Enter The Arena As Your Avatar -- The Spinoff!

"..."

Ach. Personally, Oca is having trouble seeing where she's coming from. Comes with the territory of being a near-sociopath, I suppose - the same situation wouldn't phase him as much. However, he does know that his friend is VERY UPSET with her lot in life and that he does not like that.

"You want like. A hug?"

Tact isn't his strong suit. But he does want to help.

Seliana

Megan and Sofia both paused, and turned to o b s e r v e Kaido.

...

   "Strong booze, eh? Let's get that man a mug of Wyvern Ale — on me, of course!"   

   "   Say, have we met before? You seem familiar...   "   

They seemed to have put the topic of monster activity to the side for a moment, intrigued as they both were by this absolute unit of a man.

   "A pleasure to meet you both,"    Akeirkos greeted back, his smile unwavering,    "I am not alone and with my companion, Slythos. Mainly to examine what may be a potential danger in the future."   

Despite those words, the angelic figure remained as serene as ever. Perhaps that was simply how he acted. Or perhaps this was an indication that he did not take this matter as particularly urgent, and the next subject he spoke of seemed to indicate the latter.

   "I assume you two are friends? Companions, mayhaps?"   

   "Enemies?"   

Slythos' words were rather dismissive, as if the ominous being thought the idea absurd. Stupid, really. There were a lot of other terms to use, the majority of them coarse, and he scoffed as he continued.

   "No. We are two sides of the same coin here. Dreams and nightmares alike are a product of one's mind."   

He spared Enzo a glance once more, as if sizing him up, before turning back to the forest.

   "And, no, we're not fighting nightmares here. We're looking at what looks to be some kind of infection, in case you have too much of a thick skull to understand that."   

He pointed a finger at both Enzo and the Shroomish, other hand gripping the branch... and crushing it until it was nothing more but splintered bark and wood.

   "Ancient and with a will to destroy all. I do not hold a high regard for the petty conflicts of mortals, but I do know a waste of minds when I see it, and this incoming thing wants to burn everything to ashes."   

Edited by SymeSynth on Jan 24th 2022 at 7:46:10 AM

As Sephiroth's blade plunges into Laxin, the sith let out a defiant grunt of pain. As the blade withdraws, his gaze falls to his chest. Laxin isn't bothered by it, plunging his hand into the wound. A loud hiss comes from it, the dark lord lowering his hand back to his side. His armor hadn't been repaired, but the flesh had.

In response to Sephiroth, the sith responds in a somber tone.

   "I was nothing, no cloth. A worm in the filth and muck, burdened by morality and mortality. I have MADE myself; no one has made me!"   

He bellowed in response, letting out a short breath. The skin on his chest was snow-white, scars barely visible from things other than Sephiroth. When Azula had fired her lightning; and Arad his shotgun, Laxin raised his hand. Arad's pellets were all stopped, the sith moving his hand to Azula's lightning.

He backhanded the lightning into the ceiling, the blast knocking a few metal panels loose. The room rumbled from the impact of Azula's lightning, Laxin locking his gaze to Azula.

   "Impressive."   

He said, pausing a moment.

   "Most impressive. But not nearly enough."   

He let out a devastating force scream, targeting everyone in the room with devastating power. It was a high-pitched screech, nothing like anything any normal human should be able to output. It was more like a monster's bellow, a banshee's shriek. It was more than a brutal sonic attack; it was an attack on an individual's mind. To a normal person, their mind would shatter like glass.

Reaching for his belt and grabbing Zeloai's saber-staff, he ignites one of the twin blades. He quickly turns, moving at such a speed that the red and green of the two sabers mesh to create a yellow hue. The distinct hum of the lightsabers echoes, reverberating and building upon each other.

The sith leaped into the air and shot force lightning from the lightsabers at Sephiroth. Regardless of whether or not it made an impact, the lightsabers now crackled with lightning. Landing on the ground, Laxin is assaulted by Izawano.

The Jedi knight is quickly overwhelmed, Laxin using the two blades to push his opponent on the defensive. Izawano's small stature and maneuverability worked to his advantage for a while, able to leap around Laxin and avoid his eyesight.

   "ENOUGH!"   

He shouted; Izawano was thrown to the ground in the same instant. The Jedi tried to stand, but couldn't, muster the effort. A moment later his hand started to move on its own, bringing his lightsaber slowly to his neck.

   "I had a much slower death in store for you, but your lightsaber by your hand should suffice."   

Laxin hissed, flourishing the twin blades and disappearing in a blur. Laxin appeared before Azula, already mid-swing with both blades attempting to cleave her in half.

Edited by KrampusTheTherapist on Jan 25th 2022 at 1:48:43 PM

Azula winces when her mind comes under attack, but she's been hardened by both her gains in power and by her experiences; she isn't the fragile-minded wreck that her canonical self turned out to be, at least anymore.

Eyes widening at Laxin's sudden assault, she just manages to twist and duck around Laxin's swings, her movements trailing flame as she whips up a pair blue-fire blades from her hands during her movement. As she ducks under the swings, she thrusts the right fire-blade forwards to try and catch his legs with a slash, whilst the other is swung back and up to preempt and parry a possible redirected swing towards her.

Her aura subtly crackles with green lightning.

Jenna keeps calm, not minding the disrespect to her glorious organization. For 200 years now, we have worked on preserving technology and keeping it out of nefarious hands. I can assure you that our name is no reason to underestimate us.

She doesn't mind the pillars. I had wanted to see if you were conscious of the technology on your person, so that you wouldn't misuse it or abuse it for your own gain. She explains, bluntly.

...

Kaido sits down, his horn scraping the ceiling even then.

*hic* Hm... I don't remember... I have better memory when I'm not sober anyway, wololololo! Done with the peculiar laugh, he sits by quietly, groaning and holding his head.

He glances at the wyvern's ale, seeming dubious. This... thhiiiisss... better damn WORK or I'll... *hic* have to seek it out myself...

...

Camille briefly seems surprised at the hug, but wordlessly accept it.

Imperial base

The Force scream made Maxi fall on his knees, trying to cover his ears, but it was useless. Bulublú casts quickly a silence spell around herself and Maxi, but altough it avoided more damage to Maxi's mind, he's unable to do anything by now.

So, Bulublú uses his magic to strenghten her lightsaber, and after Laxin tried to attack Azula, she runs behind him, quips...

Talking about clothes: yours are horrible!

...and tries to slash him from down to up!

Reprium

"Hmph. Unconceviable!"

Enzo was baffled. So, nightmares and dreams are one and the same, just because both worlds are within the people's minds?

A long time ago, he was given the task to protect the children's dreams against the Nightmares, and change them with the Dream Brush into sweet dreams. But he couldn't do it alone. So, he gave part of the task to the guardian of the keys, Painty. But she couldn't do it alone neither, so she asked the Vanilla Gang to help her. And they went to the Earth, an uncharted, but exciting place, where dreams are truly colorful.

And talking about Painty, that remembered him about one of their first missions on the Earth: to stop a Nightmare Lord, Patatüx... But they didn't killed him, but somehow, they talked with him and made him "good"... And now, he's the owner of a restaurant in somewhere.

And a cursed idea crossed his thoughts: he, fighting along Darkrai or Patatüx, for the same causes...

But his thoughts were interrupted by Painty and the Vanilla Gang, who just arrived from fighting against that Crystal beast, and heard about the infection.

An infection? That sound serious! We could help, too!

Painty didn't seems to mind to help with obviously looking nightmare lords. And neither her friends.

"Are you sure? Those guy is a..."

If there is a menace for the Arenagoers' dreams, we'll be here to help.

Shroomish, having noted an entity with the ability to understand them, speaks with full confidence, though obviously still limited to Shroomish language.

"If you'd seen what I have seen... hmph, I'll listen to you, but only because I'm a mushroom!"

Before Ben can even begin to process everything that had just transpired, Laxin's Force Scream causes him reel back in pain as he clutches his head with his free hand.

"Argh... Warrick! We need an escape plan now! If you have anything in mind, now might be a good time to execute it before Laxin executes us!"

The first thing he notices upon regaining his bearings is Izawano seemingly about to kill himself with his own lightsaber. Thinking fast, Ben attempts to give the Jawa a light telekinetic shove in the hopes of snapping him out of whatever Laxin had done. After casting a glance at Zeloai to see if he was okay, he takes a running leap towards Laxin himself and launches into a Yoda-esque series of strikes, his lightsaber a sky-blue blur.

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jan 25th 2022 at 9:03:01 AM

Oca big hugs. This hug includes complimentary hearty pats on the back.

"You don't gotta fight none if you don't want to, man. I get it."

That's a complete lie, but fuck, at least he's not using 'not getting it' as an excuse to force her to fight.

...

...

"... Oh right the intercom is off, I'm used to Emma referencing bad war anime by now"

Flint, feeling bad that their genuine interest of the place is put aside for the sake of Technology crusading, gets up from the rock and approaches them to have a nice chat.

Though expressions and intent cant be read through cold metal, the armor itself can be now with the sensors of the soldier's armor.

His intentions having a chance to be misunderstood due to how sudden his appearance and approach is.

   "Hm?"   , Fleetway Super Sonic hums upon hearing a familiar voice. He stops his eye lasers and looks around, quickly spotting Sonic.

   "Well well, look at what the black cat dragged in and pissed all over! Good old 'running in circles' blue boy! You followed me all the way to this dump, huh? Guess you just can't live without me."   , he chuckles. He then gets into a 'ready to run' pose despite being in the air.

   "Not that I'm complaining, I'll love tearing you to shreds. So..."   

He bursts forward with insane speed, perhaps even faster than Sonic was expecting, and he tries to tackle him to send him flying due to the impact. He has not noticed the still faraway Dr. Doom yet.

   "Let's see how fast you can really go!"   

The Force Scream causes Sephiroth's form to ripple and distort as if he's a mere projection. He simply smirks and watches.

"I don't know what you want me to do!" yells Warrick as he recoils. "My only option is the seismic charge, and that plan's already vetoed!"

The Rude Droideka is physically driven backwards by the Force Scream. It hesitates, not making a move yet.

Noble Six powers through the Force Scream and attempts to wallop Laxin with his Gravity Hammer!

"Uh... Sisters, actually," Peony corrects. "We used to be human before becoming what we are now."

   "What are you doing here?"    asks Triandra.

Sonic has the advantage of already being in motion, letting him narrowly avoid Fleetway's attack and respond with a quick karate chop!

Doctor Doom arrives on the scene. "Gold hedgehog! You will surrender your Chaos Energy to ME!" He throws a Repulsor-like blast at Fleetway.

Edited by KiriK on Jan 25th 2022 at 2:16:05 PM

A volley of cannonballs attempts to greet Fleetway Sonic. They're damaging on their own and decently fast, but next to a hedgehog brimming with cosmic energy and speed, they're pretty slow. Their main purpose is to dramatically introduce... WHITEBEARD.

Grahahaha! The person kicking up all that dust is a golden garden critter, heh? What could've gotten you so riled up, little hedgehog? He stands like a badass with his arms folded, Murakumo stabbed into the ground nearby. His ship is in the distance, quietly sailing away from the battlefield.

I'm looking to get sober again, and seeing you isn't helping! He does a Bring It gesture and take his halberd out of the ground. Come at me, so that I can see if you're not an hallucination. Gra ha ha ha ha!

...

Camille stands in place for nine seconds and then hug back, in an incredibly clumsy way.

Thanks.

Edited by Bolded1 on Jan 25th 2022 at 9:27:08 PM

Whiterun Hold, Near Swindler's Den

Thor wanders the vast plains of Whiterune Hold, continuing his search for Callis. Admittedly, she had been the first to lose her temper during their conversation with Iris, and it would've been easy to assume that her going Super Saiyan God was a sign of things becoming dangerously close to escalating into violence; he was only preparing to defend himself, in case she was going to turn hostile. But that didn't excuse how poorly he'd handled the situation. Hopefully, though, enough time had passed that she'd be willing to hear out his apology.

His musings are rudely disrupted, however, when he notices Fleetway Sonic rampaging in the distance. For a moment, he considers passing by the scene and moving on with his search. Only for a moment, though. As loathe as we was to admit it, he couldn't simply ignore this. Making amends with Callis would have to wait for the time being.

With a heavy sigh, he rockets towards the fray, jagged streaks of electricity trailing behind him. Once he's reached the battleground, he sends a sizable blast of lightning cutting through the air towards Fleetway Sonic.

Edited by KiriK on Jan 25th 2022 at 2:30:32 PM

Vague Skyrim

Red appears in the background, seeming rather worried about this chaotic whosiwhatsit.

"...?"

From his distance, he tosses out Mew, who promptly proceeds to use Quick Attack to try and close the distance between them and Super Sonic and possibly land a teensy-weensy bit of scratch damage.

"No prob."

He smirks.

"Wanna go get something to eat?"

   "Oh, yes! I have been waiting for this moment ever since you first appeared on our radar!"    says a walking Sonic 2 Ashura glitch, but with Boom Sonic's build, bloodstained black soap shoes, and oh yeah those black quills are actually crystal growths. His eyes are black like X's, but with green pupils instead of red.

Yep, it's time to give a proper welcome to Deus!

   "But let's skip the pleasantries, Fleetway. You'd like that, wouldn't you? So would I! So come! Show me a good time!"    He spreads his arms with a huge demonic grin, inviting Fleetway Super Sonic to attack.

Edited by DefRevenge24601 on Jan 25th 2022 at 12:34:33 PM

... Yeah, sure. Meat is fine, if you think I'm vegan.

She smiles slightly, yet genuinely, and nods, inviting Oca to lead the way because she doesn't know many good restaurants around.

Fleetway glances back as he misses Sonic by a hair, swiftly turning around in mid-air and blocking Sonic's strike with his elbow. He's about to counterattack with laser eyes, but then gets hit by the blast.

He pauses, then glances in Dr. Doom's direction.

   "Oh shit, it's Brutus! He got a green glow-up and ditched the gold!"   , Fleetway laughs, clearly not intimidated at all.

He then proceeds to get karma for laughing at Dr. Doom by getting cannonballed in the face. Obviously they don't really hurt him, though it does leave him staring there in dumbfounded surprise. He now looks at Whitebeard.

   "Captain Plunder? This is a reunion and a half!"   

He ditches Sonic and starts flying towards Whitebeard, only to then get blasted by Thor's lightning. It doesn't stop his movements at all, though it does make him look at the faraway Thor.

   "No idea who that guy is, but I'll get to him in a minute-"   

He narrowly avoids getting run into by Mew. Raising an eyebrow, he attempts to grab Mew by its tail, spin it around a bit and send it flying back towards Red.

   "Huh, not used to this much attention. Usually everyone runs away from me!"   , he laughs.

Then he hears Deus too, looking at him and looking him over for a bit. He grins at his seeming invitation and changes course towards him now.

But just because he's going for Deus, that doesn't mean he's ignoring everyone else now. He fires more eye lasers at all enemies except for Mew (who he already tried to yeet) and Deus while on his way to the latter.

Once close enough to Deus, he tries to ram into him and send him flying.

—

Pseudo's monitor appears in the far distance, having noticed the destruction from far away. It's safe to say that Pseudo and co are now aware of Fleetway Super Sonic.

Sonic is smacked down by an eye laser. He responds by Boosting directly at Fleetway with a sheer momentum-powered punch!

Doctor Doom reaches out a hand and catches the eye laser fired at him, absorbing it with his Cosmic Power Siphon. "Your banter concerns me not." He proceeds to stand there and wait for Fleetway's next move.

Edited by KiriK on Jan 25th 2022 at 2:50:10 PM

Captain Plunder? Whitebeard raises a mighty eyebrow. ... Bah! Names like these are for rookies who get themselves killed trying to leave the East Blue! Having been stung in the pride, the mighty pirate spins Murakumogiri to deflect the beam sent his way, sending it smashing a rock elsewhere. He silently notes how much destruction it causes to the others.

Here goes hoping you're an hallucination, boy! Whitebeard pulls his arm back over his shoulder, and a white bubble surrounds his fist. You'd need to be that to survive my punch! Moving with swiftness, frightening for one his size, Whitebeard waits for Super Sonic to be distracted before attempting to run to his side and smack him in the side of the body with a quake-punch. The air will break around the evil garden critter as white cracks will litter around it, the ground will shake tremendously around them, even shattering around Whitebeard, and he'll be thrown off to the horizon, being accompanied by a devastating shockwaves that break trees and stones alike until it meets a taller structure, which it explodes before stopping.

Whitebeard's eyes briefly have a red outline as he checks to see if bystanders were caught, and he grins if there aren't. Gra ha ha ha! The proper name is 'Whitebeard, boy! You're going to want to call me that from now on.

Edited by Bolded1 on Jan 25th 2022 at 9:53:59 PM

Bringing his Iris-forged Mjolnir to bare, Thor raises the hammer to block the eye laser coming his way, though the impact behind the attack knocks him back a good deal. Not to be outdone, He rockets towards Fleetway Sonic and, with a fearsome Asgardian battlecry, attempts to deliver a hefty downward strike with his legendary hammer.

Afterwards, he takes notice of Doctor Doom, remembering the Maximoffs' description of him from their retelling of the first encounter with Infinity Ultron.

"MEEEW!"

Mew isn't able to stop itself from being yeet, and flips tail-over-head back towards Red - but with a snap of his fingers, Mew uses Teleport and pops out of existence.

~

Mew immediately reappears right above Super Sonic, and plunges downwards with another Quick Attack; this one boosted by the momentum granted to it by his target's own yeeting.

Fleetway Strikes!

Deus holds out his right arm, covered in black crystal. The arm eats the lasers no problem, but he gets knocked back by Fleetway's ram.

He laughs, his arm slightly glowing; He walks back in, noticing the other people amassed to fight Fleetway before flying in and trying to clothesline Fleetway, knocking him away if successful!

Deus:    "And there's yet another one on the field. Out of the two of you, it's hard to tell which I want to fight more!"   

Edited by DefRevenge24601 on Jan 25th 2022 at 1:39:56 AM