To go with your crew...

[highseasmods]

Who: Everyone who is fighting in the battle to kill the witch.
Where: The Black Fortress in the East
When: Jan 24th-25th
What: The grand battle to get back what you have lost, get revenge for what was taken, and avert disaster.
Warnings: Language. Death. Victory. Defeat. True love. Miracles.
Style: Text or prose
Status: Open to all



The black fortress ripples with shimmering iridescent energy, the piles of black coral heaped on roped together barges around it, bobbing in the waves. On the largest barge stands a slender man with a copper belt, wearing a face mask, orange red hair flecked with black from ash or dust. As the dawn slowly folds over the ocean, he'll look up, as if hearing some hidden voice.

At the top of the fortress, a figure climbs into vision, a woman, dressed in gray, features obscured by a hood with impenetrable darkness behind it. She staggers a moment as if she is weary, then straightens to her full height. As she speaks, her voice comes out of the journals, echoing over the water, low but clear.

"This is no small task ye do. She that rots within'll do anythin' ta stop ye. Don't hesitate to kill what ye find. If they were human once, they hain't no more. Watch out for her golems, too, or they'll drain ye dry quicker'n a wink. But if ye can get rid of 'em, it'll weaken her." She hesitates, cants her head to the side. "And if ye lot aren't as much of a bunch'a idiots as usual, ye might come out alive through this."

That said, she raises her hands. After a moment so does the man on the barge. For a moment, nothing seems to happen and then iridescent light shimmers over the coral, seeming to match that which surrounds the fortress. It crackles and dances like a fire, and then without warning bursts into a furious life, slamming against the energy of the fortress. There is the sound like thunder and light snaps and crackles, zipping with energy. Then with a woosh the light flies upward, taking the figure with it. The man on the barge lets out a cry like a seagull and dives into the water as if intending to swim after her.

For the boats that remain, a part of the fortress will crumble away into the sea, revealing a small harbor and an open doorway. Enter all ye who dare.


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[gokai_red]

Marvelous raised a hand to catch the gun, while at the same time chucking his saber - Shinken Red Key still inserted into it - back at her. Her caught the firearm, and raised it.

He cocked back the hammer.

The collar was still there, but starting to unclasp. Futo was raising something to try and keep her in place.

For many others trying to do this and not KILL someone would seem utterly insane. In truth, it probably was. Many of those others might not be able to shoot an incoming bullet cleanly out of the air.

Marvelous could.

So, he took some amount of faith that the other distractions would do their job, aimed for the collar... and took his shot, one round bullet erupting from the gun's barrel.

[letteropener]

When push came to shove, and magical might dueled, with vines and needles and so much else running interference, the tide finally turned when a bullet aimed at the collar drove the band into Celestia's throat like she'd been punched. The alicorn choked hard, gagging against the sudden spasming of her throat muscles, and the sunlight glow faded. The collar sprang free to follow the behest of the Summoning Charm, leaving Celestia to collapse at the mercy of the incoming attacks that hopefully no one wanted to press on her abruptly-limp form.

[forthevillage]

The idea wasn't to kill the creature. With her down, they'd need to find a way to keep her that way so that she couldn't use her abilities. Itachi glanced down to the collar he'd cut from his neck. It had fallen to the floor some ways away and he made a dash for it.

If this collar would work on her the same way it had worked on him, they might be able to keep her powers under control for now. He didn't know how well it would work with the witch still controlling her, but right now it was the best shot they had to keep her from getting back up and attacking them again. The ninja grasped it on the run, continuing on to kneel at her side.

It wouldn't fit around her neck. As a pony, hers was thicker than his. However he should be able to get it around one of her legs. "Quickly!" he yelled to the others. "I need something to attach this! A pin. A nail. A spell. Something."