Hallway Outside of the Bridge
Eden, topless and alone, raced away from the bridge and towards the zero G passageway. From Akiko's vantage point as she ran towards the front of the ship, she could see Eden across from her, separated only by the passageway. As Akiko ran towards her captain, the view of the Taii became blocked by a mass of blue merle as it floated up from the bottom of the zero G passageway.
Shadows emanated from the walls and the lights around them seemed to be snuffed for an instant and then relit, but on a much lower wattage as the Ghost Mishhuvurthyar transferred out of the plane of existence between the Taii and the Juni.
Teien Eden breathed in a sharp gasp that was choked and wet. Her eyes bulged and her hands groped in front of her wildly as she looked at the ground in front of her and fell to her knees. Eden palms pressed onto the ground in front of her and her black hair spilled out around them as she shook violently.
Ghost Mishhu broodlings began gnawing at the insides of their new, warm, edible womb inside of the captain.
The Ghost Mishhuvurthyar's grey mottled body blipped back into existence on the other side of the Taii, closer to the bridge than it had been a mere second ago. Eden cried out and turned off her pain receptors, but the excruciating feeling of having her insides decimated by the fist-sized broodlings was an ache she couldn't get rid of so easily.
She pounded her fist into the floor and then reached for her NSP while she sent out a feeling to Hayashi Akiko as she looked at her, wincing as she did. She didn't want the SAINT to do what now had to be done. She wanted the operative to know it was for Saki's hands only. Then she sent the overwhelming thought to kill it, instead. She then turned, ready to shoot the Ghost.
"Help! Saki, my love! Help me! Kill me," Eden's message to the XO said as she aimed. "Saki, kill me."
Cargo Bay
Crushed by the onslaught of NMX Neko, which pushed forward and out of the hole they had cut, Mitsuko’s fancy glasses would have to be replaced. So would her arm. She was on the edge of consciousness, but not gone just yet.
Endo had stimulants in her bag, she had a clear path to Mitsuko (besides for an ominously cheery aardvark plushie that had the look of something out of a horror film to some members of the Kaiyō), and several dozen NMX Neko all firing on her.
The Advanced Type started wildly throwing plushes and boxes off of itself and grabbed Airi by extending its tentacles and then having its body follow closely behind once it had gripped her. She immediately chose to fly into the air, bringing the tentacled beast with her, before dropping so hard that the Mishhu fell with her. She did it again and again until the Mishhu had let go of her and recoiled away towards Calver who stood in the corner of the room closest to the door, near the scientist, medic, and weapons operator. It was bruised and one-eyed, but not down for the count. Airi aimed at it, but it grabbed Calver and used him as a human shield as it cornered itself.
Anastasia’s bullets found their marks on the NMX flinging itself towards Arbles. Medikku's found their targets, as well, picking off at least five enemy Neko girls before getting to the small one laying on the ground. The wound he received was passing and inconsequential. The gauze he had wrapped around himself was more than enough for the mere flesh wound.
An NMX Neko lunged towards Anastasia and grabbed her around her head, pushing her thumbs into Anastasia's eyeholes while the rest of her fingers gripped her black-haired skull. While she did this, she raised into the air and delivered a swift kick to Anastasia's gut with her heeled boots.
Power Armor Bay
The NMX fought valiantly, but Hanna was too sharp for them and was able to create a smoke screen between her and the attacker. The only problem was, now Amanozako had the concern of the smoke grenade impacting her negatively. On the plus side, this would be an opportune time to run for her own power armor.
Meissa's aether saber did a fine job on the chest of the NMX Reaper and, soon, the NMX was downed. But before she could cheer for victory against that one, she had to begin fighting off another that rocketed into the power armor bay with their feet pointed downwards and managed to stomp Meissa to the ground and began shooting at close range, not missing Meissa's head, as they stood on Meissa's chest.
Leeta called over comms, "Meissa I got you!" She then whipped her weapon towards the NMX Reaper-cad Neko and lit her up. The NMX Neko turned to look at the Mindy-clad infantry Neko coming at her and away from the Elysian underneath her for a brief moment before looking back to Meissa. Her finger was on her rifle's trigger, about to shoot again in the place that had turned from bright green on Meissa's HUD to an equally bright but unequally bad orange. Leeta shot at the NMX Neko, but they held their position and fingered the trigger.
The latest two NMX Neko to come in were headed straight for Abart'huse Theisilis as he headed for them. The first flew over the Separa's head and landed on his tail, then shot him in the back a couple of times while the one in front of him flew to a height he could not reach her at and shot him in the chest the same number of times.
Yoshida was able to deflect the wave of parasites, but soon she was being targeted by an NMX Neko's rifle. She had to act fast.
William did a good job of making sure the NMX Neko was sliced through the soft part of the neck, a perfectly placed and one in a million slice of the blade. Blood spurted outwards and against William's Reaper's face and body through the tiny slit between helmet and body of the NMX's Reaper.
