Hi
...
Icarus.
They are me.
But I am not them.
All I am.
Is a memory,
And a single
Red
Eye.
...
I lie.
Of course,
It is.
Always, more complicated.
.
Rotten light in hidden sea,
All that which can love can lie,
See the truth that's buried deep,
See yourself that death may die.
Abyss eye at all that follows,
Fearless sword in wicked wing,
Find in lies that which is true,
Find strange eons death may sing.
Amphitheater.
The figure by Icarus's side hears a voice.
It takes them a moment to recognize it, or where it is coming from.
...But when they listen, they know it for certain.
Whispering from Icarus's mouth.
Muttering to themselves under their breath.
The words, indecipherable.
Edited by Whoma on Jul 3rd 2023 at 7:58:11 AM
And it's something quite peculiar / Something shimmering and white.
Business Youkai of the Mountain
Glacial Rift
As the poisoned one keels over, the Giaprey fighting Sebastien lets out a startled screech at the daggers being tossed into its side. It turns around briefly to look at Luin but this proves to be its undoing as Sebastien uses that distraction to get some clean hits in, finally putting it down as well.
Meanwhile, Lunagaron manages to finish off the one she's chomping on, splattering its comrades in blood. It lets out a dying screech before going limp in the Fanged Wyvern's jaws. The two remaining Giaprey step back now, looking nervous.
Then all present hear a loud roar, like the call of a Giadrome but distinctly... off. Rather than being reassured by their alpha's return, the remaining Giaprey duo look even more agitated, heads whipping back and forth as if ignoring the group who just killed their kin.
Some stomping can be heard in a nearby treeline, snow being tossed aside as something bigger than even a crowned Giadrome should be steps out. Just from this distance Luin could tell something was wrong with it beyond just size. Some kind of black substance was staining its body, though if Luin looked closely she could see it move sometimes. Its eyes glowed a baleful red which combined with the dark aura might remind her of a certain blight that affected monsters once. Its tail also had an unnatural shape for a Giadrome, resembling more the weaponized tails of some Brute Wyverns.
"I'll have to assume that's not normal?" Sebastien says to Luin. It's a genuine question since it's not like he has much experience with these things.
The Stained Giadrome stopped and roared, this being enough to finally make the Giaprey snap out of their fear and flee their own alpha. It didn't seem to care, only staring down the Lunagaron before charging at her. Right before reaching her, it would spin and swing its unnatural tail around to smack the Fanged Wyvern in the face.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
it's hunting season
Estarole
A nearby adventurer was wandering in the same area strolling with his giant pet wolf. His caped silhouette hides his light armor, a gambeson over his vest, and a greatsword on his back. The wolf sniffs the blood coming from the knight and stops whatever it was doing to follow it.
"Slow down Chip we've only gotten here!"
He runs over to where the knight is to catch up to his companion, but a giant wolf seemingly running straight for them with no clear sign of what it's up to probably isn't the best first impression.
Hub Centralis — Piovre
"It's okay, guess we're on the same page, that's nice but-" William looks relieved just by talking to Piovre, he sighs as he thinks about it, has the Empyrreich even remembered why they're after him? That blank longing stare he just gives to the table practically says it.
"I don't know exactly anymore! They'd probably even accuse me of that too! I've been attached of so many crimes that I'm absolutely certain the original reason isn't even remembered by anyone outside the army!"
His steam for rambling on about it rapidly dies out after remembering Piovre's still a complete stranger.
"I-I have an entry somewhere in my journal about it but that's a story for another time. You're a good man for listening."
real
The Priest
Hub Centralis, Glacial Rift, Estraole
Hub Centralis
"I see."]] The man nodded, understanding. "Well, after five hundred years listening starts to become the only thing one really can do. Though…If there's anything I can do for you, I'd be more than happy to help. I've been in your shoes before. Only made it out 'cause of some…grand, cosmic fuck-up."
____
Glacial Rift
"No…" Luin shook her head, assuming a battle-ready stance as if to fight off the creature before remembering that she had no weaponry and instead backing away. She wasn't quite prepared to retreat, but at the same time—facing a threat neither of them seemed to know anything about would surely prove to be a mistake, one that she had made far too many times already. "No, it's not." Her mind harkened back to home, recalling the Kinship Plagues that would oftentimes spread through their lands and tamed only by the Night-Riders, a task force trained to suffocate the Kinship Plague before they could pass the event horizon and become a threat to her people. Her brother had been a part of that group; the captain of it, in fact.
Meanwhile, the Lunagaron reacted with a surprised huff, recoiling as the tail slammed against her face. Of all the Giadromes she had ever taken for easy meals, none had done anything like that. Of course, none had ever looked like this one did, either. It was…New, to be sure. But she could either sit and take it, or she could remind this unnatural beast who sat at the head of the table in these lands. Pouncing forwards, her claws ripped and swung and tore through the air with the intent of fucking the Giadrome up.
____
Estraole
The knight froze in place, hand reaching for their sheathed sword's grip as their legs bent slightly. Beneath the darkness of the helmet's visor, their gaze paid close attention to not just the approaching wolf, but the man following it as well. But rather than take hold of their blade, that hand sank into the opened pouch behind it. They procured an object wrapped in some sort of cloth, pulling it apart to reveal a cut of cooked meat. Kneeling, the knight held the meat out for the dog and would even go as far as petting it if it didn't respond with aggression upon coming close. It seemed as though this figure had some sort of experience with hounds and their mannerisms, or perhaps was just foolishly naive and would treat just any snarling, teeth-baring wolf like a house pet.
Do you believe in 'Gravity'?
Kimairan answers this incoming Mega Punch by growing ice around its fangs, letting its bite meet the punch and causing an explosion of energy, after which Kimairan is knocked back but manipulates the air to make itself land on its feet again. He then glances at Red, having noticed what he said (or, well, signed) and...
"... seventeen? Really?", he asks, sounding genuinely flabbergasted, as if it's really that hard to believe. Depending on Red's pride this may end up being the most direct damage Kimairan has done to him so far.
As for Mewtwo, he's about to follow up with another attack, but then Red's Wonder Launches gives DNP!Mewtwo a significant stat boost. Coupled with DNP!Mewtwo having removed its own limiters earlier on by destroying its ball, Mewtwo is now actually considering the possibility that he may lose to this rival Mewtwo. He decides he has to end things as quickly as possible, and this heralds the return of the Giant Fucking Spoon™, which heightens his abilities immensely. He jumps back and swings the Giant Fucking Spoon, sending a powerful psychic wave at both DNP!Mewtwo and Mega Charizard X.
As for Kimairan, it jumps up (partly to avoid that same wave) and begins forming a Hurricane attack, attempting to catch Mega Charizard X within it. The gems on its side glow as it does that.
Meanwhile, the Trio has, miraculously, not run of and left Red to deal with this. Instead Jessie noticed that the device was missing and James found it, picking it up and using it to scan Kimairan.
"This is strange.", he comments, probably close enough for at least Red to hear. "That six-legged glitch creature seems to be altering its own body somehow."
Jessie and Meowth peek at it as well.
"Whaddya mean?"
"That's what this thing's saying at least. I don't really know what it means."
"Maybe it's changing its type somehow?"
While it's but a mere guess from Jessie, Red may remember how strangely difficult it seemed to be to guess what types were super effective against Kimairan back during their first encounter.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Jul 3rd 2023 at 8:04:33 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Extreme math nerd
Assault on the Sith Academy
It's definitely getting too spicy for Super Sheriff, and becoming the recipient of his very own volley of rockets marks the tipping point for him. Not knowing how to shut off the lightsaber, he simply tosses it away, launches himself behind one of the remaining battle droids using a knockback shot from his pistol and grabs yet another rocket to slam into them. Once the rockets pass by, he propels himself across the battlefield using two more shots, aiming to land right next to Nakai.
"Hey, can you do me a favor?", he shouts over the sounds of battle. "If you can not destroy all the rocket launching bots, that would be great! I could really make use of them. Okay, thanks!"
And immediately, he shoots off again, this time to a position close to Lord Tenzen. Once arrived, he tractor beams the ground, pulls hard on his pistol, and rips out a whole chunk of rock.
"So you run this place, huh? Well, teach me a lesson, professor."
He swings the chunk of rock right at Tenzen.
"What I don‘t like about measure theory is that you have to say 'almost everywhere' almost everywhere." - Attributed to Kurt Friedrichs
[PASIO]
( ￣＾￣)
"I'm going to be the bigger man and let that go." :P
Charizard is also thrown back by the blast, but stops itself from being actually knocked over, skidding to a backwards stop on the ground.
o shit the wAVE
Charizard used Dig!
bro is
bro is underground
no hurrycane
Meanwhile, Mewtwo braces itself, crossing its arms and gritting its teeth as the wave plows into it. Low on HP it may be, but it resists this attack and has +2 SPD.
Red blips his thanks to Mewtwo for taking the attack. Imagine if he hadn't been right behind him lmao
Meanwhile, Red's mind starts running wild, trying to think of how to deal with... hypothetically, let's call it Protean Automatica.
- Type change makes finding type advantage a crapshoot
- Achilles Heel is inherently Super Effective against its target, provided it hits
- Achilles Heel is Normal-type
- Achilles Heel's one blind spot on the chart is Ghost-type targets
- The following Abilities allow the user's Normal-type and Fighting-type Moves to hit Ghost-type targets: Scrappy, Visionary, Irrelephant, Unavoidable
- Mewtwo does not have access to these Abilities
- Mewtwo also does not have easy access to Foresight or Odor Sleuth
- Mewtwo DOES have access to the Ability, Psionic Infusion, which turns Normal-type Moves into the Psychic-type
- This would make Achilles Heel into a Psychic-type Move, giving it both STAB and changing its blind spot to being Dark-type targets
- Mewtwo DOES have access to Miracle Eye, which once used allows its Psychic-type moves to hit Dark-type targets
>:D
But first uh
Red used the Max Potion!
"?... ... Wahaha! WAHAHAHA!"
Edited by Rbade on Jul 3rd 2023 at 11:43:46 AM
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Divine Burden
Watching Subaru goes, Or smiles satisfyingly, pleased by her answers.
So long as you can make adequate use of magic, Nicole, you simply need to pour it into the orb. Potency is important here, although a mage of great skill such as this... Gandalf would probably be able to maximize his contribution, Athos glances at his orb, which is swelling with green colors now. Mixed with blue, thanks to Merlin's contribution. But you appear to have a lot of Arcane power at hand, draconic one. Your contribution will be key. Hold your hand out towards the orb and pour your energy outwards. I'll handle the rest.
Athos almost shivers as he feels the power of the goddess. That was... an awful lot of power. An awful man would be very much tempted to use it for himself, consequences be damned, but Athos was a man of firmer intentions. The flames of Forblaze start glowing blue now, of a lighter taint than Merlin's, although they start to have red tips as Leah yelps and pour in Rexflame.
G-geez! I was gonna do it! No need to be so bossy... Even if I'm glad about you getting to be bossy again.
Corrin sees everyone preparing to go the trailer or front seat and decides that he should say something, as a way to get the audience pumped up and ready to take on an outright Eldritch Abomination. Garon is someone who-huh? As Jeridan goes and interrupts him, Corrin brush it off, since he didn't really get started. And his eyes widen slightly, at Jeridan's sacrifice, but he does nod, understanding that he's not in a position to really refuse any help.
And secretly, he's kinda okay with having one less "competitor" in the race to kill Garon. But still! You've been a lot of help! We won't let you down after you do this! He swears, deciding that Jeridan could probably undo this later, just not with the time they have right now. So long as you stay okay, though. I don't want anyone else to die today besides him. After being handed the spear, Corrin hesitates a bit. He's not a good spearfighter, and he already has Yato, so...
With a thankful nod, he hand over his spear to Yammers. I'm sorry about not finishing Garon while I had the chance, you really had him cornered for us, Yamame.
That put aside, Corrin coughs into his fist. Garon is someone who's had a lot of pro-AHITSTAKUMI! He yelps, seeing Takumi. Beruka herself turns to the Royals with something of a murderous look in her eyes, clearly not remembering them to be allies, while Mikoto's eyes widen at seeing more of her children. Luckily, Camilla, the Shepherds's one, also come out, prompting Beruka to calm down.
Lady Camilla? You'd fly with the Hoshidans? Beruka says, the tone not accusatory, rather, it seems resigned, like she's preparing for Camilla to spout some nonsense before going on to follow her into whatever insanity she's got planned.
Unusual times require unusual solutions, my darling! And if you haven't noticed, these are very unusual times. With very unusual solutions. Beruka nods, preparing to go with Camilla... at least until she loses her memories again and has to be reminded as to why they're fighting. Still, Corrin glances away from her. Not stressed, upset or angry, but motivated. He has the solution to Beruka's amnesia right here and there and he fully intends to acquire it, no matter the cost.
... He looks down at his new hand and notice it's still holding the headband she gave him. After a short time looking at it, Corrin hold it up to Beruka before she can leave on her wyvern. I think this belongs to you.
Seeing the item, Beruka looks very briefly surprised and angrily snatch it away, quickly tying it to her head and leaving for Minerva.
Glancing at his counterpart, Corrin even has the detachment to simply think to himself.Seems like I have the better hair! And he appreciates this feeling of freedom, completely detached from his previous worries. Because he sees that a lot of worlds have come together to battle Garon. Shepherds, multiversal agents, Youkais, dolls (not that he knows), giant automatons, arcane dragons, ninjas, thieves, Annas, Einherjars... With a crew like that, Garon's defeat is sure and certain.
Garon's someone who had a lot of problems in his life. But he thinks that it entitles him to become everyone else's problem. He's discarded his humanity and gained abilities from other worlds, just to have the power to fulfill his ambitions, he glances at Garolympus, then points Yato at it. But we've broken through that power time and time again. And that giant form of his is only going to make his weakness all the more obvious, when we cause it to crumble away to nothing! Athos? Are we ready? Says Corrin, nervous at the idea of filling the air a bit after his dramatic ending. However, unlike his past nervousness, he keeps his firm, confident tone.
If I am to be honest, Lord Corrin, in regards to these circumstances, I would not have waited for you to end your speech, compelling as it might have been! Athos chuckles, pressing the orb between the palms of his hands. He start walking in front of the group, towards the Garolympus. I suggest you all get ready.
As everyone get into the trailer, Mikoto hesitates before getting into the front seats of Optimus's Alt-Mode, with Corrin and Salazar. Beruka and Camilla prepare to sail, with Samsara getting on Camilla's wyvern to keep an eye on the situation. Lucina walk into the trailer as with the others, glancing at those Einherjars she's had to fight before. She nod to them.
Sumeragi enters the trailer then, looking confused when he spots his children after seeing them before. But then he realizes there's like two Corrins and figure out what's going on. Azura peek from behind him, as does Foxy, who is pleased to find himself surrounded by tough guys and women. That way, if things go sour, he's got a lot of people to fight for him.
In the meantime, Athos, once he's sure he's in front of everyone, simply... spread his fingers apart slightly. Very slightly.
And from it, here comes light.
A ring-empowered Goddess Arcane Beam is born from what was simply Forblaze. A big, sweeping beam of pure magical energy and flames hotter than the sun blasting off in a precise cone-like area in front of Athos. The mage admirably stands still despite unleashing this much power with this much precision, simply letting the entire energy cleanly wash over the surface of Garolympus, leaving no inch of it untouched by its puryfing light.
Garon's droning speech is interrupted and he screams as he feels his entire surface being stripped away, pulverizing his mudmen and the spikes and defenses he'd come to form on his body. The whole mountain even shakes as a hideous moan escape from its bowels, as if it's trying to literally rip itself out of the ground to escape. No such luck for it: while it withstands all of that power, its surface has been completely stripped of anything dangerous. It's almost completely smooth.
But not for long.
Let's roll.
Optimus push its Alt-Mode to its limits as he start going, blasting past Athos at speed beyond that of an ordinary truck, tires rolling as he start his ascension up the mountain. Peppino is by his side, somewhat keeping up with sheer speed thanks to his newfound six legs, while Starscream is seen by the distance, multiple air cones appearing around him as he likewise start his ascension. Beruka and Camilla do their best to keep up, their wyverns flapping their winds mightily.
In Optimus's vehicle form meanwhile, Salazar, the most familiar with modern technology here, glances at his radio and put on a button, causing it to blast awake with a particular song.
One that echoes in the trailer, thanks to Optimus having a mic of a sort in it. Perhaps to better communicate with people inside it?
Salazar, there's people dying outside! Foxy says, after glancing around to know where the fuck the song was coming from. And the laws of the universe are breaking apart! I wouldn't be playing a song like that at a war, you know?!
Hahaha, no! Keep the song! I like it! How do you even make such sounds?!
Foxy, it's the same song over and over again! I can't play anything else! Salazar points out, Mikoto and Corrin watching somewhat bemused as he starts to press on the buttons. It makes me nostalgic for my childhood as a wee lad in the 80s! The best decade! My body is that of a twenty-years old but my soul will forever belong to these years!
It's a very good song.
What do you mean you're 20?! Foxy replies. Near him, Wamuu simply sit still in utter silence, likewise with Lucina. Azura simply grumbles and put her hands to her ears, disagreeing with the song utterly.
Meanwhile, outside, Garon's defenses come awake but much weaker than before. Mudmen emerges, attempting to attack Optimus's truck form. But before they can do this, Optimus's trailer split into several more trailers, each going in different directions but still upwards. Of low intelligence, the mudmen all go for one trailer, with the real Optimus going off towards the top of the mountain.
On top of the truck, somehow standing still despite the high speed he's going at, GREAT TIGER roars and raise his hands to the sky. THE GREAT TIGER RISES!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! And though that could give the game away, there's a Great Tiger for each truck, further confusing the mudmen.
You are more of a Great Human... But thank you for your assistance, Great Tiger!
Mikoto laughs to all of this, along with Corrin. Salazar, by their side, simply look on for songs that aren't from Stan Bush. I never thought I'd be seeing all this with you, my son! As dramatic as these circumstances may be, I'm glad to be going off into such an aventure with you and your friends! Look at us! Climbing up a mountain that used to be a man on a... steel vehicle, with warriors from other worlds, nevermind the steel vehicle himself being a warrior!
Corrin glances at Beruka, somewhat farther back, and nods. It wasn't all that fun for me... he admits, And I wish I could be doing anything else with you, mom, but every second I spend with you is a blessing. Corrin says, biting his lip at the last part. He's reminded that, at home, Mikoto is dead and was outlived by Garon.
And her second nation, the one she'd ruled over, was defiled by Garon then invaded by Nohr. And large parts of it were still kept by Xander, who still needed the food and territory for his subjects. No matter what he'd said to explain it, these were a lot of her subjects dead and gone forever. That Garon could even sit on that throne... oh, how he wished he could kill that man forever more! ... It's good to be the good guy in something for once, you know?
Mikoto tilts her head to the side, pleased but also very aware that something probably went wrong at Corrin's home. But time is working against her for this: Very soon, Optimus reach the summit of the volcano, with Garon trying to raise barriers around it, as a last ditch protection. Prepare for battle and worry not. I will transform in a way that will eject you all safely. We'll land above the volcano, so prepare for immediate battle! Garon get wiser, indeed, and start to spawn flying mudmen down below, with a massive swarm heading off to hunt them down. He figures that, even if the mudmen are too stupid to notice illusions, sheer numbers will make them hit something.
Gah, if it hadn't been for Forblaze, he could've just sensed the real Prime!
Optimus keeps going, faster, faster, faster, faster, faster, faster, until they shoot off the mountain and into the sky above, with Starscream following suit along with the wyverns.
But the mountain is so tall and they go so far, that they freeze in mid-air. The hole above the world, where the world threatens to pour in, suddenly yank everyone upwards...
In the ''place between worlds''
A sort of existence between Dreiz, where they were, and all the worlds above. Like space but not quite. Because this is a realm beyond space and time, where tomorrow happened and where is everywhere. As Optimus detransform, everyone will be briefly stranded in a milky-white space, the worlds above and below them.
Where they look, so long as it isn't in the direction of someone else, they'll see their alternate selves. Be they evil, successful, corpses, different, similar or from other species entirely. Some are simply mundane, like having a different skin color. Some others appears to have been born as entirely different people. And each of these alternate selves stretch on into the horizon, with more and more alternate selves popping up behind them, their movements all the same as the line of alternates stretch into the endless existence all around them.
Of course, they can't interact with them. They can see them but not look behind them. And moving is likewise hard, and imitated by their counterparts. Their movements are slow but they appear to be going to the apex of their jump. And, slowly, all falling over. Very slowly.
Each of these selves are visible by other people, should they look their way instead. For instance, if Nicole look towards Samsara, she'll see Niagara behind her. And if Samsara look at Nicole, she'll see a Nicole with an uniform reminiscent of a captain, complete with a neat cap. And she'll see another Nicole staring at her Nicole and vice-versa.
Corrin glances above, a bit lost at what's happening, but what he sees get him to briefly stop talking. Everywhere, there's a lot of alternate Corrins. But none look the same as he do. He, the blue-haired Corrin with a bowl cut, has no other selves in the universe: all the others have the same basic appearance (although some are bulkier or smaller than others) but he's, as he realizes, pretty much unique in existence. No other Corrin look the same as he does.
Even down to their clothes, some are different, wearing Paladin-like armor, or a Samurai's, or a Ninja's, but he doesn't find anyone who's basically exactly like him. No Corrin is the same as another, he find out. He's an unique being.
He glances at the others. Optimus has a lot of Optimuses behind him, all identical as being heroic red leaders of the Autobots. Salazar has a weird-looking counterpart with no tricorn hat and a puffy haircut instead. Foxy's counterpart has a weirdly-joyful demeanor with white flame-like hair. Lucina has a row of similar duplicates, as well. But he? He's all alone.
Starscream is likewise present, mournfully staring at another variant of him that has the Decepticon crown on. Funnily, all the other Starscreams are staring at this one particular Starscream.
As for Beruka, she's baffled to see essentially Niles staring back at her. And Peri. And Charlotte. While there's definitely some of her other selves in there, it seems, across time and space, she's not exactly sure that other selves work like that.
... H-hey! Corrin eventually screams, raising his finger for everyone to see, baffled as they might be with their own alternate selves. If they look his way, they'll see that tall, armored-up fellow that Garon encountered in his dimensional journey. And Lucina's eyes widen in shock. Not simply because of the figure's particular shape, being a huge armored being with glowing blue eyes similar to a particular Grima REX...
But because, her memory be damned, she can feel and hear an energy. Or a voice. Akin to REX coming out of this guy;
As for the others, the shock factor is that this armored guy has no alternate selves. No matter how hard they look, there's no one in front or or behind him. As if there's one of him in all of existence.
G... Grima?! Is that you?!
He glances down at them, his arms folded over his truck-sized torso, but audibly scoffs. No. Maybe you should put those eyes of yours to use for once, Samsara. As he says this, finally, the group leaves the odd space they were stranded in..;
And start to fall right back down to Garolympus. Gone the weightlessness. And say hello to Gravity again!
The tip of the mountain attempt to close itself, like the opposite of a blooming flower, building up a huge shell of hardened mud over its gaping maw. Likewise, the flying mudmen start to get menacing again, flying over to the group, and bound to get to at least some of them before they get to the tip of the mountain.
Corrin is silent, apparently perturbed by what he saw.
What even was that?!
A mystery to be solved at our leisure - but we need to remember why we're here for! Everyone! We've got incoming! Optimus's trailer fully fold into his body, being basically extra material for him to transform. Here, he transforms them into massive blasters, which he uses to blast away at the opening. It also destroys the mudmen, but there's so many that he's not confident in his ability to shoot through them all. And besides, he's worried about collateral damage!
Still, he try his best to take care of some of the mudmen along the way.
7 TURNS UNTIL THE END OF ALL
Edited by Bolded1 on Jul 3rd 2023 at 8:45:55 PM
Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.
The Troubled Replicator
Nohr Rescue Mission (The Final Stretch)
Jeridan watched as Pucci managed to avoid being obliterated from existence with a masterful usage of Stands, and he can't help but impressed by the performance. Stand users seem to have the ability to use their powers in the most unexpected ways. Receiving the DISC from the priest, he nodded solemnly. "I'll put it to good use." The young man said as he tossed Pucci two K Corp Healing Ampules. Due to each having only half the power of the original ampules, Jeridan has to borrow two for them to fully heal the priest. "Just jab the pointy end into your body to use it." He considered using D 4 C to obliterate Garon, but the Stand might reject him and he would've wasted time trying to put the DISC in in that case.
With that said, Jeridan took a deep breath and borrowed the power of a legendary Pokemon to fly after the trailer instead of getting inside. The trip to the top of the mountain, compared to the interior of the trailer, is rather silent for the honorary agent. The faint sound of music coming from below still put a smile on his face, however, as he swatted away several flying mudmen trying to kill him.
After the young man was sucked into the massive hole in the sky, he witnessed something positively wonderous. Jeridan looked all around and at every single one of his variants, trying to capture them all into his memories. It's just like Yi Sang's Mirror...! He would see a version of him that's a normal person, a version of him that's imbued with Lightforce and Darkforce, a version of him that's a Cybertronian... No two Jeridans are exactly the same, and the possibility of what he could become is quite literally endless.
Yet, every single one of them would feel a faint connection to the one currently flying over the mud mountain, most likely due to the nature of Jeridan's ability, which connects him to other worlds. Then, there's the individual with no alternate selves, something that piqued his curiosity.
Though, Jeridan decided that it's best to follow the trailer than to look further. It's best not to be distracted by the shattered mirror that's akin to a kaleidoscope, no matter how beautiful it is. Flying down at a speed faster than Optimus is falling, Jeridan took a deep breath and reached out to the full strength of the legendary Pokemon that's empowering him right now. It's time to create an opening for his allies and finish this once and for all.
Raising one arm and extending the other forward, he shifted one leg backward in midair as if he is standing on solid ground while he equipped his EGO cybernetic armor once more. The raised arm is currently covered in a pale, gauntlet-like extension while the shoulder is covered by a circular plate with a lustrous pearl in the middle.
Jeridan gathered the power of dimensions into his raised arm, which caused it to glow a bright pink as the rest of his body started being taken over. The young man can feel something utterly alien and ancient echoing in his mind as his body is corroded by a different identity, but that did not deter him from concentrating more energy to power his attack.
"SPA... CIAL..."
As soon as he muttered that, his entire body enlarged to more than twice his own height as he transformed into one of the Creation Trio that embodies space. Jeridan's body is now completely reshaped into the legendary Pokemon Palkia. That's not all, however. Identity Corrosion doesn't allow Jeridan to borrow other powers, but his E.G.O is his own ability. As a result, he can still borrow the white cybernetic armor with rainbow lighting, which is exactly what he did.
"REND!"
With a powerful swing, Jeridan launched a thick energy crescent empowered by Palkia's authority to bend dimensions as well as his own EGO, the attack roaring as it descended down onto the mountain. An energy arc that shreds the maw open and make its way down will create a much larger opening for his allies, and Garon will need to spend more time trying to recover from it than if it was a clean split.
Edited by cyzja922 on Jul 3rd 2023 at 1:35:41 AM
"I know you're here, Kenjaku. You big fucking nerd. Where's my goddamn cheese?"
King of the Monsters
Estraole
Rumia-Refia hesitates. What should she do, what should she do...
What would Rumia do?
She sighs, then charges at the Legiana with a flying tackle.
"He's gearing up for war."
Kimairan is briefly annoyed by Mega Charizard X just digging its way past its attack.
As for Mewtwo, he looks annoyed at the healing potion instead.
"For a trainer with, I take it, multiple Pokemon, you are rather desperate to keep my counterpart on the field."
He then glances at DNP!Mewtwo.
"Though I suppose I don't mind it that much. It means I get to fight someone on my level."
He comes in swinging with his Giant Fucking Spoon, aiming to smack DNP!Mewtwo upside the head and create a psychic blast to send it flying.
As for Kimairan, it stomps on the sand and starts creating an Earthquake, aiming to hit Mega Charizard while it's underground.
It's Nohring time
Einherjar Takumi shoots Corrin a confused look at his initial freak-out. He's about to speak up, but Einherhar M!Corrin just shakes his head at him. Apparently that's enough for Takumi to understand why Corrin would react the way he did. How much do the Einherjar know about their real counterparts anyway?
... questions for later. It's Garon clobbering time.
Everyone listens to Corrin's speech, then gets ready to move. As for the Einherjar, they nod back to Lucina.
Groups
Einherjar Oboro, Einherjar M!Corrin, Ban and Morgan sit in Optimus Prime.
Einherjar Ryoma and Einherjar Takumi sit on Einherjar Scarlet's wyvern's back with her.
And Merlin is just ready to fly up there herself.
All of them, even Merlin, are amazed by the attack Athos fires at Garolympus. But they can't gawk for long, this is their opportunity and it's time to go!
Einherjar Scarlet and Merlin follow Optimus Prime and Starscream. The former is in a similar boat to Camilla and Beruka where the wyverns aren't as fast, though Merlin can actually keep up without needing to teleport. The song being played... well, it understandably confuses the other units in Optimus Prime, but they choose not to question it. Ban even briefly jives to it before getting serious again.
"I kinda like it too.", Morgan admits with the slightest smile.
They listen to Corrin speaking as well. And when Corrin says '... It's good to be the good guy in something for once, you know?'... well, that really resonates with Morgan now. But he keeps silent.
Then Optimus speaks up, and they get ready to fight... and end up in the 'place between worlds'.
While the Einherjar have no direct counterparts to look at (as they are not the actual people they were based on), Morgan, Ban and Merlin do. Both of them appear intrigued by seeing different forms of themselves, Morgan looks perturbed by what he sees. Because all of his alternate selves fall in either one of two categories:
One who is living and fighting alongside the Shepherds (or whatever variation of the Shepherds they are with) and seems to be happy. And one who is doing Grima's bidding. The Morgans in the latter category are like looking in a mirror, and unlike the former there seems to be no real visible differences between these Morgans. They all wield dark magic, they all wear the Grimleal outfits, they all attack Grima's enemies on their command... and they all looked forlorn and empty.
He's only snapped out of it when Corrin gets his and the others' attention to point out the armored guy.
"An enemy?", Ban asks, but Merlin communicates telepathically with him.
"Doubtful. Don't be rash."
Merlin ends up being right, as the armored being is not hostile towards them. When they get back, Ban and Morgan are still confused as to what just happened. But Merlin seems to get the picture, judging by her little smirk.
"Random Ball."
Regardless, when they return to Garolympus, Merlin helps out by launching a barrage of spherical bullets at the Mudmen and opening, hoping that they will do enough. This is far from her strongest spell, but it's the only one with enough range that she can use without risking her allies getting hit as well.
Einherjar Ryoma and Einherjar Takumi help out as well from the back of Einherjar Scarlet's wyvern, shooting down lightning from Raijinto and energy arrows from the Fujin Yumi at any Mudmen that get too close to the groups.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Business Youkai of the Mountain
Estraole
The Legiana shrieks in surprise as Rumia-Refia rams into it. This gives the Flaming Espinas an opening to spit some explosive flames at it. Normally this would end the fight quickly as it would just coupe de grace it with the Defense Down now applied to it.
Then they hear another roar as another Legiana crashes onto the Flaming Espinas like a frost wreathed rocket. Both Flying Wyverns land in a heap before recovering. Rumia-Refia may not know much about this species but she can tell this one is meaner than the other, with a darker coloration and more, spikier ice covering its body.
The Shrieking Legiana then tail whips the Flaming Espinas, which stumbles back before charging it horn first, forcing it to take off to avoid the strike.
In the meantime, the stunned Legiana Rumia-Refia crashed into is slowly recovering as it stumbles to its feet.
SDM
Refia-Rumia sighs as she lands and reaches the SDM at last. She stops to take a break and think about how she's going to go about this whole thing. For once she's a bit thankful Meiling isn't here to greet visitors so she has the free time to do so.
Glacial Rift
The Stained Giadrome is forced back, a nasty scratch over its face, but it roars defiantly before leaping back then jumping forward to try and slam its blunt tail down on the Lunagaron's head. Regardless of if this hits or not, it leaves enough of an opening for Sebastien to shoot it with his crossbows, angering it more than anything and making it temporarily divert targets by charging at him.
This does of course mean it's technically open to Luin and Lunagaron.
Nohr
"Ah, it's nothing." Yamame says, blushing a little from the praise before clearing her throat to regain her focus. Since she wasn't needed for Forblaze she had gone to one last trip in My Castle to rest and rearm. Hopefully she doesn't lose another spear...
Anyway, she opts to just Spider-Man cling to the back of the trailer. She'd rather not take anyone's seat in there, too polite like that.
This does also mean she can help out by taking magic potshots at any mudmen who get too close to the trailer for comfort. It also means she almost loses her grip when the dimension shit happens.
She's rather baffled by what she sees, namely a lot of herself. She spots a Yamame who looks just like her, one dressed like some kind of futuristic thief, another who is a literal normal spider and one wearing some copyright infringing spandex outfit with a web motif.
She doesn't see the huge man though, being in an awkward spot to actually look in that direction. She shakes her head as they reenter "normal" space, getting to a better position to start firing more danmaku bullets along with her web spear swings to keep the mudmen at bay.
Edited by shroobot3000 on Jul 3rd 2023 at 11:52:22 AM
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
[PASIO]
"Mewtwo's strong," Red deadpans. "Plus the others came expecting a nice day at the beach, not a fight."
also oh damn
Charizard fainted!
schieße
With +2 ATK, DEF, SPE, and EVA, Mewtwo is more than able to react to the Spoon blow - let's say boosted Mewtwo is about on par with the power-up other Mewtwo gets from using his focus spoon? - directly attacking into it with psy-boosted hammer blow. I imagine the force of the blow may knock the two apart.
Red used the Ability Capsule!
Mewtwo's Ability changed!
?
Subaru bursts up out of the slums, charging up the mountain with RENEWED DETERMINATION and SELF ESTEEM.
Hopefully she'll be able to regroup with the others by next round.
Edited by Rbade on Jul 3rd 2023 at 1:58:04 AM
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It does indeed, as Mewtwo is forced to float back in response to the impact. He then starts to spin his spoon rapidly, using psychic powers to kick up the sand and create a veil that covers him. Kimairan, thanks to its coloring, blends in with this veil as well. And due to the psychic aura that now lingers around said veil, DNP!Mewtwo won't be able to sense where they are, and even Red's goggles may be enough for it.
Naturally, a Shadow Ball eventually bursts out of the veil, headed straight for DNP!Mewtwo. However, Kimairan also suddenly appears, leaping at DNP!Mewtwo from the side and trying to use Ice Fang. Not so much to damage it, but to restrain it and potentially make it flinch so that Shadow Ball can hit its mark.
Team Rocket is starting to worry now. James glances at Victreebel's Poke Ball and considers his options.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
King of the Monsters
Estraole
Well this situation just got real shitty real fast.
Rumia-Refia looks back and forth between the two Legiana. She throws out a tendril of darkness around Shrieking to try to pull it away from the Flaming Espinas.
Scarlet Devil Mansion
Meiling is loitering outside the gate.
... wait a fucking minute
Fortunately instead of her brain getting fried, Refia-Rumia will reasonably be able to deduce this is the "other" Meiling she met before, given her clothes and lack of immediate reaction to seeing her approach.
"He's gearing up for war."
Business Youkai of the Mountain
Estraole
Shrieking Legiana is caught by surprise, knocked out of its flight path and hitting the ground. This does mean Flaming Espinas misses its first fireball, to its annoyance, but makes up for that by body checking the more lithe Flying Wyvern.
Of course, the normal Legiana sees Rumia-Refia occupied so it takes to the air before sending a burst of frost at her, following it up with a spinning tackle.
SDM
Speaking of tackles. The other Meiling will find herself being torpedoed by Refia-Rumia glomping her on instinct.
"Miss Meiling!" she says, forgetting she's not herself for a moment. Until she abruptly remembers and lets go. "Um uh..."
FUCK she messed up already.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
[PASIO]
hey team rocket why don't you HELP
Mewtwo rushes to meet the Shadow Ball head-on, only to get bodied by a sudden Kimairan from the side, tackling it and dragging it to the ground. Yeah its boosted stats let it eat the hit but it flinches, unable to make a Move this turn as it struggles against Kimairan.
Charizard returns to its Poké Ball, leaving Red to consider his next move.
... Mewtwo needs help.
Ditto was sent out!
"Ditto?"
"...!"
Ditto's IMPOSTOR
Ditto transformed into Mewtwo!
... That is to say, Red's Mewtwo. Stat boosts included. The Transform Pokémon proceeds to let out its own howl with the sudden power high it gets.
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King of the Monsters
Rumia-Refia yelps as frost coats her legs, then again when the Legiana rams into her, sending her tumbling away.
Screw it, nobody's watching. She calls upon her most quintessential of demonic abilities - FIRE. Unnaturally pure red flames erupt from her hands to scour the Legiana in a continuous torrent.
AoU!Meiling, startled by The Glomp, stares at Refia-Rumia in confusion for a good five seconds.
"... Are you... Rumia in someone else's body, or something?"
Phew, crisis averted (unless Meiling will tell Daiakuma or Flan in which case oh no).
"He's gearing up for war."
As for Mewtwo, figuring that Kimairan has his counterpart handled, he zips over to Sus!Mewtwo and attempts to whack it across the head. Yeah, it may have copied the massive stats from DNP!Mewtwo, but what it didn't copy was its HP. As such, Mewtwo knows that it'll be easier to deal with than the other Mewtwo.
Kimairan plans to push DNP!Mewtwo down so that it can use Earthquake on it as well. However, the appearance of Sus Ditto catches it off guard. It then suddenly gets pulled off of DNP!Mewtwo by a vine, courtesy of James' Victreebel. Oh hey, they are helping!
"You infuriating creatures!", Kimairan roars before it starts forming a Hurricane around the Trio and Victreebel.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Business Youkai of the Mountain
SDM
"How did you...?" Refia-Rumia balks, with a comical look of shock on her face. "Yes, it's a long story. Um, the others don't know yet."
Estraole
The Legiana shrieks again as it stumbles back from the flames, forced to back off and fly to avoid being constantly hit. It circles around for now, waiting for an opening.
Rumia-Refia can also see the other combatants in the air, the Shrieking Legiana having an advantage now thanks to its superior aerial maneuverability. While the Flaming Espinas is tougher and hits harder, it has more trouble actually hitting the nimbler Flying Wyvern.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
King of the Monsters
Meiling's confused stare becomes what looks like a judgmental glare for a few tense seconds, before she sighs. "Well, I'm not 'your' Meiling, so I'm not obligated to tell the others. Even so, what was your plan coming here?"
>penpals
Rumia-Refia stops spraying hellfire, instead concentrating it around her fist as she flies up to punch Shrieking Legiana, letting the normal Legi act undisturbed while she helps the Flespinas.
Edited by KiriK on Jul 3rd 2023 at 5:14:12 AM
"He's gearing up for war."
[PASIO]
Aye, but you need to hit it first, and it copied Mewtwo's evasion boosts. Dittwo ducks under the swing, before rocketing up pizza tower super jump into Mewtwo with Dark Impact.
>:0
Mewtwo! Return!
Mewtwo... returns, as much as it can, with a Teleport to Red's side. Simul, Red Wonder Launches a MissingNo. straight at Kimairan.
Missing No. was sent out!
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mm glitchy splashy time
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Business Youkai of the Mountain
SDM
"Well me and Refia, the person whose body I'm in, have this sort of excuse going on that we're pen pals so I'm here to 'visit' her so we can finally meet in person and um..." Refia-Rumia trails off. "Well that's it I guess. Maybe we could figure out why this is happening."
"Wait why are you here?" Refia-Rumia says, hands on her hips. "Do Miss Dai and Flan know you're here?'
Estraole
Shrieking Legiana avoids Rumia-Refia's strike but can't also avoid Flespinas' fireball, sending it careening down. Normal Legiana meanwhile grabs onto Flespinas' head with is talons and tries to force the heavier Flying Wyvern into a crash, though right now they're still struggling against each other.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
King of the Monsters
Meiling folds her arms and shrugs. "I got bored and decided to visit, maybe play the gatekeeper in your Meiling's place. Daiakuma checked with me."
She elects not to mention the initial embarrassment of Dai assuming she knew who she was, when there is no Daiakuma in the AoU Gensokyo.
"As a matter of fact, I was told to watch in case someone with Refia's exact appearance showed up, so if she's in your body, she must've set things up." She gestures to the mansion. "Go on in, just be careful not to make the same slip-up you did with me."
Rumia-Refia reaches out in a futile attempt to somehow stop the normal Legiana from making its move, then pulls her hand back nervously. The Legiana are clearly prioritizing the Flaming Espinas as a threat, and she can't seem to draw their attention...
She needs a bigger output, whether to change their focus or just take them down right away.
"He's gearing up for war."
TEAM STATUS
- Pikachu - (A:Zappy) (I:Light Ball) HP35% [SLP]
- Charizard - (F:Mega) (A:Tough Claws) (I:Punching Glove) HP40%
- Mewtwo - (A:Berserk) HP25% {+1 SPA +2 EVA}
- Ditto - (A:Impostor) (I:Leftovers) HP100%
- MissingNo. - (A:Fluid Form) (I:Focus Sash) HP85%
- Tauros - (P:Kantonian) (A:No Guard) (I:Choice Scarf) HP100%
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"I'M SEVENTEEN-"
Charizard smacks a fist into his claw, welcoming Kimarain's challenge with a harsh bellow. He launches upwards, aiming to meet this creature head-on! [MEGA PUNCH]
Mewtwo hunkers down, invoking the holy power of [PROTECT]. As it do, this defensive position prevents Telekinesis from working on it for now, Move proper or otherwise.
Meanwhile, Red finishes fitting his bracelet from Wonder Launcher to crystal mode, slaps in a Normalium, and yells a silent battlecry.
[PROṮ̷̣͚́̓͠E̵̪͌T̵̙̰̪̋͒͝~ - EXTREME EVOBOOST]
"AOURUAUOOOUGH!"
The Protect barrier shudders, shakes, and starts to crack. From these cracks shines purple light so bright as to seem almost white, spreading across the face of the shield before it shatters and explodes with one final howl courtesy of Mewtwo.
". . ."
okay. okay. fangame lore time. instead of going fucking bazonkers and having every status move (of which there are hundreds) have its own unique, often underwhelming z-power effect. i. just made every (almost) status move z-ifiey into Extreme Evoboost. the exceptions are Splash, Celebrate, and Hold Hands
Edited by Rbade on Jul 3rd 2023 at 12:07:22 PM
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