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shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#379826: Jul 14th 2023 at 2:05:16 PM

"Don't stay too long..." Yamame chides but makes no move to leave either. Wriggle rolls her eyes, a bit difficult to tell with her lack of visible pupils.


Manaphy

Well she's not really planning on doing anything else anyway. Rumia EX growls as she coats her arms in darkness to then move to fucking catch Manaphy's attack in them, ignoring the pain as she's pushed back to use both her normal arms and additional shadow arms popping out of her back to hold Manaphy in place. She opens her mouth and Manaphy can see an energy blast charging inside it.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#379827: Jul 14th 2023 at 2:12:19 PM

Manaphy gets caught again, the energy around it petering out. Upon seeing EX Rumia charging up a mouth blast, Manaphy decides to respond with a Bubblebeam attack, trying to aim at her face.

This is purely to try to stop EX Rumia's attack from happening though, as Manaphy doesn't know what Refia is up to.


If he feels complimented by what Ninetails said, he doesn't show it, simply keeping his eyes on the fox demon at all times. His stance becomes more hostile again when Ninetails grabs his sword, but he doesn't look nervous. Perhaps those mechanical tails are for more than just moving around.

"The name's Nine.", he says. "I'm an inventor. I got pulled into this place by what I can only assume to have been a very powerful time-space portal a few days ago."

He gestures to the shack but doesn't move his eyes off of Ninetails.

"I like working in peace and quiet, and this town was abandoned. So I temporarily set up shop to deal with a different problem first. Which I just fixed."

He then narrows his eyes.

"I don't back down or roll over for anyone either. Never again! If you attack me, I will fight back. That choice is up to you."

Two of his mechanical tails rise up and their sharp, pointed tips spin for a moment. Clearly to convey that they serve as weapons. But as Nine said, the choice is up to Ninetails, because Nine doesn't attack him.

Edited by DevilPsyco on Jul 14th 2023 at 11:16:20 AM

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#379828: Jul 14th 2023 at 2:19:31 PM

Ready!

"Rumia, if you can feel this, don't hold it against me!"

Light and heat erupts from behind her as she flies in and tackles both EX Rumia and Manaphy together towards the Hub Centralis mainland. She has the power and the objective to drag Manaphy (though she might not necessarily mind taking Rumia down too, since it's a convenient chance to knock the sense back into her) through the ground, before delivering a punch to Manaphy's face that sends massive explosive scores of lightning all the way up into the sky!


"Never again, you say..."

Ninetails stops pacing around. "You and I may be more alike than I thought. I was an ordinary fox once. A weak scavenger begging the dogs for scraps. I became a demon to turn it around - I would be the ruler all mortals in Ryoshima prayed to, lest they suffer my wrath."

"And for a time, I had it. The more powerful I was, the more tails I had. Nine tails meant ultimate power - I was a god! ... Until I came to this world, like you did. There I was struck down and reduced to my old self."

Edited by KiriK on Jul 14th 2023 at 4:24:42 AM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#379829: Jul 14th 2023 at 2:23:29 PM

Rumia EX's mouth blast gets deflected and sent skywards but she doesn't let go. (Un)fortunately this means she gets caught fully in Refia's attack and dragged along with Manaphy to the mainland, only letting go near the end to tumble into a dust cloud in Refia's wake; disappearing from the fight for the moment.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#379830: Jul 14th 2023 at 2:34:02 PM

Due to still being stuck, Manaphy has no choice but to get hit and dragged to the mainland before getting punted through the ground and getting a massive Thunderpunch-esque attack right in the face. The hit results in an explosion, kicking up a dust cloud of its own as well, leaving Manaphy's fate uncertain at the moment.


Now Nine looks curious. Still wary, but curiosity is undeniably visible in his eyes. He listens to Ninetails' story, and afterwards, he looks reluctant, like he's pondering on whether or not to tell Ninetails about himself as well.

"Where I come from, it's not natural to have more than a single tail.", he eventually starts. "I was continuously bullied for having an extra tail. I regularly took beatings. It was the same for years."

His eyes darken a bit.

"Until I used my cunning fox brain to give me a real way to fight back.", he says while glancing back at his mechanical tails. "I take care of myself now, and I need no-one."

His eyes then slightly soften, glancing around for a bit before eventually looking back at Ninetails.

"But you know what it's like too, don't you? To have to run and hide, or face the wrath of fools who have nothing better to do with their time than to ruin your life. You said you had the power you wanted for a while... what was it like?"

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#379831: Jul 14th 2023 at 2:52:49 PM

Refia unleashes a pulse of White Magic to dispel the dust cloud in an instant. She looks around for Rumia first, then Manaphy. If she finds Rumia still EX, she'll throw another (non-lightning) punch to try and KO her. And if she finds Manaphy at all, she'll point a hand at it, and in a flash of light...

Summon her phone and take a picture to show Flandre later as evidence of the swaps.


Ninetails looks up at the sky.

"Liberating. I had everything I could ever need, and with all that power, I could easily obtain anything I wanted."

"I would sooner die than be stuck as I am now forever. I must have that power back."

Edited by KiriK on Jul 14th 2023 at 4:55:04 AM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#379832: Jul 14th 2023 at 2:54:52 PM

   grumble    Sukuna respawn in no less than huh Skyrim North Whatever, salty about being cornered and "dying". Had he not been made aware of this realm's odd properties, he'd have taken his death far less in stride. Dying was annoying! And he didn't like being overwhelmed.

   I'm going to beat that brat down and turn her into...?    Sukuna notices that it's starting to rain. Which doesn't startle him, he doesn't care. What does startle him, albeit only very slightly, is that he immediately notice something that wasn't there a second before, when it was still dry ground: a massive silhouette, far too cumbersome and heavy for him not to notice, heading right his way.

Were it not for Sukuna dying centuries before Japan made contact with westerners, he'd probably have compared the individual before him to one of those armor-bound European knights, mere steel that crumpled beneath the fingers of any half-decent Cursed Spirit. But the beast appeared to have turned its own body into an armor of a sort, flesh and metal meeting and combining to form an armored shell. Of anomalous properties that made it far superior to common metal.

The being stood at over eleven feet tall. And as it reached for a weapon, the hilt of a massive sword strapped to its back, Sukuna steeled himself for a fight.    Black Box. Open.    Sukuna raises his hand over his head, and from his outstretched index and middle finger, a fickle flame come to life. Then, he swings his arm downward, drawing half a circle, and the flame becomes a much thicker fire, engulfing his hand and causing the rain around him to disappear into outright vapor.

As for the Rainmaker, the armor on his back open up slightly to reveal... more armor. And free up space for his massive sword, which he extracts from its "sheath". The subsequent sword is barely smaller than its owner, at a massive nine feet tall, almost as wide, with several red gems clumsily lodged all over the length of its long blade, which ends in an interesting shape: instead of being a point, the Rainmaker's tip is half-moon shaped, with more gems lodged on the tips.

The blade's handle is overgrown, like its owner, with the hilts of several Yatos shoved together to form one handle big enough to be held by his enormous mutant hand.

Rainmaker raises his sword, as if to slam it into the ground, then simply hold it to his side, walking with its tip pointed downward at the ground. He doesn't believe that a weapon like that needs to destroy something to "introduce" itself. Null Yato has torn through the flesh and bones of too many foes. And their essence is "locked" within the blade, trapped and screaming within each of the little gems on its surface.

As he stops, his blue eyes "frown" within his void-helmet.

   Let's talk.   

Edited by Bolded1 on Jul 14th 2023 at 11:55:41 AM

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#379833: Jul 14th 2023 at 3:00:31 PM

Regardless of what state Ex-Rumia will be in when Refia finds her, she will also manage to find Manaphy right after. The little water gremlin looks hurt and dazed. Its golden aura fades away around it, and all of a sudden it won't feel hostile at all anymore.


"I can imagine. Getting back at the world when it wrongs you feels really good.", he agrees. He ponders for a bit.

"You still have power right now, right? How do you usually channel it?"

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#379834: Jul 14th 2023 at 3:10:52 PM

Rumia is nowhere to be found at first until Refia finds Manaphy. At which point EX emerges from the dust cloud to try and fucking grab the Pokemon again, though at this point she's banged up enough that the attack is slow and clumsy enough that Refia can intercept her before she reaches it.

If she doesn't, well, it'll get real ugly real fast.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#379835: Jul 14th 2023 at 3:15:52 PM

Accelerated thinking for the win! Refia intercepts EX Rumia with a football tackle, intending to hold the youkai down until her ribbon can return and bind to her hair again. And while Rumia's strength is no joke, especially when completely unfettered in her EX form, Refia uses an aura of White Magic to stop her from just tearing her way through. Like how Refia trying to use this holy power while in Rumia's body caused crippling pain, Rumia herself will be OUGHURGHARGH if she tries to push against it.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#379836: Jul 14th 2023 at 3:20:56 PM

Manaphers

'ARGHHHRARRAGRHHARGAHG pain' is about what Rumia's feeling right now, glaring daggers at Refia's "betrayal" before being pushed back. She flops over as the ribbon finally does its fucking job and reconnects to her, sealing her back to normal. She's still unconscious though, breathing heavily from exertion.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#379837: Jul 14th 2023 at 3:22:49 PM

Manaphy wakes up now, shaking its head a bit as it tries to remember where it is and how it got here. It doesn't take it all that long though, and it looks guilty and concerned as it now hovers above the ground.

"Phyyyyy...?"

Its antennae glow again, but this time it sends healing beams their way, trying to let them recover some stamina and heal some of their wounds.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#379838: Jul 14th 2023 at 3:25:57 PM

"Hhhh... Hah... hah..." Refia dispels all her magic, powers down, sits up and puts Rumia on her lap.

She whips around to look at Manaphy when it vocalizes, but then it starts healing the girls. She finally relaxes, and it's as if her whole body sags at once. She takes another picture of it doing that, then levitates the phone up above to take a bird's-eye view pic.

Now all that's left is to wait for Rumia to wake up.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#379839: Jul 14th 2023 at 3:33:03 PM

Rumia's hand snaps out to grab Manaphy while she's unconscious!

Then if she succeeds she just... holds it like a stuffed animal as she mumbles in what turns out to be just her being asleep.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#379840: Jul 14th 2023 at 3:34:05 PM

Manaphy gets snagged... and then held like a plush.

Manaphy is kinda confused, but is content with this for now.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#379841: Jul 14th 2023 at 4:01:22 PM

Manaphy Time Skip

Rumia yawns as she wakes up, looking confused.

   "Huh? What did I miss?"    she asks, letting go of Manaphy in her confused state.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#379842: Jul 14th 2023 at 4:02:34 PM

While it did get comfortable being used as a plush, once it has the freedom to fly away it does so. Goodbye, water gremlin. Maybe we'll meet again someday.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#379843: Jul 14th 2023 at 4:10:53 PM

Post-Timeskip

Refia smiles. "The monster was going crazy, like you, and I knocked you both out. Then it woke up and healed us. I think that means the end of our swapping."

Her face falls. "Though I bet you have a lot of questions."


Kakariko Village

"All my remaining power is in my sword." Ninetails tosses Nine Strike into the air, somehow managing to land the sword perfectly on its back as it was before drawing.

"Nine Strike can channel lightning... though it has limits to how much. Too much and the lightning hurts me."

Edited by KiriK on Jul 14th 2023 at 6:12:06 AM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#379844: Jul 14th 2023 at 4:14:26 PM

"That shouldn't be too hard to fix. Or at least I can heighten the limit. Hold on."

He climbs back into the shack while motioning for Ninetails to follow him. If it does, it'll see Nine grabbing two shiny, magnetic steel discs, as well as his welder again. On closer inspection it looks to be a more futuristic laser welding gun.

"Look away, if you look at the fire directly it'll hurt your eyes.", he says, putting on a pair of protective glasses himself.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#379845: Jul 14th 2023 at 4:18:55 PM

Glacial Rift

Nearly an hour had passed when the duo and their monsties arrived in the nearest town of Chelua.

As Luin crossed the streets to the towering Guild Hall in the furthest northwest corner of the settlement, she ignored the looks of caution and distrust garnered from the residents as a result of the monstrous company they kept. She was used to such things by now.

"Stay." The woman commanded both creatures outside the Hall once they had reached it, before entering and waiting for Sebastien to follow.

The inside could best be described as “cozy,” cobblestone and wood making up the large majority of the walls and roof of the structure. Luin approached a woman wreathed in thick winter clothing enjoying a hot chocolate behind a desk, speaking some brief sentence to her in a quiet tone. The Guild Receptionist nodded in response. "The Guildmaster’s been expecting you.” Immediately after, the woman turned her attention to Sebastien and smiled with a nod. “Hello. What can I do for you?”

With great power…you know the rest.
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#379846: Jul 14th 2023 at 4:22:20 PM

Manaphy Aftermath

   "Bye weird fish!"    Rumia says to Manaphy as it flies off.

   "Oh yeah, why did you look so weird in my body?"    Rumia asks, tilting her head in confusion.    "Did you do weird demon stuff?"   

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#379847: Jul 14th 2023 at 4:54:48 PM

"Oh yeah... That was actually... the you in it."

Refia touches the ribbon.

"It first happened back when I helped Morag fight off those other wyverns, before we named him. I made a big explosion and it blew your ribbon off... And then I felt it. Pain, and hate, and hunger. Then I exploded into... Well, that form. Morag knocked me out of it then before it could do anything bad."

She withdraws her hand.

"It seems like you don't remember what happens when you do it. I guess I remember because that's how my own Chaos state works. Everything hurts and all I want to do is make others feel that pain... but I'm still aware. And whatever is lurking in you... is a lot more like Chaos than I'd like to admit."


Ninetails is a bit hesitant to follow Nine, considering its sword is magical in nature and tampering could ruin that... but the potential power. The potential elimination of one of its only weaknesses!

It can't let this opportunity slide. It slips into the shack.

Edited by KiriK on Jul 14th 2023 at 6:55:52 AM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#379848: Jul 14th 2023 at 4:54:50 PM

Chelua

Sebastien gave Lunagaron a pat on the head before following Luin in. He nodded at the receptionist before speaking.

"Well, I handled a quest with her help. Hunting those Gias." Sebastien explained. "Though... it turned out to be a lot more complicated than just some agitated monsters."


Refia and Rum

   "Huh?"    Rumia blinks, completely confused.    "I mean... I guess I always wondered why I had this ribbon. And why I can't touch it without it hurting."   

   "Um... Do I have a monster in me then?"    she says, a bit nervous as she hugs her knees as she sits.

Edited by shroobot3000 on Jul 14th 2023 at 3:03:00 PM

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#379849: Jul 14th 2023 at 4:59:37 PM

Nine hums to himself as he works, occasionally muttering something scientific under his breath. Only two minutes later he stops welding and turns to Ninetails.

"Alright, this one goes here...", he says as one of his mechanical tails grabs one of the discs and places it on the hilt of the sword.

"And the other one goes wherever on your body you want. They'll be most effective if you hide it in your fur, in a spot that doesn't tend to get attacked.", he says, holding it out for Ninetails to take.

"These discs will boost the electromagnetic currents flowing through your sword and body a bit, as well as dampen the recoil. They won't harm you if they happen to get damaged or break, but if that happens your limit will be its usual again, so if you're a lot over said limit and they break you'll be feeling all that recoil at once, so be careful. If they get damaged, just come find me and I'll fix them again."

He glances to the side.

"I don't normally do favors like this for people, but you're... how do I put it... a kindred spirit, I guess. The first one I've ever met. So you can have these."

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#379850: Jul 14th 2023 at 5:11:34 PM

Refia sighs. "I know how that feels. I was always taught it was natural for demons to be monsters, and even now I sometimes believe it's true. But rest assured you're not defined by the deepest, darkest parts of you. You're what you want to be."

She attempts to give Rumia a hug. "And you're my friend."


Ninetails doesn't really have the right limb setup to hold and place a disc, so it sets it upright on the floor, lowers itself, and sort of awkwardly pushes the disc underneath its eyepatch with head movements alone.

Once that's done, it rises up and looks down at Nine. "Well, one kindred spirit to another, should I regain my lost power, I will watch over you."

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."

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