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When; April 30th in the Kingdom of Sand in Building 7, Apartment 113
Rating; PG-13
Characters; Anyone listed in the Search and Destroy party
Summary; Dhaos has been causing your City all sorts of hell. It's time to take him down.
Log; [There's sand as far as the eyes can see, and in the distance there is a small army of monsters. Dhaos can't be seen, but it's obvious that he's there in the middle, being protected by the creatures. So now begins the perilous journey to reach him and destroy him.]

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There was sand everywhere. Of course, Syaoran had known what they were going into, but that didn't make it any less weird. He scowled, shielding his eyes as he looked ahead, hand on his sword.

"They won't us get close," he said, referring to the monsters. "We'll have to fight our way through."

...How could a whole darn desert fit in a single apartment, anyway? Umi could hardly believe her eyes -- and nevermind she'd seen crazy amounts of Weird in her life, such a floating mountains and flying fish.

But her concern wasn't with the surroundings as much as with the army of freakies they were going to have to face to get the job done. Syaoran was right. These wouldn't let them have it easy. But she was ready for this, or so she hoped. The Knight of Water knew that somewhere nearby Hikaru and Fuu were surely doing their part. Considering how they said magic seemed to be the best bet to defeat this Dhaos guy, it was better to split up to cover the most bases.

"...No surprise there." Umi readied her rapier and stared at the crowd of enemies. "So let's see what these things can do."

The rapid clicking of Sasword's claws seemed to synch with how restless the boy was feeling at the moment. Huey scanned the area all the while wondering just how a desert was compacted into an apartment of all places. With a heavy sigh, the boy unsheathed his sword and tossed the scabbard away, readying himself for the inevitable clash against the sea of monsters ahead of him and his partner.

"There's a lot of them." Huey swiped at the air a few times before resting the blunt side of the blade on his shoulder. "Let's go, Tsurugi."

Hanna wasn't a sheltered person, but he hadn't exactly seen much of the world. So it was no stretch to say that this was the most sand he'd seen anywhere in his life.

He would've been impressed if the circumstances were different.

Giving a whistle and a quick look around, he turned and smiled at Randall, squinting slightly due to the sand.

"Heh...wow, impressive, huh? Ok, we should probably get moving...I think we're gonna have a looooong hike ahead of us."

Not waiting for a response, Hanna started ahead, smiling.

He wasn't exactly used to working on his own, but sometimes, circumstances couldn't be helped. He'd spent time the night before making sure the mechanisms on his bagh nakhs would gum up in the heave sand he was expecting, as well as doing the same for the guns he chose to bring with him. The gloves might be his preferred weapons, but he'd learned in his time that sometimes, you just had to have a good gun at your side.

Scowling, he pulled his mask up over his mouth and nose, shifting from Ken Hidaka into Siberian. Time to go to work.

Before he could stop to admire the many-sidedness of The City's universe and the unexplained questions provided by a desert within an apartment, "Randall" was squinting ahead of him and following behind Hanna. On hindsight, bringing his hat would have been a smart move. Oh well.

"It is," he answered simply, quickening his pace to keep up with the ever-eager Hanna. He let his newly-acquired crowbar rest against his shoulder and occasionally glanced around. But all this walking begged a question.

"...How do we know which way to go?"

Hanna shrugged, looking back to give Randall a bright smile, visible even through the sand.

"I don't know where we're going!! But we'll find something eventually, right?"

As if in response to Hanna's question, something seems to be approaching in the distance, although Hanna can't really tell what it is due to the sand.

"See? I think we found something already!"

A monster broke away from the fringe of the outer army, charging at them mindlessly, driven only by the instinct to kill and stop them from getting any closer to its puppeteer. Sharp teeth gnashing, it goes for Syaoran first, as he seems to be a bit closer.

[After what was a long day of searching for his pass among all the City garage sales, he had managed to find his pass with the help of Meredy and Urataros in his penguin costume. With that problem solved, they were able to hurry to the place where he was.

Ryoutarou couldn't help but just stare at all the sand, though. How could this even fit inside an apartment?

Oh well, it was time to get ready for the fight, since he was sure they had a long one in front of them. It was for keeping the City safe, though, and he wasn't going to let anything bad happen to the people in it. He takes out his belt, throwing it around his waist.]

Let's go, Urataros! Transform!

[And he passes the pass over the belt while pressing the blue button.]

A monster leaped toward them, snarling angrily in a defensive measure, as if telling them to stay back, to not go any further. But the monster was prepared to fight to the death to keep them at bay, to keep any and all away from Dhaos. It's only purpose a divine loyalty to the man at the center of the army.

It's time. [The summoner stared out at their destination, determined. They were going to do this once and for all! With a swing of his arm out to the side, he flapped open his book and called out to the others.]

Let's go! Usual formation. Cless, Chester, keep them busy! Arche blast them with your magic but make sure you conserve your energy! Suzu, we're counting on you for support! [He starts to chant under his breath.]

Hanna yelped in surprise and jumped back, immediately reaching for his hammer and marker. He didn't want to have to fight anybody else...the monsters were being controlled, after all, it's not like they had a choice in this matter...

Hanna uncapped the marker and slowly started to draw out a rune on his hand, ready to attack if needed.

"It's ok...we don't have to fight...we just want to get to the guy whose controlling you, ok...?"

I'm on it, Master Klarth! Those monsters won't even know what hit them. ♥

[And she flies up on her broom, attempting to stay out of the monster's reach since that wouldn't be a good thing to get caught. She'll save the big spells for Dhaos, so all these monsters get are some fire storms and lightnings.]

[Cue pretty lights and transformation sequence! Urataros does his signature pose which is too hard to describe so just look at the icon.]

Mind if I string you along?

[He glances at Meredy first...]

Let's go, Meredy-chan.

[...And then puts together his Uratarod and charges.]

A large, bear-like monster appeared from the moving fringe of the outer army, jumping at him with little warning. Sharp claws lashed out as the creature howled something akin to a battle cry.

I will not fail.

[And she can support people better with more Suzu's right? So here, have an additional Suzu out of nowhere and copying all of original!Suzu's moves.]

[Meredy's a bit distracted during the transformation because the desert is hot and Celestia is a cool, dark place without this sort of heat. She snaps out of it when he speaks, nodding in determination.]

You bet!

[Quickie jumps on her shoulder, fur bristling as something approaches quickie.]

It is coming-!

Ken bounced back, his stance loose as he shifted to keep his eyes locked on the monster. A tiny flick of his fingers and the blades slid free on his glove, giving him a set of claws that rivaled the monster he was facing. A moment later and his free hand held a large handgun, already raised and targeting his opponent as he sidestepped.

[A beast charges from the fray of monsters, jumping at them viciously. It goes for Urataros first, as it was who it saw first. What with all the flashy transforming and everything.]

The monster paused, lumbering a little slowly due to its size and corrected to turn toward Ken. That done, it lunged again, teeth bared and snapping viciously, intent to tear flesh from bone. The gun does not deter it, but perhaps it simply doesn't know the danger of it.

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OUTER ARMY

MIDDLE OF ARMY

INNER ARMY

DHAOS

THE FINAL BLOW

Group of Three: Umi, Clef, Syaoran

Group of Three: Umi, Clef, Syaoran

Group of Two: Huey and Tsurugi

Group of Two: Hanna and {...}

Group of one: Ken Hidaka

Group of Two: Hanna and {...}

Group of Two: Hanna and {...}

Group of Three: Umi, Clef, Syaoran

Group of Two: Meredy and Urataros/Ryoutarou

Group of Two: Hanna and {...}

Group of Five: TOP Crew

Group of Two: Hanna and {...}

Group of Five: TOP Crew

Group of Two: Meredy and Urataros/Ryoutarou

Group of one: Ken Hidaka

Group of Five: TOP Crew

Group of Two: Meredy and Urataros/Ryoutarou

Group of one: Ken Hidaka

Group of Two: Meredy and Urataros/Ryoutarou

Group of one: Ken Hidaka