[Astral Harmony]

Menarker made me do Darcelle.

...

Wait, that might not have come out right.

Sorry 'bout the post delay. I'm suffering from the dangerously common disease of headupmyownassitis. I catch it about...oh, every two minutes. It basically means I got distracted by something shiny...or pr0n...or shiny pr0n.

At the very least, the Donovan side will finally, finally be finished tomorrow. I was faffing about trying to figure out just what Whitepearl was going to do now that you guys easily wiped out more than half her HP. I've decided that she's going to go apeshit. Apeshit robots are fun.

EDIT: "I...think it's done. I just need to make sure I got everything and with the heater down in my house, my fingers aren't as...movable as I would've hoped. I give it a tomorrow morning release."

The World Ends With an Impact, Day 5 ~ A Dark Battle Rekindled

*Impact awakens to find that Discord is still his partner and has been patiently waiting for him.*
Discord: "Mornin', fucker."
Impact: "Anything new?"
Discord: "Not really. No mission yet and I think we've awoken exactly where we fell, right here in front of the mexican restaurant."
Impact: "What can I say? I fuckin' love me some chili dogs."
Discord: "We got it, Sonic the Hedgehog."
Impact: "Hey, that's not nice. And what the hell are you wearing?"
Discord: "Charlotte and Lola stopped by a little while ago. All they really did was give me the clothes and ask me to tell you to not die. The clothes have decent stat boosts, so I figured I'd go for it."
*Impact laughs.*
Discord: "What?"
Impact: "Discord, I don't mean to break your heart, but maybe trying to look cute doesn't suit you."
Discord: "I'd bash you in the face if I didn't completely agree with you."
Impact: "Anyways, did Charlotte meet with any success in overtaking Shibuya?"
Discord: "Not to my knowledge, so we need to keep surviving and if a mission pops up, we'll have to handle it."
*Suddenly, both of their Inquiry Visors got a message.*
Impact: "Y'jynxed us, Discord."
Discord: "Yeah, yeah, let's just see what it wants."
*Impact and Discord read the e-mail.*
Discord: "'Erase the new Players', it says. We have a hundred eighty minutes to do it."
*Impact and Discord feel a painful sensation in the palms of their right hands.*
Discord: "Clock's a tickin'."
Impact: "Doesn't make a whole lotta sense, does it? I mean, aren't we sort of the new Players?"
Discord: "Maybe some Players arrived just today."
Impact: "Hax! I call hax!"
Discord: "Huh?"
Impact: "They got to skip four days of this bullshit. That's more than half, dammit. I'd probably erase those assholes just for having it better than me."
Discord: "I swear you can be such a child sometimes, but hold onto that zeal. If we can't clear the city of newbs in three hours, all of Charlotte's efforts will go to waste."

*Enter the Scramble Crossing*
Impact: "Those people look out of place."
Discord: "Right, they must be some of the targets."
Impact: "Some? ...Yeah, I guess we couldn't simply be done with this after erasing only one group."
*Impact and Discord hail the two suddenly very familiar girls.*
Rachel: "Impact?! Hey, Laurith, it's Impact! You look like something an Omnisroth ate and shit off a cliff."
Laurith: "..."
Rachel: "Don't gimme that, Laurith. I just calls 'em like I sees 'em."
Impact: "Whatever. I'm only going to say this once. Either leave the Reality Shard or be forced to leave the Reality Shard. Your choice and all, but the clock's ticking."
Rachel: "What'chu talkin' 'bout, Impact?"
Discord: "We're currently trapped in this place, the Shibuya Reality Shard in the Hungry World, and are forced to play a game called the Reaper's Game in order to be resurrected back in our world."
Rachel: "Oh, that whole thing. We know all about it."
Discord: "You do?"
Rachel: "After the whole 'destroy the Knomere, stop the Rezonscape, butcher Impact' thing finally ended, a lot of us just went our owns ways 'n' stuff. I was interested in the Hungry World, so I nabbed Laurith and headed on down here. We got a job from the Overseer. Y'know, the big eye in the sky? Anyways, under his orders, we explore and make reports on the Reality Shards that suddenly pop up around here."
Laurith: "..."
Rachel: "Hey, the Overseer could learn to appreciate my reports, Laurith! I think the emotes make the reports more livelier!"
Laurith: "..."
Rachel: "What? We need to destroy Impact?"
Laurith: "...!"
Rachel: "Oh, yeah! The whole resurrection thing! Yes, we absolutely can't let Impact come back to life."
Laurith: "..."
Rachel: "Discord, we don't have anything against you and would be happy to let you come back to life, but if Impact can be resurrected and return to Honmyr...well, we're still trying to rebuild from all the damage he did!"
Impact: "I didn't do that damage, that was the Knomere!"
Rachel: "Be that as it may, we can't simply let you go free. Laurith, it's time to clean house!"
Laurith: "..."
Discord: "Looks like we have a fight on our hands, Impact."
Impact: "That's fine. If they count as the 'new Players' mentioned in the e-mail, their defeat will be necessary. Let's rough 'em up, Discord!"
*A battle ensues and, despite Rachel and Laurith being rather spirited, Impact and Discord were a disciplined, veteran matchup who knew how to use pins for maximum effectiveness and gave the little girls no chance.*
Rachel: "Owww...dick."
Discord: "Language."
Laurith: "...?!"
Rachel: "Wait, what's happening to us?"
*Rachel and Laurith vanish into white light.*
Impact: "Did we...kill them?"
Discord: "Most likely not. They were still living when they came here, so maybe all we did was kick 'em out."
*Impact stares at his palm.*
Discord: "Impact, I highly doubt that masturbation gives you hair on your palms."
Impact: "It's not that, you idiot. Looks like our mission isn't over yet."
Discord: "I'd like it if we could split up and search the streets quicker, but if we run into Noise or any of the other groups, we wouldn't stand a chance by ourselves."
Impact: "No such luck, I'm afraid. C'mon, let's get moving."

*In front of Jupiter Of The Monkey*
Discord: "I think you're too old to be wearing those kind's of clothes."
Impact: "No, no, check it out, Discord. The sales clerk raps."
Discord: "You seem to be having a lot of fun here, what with the chili dogs and rhyme bustin' sales clerks. You sure you don't wanna take up a permanent residence?"
Impact: "Maybe after I come back to life, but certainly not before. See anyone who looks out of place?"
Discord: "You mean besides ourselves? Ummm...oh, right over there."
*Impact and Discord hail another very familiar pair.*
Kurika: "Impact."
Heidi: "And Discord! Are you two going out? Wait, aren't you both dead? Sorry, that was insensitive of me, wasn't it?"
Discord: "Ho boy. Impact, erasing these two will be quite a challenge. I think they have even more muscles than before."
Impact: "So, what brings you two to this neighborhood?"
Heidi: "The Power Girl X Challenge Cup!"
Discord: "The what?"
Kurika: "Heidi and I created it. We traveled around the world, challenging all women to see if they can defeat the two of us strong women. So far, we have been undefeated. And now there are no more power girl teams in the world, so we thought we could try the Hungry World. If there are power girls like the Kimonos here, surely there are many more, do you not think?"
Discord: "You might be right, but don't call me Shirley."
Kurika: "Huh? Did I call you that?"
Heidi: "It's a joke, Kurika. I'll explain it to you later."
Impact: "Enough idle banter. Would you be kind enough to leave the Reality Shard?"
Kurika: "I think we can. But how do we leave?"
Discord: "Look for a Sentinel. Basically, a big-ass jellyfish with chainsaws on the ends of their tentacles."
Impact: "Actually, I have a better plan. Let us battle!"
Discord: "Impact, have you lost your mind?!"
Impact: "What if they don't find the Sentinel and leave before the timer ends, Discord? Besides, the e-mail said to 'erase' the new Players. It may not count if they aren't erased."
Discord: "Well, I still really hate to idea of fighting a muay thai kickboxer and a Machoke Pokebrid, but you could be right that we might be erased if we cheat the system."
Impact: "And there you have it. Would you girls join us for a very serious sparring session to the death?"
Kurika: "Hmm. What do you think, Heidi?"
Heidi: "I'm not sure. I guess this could be a Power Girl X Challenge Cup event, even if Impact isn't a girl right now."
Impact: "Right now?"
Heidi: "Didja forget? How you transform into a girl named Fempact when you're hit with cold water?"
Impact: "Armored Bishoujo, knock it off!"
Armored Bishoujo: "Oh, you're no fun."
Impact: "I don't fight two incredibly muscular women for fun. ...Unless I'm drunk, but that's a very, very different and altogether wrong occasion."
Discord: "Right, let's do it to it!"
Kurika: "Let us begin."
*Impact and Discord fight a rather climatic battle with Kurika and Heidi. The confrontation is tough, with Impact and Discord using their smaller, quicker bodies to try and evades Kurika and Heidi's mighty blows. After a very hard won struggle, Impact and Discord emerge beaten and bruised but victorious.*
Heidi: "Woof. Your powers have grown by no small leap, Impact."
Impact: "Yep, I'm in it to epic win it."
Kurika: "Well then, good luck with what it is you are doing."
*Heidi and Kurika vanish into white light.*
Discord: "They're not bad girls. Just really fuckin' intimidating ones."
Impact: "Time's still wasting. Damn it, how many more groups remain?"
Discord: "We've just gotta keep it up and keep hustlin'. I mean, how many random pairs of people can just wind up in one Reality Shard in the entire Hungry World in a single day?"

*After six more battles, Impact and Discord are sitting down against a building, thoroughly exhausted from the fighting.*
Discord: "I...I can't take it anymore."
Impact: "It's fine, Discord. We don't have to worry anymore."
Discord: "Really? We made it?"
Impact: "No, but we only got twenty seconds left."
Discord: "So why shouldn't I worry?"
Impact: "Because worrying is now pointless. Twenty seconds is not nearly enough time to find anymore newbie Players, let alone battle and erase them. Face it, we're screwed."
Discord: "Ten seconds. Well, it has been quite fun, fightin' and eatin' and seeing what it might be like to kind of dress like a girl for once."
Impact: "I know I did a lot of this because I really wanted to be resurrected myself, but I do feel like shit for not being able to help you as well."
Discord: "Y'mean that?"
Impact: "Of course. You were a loyal subordinate, even more loyal than Sakuya ever was. Granted, you were paid well, but still, people have often betrayed those they were employed to. So, for all it's worth, thanks."
Discord: "Gee, Impact. If you presented a ring right now, I don't know if I can find the man-hating nature within me to tell you to piss off."
*Impact looks at the sky...and is then surprised when Discord takes one of his hands in hers.*
Impact: "Ummm..."
Discord: "Just...bear with it, okay? I'm not quite sure why I'm doing this either."
Impact: "Well, okay, but while you're at it, can you check the time? I think we're supposed to be erased by now."
*Discord examines Impact's hand.*
Discord: "It's...gone."
Impact: "The timer? Check your hand, too."
*Discord opens her right hand.*
Discord: "Yeah, mine is gone, too! What the hell-!"
*Both of their Inquiry Visors recieve a message.*
Impact: "It's from Charlotte! She's done it! She's goddamn done it!"
*Impact and Discord jump up and embrace each other. They recieve another e-mail.*
Discord: "This one says that it is rather uncharacteristic of us to be close and 'enjoying' each other's company."
Impact: "Well, it looks like she might need some time to figure out how to grant us a resurrection ahead of time, so we might still be stuck in Shibuya for another day."
Discord: "Should we go to sleep? I'm too tired to keep standing."
Impact: "Probably for the best. Besides, I want to think about what happened."
Discord: "Huh?"
Impact: "Eight different groups of newbie Players defeated and we still didn't clear the mission. It was thanks to Charlotte that we're not dust in the ether."
Discord: "Yeah, it's kinda weird, isn't it?"
Impact: "Kinda weird? No. This shit was deliberate. Someone sent all those pairs of talented fighters, and all to destroy us."
Discord: "...You may have a point. Between the mission and the sheer number of new Player teams all at once, it couldn't possibly be a coincidence. Is the Conductor trying to kill us off?"
Impact: "I think she's trying to kill me off, that's for sure. I knew it. The Conductor of the Reaper's Game is none other than my murderer from back in Honmyr when I was alive."
Discord: "Should we try to contact Charlotte? Maybe she saw this bitch."
Impact: "Well, if I knew who it was, I'd probably want to go kill her right away, but as I am right now, I don't think I'm in any condition to avenge myself. I should talk to Charlotte tomorrow."
Discord: "But what if your murderer escapes?"
Impact: "If I may use the tired cliche, 'you can run but you can't hide'. I'm not in any position to go taking her out right now, but I'll never let her get away from me. I swear on my soul."
Discord: "Alright, then. Soon as we're both up, we'll go down to this station underpass and see if we can get some information out of Charlotte."