Minira

Mar Radios out to his troops, as he runs away from the frontline towards the nearest scarab, "All troops, fall back from the city if you haven't already. Get into the scarabs if you can. If you see one of your friends taken by one of the green things, or you see one of those green things latch onto you, prime a grenade. This is a full retreat."

Mar looks over to the fall vessel, saying "I'll deal with you later.", before mounting the scarab.

Vincent follows the retreat order, alongside the approaching jet.

Homura, being homura, Stops time to walk through the horde of flood to casually enter a scarab, unfreezing time once she's a decent ways in, away from the entrance.

Valley of Corpses

The Psionic assault on the librarians leaves them weak, not dead yet, but weak. With the big fuckers running in, All seems lost.

"Maybe I can save some lives, after all..."

Suddenly, what looks like shooting stars begin to fall on the various zerg and tyrranids, as netzach emerges from the library, each hit on a zerg revitalizing every last librarian present.

Angela simply replies to this by saying "You took your time, netzach, but not as much as I expected."

Roland rushes at one of the large zerg, firing guns, flashing daggers and clawed gauntlets, and, finally, bringing down a greatsword on it. this might not do much, but its better than nothing. If its still alive

Angela, reflexively, Summons a horrific entity. Nothing there. The meaty monstrosity proceeds to stand infront of angela, acting as a defensive barrier.

Wilderness

Samus takes the hit, her suit's energy draining, but not before tossing the spear aside to attempt to grapple and drain the infected chozo warrior.

Zero, noticing their sword isn't working, attempts to use their Z knuckle to attempt to forcibly pry the spear out of the warrior's grip, violently, potentially ripping the warrior's arms off if they struggle.

Madoka fires a few arrows at the remaining X parasite lifeforms.

Edited by ReynTheLord on Mar 20th 2022 at 11:23:47 AM

Minira

Haruhi blinks when her target just kind of diggy diggys away, but whatever. She helps Kazuma to his feet. He glances up, wincing at the proclamation.

"Yeesh, that doesn't sound great. I don't think we have much choice."

"... I might have ta agree with you," Haruhi says. Hoisting him up above her head, she leaps and lands on a Scarab, before placing Kazuma down.

"Um...?"

"My sword was well made. I think I'll be able to find it in the lack of remains."

"That was not my concern."

SHADE frantically presses the "warp me back out warp me back out" button. He is not fast enough to make it to a Scarab himself.

–

Gustave is not exactly in a position to get out either. He just sort of rolls on to his back, relaxing in the now Gustave-water.

—

Valley

Karstodes is back in action! Thanks, bug guy! He yells in exuberance before charging up a jump... a moment later, he blasts off the ground, trying to slug the fuck out of one of the Ultralisks targeting the Librarians with transhuman might!

With the swarm down in number, Kyoko is able to clean up her immediate surroundings.

"Oi..."

Not quite being the powerhouse some of the others are, she ends up helping Dehaka wrap up the remainder of the swarms, slicing and spinning her way through the more mock-level Zerg.

—

Wilderness

Xeru squawks in surprise and shifts to Needle form, curling up like some kind of squishy porcupine. The Kihunters and Flood Tank Forms might like, hurt themselves on him.

–

Xoeur stomps to the ground, making a crater.

Xoeur: "Things... good down here?"

Oxa: "M."

Nodding, she blasts off to help Xeru, rocketing towards the entrance of Itorash and crackling with electricity.

—

Hive

ZJ looks up, listening to the funny talking meat stick.

?

Managing to roll around one of the Ubermorph's slashes, he scrambles to the ceiling of the hive before trying to burrow his way up through the volcano and towards the beacon.

Boyfriend looks at Mad Rat with a look that screams "but I want to beat the level". He he listens.

TIME TO SKEDADDLE

He turns to run, smacks into a wall, pulls himself off and rebounds down an alley and into thin air.

Assuming that the Scarabs were the massive war machines that just fell from the sky, Garuda hauls ass.

She begins bullet jumping her way over, shooting up the legs and onto the ginormous tank. Skull Squadron take much more time, although due to being much faster than the peak human, they still get there in the nick of time.

——

Meanwhile, Grandnova, with the few units they have remaining, begin focusinf their fire on the massive creature, sending wave after wave of tank barrages at it. They seem like they really could use a miracle right about now.

Asher... Miraculously finds absolutely nothing in his search, with absolutely nothing to lose at this point he fills the musket ball pouch with gold coins acting as a makeshift flail.

Draugr King's already done the strike as Asher returns from behind and repeatedly slams the heavy object behind one of the King's back legs.

Overestimating how durable 2 strings are, the pouch breaks off during the 13th strike. It launches into the hole where a sword once was like a heavy rock being slingshot. Unintentionally trying to attack the Draugr within from the weight if it hits.

Edited by BoniniBanana on Mar 20th 2022 at 11:09:03 PM

Tide of Flesh — Valley

The Devastation Carnifex's augmented intellect was keen enough to recognize that garbage cans were not meant to be weapons, but containers of some kind. Unfortunately, this intellect allowed it to be confused by Ecoloco's fighting style, resulting in it being bonked on the head.

Incensed by both this and Dehaka's betrayal, it morphed one arm into a gnarly fleshy wrecking-ball like protrusion,◊ which it swung in a circle again, casting Zerg creep off of the limb. This creep was a gooey substance that coated the ground, inhibiting the movement of anyone standing in it and dealing minor damage-over-time.

After this get-off-me attack, it promptly used its remaining blade-limbs to rapidly slice open a hole in the ground, tunneling out of the battlefield.

Leader Unit repelled!

From the hole left behind by the Carnifex, two hulking Tyranid figures emerged.

These Tyrant Guards were armed with even bulkier shielding reminiscent of the Ultralisks, and these shields had blades and spiked protrusions that made them effective as weapons as well. In mockery of the Imperium of Man, they had been dubbed Custodia REX.

... and they went directly to Gregoria, aiming to try and squash her with their weapons, taking revenge for their master.

Tide of Flesh — Hive

Hadraniel recoiled as the Eyeless got a grip on him, but just as he was about to cancel his spell to defend himself, Enamorus intervened and pried the beast away with her winds.

The Elder Tyrant's eyes briefly widened in surprise, before narrowing again.    "I owe you for this one. Now, make way!"   

Star of Extinction: READY

   "Over-Maximized Shaped Primal Magic: STAR OF EXTINCTION!"   

Hadraniel's casting claw burst into a plume of primordial flames, which he slammed against the ground, creating a... surprisingly calm expanding sphere of sigils accompanied by the chime of a bell.

This chime heralded the portal in the sky opening to release a titanic meteor cloaked in that same primeval fire. Roughly half the size of the Volcanic Hive, it hurtled down onto the Eyeless, bursting into a ring of fire that spread across the land and shook Estraole to its foundations! Even though Hadraniel used his magical capabilities to ensure it would not harm his allies, the sheer force was still so great that Enamorus could be affected if she did not retreat to a safe altitude.

Rat God appears just moments later. "Hey, wait a minute!"

<Toodles!> They outta there!

Monika gasps as Natsuki hugs her. Her eyes widen.

And she finally gives in, bawling her eyes out. "I aaaaaammm! I am!"

Ember - In Town

"Uh, yes. Could you go find Mr. Merrall and tell him Mrs. Sample finished repairing his clothes?" Lina pulls out a map (Harkinian should also have one) and points to where Sadge Merrall lives.

—

Trash Heap

"Let's just take a break for now," says Addison. "I mean, I got a microwave. That's a pretty big find out here."

Rey's eyes flutter open with a groan. "Why am I a punching bag for chicks..."

Lup chuckles.    "C'mon now, let's head back to the surface and get you some fresh air."   

Rey mumbles thanks.

Minira

Destroy Flood Structures: 5/6

JUGGERNAUT: ❌

The last remaining structure is not a Colony Form, so whatever process the Colony Forms were building up to has been aborted as Luffy and Loli destroy the last two. As for that one, the Fall Vessel, Fall Reincarnation, and a Scarab all fire their destructive energy plumes at it at once, melting it away. The Grimas and Maou then promptly board a Scarab.

Destroy Flood Structures: ✓

MINIRA OBJECTIVES COMPLETE

Await Next Objective

Luffy's declaration receives no response, and the glassing process continues, slowly but surely... On the bright side, he's successfully taken down the remaining Pure Forms.

Homura ends up appearing right in front of an Unggoy, who freaks out and runs away, waving his arms in a panic.

With the underground lake cleared and the roof starting to come down over their heads, Dr. McNinja grabs Ruby and Gustave and warps out with them to the Defense Federation's base, the Space Battleship Yamato.

Valley

Kerrigan's sheer rage allows her to push through Cell's shockwave and strike him again, but then she gets walloped by Thor, sending purple blood flying.

As she stops herself in midair, she wipes the blood off her face and growls at Thor.    "This isn't over."    She then teleports away in a flash of purple light.

Leader Unit repelled!

The "Kaiser Blade beasts," official name Ultralisks, now have the full brunt of the remaining forces bearing down on them. In no time, the one facing the Supreme Exemplar is whittled down to nothing by it and Dehaka, while one of the two attacking the Library is substantially wounded. Some signal reaches out and commands the two remaining Ultralisks to retreat. Unless chased down, they will leave only a handful of Roaches, Hydralisks, Hormagaunts, and the two Custodia REX.

The Zerg Hive and Spawning Pool still stand, in need of a good smashing.

Wilderness

The gray Chozo Warrior is mmmmmm schlurped. It gets one last wild claw swipe in on Samus before being absorbed to nothing.

The Elite Chozo Warrior quickly adjusts arms, letting Zero tear its shield off instead. Not that this matters much, as moments later, Eleven and Enzo split it into four.

The exterior of Itorash besides the entrance is protected by an energy shield, withstanding Eleven's punch, though her blow moves the titanic vessel with a tremendous mechanical groan.

The Yamato emerges from a hyperspeed jump much like the Shadow of Intent before it.

Theme of Samus Aran, Space Warrior

"All guns, fire on Itorash!" orders AoU!Samus. "Destroy that shield!"

Laser turrets, missile batteries, machine cannons all barrage Itorash. Its shield flares to life bright red, then turns blue, then yellow, then pops.

"Now! Bring it down!"

Meanwhile, on the inside, Xeru has become a katamari ball covered in still-wriggling Flood forms and X monsters. The Tank Forms are too big to get pinned like that, but the Concrete Golem has a bit of a size and weight advantage on them and easily squashes them before they can do much harm to the X Kirby.

Hive

The Eyeless feels and thinks nothing, but somehow, that doesn't mean it isn't aware of even the Star of Extinction. It makes a slight guttural growl, moments before being incinerated to nothing, along with a good chunk of the biomass lining the Volcanic Hive.

Slay the Eyeless: ✓

The solar blast proves large and powerful enough to engulf the Ubermorph, which lets out one last elongated shriek... And then something makes the fireball stronger and its body is reduced to ash.

Destroy the Ubermorph: ✓

HIVE OBJECTIVES COMPLETE

Await Next Objective

Where Kroq-Gar stands, there are no nearby rakghouls, and the remaining nekghouls have the sense to retreat after their supposedly unkillable leader was proven not to be so.

Player 2

"Well, this doesn't look good. Ultralisks are retreating, X Parasites are in hiding. What to do..."

   The Convergence Event is ready.   

OBJECTIVE UPDATE

"Perfect timing." Player 2 right-clicks the top of the Volcanic Hive and presses Q.

Tide of Flesh - All Zones

The Marker bursts out from the Hive with a blaring noise like a fog horn.

Moon Crash - Dead Space 3

Wind howls and roars. All the Necromorphs and their gathered tissue are carried up into the stratosphere, congealing around the Marker to take the shape of a small planetoid.

The Necromorph collective emanates,    We... are HERE.   

The Flood adds,    Our revenge upon life begins.   

The sky splits open and a tremendous shadow falls upon Estraole. Far above the dwarf flesh-moon, a fully formed planet made of writhing, slithering meat descends into view.

And then another appears. And another, and another.

   YOUR GODS ARE HERE. YOU WILL MAKE US WHOLE AGAIN.   

This voice without sound, this psychic message, blasts into the minds of everyone fighting the Tide of Flesh, as well as civilian survivors. The unfortunate civilians are instantly driven insane and jump on each other - those able to resist the call of the Brethren Moons are soon torn apart by those unable, and the corpses become new Necromorphs that join the still-growing Brother Moon. Most of the fighters can resist the call, but it may take a toll on their mental fortitude.

The Brethren Moons reach for the Arena with swarming masses of city-sized tentacles, preparing to pull it apart and consume...

"I say thee NAY!"

Proof of a Hero

A streak of light splits through the Arena's personal Brother Moon. Flesh is sundered all the way through, falling away in hunks... and the Black Marker, in two pieces, falls out of it. Golden light consumes it all, then explodes, reducing it to nothing as mighty thane of Hygelac, BEOWULF, sheathes his sword.

A blot of black ink appears in the sky, then moves, drawing a circle that invokes the Sun directly onto one of the fully formed Brethren Moons, burning it to ash, after which the living fireball AMATERASU hurtles through and smashes its Marker core to pieces!

"OBLIVION NOVA!" CALLIS, in Super Saiyan Blue Evolved, launches a Final Flash-esque ray, colored pure black save for a rainbow outline. It blows a hole right through a Brother Moon, which then explodes! Considering the issue good as dealt with, she promptly puts two fingers to her forehead and warps back to Min Min's noodle house with Instant Transmission.

STAR KNIGHT swoops in on a trail of stardust and zips across a Brother Moon with super speed, carving numerous gashes into its body in the blink of an eye a la Meta Knight's Darkness Illusion, before he plunges the Rainbow Sword into its surface. Rainbow light consumes it, then disperses it into mere glimmering sparkles in the evening sky.

Across from the Brethren Moons, a gigantic metal planetoid appears in the sky - SPACE FORTRESS GRAVITAS. Metal plates shift aside and open up to expose a telescoping cannon which builds up a giant ball of crackling black-and-pink energy, then fires it into one of the Brethren Moons, blowing it to smithereens! The Space Fortress then shifts colors and warps back into another dimension.

Edited by KiriK on Mar 23rd 2022 at 8:31:12 AM

The Grip

Laxin stared up at the Brethren Moons, petting his infant Metroid. He could hear their voices, feel their presence. It was a glorious sight - to know that those rakghouls that got loose would lead to something this grand. If it were not so beyond a leash he would have an idea. Although, it was not all good for him. The Brethren Moons spoke to the Sith Emperor. Trillions of souls all unified in one horrible chorus, screaming at him, demanding one thing: that he join them. That only with him could they be made whole.

All throughout the Grip, lesser beings succumbed to this demand and went wild, attacking their fellow man in a rabid frenzy, but not him, nor his Metroid to his surprise. To this... abomination, he said only one thing.    "I will make you void."   

Anger radiated through his voice, his fury growing as the ship around him continues to devolve into chaos. Amidst the raving psychopathy of the crew, Laxin remains collected, feeding on the pain the Brethren moon causes his ship. Laxin, while immune to these voices, struggles to concentrate through them.

He crosses his arms, trying to drown out the voices. He can't simply ignore them, so the sith lord takes his measures. Taking in one long deep breath, he quietly begins to speak.

   "Peace is a lie."   

The raving deformed crew still tearing each other to pieces around him snap their gazes at him. They release guttural roars and rush Laxin, only to be thrust into the walls of the bridge. The voice grows dimmer within Laxin's mind, the sith lord closing his eyes.

   "There is only Passion."   

The defiant roars of the possessed crew are silenced in an instant, the air withdrawn from their bodies completely. His power can subdue the possessed of the entire ship, but not cure them. Though the sith lord suspects he has a cure for that. If not, well, they were all replaceable.

   "Through Passion, I gain strength."   

He uttered, the entire ship shaking in response. Opening his eyes, his gaze centers on one moon in particular. He furrows his brow beneath his helmet, his corrupted eyes glowing with a luminous red.

   "Through Strength, I gain POWER."   

Above the moon, reality shifts and contorts, bending in on itself. It quakes under the weight, ready to splinter in a moment.

   "Through POWER, I GAIN VICTORY!"   

A massive crack in the sky appears above the moon, a single gargantuan bolt of force lightning piercing the veil and reducing the moon into little more than a floating heap of scattered ash. Clearing his throat, Laxin takes a long look at the filthy bridge around him.

   "Through victory, my chains are broken."   

He mutters through a disgruntled sigh, taking a step back into a small mound of bloodied flesh. He glances at the Metroid,

   "You'll be feasting today."   

Laxin stays in the bridge, focusing now on keeping his ravenous crew from destroying his prized flagship.

Thor witnesses the descent of the Brethren Moons upon the Arena and grimaces at the blaring, though he stays noticeably calm for once where even Margit seems stunned at the course of events. Even Luffy seems to be surprised at the turns of events, though he's also indignated at the glassing. Cut that out!

Eleven, meanwhile, isn't "impressed" but she's very wary, seeing the Brethren Moons as a major obstacle. She readies herself for battle, grimly wondering if there'll be much of an Arena left, and then her senses sees THOR soaring ahead, with such speed and ferocious power that he forms a cone of air around him upon departing.

As the gods around emerges, Thor decides not to be the one to lag behind, flying up to a Moon to try to splatter it to nothing with a mighty upwards swing of his hammer, intending to pulverize even the chunks of flesh. The force of the strike is enough that a powerful shockwave is propelled for miles across the battlefield, incinerating whatever else could remain of the evil moon via sheer ass-kicking raw might.

The clouds parts... and then meld back together into an intimidating black sludge, floating overhead and brimming with electricity. Thunders of impressive size strike about Thor, eventually converging all together into him as blue tattoos appears over his skin.

GODS??!!! GODS???!!!!! NO! YOU ARE MERELY BEASTS OF FLESH AND MALICE! FOUL ABOMINATIONS CRAWLING AT THE EDGE OF THE COSMOS! STAGGERING MOUNDS OF CORRUPTED EXSTENCE!... Thor grins and holds up his sparking Mjolnir. ... WHICH I HAVE KILLED UNCOUNTABLE NUMBERS OF! He goes into action against the remaining moon, spreading his arms to unleash from his own body a storm of lightning potent enough to engulf one... nay, another yet has called upon it to incinerate one such mass, two Brethren Moons. It streaks across the sky of the Arena, dancing to reach further Moons along the way, like a big blue scar in the sky, so potent it shoots thunders of its own to smash into the ground and scar it with deep wide cliffs.

I REMAIN THE GOD OF THUNDER! Thor says, beaming with pride.

Eleven, inspired, flies at one of the Brethren Moons and attempts to swing her cracked sword at it, using her spatial power to significantly, and I mean significantly, enhance the sword's range until it can cut it in half with a might swing! Should it succeeds, she then spins around to try to hit each chunk with an uppercut for one and a kick for the other!

Bullshit! I blow up planets! I won't lose to you guys, ever!

She spins around in one place and flies at another moon, this time trying to punch through it. If it works, Eleven then spins in place, unsheath her blade and swings it many times over to cut whatever remains into nearly atomic chunks, which she disposes of with the shockwave of another kick, said shockwave bursting into the ground with a big wide explosion, creating a crater that stretches miles deep in a manner that toss probably millions of tons of dirt flying in the sky, creating a rock geyser outright.

Sarah randomly flies across the area, kicking through a Moon and blowing it to pieces with a fierce explosion, incinerating the remains with the trails of lighting behind her. She then leaves to something much more difficult: her taxes.

Margit turns to the remaining Zerg structures and decide to attack them with fierce swings of his hammer, sticking to his lane.

Edited by Bolded1 on Mar 21st 2022 at 9:51:03 AM

Hub Centralis

Hitherto this point in time, Angel had not paid the tide of flesh much bother. After all, what would be the point in it? An unnecessary risk of her power falling into the wrong hands, really.

It wasn't as if she could do anything anyways. She had no permission to act, no consent from any side, it would be against her better judgement, against her fundamental morals.

At least, up until this point.

Suffering. That was one thing she could not sit and stand around to let happen. Not like this, not something this profound, not on this scale.

Maybe it would be testing the limits of what she was willing to do, just a little bit, but she would do something on this day. A single, delicate gesture, something to give everyone a chance to bounce back.

She mutters a short little thing, the name of her attack of choice.

   "Exotic Blades"   

Across space, overlapping with the brethren moons, a series of rainbow-colored lines begin to fill the void, harmless and stagnant, a lightshow of colors with no apparent purpose. Yet, soon, these lines begin to multiply. This multiplication continues exponentially, growing and growing and growing until what was once a light show is now totally dominating the sky in rainbow light, forming into a single, dense structure so thick that the individual lines of light are no longer distinguishable.

...And it vanishes, like it was never there.

To someone more intelligent in matters of the metaphysical, it is evident that something is lingering where those lines of rainbow light were, but whatever it is they are doing, it isn't instant. If anything, it almost seems to be... waiting. Waiting for everyone else to get their say in first.

Speaking of which.

Elsewhere in Hub Centralis

Andi looks up at the sky, and her heart is filled with a nameless fear. The psychic message threatens to tear her apart from the inside, and yet she is defended. After all, events like this tend to attract all sorts of attention, and someone dear to her did feel the danger all the way across the nameless void.

Showering the surroundings, and nay, the entirety of hub centralis, in their depthless radiance, Ultra Necrozma lets out a riotous roar, raw psychic power shielding the entire city from the maddening waves of power emanating from the brethren moons, though it cannot defend any further than that.

Sane again, Andi does what she does best- well, one of the many things she does well, anyways. After all, a Z-move requires two, doesn't it?

   LIGHT THAT BURNS THE SKY   

Rearing forward, Necrozma brings its wings in close, a ball of light collecting just in front of its agape mouth. The light begins to grow and grow, and it quickly becomes too large to hold so close. Necroma moves its head back, ball of light now collecting, pointed towards the sky, until it dwarfs the half-Pokemon in both size and sheer luminosity.

Finally, lowering its gaze, the ball of light remains collected just in front of it, and shifting that energy to be 'held' in its right hand, Necroma pulls its top-left wing back, and gives that energy a throw!

Compared to the other people present, this attack is only one of many, but its concentrated power should be more than enough to turn one of those moons into little more than space dust!

...

When all is said and done, whatever remains of the brethren moons after everything being thrown at it, that is when Angel's attack will activate. Every ally still in the sky will be teleported straight to the ground- if this effect is resisted, then whoever among her allies remains in the sky despite her obvious warning will be politely brought back to life on the ground when the attack is over, assuming they die of course.

With that, every line of light will violent kick back into reality, each individual one of them its own packet of world-shattering energy concentrated into a sword-like strike, like the ultimate swordsman, slashing everywhere at once.

Tide of Flesh

Minira

Clarilú and Co. Watch surprised at the Brethren Moons... But they instead focus into help Luffy to stop the city glassing. So, everybody, even the butterflies with their megaphones, shout at the same time:

Stop the glassing!

Valley

"Ultralisks. Gotcha.

Ecoloco and the vegetables were doing a victory dance after the Carnifex fleed... But shortly after, the Custodia REX appear from the hole.

   You will not touch my favorite cockroach! At them!   

The group try to gang on the Custodia, trying to stop them to attack Gregoria, who is still unconscious and shrunk... But not for long, since the bees are already healing her with honey...

Meanwhile, the Mutant Child tries to smash the hive, while the Insect Ladies go to crush the spawning pool.

Itorash

The Concrete Golem claps, trying to blow away the blobs surrounding Xura.

And in this moment, the Vanilla Gang and co. arrived.

Brethren Moons

Wilderness

"Not again!"

Enzo overcomes the second telepathic attack directed at him, and like Amaterasu, he paints a sun with the Dream Brush, sending a solar beam of sorts at one of the Moons.

Itorash

Pampín floats, and she rises a hand.

"Inti! Lend me your power!"

Her hand begins to glow, and she recites an ancient Incan spell, while from her hand a golden blade starts to grow, until being of a kilometric lenght!

With the solar blade, she splits one of the moons in a half, exploding afterwards.

Whew..."

She returns to the fortress, tired.

Minira

In the sky, Poyo the Phoenix appears, drilling through a moon. It explodes afterwards, and the Phoenix flies towards the horizon.

The Pica-Pica trio watch it inside of the scarab, and they wave their hands, thanking it. And then they dance "Una Dola", exploding yet another moon.

Quimirock Co.

Tato: Have you seen that!?

Some employees of the corporation look through the window at the Brethren Moons.

Tic-Tac: What the fu-

Tato: No need to worry! I have a secret weapon for that type of troubles!

He takes out from his pocket an USB, and inserts it on a computer. The screen flashes a message: conquer.exe ready!

Tic-Tac: Don't tell me that's-

Tato: Yes! But it's a controlled version of it! Just let me set the coordinates... And...

The Corporation CEO push the Enter key. All of Onyxis weaponry aims at a moon, and fires, making it explode.

conquer.exe self-deleting process complete. Have a nice day!

Tato: Don't worry, it deletes itself after launching.

Beat

...but I did a lot of copies.

Edited by BombonBombin on Mar 21st 2022 at 4:48:58 AM

Astil, Ruins

The Naoalli had been watching the conflict, observing it intricately. While one of its followers had done exceptional in dispersing the "Ghouls", it could tell the being hungered more for the eradication of these horrific bioforms. It was an intentional part of the Saurus' design. Almost unbreakable, combat efficient, reptilian soldiers, who once on the hunt were hard to shake off. And with obvious carnage going on the Naoalli knew that Kroq-Gar would want more. It had also this whole while been messing with a Tobi-Kadachi, feeding it specially tailored artificially generated Itxi Grub steaks. The peculiar fanged wyvern was so enraptured in the fat and protein rich meal it only acted with minor annoyance as a scale on its tail being removed. Once that and a saliva sample was collected it would begin to message Kroq-Gar, knowing it needed an assignment quickly.

Kroq-Gar was sniffing around, having left the inside of the hive, He was spotless, head to toe not a single drop of ichor, and not a single scratch, having proved himself to be adapt in fighting this realm's main assailants. The scent of a dragon lingered on in his olfactory system, his eyes immediately scanning around. The Oldblood sighed, marching across the scorched earth as he heard the Naoalli speak to it through his Hand of The Gods

"You have done well Saurus Tlanxa Sect 2nd Spawning Number Xhotl19, very well. You are free to hunt any stragglers and join up in any conflicts along your designated hunting path.

Kroq-Gar nodded to the voice, licking his lips as he twirled his spear around, ready to take on this great threat, or what remained of it. He snapped his jaws and made his way on route.

"Your word is my will, and I am the instrument of your decrees. It shall be done."

As Kroq-Gar was on route to eradicate any threats to the Great Plan, the Naoalli looked back to the grander scope. To its interest, entities from a timeline it had encountered were present, furthering its calculations that due to this realm's nature, it was dangerously close to an actual invasion from any of the Tides of Armageddon. But there was something unique about how the Great Devourer interacted. It was acting counterintuitive to previous calculations and estimates. Solely focused on breaking enemy lines instead of diverting attention to getting resources for itself. While they did mock invasions to soften up the opponent, this wasn't the case. While it had little knowledge on the other swarms it had aligned itself with- Aligned itself with? There was something else at work here. Something was watching them, toying with this realm. Which drove the Naoalli into contempt. In its vessel lied its faith, its will but part of the grander order that be. Whatever this external force was, was messing with the plan, trying to exert its will over the other's in a show of play. This was but a war game to this higher party. This could jeopardize the great plan! Oh the audacity. The Tobi-Kadachi saw the mechanism rumble, and immediately ran over to the other side of the room, as the energy stored in the system violently crackled. Hope whoever this was, was ready for another player. It would tap into its reserves, and begin to try and communicate... with someone who could help show these interloping warpers their hubris.

"In my spirit lies my faith!"

The skies of the arena crackled with great portence, a tempest of colors taking from all spectrums of light and beyond swirling about, before blanketing the sky itself with intricate ever folding maelstroms, the sound of thunder booming as vegetation began to waver in intense typhoon grade windstorms. The shard of old one would now attempt to do what it was proficient at, leaping across space and time.

"Stronger than love, and with me it will be for always!"

Another crack of thunder was heard over the land, as the shapes finally formed themselves into interconnected almost honeycomb like patterns, creating a vast web over the world of raw magical might. They made a slight shield over the world. and at the heart, where Onyxis was, was a sigil of the sun in Saurian. It kept pressing itself past this realm's fabric, before it finally made contact! Once it succeeded, appearing over the world were glyphs of strange design, depicting wildlife of one would see in the jungle or andes. Even their logography were akin to that of the Nazca lines, as they as they flickered in and out on the great webbing shielding the world for just a bit.

The Naoalli would finally make contact with this figure, speaking to it as if they were but meters away from one another, despite the great distance in spacetime. The figure was but a scowling reptilian mask, eyes alit a fiery orange as it looked on at the wisp of Old One energy that was the Naoalli's conciousness.

"This is Naoalli core Chaqua-Itzil "Cosmic Leap", are you Tepok Sect Slann01?

The voice immediately responded, no animosity or contempt in its tone but rather, each word was permeated with great divine, arcane energies that made its very word seem directly targeted at the soul:

"Esteemed Shard of my masters, you are correct, but the situation you have contacted me in seems dire, refer to me as Lord Kroak.

"Very well. The Great Devourer and its allies have taken to attacking my residence, along with a few of your brethren. They are using planet class satellite weapons against us, I ask only for your power to help us eradicate the tide, Venerated Lord Kroak."

There was an brief silence as the Mask's eyes began to glow blue, its consciousness moving forward and fusing with the Naoalli's. The energy present made the Naoalli pause briefly, as the First Slann to have ever been forged transported his soul into the dimensional nexus under siege for but a second.

"It shall be done."

The sudden surge of energy present in the ruins made the region of Astil quake violently, the Tobi-Kadachi clinging to the walls in the chamber, screaming back in fear as the ritual would begin. The patterns in the sky began to liquify, vibrant streaking to a center point that was the ruins, carrying with it apocalyptical strength. Left in its wake were golden, arching symbols connected by lines that created a ethereal web over the lands. The sigils suddenly began to form in both white and black light, creating a massive barrel that reached the stratosphere, a massive labyrinthian ziggurat being present that stuck out like a sore thumb upon the world. As the end of this eldritch pylon was a vortex of warping energy, and even in the presence of the shadow of the warp the maelstrom's might was palpable. It formed into a visage reminiscent of a three-horned viper, its fangs bared as it was pointed at the brother moons. A voice would ring out from the serpent's maw, ancient and proverbial as it was directed not just at the storm, but what lied beyond.

"Amid the darkness and horror of a world splintering apart, the armies of the true creators, we who were ancient at the dawn of time, will march forth once more. We shall sweep away all that is Chaos and Disorder, for ours is the true path, and none shall defy us!"

It began to churn with dark tidings, blue static arching out into the void, along with black and white energies being pulled into its muzzle. The voice would cry out a single word, before it fired.

"D E L I V E R E N C E."

It fired, letting loose the shrieking death cry of a woman out into the void as a massive wake of warp energy surged forward, shattering five brother moons in the first second, as the wave continued travelling forward, wreaking devastation onto the Cosmic Cancers trying to usurp this Nexus, it scoring more and more of these rotting oncoming satellites.

Edited by ArbiterOfTheBog on Mar 21st 2022 at 11:25:09 AM

Versus Brethren Moons

Out of nowhere, a Half life 1 Scientist Model jumps into the area which the moons are approaching, with a yell of "HELLO GORDON." Coomer has arrived.

He looks up to the brethren moon closest to him, before, nonchalantly saying "I'm sorry, The feature    MAKE US WHOLE Costs a total of 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999699999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 Play coins. You have deposited a total of, Zero Play coins."   

Coomer starts to levitate, having somehow enabled noclip. "I'm sorry, but this debt cannot be paid with anything but your life."

He begins to twitch, before saying, in a much more violent tone of voice,    "I HAVE GAZED INTO THE ABYSS OF THE TRUTH, AND THE ABYSS HAS GAZED BACK. I HAVE SEEN HORRORS BEYOND EVEN YOUR COMPREHENSION, I HAVE SEEN PAST THE VEIL OF THE FACADE WE CALL REALITY. YOU DO NOT FRIGHTEN ME, A FRACTION OF WHAT I HAVE SEEN WILL DRIVE EVEN YOU TO MADNESS."   

He stops twitching after this, saying "It's time for me to collect"

He levitates up towards the nearest moon, analyzing it for weaknesse- his eyes pass across a tendril on the moon. And only one word is on his mind now.

R O P E

He levitates directly towards the tendril, yelling out, for all to hear, "LOOK GORDON, A ROPE, WE CAN USE THESE TO TRAVERSE LARGE PITS!" He attempts to grab the "Rope", punching it in the process.

A flash of energy occurs from the point of impact, despite being a light punch, powered by the debt of the brethren moon, causing it to, inexplicably, explode.

Coomer just stares at the rope he lost, before just yelling out, like the busted ai he is, "HELLO GORDON!" He then stops noclipping, dropping to the ground, looking to the other brethren moons, staring them down.

Additional

Yesod, in the meanwhile, seeing these shenanigans occur around him, has something within him activate, causing hostile units vision to begin to pixelate....

Edited by ReynTheLord on Mar 21st 2022 at 12:04:57 PM

Ember, In Town

King Harkinian takes a glance at the map.

"That should not be any issue. I shall inform him right away.", he says, nodding, then bowing as a regal goodbye. King Harkinian is then off, headed towards Sadge Merral's house.

Valley, Buildings

While a little annoyed that he was unable to finish off Kerrigan, Perfect Cell looks back at the battlefield.

   "How annoying. Now, where were we?"   

He grins, then takes aim with his hand again.

   "Ah, yes. Scorched earth!"   

He unleashes a Big Bang attack at the Zerg Hive and Spawning Pool, intending to nuke them to hell.

Regardless of how effective this is, he then notices the sky splitting open, sees the Brethren Moons and hears the announcement.

   "Make them whole again? Heh."   , Perfect Cell grins.    "How utterly ridiculous."   

He powers up and gets ready for a Kamehameha Wave attack. He notices more Saiyan Ki, but right now his attention is on the enemy alone.

   "What a waste of time. No matter how whole they may become from this, they cannot compare to ME!"   

He then fires a massive Kamehamaha Wave towards a Brethren Moon, intending on annihilating it in one shot.

Hive, Outside

Enamorus glances back at Hadraniel, letting out a soft sound and a nod. It doesn't seem like she can verbally respond to him, but she definitely understands his words, because the next thing she does is fly up high again, giving the Elder Dragon all the space he needs to enact his devastating attack. Luckily Enamorus is agile enough to evade the incoming meteor.

She looks quite shocked at the devastation following the attack's impact, looking as if she feels empathy for the continent itself. But she does clearly realize that such measures may be necessary against a threat like this.

Once the attack is over, she descends back to Hadraniel's level. She then turns to look back at Itorash, seeing the massive flurry of attacks of the Yamato even at this area. She's quite horrified at the lengths everyone has to go through in order to deal with this outbreak.

Despite that, she doesn't forget which side of this battle is the bigger threat to life itself. But she doesn't have to like it.

And then the Marker bursts out of the Hive, grabbing her attention again as she looks up at the sky. She looks furious as the Brethren Moons appear. The message spread out everywhere does seem to slightly affect her, but her fury at this openly declared war on life keeps her sane and aware of herself. Her Legendary status was not enough to fully protect her, so this could have ended very badly.

She creates a massive sphere of Faerie energy above herself, evoking a moon in her own right, and sends it flying towards a Brethren Moon.

Cities

As the people start to become frenzied and begin attacking those who aren't, the yet-untransformed frenzied people will suddenly be coated in a psychic aura. Manaphy◊, the Prince of the Sea emerges, using Heart Swap to try and swap their souls around with one anothers'. The shock of this should snap them out of their frenzy, and once they're out of it, Manaphy will return the souls to their original bodies.

As for those who are transformed, a second psychic aura attempts to surround them too, potentially keeping them trapped and unable to slaughter more civilians. This aura comes from Mew◊, using Telekinesis.

Either these two Legendary Pokemon just happened to be around as the fight was progressing, or they sensed it and decided to help out. Perhaps they sensed Enamorus' arrival and it drew them to this area. Regardless of the reason, they're not about to ignore the plight of these people.

Volcano

The fighting has awoken and angered a different creature from within a different volcano on the island. Heatran◊ emerges from this very volcano, roaring at the sky and unleashing an infernal tornado of flames up at the Brethren Moons.

Reprium

Omagi, from in their tree, sees the appearances of the Brethren Moon and overhears the announcement.

"This is getting out of hand...", they growl, after which they hop back down.

A black fog then starts seeping out of the forest, making way for Estraole.

Pseudo's base

The ground parts away, mechanically sliding to both sides as the giant cannon rises up from inside of the base. Pseudo stands behind the controls, as does Pilly, who is watching her brother fiddle with the controls.

"So, normally it's one big, lasting laser.", Pseudo explains. "But if you turn and press these buttons, it will instead fire a not-as-big laser with multiple smaller lasers to its sides, allowing for a multi-target attack."

"Okay, but... why are you showing me this? You're the only one allowed to use the cannon, right?"

"In events of emergencies anyone is allowed to use it. Ninten used it when the Assassins attacked. If I am rendered incapable of activating the cannon in any way, you may have to be the one to fire."

"Well... I guess that's true."

"Now, Helryx is watching the fight. Once the cannon is charged up and she sees a good opening for us, we'll open fire."

The communicator that Pilly is holding then crackles as her voice speaks out.

"Things just got dire. The Defense Federation and Gravitas have already intervened as well. No sign of the Assassins, but they don't matter here. Fire the moment you're ready."

"Already? It still needs time to charge!"

"Maybe if we pull more energy from the base, it can...", Pseudo mutters, pressing some more buttons. The lights inside the base start to flicker, and Roll EXE lowers the brightness of the computer screens to compensate for the lowered power (Helryx cannot observe the battle if all of the energy is taken, after all), but Pseudo's idea does get things ready.

"Yes!"

The cannon angles itself to aim at Estraole's skyline. Energy gets transferred from the main cannon to four smaller cannons on the sides that emerge as it charges up.

"Press the button, Pilly!", Pseudo exclaims.

"Aye aye!"

Pilly presses the button, upon which the cannons fire a total of five massive beams (though the one in the middle is obviously the largest still) towards the Brethren Moons that are a full continent away.

"Wow... they're going all out against that horde.", Andropov says.

   "Yeah. If only we also had a massive airborne weapon still active that we could've thrown out there to fire at those monsters."   , Mr. L says, showing Hub an unamused look.    "One that we didn't lose to a random surprise attack."   

   "Yeah, yeah, it was my fault that we weren't prepared, shut up already."   

"Yeah that's right, run, you-" Wriggle taunts before doubling over from the psychic call of the Brethren Moons. She grits her teeth.

"Gods again... why's it always gotta be gods?"

She somehow hears a shrug.

"Well... you did say that power of yours was mine to keep." A filthy green aura begins flaring into existence around Wriggle.    "If some damn dirty gods are going to poke their noses into places where they don't belong, I'm damn well not going out without showing them what-"   

   "ULTRA! GODDESS! BUSTEEEEEEER!"   

The shape of a fiery-haired woman the size of a continent appears over the horizon, digging her fingers deep into the squirming surface of one of the Brethren Moons as it approaches the Arena. Her legs buckle as she leaps, causing the entire Arena to quake to its very foundations and causing multiple natural catastrophes to occur all over the realm. The Moon ignites into flames as they rapidly leave the atmosphere, and the fire somehow continues burning even in deep space as they rapidly turn into a new star in the sky, a few dozen light years away...

...a star that suddenly begins growing bigger and brighter as the Goddess of Explosions suplexes the fuck out of the Brother Moon, straight through several planets, stars, galaxies and at least one black hole, causing a trail of cosmic destruction in her wake, until finally the unfortunate Necromorph - still on fire - is slammed directly into another Brother Moon. Both immediately explode with the power of a supernova, wiping out several other Moons in the process!

"Or, uh, that can happen. Yeah. Sure. Fucking showoffs."

Edited by Arachnos on Mar 21st 2022 at 5:08:06 AM

Swarms

SHADE is warped out.

Kazuma and Haruhi just watch in silence as the city is slowly glassed, and the Brethren Moons are attacked. When Kazuma starts to show signs of being affected by the moon, Haruhi just knocks him out.

Gustave is warped away.

—

Karstodes sniffs as the Ultralisk he battered leaves, but I suppose. Suppose. It is more important to clean up the bug fuckers still fighting here. Who else...? Ah!

Taking a half-step back, he launches himself forward, the Custodian trying to put the hurt on the Custodia with a series of ham-fisted blows!

Kyoko decides to go after the Roaches, trying to. Fuckin. SPEAR THEM. Slishy-slicey stab.

—

Yamato

Cannoneer B-Zoner salutes, and fires BIG GUN at Itorash. He works here, in case you the reader forgot.

–

Xoeur realizes 'oh shit, they're going to gun the place down', so she grabs Xeru (spikes be damned) and teleports out. And the golem too, if it wants.

"Ow ow ow ow ow..."

She gently places the gore-covered X-Kirb on the ground. Oxa and her glance at each other, before he nods at the Moons.

"Mhm." ->

—

I don't think ZJ cares about the objectives. He is just sitting in solid rock right now in a fetal position. Baby.

Exploding into Limit Breaker, Xoeur blasts off into the sky with a wreathe of lightning! She moves to pummel one of the moons to scorched and sparking scraps, taking out her repressed frustrations on it!

Red looks up into the sky, and feels an abject disgust for this perversion of life. It's... it's really wrong. While non of his partners have truly planet-busting levels of power, they try their best, firing barrages of elemental attacks through strategically-flung psychic wormholes courtesy of Mewtwo.

Ran Cossack aims for a Moon from a rooftop in Hub Centralis, steadies, and fires a magnificent blue stream of supersonic plasma from his Cossack Buster before the recoil knocks him away. Other wave motion gun firers from far off include Alex Williams, Enforcer, and Galacta who will honestly probably stop by after the battle to eat some of the flesh left over. Thank you for that character trait of hers, Marvel.

Baam, in Reprium, slides up to as high of an altitude as he can on Blue Oar, before flinging a highly unstable Black Orb ~ Shinwonryu Bomb at one of the moons to blow it to hell.

Monster glowers at the appearance of the moons. Evil though he may be, he can't exploit an Arena rendered overrun with this slime. From his HQ he throws a writhing tentacle at hypersonic speed, aiming to outright punch through one of the moons.

Minor high-power characters such as Bardock, DucktaleZ!Vegeta, Brass, and the Great Saiyaman, from all across the Arena, start charging up and firing finishing attacks for this battle they only now were made aware of. Such is how honestly fucked up these things look and feel, like, of course they're something that needs to be Gotten Rid Of.

Two Meatball Moons are suddenly incinerated in roiling fire - one blue, courtesy of Azula, and one classically orange and red from the fiery attacks of... someone else.

Nagato glances up at the Brethren Moons from her home, winces, and snaps her finger to initiate an amat-matter annihilation reaction to the order of 225 million trillion trillion joules in the core of one of the Moons.

And finally, Dr. Gray has his attention called to the tide of writhing flesh, and most especially the planetoids invading the Arena's atmosphere. His reaction can be summed up as so◊.

>DELETE

Edited by Rbade on Mar 21st 2022 at 2:12:22 AM

"That definitely doesn't sound or look good…" Arad sighed, Garuda looking to the sky at the moons. Meanwhile, Skull Squadron obtain a fucking killer headache.

From all over the arena, a number of hidden legends reveal themselves, disturbed by the sheer fucking audacity of these bitches.

Astil…

Gorrora pauses momentarily, ignoring the dozens of enemy soldiers around him as he looks to the sky and at the presence of these new threats to his reign. He roars, unaffected by the moons while his enemies begin going mad and slaughtering one another. The demon kills at least three from the sheer force of his takeoff, each wingbeat driving him miles and miles further until he was space, hurtling towards the moons.

Tropique

One of the Ancient Wyrms awakens from his sleep, bursting out of a mountain range on the tropical island (and destroyed multiple villages while doing so) and making a beeline for space. This particular Wyrm is red, making him the Ezaroth. His five hundred foot long frame makes a beeline towards space, prepared to fight off the assholes who woke him up.

Reprium

Gaia, Ancient Guardian of the Earth, rises from the ground. The multi-winged Serpent Guardian looks to the sky at the unnatural objects threatening the sanctity and balance of her home. She opened her jaws and spread her wings and, with a roar, fired a machine-gun like barrage explosive spheres of multiple elements at the moons, many of them exploding with power stronger than even some of the strongest nuclear warheads.

- - - -

Space

Gorrora begins shredding his way through the moons, ripping them apart with his bare hands and savoring every moment of it, making a sound that could only be described as a sick, twisted laugh from something that did not quite know how to laugh. He bit his way through, clawed his through, and ate his way through, seeing these moons only as food for him. The Markers were not discriminated, those two being torn in half by the power and might of Hell. By the time he would finish, his once grey coloration would now be head to toe, covered in red.

Meanwhile, Ezaroth completely ignored the laws of reality and shot fire beams in space, melting the flesh directly off of the moons he focused on.

And there was something more.

From another reality, perhaps. Perhaps he was invisible. Or hell, maybe he had been created by some greater force just to join in on the fun.

It mattered not where he came from, for now, the Steel Crusader was here, covered head to toe in his charcoal black armor. He moved with such a speed that it seemed he ripped apart reality as he moved, closing it behind him. The man began attack a single moon, punching so fast it seemed he had multiple arms, all a blur as he blasted through the surface and into the center.

Seresthene dives out of the way, just barely avoiding what would be a fatal blow.

She hits the ground, but quickly stumbles back to her feet, the fight beginning to take a toll on her. Swinging a dozen feet of metal chains was not easy on the arms, after all. Regardless, she took the opportunity to counter attack, striking the Draugr King's arm with chain lashes repeatedly.

Edited by ISZATSO on Mar 21st 2022 at 3:47:49 AM

Blackreach

Annihilation Nergigante pauses from his murderation of Lutemis to spare a passing glance at the human going for a dropkick to his neck. As he looks on, confused, he is knocked off of Lutemis by an attack from the fellow reptilian of higher intelligence. Most of the spikes on his left side are entirely shattered, falling to the ground in shards. He howls to the sky, prepared to fuck everyone’s day up, when something draws his attention.

Before we get too deep into that, though…

Luin looks to be incredibly confused by her sudden change of scenery and nausea. She soon sees the speedster, and understands everything. The Huntress gives him a quick nod of thanks, but is more preoccupied with the wellbeing of her mount. Understanding the best thing she can do for Lutemis is attack the Nergigante and hope for the best, she uses her knowledge of the Elder Dragon to know that his blind spot are his hind legs. She leaps forwards with her weapon, slashing down and into the Nergi’s skin, but her attack is halted by the thickness of his flesh preventing her from cutting any further. Before she can pull the sword out, though, Nergigante is knocked away from the Rathian, and we’re back at the present.

Annihilation Nergigante’s attention is grabbed from the three formidable foes in front of him, by a cloppering of hooves quickly approaching his right. He looks in that direction, seeing the little Bulldrome with big dreams squealing madly as he runs towards Annihilation Nergigante, praying to impale the Elder Dragon with his tusks. The large monster grabs Rush, looks at him pitifully, and then squeezes. The Bulldrome, so small in the superior being’s hand, struggled and screeched. It was useless. Luin watched as her monster, the one she had raised from his birth, was crushed effortlessly.

Annihilation had been wrought and the Fanged Beast was cast aside without so much as a second glance from the Elder Dragon, blood dripping from his hand. He had squeezed the feeble thing like a sponge, and planned to repeat this with his Rider.

Luin was still.

Her Rathian was downed, her Barroth was nowhere to be seen, and her Bulldrome had just been…killed. Like it was nothing. As the realization of this caught up to her, that the monstrous tyrant that stood before her had claimed yet another life, she screamed, only rage present in her mind as the woman rushed with fury at the Elder Dragon. Her sword remained embedded in his leg, and all she had was her shield. It was unknown what she planned to do, and would remain so, for she was dealt with in a single swat.

After showing the Huntress the superior capabilities of an Elder Dragon over a human, he wasted no time in performing his next attack, flapping his wings and spreading a red and orange powder all over the field. Said powder would have a tendency to stick itself to whatever it touched, meaning moving objects would attract more of it.

"Glad she ain't here, these'd probably be like death peppers. Heh, these prolly are but with the emphasis on death."

Reiss backs off from what he assumes are toxic spores, getting some caught in his retreat due to the small wind his dash generated. Thankfully his small cape is what caught most of it. Intending to attack he takes it off, poking a small hole with his rapier. Holding his weapon like a cue he zooms in with a gamble, using the clumped particles as makeshift stepping stones and the cape as an umbrella.

He is face to face with the Nergi, using all that pent up momentum and going in for a piercing strike to its eye which consequently leaves the small poweder-coated cape on him as he goes for a front kick to the eye as a quick retreat.

However, all the powder behind him rapidly pulled themselves in his trail, like a thin arrow but instead of piercing him it disperses on his back with the same force he ran at! Forcefully breaking his momentum, making his fallback futile. Only managing to get a few feet away from the Annihilation Nergigante as he tries his best to back off, almost immobilized from all the powder now thickly coated on his body.

Blackreach cave

The Crazy Musician looks at the monster massacre done by the Nergi. And then, he's covered in red dust.

He does the same as Reiss: takes off his longcoat, and throws it aside. Then, he jumps at the dragon, and while on air, he takes a freaking piano out from his chest drawer, and tries to yeet it on them!

Edited by BombonBombin on Mar 21st 2022 at 6:56:55 AM

Bretheren Moons

ASURA: "No god would cause such suffering! No god would consume billions!"

AZRAEL: "Yes, yeeees, show me that fury! HOLD NOTHING BACK!"

Azrael comes flying up from the ground and Asura comes crashing down from space, them punching the same Brother Moon from opposite ends. After a moment, there is nothing. Then in the next moment, two beams of energy erupt out each end, Asura's red projected energy blowing through Azrael's side and the Raging Apocalypse's explosive wave engulfing Asura's side. They're consumed by each other's power, but both power through it. The Brother Moon, on the other hand, is not so lucky, as the two limitless fighters' power expands to consume it and explode like a star!

???:    "I'm sorry, who said you could steal my shtick?"   

A bolt of blue slams into the surface of a Brother Moon, revealing itself to be X, who takes off on a hyperspeed sprint across the planetoid, dodging tentacles and teeth left and right.

X:    "UNITYYYYYY..."   

As he runs, one by one, other blurs join him. The power-mad demon, DEUS. The blocky Minecraft SONIC.JAR. The cartoonish SUNKY. The MII sculpted in X's likeness. And the yellow lightning glow of the KID FLA- waaaait a fucking second. That kid... his eyes are just like X's! He's a REVERSE FLASH!

X:    "CHAOSTORM!"   

The blurring forms all suddenly break off in different directions, swirling around the Brother Moon like atomic rings, leaving traces of malevolent eldritch energy that slowly blanket more and more of its surface. After it's almost completely covered, they all leap off its surface and into space, converging on one point that, with a blink, warps all the alternates out to leave only the original X. He holds out his hand, gripping at the power he has spread across it.    "You wanna be whole, huh? Best I can do is PIECES!"   

With a clench of his fist, the energy seeps into the Brother Moon... dissociating the gestalt organism back into the countless tormented souls it had assimilated. Needless to say, it gladly rips itself to ribbons in seconds - they'd do anything to be free of that pain, and X exploited it flawlessly.

Travelers Tower, Hub Centralis

Saitama: "Shouldn't we be doing something?"

Defense: "Nope." He sips from a coffee mug, watching the mayhem from the top of the tower alongside the other Shogun. "For once, the heroes don't need our help."

Entering his FINAL BREAKER: STARDUST form, he points at a Brother Moon off in the distance and shoots a lightspeed stream of stardust from his finger, riddling it with holes before consuming it in a chain of explosions. He then promptly powers down and resumes drinking. "But it's not like we can't make things easier for them."

Valley

The Custodia REX just sort of... pushed their assailants away. With their spike-covered, venom-coated shields.

That could be ouchy.

Too large to be held back easily, they continued their advance upon Gregoria, only halted by the earthshaking power that emanated from the battle beyond the sky, which caused them to stumble in something close to surprise.

Hive

   "Gods, you say...? That's funny"   

A swell of power surrounded the Elder Dragon, as he reached out across the battlefield, and gathered the disparate scraps of power and energy that had been expended by all those present. The vast and varied power was siphoned into him, refilling his reserves as he tapped once more into the Primal Mana that empowered every aspect of his being.

   "I don't recall my people's gods being so REPULSIVE!"   

A strange Sign blazed above Hadraniel's head, resembling a crown made of scintillating, inscrutable ciphers — the Eldersign of the throne of Keter. It vanished as quickly as it had appeared, as Hadraniel locked his blazing eyes on the Brethren Moon far above.

   "I shall tear through the screaming dark, and unleash upon you exactly what beings such as you deserve."   
   "Primal Majick: [Void Trespass].   

For a brief moment, an entire plane — a strange, abyss-plane teeming with infernal energies and fiendish presence — replaced the Arena. Then, however, a bubble encapsulated this plane and contracted, leaving only a portion of it suspended in the Arena's air where the Eldersign had flashed. This chunk of Naraka then shot into a Brother Moon before expanding, rapidly flashing between Naraka and empty space that slowly chopped the Moon to pieces before it fully expanded out - and it was gone.

From afar, the Dark Queen stared at the image of the continent-sized mound of writhing meat that had appeared in her domain. Her face twisted into a slight, disapproving frown, as she tilted her head to the side. Her displeasure was evident — though, it was mostly in regards to having not been informed of this at an earlier point.

With a snap of her fingers, the roiling vacuum-energies of the very realm erupted into a star-like orb of hellfire — true hellfire, charged with the divine energies of the Dark Queen herself — and engulfed the remains of the Brother Moon, before it all went silent again.

"The mighty are gathered here today, and what kind of a man would I be if I did not join them?" AUGUS plummeted from on high like a meteor, flying past a Brother Moon - but on his way by, he snatched its thickest, sturdiest tentacle and dragged the moon-strosity along with him!

"Hah! Some gods!" he stopped in midair to taunt. "Gohma Vlitra makes you look like mewling kittens! Taste a true deity's strength!"

He proceeded to pull the Brother Moon's tentacle... sideways. It was slow at first, but once it got moving, its momentum rapidly increased, Augus swinging it around in circles like an Olympic hammer throw! Eventually he released and sent it flying into the stars, only to himself fly up after it and unsheathe Wailing Dark. He ran up its trailing tentacle, hacking it to bits in his wake, then leapt forth and thrust his nodachi into the face of the Brother Moon, piercing its mouth. Claws and teeth swung and gnashed, but he was no fleshling - he was something more than organic. Ignoring the infection surrounding him, he placed a palm on the pommel of Wailing Dark and pushed... and the blade elongated, tunneling through the center of the moon. Augus' face fell slightly when he felt the blade suddenly stop with a metallic clang, but then it kept going, erupting out the other side, and his usual crazy grin returned.

With a roar and a final heave, Augus drove Wailing Dark down, splitting the Brother Moon open like a party ball!

Blackreach

The Ilhuicoat seeing that The Annihilation wasn't occupied with it lunged forward, it's jaws trying to clamp down on its neck while it's pharyngeal jaws began to try and work on the Elder Dragon's flesh, the collosal sea serpent trying to constrict itself around the Nergigante's body, the serpent trying it's damnedest to keep it occupied.

Nakai walked over to the now crumpled Rush, ignoring the fighting for a moment. Nakai was somewhat a softy at heart, and seeing such a majestic creature be deducted to this state made the Kroxigor feel, saddened. He put the bloody corpse upon his shoulders, and took out his Ogham Shard, flaring his nostrils as he would charge forward again, practically skipping towards the Nergigante as the Bulldrome's corpse rested on his shoulders.

"I'mmmmm.... Ssssorrrrrry Luinnn.... But Rush's.... Death.... Is not in Vain..."

He would then lunge himself forward towards the Nergigante with his shoulder pointed at the beast's underside, the Bulldrome's tusk ready to pierce it's hide.

"Even in death do we serve! One final charge!"

Nakai roared out as he closed the distance, charging full force into the Nergigante, his jaws clamped shut against the heat radiating from the elder dragon as he was hoping to make his mark.

Edited by ArbiterOfTheBog on Mar 21st 2022 at 8:38:42 AM

Valley

The last two Zerg buildings are destroyed quickly.

Destroy Zerg Structures: ✓

VALLEY OBJECTIVES COMPLETE!

Wait for Next Objective

Wilderness

Itorash is now the last objective remaining. The Brethren Moons proved a mere distraction.

Moons

As the first few Brethren Moons are destroyed, the remaining swarm react. They see what has happened, and they decide to do something they have never done in their countless eons of scouring the stars.

Retreat.

But it doesn't save them.

As the Brethren Moons are driven back, Ultra Necrozma and Manaphy stifle their voices, freeing the civilians of Minira (and, less fortunately, Laxin's soldiers) from their influence. The remaining few survivors, countable in mere tens, are escorted onto the Scarabs, which begin to march out of the glassing zone.

Thel 'Vadam finally addresses Luffy. "When the dust has settled and the Flood are no more, this city will be rebuilt. You have my word. But for now, they MUST be expunged utterly. Even the spores can kill a planet."

One Brother Moon explodes or is otherwise torn apart or killed after another. Those killed by means involving a lot of prep time, such as Angel's Exotic Blades or X's Unity Chaostorm, have enough time to comprehend what is happening, and in that spare time, they feel an emotion utterly alien to them. Fear.

As the final Brother Moon, slain by Augus, falls from the sky, the earth shakes with the impotent fury of the collective. Gore, ashes, shards of rock and motes of light rain down upon Estraole.

—

Player 2

Yesod's effect has reached not Player 2's units, but his computer screen, turning the monitor into a JPG.

He pounds his fist on the table in frustration. "GOD! FUCKING! DAMN IT! I COULDN'T SEE THE BEST PART!"

   This is not how it should have gone,    says the Necromorph hive mind as he readjusts his headphones. He doesn't exactly notice that it's speaking directly into his head, not transmitting through the computer's audio.

"And you're blaming me? You're the ones who thought this would work out."

The only response is a low growl.

"Besides. We've still got one ace left up our sleeves. No need to lose your shit just yet."

Edited by KiriK on Mar 21st 2022 at 11:17:15 AM

"Of course they retreat. What is the purpose of your presence here, interloper.'

The same voice that shouted deliverance earlier was now right in the headphones of Player 2, sounding sure of itself, full of indignation as it prodded this strange figure. Back at the arena, the massive spectral cannon aiming back at the horrors from space again, its maw beginning to charge up again, its being seemingly ready to fire off again.

"I ask again, leave us to our devices, or retribution shall follow."

The magical formation would fire off another shrill cry, which travelled outwards in all directions, leaving the enemy forces struggling to regroup and spawn out more forms then prior, as if their production rate had been staggered.

"So sayeth the first spawning of the Slann."