ww_arcadia | Because it could never be that easy...

Because it could never be that easy...

A little over a month had passed. Occasionally, there'd be word from inside Arcadia. Occasionally, there'd be more deliveries of food. But the uneasy peace was doomed from the start, and at least some people knew that.

Eventually the message comes. Something has been found. Something that Copy X wants to speak to them in person about, but he can't leave the city at the time. He thinks Weil is suspicious and would take advantage of any absence. But he can give them access codes to an area of Arcadia away from the human residential sections, where they can meet...

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Peace for Forte is anything but peaceful. And when that peace could end at any time and throw them into a chaotic mess, it's even less so. Going into Arcadia is not a good sign as far as Forte's concerned. Knowledge on how the timeline could go has him making guesses to their place in it and what might happen next as a result. Nothing good ever came from being inside Arcadia.

"Why does he want to meet in person? Wouldn't it be better to send a message?"

Forte snarls a torrent of curses, damning Weil along with many other nasty things he wishes would happen to the man.

He doesn't bother wondering about X's comment. There's only one choice of action now. "Get him out of here!"

They'll have better chances saving Phantom with more equipment back home. There's no time to think about how these actions may affect their plans, and Forte doesn't believe he'd change his choice of them even there was.

He fires again through the hole. He's not sure why. The building is coming down and there's nothing he can do, but having a door stop him is insulting. Sure he could get through the door given enough time and then be able to work his way beyond it, but there wouldn't be anything there by then. And that isn't taking into account his own chances of survival. He's not afraid to take his chances with the building, but not if it means 'fighting' with a door for the last moments the building stays up. And that's the deciding factor, knowing there's no gain in sticking around, no matter how hard he tries.

He teleports out. He's going back empty handed and hating it.

"Is there really nothing that could hold that much energy, or is it too much all at once?"

"What about letting it fry? It takes the brunt of the explosion and something else takes its place for the rest. That's another thing an armor upgrade could help with." He nods to himself at the idea. "Depending on how many we could carry, we could have different levels of protection for different times. Let a few shields take the hardest hits and heat resistant armor hold out between swapping the shields out."

That Forte doesn't know. It hadn't really occurred to him, busy as he was trying to get around surviving it. "I don't know," he frowns. "Shouldn't it be noticeable when he's taken enough damage to blow?"

Oh, Zero's save isn't enough to fool Forte. He knows what they're going into and the possible outcome. He'll let Zero get away with it for now, if only because he's been reminded of who's not here, namely those he could not get to.

-With how quickly this is happening, it might be best to leave most of the preemptive measures to others to make sure we have enough time to get ready if those measures don't work.-

"That's because Gospel isn't suppose to get any bigger. And if he did, I wouldn't be turning off my comm for it." He'd be yelling over it and searching for the person who messed with his wolf.

"In a way... funny how?"

Forte nods, that's much better. He doesn't want cut out a layer of protection. "It would distract them from what they need to focus on," he answers, putting it simply.

Forte same reason Zero mentions, he had slowly modified his own wings to make them smaller and easier to fold up. He couldn't keep them from being a target, but he could make them a harder one. The same thing isn't possible for wings big enough to act a shied that can cover two people.

"And they could get hooked on something when everything comes apart." Even if they're strong enough to not get ripped off, there's some issues with the design.

Neither does Forte; orbit is decidedly one of his least favorite places to be.

"That it'll work for what we need and can be made by the time we'll need it is all I need to know."

"And they're only fueling the fire letting her think she can take down opponents so much stronger than herself. Put her up against someone not afraid to knock her around and she wouldn't be so adamant to go back."

The attack doesn't give away whether Forte's knees could be counted as a weak point since it doesn't do any more than have Forte shift his weight to the other leg and bring up the first to kick.

"You heard the lady, Rockhead. Unless you want to take a shot at stopping her from fighting."

"I think I finally get why my alt chose to collect a few humans for himself." Not that Forte is thinking of doing the same or anything.

Figuring it's a waste of effort when he already knows about the end battle, Forte has nothing to add to their battle planning. He also knows anything he suggests will be shot down; he doesn't care near enough about the humans to pull punches.

He does give X a look for interrupting it with gifts though. Surely he can't think this is a good time for that.

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