Crystalwatcher's Magical Girl Quest!
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INDEED!
Now, I normally don't do this, but I feel like gloating a little:
I obviously don't expect an answer right now, but I'd wager that Hero WEAPON has at least one of the following unrevealed things: a passive ability that massively improves her chances of getting perfect magic modifier rolls, or a spell that's an expy of Omnislash.
Oh also...
Armor of the Time Lord
-If Goddess White, or an ally would take more than 25% of their max Health, cancel the attack.
Shouldn't Goddess White have canceled their attack? 50k = 33%~ of 150k HP after all.
As 33% > 25% ... right?
or is this another X attribute cancels things thingy thing.
Armor of the Time Lord
-If Goddess White, or an ally would take more than 25% of their max Health, cancel the attack.
Shouldn't Goddess White have canceled their attack? 50k = 33%~ of 150k HP after all.
As 33% > 25% ... right?
or is this another X attribute cancels things thingy thing.
Crystalwatcher
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Both. Maybe.
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San was more than a little distracted. Also, probably going to remove White from that ability because it'd otherwise make her functionally unkillable. Can't have that.
[X]Go in, Anastasia's in trouble and needs help. Besides, you're Team GEAR: it took a Goddess to kill just two of you.
... with this set of abilities, I can see why San has something of a reputation for being incredibly hard to kill.crystalwatcher said:
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@Gore17 - I don't believe it but you were right!? Congratulations on somehow doing the impossible and also pulling off recovering Goddess White for the Unified Light.
[X]Go in, Anastasia's in trouble and needs help. Besides, you're Team GEAR: it took a Goddess to kill just two of you.
Argh! So very close to being able to get Indestructible Core! We are at 843xp out of the needed 1,090xp. Hopefully Team GEAR (Human) + Rei can earn the missing 247xp saving Nepgear!
[X]Go in, Anastasia's in trouble and needs help. Besides, you're Team GEAR: it took a Goddess to kill just two of you.
Argh! So very close to being able to get Indestructible Core! We are at 843xp out of the needed 1,090xp. Hopefully Team GEAR (Human) + Rei can earn the missing 247xp saving Nepgear!
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Honestly we are going to need Indestructible Core now. We have seriously pissed off a World or High-Class God level being, bringing their full wrath down on Nepgears head, and with White rejoining the Akashic Piller the UD is going to focus down on the Magical Girl who brought such a powerful super combatant back onto the UL's side. So yeah. More Health and Damage Reduction please.
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[X]Go in, Anastasia's in trouble and needs help. Besides, you're Team GEAR: it took a Goddess to kill just two of you.
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Crystalwatcher
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Edited Goddess White's Armor of the Time Lord ability.
No longer stops surprise attacks.
No longer stops surprise attacks.
*bows* Thank you!
Seriously, I am so, so happy this worked so well. My grin is from ear to ear.
Incidentally, I called who White was angry at:
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Had this been nearly any other situation, you would have probably jumped right in. Had the stakes not been as high as they were, you probably would have just pulled you and your team out, fuck the consequences. As it was, that virus made retreat impossible: if it got out, then you'd be fucked anyway. But at the same time...
You could clearly see in your mind's eye the sadness on Rei's face as she talked about her sisters. Just as easily, you could picture Sega's face the morning your life went to hell.
You couldn't bring yourself to fight San if there was another way. "San..." The sound of her actual name makes Goddess White's eyes to snap directly to you, and draws the attention of the rest of the room as well. You keep the Purifier Beam pointed at the ground. "I think... there's someone that would like to talk to you." Literally everyone blinks as the tension suddenly cliff hangs. Angel WEAPON and the Maidens are looking at you in utter confusion, while Gabriel keeps her eyes on the Magical Girls in the middle of the room. Truth and the rest of Team GEAR are also watching you, but instead of confusion they radiate curiosity. "Some one pass me their radio."
Playing along, James unlatches his from his armor and hands it to you, and you quickly fiddle with the small machine. Once you were sure it was on the right channel, you max out the volume so everyone in the room can hear it clearly, and max out the sensitivity so the other end could hear the room. You press the 'transmit' button.
"This is Magical Girl Solid Core of Team GEAR to -" You don't get a chance to finish as a new voice cuts in over the radio. The scream is deafening but coherent, despite being right next to your ear.
"ANASTASIA BOHEART! I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION I HAD TOLD YOU TO COME TALK TO ME BEFORE YOU LEFT BASE!! I WAS WAITING FOR YOU FOR OVER FOUR HOURS BEFORE I FOUND OUT YOU HAD GONE AND LEFT ON YOUR MISSION, WHILE COMPLETELY FORGETTING ABOUT ME!! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?!?!"
As the screaming stops, the room is deathly quiet. Your tension is drained, and you find yourself gaping in astonishment by what had come through the radio. Now you could hear stifled laughter, though you couldn't spare the brain power to try to figure out who it was.
"Umm... I was kinda-sorta distracted right after the meeting broke up? I mean... I had a thought about my powers, and wanted to test something... but when I figured out how to work it and kissed my teammates I couldn't really think of much-" Your babbling cuts out with an audible choke as you realize what you had just said. And there's the desire to be swallowed up by the ground again. "I totally forgot, I'm sorry, please don't kill me or spread what I just said!" Your voice gets really squeaky by the end of that sentence.
"... I'll think on it." Rei's reply has you blowing out a gust of air in relief, "Now why are you on the radio? What happened?"
... And the tension's back.
"Um...we figured out why Gaia was interested enough to intervene over here. Turns out the research team was using a kind of virus to make super soldiers, but they were apparently having trouble with the survival rates when this place got attacked."
"Alright... what do you want me to do about it? Just burn the fucking virus with your lightbulb-ness."
'Lightbulb-ness?' You see Gabriel mouth in confusion. You ignore it, "That's the thing. It's in a box, and I ran into your sister San..." You hear a choking noise from the other end of the connection. You are never leaving base without Rei again, and you're pretty sure Rei agrees now, "Thing is, she and the Maidens of the Apocalypse want the virus for themselves to unleash all across Earth and possibly more... But I really don't want to fight her, because I barely made it out of my fight with Ni, and all that she left there to fight was her Knight! So please, talk some sense into your sister before me or my team winds up dead!"
For a moment nothing but silence comes through. As the seconds drag on, you momentarily worry that Rei might have simply dropped the radio and started ignoring the situation but...
"... San? You there?" Rei's voice is soft. No. Not soft... it was weak. You had never head her weak before. It terrifies you.
"Rei... Yeah. I'm here sis." San has lowered her sword. The tip of the blade rests against the ground as she stares hollowly at your feet.
"... Why? If that Virus is enough to make Nepgear refuse to run and instead call me, why would you unleash it? What's the point?"
"I... Shiva. Shiva said, that if I help forward her plans she and Sil would help me reunite the Four of us." You know exactly what she means, even though it's noticeable that no one else in the room does. "... If Humanity has to be blasted back to the stone age, then so what?" The sadness is fading, being replaced by a hot anger. Rei's response is also heated, the weakness gone, instead replaced by the steel you recognize so easily.
"Seriously? Seriously?! The point?! The point is Ichi! She gave her life for this war San! She always wanted to save lives! She's still trying to save lives! If we simply up and kill off the entirety of Humanity, then what was the point of her sacrifice? Huh?! WHAT WOULD THE POINT BE THEN SAN MITSUBISHI?!?!" San flinches in the face of Rei's roar.
But she does not bow easily.
"The point would be that we'd all be together again! I WOULD HAVE MY SISTERS BACK!! I WOULDN'T BE GOING DAY AFTER DAY WONDERING IF IT'S TODAY OR TOMORROW THAT I HAVE TO KILL ONE OF THEM! DAMNIT REI! I DON'T WANT TO HURT ANY OF YOU!!"
Everyone in the room is watching White and the little radio your holding now. Watching the exchange.
"Getting them back means nothing if we lose ourselves along the way! I don't want to hurt either of you either San... So please... just come back. Forget this nonsense and come back to me... please San..." The anger is gone, and in it's place you hear Rei's desperation. This time, San does bow. Her eyes clench shut, and you know, in a way only a little sister can tell, that she has caved.
Encouraged by the victory, you turn to the Maidens. "What about you? What do you two fight for?"
The two sisters have moved to stand next to White, and at your question they share a look between each other.
West shrugs at East, and the younger of the two turns to you. Her voice remains childish and kind.
"We just want to watch the world burn."
But the words are anything but. You blink-
(Black Blade of Morass: 10,000 Base Damage, no dice, +45,000 Back Attack, +10 Surprise = 55,010
Goddess White: 350 Base Resilience, Dice Negated, -350 Didn't see it coming, -500 I thought you were my friend = 850 Extra Damage
50,860 Total End Damage
Goddess White: 150,000 - 50,860 = 99,140 Health Remaining, Goddess White is incapacitated.)
There's so much blood that your sight of San is obscured instantly. You hear her hit the ground with a wet thump and a clatter of armor. Everyone else is just as stunned as you are by the treachery.
"Shiva-papa warned us that she might try running back to Gold-baka, so she asked us to keep her from trying to break away if something like that happened. Sorry Auntie White: we really like you, but we can't let anyone else have you. Just stay right there for now and let us take care of all these, alright?" East is positively soaked in White's blood, the red liquid dripping from her form.
For a moment you just stare. Then East raises her blade again and you raise the Purifier Beam faster than you had ever thought possible.
"STOP THEM!" Your voice roars like thunder in your ears and everyone moves. "KEEP EAST BUSY!"
(Hero WEAPON Inbound: 3 Turns
Goddess White: Health Reset, Modifiers Negated, God's Pissed
Purifier Beam: 757 Base Damage, Dice Negated, Juggernaut Negated = 757 Total Damage
Maiden of the West: 10,000 Base Resilience, Dice Negated = 10,000 Damage Reduction
0 Total End Damage
Maiden of the West: 65,000 - 0 = 65,000 Health Remaining
Black Blade of Morass: 10,000 Base Damage, no dice, +0 King Slayer = 10,000 Total Damage
James Robert: 500 Base Resilience, no dice = 500 Damage Reduction
9,500 Total End Damage
25 Strain Damage
Return To Sender: 1,250 Base Damage, no dice, +10 Surprise, +500 Hostile Divinity Effect = 1,760 Total Damage
Maiden of the East: 0 Base Resilience, no dice, +400 Epic Existence, -350 Didn't see it coming, -500 But you're human! = 450 Extra Damage
2,210 Total End Damage
Maiden of the East: 66,000 - 2,210 = 63,790 Health Remaining, East has been 'disarmed'.
The Time Walking Blade: 3,000 Base Damage, +2,325 Dice, +10 Surprise, x3 CRUSH = 11,335 Total Damage
Maiden of the West: 10,000 Base Resilience, +799 Dice, -1,000 Holyshitwhatthefuck = 9,799 Damage Reduction
1,536 Total End Damage
Maiden of the West: 65,000 - 1,536 = 63,464 Health Remaining
The Time Walking Blade: 3,000 Base Damage, +1,623 Dice, +2,325 Time Walk, +10 Surprise, x3 CRUSH = 12,958 Total Damage
Maiden of the West: 10,000 Base Resilience, +309 Dice, -8,000 Shield Askew, -1,000 Holyshitwhatthefuck = 1,309 Damage Reduction
11,649 Total End Damage
Maiden of the West: 63,464 - 11,649 = 51,815 Health Remaining)
The opening moves are sudden and vicious. East and West move in synch, almost as if born to compliment each-other. Your beam that was meant for East is caught upon West's shield with ease and is scattered to the winds. James reaches East, and the Number Eight Strongest Magical Girl takes a swing at him. The blade moves fast, trailing a contrail of condensation as it cuts through the air, impossible for any merely human opponent to track.
But James does the impossible, and dodges it. He slips under the path of the blade with an inherently human grace, the sword that should have swept him from the world passing harmlessly over his head. Then he draws the steel longsword from his back, and brings it down in a massive chop on the smaller girl before him, "Eat this bitch!" [return key]
Her cloth uniform provides no resistance to the strike from the powered-up human. The titanium-steel blade bites through flesh and bone with a splash of blood that East is too stunned to dodge or block. Her arm is severed at the shoulder and her blade hangs in the air.
Then the world breaks. Cracks suddenly cover everything as a crash echoes around the chamber in a sudden symphony of destruction and attention shifts to the fully healed and whole Goddess White. Eyes a blazing white, the light that spills forth from her form is almost blinding in intensity. "You'll pay for that." The calm of her voice belies the raw surge of killing intent that suffuses the room. And for the first time you are treated to the rare sight of a Goddess not holding back.
She grips her blade with both hands, bringing the weapon up behind her shoulder, and swings. The sound it makes as it meets West's shield is indescribable. The impact alone tears West off her feet as the ground beneath White's feet caves in from the forces placed upon it. You hear flesh tear and bones break, but you cannot identify whose. Then the blade transcribes an almost beautiful arc through the air and White brings it back down atop West with an almost impossible might. The shield is not fast enough to catch this strike, armor is not enough to slow it down, and flesh means nothing against it.
The Maiden of the West is sliced nearly in half from the strike. The only thing holding her lower half to her upper torso is her spine. Blood spills from the wound as her guts are scattered across the ground and you gape. Then Gabriel and Angel WEAPON join the fight and everything goes to shit.
(Hero WEAPON Inbound: 2 Turns
Sky Cutting Blade: 5,250 Base Damage, +2,167 Dice, +0 King Slayer = 7,417 Total Damage
Maiden of the East: 0 Base Resilience, no dice = 0 Damage Reduction
7,417 Total End Damage
Maiden of the East: 63,790 - 7,417 = 56,373 Health Remaining
Gabriel Casts Judgement!
Blade of Light: 4,000 Base Damage, +4,500 Judgement, +263 Dice, +410 Dice, +2,000 Ramming Speed = 11,173 Total Damage
Maiden of the West: 10,000 Base Resilience, +306 Dice, -8,000 Shield Askew = 2,306 Damage Reduction
8,867 Total End Damage
Maiden of the West: 51,815 - 8,867 = 42,948 Health Remaining
Purifier Beam: 747 Base Damage, +93 Dice, +500 Hostile Divinity Effect = 1,350 Total Damage
Samael Full Auto: 1,250 Base Damage, +250 Full Auto, +250 Full Auto, +250 Full Auto, +250 Full Auto, +250 Full Auto, +68 Faith in Victory, +491 Divine Inspiration, +500 Hostile Divinity Effect = 3,559 Total Damage
Michael Full Auto: 1,250 Base Damage, +250 Full Auto, +250 Full Auto, +250 Full Auto, +250 Full Auto, +250 Full Auto, +68 Faith in Victory, +500 Hostile Divinity Effect = 3,068 Total Damage
7,977 Team GEAR Damage: 23,931 Total Synchronized Damage (Hail of Lead)
Maiden of the West: 10,000 Base Resilience, dice negated, -8,000 Shield Askew, +400 Epic Existence, -7,500 Juggernaut = 5,100 Extra Damage
Maiden of the East: 0 Base Resilience, no dice, +400 Epic Existence, -0 Juggernaut = 400 Damage Reduction
29,013 Total End Damage - Maiden of the West
23,531 Total End Damage - Maiden of the East
Maiden of the West: 42,948 - 29,013 = 13,935 Remaining Health
Maiden of the East: 56,373 - 23,531 = 32,842 Remaining Health)
Angel's sword bites into East's back with ease, but fails to do any real damage. What it does do though is knock the smaller girl just enough off balance that she stumble to the side. At the same time Gabriel leaps at West, sword ablaze in fiery energies as it sweeps through the air. It bites into what's left of West's torso and Gabriel physically lifts the Magical Girl and flings her at her sister.
The girls crash into each-other and fall to the ground. By the time either of them recover enough senses to try standing, you, Michael, and Samael bringsyour guns to bear and open fire. Your purple death beam slams the two other girls against the far wall of the room, leaving them no chance to dodge the deluge of bullets that trail quickly thereafter.
Once the dust from the barrage settles, it reveals your two opponents, both bleeding so heavily you were honestly surprised they were still alive, never mind standing. The fact they were standing just cemented how absurdly strong the top-tier magical girls were.
"East, time's up. We need to break now or we won't get out of here." East nods to West, but she refuses to take her eyes off any of your far larger group. From where you were standing, they would have to go through you to get out the door behind you...
But they preempt any more thinking as the decide to just make a shortcut out of the building: East simply spins around and swings her blade at the wall with enough force to instantly collapse it. Rock, stone, and dirt instantly start flooding in from the new hole, but you can feel the building suddenly tilt. East wraps an arm around West, and before anyone else in the room has a chance to do anything, she swings her blade again and blows a hole into the suddenly weak ceiling.
The weakened walls lurch dangerously, and the remaining ceiling starts to sag, but Angel WEAPON acts before the building can cave in on all of you. She swings her own blade, a wave of soft blue light sweeping out from it, and right before your eyes literally carves the building in half. At the same time, she somehow imparts enough force that the two halves of the building leap up and begin to fall off to the sides instead of simply imploding.
"That was such bullshit." You leap into the air after Angel, White, and Gabriel, leaving the merely human members of Team GEAR and Truth to climb out of the hole on their own.
"I didn't even get a chance to take a swing at anyone." You hear Truth mutter to one of the other members of Team GEAR. You don't catch a response before you're out of earshot and hovering over the other Magical Girls as they stare down the Maidens. And the reason they haven't gotten far is on the other side of the street, blocking their direct escape path.
Number Five strongest Magical Girl. Hero WEAPON. Gaia's Champion and the only other Magical Girl to ever truly reach the level of the Goddesses. The leader of the WEAPONs and an advocate of peace, she was probably the last person that anyone would connect to Gaia. She wields a massive blade that is almost as large as she is, her black clothes drinking in the light around her, to make her soft skin almost glow in the dying evening light.
"I'll give you one chance to surrender. Or it's game over for you."
West and East glare at Hero with all the rage they can muster. They know they're beaten.
You land softly as East drops her sword and West tosses her shield aside, both raising their arms (or remaining arm in East's case) to the air.
"Good." Hero swings her titanic blade with deceptive ease, smoothly sheathing it onto her back in one motion. "Now, what we're going to do is-"
[Get out of there!]
You, and everyone else around you jerk at the sudden voice in your heads. But before any of you can do anything about Gaia's sudden shout, the ground caves in underneath you and everything goes black as you're sucked into the dirt with a shriek.
-/LINE BREAK IDENTIFIED\-
You are James Robert, and you have just witnessed your Team Leader and resident Magical Girl get sucked into a sudden sinkhole that hadjustswallowed the small park across the street from the research center without warning. Shouts and yells were almost drowned out by Nepgear's shriek as she is swallowed whole by the ground.
"Nepgear!" But by the time any of you or your allies make it to the edge of the park, the six Magical Girls (and one Angel) are gone. "Nepgear!" She does not answer, and your heart sinks to your stomach.
You turn to Sam and Mike, but before you can give the order to chase after, helicopters burst over the tops of the surrounding buildings without warning. A dozen of the flying machines descend around the obliterated research center and begin to disgorge dozens of soldiers to secure the area.
And from one, comes a sight that you desperately wished wasn't there: Goddess Gold hits the ground with a clash of metal from her boots. She strides over to Team GEAR and Truth quickly, frown affixed firmly to her face. "Where is everyone else?"
You look to Truth, but the young woman is carefully trying to edge her way behind you, but Sam and Mike both step a little closer for moral support. You heave a sigh and look at Rei, "You literally just missed them. They all decided they wanted to visit the Underworld and decided the best way to do it, is to get sucked into a massive sinkhole from nowhere." OK,probablysassing the nigh-unstoppable force of obliteration that was almost steaming from the ears in her rage was probably a bad idea, but you were more than a little pissed yourself. "We were about to go down there and fetch her when you came over the buildings." [green bit has too many "but"s, but I can't think of how to fix it at the moment.]
"And you're not going to." A most unwelcome voice cuts in. You turn around, and barely manage to not shoot the motherfucker that walks up to your little mini-gathering. The Commander (for some fucking reason) had apparently decided to join in on this localized invasion personally. "You and your Team are going to remain here and help secure the area. Once we're sure no more surprises are in store for us, then we'll see about figuring out how deep this rabbit hole goes. Understood?"
The urge to shoot the guy and go chasing after Nepgear rises. "Understood." He nods and walks away, leaving you to turn to the now red-faced Goddess Gold, who is clenching her fists hard enough to make the metal of her gauntlets groan. "I don't like that bastard." Rei makes an unintelligible sound of rage in agreement, and you quickly skedaddle. [I assume it's "gauntlets" plural?]
Ten minutes later has you and the rest of Team GEAR fully restocked and standing at the edge of the massive sinkhole that had stolen GEAR's Nepgear. The fact the research building was on fire from whatever Gold was doing simply gave ambiance to the scene.
"I think we should go after her." It takes a moment to realize that you were the one to speak. Mike and Sam both glance at you from where the were standing.
"We're only three soldiers. Gabriel got sucked down there as well. I doubt we'd be able to do anything."
Michael's argument is reasonable... but...
You feel the Connection. Glancing down, you clench a first and turn to look at your teammates as a soft purple light flares to life around it. 'Only three soldiers'. Maybe that was all you needed.
[]Wait for the area to be secured. More guns means you're more likely to rescue Anastasia and the others
[]Go in, Anastasia's in trouble and needs help. Besides, you're Team GEAR: it took a Goddess to kill just two of you.
+75xp Converted a Magical Girl!
+250xp Brought Goddess White back into the fold!
+500xp Curb stomped the Maidens of the Apocalypse!
+1xp Got kidnapped by... something.
+10xp Saved Humanity from a world-ending super virus!
836 EXP Gained = 843 Total EXP
(WARNING! You cannot vote to spend EXP untilAnastasiaNepgear is rescued!)
(Character Profile Updated! Goddess White!
Character Profile Updated! Maiden of the East!
Character Profile Updated! Maiden of the West!
Character Profile Updated! Angel WEAPON!
Character Profile Unlocked! Hero WEAPON!)
I though Shiva was a dude.
[X]Go in, Anastasia's in trouble and needs help. Besides, you're Team GEAR: it took a Goddess to kill just two of you.
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Crystalwatcher
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Don't remember saying if she/he/it was or wasn't.
Otherwise: sentient balls of energy can be whatever gender amuses them at the time.
LostDeviljho
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Someone asked who the strongest male characters were, and you said that on Gaia-tier it was White's Patron. White's Patron
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The update was right wasn't it Crystalwatcher? San isn't going to go back to being a independent, she's well and truly with the UL now right? I know what the update said, I just want absolute confirmation from you.
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@crystalwatcher - I'm curious. Why is Goddess White classified as being (Unknown) rather then moving over to the (Known Allies) group? I mean the update does say:
Well... I guess we know why Shiva wanted Goddess White on his side.
Incidentally I called a surprising amount of this update:
Shiva and the Maidens really do want to destroy the world:
and Goddess White really did fall in with a bad crowd because she was willing to do anything to see her family reunited:
which suggests she is back on our side now.
Well... I guess we know why Shiva wanted Goddess White on his side.
Incidentally I called a surprising amount of this update:
Shiva and the Maidens really do want to destroy the world:
and Goddess White really did fall in with a bad crowd because she was willing to do anything to see her family reunited:
LostDeviljho
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sometimes, you don't notice soon enough, so you can't give a warning 'till it's too late.
Truth wasn't caught by the trap.
I don't think Gaia is responsible for the hole. I suspect Shiva or Sil, and whatever is down there isn't part of Gaia, so she only noticed when it intruded into their dimension at the last second.
Possibly because Nepgear doesn't know for sure? Or it's unclear whether she'll be Independant or not.