Enter The Arena As Your Avatar -- The Spinoff!

Sandra enters the room and yawn. She's still putting on her jacket and sort of stretch her arms, slowly waking up.

Suppp, I'm out of my nap. Has the world ended yet? She asks, warily glancing out of the house via a window.

Edited by Bolded1 on Apr 1st 2020 at 7:27:08 PM

"Okay! It'll be ready tomorrow." Rhea gives a thumbs-up and gets back to work.

Shaq is combo'd and launched into the bridge, but stops Goku's follow-up punch with a punch of his own, canceling the colliding strikes. "So, you still got game."

He falls down on his back and springs up feet-first, trying to launch Goku into the ceiling hard enough to dent it with a Kangaroo Kick!

Goku's hit into the ceiling pretty hard and decide to transform into a SSJ 3, accompanying his transformation with a kick that will attempt to slam Shaq right through the floor. If this work, he might bounce off the next floor, prompting the Saiyan to try to punch him out of the bridge.

Edited by Bolded1 on Apr 1st 2020 at 7:31:01 PM

"Oh! Tomorrow already? Most excellent! You have indeed surpassed my expectations. I will deliver you the promised three billion then.", Green Jr says, then chuckles as he hops off of the arena.

"Ooh, I can hardly wait~"

"No, but I think it'd be a whole lot less frustrating by now.", Niko responds sarcastically, after which he lays down on the table with his head.

"Uuuuuughhhhh.", he groans in a kinda funny way.

Edited by DevilPsyco on Apr 1st 2020 at 7:35:53 PM

"Did... Thanos unexpectedly return?" Thor inquires. "No, that arrogant bastard would probably want the entire realm to know about his return. He's what Stark would call a 'full-tilt diva'."

"My hunch is telling me the Cyber Angels must've had something to do with it," Pietro chimes in.

Sandra tilt her head and put her left hand on her hip.

Want your big sister to try to tackle this problem?

Shaq is smashed, but he recovers in midair and leaps back in an arc, trailing blue "shadow" afterimages in his wake to avoid the punch. He then slides forward, leaving another afterimage trail, with a Johnny Cage-esque dashing kick!

"... well, it's not as bad as those things, but in some ways, I guess it's also worse.", Duster says, looking like he's having trouble thinking of a way to tell them.

That's when Claus takes off his helmet and looks at Thor and Pietro. Even from this far, they'll be able to see, just from his eyes, that Claus isn't himself right now.

And that becomes more clear when Claus' first reaction isn't a smile, a greeting, or even a single word. Instead his real eye starts to tear up, he drops his helmet, runs towards the both of them, suddenly grabs Thor in a hug and hides his face in his clothes, his shaking body implying that he's crying.

Kumatora, her expression somber too, picks up Claus' helmet and walks back to the group as Claus is softly muttering in between his crying, his voice almost sounding broken.

"I'm an idiot... I'm such an idiot...", he keeps repeating over and over.

"I kinda doubt you can.", Niko says, after which he pauses when he realizes how that might've sounded. He sits back up straight.

"Didn't mean that in an insulting way, sorry.", he says. "Just... well, I haven't been able to get any new information about 0.02, and... well, I think I'd be able to find something if I stopped being this careful about my investigations."

He then leans back in his chair, sighing again.

"But I promised Mom I would be careful, and I really dunno what to do..."

Goku's knocked over by the kick, but he activates SSG and smoothly jump away, manifesting around Shaq as a series of after-images. One of them, the fourth one, eventually leap forth to... do nothing. Another one does, and the real Goku, the sixth afterimage (with about 8 active) attempts to slam his feet into Shaq to try to kick him through the Halberd and into the Arena below.

Sorry for the dammaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! He says Meta Knight.

...

She shakes her head instead of getting angry and get closer, attempting to analyze the situation.

Well, there's those cyber things running around. Says Sandra. So yeah, I guess we best be careful.

The young woman glances at her surrounding and tap her chin.

You know though, we've got super senses. I'm not saying, let's go put ourselves in danger, but if we look around and get ready to teleport at any moment, we could get away. She says. That'd be careful enough, no?

Edited by Bolded1 on Apr 1st 2020 at 7:54:05 PM

Slam of the North Star

Shaq tries to kick the afterimage and fails, letting Goku send him hurtling down to Tropique, crashing into an island hard enough to make an explosion visible from miles away.

And yet he's still going. He rises up onto his feet and starts doing a shimmy, building up power as his shoes somehow squeak against the sand.

Edited by KiriK on Apr 1st 2020 at 12:51:20 PM

Once the initial surprise of being hugged by Claus wears off, Thor consolingly pats him on the head.

"...What the Hel happened, Claus?"

Pietro lays a hand on Claus' shoulder.

"Now I'm starting to wish my hunch was right..."

Goku runs at Shaq and prepares to blast hm with a Kamehameha!

"I've already tried that. To be honest, unless Grandpa Tobajas held some facts back from us, I'm starting to become unsure if there's anyone out there who knows more and is willing to tell us.", he sighs. His motivation looks to be at an all-time low, something that rarely ever happens to him, considering he tends to be as determined as the rest of his family.

"I... I...", he sniffs. Kumatora and Duster glance at one another, the latter nodding, and Kumatora looks back at the both of them.

"Lucas... knows. ... And it didn't go well... at all.", she says. "I've rarely seen Lucas as angry as he was then."

"The only other times were when...", Duster says, then hesitates to say it before carefully continuing.

"well... when Porky was involved."

"And it's not just us he's angry at. He's... figured out that not only did a lot of people already know they're brothers, but he's caught on that there's more going on. The worst part though, was when he asked Hinawa if she knew. ... she didn't lie to him, said yes, and..."

Kumatora looks troubled.

"That's when Lucas left, and we haven't seen him since."

"He hates me now, because I lied to him.", Claus says, looking up now, which'll indeed show that he's not only crying, but the spot below his real eye is so red that it almost looks more like he was smacked there rather than that he'd been crying. "H-he asked me if I was his brother when we first met, y-you remember that, right Thor? You... you were there. A-and I said no, and he's furious about it now. I... I couldn't even explain myself because there's no way he'd believe everything that's happened. No sane person would."

Duster looks concerned.

"He's truly infuriated... I actually tried to follow him at first to see if he'd be alright... I actually heard him tell Hub off too, because he'd figured out that he knew too. He told that Assassin maniac off to his face and walked away from him too, and he's not normally this bold. Regardless of whether he'll forgive us or not, I'd never forgive myself if he ends up venting against someone dangerous and then ends up..."

"Oh god...", Claus mutters, hands shaking. "What if I made him so angry he'll get hurt? Or die!?"

Sandra sits down next to her bro (or kneel down) and pat him on the back, upset at seeing him sad.

I get that it's upsetting, but don't worry about it. She says. It's a world full of folks from alternate universes, there's got to be someone who knows!

Goku Vs. Shaq

Dr. R sees Shaq fly past, practically a foot in front of her, before freaking out.

Dr. R: "JAMES! AZRAEL! IT'S HAPPENING!"

She moves with speed previously unseen, before shaking the devil out of James.

Dr. R: "We have to find someone who can stabilize this universe! STAT!"

Azrael: "Lady, I have no patience. I am about to feast in less than-"

Dr. R: "And you might as well kiss your tournament and your hunt goodbye if we don't do something now!"

Hotel Del Rey

Dylan stands on the roof, looking in awe at Goku Vs. Shaq, which is visible even from where he is.

Dylan: "If THIS is happening... the Arena may be much more dangerous than we ever knew..."

Data UCN: Wave 2

On the balcony, Kokonoe flips her shit.

Kokonoe: "This is not good. I remember hearing about this happening somewhere else..."

She looks to Tager, without so much as context.

Kokonoe: "I don't give a flying fuck what Brain Drain or Addison say, put Fukua in that battle right goddamn now! We need to speed this up as much as possible."

Tager: "Why now? Why just Fukua?"

Kokonoe: "We need all hands on deck for what comes next."

In the datascape...

Bonnie now turns his focus on Toy Chica, noting the beam of death coming her way and deciding to open her up for more damage, standing behind her and using the sudden break in the slash to protect himself, it reforming behind him.

Foxy guns for Toy Bonnie, going under the slash and trying to blitz him with cuts everywhere.

Freddy tosses his tophat at Toy Freddy, now a sort of one-shot slicer similar to a Kienzan. He gets bonked by the slash though, and takes pretty solid damage.

Chica hops over the slash, feeding Freddy some pizza to get him healed up.

BB and JJ return to physical form...

Only to be both insta-worfed by green tendrils.

The Trash Gang, about to recover, see Fukua's entrance and decide against it, just dying right there.

Toy Freddy gets hit for direct damage, and is able to carry on too; but for how long?

Data Toy Bonnie is stabbed, and sliced, and stabbed again. That's one dead bunny, bro.

Data Toy Chica gets opened up by Refurb Bonnie, allowing for Neo Metal to donut her and Sophie to finish her off. It seems as if they were almost worn out...

Data Marionette creates three clones, attacking Sophie, Foxy, and Neo Metal.

Edited by DefRevenge24601 on Apr 1st 2020 at 2:18:31 PM

Shaq attempts to interrupt Goku with a deep, throaty "Raaagh" and a high roundhouse kick wrapped in flames. This attack will hit almost as hard as a charged Kamehameha if it succeeds!

Addison gives Fukua a curt nod as they turn tangible again. They try to slash away at Toy Freddy.

Neo Metal raises his hands to block the Marionette clone, but then a pair of cymbals emerge from the walls and SMASH him, leaving him stunned.

The seal does a slash, sending bladed waves of ice at Toy Freddy.

Bloody Bunny notices nobody is attacking Mangle and lunges to stab it.

Nice, keep it up you guys! Says Sophie. She attempts to shoot her arms forward at the Marionette, miss... but then has her arms snaps backward, attempting to strike the Marionette and one of its clones right at the back of the head!

...

Goku's stuck in place and get blasted backward, being sent flying all the way over to the edge of the Arena... only to, from that very same position, fire a Kamehameha at Shaq, to try to also hit and send him flying all the way to his own edge of the Arena!

Edited by Bolded1 on Apr 1st 2020 at 8:26:58 PM

Once the two Avengers have fully processed this revelation, Thor is the first to speak up.

"I don't know how Lucas could have figured this out without needing his memories restored, but... you have my word as a Son of Odin that no harm shall befall your brother. I'll even have Heimdall keep watch for him, if necessary."

Pietro nods.

"Hey, Claus, you know Wanda and I are always here to help with family trouble. Okay? Trust me, the last thing either of us want is for Lucas to be put through hell for the thousandth goddamn time..."

Shaq is blown away, landing on his back.

"Aight. Time to show my skillz."

He flips onto his feet and creates a swirling disc of cutting energy. "I am Kazam!"

He then throws it at Goku - and yes, it's basically just a diet Kienzan.

Goku avoids it, aware that it could cut him. Hey, that's just a Kienzan! He points out, attempting to batter away at Shaq with a series of kicks completed by an attempted punch to the face.

He looks at Sandra and smiles a little.

"Maybe you're right. Thanks.", he says as he gets up.

"Maybe a small break will do me good though. I think I've pulled out too many hair from my head at this point.", he sheepishly admits.

"... anything fun you know that we could do for a while?"

"Apparently he figured it out on his own by observing us and taking his experiences here into account. At least that's what he implied.", Kumatora says. "We underestimated how smart and attentive he really is. He's not as dense as he sometimes seems to be, and it's been so long since we journeyed together that I completely forgot to take that into account."

Claus sniffs before talking.

"T-thanks. ... but... I think he'll be angry at you too... he figures all of us knew, and... well, he is right...", he says, finally letting go of Thor, wiping his eye with his arm.

"We do know he'll be at the tournament. I think he's participating in it.", Duster says. "Maybe we'll get a chance to talk to him there."

Hm... we could always train. She says. Or swing on the buildings with chains, ya know? That's always fun!

She seems happy at Niko getting some optimism back and pat herself on the bag for her little speech. Metaphorically. She could do it literally but heh.

"Yeah, so?" Shaq raises his arms to guard against Goku's combo, then responds with one of his own.

It's a few light kicks followed by his head swelling up as he poses like an Archvile, then giant fast food items rain down from the sky, trying to bombard Goku!

"... y'know what? I actually think I'm up for some training.", he says.

"Where should we go? In this world, or somewhere at home?"

He deflects the combo as well but is stunned when Shaq get himself a big head. As a result, a few food items hit him right on the head, though he attempts to kick off a few of them at Shaq in retaliation... or, for the last one, attempts to outright eat them!

Nom!

...

Somewhere here maybe? I don't think we'll exhaust ourselves here, and I don't think that a bad guy's just gonna walk on us, right?

She shrugs.

Edited by Bolded1 on Apr 1st 2020 at 8:36:04 PM