⇨ SPACE FIGHT

[ringleaders]

Who: Carnival members, athletes, and aliens.
When: Forward-dated to Day 44
Where: The carnival, Zargon, and Olympic Spaceship.
What: Whoops, it's an alien invasion.
Warnings: Cartoon violence, and an overabundance of Yakety Sax style shenanigans

THE ALIEN HORDES↴ On the morning of Day 44, things go a bit differently. The carnival opens it's doors and for an hour, things are going just fine...until the aliens attack, that is. ► ALIEN INVASION: The carnival, the athlete's village, and Olympic Spaceship will find themselves overrun by aliens: specifically, a race called the Greimen. The name's accurate: they look like stereotypical grey aliens, only 2-4 feet tall. They're invading the spaceship and the planet, trying to take control of Zargon and Olympic Spaceship for themselves. The main strength these aliens have is their numbers: there's literally thousands of them. Unfortunately for the aliens, they don't have many other strengths. They're easily punchable, kickable, ray guns permanently set to stun, and other amusing space weapons designed to minorly inconvenience people. ► FUCK THIS SHIT I'M OUT: The fighting lasts for a good half-hour or so before the Ringmaster decides no, this is dumb. Characters who aren't at the carnival will feel a compulsion to return to the carnival. Once everyone's there, the Ringmaster will magically eject the remaining aliens from carnival grounds and yank the carnival away from the Olympics themselves. ► OOC GUIDELINES: Despite the fact that this is a fight log, the carnage shouldn't be too excessive! No horribly mutilating the aliens, y'all. The aliens are only mildly better equipped than the Space Olympics themselves, so everything will be a bit comedic and light-hearted. Characters can get hurt, but the wounds should tend more towards 'amusing injuries' than 'someone losing a leg'. As the log's forward-dated, feel free to keep doing all your fun space olympics nonsense in the other logs!

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⇨ DECLARING ACTIONS

[ringleaders]

If your character is doing something to try to disrupt the invasion, declare what they are doing, in simple terms, right here - I will give you an idea of what will happen in response so that you can roleplay it. This is not really a time for investigation: it'll be best to give broad ideas of what they want to attempt, and I'll give you the lowdown based on that.

[spaghettimonster]

Papyrus is going to (loudly) tell any invaders he meets that there's no point in stealing the space station, it's in terrible disrepair! They'd be better off making a new one!

[alphudo]

Yuusei's probably going to be on the spaceship when the Greimen hit, so he's going to use his big alien body to slap the hell out of the invaders. Mostly just side-swipes with his bigger arms and tail.

[fortuneglass]

At Last, Carly can use her arrows-

Except not really. Since these things are...All very short and very ineffective at Everything, she'll start first just shooting little purple energy flames at things individually, and then finally give up and just try hitting things with Waves of it.

Her hope- Knock Everything Asleep

Her Actual Success: questionable

bc I just realized something Hilarious-

[soft_focus]

So the Greimen are

2-4 feet tall....Reira is 3'8'', and her alien-self being a HS-Troll she's definitely not any taller than that.

So first, how easy is she likely to be literally SWEPT AWAY in a sea of Greimen

But also, she'll probably try to ask at least one why they're even doing this, and then maybe, at one point, ask if they would like some of her candy.

Because gosh, you gotta admire their dedication here-

[anti_nonsense]

Rita’s going to try and rally some of the other Space Robot Wars participants to chase off the invaders using their robots. Considering the size and weight restrictions for the event, said robots can only really use their weapons at about ankle/shin height, even against the short-ass Greimen.

She’ll also insult them a bunch, and maybe that’ll hurt their feelings.

Re: ⇨ DECLARING ACTIONS

[shearmadness]

Nui will use her parasol to swat invaders and will use her fingerhooks to dismantle the clothing of any clothed invaders to make them run away out of embarrassment. Anyone shameless enough to continue fighting naked will get smacked with the parasol and scolded for being so shameless in the presence of a lady.

LET HER HAVE HER SPACE JUNK | OTA

[insidescoop]

"Hooohh..!! Stop that-!" Carly, while finished with just about everything she could ever want from This Place, isn't quite done with things when the Greimen invasion starts-at least, not if the many bags looped on two of four of her alien arms are any indicator. It was time to hit the souvenir racks for all the free loot, and Carly was never one to miss out on THAT.

Unfortunately, her legs are being heckled by...Things. "Hey! Get off, Come on-!" Things that are starting to stack themselves, so Carly quickly gets her bow out to start flicking purple flames at them. "I said go away! Wait your t-"

Before she can finish that statement, it becomes abundantly clear that no one is waiting their turn for anything. An errantly fired laser shot strikes the sales-alien beside her, and with a dizzied groan, they fall face first into a pile of Johan plushies. "HAHHH!?"

As she's nearly bowled over by the oncoming waves, she switches tactics. "You..!! I said KNOCK IT OFF-!"

A wave of violet blasts outward-and for the greimen caught inside? They definitely keel over and start snoring. The woman has about ten seconds to catch her breath and shake her head...before stiffening as the sound of footsteps meets the air again. "S...Seriously..!?"

More.

Greimen. "Th-That's it..!!" she huffs, hurriedly stuffing what more she can into her bags and moving to run. "I'm out of here..! This place can't keep itself together any longer..!"

She might have a hard time acting on those words, however-actually, with all the greimen jostling things around, she might just about fall into Everyone Else-

"Hih-! Sorry-!"

[textsfromhotland]

"H-hey! Lemme outta here!" A muffled voice yelps from inside Carly's sack as it twitches. It seems she picked up more than just souvenirs.

[crimsonfallenangel]

This was not how Anghel had thought he'd meet Lavi Fortuna again.

"Do not think of it," he replies as he picks himself up off the ground. He's been having a hard time preventing people from bumping into him due to his lack of height.

CLOSED | TWO TIMES LUCKY

[soft_focus]

[FOR FOSTER | LET THE SWARM BEGIN]

When the swarm first begins, Reira is just about to get something from a lonely and bored merchandise stand-man, what with the overload and various ship malfunctions leaving them with...surplus. Immense surplus.

She was about to get something, but then of course, the Swarm began. An entire wave of screeching, diminutive Greimen, the salesman ducking under their table, and Reira left to sort of stare in shock before-

"A-AAHH!-" Well. As much as only a Few are actually taller than her, it's still enough at a close enough height that she's quickly overwhelmed. "W-Wait-!"

NO...

SHE WANTED HER PORG!!!

[FOR YUUSEI | THE FINAL COUNTDOWN]

Foster didn't do anything wrong, helping her to the gates the first time. Not at all. It's just, well.

"Aha-!" She'd ended up dropping something Very Important (a few 'Mule Donsters' cards that she knew wouldn't work in her deck at all given their Odd Blue Look, but looked cool enough to put in her picture book at least), and wanted to get those back. On the plus side, she got them back. On the other- "Mngh-"

She grimaces as the Greimen start firing things again, a few being buffered away thanks to her hair, and most just trying to shove around and getting her jostled in the process. "Hey, move-"

It's even harder than before to get around-it's not long before she's shouting as she's swept rather literally off her feet, clutching the cards close as stuff gets caught in her hair, and she herself gets caught...in everything. "Hey-!"

[criticallyfucked]

Foster is a couple of feet smaller than he is at the Carnival and he's still three feet taller than any of these awful goblins. Which is its own problem, as they keep trying to climb him--but that great of one, because he can jump them and kick them out of the way with as much vigour as he pleases, and it turns out that even this daintier deerlike alien body has hooves like a small pistol.

The fact that his tail comes with a machete on it is also helpful, but quickly served its purpose in teaching them not to get near his back end at all.

They don't like him, and he doesn't like them--

And he had not yet decided what he was going to do about that when he is nearly hit in the face with a small, brown-scaled lizard thing. It swoops over him, circling his head and shoulders as he canters down the hall, and that's when he realises what it is. And whose it is.

It's his. The sparrow, the one he gave to Reira--

Now what?!

Rounding the corner, his question is answered almost immediately.

WE'RE LEAVING TOGETHER

[alphudo]

Yuusei. Is having. A ball.

He shouldn't be, really. He's not one to senselessly wreak havoc, nor is he one to really outwardly express any great amount of joy or excitement. He's usually fairly mellow and calm, rarely working himself up into any remote state of emotional fervor. It isn't something that happens with him.

There's something about this hulking alien body, though, that just delights him. He feels powerful in it, and while he doesn't want to hurt anyone, it at least feels nice when he can tower over others.

And when the Greimen arrive, storming the ship and flooding the halls with their massive numbers, well... The first tail slap was an accident he swears--

(Every Other Time, However, Was Not.)

What the Greimen have in masses he has in Actual Mass, his size more than enough to swat several of them out of the way with a swipe of his larger arms or tail. Storming through the crowds of them is a cakewalk, and as long as he can get a good roll in afterward, he can even stop to look over some of the stalls since he never really got a chance to do that.

He ends up finding a booth that sells some pretty unusual things for an Olympic stand and nabs a few sets of hard-edged dice as his own memory of this (admittedly ill-outfitted) location and of his first several days working for the carnival. Plus, he's pretty sure there are some group games that use these kinds of dice, and it might be good to have some on-hand in case someone sets something like that up...

He carries on with ease, his tail swishing through the sea of Greimen to make room for himself, but it grinds to a halt when he notices a figure trapped in the mob that distinctly isn't another Greiman. He cranes his neck down and picks Reira out of the mass, holding her carefully above the aliens so they'll have a harder time grabbing onto her or something.

The tail continues its sweep below her right where it left off. "Are you alright?

Taking a second to do his job | OTA

[worldlyafflictions]

You can find Shima, still a giant caterpillar, fighting his way through the mob of Greimen, skidding along on about six Space scooters, and quadruple wielding some Space jousties. Childermass said there was a request for training equipment so... this probably counts. Vaguely. At the very least it's been effective for bouncing tiny aliens away as he makes his way toward the Carnival.

He isn't being as careful as he probably should be, possibly because he's too busy finding the whole scenario hilarious, but there's another wave coming at in him from behind. Feel free to help! Or you know, watch as he gets pummeled and mildly trampled as he gets overrun, if that's the kind of person you are. He'll survive.

not doing his job at all

[reflash]

Yukio's rifle is... significantly larger than he is, but the only completely non-lethal weapon in his current arsenal. This really isn't ideal.

He's actually been backed up a wall, perched on a light fixture that creaks ominously every time he takes a shot. And (as expected) his headshots are accurate and he's gathering a little pile of snoring aliens under his perch when he sees Shima roll by.

"Shima-kun!" Yukio shouts, scrambling his way across the ceiling, claws digging into the panels before he drops down onto Shima's back. He's... heavier than he looks, and the gun isn't light either, but he keeps his balance and doesn't stab the caterpillar with his tail when he lands.

[hurtcomfort]

Childermass wanted him to help out Shima. And honestly, Cole was worried at the start of this. Shima couldn't be unseen like he was, to the best of Cole's knowledge, Shima didn't have anything that could prevent others from finding him. Thankfully, this whole alien invasion thing happened and people are more worried about stopping the aliens than stopping a giant caterpillar and a saltshaker robot from stealing shit.

So, Cole whirrs along behind Shima. He's laden down with various odd pieces of exercise equipment, like jump ropes, tension bands, and pretty much anything that could be draped over him or wrapped around his absolutely immobile arms. And while Cole's arms are immobile, his head isn't. Cole turns to look behind them as he and Shima zip through the spaceship and yep, those are sure some more aliens back there.

"We need to move. More are coming."

late tag-in whoops

[pullingamiko]

Fortunately, Miko is absolutely more the kind of person to duck in and use a currently-huge-and-metal foot to sweep away some of the Greimen. It's not a kick, really, that implies more use of force than seems necessary right now. Just, like... a nudge.

"Watch your back, dude!"

STICKY ESCAPE

[sunflowerfields]

Well, Hinawa certainly doesn't want anything to do with the fighting, as silly as it is. So, when things go pear-shaped, she immediately heads back towards the carnival. It's just too bad she's still a sticky tentacle monster and the crowd is in chaos. By the time she makes it halfway back, she's got at least one hapless NPC stuck to her, possibly more.

"Ah- a little help, please?" She calls out if she spies someone she recognizes as she desperately tries to peel herself off of someone else.

OPEN / will match formats

[anti_nonsense]

[a: space chase!]

With the invasion comes chaos, but there are some who manage to organize groups to fight back against the Greimen. Your character may come across one such scene, as a whole squad of aliens can be seen retreating, some of them hopping and gripping their ankles in pain.

It doesn't take long to see what it is that's driving them away, as they're followed by a group of small battle-ready robots, all shorter than the average person's knee. Some buzz as their saws spin, others wobble as they flail a pickaxe-like weapon around. A few, including Rita's own Hecate II, spit fire as they pursue the aliens. There might also be an actual Roomba with a knife taped to it among them.

Following shortly behind is a row of aliens holding remote controls, each commanding an individual robot. Among them is Rita, still in the form of a faceless gas-person, but seemingly enjoying the chase nonetheless.

"We've got them on the run!" she calls to the others, apparently taking a leadership role in this operation. "Let's keep it up! Rush them again, see if we can force them to split up!"

[b: psychological warfare]

Elsewhere in the station, and at another time, Rita may be found cornered by an alien wielding a weirdly retro-looking ray gun. She stands tall and stares him down with no sign of cowering, but she's backed against a wall with no clear way to escape. It seems like she's in trouble... or is she?

Should one come near them, they might catch some of what she's saying.

"...and that doesn't even scratch the surface of how stupid this whole plan is! Do you even have any brains inside that gigantic head of yours?"

It seems like her words are having some effect, as the Greimen's lip starts to quiver and the hand holding the ray gun appears to tremble.

B

[hippocarnival]

Yuya's additional height has made wading through the Greimens easy, but it also makes him an easy target as an almost eight foot lizard person, so hea been trying to avoid the actual swarm on his wsy back to the carnival. Which has really just resulted in him getting extremely lost.

Thankfully, he's coming around from behind the Greimen as he tries to find his way out of here, instead facing a faceless Rita in a stand off. And hearing her lay on insult after insult.

"Uh..." He steps carefully around, holding his hands up in a placating gesture and looking between them. "Hey, let's stop for a second."

OPEN

[shearmadness]

Nui's heart isn't in this fight at all, and it's evident in the fact that she hasn't even pulled out her scissor blade. On the contrary, she's got her pink frilly parasol out, and she's periodically swatting Greimen away haphazardly. She doesn't even have the urge to kill them. She finds them that pathetic.

"You're all just embarrassing yourselves, you know! Especially with those completely unstylish clothes! Who dressed you?"

And before one of the Greimen can answer, she's over there in a swift motion, hooking the tiny fingerhooks on one of her pinky fingers into the fibers of the clothing of one of them, dismantling the entire outfit in an instant. The Greimen squeaks upon discovering he's completely in the buff in the middle of a battle and runs in the other direction.

[sunflowerfields]

On top of everything else going on, now there are naked aliens running about. That won't do at all, so Hinawa reaches for a stack of towels near the athletes' refreshments to toss on them. Unfortunately, her tentacles grab a pole holding up a huge banner instead, pulling it loose and causing the entire thing to come crashing down right on top of the nude Greimen.

"Well... at least now they're covered up?"

Miko Nakadai | OTA

[pullingamiko]

Jeeez this is like the scraplets all over again. Except that, you know, the scraplets actually posed a threat to the 'Bots - meaning that if there were more scraplets now, she would be in trouble, given her current condition as a Cybertronian.

But, instead, there's just... these little guys, everywhere. Those lasers don't even hurt. Honestly, they're so useless she'd feel kind of bad hurting them?

Which is why this eight-foot robot is now holding up an armload of struggling Greimen, looking around desperately for somewhere to deposit them while she shakes off a few that seem to be trying to clamber up her legs. "Hey, we got like-- a bin to put these guys in or something?"

[spaghettimonster]

Papyrus has been holding his own mostly with the power of words. Not least because he's a tall, spindly space jellyfish, reliant on an anti-gravity device or his own blue magic to stay afloat, and still not sure how to fight like this.

But also because these guys fight like their hearts aren't really in it, and maybe they just need a little encouragement back to another path.

"Huh? They're not garbage, they're ornery people!" He protests on their behalf, coming over to check and see. "But... I think there's a pool around."

Ginko | OTA

[dontpokethat]

"Hey-- get out of there!"

All things considered, Ginko supposes this isn't too bad. Sure, these aliens are pretty annoying, but that seems to be about it. But. They are pretty annoying, and he doesn't want them upsetting the animals.

Which is why he's... essentially sweeping them out of the barn. Just, shoving little aliens outside with a broom - but there are a lot of them, they are armed, if only barely, and it's getting harder to keep them out, and if he could just get a couple out of the way for the moment--

Well. Technically he's been working on a spell for just that, so this seems like as good a time as any to try it.

Something in the ground moves, and a few Greimen that had been leveling ray guns at him suddenly find themselves tangled in black tendrils dotted with faintly glowing green lights. Ginko looks around for anyone nearby, frustration creeping across his face. "Could you grab me some... rope, or something? I can't hold this forever."

FOR REIJI

[betheman]

[One would think, at his size, that Gongenzaka had a distinct advantage against all of the greimen. He was-if anything-at least a little taller than he ordinarily was. The eight legs should have been able to skewer things, if anything, and from there he didn't really have an organic body to be numbed or stunned.

Unfortunately, he had instead a robotic body that could be stunned, and with a jarring and horrid shock from the various stun guns, Gongenzaka not only finds his legs briefly twitching before they 'reset' to proper action, but Marishi herself gives a loud 'YhhHHHhhh-!' in the same moment.]

Hff-! What on earth..! It feels like we're shuddering inside out, I can barely focus...

....

...Oh dear.

[Suffice to say, this is something they're stuck with. Whatever the stun lasers have done, Gongenzaka...can't talk. So for now as they're summoned by the Ringmaster, it's Marishi-not quite able to move and therefore remaining quite firmly on her other half's back-who will be speaking.]

Quickly now..! We must get through this horrid swarm..!

[Of course, whether or not she's talking to...Someone else, or to Gongenzaka, is unclear, but if a certain Plant is able to hear that, well hey.]

Tanyuu Karibusa | OTA

[fourthscribe]

This is, quite honestly, more ridiculous than Tanyuu really has the patience for. The swarm of Greimen had cut her off rather effectively from any retreat back to the carnival, and she's stuck swatting at the invaders with a 'commemorative' life preserver.

"Get back! What could you even want from this--ow!"

One of the Greimen fires it's stun ray at her, but seatroll biology is apparently pretty good at shrugging that off and she simply bonks it on it's head in retaliation.

"Would you stop that?!"

[dorkypantsuit]

The Psionic, still looking like the troll he is, is basically just walking around inside a forcefield of his own psychic energy. The greimen bounce off of it and go flying. It's almost entertaining, except for the part where the stupid things are trying to harm them.

He almost doesn't recognize Tanyuu when he sees her. He just sees a person that needs help. It's only when he comes closer that he realizes it's a sea troll, and then, all at once, realizes that it's actually Tanyuu. He stops short, his shield flickering and a Greiman hits him with one of it's ray gun blasts.

"Ow!" he shouts, before turning his attention towards the invaders. He just straight up kicks one away. It goes flying into the distance.

"Tanyuu is that you?!" he shouts, not looking at her, but eyeing up their enemies instead.