Now he looks shocked.
"Y-you're suggesting I blackmail them so that they'll listen to me? I... my programming would never..."
He then narrows his eyes, looking angry.
"Are... you trying to get me destroyed for insubordination so that you don't have to deal with me anymore?"
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
"Not exactly blackmail, just... trickery... Yeah I guess it'd be blackmail."
Mega Man huffs. "I'm sorry. I don't even know my worst enemy as well as I might know a distant friend. Maybe I should just go."
"He's gearing up for war."
"Wait!", he says, surprising even himself that he isn't just letting the blue nuisance walk away.
"... do you really think this could work?", he asks, looking... hopeful.
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
Mega Man's gaze grows distant as he sinks into thought.
"It's worth a shot, at least."
"He's gearing up for war."
He looks really unsure.
"... well... if we manage to get a Chaos Emerald before you do... and it works... then I... guess I'll... owe you one...", he says, having difficulty forming those words.
"..."
He takes two steps back, then slowly starts turning around.
"I suppose... I'll leave you be now."
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
"I'll leave you alone too," replies Mega Man. "Call it a sign of good faith."
He turns away as well.
Edited by KiriK on Mar 8th 2020 at 7:18:22 AM
"He's gearing up for war."
Strongest In History
Anti-Skullgirl Labs, Tropique
Right now, the ASL crew is watching a dark-skinned lad (or lass? hard to tell) tinkering on a big ol' computer.
Kokonoe: "How's the datascape coming along, Addie?"
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"
King of the Monsters
"It's coming... But..."
Addison
◊ picks up a phone-like device and holds it up to the computer.
"These readings are funky. Something's wrong..."
Static consumes the screen, which changes to the image of a man in a mask.
"Son of a..."
"Miss me, Addie?"
"I didn't miss your stupid 'Rogue' antics, I can tell you that much..." Addie puts their hands on their face and groans.
"He's gearing up for war."
"..."
Copy Robot doesn't say anything anymore, just walking away. He'd warp back to base, but he doesn't know if Mega Man would somehow be able to trace where he's going and let the base be discovered that way.
So he walks, not looking back to see if Mega Man is leaving too, even though he finds himself wanting to.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
[PASIO]
Looks like you jumped the gun there, eh, Virginia?
The explosion staggers him, but he quickly recovers and throws a kiai to try and disorient Bandana. If successful, he will stick his hands out to the side and start gathering energy in them.
/＼｡｡/＼
Strongest In History
Anti-Skullgirl Labs
Brain Drain: "Seems like you two have history, Addison."
Tager: "Doesn't seem like the friendly kind of history."
Kokonoe starts running on the person's location, but nothing seems to come up.
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"
King of the Monsters
Bandana Dee is blown back. His condition suddenly looks somewhat critical, but he's still ready to keep fighting.
"That's Rod-... the Rogue. Call him the Rogue. He's an old enemy... but he was supposed to have reformed."
"Sorry about that! A guy came by and offered me a sweet little deal that was too interesting to pass up. But you're a pal, so I'll do you a solid and get your datascape working while I'm at it."
"Huh?"
The image shifts again as the computer screen begins to display a slowly-forming battleground made of data.
"He's gearing up for war."
Strongest In History
Anti-Skullgirl Labs
Brain Drain simply starts clapping at the new development, happy the datascape is working.
Kokonoe rolls her eyes...
Tager: "Alright, what's the catch to this? There's always some sort of monkey's paw."
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"
King of the Monsters
"Hmhmhmhmmm, how astute! Well, I suppose you'll just have to watch and see..."
There's the sound of finger-snapping, and the moment the datascape is complete, a bunch of sprite-like mechanical monsters spawn onto it. Moments later, they all warp off the platform, and...
"EVERYBODY GET DOWN!"
"He's gearing up for war."
Strongest In History
Anti-Skullgirl Labs
Tager simply puts his arms up in a defensive position, Kokonoe moving behind him.
Brain Drain puts up a bubble shield around himself, bracing for impact.
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"
[PASIO]
Two disconcertingly massive orbs explode into existence above his palms
◊.
He vanishes around, trying to keep Bandana from getting a bead on him.
"Final..."
Edited by Rbade on Mar 8th 2020 at 5:46:10 AM
/＼｡｡/＼
King of the Monsters
Bandana Dee simply stands there and braces himself.
"He's gearing up for war."
[PASIO]
"ATOMIC SHINE
◊!"
The orbs are slammed together with disgusting force... and the area is drowned in bright green light as the collision forces them to explode forwards.
/＼｡｡/＼
King of the Monsters
Bandana Dee gets hit and is down for the count.
Addison takes cover underneath the computer station.
A sizable assortment of nasties
◊ get warped into and around the labs all at once.
Left-to-right, top to bottom:
- Bandit Sniper
- Speed: 4/9
- Health: 3/5
- Damage: 2/5
- Rate of Fire: Fast
- League Chaser
- Speed: 3/10
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- League Sniper
- Speed: 1/10
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- Rate of Fire: Medium
- League Ghost
- Speed: 3/10
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- Vanishing Rate: Often
- League MegaChaser
- Speed: 3/10
- Health: 6/16
- Damage: 4/8
- League MegaSniper
- Speed: 3/10
- Health: 6/16
- Damage: 4/8
- Rate of Fire: Medium
- Altair Chaser
- Speed: 14/15
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- Altair Sniper
- Speed: 13/15
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- Rate of Fire: Medium
- Altair Ghost
- Speed: 12/15
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- Vanishing Rate: Often
- Altair MegaChaser
- Speed: 10/15
- Health: 5/12
- Damage: 4/5
- Altair MegaSniper
- Speed: 9/15
- Health: 6/12
- Damage: 3/5
- Rate of Fire: Medium
- Karakuri Chaser
- Speed: 4/9
- Health: 3/5
- Damage: 2/5
- Karakuri Sniper
- Speed: 4/9
- Health: 3/5
- Damage: 2/5
- Rate of Fire: Fast
- Karakuri Ghost
- Speed: 6/9
- Health: 3/5
- Damage: 2/5
- Vanishing Rate: Constant
- Karakuri MegaChaser
- Speed: 7/10
- Health: 12/15
- Damage: 5/8
- Karakuri MegaSniper
- Speed: 5/10
- Health: 9/15
- Damage: 3/8
- Rate of Fire: Fast
- Acheron Chaser
- Speed: 2/6
- Health: 5/10
- Damage: 4/7
- Acheron Sniper
- Speed: 2/6
- Health: 5/10
- Damage: 3/7
- Rate of Fire: Superfast
- Acheron Ghost
- Speed: 2/6
- Health: 5/10
- Damage: 2/7
- Vanishing Rate: Often
- Acheron MegaChaser
- Speed: 2/6
- Health: 15/15
- Damage: 5/10
- Acheron MegaSniper
- Speed: 2/6
- Health: 12/15
- Damage: 5/10
- Rate of Fire: Fast
- Special Note: It fires three blasts in a spread-shot.
- Naviron Gnasher
- Speed: 4/9
- Health: 3/5
- Damage: 2/5
- Naviron Grazer
- Speed: 1/9
- Health: 3/5
- Damage: 1/5
- Naviron Lancer
- Speed: 3/10
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- Special Note: Its pokey lance makes melee combat from the front an exercise in futility.
- Naviron Sentry
- Speed: 3/10
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- Special Note: Its big shield makes any attacks from the front an exercise in futility.
- Zombie Chaser
- Speed: 2/6
- Health: 5/10
- Damage: 4/7
- Vampire Chaser
- Speed: 3/10
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- Jackolantern Chaser
- Speed: 3/10
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- Fox Chaser
- Speed: 3/10
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- Undead Chaser
- Speed: 2/6
- Health: 5/10
- Damage: 4/7
- Ghastly Phantom
- Speed: 2/6
- Damage: 4/7
- Special Note: Is indestructible by normal means and can phase through walls.
- Lil' Foot
- Speed: 1/9
- Health: 3/5
- Special Note: Is harmless and runs away from Avatars, but still has to be defeated.
- Fry Chaser
- Speed: 3/10
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- Flame Sorcerer
- Speed: 1/10
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- Rate of Fire: Medium
- Special Note: He blasts blue fireballs.
- Frost Sorcerer
- Speed: 1/10
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- Rate of Fire: Medium
- Freeze Duration: 7/10
- Special Note: Getting hit by a Frost Sorcerer's blast will temporarily freeze you solid.
- Coyote Chaser
- Speed: 3/10
- Health: 1/5
- Damage: 1/3
- MegaDragon
- Speed: 2/6
- Health: 12/15
- Damage: 5/10
- Rate of Fire: Fast
- Special Note: It blasts orange fireballs, in a spread-shot like the Acheron MegaSniper.
Different units have different minimum and maximum values for their stats, but trust me when I say that an Altair Megachaser is way faster than any League unit.
Also ignore the thing at the bottom of the group in the picture, that's the Avatar - a player character.
Sinister Shadows - Kingdom Hearts II
"Rodney... whyyyyyyy," asks Addison flatly.
The Rogue answers with hysterical laughter and a "Toodles!" before the static corruption effect suddenly lifts from the computer in an instant.
Edited by KiriK on Apr 30th 2020 at 8:36:37 AM
"He's gearing up for war."
Strongest In History
Anti-Skullgirl Labs, Tropique
Tager charges, attempting to blow through some of the mooks near him.
Kokonoe clicks a button, and all of a sudden, more people are summoned!
Brain Drain: "Rodney's his name... duely noted."
Outside of the testing chamber, Android Rugal and Painwheel warp in, taking stock of their surroundings.
Outside of the facility, Gold Tager drops. However, someone's already there...
"Whoo, things are getting feisty! RED!"
Dylan goes into Red form, ignoring Gold Tager for the time being.
Edited by DefRevenge24601 on Mar 8th 2020 at 10:20:43 AM
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"
[PASIO]
Tropique
Rbade is here, too. And he is grumby.
"Grrrr..."
He throws on his carapace and plushter, ready for battle.
/＼｡｡/＼
The sharpest of Blades
Anti-Skullgirl Labs, Tropique
Arachnos is there, ready for acti-
"Okay but holy shit you guys that's an actual army they've got in there. Also we don't even know what's going on. Can we please reconsider this?"
Arachnos is there, ready to pussy the fuck out!
DORYOKU, MIRAI, A BEAUTIFUL STAR
King of the Monsters
"Hold on a sec," comments Rey as he approaches the scene, following his compatriots.
"Those are... those are... Gamestar Mechanic enemies! Don't worry, we can do this."
He goes DOOM and immediately copies both Sorcerers' wands, firing upon the basic Chasers with bolts of frost and flame.
All Chasers with only one hitpoint bite the dust right away, disappearing in poofs of smoke and data-cubes, but the Snipers are crafty enough to jump out of the way of otherwise-certain doom, and the bulkier Chasers only take one damage each.
The Karakuri Chaser pauses a moment to glance in Rey's direction before suddenly pulling a jutsu and flash-stepping erratically all over the place. It's attempting to perform a pseudo-Telefrag; if it pops up where someone is already standing, they will take damage and be pushed away, rather than instantly killed.
The Naviron Gnasher, which is totally not just a terrifying fusion of a Jurassic Park velociraptor and a killer robot, pounces on and cannibalizes the Naviron Grazer for additional strength. It then charges at Rey, claws and teeth outstretched.
The Altair bosses begin circling around the area, while the League and Acheron bosses slowly close the distance, and the Karakuri bosses spaz all over the place.
The Ghastly Phantom materializes near Rbade, circling around him in preparation.
The MegaDragon stands in place and spews a spread-shot of three fireballs, centered on Arachnos.
—
Meanwhile, Addison peeks out from under their cover and immediately gets a mouthful of Acheron Chaser foot, resulting in a swift concussion for this lowly human of high intelligence and slightly-above-average physique.
Deceased: League Chaser, Altair Chaser, Vampire Chaser, Jackolantern Chaser, Fox Chaser, Fry Chaser, Coyote Chaser
Karakuri Chaser: 2 HP remaining
Acheron Chaser: 4 HP remaining
Zombie Chaser: 4 HP remaining
Undead Chaser: 4 HP remaining
"He's gearing up for war."
Makoto Yuku
Shulk keeps slashing at the golem, Mindless in regards to his own safety, He'd be yelling, this thing seems to have reminded him of... something.
A nightly dance of bleeding swords reminds me that I still live
Bandana Dee hasn't actually thrown yet.
He waits until after the triple-shot, shuffling under the blasts, before hurling his spears, warding off the Big Bang Attack with an explosion of fire around himself that accompanies the throw!
Mega Man ponders for a moment.
"... You should find leverage. You're collecting the Chaos Emeralds, right? Just hold one of those and tell Wily, or Eggman, how you feel. If he doesn't realize you can't destroy it, he'll let you off with a warning at worst. I hope."
"He's gearing up for war."