Frigid Climax(Ami, Haruka, Natsume thread)

[Liddo-kun]

Haruka blinks at the sight before them.  It was one thing to think something to be fact, but to see and know definitively was another.

"Nagoya Nakahime..." she begins staring at the woman at the center of attention, "Celcia...."

[Anastasia]

"The source of all this," Viluy whispers back, grimly determined now. "And...hopefully, we can save her from this." Turning to Ami as the statues begin to move towards your group in earnest, "Can you detect anything about Miss Nakajima now," she asks, while keeping an eye on the ice golems.

"WE have a more immediate problem," Artemis notes from the rear, throwing your attention to the thread on hand.

"Get them..." A voice like the winds of Janurary comes from the floating body, vague yet distinct in it's own chilling way. "Kill the Senshi..." There is a pause, then, "No...You're...Help me," a quiet, deeply motherly voice calls, far different from Celcia's voice.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami focuses the gaze from her visor onto the woman at the center of the energy flux, switching the view to display a readout on the visor itself, not daring to take the time to pull out the Mercury computer. Using her peripheral vision, she scans the statues as well, making sure any new suprises are not hiding within.

[Anastasia]

Ami - The energy flux will take more time, it's quite complex to analyse!

The statues, however, look to be normal. You think. It's hard to be 100 on a few seconds of scanning, but you don't detect anything new.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami keeps staring at the energy flux, intently. To Viluy and Haruka, she whispers under her breath. "Stall her as best you can, until I can get firm readings..." she urges. "She doesn't know you, so you might be able to reach the woman you spoke of."

[Liddo-kun]

Giving a nod to Ami, "Nakahime!  Nagoya Nakahime!" Haruka calls out even as she readies herself to take on the approaching Orestes statue with her Space Sword at the ready.  "You're still in there, aren't you?"

[Midnight Sun]

Nagoya Nakahme? Obviously that was the woman in center of the icestorm, but what was she to the senshi?

"Tch, whatever," she says to herself. She would leave the woman to those who knew her. As the ice golems continued to advance, Natsume retrieves the beam saber weapon that Ami had given her. Now was the time to put it to good use. "Now...how do I start this up..."

She examines the device for a bit before finding what looks to be a switch just below the handgrip. A simple push and...

"WHOA!" Natsume says in shock as the energy blade shoots up suddenly, nearly taking her nose off in the process. "Cool..."

[Anastasia]

Ami -Your scan goes on. The enegies there are quite complex as you noticed - Celcia's power is there and manifesting all around, as well as the lifeforce of Miss Nakahime. The former seems to be trying to affect the latter in some way on every level.

The statues approach, the Orestes statue moving swiftly and withdrawing a short sword of ice! Taking it, he hurls it at the now energy sword packing Natsume, the light of the great techomagical weapon getting it's attention!

* Musk-bot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d6 and gets 9."

Yet the shot misses, breaking apart when it hits the wall!

Ami - You aren't sure exactly how...but it's almost like the body in front of you is being...altered.

Seeing the attack at Natsume, Sailor Uranus wastes no time, going out with her Space Sword to rip apart the ice golem with a huge overhead slash!

* Musk-bot --> "Haruka rolls 2d6 to fight frozen forces and gets 6."

* Musk-bot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d6 and gets 9."

It goes through it's left shoulder, slicing off the arm and a part of the shoulderblade! Greviously damaged, the statue turns to Haruka weakly as it's arm lands dully on the frozen ground, staggering.

Following that, Natsume sees her chance to counter, going for a side splitting swipe with her saber!

* Musk-bot --> "Midnight rolls 2d6 and gets 5."

* Musk-bot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d6 and gets 7."

Cutting through it's midsection like it's mere water, the statue is cleaved into two, destroyed and useless now! As this goes, Viluy finds her own target, and taking a breath...

"Mosaic Buster....Go!" Viluy orders, aiming at the Cynthia double!

* Musk-bot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d6 and gets 12."

And...nothing. Glancing down at her bracelet in worry, Viluy softly curses. "The moisture damaged the nanobot launcher," she says, alarmed.

Taking the free chance, the remaining statue charges, using it's horns to try and gore Viluy, charging past the Senshi!

* Musk-bot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d6 and gets 11."

But it misses completely, slipping and skittering on the ice! Seeing a chance, the Twins give it the last of their power...

"Ptilol, now!" Cyprine says, a thin band of blue energy joining a red one to try and constrict/melt the foe!

* Musk-bot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d6 and gets 10."

* Musk-bot --> "Anastasia rolls 2d6 and gets 8."

So doing so, the bands melt through Cynthia's chest on impact, sending the copy to the reject heap!

Ami - It's...it's clearly manifesting from inside of Miss Nakahime, using her...

"....Help me! Please! I just wanted to live and make these beautiful statues," Miss Nakajima cries. "I didn't want to become this!"

[Liddo-kun]

"Nice," Haruka comments to the girl swinging the wicked lightsaber, giving her a smile that spoke of her approval, "keep it up."  But on seeing Viluy's situation, she rushes over to her side to help her with the Cynthia statue.

[Bean Bandit]

"Oh my god...." Ami breathes softly, sickened by what she's seeing. "Celcia....is doing something to her. Changing her..."

She approaches the woman carefully, feeling out of her element. "Rei-chan...where are you when we need you?" she moans softly. She narrows the scan to the energy itself, looking for ways to arrest the progress of the changes so time can be bought to uncover a more permanent solution.

Cautiously, pulls out the Mercury computer, needing more detailed information on the nature of the energy, and ways to redirect the effects...

[Midnight Sun]

"This is an amazing weapon," Natsume comments. It was about as powerful as her self-made sword, but without the energy drain on herself. She would have to thank Ami later for the gift.

She then notices Ami continuing her scans of the situation, and rushes over to her, determined to keep any ice monsters at bay while she worked.

[Anastasia]

The Cynthia statue is about finished, you notice. The Twins both slump down, Cyprine barely staying on her knees from the effort of managing another attack.

Viluy frowns at her bracelet, but returns the smile to HAruka and then turns to the woman of the hour.

Natsume goes to Ami's side easily enough, protecting the genious as she expresses her dismay at the current scenario.

Ami's computer begins to scan, but it's going to take a few. As this goes on, "It...It...Uh...." Miss Nakahime slumps forward, stunned momentarily. "Gave up her body for another year of life," the frigid, hatefully cold voice comes back, the head looking up now. Her eyes are now the darkest ice blue and frozen solid. "Froze the cancer right out of her...and she went along with it like I was some fairy to grant a wish," A cold, icy laugh comes, the energy solidfying around Celcia. "And she made such a wonderful vessel to create the beginnings of a protective force, didn't she?"

Slowly, the body begins to drop, more and more of it comsumed.

[Bean Bandit]

"Stop that!" Ami cries, horrified. Please! Give me something I can use to buy time!

Desperate, Ami reaches into her subspace pocket, retrieving one of her stun grenades, and thumbing the activation trigger, hurls it into the whirling mass of energy.

Please...even if it doesn't work, let it take her mind off of me and the woman she's possessed, even for a few seconds!

[Anastasia]

* Musk-bot --> "Ami-chan rolls 2d6-1 for distraction tactics! and gets 10."

Throwing the stun grenade, you miss your mark and end up overshooting! It lands on the wall. Celcia turns to you after the missed mark, her attention diverted for a few seconds. As it does, "Help, please! Something! It's so cold!"

Ami - the energy is still gathering. If only there was something that could absorb the energy instead of Celcia...

[Bean Bandit]

Ami shivers and takes a rather desperate gamble. "I'm going to try something dangerous!" she tells the girl who'd found her way to her side. "Please...if you see something about me change for the worse...tell my friends not to hesitate to incapacitate me!"

Without waiting for an answer, Ami stretches out with her elemental control, dipping into the power of her Talisman as well...and calls to the energy swirling around the possessed woman. Come to me, instead!