Nicole blows out a lengthy, heavy sigh.
"Guess that's all we can really do, huh? Yeah, I think I can get behind that plan. At least you ain't gotta worry about me having second thoughts when it comes to taking out Gravitas' nastier members."
Smiling slightly, she puts her arms around Ban and Nik.
"Listen, thanks for hearing me out. You have no friggin' idea how badly I needed to get that off my chest."
Ban now shows his usual smile again, putting an arm around Nicole too.
"I don't indeed. But you don't gotta worry, you can always count on me to be there for stuff like this~", he chuckles. "Even if I sometimes don't get all of it."
Afterwards he crosses his arms.
"So what's the next plan? Are we gonna tell the federation about this information?"
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Miku, standing totally still, fires several beams of Kill Sat-esque light down at PC!Areui, seemingly uncaring for any risk to herself.
He will find out that this is because they don't even hit her, seeming to phase right through. He's not so lucky.
Nik pulls the others closer, into a group hug. "It's the least I can do to listen to you."
"With our luck, they probably already know. And if not, I can go tell them real fast. Like, right now fast. Sound powers, remember? That plus ventriloquism equals broadcasting my voice to places far away without being heard here."
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."PC!Areui gets struck dead-on. After the attack, when he emerges slightly burnt and smoke coming off of him, his expression goes deadpan when he notices Miku doesn't have a scratch on her.
"... well played.", he begrudgingly says. But he doesn't stay down for long, more dark energy flowing over both his arms as his chain slithers down his arm again. This time he holds it near the hook as he lets lightning run over it, then starts to swing it around like a flail with which he tries to strike Miku.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Pretty much. He's a cook, but an asshole one. He slipped chocolate into my rice, ya know? It's too sweet. So I've got to take revenge. He shrugs. Besides, it'll train him up to dodge. He can't take hits as well as me, after all.
Zoro enters the restaurant and immediately enters the Kitchen.
I'm going to make a meal so bad it'll get his attention, and then you'll jump him. He says, smirking, as if it's a perfectly reasonable plan.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterMórag and Brighid follow Zoro into the restaurant, where they both listen to his explanation.
"I... cannot say I get it entirely. But I suppose there is a bounty for a reason."
Brighid forms a large blue flame on the tip of one of her fingers. "The moment his guard is down, I'll make sure he doesn't get away."
Yatta!Miku holds out her onion, letting PC!Areui's hook dig into it. She tries to grip the chain by that and pull him off his feet... but the onion slips out of her grasp.
"Oops."
Then she gets smacked right in the face.
Nik nods and closes her eyes, concentrating as she does so.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."PC!Areui doesn't let up now, throwing his chain and manipulating it in such a way that it'll attempt to slither around Miku and bind her, the electricity potentially stunning her and making it impossible to escape.
Regardless of success, PC!Areui will use his free hand to hold onto the onion, just in case she can make it fly back towards her if left unchecked.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Aug 12th 2021 at 1:43:54 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Zoro nods, and get to cooking.
Ten minutes later
Zoro is at the center of the room. He's somehow managed to brew pure malevolence into a pot, which he looms over, almost horrified at his creation. Nonetheless, he take up a spoon and stand there.
Hrmm, he's a careful guy. He says, advising the flame. I'll take a sip. This'll distract him go-
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING MOSSHEAD! Roars Sanji, crashing through the walls with a kick. YOU- He gives a side glance to Morag and completely ignores her, instead looking at Brighid. The cook holler and instantly drop his earlier hostility. He flicks back his hair, ready up his tie and turns to her. My god! They should be careful in Heaven, the Angels are falling down all the way to the Earth below!
You mean Skypiea. Zoro smirks dickishly and take a spoonful of the green sludge he produced.
NO! WAIT! Says Sanji, tearing his eyes away from Brighid with difficulty. Zoro eats his part of the stew with a laugh, lower the spoon and then proceed to instantly freeze into a statue-like position, with a cocky smile and his hands on the sheaths of his swords.
?
Without a word, Zoro drops on the ground but remains in the same position. His legs don't even bend: He just... drop, while remaining in the exact same position. When he hit the wooden floor, it makes a sound like stone hit it instead.
..... Oh well, are you single? Asks Sanji, pointing at Brighid. Because I'm a single looking to be double! Roar!
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterMiku manages to keep her arms free, so that even while being restrained and electrocuted she can still move.
And she does, gritting her teeth as she waves both hands in front of PC!Areui's face.
"Brain-Dumbed!"
A series of psionic rings shoot forth. If they pass through him successfully, he will suddenly start feeling and acting like he's drunk, disorienting him and weakening his offensive capabilities.
...
Nik opens her eyes. "Okay, done. Don't know what the response will be yet."
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Since he didn't expect something like this, he gets completely affected by it, eyes now half-lidded as he sways around a bit, his wings drooping down to the ground. It actually looks a little funny.
He also drops the onion, and the chain also loosens as a result, giving Miku a chance to escape its grasp and counterattack.
"Then all we can do now is wait."
Ban laughs.
"Anyone up for some ale?"
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Brighid frowns, almost comically. "Actually, I'm taken. But if it's angels you want to meet, We'll gladly send you right to them." Her tone is really bitter.
Mórag nods, drawing both of her whipswords. The intention is an ambush, and while the person who requested it seems to be a little... er...
Rather than get all fancy with attack names, Mórag dashes at breakneck speeds so that she's facing the door, and unleashes a blast of blue fire with a swing of one of her swords, trying to knock Sanji out of the restaurant. Not for any terrain advantages- but simply to minimize collateral damage.
She's fast. Not ridiculously superhumanly fast, not to the point of having super speed or anything, but for a bog-standard human packing nothing but training, a powerful blade, and an affinity for ether, it's incredible, even a relatively complex movement such as this would take any normal person off-guard.
Of course, that is no guarantee.
Yatta!Miku runs up and does a fucking leaping dropkick. If it hits, PC!Areui will snap out of Brain-Dumbed right away, but he'll also take some major damage.
"I already said I don't drink," Nik says. "But other than that point, sure thing."
Edited by KiriK on Aug 12th 2021 at 7:15:06 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."PC!Areui actually avoids it... out of pure chance, as he sways and rapidly walks to the left without even really realizing he was under attack.
While he's not in a state to counterattack, if Miku doesn't land safely, she may end up damaging herself upon hitting the ground.
"Fair enough. I'll get you some juice~", he smirks at Nik as he walks over to the phone to order some. In his time spent here, he'd learnt what a phone is and how to use one. As a member of the Defense Federation, he would have to at least know that much.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."This is embeirrasing."
After an ouchie crash-landing, Miku opts not to tempt fate Wile E. Coyote-style and instead waits for Brain-Dumbed to wear off naturally over time. Which it will...
in 3 rounds
A wandering Refia has noticed the commotion...
Vague Solstheim
A long-haired, hooded prick with a magic gun
◊ is roaming the ashy wastes. Accompanying him is not one, not two, but FOUR different fallen heroes.
One might see this and wonder why such a supposed savior of the realms has decided to surround himself in people who were once good but lost themselves to madness and evil control. Well, the answer to that is twofold.
One, he just likes killing things.
Two, he thinks fallen alts are edgy and cool. They sure are edgy, you can't deny that.
"Why have you brought us here?" asks Fallen Edelgard.
"I wanna see mindless mayhem," answers the Summoner.
Fallen Mareeta looks at him. " Kill? "
"No, just maim... unless they attack you first. I only want pain, not death."
"You sound like... some kind of overlord." Fallen Takumi idly plucks at his bowstring.
"I'm a hero to Askr. I should get time to be a villain every once in a while. Besides, the secondary objective is getting Corrin, Lyon, Ike and Julia back."
"They... may have been captured," enunciates Fallen Delthea, slowly grinning like that's a good thing. "By enemies."
He grins. "I sure hope they have. Because that's more fun."
"This revelry is pointless, Kirrey." Fallen Edelgard rises into the air. "If there are allied Heroes to save, I will not waste time bringing needless bloodshed to strangers who have nothing to do with it."
"That's fair. I guess y'all can just do what you want. I'll be watching over your battles."
With that, the second wave of Fallen Heroes disperse across the Arena, and the Summoner, Kirrey, heads for Raven Rock while examining a phone-like device...
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"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."The drunk-like PC!Areui now forms a sphere of lightning in his hand, then turns that hand and aims it at some trees next to Miku.
The sphere promptly explodes into a ravaging burst of lightning that destroys a good number of trees in front of it. Miku, unless she deliberately moves in the way of the attack for some reason, can only really be grazed by the edges of the attack if she stands still.
Regardless of the outcome, using this big attack seems to make PC!Areui wince in pain for a moment.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Mórag takes a deep breath.
"Brighid, form the third."
"Roger that, lady Mórag."
Brighid and Mórag run out into the street, Mórag tossing one of her whipswords over to Brighid. Standing together, they both extend their respective whipsword to its full length.
"Blue flames, heed my call!"
Raising their swords together, in the open air forms a barrage of sixteen balls of intense blue fire that immediately shoot at Sanji, each easily several times as powerful as the one Mórag used on him to get him out here. Oh, and they're all homing fireballs.
"Dance for me!"
When the barrage ends...
"SOULFIRE!"
Regardless of his position, a gigantic explosion of blue flame would erupt from below Sanji, enveloping the immediate surroundings in a storm of fire that makes it rather obvious why Mórag was so intent on getting out of that shop.
Yatta!

PC!Areui very briefly glances up at the light, then just charges towards Miku with a smirk. He doesn't attack her however, even though she may expect him to.
No, instead, he figures that some sort of attack will bear down at him from that light, and he wants to force Miku to either hit them both or call off the attack to prevent her from damaging herself.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.