Working With Phantoms

The Defacement of Misery

Madran led her group through the base and around the room where Lance, Zelenin, and Jimenez were to avoid attracting their attention. Then, upon moving through more completely vacant rooms full of shut-down equipment and a looming feeling of disaster, Madran saw one last door, which happened to be their destination.

"Ok, everyone, just past this door is our destination. If Captain Jack knows we're here, then we should expect a massive resistance to us eight, so, are we ready?"

Rosana and Sheila walked towards the door, with Sheila nodding.

"Yeah. This'll be just like another one of our Metaverse operations, so I'm certainly ready!"

"Good answer! Let's get moving."

Madran then walked up to the door and pointed at it, with Dharma attacking it with an Explosion. This caused it to be blasted to bits, with the group leaving the base to find an icy plain with a large ship similar to the Red Sprite in it. Then, upon Madran walking up to it, she summoned Dharma and pointed at it.

"Alrighty then, let's put the fear of the unknown into the crew of this ship!"

Madran extended her reach to the ship and found what appeared to be a P.A. system similar to the announcement program on the Red Sprite. Then, upon tracing it, she located the bridge and found Captain Jack.

"Fwoosh, what are you doing?"

"I'm contacting Captain Jack. Give me a second..."

Madran then formed a quick bond with Captain Jack's mind and began to speak.

"To the captain of the Lightning, we are the summoners from another world! Know our identity well, and fear it! You have committed the deadly sin of Gluttony by kidnapping countless demons and experimenting on them, simply for your own selfish gains. Due to these actions, we will invade this rusty bucket of electric failure and destroy these operations before they spread, just as the Schwarzwelt threatens to do so. Send as many soldiers as you wish, they are mere mites to our endless power! We will find you, Captain Jack. You cannot run, and cannot hide from the swift hammer of justice!"

Madran broke the contact and scanned the hatch area of the ship. Then, after a minute, she detected many soldiers amassing in the hatch area and nodded at the group.

"Ok, everyone, buff up and stuff. Time to take this ship!"

Philemon and Suga then utilized a Loving Care as Madran and Elia utilized a Meditate and Charge. After that, Madran walked up to the hatch and looked up at it.

"Alright, who wants to break it open?"

Maya walked up to the hatch, swapped to Arahabaki, and hit the corners of the door with a few Psiodynes. This caused the door to evaporate as a sudden hail of bullets broke out. However, Arahabaki stood in the way.

"Humans... interesting. Your casings of metal and iron cannot pierce my master's will..."

Arahabaki moved out of the way of Phoenix, who rushed by and utilized a Triple Down, which lessened the resistance. Then, Sheila and Rosana hit the soldiers with a Hypnotic Glare, which was followed by a Heat Wave from Chicory and a Deathbound from Madran. Then, Philemon swapped to Trumpeter and seemingly evaporated the rest of the soldiers blocking the way with a mix of Concentrate and Megidolaon.

"Ok, keep moving! We're not stopping until Jack surrenders."

The group then rushed onwards, with Artemis and Trumpeter halting any resistance with massive blasts from almighty spells. Then, after climbing many floors either to a brave few trying to stop them or soldiers simply running away and hiding, Madran approached the bridge.