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Area C-6L: The city of Gefallen

Mustang's eyes narrowed for a moment as he observed the black cloud slowly heading his way. He turned around and noticed the tower in the warehouse, it was tall enough to overlook a lot of the city and would provide a great observation post.

"Miho, come with me," he motioned to her as he ran back into the warehouse. She followed after him, and they quickly climbed up into the tower. Most of the city could be seen inside, and Mustang quickly noted the 3 main gates in the city walls.

"They're here quicker than I anticipated," Mustang stated as he reached into his coat and pulled out a pair of binoculars. "Then again, what could I expect from the Rhine?" He commented as he brought them up to his face and stared at the approaching cloud.

Miho looked down her own pair as she observed the cloud in the distance. She noted there was what looked like a light red mist right beneath it. "What's up with these clouds anyway?" she asked quietly.

"The cloud is designed to block any and all sunlight, casting whatever city was unfortunate enough to be underneath in a lasting darkness. No sunlight also means no photosynthesis, so no oxygen can be generated beneath it. That's not much of a problem, until the toxic miasma the cloud generates descends upon the city. It doesn't kill you, but it has been known to cause extreme exhaustion, and at times hallucinations. They use it to capture cities."

Miho glanced at Mustang for a moment, then turned back to the cloud that was approaching. Then she lowered her vision to the ground beneath it and noticed a large ocean like body of movement. It took another moment for her to realize that the ocean of movement was a vast quantity of people slowly growing closer.

"Are those soldiers?" she asked.

"The Rhine stopped using ordinary soldiers shortly before they started this conquest. Like I've said before, most of their forces are out of fantasy worlds. Those things you see? They're ghouls."

Miho's head swung around and she stared at Mustang with wide eyes. "Are you telling me the Rhine are using ZOMBIES?"

"Correction. Ghouls; but I understand your confusion. Zombies are mindless, masterless, unorganized, and dangerous to everyone. Ghouls are controlled by unnatural means. They are able to follow orders, and will not betray their master. And I'll be honest, I have no clue how she pulled them off, but I assume some kind of magic has to be in play." He said all this without looking down once. It was as if he had explained this before, and now was used to the reactions it got.

Miho opened her mouth to speak, but closed it. Now zombies and magic were being thrown into the mix? She turned back to the approaching enemy force, realising he probably HAD explained it all before. As she looked on, her eyes came in contact with something large. She followed it, and realized it was scaly, and had... wings?

She lowered her binoculars again, before bringing them back up. The creature was airborne, and it took her 2 seconds to realize what it was.

"Is that-?"

"A dragon? Yeah," Mustang groaned in dread. "Of course she'd send in the dragons. She wants to end the conflict as quickly as she can considering she knows there are strays here."

Miho continued to look at him as he explained that culture shock, before she turned back to observing the enemy with a dubfound expression. By what she could see, there were 4 dragons. They began to fly around the city, one flying over the eastern side of the city; the cracks of bolt action rifles sounded off at the soldiers tried in vain to shoot the dragon out of the sky. The dragon opened its mouth, inhaled, then exhaled; the exhale spreading white hot flames on the city below.

In an instant a huge portion of the east side of the city ignited, the wooden roofs of the houses burning and giving off a glow that lit up the night sky. Screams followed as people ran through the streets trying to escape the heat and smoke.

Mustang clenched his teeth, and Miho leaned over the edge putting a hand on her mouth, feeling like she was about to throw up. She gagged multiple times, dry heaving; secretly thankful they hadn't had the time to eat lunch or diner that day.

Mustang himself gripped the edge hard, trying his hardest to deal with the God-awful noise. He took a deep breath, and turned around to return to ground level, when he saw something to the south of the city. He pulled his binoculars back up again, and quickly realized what it was.

"Another anomaly?" he asked astounded. Miho groaned from the railing before turning toward him, walking over grogley to where he stood and bringing up her own binoculars. She recognized the cloud immediately, and her eyes widened. What really got her attention though wasn't what it was, but WHERE was where it was.

"Why is it up in the air?" she asked. Mustang was equally puzzled. The anomaly was a few thousand meters up in the atmosphere, nowhere near the ground.

"Either the strays coming through are on a mountain, or they're~... flying?..."

Bulges began to appear in the cloud, poking downwards before they suddenly gave way and revealed the strays that came through. They were just shy of a dozen, and were all flying in haphazard directions. Like they had been fighting something in the sky before they were ripped from their world. That wasn't the weird part though.

"Propelerized jet packs attached to their legs, carrying impossibly large and heavy machine guns, varying animal ears and tails, wearing no pants to speak of." Mustang lowered his binoculars.

"Are we hallucinating?" Miho asked quietly.

"Weirdly enough, no. The miasma hasn't reached us yet. Whoever, or more, WHATever, those girls are; they're real."

Miho lowered her binoculars again and looked at Mustang in quiet disbelief.

"The only question is," Mustang went on, "who's side are they on?"

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Area C-6L: The city of Gefallen

Mustang's eyes narrowed for a moment as he observed the black cloud slowly heading his way. He turned around and noticed the tower in the warehouse, it was tall enough to overlook a lot of the city and would provide a great observation post.

"Miho, come with me," he motioned to her as he ran back into the warehouse. She followed after him, and they quickly climbed up into the tower. Most of the city could be seen inside, and Mustang quickly noted the 3 main gates in the city walls.

"They're here quicker than I anticipated," Mustang stated as he reached into his coat and pulled out a pair of binoculars. "Then again, what could I expect from the Rhine?" He commented as he brought them up to his face and stared at the approaching cloud.

Miho looked down her own pair as she observed the cloud in the distance. She noted there was what looked like a light red mist right beneath it. "What's up with these clouds anyway?" she asked quietly.

"The cloud is designed to block any and all sunlight, casting whatever city was unfortunate enough to be underneath in a lasting darkness. No sunlight also means no photosynthesis, so no oxygen can be generated beneath it. That's not much of a problem, until the toxic miasma the cloud generates descends upon the city. It doesn't kill you, but it has been known to cause extreme exhaustion, and at times hallucinations. They use it to capture cities."

Miho glanced at Mustang for a moment, then turned back to the cloud that was approaching. Then she lowered her vision to the ground beneath it and noticed a large ocean like body of movement. It took another moment for her to realize that the ocean of movement was a vast quantity of people slowly growing closer.

"Are those soldiers?" she asked.

"The Rhine stopped using ordinary soldiers shortly before they started this conquest. Like I've said before, most of their forces are out of fantasy worlds. Those things you see? They're ghouls."

Miho's head swung around and she stared at Mustang with wide eyes. "Are you telling me the Rhine are using ZOMBIES?"

"Correction. Ghouls; but I understand your confusion. Zombies are mindless, masterless, unorganized, and dangerous to everyone. Ghouls are controlled by unnatural means. They are able to follow orders, and will not betray their master. And I'll be honest, I have no clue how she pulled them off, but I assume some kind of magic has to be in play." He said all this without looking down once. It was as if he had explained this before, and now was used to the reactions it got.

Miho opened her mouth to speak, but closed it. Now zombies and magic were being thrown into the mix? She turned back to the approaching enemy force, realising he probably HAD explained it all before. As she looked on, her eyes came in contact with something large. She followed it, and realized it was scaly, and had... wings?

She lowered her binoculars again, before bringing them back up. The creature was airborne, and it took her 2 seconds to realize what it was.

"Is that-?"

"A dragon? Yeah," Mustang groaned in dread. "Of course she'd send in the dragons. She wants to end the conflict as quickly as she can considering she knows there are strays here."

Miho continued to look at him as he explained that culture shock, before she turned back to observing the enemy with a dubfound expression. By what she could see, there were 4 dragons. They began to fly around the city, one flying over the eastern side of the city; the cracks of bolt action rifles sounded off at the soldiers tried in vain to shoot the dragon out of the sky. The dragon opened its mouth, inhaled, then exhaled; the exhale spreading white hot flames on the city below.

In an instant a huge portion of the east side of the city ignited, the wooden roofs of the houses burning and giving off a glow that lit up the night sky. Screams followed as people ran through the streets trying to escape the heat and smoke.

Mustang clenched his teeth, and Miho leaned over the edge putting a hand on her mouth, feeling like she was about to throw up. She gagged multiple times, dry heaving; secretly thankful they hadn't had the time to eat lunch or diner that day.

Mustang himself gripped the edge hard, trying his hardest to deal with the God-awful noise. He took a deep breath, and turned around to return to ground level, when he saw something to the south of the city. He pulled his binoculars back up again, and quickly realized what it was.

"Another anomaly?" he asked astounded. Miho groaned from the railing before turning toward him, walking over grogley to where he stood and bringing up her own binoculars. She recognized the cloud immediately, and her eyes widened. What really got her attention though wasn't what it was, but WHERE was where it was.

"Why is it up in the air?" she asked. Mustang was equally puzzled. The anomaly was a few thousand meters up in the atmosphere, nowhere near the ground.

"Either the strays coming through are on a mountain, or they're~... flying?..."

Bulges began to appear in the cloud, poking downwards before they suddenly gave way and revealed the strays that came through. They were just shy of a dozen, and were all flying in haphazard directions. Like they had been fighting something in the sky before they were ripped from their world. That wasn't the weird part though.

"Propelerized jet packs attached to their legs, carrying impossibly large and heavy machine guns, varying animal ears and tails, wearing no pants to speak of." Mustang lowered his binoculars.

"Are we hallucinating?" Miho asked quietly.

"Weirdly enough, no. The miasma hasn't reached us yet. Whoever, or more, WHATever, those girls are; they're real."

Miho lowered her binoculars again and looked at Mustang in quiet disbelief.

"The only question is," Mustang went on, "who's side are they on?"