Nexus immediately leaves Vasti’s side, having had enough of his nonsense. Huffing at this response Vasti looks insistently at Jeiel. “You sure have interesting people drawn to you, mm?” “Interesting or not, we’re getting out of subject.” Jeiel glares sternly at Vasti, causing him to sit in a cross-legged state. “Fine then, I’m all ears.”
Carmina, on the other hand, catches up to Nexus atop her Dark Matter orb. “Nexus-sama! Can I have a word with you?” She heaves slightly as she nears him. “I-If you’re going to battle alongside my husband and master….. please. “ She pulls something out of her blob – a set of ornate gems, numbering eleven in total, inside a small leather packet and hands them to him. “He will need this.. as he had obliged us to stay in the capital….”
Roan nods at Kenzie’s added words of precaution. As the woman continually fixed her line of sight at the battle up ahead, she didn’t notice Roan was already staring at her combat-borne face… a smile growing from his face as he gazed continually…
“I wonder..if you will even accept me asking you out.” He whispered.
Both Thelma and Elizbeth bow in appreciation to Micah and Spiga. Le’ej casts them a single look that they bow in response and leave the scene, seeming to be in a hurry. Jeiel then turns to him. “They’re not joining?” “The Mavens will evacuate the people of my city underground. It is better off that I face the enemy with my own power rather than include them and expose them to risk….. similar to what you have done, Jeiel Yozama.”
Jeiel clenches his fists a bit and then swerves to Micah. “I know. We’re doing that tactic… but then again, you guys reminded me of a war tactic in my land’s history. “ His eyes flash green as he mentioned it. “Blitzkrieg.”
Jeiel points down at the map that Le’ej produced for them to see. “The enemy is here, correct? They’re coming straight for us. We have the first group charge at them in the guise of a major force – but in fact, it’s a ruse. From above, we throw in the discharge planned by Repter and co., then… a third group charges from the back line. In this way… we perform a three-pronged attack at the city itself.”
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Xena prepares to meet her newest victims….
..but just as she was about to press on forward, she finds the space distorting, and her steps no longer going the way she wanted them to. She was being stopped by an unseeable force, now barring her in a golden force field..
And that unseeable force… was now in front of her… encircling her like an assembly of individuals judging on the soul of a fallen. They were beings,undiscernible… their shadows clad in gold.
“this one must not interfere…
“she ruins the challenge of valor for the mortals… she cannot proceed further….”
“she cannot participate…”
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“Alright Isaac…. Baph-san, if you still have that option in the window…. We’ll go with that. You’re going to have to be the last one to enter so as your ability would be one the Queen wouldn’t see coming.” Jeiel tells them. “In addition to that… Isaac, I want you to debilitate the moving foretress. It CANNOT enter Obsidian City, or we’re toast. Baph-san… the portals from before. Seal them. We don’t need more forces raining on our parade.”
Ozma sighs in fear of what may lie ahead…. But then she turns to Pi’re with a determined expression. “If that is what I have to go through… I’ll do it, even at the cost. I have to tell Jeiel… no, we have to tell our husband’s we’re here.” She flexes her arms. “Are you ready?”
Sebyl bit her lip and plopped on her own bed, having realized she had been a burden. “I… forgive me Ayu… I wasn’t sure, myself, what I was doing there….” On the other hand, Nunna had sobbed fully and the room had died down in liveliness even further. Everyone had understood what much of a worry they’ve caused… and going on with this will weigh even more on their husband’s shoulders.
All of the sudden, Blances stands and heaves. “How bothersome. I can’t continue this façade, knowing my male is concerning himself with the entire harem and plans to kill himself off without any help from them.” She speaks with her old speech pattern completely disappearing.
She walks on over beside Ayu and passes her claws over her face. A veil suddenly lifts off by magic and her form ripples into something new and unknown to the Queens – the identity that she had taken when Jeiel had visited Jundex, home of NOPE Industries. Ojo stares at this in shock. “B-Blances! We weren’t going to tell anyone about this until…”
“Pipe down, Ojo. We can’t dally with this situation.” She then steps on the rails of Sebyl’s bed and roars. “Are you showing your WEAKNESS now, head wife?? One blunder of unknown cause, and you stay on your toes like a tawdry HOUSEWIFE?! GROW A SPINE!!”
Sebyl: (shocked) B-BLANCES?!?
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“I know Repter….” Jeiel tells the man, not knowing what was going on with the Paths. “That’s why we’re going with this tactic. We’re putting the Queen in her place, leaving her with the unlikeliest of situations. And once we get in, I’m facing her. ” Jeiel suddenly feels a hand at his shoulder. “Expect yourself not alone in that ordeal.” Le’ej throws his voice in. “Thanks. This… is both our problems, anyway.” “Indeed.”
“Repter… I’m assigning you as the 2nd force of action. And make sure your ship is notified of this. We need that electric bolt charged and ready. Nexus…. are you able to enable an electic-resistance field on everyone here, once the attack is struck?” Jeiel asks the Titan.
(Storm problems, guys. Sorry. )