The explosion knocks the Fanged Wyvern back, visible injuries forming on her body as a result. The creature snarled recovering from the damaging poison just in time to observe Sebastien closing the distance quickly. Moving fast, the Lunagaron attempted to repel the hunter with high-pressure jets of that same freezing mist shooting from the creature's pores, forming another potentially harmful and frost-inducing cloud in the area around the monster. It could easy be dodged, however, with an attack from above.

But to damage was not the Lunagaron's primary intent. Rather, the frost would begin settling on and sticking to her hide, solid ice armor forming across the beast as it entered its next form.

Sebastien jumped over the cloud only to then notice the Lunagaron doing something unexpected. Rather than be caught off guard, he double jumps past the Lunagaron to slash at its back.

Sebastien's strikes shattered the tips of the icicle armor upon the Lunagaron's back. When he landed behind the creature, she gave quick respite in the form of a turn and a bite, the beast pushing up onto her hind legs to throw him into the air if he had been caught in her jaws. This potential combo would end in yet another shoulder-tackle into Sebastien as he came down, though would leave him (relatively) safe and with an opportunity for a counterattack if he course-corrected and landed somewhere the Fanged Wyvern didn't expect.

Nohr

If the Dual Katana Nicole has is the Engage Weapon, it'll disappear until she can Engage again

"Let's not say our last words too soon," Emblem Corrin says encouragingly. "Look at what just happened to him - we can still make it through this!"

Se'arah smirks. Besides the damage she's just dealt, Wamuu wouldn't be there to keep up the pressure without her. Finally, validation.

She runs at Garon and does a simple forward stab followed by an outwards cleave.

SDM

Rumia-Refia heads into the training room and swiftly realizes she might have to figure out Rumia's powers quickly, because these robots might be able to tell if she uses her own.

All she knows is that they have something to do with darkness, though. And she's struggling to think.

Babey Mansion

Nobody questions the new save, and they end up playing the hours away.

Until 5 PM, when Refia-Rumia gets another buzz in her head, followed by a popup appearing in her vision like a virtual HUD.

Text Mom (Maya) & Dad (Oscar) about my day - phone is in bedroom nightstand drawer

Damn, Refia really thought ahead. Must be the gizmos in the brain.

Edited by KiriK on Jun 28th 2023 at 5:05:53 AM

Glacial Rift

Well once again his double jump was on cooldown as it were so he gets command grabbed into a combo. Gritting his teeth to ignore the pain, he uses his now reset double jump to once again move mid-air, vanishing briefly only to appear when he grabs the spikes on the Fanged Wyvern's back to give him leverage to slash into its back ala that cringe mechanic from Iceborne.

SDM

Rumia-Refia can feel... something, when she thinks about Rumia's powers. Like a caged predator in the back of her mind, urging her to reach out and crush whatever is near her. If she tries and pictures that she'll find a claw made of darkness popping out of her back to attempt just that.

Babey Mansion

Refia-Rumia frowned and sighed at the notification but relented.

"I gotta go do a thing really quick." Refia-Rumia said, putting her controller down. "Do whatever while I'm gone. Iron Grumpy can be Player 1."

She never had parents, Miss Patchouli said she just "formed out of human fears" or something, so she's not really sure how to talk to them. You're supposed to respect them right? Or maybe she should be more familiar with them... That's what goes through her head as she heads to Refia's room to grab the phone and write. Surprisingly she doesn't have much difficulty figuring out how a smartphone works.

"Hey mom/dad! My day's been nice so far! I ate breakfast with my friends, Ika was a stinker but N was nice again. We've been playing all together for most of the day so that's been fun! I took a break to message you so I hope they're not fighting." is what she writes. On her standards it's surprisingly not rambley, probably because she's not sure how to talk to them.

She's also lying she thinks it'd be funny if they fought over the controller or something.

Iker is immune to POUT.

...

"I want to be player one" >:0

You can do NOTHING about it, you pernicious cephalopod.

"... I sea how it is..."

she HAD to get that pun in there you see the post wouldn't be complete without it

Pantheon of the Fallen Star - Finale

Frankly, MB's mental assault goes nearly as badly as it ever could have possibly have done. It's a bit of an honest-to-goodness shitshow in there- "there" being Siamo Zero's mind- a veritable clusterfuck of nonsense so thick that you'd have better luck kicking a baby and telling the police it was done in self-defense.

It's a wonder those thoughts don't jump out and bite MB with how bad it is in there. Absolutely no use in trying a mental assault, and it's probably not healthy to try any harder than she already is.

Now, Siamo Zero is a bit busy for a few moments. That big shockwave didn't exhaust it by any means, but it certainly was a bit of a commitment.

Big enough to have a recovery period, like the whiff punish of a particularly committal uppercut.

Though the attack that caused this recovery period did hit someone... and really, wasn't anything like an uppercut at all.

I suppose if you looked at it upside down?

Well, the time it takes for Siamo Zero to recover from this is plenty of time for Collector Samus to keep on charging whatever severely-and-yet-necessarily overtuned attack she's got cooking. Maybe even enough to finish? I'm not the judge of that.

This is also enough time for the duo of Blast Hornet and Commander Yammark to perform their duo-centric jab-centric flurry attack, which turns out effective though notably does put both of them in immediate range of what's about to happen next.

also rip megaman i guess

It's not quite time for Siamo Zero's counterattack, though- Green has something to say about that, also unknowingly putting herself in more danger by going in for a dash-n-smack. But whether or not the attack is at all short-sighted is neither here or there in comparison to the effect, which is not very pronounced, but rest assured, if Siamo Zero had a healthbar, that damage would be at least one whole pixel of it.

...What? Chip damage adds up!

With Ms. Grey officially Not Attacking This Turn, it's Siamo Zero's turn, which is a fun way to say Uh Oh: That Giant Pink Ball is On Fire.

Yes, Siamo Zero suddenly sets its enlarged and bouncy-ball like featureless form ablaze with a furious, sun-like aura, probably dramatically inconveniencing anyone unfortunate enough to be notably close to it with what can be elegantly described as "the unmatched power of the sun."

'Least that much energy's got some knockback to it. For distancing reasons. Wouldn't want to get stuck in burnination city.

Give it a moment, and now Siamo Zero is bouncing again, which it thankfully doesn't spend much time doing before speeding off into the distance- though this time, it travels out towards the horizon rather than ascending up who-knows-how-far.

Though, weirdly, after a bit of travel, it seems to stop.

...Which is, actually, an optical illusion. Siamo Zero has not, in fact, stopped traveling, it has begun to increase in size at a rate that just so happens to match the rate at which it is leaving.

Both of these factors are quite exponential. The result becomes apparent when the sheer speed of Siamo Zero starts to become a light-speed problem, and its colors start to get all fucky due to how fast it's running away.

When Siamo Zero has reached Peak Big, utterly dwarfing the arena and honestly probably that giant object that was in the sky earlier too, it turns around, and starts charging for the battlefield.

...Despite being larger than the battlefield by a many-times considerable margin.

Oh ye gods.

Giant fireball of imminent destruction barreling towards the party at a not-inconsiderable fraction of the speed of light put briefly aside, it's time to talk about portals.

Because there's a portal now, a big pillar of light shining up from one of the many hexagonal platforms in the arena. Step into it, and you'll be teleported to thank-fuck safety from Siamo Zero's Wouldn't-it-be-funny-if-the-sun-just-fucking-hated-you attack.

And everyone knows this because. It's a dream, and honestly there kind of aren't very many other options anyways, so of course they do.

That's not to say it'll be easy. There's only like, a good ten seconds of wiggle room here, and every one of those seconds is accompanied by an increasingly searing heat and light.

Also, the teleport platform just. Uh. Happens to the one furthest away from the group on average.

...So maybe The Godseeker is a bit of a jerk.

.

Oh, yes, and for anyone that fails to get to the teleport...

Siamo Zero barrels through the initial arena and absolutely annihilates it.

Those fortunate enough to be at near full health when Siamo Zero strikes may miraculously survive by the blessing of the strange empowering light that this whole boss fight started with. But unless you're that lucky it's.

Not a good outlook I'll be honest.

Through the portal, though, things are different. The battlefield's no longer a bunch of scattered platforms- instead, it's a bunch of scattered pillars!

Though, these pillars (which appear to be made from marble, though actually are made from some Nonsense Substance because this is a dream remember) are big enough that it doesn't really matter that there are multiple of them. One will do, and so, everyone is teleported onto That One. The top of that one, which is flat and arena-shaped. How convenient?

It seems that the fight's gone above the clouds,- which seem to have secretly have been there the whole time after they vanished upon Siamo Zero's arrival- something you can tell because the light and heat of Siamo Zero's attack that just finished is still relatively Absolutely Boiling, having risen through them.

how thick were those clouds got damn

oh hey speaking of which.

Siamo Zero teleports back in, now in beautiful pink base-form. If anyone survived its attack somehow, they will also be teleported up here. For different reasons, probably.

I don't think Siamo Zero has the mindpower to think about fighting fair.

It looms above the group, wings spread gloriously, basking in the now-unfiltered rays of Weird Golden Light shining from a nonspecific source very very far above.

This weird Golden Light totally overpowers Siamo Zero's weird battlefield background aura.

All in all, it's kind of like being above the clouds at sunset up here. That might even be appreciable on an aesthetic level if there weren't this thing trying to kill you.

.

oh yeah Siamo Zero is just hanging up there for a bit. So like obviously It'll react to attacks like always,

But after all that it is safe to assume there may be a limited number of Arena Transition Teleports before Siamo Zero just hits the yoinky sploinky or something and throws out an instakill that can't be dodged by any means.

So like. Hey. There's some advice. Maybe don't give it the chance to do that again?

not that I'm judging you for not stopping the last one. cause like. how.

Edited by Whoma on Jun 28th 2023 at 11:27:42 AM

"im still alive idiots"

oh yeah but ur a fuckin head

"shut up ive got better head than you ever will"

what

The gorilla stares briefly at A then fumbles, soyjacking about in pure terror. Errrmm yes but I'm... I'm not a... huh... shit! He toss a smoke bomb the likes of which not even A will see through in time and then quickly flees the scene by whistling by to call in his horse friend, Geremy, who climbs unto the gorilla's back before the gorilla run off, now definitely chased off.

Nidrugg can only scream in miserable agony as he sees his gorilla being chased off. NO!!!!!'

Elsewhere, Sarah hears him out and laugh a little before going off to the side for her race, joining up with Reiss. Yep! But I don't know if seeing him mean that I can keep up with him! As he speaks about not using teleportation but other powers being fine, she smiles a bit and nod.

That's a good mentality to have! Restrictions are all fine and good but I think it's even better when we can go all out, right?

Pantheon

MB recognizes the danger that Siamo Zero's mind poses and stops all attempts to go for any further mental assaults.

Thankfully for her she's not all that close to the being when it basically becomes a sun. She tries to keep her distance for the short while that Siamo Zero starts bouncing, not wanting to be anywhere near that heat. She may like heat more than cold, but there's a clear and realistic limit to how much of that she can take.

And then it flies off towards the horizon. The optical illusion fools MB at first, but she soon realizes that something seems off and throws out a scan. Her eyes widen upon realizing what's happening.

"Everyone beware, it's drastically increasing in size as we speak!", she warns her allies.

And then it stops...

And then it starts coming back towards them, launching fireballs on its way. MB looks alarmed.

"We must find a way to avoid this. I doubt that any of us can survive, and I cannot fathom any barrier being able to block that!"

She scans around for anything useful and finds the portal.

"There!", she points out as she starts flying towards it. She'll reach it within the ten second timeframe. However, right as she's about to get teleported she suddenly realizes that megaman can't follwo them, and Space Ex-Boyfriend is still dazed. However, it's too late, and she gets warped.

Though as for Space Ex-Boyfriend, while still in a critical state of health, he has at least re-awakened by this point. He looks around in confusion for a moment before being alarmed at the incoming Siamo Zero.

"W-what in-"

He gets ready to teleport, but then notices megaman's head. He would have assumed him to be dead if it weren't for megaman suddenly speaking to someone beyond the fourth wall. ... whatever that means.

Regardless, Space Ex-Boyfriend does not intend on leaving anyone behind. He teleports to megaman and tries to grab a hold of his head. Regardless of success, he'll notice the warp point from this location and, either with or without megaman's head, will teleport to it and get them to safety.

—

MB arrives in the new arena and looks around, immediately taking in the environment and calculating how it can give them new advantages. Space Ex-Boyfriend then comes in after her, with or without megaman's head.

"Ah, good, you survived after all.", MB says. Space Ex-Boyfriend looks at her.

"Yeah, uh, I'm gonna need someone to fill me in on what the heck's going on here!"

MB looks confused.

"What do you mean? Did that beating give you amnesia of some kind? Until about twenty seconds ago you were furiously fighting on our side."

"... oooooh... oh, yeah, I know what happened now. My apologies if I attacked any of you at any point.", Space Ex-Boyfriend says. "I have a different side to me. A more... angry one. Getting dumped by my beloved Sweetheart must have brought that side of me out."

"... so you mean to say that you are no longer..."

Space Ex-Boyfriend raises his hand for a handshake.

"Angry? Indeed. I'm Captain Spaceboy, captain of the space pira-"

"Useful.", MB finishes, to Captain Spaceboy's confusion.

"Your anger was a liability, but it also made you powerful.", MB says, sparing all kindness in her words. Captain Spaceboy tilts his head.

"Hey now, I can still fight like this. Watch, if that thing shows up again I'll help, and you'll have to take back your comment."

Cue Siamo Zero appearing now and the heat drastically increasing for a moment. MB and Captain Spaceboy turn to look at it, the former telekinetically pushing winds around to try to cool down the area, after which she speaks up again.

"Well, time to prove your point.", she says while beginning to float. Captain Spaceboy draws his blade again.

"I will."

After putting down megaman's head (if he was able to bring it along with him), Captain Spaceboy teleports up to Siamo Zero and attempts to unleash another bullet hell attack. Now that his emotions are neutral again, this attack won't do as much damage as last time. But in return, Captain Spaceboy will also not gain as much damage in return from counterattacks.

MB, meanwhile, goes for a (basic but powerful) psychic attack aimed directly at Siamo Zero's eye.

Edited by DevilPsyco on Jun 29th 2023 at 4:12:29 PM

Commander Yammark and Blast Hornet - Pantheon

Despite Siamo Zero's might, both Reploids are somehow still alive. Near death, but they're still alive. At this point, they're running off fumes and E-Tanks.

They crawl through the portal to the new arena and summon a fleet of drones to blast Siamo Zero. After a moment, they cough up some red oil out of sheer unadulterated stress. They honestly have nothing to say at this point. Only anger towards Siamo Zero keeps them alive.

Nicole stares in complete and utter disbelief.

"Oh, for fuck's sake!"

Cue Garon smacking her down and throwing her into Ban, who thankfully catches her and blocks Garon's follow-up stomp. Offering him a thankful nod, she shakes her head.

"Well, now that I've lost the one thing besides Engaging that could actually let me hurt and kill Garon, you got some kinda hidden power that'll let me magically call Olympus' Wrath back you've been sitting on?" she asks Emblem Corrin. "I'm open to suggestions here."

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jun 29th 2023 at 10:10:56 AM

Great sky island

Anakin looks to the jump ahead, saying "I know I'll make it."

To most people, this sort of statement would be a sign of extreme, near suicidal overconfidence. Something Anakin has shown on occasion.

To a Jedi, however, that statement is a simple fact.

Anakin easily leaps over the missing bridge, in an almost unnatural way, as if something was slightly lifting him during the jump. Not enough to stop him from falling completely, but enough to extend his jump.

Landing on the other side, he turns around, and says "Alright, now stand as close to me as you can. You're about to see something interesting."

He has a smug grin on his face.

Garon screams as Corrin, Se'arah and female Einhejar Corrin tear him apart, coupled with Jeridan stepping in to not let up by stabbing him in the middle of the chest, mud pouring out of his body in catastrophic quantity. And as he raises his arm to try to punch them away, a purple beam of Fell Flames burn through it in an instant, the focused power of a Vallite Grima's Truth proving sufficient to carve through his mud body and likewise melt it into uselessness. His right leg and arm are both cut down, with Garon being reduced to his last leg, literally, as Jeridan's attack cause him to fall to one knee, in total shock at how low he could've been brought.

   No! NO! As if I could lose!    Regrowing himself some deformed limbs, Garon goes for the offensive with a violent swat of his arm, attempting to send Corrin, Einherjar Corrin and Jeridan flying at once. Corrin himself dodge the attack with an agile backflip, but then has to block the next attack, a meaty punch that Garon throws at the group with all his might, throwing his entire back into it, even though it matters little now that he's a big mud beast, mind you.

As far as the Corpse King knew, he was still about to win. Starscream was on his way. He only had to keep them pinned for the missiles to blast them all away. He'd survive the explosion. And then, and then...

And then Corrin grit his teeth and block the punch, blood filtering from between his teeth as the ground at his feet crack. It only last for a second, with Garon himself seemingly to freeze in shock, but still, Corrin briefly block Garon's big punch, despite being down to one hand and having to reel in with the shock, exhaustion and damage endured so far. But of course, it only last for one second. Without any assistance, Garon simply send Corrin flying with a punch, the prince screaming as he's painfully blown away.

But if someone else distract Garon, or help Corrin stand up to him or just attack directly, then Corrin is able to overpower Garon, slicing through his massive arm at least up until the elbow, stopping right in front of Garon. Then, as Garon's eyes widen, Corrin crouch and something shoot out of his stump, forming its way out of his arm in the blink of an eye. It's a new hand.

Although little does Corrin realize, said hand is definitely way different from his remaining fleshy hand: it looks to be made out of organic metal, with ten clawed fingers on it alone, each worriyingly sharp, thin and long. it appears to be melding with the armor he's wearing, almost emerging out of it rather than his stump, and is silver with some black lines here and there, with the palm of his hand and his nails being entirely black. Corrin doesn't realize this, because he just immediately use his hand to uppercut Garon in the chin, although he, almost instinctively, use his wolverine-like claws to also drive five of his fingers through Garon's head. And a small shockwave emanate from the ground as Corrin land an uppercut, at about the same time as everyone else get a hit on their own.

Garon screams as he's thrown back to the ground, this time laying still for about three seconds. Being touched by that hand, it... felt different. It was like being hit by Yato: distinctively painful, whereas an attack that wasn't effective, like Grima's Truth without the Vallite enhancement, just wouldn't be felt at all.

Still, Garon groans and get back to his feet, mud pouring out of the holes in his head.    Aiming for the head, hm? How about you use your own? It's simply a part of my body. There's no brain for you to destroy.    Corrin doesn't immediately get to the attack, because Starscream's jet engines roar even louder, prompting him to look back up after contemplating his hand at first.

   Ah, right on schedule!   

Up above, Starscream cackles as he sees Ms. Thingies heading his way. In answer to her jet, Starscream simply suddenly decelerate, causing her plane to miss completely. But then, she emerges out of her own place to continue the attack, and he find himself under attack from two more sources as she start to... attack the cockpit with her attack? Starscream's metal is tough enough to withstand the damage, but he still yelp as he find himself under attack. And though the metal is tough, it isn't invincible. He need to do something, or what is a flaming gash could become a bigger problem!

Frieza's unexpected survival for an organic does cause the Decepticon light surprise. Enough as to very slightly err, causing Frieza to somehow in grazing Starscream. And grazing is enough for Starscream to be sent careening to the side in a very violent manner. Which would cause Ms. Thingies to be suddenly flung off him as Starscream start spinning a thousands time a second.

   Bah! It doesn't matter! IT DOESN'T MATTER! IT DOESN'T MATTERRR!    Starscream, unluckily for the team, manages to correct his flight pattern. Getting his arm out and pointed at Frieza, he attempts to blast the tyrant's bulbous head with a high-caliber Cybertronian bullet, one so strong as to cleanly go through the buildings of Windmire, with great accuracy for his position.

With the same arm attempting to grab Ms. Thingies, he transforms and goes for Mordecai, the bullet sticking to his right arm as he, with his left one, attempts to slam all-out against Mordecai with a Dynamic Entry. And even if Mordecai dodges, Starscream keep track of him as he slides along, kicking up a colossal ton of dust and mud. Then, he attempts to fling Ms. Thingies at him with expected great force, meaning to send the two organics sprawling.

   I should really leave the two of you to die in agony and pain within your collapsing universe!    Starscream says, pointing his right arm at them, his right arm retracting into it before being separated into multiple blue gun barrels, each charging up with purple energy.    But I think it'd be too quick!    And then Mordecai's explosive goes off, causing the shots to go off-target at Starscream yelps in pain and surprise, attempting to get it off him.

   STARSCREAM! TAKE TO THE AIR! NOOOWWWWW!   

But before he can try to do that, or just shake it off, a white portal open up in front of him, like a tunnel of white light, and a red and blue truck roll right out of it, slamming into Starscream with enough force to send the Decepticon flying. Letting out a pained gasp, Starscream transforms in mid-air and blast off further off the battlefield and into the air, transforming only until the army of mudmen is standing between him and the truck, Ms. Thingies and Mordecai.

Said truck then promptly transforms itself, metal shifting and rearranging until the vehicle becomes a full-on 30-feet tall giant robot, this one friendlier-looking than Starscream, with a blocky body shape, a faceplate and, most importantly, blue eyes (Starscream has red eyes, so you know he's bad). Before introducing himself, he turn to look for Ms. Thingies and Mordecai, checking to see if they're okay, before he turns and point to- Starscream! You and your master should be used to it by now: where you go, so will the Autobots!

   PRIME!    Starscream shouts in disbelief, grabbing his head.

   PPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    Megatron's communicator bug out of pure anger, and Starscream is left awkwardly awaiting instructions. Needless to say, he's not going to be nuking the platform anytime soon;

And in the meantime, the Nohrian army is firmly winning its fight against the Mudmen army, being that they're so distracted gunning for the rest of the group down below. But even then, another army emerges, with Garon gasping in surprise when he sees who they are, he who was already pretty miffled by Starscream backing off: it's the Hoshidan, led by one Queen Mikoto and one King Sumeragi. The first wielding Blazing Yato, the second his trusted and beloved pair of swords, Hagakure. They're accompanied by a Ryoma and Takumi, each using their Blessed Weapons to cut down scores of the Mudmen, with their sisters either flying high or sticking in the back to heal the Hoshidan elites forces accompanying Mikoto and such. Azura sings, somewhere behind Mikoto, hyping up the troops.

And revitalizing Subaru, Pucci, Foxy and those who are too wounded to carry on. Healing staves from airbone healers on Pegasi will further heal them, putting them back to peak form, same for those who were wounded but not down. Beruka get up, her wounds healed, and Corrin glances back at her, looking relieved. Garon, by contrast, is utterly horrified, seeing his efforts slowly go more and more undone. Sumeragi's mere presence especially make him almost foam at the mouth in complete bafflement.

The Nohrian and Hoshidan armies eventually slaughter so much of the mudmen, in so little time, that they eventually end up converging at about the same point: the portal leading back to My Castle. Mikoto, clad in armor identical to Corrin, glance at Xander. Who was well-aware of her arrival but is still wary and surprised.

At about the same time, Optimus make it to the gathering point, the awed soldiers don't even bother attacking, seeing how careful he is trying not to crush anyone. My name is Optimus Prime, I am the leader of the Autobots. We oppose the Decepticons, of which Starscream is a member. And thus, have intervened to put an end to his rampage. And stop his evil plans., he explains on the way over. If it hadn't been for your heroism in facing him, he would've done a lot more damage before I could make it. I thank you for this.

There is... a lot of things happening all at once, Queen Mikoto, Xander says, pinching the bridge of his nose. But you stand there as our allies. I would ask that Nohr and Hoshido unite. Not for revenge against Garon. But to save the world from his blight. His evil has summoned the full might of several worlds, not simply two nations, to defeat.

There's plenty discussion to be had, I agree, but it would... honor me to fight by your side, Mikoto bows politely, remembering Selena's words. From now on, our armies will fight together!

Wow, things are going for the better?! Before Salazar can even expand on his train of thought, the Zulo Beast's decapitated head come off the portal, with a Falchion-wielding Lucina coming up next. By her side is another surprise guest: Samsara, with her Vallite weapons, and Gangrel, whose Hagakure Blades get Sumeragi to eye his pair in surprise. Emmeryn, Miriel, Niagara and more also emerge from it. They've all been healed by Lilith! And so should the people who retreated.

I shall not sit idle while my friends battle such evil! To arms! Lucina yells, raising her sword to the sky.

Rarely do I see so many worlds come together as one... Optimus has no idea what's going on, like at all, but he feels like good things are happening.

And up above in the platform, Foxy laughs as Garon simply stand seething in absolute anger. Even as the sky get redder and redder, with more mudmen coming out of the woodwork, he can't even bother to form a threatening sentence. Because he just realized that he's essentially become an uniting force. Someone that everyone will team upn against to stop.

He's the soon-to-be-un living proof that humans will put their differences aside to stop a big enough danger. The ultimate defiance of his past experience.

Nicole, get Siegfried. You should be able to use it, Corrin tells Nicole, before he simply glances at Garon, smirking. You're going to die.

Garon's answer to Corrin's blunt statement is a scream and an attempt at a clumsy punch. At about the same time as he does, the Mudmen army come online, dashing at the Nohrian and Hoshidan army, with Starscream glowering in the backlines. Then, he too get into action, deploying every weapon at his disposal, with full intent to use them.    I... I'VE KILLED ENTIRE PLANETOIDS OF YOU ORGANICS!   

Were they all looking the other way, Starscream? While Salazar, Lucina, Doleetle and such run headlong into danger, Optimus is a giant robot, so he resolves to simply use his giant blasers for now, despite his dear vow to stand at the frontline to protect the humans. He clear away swathes of the Mudmen army with them, pulverizing them into very small chunks far less dangerous.

   RAAARRGGGHHHHHH!   

In the giant crater, two armies rush to meet each-other head on...

Edited by Bolded1 on Jun 29th 2023 at 8:49:33 PM

The turnaround

Einherjar F!Corrin gets punched back, though manages to quickly get back up on her feet. But on Garon's follow-up attack she acrobatically jumps over his swinging arm, lands and blocks the incoming punch by holding Yato in front of herself. Granted, the raw power of the impact still sends her back a lot, but she still manages to stay on her feet.

Since Morgan is on his wyvern's back, the wyvern simply flies up to avoid the punch. Once Corrin blocks Garon's punch, Morgan immediately seizes his moment, jumping off of his wyvern and going for another focused magic blast from Grima's Truth. He has to limit the attack's power in order to not hit Corrin too, so this attack would do less damage than the last one, but it should still be enough to knock Garon off balance and give Corrin the opening he needs.

And if that wasn't enough, Einherjar F!Corrin, knowing that her counterpart can do much more damage to Garon than she can, rushes up to her counterpart and pushes against his back to support him, hoping to ensure that he won't lose this struggle to Garon.

The resulting shockwave from Corrin's follow-up attack on Garon does end up blowing both Einherjar F!Corrin and an almost-on-the-ground Morgan back, but as long as Corrin's attack succeeded that's all that matters. Morgan's wyvern quickly flies over to him to check if he's alright while Einherjar Leo helps Einherjar F!Corrin back on her feet.

Figure Freeza furiously attempts to blast Starscream's attack away with his own, but his regular Death Beam isn't capable of dealing with it. Starscream's attack blasts through his and he gets shot. A shocked gasp is all that escapes him before he fades away into nothing, returning to the figure that Anna still holds in her possession back at the My Castle.

Shame he died just before he could've witnessed Optimus Prime's appearance.

Einherjar Nyx and Einherjar Zola continue to blast away at incoming mudmen. Though they, along with all the others on the battlefield, briefly pause and turn when not just Optimus Prime and the Hoshidan army show up. As well as the Shepherds right after. Selena isn't with them due to her problems being memory-related than physically, but one can assume that she wished her friends luck before they took care of that Zulo beast.

"Would you look at that.", Einherjar Nyx says. Einherjar Zola sheepishly and nervously chuckles.

"I do hope the Hoshidan army won't mistake me for the real Zola."

Regardless, with everyone being buffed, healed, and being given reinforcements, Einherjar Nyx and Einherjar Zola join the troops in fighting against the Mudmen.

Einherjar F!Corrin runs to up her counterpart and gets in the way of Garon's attack, blocking him with Yato. Even with the buff from Azura's song this deals a ton of damage to her and makes her hit the ground behind Corrin. Regardless, she still looks at him.

"I will defend you! Let loose on that monstrosity!"

Einherjar Leo acts fast, casting Brynhildr in an attempt to trap Garon in place.

With Morgan now healed, he tries to fire multiple concentrated blasts of Grima's Truth at Garon. The book seems to respond oddly to the enhancement again, glowing more and more red, but Morgan chooses to deal with this issue later.

Lastly, two portals suddenly open, one above Garon and one above Starscream. Ban suddenly drops out of the portal above Garon and tries to cave in his mud-skull with a well-aimed punch.

As for the portal above Starscream, it suddenly unleashes powerful magic runes that try to attach themselves to Starscream. If successful, they'll blow up to deal good damage to him.

Regardless of if either attack worked as intended or not, Ban will jump back after his attack attempt and glare at Garon.

"Ya think it's that easy to get rid'o me!?"

He grins.

"Shame for you I came prepared."

Someone floats out of the portal above Garon now, after which both portals close. She zips over to Ban with teleportation, now floating besides him.

"He's a rather ugly beast, isn't he? Powerful too... very powerful. Why didn't you call me in from the start?", the woman chuckles before attempting to aid Einherjar Leo's efforts, using a spell to try to keep Garon restrained.

"How should I have known what we were dealin' with? Also, ya know I don't like owing you one, Merlin."

"You say that as if I don't have our best intentions in mind.", Merlin says, looking and sounding amused.

Beach

The poltergeist watches as the gorilla scurries away. Then, he tries to pull Adam, who might be suffocating by now, out of the sand, and makes sure that he lands safely this time. If BF is still in one piece, he'll float over, and ask,    ARE YOU OKAY?   

Otherwise, he'll just float off into the background and resume playing his electric guitar. An astute listener might even notice one or two references to Clair de Lune in his melodies.

Beach

Obscured by smoke, the goofy ah sounds of rapidly fleeing gorilla key A in to the fact that the work here is done.

"No need to thank me."

With a flip of a cape and a confident strut, A departs the scene.

Edited by Whoma on Jun 29th 2023 at 12:32:15 PM

"wow thanks"

I don't know if he can tell but megaman is actually sincere. Wild I know.

Either way absolutely none of what Captain Spaceboy and MB talk about processes in his head.

"hey can you hit her with my head so i can charge up some mana to summon more pasta"

oh ok bye everyone i guess i'll just wait another turn instead

Subaru staggers to her feet as the healing staves take effect, I suppose... functional, again, albeit worse for wear. No thoughts, head empty, only thing on her mind being [GARON = BAD].

"G-guourgh...!"

...

As if on autopilot, she books it towards him.

If Garon avoids being trapped, or gets out, she'll shoulder check him, before driving her strength further around and trying to judo throw him at the others. Preferably to be skewered.
Otherwise I guess she just hits him lole.

bro says "beep".

yeah he's ok

Pantheon

Collector Samus has the Speed Booster.

LMAO.

She starts running toward the portal before her thrusters activate and she zooms through.

—

Still charging on the other side. She could let it rip by now but she's mad as hell and she wants to make EXTRA sure this fucker dies.

SDM

The funny thing is, a primal urge beckoning to be let loose is almost exactly what Refia's own powers were doing when she first received an infusion from Lilith. She doesn't like feeling that way again, but at least it's familiar to her.

She manifests a claw of darkness from her back, but she guides it with her arm to instead take an open-palm swing at one of the robots, hoping to simply smack it across the head.

Babey Mansion

Maya
Ok! Love u

Oscar
Have fun! ❤️

Task complete, by the looks of it.

In the time it takes Refia-Rumia to get back to her room, send the message, receive a reply, and return, they're already at the Whispy Woods boss door with the Iron Maiden's leadership. However, the moment she does return, the Iron Maiden immediately hands the P1 controller back.

Nohr

Se'arah points and laughs at Garon as everything very quickly goes wrong for him. "He-hah! Hahahah! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"

If he retaliates to this offense with a physical attack, she'll use Patience to parry it and slam him into the platform!

RF!Anna, with a regrown eye, is among those emerging from My Castle, and she swiftly joins the battle with her weapon in Axe Config, slashing away two mudmen that were about to start pummeling Mordecai from his sides. "Try not to tunnel vision on one target," she tells him. He looks up, about to protest, but her scowl is enough to make the sharpshooter shut up and get back to shooting.

Mordecai switches to the Tsunami SMG and straight-up rushes into the fight, spraying the Mudmen with bullets that carry the power of acid and lightning and also Valla water.

Edited by KiriK on Jun 29th 2023 at 4:37:51 AM

Nohr

Yamame lets out a little sigh of relief as she joins the Shepherds in emerging from the astral realm. That battle with the Zulo Beast was a truly harrowing and thrilling one that will never be on screen or mentioned.

Anyway. She's a bit overwhelmed on seeing just how many people are here now but she snaps herself out of it. She joins the Shepherds in going after Garon, though rather than thinking she can do much against him herself she's mostly planning on helping clear the way to the mad tyrant.

SDM

The robot... gets hit and falls over. She forgot to actually turn them on, or activate the training room at all. A very Rumia moment on Rumia-Refia's part. A robot cleaning a corner looks at her, as if judgmentally, before turning back to mopping the corner.

If she actually goes to a nearby console she'll see setting to activate either of the knight shaped robots but also sees one labelled "heavy duty". Weird, she can only see two knights in here.

Babey Mansion

Oh good they didn't press for details. Refia-Rumia sighs in relief. Parents are weird.

She quickly runs back to the others and snatches her controller back.

"Thanks." she mutters. "Now let's kill a tree!"

Edited by shroobot3000 on Jun 29th 2023 at 11:53:25 AM

Once she hauls herself to her feet, Nicole has an opportunity to see just how much the situation has escalated. Among other things, she was wondering who this friend of Ban's was, but figured introductions would have to wait until after the huge battle was over.

"...I've got nothing."

She picks up Siegfried. It wasn't Olympus' Wrath, but she supposed it would have to do. Nicole could only hope that she'd have her Zeus-forged sword back before this was over, because she doubted Zeus himself would be especially eager to make her another one.

"I think I'm gonna need some of Thor and Loki's Asgardian booze once this is over," she remarks. "If we make it outta this friggin' mess alive..."

In the meantime, she leaps back into the fray and attempts to split Garon in half down the middle with a mighty downward swing of Siegfried.

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jun 29th 2023 at 2:47:43 AM

Lost Knife Cave

A low rumbling emanates from the cave mouth. It is the sound of Altzaira sleeping in her colossal true form, curled up in the largest chamber◊ of this complex cave network, usually hosting a bandit hideout. Zenitsu would likely be sleeping somewhere in the hideout as well, for once enjoying the presence of actual beds.

Ever since the incident with Syvyys, he and Altzaira have been ceaselessly on the move from one hiding spot to another. Ostensibly, this is done to keep the dark Dragon Lord from tracking them easily, although in her heart of hearts Altzaira knows this to be all but impossible for someone with relatively poor grasp of the Wild Magic like herself. Instead, the long trips are mostly aimed at hardening Zenitsu's resolve, like most of Altzaira's training regimen. Between them and harsh sparring matches against Altzaira - in both forms, as she insists on Zenitsu learning to handle dragons at the apex of their power - in their precious moments of downtime, the Slayer doesn't even get much of a chance to ponder whether it might've been better to accept Syvyys's proposal after all before his exhausted mind plunges into the void of sleep.

No.

Eve leaves, waiting for her return in August 1th.

Scarlet Devil Mansion

Rumia-Refia stares down at the collapsed robot for several seconds before finally looking up and around to find the console.

She is not the adventurous type, so she just passes over the "heavy duty" option and activates one of the generic knight robots instead. The same one she accidentally smacked down, too.

Babey Mansion

"I mean, he doesn't die, we just beat him until he cries... now that I say that out loud that's kinda messed up too. Anyway!"

With that one obligation out of the way, Refia-Rumia is free to keep playing as long as she wants. The Iron Maiden and N don't seem to ever get tired, so they can keep playing with her. That just leaves the question of Ika.

Lost Knife Cave

In all of this, all of their time spent training together since the initial run-in with the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord, Zenitsu has only used Thunderclap and Flash. The technique he used against Syvyys has not ever returned - he would rather lose than use it against Altzaira, even in her true form.

She's already accused him of not taking their fights seriously, but he is. He's fighting with all he has, even without his ultimate technique. It's just... that move is special to him. It has emotional meaning, and she will never be the old man who took him in and taught him Thunder Breathing, nor the rival whom he once sought to impress. They're the people he made that technique for, and from his perspective, to use it in front of anyone else, especially in training, feels like a dishonor to their legacy.

He used it against Syvyys because that bastard disrespected and toyed with the person that Zenitsu was and the person he strove to be - he insulted Gramps. And he can't use it against Altzaira, not because she's a woman, but because he knows any insults she makes at the expense of his old master are an attempt to rile him up on purpose, and he can't get into it that way.

Sometimes, he wishes he could get angrier more easily, like Inosuke. In fact, he just wishes Inosuke were here. And Tanjiro. And Nezuko, of course...

But finding them will have to wait. Slumber calls.

—

As Zenitsu falls asleep, another "sword-wielder and dragon" duo pass by the mouth of the cave - Baiken riding atop Miraidon. She considers resting there for the night, but after getting through the entrance tunnel, she sees a slumbering form atop a ledge high above. The place is occupied, as it turns out.

She almost leaves, but upon noticing Zenitsu's ensemble...

The face. Those robes. That sword.

He's definitely Japanese.

She can't just leave him to the dangers of the wilderness. With so few Japanese people left in her world, she couldn't bear to see another, even from an entirely different reality, die.

So she dismounts and lights a campfire in a nook in the side of the tunnel, leashing Miraidon to one of the pikes by the entrance.◊

Edited by KiriK on Jun 30th 2023 at 5:36:48 AM

Ika isn't exactly a perpetual motion machine but she's not tired yet.