Enter the Arena... As Your Avatar (v4)!

something tells me that there will be space for all.

"I don't really fight much. Though...I owe this place enough to at least visit its offspring. Just that, a nice visit to say hello to the newborn realm." He's starting to tear up again. "Heck, I wonder if anything exciting will happen in the next. Will villains rise? Will heroes become villains? Will evil meet good and win, or will they wipe each other out?"

FM, feeling like he is in good company, lowers his hood. Revealing a burnt scar down the middle of his face. A bruised patch of skin on his left cheek. An eye that seems long dead. He is no pretty thing to look at, but the sad smile on his face does wonders against it.

"I sure hope so! I don't know what I'll do if I just get stuck in sanctuary all day again... gal's gotta stretch her legs, ya know?"

"I dunno, I guess I'll see it when it happens... hope I'll get to see you there!"

Hey ~Knowlessman, maybe you should link every known spinoff thread in the OP or something? Because, I mean, Archive Binge-ing to find all of them will be a pain if they're all linked at different times/in different timezones...

edited 13th May '15 12:52:27 AM by MicoolTNT

of course.

erin smiles. She looks back up towards the sky

A flickering blue light comes around the corner... and nothing happens to Isaki, even as the inevitable wireframes start to stitch themselves into an exact copy of her.

"So, you're here too?"

   Did you really believe I would miss it?   

edited 13th May '15 12:57:24 AM by MicoolTNT

"...Say Isaki, if I see you in the new arena. Remind me that I owe you an actual spar." FM pushes a bit of his short brown hair out of his eyes. "Because I just keep forgetting that you can handle what I give out."

"Oh, trust me, I will!" -she grins gleefully-

Isana gives a wry smile. She's never going to change, is she...? Yes, quite a different path from my own, this one...

For a brief while, Madara, Kaguya and most of the Naruto, Bleach, Fairy Tail and else avvies used by some random shmuck appears.

"Wut ?" Sez Tobirama as they all dissipears again... Where ?

edited 13th May '15 1:02:10 AM by Bolded1

Isaki blinks. Isana just raises an eyebrow.

the both of you, i hope to see you wherever we end up next. i have my own duties, so i cannot promise anything, but this is for these crossroads. may they be remembered for all ages!

erin turns around and walks off, whistling an odd tune....if that Loch Lomond?

It's been great, guys. See you around.

edited 13th May '15 1:05:42 AM by ImmortalFaust

"Oh yeah, I also managed to find a new thing while I was gone..." FM's shoulder bulges outward slightly, the way it does whenever FM summoned Hydra. Then...an emerald green hydra head bursts out of it. As soon as it does, it happily looks around with a slightly opened maw. FM himself is grinning brightly. "I have myself a hydra again. This time, a genuinely niceone."

"You... what... what?!" Why would you choose... that's like... like a Puella Magi...

Her eyes widen, and she glances at Isana, who seems to remain blissfully unaware as she stares up into the - wait, are her eyes open?! Is she not even trying to hide those infinite spirals for once?!

...choosing to become one with her Witch...

Nice touch!

edited 13th May '15 1:09:45 AM by MicoolTNT

"Because, the worlds lonely without a constant companion. While he was a monster, Hydra still saved me from harm more than once. I...have to honor the good he did, at least, rather than hate his kind for his evils." FM rubs the head of the hydra, which lets out a soft purring noise. "Besides, I'm already a 'dark' diety. Might as well have an 'evil' monster, right?"

"Uhh... I... I guess...? Still dunno I'd be keen on having something living inside me - even though I kinda already do - but each to his own..."

"Well, little Emy here isn't always confined to inside my body. Lets just say...taking back up necromancy has opened up some new opportunities for improvement."

"...improvement?"

FM snaps his fingers, causing Emy to spark with white magic. The hydra then tears free from FM's shoulder and grows a new tail. It yips happily. "Well I can make organic limbs for one."

"...alright...?"

Meanwhile, in the outskirts of the Arena, soon-to-be gone forever in but a day or a few hours, a familiar-looking colossal stone serpent, almost 80 metres long, spawns, dozing under the night sky, just out of view from anyone in the centre.

This serpent, like its other 15 equally-colossal siblings, and to the untrained eye, is but another fantastical, mindless stone guardian waiting to be slain by a worthy hero, with the instinct and tact of a rampaging elephant.

At least, that's how it should be.

Because, somehow, whether through an unknown force that did so as it was sent here, or whether it had it all along (we will never know, it can't exactly communicate fluently to anyone else), inside the simplistic head of this Colossus, a dormant, and very much sentient mind, full of long-lost memories and personality, lurks deep within.

And tonight, it awakens, for what may be the first time in ages.

It is heralded by the familiar sensation of a faint tremor, lightly shaking the Arena.

FM blinks, being stirred awake by the tremor. For while the others may have left, he stayed. To have one last night in the arena, to appreciate old times.

With the aid from its newly granted sentience, the colossal beast stirs to life, still hidden in the outskirts of the city.

And the first thing the serpent does upon waking, upon thinking rationally for what seems to be the first time in ages, is... ponder and ask questions.

Why was it brought here? What is this place? Who are these people it can feel through the ground? Why can it think all of a sudden? Why does it feel that standing around and mulling about like this is frowned upon in this place?

And - Why does this place seem so familiar, despite looking so alien?

Thinking about this causes pain to the Colossus' newborn mind, and it needs answers fast.

Slowly and silently, it burrows into the ground, and slowly creeps towards the people it hears, looking for answers that may help its little quest, heralded by another tremor.

Putting in one final thing before the thread ends. After this post I'm leaving for school, so I won't be able to join the new thread for some time.

As Ridley flew around in the air, Cell was creeping around for one last time to look for anyone left behind, Shrodinger was sitting on a rooftop, the Captain and Ultimate Chimera besides him, Walter being who knows where, and Vezon was doing one final dance, DID was standing in what would soon become nothing, a tear rolling down his eye.

"The dimension I made my home will no longer exist... once again I'll lose my home... I had already fled, but I just had to give it one final salute. Almost everyone else is already gone. I'll join them shortly."

Metal Sonic appears by DID.

"You're still here too, huh? You're pretty loyal, I'll give you that."

DID looks as Ridley, Cell and Shrodinger and his companions vanished from this world.

"Everyone else is gone now... even DIL has moved on without me."

A small rumbing happens. Porky, in his Draco Mech, flew over DID.

"Sombra... you're not escaping me. Until we've had our battle, I'll follow you wherever you try to go!"

Porky, too, vanishes from this world, headed to the next. And Metal Sonic does the same now.

"..."

He looks at the landscape, feels the energy of this realm one last time.

"...It's over.", he says with a sad smile.

"Adios."

He slowly floats up a bit and eventually vanishes. Vezon, still here, simply looks over at him, twirling his spear.

"It's so sad.", he grins. "It's almost... poetic."

He turns around.

"It's time to finish what has begun."

Creating a portal, he steps through it. It closes behind him, echoing in the near empty realm.

edited 13th May '15 2:54:50 AM by DevilPsyco

Hello? Well, getting ready for one big finale post. Hope you guys well...

@Micool: I already said I'm gonna do that when I was here six hours ago. Read up sometime.

Hell, I actually caught up page by page that time to not miss any spinoff links, and there were twenty or so pages. Mind you, that's what the Page Down button's for.

Huge wall of text coming up!

Just in case you guys want to join in: A spinoff of the Arena.

A massive group of people all enter the Arena at the same time, looking at one another.

"It's going to end soon, right, brother?" Hailie asks Verillion, who simply nods.

Lori walks towards the two, clapping Verillion on the shoulder.

"Don't get so worried. We'll meet the others soon."

Alroth can be heard chuckling.

"The sorceress is right, you know."

Joffrey looks at Sansa, smirking a bit.

"Well, what do you say, princess?"

The redhead just rolls her eyes in irritation, turning away.

Lanaia, along with the Frozen One, are standing side by side, arms crossed, and eerily silent.

Alderoth looks around with a sorrowful smile.

"I can't believe... it'll end soon..."

He laughs a bit, as Eldren turns to the Summoners.

"About time we say farewell... Zurasa?"

Zurasa simply nods, before waving her hand and causing a rain of small blue comets, which all burn up before reaching the ground.

Delta, meanwhile, casts a spell to darken the sky and reveal the stars to everyone.

Migi looks at the stars, motioning her cobra to look at it too.

"See that? That's how high the chances of us meeting again with the other people here."

Zeta can be seen looking at the comets and stars in admiration.

"We'll find one another soon~!"

Laura, meanwhile, deactivates her Cloaking, revealing her to everyone. She also looks at the view, sighing a bit.

Lyria gasps, before laughing lightly.

"So pretty..."

Lily and Blaire look at one another knowingly.

"For the honor of a grand place!"

Using their magic, they both summon a rain of fragrant herbs to go along with the comets.

Lucien and Cassandra sit on a nearby bench, simply watching everything unfold.

"This is pleasantly surprising."

"Indeed."

Valkyrie just observes everything with a pair of binoculars.

Meanwhile, Leah also watches on from an unseen place, while Mysthell just nods as her wings fold to let others get a good view of the sky.

Xveranth can be seen on top of the hotel, looking up at the sky.

"A glorious end."

James can be seen playing ball with Yumi, only that it's with Arcane Orbs this time, as Redgard just laughs at the duo's antics.

Scarlett looks on from the tower itself, hovering a few feet from the ground with her miasma.

Blanc, still with closed eyes, looks at the scene with a soft smile.

Mimic can be seen sitting on another abandoned building, actually not messing with her tendrils this time.

Arone is also present, playing around with Chaos Orbs as she doesn't pay attention to the comets.

Alter!Alderoth, meanwhile, can be seen sipping a glass of blood, but takes care to witness the large event.

Louisa is simply leaning on a nearby lamppost, eyebrow raised as her part-transparent form flickers a bit, while Yvette eyes her curiously.

Quiris is also looking on, levitating in the air as she mutters a few Draconic words.

The Marionette can be seen outside a cafe, calmly observing the events unfold.

   Ahh... the end is near.   

Mike(?) and his companions also look at one another, before starting to talk with each other, and it quickly devolves to teasing and lighthearted jokes.

Lineris and Fractis are also observing, although they are heavily hidden and thus hard to find.

Mereen, Epsilon, and Thana, meanwhile, just look on, and Epsilon then walks off somewhere else, before stopping there, and turning to the tower.

   I believe it is time for us to leave.   

Then, after quite a while, they all depart one by one in their own ways, until only Xveranth and Eldren are left.

"First one to arrive is last to leave, you think?"

Eldren just looks at his friend.

"Indeed."

The elf then vanishes in a pillar of blue light, while Xveranth slips into the shadows.

One final farewell... goodbye, and see you soon.

edited 13th May '15 4:00:51 AM by SymeSynth