"zoro take some cookies! ill put anything you want in them."
she motioned for the god to come over as a fourth chair appeared at the table.
"We have tea and cookies over here!"
she giggled as she startd talking to...someone?
"Seriously you wo need to start getting along. im gonna be living forever aand youre all stuck here with me so just deal with it, ok?"
She sighed as she poured tea for everyone.
"Oh-right. im talking to my narrators."
Your Jordans are fake, fake as hell. Dollar Store ass shoes"Fascinating. Not even a day in zis vorld and here I find two mythological figures. I am Ludvig, zhough you can just call me... Medic." He does a bow as Archimedes flies onto his shoulder.
"I have recently arhived here, and I vas attempting a study into ze physics of zis world. Most fascinatingly, my Medigun no longer requires ze patient's heart to resist destructive voltages to heal properly. Definitely less wasteful of resources... but oh, I vill miss ze red splattered everywhere."
Arashi attempts to bat away Azula's blaster shots with his hand, but when they explode in his face, he gets caught off-guard and punched into the wall of the Thunder Cloud Temple, causing his net to fizzle out. He springs back into the fray, though, and imbues his fists with a blinding white lightning - the match to Ninth's black.
He attempts to uppercut Ninth in the gut, then roundhouse kick her away and fire a huge destructive burst of white lightning to finish!
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Kazami led Miles by the hand through another quick maze of halls and chutes, eventually leading the group to their destination - a room lined on one side with pillows for sitting down, and the other with a handful of pod-beds, each one pretty much just a sleek metal tube with a comfy-looking bed inside. At the back wall was a large screen, currently switched off. "Here we are!" Kazami exclaimed, practically dragging Miles along into the room. "Took me ages to convince the others to let me set this up, but I just knew it'd come in handy. Just lie down in one of those beds, and let the machine do its thing - if any of you others want to join in, just pick any of the pods and get in."
I will eat the cookies.
Zoro eat the cookies.
I've done it. He says.
It must sure be an achievement for one so dumb to perform something this rudimentary! Zoro grimaces, and Sanji looks smug.
Narrators? Oh, so do I. I've got one in my brain. He lies to her.
So you've got no narrators? This time, Sanji's the one who grimaces, and Zoro laugh, pointing to Sanji at Bahamut, in a "check this shit out" kinda way.
...
Oh, interesting. Ninth match the first punch but the kick overwhelm her back and so do the blasts of lightning, ensuring that she won't be running interference for at least a little while!
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterThe Fragments that attacked Skippy are pushed back by the force of his defensive aura as well, after which Roxas and Xion manage to hit them and finish them off. They too are pulled back into their pieces, looking whole and fulfilled as they rejoin the panel.
The other Fragments charge down towards Lucas, but he then reveals he'd been faking it, opening his eyes and immediately blasting them with PK Love Ω, sending a good number of them flying and defeating some of them as well. After that he quickly hops towards his allies, casting Life Up on them to heal them a little.
-
Genuinely shocked that Skippy found a way around his PSI Counter, Memory King!Lucas gets hit by the retaliatory slash, stumbling back with a gasp of pain. He doesn't immediately attack back this time, starting to look a bit worn out as he breathes heavily, one of his eyes half-lidded as he stares Skippy, Roxas, Xion and Lucas down.
"This isn't looking good"
"We are going to lose again, aren't we?"
"That's not fair"
"Neither of them deserves to be the main us"
"They have both hurt people"
Lucas then pauses before looking up at the floating Fragments.
"Wait, when have I hurt people?"
"You hurt Claus"
"Don't tell us you forgot"
"You said you never wanted to see him again"
"When did-"
Lucas pauses again, this time in realization.
"Wait... t-that was before I got my memories back. I was upset that he'd been hiding things from me. I... "
"We could see from his face that this would have been the last straw had you not recovered our memories"
"... the last... what do you...?", Lucas asks, careful and wary.
"It would have been his end"
Lucas goes silent, looking horrified. Memory King!Lucas glances to the side, and despite what one would expect from an evil entity in this position, there's no gloating, no insults, no words at all. He's just silent. Apparently even he doesn't like the thought that Claus could've put a definitive end to it all.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Azula kicks off the ground, exploding towards Arashi with the flame-boosts technique. To lessen the chance of his effective reaction further, she channels the charged green lightning into her speed.
- Quick Charge (4/5)
Her fists burst into super-searing blue flame as she rockets towards her target, and she throws a one-two pair of fiery punches at the last moment.
/\。。/\Loki and Thor briefly exchange looks when the Medic mentions missing the splattering of blood.
"Right... I should warn you that you might encounter a louder, somewhat less-intelligent version of Thor with red hair during your stay here. You grow accustomed to this realm's oddities."
"You know, you almost remind me of a friend of mine. She's a scientist not unlike yourself, and were she still around, I imagine you two would have quite a lot to discuss."
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Reprium
Bahamut did an Aside Glance, raising an eyebrow behind his helmet to the narrator — or at least, where he vaguely imagined the narrator might be, before he then turned back.
"Ah, yes, I've forgotten to introduce myself. I am Bahamut, and though I bear many names and titles, I prefer..."
He paused for a minute, having been struck with Choice Paralysis.
"Uhhhhhh just Bahamut actually. Well met!"
He posed dramatically as a golden light shone done from nowhere in particular, and large, bold-lettered words appeared in front of him that read, Bahamut, the Hero-Fool clad in Platinum
Vs. Arashi
Nyr recalled the bar and caused the Red Storm to swirl around him, before he then cast the power over to Ninth in order to bolster the earlier instance of armor that he had provided her.
"Keep your hands off my allies, you fiend!"
After this, he planted his feet and began to draw in as much mana as he dared from the surrounding environment, even drawing on the electrical energies of the temple itself...
[1/2]
"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalous"yay you ate the cookies! and hi bahamut! im madeline hatter and its nice to meet you! tea?"
she pured him a cup and slid it to him.
"So hows everyones day goung? wha6t do you guys do for a living?"
she paused for a few moments.
"No im not asking if my name is familiar you guys. its not like they would know my dad their from a different world."
Your Jordans are fake, fake as hell. Dollar Store ass shoesSkippy lowers his weapons to his sides. "They're right. I tried to help him feel better, but he wasn't even sad or angry or afraid. He was just... empty. Depressed."
"Claus..."
Xion steps up. "But that doesn't make him a bad person. He was just lashing out in confusion and fear. I've been there too. I don't think he would ever have forgiven himself if Claus did die."
"An interesting proposition, but... I vork best vizhout someone trying to regulate me." Medic pushes in his glasses.
"If you vill excuse me, I have vork to do." He heads for the door.
Arashi gets blown back and also set on fire. Naturally, he seems unconcerned with the frying and melting of his flesh. "No," he replies, before dropping an explosive purple lightning bolt on Nyr.
And then a bunch more all over the place.
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"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."... Nice name. Zoro try to physically poke the title card. Sanji claps shortly as well.
Hm? Huh, I hunt pirates.
He does nothing and is a pirate himself.
Sanji rise up and put his hand on his chest proudly.
I cook for my crew and I kick our enemies to the sky!
He constantly get outshoned by everyone and the food's not that good.
YARGH They clash once more!
...
Ninth leap out of the wall she was hiding behind, clad herself in black lightning and then attempts to repeatedly kick the common foe before trying to kick him down to the ground!
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter"Oh, I doubt she would have tried to regulate you, my friend. Considering her eccentricities, she would've been all too happy to aid in whatever experiments you have planned," Thor assures. "Of course, she hasn't actually been here ever since a certain incident..."
Curious, Loki rises from his seat and follows after the Medic, prompting his brother to follow suit.
"Would you mind if Thor and I came along? Neither of us are particularly busy at the moment."
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Azula skids a bit further, but uses the green lightning to cancel her momentum and skid to a stop. The lucky bastard just isn't targeted by any of Arashi's strikes, somehow.
"... How are you, like, not reacting to being burned alive?"
- Quick Charge (3/5)
She very suddenly blasts a deadly-precise bolt of lightning at him, angled to try and avoid Ninth.
/\。。/\"His anger of feeling betrayed was powerful"
"How can you be sure he-"
"Are you kidding!? I don't care how angry I'd be at someone, of course I'd have been okay with knowing I caused his death!", Lucas suddenly yells at the Fragments.
"Would you now?"
"You guys are me! If anyone would know without question it'd be you guys!"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"So now you accept us as a part of you?"
"When did I ever not? That Mind Fragmentation stuff I did wasn't to get rid of the parts of my mind I didn't like, or... or to make this some kind of competition, it was to help me get a grip on my anxiety! I-I didn't even know what sort of stuff I was in for. I was just... desperate...", Lucas says, lowering his head.
"... like Claus must have been when I wasn't myself... both times I wasn't myself...", he mutters, also glancing at Memory King!Lucas as he says that.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"The fact that you're all still here means you never really went away after the Mind Fragmentation, did you? ... going through all of that... Envy's trick... me losing my way... the reincarnation... everything that went on afterwards... you experienced that all too. But unlike me you never had a say in the matter. The only ones who ever had a say in anything were me..."
He looks back at Memory King!Lucas.
"And him."
Then back at the Memory Fragmentations.
"... I'm... I'm sorry. The only thing I ever really wanted was a way to be with my family again. Even when that wasn't a possibility that's all I ever wanted... and now it's a reality. I understand your hatred now, but I can't give up this body to only another part of myself! Not one of us should have it. We should all have it."
The Fragments look at each other for a moment.
"... to return to the panel is to merge with our mind"
"The others were happy when it happened"
"Even if our main self didn't know it until now"
"It can only mean his desires and regrets are honest"
They then look back at the group.
"... we believe you"
"Send us back"
"We cannot return by ourselves"
Lucas looks surprised, then grateful, and, while a little conflicted about having to do it now that they are no longer fighting, fires a PK Love towards the Fragments.
Memory King!Lucas could be using this opportunity to attack the group, but he does not. Maybe out of respect? Maybe to buy some time to rest up a little? Or, while the chance is small...
Maybe, just maybe... the words Lucas said resonated with him as well.
Hub Centralis
Kris
◊ is walking around in the Hub Centralis, one hand on his forehead. He's been feeling somewhat anxious for a while now, but he doesn't know why.
- Fight more. It's fun'
Of course that voice not shutting up about getting into fights doesn't help.
"Please be quiet.", Kris groans.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Reprium
"Ah, thank you!"
He accepted the tea gratefully and took a sip. Through his helmet. Yes, I know, don't worry about it.
"A fine brew, I must say! My better half would quite like this, methinks."
Vs. Arashi
Nyr took the full force of the bolt, blasting his metal-and-magic artificial hand to pieces and blasting his surcoat to smoking shreds. He disappeared in the flash of light, noise, and dust...
... And when it cleared, there he stood — wounded, smoking, and absolutely overflowing with energy.
"That.... Wasn't... A request."
He stepped forward with his left foot, and locked his vision on Arashi arcane symbols danced in the air around him, before forming into a spell-circle. It arced with lightning
"[Chaotic Maximized Boosted Magic: Vengeful Roaring Tempest]!"
As Nyr invoked the spell, the circle changed from a clean blue glow, to a strange, otherworldly glow — corrupted with streaks of strange colors that were hard to put into words. As he finished, the spell burst forth in tendrils of lashing, chaos-charged lightning that shot towards Arashi like the heads of a ravenous hydra. The bolts did not simply explode — they tried to latch "on to" Arashi before discharging the full fury they contained, again like the heads of a hydra trying to inject its venom with many mouths.
"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalous"Both of you stop fighting! youre ruining the mood!"
she sounded a bit mad at the two after they clashed, yet still smiled when her tea was compimented.
"Thank you! now to stop these guys."
she took off her hat and took out a whistle, before blowing it.
"both of you time out! just have a good time!"
Your Jordans are fake, fake as hell. Dollar Store ass shoesSkippy remains in his super mode, but he does not make a move. "So? Are you going to try and take over?"
"I don't know if the same thing the other Lucases told me is true for you. If you had your own body, would you be able to persist separately from him?"
Xion shrugs. "It worked for me, if you're not sure."
Medic narrows his eyes. "Vatch and learn, zhen."
Out in the greater Pale region, some brave heroes are caught in a losing battle against a swarm of Set's shadow monsters, and Medic is rushing out to join the fray.
Über: 0%
Arashi is blown away, screaming in pain as the storm energy is forced into him. When it stops, he's down on all fours, nearly charred to the bone.
"You..."
He starts vibrating, building up a charge of dark-red electricity - his equivalent of the green Storm. He uses this not to attack, but to escape, zipping off into the distance.
Hub Centralis
"is he okay?" mutters Ralsei.
Meanwhile, Addison is chilling nearby, unsuspecting of what is coming their way.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.""Not gonna lie, this is gonna definitely be a new experience." Miles admitted as he grabbed one of the pods and strapped himself in.
"Don't think you're leaving us out of this, partner." Nebula remarked as she hooked herself in as did her sister and Shyna.
Zero...simply just sat there and observed his pod, knowing he was too big to get into one but would never in a million years admit it. Instead, he chose to just jury rig his connection by pulling some cords out of a port on him, "You may plug me in when you're ready, little one."
Ninth start off chasing, immediately heading for Arashi with her extreme speed.
...
They both oblige by leaving the conversation, zipping off in the distance to fight elsewhere.
...
Courier Six is being pushed back by the Shadow Monsters, who sprout out large tendrils to get him to fuck off whenever he's approaching. They're kicking him around by then, obviously toying with him, and he can only draw back and use his massive arms to try to protect himself.
> Ngh! Damn you! He sweeps at a monster's head, but because of his exhaustion, it's ineffective. It laughs, and send him hurtling backwards with a swipe of a malformed arm, chuckling evilly.
Courier Six get back up and punch the ground, as the horde draws in...
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Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterGreater Pale region
A strange bug was currently fighting some of those monsters, despite her extreme skill and strength the sheer amoung was too much for her to keep up with. she was only one person after all.
Granted, she was still holding her own, bit was slowly being whittled away at by the shadow creatures. she slashed and jumped and dashes but it would eventually be to no avail
Your Jordans are fake, fake as hell. Dollar Store ass shoesThe Pale
Joshua is rushed by five of the shadowy monstrosities, raising his gunlance to let out another round. The shell shreds through three, but the Spartan had no time to raise his weapon to slash into the other two.
He is struck twice, knocking him to the ground. Joshua was slowing down, getting tired fighting the massive onslaught. He mustered enough strength to swing his gunlance outward, felling the other two monsters before they could finish him off.
He slowly rose to his feet, using his gunlance to prop himself up, looking forward to see the oncoming neverending horde of shadows. He grunted in frustration and in exhaustion, barely managing to prop himself up with just his legs
"Any exits yet?"
"No, looks like this may be the end."
"So be it."
The Pale
The totally random, totally irrelevant duo of Josuke Higashikata and Adelheid Bernstein are currently... not doing their best against a decently sized swarm of shadow monsters.
Josuke: "Dammit... there's just too many of them!"
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Thunder Cloud Temple — Interlude
Nyr dropped to his knees, panting. His horns produced almost no sparks — seems like he had burnt through most of his mana with that spell.
"Jormungandr's Breath... I don't think I've ever spent that much mana at once before... Frankly, I'm amazed he's still in one piece, let alone alive. He's far more powerful than even his supernatural pressure indicated. We'll... whew... we'll have to bring out A-game to this."
He spent a bit longer, charging off of the temple's lighting and soaking in the residual motes. It wouldn't undo the damage, but he could at least gather himself and prepare. He looked down at the stump where his artificial hand had been...
...
A claw of crimson lightning was now in its place, slowly pulling the bits of metal back together. The gem was still intact, and the thunder did its damnedest to constrain the arcane energy from the enchanted limb, though a small amount still leaked from it.
"Hot damn... guess that solves that problem for now."
Reprium
Bahamut watched on, unsure of what was about to occur, as he continued to
SIP
upon the tea.
"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalous

Thundercloud Temple — VS. Yami-no-Arashi
Nyr twisted his own disk and added more lightning to it, shaping it into a long, bar-shaped thing, with two bars extending vertically from the ends. He dropped to the ground and made a curving, forward-thrusting motion with his hands to send it forward and fold Arashi's net back on itself — possibly on to him, but that was unlikely given that he controlled it so easily.
"How about NO!" he proclaimed, as the counter-bar began to move.
Afterwards, he noticed his increased strength and nodded in appreciation to Terlette.
Reprium
"Oh, hello miss!"
Bahamut struggled with his boot for a bit, but, as it was behind his gleaming platinum sabaton, he found that it would, in fact, not budge at all. Thoroughly frustrated with it, he simple stepped down and resolved to ignore it. It wouldn't bother him if he didn't think about it — or so his logic went.
He then gazed at the other two, unsure of what to think at first. He may have been a god, but he was also, as often established, quite foolish at times.
Edited by OmegaShadowcry on Nov 8th 2020 at 3:08:01 AM
"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalous