888, damn, you're great. Move it so you can sock it to me one more-- wait.

[wagers]

Who: Vriska Serket (wagers), Nepeta Leijon (rogueofheart), Jane Crocker (cyan_maid), Rose Lalonde (fluthlu), Aradia Megido (psych0p0mps), Chell (silentrunning), & Blues (whistles_the_blues).
What: A final confront8tion aboard the Event Horizon.
When: Today!
Where: The Event Horizon!
Rating: Just a warning for violence and death. You know how trolls do.


[She'd continuing to sit atop the core. Spinning. Forever spinning. It did not matter that is was a ridiculous inclination, and it certainly did not matter that she hadn't moved in what felt like years, she knew that any further action past this point was futile.

She would never get better. She would never be able to forget what she saw. Nothing would change her state of mind. Nothing no one said, nothing that anyone would even attempt to do-- it was all in vain.

They would all be dead soon.]

Comments

[rogueofheart]

[If there's anyone you want in on a battle to take down a Serket, it's a Megido! Except for one slight problem that's already happened once before. She can't even warn her without giving Vriska the idea to manipulate her.

With Vriska's attention torn between both Rose and now Aradia, she's hoping she's distracted enough to not see her coming.

Nepeta uses POUNCE, and not the friendly kind, hoping to take her by surprise so that someone can do something. Anything.]

[cyan_maid]

[Jane doesn't even need to think about her next move. Five months in a hostile Medium make all the difference when it comes to fighting, and while the three friends with her now aren't at all the same as the three friends she would fight with at home, there's an intuition that comes with group fighting.

When Nepeta pounces, Jane darts to the side and hefts up her fork, globe end ready to swing. Don't let her get behind you, Vriska!]

1/2

[wagers]

[Curious eyes look to Rose, who is more than intrigued by her words. Oh how she'd love to see the needles in use. She grins. And the sudden whipcrack from the one she hates most is like a jolt that makes the adrenaline pump through her veins.

Exhilarating.]

Now to see who is best suited for--

2/2

[wagers]

Agh!

[It's sudden. All so very sudden. She can feel those claws digging into flesh, and she's immediately moving to grab the cat by the collar and throwing her to the ground. Vriska growls as she looms over Nepeta, sword raised.]

Come to renegotiate your end?

[fluthlu]

[Rose doesn't waste a single second at that, taking a less-than-artful lunge towards Vriska, needles at the ready and absolute fire and pain in her eyes. Not Nepeta, not like that. Not going to fucking happen.]

[psych0p0mps]

[No way Vriska, you leave that kitty alone! Aradia darts toward her, too, the whip whizzing across and then forward, aiming to snare her sword arm.]

[cyan_maid]

[Shit, shit, shit, no, not Nepeta! Jane raises the globe end high and charges forward, aiming for Vriska's side, if she can just knock you away...!]

[rogueofheart]

[Those claws are still poised in front of her, even as she's on the ground and staring down Vriska's blade. She's tired of all of this, but she has to keep Vriska's attention.]

I'm not negotiating anything with you!

[wagers]

[She feels the whip first, tightening around her sword arm. She growls, more through frustration than any sort of pain. Eyes are burning through Aradia at this point, and she can't help but wish she could mind control her now.

In fact, a hand is raising up to her temple, and--

No! Not needles! She's weaving backward, a swift attempt to remove herself from the oncoming Lalonde... and straight into a side swipe from a very heavy orb.

She hears a faint cracking in her ears and she groans terribly from the feeling of what is quite possibly her ribs being cracked. She's stepping back now, attempting to struggle away from Aradia, reeling from the effects of the others.]

[fluthlu]

[That crack sounded pretty damn damaging (damnaging??), and for a moment Rose stays her ground, before taking three confident steps forward, needles raised right at face-level as she approaches Vriska.]

... Serket?

[wagers]

[She's heaving for a moment, kneeling on the floor, crumpled. Her right arm is still bound by Aradia's whip,and while she has no intention of letting her sword go, she takes a moment.

Or two.

She is still for a moment, but when she moves again, she's grabbing one of Rose's needles, one that's pointed to her face, holding onto her hand, grasping it tightly.

All you hear in between labored breaths is chuckling.]

[fluthlu]

[That... that wasn't what Rose was expecting to happen, jegus. She gives the needle a light tug, but something in her gut tells her not to provoke this. She just stands stock still, her eyes locked on Vriska, watching her breathe.]

... Vriska. Are you alright?

[wagers]

[She can't help but laugh. It's funny. It's just... It's like they knocked some sense into her! Almost.]

I'm tired of seeing it. I know I'm going to die soon, I just. Am so glad you're letting me out out easily.

[A breath. It's a bit heavy, the troll wondering just how hard she was hit, after all. It didn't matter, though.]

Maybe. I'll stop seeing things. Soon.

[And with that, she's yanking the needle toward her face even more. She's pulling it with great force straight into her left eye. She just wants to stop seeing it all. Maybe they were here to not make her see any more.

That's why they were fighting so hard, right? That's what they were saying!]

[psych0p0mps]

[This is probably the first time Aradia's been able to do anything useful in combat in like a year and she was feeling pretty optimistic about this operation succeeding until-]

VRISKA!

[She drops her whip and rushes forward, grabbing Vriska by whatever's closest - in this case, her hair.]

I'm not going to let you die, you moron! Stop stabbing yourself!

[cyan_maid]

[The crack had surprised Jane; she'd only had skeleton monsters to fight, nothing that was flesh and blood and alive. She's stunned for a moment, after the blows collide, and grips the war fork tightly. She hadn't really...thought she could hurt anyone like that.

And then Vriska's laughing. What was so funny=]

[SHE'S GRABBING ROSE'S NEEDLE. SHE'S GOING TO STAB HERSELF. Aw shit. Aw shit, no, no, stop it, no - this wasn't the kind of sense Jane meant! The fork goes away, and Jane grabs Vriska by the middle and pulls.]

Stop it!!! Stop it right now!!!!

[rogueofheart]

[Nepeta's scrambling to her feet, but she sees the others have Vriska right where she needs to be.]

You've got her! Get her out of here, now! We have to get off this ship!

[fluthlu]

[Rose doesn't even bother to retrieve her other needle. Her face is ghost white, her hands shaking and her eyes wide, but she drops arms and marches straight forward and moves to loop an arm around Vriska's shoulder.]

One of you, get the sword away from her and secure her other arm.