Iri Manor — Somewhere with a TV

-What has Rose been up to?-

-Binge-watching stuff on Netflix. That's just about it.-

Iri Manor

-Rose happens to be watching an episode of [[The100 The 151]]. A young woman with long blond hair and a young man with short black hair are at the door of the dropship, about to commence an argument-

Bellamy: PAULAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

-hold on, Bellamy sounds quite a bit more than a woman than Rose remembered...-

Bellamy: IT'S TIME TO MEET YOUR SUPERIOR ONCE AGAIN!

-a screaming, clearly unhinged woman...-

-the screen seems to pulse outwards, as though stretching, before a certain blonde woman with an eyepatch and a baseball bat crawls out, Ring-style-

Kirsten: AT LAAAAST! WE MEET AGAIN!

edited 11th Feb '16 5:34:36 PM by ILoveDogs

Iri Manor

-Rose just sorta... stares-

Rose: ...Uh...

-She looks around to make sure she didn't drink any particularly strong alcoholic drinks more recently than she remembers-

Rose: ...Can I, uh, help you?

Iri Manor

-Kirsten's facial expression shifts to a pleasant smile-

Kirsten: Why, yes you can. And do you know how?

-flip! She screeches and swings her bat, shattering a vase into pieces-

Kirsten: FIGHT ME, PAULA!

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-Immediately as Kirsten shouts "FIGHT ME, PAULA", the screen starts pulsating again. This time, she stares blankly as a wave of Unown flood out of it and into the room, arranging into...-

ERB

-Kirsten steps right in-

Hey there, Paula~ Finally time for round three,
Time to verbally murder you in the third degree!
In a year and a half, you look like you've softened,
So I'm nailing these lines like a final nail in your coffin!

I'm like the Joker in Gotham, slaying batty little bitches
But now you're the joke! Just seeing you is leaving me in stitches!
You're worth nothing! You just hide among the actual "heroes",
But put your hands up and freeze, you absolute zero!

You're a disgrace to criminals! How'd we ever even work together?
You've let yourself go! You look like you've been cooped up here forever!
Hiding behind the same group you tried to terrorize
But I'm here tonight to bring your untimely lyrical demise!

So now, who's really always two steps ahead?
The only thing you'll beat me to is being dead!
But enough from me, I've said enough for now,
Try to take your own shots while I'm taking my bow!

ERB

-Rose raises an eyebrow, but stands up and approaches the mic without missing a beat-

Rose: Is this what I did in my old life?
Spit rhymes at a crime-loving, dime-priced whore who
Fancies herself a little limelight?
You try to pick a fight, but you can't even rhyme right!

So just sit tight and look nice for me,
'Cause on the mic tonight's an ex-Cipher emcee
Against a spiteful psycho who ain't bright to fight me!
Why don't you quit your barking, come right up and bite me!

I mean, here comes some bitch that I've never seen,
And starts spitting quips like she has beef with me?
She was never even mentioned in any of the stories
I can kinda see why — she's just sorta boring

But I don't need to remember, 'cause I'm better than you
I'm a natural at rap! It's really nothing new,
And to beat freaks like you, you don't need to be a master
'Cause it's plain and clear that you're a total disaster!

edited 11th Feb '16 5:50:00 PM by BittersweetNSour

CU toy store

"Uhh..."

Shit, what do I do now...

Arahabaki fires a Psybeam at the remaining Gigas.

"... Huh. Didn't realize you could do that.."

It gives her a look that simultaneously says "How" and "You didn't ask".

ERB

-Kirsten blinks, and gulps a tad, before running back up to the mic-

Wait… wait a second, you're kidding, you've gotta be!
I go out of my way to find you, and you don't remember me?
That first rap battle in November now means nothing at all?
What about "Valkyrie"? That's what I used to be called!

(Take a breath, Kirsten, don't waste your verse on this crap!
You're not supposed to panic, you're supposed to rap!
I didn't win twice like this, I should be stronger!
So get back to the battle, can't talk to myself any longer!)

Okay, so, maybe I was wrong, you've got memory issues
But that doesn't mean I can't find the words to diss you!
I don't care if you don't think you're Paula, it's what I'm calling you!
I came to beat her, and damn well, I'll follow through!

I'm done with the pleasantries, I'm scrapping my old spiel,
It's out with the old plan, time to feel my rage for real!
I'll win this rap battle with one final shot!
We're finishing this whether you like it or not!

edited 11th Feb '16 5:56:32 PM by ILoveDogs

ERB

-Rose laughs slightly at Kirsten's faltering at the beginning of her verse-

Rose: I have to admit, it's really kind of impressive
That your second's more pathetic than your first impression!
Just kidding, it's depressing, didn't expect disrespect like this,
If that was really your best, it was a good shot, but you missed!

I've got a question, though: you said you're called Valkyrie?
Was that your real name, or a dream you never turned out to be?
I mean, at a glance, it's really not a hero I'm looking at,
Just a misguided musician with a grudge and a bloody bat!

It's ironic how the holier-than-thou hath fallen,
This bitch botched it; got one more shot, Ms. Symphonic,
If I've got it this easy, I'd hate to meet the villain you're calling me,
But Paula's gone forever, I'm a better girl than she used to be!

Honestly, I think you need to try to clean up your act
You should rethink your lines, because it's blatant you've slacked
This maniac needs to find a stronger attack
'Cause don't you think it's kinda weak to be beat by an amnesiac?

edited 11th Feb '16 6:02:08 PM by BittersweetNSour

ERB

-Kirsten shakes her head, growling under her breath, before starting-

Just because you've forgotten doesn't mean the whole world did!
You can't avoid the consequences just because you ran away and hid!
See, Paula, like it or not, you're still on the wanted list!
This stupid little house is just a place the cops missed!

But they'll find you one day, and you'll be locked up for good,
You'll serve your life in prison, just the way you should!
Maybe you don't feel like running, but you really better start
But don't come running to me, I've already played my part!

See, I know your past better than you ever will
If it don't get you arrested, then it'll get you killed
Because I know eventually you're gonna slip up,
You're gonna show your true colors, you're gonna run out of luck

Besides, what even are you now, the Iri twins' weird roomate?
Is this what people do when they're running away from fate?
It's degrading, it's insulting, you'd be more useful dead!
But I'll have front-row seats when they pry that voice out your head!

Oreburgh

Hookwolf: <And that is the gist of it.>

Rockabye: <...That builds teamwork.>

Hookwolf: <It did back in my time in the Kalosian Pawniard Army and it will do so here as well!>

Rockabye: <...Well, okay, then.>

-The Pawniard starts sloppy swishing, the Larvitar joining in-

-After a bit, a certain Honedge come by-

Hookwolf: <Ah, Anubis! Come dance with us, my compatriot!>

Anubis: <...I'm going to have to take a raincheck on that.>

-He heads off-

-Hookwolf's face becomes slightly perplexed, while still continuing the sloppy swish-

ERB

-Rose is about to retort, but her voice is drowned out by television static. She looks behind Kirsten to see a familiar face donning a pair of fractured, sunglasses and a standard news reporter outfit-

Paula Prime: Okay, hold on, shut your traps, and prepare to be creamed
'Cause I'm coming at you live from Dashedreams!
Now, I'm a little bit annoyed, I've gotta blow off some steam
With this last verse, my last chance to hear you scream!

-The TV shuts off, and a hologram of her appears next to Kirsten and puts her arm around her-

Paula Prime: Let's talk a little 'bout my past that you mocked before:
I brought a bird and a god unnatural horrors
But I lost 'em in the end; yeah, sure, I deserved it:
I was kidnapped, cloistered, abandoned, deserted
But it's just a couple months before I came back to you
With a thirst for blood and a point to prove
I made it back alive so I could settle a score!
You've won two battles, but you haven't won the war!

-She lets go of Kirsten, and goes to join the real Rose, who is once again raising her eyebrow at the strange occurrence-

Paula Prime: So here I am, little Krissy, and I've lost my damn mind!
Didn't know? Couldn't tell, 'cause you're always behind~
I've been knocked down twice, but now I Rose again
And you've stumbled too far into this Pyroar's den
And now I'm here for the hunt! This little cunt should be afraid!
Because I'll live here forever, while you're doomed for the grave!
See, I'm bound to my words, so if I lose this again
I can haunt you when I want to, 'cause I'm sworn to revenge!

And even if I go away, I'll have the last laugh:
'Cause I stole away the guy who broke your heart in half;
'Cause I earned a title you could never achieve;
'Cause I've escaped from hell, defied the Powers That Be;
'Cause I live a new life, both in Rosie and here
Where I have forever and she has nothing to fear,
And 'cause I know that you will cry in an asylum one day,
Having watched as your life goes and wastes away!

-She heads to the center of the room-

Paula Prime: So let me finish up with the end of my verse
And say the roles are reversed for better or worse; now Kirsten's cursed!
You should've researched and rehearsed before you'd first begun!
Let's face the facts, sweetie: this time, we've won.

-The mic falls to the floor as the hologram fades.-

Edited by BittersweetNSour on Sep 3rd 2019 at 2:58:03 PM

CU Toystore, past

-Decarabia tries to Signal Beam a Gigas-

That meta bit in Kyrie's second verse was great, but ROSE GOT DEM RHYMES. So voting Rose/Paula. :P

ERB

With a lead of 9 to 1...

-The Unown swarm before taking the mic away and flood back into the TV-

Rose: ...Well, that happened. Can I go back to watching The 151 now?

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-Kirsten seethes-

This isn't over...

-sulkily, she crawls back into the TV-

CU Toystore

-The remaining Gigas is obliterated by the combined attacks-

Mondo: <Geeze... That was a thing>

-The clefairy rubs a sore shoulder as he looks around to evaluate the damages-

-There is a glint where one of the Gigas fell, it looks like one of them dropped some sort of key-

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-Rose shakes her head, and notices a VHS eject out of a VCR that may not have been there moments before. She tilts her head, and takes it out. It's labeled "ERB".-

Rose: ...Well, I guess next morning I'll see if this still exists or if I'm just drunk off my ass or hallucinating or something.

-She shrugs and pushes it back into the player to rewatch everything that just happened.-

edited 12th Feb '16 11:02:03 AM by BittersweetNSour

CU - Little Toy Shop (Of Combat!)

-Pent (who was totally here this whole time and not just lurking waiting for the battle to end) dismisses his pokesona (who was totally also here this whole time healing peope) and snatches up the key with a swift motion-

Hm... Elevator. Guess this was a required battle or something...

-He holds up the key for a moment before heading to the elevator-

CU Toystore

Mondo: <Eh?>

-Unsurprisingly enough, there's a slot for the key to go in-

-Soon enough, there's a whirring sound as the machinery begins to come to life and eventually the door opens. The buttons labeled 'F!', 'B' and other various operations glow softly, and there appears to be a notice for an employee Valentine's Day activity posted on the wall-

edited 11th Feb '16 8:54:02 PM by BlitzTrain

-Ren dismisses Izanagi before turning to Mendel.-

Ren: Anything off with the lift?

Mendel: Nothing that I can see. But after that last encounter I'm thinking that Pythagoras might have limits on what he an detect.

Ren: Well that better than nothing. Can you minimize Pythagoras with out dismissing him?

Mendel: -shaking his head- Sorry, Mr. Clavis. I can remove the Porygon head-shell but the Chair, interface and figure head can't.

Ren: Wonderful. I'm for letting Mendel get in first so we can screen him until he can summon Pythagoras again.

edited 11th Feb '16 8:52:47 PM by keys2tkingdom

CU - Little Toy Shop (Of Sending Others Ahead)

Agreed. If there's an ambush then we can take the next elevator up if he screams.

CU Toy Shop

Lane:Let's hope he doesn't scream.

-He notices the Valentine's notice-

Huh...forgot that was coming up

-He looks at it.-

CU, Toystore Elevator

-Lisa dismisses Titan and has probably perched somewhere or on someone due to size limits-

-Though she would likely be unable to read the language the flier is in outside of the CU, she comprehends it and contemplates something related to it-

-SleepyHead has likewise dismissed Camazotz-

SleepyHead: <So, uh, any preference which button we push?>

Oreburgh

-Post-sloppy swishing, Hookwolf has come to look for Anubis, who is off somewhere-

Anubis: <...Hey, Hookwolf.>

Hookwolf: <Ah, there you are Anubis. Is something wrong?>

Anubis: <...Just a bit frustrated.>

Hookwolf: <Oh? With what?>

Anubis: <...How I can't seem to remember much before being on the Excess Express.>

<I feel like I was doing something important for someone, though...>

Hookwolf: <Hm.>

<Well, we will help you figure it out, eventually.>

<And, with luck, you won't have an evil part of you trying to rewrite the world for his own nefarious purposes.>

Anubis: <...Excuse me?>

Hookwolf: <Oh, no need to worry about that. Just a bit of levity.>

Anubis: <Ah.>

<Well, thanks.>