Launch The Assault: Lawless Land; Valhalla, City Of Ruin

"No Joke, I Be Looking At Big, Sharp Knives Like They Are Curvaceous Women I Need To Touch The Body Of. This Is Why All My Friends Say Never Let Me Handle A Sharp Object. Teehee."

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As previously stated, the Phantoms were already on the job in secret, as they worked best. Between them, in this short time, they'd already taken on different appearances amongst all of the groups, and also retained their own appearance as the faction that had come in for support. Having being taught in the ways of illusory movement, they made it seem like they were few on the foreground, in order to draw attention on purpose, and allow those of them in the shadows to work more effectively -- as well as those of them who were now blended amongst each of the other parties involved: Otherworlders, Lawless Ones, and even Insangels, if possible.

They were completely coordinated in everything that they did, but it looked like a bunch of chaos simply because there were too many layers of them acting at once, alongside whomever was already in action as they appeared. That only made the discord look worse, but in actuality, they were the ones ordering everything quietly in secret or in disguise. None would be able to tell the difference at all, because they blended in so well with the mess, but by retaining independent missions and not trying to coordinate, that is how they fell into order via that independence as a system. This is what kept them together and made the task complete.

Even so, it was also well-within calculations that they would need to also appear to be discordant, as to prevent anyone -- most ANYONE -- from being able to completely follow their discordant order in depths. Therefore, another layer of them covered the others in between layers by doing completely misleading, random, or off-subject things so that it was thereby virtually impossible to tell order from disorder, even when assessing anyone who was at all orderly amongst the crowd. It was unclear how many in number the Phantoms were, but that was likely also part of their camouflage.

Clearly, both The Phantom and his daughter, Chroma, had taught them well -- they were elites, and always had been, since their very inception. They didn't come out or move for just any reason, but once they did... The mission was complete, for sure.

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Ever-coordinated, the Phantoms would do as they were commanded by their leader and fan out, not breaking their actions or their meld. They would migrate all about the Lawless Land in secret.

Just as there were some of the Lawless Ones and Otherworlders that sided with The Titans, there were other factions of the Veritas still hidden that hadn't yet moved into the fray, just like the Phantoms. Speaking of which, it would be the Phantoms who would pan out and get them; they being 'The $yndicate', which was the Royal Guard of the Veritas. They were stationed everywhere in the Veritas, and when it was time for them to defend the Veritas, there they were.

But the $yndicate was different in the Lawless Land, falling into the Color Factions rather than just one lump-sum group, as with the Mainland territories. So, the Color Factions, who were the $yndicate, and who already had a great deal of the Seventh Moon under their jurisdiction (albeit spread into their many different factions' territories), would be tipped off by the Phantoms that they needed to get moving whilst the Phantoms and the heads of the Veritas handled business.

This was the job of the Veritas Task Force; the very Security System, itself. Lenient as it had been for such a long time, the $yndicate was also recently brought up to speed so that it could serve and protect the Veritas as necessary. And so, that time had come. The Color Factions would join with the Phantoms and then spread about the Lawless Land as they would, in their respective legions.

The Phantoms, after speaking to the $yndicate, continued on, in order to communicate with and observe all the other entities in the Lawless Land, be they friend, foe, or neutral.

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The $yndicate, after being updated by the Phantoms, would use the majority of their forces to establish a beacon for the rest of the forces of The Assault that were active at the moment, making this place -- the neutral expansive terrain of Valparaiso, The Lawless Land -- a type of HQ for them, where all their forces congregated, regrouped, strategized, and mobilized. Their commanders would likely also be drawn to them, due to the number of subordinates gathering in one place, the $yndicate inferred. Though, all the same, many would join the Phantoms where they went, providing foot support, cover, backup, reinforcements, and even front line infantry so that the Phantoms would not be discovered.

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Inasmuch as what the Phantoms were already doing, they would respond in kind with the others; in tandem with their intent, all the way through -- seamlessly. Their follow-through kept them further invested, and more deeply infiltrated.

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With all that occurred with this intricately intrinsic setup, the Tensei summoned Ty-chan, who was made manifest as Typhon, the Insanity of The Tyranophant, Ty-kun. Typhon Ty-chan would stand above all on his playing field, in his Absolute Final Wonderland, which he made for himself, specifically for his own pleasure and entertainment, which was always the plan. This is a product of his years of work since his childhood, and now, that child was going to enjoy it, here and now, as he pleased, because he could, as he wanted. That was the purpose of all of his endeavors -- this was the first pinnacle on a mountain whose true paramount could not yet even be conceived. The blazing electric bloodred eyes of Ty-chan held a deep-seated malicious wrath that he seemed itching to release on something -- anything -- simply because he was tired of holding it in.

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The spectacle that occurred suddenly, literally out of nowhere, was an auspiciously ominous sign for the Veritas Brigade all across the land. Wherever they were, they bore witness to the nauseating red malice emanating from the enormous entity towering over the entire land, glaring down at all things with murderous intent. "O-Ty-Chan-Sama-Sama!!!" The $yndicate cried out, kneeling in reverence. "We are at your command, Young Master! We have secured the area to our best potential all for your grace!" They remained genuflect to Master Ty-chan, awaiting his will and word, as the Royal Guard of the Veritas meant to protect him and all the Veritas would.

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Though there was heavy compliance all around by the Mechanica, and they acted as if they were mindless drones, they were actually analyzing any and everything at all times. Some of them indeed got the uploaded Virtual Valparaiso Denizens in them, causing those Mechanica to become Cutthroat and Lawless, as part of the Lawless Land truly now, but others of them were regular, or part of the Veritas. They each acted differently according to their allegiance, but ultimately kept a solid front against the Keres, who could not figure out how to destroy them.

Simultaneously, the Mechanica would also exchange data with the Phantoms and the $yndicate, breaking off in order to join them, or secretly becoming overridden and under Veritas command again, but with orders to continue to act as if they still served the Valparaiso Denizens. Those ones would follow the $yndicate and Phantoms as escorts, continuing to act as envoys of the Lawless Ones.

But, some of the actually Lawless Mechanica would slink off, no longer retaining subordination from the other Lawless Ones, since they saw themselves as one of the Lawless Ones, now. They were their own masters, and with a Mechanica's mind, they would be much more intelligent and efficient than the regular Lawless Ones. So, perhaps they hit the jackpot

As the fighting went on and the Brown Rust Faction of the Veritas encroached with the Steampunk Lawless Ones and other such Mechanica or Rebellients, they would storm the Lawless Land and assimilate or conflict with the other Lawless Ones and Mechanica for control, freedom, activism, and even some rebellion or anarchy sometimes. They got wind of the Warehouses of the Dusk from one of the beings that was banished from there -- the Chort -- and were determined to reach the Depthsroot and Dusk and live in the Warehouses, because the Brown Rust Mechanica were accustomed.