"Other pilots of similarly-modeled mechs, you could say. Like I said, I'm the champion of the Thirteenth Gundam Fight. It's a tournament where every contestant has their own custom mobile suit provided by their homeland."
"After winning the Gundam Fight, I went on to destroy the Dark Gundam - that thing I briefly mentioned earlier."
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Noctilium, Rustpool Banks
In the middle of Rustpool Banks, on top of a spiralling plant-like rock partially surrounded by a red pond of poisinous water, a small figure appears. The figure, a fairy with large, translucent butterfly wings walks to the edge of the rock, looking at their surroundings.
"Hmm, where am I?" A identical copy of the fairy appears. "The Arena, Noctilium, Rustpool Banks, on Potter's Rock
." She explains with a deadpan expression.
"Shut up Navi. I know where I am. You are me. Get lost." The first fairy waves dismissively with her hand, the other fairy sulks and turns to dust, which quickly vanishes.
Jam is around, her laughter heard across Noctilum as she tower over a pile of rocks, with a single ugly yet durable (since it's supporting several tons) mask of some kind.
"LOOK, PEOPLE OF THE ARENA ! I, JAM, WILL DO NO COLLATERAL DAMAGE !" she yells, before pointing at the fairy. "YOU ! WITH THE NICE HAIR COLOR ! WITNESS MEEEEEEEEEEEE !"
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Behind Marinette, a single red eye opens, as the figure of Tesehk appears behind her, floating off. It remains silent as it hold a clawed hand out, as an eerie
music cue resonates across the tunnel.
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Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterNoctilium, Rustpool Banks
Pari looks to the Large Ham and shoots up into the air. She stays hovering a few feet above the rock she appeared on.
A second copy appears directly in front of Jam, staring at her. "Ok."
Burning Gundam's Core Lander detaches and flies down to Domon, who hops in and promptly enters the Gundam.
He does his usual startup routine to make sure the Mobile Trace System is functioning properly, throwing a few punches at the air while rotating his wrists.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.""Ok !" she says, punching down the rocks with a hard punch... only for them to stay intact ! No, wait, the mask at the bottom of the makeshift mountain crack and shatter as if her fist directly hit it, even with all the rocks behind it.
"Haha !" says Jam. "Only noobies destroy stuff ! We sisters can hit stuff without any collateral !"
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterBurning Gundam draws its Laser Blade and cleaves a swathe through the ground, slicing a nearby rock formation in two.
Narktus is watching Marinette and Tesekh from a distance. Finally, he thinks to himself, something new to discover. He slowly, cautiously, approaches... then suddenly breaks into a rocket-boosted sprint, skidding to a halt right in front of Marinette.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Noctilium
"What was that Mask?" The copy of Pari next to Jam asks.
The original Pari flies down to the bottom of the rock, and proceeds to rip it out of the ground and lift it, easily carrying the rock multiple orders of magnitude bigger than her.
Let's go bowling.
She accelerates, throwing the rock at Jam's pile. A loud bang rings out as the rock passes the speed of sound.
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Marinette is surprised and draw back, though Tesekh remains standing. His oddly-shaped head, entirely covered in darkness, along with his inert body language, means that its hard to see if he's bothered, angered or wholly indifferent.
Likely the latter though, since he speaks again.
The spike, or the endless nightmares.
"But, look, there's a-"
The spike, or the endless nightmares.
Marinette, a bit freaked out, seems ready to back into the darkness, to the indifference of the shadow being.
—
"Simple, this mask was-WHOAH !" she says, as her pile is scattered, causing Jam to angrily wag her fist.
"Hey ! Don't you dare harm my ROCK NAKAMA !!!!"
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterShe holds an object out and it vanish into the entity's out. One can't quite see it because of the darkness everywhere, and it seems to be a darkness that can evade all kind of super sights !
Tesekh turns around and begins to slowly walk away, vanishing as soon as he vanish from sight, as a freaked out Marinette sit down in the now brightly-lit tunnel.
"Damnit." she says. "I hope it was worth it..." she says, looking up at Narktus. "Well at last I have company, I assume."
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"Which one ?" she asks, now happy. "And sure !"
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Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterDomon gives the sword a few more swings as a display of "melee" proficiency, then deactivates it. "Yes. The guns are only to deter enemy Gundams or destroy smaller hostile forces. When an actual fight starts, it's all close-quarters."
Narktus doesn't take his eyes off Tesekh for a second. He is utterly transfixed on the entity... until it's gone. "What was that creature?"
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.""Neuff. Also met some others. An Artist. And a younger sister." The voice of teal Pari suddenly becomes much more energetic. "Now, let's fight!" She vanishes.
Down at the Rustpool Banks, a tornado begins to form around Pari, sucking the poisenous water out of the pools as the fairy rapidly spins with a smirk barely visible behind the rising water around her.
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"Some kind of dark shadow thing..." she says. "I made the mistake of summoning it for a service but then it tormented me until I gave it what it wanted."
Marinette shake her head.
"It's trying way too hard to be evil." she says, though her laughter ring hollow.
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"Haha, yeah ! Are you sure you're not an alternate us ? You have red hair and that battle streak !"
She creates a tornado of fire around her, smirking as well.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter"No, I think it's doing a fantastic job." Narktus smirks under his mask.
"Say... why would you summon it in the first place?"
Domon ejects from the cockpit of Burning Gundam with his normal clothes back on, drawing his Bazel Varga Rookslayer in midair. He stabs it into the ground upon landing.
"There you have it."
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."

Marinette around a tunnel of NLA, looking nervous
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter