Enter The Arena As Your Avatar -- The Spinoff!

"I'm sure he'll at least check in now and then, maybe give you a call," Nicole assures Refia. "I kinda doubt he would've come all this way and handed you that bad boy if he didn't care."

Her gaze flickers to Zero, and she nods to the scientist.

"Thanks for doing this, by the way, dude. I'll take good care of Ref while you're off doing science stuff."

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Aug 5th 2021 at 9:19:10 AM

"Appreciated. I've been renting out space on the Defense Federation's flying battleship for my experiments, so... eh, if you need me, you know where to find me."

   "Wait, what ship?"   

"Nicole knows. One more thing, kid... clothes. Please?"

Zero *bawoop!*s out, as a thoroughly embarrassed Refia shifts back into her glamour form.

She turns to Nicole. "While I appreciate your offer to keep an eye out for me... I'd rather venture off on my own for a bit. Training, and all that."

Refia shows an ear-to-ear smile. "Don't worry, we can still spend plenty of time hanging out, but... I don't like being doted on any more than I like someone trying to control me. Sometimes, I just need some space."

You might've picked a poor time to join, friend. This particular scene in the RP is about to end and I'm also going to sleep right now. There's a link to a Discord server on the first page - consider joining and hopping into the Forum RP channels.

Edited by KiriK on Aug 5th 2021 at 11:23:14 AM

Meanwhile, under the ground, a peculiar bespectacled robot wakes up, surprised that he is alive after all that had happened to him. He calls out to see if anyone knows he's there...

"Hello? Can anyone hear me?"

Out of character, but I'm new to this thread and I'm not sure if I'm doing this right.

After bidding farewell to Zero, Nicole flashes a grin at Refia.

"Alright. If you need anything though, Ref, just come find me and I'll do whatever the hell I can," she replies. "And about the ship Zero mentioned, just look to the sky for anything that looks like a huge-ass floating battleship. It's really friggin' hard to miss."

Reprium

Jin is standing by a lake.

Face to face with Angel.

Uh oh..?

"The Aegis. You're here, of all places?

"I am not who you fought not long ago, Jin, if that's what you're asking. I am Pyra and Mythra, but not as you see them. Lets leave it at that before someone gets hurt."

Jin looks at Angel. There's sadness in his eyes. But that's just how it always is with him. "I can't say for sure if I believe you. But when I look at you, I see a reflection of myself. Never before."

Angel gives a swift nod. "I am not from your world. Only one that was similar, at one time. I can tell you're eager to go home, but..."

Angel looks up. "That can't happen. Not yet. This place wants you here."

"Wants me here?"

"Everyone comes here for a reason. Even if it's just because the story is interesting, or the joke is funny... it's a reason nonetheless. I hope, for your sake, that reason isn't dark."

Angel vanishes, leaving Jin alone with his thoughts.

(yes this scene is open for someone to now join)

AARRRGGGGHHHHHHHH There's a sudden boom in the sky, and Thor arrives from the sky, kicking up a catastrophic amount of dust and water as he lands right at the shore.

I HAVE FELLED MOST WORTHY PREY! Yells the God to Jin, randomly, while holding up the massive decapitated head of a dragon over his head. To give some insight on the size, Thor, who's big by the standards of a human and well over 8 feet tall, is smaller than the dragon's eyeball.

NOW AWAY WITH YOU! With a flex, he hurls the head in the distance.

Refia gives Nicole a thumbs-up. Then, unfurling her demonic wings, she flaps away.

—

Wherever the robot is

~AlphaBrav0 Your starter was good, but you just came in at a bad time last night. Sorry about that. Here's something for you.

The bespectacled bot will be able to feel a rumble approaching. Something tunneling through the dirt... coming towards him. And anything that loud probably isn't friendly.

Nicole bids farewell to the departing Refia, spreads her own wings, and flies off in the opposite direction.

Tropique

A man in a trenchcoat sits at the bar, a few Pokeballs and a black coffee in front of him.

"I have never met these people. But they said my name."

A wispy voice exudes from a Pokeball, confirming the man's fears.

There are more Defenses here-pika.

DNP!Defense: "The one time I leave the Mall..."

Edited by DefRevenge24601 on Aug 6th 2021 at 11:41:51 AM

"That can't be good..."

Feeling the vibrations coming towards him, Rung tries to dig himself out of the ground.

That was a good call.

Moments after Rung has escaped, a bulge pushes up the ground beneath his feet - and goes past him, as the Purple Worm◊ erupts from behind the bot, arcing down to loom over him with a whopping seventeen eyes.

Edited by KiriK on Aug 6th 2021 at 2:25:52 PM

Knowing that his odds in a fight with something that big aren't all that great, Rung flees for his life.

Edited by AlphaBrav0 on Aug 6th 2021 at 3:17:47 AM

Luckily, he's bound to get help soon! Because Luffy leaps into frame, having spotted the giant worm and deduced that the wisest course of action is to try to punch it!

GOMU GOMU NO... GIGANT PISTOL! Yells Luffy, using Gear 3 to buff up the size of his arm by a massive amount. After coating it black with Haki, he then aims to punch the massive beast right in the snot, and uses Emission-Grade Haki to try to get past its tough hide, by attempting to deal internal damage to it on top of the already existing external damage.

He doesn't seems to notice the robot, being too busy trying to punch a massive worm into unconsciousness.

The Purple Worm - The Adventure Zone OST

The giant worm is sent reeling to the side by Luffy's punch, writhing in pain from the damage that pierces into its insides. An intense light and heat builds in its maw as its attention turns to the Strawhat.

Someone else pops up in Rung's path, though it appears to be an unaware wanderer rather than a threatening foe...

Edited by KiriK on Aug 6th 2021 at 7:52:23 AM

Luffy sees this but remains defiant, landing on the ground and holding his hand out in preparation for a strike.

C'mon! I gotta get better with that Emission Haki stuff! Hit me with everything ya got!

Jin looks at Thor.

He is entirely speechless. Any attempt to justify why this makes sense is met with no answer. No person should be able to carry something that large.

And yet.

He supposes it has to be something he doesn't understand.

At the very least, he hopes not to get into a fight.

"Why are you here. Tell me."

AH YES I WAS KILLING A MOST MIGHTY DRAGON AND IT APPEARS THAT THE SHEER STRENGTH OF OUR CLASH HAS BROUGHT ME HERE ONCE MORE. A FACT THAT I HAVE ONLY REALIZED AS I STAND BEFORE YOU!

AFTER ALL YOU WEAR ECCENTRIC APPAREL! MOST BIZARRE FOR A NORSEMAN TO WEAR! Thor smash his bare chest with his right hand, the sound of thunder ensuing each time. I AND MY NOBLE FOLLOWERS ENJOYS WEARING NOTHING BUT THE SKINNED HIDES OF BEASTS LONG FELL! THOUGH UNFORTUNATELY I CANNOT YET DRAPE MYSELF IN THE ICE OF THE COUNTLESS ICE GIANTS I HAVE BESTED!

Damn magic nrhghhhhHWHATISYOUR NAME FELLOW ARENAGOER! Booms Thor.

Edited by Bolded1 on Aug 6th 2021 at 4:07:00 PM

Jin looks at Thor, and suppresses a sigh.

"Jin."

I AM THOR, HE WHO CALLS DOWN THE THUNDER. HE WHOSE STRENGTH SHAKE THE CORE OF THE WORLD. HE WHO RESCUES MORTALS AT THE DIREST MOMENT. HE WHOSE NAME IS SPOKEN OF IN FEAR BY GIANTS THAT DWARF THE SKY.

He stands there, awkward.

AND YOU ARE MERELY JIN.

Jin, again, suppresses the urge to sigh, and stares forward.

"Not merely. Your words are large, and your strength mighty, but titles are only titles, and names are only names. What do you want from me?"

Back with Rung...

Rung notices that the Purple Worm is no longer focused on him and shifts his own focus to the newcomer. He calls out,

"Hello? Could you please tell me where I am?"

The fire reaches a white-hot glow before the Purple Worm exhales an explosion at Luffy, a blast the size of a small town that shakes the ground as far as Rung and the other individual's position!

—

Speaking of which, the wanderer is Roy Fire Emblem!◊ "Huh? Oh, I'm-"

BOOM

Roy stumbles to his hands and knees. After the tremors stop, he stands up again. "... My name is Roy. This is a realm known as the Arena - a dimension where people are brought to meet, mingle, and as the name suggests, fight."

Edited by KiriK on Aug 7th 2021 at 10:26:01 AM

Luffy blinks after seeing this, but is able to uses Gear 2 to immediately leap off into the sky, granting him the agility to dodge the massive blast before it can reach him.

Also using Gear 2, he comes down at the worm with a massive barrage of haki-coated elastic punches!

GOMU GOMU NO JET GATLING!

Kashyyyk Beachhead

It's all-out war in another dimension, as a storm brews in the skies of Kashyyyk. Wookies and clone troopers fighting droids of various shapes and sizes. Tanks and superdroids decimate the landscape, Yoda and Jango Fett are somewhere amidst the chaos...

And then a Droideka◊ spawns.

City_Escape.mp3

ROLLING AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND, it charges right through the Republic front lines and just starts mowing down everyone. A Heavy Trooper charges at it, but it deploys a spherical deflector shield and negates his rocket launcher before bazinga-ing him.

The Droideka is a one-mech army. Nothing can stop it...!

Until it gets struck by a bolt of lightning, inexplicably sending it to

Outside LeBlanc, Hub Centralis, The Arena

The Droideka has unwittingly reduced a T-800 Terminator to scrap metal beneath it. It looks around in the closest thing its emotionless robotic form can express to confusion.

Hub Centralis

Worry not! The new People's Barrier is here to help! Susana its now allied with Tatiana and Paty, the two magical girls which debutted vs. Fatalis a time ago.

What's this?

I don't know, but it just destroyed one of the most dangerous robots there.

We must stop it!

Tatiana tries to dive-bomb the robot with a Meteor Smash to stop it!