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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
#371201: Sep 18th 2022 at 2:51:04 PM

"Yup!" All three mechs respond in unison. zm394mtfpdsi gets up and cleans up his weird rack, and a robot with an orange and white paintjob, as well as what look like fox ears on his head, steps forward.

"Exotic Ventures - we do anything lighter than five solar masses, and if we say five solar masses, we mean it. That's the power of having decent manufactury infrastructure for ya!"

The mech snaps his fingers. Icarus, meanwhile, has deposited his explorer in a robot rack inside the mansion and is examining the perimeter in his constructor.

"Anyways", says notfoxstevenson, "I get that you'll be the residents here? Do you need a tour or..."

"I've already modeled the building after the mansion that they own in their homeworld, don't think that should be necessary! Maybe some configuration for all the smart home stuff, but there's an AI assistant for that."

"Oh, alright."

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#371202: Sep 18th 2022 at 3:07:23 PM

"Well I must thank you for this, though..." Flandre began. "What sort of payment do you require for this?" She decided not to mention she didn't know what a solar mass is.

   "Are the bedrooms done? I wanna take a nap."    Rumia said, interrupting.

"I suppose some rest would be nice. Though I want to know more about the mansion design first." Flandre said. "Such as the defenses."

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#371203: Sep 18th 2022 at 3:20:14 PM

Other!Edelgard, who is used to psychic tricks, who is in possession of an impenetrable heart, flinches as her mind is attacked by an incomprehensible barrage of psychic energy. Quickly taking action, she forms a barrier around herself that blasts it all away, her aura flaring up in classic Dragon Ball fashion.

"If it's a fight you're looking for, why not ask!" she shouts, flying towards Eve like a fiery shooting star. As she approaches, she lays her own cover fire, following up a barrage of Ki blasts with three malignant spheres of dark magic. Alone, each individual attack is still mighty, but together, her well-directed approach tactic holds a surprisingly decisive amount of strength behind it!

She is clearly stronger than the last time she has appeared, that much is certain, though nobody present is liable to know that without a frame of reference.

If her approach tactic holds any merit, she will follow up by turning herself around into a mighty dive kick, her signature opening attack!

(She might even want to give it a name at some point)

Yatta!
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
#371204: Sep 18th 2022 at 3:28:48 PM

"Oh, payment? Girl!"

The whole construction crew bursts out in laughter. Icarus retrieves a screen from his inventory and displays an image of a completed Dyson sphere on it, including a planet with some factory buildings and a single tiny (in comparison) construction mech in the foreground, for scale.

"We have tons of resources to spare, you don't need to pay us! It's all on the house."

Icarus pauses for a second, and puts the screen back. Internally, he's checking task progress. Meanwhile, notfoxstevenson and somerandomguy have finished the facade, and there's already a supply vessel landing in the back of the building. The engineers, having their job finished, walk to the side of the building to store their mechs away.

"The bedrooms are done... there are no active defenses, but there is an alarm system if someone breaks in or causes mass destruction nearby, which will notify everyone inside and send us a protection task. Alternatively, you can try to train the robot servants to do physical combat", he offers.

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
ArbiterOfTheBog Parasmagate from The Mortal Realms Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Cast away
Parasmagate
#371205: Sep 18th 2022 at 5:03:50 PM

Lizardmen Temple, Astil

Nakai seemed a little bit annoyed at her question, then spoke in his own tongue for a little bit. Not to her in particular, as he seemed to mosey on something Kroq-Gar had said, rolling his eyes in the process.

"Xho'za'khanx in tlilli in Itzakaitecahtzin..."

As they left the walls Nakai would speak up in his usual, gravely tone, this time actually confronting Reyna directly on the topic.

"Thhhhheeeeeeee ssssssssppppppeeeeeeccccciiiiiffffffficccccsssss... Arrrrrrrrrrre unnessssssssssssceeeeessssssssaaaarrryyyyyy... Sssssssssssimmmmmplllllllyyyyyyyy pppppppuuuuuuuuutttttt... Wwwwwwweeeeeee mmmmmmussssssssssssst aaaaaallllllllllllllll preeeeeeeeeeepppppppaaaaaaarrrrreeee."

And with that he continued on into the swampland, seemingly inviting her to follow, but not forcing her either.


Kroq-Gar gathered himself after some point, looking up to Mothra and bowing to her, raising his throat up to her in the process before addressing her:

"The City has your thanks... Great Goddess."

He then turned to face Apothea, tapping his claws against the earth as he began to march to the Mountain. The location being in the desert makes sense, desert skies were so easy to chart under, and they often had just the right terrain for larger scale operations. He spoke to Apothea as he began to leave the city towards the opposite gates:

"We are to look for something that can use some "Solar Highway", is that clear?"


Tropique Shores

   "And... how did they go extinct then?"   

Nagadilotep saw her wincing and paused his forward march, giving her time to speak as he looked around for perhaps... something to eat. Or admire.

Edited by ArbiterOfTheBog on Sep 18th 2022 at 5:04:06 AM

Awawa
Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#371206: Sep 18th 2022 at 6:25:51 PM

Apothea ponders Kroq-gar's words as she walks just behind him.

"A Solar Highway? I have heard of no such thing. I suppose this will have to be a new experience for the both of us, then. I hear you clearly."

Her idea of a Solar Highway is... rather a bit different than what it is likely to be- her vision of the enormous capital of the empire of Mavea Sol parted by a great golden road is most certainly far off.

...Well, maybe not, but it is doubtful.

Thankfully, Apothea expects her ideas to be wrong. Her preconceived notions have been of very little help in the arena.

She's surprised that magic exists here at all... even if it feels really wrong in some strange way. Almost like it isn't really magic at all, just some property of the place acting in begrudging substitute.

(Which is, actually, exactly what it is, but without a frame of reference Apothea can only guess)

Yatta!
ReynTheLord Since: Aug, 2017
#371207: Sep 18th 2022 at 7:27:51 PM

LOCATION: HUB CENTRALIS

V1 Responds, using precious processing power on Microsoft SAM "It's not regular coins. Its a system which works in sync with my firearm's systems, some designs from hell based systems, and in general, is difficult to perform such a maneuver even if one is physically capable of doing it."

V1 shows the coins spontaneously appearing as a demonstration.

"I will have to scout out the surrounding area and resume hunting soon."

V1 makes one final request. "May I know your designation, for future refrence?"

Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#371208: Sep 18th 2022 at 7:31:03 PM

The Gathering (the giant's polite name) howls, but seemingly not in pain: the numerous bodies it's built out of do, but its main voice remain bothered at most.    NYEHHHH HOLD STILL!    As pieces of its body are taken, more emerge, crawling out of its mass from nowhere: Tik's assault, as well as Zwuup, would have killed a regular giant easily, yet they are both in a world that is working against them.

They're both in my world.

Needless to say, the giant is still on the feet by the end of it, the acid being vaporized by mere proximity of its sun. It mimics dusting itself off, unknowingly tossing a few Skinks off its accumulated mass and back into the hole.    YOU LITTLE SKY RAT!   

While it doesn't seem to be stopped, they did irritate it enough to not get shat on, which is... always a win? However, it seems that the only way to win, or to assume at least a simulacre of victory, is to boldly flee: the Jungle is yet untouched by the events happening around the world, almost inviting the duo into its grasp. There's even a small message carved on the wood of the nearest tree, depicting a small three-eyed figure, with a little smirk on its face and a small body, pointing to an arrow itself pointed to an open path.

ONLY WAY OUT

   Your rage, I find intriguing!    The giant snarls, speaking in a woman's voice.    Will I find your despair to be as delicious, as I pull you apart limb from limb, watching the world die before you?!   

...

Meanwhile, Balboa is faring much better against the greenbee, who proves to be not as immune to attacks as a giant made out of broken bodies. As he is violently assaulted, the ork can only scream in despair and rage, his new shell torn apart with more ease than the first. Very uncharacteristically for an ork No! No! I WOZ JUST PRANKIN'! WOZ JUST PULLING A QUICKIE ON YA! STOP! STOOPPP! Both it and Balboa fall from very high into the sky, the landing cushioned by its ravaged body.

Good thing: the swarm dies.

Bad thing: the swarm dies. A green cloud of death, thousands of millions of greenbees, fall from the sky like a brutish rain, dropping dead and battering buildings or crushing onlookers. However, the sky has cleared around the ork before impact, in a manner that suggests all these bee orks just politely flew somewhere else to die.

By the time Balboa get up, the cityscape is a dead hellscapes of a million bee orks, laying on the ground, piled on each other such that with his bare hands, it'd take a year to dig out something else than a mutated ork. At least, the cadaver of the Beekeeper lie there, unmoving, aside from the stom-

Pop

Balboa does not fade and neither does the beekeeper: instead, with a dissonant sound that overtakes the bursting of flesh and the splattering of blood, emerges another Balboa, this one much different from our own: he's covered from head to toe in what appears to be bones, with a star-shaped blood mark on the middle of his chest and head. He wields a bone club, carved from the femur of a large predator, which has been cracked in half in some earlier fight.

If the bruises aren't enough, some of the blood covering him is not the beekeeper's.

As he crawls out of the Beekeeper's deformed stomach, as if getting used to light, he registers another self of his with half a minute of delay, and then-No! No! No! he loses it and attack fiercely with his club!

Edited by Bolded1 on Sep 18th 2022 at 4:32:36 PM

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
ArbiterOfTheBog Parasmagate from The Mortal Realms Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Cast away
Parasmagate
#371209: Sep 18th 2022 at 7:52:35 PM

This isn't Lustria

Tiktaq'to and Zwuup flee from the giant, semi-recognizing the voice that tries to rob them of their existence. As they flee, Tiktaq'to feels his mind waver from the blind rage. This world wasn't his, it wasn't even Lustria. It was a gross approximation of it. A cruel reflection devoid of reason and sense. Devoid of heart...

Devoid of her. Tiktaq'to and Zwuup shake their heads free of the thoughts, flying under the branches and weaving between the greenery like a hawk through a wildfire. Nothing could be trusted. Nothing at all.

"This isn't Lustria! Where the duck are we Zwuup?!"

The Terradon simply croaked back, the two obviously dreading the coming storm. And as they continue trying to evade capture, Tiktaq'to can't help but bare his fangs again, his crest rising as he now had to hear Asimina's own voice twisted into such a... Horrific expression. It then dawned on him.

Lustria was gone. He now knew not to stay on one path for long, Zigzagging and trying to take higher up to the sky to avoid any titan's onslaught.


Balboa and The Looking Glass

He removed his hands from the corpse, panting heavily as he looked to the ruined city. Surrounded by carnage and carrion. This wasn't... An unusual sight. He remembered the great shattering all too clearly. The stories told on cave walls, as he clung tightly to his mother along the caravan roads. He'd see fields upon fields of the dead. Usually they wouldn't stay there for long. They would reap the bodies and feed on them, or some other earring tribe would have. This was too close to the home he wished to flee. He panted, the visions of what were done returned to him. And there he saw it.

Himself. He imagined this is what he would look like if he stayed and tried to live by the way of Ghur. And even then he could feel the uncertainty in this man. Some part of himself was not lost. Balboa immediately tried to reason.

"Brother please... Hold tight your arms I plead! I don't wish to harm you-"

But it didn't matter as this Alternative Balboa lunged for him, hoping to sink his claws into his skin or bash his skull in with the bone clubs he bore. Balboa immediately dove out of the way, picking up his staff as he used it to crawl away from this beserker self, as he grabbed his Barb-Setter Shot firing down at this far more chaotic looking man, before looking to where his mate once stood, screaming back.

"You play a sick game hellspawn! Though I'm sure you are aware, confirmed!?"

Edited by ArbiterOfTheBog on Sep 18th 2022 at 7:54:24 AM

Awawa
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#371210: Sep 19th 2022 at 1:07:52 AM

"I see..." Flandre says, somewhat embarrassed. "Thank you regardless."

   "Yeah, thank you!"    Rumia says, heading inside to take a nap.

"Well, if you'll excuse us." Flandre says, heading inside as well. "I'm going to explore the mansion before resting too. Until we meet again." She'll think about working on the robot servants later. Or maybe think of some kind of magic solution for the problem. She's no Patchouli but she does know a few tricks.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
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
#371211: Sep 19th 2022 at 1:25:10 AM

"Oh yeah, before you leave..."

Icarus waits until he has Flandre's attention.

"Not everyone in this universe is as friendly as I am. Be careful out here. That's all, cheers."

And with that, he takes off towards Hub Centralis again. He's got plenty of things to work on - renovating the Exotic Battlegrounds, preparing the grand opening ceremony, and processing some samples. The samples should be frozen by now, but Icarus will still have to spend a lot of time filtering out the right i-particles. After all, he needs really pure crystals if he wants to send organic entities through, especially if they're more complex than a human.

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#371212: Sep 19th 2022 at 5:15:50 AM

Luffy smiles daringly in the face of danger, until he sees the beam, at which point his eyes literally shoot out of his body as his mouth becomes several feet longer. A grotesque idea, but he makes it look like a Loony Tunes cartoon, which is only making it look silly and comedic. He then stands there, slack-jawed, and inhale the beam, letting it enter his mouth until it's finished firing.

When it ends, Luffy's now Big Cohwowheisfatnow

WHAT A COMICALLY BLOATED FORM! BUT HOW?! HOW IS HE DOING THIS?! HIS MANNERISMS AND APPEARANCE ARE MORE AKIN TO A CHARACTER YOU WOULD SEE ON THE COMIC STRIP OF A NEWSPAPER TO ENTERTAIN KIDS! WHAT INSANITY?! Speedwagon stops, as Luffy stops smiling. Steam shoots out of his ears as he hurls the beam back at Neco by burping loudly, the attack somehow two times faster! By the time it ends, smoke is coming out of Luffy's mouth, but he smiles, proud at what he's done.

IMPOSSIBLE! HE HURLED IT BACK WITH A BURP?!

He's turned into a cartoon character to better fight her, Gojo notes. He's lacking in the sarcastic edge inherent to a meme character in how he fights! He might get the upper hand that way.

Luffy rushes at Neco and throws his whole body back, before he begins to spin like a top. If Neco is caught by him, she'll be dragged into a literal Big Ball of Violence and hurled around, taking a storm of serious hits before he attempts to grab her and send her flying! However, if she does get hit, her arms will stretch, as if they w-they are made of rubber now, for as long as Luffy holds them.

He stands there, smiling, and then frowns. Oh? Ohh! I didn't let go of you! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Luffy... lets go, and Neco will shoot out further, her arms snapping back in place painfully.

Edited by Bolded1 on Sep 19th 2022 at 2:16:00 PM

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#371213: Sep 19th 2022 at 11:44:19 AM

Edited by Rbade on Sep 19th 2022 at 11:45:41 AM

/\。。/\
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#371214: Sep 19th 2022 at 11:51:41 AM

Astil

Mothra's job is done. Off she goes!

Reyna walks along with Nakai for a few paces, only to stop.

"Sorry, I have business to do. Monsters to hunt, cards to write, you know how it is. I'll catch up with you later."

She gives him a gift of her own - the scale of a Platinumfish - and disappears into the swamps.


Tropique Shore

"They waged some kind of war that melted all of the world's ice and flooded everything," Agent 8 replies. "We don't know exactly why they did it or whether any of them survived, but fossils are everywhere."


Intrigue

uhhhhhh

uhhhhhh

nyuuuiiiiiiiinnnnn...

what do i do

you lose

screw you!

The Mega-Neco shrieks as the redirected beam engulfs it, seemingly being outright destroyed...

But then the real Neco-Arc comes flying up at ludicrous speed, my lower legs replaced by the flames of a rocket engine, as I rush to snatch Luffy out of the air and suplex him into the ground like a meteor!


Hub Centralis

"Uh-huh. You're assuming I can't self-modify my systems to accommodate the function." Katie scoffs.

"You can call me K4. And I want to see more of you in action, so I'm not going anywhere."

Edited by KiriK on Sep 19th 2022 at 1:55:15 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
#371215: Sep 19th 2022 at 12:53:56 PM

NO IT ISN'T

Tiktaq'to will not find difficulty in running away from the giant, but it's not out of tricks: it raises its massive "arms" and position them so that the very tips of its index and middle fingers are touching its massive sun-head. Then, it lifts off the ground, still standing straight on, and it begins to fly through the air, without much elegance at that. It's like it's being click and dragged, which it might as well be.

   YOU WILL SEE YOUR BELOVED JUNGLE BURN, TIK!   

The giant begins to shoot intense bolts of sunheadlight down at the forest. The first projectile it seems to intentionally miss: it soars across the sky, far into the horizon, taking so much time that the projectile made out of light seem to be taking time to sail across the world.

And then it blows up, a blast so strong and intense, it rocks the world, apocalyptic cracks opening up wide as gigantic chunks of landmasses are lifted off the ground. A towering sphere of light erupts across the horizon, slowly growing wider and wider, without looking like it's going to stop anytime soon: it slows down, a little, but the sphere of light becomes stronger and stronger, until by mere heat alone, it incinerates the trees it approach as well, turning the smashed ground to lava.

   BELENOS   

It casts the world in a siclkly glow, illuminating Tik's journey as more blasts are fired his way. Much smaller ones, but being smaller than a pseudo-sun doesn't quite mean much. The heat of the blasts make them dangerous even when they miss, as they incinerate nearby trees near Tik and his trusty friend. And lava from the blasted hellscape left in the wake of the explosions is getting thrown about everywhere by the earthquake from the very first one, large globs of lava, enough to cover whole buildings, fall down like meteors around his journey.

   YOU LITTLE RAT-BEHOLD-   

Don't make it too hard. Let him grow and improve.

   I'VE DECIDED NOT TO LET YOU BEHOLD   

...

NO IT ISN'T

There's no mate: she vanished, unfortunately, with nothing left in her wake. However, something is emerging out of the random corpses.

No, has emerged.

In this dilapidated landscape of death and rot, Balboa will see a gigantic face in the distance: it's face is like a white mask, itself shaped like a woman's face, with thin lips, slanted eyes, and a perpetual forlorn look on its face. Curiously enough, there's a mole on the right side of its face. Its skin is milky white, and devoid of flaws, aside from that one mole.

There's golden jewelry around its neck. First off: an enormous golden necklace, cube-shaped, with three red and green jewels encrusted upon it, each the size of a city block or so. The actual necklace is small next to the head, but it still looks towering in the distance, almost the size of a hill. Its wrapped around the head by golden chains, and on the head itself is a golden crown, swirling on top of its head like a towering shellfish. It covers the figure's hair, but only partly. There's some black bangs falling over its face, with quite a few on the necklace itself.

After a little moment, the mask frowns further and sort of tilt its head upwards, so that the corpses on the ground won't sully its precious chin any longer.

Get to the Unsullied. Now.

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#371216: Sep 19th 2022 at 1:47:25 PM

Samsara's spinning multi-slash reaches the Death Knight, greatly damaging his horse's armor and pushing said horse back a fair amount.

Before he can retaliate Nicole's attacks rain down on the Death Knight, and while they elicit a grunt from him in response they don't seem to be nearly enough to overwhelm him. Thankfully him getting knocked back earlier means Samsara isn't in range of Nicole's attack.

Anna is about to fire an arrow, but she notices the Death Knight briefly flashing and realizes that a skill activated.

"Nicole, move!", she quickly calls out right before Counterattack activates, launching an attack back towards Nicole despite the fact that she is far out of range.

At the same time, the Death Knight swings his scythe over the ground and upwards in order to clash with Yuji's downwards kick, said attack again interrupting him before he can aim at Samsara. While the attacks cancel each other out, Yuji's strength still results in the Death Knight getting stunned for a moment. This allows for Yuji's follow-up punch to knock the Death Knight off of his horse. Considering his earlier attempt to knock him off failed to even budge the knight, this result should say enough about the power increase of his attack.

Naturally the Death Knight, being the juggernaut that he is, doesn't take long to get back up.

   "That's what I want... more of that... it's not enough until I stop breathing for good..."   

He's about to move in for an attack, but FE!Defense divebombs him in her Hawk, the attacks leaving gashes in his armor.

All this while Zer0's bullets have continues to hit him, but he didn't seem to react to them. Not until now at least, as the gashes in the Death Knight's armor have weakened his defenses a little, and with the bullets now going even faster they're actually starting to make him flinch. And thanks to that Emi's and Nacho's double combo hit as well, knocking him back into the damaged wall of the fort. Reyna better be careful that she doesn't run into him by accident on her way out.

The Death Knight's horse goes feral though, and starts attempting to ram into people close to it, as well as kick at them.

Selena abandons the battle against Morgan and runs over to Laslow and Odin. Thanks to Carolina's healing pulse they end up surviving the attack, though they're still in little state to battle. While she hates to admit it to herself, Selena is probably one of the weakest people present. As such, figuring she can't really put a dent in the three remaining enemies, she tries to pick up and carry her two comrades in an attempt to maybe get them to safety so that they can all fight another day.

Jake sticks close to her just in case M!Morgan gets the idea to attack her while she's doing this. Stat-wise he can't really compare to the Grimleal child, so this is the most he can do right now.

The debris also strikes Clarisse, who gets knocked off of the building and hits the ground hard enough to outright take her out. She turns back into a card.

"Oh no!", Anna cries out when she sees Takumi, Noire and Clarisse hit the ground. She quickly searches for her Physic staff so that she can help the former two, but to her horror she realizes that her weapons are all she has on her person. Everything else is in the Ballista... thankfully they get taken away by Camilla and Cynthia. Anna prays that they'll be alright.

Travant's wyvern rushes up and gets in Beruka's wyvern's way, blocking her axe with its already wounded wing (since it's useless anyway).

With the pressure on him far less now that only Beruka and Belén are fighting him directly, Travant hops back onto his wyvern, using it more like a horse rather than a flying beast due to its wing injury, and slams Gungnir forward once more, this time to stop Belén's big ball attack.

Despite Travant's disadvantage and lower stats compared to those of the Shepherds, he's evened the battlefield again with only two swings of Gungnir. The Holy Crusader Weapons have definitely earned their reputation, and one can only guess what this power is like in the hands of the Loptyr cult.

Travant is about to have his wyvern charge at Belén to knock her off of the roof as well, but he takes notice of her belly and halts.

   "Are... are you... fighting me while you're..."   

He pauses. The implications of Belén's state leave him very conflicted, visibly so. It takes him a moment to speak up again.

   "The battlefield is not the right place for you. Get out of here."   

Having made his decision, he attacks Beruka instead of the more vulnerable Belén, attempting to reach her by standing on the back of his wyvern and thrusting upwards with Gungnir.

M!Morgan is worried about his wyvern-riding counterpart, though expresses relief when she escapes alive. He still has no idea where this variant came from or why she helped him, but he feels relief all the same.

He now sees Selena running to her friends, and despite his morality his tactical mind is urging him to attack now that she's vulnerable. He doesn't know how to feel about that. Jake gets in the way, but he honestly wouldn't be able to even effectively block a Goetia attack...

Brave Ike drawing his attention proves to be an effective distraction from that, even if it does earn him a punch in the gut. He falls on the ground, though manages to keep his hands on his tome.

Without getting up, he casts Aversa's Night again, attempting to drain Brave Ike of a good bit of health.

Enemy List

Morgan (Grandmaster), Level 20

  • Weapons: Aversa’s Night (15 Might, absorbs HP equal to half damage dealt), Goetia (19 Might)

  • Stats: 76 HP, 27 Str, 55 Mag, 49 Skl, 49 Spd, 50 Lck, 38 Def, 46 Res

  • Skills: Limit Breaker (Heightens your potential (Max stats by 10) ), Dragonskin (Halves damage taken and reduces critical damage. Negates status-inflicting skills, counter skills and insta-kill attacks), Vengeance (Add half of damage taken to attacks), Shadowgift (Allows unit to use Dark Magic without being a Sorcerer), Counter (Direct damage taken is dealt back to the attacker)

Travant (Dragon Master), Level 30.

  • Weapons: Holy Gungnir (30 Might, +10 Str, +10 Spd, +10 Def)

  • Stats: 65 HP, 24+10 Str, 4 Mag, 21 Skl, 18+10 Spd, 6 Lck, 26+10 Def, 6 Res

  • Skills: Pursuit (Chance for a follow-up attack), Nihil (Disables enemy skills), Vantage (Always attacks first)

The Death Knight, Level 20

  • Weapons: Scythe of Sariel (10 Might, 30 Crit), Thoron (9 Might, 10 Crit, 1-3 Range), Death Γ (6 Might, 20 Crit, 1-3 Range)

  • Stats: 72 HP, 49+5 Str, 35 Mag, 30 Dex (Skl), 45 Spd, 27 Lck, 38 Def, 37 Res, 23 Chrm

  • Skills: Murderous Intent (+20 Hit and Crit if user intiates combat), Lancefaire (+5 Might when using a lance), Commander (Halves damage from enemy Gambits and nullifies instant death effects), Distant Counter (Can retaliate against attacks from any distance), Black Tomefaire (Grants Attack +5 when equipped with Black Magic)

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#371217: Sep 19th 2022 at 2:28:34 PM

Nicole immediately weaves to the left, narrowly avoiding being blasted out of the sky by her own deflected attack. She flashes a thankful grin at Anna.

   "Appreciate the heads-up, sweetheart! If ya need me to drop you off anywhere, just let me know!"   

With a fearsome roar, she unleashes an enormous gout of Arcane Fire Breath at the Death Knight.

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Sep 19th 2022 at 3:11:37 AM

Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#371218: Sep 19th 2022 at 2:29:52 PM

Luffy gets grabbed and slammed! HE WAS TAKEN TO CROCODILE PARK! UARGH! Luffy yells out, his eyes bulging out again. Before Neco Arc's sheer raw force, his body is completely folded! There's just the legs sticking out of the ground, but his upper body is neatly crammed into his stomach. Again, what would be horrifying elsewhere is comical on Luffy: he looks merely Super-Deformed, with his flame-like hair vaguely peeking out of his torso.

Hm... I think I get this spoilery power.

gomugomuno Luffy's legs get back on their feet and turn to face Neco, bending slightly, before his upper body stretch and shoot out with the raw force of a bullet! NO KANE! He attempts to headbutt Neco Arc in the stomach to send her flying, and the impact might hit her before his head make contact, black and red lightning appearing in between her and his head right before she's sent flying by an invisible force!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Luffy gets back to normal size and laugh, with his hand on the top of his head. He looks fine, like he's taken little actual damage from the attack, if at all! He doesn't go on the offensive, instead turning around and inflating his butt, before slapping it at Neco's direction. COME AND GET ME! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

What a ridiculous power! It's like regular impacts do not apply damage to him! He's able to convert it into something comical to cause derision!

...

Yuji smiles at having pulled off Black Flash: he wouldn't use such a move on someone he doesn't want to kill, but the Black Knight is a toughie. However, it seems the dragon can handle him for that. He's still processing that particular bit of existence as he contemplates the rampaging horsie. How does he put it down? It's an horse, it's strong, but it's not like it's maliciously attacking everyone present.

How did they do it in the Far West? he thinks to himself, imagining a stereotypical Cow-Boy chasing an horse on foot. He himself charge after the horse, and leap after it, before being struck by a kick and sent flying! An impact that would easily kill a grown man send Yuji reeling, but he comes back up with blood leaking down from his forehead and a groan.

Demon Mode may let Samsara power through attacks with momentum, but when she's currently at a stop, she has no such luxury. A flailing hoof to the face knocks her out of Demon Mode and sends her sprawling, forcing her to take a second to catch her breath. Shit! Hold on! Yuji screams, not caring for his wound after seeing someone in danger.

Don't kill that guy! He says, anticipating that he's going to be needing time with the horsie. We can subdue him! I'll try! Just let me get the horse to the ground! Yuji runs after the equine again, to its right side, and leap tall into the air, attempting to wrap his arms around its neck to take it down to the ground. It's blunt, but it's the best way to at least neutralize the immediate danger to other people. We shouldn't give death to people who crave for it! We should get-aw we're not doing them a favor at all giving them what they want!

Yuji attempts to keep the horse locked on the ground. He tries to keep his lower body away from the horse's mass on landing, then attempts to choke it unconscious, somehow. His strength might actually be ridiculous enough to do just that. Though he prays that he won't kill it, it's a safer bet than punching it in the head.

For once, he'd rather be fighting a cursed spirit, because at least there's no remorse in destroying those!

He shut up for now; yelling in the horse's ear won't do much good to it. He does silently pray that someone can get off a sleep spell for it or something.

God Shadow! Lucina splits into five copies with a swipe of her Falchion, using another technique learned from Domon to surround M!Morgan from all sides in an effort to psych him out! Each Lucina is very much real, too.

Morgan stays at a safe distance from the thick of the action, creeping closer to her male counterpart, but not making a move.

Beruka tries to dodge, and Gungnir ends up piercing the side of her torso, avoiding critical injury. She grunts in pain and agitation, before trying to knock Travant away with a brutish shove of her axe.

Edited by Bolded1 on Sep 19th 2022 at 4:14:59 PM

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ArbiterOfTheBog Parasmagate from The Mortal Realms Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Cast away
Parasmagate
#371219: Sep 19th 2022 at 5:16:59 PM

Tropique Shoreline

Humanity's self destructive tendencies always wowed him. With magic or technology they always found a way to excuse violence on their fellow man. But that was a cruel, and utter finality he knew to be wrong. Mankind was also full of great wonders, which made the death of their empires so tragic.

But he didn't want to admit that. Instead, he continued to listen, and try and be... Well, decent company.

   "If it brings you discomfort, you don't have to answer. But your world didn't really improve once they went extinct, did it?"   


Tiktaq'to's Hell

"It's TIK!TAQ!'TO! NOT TIK YOU DUMB FUCK!"

He circled back around, trying to evade the raining asteroids if solar energy that seemed to singe his scales and his ally's wing membrane. But yet they still qeaved in between the apocalyptic bolts of sunborne radiance. That same radiance turned the land before them into a scene that nearly through Zwuup into a frenzy. Images came through Tiktaq'to's head of the fall, the horror it brought upon the world. The great crevices we're eerily similar to the warp energy crackling through into the mortal realm. A switch turned on, and both unanimously agreed to bring an end to this titan.

As the flew forward, cracked stone chain ebagn to form with Zwuup's claws. A third conciousness arrived on the scene, one so jaw dropping in its might, get condensed like a collapsing star. It was there, offering a protective barrier around the two as they continued their dive towards the abomination. And it passed as soon as a great ornate sphere of marble, ancient stone, lapis, and emerald formed at the end of the chain. Whatever it was, it filled this artefact with a profound sadness so all encompassing, that it singe the air around it.

Though the titan did relent it's full strength, Tiktaq'to and Zwuup did not. And they let go of the chain as they flee straight, pivoting the artifact directly into the giant's chest. And as soon as it exploded: a over-encompassing sadness came forth like a blazing inferno. Though it's light was radiant, the feeling of losing one's children, powerless to stop their slaughter could be felt. A feeling that ached deep to the core of their being, an idea of being ravaged ad those who abuse you laugh, dragging you along with the children you could not save. And it was a feeling that would burn away whoever touched it.

The Sphere of Tepok, was spent. Tiktaq'to knew he couldn't get such a power back, that whatever was in control here worked outside the realms of the arena, and especially his world. He thanked the old ones, but knew he was cornered. So he spoke, rather it be to the titan, or the mastermind behind this cruelty.

"You played a good Asimina. But you left out something..."

He looked down, Zwuup stopping his flight as the creature flew in place, looking up at the distraught Tiktaq'to, who quickly sheathed his sky blade.

"Let me tell you a story. It has romance, duty, and action, so nothing unfamiliar or dull. Of how I came to be. Nothing... Universal. No galaxies I ripped apart of conquered. Just people, doing the wrong things."


Balboa's Hell

Balboa continued to ascend the wall, frantically firing down at himself as he soon swung from one wall to the other. He landed frantically, clambering up the wall side before he was suddenly greeted with an odd mask. A mask that in any other situation he would have found entrancing. A mask that reminded him of something, but for once he could not recall what it was. A princess? A lover? An enemy? A friend? Gold bejewelled, it seemed so out of place amidst the corpses. Alone in a world of rot... Poetic. Greeted by death, carrying a pale face instead of riding upon a pale horse.

And when he got the message to approach it, he didn't do so in a way of a dignified warrior. He moved with the leaping bounds of a street rat, a thief. He clung to shadows, though he knew he was not unseen. He moved silently, though what use was it in a still world. He moved amidst filth, and he did so with such grace the wings of the fallen horde flowed like wind through a field of tall grass. Why the walking stick than? Why the mask? Those were things only Balboa knew. He spoke up to the figure as he walked into the open, knowing this could easily be a trap.

"In my many years, I had never seen anyone put together the image of the world I thought I needed. The world where everything went right. Where I wasn't in the dreaded Stich work of "The Arena", yes?"

He leaned now on his staff, the bloodied shepherd's hook. He held within his hand dirtied feathers and beads, looking up to this being as it observed him as if he were text on papyrus paper, or a cutout on a pop-up book.

"And in any other circumstance, such a mask I would acredit to someone mystique, someone risque. But amidst all this carnage, it is a gross display of ambivalence. Would you agree?"

He held our his arms to the side with his palms facing her and the sky, tilting his head as if he had made a joke and was waiting for it to sink in.

"You know what you said of... My nymphs? I don't even think you know how much that brought me back. So let me tell you a story. One of Nomad turned Cannibal, and the egg she should have crushed."

Edited by ArbiterOfTheBog on Sep 19th 2022 at 5:19:31 AM

Awawa
Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#371220: Sep 19th 2022 at 6:18:57 PM

omegan

Megan measured some options as she rose from her position and darted left, channeling two sustained loops of mana through her legs to give herself some extra agility and speed as she did so. Her control over her own internal mana-flow had bounced back quite impressively once she had re-adjusted to her draconic alterations.

Hoping to heck that this doesn't actually catch the creature's attention, she uses said mana boosting to leap on to the Green Death's near arm, before jump-dashing her way up it's upper body and eventually to its head.


Green Hunt

Sproracles continues dashing across the sand - about 600 feet away now he should reach the battlefield proper in a turn or two.

"FIF BI'DREAM UPTA!" "Five deaths upon you!"

Reyna doesn't quite reach the base of the tail - this fucker is huge, after all - but she lands comfortably on its back. She's able to find a chink in the armor to stick the glaive in, but given how thick it is and how the creature writhes, it's probably a poor idea to leave it in there - the weapon may very well snap the next time it makes a large movement.

Assuming Planetbuster's charge doesn't make a truly sonorous racket, the Green Death is distrated for now - though Varik should still watch out, as a wayward stomp may still spell a horrible death. Megan doesn't quite have that concern, as she bounds her way up its body. This may very well be the safest place for her, assuming she can maintain her balance.

Lutemis's fireball explodes against the Green Death's head, making it recoil momentarily, before turning towards her and Luin.

"BI'DREÁ, REDBLŌD!"

The monstrosity begins to rear up onto its hind legs, slouching, but still reaching a good six hundred feet into the air. Blinking a few times to try to momentarily squelch the excess fluid from its sight, it bellows and blasts another prodigious flare of green fire, this time up at Lutemis: it's poorly aimed, but the heat is so high even a near miss could hurt.

Camp

Glancing over the side of the dune, Noi sighs, before turning back to her own work. Okay... she takes a syringe from the camp supplies (this is a Guild camp, not a generic Monster Hunter one) and with no finesse drives it into one of her arteries. Wincing, she starts to extract... billowing smoke...

/\。。/\
BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#371221: Sep 19th 2022 at 6:29:45 PM

Fort Dawnguard

As Travant approaches her, Belén steps backwards, visibly terrified.

His hammer! If only we could take it off him...

She answers him: I'll never let you destroy this place. Not matter if I am the only one standing.

Belén! You better obey him! We have this!

Nacho's voice can be heard, shouting at her. As Travant attacks Beruka, she nods at Nacho and rushes back to the room.

...

Meanwhile, Nacho and Emi instinctively back off the bewildered horse.

Emi, get to the roof and help Beruka. You, Carolina, just for this battle, has been ascended to Belén! Do something to calm that horse, please.

Emi nods, and In a Single Bound, he leaps to the roof like Superman, trying to tumble Travant out his wyvern! If succesful, he will try to ride it and use it against him...!

Meanwhile, Carolina approaches the horse, and altough she doesn't have a sleep spell, she sings a lullaby for the horse, trying to make it sleep.

And Nacho leaps towards the Death Knight, doing his spinning fans attack against him!

Edited by BombonBombin on Sep 19th 2022 at 8:44:17 AM

Three freaking ghosts!
ReynTheLord Since: Aug, 2017
#371222: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:12:45 PM

Location: Hub Centralis

V1 nods, allowing their literal Microsoft SAM improvised voice program to say "It appears my attempt to avoid any discussion of this technique has been bested."

V1, accessing its data banks, performs a theatrical bow similar to that of another V model machine, saying "Machine ID: V1. One of the few V models In existence."

V1 finally says "If you wish to follow me, you will likely have to keep up with me."

V1 looks at the city starting to wake up, stating "Try to avoid getting blown up while following me."

V1 shuts down their TTS program, and pulls out a shotgun, running down the street, calculating safe distance... then Fucking punches the projectiles launched out of the shotgun, somehow accelerating them and causing an explosion behind v1, a safe distance from their new aquaintance, using this to gain velocity.

V1 lands in a slide, and re enters the air, maintaining the velocity, and gaining a bit more. they return to the ground, rinse and repeat.

On a path right to the bustling city centre. V1 is getting a full tank today lads.

   CURRENTLY PLAYING: MEGANEKO- THE CYBER GRIND- FROM ULTRAKILL   

Arachnos (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#371223: Sep 19th 2022 at 7:52:35 PM

Previous

Ice Queen's draws back her clawed hand for a punch, and it shines with the cold glow of Polaris before she brings it down upon Strongest Cirno's ice tunnel, aiming to pulverize it in a single blow to leave the opponent once again completely open to the full onslaught. If she succeeds, the sheer force of the shockwave as it tears the tunnel asunder might leave Strongest Cirno concussed long enough to be turned into a pincushion by the dragon head, which is still firing ice shards.

Edited by Arachnos on Sep 19th 2022 at 10:53:44 AM

KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#371224: Sep 19th 2022 at 8:54:44 PM

The Pale

Although the ice tunnel has shattered, Strongest Cirno doesn't stop. Her legs and part of her face have frozen over, but she just uses the ice covering her body to absorb the dragon head's shots.

She throws the shards of the tunnel high into the sky, beyond the mist and the clouds, and beams of refracted and amplified sunlight blast down to try and melt Ice Queen Cirno, in addition to blinding her with the light itself. Even if these beams hit the Strongest as well, all she needs to do is keep moving in a straight line...

Next


Green Hunt

Reyna kicks off the Green Death's body, then air-dashes forward to get closer to the middle of its back, performing the triangle jump technique that is a trademark of silly Capcom physics (see Mega Man X).

By the time she reaches stabler "ground", the Green Death has already begun to rise up. She quickly lathers a vial of Devourer Sludge onto the edge of her Insect Glaive before she slides down towards its tail... with a continuous whirling slash all the way down the length of the limb to deal a storm of innumerable cuts. The sludge eats away at all hard matter so thoroughly that most weapons couldn't withstand it... but fortunately, the same person who cooked this up is Reyna's girlfriend, so her weapons are already alchemically treated.


Hub Centralis

"You're on."

Katie digs a foot into the ground, then shoots forward. No fancy momentum-boosting tricks, just kicking off the ground so hard she sends herself flying at Super-Speed. She smashes into and launches off the sides of buildings to keep up her momentum, moving like a zig-zagging lightning bolt and leaving rubble in her wake.


Tropique Shoreline

"I don't know what it was like when humans ruled, that's ancient history. But for me, and my people... it definitely hasn't been good."

Agent 8 looks away awkwardly. "Let's leave it at that."


Intrigue

Alas, the mighty Neco-Arc is sent blasting off by the headbutt with a "NYAGAHHHHH"

vineboom.mp4

what

oh you don't get it

that's real unfortunate

please tell me

"nyagah" sounds like a slur

okay well in that case it's just a "GYAAHHHHH!" I go splash into the sea, the one place I'm safe from Luffy, giving me a chance to bide my time... and call more backup.


Fort Dawnguard

Zer0 keeps his distance from the horse, stopping to reload and let his shields recharge.

Mordecai's own shields have begun to recharge, but he stays back for a little longer.

FE!Defense flies up to avoid the Death Knight's horse, then dives foot-first at it with a devastating clawed kick!

Reyna comes out onto the roof, now wielding the Skyriven Nightfall bow. She shoots a piercing arrow that can rip through its target's body at Travant, then quickly follows it up with another, more powerful piercer.

"If I were you," she taunts, "I'd be letting my wyvern land on the roof and do some of the fighting on its own! Especially on such a narrow space where there's little room to maneuver!"

As obvious a trap as this seems, she actually has no plan other than "make the enemy fight in the way I'm used to them fighting". There's also the fact that her bow plays by Monster Hunter rules, meaning it will only deal increased damage to flying enemies until they land, and she wants more of a challenge. It is, however, inherently effective against dragons like Travant's wyvern, due to its elemental properties.

Brave Ike grunts as Aversa's Night saps his energy again, but when Lucina uses God Shadow, he takes the opportunity to... pull out and chug an Elixir, fully restoring his health.

oh unholy grima why

Edited by KiriK on Sep 22nd 2022 at 9:20:43 AM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#371225: Sep 20th 2022 at 12:31:16 AM

Cecil raises a brow when another Eve takes the basket but assumes its just superhuman speed and his age.

"Kindness or whatever words similar is a tiny fucking result of what sticking to a dream does to a person. Fuck me that sounded corny..... I'll start heading to the hospital after chatting with this guy. Maybe I'll find somethin' new to give."

After responding, he turns to Jenkyov, something clicking in his head which makes his suggestion sound like a good idea. "Some shithead with a few screws loose managed to build a small castle using my bread and it's yet to fall, I'll go try that in the hospital maybe make a kid shit himself from laughter... Or celiac."

"Better have been worth your time." Cecil waves Flandre goodbye.

Edited by BoniniBanana on Sep 20th 2022 at 5:51:19 PM

real

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