Infected Wind Era

Art by Kirb D. Cypher of Markus Magiza.

### Participants

Ascenusk, JoyconPotato, EvilBriza, Nekonian Gamer, Kirb D. Cypher, ChibiLuma, Ridslei/america

The first story hosted by Ascenusk. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic world starring Markus Magiza as the main protagonist.

## Locations

#### Nevinnost, Kingdom of Progression

Nevinnost is a small kingdom that wishes for mankind to stay alive. The most notable characters from here are Markus Magiza and Hermione Hamilton.

#### Sentoki, Kingdom of War

Sentoki is a large kingdom that wishes to use the corruption of forests to gain territory.

#### Kaze no Heiya, Kingdom of the Wind

Kaze no Heiya is a small kingdom that is neutral territory and wants to be left alone from conflict. The most notable character from here is Jack Masterson.

#### Damal, Kingdom of Honor

Damal was a rich kingdom that was corrupted by the forests. The notable characters from here are Kensidan Kiruo, Ryan Fox, and Echo Sirius.

## Story

### Part 1: A Tale of Infection

The story starts off with Markus finding a deadly fungus off the ground of the Corrupted Forest, clarifying to the group that its lethal and the container that it was put in should be sealed tight. He asks Leo shortly afterwards to scan the area for anything new on site. Mid-scan, Hermione's gas mask starts to crack, in which Markus comments that she should be more careful as they only had one spare. Afterwards, Kitt is shown to be prodding another type of fungus with a tool and Leo comes up with nothing after the scan. Markus comments that the doctors back in Nevinnost will love that they have most of their containers full. However, Hermione comments that she's never seen any doctors in Nevinnost, aside from the ones in the hospitals. He says, awkwardly, that he meant researchers.

Shortly after that, he finds a rare ore near a tree that hasn't been named. Leo scans it and comes up with nothing, implying that the ore hasn't even been added to a database. They afterwards hear whistling.

Markus tells everyone to get down due to someone being nearby. He tells everyone to get down as he doesn't know they're Nevinnostian or not. They hear a man say that there should be Titanium around somewhere. Afterwards, Markus and Leo pull out their swords, with Markus also pulling out his knife, as an anti-parry tool. The man gets closer to the group and looks at them. The man panics a bit and asks if it is too late to say hi.

Markus threatens to tell him where the man comes from, or if he's "a Sentokian spy". He replies that he's from Damal, not Sentoki, in which Markus soon replies that the group encountered Sentokians an hour ago. He says that the Sentokians came up to him as well, but weren't a problem because of his pickaxe. Markus comments that the Damalian must've been a survivor of the incident where Damal was overcome by the corrupted forest. Since they pose no threat to him, the Damalian asks if they're looking for a specific ore, which Markus replies that they just found an undiscovered ore and that he had been using his knife, but also comments it wasn't the best tool.

the Damalian exclaims that the knife-- quote, "AIN'T GOOD FOR MINEY MINEY, IT'S ONLY GOOD FOR STABBY STABBY!". He afterwards replies that the knife is made of Zanjika, one of the hardest metals on earth, and that he's broken swords with it. The Damalian afterwards replies that they'd be there for a while if they were just using the knife.

The Damalian used his pickaxe to mine the ore and give the minerals to the group. He asks if it'll suffice, in which Markus replies that the researchers will be amazed at what they've discovered. Afterwards the Damalian comments that they should be careful as the corrupted forest's monsters are on the rise. Markus comments it's due to the gunfire the Sentokians made, and that if there's anything him and his group have learned, that guns are not to be used in the corrupted forest. Apparently, Hermione's father had turned into a monster in the corrupted forest, in which the Damalian says that he's sorry to hear that. Hermione however replies that he was a sociopath either way. In which Markus says that Hermione needs to basically get over it as that was in the past.

Later on, Kitt asks if she could help carry the containers. Markus says she's able to, as long as she makes sure they're sealed tightly and won't drop them. She nods and makes sure to seal the lids pretty tight.

There was also a man in the background watching the scene, mostly hidden, so the group never noticed him. Hermione comments that she brought a tank and she wanted to try it out. Markus briefly exclaims "You brought A TANK?!". The Damalian also briefly exclaims "A FOOKIN' TANK?! WHAT IN THE BLOODY 'ELL- HOW?" Markus also exclaims "NO WONDER THE SENTOKIANS WERE AFTER US!"

The Damalian says that's a lot of damage, in which Hermione comments that she built it for transport, not for combat. The Damalian asks where she had gotten it, afterwards Hermione replies that she built it herself, because she's a mechanic, and the Damalian comments that she accomplished more than he did here. Markus says that Nevinnost doesn't nearly have enough parts for a tank aside from the two they have at the kingdom, in which he asks Hermione if she stole from Sentoki. Hermione says she had stolen parts from Sentoki, but that it was worth it. Markus comments that he has no excuse either, since his gunship was a modified SG-15 from Kaze no Heiya. Coincidentally, a Kaze no Heiyan was exploring the corrupted forest as well, seeing the bizarre group. He asks who the hell they are, but he gets no response other than Markus saying he knows that accent, and that its a Kaze no Heiyan accent. He's in fear that he might be murdered for theft. Hermione eventually gets angry about the transport tank situation, but Markus tells her to shush or she'll attract the insects with the volume. The Kaze no Heiyan asks who they are again, slightly agitated. Markus and Hermione introduce themselves to him, while the Damalian says they aren't with them. The Kaze no Heiyan says that his name is Jack Masterson and it was a pleasure to meet them, commenting that he's a structural engineer. Markus afterwards still is in fear that Jack might be sent to kill him for the theft of an SG-15, asking him not to kill him.

The Damalian asks with a confused expression what he stole. Markus explains that he stole an SG-15 from Kaze no Heiya, a scout ship, and modified it to be more combat-oriented. Hermione asks how Markus is still alive after that, and the Damalian asks if he's trying to kill him and his lover. Hermione doesn't take this too well and slaps him across the face. While the Damalian is rubbing his cheek, Hermione says that if he were to ever say that again, he would be slapped again.

Shortly afterwards, a large stone above them was vibrating. Jack says that it isn't a regular stone, in which afterwards Markus says that they should get out of here. Hermione grabs her tank, the Damalian says that they definitely should, while the dead flesh turns into a monster that was angered from the loud noise. The dead flesh is revealed to be a Corpakos. Markus tells Kitt and Leo to get the containers and themselves into his gunship along with him, while the others join in Hermione's tank. The Damalian asks why he's involved all of a sudden, but says afterwards that he has no choice. The Corpakos simply followed the hidden man in the background from earlier, who is revealed somewhat to be a "bird rider". Jack gets in the tank with Hermione, while the Damalian uses his motorcycle to get out of the forest along with the other two. The Damalian says that he's going to distract the creature so that the others can escape.

In the air, the bird rider as seen before is chasing the gunship Markus, Leo and Kitt are riding in. Markus asks Leo if there's someone behind them, in which Leo nods. Markus says that he isn't having anyone follow them to steal the new minerals they found, so he steers the gunship around and fires at the bird rider. The bird rider escapes to cover, saying that the plan went horribly wrong. Markus stops firing and continues onward. Somehow, the motorcycle the Damalian was using used nuclear boosters to fly on top of the gunship. Markus asks how the fuck he got on top, but afterwards says if he's not too heavy, they can make it. The Damalian asks if he's talking about him, in which Markus mocks his accent and says he is.

Later on, they regroup at Nevinnost and Markus gives the containers to the researchers. Apparently soon, the group finds out the Damalian's name is Echo Sirius. Echo comments that Markus seems like the smart type, at least smarter than Hermione. Jack exclaims shamelessly that Hermione was mighty haughty, for a panicky lass. Apparently, Hermione had thrown a bomb at the bird rider, in which he threw it outside the border, commenting she's unstable and asking if he had to kill her in order to get her to stop making messes all over the place. Hermione replies that the bird rider is an ass, but he asks if her response is to throw a bomb at him, further stating his words were as harmful as a fly compared to the monsters out there.

Jack returns, smirking to Echo as if the two became partners in crime. Markus goes on a bit of a monologue saying that if the Sentokians never existed, World War IV wouldn't've happened, and that life could be as it was without the corrupted forest. Hermione is still in a fight with the bird rider however, as she said that he reminded her of her sociopath of a father. The bird rider replies saying it's very ironic coming from a girl who throws a bomb before saying "hi". Markus just tells Hermione to shut up and that she's no less of an ally than anyone else. Afterwards she shuts up, but still gives an angry look. Echo afterwards compliments Markus saying someone's been talking sense here. The bird rider told them that he's going to buy a few things and forget they started a mess in the forest. Jack asks how he's going to get home to Kaze no Heiya, but Markus replies that if he needed to, he'd fly him back.

However, something horrible occurred.

An explosion was heard in the distance. Markus asked what the hell it was, as did everyone else. He tells everyone it was just outside the border, and they all run out to see what happened.

"OH *SHIT.*" Markus exclaimed.

It was a Sentokian transport ship, with a giant dead insect on it. What species was never determined. However the assumption that they flew into the corrupted forest and angered the insects. Echo comments that they need to find any survivors. Jack was trying to blast the flames with a pocket fire extinguisher. Echo exclaims to Hermione that she's a "scrote" and that a bomb is no toy. Markus comments that a bomb is worse than a gun in the corrupted forest. He said that if the insects were to chase after them from that bomb, Nevinnost would be destroyed.

Jack asks the group if they're gonna help extinguish the flames, or if they're going to mess around. Markus says that he thought Jack had that handled, but he asks afterwards if Markus was joking since he was using a pocket fire extinguisher. Echo comments that if the fire spread to the forest, the situation would get even more fucked. Echo, apparently with the balls he had, opened a pathway into the burning ship, looking for any survivors. Markus goes on yet another monologue about the Sentokians, and how it would of course be them, and saying he doesn't know how their leader hasn't been assassinated.

Jack asks if there's a carbon plant nearby, which Markus replies that he doesn't know of one. Jack afterwards asks if there's a meat preservation company as well, which Markus responds that there is one inside the kingdom a mile from the gate. Soon, a loud banging was heard from behind the control room's door inside the burning ship. Echo breaks down every single door inside the ship aside from the control room, desperate to find survivors. Jack tells the bird rider to get as much oxygen absorbent as possible to throw over the fire.

Echo hears the banging inside, and tells the survivor inside to stay away from the door, in which he broke it down. He tells the survivor that they don't have much time and that they need to get out of the ship. Kitt afterwards offers her help on finding survivors. The figure runs with Echo carrying a body. Markus goes on another short monologue about how the corrupted forest shouldn't be fucked with, and that there could potentially be more Sentokians coming after them thinking they were the ones who shot their transport ship down.

Markus tells the group that he's going to go scout the skies. Jack tells him to help with the oxygen absorbent, but refuses and tries to find any Sentokian ships that might be a threat to them.

Meanwhile, Echo had jumped out a window helping the figure, injuring himself and causing him to lay on his back while Hermione tried to figure out if the figure's friend had died. The figure's friend, who was known as Kevin, had indeed been killed. The figure was stressed out due to it. Jack says he would be on a 2 mile run towards the preservation plant.

Markus was in his gunship transmitting a signal to Leo, telling him to relay the information of 2 Sentokian gunships appearing in the air armed with rocket launchers and that he was going to take them out. Markus says that he will tell the Sentokians that Nevinnost need none of their bullshit at the time. The figure looked up asked what the fuck was happening in the air between Markus and the 2 other gunships, afterwards one of the Sentokian gunships had exploded mid-air. The other gunship that was still in the air tried to fire its rockets at Markus but failed to hit him as he was too fast-- eventually that one exploded too. Both gunships were down, and he landed back down to the group.

When he came back, Kitt was needing to cool down from being in the flaming wreck for too long. The figure says hey to Markus, in which Markus asks his name. The figure appeared to be Ryan Fox, in which Markus gave his name as well. Ryan says he wouldn't think about the two gunships in the air exploding-- afterwards Markus explains that if the Sentokians found out one of their transport ships had crashed near the kingdom, the kingdom would be massacred. Echo drives back to his cabin, telling them to get him back when the situation cooled down.

Ryan, now in a situation of both stress and shock, stumbles a bit. Markus asks if he's okay, but Ryan replies that he just lost 7 people he knew in that wreck. Markus asks if he flew through the corrupted forest at all due to the dead insect near their ship. Ryan says that the captain didn't tell them much, but he had assumed so. Markus comments it looked like one of their prison ships and asks Ryan if he was a member onboard or a prisoner. Ryan just responded with a nod and told him he had a splitting headache. Markus tells him to sit down and relax for a bit.

Markus says that he doesn't think of a Sentokian as an ally, but he then realizes afterwards that Ryan is Damalian, not Sentokian. Ryan asks how he knew that he was Damalian, in which Markus responds that he's seen a Damalian's outfit before, that they aren't like the other kingdoms'. The bird rider asks if anyone died in the mid-air fight, which Markus replies that they exploded mid-air. Scared of Jack's pet spider Harrison, Ryan starts stuttering, asking how it talks. Ryan asks if it bites, in which Harrison replies that it only bites prey, and that humans and pets are safe. Ryan asks for its name, and it replies with its name. Ryan says that Jack is pretty lucky to have Harrison, in which Jack responds that he found him as a spiderling when he was five, and that he's been with Harrison ever since.

The bird rider comments that he's going back to Damal. Apparently, Hermione had taught Leo how to use sign language, and Ryan asks if they're having some kind of deaf-person rap battle. Leo shakes his head, but Hermione then punches Ryan, in which Ryan flinches and asks, quote "WHAT THE FUCK?". He afterwards holds his hand up to his mask, coughing. He tells Hermione that it was a joke. Hermione says that she was talking about love with Leo and that it shouldn't be joked about. Ryan then says he can't read or speak sign language, and asks how he was supposed to get that. Ryan afterwards just tells her to continue their roast off. Hermione gives him the finger, pissed off. After Ryan gives a chuckle, Hermione kicks his mask off and burns it, in which he covers his face after that. Ryan tries to bring a spare mask on, but Hermione burns the second one as well. Ryan is definitely pissed at this point, slapping Hermione and calling her a bitch.

Ryan calls her inconsiderate while covering up his face with his shirt. Later on Jack comes in and asks what is happening. Leo tries to say "Lots of stuff" in sign language, however Hermione says there were masks burned. Jack asks what the burning masks were about, and Hermione says she kicked both Ryan's mask and his spare into a fire. Jack asks why she was bullying an already hurt Ryan, in which Hermione says he interrupted the conversation between her and Leo, which Jack asks if her response was anywhere near mature. Leo, being the nice robot he's supposed to be, gives Ryan a spare that was found in the wreck. Ryan didn't ask any questions and called Leo a fucking savior. Ryan tells Leo that he loved him as a brother after that, grabbing Leo's hand with both of his hands, in which he let go before saying thanks. Leo nodded, saying "you're welcome." Jack massaged his temple, saying he was glad for this ending in a bro moment.

Hermione afterwards explains to Leo what "shipping" means, and Jack tells her to cease. After a small exchange of civil discourse, Jack says whatever at the situation and asks what they were going to do about the potential armed conflict that they may have started. Ryan says they're fucked, but after another small exchange of words about what shipping means, Hermione confesses that since Echo joked about her being lovers with Markus, she will never find love ever again. Jack asks if that's her expression of determination, and says that it's pathetic. Hermione replies that it's something she wanted to tell him, however Ryan in the background compliments Jack on what he said. Hermione catches onto this, but Ryan tries to cover it up, in which Ryan and Jack fist bump.

Hermione tries putting Leo and Kitt in the same room, yelling "SHIP" as they're both robots, but also male and female in structure. Kitt responds saying there isn't a ship, as she was looking around for a literal ship. Ryan agrees and asks where the ship is. Hermione says that's not the kind of ship she's talking about. Kitt then asks if she's talking about a space ship. Hermione says no, and explains what a shipping is, which is the desire to have two people have a romantic relationship. Kitt left as she saw no usefulness to it.

After a long while of bickering, and other things involving salvaging the burnt wreck, Echo had woken up to bandage himself and apply medical supplies to his injuries from the fall. He had gone out of his cabin to find his motorcycle was stolen, saying "Ah shite, here we go again." Afterwards, he had ridden a saddled horse to Nevinnost to get there.

He asked where his bike was. Hermione said "IT WAS ME, DIO!". Echo was not pleased, in which he had a deadpan expression on his face. He asked again, where his bike was. Hermione was silent. He said, quote: "Hermione, I ain't askin' again...where, IS, *my bike*?" Hermione gave him his bike, which was painted entirely pink now by her. He shrugged and just got his bike for a new paint job. Markus returned from his absence, and asked what he missed. Echo replied that he missed nothing but his sick new ride. He sarcastically said it didn't take 2 grand. He started the engine, showing that his motorcycle was upgraded with a quadruple missile launcher, a machine gun, and 2 blades on the back. Kitt got up and looked at the two, wondering what was going on. Leo went into Hermione's workshop for safety. Markus took out his knife in case a battle took place-- as it could cut through both of their machines and he was quite swift and able to disarm their weapons. Echo said he thought he could "take this baby out for a spin", in which Hermione got into her tank and asked him if he wanted to fight.

He pressed a button, and his heat-seeking missiles switched to anti-tank missiles. Markus said that nobody should fight here, or their vehicles would get wrecked by his knife. Instead of using the missiles however, Echo rode up a slope and dumped 5 buckets of dirt on her tank. Markus chuckled a bit, as he didn't expect that. Hermione had escaped her tank and tried to slap him, however he countered it with his knife-- cutting through her hand. He said for her not to fight, but she said she wouldn't-- going back to her workshop and bandaging herself up. Echo had put a bag-worth of feathers onto her tank as well. Markus complimented Echo for his savage work, in which he replied that he wouldn't waste ammo on allies and that he wasn't a fan of friendly fire.

After a while of one group working on the ship wreck, and the other doing... uh... stuff... where Echo's bike could turn into a fake USB stick,

Markus returned hearing of a new project Sentoki was working on that was almost complete. While everyone seemed to have ignored him, he asked if anyone heard him. Echo said that he did, and Markus replied that the project is supposed to be the deadliest weapon in existence. Echo asks what their next plans were, and Markus replied that they invade Sentoki and destroy the weapon.

Markus says that his gunship could tow another aircraft behind it to carry everyone else. However, Echo says his motorcycle is a 2 seater and that it can fly. Markus comments that if it's not as fast as his gunship, they might not be able to make it over the Sentokian border. Echo says that his motorcycle can hit Mach 1, however Markus says his gunship can hit Mach 3 and it may be required they go that fast to go over the border.

However, Markus overhears the plan of fixing that ship wreckage. Echo comments that it sounds expensive, and Markus comments an NA-M46 would be much more convenient. Kitt mentions that it would give them a new transport, and the rest ignore Markus's mention of the NA-M46 saving them more time than fixing it up.

Jack claims that since he has a master's degree in engineering, and that Hermione is a good enough mechanic, they can fix the ship wreckage. However, Markus asks that he can't honestly mean that, since they already have ships that are basically the same thing. Echo agrees with Markus's idea, but soon after Ryan asks if Echo is.. Echo. He replies that he is, and Ryan says that Echo is cool since he disagrees with Hermione.

Markus, having his reasoning ignored and feelings basically hurt, facepalmed and said to the group that he'd be going alone unless they planned to join with instead of "having fairy tale dreams of fixing that thing". Markus unlocks his gunship, which Ryan says that since he's no mechanic, that he would go with Markus. Kitt agrees because her scanning can help, in which Markus compliments Kitt saying she's more reliable than any of the other people who like to fantasize. Echo had his motorcycle transform into a USB stick, and boarded Markus's gunship, saying he was too lazy to drive, in which Ryan also joined in. Markus told everyone to be ready for some claustrophobia.. but Echo has second thoughts, saying he personally prefers the air. He walked back out, changing the USB stick back into the motorcycle. Hermione joins inside the cockpit along with Leo, and since things were getting cramped, Kitt folded up into the size of a backpack. Echo yelled that if there was anything 'on the radar', he'd shoot them down.

Markus locked the backdoor of the gunship, and they were going to be heading to Sentoki, saying that "If the Sentokians want to pick a fight with the earth, the earth will fight back." before giving a smirk.

Markus already after a minute asked if there were any hostiles coming up. Echo said none yet, but Kitt scanned for a bit. After a few minutes, about 5 Sentokian gunships had come up. Markus asked Kitt how many there were, but she says there were none, with Markus responding that she must not have gotten an update. Markus tells everyone that they're going to shoot them down, while activating the gunship's vulcan turrets. Echo yelled "THIS IS FOOKIN WAR BABY" before shooting the pilot in one of the Sentokian gunships. One down, 4 to go. He also shot heat seeking missiles into the next, with it being so damaged it couldn't stay afloat. Ryan said that the scotsman is probably killing it out there, in which Markus asked "do you mind not circlejerking at a time like this?" He boosted further and shot one of the gunships in the cockpit, causing it to slam into one of the others, both exploding. Echo jumped off his motorcycle to kill the pilot of the last one, afterwards flipping back onto the motorcycle. They meet a Sentokian Destroyer, and after a while of infiltrating and killing that one from the inside, they arrive in Sentoki.

### Part 2: Sentoki Infiltration

In Sentoki, Markus points out that the Sentokian guards are most likely on high alert, and that they most likely will have guns, so they better keep out of sight.

Echo comments that they probably didn't like the group blowing up their ships, in which Markus states afterwards that if there are any guards in the way, they must kill them silently and hide the body, and be absolutely careful.

Markus had his sword and knife out, the first for slitting guards' throats, the other for breaking weapons in case they got caught. Echo had his crossbow out as they both kept low profiles. Leo had found a cardboard box somewhere, so he decided to sneak using that. Ryan had a rifle with him. Markus told everyone to sneak up some stairs, where there was a railing above the vehicle storage. He told everyone to sneak by while he looked above the railing. He commented that even though they were about military supply manufacturing, they had many tanks than expected-- and commented they must've been in the vehicle storage room. Echo said it could also be Hermione's playground for sure.

Markus told everyone to go down the next stairway, where they find a small space to crawl through. Echo comments that it could be a trap, in which Ryan says that Markus should go first. He accepts and crawls through. The others followed behind, afterwards Markus finds a guard right in front of them, but his back is turned. Echo fired a crossbow bolt in the guard's ass, but Markus quickly scolds Echo and slits the guard's throat with his sword.

Echo then comments the outfit could be used for infiltration, which Markus first agrees that it isn't a bad idea, but however goes over that Echo's accent could throw the Sentokian guards off, and have guns pointed at him immediately. Not to mention all of the blood stained on the outfit. Echo then says to get rid of the body as they're wasting time, in which Markus says to shove it in the crevice. Echo repeatedly kicks the body in the crotch to shove them into the crevice, while Ryan said the guard was disrespected enough. Markus points to the large containers near the wall, to hide behind. Markus rolled over behind the containers, while Echo slid by, with Ryan also running behind them. Kitt however cautiously crawled.

Markus commented there was another guard, and slit his throat. He asked the team if they need weapons, as he had a rifle and a pistol. He tossed the rifle to Ryan and the pistol to Hermione. (who by the way was actually here the entire time believe it or not). Markus said firmly that they shouldn't fire those things without a silencer as it'd draw attention to them. Kitt mentions she might not be of much use other than a distraction, in which Echo pats her head afterwards. Markus didn't notice her, so he thought she could be used as a radar. Echo however, said she could distract them as a sex robot and that many men fall for it. Markus tells him to shut up, but Ryan says that Echo does have a point and that Kitt is pretty hot.

2 more guards came in that Markus didn't see and spotted them. Echo jumped and shot a crossbow bolt between a guard's eyes, while Markus kicked one of the guards in the stomach, breaking his gun with his knife, and stabbing him in the throat with his sword. Echo comments that they should inspect if they have any pagers on them, but Markus after stabbing says that the guard got blood on his suit.

Markus comments that the armory gate is right around the corner, and that there are no more guards around. He afterwards states that they must all be protecting the God Raider project. The group sneak ahead into the armory, in which Markus silently kills another guard. Markus tells everyone to take whatever they need, in which he grabs a rifle and puts a ton of ammo into his pockets. Markus states an example saying "don't take 2 miniguns because it's 'awesome'.", however Echo asks if they can take just one. Ryan grabbed a machete, a sheath for it, and a handgun. Markus replies to Echo's question with just one, but that he shouldn't use it yet. Echo replies that he's more of a sniper, so he declines the offer of a minigun. Ryan screws on a silencer to his handgun and rifle and says that he'll get his revenge for being kidnapped.

Kitt comments that there's fighting outside, but she can still help carry stuff. Markus comments that they should all get silencers, while he screws one on for his rifle.

Echo asks what the next move is, which Markus replies to him that they need to find and destroy the project. Echo asks if it's a weapon to destroy Silver Gear, and Markus replies that he's right about that. Apparently a bunch of guards appeared outside, but Jack showed up and started taking them out. Markus asks what the fuck, and Ryan screams that it's Jack. Echo screams "MOAN THEN YA FUCKERS." holding his crossbow in his right hand and his pickaxe in the left. Markus pulled out his rifle and sniped 4 of the guards' heads. Kitt was just trying to follow the group without getting hit. Markus afterwards comments that they aren't doing much good against this many guards, and asks if the group should just haul ass and move straight to the project.

Echo and Jack however kept fighting, while Leo snuck by. Markus then just ordered everyone to move to the hangar and run. They eventually find the God Raider.

Everyone gasped at how big the ship was.

A villainous leader from Sentoki looked at them from above, while another was piloting the ship itself. The pilot told the leader from above to count how many he killed. Kitt was quietly trying to scan the project. Afterwards, a laser fired from the swivel cannons at the group. Everyone managed to avoid it.

At this point Markus says to run and grab one of Sentoki's aircrafts, while he grabs his gunship and says he'll attempt to destroy it, but he might need a bit of help with that. The pilot said that they can't let them do that, calling them fools afterwards, and fires at the airships, leaving one or two remaining. Kitt explains afterwards the God Raider left her scanning range. Echo afterwards says he's going to get on his bike and fly after them. Eventually Markus's gunship takes off, but Kitt is nearly left behind, so Echo asks for her to get on with him. Afterwards, the group pursue the God Raider.

### Part 3: Battle Against The God Raider

Markus starts firing his turrets at the God Raider however when the deflector shields are deployed, he briefly stops and evades the bullets he fired. Kitt explains that she can scan the ship if she was brought closer to it. Ryan was hanging on for his life. Afterwards, the God Raider started to shoot lasers in a specific pattern that would be hard to avoid.

The pilot yells that the intruders can't escape, and said he didn't want to have to do this, and then it happened.

The God Raider had transformed into a mech with claws, legs, with wheels similar to roller skates, not unlike that of a gundam. It had the thrusters on the back now, and the lasers on its arms. Everyone yelled similar things, however Markus ordered that they can't attack that thing and that everyone should run and get ahead of it. Echo tried to lay bombs on the head of the mech, but did minimal damage. The destructive laser it fired hit part of Markus's gunship, in which he responds he might not be able to fly it correctly if it took too much damage.

Jack acknowledges Markus's order, however he mentions that there's a blockade which was the gate, afterwards Markus used his vulcan turrets to break the gate to give Jack a clear run-through. Jack and Ryan then afterwards got outside the Sentoki Border, while Markus says he might know a way to break open the shields. 20 lasers had fired from its eyes, aiming at everyone.

Kitt scanned the mech, with the weak points being the neck and waist. Markus found this out, and said that he would be able to destroy it albeit it would be brutal.

Markus screamed out "DON'T LET MY SACRIFICE BE IN VAIN, EVERYONE!" and turned his gunship around, flying it straight into the God Raider's neck.

Echo told Markus not to do it, but he was too late. He used the gunship to break the shields with a massive explosion. Echo afterwards yells to everyone that they'll have to honor his sacrifice, by killing the pilot. He was in a complete rage. He forced his motorcycle into Mach 4, using his pickaxe and dragging it across the elbow joint, incapacitating it. Kitt explained that if she got close she would be able to counteract the control. Jack had exposed the fuel tank, where the leaking oil was wrapped around the waist. He fired an RPG at the leaking oil causing the lower half of the mech to blow off.

Echo told Kitt to take control of his motorcycle, in which Kitt panics, but assumes control afterwards. He jumps off with his pickaxe. Jack yells out to Echo, telling him to finish it off. Echo screamed in ferocious anger, and broke the eye of the mech to get into the pilot's cockpit. The mech was on autopilot firing lasers randomly, but the pilot and Echo were fighting eachother inside it. The pilot asked for help from the assailant who had got on with him. The assailent hit Echo, causing him to land back against the self-destruct button. Echo jumped out the eye, and knew he was gonna probably die, giving the mech two middle fingers. The God Raider exploded in a bigger radius than anyone expected, having Echo vanish in the explosion with no trace of him behind. After a long and hard fought battle, the God Raider was no more. The mech's head fell to the ground, lights fading and metal scraps falling repeatedly.

### Epilogue

"We.." He coughed. "did it.." Jack said weakly, with a melancholic tone. Kitt was riding on Echo's bike over to Jack, avoiding the debris. Leo stared at the scrap, contemplating. Jack glanced to the gate of Sentoki, saying "This isn't over.." while remembering that two noble people died to kill off the project. He'll know Sentoki will do this again.. but he also noticed there were two shadowy figures, one hanging from a tree and one under the scrap. "Oh you motherfucker.." said Jack, walking over to the tree. Kitt scanned the scrap pile.

Echo yelled fuck as the tree branch snapped, only for him to catch onto another. Leo lifted up the scrap for the other shadowed figure. It was Markus. He coughed up a bit of blood, afterwards thanking Leo, and saying that he didn't know how he survived that. Echo joked saying that it wasn't the time for sleeping, while Markus, with several burn injuries, tried his hardest to get up. Echo shouted that he was fuckin invincible, and that you only die if you choose to die. Markus said, roughly, that it wasn't the best time to be chuckling, before passing out. Kitt warned a ton of insects could come this way, while the story ends with Leo looking off into the distance.

(Also, the bird rider's name was Kensidan. Just saying.)

## Trivia

* Nevinnost is Russian for "Innocence".
* Kaze no Heiya is Japanese for "Windy Plains".
* Damal was based on a kingdom from another roleplay Insurrective had hosted, called Crosgaia.
* Echo's way of speech mostly comes from a scottish accent.
* Echo's line "That's a lot of damage" is a reference to a Flex Tape commercial.
* Echo's line "Ah shite, here we go again" is a reference to the line "Ah shit, here we go again" from GTA: San Andreas.
* Hermione's line "IT WAS ME, DIO!" is a reference to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood, where Dio says the famous line "But it was me, Dio!".
* When Markus comments that the guard got blood on his suit, he is referencing the Spy from TF2, which one of his taunts is "You got blood on my suit.".
* When the Sentokian God Raider pilot says that he can't let the group do that, he is referencing Star Wolf from Star Fox 64, which Wolf says "Can't let you do that, Star Fox!"

### Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind references

Ascenusk intended for Infected Wind Era to be similar to Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, so there are many references to it.

* The roleplay's beginning plot is very similar to Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, with the post-apocalyptic setting.
* Markus's design is similar to Nausicaa's.
* The kingdom of Nevinnost is similar to the kingdom of Pejitei.
* The kingdom of Sentoki is similar to the kingdom of Torumekia.
* The kingdom of Kaze no Heiya is similar to the Valley of the Wind.
* The corrupted forests are very similar to the toxic jungles, having highly poisonous fungi, and abnormal insects as well as arachnids.
* The war between Sentoki and Damal is based on the Seven Days of Fire, as Sentoki and Damal had used many harmful explosives.
* The war between Sentoki and Damal is also based on the Torumekians fighting the Doroks in the Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind manga.
* The scene where the Sentokian prison ship crashes outside the border of Nevinnost is very similar to when a Torumekian ship crashes into the Valley of the Wind, with both having surviving hostages on the ship. (Rastel/Lastel in Nausicaa, Ryan in IWE)
* The fight between Markus and Echo against the Sentokian Gunships is a reference to the Mehve vs. Corvette battle.
* The Sentokian God Raider aircraft is a reference to the God Warriors.

### Metal Gear Solid References

* The entirety of Part 2 is a reference to Metal Gear Solid, as Solid Snake usually sneaks around a base to destroy a project (usually a Metal Gear, but here it is the God Raider)
* Leo using a cardboard box to sneak is a reference to the cardboard box in Metal Gear Solid that Solid Snake can use to sneak around.
* When Echo says "a weapon to destroy Silver Gear", he is referencing the line from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, "A weapon to surpass Metal Gear".
* The God Raider's mech transformation is similar to Metal Gear Sahelanthropus from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
* Echo's line where he says he's fuckin invincible, is a reference to Sundowner in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.