Hotel
"Very well. Apologies if physical contact makes you uncomfortable." Mugetsu says, sounding oddly genuine. Guess she's serious about the maid thing. She then turns to the other child.
"I am Mugetsu, a dream demon and aspiring maid." Mugetsu says, bowing politely. "and you are?"
SDM
Fortunately for Rumia-Refia, everyone here kind of flies anyway so nobody thinks her doing that is odd. The room the Flying Wyvern rests in resembles a repurposed hangar or garage. A big metal hatch allows exit for it but is currently shut to keep the cold out. A few discarded animal toys dot the room, some more chewed up than others, and more concerning some scorch marks can be found on the walls. A robot is currently trying to clean them off.
The Flaming Espinas itself is sleeping on its nest, made of natural materials it no doubt gathered itself. It seems oddly peaceful despite its intimidating size and appearance.
Babey Mansion
"Yeah, you're right." Refia-Rumia agrees, leaning to N to speak. She sounds a bit like Miss Patchouli. Though even she eats sometimes, though not enough according to Miss Koa. "You're more fun."
Speaking of food, Refia-Rumia has already eaten most of the meal which is no doubt larger than most of Refia's usual breakfasts.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person.""Shut up! Shut the kriff up!" Ben snarls, doing everything in his power to resist the urge to Force Choke Laxin on the spot. "You're going to die right here, right now, Laxin. And there's nothing these Sith alchemy-spawned abominations can do about it."
His free hand lances out, telekinetically summoning Laxin's discarded lightsaber to his waiting grip. He ignites the weapon's crimson blade, wielding it in tandem with his own sky-blue lightsaber as he sprints forward and lunges towards Laxin in an attempt to spear him through the back with both sabers.
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jun 23rd 2023 at 7:22:24 AM
Floating City
Ralsei remains tense until the moment Flowey gives up, at which point he breathes a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness it all ended well. Aside from that guy who attacked us, but at least he didn't stick around for long."
Hotel
"Charlotte Emily. Businessman's daughter. You can call me Charlie."
She comes up to Mugetsu, looking up at the dream demon. "So I was just thinking, you should probably get to know some of the others around here. We've got actual ghosts, a possessed bed, some adults, and some more kids."
"Would certainly save you a headache. Though I guess if your only concern is me, you don't intend to interact with anyone else."
Scarlet Devil Mansion
Rumia-Refia does another scan, this time to locate the wyvern's food. Meat, in a freezer nearby. She turns away and runs to go grab it, trying hard not to breathe through her nose as she carries it back into the garage.
Babey Mansion
Nobody seems to comment on the portions Refia-Rumia is eating. Seems they know to mind their own business.
Although, the mosquito girl is staring at what little meat is left... hungrily.
"Morgan," N says in an admonishing tone. And with that, Refia-Rumia knows the names of all three in the room.
"I know..."
Hyrule Field
Malzeno groans and lowers his head, breathing heavily.
Ascended Laxin returns at last, albeit he seems to have ditched his speeder bike at some point. He descends from the sky and lands on his feet next to Ben, still staring at Laxin. He holds something whitish-blue and crystalline in his hand, but its purpose remains unknown for now.
Edited by KiriK on Jun 23rd 2023 at 9:57:00 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.""That was a really nasty trick. If he tries that again, I'll-", Chara starts to say, but pauses when he glances at Frisk giving him the 'don't you dare' look. Chara rolls his eyes and sighs.
"-... fight him off nonlethally and only if we have no other choice but to fight.", he groans, which earns him a thumbs up from Frisk. Flowey stays quiet now.
As for Ralsei, Aubrey suddenly approaches him with a big smile on her face.
"Thanks a lot for helping us just now! They said your name was Ralsei, right? You're really nice~"
"And you shot fire! That was really cool!", Kel also says.
"We could've been in some real trouble if it wasn't for you.", Hero chuckles. Omori's expression... well, you know the drill by this point. But he does give Ralsei an appreciative nod.
Frisk then approaches Ralsei too.
"Sorry you got tangled up in this mess. Flowey didn't hurt you too badly, right?", they ask, concerned for him.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Hyrule Field
Angel!Pyra keeps her sword held up, prepared, but she does not strike.
"Pyromancy is one of my many talents."
She sighs.
"I have a lot to say to you. Now isn't the time, though."
Water Temple.
"I've gotten that before. The culprit is my hair. It is rather uncharacteristic of a Saiyan to have straight hair- let alone hair that is white of all colors."
Other!Edelgard stands up, now feeling much better than she did before.
"When I approach that golden power, I feel it start to surge through me, but it never takes. My retainer says she's even seen my hair turn golden. But every time, it's like... the Super Saiyan in me wants to take control, and I refuse to relinquish that control to it."
Yatta!"... Aye."
Does he really want to exposit his backstory to this rando he just met?
Of course he does!
"Okay, so, fun fact! I am a Super Saiyan."
"Fact that was less fun for me! I was not always a Super Saiyan."
"Worse fact! I never should have become a Super Saiyan."
"..."
"So, I'm a mutant. I mean the gene is around and heritable but it wasn't in my family tree so I must have ANYWAYS-"
"You know how the Legendary Super Saiyan has like, fucking juiced up Super potential? Like they automatically grow into that initial transformation like it's just puberty or something, and get those super snazzy special forms n shit?"
"So like imagine that."
"But the opposite."
Edited by Rbade on Jun 23rd 2023 at 9:28:54 AM
/\。。/\Other!Edelgard is lost on. Several fronts, here.
First off, and this is a big one: She doesn't know that Super Saiyan has a genetic component. For all she is concerned, it's just... a legendary power, magical in nature, something they're only just beginning to really understand.
"...I'm not sure I know what you're implying. The opposite of a great potential being... a lack of great potential?"
Yatta!Oca's brain record scratches as he realizes this woman is the equivalent of a caveman to him in terms of technological familiarity.
"..."
Scratch the chemistry analogy, I guess.
"Think negative potential."
"It's like."
"Uh."
VISUAL AIDS
"Okay so imagine that unlocking Super Saiyan requires a certain percentage of energy catalyzing- no fuck uh."
"Okay so let's say the average saiyan has... a 'Super Saiyan' emotional intensity barrier of 90%. That's just how their built, mentally, physically, and spiritually. It would take a legendary amount of emotional turmoil, energetic strain, et cetera to push their ki'metabo- SPIRIT past the brink into going super critical and breaching the next energy state into the Super Saiyan aura."
"Let's say someone with a huge amount of potential, like a legendary hero in the making, has a barrier of 75%? High enough that it takes a lot, but not so high that it's unfeasible to be pushed to that point in a huge crisis."
"A Legendary Super Saiyan is someone born lucky enough to have an outright anomalous overflow of potential. Depending on the degree, their 'barrier' can range anywhere from a relatively minor struggle at 50% to doing fuck-all at like, 5%."
"Running with the percentage analogy, I would have have been around a 130%. Just physically, my body required more rage or spiritual instability than would have been physically possible to initiate that reaction."
"Not that I knew that at the time, of course. I just thought I sucked."
Edited by Rbade on Jun 23rd 2023 at 9:50:54 AM
/\。。/\"The power of science, baby," he says, giving her finger guns. "In case you forgot that there's fucking metal under here," he emphasizes by rapping a fist against his chest, producing a loud clang. "I'm not exactly all natural anymore."
"... Still stings a bit that until I actually changed myself, I just. Could Not Do It. Didn't think it did until now."
/\。。/\Other!Edelgard nearly laughs as the suggestion.
"Substances? I'm afraid I'm not a fan. But you are probably right. Some introspection would do me a great deal of good."
She pauses.
Unfortunately, both by a lapse in thought and because I Am Not Letting Her Learn This Stuff So Soon It Would Break The Plot, Other!Edelgard does not think to, say, set up an exchange of technology and information, or at least ask Oca questions like. What a Legendary Super Saiyan is.
OK actually she can probably ask that last thing.
"Earlier, you mentioned something called a "Legendary Super Saiyan." If you don't mind elaborating, I'd like to know more about it. Namely, what characterizes it... I'm beginning to suspect I might know someone of that sort."
Edited by Whoma on Jun 23rd 2023 at 10:17:24 AM
Yatta!Other!Edelgard inspects the images and is like. Nah I totally don't know anyone like that.
"Seems I was mistaken. I like to think I would know if I had ran into anyone that... distinct."
The well of conversation topics has run dry and unfortunately Other!Edelgard is socially awkward in casual situations so
She turns around, and gets ready to leave.
"Thank you for the help. If ever we fight again, I will meet you with greater strength still. I expect you to be prepared."
And at that, with some room for Oca to get in any words he'd like to, Other!Edelgard leaves.
.
Damn she's kind of really bad at comforting people.
That's nothing new though, I guess. It's a weakness.
Yatta!Hotel
"They're your friendly acquaintances aren't they? It would save me trouble to meet them now and avoid... complications." Mugetsu says, the last part sounding a bit ominous. It's also obvious she probably doesn't think Sunny actually considers them/thinks he deserves friends.
SDM
It smells exactly how you'd expect a big bundle of meat from some wild animal to smell. And also it attracts predators as you'd expect. Namely by the time Rumia-Refia gets back and starts serving it, the Flaming Espinas is suddenly awake and invading her personal space. She can see little sparks of flame from its breath and if she breathes it in, feel just a bit numb.
Fortunately it then ignores her in favor of the food.
Babey Mansion
"Do you want it?" Refia-Rumia asks earnestly. For once she's not hungry enough to eat the whole plate. Must be this weird body. "I'm done with it so you can have it."
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person.""O-oh, thanks!" Ralsei blushes and bows in appreciation. "I didn't really do all that much..."
"Don't worry, I can heal myself!" He promptly demonstrates by casting Heal.
"Alright."
Charlie rattles off names. "So, there's Delilah and Baiken, then Ami and Geo, then there's the ghosts Erma, Evan, Cassidy and Mike, then there's Gregory and a parallel Gregory we're calling 'Grape', then Delilah's bed and Freddy are robots, and finally we have the weird adults. They pretty much own the place, but at the same time, they're not always around, so if you can't meet them today, just remember they look like mostly-normal people."
Rumia-Refia goes stiff as a board when she reenters the garage and sees the Flaming Espinas right up in her face. Slowly, tenderly, she sets down the meat in front of it, then backs away. "N-nice wyvern..."
Morgan nods. "Thanks."
She brings her plate over to take the leftovers from Refia-Rumia, then returns to her seat. She looks back up to smile gratefully at Refia-Rumia before she begins eating.
Edited by KiriK on Jun 24th 2023 at 1:29:16 PM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Hotel
Mugetsu nodded along, deciding to actually figure out who those are later. She didn't seem to bat an eye at the idea of ghosts and robots but then again, she is a dream demon so she's not exactly normal herself.
" 'Mostly' normal?" Mugetsu said, raising an eyebrow. In her mind she pictured beast youkai, who tended to look mostly human save for certain attributes like tails. "How so?"
SDM
At her seemingly suspicious behavior, the Flaming Espinas paused as it stepped closer to smell Rumia-Refia. She'd get a nice up close look at its sharp teeth as it did so but fortunately it soon backed off, snorting smoke before focusing on the meat again. She does need to duck since that big spiky tail swings near her.
Babey Mansion
Refia-Rumia smiles... Then after about 5 seconds she stands up.
"Ok, bored now." she says and if not stopped she'll look around for something to entertain herself.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."Corrin is surprised to see Xander and Camilla come to his hand but remember the whole "Einherjar" ploy. Still, he does look baffled for a second, being that he hadn't been around when fighting these Einherjars. Huh! Thanks, you two! The Elites are easily swept away while the other Xander is forced to draw upon Siegfried itself, both weapons clashing as Xander meets Xander. Except that what could be a dignified stand-off is ruined by his hysterical yelp to seeing another him.
W-what?! How?! You faker, how dare you copy my- Corrin, however, take the opportunity to punish the other Xander for talking in the middle of a fight once again, jumping up to grab the faker by the side of the head before dunking it into the wood, in a manner befitting an actual wrestler instead of a prince. Corrin even lands on his rear after his grab, which is to facilitate his next attack: he hammers the back of Xander's skull with his elbow, driving his head further into the wood and knocking him out as he was about to try to fight back. He gives Einherjar Xander a slight apologetic grin.
Then, Corrin propels himself in the air by sprouting his tail and using it as a trampoline. Leading the charge, he start to smash aside Berserkers and such on his own, swinging his sword or fist to send severed body parts or whole bodies flying high into the air by the dozens.
Nicole! You're surrounded by enemies! Stop talking and fight! He says, irritatedly at seeing Nicole speak. Camilla's head is indeed headbutted back, breaking her nose and causing her to throw her head back... but then, with strength matching that of the other Royals of this particular world and its neighboring dimensions, she goes with a punishing headbutt back as soon as Nicole start talking, cutting her off mid-speech as she likewise attempts to grab her by the wrist as well, using her free hand and trying to use the sudden shock of it to grab Nicole back.
As for the Generals around Nicole, they're likewise unwilling to stand there and let her talk, lashing out at her with their Wrymslayer spears, dozens of them attempting to stab Nicole all at once. Luckily for Nicole though, Beruka swoops down, decapitating/smashing half the Generals's upper bodies, insuring that Nicole will only have to deal with five generals with Wrymslayers.
A dangerous choice, with the Generals's weaponry, no doubt deployed in anticipation that Nicole and Corrin would attack Garon. Still, she raises in the air above the group once again, dodging spells and arrows as a panicked Foxy decides to drop in a "safer" lane, behind Corrin and the Einherjars!
JUST PROTECT ME!! he shouts to them, panicked as he fires his Noro Noro Beams ahead.
Meanwhile, Iago watch half in satisfaction half in annoyance as Leo is engulfed by Grima's Truth, yelling in utter pain and horror as the Fell Flames devour his body whole. GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGHHHHH His ashes are further pulverized, leaving nothing of the prince besides the bow, a weapon too indestructible to be so easily done away with... but useless, given the rapidly faltering state of the Nohrian royals.
At least I got to watch Leo die.... and what malevolent magic too! Unexpected of such a punchable figure. Iago figures that he has to deal with Morgan now. But at the same time, Nicole was looking ready to be downed. And she was distracted too... Deciding that it'd be worth it if Camilla were to win her fight, and with Nicole's position being already compromised (whereas the others had help that could take over for them or protect them), Iago quickly settles on his target.
There's one of him and hundreds of you! Kill that brat! He's slain your prince! Iago back off and cast Enfeeble on Nicole. The actual magic itself is impossible to "dodge". Nicole's resistance to raw magic will have to settle in for the effects: should she be weak to it, she'll be frailer and slower for up to 3 turns. If she's moderately resistant, she'll be that for 2 turns. If she's very resistant, only this turn.
Either way, Morgan is confronted with javelins throws, Thorons, Excaliburs and such but not as much as he could've before this, since Ban, Jeridan and Wamuu are doing a real whooper, the Einherjars and Corrin are likewise pushing and Morgan's Grima Truth probably engulfed a fair amount of people around Leo as well, leaving the last true pockets of resistance around Nicole and Garon.
Meanwhile, Ban, Se'Arah and Jeridan do indeed demolish their oppositions, the Nohrians screaming in terror at the sight of the immortal Ban before being utterly massacred by him. Then Jeridan somehow take that to the next levels, slicking through Sorcerers in bloody half and cleaving them apart with ease, with the Berserkers meeting a quicker end at the end of Se'arah when she comes to clean up.
But before the group can go in, the other Elise stands there, grinning as she rips a Bolgannone tome from the hands of a Sorcerer that had been pulverized. Before Wamuu can try to intervene, Elise holds her hands up and, with a giggle, cast the tome, causing three M A S S I V E fireballs to head towards the groupster, meaning to impact and incinerate them to the bone.
Wamuu take the threat seriously but he run towards it instead. Do not back down! Run towards it! How they do it, he leave it up to me. As for Wamuu, he does the ridiculous but efficient tactic of growing bone protusions on his hands and feet, causing dozens of bone-vents to push out of his skin to absorb a large amount of air at once. Then, after absorbing enough air, he leaps forward, slamming his arms into his chest and retratching his head deeper into his neck in the meantime. While leaping, he also crams his legs up his torso up to the knees, melding his flesh and bone.
Then, he shoots himself forward by blasting a large amount of air out of the vents on his feet, blasting him forward in a way that is... comically undignified, approaching Toilet Humour even, but efficient at helping him narrowly dodge a fireball and end on the platform. Once there, he take on his normal proportions again, sliding on the platform itself.
His decision is justified however: the flames of Bolgannone are spreading to engulf the platform, being moved by thought, not simple wind, to surround the entire platform, trapping anyone involved, so long as they can't fly or jump far up, into the fight. And while Wamuu could have figured out a way of getting it, he didn't want to sit out of the action when he had so little to do previously.
On the way to Elise, Wamuu finds himself blocked by a set of elite Nohrians, but he calmly grabs and slam them.
Subdue the fire child! As he neutralizes the blockade for Elise, Elise herself grabs a Thoron tome and shoot it with nary a second to spare, attempting to shoot three huge bolts of lightning capable of punching a massive bleeding hole in Se'arah, Ban and Jeridan, should they get hit. The lightning even briefly appears as one beam heading for Wamuu before splitting off into three.
She did see how easily Se'arah dealt with one though, so she already start backing off...
...
Do not worry, Selena. I am keeping the tornado active until enough of the enemy soldiers are removed. However, you will need to be very quick in getting them through a Warp Gate, Athos warns, running alongside Selena. He sees Figure Frieza blasting by with Einherjar Elise in tow. Should we be able to get them out of these cages, we might even simply get the cages in the Astral Realm and free them later, after defeating Garon.
By their side, Salazar runs along, with the Enclave staying back to keep control over the area. Or at least, half of them. Selena, Athos and Salazar found find themselves followed suit by the armored-up soldiers, who find themselves in their elements as they keep blasting the troops to bits. By now, Nohrian soldiers still in the battlefield seem to be outright terrified of the Enclave, raising their hands in surrender or fleeing... only to be gunned down all the same.
A Nohrian siege weapon capable of shooting fire balls explode at the edge of the crater, engulfing a lot of incoming reinforcements as Leah descends from it, making her way to the middle of the crater with a joyful grin on her face. She's so happy that she just sort of babble her way to the middle of the slums, unable to express her relief into words.
Meanwhile, close to the tornado, Athos's conditions are almost met, although he has to keep it up since, well, there's still Hans and others. Albeit, Subaru's manoeuver take out a lot of soldiers all at once, her strength and agility causing them to lose their footing and crash around her in a heap. And though half a dozen more soldiers come her way, they're moving so slowly relative to her that she'll have no troubles taking them out. And though there's even more soldiers behind them, Ms. Thingies's sweeping green flames reduce them to cinders, along with a couple more in the back. Had they not been so distracted trying to catch Subaru, perhaps they could have tried to salvage things, but yet...
Meanwhile, Beruka swoop in with her bigger wyvern, cleaving through the aerial troops over the slums as she swings her axe or has her wyvern, Minerva, literally bites the riders off their wyverns, crushing their heads in her jaw before spitting them out elsewhere. And Yammers help in further destabilizing the troops, actually saving Beruka from an encroaching rider with her attacks, successfully downing the rider and causing said rider to fall screaming to the ground.
Seeing a danger, the aerial troops move in to chase Beruka, distracting them from helping out with the crew below.
Lastly, Hans's attack is blocked and Figure Frieza block him by grabbing his arm, with Einherjar Elise causing his power to drastically decrease at once. W-whut?! Just what in the devil are ya?! He spouts, attempting to pull his arm back but realizing he's unable to.
The Nohrian army near the crater stands at the edge of it, unsure on how to proceed. These people from different worlds seemed like they could kill them all! How were they going to proceed? They had the numbers to win but no one wanted to be the one that died to facilitate the eventual victory of their faction.
That and the troops were getting distracted by the yellow lightning blasting out of the crimson clouds ahead, envelopping Nohr in a dull red aura. From the clouds, some sort of red snow falls. Comparable to falling cherry blossoms in shape and appearance but with a texture akin to cinder.
That and as Selena winces, so does Beruka, her memories of the Arena almost entirely consumed. To keep watch of what she's doing, she's reliant on instructions she wrote on the back of her hands. Or rather, that Corrin wrote, since he always had a cleaner...
... Did he? She couldn't tell.
But she knew that was what was written there had to be followed. And so, with renewed vigor, she keeps going. Please, just don't die.
Far in the horizon, an alien object is approaching Windmire at massive speed.
Edited by Bolded1 on Jun 24th 2023 at 8:48:42 PM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter"They tend to wear or carry weird things, one of them can turn into a walking skeleton, one of them sometimes has spider parts... stuff like that."
Fallen Sunny sits there and plays with his knife, twirling it between his fingers.
Rumia-Refia, still in 'deer in headlights' mode, gets decked by the Flaming Espinas' tail as it turns. With her senses smacked back into her, she slowly picks herself up and shuffles out of the room.
After receiving coloring supplies from the devil lady, she returns to her room with them, where she draws a picture of... herself. Her true self, dark skin, long black hair, clothes and all. It's not great, but it's perhaps of a higher quality than any of Rumia's own drawings.
"We could train like usual," N suggests. "You always put a lot of effort into it. Or we could play games in the lounge. Or fly around outside and explore! I love doing anything!"
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."

Flowey snarls and is about to attack again... but then Vanitas shows everyone a vision of the past, Chara and Asriel at their lowest moments...
It stuns Flowey and Chara completely, paralyzing them on the spot, with Frisk looking very concerned for them. Knowing Ralsei and how nice he is, he'll probably react like Frisk once the shock of the specter looking like him has passed.
But then the specters explode, and Flowey is in no state to stop what's coming for him, nor is Frisk fast enough to do something about this. Flowey's going to-
Potentially the biggest shock is when suddenly the weapons are deflected. Not by Flowey, or Frisk, or Chara... but by Kel, the impact of Kel's ball somehow strong enough to send the weapons flying from their path and to the sides where they don't hit anybody.
When Chara, Frisk and Flowey turn to look back, they (as well as Ralsei if he looks) will see Omori still pointing forward. Did... he give the command? Kel catches his ball again and looks at Omori.
"So now what?"
"Looks to me like the battle's over, Kel.", Hero says with a smile. Omori looks at him and nods. Flowey looks stunned yet again.
"Why... why would you..."
Omori looks at him, pockets his knife and then approaches. Kel, Aubrey and Hero look briefly worried for him as they don't trust Flowey one bit. Once close to Flowey, Omori crouches to his level and whispers something to him.
Flowey's eyes seem to widen in understanding, and all he can let out is a simple "oh...", after which he turns away from who was, until just now, his enemy.
"... I guess... I'm sorry for attacking you...", Flowey mutters. Chara and Frisk, while relieved, are genuinely shocked that apparently whatever brief thing Omori said was enough for Flowey to understand something. And considering how hardheaded Flowey usually is in his ways, that's not easy to accomplish.
Omori seems to accept Flowey's apology as he now stands back up and starts walking back to his friends.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.