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The burning light
That's all that is flooding my view
a burning, sharp, painfully glowing knife of sunlight stabbing my vision as the world around me dances in mixtures of twirls and curls.
Flat ringing, where was I again?
Ohyeah, the doll festival…
I was fighting Mymo…
He tried to mock the Kami (gods)…
Then I got my revenge for Zanka…but…
I don't know if he told me who killed regto…
Only that they are apart of the cleaners…
uhghhn…
My brain feels like it's moving with every thought, pulsing and squeezing.
I feel every pump in my body flowing out, the raw sun against my open skin
How filthy
Filth.
Human filth.
Such a waste…
…
Regto…
I’m tired…
Can I come home…?
...
I know I don't deserve it for what I've done…
and what I haven't…
I haven't even gotten to…
Average you…
...
“I…”
“…s..owy…be…ing…”
“Useless...”
And then, the burning slowly began to sting.
The world slowly but steadily began going dark, there was nothing.
Nothing at all.
Just as if you were asleep.
I swore I heard muffling before I accepted the invitation call of rest…must be another hallucination.
The warmth of someone’s arms around my chest.
“R…e…gto…?”
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Crying
Screaming
“WHERE IS MY SON?”
“MARK THE INJURED WITH RED!!”
“WAAAH”
While running out of their houses and towards the exits of their surrounding trash protection area…
The screams wouldn’t stop, the beg for mercy, the screams of parents and children looking for their loved ones, screams of agony.
Eishia tries to use her voice to help those who are injured, but she’s scared…
Being perceived as a monster…is the last thing she wants…until a hell guard catches her eye…
Zanka being carried by a hell guard…
She couldn’t stop herself, using the last bit of her social skills to ask if she could heal him…she has enough battery left.
'August please hurry.'
'There are so many injuries..we need backup'
...
'People are calling the cleaners HQ, maybe they will hear our calls…'
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Calls after calls, each one from the same place…
The doll festival.
Semiu knew something was up, the day she decides to risk her sight and see the future is the same day that a tragedy begins.
Fortunately, she had intrusted Tomme taking over that day, she always writes down the trash beasts information, how they act, move and what they were powered by.
Normally the trash beasts were all made by Anima however…
After the incident with Riyo fighting off that huge trash beast when Rudo first arrived, Tomme decided it was best to write it down, just in case.
That wasn’t the only thing she wrote down, Tomme including her own team and other cleaners. Etc, actions, techniques, responses to certain things that may have given them a good or bad reaction as well as who they work good with and relationships with their vital instruments.
Tomme only took the opportunity of front desk due to the lack of need on her end, as well.
She knew she had it in her, thats what she thought.
Semiu in-trusted the role onto Tomme, the day where hell breaks loose and everything starts crashing down…
Too many needed help, so many were injured.
Tomme was told about the situation with the collars, something about Mymo being able to control anyone who wears them if Mymo uses his microphone however. Another call states that he distorted his vital instrument which was the microphone and became something beyond human?
More calls, more information.
Tomme starts to make a profile.
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Name: Mymo
Occupied: News reporter
Vital Instrument: Microphone (?)
Notes: When someone is wearing one of the chokers, No. When Mymo drinks a person's blood, he is able to give them an order through the microphone (?) They have to follow the order, however the order doesn’t (seem to) work when you take off the chokers.
Maybe it has to be both Mymo’s and the person who is wearing the chokers blood? Unconfirmed.
He is able to transform into something called a kami {god} whatever that means
Calls of descriptions of his new transition, inhuman, as tall as a 2 floored building, mask with a mouth that is like a monster from a horror story, able to attack with no touch, the flick of air is enough to knock one out. Only vital instruments are able to attack it, guns dont work…may be a trash beast?
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'What kind of creature…'
…
'No Tomme, focus!'
Team Akuta were at the festival, Enjin and Riyo were down / locations where unknown. Only descriptions were given to identify them, which some calls say that Riyo may still be in the festival stage area as no one has seen a person with her description leave however nothing is confirmed.
Enjin was last seen being shoot out of the festival stage area but no one has seen him since.
Zanka was taken by a Hell Guard and now with Eishia, meaning he is down for the time being.
August is getting an extension cord for Eishia so she can use her abilities, seemingly getting help from the organisation that is running the doll festival.
The only reason Tomme knows this is because someone’s description of a man with long hair running towards the doll festival backstage area was yelling for an extension cord…
The cleaners from the Southern Branch are also at the scene, Mildretta and Meriege who are evacuating the area. They had came along with the twins from Team Danger, Otto and Epalte whose unresponsive and locations are unknown.
Calls saying their in the building with Riyo, Amo and Fu’s location are unknown, only a handful saw Amo and Fu walk toward the same area where Riyo and the twins were said to be.
Rudo’s location is unknown…
'What the fuck is going on!?'
Another call, and another.
Descriptions of a…wolf person? A furry?? Being able to fight the thing?
‘…what??? Probably a fake call…I mean, a creature and a wolf person? ‘
Just as Tomme gets that report, team child with Gris and Follo arrived back to headquarters, seeing the scene of Tomme rushingly writing down something with the phone glowed to her ear.
Then, suddenly…All chokers go off, alarm bells.
“CODE: RED. THIS IS NOT A DRILL, ALL AVAILABLE CLEANERS, SUPPORTERS AND HEALERS ARE NEEDED AT ANDIO. I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL. ALL AVAILABLE UNITS ARE NEEDED FOR AN EMERGENCY RESCUE TO SOUTH WARD, ANDIO.”
And immediately, just as team Child, Follo and Gris came into headquarters after a mission.
They left in a flash.
“Please be safe…” Tomme whispered as she watches them dash out the door whilst limping into the chair as other supporters rush putting on shoes, grabbing bags and running out.
Then…a hand on Tomme’s shoulder brings her attention over to the women next to her…
Semiu is back in the game.
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Units of the south, west, north and east all receive the emergency message.
This is the first time that all units from each region have been dispatched to the same location, even weirder that it’s not only just south units being called but all and any units that are available being called to a scene.
Thats how you know its bad.
At the same time, Semiu communities with all units over the car’s radio to warn them about Mymo’s abilities.
Telling them to take off their chokers the moment they arrive to the grounds and for only one of each team to put on a choker once the battle is over.
Cars drive to the south ward and toward Andio, but one is driving faster than the rest. His grip almost breaking the steering wheel while team Child and Follo grip onto their seats, Follo has only seen Gris drive like this once.
That’s when they were after the information broker, he didnt understand why gris was acting this way. If it was an emergency he wouldnt be so risky with driving but that’s when it hit Follo.
Gris is driving as fast as he possibly can because team Akuta being ok is unconfirmed, that information alone just screams…their injured, no one is able to officially confirm their location is just confirmation of them being injured because if they weren’t, people would’ve seen them fighting with everything they got.
But no one has seen them.
Last time, with the situation with the raiders kidnapping team Child and team Akuta…their was confirmation of team Child and team Akuta being ok and only Zanka being injured…
Alive, reported by themselves that they are ok.
But this time, there wasn’t any confirmation location or them even being alive…just speculations. No one knows where they are or has seen them.
What was more worrying is that…Enjin was most likely thrown out of the cleaners Jurisdiction. Zanka was being healed up but that just confirms injury, no confirmed location of Riyo or the twins….
And Rudo was last scene was being thrown down into the stage area by a…thing that isn’t a trash beast but kinda is…?
Meaning he is definitely hurt...
Rudo’s first time ever getting hurt injured…seriously injured…if what the report is true then that could mean a number of things…
Broken arms, ribs, head…spinal cord…his whole body could be shattered!
And thats only bones…from an injury like that. His lungs might’ve already collapsed, could’ve been smashed so hard onto the ground that his organs bursted, or maybe something small…like a concussion…!
Follo grips Alan, the stress starts boiling over…
but he holds it, 'hold it for the battle.'
People are hurt…There is no responses from their friends which makes things worse, only gossip and words from the victims who were able to get out alive.
The drive is silent and intense, the car next to them held Delmon and 4 other supporters…more and more cars join them from different directions.
Cleaners and supporters from different units of their organisation coming to help, fight and protect the people.
When they arrive…it’s a mess…
People in costumes wailing and shouting…
Children crying for their parents, lost whilst parents looking for their own children, many innocent civilians were injured, some hugging themselves, curled up with others praying for forgiveness and peace.
The cleaners rush through the crowd, one of the supporters uses a microphone to control the area. Getting everyone’s attention and information those who are injured to the medical supporters, they were able to get the area under control quickly.
They were all scared, needing to be told what to do. Even if they didn’t trust the cleaners or just didnt like them, they just wanted to live.
They just wanted to see another day.
Team Child rush towards the entrance of Andio as more civilians run out of the area.
They needed a plan, so they split.
Team child were still riled up from their last mission, this just made that itch worse… Of course worried about their friends however defeating the enemy and getting the civilians out is main priority at the very moment.
The remaining supporters continue to control the area, however it was clear that Follo and Gris were itching to rush in…Find rudo, confirm that the worst subsided and he is safe…uninjured.
It was clear in everyone’s mind, they wanted to rush and find their friends. But as a cleaner and supporter, you have to get the job done to save thousands…before saving one.
Team child start looking for the monster whilst helping citizens escape, going on top of rooftops and glancing about…thats when they see the entrance of the stage area.
Guita bounces in first, immediately spotting the twins and Riyo!
“Hello friends!!” she waves, running over to Riyo and the Twins with Dear and Bro behind her. Dear immediately glances around the room, grunting when he doesn’t see Rudo.
“Sorry we’re late, is anything hurt?” bro steps forward as he also glances around the room until he pauses and sees the dent in the wall…and a hole in the wall…
“Rudo….he…his arms are both broken…” Otto states while looking in one spot.
Bro pauses, as a father himself. He couldnt help but think of Rudo one of his own, he knew others feel the same…
“Arms…? Like…both?” Guita titles her head, snapping Bro out of his daze as Dear pulls at his shirt worryingly. “I’m sure he’s fine, Rudo is a tough little guy.” He says while ruffling Dear’s and Guita’s hair before glancing over to what the twins are staring at…
A hole where you can see the over look of the city…why cant they seem look away at a scene, Bro slowly approaches.
Riyo glances over, Bro makes his way up to see what they are looking at so fixated…Guita glances around while Dear follows Bro…
“…Hey Bro?” Otto starts…his voice worried but also confused and…scared?
“Yeah…?”
“Is…Rudo actually a human…?”
“…”
Then a sudden burst behind them makes them all flinch and catches their attention
“AY!” Guita jumps up to them, “Of course he is!! And he is our friend—“ Guita beams however then stops in her tracks as she glances out the whole and sees….smoke…
Smoke from the other side of the city on top of a hidy hole…
“…what, is that…”
“…Mymo…and Rudo…” Epalte curls in himself more.
“…he took it down on his own…” Riyo whispered…
Silence fills the room…seems the supporters will find him first…it’s a hidey hole so that would-be the first place…let’s just hope Rudo just broke his arms…
“…come on, lets go.”
They agree…starting to get up…but their gaze does not look away from the scene across the city.
Until a rush of people from the other side of the city start running towards the front entrance. Seemingly coming from a large hidy hole at the end of the city.