here we go again...

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Who: Everyone
Where: Aimintas
When: Day 56
Open/Closed: OTA

[ Feel free to use this entry as a mingle for whatever your characters will be up to during the bigger Uvi attack! You can find details about it in this weekly update post.

(This post is forward dated by a few hours as I temporarily forgot how timezones work... please forgive me.) ]

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[deem]

[It takes 9S a few moments to answer, in his present situation. It's difficult to pin down this creature, more or less. A challenge to take over its limbs if only to prevent them from moving, because the fact is that he's unable to do more. He can't take full, functional control like he could with machines.

This creature is far more like a magical entity.

He stands there, quite still, hands extended in Julius' direction. The light that bounds between his hands and the thing he's nearly been swallowed up by launches in volleys of pale amber, which pass quite harmlessly around Lenka. He's not the target, and there are only certain types of beings that 9S can hack.

Truly, he's surprised that it's working right now]

How far? [He asks, voice tense. This face he recognizes: he's sure Julius supplied it to him, and that's why he saw it] I can keep it still, but...only within a certain range...

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[ On the outside, the Aragami doesn't move from its stilled position. However, the light coming from its core may be a better indicator of how it's faring - originally a soft, lambent blue while Julius was in control, then intensifying to a harsh illumination once the Singularity had subsumed within it. The core flashes in a manner of a lighthouse, perhaps indicating of wavering intent...

... and recognition, as 9S buys enough time for Julius to metaphorically claw his way into perception. ]

You came...

[ His words are barely perceptible beneath a flood of static; certainly not strong enough to wrest back control just yet. ]

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... So this is your magic.

[That's his first guess, anyway, Lenka having just noticed the strange amber light snaking around him -- his first instinct is then to back away from it, but he needs to make sure he can keep the Singularity away from the stranger behind him. Whoever he is, he obviously has an idea of what's going on with Julius, and some way of controlling the creature.

For the moment.

Lenka keeps his sword up, and tries to ignore the fact that he's standing in the middle of some kind of magical field of dubious sturdiness.]

If you can move as far as possible, it will give me more room to defend. Just in case.

[The rest of this harebrained plan is still shrouded in mystery and uncertainty; aside from the makeshift God Arc in his hands and a vague assurance from Julius earlier that he'd somehow fight the Aragami from the inside, Lenka doesn't have anything to go on. It's not any great comfort when the thing has at least six times as many blades as he does -- but then Julius is there. A little bit of him, far off, like speaking through a fading radio.]

Of course I'm here. [I have to be, he doesn't quite say, or think, because that's not exactly what he means] Are you?

[deem]

Not magic, no. This is a Scanner's power.

[9S begins to back up at a cautious pace, uncertain how close he might need to be when he's never dealt with something like this before. He had hacked magic entities before, but they were attacking and naturally, distance was something he had to create rather than moderate.

This, one the other hand...

Despite the caution of his movements, 9S is still an android. He still moves with an unnatural speed and coordination that don't befit a human, and he's drawn back several yards before he halts. And all the while, he hasn't allowed his hands to drop, still extended toward the thing Julius is now a part of]

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You know... what you have to do.

[ A man cannot fight a battle on two fronts, and neither can a Singularity. 9S is doing a great job at keeping it immobilized, so Lenka already has room to strike. ]

I'll battle it on this side... please.

[ Just kill me.

Except the Singularity would not let him die. However, it would at least allow him a respite if it was beaten, if only for a short while. ]