[Clovidequano Dovatha]

The pictures shown here are only rough estimates of possible facial looks for the five surviving male Sartagaron fighters. Although those fighters' faces may not and probably will not look entirely like the pictures shown, of course. They will represent, in order, Silvio Korivi, Wegiphavire (Wegi) Krugaduwau, Dwokukaro (Dwoku) Frudewoko, Relxe Bussan, and Yeclarxi Cetai, just so you all know this here well enough, folks.

Third part of next scene begins now. Much more off-field activity now will be seen here. Now back to the story.

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Meanwhile, back in Willson, not long after Tiziano and the other Cupids had parted from their opponents still some distance away from the art museum where there'd be an exhibition beginning soon, Greguorio and his teammates were tailing after them, at Yokoyama's urging. As they were doing so, a rip of some sort suddenly appeared just to their eyes in the sky above their heads about half a mile or so from where the four Athletics now were in it. Those they were following were about a quarter-mile down the necessary street here, but didn't yet know they were being followed now, nor of the presence of that rip in the sky. For such a strange aerial disturbance had not yet caught their notice sufficently well.

Lang was the first to see that rip easily enough here, and then he quickly muttered briefly to himself in barely-audible German-accented Slaabinese. But if it had been in straight German instead, he would have said, "Was bringt die Zukunft, wenn sieben Wölfe heulen?" That would have translated roughly into English as "By the howling of seven wolves, what will the future bring?" It was a saying he would often say to himself when something totally unexpected was beginning to happen around or near enough to him or those around him at a particular time. Something like the rip appearing in the sky above their heads, for instance.

Then he quickly tapped Yokoyama's shoulder, and pointed at the rip, and Yokoyama said, increasingly concerned as Lang got more animated while keeping an eye on the rip in question, "Those men are going to be in great danger very soon, I strongly suspect," once he saw it well enough, as it began pulsing around its visible edges. Seconds later, that rip greatly expanded to about one and a half times the diameter of a typical baseball pitcher's mound, more or less, but still with semi-ragged and irregular edges. And it was still continuing to expand as the four Athletics players then quickly raced towards the Cupids who still didn't yet know about the rip above their heads. As they did so, several dozen unknown beings of assorted sizes, shapes, appearances, and/or natures quickly began to drop out of the rip, or fly out of it, and start trying to wreak as much havoc as they then could on the streets of Willson, one way or another.

Some of those beings began attacking various structures or modes of transport in the area, whether motorized or not. And some began going after people, plants, and/or animals on those streets, no matter who or what they were, as they saw fit to and could at the present time. Many civilians were on the streets, for it had been a fairly good day so far, weather-wise, in truth. And they were trying to enjoy themselves as they browsed around the area, with quite a few perhaps even shopping for a while, as well.

As soon as the Athletics saw that those on the streets were now under attack from those beings, they each vowed to themselves privately that they would each do all they could to aid those people, one way or another, somehow, for sure. As they moved to do what they could, Yokoyama and Fujii unexpectedly found swords near now-smashed windows for a weapons master's shop, along with several other weapons of various kinds. Lying both in and outside the shop in question were five currently-unmoving bodies, two of which apparently belonged to the main owners of said shop. Realizing that there was nothing more that they could likely do to aid those people at the present time, Yokoyama told his teammates to each arm themselves, and prepare to fight as best as they each could, not only for their lives, but also for the lives of anyone else they could possibly somehow help here as well.

Lang quickly grabbed up a club which sort of looked like an average baseball bat, at the very least, while Arnold found what appeared to be some sort of modern rifle of currently-unknown design or origin, along with several magazines of ammunition suitable for use with said ranged weapon. It wasn't too long after that Ahren and Elton were back out of the shop, and beginning to see what they could do to fight against their newest opponents, and help those now being attacked here.

While all this was going on, the Cupids' players finally saw the rip and the unknown beings appear to their sights, and they realized that things had gotten much more complicated for them and many others now in their respective lives. They then turned to try and figure out what to do next here, before they suddenly found their clothes' appearances changing to look like some sort of fusion of a suit of armor and a naval sailor's uniform, but in various colors for each of them, as the case might be for them. Not only that, but in the case of Platina, he gained a sword and a few other items, to go along with his new fighting uniform of some sort. While Tuomino and Chang both found clubs of some sort appearing in their hands, along with other items that appeared on their persons now. And Houng and Raijmakers each unexpectedly got a ranged weapon of some sort for themselves to use now, as best as they then could. Houng got an archery bow and a quiver of arrows that mysteriously would automatically reload as often as necessary, as long as he was able to maintain sufficient enough control of said bow, or be close enough to said bow to use it even when not holding it directly in his hands somehow. While Raijmakers, for his part, got a rifle-like weapon of yet-unfamiliar design or origin, along with plenty of ammunition for said weapon, among other things he got as well without prior notice or warning.

They didn't have time to just test things out that they had just gotten here, of course, for the beings quickly began going after them here, among others, for sure. But they just did whatever came to mind then for each of them, no matter what it was, even if they hadn't known just what to do here immediately when they came under attack from those strange beings, in any case. It wasn't long before they had taken down at least half a dozen unfamiliar beings of various sizes and all, and aided others now under attack here. Although they soon were hit by a number of projectiles or other items or beings' body parts while they each find themselves fighting those creatures on the streets of Willson, much to their surprise and displeasure at the present time.

It was at this time that the Sartagaron fighters suddenly appeared near them, and those fighters immediately went to work on their new opponents, once they all had adjusted easily enough to their sudden arrival on the streets of Willson from Folliston's local area. Of course, with those fighters, there were also Aphyne and Orlona present. For the two women hadn't had a chance to get far enough away from those fighters to avoid being teleported to Willson with them as well.

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This post will be edited later, when and how and where possible and all, for sure. That is all. CD out.