Enter The Arena As Your Avatar -- The Spinoff!

The slopes of a mountain, relatively near the shrine of Azura

A portal opened up out of nowhere, emitting a shiny light

It stayed there for a while before a person slowly stepped out of it, having an confused expression

Sarah surrounds herself in three layers of an electromagnetic baier, and has lightning make two circles around it, to look cool.

Well, you specialize in it well!

Her defenses withstand Reimu's barrage well, at the cost of the first layer, and she throws her arms up to expand the barrier suddenly, almost trying to smack Reimu with it. She then throw herself back and flies at Reimu, leaving out a trail of lightning, and attempts to punch her.

Should Reimu dodge, the trail of lightning will spring out to try to shock her!

Edited by Bolded1 on Nov 25th 2021 at 1:25:08 PM

"I'm glad to know that wasn't just the heat of the moment.", Iris jokes, having cheered up again.

"You probably already know it, but the same goes for me."

"I definitely plan on it. Once everyone's back up to snuff, I'm going to send people out to start searching for Assassin bases.", Pseudo says. "I'm aiming to find as many as possible. Perhaps they hold some valuable information, and even if they don't, if we shut those down they'll be more limited in their options."

He then smirks a little.

"Oh, I'm very curious. But you didn't give me a chance to ask.", he chuckles. "Thor is powerful, and if he found a way to keep up with the likes of Set, that is definitely good for us."

He then looks at Pilly for a moment.

"Ah, Pilly, would you get something to drink for us?"

"Sure thing!", she says, hurrying off. Once she's gone, Pseudo looks back at Loki, leaning forwards in his chair.

"Speaking of the Assassins, there is something I've been thinking about. However, I'll tell you more after you've told me about Thor."

Viche scoffs right back.

"Sure. If I ever see any proof of that, I'll be your errand boy for a week.", he laughs.

"I'm going to hold him to that.", Courne says, smirking.

Viche then looks confused once again.

"Who the hell is Broly?"

"Hm... you're probably right.", Courne says to Callis, not answering Viche. "But if he's around the same age as King Vegeta, he probably is nearing the end of his prime."

He grins.

"Heh, maybe I could take him if I go all out from the start."

Since Courne isn't answering him, Viche pays attention to Oca instead. And to his credit, considering his usual behavior, he does actually seem to listen to Oca. But he's still taken aback when Oca transforms.

"HEY! That's the form that asshole took when we fought!"

"So you have met Callis.", Courne says with a grin. Viche looks sheepish for a moment, realizing he got busted.

"Erm... well..."

He quickly turns back to Oca.

"Well, between that and Courne being a living flashlight when he transforms, I like the way you look way more."

Thor pulls Iris into a hug.

"Since you missed out on the celebration, maybe you and I could do something fun to make up for it."

"Wouldn't it be prudent to thin their ranks while we still have the chance? As the Maximoff lad pointed out, without Mara for the other Assassins to hide behind, that task becomes considerably less challenging. We can dispatch their strongest members, convince those who can be persuaded to defect to do just that. Why, I think we might even be able to cut the head off of the serpent by eliminating Cyber himself," Loki replies, raising an eyebrow when Pseudo mentions that he's been thinking about something regarding the Assassins.

He pulls out a dagger, tosses it into the air, and deftly catches it.

"As for Thor, he had a rather eye-opening encounter with his clone."

Before Pseudo can think to ask, he tells him all about Thor's fateful encounter with Torxetil.

She hugs him back eagerly.

"I'm all for that! Ooh, I know I stopped at the peak of my career-", she says, smirking a little. "But maybe karaoke would be a fun way to celebrate. What do you say?"

"Yes, but the issue is that none of them have shown themselves for the past few weeks. At all. Only Andropov's crystals have been floating around, but even Hub and his clones haven't been spotted. I definitely want to attack now that we have the chance, but we have to find them first. They aren't making things easy for us by staying in hiding. They didn't even attempt to profit from Set's defeat by attacking any people who gave up their energy.", Pseudo says.

"Although there's the possibility that they gave energy too and were unable to attack. Set was a big threat to them too, so it would not surprise me."

He then listens to what Loki tells him about Thor.

"I see. That's rather ironic. Losing his weapon ended up making Thor stronger.", Pseudo says, seeing the funny irony in that. "Still, I'm glad. This will make things all the easier for us and all the harder for our remaining enemies."

He clasps his hands, looking intrigued.

"Now, one other subject you mentioned when you recapped the fight. You wore and used the Infinity Gauntlet?"

Callis slowly turns to look at Oca. "Oca, I've always thought we were friends. I don't like people who look down on those who think they're friends. If you call me a mouth-breather again, I'll... y'know what fuck it."

She goes SSBE and unleashes a Final Shine Attack powerful enough to vaporize the subsaiyan. If he dodges or uses a shield to survive, she'll lower her hand, but remain powered up. If he actually does die, she'll power down.

Thor flashes a smile at Iris in response.

"I was just considering asking you that myself, believe it or not. Perhaps we could even use it as an opportunity for that second dance I promised you," he replies.

"A fair point. Hopefully, that won't remain an issue for much longer."

Loki twirls the dagger about in his hand, smirking a little.

"The true power was within him all along. I swear, it sounds as though it could've been lifted straight from one of those tales Mother told us when we were children. Nonetheless, you won't hear me complaining either. Now I'm confident that Thor and I will be ready to face both Dahrum and Navitus' artifacts."

He then places the weapon on Pseudo's desk.

"Now, I'm not certain it can be called the Infinity Gauntlet, but yes. Thanos did indeed allow me to wield his gauntlet."

You did promise me that, huh?", Iris eagerly asks with a smile.

"Then let's do that!"

"Don't forget that you'll have our support when the time comes to deal with those.", Pseudo says. He then nods contemplatively.

"Right, it disintegrated, so it was likely a copy. Still, it's rather intriguing that you got the chance to use it."

"Right!"

Summoning Stormbringer to his waiting grasp, Thor gestures for Iris to follow him as he exits his room, then walks out of the hotel before making his way towards the Floating City's karaoke club.

"So, before we stepped through that portal, I couldn't help but notice that you were looking at one of your sleeves."

"Of course."

Loki leans forward in his seat.

"I suspect he wouldn't have lent it to me if the situation weren't so dire. But even so, I'd be lying if I said it didn't feel immensely satisfying to bring its power to bare against Set. Heh, I even considered calling that light meteor down upon those two husks of his or seeing if I could make them cease to exist with but a snap of my fingers."

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Nov 25th 2021 at 11:35:53 AM

Zoro, Sanji and Luffy head for the Arsenal Bird, pushing themselves off the air via different means. Zoro slice the air, Luffy skips on the air and Sanji does the same, but much more elegantly.

Hmph! You better send me more of these!

Luffy power down, meanwhile, and grab Sanji's shoulders with his extended arms, before balancing himself forward like he's on a swing, his speed accelerating by the second. Sanji looks annoyed at this.

WOOHOO!

...

I don't like being a vassal to anyone, really. I have my style... Zadom shrugs.

Well what can you offer? Seduction is off the table, I've got more than enough, thanks! She does an exaggerated hair swing, like she's staring in a perfume ad.

Iris wastes no time in following him, though as they leave the hotel she glances around to ensure that the towel man isn't around to notice her. Luckily, he isn't.

She looks at Thor when he asks her that question.

"Huh? ... oh, that! I just noticed I was still a little wounded. Considering the festive aura of our victory, I didn't really wanna make you and Amaterasu needlessly worry."

"That would have been fun, but it probably would've also harmed your allies if you'd thrown down that meteor, considering that Thanos' was explosive enough to wipe out a whole city."

He smirks, amused.

"The only reason I feel the latter wouldn't have worked is because of this realm. If people could've been snapped out of existence, I have no doubt that Thanos would've used it against us before."

"Are you certain it was nothing more than a minor wound, Iris?" Thor asks, looking concerned as his gaze flickers to the sleeve Iris had glanced at.

"Or perhaps Thanos doesn't think we're worth the effort. As for the meteor, I imagine our allies would've been fast enough to get out of its path in time," Loki replies. "So, do you think we ought to consider making our own Infinity Gauntlet, in case the Stones ever find their way here?"

Reimu dashes forwards AT the barrier and flickers through it.

When Sarah throws her punch, Reimu quickly throws out a paper talisman. The ofuda shines before a blue rectangular barrier springs into existence from, blocking the punch for her.

"Phew."

The barrier glows for a moment when the punch rings out against it. There's a high chance contact with it will stun Sarah for a second.

He flashes a peace sign, grinning.

"Reject godhood, return to monkey."

"Broly was... I mean IS the Legendary Super Saiyan. Can transform basically from birth with no build-up, and his Super Saiyan form is mutated to a crazy... well, Legendary Super Saiyan form that's just better. At least until he overloads from power buildup and detonates."

He almost doesn't react in time to the attack, being caught off-guard. Good thing his teleportation is instant rather than a focused technique.

!-

*bawoop!*

He warps right next to Callis.

"Jeez, really? I would have expected that from Zel, not you."

There's a hint of confusion on his face. It's not like that was especially crass or disrespectful compared to his usual dialogue?

"If it bothered you that much... I'm sorry? ... I'm sorry."

You better feel fucking special, Callis, you're probably like one of five people he'd ever consider apologizing to.

Edited by Rbade on Nov 25th 2021 at 12:09:01 PM

Iris chuckles. She then lifts her sleeve for Thor to see her upper arm, which has nothing wrong with it.

"See? It's already healed now.", she says, smiling. "Thanks for worrying though, but you don't have to."

She shows a playful wink.

"If it was something serious, I would've come to you for help right after I'd rested up, you can be sure about that."

Pseudo looks surprised at the suggestion.

"Is that a possibility?"

"... that form sounds counterproductive as all hell. Can that form even be controlled?", Viche asks, showing some surprising insight.

He and Courne are then caught off guard when Callis almost annihilates Oca.

"Jeez."

"Aww, I wanted them to fight.", Viche mutters.

Edited by DevilPsyco on Nov 25th 2021 at 9:06:41 PM

"I hope you're right... but let's not allow this to sully our fun. Karaoke awaits us, after all!"

Once he and Iris have reached the karaoke club, Thor wastes no time heading through the doors.

"I struck down a wicked, charmless version of myself who was such an arsehole, Gorr decided that killing him was worth fighting alongside both me and Thor. I figure the Infinity Stones coming here might be a possibility, however faint," Loki replies. "And if I'm right, then it's probably for the better that we possess them rather than the likes of the Assassins."

Callis lets out a weary sigh as she powers down fully. "... I don't want to talk about it right now. Just don't... don't group me in with 'the rest of them' from now on. Okay?"

She then glances over at Viche. "Kale, who seems to be Broly's Universe 6 counterpart, was able to rein it in and even reach a Super Saiyan 2 variant, but Broly himself couldn't."

"Yes!", Iris happily says as she follows Thor inside.

"I was referring to creating an Infinity Gauntlet actually. Would it even be possible for us to create one?"

"Don't forget, Thor and I have access to Nidavellir. If anyone could forge an Infinity Gauntlet, it'd undoubtably be the dwarves," Loki points out. "But on the off-chance they're unable to, I'm certain we both know more than enough people who could."

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Nov 25th 2021 at 12:43:55 PM

"True. Perhaps you could have one be made just in case.", Pseudo says.

"Was there anything else noteworthy about the battle that I may have missed?"

Loki cracks a grin.

"That is the plan."

He grabs the dagger he'd set down.

"Hmm... I think I covered just about everything, unless you noticed something else peculiar in my retelling."

   "Gotcha,"    Gallikrex replied. Simple, to the point — there was work to be done, after all.

The blue dragon shot his gaze groundward, catching a glimpse of the Realmsplitter as it appeared from its mountain shielding, and quickly returned his gaze as he saw the Arsenal Bird shift. He inhaled deeply, drawing in a bit of the nearby clouds as draconic spell-circles manifested in front of his snout, before unleashing a frozen, icy orb that tracked towards one of the Arsenal Bird's propellers!

Sarah is nearly stunned but, upon seeing the shimmering, she's quick enough to teleport behind Reimu, attempting to hit her with a potent downward kick!

Over here! Sarah shouts to try and distract Reimu. Because her lightning trail is still up and running, and leap to rejoin its owner, meaning it could go through Reimu and shock her. And if that doesn't work, or as added damage if it does work, it enters Sarah's body and she shoot it out of her right index finger.

Beams of lightning trails forth, attempting to impact into Reimu. She's skillful enough to make them widespread yet precise, aiming to cover the maximum area with all six beams.

"Nothing that immediately sticks out.", Pseudo says.

"Then I suppose the next topic is of the Assassins. There is something strange that's come to my attention. There hasn't been any kind of retaliation for us having destroyed their satellite cannon."

He looks contemplative as he glances to the side.

"Naturally, the first thing that came to mind is that they're waiting to get Mara back. But thinking further on it, I'm starting to notice that they don't seem to really act all that often, especially compared to other enemies, even when they do have Mara. They only ever retaliated against us once, when they attacked Meta Knight's ship. You're a deep thinker, so I figure I can ask you this: do you think I'm overthinking things and they're just waiting for Mara, or do you think there could be a pattern here?"

Edited by DevilPsyco on Nov 25th 2021 at 9:59:31 PM

Reimu actually immediately counters with Dimensional Point Rift, teleporting behind the teleporting Sarah and coming down with a kick of her own. If it hits, she'll bounce off of Sarah to gain some extra distance.

"Hm!"

The pressure's actually on when Sarah starts spraying lightning, but Reimu's dealt with worse. She manages to weave around the beams, with them only just grazing her. Some sparkles fly off of her when she gets close.

"Not bad, but it'll take a LOT more than this to land a hit on me."

With a flick of her staff, she creates a pair of Binding Borders - a two barriers, in front of and behind Sarah, which quickly close in and try to squish. As a helpful side effect, the one on the near side blocks the rest of the lightning once it manifests.

"It's not the best for a controlled sparring match or soldiery. But if you just want to be a rampaging engine of destruction? It works out. Just shit out the built-up energy before it blows you up."

He gives Callis a thumbs up, and through herculean effort manages to avoid making the exact same mistake for the hole Universes thing.

"So it's controllable, but meant for rampages moreso than battle? Those two Saiyans sound like freaks of nature to me. At least Oozaru is a normal transformation."

He then suddenly look grumpy as his stomach rumbles.

"Right, I remembered why we were out here today. Courne, I'm going on ahead, because I'm starving. You can play catch-up with your friends all you want."

He then flies up before bursting away. Courne just shakes his head.

"If he isn't in some sort of trouble by the time I catch up with him I'll be shocked."

Edited by DevilPsyco on Nov 25th 2021 at 10:23:47 AM