Pokémon Legends: Arena
Avalugg
Mega-Paco got hit by the Tackle, and got sent flying against a cliff wall.
He stands up again, and decides to punch in tandem with Machamp, flicking electric jabs.
...
Basculegion
When Bely finally recovers fron the shockwave, she notices the ghost fish diving quickly towards the piranha being.
You will not flee from me!
She begins to sing a sweet mermaid song, attempting to infatutate Basculegion, or at least to draw aggro towards her.
..
Meanwhile, at the surface, two brothers
◊ carrying ice cream cones approach Umezou and co.
Both kids are similar, but one has darker hair and is taller than the one shown in the image.
Excuse me, have you seen my mother?
She was here when we went for the cones, and... What are you doing?
Three freaking ghosts!Hub Centralis
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To say that Brandy is disturbed would be an understatement. It's a genuine surprise for him to see that William is apparently not even human, to the point where he didn't even care when his bounty landed a shallow stab on his abdomen. The wound isn't very big, but it throbbed all the same now that the adrenaline from combat is wearing off.
"It's gonna take you at least another five years before you can outlast me, kid." The man muttered. Despite being somewhat tired, the magic reserve of a Dragon Slayer is no joke, and not even some of the most experienced of mages back home has a chance against him. That, and his mastery in Paper magic only served to bolster his versatility, making him even harder to outmaneuver.
"...ah, shit. What if it's coated with venom?" The criminal clicked his tongue in annoyance as he silently admonished himself for letting down his guard at the last moment. Even if there's no poison or venom, it's still a mistake to let his opponent land a hit. With a weary sigh, the man reached downward to pick up his target who finally fell onto the ground, at the same time a large ship blocked the sky.
Brandy isn't exactly the trusting kind, but he'd rather not test fate by standing still. Besides, the bounty said Dead or Alive, and it wouldn't hurt to go for the latter this time. The man soon rushed into a shadier spot in the mess he made of this section of Hub Centralis. A wave of talismans floating around him to disguise his movements, allowing him to escape the area quietly and turn in his bounty.
Edited by cyzja922 on Aug 25th 2023 at 8:19:22 AM
Hub Centralis
There's a couple of men already trailing Brandy's approximate area, starting when he suddenly disappeared from the fight, even though they are covertly following him, they aren't really after him, yet.
"India 1 to CP, Lost visual on the hunter, request to send the agreed amount to his forecasted location."
"This is CP, understood, sending location of the bounty to Brandy Galisen."
They immediately withdraw and Brandy might notice a crate coming his way. It promptly drops right ahead of him — suspended a foot in the air by some device — and blocking his way, with a personal note from the commander of the ship being plastered at the front.
I am mildly aware of the nature in which you've eliminated our target, Mr. Galisen. Regardless of the condition of the target, if you are reading this, you currently have t-minus 5 minutes before we are obligated to hunt you down within this area.
—Wing Commander
The crate would drop to the floor and open afterwards, leaving another note with coordinates and a map on where the reward is, it's marked somewhere around a bridge connecting Hub Centralis to the other regions and it would be far from their area of operations.
On a related note, bodies of soldiers start ragdolling in droves from the area where the two fought earlier. It doesn't take two-and-two to pick up what's going on, but the bounty's already claimed, so at this point it's their problem as to how they can actually shackle him.
The hidden benefits of missing 2/3rds of your body.
realHub Centralis
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After handing over the bounty, Brandy read the note and raised an eyebrow. "Wow, alright, real friendly crowd here..." He has no idea why these people have such a gripe against magic (if what William said was true), but he doesn't care enough to find out. This is a one-off job anyways, so he plans to just claim the bounty, move on, and never approach these people again.
Which is exactly what he proceeded to do. "I don't know what kind of shit you got yourself in, but I hope I'll see you alive one day. Actually, I don't wanna see you, 'cause I got no clue how you're wrapped up with all this." Despite having fought him, the man has no ill will against his bounty. Who knows, maybe the faction that wants his head is actually at fault here, but it's not his place to just. Brandy is a man who mingles with the criminal underbelly of Fiore, nothing more and nothing less.
Said criminal gave William one last wave before heading towards the location given to him by the note, leaving the scene without a trace as he munched on a piece of rock.
Sandy Plains
"Stay close," Lenoi suggested as the group traveled into the cave. Baron and the Morellatops hung back, while Rime and Mona took the lead, both monsters sniffing the ground but finding an absolute lack of clues as to any sort of creature that resided within. Davik led the way with Luin and Sebastien traveling behind him and the old man in the rear, the four of them in a rhombus formation.
As they went deeper into the cave it became more narrow, the combined torchlight eventually bouncing off both stone walls at once. Curiously they’d begin to see carvings, depicting historical events cast upon stone by the ancestors of three of the four people in this room.
"The originals," Davik commented. "The first to inhabit this land, the first to discover that the only way to survive the harsh nature of the desert was to survive with the harsh nature of the desert. Isn’t that right, father?"
A short whoosh of wind echoed through the cavern. For just a split second Rime and Mona both would catch the entirely foreign scent of some sort of creature behind them, and as Davik and Luin glanced back, seeing a distinct lack of Lenoi.
Whatever took him hadn’t even left a trace. Not a drop of blood nor even a follicle of hair could be found. The old man was simply…gone.
"…Father?"
With great power…you know the rest.Angel
"Sorry for overreacting like that... I get anxiety attacks sometimes."
Madeline doesn't mind a hug. As she embraces Angel, Badeline pops out of her body.
"You meet a new person and that's how you treat them? With silence? Come on now, Madeline, you're better than this."
Exotic Battlegrounds
While waiting for other contestants to show up and showcase their games, Stefan walks over to Addison Cypher.
"Hey, what's your game about? Can I try it?"
He's enthusiastic, you gotta hand him that much.
Lookout Landing Shelter
"Good", Protos!Anna comments, "I was getting worried that this family had a... you know, history."
She takes a phone off her belt and starts scrolling through some notes.
"Say, do any of these names ring a bell: Zeta Medical Incorporated, Hermer's, Crimaea, Evelyn Schneider?"
Edited by StepexNo2 on Aug 26th 2023 at 12:05:25 PM
If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.Sandy Plains
Immediately upon Lenoi vanishing, Mona whipped around to growl at the now empty air. Her eyes darted around, relying on her night vision and scent to spot any predator that might have done it.
For his part Sebastien felt a pang of guilt before he pushed it down, they'd have time for that later.
"Whatever that thing is, it's here now." Sebastien said, scanning around for any displaced rocks or stalagmites/tites/I don't fucking care which is which on the cave floor or ceiling, anything to indicate something rushed over them. That or any sort of hideaway.
"Don't lose sight of each other." Sebastien added. He's seen things with this kind of MO, waiting for a member to be in the blindspot of a group before swooping in. "If you see any suspicious movement in the corner of your eye call out."
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person.""Father! Where..?" As if in a state of shock Davik’s head swivels about in search of a thing that no longer can be found, but Luin is quick to get his head back in the game.
"No blood," He pointed out to the man. "He’s still alive, but if we don’t stay together…stay vigilant, that thing’ll get us, too. And then we won’t have a chance at saving him. She was uncertain of her own words, but she didn’t let it show. The man hesitated but nodded.
"Yeah…alright. Alright, I’m good."
Sebastien’s observations of the cave around him was sure to only raise more questions. There were no disturbances in the locale, no hiding spot or tunnel or even a dark crevice where the thing could be residing. Then, there was nothing.
A burst of air blew the torches in their hand out.
"What the hell!" Luin shouted. Not a moment later the smell arrived once more, closer to Rime this time. The Bird Wyvern shrieked but after less than a second the sound came to an abrupt halt, only the echo remaining. [[rime:"Rime!"]] Before Luin could even consider what to do next, the stone floor beneath them crumbled in an act that was certainly intentionally designed.
A short fall followed, and Sebastien would find himself next to Davik with a thick stone wall separating him from Luin and Mona.
"Ow…fuck." Davik grunted, feeling around in the utter darkness for his unlit torch.
With great power…you know the rest.Spoopy Cave
Well that's extremely suspicious. He didn't have much time to dwell on it though.
Sebastien rolls to lessen the fall damage like a pro. He then looks around, and after deciding looking for his torch is a waste of time, reached into his gear to light up a flare. Red light soon began to illuminate the room which should help Davik too.
"Whatever this thing is, it's definitely smarter than a normal animal." Sebastien commented as he looked around for any exits. He'd also give Davik a glance to make sure he's not too hurt.
Rainmaker
Sixshot nodded as Rainmaker gave his spiel. The phrase "lonely path to your demise" was certainly familiar to him, both from others and his own musing. It's telling only the Terrorcons could be what he could generously call friends.
"Well call me curious." he said, deciding to humor Rainmaker. "If nothing else you don't sound as insane as Galvatron when he thought I'd be fine sacrificing my own parts to fuel his stupid method of deification."
Edited by shroobot3000 on Aug 26th 2023 at 10:13:56 PM
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."Future!Argo is genuinely shocked that they aren't going to prison.
"Huh, well... thanks, Oca. That's real ni-", he starts to say, but then Sarah grabs both his hand's and Future!Demo's. Before he can comment, they're gone again, teleported away alongside Sarah.
Which leaves Ribrianne just standing there awkwardly.
"... well, since I wasn't mentioned, I'll just head on back home and tell my friends that this mission of love and justice was a resounding success!"
"Well, I'll see all you boys and girls again in my next fantastic adventure! Bye byeeeeeeeee~"
She just hops high up into the air and disappears into a twinkle to escape any and all consequences.
At some point Obese and Shadowman managed to hide behind some debris in the junkyard and (probably temporarily) lose Xeno Beerus.
"Sir, what do we do now? Everyone is gone and we have nowhere to go!"
"I know, be quiet, I can't think when you're not quiet!"
"But sir, you can't think at all."
"That's what I s-"
What Shadowman just said suddenly clicks and he shows his minion an unamused glare, to which said minion smiles and shrugs sheepishly.
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that, Shadowman. Now be quiet while I think of a way to get us out of here."
"Sir, I really don't think there's a way out. We're gonna get caught and sent to jail, or worse!"
"Shadowman I have never been caught and gone to jail before and I'm not about to start now. Now shush-"
A giant golden ring portal suddenly appears behind the two, letting out an ethereal glow as it connects Toki Toki City to another dimension. It's big enough that Xeno Beerus, wherever he is right now (as long as he's still nearby), may notice. The two animatronic bears slowly turn to look as well, upon which a certain something
◊ suddenly half-emerges through it, eyes glowing eerily and a golden glow surrounding it.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAH-" "AAAAAAAAAAAAH-Shadowman hold me-AAAAAAAAAAAH-", the two start screaming as one of the enormous Hoopa Unbound's hands moves in to grab them as they grab onto each other for safety.
As such, the two get grabbed and, naturally, get pulled into the ring portal, after which Hoopa Unbound goes back in with them, the ring portal closing and severing the brief connection it had to the Arena. Xeno Beerus won't be fast enough to prevent this from happening, but considering that this does solve the issue, maybe he wouldn't even bother to try.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Aug 26th 2023 at 10:11:31 AM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.(My apologies for the months of delay. Life's a pain.)
Resolution Goddess Sealed in a Disk: Kikuri (Beach)
(Your previous post: Post 379300"Years ago, I tried asking other kami for help. They were willing, but even their attempts led to no success. As for the shrine maiden you speak of... I take it you are referring to the Hakurei... I have not tried speaking to any of them." Kikuri seems to frown at the mention of the Hakurei in particular.
There's an odd, but small, crack on the bronze disk's outer edge.
Psychic Mechanical Implement: R-7039 and the GYIYG-1 (Reprium Mountains)
(Your previous post: Post 377334R-7039 attempts to dodge. However, the initial set of tall, large robots designed by Gyiyg himself were... slow, to say the least, certainly slower if they were compared to Gyiyg's Starmen robots. The water passes through the psychic fire with little effort, dissolving both lines almost completely. The stream proceeds to graze the robot's left side before reaching the GYIYG-1 that sat behind it, creating a solid dent into the ship's outermost armor.
Pressurized water wasn't necessarily instant death for the robot, but it was something for it to avoid.
In response, R-7039 releases the 'Sigma' form of PK Beam. This attack released a number of beams and lasers - perhaps as many as eight or ten at once - that "moved" around the area before going after the opponent from different directions.
The robot's voice chip "says" nothing for now.
Edited by TropeYoshi on Aug 26th 2023 at 4:25:18 AM
Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex
Tommy and Billy are around as well, both of them dressed in their Halloween outfits again. It'd been a while since the last time they had worn them.
Billy is sticking close to Wanda and Pietro, most likely still a little nervous that they'll get angry if they lose sight of the two kids again considering what happened last time.
Tommy, however, had gotten over it and is running around the golf course with his usual vigor. However, he had at least promised to not leave Gator Golf without asking for permission first. Thanks to how skilled he already is at using his powers (considering he uses his speed constantly, unlike Billy, who needs mental breaks from time to time), he manages to run around the many other people in the area, and he also manages to not ever actually set foot on one of the actual courses, otherwise an incoming golf ball might hit him depending on its timing.
But as some say, one often meets their destiny on the road taken to avoid it. This can also count for much more minor things, as a very bad swing from a newbie at golfing ends up with a golf ball going heavily off course and hitting Tommy in the back, which causes him to lose his balance without lessening his speed, resulting in him beginning to stumble, and-
—
Well, this was not at all what he had imagined this place would be like. Who in their right mind would give the cool-looking alligator robot an area about golfing? The national sport of old farts and rich jackasses. Why did the bear get some futuristic laser tag, and the wolf got an awesome kart section, and the chicken... okay, he hadn't paid attention to the chicken's area yet, and the alligator got GOLF!? It's an ALLIGATOR! He should've had the fiercest attraction in the whole building.
Even the rabbit had bowling at least, which... sounds like people with taste could find it fun. But this? Ugh.
The background music is kinda cool though. Shame he can't hear a damn thing with all these people chattering about.
"Whatever.", the somewhat rough-looking boy sneers as he plugs his Walkman's earbuds into his ears. The latest way to carry your music around you. Super convenient. If only he'd had this with him a few months ago, then his journey would have been so much more fun. Not that it hadn't been fun in some way sometimes, but... it could have been more fun. He closes his eyes and bops his head to the music, putting one hand in his pants pocket to keep his grip on his Walkman while using the other to put a little twig in his mouth. Next song on the list... ah, that new one from Billy Joe he ended up liking a lot. This would make it bearable to walk through a boring place like this.
... maybe he should actually try to find out what city he's in right now, because he doesn't recognize the Pizzaplex as anything he's come across before and so far he hasn't really had any answers to how he ended up h-
"GET OUT OF THE WAAAAAAY-"
Gee, some people are so loud that even with earbuds in-
Tommy ends up crashing into the kid, with the kid ending up on the ground and Tommy slamming into a cartboard Monty display that was next to the boy. Thankfully neither of them ends up seriously hurt, though they're both a bit dazed for a moment.
The boy snaps out of it first and immediately checks if his Walkman is damaged or not. He sighs in relief when he finds it's not broken. Luckily the boy had ended up falling on his left side, and the Walkman was in his right pocket.
Tommy lets out a small groan as he picks himself back up.
"Owww... man. That could've gone better."
Unbeknownst to him, the moment Tommy opens his mouth the other kid turns to look at him with a serious glare. Tommy starts to turn around too.
"Hey, sorry about-"
"ARE YOU BLIND, YOU AIRHEAD!?", the other boy suddenly barks at him, startling Tommy a little. "Hasn't your mom ever taught you not to run in busy places!? Freaking idiot!"
"Hey, I said sorry! Don't call me an idiot!", Tommy says in return, trying to not get angry too. The last thing he wants now is to get in trouble with Wanda because he got in a fight.
"Okay, then how about I call you a dip! Or a ditz! Or a Ralph!"
"My name isn't Ralph!"
"I don't care, Spandex Boy!"
The two of them, both sufficiently pissed off at each other, butt heads quite literally as they glare at each other and grit their teeth. One could sweat sparks are flying out of their eyes, that's how intense their glares are.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Aug 26th 2023 at 11:29:51 AM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Pietro immediately notices the argument brewing between Tommy and the new kid. Sighing, he dashes over to the confrontation before moving to separate the two squabbling boys.
"This kid giving you a hard time, Tommy?"
Wanda finishes her hot dog just in time to overhear the commotion taking place on the golf course. With a shake of her head, she turns her attention to Billy.
"I guess that strange old man we heard about won't be the only case of someone starting a fight here."
Pizzaplex
Eve is taking her one day off for the entire year to visit the peculiar pizza place that she heard talks about in her hospital. Not to eat or drink anything, because she was The Needless, but because seeing what fascinates kids today could help in making her hospital a more welcoming place, at least in these corners of the multiverse.
Although she really disagreed with pizza as a whole. Or sugary drinks. Or anything so overly... greedy. Oh, and though she was trying to enjoy herself, there were also considerable bad vibes. Such that she would probably consider doing some serious searching right here and then, if she didn't know that she could return or send a clone to investigate by the next day.
But first, she had to visit that Church. It seemed more... preoccuping than a capitalist restaurant.
So Eve just sort of glide forward, passing through people so as not to bother them while thinking to herself, hovering a few feet above the ground. The staff Nidrugg trails behind her, with the wooden staff now piercing through the golden skull's mouth, ending in a rather plain-looking hook instead of having said skull sitting atop it.
Then, when she notices a commotion happening, she turns towards it, raising an eyebrow. She's still a little while away from it but she can just see without seeing.
Edited by Bolded1 on Aug 26th 2023 at 11:56:40 AM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter"That’s for sure," The man grunted, getting to his feet. "Shit. We’re not making it back up there.” He glanced up at the wall, only darkness hovering above outside the crimson reach of the flare, before looking to Sebastien and the area around them. There were more carvings here, ones he had never seen before but had no time to stop and investigate. Davik’s attention was cast to a sudden sound deeper inside the cave.
A faint stifled sob, as though some human in the blackness beyond was injured deeply but trying to remain quiet. It was low and quiet, though the gender nor age couldn’t be discerned.
With great power…you know the rest.Tommy and the kid get separated, both of them looking up at Pietro, who'll be able to see that other boy is a little taller than Tommy, but not by much, which means he's probably around the same age or only slightly older than him.
"Who's this? Your dad?", the boy asks, sounding unimpressed.
"My uncle!", Tommy corrects angrily, though he doesn't try to get closer to the other kid again, even if he looks ready to throw hands.
"You dress like your uncle?", he asks with an almost offended expression. As if he finds the idea so lame that he's actively offended by it.
"Yeah, because my uncle is awesome!", Tommy counters without taking his eyes off of the kid, who does look up at Pietro for a moment.
"... what is he, a jogger or something? I'm not impressed."
"Well I don't recall wanting you to be impressed, you jerk!"
The kid crosses his arms and looks away, spitting the twig out of his mouth. On the ground. And then he just looks back at Tommy.
Even if Tommy (accidentally) is to blame for this argument, it's immediately clear that this kid has no manners at all. Eve may not like seeing that either from her position.
As for Billy, he starts to look worried when Pietro being there didn't really seem to help calm Tommy down.
As such, he starts running towards the place too. Though Wanda won't have any issue keeping up with him of course, his legs are shorter than hers.
"Tommy, what's going on?", he calls out while approaching. Tommy turns to him.
"This kid's being a real jerk!"
"I'm not the airhead running through a crowded place like he owns the place, spandex boy. I was gonna listen to a cool new Billy Joel song and mind my own damn business."
"I stumbled because I got hit by a golf ball!"
"Good! Maybe next time it'll knock ya out before you can run into people like an idiot!"
"Alright, that's it!", Tommy growls, looking about ready to go, and the other kid recognizes that.
"You wanna fight? C'mon then! I'm not scared of a twig like you!"
"Guys, we're in a mall! The robots are gonna throw us all out if you two fight!", Billy says, hoping to convince them not to beat the crap out of each other. He looks up at Pietro, silently asking him to help make them change their minds on this.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Pietro, seeing as the blonde kid was clearly acting like an entitled snot, pops the lid from his cup and moves to throw the remainder of his soda into said brat's snide little face, ice cubes and all.
"Here's a better idea: leave my nephews the hell alone and get lost, punk. I'm not gonna ask you a second time."
Cue Wanda teleporting onto the scene just in time to notice her brother putting the other kid in his place.
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Aug 26th 2023 at 3:18:53 AM
Thinking quickly, Eve draws a fire arrow and nock it at the blond kid, aiming to vaporize him in a way that will leave no trace of his foul presence, thanks to a tower of fire large enough to engulf him all.
... Nahh, it'd have been funny though
Eve simply blinks and hover closer to the two boys, hands joined together. She doesn't use magic or anything to try to separate them because they seem to have an adult around, so she probably doesn't need to do that. But even with said adult around, Eve intends to use words, seeing as how Pietro's presence isn't deterring the other kid at all.
Although it'd take less than a thought to do it, so Eve is never far from using it if needed.
Well, you shouldn't fight only because you're in a mall now! But he's right!
Then, Pietro toss his soda into the kid's face and Eve blinks, attempting to use Grasp Magic to grab the content of the drink out of the air, inches away from the kid's face, cubes and soda and all, and then attempt to send it back to the soda cup it hailed from, not moving so much as a finger to do so. Of course, she could still fail, seeing as she was surprised by his action.
Wanda's teleportation is noticed but she doesn't really care for it at this point.
Hm, excuse me? She says, not appreciating Pietro's answer to the dilemma, and approaching closer to the confrontation instead of keeping her distance. As far as she was concerned, he was pretty much acting quite like a kid himself.
Edited by Bolded1 on Aug 26th 2023 at 12:24:32 PM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterHub Centralis
Hug complete, disengaging.
"It might have been a little rude... but, I don't think it did anyone any harm."
Angel looks at Badeline.
"I'm more confused as to what exactly would be 'better' about suffering in silence."
uh oh she's a liddle Very Slightly Displeased.
Edited by Whoma on Aug 26th 2023 at 3:39:04 AM
Yatta!Sandy Cave
Sebastien was on guard. It could be another victim... or something worse.
"Let's investigate but be careful." Sebastien said. "It could still be nearby, or even imitating a victim. Though I might be getting paranoid I guess on the last part."
Pizzaplex
Rumia is having a fun time today. Flandre gave her some allowance so she decided to visit this pizza plex thing, though it didn't seem all that complex to her. She even got the discounts for being young or something which was weird since she's... 300 something? She forgot.
Anyway she's having fun. The pizza tastes nice, the weird animal golems were cool (the gator was her favorite) and she even got a nice hat from it. Golf's kind of lame though. She's loudly slurping some soda when she walks past the argument.
So like any curious bystander she butts in.
"Hey mister, why are you yelling at him?" she says, looking at Pietro. She also looks a bit surprised if the soda does hit the kid. Both of those probably make him think he looks like the bad guy here to Rumia.
R-7039
Nitori manages to dodge a few of them, danmaku experience and all that. She does get grazed by the rest though, some armor getting singed and damaged. She grumbles before firing a barrage of missiles back.
Kikuri
"Yeah, Reimu. She managed to help break Hijiri's seal so." Murasa nodded. "But you'd probably have to pay her somehow since she's a bit greedy like that."
Edited by shroobot3000 on Aug 26th 2023 at 1:50:47 PM
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."Unfortunately the soda-throwing movement was a bit too fast to act upon, and-
Well, getting splashed like that actually catches the other kid off guard. He stands there dumbfounded for a few seconds, as if he didn't expect the possibility of something like this at all. It's enough to both calm Tommy down and make him laugh hysterically. Billy winces a little because this wasn't exactly what he had hoped for Pietro to do.
Granted, the other kid deserved it. But still...
...
actually, it is a little funny, Billy thinks as he starts to snicker a little too.
The other boy then switches to looking pissed and embarrassed for a second or two (even once the liquid does get pulled off of him and back into the cup by Eve) before suddenly looking away. Not just from Tommy, but from everyone who gathered.
"Fine, whatever! As if you're worth getting my hands dirty for, spandex boy!"
"My name is-"
"Tommy, yes, I heard the other kid!", he says as he looks back at Tommy. "Which, by the way, is the most basic American name ever! Probably tied with stuff like Jon, or James, or Bill, or-"
"My name is Billy!", Billy then responds. The kid pauses for a second, then smirks.
"Oh, good, so both of you have unoriginal names."
"Yeah!? Well, what's your name then!?", Billy asks, actually getting defensive over that. Both he and Tommy knows that their names mean a lot to their mother, that she had put thought into them, and they will still defend their mother's honor regardless of the fact that the Wanda they're with right now isn't their real mother.
"Ken! A cool name! A man's name!", he says, hands on his hips and a proud look on his face.
The twins pause, then snicker again.
"Your name's just as 'basic' as ours!", Tommy says, amused and just taunting at this point.
"Yeah, do people call you Kenny?", Billy asks, taunting as well despite being the more level-headed of the two twins. Which just goes to show that in the span of about a minute, this Ken kid managed to piss both of them off.
"Not if they're smart they don't, so shut up or else!", Ken snarls, very openly laying down an immediate threat of violence. He either doesn't care or hasn't registered the fact that his outbursts are drawing in a crowd. He's also completely unaware that Eve will most likely act out her earlier thoughts if Ken actually goes through with that threat.
... well, at least it won't be difficult for Rumia to figure out who the real problem in this situation is.
"Ooh, I'm so scared.", Tommy snarks, not one to shrink away in fear at being threatened by some random kid. Tommy's super fast after all, Ken couldn't do a thing to him even if he tried.
Right?
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Kinship Cave
Davik nodded at Sebastien’s sentiments, creeping ahead towards the sounds with a dagger drawn.
"Anyone there?" He asked, keeping his voice low: this was the domain of the monster after all, and he didn’t know the extent of its hearing.
Without warning the sobs ceased and a lithe and lavender mass exploded from the dark in a blur. Already on edge, Davik leapt out of the way as whatever it was had attacked them vanished just as soon as it had appeared. The man crashed to the stony ground with a huff, propping himself up and glancing down at his leg—the calf had been sliced open from the near-death encounter, as had the ankles. "Oh, fuck me!" He lamented, face scrunching in pain.
With great power…you know the rest.

Sandy Plains
"Thanks, I appreciate it." Sebastien says with a smile to Luin's offer.
He finds the bit of story funny but quickly gets into The Zone when they reached the cave. He grabbed a torch of his own and nodded, keeping his eyes peeled. Mona for her part seemed on guard as well, sniffing the ground for anything suspicious.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."