"Well, if I can speak for my counterpart, which I think I should be allowed to do considering when I had to fight you...", Berdly interjects.
"I don't like seeing you sad, Noelle. Maybe you can't forget about what happened, but you don't have to."
He smiles a little.
"Now, we all know I'm pretty intelligent, so I have no doubt that the other me must have noticed that something was going awry with you and Kris. So despite what ended up happening... I think this other me would have found relief if he knew you managed to get out of that situation. Even if it changed you as a person."
He opens his wings for a hug, but he doesn't move in for one. He lets her decide.
"If you really want to make up for what happened, then I know exactly what you should do. You should at least try to entertain the idea that you do deserve to be happy."
"As For Us, If We Ever Find Whoever Was Using Kris To Hurt You"
LMAO
"They Will Get An Exclusive And Unrefusable Swim In The Acid Pool"
"And Then We Will Enact The Sacred Psons Tradition"
"Where We Then Remove The Stairs So That They Have No Way Out"
"Ohohohohohoho"
Ennard does not have enough time to react and they find themselves getting launched into the nearest wall at mach speed, part of their mask cut into due to the sawblade.
The three boys stop right in their tracks and pause, looking at the now hole in the wall.
"... whoa."
Cassidy then suddenly emerges, phasing through another wall.
"Hey, what's going on with all this noise?", she groans, looking a little grumpy. However, she halts when she sees the two Gregorys.
"... huh?", she asks, raising an eyebrow. Ennard starts to climb back out of the wall, pissed.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.War for Mead
"Clownface" is blown away by the shockwave, but shortly after he stands again with a leap.
You will not interrupt such a good song!
He pulls a lot of smaller rings from his bag, forming with them a chain, with which attempts to whip Momoshiki and interrupt their ritual.
Bakalor.SUS
Dr. Kawashima's face is ripped by lots of tendrils.
Does my devilish powers not suffice to beat him...?
He retreats to a lone place within the battlefield, covering himself with a darkness cocoon...
Bots
Chuma pushes Chumi back, shielding him against the PK Fire β, but getting her hurt.
With a loud roar, and with her fur still on flames, Chuma attempts to grab the attacking robot, and if successful, throw it against a nearby rock.
Hub Centralis
We arrived!
Blippi and Juca jump into the alley, standing in the very same pose depicted in my avatar.
So, you must be Sempai's boyfriend...
And he must be Sempai! I think we arrived a bit late!
I knew we shouldn't stop at that 7-11!
Are you ready, Juca?
They put on their dukes at the same time.
Edited by BombonBombin on Apr 15th 2023 at 11:23:53 AM
Three freaking ghosts!Ruined Pinnacle
After Rumia's shadow arms did their shadow thing, Vulkaros found that there was an unfortunate amount of empty space between his jaws and their target, so he decided to fill that space with more of the green flames. However, before he could cast the fire, Lutemis' hulking form slammed into him from the side and knocked him away. It was but a minor inconvenience, but still enough to prevent Rumia from getting burned. As Lutemis rammed against the dragon, Luin leapt from her mount's back and onto the dragon's, stabbing at it with a knife but struggling to keep her grin when Vulkaros began to thrash his limbs about with the intent of destroying anything in the immediate area.
——
Other Dragon Fight With Luin, In The Other Really High Monster Hunter Area
Luin glanced up at the Deoxys clone and for a moment hesitated, wondering if this was friend or foe. She took the fact that it didn't attack her as a good sign, and grabbed her weaponry
from the saddle, whispering something into the unconscious Rathian's ear as she reluctantly left her behind to ensure whatever it was in those clouds couldn't hurt Lutemis further.
At last she saw the sky serpent descending from the darkness of the night to target one of the others here, a sizable machine. Dashing forwards, Luin attempted to jump onto the robot and use it as a springboard so that she could leap off of it, making an effort to land on the back of the massive dragon.
Meanwhile, in the saddle, the young Larvitar snuck out from a wooden "sidecar", snarling as he tried to understand what the flibbity freak was goin on here.
Edited by ISZATSO on Apr 16th 2023 at 5:42:38 AM
With great power…you know the rest.Rayquayquay
Rumia let go and dropped to the ground as Lutemis slammed into Vulkaros. She then grabbed her scythe and made to throw it at him while he was thrashing around, aiming to have it land blade first on him. While she managed the throw, she got a bit too close and got smacked for her efforts, knocking her on her back.
"Ow..." she mumbled on the ground.
Pinnacle that is Ruined
"Hey I ain't no footstool!" the pilot grumbles at Luin as instead of dodging she aims to intercept Rayquaza's charge with the big red claws of the machine. The reason for their garish colors soon becoming obvious to anyone here with monster hunter knowledge like Reyna as Dragon Element energy surges from any connecting strikes.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."Raymond Quazar
With Rayquaza's attention on the robot pilot, it doesn't notice Reyna's attack and thus the pellet hits. The bites do get its attention though, and it starts to unleash some gales around itself in an attempt to blow them off.
However, Steelix's attack sets off the powder and causes an explosion, surprising and stunning Rayquaza. It stops moving as a result, and while this prevents the robot's plan from working, it does allow Luin to land on Rayquaza's back with ease.
The Deoxys clones return to their main body as the alien Pokemon changes forms to its neutral form. It then begins to unleash a psychic wave at Rayquaza, attempting to hold it into place. But this only serves to infuriate Rayquaza even further, and suddenly flames start to form around parts of its body, especially around its head. Luin will have to be careful with where she's standing/holding on as to not get burnt.
Suddenly looking very alarmed, Deoxys changes back to Speed form and flies up rapidly, knowing what's about to happen and wanting to avoid it. As for everyone else on the ground...
well, let's hope they can deal with this themselves.
The flames around Rayquaza suddenly form into a V shape, after which Rayquaza slams itself into the ground to unleash a massive explosion of flames around it, aiming at everyone near it (so at everyone who isn't Deoxys, Lutemis or Larvitar).
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Raymond Quazar
"Oh come on!" the robot pilot grumbles as she whiffs her strike. She then yelps and not only jets backwards but also summons a big wave of water between her robot and Rayquaza's V-Create to hopefully protect herself. If successful she then fires some actual explosives missiles at the big snek. If not then well shit she's busy running damage control.
HUB CENTRALIS
"Is that our cue?"
"As good as any with these amateurs."
At that point they can hear the sound of someone's roof tilings being ruined as a giant insectoid robot
◊ and a robot bat
◊ the size of a man descend into the alley, though the former has a bit more trouble fitting than the latter.
"Alright stubbies, step aside so we can squish the blue beeping guy." says Bombshell the beetle robot.
"Yes, we're only paid for one target so no point wasting time on the rest of you." Ratbat adds, the bat already readying his lasers.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."Nidhoggr groans as Rei takes shelter behind it, coiling tighter and using Iron Defense again in an attempt to shrug off the damage. To be fair, it is extremely high level, well-trained, and an Alpha beast.
On the other hand, V-Create is super duper effective and Rayquaza is a motherfucker when it comes to Atk.
Well, you know what they say! 252- Atk Choice Band Rayquaza V-create vs. +4 252 HP / 252+ Def Steelix: 86-102 (24.2 - 28.8%) — 98.3% chance to 4HKO
"よい."
/\。。/\Hub Centralis
Sinister bell resonates with another...
A small insidious bell tolls from nowhere, really, around the gathering...
No time to ask any questions no time to make sense of what's going on, the Bloodborne hunter rolls in from nowhere, scythe in hand, pink glasses and collar-mask making her general expression or even where she's looking highly unclear at the moment, so she could attack anyone soon enough really.
Adversary Bloodborne Hunter has arrived.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterSenpai takes a step back, scowling. As much of a foolish fool as he is, it's clear he's outnumbered.
"This disgusting little creature isn't MY boyfriend, fools!" he shouts at Blippi. "It's just his horrible name!"
Boyfriend laughs and gives flips the bird, which only makes his angry hesitance become angry recklessness.
"I'LL FOOT THE BILL, JUST GET RID OF THEM ALL!" he shouts, sweeping a hand in front.
FIGHT!
Senpai Smackdown ~ Bara no Yume (Plus) (Instrumental)
With practically zero warning, Tahjin
bursts out of the darkness of one of the alleyways, nearly decapitating Boyfriend right then and there. He yelps and ducks - not that he needed to, because the blade elemental's attack is immediately intercepted by a sudden WEISS SCHNEE's blade, albeit with some difficulty.
"Tch! Sorry I'm late!"
Team Status
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Edited by Rbade on Apr 16th 2023 at 3:07:05 AM
/\。。/\Hub Centralis alleys
So... Is Boyfriend his actual name!?
The duo would have bursted into laughs if weren't by the sudden appearance of Tahjin and Weiss...
And Juca glances at the girls gathered: Weiss, Addison, the Hunter, Melia (?)...
Juca, don't get distracted! Let's go!
Juca shakes his head, and along Blippi, he rolls and attempts a synchronized double kick at the most accesible target: that is, the sinister looking Hunter.
Garota, if we win, you'll go to a date with me!
...
Meanwhile, the girl from before looks from the entrance of the alley.
There are they. Targets found.
Edited by BombonBombin on Apr 16th 2023 at 8:19:13 AM
Three freaking ghosts!Ray Liotta
"Hothothothot SHIT" Luin found herself burned by the Rayquaza's fire, the heat painful as she slid away from the hotspots and just barely continued to hang on, stabbing at the creature's back repeatedly with her blade. This new Gore Magala armor was superior to her old Rathian armor in almost every way, but damn if she didn't miss the fire resistance of it.
When the dragon slammed into the floor of the arena, the impact sent Luin flying off of the beast and onto her back, hitting the ground near Lutemis with an umpth.
Stepping over her and outside of his fucking bag where he should have been, Luin saw with shock as Landslide squawked out a few baby roars at Rayquaza, instantly following them up with a Hyper Beam aimed at the draconic foe that he had learned from the CD the weird blue haired lady gave to Luin.
With great power…you know the rest.AoU!Noelle gazes hesitantly at Berdly's offer of a hug. Eventually, she looks away and closes her eyes. "I... appreciate it."
Normal!Noelle sighs in relief.
"For now, we'll be on good terms. But you'd better stay out of Gravitas's business, or that could change."
"Who?"
"Don't."
Bedman's? visible electric malfunction starts to intensify.
call 0x$1.00
But then it rears up, its grisly exposed eye flashes with cyan light, and the sparks reduce in intensity, seemingly delaying whatever would've happened, as it watches Ennard.
"Don't worry about the Gregs!" Charlie yells to Cassidy. "The spirits are after you! We need to get outside, now!"
"It's more dangerous outside!" Delilah says, aware of another danger just as she was aware of Ennard well before they showed up.
"I dunno what that means, but we also have more room to move outside!"
Baiken promptly turns to the wall to her left and starts slicing through it with her sword, though it seems like it may take some time.
Reyna recalls her Kinsect, receiving orange defense-boosting extract, then turns around and hurls a Wirebug into the air, slingshotting herself away from Rayquaza's V-Create.
Upon landing, she sends the Kinsect out directly with no pellet, aiming for Rayquaza's head. This bite will not leave any powder, but it will let Reyna get her hands on either white (speed) or red (attack) extract.
That is, if it hits, because the Kinsect flies in a straight line instead of homing in on Rayquaza.
Addison spawns a sword and shield for themselves, advancing upon Tahjin. If he turns to face them, they'll swing their shield to try and parry whatever attack he throws out, but if he doesn't, they'll go for a jumping overhead slash.
Edited by KiriK on May 13th 2023 at 12:03:57 PM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Hub Centralis alleys
"Hmph, it's your money." Bombshell said before transforming into his giant robot rhinoceros beetle mode. The Insecticon then charges at their main target (and anyone unfortunate enough to be in his path), aiming to either gore him on his horn or simply knock them out of this irritating confined space. Ratbat meanwhile let out a screech as he takes to the air, firing twin laser blasts at Weiss while she's distracted.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."HUB CENTRALIS
The Hunter wait at the last moment and expertly roll out of the way of the attack, deciding that guarding would be foolish. But so is fighting in an alley where the odds are lesser for dodging.
Deciding to use that instead, she take swipes with her scythe, attempting to hit the twins and nearby allies with wide skillful slashes of her weapon. Although she is basically spamming Attack! Attack! Attack! as a tactic, she uses her range well and know her weapon's range like the back of her hand, keeping a fair distance as she attacks.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterHub Centralis
"Manifest yourself!" shouts Melia, giving her staff a twirl. Three balls of jolting, shocking electric ether manifest above her, one of eight types of "elemental" available to her. Each individually provides a roughly 15% increase to ether/magic damage for all of Melia's allies in this fight. At a total of 45%, that's... a lot of extra.
Now, Melia ain't exactly agile by trade, but she's learned a lot in (unknown) years, so The Hunter's big sweeping scythe swings are not unavoidable for her. With the benefit of ethereal wings summoned up behind her as a casual consequence of preparing to fight, Melia can jump back and over the attacks and float right back down about a dozen feet further away each time. Doesn't seem like she's about to slip up.
"Summon... copy!" she then says, giving her staff another twirl. Three further electric ether "elementals" manifest above her, increasing her and her allies's magic/ether damage by a further 45%, to a total of 90%- though it is at this point that I should mention there's a limited radius to these buffs. It roughly covers the surrounding area, but not beyond, harshly cutting off outside that particular radius.
Still, 90%? That's not a number to sneeze at. Shame it's only a rough estimate. Should be more than that for weaker individuals and less than that for stronger ones.
Yatta!Thankfully the wave of water is enough thanks to the power of V-Create being used for a wide range attack instead of a focused one.
The robot pilot's missiles hit dead on, resulting in a shriek from the beast before it starts to ascend again. Good thing that Luin got flung off or she'd be in a dangerous position right now.
It doesn't get up too high though, as despite its speed it flinches while going up. The pointed rocks left by Steelix's attack dig into it and cause it pain.
Unfortunately the Kinsect will miss this time around due to Rayquaza's frantic spasms, which are how it reacts to said pain after flinching.
Then Landslide's Hyper Beam strikes Rayquaza... not doing enough damage to make that much of a difference, but doing enough damage to get its attention. Basically, the worst possible outcome.
Without even a single warning or second of foreshadowing, it suddenly fires a Hyper Beam at Luin, Lutemis and Landslide. Thankfully for them though, Deoxys intervenes before they can get annihilated, flying in front of them and changing to Defense Form to take the attack. Still, the impact is strong enough to force Deoxys onto the ground, unable to immediately counterattack.
Rayquaza, furious, then ascends a bit more before it starts to fly around in a pattern, as if performing a dance.
... Oh no. Dragon Dance.
moose
Well, she may not have gone for a hug, but considering how things went last time this is definitely progress. Berdly decides to take what they can get, which is an actual smart decision on his end.
"Well As Long As This Gravitas Isn't Out To Steal My Queendom From Me I See No Reason To Get Involved"
True
"And As Long As They Don't Make You Unhappy"
"If They Did I Would Have To Press: Enter Key And Turn Them All Into My Willing Peons Of Course"
Queen laughs again. It's safe to say that the chances of Queen meddling in Gravitas' affairs are too low to consider an issue.
Kris takes a step forward as they get ready to speak up, looking a little worried.
- You ask Noelle if that means visiting her to check up on her every now and then isn't allowed.
childer
Upon hearing what Charlie says, Cassidy doesn't need long to remember what Eddie had told her a while back.
Ennard growls at Bedman?, but then takes notice of Cassidy. Also seeing that Bedman? doesn't seem to be in an immediate position to intercept, they suddenly leap out at her, prompting Cassidy to quickly phase through the floor just in time.
She emerges next to Charlie as Evan and the two Gregorys run up to the two of them as well.
"So that guy was right... wait, maybe I can try to talk to the others!", Cassidy says.
"If they're anywhere as angry and hurt as I was with Charlie way back, I dunno if they'll be willing to listen to any of us.", Evan says, concerned.
"I don't need to convince them. I just need to buy us enough time for miss Baiken to make us an exit.", Cassidy says. She looks at Bedman?, trying to silently convey to him that they need to hold Ennard back.
"Is that even gonna work? That girl just said that it's also dangerous outside.", Grape says.
"I dunno about you, but I don't wanna stay trapped inside with the murder robot. It was crawling on the ceiling, we can't shake it off in here."
Ennard has now turned to glare at the kids, beginning to approach ominously. Static briefly appears on the tv screen as Ennard walks past it.
"Join us, Cassidy. We'll be whole again, and then we can finally do what we were programmed to do without anymore interference!"
The two Gregories take out their Fazerblasters, aiming it at Ennard, who doesn't seem all that intimidated by them.
"And you two..." , they speak up as they glance at Evan and Charlie. "Aren't we friends? You should be helping us. You weren't very nice to us at the circus that day. But we'll forgive you if you don't get in our way."
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Rei growls as Rayquaza climbs up into the air. Whether or not it's 'flying' proper, that's too high for Nidhoggr to hit it with anything other than another shot of Splinterstones.
"... ...!"
Deoxys (not that he knows its name) was fighting Rayquaza solo, yeah? Must be strong. Inferring that it's probably Psychic...
"おい、悪魔みたいな者。お前の力で、緑のヘビへハガネールに打ち上げられてくれない?" he says, pointing up at Rayquaza.
If Deoxys can and does fire Steelix up at Rayquaza, he'll command Nidhoggr to hit with "こおりのキバ!" Also I'm sure the fact that the attack will be coming off a rocketing multi-ton freight train of a mon won't help.
Addison's overhead slash causes Tahjin to twitch as it clangs against his helmeted head, but only just, and he quickly splits his attention. It quickly becomes a whirlwind of slashing blades, keeping Weiss on the defensive as it pushes her. The laser blasts courtesy of Ratbat cause her to stagger, breaking her defense long enough for Tahjin to get some good nicks in. Ouch.
"A"
Seeing Bombshell run at him with a raw super, Beepboop does the only thing he can - he dodges to the side with an alarmed squawk, before pivoting back around and trying to mcpunch his flank with a. Well. It's a surprisingly strong blow for such a little guy. Like strong for a human in general, not just for a Little Little Guy.
Those ether buffs... does Dust count as magic or ether? Fuck it, for here it does. That'll help when Weiss is able to retaliate. Also hey if you can cause those to surge more directly into BF you might cause him to self-buff hint hint.
Oh, yes, and Senpai is here too. He grumbles, before somehow... summoning what look like floating command terminals.
"Hm..."
The turn is spent analyzing the situation.
Edited by Rbade on Apr 17th 2023 at 12:58:47 PM
/\。。/\Hub Centralis
Whoa! No need to get rude!
Blippi and Juca (most certainly not twins) manage to avoid the slashes by ducking and leaping, not without some clothes damage: one of the slashes cut one of Blippi's suspenders!
But he had an idea: If they manage to slide below the schythe, they could get a shot to topple the Hunter!
On my signal. One, two...
BLIPPIIIIIIII!!!
A purple-cla woman cartwheels into the battlefield, toppling Blippi!
What are you doing with this guy, former bestie!?
Meekah joined the battle!... With the "bad guys"?
Three freaking ghosts!Hub Centralis
Without any space to turn, Bombshell takes the hit and is surprised by the amount of force he feels. It's not enough to do much damage yet but he definitely notices it. He transforms to robot mode and turns to face the goody two shoes group from their backs. Two blasters extend from wrists as he takes potshots at BF and Melia.
Ratbat meanwhile keeps being a shitter and blasting Weiss from the air.
Quaza Ray
"...Well that looks weird." was all the pilot had to say, not knowing what the fuck a Dragon Dance is. She decides to use this distraction to fire another missile barrage, seeing as how Fug is out of her range.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."The Hunter doesn't care for the interruption. She just leaps and try to slam the pointy end of her scythe into Blippi's stomach, attempting to then drag her victim closer to her, with the intent of pulling out a fucking s h o t g u n (victorian era though) to shoot Blippi in the face with, point-blank.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterHub Centralis
Melia raises her staff, summoning three fire ether elementals to go with her electric, for a total of nine. Each summoned flare offers her teammates a (roughly) 20% increase in strength, for a total of 60%.
Channeling their effects, Melia grants a short, temporary burst of dramatically increased strength and ether/magic damage to Boyfriend. It's only polite for (one of the) person(s) she's here to defend.
Bombshell's potshots take Melia's attention just in time for her to put up an omnidirectional ether barrier around her, which absorbs the attacks without much wavering.
She follows this up by silently moving slightly closer to Beep Pop, actively readying herself to act on defense at a moment's notice. Can't have defense without offense, though, so she thrusts her staff forward and discharges three electric elementals in one movement.
The elementals move forward for a split second, flattening into bolts of lightning that abruptly jump from above Melia right to their points of impact like a starship entering warp speed, exploding into small but dense eruptions of electric ether. Her targets are: Two against Bombshell, one against The Hunter.
The attack is telegraphed, but aside from guaranteed headshots, it's basically aimbot hitscan the moment the electric elementals flatten into lightning bolts. So dodging may be off the table unless you have a really sturdy table to dodge behind.
...Because this attack also benefits from Melia's own AOE ether damage increase, and unfortunately, it benefits from the 90% increase of six electric elementals rather than the 45% increase she winds up with after discharging 3 of them.
Which, yes, the ether and magic damage increase for her and her allies is now 45% instead of 90%. Silver lining, for those who have made themselves Melia's enemy today.
Yatta!"I would prefer it if you keep your distance," AoU!Noelle bluntly answers. "I'll be busy."
Normal!Noelle taps her fingertips. "But, h-hey, at least I'm here, right?"
"It's complicated," Charlie protests. "But I'm not the same person who wanted to hurt every adult, not anymore."
Bedman? starts malfunctioning again, and as it moves to stay in front of Ennard, the sparks and blue light finally reach their peak.
error 6E
With a hiss of smoke and a dreadful mechanical screech, the machine's head suddenly pops off its neck, flies toward the ground in an arc, and explodes with equal force to the earlier arm smash as a new head grows back immediately. Bedman? keeps moving even as its head is flying, and it makes a wide horizontal sweep along the ground using its intact arm before the explosion.
"Just a little more...!"
Several factors kick in at once.
Due to Bloodlust, Reyna's Frenzy Virus has been draining her health instead of initially doing nothing, in exchange for boosting her attack power and evasive abilities. Due to having four pieces of Crimson Valstrax armor, she has now taken enough (self-)damage to be inflicted with Dragonblight because of Level 4 Dragonheart. Also because of Level 4 Dragonheart, she now has 50 Resistance to every element and a slight attack boost.
So, she fires another pellet, this time aiming for Rayquaza's head in hopes of guaranteeing red extract, then pole-vaults into the air and slingshots herself with Wirebugs until she is at the Dragon Dancing Rayquaza's height, allowing her to attempt an air-dash slash that will bounce herself further into the air on impact in addition to the Kinsect's powder-making bites.
Addison raises their shield, letting them be pushed back by Tahjin's furious slashes instead of torn to shreds. They point their shield hand at him, only for it to flash red, prompting them to stare in confusion.
"Invalid subject?"
Monika finally turns on her model/turns off her invisibility, revealing herself to Senpai. She glares at him, having no plan other than to get his attention and distract him from whatever he's plotting.
Edited by KiriK on Apr 18th 2023 at 10:02:24 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.""I'm not one to lament strange talents. Borrowed strength is still strength, and if it isn't temporary, then it may as well be yours."
Other!Edelgard nods in Sarah's direction.
"Unorthodox plan, but I'll follow you."
-
VS Moebius V102 - Part 2
It never meant anything at all.
"Of course. It never meant..."
Don't you see?
It was.
Absent. Of meaning.
Or, rather.
The meaning was forgotten.
The eye was lidless and silver as though it had not yet decided what shape it should-
...
All other actions are rendered distinctly and entirely insignificant in the face of that which is instant and infinite. Nagato, for want to dominate the action economy, is granted her wish and then some.
Neither time nor space is passed. Infinite velocity is faster than time, after all. So, too, is V102, under circumstances other than this.
Other than this. Nagato's fist collides with V102's chest, right in its center. The action is instant, and as such V102 makes no effort to stop it.
How could she, without acting retroactively?
The time for that has passed. Now, is no time at all.
V102's substance is immutable. Nagato does not punch through her, nor into her, she just... hits her, hard enough for it to hurt. To hurt in a way that no attack before has or even really could, aside from the surprise attack which had the benefit of the Reality Emancipator acting upon its collective target.
At that, there is no flashy bang, nor pulse of catastrophic collateral damage. And if there was, Nagato could almost certainly stop it, and if not her, then someone else.
Of course, rather than simply... die, as any usual being would, or any rational being by all means should regardless of their thoughts towards that fleeting thing called mortality, V102 simply... topples over.
The posture and look of someone who has had more than just the wind knocked out of them.
V102 looks up, at Nagato, both eyes ablaze with ∞
And it-
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∞
The infinity of Nagato's making uncoils into a serpent. It is an imaginary creature, existing only within Nagato and nowhere else. But within, it is a living disease, infinite in scale and power and fully intent upon destroying her completely and utterly.
If allowed, it'll... wiggle around and like, mess everything up.
...
Anyways, V102 stands up.
"I think I understand why I'm..."
There's no time for words, actually, because something else happens immediately.
DUPLICATE 2 tumbles, uncontrolled but ever-dangerous, and swings, right for Skolas's head, exactly as predicted. And, in turn, Angel!Mythra does exactly what she planned on. Her sword is no match for DUPLICATE 2's eccentric farming implement, but it does not really have to be. An attack is meaningless if its aim is off, and a quick strike from Angel!Mythra in the right place is enough... to avert her aim.
Yes, just as planned. The duplicate, faceless and damaged, gives no sound of sudden startling or pain as her foot is driven into the ground like the spike of a tent. Her momentum is abruptly transferred into movement down, slamming her into the floor.
Upon that floor, DUPLICATE 2 summons her grubhoe to her other hand- and in turn, Angel!Mythra pierces the appendage with a great golden spine that digs its roots into the ground like the sprout of a tree.
"This was my bad."
That's the last thing that DUPLICATE 2 says, before Skolas claws a handful of Void Stuff from within the creation's split chest, and begins to dig through.
The substance is visceral and uncanny, most comparable to freshly-thawed ground beef in texture and temperature. There are no organs to tear out or bones to snap, just this terrible fleshy substance to rip through with adequate difficulty. DUPLICATE 2 does not scream. It is unclear if this is because she truly does not care, or because she simply lacks the mouth with which to do so.
Before long, V102's duplicate ceases to struggle beneath Skolas's claws. Her flesh begins to darken, as though onset by pure rot- before beginning to glow bright as it ignites.
The explosion that follows isn't huge, but it leaves no trace of the body.
And it takes the last word with it.
Angel!Mythra doesn't offer her thoughts to Skolas.
The brutality, the efficiency, the much-needed strength... all speak for themselves, really.
...
A shame.
These words. Were disposable to you as well.
COPY 1 makes one final push-
Only to be taken aback, as all six(!) explorers go absolutely monkey mode (uh, metaphorically) upon her. That is to say, where once she was an admirable split-second away from shattering the Sword of Seiros into pieces and tearing all three (four?) of her targets apart, she is now firmly getting the tar beat out of her.
Having just spent the better part of 10 seconds clashing with a half-fearless sword, COPY 1 has not the strength to resist such an utterly relentless assault. A claw rakes across her chest as she swats away an arrow. She moves in to try and cut that claw's source right off, only for Ferdinand's lance to plant itself right in her side.
Even with her powers partly countered and the momentum completely out of her favor and with the injuries she's taken all combined with the fact she's outnumbered roughly eleven to one, though, COPY 1 is still holding her own, abandoning her axe just to use her arms for further, tougher defense.
At least Pe Petra was busy de-fusing into Petra and Other!Petra, giving a couple moments of relatively less intense combat?
It begins to seem like a mistake's been made, as COPY 1 finds herself getting into the groove of fighting 11 VS 1, but she makes a crucial error that ultimately costs her what remains of this fight.
When Edelgard, taking the Sword of Seiros from Byleth for a moment, drives the sword through COPY 1's knee, causing her to drop like a sack of rocks. With so many foes bearing down upon her, COPY 1 gives some indignant last words:
"Ah, that smarts."
Before calmly succumbing to the combined onslaught, riddled with bullet wounds and magic wounds and sword wounds and arrow wounds and... well, you get the idea.
This V102 clone does not explode like the last one. Instead, it and the arms attached both crumble into dust.
"Just you four left, then?" , says V102, referring obviously not to her enemies here, but what else...?
Her posture straightens out further, the half-stunned look on her face creeping back into a wicked and uncanny smile.
"All the meaning of this conflict is lost to our words. But I know there is depth here beyond imagination."
She closes her eyes.
"Show it to me."
...and opens them again, revealing an ∞ symbol blazing in each eye.
"Show me why we fight!"
Go.
"Here's your answer!" shouts out Other!Byleth first, Sword of the Creator clashing against V102's foul scythe with tremendous force, extended out in whip-form to attack at a distance. Despite Other!Byleth's inferior strength, V102 does not seem able to overcome her. The Sword of the Creator glows in contact with the scythe, a heroic and dark-banishing gold not like that of the sword's regular burning aura. It wraps around the foul weapon, and begins to choke out its dark Moebius colors.
"That's not good enough," V102 states, and she tugs, pulling the sword out of Other!Byleth's hands, tossing her own scythe for a moment to discard both weapons to the wayside. Of course, a moment later, V102's scythe appears right back where it was, colors returning.
Other!Byleth cannot do the same.
But she isn't alone, and Eve here understands the concept of a distraction perhaps better, or at least in a different way, than any being with standard perception could ever dream of. V102, who understands much the same but cannot process it quite so handily, swats away the staff called Nidrugg, and turns in time to see three more individuals charging her way.
A four-pronged strike, Other!Heidrun and Other!Edelgard on one side, Sarah and Angel!Mythra on the other.
Other!Byleth darts for the Sword of the Creator.
"Arrow of Indra!" , shouts out Other!Heidrun, tossing a lance of dark magic and Ki towards V102 that she disappears with a single glance. That glance shifts over to the staff Nidrugg, at the very least shielding against it and at the very most sending it flying away, depending on how resistant it is to good old fashioned "Getting Yote across the fucking planet by an immaterial force blast"
That out of the way, V102's next scythe swing is scary quick, jumping right over to Other!Heidrun and missing the opportunity to saw her in half by a scary couple feet- still leaving a sizable diagonal gash across Other!Heidrun's chest even without direct contact.
V102 follows up with another scythe slash, this one missing more handily but striking Other!Heidrun across the face at its distance. The strike takes out one of her eyes- ouch.
But Angel!Mythra is here to the rescue- again. Before V102 can finish the job with one last decisive swing, she jumps in and... eats it, the old fashioned way, metal against flesh. The strike totally impales her, but that was Angel!Mythra's plan, allowing the weapon to get stuck there for a moment while Other!Edelgard converges upon V102 from the left, and Sarah, the right.
The difference in their application of force is night and day, but the result on each end is the same.
Other!Edelgard gives a shout of "Double Flickering Flower!" , and a prior spell of hers takes effect- dark lines of dark magic converging upon V102 and applying a corrupting effect that would, on any other foe, reduce their effective durability. On this particular foe, it does nothing.
"...Times FIFTY!"
DO YOU WANT TO EXPLODE I mean cool cool nice application of the Kaioken definitely not testing your limits there haha
Other!Edelgard shoves all ten fingers of both of her hands right onto the left side of V102's face, allowing the full force of the double flickering flower to erupt at point blank and full force.
At the very same time, Sarah's got her back. A little bit of planning goes a long, long way, after all.
Honestly, Sarah's punches might do as much if not more damage than Other!Edelgard's point-blank max power Ki blast, and that's a damn mighty feat. The concentrated damage hits V102 like a... punch to the face.
And she reels back, releasing a burst of energy that-
"What kind of silly world would it be if anyone could just choose who they wished to be, and become it?"
"I have come to kill the beast that calls itself God."
"So, you have my attention. Go ahead, tell me what you thought it was essential I should know."
"Have you ever thought about what the chicken's deal is crossing all those roads? I'm the answer, to that question. When do you think he'll get to the other side?"
"I know I've made a terrible mistake, but there is no going back now that I've made it. If I could, I would tear my own heart out for-"
"...But inside, time isn't just a... thing, it's an absolute. More than any law of nature is, I mean."
"Fate, of course. Inevitable, as writ into the very words I speak, now."
- VOICES, it is a meta-attack akin to a psychic wave, dealing temporary sanity damage and causing vivid auditory hallucinations. Strangely, some of them are... familiar?
Whatever, it's effectively a moment's stun.
V102 leaps off the ground, sparing a glance up at the growing power in the sky. Sunstar isn't out of her reach, but he is above her attention, for this moment.
A moment she may very well come to regret.
"Hey," says Angel!Mythra in that brief moment of respite, "Whatever you all do next, finish it by tossing V102 into the ground. I've got a plan."
Whether or not she's in earshot, everyone can hear her. Even V102, not that it matters. She could read it here anyways.
"Do you think you can kill me?"
"Yeah. You've died before, haven't you? Moebius lost, last I checked."
V102 nods.
"We only have to win once."
Angel!Mythra sighs.
"I know. That's... why I'm here."
At that, V102 shudders, all the damage she's accumulated this turn sticking all at once- and boy, is that a lot of damage. The cracks spread, from her wrist and all the way up her arm, going further and stretching over most of her torso, even going beyond in places.
A few even intersect with the crack that V102 seems to be using as a mouth. There, a strange pink fog leaks from within.
V102's visible internal structure looks... worse for wear, too. Its burning white-hot color distorts the air around her with the heat she is now releasing.
In places, it seems to burn, as a blue-purple fire that almost looks to be growing.
...
And for some strange reason.
A deep, purple-black fog begins to roll in. Subtle, isolated, patchy and barely present, but unmistakably there.
It's harmless, but...
Well, something's happening. And the look on Angel!Mythra's face- described best as a "peculiar look of moderate shock"- says a lot.
V102 brings her scythe down.
Huh, wait-
Her target is Sarah's head. She means to drive the weapon through her skull and down into her torso.
It's a very simple attack, but direct hits from V102 when she's focused don't need to be complicated.
Whatever direction that goes, V102 follows it up with a flourish of her spare hand, summoning a minefield's worth of floating fluffy sheep with wool that flashes rainbow colors. These sheep, scattered across the ground and sky, stretching up far but not far enough to reach Sunstar, then all explode, detonating with copious force.
The dead exploded sheep viscera then all coalesce above V102, fusing with the enormous Moebius symbol blazing in the sky to create a burning red serpent of energy, bone, flesh, and blood.
The serpent uncoils, lets out a roar, and burps up a gigantic ray of rainbow-colored energy that annihilates just about everything it touches, sweeping across the battlefield to target everyone present.
...Except Sunstar, who can watch this comfortably from orbit.
"I'm waiting. What's this fight worth, more than nothing?"
Edited by Whoma on Apr 19th 2023 at 11:22:17 AM
Yatta!

AoU!Noelle cups one hand around her thorn ring. "Some of them are nice, like this one unicorn, but... I don't deserve to be happy. Not after what I've done."
"Would your Berdly want you to stay sad forever?"
"I... don't know. It feels like it's been so long..."
The Circle - Guilty Gear -STRIVE-
why do i hear boss music
BOOM. Bedman? crashes through the hotel from above, landing behind Delilah so hard it craters the floor, and bitchslaps Ennard mid-lunge. With its left hand morphed into a sawblade.
call 4B9
It follows up with an overhead swing of its wrecked right arm, making an explosion on impact with the ground. Bedman's head then starts glowing and crackling with blue electricity...
"Brother!"
"Well, I'll be damned. It's still moving."
"... I don't know if I should be happy about this."
Edited by KiriK on Apr 17th 2023 at 12:25:19 PM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."