Pera flies off to the nearby land that was recently repaired, entering a stance. Finally, she was able to fight Goku after such a long time! Though, she was quite curious about Super Saiyan Blue, but she'll ask for a fight with that later. "Ready when you are, Goku!"
Thor takes a moment to study Claus' new arm.
"Impressive... Given his technological prowess, I imagine Pseudo and Stark would get along rather well. Of course, I do apologize for the, er, incident that made this replacement necessary to begin with."
He pauses for a moment, then continues.
"And speaking of Pseudo, has his base been fully repaired yet? There's something I wish to discuss with him."
Divine Burden
Goku also follow her and enter a stance, with a confident battle pose.
"According to Chi-Chi, it's polite to let women go first so... huh... strike first." he says, with a firm nod.
Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.
King of the Monsters
Darius gets a grip on Ridley's right leg, but no more than that, because Ridley is too big. Still, it keeps the space pirate from escaping Bakura's bombardment. When the smoke clears, he is covered in burns and the bones in his left arm have been exposed, revealing that even his skeleton is partly mechanical. Mitch's hand is also clutching him, turning his body grey and clammy exactly like when the baby Metroid tried to drain him.
To everyone's surprise, as the space pirate had been mute up to this point, Ridley actually retorts as he casually swats Darius away and pries Mitch's hand off of him. "Fools. I come from the stars above, weaklings! I am a space pirate! I have fallen to the depths of Hell again and again, and each time I rise back up, stronger than before! Only when the heavens are filled with gun smoke and the blood of the innocent will I ever yield to you puny things!"
Yellow Kirby switches to ESP and says, "If you have anything that can power up anything, send it my way now! On the off chance you don't, here!" Kirby switches to ICE and imbues Darius' axe, whatever Mitch had used to fire plasma blasts, and Bakura's monster cards with the Blizzard element.
"He's gearing up for war."
Primordia - Spiralblock Peak, 2nd White Cube
The hand shuts down and returns to Mitch, giving him the biomass he needs to heal from Ridley's previous blast - not just his body, but the armor over it as well.
He balls up his fists upon feeling Kirby boost his teammates, temporarily increasing his control over the opposite extreme of the temperature scale he usually uses. "Huh. I don't use this often, but..." He slams the ground with his palm again. This time, he summons a flurry of metal scales from around Ridley. He attempts to get enough of them to 'grab' him and pin him down, as well as use the intense cold to make parts of his body brittle and vulnerable to future attacks.
Pera would smirk lightly, before making a straight charge towards Goku, floating in air as she starts to send a barrage of punches and kicks to her opponent, while moving her body to avoid any return strikes!
edited 14th Mar '18 1:07:54 PM by Drileyx
Bakura actually looks surprised when Ridley talks. But even moreso when he hears Kirby's voice in his mind.
How did he get through the mental barrier that the Ring... ah, I'm not going to question this right now.
He turns to Kirby.
"The pyramid I have on the field is the only boosting card I have. It raises the power of zombies."
He then draws a card.
"Pot of Greed! It allows me to draw two more cards."
He draws two, then grins darkly.
"Exactly what I need... I activate my Trap Card, Two-Pronged Attack
! I sacrifice two of my monsters to destroy one monster on the field. So I sacrifice my Card Trooper and Wightprince to destroy my Zombie Master!"
This move might get him odd looks from his allies, since instead of using that card on Ridley, he just destroyed three of his own monsters.
Then, activating Wightprince's effect again, he sends two cards from his deck to the graveyard again.
That makes 5... this will do just fine.
"I place one of my cards face-down, and then I summon the King of Skull Servants!"
A giant, cloaked Skull Servant
appears on the field in front of Bakura and next to Diabound, its size nearly rivaling Ridley's own. It breathes heavily as its eyes start to shine ominously.
"Now attack!"
Diabound launches another bolt of dark energy, this one covered in ice thanks to Kirby's power, while the King of Skull Servants shoots raw destructive energy at Ridley. And if it hits, he'll find that it hurts. Really badly.
Diabound: 2000 ATK
The King of Skull Servants: 1000 X Skull Servants in the Graveyard = 5200 ATK
Cyber is silent for a little bit.
"You could still achieve scientific progress by ripping off my hand and taking it with you to study. However, I will admit that you don't look like the sort who would resort to such measures.", he says. He then tilts his head a little.
"It was mostly your name, as I have not yet seen a Sister myself before. Only a few of the others have."
He then appears slightly confused.
"You don't seem to have a high opinion of your family."
Then he crosses his arms.
"You sound honest, but I never take unecessary risks. A single mistake and everything would fall apart. I still need Mara. And if I get her poisoned by accident, she may just turn on me."
"It's alright, don't worry. I won't hold any of the things you have to do to stop that... other side of me against you.", Claus says. He then somewhat nods.
"It's about complete, but I'm sure he has time to talk with you. I'll call for Botar if you want."
edited 14th Mar '18 1:11:08 PM by DevilPsyco
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Divine Burden
"Hmph !" says Darius, catching himself barely, handing on the edge until he eventually get back up. "Then you will shed blood, over and over again, for the glory of NOXUS !" he says, raising his axe and smirking when ice covers it.
"Nice timing."
He rush to Ridley, wind up, and try to hit him with a Decimating Strike, before spinning around briefly to try and deliver a Crippling Blow, to capitalize on the ice !
"Witness true might !"
—
Goku dodge or blocks the assault. After a while, he yells and try to kick her away. He proceed to leap backward and quickly charge up and blast a Kamehameha at her !
"Nice attacks !" he compliment, as the blue beam head for her !
—
"Hm, we are quite easy to differentiate. Appreciate your first sighting of a sister !" she says, posing yet again !
"Hm, that is natural." she says. "I was separated from them while I was a baby, and I met them at adulthood. Those women share my blood and my genes, but I didn't grew up with them, and we all lived different lives. I treat them like how I would treat anyone else, really ! Well, except for the fact that they are all much, much more dangerous than the hypothetical average joe..."
"Your Mara does not seems to be much of a good boss, is she ? Do you seek an extravagant amount of riches ? Or some weapon, per chance ?"
edited 14th Mar '18 1:14:18 PM by Bolded1
Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.
Thor flashes a smile at Claus.
"Thank you, Claus. For whatever it may be worth, I truly hope someone discovers a way to permanently rid you of that other persona."
He then nods in response to the boy's offer to call Botar.
"I'd very much appreciate that, my friend. After all, the situation I hope to discuss with him involves someone rather... important to me."
edited 14th Mar '18 1:30:11 PM by IchigoMontoya
King of the Monsters
Yellow Kirby switches to GHOST, letting his power rise thanks to Bakura's Pyramid. He proceeds to lunge into the King of Skull Servants and take control of its physical form.
The Decimate and Crippling Strike freeze Ridley's legs, after his arms have already been made brittle by Mitch's scales.
Using the King of Skull Servants' form, Kirby raises one hand to point at Ridley and blasts him with a beam of necrotic energy, withering his body away to almost nothing.
Still, even that's not enough to kill the space pirate. He fires a sweeping beam of energy from his mouth, attempting to kill something, but it essentially fizzles out before it hits anything.
edited 3rd Apr '18 12:10:25 PM by KiriK
"He's gearing up for war."
Primordia - Spiralblock Peak, 2nd White Cube
Mitch braces for Ridley's attack, though it ends up not hitting anything. Look back at his weakened state, he shifts his stance slightly.
"Here goes nothing." He makes a few waving motions with his hands, his feet shuffling around in spirals, then he starts to push down once again. This time, however, he rises back up, and with him, red-hot glowing cracks quickly appear beneath Ridley, quickly giving way to full-blown molten metal. He has the patch of metallic lava simply surf up and attempt to crash into his body, trying to capitalize on the drastic temperature change.
Bakura looks shocked when his King gets hijacked.
"Hey, what do you think you're-"
And then he sees how effective the possessed King's attack was against Ridley.
"... I suppose I'll let it slide this time." , he grumbles as he draws a card.
"Nothing much... well then, I suppose I'll just attack."
Diabound lunges forward this time once the beam has broken down, flying up towards Ridley and trying to strike him with a sword.
"... You certainly seem to possess a lot of spirit.", he says in response to her pose.
"I see. I will admit that I cannot comprehend what it's like to believe you are alone for a large part of your life, but then realize you had siblings all along. ... that is mostly due to my host being an only child, I suppose."
He then seems annoyed.
"Excuse me? I am Mara's boss. I, Cyber, lead the Assassin Group. She and all the others obey my commands. It just happens that everyone else is already busy so I'm the only one who can get wine right now. It's only for her and a few of the others though. My host does not drink wine. In fact, he despises alcohol in its entirety."
He sits down on a chair, the barrel still held up by wires.
"As for what I seek, you understand that I cannot share this information with a potential future threat. And even if I had a guarantee that I could trust you, people may be listening in."
"Me too. Then I can finally live somewhat of a normal life again.", Claus says. He then nods and takes out a cellphone that's modelled after the Pigmasks. He opens it, but before he makes a call, he shows a bit of a sheepish glance at Thor.
"Eh... yeah... this is the cellphone I had from when I worked for Porky. It still works smoothly, so I kept it. Pseudo checked it, there's nothing wrong with it, so I figured it'd be handy to keep on me. ... Um, anyhow, Botar."
He starts to call.
"Hey, Pseudo, I wanna return to the base."
He then nods as Pseudo presumably answers. Not even a second later, Botar appears behind Thor.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
King of the Monsters
Ridley is split open in the front by the Diabound's blade. He lets out one last defiant screech of rage before the lava incinerates him. When the molten metal calms and cools, there aren't even ashes left.
Kirby releases the King of Skull Servants, which reverts to card form. He then switches to ESP. "Aw, yeah! Just one more to go!"
"He's gearing up for war."
Divine Burden
« Hm ! »
He raises the axe in defense but kind of lower it when the beam stop andfizzle out.
« For all his boasts, he failed to kill any of us. His strength is like a Demacian. Menaces uttered behind a tall wall. »
Darius put the axe on his shoulder, one armed.
« Are you in fighting condition, men ? » he asks.
—
Cinke scoffs.
« If you’re the boss, why not send your mooks ? When I need a beverage, I send in my cyborg chimpanzees. Don’t you have any ground troop ? Quite unwise. »
She casually drink the wine water.
« REFRESHING ! Anyhow. I estimate that you are a very advanced suit of armor, who would be smart enough to make such designs, yet foolish enough to give you your own personality ? Unless an accident happened, haha ! »
Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.
Pera brings her arms up to block the kick, though just the force of the kick was enough to send her flying backwards. Smiling as she sees Goku about to perform his signature move. Thrusting her hands forwards then bringing them back down to her side, she'd charge her own Kamehameha before firing at him to battle his own!
Primordia - Spiralblock Peak, 2nd White Cube
"Well, that's over." Mitch says simply, having barely even broke a sweat. "I am, but someone else is taking my place." He says to Darius, looking up to his side.
From the distance, someone in heavy Power Armor rides in with a hoverboard. "Hey guys." She greets them.
Thor raises an eyebrow in regards to the appearance of Claus' phone, then nods when he explains the reason for it before turning to face the newly-arrived Botar.
"Hello. I'll be joining you and Claus today since I wish to discuss something important with Pseudo," the god of thunder explains.
edited 14th Mar '18 1:56:51 PM by IchigoMontoya
Bakura grins, pleased about this victory.
I didn't lose any Life Points... yes, at this rate, this strategy could actually stand a chance against both the Pharaoh and Marik's God Card. , he thinks to himself as the holograms vanish, his cards back to normal. He looks at Diabound.
Don't fret though, Diabound. You also still have a role to play... h-hehehehe...
He then looks at everyone else.
"Is everyone alright? That sure was something unusual.", he asks, his voice sounding timid, matching his looks. He then looks uncertain.
"Fighting condition? You mean there's more?"
"As I said, they are all busy with different tasks that will help us further our plans. I have plenty of powerful ground troops. Besides, a good boss must not always remain seated upon their throne and wait for something to happen."
He appears a little pleased at the compliment.
"Oh, I am an incredible piece of technology. Thanks to me, even the weakest of humans can match the top-tier fighters that roam in this realm."
He then tilts his head in confusion.
"I am an AI. I have no personality. What makes you assume that I do?"
Botar, as stoic as ever, nods, then teleports the both of them into Pseudo's base. Once again, in that same hallway that leads to the main monitor room.
"I'm probably just gonna go to my room for now. I feel a little sleepy.", Claus says to Thor. "Pseudo's in the monitor room as always."
edited 14th Mar '18 1:58:30 PM by DevilPsyco
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
"Very well. Until we meet again, my friend."
After he's bid farewell to Claus, Thor proceeds to head down the main hallway towards the monitor room.
King of the Monsters
"Yep, Other Bakura! We've got one more of these white cubes to go, and then we go inside the mountain!" Assume that when ESP Kirby talks to you, he gains knowledge of your identity.
"You actually might wanna let the You who just fought take over for this next one. He seems like he'd be much better at fighting."
The avatars ascend the grey cubes, and as they approach the white cube, a single sand-colored spore falls onto it. This causes an explosion of flesh and skin to rapidly engulf the 20x20x20-meter cube, making them all hesitate, though no particular hostile is in sight.
edited 29th Mar '18 9:01:47 AM by KiriK
"He's gearing up for war."
Divine Burden
« You say I and speak better than most of the humans I have seen. You absolutely have one. » she says. « At least, you can think by yourself. »
Cinke puts her glass up.
—
« Wow ! » he says, as the beams clash, provoking a pretty powerful explosion. Goku is quick to emerge again, swinging his foot down and leaping right out of the smoke !
—
« Greetings. » he says, less and less confused about the armors. « What can you do ? » declares Darius, to avoid fighting with someone he know nothing about.
« Of course, how did you even stumble here ? » he says to Bakura. « Anyhow, you should stick around. We’ve got a prize at the end. »
He looks over at the gruesome transformation with a groan.
« Disgusting, but I’m used to spectacles like this. »
Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.
Primordia - Spiralblock Peak, 2nd White Cube -> 3rd White Cube
"We're both soldiers, pretty much. Our powers are pretty different, though. Mitch is a structural engineer, defender & elementalist, as you just saw. I'm an all-around tech kind of girl, on the other hand. Weapon mods, gadgets, drones, stuff like that." Izzie explains to Darius. "My name's Izzie, by the way."
Mitch and Izzie both stretch out a hand, creating overlapping barriers colored orange and green respectively to protect themselves, Darius and Bakura against the explosion. "Good thing I brought a helmet."
edited 14th Mar '18 2:18:50 PM by AqueousBunnies
Bakura looks at Darius.
"Well, I was looking for something, but then that dragon attacked me, so I had to defend myself.", he says.
He then sees the transition and, able to see it all clearly as he's protected, looks like he's about to pass out from how gory it is. Though naturally, this is an act, as Dark Bakura wouldn't be fazed by this kind of sight at all anymore, but it looks so real that nobody will be able to tell that it's fake.
"Um... m... maybe I should... leave while I still can...", he weakly mutters.
"... You might be confusing my host's personality for mine. Or perhaps I have inherited some traits from him, but I assure you that I only think about that which helps me further my goals."
He pauses.
"Would you be impressed if I did have a personality of my own? From your claims, you sound like the kind of person who can create something like me as well."
In said room sits Pseudo, for once on a chair rather than hanging from the ceiling. He's hunched over, looking at the blueprints and pondering in silence.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Thor walks over to Pseudo, then sits down in a chair across from him.
"I hope I've not arrived at an inconvenient time, Pseudo."
"Do you think that I am a brute, like my sisters ? Please, I only seek scientific progress ! I search for the greater secrets and advancements of the universe, whereas my impolite apes of a sisters enjoy applying extreme kinetic energy to the facial skulls of opponents." she says.
"But you heard right. Did the hair and eyes colors gave it away ? Or perhaps my splendiferous beauty betrayed me, for once ?" she says, making a pose.
"Why would I poison her ? For all my power, I cannot fight her. It would be unwise to give her a reason to target me, especially because unlike Neuff, I cannot get the help of some horde." she says. "How ironic of her to get so many devout followers, she is so unpolite !"
She stares a bit.
"You may test, but I am honest."
—
Darius steel himself for the confrontation but is thankfully rescued by his comrades. Nodding in thanks, he dash forward !
"Metal can be shattered, flesh can be broken ! Return back to your hideous depths, atrocity !" he yells, before attempting to grapple Ridley to pull it closer to him, aware that he's perhaps more durable than the rest of his group. After attempting that, he goes for several strikes of his axes. While wild-looking, he's actually looking to try and make Ridley bleed, instead of simply swinging his axe around.
Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.