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..., there is one person in particular whom Harmaus wishes to capture for his plot.'' ...a human teen at times, go fig. Hiro just sits there with an even rhythm of metal across stone, as he sharpens his blade on a whetstone, the fishing pole hel

The relations between the Veruni and the Metal Demon have certainly come to something of a head-- with Mother positively b 'The alliance with the Metal Demons is a matter of convenience.' Those were the words Volsung had said,

It's all gnarled and twisted, too close to the contaminates of old war to stand tall and proud like its ...it could be the long-lost twin of Devil's Due, but it's made of cold black metal that reflects the light in a strange, oil-slick rainbow. A single, spherica

Once called Castle Rabenstien the ediface had been twisted and turned by its new masters. Some had already faced the strangeness there ..., the black and twisted blade of the Sword Dancer. Grown strong, even more twisted. Feeding off the knight and off the corrupting magics of his home.

...h has happened. With the Trial Knight and Ragnell ostensibly allies to the Metal Demon effort, it would not have been difficult for them to have obtained ne ...drapes over her eyes, binding her sight... the way her clothes are dark, a twisted form of her usual Fereshte robes -- as if a mockery in plain sight.

...oss the chart pulled on his tablet where the medic leans against the wall, twisted away from his patient. ...door, waiting for Loren's presence again. Monitors beep along as Loren is twisted away from her, and she does not attempt to draw his attention. She breathes

...here far, for fear of worsening our situation here. They are allies of the Metal Demons." Much in the same way many Metal Demons are reconsidering their alleigances.

...nd at the ready. "... Milord Alhazred has returned from field testing. The Metal Abomination 'Ialdabaoth' was destroyed by the Drifters, within expectations ...ck where her necklet would be, visibly grafted in a faint yet definitively twisted manner.

Ida sees her own reflection in the wall of ice, twisted in ways that make no sense. She takes a breath, holds it, and lets it out-- ...ort of gel, nearly but not entirely frozen through, and carefully layered. Metal -- tubing -- threads through the layers, up and away to the world above.

"We considered using metal frames instead, but..." Layna shrugs. "Seemed easier this way, aye?" ...nt reasons. It was fine, though, sometimes you could even still follow the plot!

...calibration was thrown off by a particularly heavy blow. It's made from a Metal Dragon fossil, yes, but that's the case for so many. ...Gwen's ARM reaches out for it. Malevolent essence starts seeping into the metal.

great beast. These resemble towering, twisted networks of coral. They pulse ...power beyond expectation. But she could not fight Sin alone - despite the Metal Dragon's power, Sin had the advantage of numbers in the army of Sinspawn an

...idus really has to do is wait his turn and then give the twisted, agonized metal a good kicking. ...it turned out, the sword was always well-matched to her dark, leather-and-metal sense of style.

...iendship promptly exploded in her face when it turned out Riesenlied was a Metal Demon, appearing with the other Demons in the destructive assault on Adlehy ...not pass - before tasking them with preventing Mother, the goddess of the Metal Demons. In the depths of the Temple, Catenna was further tried by Celesdue

With a firm pout on her expression, Shalune sits down on the metal gantry of Big Shal's back, checks the belt and support she uses is still fi Gingerly, Catenna tries the door. Only a stubborn rattle of rusty metal greets her.

...know what the Metal Demons are intending, but..." The mere sight of those Metal Dragons brought back terrible memories of Adlehyde. "...We need to get ther ...way forward... a silhouette approaches. Footfalls filling the air with the metal ring of their approach.

the distance, the noise of twisting metal crunching the sheds below. Underneath a collapsed Metal Beast, you encounter a group of Tainted

...-tools and surrender," says the woman. Ida knows better than to assume the metal fans she's reaching for are for show. ...d head now has ''two'' broken arms, and his colleague carries him off on a twisted ankle. Out of the trio, only the woman with the fans is fighting. She stand

*'''Cast:''' [[Character :: Leftover Metal Beasts]], [[Character :: Ines Colina]], [[Character :: Talise Gianfair]], [ ...those who can no longer fight. In so doing, they are attacked by misshapen Metal Beasts that try to bar their way. But what is the truth behind these leftov

...t, and comes up with the smooth, metallic block that is the Demon Eye. Its metal carapace hinges, and the eye opens on its back, glimmering as she sets it o dials that can be twisted around it. Aligning them in a certain way might

*'''Log: A Metal Demon Migration''' *'''Summary''': ''Three worn-down Metal Demon soldiers (and a loyal Metal Beast steed) decide to head west the hard way through the brewing battle be

...nch. A small team explores the Gutter in search of Tainted survivors - the Metal Demon underclass. To the more able-bodied of their number, the Tainted are ...to fend for themselves against the breach of monsters, not to mention any Metal Beasts thrown down from the various experiments that happen upstairs.

...goes down that path. Those familiar (or rather, familiar ''enough'') with Metal Demon items and workings can identify the power lines that tend to lead tow The surrounding architecture about these layers, not so much. Metal has turned to slag and rapidly cooled from where weapons fire of an indeter

METAL DIGGER LOCUS appears where Carina was standing, just a second ago. "Crime doesn't pay when Metal Digger Locus is here!" she announces, striking a pose before leaping and pe

...who're in the direct warpath that will ensue between the Drifters and the Metal Demons. ...tted anything amiss? Things missed that shouldn't be, or creatures made of metal roaming the countryside?"

...nd begins to move from the statue again, plotting a course towards a small metal box to one side of the altar. She gently eases the door open to reveal litt Finally, she lowers her hand from the metal cube, letting it fall to her side once more. "I suspect you will have rathe

Glint Valley has become a metal jungle. rock-walled basin, making a canopy of gleaming metal leaves that seems to

The skeletons slowly rises, and Hiro's sword slides out with a hiss of metal. "Skeletal Hellions... shame Boudicca isn't with us." In the dark, there's a faint glow of a twisted white talisman around his neck, which subtly makes the rigors of battle les

The best thing to do after a horde of twisted animals (and a few people, it seems) launches an all-out apparently-mindles ...en the air feels sick to those with spiritual sensitivity. Neither are the twisted things milling about near the entrance to the most prominent of the caves.

...her, too, of what mysteries and truths lie in the embrace of Malevolence, twisted by Althena's wicked designs. parallel metal tracks.

...two of the merchant vessels doing most of the Drifter-ferrying; and it's a metal one, an ARM-ship of some description. Most captains know better than to bot ...ough the water at a tremendous clip towards a mysterious vessel wrought of metal. It holds two unlikely passengers: a small, cat-like creature wearing a sca

..., and brings her hands together, passing fingers over the shining links of metal on her hand. There is time to feel the sudden heat building around her, the once. More than half its body has been twisted into something grotesque and

Somehow, the twisted, malicious monster owl had Arcana of Celesdue at its wingtips. It's really quite something how often Metal Digger Locus is ''mysteriously waiting'' for the CaraKin not far from the c

great beast. These resemble towering, twisted networks of coral. They pulse great beast. These resemble towering, twisted networks of coral. They pulse

and cracked ruins and twisted things in black and red. The doors stand ...to shift rapidly - all at once, it is as if it is destroyed, intact...and twisted into something else untirely.

...anyone who decided to come with her, with the caveat of 'that would be the plot twist, if I was writing it'. Something is off. Not 'off' as in 'wrong and twisted and evil' but more... like a shortcut or a novel route has been taken, in s

...mural is too generous for what this is. It's less art and more a vast and twisted mandala, writ with once-sacred symbols, now worn away and utterly decayed. ...mural is too generous for what this is. It's less art and more a vast and twisted mandala, writ with once-sacred symbols, now worn away and utterly decayed.

...t be more different. The Fereshte is makeshift and hammered together, part Metal Demon-era airship and part wooden sailing ship. The Kraken is an ironclad, ...not be too extreme of a truth that this land is that of the Veruni and the Metal Demons alone.

*'''Log: Vale Of Twisting Metal''' Glint Valley has become a metal jungle.

...ge ice sculptures jutting up from a hillock not far away. Great jagged and twisted spires of ice in the middle of the hot desert, ice that refuses to melt. Ic ...ourse the conversation in the room is punctured by a sudden ''thump'' of a metal object being dragged downstairs.

...n a half-crouch below. Her attire is fine; green fabrics over darker green metal in places, though not all. Her arms are largely bare. ...an ARM is holstere "That sounds like your own twisted sense of morality that you're pushing on others," Talia spits back at Kaguy

...n the form of something that was once a tall man - but one of his hands is twisted into a hideous golden talon, and tendrils pour off the back of his skull an ...in the corners of her eyes, her mind flashing back to a childhood friend, twisted into a monster both by cruelties of fate and supernatural forces. A burning

...e are recuperating from the assault and tidying up the mess that a bevy of Metal Beasts, tripwires and other such calamities befalling the cove have caused; ...k, concern spiking in her chest - and rather than simply pat her head, the metal demon lets out a breath as she lets her arm slip properly around the younge

...ility outside game location. These may still eventually close ahead of the plot leaving the particular area they're set in, but there is no built-in time l ...ungeon available for repeat runs during a set period, often as a part of a plot, after which it becomes unavailable for use again.

...o grab it. She's not planning to ''crush'' it, just hold onto it, her full-metal arm extended first to give it something to bite at. "Hold still," she says ...d sticky on the stone, and the serpent thrashes harder, champing at Leah's metal arm and thrashing in jerks of sinew and taxed joints. "... I'm sorry," Lan

...it does seem to have access to Celesdue's ritual arcana, it has also been twisted by some dark force. Lydia Seren lashes out with the light of day. The metal shaman lunges in, that radiant blade tearing feathers from the Bird's flank

They way ahead is twisted every which way. Jacqueline frowns, taking a moment to think it over. DG: Gwen Whitlock has used her Tool Full Metal Courier toward her party's challenge, Albtraum.

...M were waterproof, so she field-stripped it, leaving only the shell of the metal gauntlet. She's wearing it as what amounts to a good-luck charm, because Lu ...stream guttering trails of Malevolent fire. Veins of it surge through the twisted Guardian's body and ooze from its eyes and horns, along the spars of its hi

On the bridge of the Fahrenheit, Cid looked down on Home. The rusted metal structure burned; fire from the attacking Guado and Warrior Monk forces was ...s to the advanced technologies stored within the tetanus-infested, twisted-metal spire. With how much overwhelming firepower was employed to tear the city d

*'''Log: CaraKin and the Mysterious Metal Monsters''' *'''Summary''': ''Claiborne is under attack by a mysterious horde of metal monsters... but the Caravan Kinship arrives on the scene to help? Can they

their limits in turn. An enormous cylindrical structure of rusted metal of a ...hts, but she finds herself staring up, and up, and up on the inside in the twisted and shredded innards. Her acrobat's mind is already tracking the best way u

...h a founding part of her as the Medium fractured and intermingled with her metal. Still... she does have to wonder. If she'd never received the 'protection' Noeline supports Riesenlied, as she finds herself a little tongue-twisted; but then she reveals the truth of the Medium of Illusion. And points out t

...stone slab that is now nothing more than a pile of broken chunks, sundered metal, torn leather. Malevolence blazes off every inch of her; her eyes gleam, an ...around her waist for good luck, a chain made of strange, dark metal. She's twisted a link into a belt-clasp, but it doesn't look like that was its intended fu

...l two things: Paisley-white leggings, and also, a trio of swords in rusted metal scabbards lashed together with cheap rope. "WE can't, but I came prepared!" "So it's a sort of... bar game, then? But you say it uses metal," says the innkeeper in the place from which they had all sallied forth. "T

The party approaches it from a cliff overlooking the valley. The metal trees grow even to this height and vines, like thick steel cables, hang dow ...und him like a veritable storm in miniature. He roars as he tears into the metal foilage with claws of swirling storm, seeking to carve as large of a path o

She presents before herself an octagonal metal disc. It shimmers faintly in the strange light of this space. ...upon it once more, beckoning down the Guardian's blessings even a place as twisted away from Filgaia as this.

...ecause it gives her the necessary moment to realize that Strife's form has twisted, growing a techno-organic mouth with the chittering of gear-like teeth with and cracked ruins and twisted things in black and red. The doors stand

...ut murdering them--something that's hard for human santas to do, let alone metal demon santas! It's a fact. ...there is a somewhat familiar flash of metal in the corner of someone's eye, as the things at ground level are rapidly r

...in glides to a slow stop at the station, its doors opening with a creak of metal. ...read this story. It is DISTINCTLY POSSIBLE that Ashley just recounted the plot to Heroes of Ghost Steel Vol.III, which you would only have heard of if you

...Love's Cradle, in pursuit of K.K. and Ragnell, in an effort to stop their plot. Takes place shortly after [[2019-03-16:_The_Dark_Colossus|The Dark Colossu But then... Statues. Statues everywhere. Cyre casts a curious stare at the twisted visage of a petrified hellion in mid-pounce. Is it really a statue...? It's

...ough with a dreadful energy - and the once-serene face of Althena has been twisted into an almost mocking smirk. Even her features have shifted. To some, they ...n enough, revealing White Knight Leo, who stands atop a pile of rock, face twisted with barely-restrained anger.

Those animals, whose souls are twisted fully by the Malevolence, prompt Margie to halt in place once they come in ...or not she can make a toss. She settles on trying, withdrawing rope and a metal hook from her bag.

...all just runnin' over to renew the seal, or whatever was needed. When the Metal Demons attacked, it just kinda forced the situation, and all hell broke loo primordial taint -- you are in the presence of the Primarch of this twisted

"My ankle - I think I twisted it during the fight!" ...ys. Then Lorelei pulls her ARM. Ida ejects her clip, snatches the chunk of metal as it drops from the grip of her gun. Her off-hand rushes in to snatch it o

...evil dads just right here in this room. It's fine. I don't know what this 'twisted' stuff is about either." ...er fingers to scrabble for purchase, three nails and one piece of covering metal doing little more than scraping.

The approach was bad enough, a dark otherworldly fog within a twisted landscape. Everything feels just wrong, wrong, wrong- like the dying planet home, now warped by the grotto's new denizens, this Malevolence-twisted

Metal Beasts emerge from the shadows, one by one. They shouldn't be here, of Each present will find their eyes drawn to any manner of Metal Beast that has imprinted deeply into their memories. A close brush with dea

...this at least once already? Ashley could smell Caina's work all over this twisted region of space-time. Who else would have both the means and the motivation ...ns and the space they're in twists in on itself. It feels like she's being twisted, too - she lets out a sharp intake of breath, but pushes through the ill fe

Luck operates strangely around her, often manifesting in small bits of twisted, infuriating coincidences, or small miracles in the face of insurmountable ...more unusual ones - there is a bullet lodged in one of the posts, its dull metal gleaming under the light of the room. "So what, some other star-body's prob

*'''Summary''': ''An apothecary, a geohound and two seraphs walk into a metal jungle.'' Glint Valley has become a metal jungle.

...field isn't doing all that much to her. Virtually nothing Catenna wears is metal, beyond a few very light buttons and clasps without enough mass to be pulle ...magnetic field is randomly oriented enough to only occasionally twitch at metal jewelry... And to throw compasses and similar navigation equipment complete

...hasn't come over to the wagon to say hello. He's holding onto some curious metal-like stone in hand, for whatever reason. Back turned to the others, the mys ...ury berries can help with, unfortunately. It just needs some time." It's a plot injury, you see."

Twisted hussars with tall helmets wielding bayonet rifles, a giant teddy bear with ...girl's reason for vanishing, this was not one that she expected. Not this twisted... simalcrum that dances before her.

outran at the apex of the battle between Lombardia, Queen of the Metal outran at the apex of the battle between Lombardia, Queen of the Metal

Following her, two metal spheres bob gently through the air, before settling just above each of her twisted mountain slope. Bare patches of earth suggest a path once existed,

...n suggests as he vaults over a... uh, what are those called again? The big metal tubes that spit out balls? Well, one of those, anyway. "They're, like, big ...uarters as Lucadia's power fades. She's breathing heavily, and her face is twisted in a mask of pain--there's a long tear in her jacket, over her right should

thing: a veritable swarm of Metal Demons is clashing with representatives of energy from Metal Beasts, shots from gunsmoke ARMs, and sorcerous fire and

...at way. People should not be that large. Limbs do not articulate in such a twisted fashion. ...atches as the beast tears into the other Gear's torso, clawing through the metal to get to the flesh inside. The Dragoon takes aim at the center of the mass

...f life; they're already in enough trouble as it is, with the potential for Metal Demon retaliation, that it makes plain sense to try to reduce the number of ...was at least one dragon down there that got infected by *somethin'* nasty. Metal Dragon, I think, but whatever *was* there wasn't in control. I think the pa

...s doing her level best to spoil the plot. (Do variety shows really have a 'plot'?) ...eyes have narrowed at some point during his explanation; Bart's lips have twisted into a grimace, the bridge of his nose wrinkled in a frustration that he ev

...aintained campfire, separated from the dry grass by virtue of a large flat metal bowl it's been placed within. On top of it sits a pot, half-blackened from ...outh as she concentrates, sights along a line to try to 'aim' the gigantic metal ball, and wedges her... tiny ramps?... as far as she can under the ball.

barely-human form seems formed entirely of sickly green flesh twisted into ...h trimmed in gold thread that might actually ''be'' spun with the precious metal. There's a lot of red in here, actually.

But Heaven has come too -- in the form of the Queen of Metal Dragons, Lombardia; her first skirmish cuts across Sin and elicits a powerf And see a /second/ Metal Dragon skimming to their direction at high speeds.

outran at the apex of the battle between Lombardia, Queen of the Metal ...ch he has been cast changes. The shift is jarring, and the mass of tangled metal sinking quickly in the depths of the stirring seas moves with a pelagic let

...d these men suggest otherwise. Malevolence. Some of them have already been twisted into horrific creatures, unseen by their fellow soldiers without the spirit ...e approach of Guardsmen attempting to charge. Armor is sundered, plates of metal flinging through the air as several of the Guard are tossed aside like ragd

These animals are no longer animals. They are monsters, twisted to spiritual sight, black and violet vapors pulsating off them like waves o ...at these things are. Mad animals of some kind. But ones Ida says may be... twisted, in some way.

...should continue to flourish upon the face of the world. The leader of the Metal Demons - their idol, touchstone, and focus of adoration - must be stopped. ...e destroyed continent. The haunted remnants of Elru, now home to monsters, Metal Demons, and other dire things, would be a challenge to approach. But the bi

...he world away, as shadow obliterates all that is... And replaces it with a twisted memory of all that once was. He stands on the shadow of a cracked street, t "Oh twisted Door of Distortion - open wide!" They glow, conjoining with lines that flow

The docks of Luca are twisted up and mad, criss-crossing over one another in a confusing Escherian labyri ...ed, ancient cross-hatching of support struts zig-zag beneath the stone and metal fascia of ancient structural work, marked with the polish and pomp of the m

...t anyone is alright. She'll double back if necessary to speed the reformed Metal Demon along...! ...reaching up oddly to wrap around the ARM in a very strange grasp of living metal. "--pull up, damn it!"

The brazier sways gently on its sturdy metal chain as Ida walks up the mountain. It sheds a brilliant glow, strong enoug ...mood like this doesn't suit Ragnell in the slightest; though her pragmatic plot hardly shows it, Magilou is aware she would be worried for Ragnell, if she

...ummary''': ''The Dragon of Celesti has made its nature clear. It's neither Metal Dragon nor engineered monstrosity--it's a Fell Drake, a corrupted Seraph th ...ends the stair. She makes a right turn, walks five feet, and pushes open a metal door. Chimes jingle as she enters the small lobby of the Freshwater Tea Hou

...as a pair of orange streaks lit up by a flash of Hawking radiation as the Metal Demon leaps bodily into the yawning scar in reality. Ratatoskr's tail stands on end, segmented metal plates flaring out like it has decided that today it is a cactus. That red,

...d appendages, owing to them being mostly "Tainted" -- rumored to be broken Metal Demons, or perhaps just Beastmen and other demihumans; the real story isn't ... it certainly is Dva's -- the mermaid-styled Metal Demon who's grinning as she floats ontop of the water and folds her arms. H

...ly terrifying. This is especially true because Catenna can clearly see the twisted forms Malevolence has imparted upon the centipedes that come scuttling at h ...to figure it out together," she murmurs to Gwen. As the woman unveils her metal hand, the priestess's eyebrows arch, but she asks no questions, just biting

...flying back again, this time with new wings with rocket boosters and razor metal feathers!" ...start casting a Seraphic arte, bringing bolts of lightning down upon those metal shears and hopefully frying a few of the dolls into dust.

DC: Shalune Amira switches forms to Metal Gear -Big Shal-! ...w and steady'. Laid out in front of her, she's puzzling over the scraps of metal she ''could'' recover from the charred and camoflaged remains of the machin

...e downwards, and as the Dianbai Guang continues on its course, it enters a metal-walled tunnel. Beneath the earth lies St. Jun's Station, the central rail h "Noel." The Master's face has twisted back into that look of carefully-schooled anger, though this time it's dire

...ty to break out of the dungeons, leading into a dangerous encounter with a Metal Demon. Shenanigans, explosions and cuccoo-throwing ensue.'' ...just like that, they're all ''free'' - either a testament to the strange, twisted Luck that's rumored to blanket Cassidy in its whims, or something else.