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

_{"No...It can't end like this..."}

Fate reaches out a hand, and wraps her fingers around Bardiche. Golden energy flows over her as she slowly uses it to push herself back up to her feet.

Sir...

"No, Bardiche. We are not leaving our friend behind."

Random sidenote, Bardiche has self-repair capabilities, and Raising Heart knows this, so feel free to break it if you get the chance.

   Attagirl Fate!   

And then Raising Heart launches a lazy claw swipe at Fate.

Fate jumps backwards, out of range.

Photon Lancer!

Several orbs of golden energy form around her... but half fizzle out. The other few fly at Zombie Idolo.

Fate, you can't keep going like this! You'll only get yourself killed! Amy.

I don't care! I have to get my friend back!

-different voice, more mature- I know you want to help, Fate, but this isn't the way. You know where Nanoha is now, and you know you can't do this alone. That's enough for now. Come back, dear. Mrs. Harlaown.

edited 21st Sep '14 1:35:38 AM by MicoolTNT

The Gravity barrier once again shields Zombie Idolo from harm.

   Awwww, gettin' tired Fate-chan?   

Raising Heart's eye and crystals glow and hum with power as Zombie Idolo points it at the Mage.

   Y'know Fate-chan, I came up with this new spell just five minutes ago! I call it... Brightlance!   

And then a thin, but extremely fast and penetrating laser beam bolts out of Raising Heart's palm straight towards Bardiche's core.

I guess Fate isn't really one for trash talk. Or just keeps her eyes on the prize.

edited 21st Sep '14 1:34:44 AM by Questor

She isn't.

Fate tries to yank Bardiche out of the way, and is too slow by half; the beam cuts through the Device's shaft, and its head goes skittering away. Fate lunges for it.

That's enough, Fate! They're right, you're only going to get yourself killed! Arf.

edited 21st Sep '14 1:40:49 AM by MicoolTNT

I'm the worst edit tennis player in history of TVT.

(is doing undescribed stuff to get in Idolo's way because ninja reasons :c)

edited 21st Sep '14 1:44:32 AM by FergardStratoavis

Fate manages to get her hands on the device's core unmolested, but a moment later Idolo was now looming before her and faster than her eyes can perceive; attempts to snatch one of her impractically long pig-tails with its right hand. But Tsukuyomi knocks the mad machine away.

   Ah! Aka-Kun! I was wondering where you went off to!   

Idolo wasn't quite as happy to see Minazuki and his Persona and responds by throwing a mini Burst orb at him. Power of an artillery shell, size of a tiny golf ball.

edited 21st Sep '14 1:42:03 AM by Questor

OMG, edit tennis... I posted first. Let's have this go the original way.

So wait, since this has become a 3-way edit tennis... what course of action do we partake in?

Oh, doing nothing in particular.(has Tsukuyomi block the powerful blow although the impact knocks both of them a couple meters away) We, I believe, have some unfinished business.

edited 21st Sep '14 1:48:05 AM by FergardStratoavis

I say Minazuki knocks Idolo away just as it was about to grab Fate's hair. The most heroic course of action I would say.

edited 21st Sep '14 1:47:28 AM by Questor

Works for me.

edited 21st Sep '14 1:51:19 AM by MicoolTNT

Actually, we're still talking Sho. Just different, in a sense.

   True! True!   

Idolo screams towards Tsukuyomi and goes berserk with a barrage of slashes with its blade all while Raising Heart keeps Sho/Mikazuki off balance with mana-metatron shots.

Recovery.

Bardiche reforms itself, and it and Fate stand up again, regaining their Heroic Second Wind. An aura of golden magic slowly starts to reform around Fate.

Tch. (rushes to meet them, avoiding the mana blasts to the best of their ability. Tsukuyomi chooses to duke it out with Idolo in a barrage of slash clashes)

(MINAZUKI however once again takes aim at RH, intent on slashing it off the monster bot)

edited 21st Sep '14 1:59:17 AM by FergardStratoavis

RH flails and trashes like an Octopus tentacle on hallucinogenic drugs, it's random movements making cutting the offending limb off a difficult exercise without even counting it trying to smash Sho/Minazuki into a pulp.

Idolo keeps parrying and dodging the Persona's strikes and the mad machine tries to get the advantage by making one of the crystal growths on its body explode, spraying razor-sharp Metatron shards on Tsukuyomi's face and chest as a distraction while it readies to fire a point-blank burst orb at the thing.

edited 21st Sep '14 2:03:23 AM by Questor

(the two jump back the moment first shards are fired although Tsukuyomi's appearance now appears distorted a bit, like a TV static. Seems that while the orb hasn't destroyed it, it still left a mark despite the swift retreat)

Hm. (glances at Fate) Do you have any idea how we can combat the thing effectively?(hey, Fate, that guy is the same as the one from earlier, right? Then why does he seem so different...?)

edited 21st Sep '14 2:04:42 AM by FergardStratoavis

Unable to help in the close-quarters fight, Fate instead begins charging up one of her stronger attacks. A gold magic seal blooms under her feet, and lightning starts arcing across it and around her. Bardiche ejects another spent cartridge, sending a surge of power through the magical construct.

"The unknown type of magical energy it's using is allowing it to use Raising Heart. If we can remove the Device from its left(?) arm - as you were already attempting - it will likely become inert, preventing the machine from using its spells. Aside from that, my scan was... interrupted before I could gather any more combat-relevant information."

edited 21st Sep '14 2:09:34 AM by MicoolTNT

Idolo takes note of Fate charging up one of her more powerful spells and responds by having RH do the same.

   Hyperios Buster~!   

A pink orb forms on the device's palm, growing in power and size as the milliseconds pass.

Easier said than done, but alright. Tsukuyomi!(both he and his Persona charge forward, circling 'round Idolo for a while before the latter attempts to cleave the RH off its arm again while the former aims at bot's neck)

Fate closes her eyes, chanting inside her head:

Zeus, Isaius, Aureus... The vengeance of heaven is slow but sure...

The Gravity Barrier once again arrests Sho and Tsukuyomi's attempts at damaging Idolo. But no shield is truly invincible is there? But unfortunately for them, Idolo and RH do not take kindly to the interruption and it caused them to turn around and fire their spell at the two before it was even ready. The destructive power lesser than the last time it was used but still packing a wallop.

   Didn't I say that I HATE interruptions?   

And then RH's mad gaze settles on Fate as she keeps charging up her super-move.

   Oh! I know that spell! It's Fate-chan's finishing move! It would be very rude if we didn't respond in kind right Id-chan?   

The will of Metatron be done.

Idolo jets upwards, where Sho and his Persona would not be able to interrupt them on foot before it points both RH and its right arm at Fate, where a corrupted and warped white and pink magical circle forms in front of the mad machine; drawing in power from the Metatron crystals all over it.

   By the will of Metatron and life-   

-May all existence tremble and despair-

   -Upon the cry of oblivion-   

-And the call of annihilation...

The circle then starts shooting out bolts of black and white lightning as well as creating small rips in the fabric of space and time near it.

edited 21st Sep '14 2:32:17 AM by Questor

Chronos, Gaius, Ishmal... The hammer of the Gods itself...

There is a clap of thunder, and the lightning arcing through the magic seal grows ever stronger.

Firstly, the chant's not aloud. Secondly, given that I'm making this up, it's unlikely Raising Heart knows it. Although it's plausible Fate used it against Nanoha in a sparring match, or even that she made it up specifically to counter Starlight Breaker...

edited 21st Sep '14 2:26:13 AM by MicoolTNT

(swings himself wildly to avoid the incoming attack)

(then however both RH and Idolo get out of his range) Get back here, you excuse for a robot.(charges right at her, Tsukuyomi glowing with some odd light right past him)

(doesn't attack just yet, but is about in range to effectively pounce with an attack at the murderbot)

edited 21st Sep '14 2:31:16 AM by FergardStratoavis

A swirling maelstrom of energy and chaos began to form in the center of the corrupted Magical Circle

Metatron concentration at 60%... 65%... 70%...

As Zombie Idolo and RH charge up, the Metatron crystals on their bodies began to shine with an almost blinding light and there seems to be a vague screeching sound coming from the Metatron; almost as if the crystals were crying out...

RH assumed it was Fate charging up one of her finishing moves.

edited 21st Sep '14 2:28:05 AM by Questor