Armory - Brain (and Redacted?)
There is a corpse of a very large orc in the corner, a pool of near frozen blood has gathered around him. His quiet groans had faded, and he was dead. His halberd smashed into the wall, his armor damaged and torn. The entire room was frozen over, several wooden weapon racks stocked with the same halberd as was in the wall. The room was fairly small, filled with halberds and armor all identical to the once the corpse was wearing. Unlike the library the room was incredibly dark, with only one door on the western side of the room which had several bloodstains on its handle.
Library - Hit
The door had a particular orb insignia over the top of it, nearly identical to a snowglobe. There were a few pinetrees, and a small lodge illustrated. Upon opening the door, an incredible cold swept into the library immediately coating the floor and some of the bookshelves nearby in a thin sheet of snow and ice. If he peeked inside, he would see a massive straight staircase, leading upwards towards a pedestal. Directly behind that pedestal was two statues of ic.e. One in the shape of Krampus in his armor before his last defeat, and the second was his more recent form. Hit would perhaps notice some loud footsteps coming from somewhere in the library, with the echo it was impossible to know where it was coming from.
Nicole immediately looks up at the sound of Nik's voice, greeting her Draconian friend with a smile.
"Heh, you know damn well my schedule's always open for ya, Glali. What's up?"
She rises from her bed, returns Olympus' Wrath to its sheath, and walks over to Nik.
Viserys leaps back in time to narrowly evade the barrage of fireballs, save for one he blocks with Spellbreaker. Realizing that Ridley was both intelligent and capable of speech, he decides to see how effective playing at the space dragon's ego might be. Not only would it give him and Awkeff one less problem to contend with, Farandare's asset might just become a third enemy for her to contend with.
"Tell me something, creature: why allow this arrogant madwoman to enslave and order you around? You seem mighty enough to pulverize and tear her apart, yet she rides upon your back as if you were a simple-minded beast of burden. Why, I wouldn't be surprised if she made you lick the dirt from her fucking boots, simply to inflate her own fat ego and further humiliate- no, degrade you for her own amusement!"
Regardless of whether or not his words actually get to Ridley, the Nord Dragonborn quickly moves to Awkeff's side, sheathes Dawnbreaker, and feeds the Infinity Sword several fireballs before launching a thunderbolt at Farandare's smug face.
Looking up from his book when Klug addresses him, Loki hears him out before turning his gaze to the beacon.
"Hmm...That looks incredibly similar to an amulet my brother and I received from an acquaintance of ours. He claimed to have acquired it following a battle with this sleigh-riding demon."
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Apr 4th 2019 at 12:50:09 PM
"Not much, not much."
Nik looks around.
"Wanna go grab lunch? Or... dinner, or whatever meal it's time for?"
Ridley stands up straight, using his tail to support Farandare as his giant metal body tanks the Thunderbolt.
"Because she lets me kill people for fun. Goody-two-shoes like you would never grant me such a luxury."
He promptly dodges behind Viserys and swings a big meaty claw at him, and surprisingly fast, too.
Awkeff snarls. "Seems words are wasted on these two. Mul... Qah Diiv!"
Her Dragon Aspect manifests, and with the Infinity Sword empowered by Viserys' fire, she comes charging at Ridley's legs.
Edited by KiriK on Apr 4th 2019 at 3:06:57 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Farandare wags a finger. "Hm hm hmmmm! Shouldn't you self-proclaimed 'heroes' be above such things as trying to manipulate my ally into attacking me? I thought only dirty no-good 'villains' like myself were ever so cruel and vile as to do that. Ridley here is a valued ally, the pair of wings I was robbed of..."
Farandare allows Awkeff to come dangerously close to Ridley, before unleashing the same close-range Kamehameha avalanche of ice
◊ that she used to annihilate the weakened Rathalos. If Awkeff is caught in this, she will take tremendous damage and feel her resistance to cold plummet completely.
She may also have realized just how quickly any impact from Farandare's ice spells drains her energy, and how long it takes for said energy to come back afterwards...
"...and in return for carrying my insignificant weight, he receives my sizable firepower - or frost power, as may be! And because he joined me willingly and shares my interests, I would never be so cruel as to make him lick the dirt off my boots. That will be your job once I'm through with you! If you survive, of course! Ohohohohohoho!"
Edited by Arachnos on Apr 4th 2019 at 4:31:19 AM
Survivor sliced the ball in half, and he started to think about how he should kill this Cog. He was running out of confetti ammo and grenades. Then he remembered. The Cursed Action. He was trembling just at the thought of it. But, if it would progress the battle, he had to do it.
"Guys, you should shield your eyes."
Survivor said, as he positioned himself to do the floss from Forntite. He put his hands on either side of him, one in the back and one in the front as he started to move them back and forth in quick succesion.
I'm finally a big boy!"Fine by me. I could go for some pizza myself," Nicole replies, stretching a little.
"That wasn't an offer to join us, you spineless brute. Have some damn pride..."
Viserys quickly raises Spellbreaker in time to stop Ridley's claw from tearing into him, though the force behind the blow nonetheless staggers him.
"If the opportunity presents itself, Awkeff, rip this Molag Bal-loving bitch's heart from her fucking chest! Vul... Shul Dov!"
Now encased in armor reminiscent of Xeno'Jiiva's human form, the Nord Dragonborn leaps straight towards Farandare before attempting to pummel her senseless with multiple punches ala Kratos in Spartan Rage, his strength greatly enhanced by Sapphire Starlight. Regardless of how many of his blows actually land, he concludes his assault by trying to drive a fist straight into the evil Dovahkiin's throat.
"You talk too fucking much, coward!"
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Apr 4th 2019 at 1:52:14 AM
As Survivor performs his arcane dance, the Corporate Raider just says two words: "I quit." It is promptly sucked into the barrel of a cannon that emerges from the ground beneath the Cog.
The cannon then swivels around and fires the Corporate Raider, reducing it to A Twinkle in the Sky as a giant red -200 appears where the Cog had once stood.
That is the exact amount of damage necessary to one-hit-kill a Level 12 Cog, which in this case is a little overkill.
Unfortunately, this seems to have drained the destructive power of the dance, as if Survivor uses The Floss or another Fortnite dance against a Cog, nothing will happen.
The Skelecog comes down with a bad case of rake-in-the-face and is subsequently brained by a Birthday Cake thrown by Mr. Pew Pew. It explodes, leaving only the Big Cheese standing.
It uses Glower Power at Survivor. "Jeepers, creepers, don't you love my peepers?"
Nik rolls her shoulders a bit. "Sure thing. Let's not go someplace fancy, eh?"
Awkeff stops just soon enough to see the spell bearing down on her. She spreads her ethereal wings and flies up to avoid it.
Ridley looks up at Farandare. "Might be better for both of us to split up."
He draws his head back before spewing an explosion of flame at Awkeff. He's so massive and powered-up that even the flame-absorbing Infinity Sword might struggle to protect her from it.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Fuel finds himself unable to help, or even move much right now, still trying to catch his breath.
Nana, seeing that there's only one enemy remaining and figuring that Mr. Pew Pew, Survivor and Oswald can likely take it down, rushes to Fuel to try to pull on the tie as well, hoping that maybe the both of them can get it off of him together.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."MUL... QAH DIV!"
Farandare replies with her own Dragon Aspect. Layering additional defenses on top of her perma-Dragonhide, she tanks Viserys' blows before lashing out multiple times with The Bane Of All, a steel dagger that looks innocent enough, but will devour a significant amount of health and absolutely cripple his skills if it connects.
"That's probably not a good idea. If we split, I'll be grounded, meanwhile my spell will stop affecting you and your agility will diminish."
Brain
"Aha! A meeting implement!"
Brain waddles over to the corpse of the orc and fucking picks up the halberd, without any hands, veggie-tales style. Oh wait, nevermind, there's a pseudopod. It's just only partially visible.
Sheenbade
rbade is bleeding out he cannot move
Graluigi
"I chose you! Warwolf
◊!"
The normal-type pokemon bursts out, screaming bloody murder. It seems… normal.
FOR NOW.
/\。。/\Hit pulls out a small phone-like device and takes a picture of the interior of the room, then goes to the door at the other end of the library.
And off they go!
Repenta Diner...?
Nik takes a seat at a table.
Reyna scratches her head.
"Use Fly!"
Charizard flies up high into the sky.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Nicole places a stuffed crust cheese pizza upon the table before taking a seat as well.
"Oh, it's been a while since I last had stuffed crust! Don't worry, Glali, I made sure to get enough for two half-dragons."
She grabs a slice and practically wolfs it down.
"Friggin' delicious..."
Thinking quickly, Viserys draws Dawnbreaker once more and begins parrying Farandare's strikes to the best of his ability, culminating in a Blade Lock between the two Dovahkiin. During the struggle, he attempts to shine the holy light eminating from Dawnbreaker's hilt into Farandare's eyes before briefly turning his attention to Awkeff's clash with Ridley.
"Ro... Sil Lein!"
With that Shout, the Nord Dragonborn unleashes Wyvernrend towards the space dragon.
Awkeff is sent tumbling away by Ridley's forward-smash. She bounces off the ground and recovers in midair before rushing back to the fray.
Ridley is stunned because apparently Wyvernrend's effect can't stay consistent. He holds his head with his hands, allowing Awkeff to plunge her sword into the ground at his feet, causing a massive column of fire to erupt at his feet.
...
which Ridley, being a metal giant at the current moment, is able to facetank without being sent flying. The last burst of flame makes him stumble back, but he remains on both feet and brushes himself off almost mockingly.
Nik snatches a slice of stuffed crust pizza and takes one huge shark-like bite out of it. "Like the nectar of the gods..."
Charizard comes down at Warwolf headfirst.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Nicole chuckles when Nik takes a bigger bite of pizza then she did.
"Holy shit, Glali! And here I thought I was a Big Eater who loved scarfing down pizza..."
She tears into another slice with her, savoring the taste before swallowing.
"So, I know this is probably the last thing you wanna discuss over pizza, but... when do you think our next trip through that rift should be?"
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Apr 4th 2019 at 5:14:36 AM
Charizard is, erm, slashed.
Didn't seem to do much.
"Blast Burn!"
Charizard looks back at Reyna like she's crazy, then goes ahead and fires a huge-ass Blast Burn explosion at Warwolf.
Nik grins with her very sharp pearly whites. "It's what I was made for, Nicole!"
She pops the rest of the slice into her mouth, chews and swallows. Then her face turns serious.
"Soon. Not now soon, but definitely soon. I've heard about some mysterious, unnatural noises coming from the general area inside the Dark Realm. Noises like chuckling and a shotgun cocking."
Edited by KiriK on Apr 4th 2019 at 7:30:35 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.""The wha...? I've only been between Unova, Kalos, Hoenn, and Alola. I'm planning on a trip to Galar soon, but I haven't been to Ultra Space or any eldritch regions like... that."
Charizard gets hit again.
"Okay, whatever. Good job!"
She withdraws Charizard and sends out Lucasio (that's her Lucario's nickname because I'm a dork). "Thanks for telling me your Pokemon's type!"
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.""Chuckling and a shotgun cocking... Yeah, I'm calling it now: there's probably way more to this mystery nutcase than 'gun-toting psychopath'. Whatever the hell their deal is, let me know whenever you're ready to go once more into the breach, and I'll be right behind ya."
After finishing her current slice (or rather, its cheese-filled crust), Nicole takes one of the bigger pieces of pizza before taking a huge bite out of it, then grinning at Nik.
"But until then, what say we enjoy God's gift to the culinary world together and talk about less forboding things?"

"And here's the second cockroach..."
This time, Farandare hears the shout coming from far away, spots Viserys and uses a single-word Become Ethereal to prevent Viserys from throwing her off Ridley. A green aura then surrounds her, but Ridley is the one who will feel the effects. As long as Farandare is on his back, he will move significantly faster and become almost impossible to tire out.
Edited by Arachnos on Apr 4th 2019 at 3:29:21 PM