Star of Hope

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varakiel, alice and ludmilla then walk back to the bunker where rapi anis and neon were residing.

Alice: my queen! There's someone up there!

Ludmilla: Sure enough. looks like…two of them. Are they your teammates?

Varakiel takes a look at where Alice and Ludmilla are pointing.

Varakiel notices neon shooting into the sky.

Varakiel: Yep, they are my friends.

Alice: yippee we found rabbity's friends!

Ludmilla: What are we waiting for then?

…..

Neon: master!! Where are you??

Anis: Commander!!

Neon: if you hear us, please respond!!

Anis: commander!!

*bam bam bam*

Neon keeps firing her gun.

Neon: master!! we're over here!

*bam bam bam*

Ludmilla: servant, your friends seem rather…interesting.

Alice: my queen! the queen of hearts has sent her men!

Ludmilla: considering that racket those two are making. it'd be a wonder if they didn't come. wipe them out.

Alice: yes! my queen!

...

Neon: master!

Anis: commander!

Neon: I can't believe my eyes! I thought you must have been frozen to death!

Anis: we dug up all the snow we could.

Varakiel: gee thanks neon, also i told you i was going to be fine, but i am glad that you guys are okay.

Anis: no, we're glad YOU are okay.

Varakiel: where 's rapi?

Neon: she…

Anis: rapi is dead she couldn't outrun the avalanche…

Rapi: don't mind her, commander, I'm fine.

Varakiel: Well I did throw you directly on the bunker so i was not that surprised…glad that you're fine too rapi.

Anis: bah…

Rapi:...you will probably tell me it is not my fault so…thank you.

Neon: you're really something, master. you survived an avalanche!

Varakiel: Well I fight raptures daily with you, a bunch of snow can't stop me.

Neon: That's true, master is now snow proof.

Ludmilla:...

Alice:...

Neon:..who are they?

Ludmilla: we're unlimited. so you're the teammates we've heard so much about. we'll save the introductions for later. Right now, we got to keep moving. Those creatures will be on top of us any minute now, thanks to all that noise.

Neon: What noise? What could make so much noise in a place like this?

Anis: neon…try and use your brain for one second.

Rapi: Who do you think, you doofus?

Ludmilla: I have to say, your teammates are quite the cast of characters!

...

Rapi:....i see what's going on here.

Anis: we're going to take back the research base, right?

Neon: Are we going to have to sneak in again?

Anis: if we are, i suggest you go ahead of me this time around, commander.

Ludmilla: it won't be that easy. that place is sealed up tight. nothing gets in or out without them knowing about it.

Rapi: you're sure there's information about the pilgrims inside, right?

Ludmilla: absolutely.

Rapi: Let's do it then.

Alice: Are you the rabbity's teammates?

Rapi:...the rabbity?

Alice: Yes, my queen's servant! the one who will help take me to elysium.

Varakiel: Yep, they are my companions.

Varakiel winks at his squad.

Rapi:....yes, yes we are the rabbity's teammates.

Alice: Wow! So does that mean you've got legendary weapons as well?

Rapi: yes…of course we do.

Alice: What are they? what are they? let me have a look!

Neon:...

Anis:...

Varakiel: My legendary weapons are these two eyes, although I haven't used them for some time.

Neon:! mine is my eye too! it can shoot a light beam that torches everything it comes into contact with!

Alice: Wow!

Anis: mine is this pair of gloves. one punch while i'm wearing these, and my opponent is down for the count.

Alice: Neato! What about you? What is your legendary weapon?

Rapi:...i…

Varakiel: rapi's legendary weapon hasn't been created yet.

Alice: aw, why is that?

Varakiel: rapi is very, very strong, all the legendary weapons we have found for her weren't enough to wield her power!

Alice: Holy macaroni! is that true ms. rapi!?

Anis: yes, rapi is one of the strongest nikkes out there.

Varakiel: indeed.

Alice: That's incredible! my queen with this team we surely will be able to defeat the queen of hearts!

Rapi: Yes, I am afraid so that I haven't found my legendary weapon yet.

Alice: I am sure rapi legendary weapon will be one heck of a weapon!

Rapi: That's right.

Ludmilla: heh heh…hahahaha.

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Then everyone walks towards the research base.

Ludmilla: see that building off in the distance? That's the research base.

Rapi: looks more like a fortress to me.

Ludmilla: That's because it was originally designed with its own self-defense system. until recently, it had never been invaded by the enemy due to how many armed guards they had protecting it. Now that it's fallen into enemy hands, all of that artillery is pointed straight at us.

Rapi: How did it happen? Do you know?

Ludmilla: it all started with a glitch. This is a fairly old facility, and they didn't keep their equipment up to date. whenever there was a small fault in the system, they'd overlook it. but before you know it, things started to pile up. By the time people realized, most of the center had already fallen to the enemy.

Rapi: was it hacked?

Ludmilla: most likely. there was no sign of any intrusion from the outside.

Neon: do raptures know about hacking?

Anis: it wouldn't surprise me if they could. After all, they can apparently talk now, remember?

Rapi:..anis!

Anis:....whoopsie.

Ludmilla: It's okay, your commander has already informed me of the importance of this mission and its consequences, I will not say a thing.

Rapi:...thank you.

Varakiel: Mhm, we need all the help we can do to locate chatterbox, a small honesty can't hurt.

Rapi:....i see..commander can i speak to you?

rapi then pulls varakiel and speaks on to his ear.

Rapi: anis is right. There are indeed unique individuals like chatterbox. However, hacking is a quintessentially human technology. I can't imagine raptures wrapping their minds around such a thing.

Varakiel: Well, I have my suspicions about this….i can give you my current theories, want to hear it?

Rapi:alright….

Varakiel: since chatterbox has been corrupting nikkes for a long time, it is obvious that he wants for one to become a rapture but still keeping her nikke properties, maybe succeeded and that's how why they can hack facilities now.

Rapi:.....that…..makes a lot of sense actually….

Varakiel: The second one is that there's a mole.

Rapi: That's the theory I most want to believe….fighting nikkes…it wouldn't feel good….so my guess is that they hacked the research base to gather information on the pilgrims.

Varakiel: Yes, that's their only purpose.

Rapi: So should we proceed as normal?

Varakiel: all of you proceed with the operation, leave the conspiracies, betrayals and theories to me.

Rapi:...*sigh* thank you commander, really, you saying that actually comforts me a lot, after all, you have proven that nothing escapes your mind.

Varakiel: hahaha, that's a rare huge praise coming from you rapi, thank you, very well squad, prepare to engage!

Rapi: Roger!

Anis: Roger!

Anon: Roger!

Ludmilla:.....Roger.

Alice: leave it to me~!

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Anis: this may sound crazy, but this is my first time going up against an entire building full of enemies.

Neon: I can't wait. time to see just how strong my firepower is. if I can destroy that building. I might as well be invincible! although it'd be a bit of a shame reaching the top of the mountain, as it were.

Anis: -_- what is she talking about?

Rapi: Ludmilla, does this place have any weak points?

Ludmilla: Despite my stature as a noble queen, I've never been in this kind of situation before.

Rapi:...so do we just waltz right in?

Ludmilla: there are some joints that support the external frames. if we destroy those, the entire building should fall like a house of cards.

Rapi: Okay, let's give it a shot then.

Alice: Is that the queen of hearts?

Ludmilla: no, alice. That's just one of her men. the real queen of hearts is stronger.

Alice: okay. I'm not afraid of her! not with all these legendary weapons we're packing!

Ludmilla: You got that right.

Rapi: Then let's do this.

Varakiel: Operation Osowiec fortress is in motion, take that fortress down!

R,A,L,N,A: Roger!!

Varakiel: Alice, Ludmilla aim at their weapons! 

A,L: hm!

then the fortress begins to launch its mines and missiles!

Varakiel: rapi, take those down!

Rapi: roger!

Varakiel: anis, save up your bullets, use your side weapon!

Anis: what? really?

Varakiel: trust!

Anis: argh fine! If we lose, don't blame me!

Anis then puts her grenade launcher on the ground and uses her reserve pistol.

Varakiel: neon, eliminate any rapture that gets on the perimeter!

Neon: Roger master!

then the fortress shoots its turrets!

Varakiel: I won't let you!

Varakiel then puts his hands on the floor.

Varakiel: [HOPLON]

Suddenly several walls of snow rise from the ground and cover everyone from the turrets shoots!

*bom bom bom bom bom bom bom*

Alice: wow! This is the power of rappity!!

Ludmilla: interesting…

Ludmilla then notices that rapi, anis and neon are unfaced by this.

Ludmilla: they truly are friends ... .ha ha ha!

then the walls fall down after blocking all the shoots!

Varakiel: good! continue!

….

*rumble* *rumble*

Neon: w-what is going on!?

Rapi: it's…!

Varakiel: It's standing up! anis prepare your grenade launcher!

Anis: Roger!!

Suddenly the fortress deployed a shield!

Varakiel: dammit! Rapi, Alice, and Ludmilla take that shield down so Anis can take it down!

R,A,L: ROGER!

*bang bang bang BAM BAM BAM BOM BOM BOM*

*ROOOOOOOOARRRRRRRRRRR*

the fortress stands up and begins walking to the squad!

*bang bang bang*

Rapi: ¿?

Anis: ¿?

Neon: Did someone come to aid us?

rapi, anis, neon, ludmilla and alice notices that there's a sixth weapon being shot!

they turn an eye to see who joined them.

Varakiel: I can't let you take all the credit, don't i!?

Varakiel was using a nikke weapon, an Assault rifle, courtesy of Mustang!

Varakiel: We are in this, together! Now let's reclaim what belongs to us!

right now varakiel was shining, shining brightly like a star, a guiding star for both humans and nikkes!

R,A,L,N,A: YES!!

Varakiel: (so this is this title effect…so beautiful, leave it to us we promise we will save this world!)

[The Star of Hope] : Show this world that true heroes do exist, shine, shine like a star and guide others, guide others to build a future, a future where hope blooms! Effect: 200% Increased Stats when fighting for what is right, shows others that hope still lingers on this world, it also comes included with your own blasting music depending on the opponent you're facing!

*CRACK*

then like glass shattering the shield is broken down!

Varakiel: Anis aims for the legs! rapi, alice, ludmilla aim to the cores don't let this thing deploy it's shield back again!

Neon: is this….music?

Anis: ugh, mustang was a bad influence to the commander.

Rapi: i agree….but this music i don't know why….but it makes me feel like….

Rapi has a bright smile on her face.

Rapi: together we can't lose.

Alice: yeah! Right now we are invincible!

Ludmilla: I don't understand what is going on…but it is amazing!

all the nikkes shine slightly.

Varakiel: ( yes, this is what hope does, make the heart of everyone shine and bloom, and never give up!) everyone, let's finish this!

R,A,L,N,A: yes, commander!

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