

Cipher Nine heads in after them, not used to the complete darkness. He can't even see Clark and Harry by their body heat. There's nothing he can do to break it, either.
kalel_ofkrypton: (Alert)

[personal profile] kalel_ofkrypton 2015-02-16 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Bigby's too busy with the shadows to notice what April is doing, or not doing, as the case may be. He savages the shadow in his teeth, ripping it to shreds.

Harry channels his will into his staff, making the runes glow and smoke, giving them just enough light to see by. "Whaddya know, it worked this time."

"Hurry," Clark urges them. "We need to follow her."
nonvillainouscipher: (Espionage is serious business)

[personal profile] nonvillainouscipher 2015-02-16 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ed takes a moment to catch his breath, watching April carefully. Then he realizes something. "Dammit," he breathes. "There aren't any more shadows trying to free April. Maloker must've eaten the rest."

Which, unfortunately, probably isn't going to help, as Cipher Nine is doing his best to very thoroughly check the cave for her as they proceed. He stops in front of her. "Please. Don't make this any harder than it has to be," he tells her quietly.
kalel_ofkrypton: (Looking the enemy in the eye)

[personal profile] kalel_ofkrypton 2015-02-16 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Bigby growls a little, and part of him wishes that the shadows could bleed. Either way, he looks at April now, noticing that she's stopped struggling. "Looks like whatever they're doing is working though."

Clark approaches Atropos, already thinking about his own fears about losing their children. What might happen if Lex remembers anything, if his enemies used Jonathan and little Laura against him, and especially remembering the anguish and desperation when Angel kidnapped Jonathan. "You know what I have to do."
fmalchemist160: (Distant)

[personal profile] fmalchemist160 2015-02-16 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
"About time!" Ed calls when they show up. "She stopped struggling. Let's get this over with."
kalel_ofkrypton: (April and Clark)

[personal profile] kalel_ofkrypton 2015-02-16 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course, the wizard gets to do the secret magical ritual that summons the power of the Fates," Harry mutters, but it does make sense.

Clark wants to run to April and help her, but he doesn't dare, not until Maloker is vanquished, at least to the point where he can't control her anymore.
fmalchemist160: (✒ Alchemy: Ground Transmutation)

[personal profile] fmalchemist160 2015-02-16 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
That means Ed is needed twice over, along with Clark. He glances back and forth between the back of the ledge and Maloker, then says, "Okay. Here goes. Hope this doesn't result in a sinkhole on the surface." He claps his hands and gets down on one knee to start extruding out the ledge to get them as close to Maloker as he can. He has to use the earth surrounding the cavern to do it—hence why he's worried about opening up a sinkhole on the surface.
kalel_ofkrypton: (A bit of a hero complex)

[personal profile] kalel_ofkrypton 2015-02-16 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"We'll need to work fast," Clark says, before they move into position. "Bigby, start the wind. Harry, shield us if you have to. Cipher, watch for traps. Ed, you and I need to get us all over there, together. I'll draw his fire if I have to."
fmalchemist160: (✒ Alchemy)

[personal profile] fmalchemist160 2015-02-16 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
There isn't much either Ed or Cipher Nine can do against the shadow magic at the moment. Cipher Nine does as requested, keeping an eye out for any traps, while Ed keeps transmuting the ledge further and further out.

((The ledge isn't floating. That's something Ed can't do. What he's doing is making it longer to get it closer.))
Edited 2015-02-16 21:46 (UTC)
kalel_ofkrypton: (Superman: Weight of the world)

[personal profile] kalel_ofkrypton 2015-02-16 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
The Big Bad Wolf huffs and puffs at the shadows, and Harry adds his own brand of magic wind to the mix, throwing out spells to counter Maloker's.

There's only so far that the ledge will go, and Clark takes hold of it, breaking it off and surging forward, counting on Ed to hold it together beneath everyone else's feet.
fmalchemist160: (Distant)

[personal profile] fmalchemist160 2015-02-16 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Ed doesn't really have to do anything to keep the ledge together. His transmutations stick until he decides to undo them. He and Cipher Nine step to the forefront of the ledge, being the ones bonded to Atropos and Clotho, respectively.

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