Enter The Arena As Your Avatar -- The Spinoff!

Callis punches the barrier... then that changes to holding it back with one hand... then both...

Then she powers up to Super Saiyan Blue and just rips through it to collide heads-first with Oca.

Vivace momentarily stammers and a Luminescent Blush appears as she quickly steps back. Well, we know what she looks for now.

"U-um... Vivace. I'm... a Robot Master working for Doctors Robotnik and Wily."

   "Robotnik and Wily? I wasn't aware they're still around these parts. Guess they have a good way of staying out of our radar."   

He approaches her a little, going for a more teasing grin now. Though with the dark shadows under his eyes, it still comes off as dark.

   "So you must be a new one, huh? I've never heard of a Robot Master with your name before."   

"Yup. I'm a new unit, part of 'Dr. Wily's Fated Four'!"

She strikes a 'v for victory' pose.

"My actual designation is 'Phase Woman'. I'm out looking for signs of Robotnik's nephew. His cousin wants to see him, you see."

A bold-faced lie with a hint of truth. Omelette is indeed Snively's cousin, but there's no way in hell either of them actually know each other more than vaguely.

Still, what are even the odds that this random (and cool and edgy) instance of MegaMan.EXE even knows where Snively is?

   "Phase Woman? Huh, and here I thought Wily lacked creativity in the naming department. But that one's pretty cool."   

Hub's grin then becomes cocky.

   "Snively Robotnik, huh? I may have seen him around not too long ago."   

Ah, yes, the good old Unstoppable Force Meets Very Stoppable Force dilemma. He's briefly knocked unconscious with a nasty cracking sound from his skull and neck, before being blasted into, through, and beyond the dirt walls of the crater and into the air.

"... Ow."

As he restablizes in the air, he powers up to... Pseudo Super Saiyan...? before popping on his Amplificator Gauntlets and priming himself to avoid Callis's follow-up.

Callis doesn't follow up at all. She just puts on the Jarngreipr gauntlets... and waits.

Phase Woman's eyes light up. "Where? Please tell me! Please please please, there's a tournament going on and everyone else is watching it while I'm stuck out here!"

Hub looks slightly taken aback by her reaction, then snickers in evil amusement.

   "You seem to be pretty eager for information. Why exactly does Snively's cousin, that I've only right now heard about for the first time, want to see him anyway?"   

Edited by DevilPsyco on Jan 8th 2021 at 11:52:42 AM

Fortunately, Phase Woman's processing speed is fast enough to not seem suspicious when she answers.

"'Cuz their uncle told her how much he hates Snively and she's one of those rebellious little squirts who does the opposite of whatever they're told."

Hub just laughs.

   "I think I like her already."   

He then crosses his arms.

   "Since you're new, you may not know this, but I'm part of a bigger group of people with plans of our own. We have multiple bases scattered across the Arena, and we allow Snively Robotnik to stay in one of those for his own safety. In return, he helps us create anything mechanical that we may require, such as machines, or... robots..."   

He raises a finger while keeping his arms crossed, his grin widening.

   "So, Vivace, you'll have to give me a pretty good reason to tell you the location of one of our bases."   

Edited by DevilPsyco on Jan 8th 2021 at 12:01:56 PM

"Well, how about this for a reason?"

Phase Woman's expression suddenly turns cold.

"The doctors have all seven Chaos Emeralds. If you don't allow a meeting willingly, Robotnik will use Chaos Control to bring him to their lair by force. And it won't be pretty."

Skyrim, Sky

Akordion, the Namekian, is chilling up in the sky.

Hub's grin fades, leaving his expression as a dark, foreboding stare that might make Phase Woman regret threatening him. Because it genuinely looks like he might kill her, right here and right now.

   "..."   

The silence is eerie and deafening, and definitely not helping the situation.

   "... you keep those emeralds and any powers related to them out of our bases. They're not allowed in there. Not even for a second for Chaos Control. Not even for a split second."   , he suddenly growls, looking straight through her AI soul.

Then, however, he suddenly raises his hand for a handshake, though his expression doesn't change.

   "That's our condition. Accept and you have a deal. Refuse, and we will slaughter you all."   

Edited by DevilPsyco on Jan 8th 2021 at 12:09:23 PM

Nice. The free time allows the energies of his form to heal some of the damage he took from that nasty blow. He also downs an HP Drink 30, some Attack Water, and activates his Super Soul.

   "HUAAAGH!"   

Oca hits SSJ4, and charges his gauntlets with ki. The blades on the outside of them shine with the energy - those could cause some painful lacerations if he gets a good hit, even to Callis.

"KAIO - KEN!"

He covers himself in an explosive aura of Frostfire before rushing back into the fray.

Edited by Rbade on Jan 8th 2021 at 3:11:38 AM

Callis rushes to try and intercept Oca's own rush with a clothesline to the face.

Phase Woman only regrets not threatening him sooner. She shakes his hand.

"Should be just fine."

Then she nervously backs away the way a shy person with a crush would when said crush acknowledges them.

"N-now, if you don't mind, me and the gang are gonna go bag the... other Mega Man. See you later."

She warps out.

Edited by KiriK on Jan 8th 2021 at 5:14:11 AM

The name of the game for SSJ4s is physical durability, so the clothesline phases him for only a second before he takes a page out of his god's book and uses bite. Meanwhile, his arms do something that could be called flailing if it were less calculated, slashing his gauntlet's ki-charged blades at Callis's limbs.

   "Good. I advise you to not try to trick us."   , Hub says, still looking sinister. That look fades a little upon seeing Phase Woman's behavior up until she warps away though, and once he's alone again he looks more troubled than anything.

   "Gonna have to mention this to everyone else at the base. ... well, except Snively. Let's keep this a nice little surprise for him."   , he mutters, grinning trollishly.

Azathoth◊ then walks out of the building Hub was near.

"I'm done."

   "About time. You kept me waiting for fifteen minutes."   , Hub snarls.

"Well, I had to make sure I got the best of the best for Mother. That's not easy to do when you're blind."

   "Uh huh. Hey, speaking of Mara, I just had to agree to someone visiting base 7, and you get to tell Mara she has to go to one of the other bases for a while."   

"Why me?"

   "Because if I do it she'll pop my head like a cherry, and I don't quite like that when the pain from that transfers over to whatever reserve body I end up in!"   

He then takes out a Dark Chip and uses it to warp Azathoth back to the base, after which he follows.

Callis momentarily recoils before deciding to bite Oca back, not really minding the cuts.

Oca ups the intensity of his aura. Callis, being in close melee range, might start getting a bit roasted by its Frostfire properties.

"Toxic gas? ... Might have worked if I tried it again earlier, but at this level of power it would just be blown away and dispersed. Same with airborne diseases..."

He flips on Hailfire Saiyan mode, and tries to fry and freeze Callis with the sudden surge of elemental power.

Edited by Rbade on Jan 8th 2021 at 3:46:56 AM

"Oh god, that old gimmick." Callis's arms are frozen, at least.

She tries to swing one like a club to break the ice on Oca's head.

"Gimmick or not, it's useful in a scrap!"

Oca ducks under the swing, before using the dash maneuver to immediately reverse direction and throw an uppercut, powered up by his amplificator gauntlets.

He also snorts fire, possibly inflicting the Burn status effect.

Neo perks up, mistakenly assuming that he's finally gotten Pseudo to give himself away. "There's the big brother I remember..." he says with a smile, then winks at the two of them. "Well, I'd tell you the answer, but why ruin the surprise..? Let's just say I made a little arts and crafts project with the help of a friend or two. The unveiling's coming soon, and everyone's invited... whether they want it or not. That includes both of you, so don't disappoint me... we're going to have a lot of fun together. Truly a party to die for."

"What?", Pseudo asks, not immediately realizing Neo's assumption.

"Well, regardless of what my brother will do, if you force our hand I'll have to fight you.", Pilly says, glaring daggers. "I'd say that I hope you won't make me do that... but you've already made up your mind, haven't you?"

"Well, what do you think? After all, if I don't fight you, how can I conclusively prove that I am the superior Pseudo? Hehehe. And not just you either. Bring all the friends you want! I'll crush them all, and we'll see which one of us is truly the cool guy! Spankety, spankety, spankety! Smell ya around!"

The floating eyes simultaneously emit a blinding flash. By the time it resides, Neo Pseudo is gone.

After being knocked into the air, Callis decides she does not appreciate being on fire, and she remedies her immediate situation by popping a capsule to relieve statuses.

She then z-vanishes right in front of Oca and... does nothing, trying to fake him out.

Well, he certainly assumed she was going to do something after appearing. He hit the Z-Vanish button right after she did on reflex, and is going for a heavy kick to the back.