Enter The Arena As Your Avatar -- The Spinoff!

Nah, it’s fine.

Chuckling at Mantis' remark, Pietro walks over to the alien and gives her a hug.

"So, what've you been up to lately? Anything new going on with Stark?"

Generally just, places in the Arena, I guess, I dunno, don't worry about it.

It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming. On days like these...

Nah, this gag is stupid.

Today is a particularly warm day in the Arena, though, not that it means much for anyone. The sun sits at its highest point, casting just about everything in a warm blanket of sunshine. For most, that's lovely. For one certain person, though, this may be more of an omen than anything...

Throat of the World

West Supreme Kai Rhea finally pushes herself to do what she's been procrastinating on. Standing at the peak of the tallest mountain in Skyrim at high noon, she holds up the crystal the Devourer of Gods gave her, tosses it into the air, and shatters it with a roundhouse kick.

"Whatever happens next," she says, "I won't let myself be pushed around anymore."

Oh, I've been doing well! Just searching, I guess.

"Still no sign of the Stones? You'd think a bunch of glowing magic rocks would be easier to find."

Pietro sits down on a nearby rock.

"Unless... Thanos' lackeys managed to get their hands on them first."

Well, there's only one after all! And they do tend to be well hidden, so it's not like we can find them off the ground!

She tilt her head at Pietro's theory.

"Wait... there's just one Stone hidden here? I could've sworn that Stark said he was looking for all of them."

Pietro shakes his head.

"Heh, or maybe I need one of Wanda's memory-restoring spells. But anyway, which one are you guys looking for?"

The crystal's rocky jacket shatters first, and releases the gemstone to hover idly for a moment. Cracks proliferate across its surface, bright yellowish-orange flames pouring forth from within. There's something distinctly off-putting about them, particularly noticable to someone like Rhea, as they diffuse into the surrounding air - thoroughly holy, yet at the same time demonic and just plain wrong.

There wasn't much more time to consider that fact, though, as a moment later the crystal shattered fully, releasing a burst of its flames directly into the air - and into the sun. It flared up, the temperature immediately raised to the point where it was sweltering for Rhea, as something seemed to emerge from it, eclipsing it for a moment before it accelerated down to the ground.

It was only moments later before that thing was in front of her, hovering off of the little plateau. It was big, impressively so, and its mere presence seemed to raise the temperature by another 10 degrees. Or maybe that was just because of the massive wings of flame that spread from behind it. Either way, along with the heat, it brought that same off-putting sense of self-opposition as had come from the crystal.

"... The Worm sent you, did it not? I sense its presence." It - she, rather - spoke in a monotone voice, devoid of emotion, that seemed to echo from all around. "Do you come as its servant, or only as its puppet?"

Rhea isn't impressed. She simply stands her ground, folding her arms. "'Puppet' is a more apt way to put it, but I already have my own plan to get back at that bitch. I don't need any help."

Oh, we're searching for the stone as if the Avengers! Huh, I think we're searching for the... blue one? It can warp through dimensions so we thought to search her. If we fail, well, according to the weird time rules, we'd only lose seconds at home.

"Then, I offer you this chance: Leave now, or be cleansed in holy flames." As if to prove her point, the being's flaming wings flared up, setting fire to the edge of the mountaintop. Before Rhea could respond, though, the Devourer appeared behind her.    "Oh, that's not happening. You're fighting her, Rhea, or it's an eternity in the pocket dimension for you - knights in shining armor be damned."   

"You mean the Space Stone? Then keep an eye out for any glowing blue cubes," Pietro says. "No doubt Stark and Banner probably told you all about the Tesseract."

Huh-huh. It's a bit hard to track a teleporting cube though. Mantis scratch the back of her head.

Rhea turns to the Devourer.

"I don't have to take your shit, or anyone else's. In fact..."

She rises into the air, manifesting a halo behind her back in the style of a lotus blossom. "I'll take both of you on! Embodiment of false light, and scourge of the heavens... I will do my duty as a Supreme Kai and clean you the fuck up!"

Optional Boss - Dragon Ball Fusions

She rushes at Providence only to vanish and start appearing all around her, moving as a blurring afterimage not even the Devourer could track!

"Try checking the ancient Viking tombs or steampunk-looking ruins around here," Pietro replies. "I've got a gut feeling that it's inside one of them. Hopefully, you won't have to get through a crapload of death traps on the way."

Hm.... I'll ask Mister Stark to see if there's any! At worst, he can just destroy them all! She seems giddy at the thought.

"And if we run into any of Thanos' guys down there, well... you know what'll happen to them," Pietro says.

Well, I hope not anyway! I'd like things not to get complicated when the universe is about to be saved!

The Devourer looked genuinely taken aback by Rhea's response, and even more so at her speed. So, instead of tracking the Kai, she turned to Providence.

   "... Truce?"   

"Die."

Providence unleashed a searing beam of holy flames at the Devourer - which was quickly answered by a purple beam of god-slayer flames from her - as well as a barrage of large balls of holy fire. Each of those fireballs burst into a barrage of smaller homing shots, going for Rhea - it wouldn't be able to catch her while teleporting, but it'd hopefully ensure she kept doing so rather than attacking, and hey, maybe she'd teleport into one or something - you never know.

Unholy Insurgency

Edited by QuirkyTurtle101 on Aug 3rd 2020 at 3:05:34 AM

Rhea stops and appears behind Providence for a brief second to let the fireballs 'catch up', but then suddenly vanishes and reappears above her with a powerful flying axe kick aimed for the head!

Regardless, now that she's shown herself, she gets hit by the fireballs once they reach her, though she's tough enough to withstand them.

Rhea's axe kick puts a crack in Providence's head, and she retaliates with a glob of orange lava along with a barrage of smaller, mildly homing fireballs. It's not all she can muster, normally, but her Beam-O-War with the Devourer is presently taking up a lot of her time. That being said, the Devourer's beam is being beat back slowly but surely.

"But on the off-chance they do, you won't have to worry. Me and a couple friends of mine'll be there to help take down Thanos' telekinetic alien priest or... whoever the hell he might send to get the Tesseract," Pietro assures.

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Aug 3rd 2020 at 3:17:01 AM

Rhea is engulfed in the lava, dispelling her halo (though that was entirely a visual effect). She bursts out of it with a kiai, and cups her hands together as she flies to evade further attacks...

"Ka... me..."

Huh, I'd be surprised if he sent them! Isn't he off world? She seems confused.

Edited by Bolded1 on Aug 3rd 2020 at 12:21:12 PM