Mai-X-Project Act I: Zero Hour Part 2 [Complete]

"I'll do it!" Mako exclaimed, jumping up and down excitedly, "Pick me! Pick me! I want a turn!"

Bluholic711 wrote:"I'll do it!" Mako exclaimed, jumping up and down excitedly, "Pick me! Pick me! I want a turn!"

Arunda couldn't make up her mind who was more hyperactive. Anna or Mako. Since Arendelle's princess already had her fun, Arunda moved her index finger in a "come here" fashion towards the Hallelujah girl. "Come, little one. Your world will be the final destination."

The 17-year-old ran towards the Russian woman and looked up at her, eager to do what she had to do to make up her own world. "Sugoi! Yay! I finally have a turn! What do I have to do?!"

Bluholic711 wrote:The 17-year-old ran towards the Russian woman and looked up at her, eager to do what she had to do to make up her own world.

The voluptuous woman placed her hands on the shoulders of little Mako, smiling seductively as she hummed a familiar tune. [It's revealed to be the first Kill la Kill opening. 4th wall breaking!]

"Close your eyes, child. Imagine a world all your own. One that brings you peace and eternal happiness. A place where you can drift away and never return."

As Mako tried her hardest to focus; Arunda looked over at Nao Yuuki who was still standing after the last battle. Her glare was instant and very piercing like an icicle. What was the connection between her and Nao?

"Miss Yuuki. It appears your friends are located in Mako's chosen world. Pity, if it were up to me, you'd be wandering these labyrinths forever. Perhaps this time, you will die like you were supposed to at Fuuka."

Mako closed her eyes tightly, thinking up of any kind of world that suited her fancy.

Eventually, her creativity was so great that Mako ended up imagining a world straight from out of a video game she obsessed over recently.

Lerena wrote:"I hope they're going to be safe. However, if I was meant to die with the others, I wouldn't still be alive, now would I?" Nao suggests with a snicker. It was mostly to herself, but anyone listening to her could hear what she said.

As the scenery began to take shape, Anna walked up to Nao and asked, "What did Arunda mean by that, Nao? Up until now, she acts like she knows you. Old roommates? Sisters? Lovers!?" giggled the princess, immediately reminded of Nao's no-nonsense personality. "Sorry!"

Mako finally mustered up enough brain power to select her very own (though not original) world!





The teenage girl couldn't help but blush as she saw what she created.
"Oh, right..." Mako admitted bashfully, "I guess my obsession over that role playing game has been taking over recently, hahaha!!"

The sky was covered in grey and there was nothing but clouds. A random guard salutes.

"All hail Maester Seymour!"

Seymour, a handsome man with gravity-defying hair approaches a group of Crusaders, delivering a rousing speech of encouragement to the warriors.

"Brave Crusaders of Spira, protectors of all Spira," Seymour proudly announced, "Believe in the path you have chosen, let faith be your strength! I, Seymour Guado, maester of Yevon, will bear witness to your deeds today."

"Sir!" shouted the Crusaders, as they salute in unison.

Mako stared in awe at the crusaders scattering about, making preparations for a big campaign.

"Oh, so, we're in Final Fantasy X?! YAY!"

Stiffening, Kanako asked Mako,
"Do we have to fight with swords and armor again? That was actually kinda scary last time."

Kaltus looked around him, relieved that this world seemed to be of the more normal variety. He walked over to the ledge and looked down into the chasm below, wondering how far down it was and what he’d find there.

He eyed the crusaders, not trusting them a bit as they stunk of fanaticism.

The crusaders, not really caring about the misfit group of comics, continued on their work and preparations.

"Oh, I remember this part!" Mako said, turning towards her new friends, "In the video game, a magic person and a group of misfits travel all around the world, and go to every temple to collect magic monsters. This is the part where they get caught up in a battle with a scorpion monster! Then, we meet the big, fat, whale thing!"

Jumping back, Kanako raised her arms in disbelief and mock defense.
"Big fat whale thing?! Hell no!"

"Daigobu daiyo, Kanako-chan!" Mako tried to reassure her, "The whale thing will kill the crusaders, but not us! That's because we are the main characters!"

Shane breathed a sigh of relief once she found herself in a new area. "Facking, finally. I'm out of that torture outfit and can breathe right."

Shane found herself spinning about the vast area. She didn't care what anyone thought about her in that given moment. Her messy brown hair, swirled around as she spun freely threw the air. Her tight shirt giving her great muscle density and making her look strong.

She made eye contact with Maester Seymour and turned her nose up slightly. "Wait, for once in my life, I can't tell if that is a man or a girl."

She placed her arms cross her chest and tried to stare at his face a little more. "Hmmm, yeah. It's a male. Pfttt." Shane huffed and watched the scene play out in front of her.

"I get the feeling," Kaltus said wryly as he returned to the group, "that things are going to happen a little differently."

Bluholic711 wrote:"Daigobu daiyo, Kanako-chan!" Mako tried to reassure her, "The whale thing will kill the crusaders, but not us! That's because we are the main characters!"

"You mean, like in a storybook?" questioned the bewildered princess. She crossed her arms, putting a lot of strain on her face as she tried to make sense of Mako's logic. "So... these cute Crusaders guys will die, but we will NOT die.....OH MY GOSH! I AM THE MAIN CHARACTER, AREN'T I!"

Anna read fantasy stories with Elsa often as a child. She always saw Elsa as the quintessential female lead who eventually has her dreams realized. She thought of herself as the sidekick character who helps the princess succeed through insurmountable odds. Somewhere, deep within herself, she did want to find romance. Elsa never seemed interested in true love's kiss throughout most of her young life...

"This will be my time to shine!" Come to think of it, Anna couldn't take full pride knowing her sister wasn't around. "Who am I kidding, Kalty. We are the ones in deep, deep, deep, deep...BIRDIES!" shouted the redhead as she glomped the giant Chocobo face first.

Kaltus laughed at Anna’s antics, eyeing the strange looking yellow birds.

“Nothing like that back home,” he commented as he approached one. “I mean, one of these could feed me for a week, at least!” He jumped backwards as the bird pecked at him, apparently not appreciating his assessment.

Shane slapped herself in the face as she watched Anna slam her face into a giant bird. "What the hell is wrong with this place." She took another look at Maester Seymour and started to walk away.

Upon her wandering, she noticed a glowing ball in the distance. It was at the end of the dirt road away, swirling around with delicate grace. The shaggy-haired woman strutted over to the object and scratched her head. She squinted her eyes and bent forward with her hands on her knees.

"Hey guys. I think I found something? What do you suppose it could be?" Shane asked as she stared at it for a few seconds longer.

WolvenBane08 wrote:Kaltus laughed at Anna’s antics, eyeing the strange looking yellow birds.

“Nothing like that back home,” he commented as he approached one. “I mean, one of these could feed me for a week, at least!” He jumped backwards as the bird pecked at him, apparently not appreciating his assessment.

"Hey! No eating THESE birdies, Kalty!" she spoke in a semi-serious tone. Implying that all other types of birds have fallen to her great appetite. "These are their horses, only much bigger!" exclaimed the princess, rubbing her face against the golden feathers. The chocobo in question doesn't seem to mind, although it had developed a great disliking for the golden looking humanoid fairy! "Serves you, right! Meanie Kaltie~"

Riding astride a tall golden Chocobo, Kanako had trouble steering the thing as she rode bareback, nearly crashing into Anna, then going past her and being flung off, landing unceremoniously into sticky mud. Face down, Kanako only lifted a finger before mumbling something uncohesive and letting it fall back down.

Lerena wrote:"That's strange. Why aren't there more random encounters like we'd expect in a world like this?" Nao asks out loud but mostly to herself, though interested in an answer. She notices the Crusaders and approaches one of them, keeping her distance and her guard up as appropriate. "Why have there been no monsters here? Have they all been slain?"

Approaching Nao in steady fashion, one of the Crusaders pulls on the reins of the mighty Chocobo steed to halt. He shakes his head, indicating that they have not been slain by other Crusaders. Nor Guardians. "It's strange. They've all disappeared without a trace. That's why it was surprising to see the leftovers attack your group, young one. According to sources, some fiends were found with holes in their bodies. Bones bent outward, it seems."

The Crusader broke into laughter, hoping to ward off any sense of panic. "You can't believe everything you hear! Ha! ha! ha!"

"Bent outward!? Ew." cried out Anna, who was in the middle of bouncing off the Chocobo's back. "That means that something came OUT of these...fiends. Double Ew!"

Kaltus crinkled his nose in distaste at the thought of something crawling out of another living being. He reached out into the Aether and grabbed his beloved Katana, bringing it back into the world he currently occupied and strapping it to his side.

“Well, if they’re using other creatures as…hosts, I doubt they’re friendly. Buck up, kiddos. We may have another mess to get through.”