END OF ARC 1: DAY 169-170 DOWNTIME

[asgardmods]

[The first battle is over, but the second will begin any time. For two days, the enemy forces will remain on the other side of the battlefield, working on strategy and tending to their wounded. Both sides have taken heavy losses, and the Arena is full of the hurt and dying.

The battlefield itself has turned to a bloody, muddy mess. The elves will be asking the Army Engineers group and anyone else willing to help them lay timber and gravel out to make the ground easier to walk on for the next battle.

What will you do in your breathing space? Keep working, mourn your losses, or retreat from the horrors of war?]


[ooc note: This log takes place IC on Days 169-170/Nov 4-7. Please be sure you've read the plot post and the battle log's starting info thoroughly. Make absolutely sure that you include the day/rough time in the subject line of top-level comments, as well as if your thread is open or closed.

In addition to the battle log, there is a full-event log for those hiding out in Folkvang here. If you have any questions, please direct them to the mod post so everyone else can see them!]

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[mustwefight]

[ Alisa was on patrol--and strangely, this was also a duty she had given herself. And soon, she would find a reason for it to be all worth it. ]

What is wrong, Souji?

Meow.

[ Ah. A cat. ]

Wow, what a cute kitten...!

[socializes]

Oh, Alisa. [His attention is taken away for a moment as he turns to her, smiling a little. He was about to ask if she was all right, but she seems cheerful as ever as she exclaims about the kitten. Well, she probably had more resistance to attacks than he did because. Yeah. He nods and looks up again.]

That cat is stuck up in the tree. I tried to climb up there to rescue it, but I can't reach it. [It was up pretty high...]

[rocketpunches]

[ Yeah, she definitely looks unscathed by the battle. Don't worry about her. Let's worry about this cat! Alisa taps her chin in thought. ]

That is unfortunate. I would fly up to fetch it, but that is impossible. [ Then she hits her palm with her fist. She's got it! ] Oh, I know what we can do! According to my calculations, you can reach the kitten if we apply the right amount of force to your body so that you may travel vertically and successfully retrieve him!

[ so, in other words... ]

[socializes]

You can't fly anymore? [That's too bad. That would definitely make things easier. He nods at the rest of her explanation, tapping a finger to his chin in thought.] So I just have to travel vertically to reach it. That makes sense.

Meow...

[............................ wait.]

... What do you mean by "travel vertically"?

[rocketpunches]

You must be thrown in order to arrive at your target destination.

[socializes]

Oh. [hm.]

I guess it can't be helped. If anyone will throw me up there, I think I can trust you, Alisa.

[mustwefight]

Thank you for your kind words. [ Being trusted is good. She smiles. ] Oh, but do not worry. I will catch you if you fall.

[ Alisa crouches down and offers her hands as footing for him to stand on. ]

[socializes]

[Souji looks down at her. Would this really work? He was feeling uneasy... but he nods.]

I'm in your hands. [literally. He gets into position and braces himself, looking up at his goal. Cat...!!!]

[rocketpunches]

Meow.

When I am about to throw you, I will give you a signal.

[ When Souji steps onto Alisa's gloved hands, she lifts him up, careful not to do anything that would get him off balance. ]

Are you all right there, Souji?

Meow...

[socializes]

[Somehow being thrown on purpose had a different feeling than being knocked far away. He was so stupefied he almost forgot to grab onto the near branch where the kitten was trapped. At the last minute, he makes a grab for it... and hangs there like a monkey.]

I'm okay, for now...

M...eow....

[Spotting the kitten, he uses his upper body to climb up till he could sit on the thick branch and take the feline in his arms. Well, that was one objective accomplished. Now he just had to get down...]

[rocketpunches]

I am glad!

But there is one problem.

The course of action we decided to take was the quickest among the 256 possibilities I have calculated. I approximated the probability of this result at thirteen percent so I did not make the necessary precautions for it. Unfortunately, I do not know how to climb.

[ Ah... ]

[socializes]

So... how should I get down then? [this isn't looking good for ol' souji.]

[mustwefight]

[ She holds her arms out. ]

I will catch you! Please jump.

[socializes]

[jumping itself wasn't the hard part. he wasn't particularly scared of heights. but despite her strength (which she'd already proven to him), jumping down towards a girl who looked smaller built than him still made him nervous. if it was possible, he wouldn't want to hurt her in any way, especially if she was part of asgard's offense.

but it wasn't like he had any other option here.]

... Then please catch us. [the kitten also clings to his shirt with its claws, as if anticipating this great fall.] Here I go!

[and he jumps...!]

sorry... for the late tag....

[mustwefight]

[ And she...!

Falls on her bottom as she catches them both. That's got to hurt, right? She doesn't look bothered by it, though. ]

Are you alright, Souji!?

yana is never late to me

[socializes]

I... [Felt that landing on a robot made of robot parts.

However he was currently in the arms of a robot girl made of robot parts, so all was not bad. And then he became the heroinetagonist.] I'm fine. That was a good catch.

[The kitten clinging his shirt meows too, as if signifying its okayness as well.]

What about you? Didn't that hurt?

kya doc.............

[rocketpunches]

Thank you. I have not been programmed to sense pain, but according to my sensors, my hardware is definitely alright! [ But she thinks it's nice of him to be concerned. ] The kitten looks alright, too.

Will you give it a name? [ She asks as she holds the heroinetagonist in her arms. ] We must name all animals we befriend. Those are the rules.

always early!!

[socializes]

That's... good then, I guess. [Then no one was badly hurt. hurray! But at the question of a name for the cat, he looks down at the rescued kitten, whom respond by pawing at his chin.] The rules, huh? Do you have any ideas?

[mustwefight]

How about "Daisy"? I like daisies. In the event that it is a male cat, however, I would suggest "Nekonekomon". [ SO IT'S A DIGIMON NOW!? ]

[socializes]

"Nekonekomon" is pretty good... [The cat baps his face. DISAGREED!] Ow.

I'm not sure if it's a girl or a boy though... [There's only one way to check... but with Alisa watching, he feels hesitant.]

[mustwefight]

Then we must check for a penis.

1/2

[socializes]

[I...................]

[socializes]

[He pries the cat off his chest and holds it up for her. Perhaps the cat was wishing it'd never been rescued now.]

... Then I'll leave that up to you.

[mustwefight]

Understood.

[ She takes the cat from Souji, makes it face her, raises it to her eye level and looks at its genitals intently. ]

[socializes]

[Souji takes this opportunity to get up. Sitting on a robot- and one that was studying the gentalia of a mere kitten- would only raise questions. Many, many questions.]

Did you find anything? [I.....................]