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KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#373051: Nov 6th 2022 at 7:06:16 PM

Alt Arena

Boreas makes a bold move.

In a manner not dissimilar to Vanilla Ice's Stand in JoJo Part 3, he opens up his Belly Mouth again and eats Andrew, taking the attacks in his stead. Afterwards, he harmlessly spits out his Driver. Despite being able to shrug off physical harm, he's still exhausted from constantly having to cover for his friend.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
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.
#373052: Nov 6th 2022 at 7:28:13 PM

   "You're funny Mell!"   

It says in response to the final hint, laughing at her. Trickery turns to Speedyboy,

   "Do I need to pay you to figure out your name too?"   

It says with a twisted smile, shooting a hand out toward him that extends to be right in front of his face.

   "Oh, right! Take me to your boss now Mell!"   

Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#373053: Nov 6th 2022 at 7:42:19 PM

Speedeye Boy (not his real name) squawks and ducks behind the deskcounter.

She raises a finger before dropping it.

"Actually, I should finish my work heeere...? The bosses are just back there," she says, thumbing towards a pair of wooden doors in the back of the room. "Just holler."

/\。。/\
ReynTheLord Since: Aug, 2017
#373054: Nov 6th 2022 at 8:16:37 PM

Whiterun, Bannered Mare

A Japanese Man in a Modern white suit enters the Tavern, taking a seat at the bar. While unlike the nords around him, He doesn't appear to be much of a typical warrior, and he does appear relatively young from his face, The Man's definitely a relatively big guy. Six Feet tall, around 88 Kg.

Hints of a Tattoo, still not yet fully colored with ink, can be seen on his back.

The Man calmly waits for a chance to drink, as the surrounding nords give this foreigner odd looks.

As the Bartender comes over, he calmly asks "A beer, please?"

He looks over to William as he waits for his drink.

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.
#373055: Nov 6th 2022 at 8:17:07 PM

Trickery walks up to the wooden doors with a cartoonish confidence strut and knocks, shouting

   "I'm here to sign up!"   

It says, opening the door and stepping into...?

DefRevenge24601 Strongest In History from Beyond The Void (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Strongest In History
#373056: Nov 6th 2022 at 9:03:53 PM

Datascape

Tager: "Indeed."

He follows them in.


Odio

Defense looks up, ready to let the ice take him. Does he have some sort of counter-strategy?

Suddenly, a sort of magical ring appears under him, sucking him out of harm's way.

He pops up, grinning, standing next to the man who created said portal: none other than Dr. Strange.

Defense: "You know, Baldy could have handled this... without my help."

Strange: "Unfortunately for us, there's a sale going on at the moment. We'll have to handle this one on our own. Daggers of Denak!"

Strange tosses up a bunch of decidedly not dagger-shaped rings of magic, firing them at Odio! If they hit, they'll work lie mini Destructo Discs, cutting through him!

Defense zips ahead to Odio.

He channels a Defense previously unseen. A silhouette appears above him of a man clad in climbing gear. The sleeves are torn off, and an odd heat is coming off of his arms.

Defense: "Let's see you take this one!"

Defense simply throws a meaty right hook.

Regardless of what Odio does, if Defense makes contact, the cellular makeup of whatever he touched will start deteriorating, granted said thing is organic.

Edited by DefRevenge24601 on Nov 6th 2022 at 9:40:05 AM

"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"
Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#373057: Nov 6th 2022 at 9:24:13 PM

... A hallway. A little dark, a little dank, but nothing particularly... off, yet.

[][][]

Some kind of fucking turtle with a red shell skids around a distant corner and hustles up to her.

"Yo! Boss said - boss said to give you this?"

He holds out a yellow sharpie and a paper with a quiz on it. Simple personality questions like "do you care about killing in the course of a job" or "do you consider yourself a True Hero" or "assuming you are applying for Membership and not Local Reg., what is your personal goal".

/\。。/\
ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#373058: Nov 6th 2022 at 10:52:02 PM

Terrarian, Dryad, Skull Squadron, Arad, SOLOPOST: A Thunderous Arrival

"No force exists in any world without a cause. These Qurio…Do they serve you, as the planets revolve around the sun?" The woman asked Malzeno, unsurprised at the appearance of a talking dragon, while the Terrarian struggled against the vines even more upon seeing something that surely had some tasty loot for him stored within. She placed her hand on the Lilligant, attempting to send healing energy into her body to close up the wounds sustained in this fight as she could not bear to see a living being as beautiful as this in pain, let alone any.

——

Group 2

When D was done, he grinned and caught up with the rest of the group only to be fired upon immediately by enemy soldiers.

"Shit!" Charlie groaned, the group immediately taking cover, as Dennis threw another of his projectiles into the room. This time, it was an extraordinarily bouncy ball.

What at first seemed useless, like nothing more than a toy, as it bounced about the room it began to pick up momentum and began far deadlier, going from hitting as though it were a baseball to being akin to a large bullet as it violently ricocheted about the room, slowly but steadily losing mass as it went so as to eventually become nothing but dust and not threaten the lives of the allies who may have entered the room once it was cleared due to the group's combined efforts.

Group 3

Arad is bounced back, stunned for a brief moment as a result of forcefully colliding with an invisible force. Thanks to his own shield, it was unable to damage him, but it had also neutralized his shield and left him susceptible to attacks for the rest of this direct interaction.

Arad gritted his teeth (well, he would have if Excalibur Umbra had teeth to grit) as the lightning courses across his Warframe. He began wishing that the Orokin had kept their first electric models as standard issue, but he couldn’t afford to think about what could have been now. He forced himself to focus through the pain, his hunched over body straightening as Laxin unleashed a barrage of swings onto him.

Arad used his own energy blade to block and deflect many of them, but while his reaction time was doing him wonders, there was a pressure placed on him. This was certainly up there amongst the most difficult challenges he had come to face after siding with Grandnova. Arad was so used to battling entire armies and hundreds of thousands of lesser foes, that when it now came time to battle an enemy who was equal, or likely even superior to him, he had been caught off guard.

That same pressure elicited a mistake from him, and the moment he slipped up he was met with an instantaneously cauterized gash across his chest and right shoulder, at least a good two or three inches deep. A howl of pain turned into one of anger as Arad blocked another attack, but went back to the offensive, attempting to deliver a short, sharp punch to Laxin’s helmet. The point wasn't to injure, but rather to open him up to a follow-up attack in which he'd try to stab into Laxin's torso with the weapon, his aim wild meaning he had a much lower chance of hitting anything fatal.

——

Onyxis

Thunder shook the very Earth and the heavens and bolts of lightning tore the sky apart. From the sky, fell the Collector, having challenged the Arena's newest arrival to a battle with his hammer on the line.

He hit the ground with a grunt and a bladeless hilt in his grasp, slowly getting to his feet as a large, powerful man landed with trails of lightning accompanying him.

He ran towards the struggling man, his mighty hammer in his hand as he swung it upwards into the Collector's gut, sending him flying. Having other plans, the God of Thunder grabbed the Collector's leg, stopping his ascent, before slamming him into the ground.

   "What's the matter? Where's all that spunk you had earlier?"    He taunted, lifting Mjolnir as lightning bolts streaked from the sky and into the hammer. Before he could strike, though, a massive blade erupted from the Collector's hilt and struck Thor, knocking him back as the Collector stumbling back up, clutching a wounded arm.

   "You just gonna sit there and talk…Or are you gonna fight me?"    He shakily taunted back, as Thor roared with anger and threw his Mjolnir forwards at the same time as the Collector sent his own weapon spinning through the air. The two collided, stuck in place, as their users charged forwards and engaged in a fist fight. The Collector ducked underneath Thor's initial, blow, striking three times in rapid succession with no result. The god grappled the Collector, lifted him, and threw him into the ground, falling to his knees on top of him as he delivered punch after earthshaking punch at the Collector's helmet, furiously finding his own attacks to be futile against the indestructible mask. Just as the man was about to quip about Thor's apparent lack of wits, however, the god changed targets, instead focusing on the Collector's chest. He lifted both arms, lighting accumulating in his hands and streaking across his biceps, before coming down on the Collector's torso armor and instantly shattering almost his entire rib collection. The mortal howled in pain as Thor wrapped five fingers around the Collector's helmet and stood, throwing the man into the two collided weapon and knocking them both from their stalemate.

But while the Collector's blade fell to the ground, Mjolnir returned to Thor's hand with a snap, and the God of Thunder charged towards the Collector, who jad landed some fifty feet away and lay on his back.

   "You wanted Thor, you got him! Shaft, tip, and all!"   

As Thor leapt into the air, his hammer over his head, the mortal attempted to recall his own blade but he was too late. It sped to his hands, but Thor arrived first, bringing the hammer of the gods down onto the insolent mortal man, an eruption of lighting and heat decimating every tree and structure for miles around. When the smoke cleared, nothing remained but a crater and Thor himself, laughing to himself as he looked down on the three foot thick ashen ground upon which he stood. Somewhere in there, Thor was certain, were what little remained of the Collector.

Edited by ISZATSO on Nov 6th 2022 at 10:53:39 AM

With great power…you know the rest.
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.
#373059: Nov 6th 2022 at 11:51:31 PM

Trickery's gaze scans the hallway as the turtle approaches, looking down at the reptile when it puts out the personality quiz. Trickery grabs the highlighter and paper, narrowing its eyes at the questions. Letting out a strange sigh the eldritch entity raises the highlighter and starts to fill out the quiz.

Do you care about killing in the course of a job

   No   

Do you consider yourself a True Hero

   Sure   

Assuming you are applying for Membership and not Local Reg., what is your personal goal

   Dethrone false gods and rid existence of true demons.   

After filling out the rest of the questions, Trickery extends the piece of paper to the turtle. Trickery crushes the highlighter in its hand, looking down at the reptile.

   "You should really tell your boss yellow is an ugly color."   

Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#373060: Nov 7th 2022 at 12:10:29 AM

"I'll uh, be sure to tell him, dude." There's no fucking way he's telling his yellow boss that.

And thus once he retrieves the quiz dost he pull into his shell, before ricocheting back down the hallway. Moments later a similar turtle with a black shell comes in from the opposite side, holding a little tablet and a little laminated nametag thing.

"Okay dude, this is a new little thingie called a 'nametag'. You can take it by that fat guy at the desk and he'll put some words on it. Also here's this weird magic card thingie that connects to the board outside and lets you see what's up? And lets you see who co-workers are and stuff. Cool beans?"

/\。。/\
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.
#373061: Nov 7th 2022 at 12:53:37 AM

   "Lemme guess, your boss is a yellow painted turtle."   

Trickery jokes, laughing as the next turtle approaches. Listening to the rundown, the eldritch entity turns its head back toward the door. It assumed, of course, Speedyboy was the one the turtle had meant. Grabbing the laminated nametag and the tablet, Trickery turns to leave.

   "Cool. Beans."   

It says, starting to walk away.

shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#373062: Nov 7th 2022 at 3:37:08 AM

Reprium with Reimu

"That does sound pretty unfair." Marisa noted, though gears were already turning in her head. "Well at the very least I'd want to meet whoever makes you tilted, hehe."

"Besides, you know me. I always like seeing other magic users to get 'inspiration' from." Marisa said, winking with a cheeky smile. So much for not being a thief.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#373063: Nov 7th 2022 at 5:17:22 AM

Gor's cast seemingly works tenfold effective than it should, akin to the effects of drunkenness lagging behind. The alcohol is spiked with magic, as he runs over to take a another drink William suddenly fucking collapses on the ground. He quickly gets up, his vision blurred and speech slurred — although it doesn't change much since he stutters anyway. Muttering to himself. "This you doing, B-Bacchus? Sucellos? Why am I asking this- you guys died to them too."

The people are mildly concerned at William suddenly going from 100 to 0 in an instant. But he himself isn't, in fact it just put him in a really good mood.

"Who spiked what with this drink?! I'll take more!"

The bartender passes a beer over to Kiryu as he also passes a pint of pure fucking ethanol to William. Which he starts downing.

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Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#373064: Nov 7th 2022 at 5:41:45 AM

Gor notices Kiryu, but is moreso intrigued by William and what he has to say. It's not even angry at the outcome: instead amused at something it couldn't predict. There's boons to being bound again, after all. But for now, it decides to keep lowering his tolerance, because it just happen to find that a funny thing to do to him.

It downs a drink of strawberry juice as it does, and a nearby bargoer notices that, although he first begin to tap his buddies about the arms to warn them of this.

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
#373065: Nov 7th 2022 at 8:58:38 AM

Data Battle - Vs. Daycare Attendant and DJ Music Man

As they enter into the battle arena, they see the Daycare Attendant in Sun form accompanied by DJ Music Man. DJ Music Man plays a new battle song for the occasion.

Killing Two Birds Anticipation

As the quieter, ominous track plays, Data Music Man simply projects sonic blasts from his mouth in time to the beat of the chanting, changing targets with every shot. Meanwhile, Sun chases after Fallen Sunny, trying to grab him.

Charlie dodges the sound waves, circling around until she sees a pause in Data Music Man's pattern on which to capitalize. She promptly rushes towards Music Man's underside and tries to stab into him from below with a claw.

Fallen Sunny grumbles in annoyance at having to dodge both projectiles and an entire enemy. Eventually he just gives up and lets Sun grab him.

Balan flies through the air, weaving around Data Music Man's blasts, before striking back with a simple bolt of light.


Vs. Odio

Odio jumps off the ice block a moment before it shatters. In midair, he uses Mirrored Strike, spinning his sword to deflect most of the projectiles, even the Daggers of Denak thanks to his own magical potency infused into his blade. A number of the shots still get through and strike him, but that's what armor is for. And hey, the sword's protecting his head.

Still channeling Odie O'Bright, he performs the Diving DDO technique, infusing himself with dark lightning as he descends, trying to wrap his arms around Nicole's head and land with a DDT that creates an explosion of dark energy on impact to hit the others as well! Even if he misses the grab, the landing will still create a threatening blast of malevolent electricity.

And then the orange butterfly flutters toward him. Ain readies a blast from her weapon, but she stops, vaguely recognizing it and waiting to see what will come of it.


Neuff vs. Katre

Katre vomits blood as the initial punch digs into her stomach. She is hammered by numerous blows. She didn't go all-out until it was almost too late, and now she's stuck at a disadvantage.

Still, she manages to stay on her feet. Katre tries to grab Neuff by the wrists, jump up, dropkick her in the face, then, while still holding on, drop back down and slam her into the ground with another explosive impact. And another vision.

    Thor, Nicole, Airy, and Dedede VS. Katre, Troa, and Thouzer 

Katre straight up grabs Stormbringer (and her hand, while wounded, withstands the blade) and when she gets discharged, she laughs, even as it does kind of hurt her. She attempts to headbutt Thor, and then attempts to hit him with a thousand super-fast punches all over his upper body, head and arms.

"Deut will hate you so much! Oh, and what about Ain? Poor Ain! Worked so hard! And you undo her life's work just for KICKS!"

Edited by KiriK on Nov 7th 2022 at 11:18:45 AM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
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
#373066: Nov 7th 2022 at 9:45:16 AM

EB

"Alright, lemme go over the ideas one by one... First of all, delivery. We could have it all across Centralis, as long as we don't distract the usual traffic. Should I put in stunts or just have robots walk around and try to catch you off-guard? I'd have to fiddle with some variables, but that's no issue."

Icarus virtually examines a blueprint of the Battlegrounds. A whole city probably wouldn't fit into the place, but setting up some obstacles around Centralis wouldn't be too difficult.

"Second, pendulum saws or firethrowers aren't available here, because we don't want any casualties. We could, however, make the race track shift... You know, add or remove obstacles... no, that could be unfair... hm."

He pauses to think for a moment.

"Something to train stunts, evasive maneuvers... I think I'll try to figure that out along the way. As for the boss, the Battlegrounds here have some preset bosses, and barely anyone has used them yet. Maybe I could interest you in those?"


Patrol Vessel

Icarus tries his best to map the space as he goes. Maybe, if he'll ever build more infrastructure for entities that rely on oxygen, he'll use this place as inspiration.

"Hm. How reliable are your history records, concerning mages? Surely not all mages can be as destructive as you make them out to be, right?" Surely, one destructive mage doesn't warrant genocide?, he thinks.


17h22m8s, 44°27'43.3'', 15pc from the Arena (assuming 0h0m0s to be at the bridge between Centralis and Astil)

Aldebaran β is a G-type star somewhere in deep space. It is being orbited by five planets: a tidally locked desert planet whose soil is rich in copper oxide and shimmers green, if it's not on the day side and boiled at over 800°K; a gas giant not unlike Jupiter, a planet with strong volcanic activity and a very hot sulfuric atmosphere, and two ice planets - one with frozen water, the other with frozen carbon dioxide. The whole system has no organic entities or robots which live in it.

Today, though, that last part changes - as a small, harmless-looking probe arrives and gets caught up in the orbit of the water ice planet. Detecting harvestable resources, it starts to unfold itself into a bigger and bigger space station, and soon after, a lander makes contact with the icy soil and starts mining for iron...

The Dark Fog has arrived.

Edited by StepexNo2 on Nov 7th 2022 at 7:20:29 PM

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#373067: Nov 7th 2022 at 10:00:51 AM

Cassidy looks somewhat weirded out, perhaps even intimidated.

"Okay, I haven't ever seen those ones before-ah!"

Switching to Golden Freddy, she fades into the ground to avoid DJ Music Man's sonic blasts. She reappears not near her attacker, but near Sun instead. She turns back into the Princess and attempts to slash at him from behind.

If successful, she'll briefly glitch and receive an extra point to her max HP.


Billy quickly moves aside to let them in, looking up at Thor and Iris curiously as they enter the house. When Thor offers his hand, he politely shakes it.

"Um-hi, I'm Billy. Nice to meet you, Mr. Thor.", he responds. He then looks at Iris, who smiles gently and pats him on his head.

"Hello! I'm Iris.", she introduces herself. Wanda may vaguely remember Iris as one of the people who helped fight the Cyber Angels back during the final battle.

As for Tommy, he takes advantage of Pietro's moment of weakness pause and snatches the pizza away from him again. Though he also stops running once he actually hears Pietro talking to someone other than Billy or Wanda.

"Huh? Visitors?"

"And that's Tommy.", Billy says while pointing to him. Tommy instantly runs up to him.

"Hey, I wanted to introduce myself!"

"And I wanted you to make less noise earlier.", Billy says, sticking his tongue out at him.

"They seem lively.", Iris chuckles, after which she looks at Wanda.

"Ah, um, I remember fighting on the same side as you a few times. It's nice to properly meet you.", she says, looking and sounding a lot more nervous than with Billy. Not in a suspicious way, but rather a 'about to meet someone and really hoping that you'll get along with this person' kind of way.

The Deliderp, meanwhile, peeks out from behind Thor's and Iris' legs and waves with its little penguin flippers.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#373068: Nov 7th 2022 at 10:18:17 AM

Lucas takes a seat by the helm and motions Icarus to do the same.

"Records of humanity prior to the Fortunate Sun star system's discovery are few and far between, they are kept in the hands of the state. Mages tend to kill themselves and their parents by mistake upon birth thanks to magic, prematurely neutering this prevents it. Which unfortunately means delayed abortions if they cannot get the devices on time. I am no doctor, mind you, I only oversee the duties performed by them."

He lacks any tone in what he's saying, only stating them as how he sees it.

"As the saying goes, beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."

Edited by BoniniBanana on Nov 8th 2022 at 2:18:44 AM

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Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#373069: Nov 7th 2022 at 10:28:07 AM

Neuff says nothing as she gets grabbed and slammed by Katre, her face twisting in joy beneath her sister's raw power. The ground falls apart for miles, as the rock and dust beneath her cease existing, leaving Neuff to seemingly fall apart into a large crater, with no depth visible even for their awesome eyes. And their fight has now reached such resonance that they can connect on contact alone, Neuff needing not to hit back to do so.

Still, she begins to fall, slowly, apparently defeated: her eyes are totally blank.

'In the final memory, Ninth is standing somewhere in a cold shack, deep in the remote wilderness of the planet she's exiled herself to. Her crops need her help, and she feels like she should be going over to take care of these plants, but she remembers her troubled encounter with Katre. Olivia, as they call her, but forever Katre for her.

She can't help but have contempt for that face, that smug apologetic look, almost taunting her. And yet she knows that it's her own hatred speaking, and that Olivia is innocent of the crimes carried out by another version of herself. That the chances of "slipping" are far lesser compared to before, so there's no reason to worry. But she can't quell her own hatred within herself.

To bury it would be counter-productive, it'd reemerge stronger than ever, down the line. What she needs is to convert that hatred into something. To canalize it, perhaps. And maybe ensure Olivia's obvious self-loathing likewise goes with it. Give them both the space to express their full wrath and loathing, like an enormous fire, left free to rage on for as long as it can, until it runs out and die down.

The chances are great that the fire could consume one of them, or the two of them, but...

punch fight now

But worth it, right? Neuff says, stopping in mid-air. Her arms to the side, she snaps forward, a cocky smile on her face. Let's just have a fight for fun, Olivia! No holds barred! Give it your absolute best shot! And don't you dare hold back! Says Ninth, holding back just long enough to give Olivia the time to heal, until both are back to peak form.

Enough melodrama! Let's have fun, sis! Neuff says, dashing at Katre. She forgets all about combat skills, or Sisters, or the Arena, or Odio. All that matters is that she's laughing like she did way before, throwing a flurry of punches that high-grade machinery would explode trying to compute. She becomes but a ray of light, vanishing from sight entirely as she completely loses herself in the joy of the fight, throwing punches that would have Sarah reeling casually.

All that matters is having fun. Fun. Fun!

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
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
#373070: Nov 7th 2022 at 10:42:11 AM

Delayed abortions, huh.

"I've had different, much more pleasant experiences with magic so far..."

Icarus pauses to think of examples. There's Marisa from Touhou, but beyond that... he really should've informed himself better. He briefly increases his brain simulation speed, digging through his memory in search of a good example.

"Take for instance Sarah here."

He taps the side of his face screen, which now displays an image of Sarah at the Exotic Battlegrounds, just before her solo fight against a horde of robots.

"I'd consider her a mage - she can do some really weird things with her weapon, and her abilities in general. And yet, she's a decent human being - she shows respect, and she's willing to train with one of the visitors of the Exotic Battlegrounds."

The image switches to the Church of Gor, right in the middle of the warp storm. Several figures encased in magical auras are standing outside and going against the invading warp monsters.

"To be fair, I'm unfamiliar with this faction, but I don't doubt their good intentions! There's a whole bunch of mages there, and I don't doubt they've been properly trained to handle their abilities."

The image switches to Icarus' cyclops eye again.

"So yeah, why kill mages when you can train them? They'll surely be thankful and return the favor."

Oops, that was a slip-up.

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#373071: Nov 7th 2022 at 11:01:41 AM

"Sarah Tripadora, I am familiar with her. We sparred over there and managed to break the training room on accident. It was a pleasant experience in the infirmary. Lucas points to the gateway. "Do not mistake the explanation of my heartland's condition for my personal experience with magic. Ranking is irrelevant in the face of bureaucratic red tape, which likely explains Emma's disobedience in the lens of going above the call of duty."

Lucas then pauses at the suggestion of training a mage, which would be common sense as to why they do not do it, but considering Icarus, he explains. "There is generational knowledge that has been lost throughout the ages. Magic can be akin to archery as it is to the rifleman. It is simply easier to remove magic and train them to use a gun or microscope."

Edited by BoniniBanana on Nov 8th 2022 at 3:04:17 AM

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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
#373072: Nov 7th 2022 at 11:10:12 AM

Something's definitely off here. Don't humans usually show more curiosity than that?

"You guys haven't been keeping records? Or made new research on magic? There's no harm in doing research, who knows when you'll come across something useful. Hell, I would definitely be willing to invest my time in researching magic."

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#373073: Nov 7th 2022 at 11:23:55 AM

Nicole immediately flies back as Odio descends upon her, narrowly avoiding a repeat of Derak's RKO outta nowhere as she unleashes her since-charged Arcane Blast in retaliation. Regardless of whether or not her attack lands, however, the subsequent burst of electricity knocks the Arcane half-dragon out of the sky and sends her crashing to the ground.

   "Argh... so, we've lost the heaviest hitters, Ain's still holding back, and he's too pissed off to be put down. I'm starting to think stepping in here might've been a mistake..."   


Thor can't help but chuckle at Tommy and Billy, their bickering reminding him of the squabbles he and Loki often had growing up on Asgard.

"If only Loki were here to witness this for himself," he muses. "However, what I've come to discuss might be too dangerous for the lads."

Wanda nods in understanding, and her gaze flickers to her brother and sons.

"Tommy, Billy, go with Uncle Pietro. I think he might've bought you that new video game you've been begging him for," she says.

As if on cue, Pietro moves to gently usher his nephews into the room where he and Tommy had been playing DDR.

"And no trying to sneak past me to eavesdrop on them, okay? I know you're both at least thinking about it."

Once the boys have been successfully escorted away, Wanda raises an eyebrow at Iris, having noticed how uneasy she appeared to be.

"Why are you so nervous? I'm not planning to summon a shadow monster and tear its head off right in front of you," she says. "Thor, what have you and Loki been telling her about me?"

Thor raises his hands defensively.

"Don't look at me, Lady Maximoff. I've only ever advocated for your trustworthiness," he protests. "But let's not dawdle any further. We have far more important matters to attend to."

He gestures to the Deliderp.

"Bird, show her the reason for our visit."

DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#373074: Nov 7th 2022 at 11:34:48 AM

"Huh? But the bell sound-"

"We'll look for a bell later, let's go play!", Tommy says, grabbing his brother's hand and speeding into the other room. Once inside they turn to Pietro, with Tommy smiling somewhat mischievously.

"We won't.", he says while glancing at Billy, who glances back at him. Clearly the two are silently formulating a plan in a way only siblings can.

Although Billy then goes to sit down on the ground while Tommy starts looking around for the aforementioned game, neither of them trying to even get close to the door. Billy has his eyes closed and is rubbing his temples a little. Maybe he's having another headache.

-

"Sorry, it's more so because of the situation than anything.", Iris says. The Deliderp then hops out from behind the two and digs the Staff of Navitus out of its tail.

Of course, of note is that Iris is not wearing the necklace right now, having it stashed in the same bag she keeps the mirror in. Since she knows Wanda was there during the Cyber Angels and thus probably saw her wear it, she'd fear her putting two and two together if they tell her that it's also a Navitus artifact. And even if they don't tell her anything, it might react to the Staff and that could give away the game too.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#373075: Nov 7th 2022 at 11:43:09 AM

"Whaaaaat, no! He's a yellow... thing..."

Whatever. Black spins off back into the depths of the building.

As Trickery moves back, she may get the feeling that she's being watched. Not that she's in danger in any way, but that she's being observed by something. Judged by a presence that permeates this place.


"..."

Reimu fiddles with her gunhei, until a little thingy pops out - looks like a communicator module. Beep boop doop...

"Hey. ... Are you free? ... Wha-IT'S REIMU. ... You only know ONE Reimu. ... Ha ha, congrats, you got me. I DID think you were that dumb. Are you busy or not? ... You can get someone else to do that. Come on."

She clicks up, sealing the communicwhatever away.

"Okay, he better be here soon."

/\。。/\

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