27th Invasion

[moemoetentacles]

[Anyone wandering around... well, what used to be some portion of the town, since it's hard to tell now, will find Squid Girl collapsed on the ground having a horrible nervous breakdown.  Her tentacles are limp and lifeless, and she's clutching them desperately in her hands, rubbing at them and shaking them and talking to them.]

H-hey... wake up!

[She jiggles one around.  It flops about unresponsively.]

C'mon, I said wake up!  Move already!

[Nothing.  Her eyes start to well up with tears.]

Why won't they move?  Am... am I dying?

Comments

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess so...

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Some of them stay! My friend Taiwan's been here since I first got here.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Drones are stupid anyway.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

I don't know. This is what I always look like.

[She keeps a pretty tight grasp on Taiwan. Poor thing's pretty scared right now.]

[surf-n-makai.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, but still. To see them burned like this is kinda... sick.

[jaws5sonofjaws.livejournal.com]

Don't worry. We'll be okay though. I'll protect ya.

[naicha]

Where's your family? Are you all alone?

[ She's scared too, but she can't show that in front of someone who needs her. ]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

...Okay.

[Not even arguing about not needing to be protected. She's clearly pretty shaken up over here.]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Yeah... it is pretty creepy.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

My family's all drones and this one jerk that doesn't like me.

[naicha]

Still?

[ She grips Squid Girl's hand tightly ]

Well... if you don't have anywhere else to go... would you like to stay with me?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Can I?

[naicha]

Of course you can! I can't leave my ally behind.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Allies have to stick together until the very end.

[naicha]

Yeah! So it's okay.

[ Without warning, she carries Squid Girl on her back. ]

I've got you!

[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

You are fortunate. Perhaps I shall be as fortunate one day.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Whooooaaaa!

[Squid Girl grabs on, almost falling off because of her first instinct to cling to things with her now nonfunctional tentacles. Normally she's not very touchy-feely, either, but she's come to trust Taiwan a lot, so instead she'll just enjoy the ride.]

Okay then, let's go!

[Pointing dramatically over Taiwan's shoulder! Into the distance! Toward new horizons!]

[jaws5sonofjaws.livejournal.com]

[Mart puts an hand on her head to try and comfort her.]

Don't worry. we'll make it through this.

[surf-n-makai.livejournal.com]

They're not the only thing that's kind of creepy right now...



We can look at what's left here, I guess. I didn't look when I left.

[bestweaponever.livejournal.com]

[Tsubaki looks around, trying to figure out who the girls is trying to wake up, then she notices she's waving a lock of hair about.]

Don't cry, this must be like what happened during Halloween.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's some people around that aren't total jerks.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[Nodding quietly.]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Doesn't look like there's much left.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

It's not like that at all!

[surf-n-makai.livejournal.com]

Not really. But it's as good a place as any to start.