With the Fragments defeated, they all return to their parts. Said parts merge with the panel once more, completing it and dimming the darkness around the place, letting color return and the pictures of the people important in his life on the panel becoming visible again. Notably, there are no dark clouds coming up to drench the Dive to the Heart in darkness this time.
Memory King!Lucas still stares at them, slowly glaring.
"... Maybe I would be able to exist with a body of my own. I don't know. But if so, maybe I would be willing to accept such a compromise. But I would still continue my mission of eradicating all evil, by any means necessary, there is no discussing the matter. I understand our own flaws, but the flaws that I've been seeking to erase are still out there!"
He raises his scepter and Lucas gets on guard.
"You'd only be creating a new problem for you by giving me a body. The only reason I'm outright admitting this is because I know none of you would be stupid enough to believe I would do anything else."
"You can't seriously want to continue fighting... you're all on your own now and I have my friends with me. You can't win this, this isn't a fair fight."
"Why should that matter to me!? I've been willing to fight to the death before, why would that be any different? Why shouldn't I keep fighting for my mission? Who cares about the means to an end when the only ones I hurt are those who deserve it, those who hurt others? Those like Porky Minch!"
He takes on a battle stance, casting PSI Offense Up on himself twice.
"I have buffs! I have the full power of Metatron! I have our ultimate equipment! Don't talk down to me as if you've already won, I can still defeat you and claim our body!"
"... no, you can't.", Lucas says, looking sympathetic, but also preparing to fight. In the past, a confrontation of this kind would have left him lost, not knowing what to do in this situation, not having the courage to fight. But now? After everything he's experienced and learned, he knows exactly what he has to do.
"I will put an end to all evil, and no overly moral weaklings will stand in my way!"
He casts PSI Life Up to heal some of his wounds, then uses PSI Auctori to try to blast all of his enemies away.
Kris shakes his head a little before he stops walking for a moment.
"Ugh...", he groans before he continues walking again, giving no explanation to Ralsei or Susie as to what's bothering him.
He, honestly, doesn't even realize that he's moments away from potentially bumping into Addison.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.This time, Skippy gets blown away by Auctori, but Roxas and Xion manage to parry it and counterattack with their divebomb Reprisals again.
The Medic adjusts his glasses all cool-anime-style, pulls out his signature Medigun, and zaps Courier Six with a stream of red energy, healing him to full in the span of seconds.
He then turns and unleashes the Medigun on Hornet.
Über: 17%
"Horrido! Defend ze others!"
The shadow monsters turn and start rushing Medic himself, but he backs away, pulling out a crossbow and firing syringes into their heads to take them out.
Edited by KiriK on Jun 16th 2021 at 8:45:48 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Courier Six, now fully healed, get up and flex his arms. YARRGHHHH!!
> (Low Intelligence) Thank you for making boo boo goo away!
> (Medicine 65/95) I don't think it works like that, but thanks!
> I don't know what just happened but I like it!
He immediately punch a shadow monster in the head, and another, and another! There's no stopping him! He even grab one over his head and suplex it into a small group! Wow!
Edited by Bolded1 on Nov 8th 2020 at 2:09:35 PM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterBringing Mjolnir and Stormbringer to bare, Thor lets out a mighty Asgardian battle cry before unleashing a truly colossal blast of lightning from both weapons at the nearest shadow monsters.
Pulling Nightbane from its sheathe, Loki flourishes his black-bladed sword and scepter, then gets straight to hacking and slashing away at the horde.
More of the shadows rush toward the Spartan, and Joshua swings his gunlance wide in a desperate attempt to kill them all in a single hit. He cleaves through most of them, but the few that remain overpower him to the ground.
His armor holds them back for now, but the Spartan doesn't have enough stamina left in him to fight back against his three assailants.
Lucien simply shrugs.
"If Ana herself did not have any problem with it, then I see no reason to continue chiding you."
He nods, smirking.
"You could say that. Though I do wonder if it is really true, considering we only have ourselves to base the claim on."
He then shakes his head, frowning.
"Ah, no, that will not earn you much respect if you do not avoid doing so, especially with how nonchalantly you revealed a piece of sensitive information. Not only is that generally considered rude, but, and you should know this if you are to pursue a vocation in law, revealing some secrets can result in deadly consequences."
He and Grymm then silently stare as Ninten recites his test, and Lucien closes his eyes, taking a deep breath.
-Beat-
"Hey, my friend, this party is very cool and just as awesome. I am completely serious, and any fool who challenges me on this has an invalid point and is unworthy of my time. Do you understand?"
He takes a moment to pause dramatically for his performance to settle in, and then gives a sly smirk.
"Some of those words are older than you think they are..."
"Life isn't a fairytale. There isn't always a 'Happily Ever After' waiting for you at the end of the road." ~ Isengrim Heath-StalkerMemory King!Lucas creates a surprisingly massive PSI Shield to block their divebombs, though his legs still shudders for a moment because of it. Even with his boosted power it's immediately clear that he's not going to be able to hold them off for long.
Lucas charges forward with a psychic blast, going under the shield. When Memory King!Lucas reacts to this by trying to hit him with a Metatron blast from his false Keyblade, Lucas pulls a fast swerve to the left, a little similar to how Roxas has been doing it during their sparring sessions, though making it his own by sliding on the ground during said swerve, holding out his Keyblade as far as he can to catch Memory King!Lucas by his ankle with the Keyblade's end, pulling him along and causing him to fall on the ground.
This makes him lose his focus and, as a result, the shield dissipates.
Ana shrugs.
"Personally I have no problem with it. I know he isn't being rude on purpose."
Ninten then smiles at Lucien.
"I wouldn't say that. A friend of mine back at the base is continuously seeking for ways to improve his own powers, and it's pretty difficult for him, even though he's already very familiar with his powers. But hey, the way I see it, it just means you gotta work hard to get the results you want."
Then he lowers his head a little.
"... Yeah, you're right. Sorry... I'll be sure to work on that before I start taking any police courses."
Then he lets out an impressed whistle after hearing Lucien's translation.
"I'll admit, I didn't expect you to get all of it, but you did."
"I'm really impressed. I've known Ninten for three, almost four years now, and even I'm not always sure what he's saying from the first go.", Lloyd says.
"Ah, there goes the last sweet.", Ninten then says, happily eating it.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.The Pale
"DORA!"
Crazy Diamond throws out one last mighty punch in order to get their assailants off of him before returning to Josuke.
Adel pushes one last burst of power out of him to knock the shadows back.
Hub Centralis
Susie: "I don't know, man..."
She does a small shrug.
Edited by DefRevenge24601 on Nov 8th 2020 at 5:44:48 AM
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Skippy capitalizes on the opening by transforming his blades into a giant bow and firing an arrow of light and darkness into the air. Moments later, massive Starstorm-esque bolts of energy start raining down from the sky, oddly similar to the earlier pies... only, y'know, not edible.
Thor and Loki's efforts ensure Medic doesn't get swarmed, allowing him to turn his Medigun's beam on Joshua next, not only fully healing him but bolstering his Overshields. How? Medic has no fucking idea.
Über: 33%
Addison steps out of Kris's way as if by some sixth sense without looking at him.
"These readings are all effed up..." they mutter, staring deep into a tablet device.
"Hmm? Something the matter?"
Edited by KiriK on Nov 8th 2020 at 7:47:27 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Courier Six, impressed by the lightning, decide to up the ante by... punching harder. He is getting overwhelmed but hold steady, refusing to go down to the ground as he punch and punch and punch, sometimes blowing off their heads in one neat strike!
At least he keeps Medic out of trouble.
Edited by Bolded1 on Nov 8th 2020 at 2:47:43 PM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterMemory King!Lucas quickly starts shifting his own gravitational pull in an attempt to keep evading the bolts of energy, though near the attack's end gets hit, and once he gets hit one time, the remaining bolts also hit him.
With his gravitational pull still messed up, by the time he snaps out of his daze he's floating upwards, with Lucas down on the ground, charging his PSI in preparation for a powerful attack.
Memory King!Lucas, after he stops himself from going upwards, starts channeling PSI as well, all through his body and through his scepter.
"This time I'm going to use everything I have, and I'll wipe you out of existence!"
"That's not how that saying goes!", Lucas notes.
"I don't care!" , is Memory King!Lucas' reply as he continues charging.
Kris doesn't even seem to realize at first, but eventually seems to snap out of it, turning back to look at his friends, now finally noticing Addison as well.
"Huh? What did you say?", he asks.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Suddenly reinvigorated, the Spartan quickly jumps into action. He grabs the neck of one of the shadows, managing to toss the shadow monstrosity into another, briefly dazing them. The third attempted to slam down onto the Spartan's face from up high, giving him enough time to roll out of the way.
Joshua countered by swiftly rising to his feet, soon followed by the shadow. The Spartan punched through the shadow's chest, slaying it instantly. The other two shadows rose, only to be met with the end of the Spartan's gunlance. One shell later, and the shadows were blasted in twain.
"Well this is interesting."
"That's underselling it."
The Spartan turned to the Medic, giving him a brief bow of thanks before turning his attention back to the oncoming horde.
Leaping right into the fray, Thor begins swinging his axe and hammer left and right at the shadowy horde.
"If these wretched curs are here on your behalf, Set, then know that they'll be waiting for you and your cronies at the gates of Hel!"
Loki, meanwhile, unleashes a beam from his scepter at the horde in a sweeping arc.
"I suppose not all of that mewling quim's underlings are as strong as his toadies..."
Hub Centralis
Susie stops, cocking her head a bit.
Susie: "What's up?"
The Pale
As Josuke and Adel are backed even further to the wall, the shadows take a moment to revel in their victory, but one of the shadows takes it a step further.
As it laughed, it pointed.
To the top...
Of Josuke's head.
Edited by DefRevenge24601 on Nov 8th 2020 at 6:09:09 AM
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Skippy prepares a barrier out of his x-blades similar to the one he used at the end of the fight against Shadow Konngara. Roxas and Xion, meanwhile, put up an extra-large Reflega.
The shadow monsters are destroyed in droves, but there's no end in sight to them. And now they're coming out with things like laser guns and explosives alongside the more traditional sickles and bare hands.
Medic moves the healing beam to Josuke. Ironic that the user of Crazy Diamond would receive a Crazy Diamond-esque insta-fix.
He then goes to Adel next, but grimaces as he realizes...
Über: 66%
"Ngha! Not enough yet!"
He takes off his glasses and flashes a menacing grin as he brandishes a meat cleaver with a syringe attached.
"Ze healing is not as revarding as ze hurting." He promptly rushes directly into the fray, plunging his Ubersaw into a shadow monster's flesh.
Über: 92%
This, however, provokes a large number of other shadow monsters to start firing on him. And considering nobody knows exactly how durable he is... they're gonna have to defend him or he's toast.
Addison looks up. "Oh, sorry. I'm detecting an enormous amount of a highly dangerous permutation of energy... right on top of this area."
"Eep!" Ralsei looks around in a panic. "Wh-where exactly???"
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Joshua focuses more on the shadows wielding laser guns, letting loose shell after shell into the horde en masse. Although the horde was too massive in numbers to be held back for long, the Spartan being blasted onto his ass by an explosive.
He turned his attention briefly to the Medic, raising his gunlance and blasting off a shell at the shadow monsters rushing toward him, leaving him open to be rushed a horde of at least a dozen sickle wielding monstrosities.
The Pale
As the beam leaves Josuke, he stands straight and grimaced, getting angry enough for his eyes to completely white out.
Josuke: "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SAY ABOUT MY HAIR?"
He runs in and punches the offending shadow, Crazy Diamond unleashing a flurry of punches essentially all around him, blowing many shadows back.
Adel, realizing it'd be best to stay out of Josuke's way for now, hops between the heads of many Shadows and lands in front of Medic, turning into God Mode and firing quite the few Kaiser Waves into the crowd.
Adel: "Figured you could use some help back here. Thanks for the heal."
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Thor spins Mjolnir rapidly enough to defend both himself from enemy fire and whip up a massive whirlwind. With a fierce war cry, he launches said whirlwind at the shadowy horde.
"Is this the best you have to offer, Set?! No matter how many of these Odin-damned monstrosities you send, they will all fall by my hand!"
Acting fast, Loki moves in front of the Medic and begins deflecting the laser fire by way of spinning his sword, Virgil-style.
"You may wish to stay behind me for the time being, doctor."
He summons an illusory copy of Steppenwolf behind the monsters who fired on the Medic, then fires multiple blasts from his scepter while his enemies are presumably distracted.
"Your heads will make fine trophies for Lord Darkseid!"
"Your barriers won't mean anything compared to this raw psychic energy! I don't have any bodily limitations here. My brain won't fry from using every drop of mental energy I have! I'll easily break through every defense you throw up!"
Lucas winces. So that's why he wasn't tired here either. His mental power may be limited, but his body won't negatively react to going all the way with his powers.
In which case, he figures, he should do the same. Even if he doesn't end up beating Memory King!Lucas this way, the others can.
The psychic energy surrounding Memory King!Lucas turns a dark red as he finishes charging up.
"Crud, I remember... red psychic aura means that the attack he's about to throw at us is much more powerful than it should normally be.", Lucas says, looking at his allies. "Brace yourselves, this is going to be tough."
"Brace yourselves all you like, it won't mean a damn thing!"
Lucas glares and then tries his best to do the same, to summon every ounce of PSI he has access to. His psychic aura doesn't change colors, so he knows that his attack won't be stronger.
"C'mon... I have to have more in me... I should at least have as much as him..."
He grits his teeth and lowers his head for a moment.
"I may not be as strong as Claus, but I know he'd believe in my power too! Watch me, brother, we'll win this, and I'll be the one waiting for your return!"
Nowhere Islands
Inside the sleeping Claus' pocket, something begins to shine.
Dive to the Heart
Within Lucas' pocket, something begins to shine. Lucas doesn't notice it at all, but what he does notice is that sparks start to run over his psychic aura.
He looks back up, the color in his eyes having shifted to a shining teal, as if his eye color and that of Claus have mixed. Memory King!Lucas noticed this, looking confused for a moment.
"Huh?"
Lucas' psychic aura spikes and he holds two fingers against his head to fully channel the power he needs for his attack. Memory King!Lucas growls.
"You know what? This'll be more than enough. I'm not taking this risk!"
He then fires a massive Auctori down towards the group, continuously feeding it energy so that it won't go out after the initial hit against the barriers, almost functioning more like a freaking Ki Beam than a PSI attack. They'll have to keep feeding their barriers energy, or the attack may be able to break through...
- Battle time?
"If it's around here, we should probably get moving before we're noticed.", Kris says.
- Coward
Roxas and Xion grunt and strain, but Skippy is barely exerting any effort at all.
"You have no idea... how much I've done... to get... this far! All for the sake..."
Suddenly, spectral images of his friends appear, all lining up at the barrier and pushing it against the Auctori!
"Of my friends!"
One shadow monster slips through the defensive wall and lunges at Medic, but he stances up with his Ubersaw.
"I'm going to saw through your bones!"
"but i don't have any-"
He impales it on the Ubersaw, and when he violently yanks it out, the monster explodes into dark vapors.
Über: 100%
"I am fully charged!" he announces. He taps his chin thoughtfully, then points at each of his allies as if playing eenie-meenie-miney-moe.
Seeing the brutality on display, he settles on Josuke. He puts the heal-beam on the JoJo, then flips a switch and Josuke (as well as Crazy Diamond) should turn a solid metallic red with glowing yellow eyes. Not to mention completely impervious to damage, which means he doesn't have to worry about such things as blocking or dodging.
Oh, and Medic is also transformed in this fashion.
"Now go!"
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."The Pale
Diamond Is Unbreakable ~Stand Activated~
Josuke growls, Crazy Diamond splitting into two and attacking, one creating barriers from the floor only to break them and scatter essentially shrapnel across all manner of enemies, and the other molding shadows together using it's ability before beating them into pulps, at a fast enough pace to cover really good ground.
Joskue: "I'll beat your ass... until there's nothing left to beat!"
Adel grabs one shadow, slamming it into another and creating an energy pillar lager enough to take a few more out.
Hub Centralis
Susie: "Sounds bad... Eh, I'm sure it's nothing we can't handle!"
She gives a hearty laugh.
Edited by DefRevenge24601 on Nov 8th 2020 at 6:51:12 AM
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"The Sons of Odin briefly halt to watch as the Medic ubercharges Josuke.
"Odin's beard..."
"My, my... I do believe we've found quite a valuable ally."
Turning their attention back to the battle, the god of thunder strikes the ground hard with Stormbringer, sending a huge column of lightning coursing across the ground towards the horde. The half-Jotun trickster, meanwhile, attempts to decapitate the closest monsters with a swift swing of Nightbane.

Azula blasts off after Arashi, using the thrust to build up green lightning and then using that to propel her further in a positive feedback loop.
"You are not getting away!"
Despite not being focused enough in the air to use her real attacking powers, she can still fire a gun. One, two, three haphazard shots.
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