1091/Drama and Doom!

Drama and Doom!
Date of Scene:	23 February 2016
Location:	Pikarigaoka - Seiyou Public School
Synopsis:	Craft chases Dabble into a production getting ready to act in Seiyou's Auditorium! He finds a target to turn into a cog instead--- prompting the awakening of a new Steam Sentinel!
Cast of Characters:	Craft, Suzuki Natsume, Rena Sakai, Utau Hoshina

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Craft has posed:
"DABBLE, YOU STOP POSTHASTE!" screamed the green haired youth in a bowler hat, he was chasing a fairy, that looked something like a stuffed plush- in a dress suit and a top hat. The man was weilding a cane that had some sort of square framed net on the end. He went in for the swing!------and the fairy escaped into a vent somewhere over Seiyou's Auditorium. "Nrrrrrrg." went the figure in frustration as the net broke over the vent. He'd have to /go in/.

MEANWHILE...

Seishou students are using Seiyou's Auditorium and are going over lines on the stage for the play that's supposed to go on. Kaori Ito, the lead, has not been particularly acting herself as of late. In fact, there's a bunch of her former(???) friends sitting in the auditorium seats looking dour a bit, perhaps wishing she 'breaks a leg' and she goes back to being the girl they know when this is all over-- Kaori acting like a primadonna for the past few weeks to aquire the roll. Rena Sakai's close friend- may have noticed this- but she was one of the few not deliberatly pushed away.

People are arriving early. Others are here to help setup for the play in the next few hours.

The youth with the green hair and bowler hat- and obtensily fancy dress steps through the door after an arriving group-- cane underneath his arm as he glances about-- searching the walls, the ceiling. His eyes trace over the stage. What's going on here!? Oh, it appears to be production.

...something is drawing him to the stage though. Hrrrrrm. It isn't the fairy- but the draw of a certain power beign sought. He begins stepping his way towards the stage.

Suzuki Natsume has posed:
     After what felt like YEARS of helping her parents rebuild their house after the Walpurgisnacht event, Suzuki has finally been able to have some free time to herself. Too much time around her parents, not enough time around friends. It was all making Suzuki very bitter. So... she decided to visit the Seishou Drama Club that was currently practicing in the Seiyou auditorium.

     Considering her passtime, it's likely she's arrived early to help with setup and has probably already started to do more than anyone could ever ask of her in helping with the setup. Because that's just how the Noble Helper Suzuki Natsume is. And anyone that tried to deter her from her tasks would frequently get given a polite smile and then similarly politely ignored as she continued on her task. She was there to help set up, and she would not stop until her task was done. It would be dishonorable! ...Also she was being just a bit extra-stubborn lately.

Rena Sakai has posed:
Oh what a night. Rena was hoping that maybe this would be the night that her good friend, Kaori would find herself again. Sadly Rena has been unable to do much to help her. She too has a part in this play. Her part though is that of the villain! Not that she minds. Sometimes it's fun to be bad. At the end of the day though, she's not pushed anyone away. Its all in good fun and she knows it.

The strawberry blonde girl happens to be on stage helping out to get the first set in place. Just because she is in the spot light tonight doesn't mean she can't lend a hand where it's needed. Hey it's in her nature to do that sort of thing.

As the scene is set in place, she makes it a point to speak up, "Hey! If anyone wants something to munch on, There are cookies and tandy cake on a table back stage! Help yourself. It's why I brought them. Besides you can't act on an empty stomach right!" She giggles. Of course she would probably get a scoff from Kaori for that. Just because she is being a buzzkill though doesn't mean that Rena is going to give up on having some fun! Forget that noise!

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Utau has always enjoyed the drama club, even if she isn't a terrible people person. Naturally, she chose a part that involved a lot of singing, although she was quite annoyed that she didnt get to play the lead role. Oh well, whatever. As long as she has a chance to perform and practice her singing voice. She's in a corner of the stage, going over her lines, warming up her voice. At least she gets to wear a pretty red frilly dress, looking the part of some classy noblewoman.

    She pauses in her practicing to glance around at the others gathered here. Many of them are very talented, and she has no doubts that at least some of them have potential of very powerful hearts eggs. But she wont ruin the play today, simply keep out an eye for potential.

    The offer of cookies does attract her attention, and she smirks at Rena as she moves backstage. "why, Thankyou. How very generous of you."

Craft has posed:
Craft drags a finger over one of the auditorium sheets and he rubs his two fingers against one another at the tips, tsk. Filthy. Really. It wasn't very filthy or dirty, but 'Earth' was kind of chaotic and 'dirty' compared to the meticioulus 'sameness' of Gearwork. Craft- the green hair, behatted youth, continues his walk towards the stage and looks around. He bent down and leapt into the air to land down on the stage. Quite a feat, considering how high the stage is off the ground.

He placed a hand against his tailed coat and brushed it down. One of the stagehands looked at him. "Hey- uh, who are you? Also, that costume is totally off key for a medieval setting." he advised Craft. Craft turned to look at the stagehand and scoffed. "I am not one of your ballyhoo actors." he snaped.

He turned back to the group. "Noo-no no one of you are..."

He began to tap his cane out, letting it fall into his hand as he let it touch the ground, glancing at people-- past Rena, Past Utau, past Suzuki earlier when he was walking by... "...capable of..."

"Helping me... find the thing I'm seeking..." he muttered. Tap. Tap. Tap. He stopped in front of Kaori Ito, who blunk. "Huh?" she asked. "Who are /you/?" she asked.

"Shouldn't you be asking who /you/ are?" asked Craft introspectivly leaning forward. "Considering, I see it now. heh. You're not the first to try to fit in for /gain/, alas...." he says. "I require assistance-----"

Craft flipped his hand up and in it was a tiny, mechanical gear- weird, etched with weird pipping runes and glowing with some sort of corruptive energy. "Become another cog in the machine, GEAR UP!" called out the youth to the sudden surprise of Kaori Ito-- before Craft slapped it on her head--- her eyes went wide--before dull and her posture slumped--- the gear would begin to turn and turn and energy would begin to gather around from it-- before it leeched out to the surrounding area-- draining it. Slowly, other people began to seem sluggish and tired and slump.

Craft threw his hand out. "THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE, DABBLE. GIVE YOURSELF UP AND I'LL STOP THIS LOVELY DISPLAY OF MY AWESOME PROWESS! DON'T MAKE ME TURN HER INTO A COG NOW!" he demanded to the auditorium at large. Who the heck was he talking too? No one responded, regardless.

Rena, Utau and Suzuki would find themselves not really affected by this strange energy drain.

Suzuki Natsume has posed:
     Things seemed to be going well, going rather normally, and Suzuki was behind a piece of the background, hammering a stray nail in that she had noticed was loose. The undercurrent of the room's tone was... somewhat upsetting. So many annoyed people in the stands. Hmm. There was maybe something else, something that was setting Suzuki on edge.

     But she coudln't immediately place exactly /what/ it was. That was, of course... until the commotion of Craft beginning to make his way up to the stage. Talking in ... well, a somewhat strange way. And then came that gear. That obvious, magical gear. That was beginning to drain energy from the area around them.

     Suzuki moved rather suddenly, lifting her hammer up. And then? ... Well. She throws it. Right at Craft's head. "...Just what do you think you are doing? You come into my school. You disrupt the drama club. And you have placed that gear on one of our actors." She takes a small breath, shifting to take grip of her good luck charm.

     "You have threatened those I am responsible for. My classmates are not yours to toy with, and I shall not allow you to perform another act towards them." Suzuki's Natsume's eyes seem to flare with a righteous anger, as she calls out.

            "Verdrehen Sturm."
            <JAWOHL. SET UP.>

     Suzuki didn't seem to care who saw her, as she began to step forward towards Craft, her 'good luck charm' growing to its full size of a naginata, while her clothing exploded from her body, only to reveal a set of white and emerald green Knight's Clothing beneath it, wind and lightning crackling in the air around her as her transformation finishes. "If you do not cease this, you shall be punished." Storm Knight says in an authorative tone.

Rena Sakai has posed:
A sudden chill grips Rena's heart. She'd not seen the young man who just made his way on stage before but he definitely feels off. She quickly moves a little closer to him, "Umm Mister, You can't be on stage. This area is for the actors only. Don't wanna spoil the show!" She speaks out in her usual bubbly self.

Then it happens. What Rena witnesses practically makes her sick. "KAORI!" She quickly moves over to help her. "Kaori! Are you okay? Come on, don't play around!" She is really worried about her friend.

"What did you do to her!" Then She notices the weird sprocket in the me mans hand and the fact that it's turning on it's own. "Oh no... You... You're a bad guy aren't you!" She backs away in fear. Of course she is afraid. Why wouldn't she be. She doesn't have any chance at fighting him. So, do what she was told to do, hide! Thats what she does, She slinks in behind some of the scenery.

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Well. Utau was hoping the play would run smoothly, and indeed, things were really shaping up. However. things rapidly begin to go south, once the weird guy with the green hair and attire that was out of place for a medieval setting makes himself known, interrupting the show and having the nerve to attack the lead actress, of all people!

    Well, hmph! Even Utau knows this is...Well, rude to say the least. Utau has no attachments to any of the actors here, however, and she is certainly no heroine. She really cant stand interruptions, however!

    "Hey, how rude! What's the meaning of this?" she demands of Craft. "Whoever this Dabble is that you're looking for, he isn't here, so get lost! Before I get mad!" she actually marches right up to him, attempting to remove the cog from the girl's head, not really caring if Craft attempts to return in kind. Afterall, she needs a reason to fly off stage so she can transform out of public view.

Craft has posed:
Craft was rabblerousing at the empty air and slumped unconcious people in the auditorium. "LAST CHANCE YOU LITTLE-----" and then a hammer flies through the air, and 'clocks' him upside the head. This does, in fact, hurt. It does not have a desired effect of more than annoyhing him however as he turns around to face Suzuki's-- then Storm Knight's- particular frustration.

"Ah... I see. So. The reports were correct." he said, thoughtfully- then suddenly, /anger/ "Wait, did you just throw a hammer at me!?!?" he said pointing his cane tip at Suzuki and waving it around dramatically. Rena tries to deal with the weirdly catatonic Kaori- who seems unresponsive- that gear on her head turning and twisting and not being particularly pleasent looking. Craft gives her an apparising look. It's a look of a frown and disdain and lots of terrible other things. Rena runs away. "Smart girl." he says as he looks back to Suzuki.

"You...not so smart." he says, aiming that cane tip at Suzuki....

And then Utau gets in his face and aiyeee what!? "I'll have you know that I am on a very important mi-----"

Then Utau touches the gear and there's a sudden spark and outpour of energy. This is a bad idea. It probably sends her flying off stage left somewhere and/or off the stage. She'd be able to transform there without worry at least. It doesn't hurt as hard as it looked anyways. Not to Utau.

"Yes, please do not touch cog, thank you!~" asked Craft mock-politely, before he turned back to Storm Knight. "Yes, where I was. Right. You make bad decisions." he calls out.

He calls out-----

"GEAR UP!".

That cog on Kaori's head starts rotating more fiercely before there's a sudden outpouring of energy!!! replacing Kaori, is a large, three foot tall clockwork monstrosity of something looking like a big clockwork robot. It's shoulders appear to be held in two large castle towers, and it has treads for feet-- a castle for a 'princess' perhaps-- the role Kaori had changed herself so much for. Craft lept into the air and came down onto one of the towers. He fixed his tie.

A drawbridge on the newly minted 'cog' opened up and out poured more, tinier clockwork soliders-- clockworks.

He turns back away from Storm Knight as things get more dreadful.

"DABBLE I SWEAR I AM GOING TO TURN THIS PLACE INSIDE OUT! SHOW YOURSELF!"

Meanwhile, Rena dives for cover. There's a sudden 'squeak' underneath her and a rabble of whining. "Get offa me!" whines the voice! "This is my hiding spot!"

Suzuki Natsume has posed:
     "Yes. I did. It's what I had at the time." Storm Knight responds calmly. Really, it did what Storm Knight had wanted it to do though! It had draw Craft's attention towards her! ... Though... it occurs to her that now people couldn't escape that would normally. Still! She shifts slightly as Craft gives her that appraising look, calls her 'not so smart'. And... she steps forward quickly with simple intent. She was totally going to attempt to clock him one with the blunt side of her naginata.

     UNfortunately there was an Utau touching the gear and that spark and outburst of magic, which caused Storm Knight to hesitate briefly. Just long enough for the Gear Up to happen! And... the 'princess' to transform, to become a monstrosity, and... Storm Knight smiles slightly.

     "Oh my. A castle." She shifts slightly, taking hold of her naginata in both hands. "I am a Belkan Knight. We have access to an ability designed to utterly destroy defenses. Most belkan knights have shield breakers. Some have defensive line breakers. My device? She is designed to be a castle-breaker." As clockworks come out, Storm Knight shifts her device to sweep it around, "Schwall!"

            <JAWOHL!>

     A gust of wind sweeps out from Storm Knight's blade to send the tiny clockwork soldiers flying, hopefully... right back at the youma.

     While this happens, Storm Knight continues to move forward towards the youma, her gaze shifting towards Craft. Ugh. There didn't seem to be any other convenient magical people around. Why weren't there more members of Virtue here? Did they not feel it?! "Who on earth is Dabble?!"

Rena Sakai has posed:
Rena Sakai is shaking in fear. There is nowhere for her to run now. Its just her and a voice telling her that its their hiding spot. Wait what?! She quickly stands and... wait, ANOTHER FAIRY!? "First off, who said that. Second... Shhhhh! We don't want Kaiba out there to find us do we?" She states as she continues to worry.

Then, suddenly there clockwork soldiers almost everywhere! They are getting closer to her hiding spot and well, given that two people are hiding here, She can't have that. She looks around and finds a tool box. Quickly she gets into it. Hammers, Nails, Nail gun... Waiiittt.... That could work, maybe?? She grabs the nail gun, pulls back the safety device and gets ready!

"I don't know who you are but you seriously need to get ready to fight. Running is out the window and our hiding spot is about to disappear."

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Well, it didnt hurt as much as Utau expected. All the same, she does go flying offstage, which does kind of hurt. With a sigh, she disappears behind the curtains, calling Iru to her side. Time to teach this thug a lesson for interrupting her play!

    Moments later, Lunatic Charm steps out from the curtains, pointing a finger at Craft. "I dont know who this 'Dabble' is, but I'm rapidly losing patience with you." She mutters, before noticing the giant clockwork..Castle..Thing. Oh, and little clockwork soldiers. What the heck!? Seems that girl has vanished somewhere too, or did she transform into this monstrosity? Perhaps Eru would have been more useful in this situation, however, Utau's not exactly familiar with Eru's abilities, having enver transformed with her before.

    Might as well dispose of the tin soldiers at least. She lifts a hand to the sky, summoning her trident, and starts to hack and slash through the clockwork soldiers, before rushing at the clockwork castle, her trident unleashing a short blast of purple energy as she attempts to slam it into the clockwork castle.

Craft has posed:
Craft gasps!? A /knight!?/ oh whatever shall he do!? "You are a poorly dressed knight! No armor and that is a Halbred! You come off as more of a halberdier to me!" he scoffs. "A filthy. Good for nothing. Unhonorable. HALBERDIER!" he says. A Catapul pops out of the opposite tower Craft is standing on-- the creature rears forth and it launches a flaming dark ball into the mix toward's Storm Knight.

Utau moves into clockworks as she talks aswell. Craft frowns as Storm Knight and Utau begin to slam through clockworks. Are these things even slowing them down!? Ughhhh!

No matter.

More flaming catapult balls come flaming out. "Dabble is the little nuisance I'm chasing so I can leave this stupid filthy place." he snaps.

MEANWHILE.. in a hiding spot.

The fairy blinks. "Huh? I'm Dabble. I'm running from that man. He's going to captureme and...." she winces when things start flying about- interupting it's train of thought. "I can't let him catch me!" the fairy says wide eyedly. "I can't fight!" it exclaims- she does blink thought. "What!? You're going to fight Craft and his Cog!? That's dangerous! We should run!!!" she calls out. Dabble tries to tug at Rena's free hand and tries to tug her in a direction away from this.

What is Rena going to do? She's right. Craft /will/ eventually find them. But at the same time, Can Rena let her friend be horrible used and twisted like this? Can she count on the two others out there to end this? The odds seem to be out of thier favor-- two people versus, a person, a giant clockwork mech, and a bunch of smaller clockwork soldiers. What ticks in her heart? What will she do?

Suzuki Natsume has posed:
     "Halberdier?!" Fwoosh, flaming, dark ball of energy flying towards Storm Knight, who moves to leap back and only take the blast indirectly. "I'll have you know this is a /naginata/." Storm Knight says with a frown. "They're completely different!" Storm Knight frowns though, her gaze flicking towards the various unconscious people. There was time for fighting and attacking later. No. She had to get them out of danger first.

     "Verdrehen Sturm. You can do it, right? A shield to protect them?" Storm Knight murmurs, looking down towards her Device, shifting it slowly. The blade of her Device briefly folds into itself, taking on something more akin to a staff briefly. "Activate."

                <OHNE FELD.>

     And then... almost on instinct, Storm Knight strikes the bottom edge of her Device against the floor, and a green-blue field begins to spread out from it. Setting up a shield that would remove people without any magical talent or power from the field of battle.

     It seemed to make Storm Knight falter a moment as she adjusted to the power drain of setting up a wide-area shield like that, but she straightens up again, her Device returning to its Naginata form. She would have to use a Cartridge for that in the future, she thinks. Probably. Or at least... practice it. So that her Device didn't have to brute force it next time. "There! You can fight without holding back now! Any damage will be reverted when the shield falls!" Storm Knight calls out towards Lunatic Charm!

Rena Sakai has posed:
Rena sighs, "Oh. Well He's not going to get you. But he does have one of my friends out there. That girl with the cog on her head is a good friend of mine and I can't let her be turned into a monster by this jerk."

Then she is being pulled by the fairy. "No! Dabble, there is no where to run. The second we leave this spot, we are out in the open. We have to..." Then a clock work comes back into the area. "DOWN!" She whispers harshly as she ducks low. Carefully she takes aim and starts firing the most useless weapon possible. Hopefully it will be enough though. Wishful thinking.

"We have to stand up to this creep now or we are both caught!" She states hoping she is getting through to the fairy.

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Lunatic Charm continues to slice through the clockworks. Seems she briefly gained some ground, before they crowded her out again. She curses under her breath, continuing to slash and slice through the things as they swarm her, distracting her from her ultimate goal. Then flaming catapult balls come flying out. She snarls.

    "Really, this is getting quite ridiculous. Why'd you have to ruin our play? You could have at least waited until AFTER the play finished, before going on your little rampage!" Alright, time to clean up this mess!

    Lunatic Charm briefly summons away her trident, bringing her hands above her head as she summons another dark magic spell. "Nightmare Lorelei!" she exclaims, spreading out her arms and unleashing an explosion of numerous fluttering bats made of pure energy that dart around the area, latching and clawing some of the clockworks, before exploding into small bursts of energy.

    She's only vaguely aware of the unconscious people, although she has no particular desire to protect them. What, does she LOOK like a hero? However, she has every desire to punish this nuisance and get back to the play. "Grr.." she mutters under her breath. And it was going so well too!

Craft has posed:
"SEMANTICS!" yelled Craft at Storm Knight, then some sort of weird barrier engulfs the area and he raises a brow. What's this then, he wonders. He doesn't... feel drained or weakened and he can still see things. He pawsh!? and merely points his cane down at Storm Knight and begins shooting an Array of dark lasers down at her.

Clockworks get sliced, smashed, diced and various other things, clattering into piles of rivets and gears by Storm Knight and Lunatic Charm.

"LOOK, I WANT TO LEAVE TOO BUT I NEED THAT STUPID, USELESS FAIRY!" he calls out. "YOU THINK I LIKE BREATHING YOUR AIR AND--AND TOUCHING YOUR FILTHY AUDITORIMUNA SEATS!?" he calls out. "IT'S UNORAGANIZED CHAOS HERE IN THIS FORESAKEN PLACE!"

MEANWHILE, over there -> about ten feet to the left.

Dabble pointed and yelled! "Ack! Look-- no, there's.. a vent over there! We can escape through it!" Dabble insisted-- and she'd try to tug-- though the fairy was not strong and mostly just ended up tugging at Rena fruitlessly and Rena-- would fight? Even knowing this was dangerous? And she had no power. Just that rivetgun-- well 'rivetgun' in Dabble's eyes- and wanting to save her friend.

'Tick tock tick tock'. It was a low noise, somewhere on Dabble's person causing to blink and feel over that fancy suit the tiny fairy wore--- it tugged out what appeared to be an elaborate wrist watch-- the kind one expects to see in an antique shop. "It's ticking!?" Dabble said with shock. Nrrrrrrg- this girl... Dabble had wanted to make this a choice. To explain what's going on- but.. if this girl's spirit is winding the watch... then she's needed /now/.

"I'm really sorry for this miss...." Dabble mutteredly a little ashamedly. Dabble would just slap the watch down on Rena's wrist of choice--- and then call out.

"Call out the words that tick in your HEART!" called out the fairy.

Craft suddenly grew pointedly quiet and looked around. Something surged just then. What was that...?

Suzuki Natsume has posed:
     Canelasers!? Why did it have to be canelasers?! "They're very different! A Naginata is like an elegant dance routine compared to a halberd's crude stabbing!" Suzuki calls out as she dances around to work at evading the dark lasers. She manages to dodge the worst of them, though several of them strike her indirectly, causing her to cringe, even though her barrier jacket absorbed the worst of it.

     Was... that a surge nearby? Storm Knight wasn't sure of it, as she shifts slowly, lifting her Naginata in both hands into a calm stance. As Craft was beginning to look around... distracted... Storm Knight moved in rather suddenly, lifting her blade. It wasn't entirely stealthy, as her Device intoned in its feminine monotone.

                <SCHLAG.>

    Lightning crackles along Storm Knight's blade as she slashed twice, one slash in Craft's direction, the other in the direction of the cog. Each slash aiming to strike, with a secondary bolt of electricity following behind the slash. Both would likely be unpleasant.

     "You can't afford to be distracted. Where are you looking?!" Storm Knight calls out. Yes. She was possibly doing her best to buy time for that surge of ... whatever it was. She hadn't popped anything particularly strong, but this /wasn't/ a particularly even battle. It was two on two with extras... and it was taking from her attention to fight the extras, which was limiting her ability to evade the more dangerous attacks from Craft and the Cog!

Rena Sakai has posed:
Rena Sakai looks down at her left wrist as Dabble slaps a the watch on it. Its a really nice watch. Like rolex quality. It is really lovely and it is an old school one. No battery in it. Yet it's ticking. Why is an unwound watch ticking? "Ummm Okay!"

She reaches down to investigate the watch and gives the watch's winding knob a little turn. Suddenly her mind is filled with weird words, stemming from her heart. "AETHER SPIRIT, SHINE!"A ticking clock appears overtop of the girl. It explodes into clockwork and light which turns into a background. The silhoutte of a clock appears beneath her. This turns into a firestorm which engulfs her. Inside her clothing shifts, changes and becomes much more revealing to put it bluntly. A Victorian style top, An underbust corset at the waist and a short leather style skirt. Goggles appear on her head and her sleeves become sorta puffy. "The fire which melts the coldest heart, Steam Sentinel Joy!" Then with a burst of orange light, the show ends leaving a rather bewildered looking young woman!

"Dabble, You need to explain this to me later!" She steps out and takes her best fighting post. "Hey green head, I think its time you ran back to the people holding your leash." She gets ready to do it!

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    "Ah. so Dabble is some kind of...Fairy, you say?" Utau smirks. She knows ALL about fairies! At least, if he's talking about a Guardian Chara, that is. "I see. My apologies. Let me go look for that fairy for you. But if I find it, you'll end this farce, yes? And help clean up the mess you caused?"

    She..Probably should have listenned to him from the beginning, instead of wasting so much energy fighting all those annoying clockwork soldiers, and the giant castle thing. Really, Utau just wants to get on with her play.

    She peers around, noting that Storm Knight's little shield thing is protecting and removing all the unconscious mundanes from the battlefield. "Iru. Go find our little fairy friend.." And she sends off her own 'fairy' to flutter off backstage. It doesn't take her long to hear the mutterings of the girl and the fairy, attempting to escape or hide or..

    "Found it!" she calls out, and Utau too, feels a sudden surge in energy. "Hmm, what's that? Who goes there?" she flies towards the curtains, towards where she felt the surge of energy. "Dabble, come out and show yourself!" she calls. "Or else this whole place is going up, and our lovely little play will be ruined!"

    Then Steam Sentinel Joy makes herself known, and Utau sighs. "Oh. Another magical girl. Where'd the little squirt go? Hurry up and hand her over."

Craft has posed:
Craft is getting upset. Frustrated for some weird reason..."Yes. If you hand the fairy to me I'll leave, lord--finally someone reasonable and---" he turns to Storm Knight. "---NOT SOME FILTHY LANDSCHNECKT!" he calls out, and kicks one of the battlements off the cog and towards Suzuki-- trying to hit her with the large piece of metal-- Lighting strikes down and cog creaks and shirkes in agony and Craft also winces because he knows how currents and electricity works. "You'll have to...."

"do better..."

"Than...."

Craft sort of stares at 'Steam Sentinel Joy' things go erriely quiet for a moment. The first thought on Craft's mind is 'oh god, Wraithton is going to kill him.' the second thought is 'wait, he can't kill me if I defeat the Sentinel!' and then 'oh god, what the fairy actually /found someone/...' all Rena gets for a bit is a thousand yard stare for a bit before Craft shakes it off.

"Nonono, you're all defeated, /all the Steam Sentinels/, we defeated you and twisted you all. This is clearly some sort of ruse. DABBLE THIS ISN'T AMUSING!" he cries out. Oh and there's the fairy hiding behind Joy now is peeking out and it gives a big AKANBE to Craft. This just causes Craft's eye to twitch frustratingly.

"THAT'S IT!" Seethes Craft. "IF I KILL YOU, TAKE THE WATCH AND CAPTURE THE FAIRY THEN I CAN GO HOME!" he inists because now this list of things he needs to do just got two items bigger. The castle cog turns suddenly and it raises it's giant arms and attempts to come down hard on Joy.

Storm Knight and Utau seem utterly and suddenly ignored, almost as if this was some sort of dangerous priority to Craft.

Suzuki Natsume has posed:
     Oh good. There weren't any civilliants around anymore, since the last one in her barrier now was a magical girl. Storm Knight... grins? Briefly? Though it fades back to a serious, noble look as she shifts her device. "I will? Well then. I suppose I'll have to do better than that." She lowers her device slightly, the head of it lifting up, as a Cartridge is loaded into it.

     "Hello, Steam Sentinel Joy! This must be your first henshin, from what you've just said. Don't worry, you have some more experienced people nearby." Storm Knight calls out, as the shotgun shell slips into the center of the Device's tube, pushed up by a small device into the head of it.

     "I'm going to soften these jokers up for you, so let's see what you've got. Verdrehen Sturm! Let's show them what we meant! CARTRIDGE LOAD!"

                <EXPLOSION.>

     The head of her device slams down into the main shaft of it, and a powerful burst of energy surrounds Storm Knight, who is visible for a few moments... before she calls out in unison with her Device.

                "STURM BLITZ!"
                <STURM BLITZ.>

    And then Storm Knight is gone, replaced with a bolt of lightning. The room likely has static charge felt throughout all of it, as Storm Knight moves at the speed of lightning to dart around the Cog and Craft, her Naginata lashing out several times with simple intent: To cut and break off any visible armor on both. Each slash aided by a blade of lightning to further aid in destroying the armor of both.

     When it finally stopped, Storm Knight stands besides Utau, attempting to rest her hand on her shoulder. "Come now. Letting random old men in bowler hats kidnap cute little fairies? Why would you do something like that? That's just creepy."

Rena Sakai has posed:
"Looks like you missed one then!" Sentinel Joy comments.

A side eye is given to Dabble. "You have so much explaining to do When this is over. Seriously, I don't even know where to start. So you need to guide me in this one, Got it?" She is whispering this and her eyes are locked on Craft.

As she is told to give up the fairy, she shakes her head. "Can't let that happen. Besides, Won't do much good right now. I'm who she was looking for. I am Steam Sentinel Joy and this guy is not supposed to be here." She glares at Craft again.

Then oh cool! There is Storm Knight! "Thanks, yes this is my first time. I really have no idea what is going on but, I know this guy is a jerk so, I'm going to find out just what I can do!

A couple clockworks rush her and with a good deal of speed, she lays them out and then for good measure, she takes one, spins it around and releases it at the Green haired man. Then, Oh crap, The Cog! It tries to strike her hard but, Not happening. She springs out of the way, landing safely several feet away. "Going to hide behind a poor girl? Release her, and get out."

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Lunatic Charm peers intently at Steam Sentinel. Oh joy, another magical girl. Or is she a guardian of some sort? Seems like that fairy - or is it a guardian chara? - enabled her to transform, although the fairy is still separate from her.

    "Hmm..Are you a guardian chara, born of the embryo?" She ponders aloud. Well, no matter. She reaches out, trying to make a grab for Dabble. As Storm Knight pats her own the shoulder, she frowns, shrugging her off. "Don't misunderstand, I'm not a heroine, like you or your little friend over there. Quite the opposite, actually. Kidnapping powerful fairies is exactly what I do for a living."

    And while the heroines are busy fighting Craft's minions, Utau uses her magic to try and draw the fairy towards her with magical tendrils. "come now, let's see what makes you so special..."

Craft has posed:
Craft is taken aback!? "OLD!?" the youth stamps his foot. His eye twitches some more. The attack rips through the armor of the cog and it creaks and makes some of not particualrly nice mechanical noises. Craft turns away from Storm Knight.

Dabble tries to fit as much in as it can. "This is Craft, he works for some really bad people that took over the world I'm from and enslaved everyone... you saw the cog. Right?. like that. Cogs turn someone's feelings to fit in or attempt to be someone they're not against them! Was your friend acting like that before all this!?" Dabble asks suddenly. "You have to heal it... but it needs weakened first you should know when it's time just follow your guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu----!" Dabble says and trails off as it hides behind Joy properly as those tendrils leach out. "GET THAT CRAZY BAT GIRL AWAY FROM ME!"

Craft no longer considers Utau a target, she seems to be uh. Helpinnnnnnng? Huh.

Well.

The Catapult on the opposite tower launches more flaming dark balls specfically at Joy.

The cog is pretty weakened! Clockworks are thining in number hilarously. Craft is in irrational rage mode.

Suzuki Natsume has posed:
     "Oh? Well then. If that's the case..." Storm Knight moves calmly after Lunatic Charm's admission, her hand was shrugged off... and then in its place, Storm Knight did a simple maneuver, swapping the direction of her Naginata to calmly attempt to bring the blunt end of the shaft towards the back of Utau's shaft. "I suppose that makes you my enemy in this situation too, though it saddens me." Storm Knight says calmly. She was somewhat hoping this person was an ally, since they'd been fighting alongside each other, but her words had supported the 'not an ally' bit. Sadly.

     And Craft is taken aback, and... flat out /turns away/ from Storm Knight. Descended of a samurai, currently a Knight, but... he /turned his back on her/? Storm Knight frowns, and lifts a free hand towards Craft and the Cog. "Verdrehen Sturm." She says calmly.

                <SCHLAG BOLZEN.>

     A pair of magical triangles appear in front of Storm Knight, briefly charging electricity along the edges of them. "Release!" The energy at the edges of the triangles move to the center, unleashing a pair of lightning bolts towards Craft and the Cog!

     Ugh, though. Between the barrier and having just used Sturm Blitz though... the still somewhat novice magical girl Sturm Knight was beginning to wear down. Especially with the dodging.

Rena Sakai has posed:
Steam Sentinel Joy listens to Dabble as she explains. "You mean he's trying to takeover the world?! Oh come on! I thought he was just a jerk, Hes a megalomaniac jerk? Thats even worse!"

Then she quickly moves over to intercept Dabble, "NO. Back off! I don't know who you are but if you try to take her again, You will be right under Craft on my list tonight!" She snaps at Lunatic and holds onto the fairy.

Then here comes the Flaming dark balls at Joy. There is a slight problem with this. Joy is in front of Lunatic. She quickly moves clear out of the way. "Trust my gut. You got it." She turns and looks at the cog. She knows full well what is at stake now. She waves her hand in a circle before pointing two fingers towards the creature she calls out, "BLAZING HEART BEAM!!" She quickly forms the shape of a heart with her fingers then brings her arms down, bracing for what comes next. A beam of fiery hearts go tearing towards the cog, delivering one serious hit to it.

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Utau is nearly caught off-guard by Storm Knight's attempted strike against her back. Almost. Had it not been for Iru's shrill warning, she might have been. Instead, she spins around quickly, and at the last minute she summons her trident, bringing it up to block the strike.

    Amethyst eyes narrow upon her new opponent, deciding at this point that they're never going to be able to finish this play. Sigh. What a bother. She releases her hold on the dark tendrils, letting the little fairy go - for now. She'd rather not take on two Mahou and that fairy right now; Afterall, this isnt even her battle.

    "Fine then.." She steps back a few paces, and rushes at Storm Knight, coming at her with several rapid jabs from her trident, attempting to get in a vital strike here or there. "Two against one is hardly fair, anyways. If you want to fight me, then fight me!"

Craft has posed:
Craft looks at Storm Knight and Utau as they go attack each other. Craft flips his tie out--it's already a mess so what's the point. He mutters something like 'barbarians' underneath his breath-- nothing anyone can hear all the way up here. He looks back to Joy as more electricity rakes through the cog-- Craft winces and just deals with this pain. He's strong. He can deal with a little secondary blowback as he lets the cog tank the attack for him...

Then BLAZING HEART BEAM---the firey hearts plow into the creature and causes it to be forced back on it's treads. Craft sort of throws his cane forward and begins blasting his cane at Joy properly, lasers firing out, a mad look in his eyes- no more words. Just frustration and wanting to finish this.

The cog attempts to race back towards Joy-- though it seems ragged and weak and sparking and making not pleasent noises now.

Craft finally spits out. "I won't. Be shown up. By an inferior. Mentally weak, opponent!" he says over the light of 'dark' that streams over his face with every cane blast.

Suzuki Natsume has posed:
     "Not particularly." Storm Knight says, as she moves her Naginata in a heavily kendo-style fashion, using her naginata to attempt to slide it in between one of the prongs with each stab, and with each stab she turns her Naginata to attempt to lock it into the Trident and twist it out of Lunatic Charm's grasp, or at least make it harder to hold. "But if you're going to go after the faerie too... then I suppose I will have to. Or you could just stop fighting, and all attacks against you will cease." Storm Knight says calmly back towards Utau. "You don't /really/ seem to want to fight."

     For now, Storm Knight doesn't attack Utau further, and she doesn't use her energy on any further spells. Ugh. Why did that barrier take so much energy? And why did she try to show off for the new magical girl instead of just fighting more conservatively like she might normally?

     Which pretty much leaves the clockworks, Cog, and Craft to Steam Knight Joy! ...Hopefully she could handle it.

Rena Sakai has posed:
"Its time to end this, Craft! Give your boss the regards of the Steam Sentinels!" Sentinel Joy states as the cog comes charging at her again. "Its time for the girl to return!"

Joy springs back. Her arms cross in front of her as her right arm forms a circle in front of her and reaches out in front of her. "STEAM SENTINEL, CLOCKWORK SPIRIT BLAST!" The sound of a ticking clock fills the air as a fiery blast of purifying energy explodes from Joy's hand towards the Cog. It is definitely an intense attack as the Cog can simply not handle it.

A few moments later the light show ends. The massive cog is now little more then steamjunk (sprockets, springs and other findings) left in a pile. The spirit of Kaori is returned promptly to the girl but she is still out of it.

Sentinel Joy turns her attention to Craft. She takes a fighting stance and glares at him. "Leave. Get off this planet. You come back I swear I will leave you in a pile of scrap."

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Well now, this is just getting messy. And while Lunatic Charm can usually hold her own against an opponent in melee combat, she's probably not quite as skilled as Storm Knight in that regard. The other magical girl successfully manages to twist the weapon out of her grasp, sending it flying. With a gasp, Lunatic Charm staggers back, reaching out her arm to summon her trident back to her hands.

    "I have my orders." She states simply, although there is a strange sadness in her amethyst eyes as she speaks. Indeed, she may well just be a reluctant villain at that. It seems that Storm Knight is not fighting her further. Could it be that she no longer perceives her as a threat, or she has decided that Craft is the larger threat?

    Well whatever. The play's already ruined. And it seems that it'll be a bit difficult trying to steal the fairy right now anyway. She'll just have to come looking for it another time. "Hmph. I'm out of here. Later!" And with that, Lunatic Charm slips off, vanishing from sight.

Craft has posed:
Indeed, the cog sparks into various bits, pieces---and out falls Kaori Ito! She's okay-- that spinning cog is still on her head---but slowly winds down before it cracks in two and falls to the ground, freeing her from it control. The various bits and sprockets and gears of the cog poof into a mass of horrible black smoke.

Craft jumped off with wide eyes when the purifiying attack came because /he wanted none of that/. He landed shortly not too far off from the unconcious girl and frowned He raises his cane and points it at Joy as he glances between Storm Knight and the Steam Sentinel as Utau runs away. He grits his teeth.

"Listen here. You've made a grave mistake. We've defeated all the Sentinels on Gearwork, you're no different! I see I'm at a disadvantage now however--- and those who run....."

He suddenly points the cane upwards and a blast rockets up and smashes through the roof! Followed shortly with some insane- clockwork looking helicopter blades throwing up from the cane---- they begin to lift Craft upwards. "...Live to fight another day! We'll meet again... /interloper/."

He seethes. Storm Knight also gets a frustrated glare. Well.

That could had gone better. At least that barrier can revert damage. But-- well. Everyone is still out cold.

"Yeah!" exclaims Dabble. "Yeah, that's right you run you jerk and take your filthy hat with you, ahahahhahaha!" exclaims Dabble. "That was awesome!~" sings the clockwork fairy.

Suzuki Natsume has posed:
     Oh good. A purifying attack was coming! That was more than Storm Knight could have asked for right now, even if she was good at putting up a strong front, she was incredibly low on energy, so the fact that the cog was defeated... that was for the best.

     And then... Utau spoke. Sadness in those amethyst eyes, and... a small spark of understanding running through Storm Knight, in that manner that one can only understand when they feel someone fight against you. "..." She simply nods as Lunatic Charm calls out that she's out of there and leaving. Good. Okay. Hmm. She mentioned Chara earlier. She'd have to talk with the others that had those that she knew.

     And then... Craft speaks. "...You hmay have defeated all of the sentinals... but you have more than just Sentinels to deal with here on earth. Don't underestimate the power of the hearts of those that live on our planet!" Storm Knight calls out as... he then... disappears. ... Flying off. What. How did that even... right. Magic. Magic was how. Storm Knight gives a small nod towards Dabble and Steam Sentinal Joy. "Good job, you two." Storm Knight says, beginning to step closer to the two. Adrenaline was beginning to wear off though, and Storm Knight had used a new -- powerful -- spell, on top of a Cartridge. And she was beginning to feel the tolls. "I'm The Knight of Rolling Storms, or Storm Knight. It's nice to meet you. This is Verdrehen Sturm, my partner. When I'm not Storm Knight, I'm Suzuki Natsume, so don't hesitate to find or call me if you need any help."

                <GUTEN TAG.>

Rena Sakai has posed:
Sentinel Joy just watches as Craft makes his exit. Then Dabble starts celebrating the victory. Joy though is still gazing off in that direction. Little swirls appear in her eyes. She falls over and practically faints. "Oh gods is this real!"

She shakes it off. "I look like some Victorian Pirate!" She states which would sound pretty darn funny given that she has a british accent.

Slowly she stands up, "Umm. Steam Sentinel Joy, or umm, Rena Sakai when I'm not like this. I probably shouldn't say that too much but I guess with other good magical girls it's okay, right?" Yeah she is really new. Then to Sturm she gives a little wave, "Umm Hi." Finally she turns her attention to Dabble. "Okay, We are out of danger. Spill."

Craft has posed:
Also, a cool helicopter cane. That thing is probably like an omnitool.

Joy goes to talk to Dabble and----it isn't there! Instead, a pile of small bits and bobs left behind by one of the clockworks-- there's a few there- but not much-- moves about as Dabble picks up a sprocket. "Good..." it says and shoves it into a backpack. It picks up a Rivet. "Junk." it throws it over it's shoulder. Junk. Good. Junk. Good. Good. It seems to be collecting parts.

"Ugh, the rest is all junk I think-----oh!" says Dabble as it realizes it's being talked to.

"Um.." it looks kind of ashamed. "I'm really sorry. The watch started ticking and it only does that when it finds it's wearer!" the fairy says!

The fairy looks over to Storm Knight and waves. "Hi!" it says. "I'm Dabble." it says.

"It wasn't my intention to force it on anyone but there was a danger." it says.

"It's like he said. Those jerks.. took over the world I'm from. It used to be a nice place, really pretty and shiny and----" Dabble looks a little sad. "Then some jerk started making everyone think and act the same because he thought people being different was inefficent. He enslaved everyone and now everyone's involved in this weird efficent but boring and drab world and a little bit of hope dissapears everyday!" it insists.

"So.. the last people who didn't fall to that power put what they could into those watches..." it says. "So we could find more Steam Sentinels.. because they're prophecized to save Gearwork, but.. all the ones on Gearwork are gone. I had to come here. But..."

"I wasn't careful. They followed me. Obviously." it says crossing it's arms. It looks at Joy. "Please don't give up... The watch chose you.. I don't know if it'll choose another..." the fairy says.

Suzuki Natsume has posed:
     "Yep. This is real." Storm Knight says, calmly stepping closer to Steam Sentinel Joy as she begins to fall over, reaching to calmly attempt to catch her. "I think there's worse things to look like, as a drama club member, Steam Sentinal." Storm Knight says bemusedly.

     "Anyway, I'm going to drop the exclusion field now. There's probably going to be a lot of unconscious people around, but don't panic. Since the source of the drain is gone they should all recover fine." Storm Knight says.

     She lifts her hand, and the blue-green field retreats back and shatters. Suddenly, any damage was reverted and the people around were ... well. There again. No longer excluded from the field!

     "Hello, Dabble. You should finish your rummaging and your talk with Steam Sentinal Joy while the ambulance is on the way." She says softly, before pulling out her phone, walking to the other side of the stage so that Dabble and Joy wouldn't be heard... and calling the emergency line. In a stoic and calm tone she reports a bunch of people fainting in the seiyou public school auditorium.

     Aaaand then she calls virtue to report that she just callled ambulances to come to the auditorium following an attack.

Rena Sakai has posed:
Steam Sentinel Joy thinks a moment or two as she takes in the information given by Dabble. "So, this guy is from a planet called Gearwork. Him and the people like him destroyed the planet basically. There were Steam Sentinels there but they were destroyed. You cam here looking for others."

Joy seems to be taking this rather well She looks at her wrist. The watch is ticking away. "So let me get this straight. You want me to not only save this world from Craft and his jerks but also your world too." She looks really worried. "I dunno if I can do this on my own." Her eyes close. "But I will try. "

She looks at Dabble, "Well I guess you will be staying with me now? You have information, I need information. You can pretend to be a plushie when you are at home but my parent's are rarely around. So you should be safe. I dunno who was trying to take you but there is no way I would allow it. Go get your stuff. We should probably try to get out of here before too many people wake up." She smiles a little. "Her attention goes to Storm Knight as she makes a call, "Umm is everything okay?"

Craft has posed:
Dabble blinks, and ohs! "There's others that came with me! Clockwork Faries! But.. the jerks only found me- luckily. The others should be fine with thier own watches... as long as they don't make big targets of themselves..." Dabble says worriedly. Dabble looks to Storm Knight and then back to Joy. "So there will be others! It'll just take a bit. There's... a lot of really neat prospects here but the watch only starts working around the person it's meant for. I think I met you by dumb luck!" it says.

It then float dashes through the air to try to gather more pieces until it sort of sighs and gives up. It gets a few more, but not much. "If I can get more pieces... I can work on finishing your watch..." it mutters. "These pieces aren't enough..." it mutters.

"But I'm not in a real eager postion to go antagonize bowler hat joe again any time soon..." it muttrs.

Suzuki Natsume has posed:
     "Yes, everything is fine. But it's better if I call it in now instead of someone new wandering in, seeing the bunch of passed out people, and calling it in in a panic." Storm Knight says as she puts away her phone. "And they should probably be taken somewhere safe to rest, getting energy drained isn't pleasant." Storm Knight adds, smiling softly towards Joy, thinking on things quietly for a few moments. "They should be fine after a day or two of rest, though. Probably. Assuming that this energy drain is like others..."

     "Do you specifically need pieces from the clockwork enemies that you fight, or would it be possible to get unrelated pieces? I know someone who does well with technology, it's possible they may be able to offer some help." She says softly towards Dabble, smiling slightly towards it. "I won't volunteer them, but I can look into it for you, or possibly get you two in contact with each other to talk it out if it's possible."

Rena Sakai has posed:
Steam Sentinel Joy gives a soft sigh of relief, "Oh good. The girl that got turned into a cog... She is a friend of mine. She was acting really weird but, I never thought she would turn into some monster from it. She was trying to be someone else. She wanted to play the lead so bad and did all she could for it. I wish I could have kept her from this though."

She looks over at Dabble, "What in the world are you doing with that stuff? I mean, There isn't exactly a lot you can do with sprockets and springs is there?" She doesn't exactly know what is in a watch sadly.

Craft has posed:
Dabble shakes it's head. "Your technology isn't the same. Gearwork's is unique! So I need pieces from similar things. Luckily... well. These things get junked and they leave pieces behind!" it smiles.

"That was Craft... he's kind of. Thier 'researcher'? He's responsible for the smaller jerks. He built them. He's probably escaped and is working on some sort of design or weapon to use against you next time so you should probably be ready for that. Probably some sort of stupid water pump because you used fire I bet." it says. "He's a member of the 'Laymen', they're Red Tree's Elite..."

"Oh.. right..."

"Red Tree is the name of the organization that Wraithton runs, he's.. the jerk who took over everything. Very.. 'efficent' minded. Not much for talking."

"I bet he isn't going to be particularly happy about this either. Maybe if we're lucky he'll demote Craft for his failure and that'd be one less jerk to worry about!"

Well that won't happen.

"Oh! Have you never seen in a watch before--- here---" Dabble zips over and presses two tiny buttons on either side of the watch it opens!--- revealing an elaborate series of tiny springs, gears, twisting, turning, a small glow deep inside-- looking more intricate than any 'Earth' watch. Dabble then closses it. "Don't touch it..! That's what's inside a watch! Yours here are simpler though and I've seen ones without gears or springs! How do those work?" Dabble asks-- asking about digital watches no less.

"We should go then right?" it asks.

Suzuki Natsume has posed:
     "She'll probably be fine, though probably the one that needs the most care following this... I don't know the exact effects of being turned into a giant clockwork monster, but I don't imagine it's pleasant." Storm Knight murmurs softly, "But your magic felt like purification magic, so she'll probably be fine."

     Storm Knight nods towards Dabble thoughtfully at those words. "I see. Well... if Craft makes more then I will try to keep my eyes out for anything that doesn't look like junk... though I won't guarantee how reliable my eye will be." She murmurs. Though, chances are, the faerie will show up anyway. Things usually work out that way. Hmm.

     Storm Knight looks towards the watch as it's opened, and just tilts her head at the rotating springs and gears and... lots of ... well. "...They work ... by using the winding to spin gears which make the hands tick every so often and also usually aren't a source of magical girls..." Pause. "Uh. Digital ones are uh. They ... just change the numbers on a mechanically set time frame I ... think? I'm not so great with machines..." She mumbles softly, rubbing at the back of her head. "You two should get going, I'll probably change back and wait for the ambulance and the police to arrive so that they're not suspicious."

Rena Sakai has posed:
Steam Sentinel Joy goes wide eyes as the clock opens. She does go to touch but its shut before she can actually touch it. "Woah, Ummm Okay that is wild!" She smiles a little. "You're right though, Storm We should get out of here. I don't think I want to be the only girl here who was conscious through this whole thing. Let alone try to explain it." She smiles, "I will see you around."

"Lets go Dabble." She states as suddenly, Flames flare from her feet to her head leaving her in her costume. "Woah... umm... Back to normal now?" She blushes. Then quickly she sneaks out.