Premonitions (Open)

[Avalon Salabim]

Avalon let the strangers take time processing what had happened around them, knowing it was likely a shock. She nodded at Nova's question, it being one that came to mind as well.

"Do you know how it is they track you?" The fact that the lines of energy were weaker now had her more than a little curious.

[Pig God, God of Pigs]

Terry turns to look at Rhona, and he points at her aggressively.

“First, he’s not my fucking emperor. Secondly, the world’s being… drained. Most everyone seems to be dead, flaming creatures roam the land, and giant chains pierce the ground. Other than that, I couldn’t tell you much, because I’ve spent most of my time inside Prota’s territory, despite being very unwelcome.”

Before he can answer either Nova or Avalon, Terry kneels next to Atlas.

“Don’t do that. I don’t know what you’re worried about, but as far as I know, you’ve got nothing to apologize for. Don’t bow to anybody. And hopefully… this’ll help with your questions.”

With that said, he looks up to Nova.

“The Protan Empire is split between two factions: Traditionalists, who still follow the laws of John Strike and follow his dreams and aspirations, and the Reformists, who believe that without an emperor, they should continue with their own visions. Your father, Nova, is a member of the Traditionalists, same as my own, but for this world, I wouldn’t hold hope that either has their best interests at heart.”

He glances at the large crew that had helped with the fight.

“Prota has found a way to tear holes to different worlds, which is how they came here. However, since the two sides are desperate to defeat each other, they’re going to look for resources wherever they can find, which includes here. No matter which side comes through, they’re going to try and take this place.”

His eyes travel to Avalon.

“If I knew, I’d stop it. It’s been a pain in the ass, since I’ve had to fight Prota and that thing multiple times at some pretty inconvenient times.”

Aroma can see that the bunny woman still isn’t moving. There is, however, a soft wisp of black smoke that momentarily escapes the wound on her chest.

[Rhona Hall]

Rhona raised her hands in surrender, exhaling a deep exasperation through her nose, and shrugged off his irritation towards a her misconstrued detail.

But she gave his more thorough explanation to the rest of us plenty of thought. She would turn to Spike, Nova, and the rest. “Well sounds like there might be a choice some of us have to make, like do we want to defend the fort here or try and figure out ways to take back what we lost. But as we are now I don’t suspect we can afford to divide our resources. What are you guys thinking?”

[Novocaine]

Nova would bite at her thumbnail in irritation at the explanation. Despite how she was living here, her family was still part of this struggle. It wasn't something she could just ignore as 'not her problem anymore'.

She'd glance at Rhona, then at the ground where the man disappeared.

"Well, until we can actually go back to our world, we won't be able to take anything back. At this point the only option is to defend here. Unless Terry happens to have a device that tears holes into the universe as well."

[Atlas Steele]

Listening to the man that spoke to him, Atlas would try to wipe his tears as more was coming, as he knew he was trembling before looking back at the people that he followed before his broken visage sunk upon those that he cared for.

Taking in the information as he would feel his legs give in as he would try to raise himself, wording a 'thank you' silently towards Terry before he would hide his crying face.
Slowly grasping his thigh with his left hand, trying to calm his shaky legs before lifting himself upwards as he realized that this was insane, to say the least, but those kids needed somebody to look upwards too as he would smile with a bloodied lower lip as he bit it to remain calm in some way.

"So, Nova is part of the old world, along with this other pretty lady, and I am going to assume, the rest are too." As he would try to turn to the person that left, only realizing that he was gone already.
He knew that there was nothing he could do to repay the debt that these people had put Atlas into, he would take a deep breath to make sure his voice wouldn't shake in the least.

"Thank you for your efforts in helping us protect the city in this world, if there is anything I can do to help or anything else you all know about, tell me." Before he would wipe the blood from his lip and turn to his people, his friends.

"Boys, you all know the plan if this person comes back to keep hunting. The other people have their own fair share of problems and got themselves involved with an important part of their lives." He explained to them, before then gritting his teeth. "So! We shall be doing our best to keep that body from ever attacking our saviors!" as he would slam his own chest strongly.

"Training, Training, and Training is on the schedule, along with protecting whatever they can think of!" As he hoped that this would be enough for Nova, Trent, and their friends to do what they needed to do.
As he kept up this strong facade... One thing was obvious to those that he had turned his back to after turning to Aroma, Trent, and Tsu.

He was deeply afraid, as he was still shocked to his core, wanting to break from the emotional stress and fear that came with all this.
But he was moving onwards, he was trying to fulfill some kind of promise that he put in his own hands and he wanted to make certain that nothing would harm those he seemingly had started to care for...
Trembling from his legs and keeping his hands clasped together against the base of his back to hide their trembling.

[Avalon Salabim]

Avalon remained silent for several seconds, nodding at Atlas's thanks and contemplating what was said and asked.

"I would like to go back, but now does not seem the best time to do so. We do not know how this happened, or if we can do the same. We would need to find a way to test that, first." She tapped her chin with a finger for a moment, turning her attention from Rhona to Terry as Nova mentioned being sensible.

"She's right.  Do you know how you came here, yourself? I believe I may know a way to make it more difficult for them to track you." The downside was, of course, if they decided to take out anyone other than Terry when they came back. The Reclaimer seemed to have a solid head on his shoulders, but the bunny woman made it clear she didn't care who or what was taken down along with her target. That, she would not allow for the sake of curiosity.

[Aroma]

Frowning slightly at the gaseous mass that seemed to escape from the rabbit woman's body, Aroma figured that it would be too late to do anything about it now. Working under the assumption that the smoke was the woman's spirit, in some capacity. And that it had already left its vessel, likely to return in a different form at another time. Sighing softly, Aroma shrugged to herself. Watching as Atlas went off to give his own little dramatic speech of motivation, these things never really worked. Not in reality. Although... Fuck, it was working on her in some capacity. God, she hated it when he managed to successfully will her into action. Well, alright. That was a lie. Not that she'd admit it.

Aroma walked over to Atlas as he turned around, grinning as she did so. Before... Placing a hand on his shoulder, and driving her fist into his stomach to deliver a solid-yet-not at full strength punch. "So, training. Right?" She asked, sternly.

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Sorry, another short one. I should stop posting so late.

[Sage Sudeki]

Spike remained silent for the time being, retrieving his sword and looking at the bunny womans possible corpse. He would activate his Seikatsugan to see if her body still give off an Aura. While they got answers which they sorely needed about the fate of their world, it wasn't much.

Things were slowly getting worse and worse it would seem on the other end of whatever dimensional spectrum they were on. He'd scratch his head a bit.

"If we had a Seine or a Xander this would be simple..."

He more or less muttered to himself.

[Pig God, God of Pigs]

Terry grimaces, shaking his head.

“I fell through one to get here by accident. It was either that or probably die. I don’t know how to get back, offhand.”

He rubs his arm a little bit.

“If it’s any consolation, I’ll do what I can when they get here, but either way, I’m assuming it’s going to be a problem for the people here.”

Spike sees that the bunny woman's body is knitting itself back together, from the inside out.

[Sage Sudeki]

Spike prepares both blades and hacks the bunny womans body to pieces, specifically targeting joints to avoid bones.

[Avalon Salabim]

"I see..." Avalon took a couple steps towards Terry, sidestepping anyone in her path.

"I believe I may have found how they were tracking you. I assume you do not have an anchor of any sorts back on the other side of the tear?" Last thing she wanted was to cut one of the energy lines and find out they were Terry's ruby slippers back home.

She tries...really, really hard to ignore Spike, flinching as he hacked at the dead body, but focusing her gaze on Terry.

[Novocaine]

"So there's no way there, currently." Nova says, mostly confirming for herself.

"In that case-"

She'd look between Spike, Rhona and Atlas.

"You guys can figure out who's gonna take care of the fugitive you wanted to save. If something comes up you can find me at my restaurant. I have news to deliver."

If no one had any reason to stop her, Nova would be on her way.

[Rhona Hall]

“Gods!” Rhona exclaimed at Spike’s sudden quartering of the woman. She assumed he could see if she was about to become a threat there was likely a good reason for this amount of gore. “I guess simply restraining her was not an option? We can possibly get information from her or maybe she has a way to open up portals too?”

[Sage Sudeki]

Spike doesn't stop hacking, but he does speak.

"Actually Nova... I'll drop by soon..."

At Rhona's outburst he would shift his eyes to look at her, though keep swinging.

"Restraints would be useless... I've dealt with three immortals in the past. They will do any amount of damage to themselves and escape restraints every time. I am postponing her healing to get her to a facility. Possibly might have to keep her without limbs."

[tsu]

Rising to her feet as Atlas offered his apologies, Tsu felt it unecessary. If anything they as 'New World' people were being left out of something. Narrowing her eyes, she turned from the group, eyes back on the corpse long enough to see the pretentious looking male pull his sword only long enough to start quartering the corpse. "You know, I wasn't being serious when I suggested that." She couldn't help but lighten up some as she moved towards the once bunny woman, now puzzle.

Eyeing the remains, she kept her 'prize' very close to her, easing back some just in case it tried to explode on her. "I wonder if she tastes as odd as her blood feels to manipulate.", Tsu mused to herself quietly, hoping none of the others heard her comments. Bending down, she'd poke the remnants of a limb apathetically.