The Quickening

[Enigma]

The waves crashed upon the cliffside of the distant land, away from the auspices of Union and Spacenoid alike. It was a place untouched by war of the conventional kind. By chance or divine providence, this place had gone the past decades since the Cataclysm under the collective radars of those that struggled for control. Likely it had the good fortune to be a place few cared about even in their originating times, that it was able to go so long untouched by the violence of war machines clashing on its shores. But more recently, a different sort of issue had plagued it. A more unorthodox vector. And it came from the very waves smashing into the mountainous rocks that the metallic figure now found herself watching.

The time had finally come.

It was one she had long anticipated. Many parts of it, this included, had played in her mind countless times in her long periods of waiting. She had yanked at the strings, jerked the paddle back and forth and took joy in watching the marionette that was the Game dance to her whims. And with each rock and tug of the bar she plotted, took steps to decide what would come next. None could stop her. Not a headstrong Gundam Fighter, not a specter of her outcast past, not a damn interstellar interloper and certainly not the marionette herself. Even as that marionette had advanced herself, she could not get ahead of Kodoq's plans for her. It would all go according to plan, she reminisced. None of them had the mind she did for such a thing.

It was only fitting, she mused, staring into the spray of sea water that blasted towards the sky, that it would be another puppeteer that would get the better of her. The one thing she didn't expect - someone else who knew how to play the game for keeps.

Kodoq turned away from the cliffside to look at the one that had come to meet her on this fated spot. Just a man. A man in a space suit because his weak flesh and mind were vulnerable to every power at her disposal. And yet she could do nothing to him, because at his back was the Dark Horse. The child that had been granted the strength to compete in the Game, another little monster she had inevitably expected to be consumed in Madalen's quest to ascend, as was intended. But this man, with his shit-eating grin and space suit, had gone all in on the blonde little boy who was far too young and immature to shoulder the power he had received. And with his bet came a level of resources and ingenuity Kodoq could not have expected. Perhaps it was her fatal flaw in all this to think her manipulations would go ignored for so long by the other big fish in the sea. No matter. She was gone. None of it mattered now.

"This is where it will rise."

"I caught that. A fucking weather balloon could catch that at this point," Hizir said with a chuckle. He was not alone - his 'trinity' was at his back, the stable brought together to overthrow everything built up and make the come-from-behind win. The King of Hearts, and the Princess of Frost at the back of the gluttonous beast who consumed everything that crossed his path. Everything except this man, that got in his head like a damn stranger on the street with nothing but candy to woo him. "When?"

"Two weeks."

A screech filled the air, punctuating Kodoq's words and cutting through the tumbling ocean sounds. Sea birds suddenly cawed and cried as they fled the surrounding area, sensing something was awry. A beastly black thing made of tendons and ink dragged itself up from the shore, its body catching up to it in a motion that looked like every aspect of its form was alive and independent of the rest. Like a colony of slime - a giant Man-o-war that had come far beyond the sum of its parts and grew grand legs in the process to suffer the land as much as it did the sea. This place had seen much of the black spawn, but this one was different. A harbinger of the next fourteen days, the first of what would be many in a wicked advent leading to utter decimation. It screamed again, and Hizir couldn't help but laugh at it. But he did not shift his gaze from the avatar of the Bio Gundam, not for a moment. This was not the time to get sloppy, after all, and he fully recognized what she could do.

[VeraC]

The Kingdom of Eustace laid at the boundaries of real and unreal, reality and fiction. In the midst of international conflict extending beyond the surface of earth and into the darkness of space, Eustace remained untouched by outside conflicts. Thanks to a powerful Electromagnetic field that more or less covered the entirety of the country, electronics were impossible to use, save for the Mobile Frames, due to their mysterious construction. This resulted in an eternal dark-age for Eustace, still appearing reminiscent of 6th Century Europe. At the same time though, it kept Eustace isolated from the conflicts of larger nations, resulting in a long-lasting peacetime.

While they may have been at peace, they weren’t unprepared for conflict. Time ago, Eustace was a militaristic country, and it was through military campaign that they achieved peace. They had united the continent under one flag, for much bigger problems would arise soon. The Demons from the south came and began an invasion of Eustace, slaughtering those who stood in their way. The weapon that saved Eustace from demise was the Mobile Frame, giant warmachines made of metal, capable of destruction far beyond what a normal person could do. With these Mobile Frames, Eustace was able to push back the Demons to their homeland, and crush them entirely.

34 years since then, a new threat has been encroaching on Eustace, a new type of demon. These dregs of ancient war machines, brought back to life through unholy means, frequent the shores of Eustace, harboring malice to terrorize the Kingdom’s people. The common populace were well-aware of their existence, and protective measures were already in place in case the worst were to come.

However, a new menace is lurking on the horizon, one that may put the Kingdom in greater peril than it has ever been before…

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__Eustace’s Eastern Fortress__

“Ma’am, a C-class demon is moving towards our shoreline.” A soldier franticly spoke.

“Just one?” Karon Perniguard raised an eyebrow at the report.

“Affirmative.”

“Strange…” Karon put her hand to her chin and began thinking.

“This… could be trouble…” Denah Barros stood next to Karon, taking a look at the map on the table before them.

“We shall sortie. Prepare a division of troops and our Mobile Frames.”

“And send a report to the Queen.”

The soldier replied and quickly exited the building.

Based on past events, a sole low-ranking demon would rarely be seen approaching, as they usually came in small groups of five or six.

“Could it possibly be scouting?” Karon continued brainstorming.

“I wouldn’t… zero out the possibility. Though, have the demons ever shown this kind of intelligence before?”

Previous attacks on Eustace were more or less unorganized, as if the demons moved on primal instinct. Even basic tactics such as scouting, focused attacks, or other strategies were never used by them.

“Could they have been united under a leader? Even the dumbest of goblins can work together if they have a leader.”

“If that’s the case, this could become something much larger than we’ve ever faced before. Let us send a second messenger to the Queen.”

Karon and Denah exited the room, looking for a messenger, then to the mobile frame hangar.

__Captial of Eustace, Citadel__

Two messengers were kneeling in the throne room of the Citadel, before the throne of Garuda Paux Regalia, Queen of Eustace.

“...As our report goes.” The two messengers had finished delivering their reports from the eastern fortress, and Garuda looked on them with concerned eyes.

“I ill like the sound of this.” Garuda furrowed her brows. “To prepare for the worst, I want all our Mobile Frames on standby, Including the Eldritch Frames. Be ready to sortie at a moment’s notice.”

“Yes!” The two messengers replied strongly.

“Once you’re done relaying my orders, please, take a rest for the day.”


__Eastern Coastline of Eustace__

A metallic giant had surfaced from the ocean waters, slowly gaining in height as it rose from the sea. The Vanguard unit had arrived just in time to see the disgusting abomination slowly move out of the water and onto the shore.

“It’s only a C-rank, so we should be able to take it down quickly.” The Vanguard consisted of three Chevaliers and a Magician.

“Let’s clean it up before the Regis Knights arrive.” The Knight Frames brandished their swords and moved to encircle the demon as it continued moving. The Magician took up a position distanced from the Demon and began an incantation for a spell.

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