Enter The Arena As Your Avatar -- The Spinoff!

"..."

He doesn't appear to trust her all that much anymore.

However, after some time, he does take her hand.

"At least as much as we can get out of him, yeah.", Pseudo says. "We should put this plan into action soon. With an attack like the one you've described having been performed so fast and easily, I'm starting to feel like we might be on a time limit..."

He then pauses and glances behind him, seeing Greyface standing near the corner, who looks surprised that Pseudo noticed him.

"Ah... sorry.", Greyface says. "I thought I heard you mention my name. I didn't mean to listen in on you."

After a slight pause, she talks again.

"... Thank you.", she says, sounding happy.

She makes a finger snap and they arrive inside of a nearby house.

"Here, make yourself at home."

"I'll inform Loki of this whenever I can."

Thor's gaze then shifts over to Greyface.

"Um... hello there."

Anthony smiles.

"Anytime, Zola. Oh, and let me tell you something about the cave I'm staying in: it's near the sea, in the same region as that beach we last saw each other on. Hope that description was a helpful one."

He looks around, then starts walking around the room, looking at everything.

"... It's been a long time since I've been in a space so comfy looking."

Pseudo turns back to Thor.

"Thank you. I know he's not too keen on the idea of having to talk to Porky, even with these circumstances, so I really do appreciate that he's willing to do it at all."

He then turns back to Greyface, who'd waited for Pseudo to finish talking.

"H... hello.", he meekly says. "Um... I... sorry for listening in. ... But, um... I just realized... I might know of something that could help us a little against the Assassins."

Pseudo immediately appears interested.

"That's quite some distance from here. I'm somewhere in the desert area of this place. From my location, all I can see is sand."

(First post, as my character Lord Sithius, a powerful Demon Lord who embodies sin)

• Appears in a desert area of the arena, with only his stave and black/red robes to protect him. He is nine feet tall, with a face covered by a mask of dragonbone.*

"Where am I? Who brought me here?"

She nods and smiles.

"Enjoy it, a long road might await you." says Sorzière, before melding into the wall backward and vanishing.

—

Siel is flying over the forest of Noctilum in peace, but then she happens to notice some kind of odd twinkle in the sky, right before some comet-like opponent slam right into her, crashing her into the forest with enough strength to carve a deep, deep crater unto it, with water from nearby lakes pouring inside.

"I'll get your powers." says Diana, a tall blonde woman, as she keeps her hand on the weakened Siel, her jaw deforming into some kind of gruesome mouth. "ALL OF THEM."

Diana pulls her head back, preparing to strike the stunned Siel !

A man in a beige cargo vest and dark green undershirt, with a red bandana on his head, stomps the sand behind the demon lord. "What does it matter? This is a place made for its visitors to fight each other. Something I'm very comfortable with, even without Shining or Burning Gundam."

Domon Kasshu points out to Noctilum. "See that?" he says, referring to Diana's assault. It shouldn't even be visible from where these two are, but Domon can see it clearly. "While I'd like to fight you, big guy, there's someone in distress I need to save."

Domon holds up his right hand, which starts to glow bright green. "This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its loud roar tells me to defeat you! Take this! My love! My anger! And all of my sorrow! SHINING...!"

A green spark of light appears in the distant desert. From that spark emerges a dot that slowly gets closer, becoming a blur. Domon stops in midair right in front of Diana and lunges, reaching his glowing hand for her face. "FINGAAAAA!"

If it succeeds, his hand will unleash an explosion of green energy to blow her away!

edited 21st Mar '18 10:44:44 AM by KiriK

• Looks at man in cargo shorts*

"Seriously, who the f*ck are you? If you plan to fight me, good riddance. If not, tell me where the hell I am. Otherwise, get out of my face, you lowly dog."

• Sneers at him*

"He also seemed to take some consolation in the fact that he'd be able to deceive Porky, and potentially damage his admittedly insufferable ego," Thor says to Pseudo. "In addition to gaining information on the Assassins, of course."

He looks to Greyface.

"Really, now? Tell us what this 'something' you speak of is."

"Hmm... that is a lengthy distance. Well, at least we know each other's respective locations now. I suppose that's a good start."

edited 21st Mar '18 10:45:17 AM by IchigoMontoya

She barely react before her face ends up destroyed, along with her torso and shoulder !

By the time the blast falls out, smoke covers her body... and two blasts, with intense heat on them, try to strike him in the torso, with the strength to send him flying ! When the smoke clears, Diana stands, with her face destroyed into a grinning skull with red eyes, though she soon regenerates back into her regular form.

"That was a mistake." she says, leaping forward and striking, with the power to hurl him away, into the wall of the crater, and through several lakes, carving a deep scar into the ground with the trail of the impact as smoke and acid water jump out several feet into the air !

He watches her leave, then turns his attention back to the room.

"It cannot be longer than the road I have already followed.", he says to himself. He then lies down on a bed and immediately falls asleep.

"Yeah, that sounds like a pretty appealing plus.", Pseudo says to Thor, then looks back at Greyface.

"Um... well, we could use the Apple of Enlightenment."

Pseudo practically jumps out of his seat.

"That's an option!?", he asks, his voice much louder than usual, which slightly startles Greyface. "How!? Doesn't Giygas have it?"

"No, it's on the ship. Um, the one that was Niiue's but that I stole. My coworker Elmadan is watching over it."

"... so it's here? In the Arena!?", Pseudo asks. Greyface nods.

"I guess that's true."

She sighs.

"Still, I feel guilty. I never even finished telling you what you asked about last time."

edited 21st Mar '18 10:51:02 AM by DevilPsyco

Domon gets knocked back by the blast, but he lands on his feet and catches Diana as she charges him. His fierce expression turns to absolute horror as he watches her regenerate close up. "No... impossible! Is this an effect of DG Cells? But... the Dark Gundam was completely destroyed!"

Domon tries to shove Diana to the ground so he has time to activate his Serene State of Mind.

edited 21st Mar '18 10:58:45 AM by KiriK

Her physical strength seems to be very high, unlike her durability. Snarling, she smirks menacingly as some kind of screech escapes her head. If heard for too long, he'll receive a nasty mental attack !

Laughing, Diana proceeds to let go... only to try to punt him in the face, as hard as she can, with enough force to hurl him deep into the ground !

"WEAK !"

Thor blinks in surprise when Pseudo starts speaking more... loudly than usual, then gives Greyface a skeptical look.

"Isn't this... Apple supposed to be dangerous in someway or another? If memory serves me correctly, it's the very thing that drove Giygas mad."

As he continues his chat with Zola, Anthony has a few shadowy tendrils tend to his fire.

"There's nothing stopping you from telling me the rest of your story now, Zola. Or... would you rather do it in person?"

edited 21st Mar '18 11:07:28 AM by IchigoMontoya

Domon gets slammed into the ground, but he actually capitalizes on the screech to activate his Serene State of Mind, shrugging off the psychic attack. His hair turns golden yellow, as do his clothes, and he gains Prophet Eyes as he jumps to his feet and tries to blow away Diana with a stomp kick to the chest.

Pseudo turns to Thor.

"It's dangerous, but not in a normal way. The Apple of Enlightenment is a device that can predict the future, either of a single person or the future in particular. With that device, we might be able to predict not just future attacks, but also know what people are at risk of dying during said attacks! If we can get information out of Porky and get the Apple of Enlightenment... we may actually be able to defeat them without risking that many lives."

"Yeah... it drove Giygas mad because he couldn't accept the fate it showed him.", Greyface says.

"It's a bit too personal to tell you over a reciever in this kind of situation. But I promise you, once we're back together and have dealt with Logi, I'll tell you the rest."

She put up a barrier but is blown away across Noctilum and into a rock hill directly into Oblivia !

Domon looks down at Siel. "Are you okay?"

She get up quite shakily but gets much better after ten seconds.

« Yeah, I’m back up... Phew, thank you sir ! »

"Hmm... does the Apple show someone their entire future, though, or merely some of it?"

"Alright. In return, I'll make sure to tell you my story, all of it. You have my word on that, Zola."

The tendrils slither back up the sleeve of Anthony's jacket, and he lets out a sigh.

"I wish you could be here now..."

"Not sure. I never used it myself.", Greyface says. "But from the things I heard Niiue talk about, it foretells you either your eventual fate, or your fate in general. It doesn't always immediately activate either. Still, according to the legends, the Apple is never wrong."

"Which means that the plans we can make around those predictions should never go wrong.", Pseudo says, looking a little excited. "But why didn't you mention this before?"

"Honestly, with this whole situation I'm in, I just didn't really think about it until recently."

"I see... that's understandable."

She slightly giggles.

"I can't wait to hear it."

She then sighs as well.

"Me too. I really do miss you. I'm lucky to have Killer Bat to keep me company, but you don't... it honestly makes me feel a little guilty."

"Regardless of its actual effects, I would advise handling this Apple with caution all the same, should you truly intend to use it."

Thor gets up from his seat.

"Don't worry about that, Zola. Even if I don't have my own Shadow to keep me company, I'm doing just fine all the same. After all, I'm talking to you."

edited 21st Mar '18 11:48:29 AM by IchigoMontoya

"We'll take some special precautions when using it.", Pseudo says. "But first we need to actually get it."

He turns to Greyface.

"This coworker of yours who has it. Do you think he'll give it to you?"

"Not if he knows of my condition.", Greyface says. "He absolutely despises me, and he'll take any chance he can get to put me in a bad light with Giygas."

"Yeah.", she says, sounding a little happy again. "I'm just as happy to be talking to you. Especially since I now know that you're safe."

She giggles a bit.

"And Killer Bat isn't exactly much of a talker.", she jokingly says.

Thor lets out a sigh.

"I should have known that it wouldn't be this simple..."

Anthony chuckles at Zola's remark as well.

"To think, this all started because we discovered just how well we worked together in battle against a certain time-stopping madman. And when we first met, no less."

Greyface awkwardly smiles.

"Well... I mean, all I'd have to do is convince him I'm still the same as I normally am. I can contact him, so if we can come up with a convincing fake reason as to why he'd give the egg to us, then all I'd have to do is act like my old self over the phone. And in the worst case scenario, we can fight him for it. Though he's not exactly the easiest to defeat."

"Yeah, it's pretty funny, looking back on it.", Zola says. She then suddenly lets out a wince.

"Agh, sorry about that.", she says. "I sprained my leg a bit when I escaped, and it's still healing."