An Enemy Boss Unit's Testrun

[63rd_shockwave]

1.[Outside. Twilight. The streetlights are just beginning to flicker on, and as you walk around you can hear the sound of a harmonica gently wafting through the air. If you follow the sound long enough, eventually you'll find its source-a woman, standing atop a streetlight like it's the most normal thing in the world, playing away. She is wearing sunglasses.]

2. [As the team comes under attack from a bunch of mysterious knightly robots, you're the guy (or girl) who gets separated from the rest of the group. And instead of a giant super robot, or someone in fancy powered armor, you're up against...a woman in a suit.]



Well. Looks like you stepped out of the frying pan and into the fire. Guess I can't just sit this one out, huh...

3. [As your team is under assault from aliens, demons, or some other form of horrible unreasonable monster, who should show up but the invincible super robot, Maverick Firestorm! Beloved hero of children, world-saving superhero, and star of thousands of cheap knockoff action figures! Though he's missing his partner, the blue Tsunami Desperado. And the voice it speaks with over the comms is familiar.]



Yo. Heard you might need some help.


4.[Still later, after having fought her once or twice, you might stumble across Sarah in the weirdest of all places-a public park, where she's playing with a small blonde boy.]



Oh. Hey.

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[63rd_shockwave]

...!

[The words catch Sarah more off guard than the attack. She thinks of the Great Black Void, of the climatic battle in there, of her battle alongside Tianji and the other collected heroes-

Abyss Sanction overpowers Sarah's more basic attack, the darkness devouring her light and eating away at Tiankui's arm.

-and of what came after.
But they're made of evil!
They haven't done anything...
So we're just going to wait for them to start killing people?!
...I didn't know we were in the business of judging people just by their appearance.

Tiankui snaps backs to its senses, and jumps back from the Abyss Empress's machine. It's right arm is intact, but smoldering.]

...So that's who you are...

[empress_without_a_throne]

... And judging by your reaction, now you understand the context of why I'm willing to go so far for Volya when all you can do is say he WILL destroy the world.

[63rd_shockwave]

...Yeah. But there's a difference between understanding you better, and believing you're right. This is about prophesy, not parentage.

The last time I went all "screw destiny, let's punch fate and make our own future," people...people died. And believe me, I tried damn hard to give that tapestry a what-for.

After all the shit that happened with...Well, you'd know her as Tianji, you're not gonna be convincing me that just trying really hard will somehow change fate.

[empress_without_a_throne]

And were the prophecies the same? Did the reading about Tianji perfectly mirror the one about Volya?

[The DuskBird readies its whip, spreads its wings wide.]

I'm not a big fan of the future defining the past and present. And maybe after I've bailed Volya out we can have a very nice, long talk about the exact circumstances of this prophecies and all the ways it can be read. And maybe then, maybe then... you'll convince me.

But for the moment, the only reason Volya's even involved with property destruction is because of you people.

[The whip lashes out, its length sharp and its speed enough to make it a blur. But it's just to ward Sarah off, because...]

- And if memory serves, you can't fly!

[Unlike the now-aerial DuskBird! Better make a move now, if you can, Sarah! Otherwise the Empress will just be bypassing you entirely!]