[PASIO]
Lucas rolls his eyes.
"If you insist."
He fingers through the Poké Balls in his belt - Beast, Master, Container, Cherish - the works.
"I'll start simple. Phantasmo
, stand by for battle."
The glitchy ghost pops into existence from its ball, chortling inaudibly.
The radiation beams scorch his shirt, but they aren't potent enough to make their way through his Super-Toughness. He still winces, though. He proceeds to cross his arm in front of him, tanking the shards. They're sharp, and leave an array of cuts on his arms and the exposed parts of his chest.
"My unlucky number is four! Not that any amount of bad luck can stop me from stopping you!"
All Might winds up and slams the ground with his fist, causing it to reverberate like an earthquake is happening in an attempt to disorient his opponent. A second later, he's jumping towards the mutant, throwing a powerful overhead "CALIFORNIA SMASH!" with his other hand.
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Divine Burden
Haha, behold how I deal with your brutish approach! The Golden Mutant put forth a shield made out of wood. It naturally breaks through, and he once again eat shit. However, while hitting the ground, he plants the same white cards over it.
Owwww my fucking tooth! While holding his jaw, he get up and the earth shake before rising up at All-Might. At least, a good portion of the ground in front of him just suddenly raise like a wave and mean to crash against him.
The issue is that the golden mutant is also on the wave, so regardless of what All-Might does, unless it involve attacking the mutant, he accidentally get smacked into the ground by his own attack.
Fuck!
...
Niagara put forth his own sword and tank the blow for Samsar, although it sends him flying. Landing on his back, he stays on it and pull out his Flame Sword, a gift from far earlier. Together with Takumi and Noire, he sends forth a stream of fire while they both hurl arrows, intending to pin him down to let the others regroup and strategize.
Samsara back off and doesn't notice Charlie. Instead, she rubs her swords together, casting sparks, and take aim. Rennac likewise attempts to slink off into the chaos to hide in a corner and take his chances...
Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.
King of the Monsters
Nemesis grunts as Seiros stabs him. Immediately, he holds out the medallion containing the goddess Yune and a flash of destructive chaotic energy eats the impact of the rest of the incoming attacks, before billowing forth into a room-filling blast!
Charlie gets sent flying by the chaos explosion, skidding to a stop conveniently near Samsara's current location.
Geo 'blocks' with his EXE Blade and rushes in to try and impale Nemesis.
Erma goes flying, but vanishes mid-launch, and the light flickering actually intensifies as she joins Andrew in his strategy.
Paintra stands at the edge of the explosion. She paints up some bombs, which fly into the air and gently fall towards Nemesis with parachutes.
Vague Skyrim Forest
The angel will hear a voice from deeper in the woods, seemingly coming from a small spring.
"He's gearing up for war."
Seiros grits her teeth in pain as she too is sent flying by the chaos blast, crashing into yet another wall. She's starting to despise walls more and more.
Meanwhile, Nemesis might just start hearing distorted voices speaking to him while images and words flash before his eyes
, which are meant to disorient and distract him.
Arbok immediately looks intimidated by the ghostly, unknown Pokemon. Meowth and Wobbuffet do as well.
"W-who's dat Pokemon!?"
"I don't know, but this thing's reacting to it.", James says as he takes the device back out.
"So it's a Glitch Pokemon?", Jessie asks, unsure. When James nods, she looks back at Lucas.
"Hey! That thing's stable enough for a safe fight, right?", she asks. "Because I'm not going to make Arbok fight something that could seriously harm it!"
He looks around more hearing the voice, becoming intrigued since he'd never heard this kind of song before.
"Hm..."
After a bit of thinking, he starts to walk towards the source of the song.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Divine Burden
Samsara and Rennac are swift enough to dodge, but Niagara has to take the blow for the archers again, hurling them out of the room.
Not one to give up so easily, Astra is triggered as Samsara attempts to attack Nemesis with a fierce series of attacks!
Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.
[PASIO]
The ghost snrots at their reactions, and responds to Meowth. It looks like despite its glitchy nature, it isn't an unintelligible monstrosity or anything.
{pokespeak: "I am Phantasmo, Meowth. How could you forget me~?" }
"I would hope so, considering I used this to win the League."
Lucas snaps his fingers, prompting Phantasmo to set up Stealth Rocks.
All Might is unfortunately unable to react to the wave in time, and is crashed all over. In fact, he ends up completely buried.
"Urbmrmb bproeo gomnd, vmbbmvm! Bmt mmtsm nt gmd emngnmgh!"
With a massive flex, All Might blows the wall earth right off of him, before firing a one-two punch series of shockwaves at the mutant, trying to knock it into the air.
Edited by Rbade on Aug 11th 2021 at 3:34:33 AM
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Divine Burden
The Mutants avoid by shifting the remaining Earth around, and ride around a gigantic mound of Earth, vaguely similar to a snake, with his upper torso jutting out of it.
He laughs and blast away with intense radioactive blasts at All-Might, using his two hands to do so!
Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.
"Wah! I can understand it!", Meowth says. He then looks confused.
"Forget you? I've never even met you."
Jessie and James look down at Meowth for a moment, then James looks back at Lucas.
"I have a feeling you know a different version of us."
Jessie, meanwhile, smirks.
"Well, if the Pokemon League authorized it, it shouldn't be dangerous. Arbok, Glare!"
Arbok gets its act together before letting its eyes shine, attempting to paralyze Phantasmo.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
[PASIO]
Phantasmo puts a hand to its chin, completely unreacting to the Glare. It is Paralyzed, though - its Aura crackles for a second, showing a sparking effect.
{pokespeak: "Oh? It must have been another kitty that worked with these two, then. }
5/10 roll
Despite its speed being massively cut, it is not Fully Paralyzed.
"Punch Out."
Phantasmo nods, before blitzing forwards, trying to sock Arbok between the eyes.
All Might is buffeted by the blasts, knocking him a few steps back, but he does not waver in his enthusiasm for JUSTICE!
"You are a powerful creature. It is a shame you do not fight for good!"
He blasts off the ground towards the mutant.
"CAROLINA... SMASH!" he shouts, trying to plow it off its snake with a flying tackle.
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King of the Monsters
Nemesis shrugs off the images created by Andrew, until they are joined by The Ring
◊, completely blinding him. "Urk...!"
Charlie is about to speak to Samsara, but then the blademaster rushes in and attacks. "I- oh..." She decides to up the Sensory Abuse by causing the image of Nightmarionne to start peeking in from Nemesis' peripheral vision.
Nemesis is kept in place by the stuff in his face and the explosions all around him, allowing Geo to stab him and Samsara to do a number on him with Astra. However, he responds with a combo of his own.
He dashes backwards, holding up the Dark Sword of the Creator, then leaps at the two swordfighters with surprising grace and does a landing horizontal slash!
Next, he clenches his fist and pulls back until it and his sword flash with malevolent purple fire, then does a spinning backfist immediately followed by a pair of brutal diagonal back-and-forth slashes, then hunkers down until his fist flashes with fire again and delivers an uppercut punch, before finishing with a spinning slash!
The Shepherds who have spent time around Reyna may recognize this as one of her techniques - the Perfect Rush!
However, the finishing slash casts a burst of chaos-fire to blow away anyone near Nemesis - something Reyna definitely can't do with the Perfect Rush.
Geo blocks the first few hits, but when Nemesis keeps going, his guard is broken and he takes a brutal hit, notably bleeding.
Paintra conjures up chains to try and restrain Nemesis. She also sends one towards Seiros - not to hold her down, but to get her attention and bring her closer.
It's Hatsune Miku.
◊ She's dancing as well as singing.
She notices the angel and, without faltering for even an instant, sends a signal his way without so much as a gesture. A holographic sign that just says Please Wait pops up in front of him.
Edited by KiriK on Aug 11th 2021 at 6:12:04 AM
"He's gearing up for war."
The finishing burst of chaos fire seems to make some of the shadows near Nemesis shudder violently. Then, as Paintra tries to trap Nemesis, something massive suddenly emerges out of those very shadows, towering over Nemesis as it stands behind him and tries to grab him with its claws to potentially trap him even more.
The being in question is Nightmare Fredbear
◊, and thus Andrew. And even if some of his own allies won't know that, given that it's doubtful he's ever shown this form off to them, they should at least know the humongous, monstrous animatronic is on their side purely because it's attacking Nemesis and not them.
Seiros, for one, makes that connection immediately upon seeing him, and when she sees Paintra's chain near her, she grabs onto it, then gives Paintra a quick signal to pull her in fast. Seems she has an idea.
Arbok, startled by Phantasmo's speed, reacts with a Sucker Punch attack without thinking about it. Now, how a snake can sucker punch someone, only Arceus will know, but Arbok does attempt it.
The angel pauses, and while normally he'd just lose interest and walk away, he's too perplexed by the sign just appearing in front of him that he decides to wait. He's not exactly in a hurry anyway.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Divine Burden
MUHAHAHA THEN KNOCK ME OFF MY PROUD SNAKE CREATION!
He is knocked off his proud snake creation.
ARUWUBU?§!!
...
Samsara is swift enough to dodge more than Geo did, but she's nonetheless floored by Nemesis's attack. The other Shepherds, as a result, notice but don't care about Nemesi's style. Instead, Niagara gets in between a recovering Samsara and the two monsters. He knows that the.... metal bear is on their side for now, but he doesn't trust it.
Takumi grimaces. What a gnarly sight. He focus up and attempts to shoot three arrows at Nemesis. Rennac, meanwhile, would take action but the sight of the bear stuns both him and Noire, unused to such things.
Edited by Bolded1 on Aug 11th 2021 at 1:18:29 PM
Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.
[PASIO]
Phantasmo is reduced to a puff of mist by the Sucker Punch - which Arbok can apparently learn. Who knew? Bulbapedia, probably.
"Well played, Arbok," Lucas says as he returns his mon. "Phantasmo. Good work. At least you got rocks up."
He takes a second to think about his next mon.
"..."
"Eternatus, stand by for battle."
And out of a Beast Ball emerges a horrifying skeletal dragon, which screeches in delight at the opportunity to battle.
All Might flexes mightily!
"You are undone, evil creature! Surrender, and I will not need to attack further."
"Unless you want to be pummeled some more, of course."
Edited by Rbade on Aug 11th 2021 at 4:25:14 AM
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Arbok blinks in surprise, and even Team Rocket themselves are confused by its successful counterattack.
And then Eternatus appears, causing the snake to go pale.
"A Legendary Pokemon!?", James asks, shocked.
"How do you have a-", Jessie starts, but then pauses.
"... since when are Legendary Pokemon the playthings of twerps...", she mutters as she remembers SM!Red's Mewtwo.
She then shakes her head.
"Well, er... Arbok, Glare!"
Arbok turns its head to Jessie with a 'are you shitting me right now!?' expression.
"Just... try it, okay?", Jessie asks. Arbok shakily turns back to look at Eternatus.
"C... chaaaarbakka..."
Its eyes flash for a moment.
"See? You can do it, Arbok!", Jessie encourages.
"Actually, that was Leer...", Meowth mutters.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Aug 11th 2021 at 1:40:23 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
King of the Monsters
Nemesis starts toward Seiros as Paintra reels her in, but the chains binding him and Nightmare Fredbear being Nightmare Fredbear is enough to hold him in place. Still, he continues to move - he's just walking as slowly as if he were wading through molasses.
That stops when Erma pops up underneath him and grabs his ankles, completely immobilizing him. Takumi's arrows plug straight into his face and chest, though he merely growls in annoyance.
"What does it take to kill this thing?" mutters Charlie. She dashes over to Samsara and tries to help her up. "Hey. My name's Charlie. You probably don't remember because I wasn't exactly myself at the time, but we've met before."
Once Seiros has landed by Paintra, she simply nods. "We need a plan - I trust you have one?"
Once Miku is done with her song and dance, the sign disappears and she happily skips towards the angel.
"Gud mo-aningu, sawapuss!" (Good morning, sourpuss!)
Way to judge by looks alone, Miku.
"He's gearing up for war."
[PASIO]
"I could hardly say I've completed the Pokédex without including Legendary Pokémon, could I?"
Eternatus stares down at Arbok, and cracks a grin.
{pokespeak: "How cute. I'll take it easy on you, little serpent." }
It grunts as its Defense is lowered, before its maw opens wide, energy rising to a boil in the back of its throat.
"Flamethrower."
"SCKHAAA!"
A prodigious stream of flame licks out of its hanging jaw, spiraling towards Arbok.
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Divine Burden
The golden mutant hold his hands up and get up, surrendering completely.
Ok but please stop hitting me in the face.
An evil cloud manifest nearby, prompting the mutant to yelp. Oh shit!
He's right to be scared because out of it comes a woman in a thick black hood and cloak, concealing all but the bottom of her pale face.
Heisenderbeg! You've failed us. She address, her tone harsh yet low. No true servant of evil would lose to such a walking cliché. She turns to All-Might and snarl.
I'll take a fat dump on your kfc if you speak to such a Worthy Opponent that way you witchy bich! He defiantly answers.
...
Samsara is helped up and nods. Blood trinket down from her forehead down to her chin. Huh, I do have memories of you! Hopefully I won't lose them all because of the cranial injuries I'm suffering.
She turns to Nemesis. He recovers quickly from attacks. We'll need to somehow keep the pressure on him and prevent him from mounting off a counter-strike. She says, speaking quietly.
Maybe Rennac could help with that?
Edited by Bolded1 on Aug 11th 2021 at 1:46:15 PM
Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.
When Nightmare Fredbear realizes Nemesis can still move forward, it suddenly lets out a nightmarish roar before attempting to bite down on Nemesis' head and... well, tear his head clean off of his body with its massive fangs. It's unknown if it even registers that Erma manages to make Nemesis come to a complete halt.
Despite its murder attempt, once she's with Paintra, Seiros quickly figures Nemesis wouldn't just let that happen, so she turns to her and nods.
"We must disarm him. I will need either you or someone else to get a hold on that sword with chains, or through any other means from a distance as long as it is strong enough. Then I will attack the hand he's holding it with. Once he's disarmed, he will not be down yet, but we will be safe enough to go in and kill the bastard."
She briefly draws attention to the dagger she has on her before glaring back at Nemesis with such hatred that it'll be clear to Paintra that this is a very personal affair for Seiros.
"Even if that machine fails in killing him, I still have this as a back up. It is how I have killed him once, and I will gladly do it again."
She narrows her eyes.
"He's stuck now. You, or any of us who can grab a hold of his sword from a distance, must act now."
Arbok gets hit, toasted, and faints.
"Wait, but it said it was holdin' back.", Meowth says.
"I feel like Arbok fainted from both damage and fear combined.", James says.
"Arbok, return!", Jessie says as she recalls it. She then brings forth the Luxury Ball.
"Here's a Pokemon I know you won't scare. Go, Mimikyu!"
Mimikyu appears on the battlefield, letting out its usual nightmarish sounds. It looks up at Eternatus, not backing down in the slightest, and seemingly not bothered by the Stealth Rocks damage.
"This is either gonna go really well or really awful."
"Wobbu..."
"Mimikyu, Swords Dance!"
Ghostly swords appear around Mimikyu, moving around before disappearing again, sharply raising Mimikyu's attack.
The angel just stares at her.
"... did you just call me a moaning cat?", he asks, too perplexed to even be insulted by the idea. Apparently this guy has never heard someone speak English with a Japanese accent before.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
King of the Monsters
Nemesis uses another chaos-explosion to break free of his innumerable restraints before Nightmare Fredbear can take a bite out of him. "Meddling ghosts! Face the wrath of the divine!" He shoots forth the whip form of the Dark Sword of the Creator, attempting to spear Nightmare Fredbear through the purdy mouth and yank it in for a brutal Ganondorf f-tilt to launch it away!
He reaches down and yanks Erma out of her hidey-hole in the ground, before punching her in the gut to send her flying away. Then he brandishes the medallion again, and Nemesis' foes will be able to hear the pained cries of the being within as it is forced to unleash another destructive chaos explosion, which leaves Charlie down for the count!
Paintra looks at Rennac. "Try to snatch his sword, if you're so useful."
Geo rises again. I'll distract him. You have to take that opportunity!
With that, he leaps towards Nemesis with a spinning whirlwind cleave!
Miku stares dumbly at the angel.
"Nnnnnooooooooo? It's a figyur of speech."
Edited by KiriK on Aug 11th 2021 at 7:12:39 AM
"He's gearing up for war."
[PASIO]
Eternatus tilts its head at the seemingly fearless Mimikyu.
{pokespeak: "Well, you're interesting." }
"Cosmic Power."
It nods.
Eternatus's Defense rose! Eternatus's Special Defense rose! at +1 Sp. Def"
"Swords Dance may put you ahead of us in terms of the speed of boosting stats but I have faith that Eternatus's base Defense and HP should buy us at least a few turns."
"This creature has repented!" All Might shouts, raising a finger. "You were their master, huh? Do you wanna go at it, too?"
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Divine Burden
Indeed! I would be able to easily kill you even at full health! Prepare to die! She pulls out a wand and hold it up threateningly, preparing to battle!
...
So... We distract him for Rennac. She whispers, understanding what has been told.
I could use that flame sword to help. A combined attack at a distance should help him!
Rennac nods and gulps as Niagara and Samsara dash in. The former grabs Thoron and attempts to blast off Nemesis with it. Immediately afterwards, Noire and Takumi shoot at him from afar with a barrage of arrows, while Samsara herself zig-zag between them with her swords at the ready.
Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.
Hub Centralis, Mall
Nicole is once again playing the X-Men arcade game at the mall's arcade, having decided to make a quick detour on her way to meet with Nik and presumably Ban. Like before, she's slashing her way through hordes of enemies as Wolverine, intent on a rematch with Juggernaut.
To Nightmare Fredbear's shock, Nemesis' attack actually works, and as such it ends up getting pulled towards Nemesis before being jab-launched into the wall. It phases through said wall, but still.
Once in the room beyond said wall, it growls darkly as its eyes glow more brightly, and takes off its own head...
Seiros flinches upon hearing the pained cries, putting her hands on her ears and closing her eyes. As such she is completely vulnerable and gets struck by the explosions, which knock her down on the ground, as well as knocking her sword out of her hand.
Kind of ironic, given her plan.
She doesn't plan on staying down though, hoping that her plan has been set into motion through the others and assisting by attempting to blast holy magic at Nemesis.
"Now, Play Rough!"
Mimikyu's eyes show a dangerous glint as it suddenly charges towards Eternatus, attempting to deliver a beatdown upon it.
The attack may only be neutral thanks to Eternatus' Poison type, but it's still a boosted attack.
"... oh. Sorry."
An awkward pause before the angel speaks up again.
"Sooooo... who are you, and why are you singing alone in a forest?"
He narrows his eyes suspiciously.
"Are you a demon?"
History seems to repeat itself, because if Nicole, for whatever reason she may have for doing so, turns to look to her left, she'll see none other than Kel
◊ standing right next to her, curiously watching as she plays.
Hi
Mórag inspects the poster.
...
"Obsessing over women? That is completely unacceptable. I will accompany you to detain this... person."
"Are you certain that's wise? For all we know, this Sanji could be far too powerful to contend against."
Mórag looks at Brighid, and smiles. "Come, now, what's the worst that could happen?"
"You dying... or worse, captured.", Brighid says. "But... I can tell there's little I can do to dissuade you. Do your best to not hurt yourself."
Mórag nods. "As well to you, Brighid."
And it's something quite peculiar / Something shimmering and white.
Seiros quickly steps back to be ready, quickly noting the arrival of new allies. Due to her being ready for it, Nemesis' attempt to perform a leaping slash fails, with her leaping to the side before attempting to stab him right above his hip at the same time Paintra shoots at him.
The lights in the hallways leading to the lobby start to flicker. It's not super noticeable considering that it's daytime, but it could still potentially be noticed.
"Earth-D? So it's some multiverse thing again, like with Red."
"I'll have you know that means squat here, kid."
The three then get angry when they hear the last part Lucas said.
"Oh, that's it. We'll have to teach you a lesson!", Jessie says, grabbing a Poke Ball. James, despite his anger, falters for a moment.
"Wait, if he's really a champion we probably shouldn't-"
"Go, Arbok!", Jessie says as she calls it forth.
"Oh dear..."
The newly arrived angel, having finished his nap, is now sight-seeing as he's walking through the forest.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Aug 11th 2021 at 11:45:45 AM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.