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Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#377476: Apr 29th 2023 at 4:19:25 AM

V102 fight

Eve snaps her fingers and attempts to obliterate V102's body with a orb of Blast Magic, at about the same time as Sarah just blast at it with a black lightning bolt, still charging up her other attack.

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#377477: Apr 29th 2023 at 4:28:59 AM

Whiterun Plains

Near the two women, there is Ginverto, collecting other suspicious-looking herbs for his experiments.

Three freaking ghosts!
cyzja922 Since: Jul, 2021
#377478: Apr 29th 2023 at 10:03:28 AM

Plains of Whiterun

The plains of Whiterun is a perfect place to take a brief stroll and collect one's thoughts, which is exactly what a white-haired man is doing right now. The conflict between him and the demons is becoming more of a headache, even with the Saints at his disposal, so he decided to take a quick walk to clear his mind. Such is one of the burdens of a mortal vessel, charged with otherworldly powers or not.

It didn't take long for him to notice one of the only few people in the plains, especially the other white/silver-haired individual. Taking note of their manner of dress, the man quickly deduced that this must be a traveler from afar. "Greetings, stranger." He spoke in a soothing voice. "What has got you musing?"

ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#377479: Apr 29th 2023 at 10:33:48 AM

bleh

With great power…you know the rest.
ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#377480: Apr 29th 2023 at 10:38:43 AM

Luin glanced up at the momentarily incapacitated Rayquaza.

For the majority of this fight, she had spent it running around like a decapitated chicken to protect Lutemis. And now, finally, she had been presented with an opening. The woman'd be a fool not to take it.

Like the opportunistic Nargacuga pouncing on the unsuspecting Kelbi, Luin dashed forwards towards the dragon. Once again she slid her sword into the slot at the top of the shield, the entire weapon transforming into an axe larger than even her. This time though, she didn't bother with any normal small fry swing, no. This time, she had the opportunity to hit hard.

Taking a deep breath and letting it loose as she swung, the woman performed the Chargeblade's signature attack.

With great power…you know the rest.
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#377481: Apr 29th 2023 at 1:50:16 PM

Sore loser

Reyna gets her extracts, and the spoiled apricorn hits its target. Bitch bonked.

Luin manages to land her massive swing, resulting in a clean and very powerful hit that outright slams Mega Rayquaza onto the ground.

And lastly, Nitori's depth charge bomb goes off against it, not only dealing massive damage but actually knocking the dragon off of the tower completely. It falls down into the depths, and for a moment it seems like that was the deciding factor of the fight...

But the furious beast re-emerges not long after, going outright feral as its aura spikes much greater than before.

It no longer bothers to fly up high. Instead it just gathers up energy in its mouth and immediately shoots a Hyper Beam at the Forlorn Arena. No warning, no time to stop this, it's wants them dead.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#377482: Apr 29th 2023 at 2:30:25 PM

Reyna proceeds to use up all her extracts at once.

"Now I'm getting ANGRY!"

She charges her Kinsect with the extracts, sticks it to the end of her Insect Glaive, slings it at Rayquaza, then uses a Wirebug to fly after it.

The Kinsect barrels forward, delivering five powerful bites that leave alternating orange and green clouds, while Reyna comes hurtling in blade-first and delivers an air-dash slash that bounces her into the air. As she falls, she brings her Insect Glaive down, and the whole area around Rayquaza's head is engulfed in a massive explosion...

And when it clears, Reyna is clinging to Rayquaza's head with one hand and brandishing a hunter's knife in the other.

"GO GO GO GO GO"


Addison stops to catch their breath, then nods to Boyfriend.

"Hold still a sec."

  • Damage: MAX
  • HP: MAX

Boyfriend is now super-buffed.


"I-i-it's just us!" The thief insists.

"He speaks the truth," says Tarkorath. "But I have what you might call a zero-tolerance policy."

He snatches one of the other thieves off the ground in his jaws, shakes the hapless man around and then flings him down before stomping on him. Surprisingly, this doesn't kill him, but judging by the screams, the Old King's victim is wishing it did.

Fomortiis chuckles.    "Spare this one,"    he says to Kaiju Wriggle, in regards to the thief her Seltas is currently carrying.    "Let him be the prophet of what happens to those who fail to curry my favor."   

In the meantime, he slams down a forearm to block the remaining thieves in their attempt to flee.


"I appreciate your help," Engage!Anna replies. She offers Corva a healing potion. "This one's on the house."

She then turns and hops off the bus, staring up at her sister's apparent private store. "Whoa..."

Next

Edited by KiriK on Jul 4th 2023 at 10:46:27 AM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
josh6243 Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler from Digital Realm Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler
#377483: Apr 29th 2023 at 3:14:30 PM

Bus

Corva chugs the potion like an energy drink, mending her wounds quickly. "I owe you one!"

Whiterun Plains

For some reason, Morph Moth could be seen crash-landing into the nearby snow. What was her deal, anyways?

shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#377484: Apr 29th 2023 at 3:16:50 PM

Morthal

Kaiju Wriggle shrugs and the Seltas drops him like a hot potato. She directs it to attack one of the other thieves instead, this time simply trying to kill them.


Megafug :DD

Nitori yelps and focuses on evasive maneuvers, jump jetting away from the tower. Unless someone staggers Rayquayquay again she'll be busy doing that, otherwise if they somehow manage that he starts fiddling with something.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#377485: Apr 29th 2023 at 3:23:15 PM

Tarkorath finally scoops up the guy he had been torturing and eats him. "I will have to reforge some of these boons, but it is no matter."

Together, the three kaiju massacre the remaining thieves.

Fomortiis lets out a long exhale as the dust settles.    "That was an entertaining detour."   

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#377486: Apr 29th 2023 at 4:00:28 PM

   "I'm mostly happy I got my voice back... kind of."    Kaiju Wriggle hums, looking at the carnage and then at the others.    "Well, I think I'm going to go back to my current nest for now."   

   "Thanks again for um, the help."    she says to Fomortiis in particular as she takes off.    "I'll tell people about you as promised."   

If nobody stops her she then leaves.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#377487: Apr 29th 2023 at 4:12:13 PM

With one last grim chuckle, Fomortiis waves her off, then turns to the lone surviving thief.

   "Boo."   

He screams and runs away, then the great Demon King spreads his wings and takes flight to parts unknown.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
Jules-Firenze Druid Dude from somewhere in between Since: Apr, 2023 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Druid Dude
#377488: Apr 29th 2023 at 7:21:45 PM

Reprium

Jules lets out a tiny Oomph! as he teleports in.

"Owww..." he groans, standing up and rubbing his sore ass. "Alright, where in the Nine Hells am I?"

You piss off the Venom T-Rex. Roll initiative.
ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#377489: Apr 29th 2023 at 7:26:21 PM

The Pie In The Sky (That Turned Out To Be Miles Too High)

The Man-Dragon-Thing roared as Rumia flew at an unavoidably high velocity directly towards him. Seeing as he lacked the mobility to simply leap out of the way, the warrior instead opted to swing his axe in an attempt to redirect the man-eater's momentum straight into the ground. The power was there, his form was there, but what was off was the timing, and the effects became catastrophic. He was driven backwards into the ground by the smaller but faster enemy, snarling as her blows landed against him and began deforming his steel armor. The halfbreed warrior opted to retaliate with a powerful punch of his own, aimed at Rumia's gut and intended to send her flying off of him.

"Begone from me, vile harlot!" He roared as he did so. "You will taste only your own teeth!"

Elsewhere, Luin found herself facing off against the prideful woman. The Hunter brought her sword down onto her, only for the swordslady to dodge entirely and disappear from her sight. In the next moment, Luin felt a foot lash out against the back of her knee from behind her, bringing her down to the ground. Whooshing invaded her ears as a sword cut through the air headed directly for her neck, and then the heat as a fireball, courtesy of Lutemis, blew the attacker somewhere a very good distance away.

Meanwhile, the plainly clothed hunter faced off against the great dragon. As he lifted his hands, magic runes appeared in the air, very much similar to the ones that Vulkaros had already used but of a different school of magic, as these were a oceanic blue rather than a toxic green. Vulkaros seemed taken aback by this, only to be met with multiple sharp objects made from some sort of clear material firing at him and cutting through his bone armor, cutting deep into the dragon's scaled skin.

During all this, the third hunter, who had been armed with guns and had adorned fur pelts, was nowhere to be seen.

Edited by ISZATSO on Apr 29th 2023 at 10:45:50 AM

With great power…you know the rest.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#377490: Apr 29th 2023 at 8:22:10 PM

~Jules-Firenze Heyyyyy, welcome to the RP! Things have been going a bit slow lately, but I can try and do something with you.

Reprium

"Hey," says Bigby, stepping out from some foliage.

"Sounds like you're lost."

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
Jules-Firenze Druid Dude from somewhere in between Since: Apr, 2023 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Druid Dude
#377491: Apr 29th 2023 at 8:33:55 PM

Thanks Kiri K! Just trying out what to do!

Jules turns around, smiling at the stranger. "Heya. I think I am."

Jules looks around the forest, taking in the scents and sounds.

Commune with Nature.

Jules stays silent for a bit. "Hmm... Seems like I'm not exactly where I'm supposed to be. Bigby, was it? What exactly is this place?"

Edited by Jules-Firenze on Apr 29th 2023 at 8:41:49 AM

You piss off the Venom T-Rex. Roll initiative.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#377492: Apr 29th 2023 at 8:47:59 PM

  • Ⓐ You're in the Arena.
  • Ⓑ ...
  • Ⓧ How do you know my name?
  • Ⓨ [Attack Him]

These are dialogue options based on the Telltale game Bigby stars in. The one in bold is the one he's actually saying, but someone who can read minds can sense he considered the others.

Bigby sighs, lights a Huff-n-Puff cigarette, and takes a smoke before responding.

"First of all, how do you know my name? I don't think we've ever met."

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
Jules-Firenze Druid Dude from somewhere in between Since: Apr, 2023 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Druid Dude
#377493: Apr 29th 2023 at 8:51:00 PM

Jules smiles coyly.

"This hermit does have some tricks." he chuckles. "I'm Jules Firenze. I speak for the trees."

You piss off the Venom T-Rex. Roll initiative.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#377494: Apr 29th 2023 at 8:54:10 PM

"Alright, well you've got my attention now."

Bigby puts away his cigarette box. "I suppose I don't need to introduce myself, but I'm Bigby Wolf, a sheriff. This is a world called the Arena."

He takes another pull on the one he already lit. "It's not much of a literal arena, but it's got a long, long history. The landscape can change, replace old environments with new ones... so I've heard. Haven't been 'round long enough to see it myself, but I suppose in the past this place really was an arena. And now it's a whole world."

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
Jules-Firenze Druid Dude from somewhere in between Since: Apr, 2023 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Druid Dude
#377495: Apr 29th 2023 at 9:03:53 PM

"I see. So this place is just a giant arena for others to fight in, but an entire world?" Jules laughs.

"I would, uh, be skeptical of that, but I guess this is par for the course for me." he sighs.

He creates a small fireball in his hand and tosses it to his other hand, and back again out of habit.

"How'd exactly you get here, and how'd everything start, far as you know?"

Jules stands up, extinguishing his flame as he does so.

"And is there a safe place to spend the night, if there are as many combatants as I think there are?"

You piss off the Venom T-Rex. Roll initiative.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#377496: Apr 29th 2023 at 9:10:18 PM

Bigby raises an eyebrow at the fireball.

"For the former, I wound up here on an investigation. Chasin' a guy with a plain white mask that only had three face-holes. Wore a black suit, had a ponytail, could jump between dimensions. Tell me if you see him, by the way."

Another smoke. "As for how it all began... I dunno. Nobody does at this point. One day the place just... existed, and people showed up and started fighting for the sake of it. Then as the place got bigger, they started fighting for reasons, and then at some point some of them wanted to stop fighting, and then it got even bigger."

"For your final question, there's a sorta fairy village to the south of here, called Letricallo. Just walk until you find some pink lights, then follow 'em."

Edited by KiriK on Apr 29th 2023 at 11:12:02 AM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#377497: Apr 29th 2023 at 9:39:13 PM

Hub Centralis

Staggering as she stands, Melia summons three further water elementals to try and keep herself alive. At this point, she might very well be fatally wounded, but it'd be a damn foolish thing not to try and keep on fighting regardless.

The sight of The Hunter all skeletal and still-walking is of some concern, but she's thinking almost entirely on well-honed battle instinct here. It does not register to her, that it might be impossible to destroy this foe. It registers to her instead, that more force is necessary.

She does not have the energy to spare.

Elemental Burst runs out, leaving her barely able to stop The Hunter's blow with her staff, this strike sending her toppled on her back.

She lacks the energy to get up, or to perform a counter-attack, fast enough to be relevant here.

Someone will need to come to her defense, assuming The Hunter doesn't take stock of the situation and dip.


Plains outside Whiterun

To make a long and storied tale short, this individual, with long silver hair and blue eyes, is known as "A".

Just A. A title of startling though perhaps deceptively false significance to anyone in the know.

Scarlet Marissa nearby takes A's attention for a moment. Thoughts in A's mind drift to suspicion, based upon a surface-level reading of the potential meanings of the word. Scarlet, a name that A can read upon the surface of this text, is a title oft soaked in the blood of many. Attached to an individual, it garners suspicion, even if undeserved.

A cannot be sure. It is a hazy thing, gazing at what shouldn't be seen. It could drive you mad, if you truly had a reason to care.

The difference between "the truth" in this case, being that A is a being invented by words and extant in no other form, and "the truth" in this case, being that A is a part of the arena, and thus rent indistinguishable from a work of fiction... well, there is no difference liable to be observed, to A's eyes. Seeing that A trusts in a certain unified presence of mind, it is A's choice to be utterly unperturbed at even the most damning evidence towards A's own insignificance.

As an aside, A is not insignificant, not by any standard. A is also, and quite notably, not a woman, not by any standard.

Though the mistake is easy to make. It has certainly been made before, and will be made again.

Even I have made it myself. A is A, not a woman nor a man, and I am quite certain that no being other than A can truly understand exactly what that means.

Ah, yes, Ginverto.

A does not direct attention to Ginverto, either. As far as A is concerned, there are simply a concerning number of people around who have took it upon themselves to pick suspicious plants.

Not to say that A is content to ignore. In fact, under usual circumstances, A might contrive a reason to interact with these characters, regardless.

It is simply that there is a lot on A's mind.

That experience, of "musing", as A would soon hear though not quite yet, would only be interrupted by the arrival of a "white-haired man."

And upon that man's speaking to A, A gives a response in turn.

"It is nothing much, perhaps I find the wind soothing, in some way. I much prefer lakeside for that sort of respite."

A turns gaze to this mystery man.

"All that to say, that my thoughts are private. I extend your inquiry to you, stranger. What has you musing, on such a cloudy day?"

Yatta!
Jules-Firenze Druid Dude from somewhere in between Since: Apr, 2023 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Druid Dude
#377498: Apr 29th 2023 at 11:35:13 PM

Reprium

"Sounds like a real piece of work." Jules chuckles good-naturedly. "I'll keep an eye out for them." Jules nods, before stretching out his hand. "Thank you, Bigby. Will you be joining me? Or are you still going to search for White Mask?"

You piss off the Venom T-Rex. Roll initiative.
cyzja922 Since: Jul, 2021
#377499: Apr 29th 2023 at 11:43:28 PM

Plains outside Whiterun

Yagnesta idly brushed a finger through his head as he stood beside A, allowing some of its green undertone to be exposed in sunlight. "There is quite a bit on my mind, more than what a regular human can reasonably handle."

The ancient machine hesitated for a moment and decided to not keep his thoughts a complete secret. "I am currently fighting a war. I'm aware that it seems rather irresponsible of me to take a stroll, I can get back to my base in an instant."

Yagnesta sighed at the thought of his opposition. "What's equivalent to Hell itself is waging a war against Heaven while the latter was weakened, but I was able to construct a bastion at the mouth of hell, allowing me to push them back despite my limited numbers." The machine's lips twisted into a proud grin. "Rest assured though, my Zeit Acolyth is a force of elite fighters. Their quality more than makes up for their quantity, or the lack thereof in this case."

shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#377500: Apr 30th 2023 at 5:26:41 AM

Ruined Pickle

Rumia grunted as she was knocked back.

   "Ehh... teeth don't taste as good as other bones."    Rumia said, huffing.    "Bone marrow is my favorite."   

She then used all three of her braincells and several shadowy arms sprouted out of the ground to try and hold her foe in place. Regardless of the result, Rumia then grabs her scythe again and tries to cleave through his chest.


Plains outside Whiterun

Marisa of course doesn't notice A's musings on how sus she may or may not be, she's not a mind reader like Satori. IF she did she'd probably feel a bit offended but then again Scarlet at home is associated mostly with vampires and that one punk celestial.

Either way she's more focused on Morph Moth eating shit.

"Yo! You okay there?" she asks, approaching Morph Moth. She gives A and Yagnesta a look but figures butting into their conversation rn might be rude.

Edited by shroobot3000 on Apr 30th 2023 at 3:27:12 PM

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."

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