King of the Monsters
Rumia-Refia shudders, and it isn't from the cold. Why did this have to happen...
No. This isn't the time to worry!
But how much power can Rumia's body handle before it "breaks"? Before her cyborg augmentations, Refia couldn't handle much in her own body, and Rumia's wasn't made for demonic energy.
No, stop worrying, just act!
She flies up toward the fight, hellfire blazing around her, then unleashes a gargantuan blast akin to a Teostra supernova. Flaming Espinas can take it, but the Legiana probably can't.
Unfortunately, neither can she. Her hair splays everywhere in the shockwave... and her bow slips off.
Fire bursts out of the side of her arm, turning the skin around it black, then recedes. For a moment before it all goes to shit, a moment of abnormally perfect clarity, Rumia-Refia thinks, Huh. Usually it happens all at once.
Then more fire streams burst out one after the other, slow at first but rapidly increasing in rate, until it engulfs her in heat and power and pain - and a pitch-black silhouette outlined in red flames comes barreling out to tackle the Shrieking Legiana (even if it was already downed by the explosion) and start mauling it with hands morphed into ginormous claws.
Edited by KiriK on Jul 3rd 2023 at 6:18:41 AM
"He's gearing up for war."
Business Youkai of the Mountain
SDM
"Ah, welcome Miss Refia!" Daiakuma cheerily greets "Refia" and serves her some tea. Refia-Rumia smiles shyly and nods.
"Hello, Miss Dai right?" Refia-Rumia asks, acting as if this is the first time they met. "Rumia's mentioned you before."
"Oh? What did she say?" Daiakuma asks.
"Ah, well... She's fond of you and thinks you... um, deserve more breaks but doesn't know how to say it!" Refia-Rumia says, smiling awkwardly.
"R-really? Oh that's sweet of her." Daiakuma smiles. "Hmm I should make her a treat tomorrow. By hand instead of asking the robots."
Estraole
Both Legianas are hurt rather badly by this, both left downed after the nova ends. The Shrieking Legiana then lives up to its name, letting out a startled cry as Rumia-Refia goes to town on it.
Flespinas unlike them can indeed take it. Though it seems rather displeased by the friendly fire as it fucking slaps Rumia-Refia with its heavy, spiky tail. If this knocks her off the Shrieking Legiana then Flespinas lets out another roar. Shrieking Legiana then limps back to its feet and very ungracefully begins to fly away, the other Legiana already doing so. Seems they both realized this is most definitely not worth it.
Flespinas will then snort out smoke from its nostrils before turning to look at Rumia-Refia.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
King of the Monsters
Thankfully, the Chaos EX form is short-lived before the true horrors can come forth, as Rumia-Refia gets walloped in the head and (ironically) goes lights out instantly.
"He's gearing up for war."
Business Youkai of the Mountain
Estraole
Flespinas huffs, waiting for Rumia-Refia to wake up. When she doesn't he makes a sound akin to a grumble before grabbing her like a kitten with his jaws and beginning to fly back to the SDM. If she still doesn't wake up he'll just dump her on the nest.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
King of the Monsters
About halfway back, Rumia-Refia wakes up and wriggles out of the Flaming Espinas' jaws. She flies alongside it the rest of the way back. Once she makes sure Flespinas isn't about to immediately run off again, she heads inside.
"Is... Refia here?"
"He's gearing up for war."
Business Youkai of the Mountain
"Hey, Rumia!" "Refia" greets "Rumia" with a wave.
"Yup! She got here a bit earlier." Daiakuma says, smiling. "Why don't you have a seat?"
"Oh uh, 'Rumia' said she wanted to show me her really cool drawings which I'm pretty sure she keeps in her room." Refia-Rumia says, trying to gesture to Rumia-Refia to go along. "Right?"
She did not want to deal with the confusing conversation that would no doubt ensue.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
King of the Monsters
It takes Rumia-Refia a second, but she catches on.
"Yeah! And I just got back from a walk with the big guy to think about names for him, which Refia and I were talking about... uh, talking about!"
She leads the way to 'her' room.
"He's gearing up for war."
Business Youkai of the Mountain
"Ok, have fun you two." Daiakuma says as they leave. Then she winces. "Ugh, I'm starting to sound like a mom aren't I?"
Karasu simply snorts at her expense.
Soon they arrive to Rumia's room, with Refia-Rumia flopping on her bed.
"Feels weird being on this but not in my body." she hums. "So any ideas?"
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
King of the Monsters
"Weird seeing my body and hearing my voice and it not being in a mirror," Rumia-Refia replies once the door is shut. She just sits on the floor.
"I gotta admit, the 'walk' was actually that the wyvern got loose and I had to go catch him, so I didn't spend much time thinking about names. But, after having some time 'roughhousing' with him... I wanna say he feels like a Mo to me. Mo...something."
"He's gearing up for war."
Business Youkai of the Mountain
"Mo like that weird Mononobe girl?" Refia-Rumia hums in thought. "Mo... Morax? Hm, no I think someone is using that already. I remember Miss Dai mentioning one."
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
King of the Monsters
"Morax... Morak... Morag! Morag sounds pretty good."
Rumia-Refia rolls over, looking at Refia-Rumia upside-down. "... Right?"
"He's gearing up for war."
Monster Eater Champion
Anna Ford's
`Previous
`
Anna looks towards her younger sister, before saying "Well, I won't put a price on my own family, at least."
She gives a chuckle, as her eyes light up with stock graphs again, saying "Make yourself comfortable in the lobby. There's drinks and some snacks there. I have a call to make right now."
She heads over to another room...
Edited by ReynTheLord on Jul 4th 2023 at 9:57:33 AM
Nodding, Nicole proceeds to fire an Arcane Beam straight into Athos' orb.
"Hope that'll be enough."
She hitches a ride atop Optimus' trailer and hangs on as the final push begins. Once the group had reached the mysterious void world, she takes in a multiple versions of herself. Among others, one appeared to be wearing something similar to Narktus' armor, another was bonded to and bantering with a symbiote, another was apparently fighting to keep her Draconic form under control ala Bruce Banner and the Hulk, a blonde-haired version wore Asgardian attire and carried Mjolnir, and yet another variant was dressed in a suit that made the regular Nicole assume she had to be some kinda CEO.
"Holy..."
Before she can get a better look at her other variants, the mysterious armored being pops in and seemingly drops the team back into reality.
"Was that who I think it was?"
No time to worry about that at the moment, though. Cracking her neck, she proceeds to fire multiple Arcane Blasts into the new horde of monsters.
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jul 3rd 2023 at 6:25:04 AM
The Priest
Nohr, Glacial Rift
Nohr
Pucci accepted the heaing items with gratitude, following Jeridan's instructions. The first he used, healing himself a considerable amount but still leaving himself injured. The second he tucked away and saved for later, as something told the priest that it may come in handy. Cuts and gashes still lined his face, but at least his arm worked again.
Before too long he found himself in Optimus' trailer. As the music came over the intercom, be found himself reminded him of his own taste. "It's an alright song." He muttered after Optimus had provided his own input on the music, turning to the intercom and speaking into it. "Robot. Do you have Whitesnake in that CD player?"
Then came the place between worlds.
Pucci floated through the abyss. He watched as scores of his companions passed by, and then at last came his own duplicates and copies. But even as Corrin pointed something out to the rest of the team, he did not look away from his alternate reality selves. There was something profoundly interesting about them, something that elicited thought in him. And then, at last, it struck the man. These Puccis all had something in common: Their Stands. While some had Stands he had never hovering by their side, behind, or before them, many of them held Whitesnake. But there was two constant lines running throughout his copies, two alternative Stands that seemed equally as common in these Puccis as Whitesnake. One was the green one he had seen just minutes ago, but the other…The other was something else entirely.
Was this…His destiny? Was this the common thread in almost every variant of him, to achieve these two Stands? But…how?
With the priest still deep in thought, the group returned to the regular flow of gravity back in Nohr.
Forcing himself from his own mind, Pucci lifted his eyes to the approaching mudmen. The man remembered and lifted the spear he had gotten earlier, as if genuinely entertaining the notion that he'd somehow be able to use this weapon with any degree of lethality beyond just to him, before summoning Whitesnake and passing the weapon to him. The Stand covered its user against attacking mudmen, thrusting the weapon out towards them as Enrico started Running Up That Hill (A Deal With Gor) and at the closing peak.
____
Glacial Rift
Having been fooled once by the tail slam already, the Lunagaron puts the shame on the Giadrome and recoils backwards before the attack can land.
When Luin sees the Stained Giadrome charging Sebastien, she wastes not a moment in grabbing another pot from her pouch, this one erupting into sticky webs upon impact as she throws it at the predator's feet with the intent of trapping it in place before it can reach the man.
Do you believe in 'Gravity'?
Business Youkai of the Mountain
Glacial Rift
The Stained Giadrome snarls as it finds itself stuck in place, working to free itself with its claws. This does leave it immobilized long enough for Sebastien to toss an explosive grenade at it, and maybe for Lunagaron to get an attack in as well; though the latter would have to still get past it claws and bite if she wished to get in melee.
SDM
"Hmm, I like it." Rumia-Refia comments, smiling. "So uh, now what do we do? Now that we're together in person?"
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
Explora Colores
Nohr
Both sisters bob their heads with the song. It's pretty nice.
...
At the alternate dimensions, the sisters look at another versions of themselves.
It's... Like staying in a mirror house!
Hey! Right there! Sawdust!
But the other Sawdusts didn't saw her.
They are left wondering if their lifes are more successful than theirs...
...
Meanwhile, Ms. Thingies is still doing her thing.™
King of the Monsters
Anna Ford's
"Okay!" Engage!Anna smiles cheekily and takes a seat. She idly hums to herself, swaying her head and swinging her legs, between snacks.
To be continued...
SDM
"Well, I suppose we should try to think of reasons why we might have started swapping in the first place. Other than that, we just wait until tomorrow and hope we wake up in the right bodies."
Nohr
Se'arah smirks at Leah. "You know you love it."
She continues to point a finger gun at the techno witch as she shuffles sideways and breaks into a sprint, then flight, keeping up with the others on their way up to the peak.
—
Se'arah sees a male version of herself; a version wielding Ragnell; a version who still has all-black hair, gray eyes, and no Alondite; a version who Came Back Wrong with her severed head attached to her own belt; a version who resembles the Radiant Hero Ike; a version with dyed purple hair and Medusa's lancesaw, and of course many more.
RF!Anna sees the other Annas, but she also sees the other Defenses, many of whom wave at her before resuming their own drift, and none of whom look anything like her. They're a unique bunch of alternates, that's for sure.
I'm not going into descriptions on Mordecai's variants, screw him
When they seemingly reach the end, Se'arah holds Alondite in her weird stance, ready to challenge the armored figure, until they all get sent back to normal reality.
She slashes away at the mudmen with wide sweeps that project arcs of flame. RF!Anna and Mordecai go right back to mowing down the hordes with projectile spam.
And as for the matter of reopening the core...
"Shiniiiiiiing..."
A voice familiar to many, sounding distant, echoes.
"Fingeeeeeer..."
Then another fracture in reality splits open as Domon FUCKING Kasshu comes hurtling out with his sword raised overhead! A pillar of light, shining the purifying blue of the Tree of Life, reaches to the heavens from its blade!
"SWOOOOOOOOOOORD!"
He thrusts the towering blade into Garon's mass, and the light spreads through the sludge, illuminating a blue spot in it that then bursts away. There is no heart underneath, but there is a hole. And with a sweep, the hole is cleaved wide open, making a great big entrance tunnel. The blue light seems to stave off any attempt Garolympus may make to regenerate or cover it back up.
Domon sighs and sheathes his sword as the blade of energy dissipates. The rift he came from closes, but rain seems to start falling down. "One thing. I fought with all I had to get a chance to do just. One. Thing."
holy shit did he fight past gor??? i mean not like he beat it but he still managed to get in despite it or something trying to keep him out
As he turns around to face the others, they can now see his form is erased all the way through in every spot where the raindrops have touched. It would look pretty disgusting if they could see his insides this way, but no, it's just void, and he's still talking even after his head is already only a few fading scraps. "I wish I could do more, but I'm being pulled back now. Hurry before the energy wears off and it closes!"
The last thing they see of him before he gets completely wiped away by the rain is a thumbs-up to Lucina. "You've got this!"
Edited by KiriK on Jul 4th 2023 at 11:13:48 AM
"He's gearing up for war."
Business Youkai of the Mountain
Astil
"If I had to guess, those Qurio parasite things." Nitori huffed, crossing her arms. "I mean, having parasites on ya 24/7 can't be healthy but I didn't think it'd be that bad."
"Anyway he's not like, going to to die or anything any time soon as far as I can tell." Nitori says, sitting down on an office chair. "So you don't need to stick around any longer if you're worried. I'll keep an eye on him."
Translation: "Get out of my house already."
SDM
"Hmm..." Refia-Rumia hums, thinking intensely for her standards. "Well the only thing we did together was fight that uh... blue thingie."
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
Divine Burden
HELL YEAH! BLAST HIS CORE OPEN BOYS! Salazar yells, witnessing the sheer devastation happening in front of him at the hands of the boys.
Domon! You're here!
What is this? First her and then Domon?! They're solving the group's problems for them! And that dimensional traveler, too! You're making it all too easy for him and his posse! What's the point of a dare if you cheat like that?!
we simply found his determination to get through our defenses admirable and for his efforts he was rewarded with the ability to assist his allies he who wasn't there to save them against julius
That doesn't matter! Julius doesn't matter! Come on! You're making it too easy! Or are you looking for convenient excuses, you, the "all-powerful" god stymied by a mortal?
Had we wanted to, he would be ashes smeared over the cosmic horizon. yet that wouldnt be fair its neat so it had a pass
And the second voice clearly see Gor using the past tense as a sign that it can go and take him away, because there goes Domon, although his amazing Shining Finger, combined with Jeridan's spatial rend, easily tear through the top of Garolympus, causing its peak to split open like a flower, carved in half by a power too impressive for Garon's Zulo Magic to withstand. But though one could think it overkill, both moves turn out to be vital.
Garon's mud doesn't quite withstand the power to rend space and end up split but it can still hope to put itself back together quickly, lacking as Garon's precise control may be, he had hoped to make do with sheer bulk and defense. So he attempts to desperately fill the enormous gap, painful and shocking as it might be, only for Domon to blow an enormous hole through that, barring his regeneration from helping out and completing Jeridan's efforts.
And though Domon at least leaves, Garon's too busy freaking out at what the fuck just happened to him to care. That and Jeridan is visibly a huge pink dragon beast now, which Garon, a denizen of Nohr, interpret as him only activating his true power.
Domon, as brief as our encounter was, your admirable determination and willpower will be remembered for the millions of years to come! Optimus praises him as he go.
As for Lucina, she salutes back, glad and happy to see her old friend and mentor around again.
NONONONONONONONONNONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONNONONONONONONONONONONNONONONONONONONONONONONON Even with the blue flames preventing him from regenerating, Garon still has access to more than a mountain worth of mass. As a result, he quickly sever the damaged bits, causing these skyscraper-sized chunks to fall apart in big meaty chunks as he attempts to simply discard them with more intact portions.
But as quick as that might be, Garon's still reeling from what just happened. He's too slow in trying to pull himself together, nevermind that all the damage he's endured up until now is further complicating the process. This, along with the group taking care to destroy the flying mudmen...
Random ball? Really? Questions Foxy.
... Allows the group to make it to the gaping wound that used to be the Garolympus's peak! But still, more flying mudmen emerge, Garon's desperation being obvious. He meant them to never even enter to start with!
We're going to need someone to keep those flying things in check! They'll swarm us while we're dealing with whatever is inside that mountain and we really can't afford to be sandwiched!
But... we have Starscream to help us blast them to bits, right? Salazar keeps an hand on his hat as he watch Starscream go off in the background, blasting hordes of flying mudmen by himself. While he's doing a good job, it's clear that he intends to stick to that position, since going inside the mountain would restrict his great mobility. That and even in a situation where the universe he's in is about to be squashed he'd rather let someone else fight.
But he knows, from experience, that good guys also tend to be able to pull through surprisingly often, odds be damned.
Starscream's prowess as a fighter is only matched by his cowardice. I would not trust him to watch my back.
It's a tall order to send that many people against that many of the mud beasts but they appear to be pretty simple! You don't need to fight them if you can lead them elsewhere! And it's going to be increasingly harder for our fliers the deeper we go into the mountain!
Camilla nods, smiling despite the circumstances. I'll help you land and I'll distract them! Beruka, darling? Keep up with the group. Your weapon packs quite the punch against those mud creatures, last I heard! Beruka seem ready to suggest simply swapping weapons but doesn't object further. Instead, she attempts to use her wyvern to grab as many of the freefalling people as she can. Camilla does the same. And Corrin transform into an outright dragon, attempting to likewise let people "ride" him until they're safe.
Super Tiger? We'll need your illusions.
GREAT TIGEERRRRRRRR! And just like that, illusions go flying all over the place, confusing the Mudmen and making it easier for attacks, particularly Yammers's web and danmaku, to shred a good number of them. But more yet emerge: Perhaps Subaru could hitch a ride on them, if she doesn't get to the "top" on foot further?
Once they're close enough to what's inside the mountain, Camilla drop these people off and goes flying towards the mudmen, as Starscream keep making rounds. Despite his noise and power, the mudmen are still smart enough to try to follow the good guys. They're not smart enough to pursue the group though. Hence, as soon as they see an actual good guy nearby, they chase after them and ignore the rest of the group.
But still, more of the flying mudmen emerge, ready to make life complicated for the non-Starscream folks...
...
A huge explosion erupts over the surface of Namek, one so strong as to be visible all the way from Nohr by the aerial defenders above Garolympus.
Emerging out of that explosion as a bruised, bloodied wreck is none other than Black Frieza, who tumbles into the ground at extremely high speed, leaving smaller and smaller craters in his wake as he bounce on Namek's blue soil. Eventually though, he's able to land on his feet, and even then, he goes reeling backwards for kilometers, eyes set on the smoke of the explosion. After he finally stops moving, Frieza collapses on one knee, clutching his broken right arm and gritting his teeth.
A figure slowly emerges from the smoke, before dispelling it away with a powerful burst of ki, further widening the enormous crater around him. The elderly politician and Fighter-in-chief of the United States, Joe Biden, smirks confidently before his awed foe, dusting off some dust on his shoulder before preparing to finish him off. You've done well so far, but up until now I've only been using a mere five percent of my power! Now let's see how you fare against my BIDEN...
Biden holds out his hand but briefly freeze in place, looking off to the side for his teleprompter. A keen fighter, Frieza attempts to exploit Biden's brief bout of forgetfulness by blasting him away, but Mike Tyson suddenly charge in on his left side, plowing through a hill next to Frieza before punching as hard as he can in the right cheek. Black Frieza's face goes almost concave and he spits out a tooth as he goes flying off into the distance (he was off-guard guys). And before he can try to right himself, he bounce off a spectating Big Chungus's stomach, tossing him off into the air.
BLAST! ah Having remembered to write the name of his super move on the back of his hand, Biden blast Frieza with a regular but devastating powerful ki blast, the attack slamming into Frieza hard enough to cause him to do the "guwack!" face.
◊ The tyrant is then sent sailing way off into the distance, at the mercy of the Biden Blast.
Elsewhere on the planet, John Wick ("that one guy from that one movie") is having a gunfight with Peely, the banana fighter from Fornite. They both go at it fiercely, ducking in and out of sight and doing a bunch of neat but ultimately pointless gun-fu tricks, before Dante from Devil May Cry simply walk in and shoot them both in the head, causing them to drop to the ground with big bloody holes lodged in their foreheads.
I guess it's time to hit a dance for my- Dante ducks beneath a charging Pyramid Head, who's in the middle of a fierce fight with Michelangelo, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, whom he probably happened to mistake for a monster or something. Before a winner can be decided, and more importantly before Dante can walk in to ruin things, a great shadow fall over the fighters... right before the dreaded Legendary Dragon from Monster Hunter, the Fatalis, crashland into the island, with enough force as to almost cause it to sink beneath the green sea.
Watching this from another island, the fucking dog from Family Guy cross his arms, glancing at the camera with a knowing smirk. Heh, this reminds me of that time when Michael Shannon and I cooked meth in a RV in- A Pyramid Head sneak up behind him and decapitate the dog with a swift strike of his enormous sword. And though she's too late to save him, Chun-Li is still able to come in and blast him into orbit with a strike of her own, sending the imaginary monster into orbit!
irish is very cool she quips.
Elsewhere, Fatalis roars, right as the explosion of the Biden Blast engulf the land behind it, creating a sufficiently dramatic background to its presence... right before Leopardon, Japanese Spider-Man's beloved giant mech, tackle it by surprise with a flying divekick, smacking the monster into the ground. But not for long. Because it shoots one of its famed energy beams at Leopardon before it can try to punch it again, blasting off the giant mech but leaving it otherwise lightly burned by the attack.
Extracting itself free from the crater, Fatalis watch as Dante, Leopardon, Theseus, Michelangelo, Mike Tyson and Joe Biden pull up to fight it. You're going to be lucky we're not fighting in America, Godzilla, because the hospital bill from that beating I'm about to dish out would've left you flat broke!!
Oh wow, really leaning in with the political jokes while we're at it? For shame.
Fatalis and the group of heroes charge off into battle!
The inside of Garolympus is sufficiently disgusting and messy, as expected, with what light there is to be found being quickly closed off by the regenerating peak of the mountain. Still, despite that, there's merits to what Samsara said: the mudmen can definitely enter the mountain through the mud, so distracting them is still a valid endeavor.
But the insides of the mountains are severely warped still, with multiple "floors" full of monsters and dangers being completely destroyed by Jeridan and Domon. They both really saved a lot of time for the good guys with their acts.
That was an amazing move, Jeridan! And I ought to thank Domon after we get back home!
Domon? You knew that man, prince Corrin? And all those people as well... how? What's even happened to King Garon? Beruka says, sounding supremely confused.
There's a big hole leading to the next floor, which is relatively more intact, if still barren of monsters. Optimus goes first.
If there's anything waiting in ambush next floor, I'd rather it attack me over any of you! He says, although there's also the factor of Optimus not really wishing to just leap in and accidentally squash someone less... resistant. Jeridan might be willing to do the same, since he's pretty huge now.
Both barely fit through the opening and-
Hmp! Optimus is indeed immediately tackled by a gigantic, ghastly mockery of Goooron, lacking the axe, crown or cape. It punch at him, moving Optimus's head but not his body. And his next strike completely blow it apart, although none of it enter his mechanical body. A precaution he took early on, seeing what his enemy was like.
But the chunks recover, into much smaller Goorons, while other gigantic Goorons emerge everywhere, coming out of the actual walls. At Prime's feet, there's a chunk of solid mud, with a crack on it from Domon's Shining Finger.
Jeridan, help me fend these off! The rest of you will need to punch through that crack! Deciding that he'd create more enemies if he just punch them to chunks, Optimus push the giant Goorons around, using his superior strength and resistance, coupled with warrior skills and tendency to handle giant beings, to simply deflect the Goorons, sending them away from the group without causing more of them to appear.
But still, he can only cover so much alone. And even if Foxy help with his Noro-Noro beams, they can only cover so much of the Goorons!
6 TURNS UNTIL THE END OF ALL
Edited by Bolded1 on Jul 4th 2023 at 9:36:02 PM
Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.
Business Youkai of the Mountain
Nohr
Yamame would have liked to help distract but well, she's one of the token non-fliers in Gensokyo. So yeah. Instead she goes with the group heading downwards, intending to help watch their back for more mud men. Of course things get more complicated in that aspect but she does find something she's good at to contribute with.
"Ok! Digging is one of my specialties." she says to Optimus, getting to work on punching through the crack using her strength and the vallite spear. "Of course I wouldn't mind help speeding this up."
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
The Troubled Replicator
Nohr Rescue Mission (The Final Stretch)
The honorary agent can't help but bellow out a hearty laugh when he saw Domon busting through to help them take down Garon, silently saluting at the fighter (even if Domon wouldn't recognize him in this form) while following right after his crew, not daring to waste a single second. The young man silently accepted the praise from Corrin and stared into the gaping maw he just blasted open and immediately followed Optimus and the whole crew down into the opening.
Considering his now significantly larger bulk, he flew down and followed right after Optimus to avoid squishing people. As more Goorons rose from the solid mud, Jeridan-Palkia opened his mouth and launched a massive stream of water down at the crowd of Garon imitations, aiming to not only wash them away, but also to soften the solid mud floor for his allies. Jeridan then landed as hard as possible on the crack created by Domon, before engaging a crowd of Goorons to fend them off with Optimus.
Edited by cyzja922 on Jul 4th 2023 at 12:22:00 PM
"I know you're here, Kenjaku. You big fucking nerd. Where's my goddamn cheese?"
Mewtwo practically gets slammed in the face with Dark Impact and gets knocked back... only to land in a cloud that the still-trapped Kimairan made to cushion his fall and limit the damage. Mewtwo glances at him.
"I did not take you for a team player."
"My allegiance is to justice. When the situation calls for it, I will side with whoever is right."
"Justice is to attempt harm on a child?", Mewtwo calls out as he gets back into battle position.
"I never claimed that the right thing to do is always a pleasant thing."
Meanwhile, the Hurricane now has Team Rocket trapped. Victreebel's vine is forced to let go of Kimairan as a result, allowing Kimairan to jump out of the way of the incoming Missingno.
"IIIIIII'm gettin' diiiiiiizzy!"
"It's like the world's most horrifying carnival ride!"
"At maximum speeeeed!"
"EEEEAAAAAEEEAAEEAAHHHHHH!"
Huh, I was wondering when we'd get Victreebel's signature screech of ear-bleeding torment. Anyhow, Missingno. may not be all too happy to see its new friend being in such distress.
On the other end, Kimairan looks hesitant in the face of Missingno., just like last time, but unlike last time it doesn't go into a 'I must destroy it' fury mode. For some reason, when it glances at Mewtwo a moment after, then back at Missingno., there's just this brief moment where his eyes show genuine pain instead, and it doesn't attack at all this turn. Mewtwo does not notice this though, now flying towards Missingno. and attempting to trap it in a psychic attack.
Ascent
All of them just... well, stare in disbelief at what they just witnessed. Even Merlin seems to be impressed.
"Domon, huh? I'd love to find out where he got such power from. As well as how Jeridan turned into such a creature."
She glances at the people with Optimus Prime, specifically at Ban.
"Are all of them from that nexus world Ban told me about? That place may be worth my time and effort after all."
Her attention is then back on the fight itself. She casts some barriers just in case the discarded Garolympus debris ends up falling towards them, aiming to catch them and move the barriers to throw them aside. To empty parts down below, she's not gonna casually toss them at any army stragglers that weren't able to come up with them.
And then Foxy will briefly hear her voice in his head. Hopefully that won't freak him out too much.
"Don't blame me, I didn't name the spell. ... or did I?", she says to him, sounding amused.
When the issue of the new mudmen comes up, Einherjar Ryoma speaks up.
"We shall stay behind as well and prevent any mudmen from following you."
"Go quickly, I'd like this chance to not go to waste.", Takumi says, already opening (arrow)fire on some mudmen. Einherjar Scarlet starts throwing a Tomahawk. And Einherjar Ryoma starts launching lightning. Einherjar Scarlet's wyvern keeps up with the group until a certain point, where it stops so that they can turn and try to hold the mudmen up on one side while Starscream shoots at them from the other. Since they're Einherjar, Starscream can't lethally wound them by accident. ... or on purpose.
Einherjar M!Corrin, Einherjar Oboro, Morgan and Ban stick with the main group.
-
When they see what happens on Namek, they... kinda have no words for it. They're genuinely speechless, even Merlin.
-
They react to the inside of Garolympus with... well, disgust.
"This guy just keeps finding new ways to churn my fucking stomach.", Ban groans. "I'd be impressed if it wasn't so fucked."
"Going by your words, perhaps I should be glad I wasn't here from the start.", Merlin comments.
"Eugh...", Morgan winces.
They continue going up and end up in the Gooron ambush room.
"And again!", Ban snarls. "I'll deal with 'em!"
"Wait, what if they absorb you or something?", Morgan says, having to pull on Ban's jacket to prevent him from running off too fast. "Besides, we need you to help fight the main Garon!"
"The kid is partly right, Ban. Help hold them off, but don't get too excited.", Merlin says as she looks up at where they need to go.
"Exterminate Ray."
Merlin fires a disintegration ray of pure light up at the area they need to blast through. Due to Garolympus's specific body structure though this does not guarantee that her attack alone will be enough to do this. But it should help a good lot at least.
She also makes sure to not hit any of her allies with it. Thankfully the ray is thin and concentrated, so that shouldn't be much of an issue.
Meanwhile Ban (who has been let go now), Morgan (with Arcwind), Einherjar M!Corrin and Einherjar Oboro try to help keep the mudmen at bay.
"Nohrians are one thing, but this is just awful to even look at."
Edited by DevilPsyco on Jul 4th 2023 at 9:42:42 PM
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
Hub Centralis, Funne post
Meanwhile at a completely different time than the Nohr event. Yamame is sitting at a bar as she talks to... Kaiju Wriggle, who is hunched over in order to fit in this puny structure. Yamame is drinking some sake while Wriggle has a comically undersized glass of fruit juice.
"-and that's how I met my world's Wriggle. We write now and then." she finishes.
"Interesting. I don't think I ever met you before... you know." Kaiju Wriggle says, trailing off.
"I'm sorry that had to happen to your Gensokyo." Yamame says, patting the big bug monster's shoulder with one of her spider limbs.
"The worst part passed at least." Wriggle sighs.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
Hub Centralis, Funne post
A black portal suddenly opens right next to the two, and The Spot appears out of it. ... well, he doesn't fully come through it, he just pokes out with the upper half of his body, letting himself hang onto the 'middle' of the portal with the rest of him still inside wherever he came from.
"Oh hey, new place. I don't think I've found a bar bef-whoa that's a big bug.", he says, momentarily startled when he sees Kaiju Wriggle. He quickly holds out his hands in front of him.
"It's okay, I come in peace, please don't eat my head. ... wait, he's not a mantis."
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
SDM
Indeed. It didn't help Meiling mistook her for Koakuma at first, to her visible irritation. They did manage to smooth it over at least.
"Ok! Thanks Miss Meiling." Refia-Rumia says with a cheery smile as she goes to go inside. She contemplates hugging her again but decides against it for now.
Estraole
Both Legianas are now ganging up on Flespinas, individually they're weaker but their superior aerial maneuverability and alternating hit and run attacks is giving them the edge in this engagement. Rumia-Refia will probably have to do something sooner than later as while Flespinas doesn't seem too hurt yet, it's going to keep adding up.
Edited by shroobot3000 on Jul 3rd 2023 at 2:03:44 PM
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."