Whether you notice it or not, whether you heard the approaching rumble or not, the next thing everyone knows, the manor shudders. That is unmissable. The ground shakes and the manor creaks and groans—glass shatters, bricks crumble. Things big, burning, and moving very fast collide with the walls and tear them down, destroying the place you have called home for the past three months.
Malice, Cid, and Day feel the manor coming down and leap to action before the bricks hit the ground. Day rushes to protect Ginger, Malice leaps to keep Comet safe, and Cid turns to the nearest person to him—Ahito—and pulls him to safety.
The explosions are loud as the walls come down, fire catches, and thick smoke and dust from the debris fill the air. Some projectiles sail past the manor completely, but land amongst the other parts of the manor grounds—the training forest, the topiary garden, the main walkway—gouging out holes in the earth.
Outside the ruined walls stands a freakishly large magitechnical contraption—a humanoid vehicle, cobbled together from larger scrap from, possibly, even bigger magitechnical machines. Its bronze chassis glints coolly in the moonlight, and it stands at nearly half the height of the manor. Where its "head" might be looks like a small window. It's hard to see through it, but there is someone inside, and he makes sure his presence is known. ]
I can't take it anymore! [ His voice echoes tinny, amplified by another contraption in his pilot's chamber. Ahito will recognize his voice. ] Enough is enough!
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Whether you notice it or not, whether you heard the approaching rumble or not, the next thing everyone knows, the manor shudders. That is unmissable. The ground shakes and the manor creaks and groans—glass shatters, bricks crumble. Things big, burning, and moving very fast collide with the walls and tear them down, destroying the place you have called home for the past three months.
Malice, Cid, and Day feel the manor coming down and leap to action before the bricks hit the ground. Day rushes to protect Ginger, Malice leaps to keep Comet safe, and Cid turns to the nearest person to him—Ahito—and pulls him to safety.
The explosions are loud as the walls come down, fire catches, and thick smoke and dust from the debris fill the air. Some projectiles sail past the manor completely, but land amongst the other parts of the manor grounds—the training forest, the topiary garden, the main walkway—gouging out holes in the earth.
Outside the ruined walls stands a freakishly large magitechnical contraption—a humanoid vehicle, cobbled together from larger scrap from, possibly, even bigger magitechnical machines. Its bronze chassis glints coolly in the moonlight, and it stands at nearly half the height of the manor. Where its "head" might be looks like a small window. It's hard to see through it, but there is someone inside, and he makes sure his presence is known. ]
I can't take it anymore! [ His voice echoes tinny, amplified by another contraption in his pilot's chamber. Ahito will recognize his voice. ] Enough is enough!
[ Whoever this is, he's here with a vengeance. ]