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Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#369376: Jul 27th 2022 at 12:58:32 AM

Anne smiles, and lets out a slight chuckle. She's still crying, but doesn't seem sad.

   "Well... you have nothing to fear from me, I promise"   , she says, wiping her tears away. It seems like that works this time.

   "And don't feel guilty for first impressions, either. When I first saw you, one of the first things I thought of was "assassin". That's like, basically the worst first impression you can get, and definitely pretty unfair for me to assume, because you're actually really nice."   

Edited by Whoma on Jul 27th 2022 at 10:03:11 AM

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BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#369377: Jul 27th 2022 at 4:23:40 AM

Lake Ilinalta

Emma uses what she has left to fire at Marco, exhausting all she has left to shooting this man, though this effort was met with more force than she can handle. Being dragged through the destroyed landscape as she clings onto the leg. If Marco lets her go, she raises her pistol to fire one last shot before her arm falls limp, signing her unconsciousness.

William follows suit and floats out of the ship once Marco charges at Emma. Though mostly to standby and watch Nagadilotep fight Whitebeard. Landing near where Emma once was.

   "I'll... give my thanks somehow"   

Edited by BoniniBanana on Jul 27th 2022 at 7:25:52 PM

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Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#369378: Jul 27th 2022 at 10:25:08 AM

Marco doesn't let go, being that he saw that his own powers were reaching their limits after the shredding she did on him. He does step when he sees that she's limp though, even if he at first uses his Haki to confirm that her "Voice" has dimmed. Being a pirate, he attempts to grab her gun, smiling as he puts aside the weapon. And then he picks up Emma herself, after seeing the general chaos going around, not just slinging her over in the (perhaps justified) fear she'd wake up and stab his back.

Aouch... Blood spurts from his wounds. She's a fanatic. Haven't been hurt this bad in a while! Ya know her? He asks, curious.

Whitebeard's eyes glows red as he briefly peer into the future, seeing the maneuver. Water being his weakness, he decides to kick the air, propelling himself backwards by using his powers on the air itself, as a way of stepping on a platform. It also separate the water behind the pirate, parting it like walls.

However, he decides to do something wickedly cool, attempting to put his massive polearm so that it'll serve like a stick of wood blocking a crocodile's jaw, by placing it unto the beast's jaw as it clamps shut. The weapon is invincible, or at least too tough to be destroyed, but he can dislodge it fine through his higher intelligence.

However, Whitebeard knows of this foe's higher intelligence. He punches the air forward immediately, attempting to send a earthquake down his opponent's throat and into his whole body!

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#369379: Jul 27th 2022 at 11:23:41 AM

"That's right!" says Master Asia in the middle of trading blows with Domon. "Even if we both die here, you must live to carry on our teachings."

"He's right!" yells Domon. "That's the way of the Undefeated of the East, of the Shuffle Alliance!"

All along, they were paying just as much attention to their pupils as each other. Eventually, the calm river overcomes, and Master Asia knocks Domon back with a precise heel kick to the face.

"Ghrk-!..." Domon rises up into the air, beginning to glow red.

"Yesss... Show me your special techniques, Domon!"

"This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you!" Domon's sword explodes into a brilliant giant blade of power!

Master Asia prepares himself with a defensive stance.

"Take this - my love, my anger, and all of my sorrow! Shining Finger... SWORD!" Domon brings the titanic blade bearing down upon Master Asia!

"Hmph! You won't defeat me with that unrefined form powered by brutish rage!" Master Asia lashes out his cloth and catches the Shining Finger Sword inches from hitting him!

"Wha-?!"

Master Asia 'cuts' upwards with the Master Cloth, sending a wave of rippling force through the air that scars the land, shatters the Shining Finger Sword, and knocks Domon down from the sky!

Getting the message, Domon quickly drops out of Super Mode, and proceeds to calm his breathing.

Def's Passage

X Astray (Theme of Earth Alliance from Gundam SEED MSV - SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays)

As the fighters return to neutral positions, the two take a moment to pass some banter back and forth.

Asia: "I see you're as sharp as ever, Domon!"

Domon: "And you as well, Master!"

With that, they charge each other and engage in a Brawler Lock, letting go only to hit each other with equally strong cross punches to the head, blowing them both back. They throw volleys of attacks, Domon punches and Asia kicks, with the attacks either clashing or simply whiffing, before one final attack collides with so much force, the impact can be heard for miles!

The two warriors once again skid back to a neutral point, sizing each other up before making their next move.


A Lot of People

Reyna sizes up Veyolkos in silence until he's said his piece, idly plucking at her Insect Glaive for comparison.

"Ruins of Bthalft," she answers with a grin, "in southwest Skyrim. There's an underground forge where it's kept. But I'll warn you, you won't get the flame without having to fight its keeper."

Kulve grumbles at Nicole. "I am just fine," she hisses, clearly not fine at all. Fortunately, Reyna recognizes this and backs off on her own.

"Greetings, Thor. I am Kulve Taroth, Mother Goddess of Gold and Knight of Bahamut."

"My apologies," says Mata Nui. "I meant no offense."

"None taken..."

   "A frog would be better,"    Ahtal-Ka says to Loki.    "Imagine being an insect, then one day you wake up with your bones on your insides instead of outside. Going your life with simple grasper limbs, then having ten fingers and no idea how to move them. A stable four legs, then a wobbly two."   

Reyna stretches her shoulders. "Well, I'll stick around to watch the fight. I brought some food, if anyone's interested."

She pulls a steak out of her inventory, but a blur of motion clad in malevolent dark energy swoops by and snatches it from her hand. She groans and, instead of bothering to investigate what just happened, just pulls out another steak.

If anyone does investigate, they'll see where the blur came to a stop, a masked man surrounded by wisps of flickering red light, grinning as smugly as a villain who just defeated the hero. like dude all you did was steal one of ten pieces of meat

Self-Inserts

Rey breathes a sigh of relief. At least he has reassurance that Wriggle isn't a metaphorical monster by default.

"I was gonna go get food from that big party, sorry. But also thanks for the offer. But... Okay I'm going now."

He walks/climbs down from their perch to reach Roger's buffet.

Beat

Oh shit that guy was talking to me wasn't he

"Uh, I can use Nerf guns like real guns!" he yells back up to Jeridan. "That's about it!"

Harvak

The vampire lord swiftly dodges in a misty blur, though the sheer power causes the ground beneath his feet to explode and launch him back up anyway.

Black tendrils of fog erupt from his back, and he proceeds to dash through the air right at Other!Edelgard with a horizontal hammer spin! If he really doesn't have ranged attacks, it seems he can close the distance regardless!

Food Truck

Callis steps off to the side, enjoying another Quixnak. "If they don't have something, I can probably fetch you an accessory."

"By the way how much do these snacks cost?" she asks Malú.

Free-For-All

Narktus gets sent flying across the Highlands, freeing Zenobia from his pin. The conqueror goes hurtling until he lands in a lake in the distance, but comes charging back just as fast, his armor absorbing the lightning and deflecting the follow-up shot. The mask over his mouth prevents him from inhaling the toxic gas, but it does get in his eyes, blinding him.

Zenobia bursts onto her feet with an echoing roar, unleashing gale-force winds all around her. She does a speed vanish to dodge Sarah's punch, responding with a whirling kick aimed at her back.

Narktus sheathes the vajra for now and holds out his hands, unveiling the energy emitters built into the palms of his gauntlets and firing a wild barrage of energy blasts. Without precise aiming, they're easy to dodge, but with just how many he's shooting, one is also likely to dodge into a blast or two. The blasts have no special properties, but they pack a mighty punch!

Edited by KiriK on Jul 27th 2022 at 1:50:27 PM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#369380: Jul 27th 2022 at 11:27:21 AM

You honor us, Masters!

Lucina sheathes the Falchion and takes Null's hand, rising to her feet. They seem plenty proud of us already.

With that, she turns to watch the fight.

Sarah is kicked into the ground by Zenobia but flips before impact and bounces on the ground, allowing her to ascend right back up as she attempts to uppercut her right in the chin! Then she joins her hands together and attempts to spike her to the ground with a downward strike.

As for the gas, Sarah motions at it and begins flying back. A vortex to contain it would be smart, yet risky with the spectators. So she instead attempts to blast a hole through it with two beams of light, using her senses to peer far and try to find her enemy even if he hides behind the wall. Then to be sure, she raises her two indexes and fire a Bullet Hell at him, all while keeping a close eye on Narktus’s own.

She’s still struck a few times as she dodges about, somewhat throwing her back each time. She decides to bruteforce hard, firing intense bolts of lightning to cause several aerial explosions.

And then, from above Narktus, appearing in a purple flash, is Sarah. She attempts to hit him, but is a fake: the ‘’real’’ threat is a lightning bolt coming his way from Sarah’s former location. But this is ‘’also’’ a trick, the ‘’real’’ Sarah outspeeds her own bolt and attempts to hit Narktus several times over in the torso and face, before attempting to hurl him lnto the skies with a kick.

Her plan is that Narktus will ignore the bolt, that his armor can absorb, and be blindsided by Sarah!

If she pull it off, she smiles, somewhat giddily.

Got you!

Thor is focused on Poseidon and get Oca-strucked. Being a tough bastard, he doesn’t mind being set on fire but grunt.

FUCK YOU!

Thor summons intense lightning pillard, attempting to hit Oca with one and slam him into the air, stuck between Poseidon and Thor’s attack clash.

Thor yells and adds more and bigger columbs, the size of skyscrapers, to try to break through and ZAP Poseidon and Oca !

Edited by Bolded1 on Jul 27th 2022 at 8:42:43 PM

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
Icyheights Athva Rovium Since: Mar, 2019
Athva Rovium
#369381: Jul 27th 2022 at 11:33:07 AM

Null simply nodded, turning as well to watch the rest of the fight, summoning the Void to make a seat. He was exhausted, but a smile was on his face. Perhaps he would some day be as strong as Master Asia.

"I will become stronger. I'll become the best fighter in this place that the Void decided would be my home."

Edited by Icyheights on Jul 27th 2022 at 12:37:10 PM

"Just a humble peasant looking for work~"
Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#369382: Jul 27th 2022 at 12:09:13 PM

Angel continues with what she was doing.


As Harvak approaches, Other!Edelgard bets that, considering he is in a spin and moving in a straight line, that she has a perfect opportunity-

-to end this in an instant!

And as such.

She takes a deep breath, her aura reducing to such that it is barely a shimmer as she takes on her own unique and nameless pseudo-transformation, multiplying her strength ten times over.

Then, she extends an arm forward almost casually, a tiny ball of raging orange ki collecting within the palm of her hand. It's positively tiny, unassuming, barely seeming any stronger than a regular Ki blast.

She flings it at Harvak. It's fast- incredibly fast, vastly faster than any of her prior attacks by a long shot.

Don't waste my time!"

But as that tiny ball of Ki gets closer and closer...

Edelgard clenches her hand into a fist.

"Raging Storm!"

...It expands and expands at an exponential rate, reaching its full size just as it and Harvak should meet- a perfect sphere of surging electric energy and raw force as wide as a stadium, liable to destroy almost anything it touches!

If Harvak is caught up in it, it will carry him away far into the distance before exploding with absurdly colossal force far in the sky, a release of energy absolutely dwarfing in its scale anything she has been shown to use before!

This power comes at a cost, however. Edelgard feels exhaustion set in that was not there before, though she does not let it show. By no means is it enough to stop her from fighting, but it is enough to make her pause.

Yatta!
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#369383: Jul 27th 2022 at 12:31:13 PM

   "I could say the same..."   

Harvak comes hurtling right at the ball of light, before it engulfs him in its true power!

   "... To you!"   

Instead of being sent flying, he pushes through the explosion to try and slam his hammer into Other!Edelgard's head, emerging with chunks of armor blown off and his true face revealed.

After the strike, he drops to one knee. Assuming Edelgard is still standing after that blow, he'll say, "That... should be enough. My thanks for humoring my request."

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#369384: Jul 27th 2022 at 12:40:35 PM

Well, Oca wasn't particularly trying either, so congrats on having found someone even more annoying than him?

The first lightning pillar blasts Oca up into the air, leaving him scorched. As he is being carried by by the blast, though, he teleports out of the clash and behind Poseidon. Winding up a wild super-punch.

"Azulon...!"

Mid-swing, he teleports again, to a position should pretty much put his punch basically on Poseidon.

"HAMMER!"

/\。。/\
Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#369385: Jul 27th 2022 at 12:41:46 PM

Other!Edelgard puts her arms up, the hammer slamming into her defense with enough strength to force her to reinforce her defense with a bursting dark magic attack- and even then, it isn't quite enough to stop the attack from seriously hurting. Broken bones? No, not quite that hurting, but bones don't have to be broken for an attack to leave a bruise that won't be going away for a long time.

If it weren't for Raging Storm's secret second effect, she wouldn't be able to stand.

Other!Edelgard descends alongside him, shaken from the blow but still standing.

"I should thank you as well. I had been searching for a good fight, and you brought it to me without me having had to ask."

Abruptly, she turns her gaze to the side.

"...Well, I don't want to cut things short, but I'm wanted somewhere else."

And, with that, she vanishes with in a flash of purple, teleported away.

Edited by Whoma on Jul 27th 2022 at 12:42:57 PM

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StepexNo2 Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS from The Complex Plane Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS
#369386: Jul 27th 2022 at 12:59:16 PM

Guyana Highlands - Food Truck

"I'll pass on these for now, thanks, unless I can have them to-go. No, I've never heard of those names, are you rivals or what did they do to you? Because if you are rivals, as paradoxically as it might sound, showing them a bit of respect could improve your business."

Stefan pulled one of the earphones out of his ear and put them back into its casing.

"I'm Stefan, by the way, and for all I know, I just fell from the sky." He shrugged, gave Callis a nod and opened his satchel to reach for his wallet, then hesitated.

"Actually, about the trinket, what currency do you guys use, and what's its exchange rate to Euros?"

Edited by StepexNo2 on Jul 27th 2022 at 9:59:49 PM

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
ArbiterOfTheBog Parasmagate from The Mortal Realms Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Cast away
Parasmagate
#369387: Jul 27th 2022 at 1:16:09 PM

Lake Ilinalta

Nagadilotep was practically simmering with rage at this pirates little trick. He was no onlooker of fortune, just a raw expression of the depths. He attempted to try and dislodge it. But in the process the sudden jet of air caused the Leviathan to wince, and it reared its head back. Nagadilotep shrieked, an awful cry that was akin to a baleen whale being harpooned. The leviathan however sid something odd. As it twitched and bled out of its mouth from the vibrations trying to liquids it's organs, it grimaced and dives into the earth, the shrieking turning into coughing and wheezing. It disappeared in a massive crater it left in the earth, that tunneled straight down. Only a gentle curtain of water following behind.

Then the earth began to shake, and the storm overhead was no longer just a light tempest. Monsoon grade winds began to turn the water into a chopping, and violent sheet of meter high waves, each growing by another unit as the mudcrabs began to scurry away. The Hermitaur on deck grabbed a bucket and went overboard, rolling away from the scene as the hole from which Nagadilotep dived down into began to bubble with sea foam. Then it began to bubble like a cauldron as magma began to pour forth, forming a collosal column of black and chalky stone. It began to crack, its outside rocky carpace turning obsidian black as firey hot veins began to take form. Heat like a scorching sun began to radiate from the vent, and the foam around it's base began to ebb and flow like the shallows of the seas in a tropical storm.


Guyana Highlands

Veyolkos looked on at the bizzare menagerie and their equally unique conversation. When he got answers out of the huntress he nodded and began to reach for the steaks, only to see the steak disappear before him. And he was not a man to steal from. He was able to them discern who it was, and began to screech in pure rage. He faced the stranger, his scales on his back rattling as he was yelling towards the masked steak thief.

"I GET IT YOU LOOK COOL! LET ME FUCKING EAT!"

Edited by ArbiterOfTheBog on Jul 29th 2022 at 12:26:39 PM

Awawa
BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#369388: Jul 27th 2022 at 1:33:49 PM

Guyana Highlands

Commentors:

M:Ahhh! The Shining finger!

R: I ever wished to see it live!


Food truck

   In the place from where I come, we use Pesos. But we can accept Euros, golden coins or whatever you use as a coin here. Two for each, please. And yes, you can take it for the go.   

Malú answers Stefan, with a surprised face by his suggestion:

   My name is Malú. And yes, you could say they are our business rivals. And I used to respect Arnoldo long time ago.    She sighs after that sentence.    But I noticed that we are soooo different, in every sense of the word, and for us, respect him is a no-no. Nowadays, I just wanna-!   

In this moment, Keno returned with a small box.

   I found something for you, man!   

   No way!   

Keno opens the box, and inside there is a small, robotic cockroach, along with a tiny controller, similar to a Nintendo 3 DS, but smaller.

   ...But this is the prototype of the Malú-roach! Are you sure do you want to give it to him?   

   Why not? I feel he's not so different than us. Is not like he could steal your design and build his own army, right? Also, your definitive bot is almost finished.   

Malú sighs again, by despair.

   Fine, you can keep it. Just take care of it, it's my magnum opus. Oh, by the way...   

She takes from her drawer a couple of business cards, and gives them to Callis and Stefan. The cards say:

MALVATTI SIBLINGS FOOD TRUCK

MALÚ AND KENO MALVATTI

Owners

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Members of the National Villain Association of Argentina (N.V.A.A.)

   If you want us to serve in your events, or simply talk with us, just press the red button at the middle, and we'll answer!   

Edited by BombonBombin on Jul 29th 2022 at 3:12:45 AM

Three freaking ghosts!
IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#369389: Jul 27th 2022 at 1:39:49 PM

"Whatever you say."

Figuring it wouldn't be wise to prod at Reyna and Kulve's issues with one another, Nicole shifts her attention to Mata Nui.

"So, what led to you partnering up with Reyna here? You convinced Botar to have that Tuyet lady thrown in prison instead of killed, and she's... a little different from you. Or did you both just meet by coincidence?"

Then she notices the masked steak thief Veyolkos was yelling at.

"Guess that's one way to audition for Phantom of the Opera."

"Impressive titles. It's an honor to make your acquaintance, Lady Kulve," Thor says, offering Kulve a nod of respect. "No doubt you've been on countless adventures and fought in more than your fair share of battles."

Loki shrugs.

"Well, when you put it that way, it sounds like a... less than pleasant scenario. Still, at least you're capable of proper speech now. I suspect that might be helpful in regards to communicating with those not fluent in insect."

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jul 27th 2022 at 1:42:32 AM

KrampusTheTherapist Filia, Final Lucifer. from A Galaxy Far, Far Away (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Filia, Final Lucifer.
#369390: Jul 27th 2022 at 2:02:30 PM

Filia chuckles at the thought of being branded an assassin, taking a few steps back.

   "I can think of a few things worse to assume about someone. How do assassins find you in the midst of this? What other beings even remain beyond you here?"   

Her voice carried deep curiosity, Filia's eyes scanning the islands around her.

   "It doesn't feel like anyone else is here, though perhaps they're hidden beneath your presence."   

Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#369391: Jul 27th 2022 at 2:21:43 PM

Anne looks at the surroundings, too- she has been this whole time, really, able to perceive it all simultaneously despite her great distance and absurd size.

   "I'm hard to find, but people have found a way. Some beings hear of the great Guardian of the Multiverse and decide to take me out before I can stop whatever evil scheme they're cooking up. It's always just a bunch of bologna- someone thinking they're a bigger deal than they actually are. I usually just kick them out."   

She continues.    "I'm the only person here other than you right now. This space is only half-real, existing both physically and within my mind, so I'm aware at all times of anything that enters or exits. It's one of the only places where I still feel at home."   

Yatta!
Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#369392: Jul 27th 2022 at 8:23:35 PM

A cave somewhere by the coast of Skyrim

Philip is having, in short, a hell of a time.

The cave has been shaped by his hand into a sort of secret home, easily missed and very easily passed-over, hidden away by a permanent illusion keeping the front entrance invisible. In short: A great place to hide away, but an indignant one too.

And in this moment, he doesn't seem too pleased about that, slamming his hand against a makeshift stone table with enough force to crack it. The music box he found is set on that table, various instruments and magical implements poking and probing into it- to no effect.

   "What is this? Why do you not do what I tell you to? I know you have power within you, so why don't you just show it to me?"   , he says with delicately contained fury.    "It's only natural, isn't it? You worked before, so what's changed? What do I need to do to get you to work!"   

Unfortunately, Philip's attempt to speak to an inanimate object does absolutely nothing.

And someone speaks up about it.

   "Ohhh, looks like someone's maaaad!"    chimes in a mischievous, young voice. Creeping across the walls, the shadow of The Collector snakes in, still attached to this world as nothing more than a literal shadow.    "Bet you wish I was still helping you, huh? Bet you wish you weren't carrying around that stupid mirror!"   

Philip groans, palm against forehead, leaning against the table in exasperation.    "And what is it you want with me, Collector? Unless it is to remake the terms of our agreement I am afraid I'd rather cover your mirror than listen to you at the moment."   

   "OK, wow, you're definitely man, like seriously angry. Did something happen? I'm curious! Come on, you've gotta tell me! You gotta you gotta you gott-"   

Philip throws a towel over a nearby circular mirror, and the Collector's shadow vanishes along with their voice.

He waits a moment...

...and removes the towel.

   "-you gotta!"   

Philip rolls his eyes, and gestures to the Calamity Box.

The Collector pulls out some shadow popcorn.

   "This confounded thing, that is what has me so... uncharacteristic. The longer I spend here the further my form degrades, and I'm finding it harder to stay together with every passing day. Of course, if I just had an energy source, I could easily fix my little problem, but as long as this box fails to give me any results, there's no point to it."   

The collector nods politely.    "Well, I've got good news for you, then! I have no idea what the heck that thing is, so there's no need to worry!"   

Philip scoffs, tossing a towel back over The Collector's mirror, before looking back at what he has done so far.

It infuriates him- the box was not attached to any kind of device, it simply powered the ship through simple proximity. By extension, it shouldn't be hard for him to harness that power, right?

So why was this so difficult!?

   "I'll take you apart, if I have to. Your power will be "MINE!"   

Philip's body briefly grows, bulging and contorting beyond his control as he begins to take on a more monstrous form- but he keeps it contained, returning with a growl to his human state.

   "You know, you could try the other thing you found in that wreck."   

Philip turns around to see The Collector still watching him, before looking over and seeing that, yep, he actually missed with that towel he threw, and didn't cover the whole mirror with it.

Indignantly, he frown.    "And what might you be referring to, collector?"   

The Collector swims across the surface of the rock, snaking his shadow up onto the countertop, where he outlines a smaller container Philip had set to the side.

   "I'm talking about this! The thing inside this box! It's shiny and mysterious and you haven't even touched it, that's bad manners!"   

Projecting himself against the wall, The Collector shadow-puppets a display of opening the box and taking out the mysterious jewel inside, rays of shadow-light emanating from the shadow-jewel. Like a puppet show done on the spot, it's not real in any sense.

   "So what? I've looked at this little jewel, and found no use for it."   

He opens the box, taking out that Peculiar Crystal

   "It's an ornament, like most everything else in that wreck. It is but a worthless, sentimental piece of jewelry. If I can, I'll pawn it off somewhere that will take it for more than it's worth to me."   

The Collector narrows his eyes, looking closely at the jewel, before snapping his fingers. It doesn't make a sound.

   "I've got it! How about you try... asking it nicely?"   

   "What."   

   "Well, if I were a reluctant jewel, I certainly wouldn't be happy after all this violence and yelling and all that."   

   "...What?"   

   "Here, let me show you- Hey, little jewel! It's safe to do whatever it is you're waiting for, so you might as well do it before this guy goes all crazy, haha!"   

Philip rolls his eyes again, turning away from his table, trying to ignore The Collector as they continue to go off about something or other.

Without thinking, he takes the crystal with him, holding it gently in his hand for worry of breaking it- a tool is no use if discarded, after all, and for all his lamentations it should be worth a lot of money, he thinks.

But, thinking a little too hard, he closes his hands around the jewel.

It begins to glow, brighter and brighter in his hand, and-

   "Whoa, hang on, I think that actually worked!"   

Philip startles out of his thoughts, and looks at the crystal in his hand as it begins to glow brighter- but when he tries to drop it, he literally cannot let go!

Instinctively, he extends his hand as far away from his self as he can as the crystal does whatever it is doing. Something about it does not pair well with his unstable body, and he begins to destabilize as the glow increases to a pillar of bright-green light filling the room and turning the air heavy.

The Collector stares in amazement at the lightshow as Philip falls over himself and the crystal leaps out of his hand, righting itself midair.

And substantiating itself a form.

Philip looks up, still on all fours, knelt pathetically against the floor. Before him is an individual he does not recognize at all.

"Hello there", says that stranger.

She reaches down to try and help Philip up.

"I am Live Legna."

Yatta!
TropeYoshi Astral Knight from the land of Turning Left Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Astral Knight
#369393: Jul 27th 2022 at 8:30:54 PM

nameless scene (Luize)

GUYANA HIGHLANDS (REPRIUM)

Luize sighed, taking a second sandwich from her bag and starting to eat it, one eye on the food truck (and the people that went over there), the other on the nearby fights.

KrampusTheTherapist Filia, Final Lucifer. from A Galaxy Far, Far Away (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Filia, Final Lucifer.
#369394: Jul 27th 2022 at 11:12:40 PM

   "What fool would seek our their greatest threat?"   

She said in an insulted tone, Filia taking offense to the idea.

   "Impressive to will this space into reality, what happened to your original world? And why only have small islands, could you not will a whole world to exist here? Could you recreate your friends and family?"   

Filia pauses for a moment, letting out an awkward chuckle.

   "I'm sorry for my questions, I'm innately curious. Anyone I meet outside of my own world I bombard them with as many questions as they can stomach. How else can I learn without questions?"   

cyzja922 Since: Jul, 2021
#369395: Jul 27th 2022 at 11:49:09 PM

Being pressured on two sides by Narktus' aerial bombing and Sarah's bullet hell, Tamashtoya decided to attack the latter for now. The demon broke into a quick sprint and jumped through the smoke, keeping his posture low while using his twinblades to block any energy blast that might escape his attention. A few of them managed to connect, but Tamash recovered from them relatively quickly and kept running at Sarah.

Upon getting within range, the Rakshasa quickly swung both of his blade downward, attempting to pin down Sarah so she cannot avoid Zenobia's kick.

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Having nothing else to do, Jeridan simply followed Rey to Roger's food stand. "Mm, interesting. Reminds me of my younger days where I played Nerf with some younger kids." Having mostly ran out of things to say, the honorary agent decided to just let the conversation rest.

"Alright, I am gonna go check out those other people now, hope you all take care." The words seems to be directed at mostly just Rey and Stefan, but Jeri figured they probably can't hear him by now anyways, so he just walked over to Reyna and her gaggle of monster people, quietly listening to their conversation. Upon hearing that Ahtal-Ka was apparently an insect, Jeridan can't help but stare.

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How uncivilized. As streams and pillars of lightning broke through his massive wave of attacks from below, Poseidon can't help but sigh at the blatant abuse of lightning. The god of the sea tried to think of a way to drop down, but found no good way of doing so until he noticed Oca teleporting out of the devastating lightning storm and winding up a punch.

Without a word, Poseidon prepared his next move by having his trident arm bulk up ever so slightly, indicating an increased power output. The god of the sea may be a god, but he needs neither his dominion over the ocean nor a fancy transformation to help him in combat. All he needs to eviscerate his enemies is his own strength and his weapon. It's a shame though, Poseidon truly does wish he could clash against the thunder god's lightning with the might of his ocean.

Despite Oca literally teleporting to land his punch, the sea god is not fazed by the trick and instead thrusted his trident towards the Azulon Hammer with a seemingly massive amount of force, allowing him to cancel out most of the attack, allowing the remaining push force to throw him away while the rest of Thor's skyscraper-sized lightning pillars rush up towards Oca.

Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#369396: Jul 27th 2022 at 11:53:29 PM

Anne chuckles back.

   "Your questions are appreciated. I actually have tried to recreate my friends and family here before. It... wasn't real, though. Try as I might, I can't actually create life from nothing. I need a template, a source of some kind- and even then, with the original gone, it will only ever be..."   

Anne seems to shiver

   "...A copy..."   

She laughs, shaking off some kind of horrible feeling that struck her out of the blue.

   "...But, um, yeah, the islands. I've thought about making a whole world out of this place, but that'd be kind of disrespectful to myself, seeing as this place is partially shaped by my subconscious. Besides, it would kind of ruin the spirit of the place if I changed it too much, wouldn't it? The endless expanse of space always below you, all the stars and sparkles and lights- doesn't it look super awesome? Really makes everything look enigmatic and mysterious, you know? Helps complete the whole 'mystic being of the stars' look I've got going on? You'd be surprised how much is here, too- even if it all fits into the palm of my hand."   

She pauses.

   "And yeah, people that try and hurt me are pretty stupid. I mean, look at me, I'm the second toughest girl I know!"   

Saying that, Anne moves a little further back and flexes dramatically, yelling half-sarcastically before breaking out laughing. Despite this, her voice is always at a reasonable volume.

Yatta!
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#369397: Jul 28th 2022 at 7:28:15 AM

Lake Ilinalta

William's surprised Marco took the effort to save a woman who came with the intent of murder literal moments ago. Sighing in relief considering he would've done it and checking on her body, finding that her armband has an insignia he immediately recognizes. Nodding to Marco before explaining himself.

   "Mhm, from a government out for my head and any "mages" between. I don't have a price, unfortunately, something else. There's a lot more of her where she came from but not as crazy from experience."   

William looks over at Whitebeard's fight once again. Going on alert when the sea god has dived down. Slinging Marco and Emma's arm to try and fly them back to the ship amidst the raging chaos. Emma starts mildly bleeding all over before it abruptly stops, the radiant heat superficially healing her. She won't be springing up any time soon, though.

   "Crapbaskets my instincts got the best of me-"   

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ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#369398: Jul 28th 2022 at 2:08:29 PM

    Alternate Arena Arc 1 Chapter 1 Post 6 

"Very well then!" Edmund grinned and slung his scoped hunting rifle on his back, looking at his newfound group of three volunteers, who’d be going down into the depths of the ship with him. He reached into his backpack and tossed Julia a radio, which the woman promptly caught and stashed away. "We’ll need to stay in contact."

"If all goes well there shouldn't be much to contact about. Good luck, Pa." Julia responded, offering her short term farewells.

"Stay safe out there." Edmund gave his own, turning towards a door labeled with words in a foreign, alien language, which Edmund seemed to be able to understand. He motioned for the four to follow him through it, as it opened upon detecting his mere presence. Once everyone was through the door would close once more, this time locked until something else triggered the outside motion sensor.

Meanwhile, the Engine Gang found themselves in a narrow staircase leading downwards. They'd walk for almost three minutes, before the floor finally evened out, leading to a maze of narrow corridors, relatively untouched by the Infestation and so small that the group would have to move in a single file line. There were multiple signs in that same language, and Edmund used these to know exactly where to go. He finally led the gang to an engine room, but not quite the engine room. Despite this, it was still massive, and incredibly noisy. The sounds of machines churning and moving made verbal communication almost impossible, and the room itself was incredibly hot, despite some of the engines being out of commission due to Infestation growing on them. They were on a catwalk elevated some fifty feet up off the ground, and at the bottom of the engine room was a sea of Infested, all of them shrieking and climbing over one another, attempting to reach the live meat above. None of them seemed able to reach the group, though they were getting dangerously close.

However, something else required their attention. Up ahead, at the end of the catwalk, was a door out of the engine room. Something pounded against that door, again and again, and finally it gave way. The steel bulkhead flew off it’s hinges, a Boiler squeezing through and slowly shambling down the catwalk. Edmund grabbed his gun and aimed down at the scope, firing off about three rounds, all accurately placed. However, none of them seemed to do anything.

And as the hulking mass of Infested flesh slowly moved down the catwalk and towards the group, four Undying Flyers activated their jetpacks to fly high up, above the rest, and began swooping down at the group, targeting Julian, Andrew, Maxwell, and Boreas in particular, cutting away with their right arms turned into hardened talons that were a fusion of bone and steel armor, capable of drawing buckets of blood.

Julian held his hand up and, from an odd machination on his wrist, a fiber cord with a tiny blade on the very end shot outwards and at one of the Undying Flyers. It cut into the creature's hardened flesh and, with a yank, he managed to send it slightly off balance, but not enough to successfully ground it. The Infested enemy simply accelerated higher with the jetpack, taking Julian with it as the young man yelped in surprise, being taken for an unwanted ride.

Meanwhile, in an entirely different part of the ship…

"We should get a move on." Julia had spent the last few minutes fiddling with some kind of earpiece, putting it back on as a blue, translucent visor appeared in front of her eyes with a chirping sound to accompany it. "Those guys are relying on us."

She walked down the large hallway, expecting the two to follow. "So, you said you have experience with this?” She asked Hieros, with genuine curiosity. As the trio walked deeper and deeper into the ship, the influence of the Infestation on the Galleon grew much more visible, with fleshy, bleeding tendrils along the wall and even fleshy walls moving, as if the ship itself was alive and breathing.

And meanwhile, Maxwell's friend may have gotten a faint, sneaking suspicion that something was off. That something was…watching him.

With great power…you know the rest.
BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#369399: Jul 29th 2022 at 6:14:32 AM

The two friends split up.

Engine room

Maxwell follows the group, looking at his surroundings. He says repeatedly for himself:

Be brave, just like father.

When the group reached the catwalk, he began to say his motto louder. But then, the Undying Flyers appeared, prompting a welp from Maxwell. He grabs his lightsaber, and tries to attack the flyer going for him... But because of his fear, it was less like "slice it in a half" and more like "trying to hit a piñata".

Control room

Meanwhile, his friend looks closely at the room, but he feels like something is off. He turns his goggles on, in thermal vision mode, and says bluntly to the others:

There is something, or somebody watching us.

Three freaking ghosts!
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#369400: Jul 29th 2022 at 1:25:13 PM

Domon and Master Asia pace around each other, until Domon fakes preparing to rush in, causing Master Asia to pre-empt a counter, allowing Domon to then rush in, delivering a powerful series of kicks!

Master Asia snarls and attempts to recover with a lash of the Master Cloth, but...

"Exploding God Slash!"

Domon performs a dashing slash with his sword, creating a chain of explosions in his wake that deflect the cloth and knock Master Asia back!

Rbade's Passage

MOBILE SUIT - Gundam Unicorn

Domon grins at his old master, and rushes in for more. He throws a feinting thrust with the sword to distract from the real attack; a subtle leg swipe. It amounts to little, though, when Master Asia flips away and avoids the whole attack. Domon staggers in the ending lag and gives Asia just enough time to tag him with a brutal stomach jab.

He keels over as the wind is knocked out of him, the sword clattering out of his hands and onto the ground. Master Asia walks over.

"Come on, Domon! I know you can do better than that!"

There’s a tense second of stillness before Domon lunges forwards, throwing another feinting jab in the direction of Asia's solar plexus. Master Asia easily directs it away, knowing it’s a feint, and is already moving to block the palm strike from the hand just behind it.

"Why don't you try something else? This tactic hasn't worked ye-ghhk!"

It's Master Asia’s turn to hunch over in pain and a little shock. The entire maneuver was a complicated feint to cover up a knee thrust until the last second! Once the thrust follows all the way through, knocking Asia over in the process, Domon proceeds to flip and land back on his feet in a fighting stance.


Harvak

Harvak watches as Other!Edelgard somewhat unceremoniously leaves.

"How strange. But I suppose I should temper my expectations. I won't be able to rampage and feast as I have done back in my world."

He transforms into a small bat and flies away, disappearing into the sky.

Food Truck

Callis does some mental math, tapping on her fingers. Then she just gives up, pulls out a phone and calls fellow Time Patroller, the cyborg Topaz.

"Hey what's the exchange rate of Zeni to pesos?"

"Who cares? Just overpay."

"... Kay." Callis hangs up and slams a stack of 100-zeni bills on the counter. Each bill is worth about 62 pesos. She then takes a bunch more Quixnax and wanders off to a little corner for herself.

Narktus

Zenobia gets sent flying into the air by Sarah's punch, but escapes the follow-up with a gust of wind to propel herself away, retaliating with her own downwards spike using her axe instead of her fists!

Or at least she tries, but then Sarah switches targets and flies off, causing her to whiff and do a full hovering front-flip.

"Get BACK here!" She hurls her axe at and slightly above Sarah, guiding it with the wind to have it come arcing down to strike her en route to Narktus.

If this interrupts her charge, Narktus will flinch, perhaps suggesting he's not as blind as he seems.

If not, he'll get hit head-on by Sarah's full combo due to being "unable" to see any of it coming in the first place. As soon as she stops or if she was interrupted by Zenobia, he teleports right up in her face and tries to grab her by the shoulder, then hold out the vajra blade and swing her into it.

He's aiming to stab her lungs, then channel a blast of energy through the blade to literally blow the wind out of her, hoping not to kill her but to stun her.

If all of that works, he'll finish his combo by releasing Sarah's shoulder, descending below her, grabbing her ankle, and slamming her down into the ground near Tamashtoya!

Monsters, Hunters and Gods

sorry I'm abruptly changing the gold formats for who's who

Mata Nui: "We are not exactly partners, but Reyna filled me in on the nature of Elder Dragons and their unique interaction with life energy. Were it not for her, the question of how and why the Mask of Life ran rampant before would have weighed on my mind forever. That said, we do not meet on the battlefield, which seems to be where most people do."

Kulve Taroth:    "Indeed I have. You may not have met me, but I gained my warrior rank during the war against Galeem and Dharkon to save a friend who had multiple parts to her being, all of which but the core were reduced to spirits by Galeem's attack."   

Ahtal-Ka: "I suppose that is good, yes. Now I can better tell that... 'Reyna'... how much I hate her." She cracks a slight smile, suggesting that to have been a joke.

The masked man turns to face Veyolkos and Nicole, a pair of wings on his back swishing like a tattered cape.    "Hmph! You know not who you speak to, FOOLS! I am the Elder Dragon Malzeno, and I bring you a dire warning. Your FOOLISH lives will soon come to an end, lest you heed it!"   

Reyna groans, offering Veyolkos her backup steak. "He's egging you on," she tells the others. "Not to mention hogging the spotlight from the actual show. Ignore him and he'll go away."

   "Tch...!"   

FOOL Count: 11

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."

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