Week 6 cyoa: hei, jiuqing, vin, and kashuu

[saturations]

spoiler warnings: ff14 heavensward and some light endwalker elements
content warnings: violence, death, war, terrorism (short), brief mentions/references for eyegore, brief mention/reference for decapitation, depression, suicidal ideation (nihilist flavor), suicide, dragons and monsters eating people

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[disestablishment]

[ ... VIN AND KASHUU REALLY ARE JUST PREPARED TO DIE. They are here, holding hands, as if the roar is coming closer to them. Instead, they will see a familiar form coming from their left, flying past the Aery with large flaps of their wings.

... It's Nidhogg, glowing with draconic aether. He starts singing his song, the way the dragons record their history, how they rally their kin. Another roar: ]

Come, my kin! We shall bring end to the sons of Thordan! Vengeance will be ours!

[ The dragon's language is in their own, but their words reach Vin and Kashuu. They understand it. They can watch the dragon fly further into the Churning Mists.

The treasure chest is still here, tired after being hassled by bullies, and spits out a shield. ]

[allomantic]

[what the fuck

after a moment of shocked horror as she watches the dragon fly off, she starts kicking this chest even harder in the hopes that it will give them an actual weapon in addition to the shield.]

We have to hurry—!

[how does she plan on catching up to it even once they have a weapon?? good question don't worry about it

eli 🔪 vin Roll: [5] Result: 5]

[disestablishment]

[ Quickly pats this as we wait for Aki so we get this out of the way. Ow? The chest keeps getting kicked? And it coughs up another greatsword. It growls before spitting a skinny sword quickly after.

Also who knows... I wonder how you guys got here. ]

[allomantic]

[neat she's grabbing them and kashuu can decide which he wants when aki returns from the errand war!!

and then they can head back to the manacutter which i definitely didn't forget about thanks hei]

[slashay]

[YEAH TIME TO HEAD BACK TO A FCKIN SHIP TO GO CHASE THIS DRAGON WHERE KASHUU'S JUST LIKE ISN'T THIS FCKIN DRAGON SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD. WHAT IS HAPPENING. HE HATES IT HERE, AGAIN.

Anyway with his perfect 20 roll he's also dragging Bernie's corpse along with them as they go time to nyoom after this dragon and find out where the fck it's going he GUESSES.]

[disestablishment]

[ hello my good friends... we are on the manacutter. Vax is efficiently and carefully put back into the ship. At least he has stopped bleeding?

Who is driving? Roll to see how smooth this ride is, now that they see a flurry of dragons take to the skies, singing a song of war. ]

[allomantic]

[presumably kashuu is driving again!! and vin is trying to make sure neither the weapons or vax slam around too much.

im mobile but i rolled a 12]

[slashay]

[Kashuu rolled a 6 so this is gonna be a bumpyass ride. He'll at least try to keep a fair distance from the flurry of dragons considering they're enemies and he does not want to get heatgunned out of the air. i typed hetgunned first]

[disestablishment]

[ Damn... With Kashuu rolling a 6 for driving, Vax edges over the seats, a handful of his bodyweight slipping out and weighing him. He's close to slipping off to be engulfed by clouds.

It's getting the attention of Nidhogg's brood as they have their rocky ride. Uh-oh. Please control your dead Vax. ]

[allomantic]

[well! she tries to pull him back in to stop getting the attention of these terrifying dragons, but...

eli knife vin Roll: [1] Result: 1 (love that mobile doesn't let me copy the emoji itself)]

[slashay]

[NOOOOOO THE FUCKING DRAGONS. He's going to try to maneuver away, dropping back further behind the bulk of the horde with his 15 roll. Unfortunately since he's piloting he cannot help Vin with Vax's corpse.

In like a stage whisper:]

You good—?!

[disestablishment]

[ VIN. is STRUGGLING to keep Vax in the manacutter, but he's in it. He's still with them, even if a dragon keys their sweet ride with its claws. It pushes them off course by only a little, since they're battling 15s.

As they're about three-fourths of the way to Nidhogg, they pass someone on dragonback flying the opposite way. Are the plans... The same? ]

[allomantic]

I am not good!

[well. given how focused she is on trying to make sure vax doesn't fall out of the manacutter after that last horrible roll, she only glances up for a second. while she sees the figure covered in gore, she doesn't have time to look at them for long before she's back to business.

she's also summoning her double to land on the dragon that just clawed their getaway car. free them.

rolls a ten for jiuqing sighting and four for this dragon attack]

[slashay]

[MEANWHILE KASHUU DOESN'T SEE HER AT ALL WITH HIS 2 ROLL BECAUSE HE'S BUSY TRYING TO STEER THIS SHIP OUT OF DANGER.]

Ugh, shit--!! Hang on, lemme try to get us out!

[With his 14 roll he will try to maneuver their way away from this rude dragon... begone...]

[disestablishment]

[ Living Shadow summons, taking her form but leaking with darkness. With its greatsword, it plunges onto the dragon clawed into their manacutter and descends into the clouds with it. Well. I guess that solves the problem? No dragons seem to pay them mind, but they notice something large, angry, and dark coming their way at top-speed.

It's Nidhogg, leading his brood to Ishgard with a rallying cry. ]

The time is nigh!

[ With a 19, he swats at the ship that is in his way, sending them flying down to one of the floating islands. Are they just a bug to him...? ]

[allomantic]

[bad!

as they start falling from the air, she's turning her attention from real vax's corpse to kashuu, moving so she can shield him in case the landing is violent somehow. she understands nothing about flying vehicles but falling out of the air seems bad?! if she's right about that, she doesn't want him to get hurt as they land. i hope he's perfectly capable of landing safely even after they're swatted and this is pointless

eli knife vin Roll: [18] Result: 18]

[slashay]

[He doesn't even care that this wholeass fake dragon thinks they're a bug AT LEAST THEY'RE REAL AND STILL ALIVE, BINCH!!!!

Though who knows how long that's going to last at this rate!! He rolled a 4 so as they crash down to one of the floating islands as he desperately tries and fails to regain control of their tiny ship, he's probably gonna get at least somewhat busted up regardless of Vin's high-rolling 18. God bless. Love that she somehow manages to protect both of them so well though that's hilarious.]

[disestablishment]

[ Fortunately, Vin and Kashuu are tanks so the fall damage they take is a little less. Vin makes a nice save, though Kashuu will find his injuries rustled. Vin, also, based on their rolls done already in the channel. They get to watch from (floating) land as the sea of dragons make their way south, the same way they came. It would be mesmerizing how this swarm of giant leathery flying chickens move as one, but...

WHAT IS THE PLAN NOW... ]

[allomantic]

[UGHHHHH

fortunately they aren't too beat up, even if her prior injuries aren't feeling great... so she's going to look around the fallen manacutter to see if it seems like it's at all operational. though, before she does that, she's addressing kashuu!!]

Are you alright...?

[even though she shielded him with her 5'0" body.

eli 🔪 vin Roll: [3] Result: 3 for checking out the manacutter and trying to see where the heck real vax is now,]

[slashay]

Yeah-- [He's pretty BUSTED but it's fine, he's a terminator, he can just keep going.] --are you?

[While she's busy dealing with scouting for Vax's body, he'll also take a look with his unfortunate 5 roll to see if this crashed thing still looks pilotable.

Barring that, he'll also glance over the sides of their floating island to see how far away any of the other ones are, and whether or not there's anything worthwhile on them. Imagine they're just stranded here.]

[disestablishment]

[ The floating islands are well connected, so they can essentially walk the lands in the Churning Mists. All of the dragons that have roamed these lands are also gone. Wow.

y'all... with a 6, the manacutter might be able to ferry a toddler? ]

[allomantic]

...We can't fly anywhere else, but - we could walk.

[ow her leg, ow her arm, ow her everything. i'm also saying her roll means vax got yeeted out at some point as they crashed so she looks around but cannot find him at all. horrible. after a moment:]

But to where? I think it flew beyond these islands, so without the ship... [a beat.] I don't think we'll be able to find a passage back to the Prism without looking around, though.

[slashay]

[THEIR VAX IS FUCKING GONE. Except his shoes which are apparently here thanks to their 11 roll but Kashuu's not taking those. It's fine, he'll be... okay... when he pops out on the other side... as their very real cyoa partner........]

...Yeah. Let's get looking, then.

[His 20 roll is for ease of maneuverability, and he will take advantage of that to help Vin as they begin TRAVERSING THESE CONNECTED ISLANDS, APPARENTLY.]

Maybe we can find another one of these things somewhere.

[disestablishment]

[ Do we wonder how Estinien got to the Aery... Rip that second manacutter.

The Churning Mists are the land of the dragons and moogles, so there is little technology here. There are, however, signs of building like people once lived here, but the architecture is ancient in comparison to the style of the manacutter. As they walk these connected islands, they do see a moogle! This moogle. It steals Vax's (unworn) shoe, leaving the other behind, and flies off.

This moogle stops in front of a large aetheryte. ]

[allomantic]

—Hey! Get back here!

[NOT THE SHOE the shoe that belongs to very real vax......

she's running after it!! just kind of accepting that kashuu is going to follow behind her. i'm losing my mind. as they approach the crystal, at least, she slows.]

...We should be able to leave with this, though I don't know where exactly it leads.

[eli 🔪 vin Roll: [14] Result: 14]