Eleven thinks quick and flies upward, taking only part of the attack. It's still enough to burn her lower legs and feet badly though, destroying her shoes and parts of her pants.
She cries out in surprise and then attempts to slam into Lucas with her strength, attempting to smash into him with a powerful right hook !
Take that !
—
I feel like such a conflict would bring terror to the locals. Let us slay the villain first.
He begins to float.
I'll begin to look for them. says Jiren, before flying off.
Edited by Bolded1 on Jan 9th 2019 at 12:45:45 PM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterBefore he can finish the job and subdue the downed Masked Man, Thor's attention snaps to the oncoming PK Love. In retaliation, he spins Mjolnir rapidly enough to whip up a whirlwind, then launches it towards both the attack and Lucas.
"If that badge is somehow capable of absorbing bloody wind..."
Loki, after taking a moment to climb back to his feet, decides to cover for his preoccupied brother and fires a single blast from his scepter at the Masked Man.
"No sense in allowing you the chance to recover and wreak more havoc..."
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jan 9th 2019 at 4:02:02 AM
Saitama waves him goodbye, then runs off on his own...
leaving King standing there.
I saw two extremely powerful heroes renowned for defeating all comers in a single blow rushing away from him, a King supporter would say.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."The PK Love is mostly dispersed, not completely, but enough that Thor isn't in lethal peril anymore. Lucas gets caught and trapped in the whirlwind, then rammed into by Eleven, sending him falling onto the ground.
He still gets back up, though casts PK Life Up this time to heal some of his wounds.
With Thor not following up on his attack, the Masked Man sits up and turns to look at Lucas, about to attack him while he's defenseless, but then Loki's blast hits him and he starts to stagger and sputter for a moment, like a broken machine. He seems to recover from it quickly though, and, getting up and spreading his metal wings, charges at Loki, about to try to impale him.
It's then that Picky suddenly appears from the side, having used his enemy's lack of attention towards him to his advantage to sneak up on him, and tackles the Masked Man, making him trip and leaving him wide open once more.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.The reduced PK Love manages to strike Thor, knocking him back. In retaliation, the god of thunder hurls Mjolnir right at Lucas. Regardless of whether or not the hammer finds its mark, it returns to Thor's grasp afterwards.
"Ever the tenacious one, aren't you, Claus?"
Loki prepares to defend himself from the Masked Man's strike, only for Picky to intervene and restrain the latter. Nodding to the Token Good Teammate of the Minch family, he moves to hopefully knock Claus out with a final blow... but then Eleven happens.
"...I do believe we had the situation completely under control."
Lucas tries to this with his scepter, making the tip glow with pure psychic energy to blast Mjolnir back down, but it manages to hit him regardless, though with reduced power.
The Masked Man gets struck by Eleven's blow, smashing onto the ground. After a few moments where he doesn't move, he gets back up again, still appearing ready to fight.
... For about a few seconds.
After those seconds have passed, the Masked Man starts to sputter again, this time sparks flying off of him as well, before small explosions suddenly occur on his body, greatly startling and worrying Picky.
"O-oh god, Claus!"
The Masked Man, not responding, drops to one knee, then falls onto the ground. He spasms a bit, and then a flood of darkness leaves his body with an eerie, growl-like noise. After it's gone, Porky's massive Spider Mech appears right besides him, falling over as well, looking completely wrecked.
Lucas suddenly seems to halt, and starts to glow brightly. Once fully engulfed by light, Lucas suddenly rockets away, too fast to be caught up with for those present.
Either Galeem recalled him for whatever reason, or Lucas willingly fled the battle. Regardless of what happens, he's gone and the Masked Man is downed, and as such the battle has been won.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Sighing when Lucas manages to escape, Thor walks over to where his brother and Picky are.
"At least we managed to free Claus from that monster's clutches..."
Loki, meanwhile, can't help but grin at the sight of Porky's trashed Spider Mech.
"Hopefully, this will be the absolute last time our paths cross, you sniveling little arsehole..."
"Yeah. I'm really glad we managed to save him, even if Lucas-."
Claus lets out a soft groan, and Picky turns around.
"O-oh, he's waking up already!"
He squats down right next to him as Claus sits up.
"Claus? Claus, can you hear me? Are you alright?"
... No answer. Picky starts looking a little worried.
"Claus, if you're too badly damaged, maybe-"
He shuts up instantly when Claus' arm cannon is suddenly pointed towards his face, a single glowing red eye showing from Claus' face, covered in darkness. Picky gets up and backs off immediately.
"W-whoa, hey, Claus! Y-you should be saved from Galeem, w-why are you still... ?"
Claus, keeping his arm cannon trained on Picky, Thor and Loki, attempts to get up, having some trouble doing so.
"Thor... Loki... reg... istered... as... high level... threats..." , he weakly mutters, revealing that the Masked Man is still the one in control.
He staggers forward, setting a few steps, and it looks like they may have to take drastic measures to stop him. That is, until...
"Now wait just a minute!!!"
At the signal of his master's voice, the Masked Man halts, though keeps his arm cannon aimed. Porky himself climbs out of his Spider Mech, looking it over.
"M-my precious mech! How did it get damaged through my barrier!? It's useless now!"
He turns towards Picky, Thor and Loki.
"I demand an explanation! What's going on here!? What happened!? Answer me, or else I'll have my Commander attack!"
Edited by DevilPsyco on Jan 9th 2019 at 2:01:27 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."Oh, by Odin's bloody beard..."
Sighing in annoyance, Thor just attempts to shove the Masked Man's cannon aside, then whack him hard in the face with a sparking Mjolnir in the hopes of knocking him out cold.
Meanwhile, Loki sneers tauntingly at Porky.
"Hmm... No."
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jan 9th 2019 at 5:24:53 AM
The Masked Man is taken by surprise and gets whacked. While not out cold just yet, he does seem to be on his last legs.
Picky, however, does not look happy about that move.
"What are you two doing!? You're gonna kill Claus if you keep damaging him!"
"That's not happening! I'm not gonna stay alone while in this state!" , Porky growls. He then grins.
"Although maybe, with a voice-activated code of mine, I could forcefully switch Claus back in control right before you make another strike with your hammer."
"No, no! None of you can kill him!", Picky says, actually walking over to the Masked Man, despite the danger such a move poses. Porky stares at him, confused.
"Why do you care so much?"
"Because Claus gave me and mom a place to stay after you broke her heart!"
Porky looks like he's about to laugh, but looks surprised when Picky activates his gauntlet, apparently willing to protect the Masked Man against his allies. Porky looks the two of them over, then looks at his mech for a moment.
"... Ugh, very well. I won't play any dirty tricks with my Commander." , he says, looking back at Picky. "But if you lot aren't willing to cooperate, then we aren't going to help you either. Commander, get ready to retreat. We'll find out from someone willing to clear things up what's going on. Though if you sense any of them making a move to attack, you can kill Picky."
With Picky clearly horrified by those words, the Masked Man himself turns to Porky, saluting him silently before turning his arm cannon back into a normal arm and spreading his wings once again. His wings aren't very damaged, so he'll be able to move around using them, even with the state his body is in.
"How will you effectively move around, Master Porky?" , the Masked Man asks, his voice sounding a little glitchy. "You do not have the stamina to traverse great distances."
"You can carry me, wise guy." , Porky snarls.
"I'm not 100% certain if my arms are capable of carrying you at this moment."
"I'll hang from your shoulders or something, now come on already!"
Picky looks a little desperate, then looks at Loki and Thor, very clearly not happy with them.
"If they run into Galeem's fighters, Claus is done for! They're completely unprepared!", he whispers to them.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."You and Claus were both enslaved by this entity known as Galeem after his beams struck you; apparently, he was capable of bypassing the Great Light's barrier. Then he bonded you to Claus as a spirit and sent you to fight us, hence why your machine is in such a damaged state," Thor ultimately explains to Porky. "There, that's everything you need to know about the situation. Now please switch Claus back in control."
Loki just glares icily at Picky, lowering his voice to a hissing whisper.
"Had you simply allowed Thor to subdue Claus, boy, we could have just taken him instead of being forced to negotiate with this insufferable little piece of shit you're forced to call a brother..."
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jan 9th 2019 at 6:15:59 AM
Ruined City of O'rrh Sim
Ridley
◊ is perched like a gargoyle on an ancient pillar at the very edge of the ruined city.
He makes a sound like chuckling. "Wandering blindly with whatever scraps of information they've managed to dredge up. How pitiful. Galeem wasn't the one making Porky pull the Masked Man's strings."
Ganondorf
◊ walks up to the pillar. "How went your communion with Wolf?"
"He flipped me off and told me that if we ever crossed paths again, he'd shove my tail down my throat and keep feeding it in until the tip stuck out the other end. In summary, it went well."
"Hrm... We will make another raid tomorrow, then."
"Oh, good. I was waiting for another shot at those walking history exhibits." Ridley jumps down from the pillar and follows behind Ganondorf as he walks away.
Edited by KiriK on Jan 9th 2019 at 8:20:36 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.""There were explosions on his body! One bad hit and you would've killed him!", he whispers back just as harshly. "I owe a lot to Claus and I'd rather negotiate with Porky than risk him dying! What if Claus dies and doesn't come back? How would we explain that to all of his friends!? And his mom!?"
He turns away and crosses his arms.
"Jeez, this whole world and everyone in it are in danger and all you three can think of is being jerks to each other. I'm the youngest here, but I feel like I'm the only adult.", he says, out loud this time so that Porky can hear it too.
After giving Picky a menacing glare, Porky listens to Thor's explanation, actually appearing confused, like he isn't holding all the cards in a situation for once.
He then glares.
"Who or what does this Galeem think it is!? This is unacceptable! I will... we will... ugh, no, I can't fight. But my Commander can."
He turns to the Masked Man.
"Code 27-10-94, go into slumber and release control." , he says, apparently actually going to do it.
"I cannot comply."
"... excuse me? Did you just refuse to follow my command!?" , Porky growls.
"No, I cannot comply because there is nobody to release control to. I am the only consciousness present in this body. Claus is gone."
Picky turns to look at him in shock.
"Gone!?"
Porky, while surprised himself, then starts to ponder. Eventually, he claps his hands once.
"Alright, Code 20-06-03. Edit your data on personal subjects and remove these goody two-shoes from your enemy list. You will serve them as an ally from now on."
"Affirmative."
Now Picky gives Porky the look he just gave the Masked Man.
"Porky?"
"This Galeem has insulted me beyond forgiving, and messed up everything that was supposed to happen! I want to see him gone, no matter the price that takes."
He glances at Loki and Thor with disdain.
"Even if that means allying myself with the likes of you and your friends."
Before anyone can say anything, he then waves his hand dismissively.
"Now don't you worry, I won't waste my time tagging along with you everywhere you go like some dog. I'll still stick around the area, but I won't involve myself with your little group. The Commander will aid you, but he will still obey my orders above all else. So don't try anything funny."
Edited by DevilPsyco on Jan 9th 2019 at 3:33:34 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Before Loki can offer Picky a retort, it's revealed that the Masked Man had apparently been separated from Claus, eliciting an utterly shocked reaction from both Sons of Odin.
"How the Hel...?"
"Impossible..."
Once he's had a moment to compose himself, Thor looks at Porky.
"Believe me, I am not enthusiastic about the idea of cooperating with you either, but... it seems that neither of us have much of a choice in the matter."
Loki, on the other hand, just glances at Picky.
"Hmm... perhaps I might have been too quick to criticize your actions."
"Alright, then I suppose we have a truce. Now, since I can't do any fighting, I guess I'll go around and see if I can't find out how Claus and my Commander were seperated. I'll be checking in on my Commander frequently, just in case. During the moments I'm not around, the Commander will take orders from your leader, unless any orders go against the basic ones I've given him. ... Now then, I'm off."
He then leaves the area, gesturing to the Masked Man that he's to stay put with them. The Masked Man turns to the three, and, despite his stoic-as-usual expression, seems to feel somewhat awkward about the situation too.
"I suppose, for the sake of making communication as clear as possible, I will talk to you in a less robotic voice.", he says, his voice sounding less like just a robot and more like a more mature, more closed-off Clausn which probably doesn't help with the awkwardness.
"Now then, take me to your base of operations, or really any place you and your allies may gather, so that I know who my allies are for this mission. ... I would also appreciate some sort of charging dock or station, and... well, some repairs.", he says, glancing down at his broken-looking body.
Picky then looks at Loki.
"... a-and maybe what I said was a little too harsh. Sorry, it's just... well, growing up with Pokey I kinda had to be the more mature one, so I can be a little quick to judge people as childish sometimes."
Regardless, if Thor and/or Loki leave to go to New Los Angeles, the Masked Man will follow them, as will Picky.
Marx, stuck in a crack in the ground, mumbles.
"Sometimes I really hate playing the fool..."
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Loki just offers Picky a good-natured smirk, nonverbally assuring him that there were no hard feelings.
"Perhaps tomorrow, Picky, you could introduce our... new friend and presumably his master to Thanos," Thor suggests.
With that, the Sons of Odin proceed to begin their journey to NLA along with Picky and the Masked Man.
NLA: Vs. Rey
"Wow, that's not what I expected. You alright?", Omega asked, shortly before being struck in the shin with a warhammer. In his defense, his stand had tried to parry the warhammer at the shaft with a low arm block... but that didn't really do much, since the warhammer had more oomph behind it than the Stand currently had.
"ACK!", he exclaimed, falling on to the ground as the warhammer smacked him right in the leg. "Wait that hurt a lot less than I expected... I'll probably start feeling it in a couple seconds."
Omega then had his Stand move in, and attempt to knock Rey off of his feet with a sweeping kick.
NLA, Residential District: Ruined Dragon Aftermath
Megan pulled herself out of the crater she had caused, as the arena began repairing itself of the relatively minor damage. Noticing the dragon slump over in exhaustion, she did something that might have seemed... a little out of character to those who had not known her for long — she went up to the dragon, so that it could see her, and placed a hand gently on its snout. "You fought well, big guy. Rest up — I think you're going to need it."
Thranix turned to better face Natalia, and said, "Hmmm... I've fought a few gods before, back in my world... but I seem to lost most of my abilities that aided me in that."
He held his open hands up, gazing at them, before clenching them into fists. "That my powers have been diminished is no excuse to not uphold the Seritam Comission's guiding principles. Courage, as they say, is to have fear in your heart, and still stride forward."
Nydarros bid Raiden farewell, and then turned to the rest of the group, not including Megan as she was currently attending to/comforting the Ruined Dragon. "The way I see it, we've just been given a boon, and a few hints. I suggest that we find somewhere safe to plan things out and figure out what to do from here. I'm not normally one for planning things out, but... well, I think the situation demands it."
He took a moment to gaze at the tattoo now upon his still-living hand — the other hand being a semimagical construct of metal and crystal and rubber.
"Still, I won't lie — I'm scared as hell. I'm just awful at showing it."
Megan turned her head and spoke up. "Aye. My instincts are screaming at me to run and hide in a hole for a few days. Anyone have any ideas for somewhere we could meet up? The barracks are open, but I'm not sure how much space I'm going to have with as many people being there as there are."
"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalous"HUAGCK"
Rey flops to the floor. His warhammer slips out of his grasp, then suddenly re-magnetizes itself to his hand as it turns back into a gauntlet. He tries to push himself up and onto his feet, only to fall back down.
"Oh-kay... I think... that's good for now. A little help getting up... please?"
NLA
Ridley and Ganondorf stand side-by-side on top of a building.
Then Ganondorf does an explosive leg drop (up tilt), and the building explodes into a pile of rubble.
The monstrous villains laugh as they slowly walk out of the settling dust and smoke.
Fighters: Ganondorf + Ridley
Spirits: None(?)
Conditions:
- Take your strongest team into this no-frills battle
VS. The Renegade Smashers - Round 2
Edited by KiriK on Jan 10th 2019 at 11:00:30 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."The moment the Shepherds approach, Ganondorf and Ridley nod to each other.
Ganondorf holds out a hand and dramatically tightens it into a fist as a rainbow aura surrounds him. "Galeem and Dharkon merely play puppetmasters with their Spirits. They had no idea the kind of power one can gain from willingly bonding a spirit to themselves! This should be enough to crush them with little trouble."
Ridley nods as he manifests a similar aura. "Time for a little... demonstration. On those who dare to get in our way."
Their auras turn blue, a much deeper and more striking blue than the kind Galeem's puppets possess. Spirits manifest in the air behind them - the spirit of Calamity Ganon behind Ganondorf as he roars and gains a tremendous boost in primal strength, and the spirit of Mecha Ridley behind Ridley as he suddenly grows giant and his body gains a layer of dark silvery metal skin.
Ridley makes a Bring It gesture.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Which should we attack first ?
Let's adapt to these other fighters. Do stick close together though. says Samsara, Ryoma, meanwhile, draws his Raijinto, the electric sword leaving a trail behind it as he hold the blade in front of his face and glare, attempting to strike Ridley down with lightning from the sky !
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter

The Masked Man actually looks intimidated for a moment, bringing up a PK Shield that Thor's attack smashes through, hitting the Masked Man directly and bashing him into the ground intensely. He appears to be in a stunned state, and therefore completely defenseless.
With Eleven off of him, Lucas immediately flies upwards, his Spirit granting him flight, to dodge Loki's dagger and Eleven's charge.
Then, his aura sparking, he suddenly unleashes a PK Love blast bigger than any he'd conjured up before. His Spirit's ability to keep increasing his psychic strength is the reason for this, and both Thor and Eleven, who are currently targeted by the attack, are in potential lethal danger.
"N-Ness has one of those too.", Picky says to Loki as he manages to get on his feet and fires energy blasts at Lucas, though they're completely obliterated in the wake of PK Love.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.