Onyxis
Avi spins his brush in what would have been a victory stance... If he didn't immediately get lifted by what he thought was just some brittle construct.
"-huh?!"
Cue Ranni quickly grabbing the Dark Moon Greatsword from... somewhere, and quickly ramming it into ruinborn afton with a yell.
"Unhand my consort, you puppet!"
At the same time, Avi simply... drops out of his cloak. there was enough room to slide free, and the skeletal rabbit it left holding only Avi's cloak. He then turns around and slams his brush into ruinborn afton, which does nothing other than coat him in black ink. Not much, it seems, but Avi's smirking. Ranni, on the other hand, quickly goes back to calm after Avi is (relatively) safe. Did she say... consort? Huh.
Avi gives a thumbs-up at Ranni before swiftly moving to stand beside her.
"Gonna take more than lifting an Elden Lord to catch them off guard. Idiot."
aeiou: the secondGojo keep an eye on the fight but walks in front of Doom, hands drawn in his pocket. He could see him waiting for a chance to intervene and exploit a fighter's distraction or vulnerability, so while he didn't care for any of the people present, he intended to at least shield them. Because it was the right thing to do...
... And because Doom ignored him, so he felt like annoying him.
So, while they're fighting, we gonna do a staring contest? You like creeping around little girls or...? He raises his hand and wave it from right to left, chuckling a little.
He does keep an "eye" on the fight, but he's careful: in the Arena, his Infinity feels like a cheese full of holes so he doesn't want to risk being blindsided by a threat he "recorded" or something else. Which is why he doesn't immediately take action against Doom too: he wants to make sure that there won't be an annoyance like the rabbit tackling him.
Gojo would happily take on all four people here in a fight if needed, he'd even enjoy it, but he'd dislike it if the first person to hit him in years was Donnie Darko with a mental disability.
At least it seemed like Ranni and Avi were dealing with him.
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Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterHub Centralis
...It's a bit of a reach for Sarah to put a hand on Tilra's shoulders. Frankly, it's a miracle she didn't need to duck upon entering the room.
.I know. Tilra responds rather flatly, even by her standards. It might come off as a little like her snapping at Sarah, but she doesn't mean anything by it.
.Sorry. .I am just...not used to living so quickly. ?Is it always this fast, when you live so for little time? .Sorry if that's a difficult question.
Tilra closes her eyes and rolls her shoulders, exhaling out tension.
.I would like to spend more time with you, yes. .And I am glad you asked.
Yatta!Johnny Silverhand
As the Giants begin to battle, Johnny realizes there's not much he can do without getting involved in an ongoing fight and possibly throwing someone off... Takes his guitar off his back, and begins to play.
He plays the guitar component of Never Fade Away, Posibly to inspire his allies, Possibly due to mild cyberpsychosis. Either way, it functions as if it were a dance ability, Granting Idunn an Extra turn.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote finally moves in for real, her blade sheathed. But not for long. She moves in for a sudden slash, with her signature attack, Overbreathing. The slash is enormous, causing a ripple through the air.
Lisa!Anna
The Death blast once again badly wounds lisa anna, leaving her at
1 hp.
But, she keeps her grip, and... Pummels the child with her fists.
Jesus christ.
William v Sukuna
The swords shatter and fall to the forest below after they stab and blast the Ongyo-ki, seeing Sukuna react that way, but thankfully he points out that the personas were a weakspot before William gets stuck in thought.
"I wonder why..."
William nearly draws his hand of Malenia once another persona is thrown in, but the persona withdrawing completely while Sukuna himself charges forward makes him second guess as he changes plans and raises his arms at the last possible moment. He fails to block the jab, causing him to blink for a moment. He narrowly avoids getting ear clapped by parrying Sukuna best he can before being grabbed and forced to clash with his headbutt. He stumbles in the air but manages to not be too battered by it.
He takes a moment before deciding to land a blow, observing Sukuna's body is oddly reacting to his own movement with the bleeding. Unless he has a blood manipulation under his sleeve there's no reason he should be bleeding right now unless that body doesn't belong to him. Even Marv has trouble holding William's body back from breaking itself when he's in control so it could be possible that—
Theory crafting later, punching now.
He abruptly flash steps forward to do a quick and powerful one inch punch backed with his entire body straight for Sukuna's solar plexus. On contact, the strike is instantly empowered by a small energy boost but it strangely has the visual flare of a Black Flash — albeit without the damage boost from how little cursed energy was even used.
"That black light wasn't mine... What's going on??"
realOnyxis
Well this ruinborn afton (sic) guy was certainly weird. She raises her palm to blast the guy into ashes with an intense burst of flames...
Buuut then her mind catches up to oh yeah it'd be rude to burn Avi's cloak wouldn't it. So she settles with just pointing her finger at him and firing a solid beam of fire at ruinborn afton's legs.
Thanks to Gojo she does notice Doom being a weird Peeping Tom but figures the weird rabbit zombie guy is a more pressing matter than some voyeuristic creep.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."Onyxis
Doom slowed to a halt before Gojo. He was quiet for a few moments, only glaring at the man and scanning him from head to toe during that time. He considered for a second reaching out to grab the sides of the man’s head and rip it from his shoulders, though managed to quell the river of fury just long enough to not do so. At last, he spoke in a low tone, nearly a snarl.
"You’re mistaken, you blind wretch. If you wish to babble of attacking little girls, you’ll find a better target of your incessant yapping in the one who threw her." He reminded Gojo, wondering why exactly it was that the fool had come to him to whine of such things rather than the skeleton rabbit who had already attacked a little girl by surprise, unprompted. Was he stupid?
With great power…you know the rest.Silly Smapp, Sarah can levitate! She smiles at her approval though. Tilra seemed like she could make do with the company.
Alright! Let's head for the busiest part of town then. It'll be my treat, of course! Sarah looks ready to teleport off but she hold her hand out to Tilra. She's sure that Tilra has eleven thousand ways of quietly traveling across great distances but the two might have different interpretations of "busiest" part of town.
...
Gojo laughs a little at Doom's answer to him, and jabs a thumb Yuki's way, from over his shoulder. Haha, good point! But it doesn't seem like she's gotten hurt anyway. And I fight way better alone anyway. These two would get in my way.
He then shrugs. Besides, with that rabbit getting all the attention, it doesn't look like they'd be paying attention to you, hm? He points with his two indexes. Even if I was blind, I could see your treacherous ass coming a mile away.
Then, Gojo spreads his arms to the side, in invitation. Whenever you see an opportunity to strike, just remember that the only thing between you and victory is a "blind wretch", aight? Good talking to ya. He then goes quiet, grinning and following Doom's movements to always stand right besides him.
...
Lucina is swift but even she, with the full power of Meikyo Shisui and Galeforce, can't afford to go on a prolonged race with lightning. In quick bursts, sure, but Ishtar's tactics bear its fruits and Lucina can't go on the offensive, being that she always has to dodge a new bolt of lightning, without being able to strike her. Because she can't even reach her to start with.
However, Lucina is also thinking about the strain she's putting on Ishtar. A woman who would be, by all means, completely above her paygrade at the start of her Arena adventure, who now had to be the one playing defensive, using her spells in inventive -if destructive- ways to keep up with Lucina's speed and power.
This power, I earned by killing Grima. The armored one. Lucina says, staying calm, dancing between lightning, taking one step forward then four steps back. Samsara had taught her to not despair even when it seemed like she was in a hopeless situation, after all. And... she had a way past Mjolnir.
With every Einherjar Julius has sent our way, we've grown stronger and more experienced, to the point where we would be able to pressure you in battle! This power, this might... Lucina's little speech is then apparently cut off, as Galeforce turns off right as a lightning bolt bears dawn on her to hit her, striking her with devastating power.
And, for a brief moment, there's a blue glow where Lucina was struck.
But then, it turns golden, and explode outwards in an explosion of light, with a tall pillar jutting out from the top of the orb. Lucina emerges, certainly wounded by Mjolnir, with her cape, sleeves and part of her clothes destroyed. More importantly, since clothes are clothes, she's got some bad burns, with blood flowing down her forehead unto her eye that bears Naga's mark.
Which she keeps open no matter what anyway, holding Falchion overhead, tip pointed to the sky.
IS THE CULMINATION OF EVERY BATTLE THE SHEPHERDS HAVE LED AGAINST YOU! ISHTAR! And once again, Shining Finger Sword shine over the battlefield as Lucina slams her sword forward, hurling an enormous slash of light Ishtar's way, attempting to cut right on through the bolts to slam into her. It looks like a tall, advancing pillar of light slamming forward with extreme force, meaning to engulf Ishtar in its light.
Once Lucina's done, the earth in front of her is split into two. And as she falls to her knees in exhaustion, clinging unto her form out of sheer determination, she's amused to notice that she can't see the bottom of it.
...
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Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterruinborn afton gets stabbed. ... ouch.
He doesn't really react to this, just looking at Ranni while still holding Avi.
"i'm ruinborn afton and i'm not a puppet."
Oh, he can actually say more than just the one thing he's been repeating constantly. ... which means this thing is most likely not only fully aware and sentient, but also choosing to repeat himself constantly.
Though this distraction means that ruinborn afton doesn't realize Avi escaped his grasp until he looks back and sees only a jacket.
And then he gets inked. He doesn't really seem to care about that.
Instead he, with seemingly no rhyme or reason, eats the jacket in about 3 swift bites, his fangs tearing through the fabric as if it were softer to bite than molten cheese.
After that, he begins to charge for Avi, mouth agape. He's once again moving without warning, and he's not even acknowledging the things people are saying to him now. The intent is clear: he wants to take a bite out of Avi, and with fangs like those that's likely to be lethal.
The fact that Yuki sets his legs ablaze does not slow it down for a moment, and in just seconds this thing has gone from weird and annoying to terrifying.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Onyxis
Avi gets a look of shock on his face and recreates his cloak out of ink. He quickly dodges to the side, and that ink from earlier turns into chains that quickly move to hold ruinborn afton down. It also forms a muzzle, for obvious reasons.
"-nice try. I've had that almost happen a lot."
He spins his brush in his hand and lets out a sigh before speaking in practiced unison with Ranni.
"Let's do this. Dark Moon..."
"Celestial Starfall!"
Technically it doesn't need a callout. This is just Avi being Avi.
Avi and Ranni move in unison as a giant shard of Glintstone falls from the sky above and crashes down onto the hopefully-still-stuck ruinborn afton. Then Avi and Ranni link hands as they unleash a large blue-colored orb at the Glintstone...
Which, upon contact, quite literally explodes from the force of anti-magic hitting a large source of concentrated magic.
"Hah! Take that!"
Avi and Ranni both land back on the snow, keeping a keen eye on the sizable crater they just made.
aeiou: the secondYawning Abyss
Part of Majin Gaismagorm's frenzy is that it can't focus on a single target for very long. Ulala gets its attention long enough for what I am going to call Apostle Haru because I'm pretty sure the form is WhiteNight-based to smash its head into the ground. In its previous phase, this might have stunned it, but here it just bounces up, thrashing and roaring more. As soon as it's steady, it teleports to dodge the Master of Chaos and Arkana Dark Magicians' attacks and hopefully leave Scorpion behind.
Majin Gaismagorm
Parts Broken
In the "endlag" of its teleport, it ends up wide open to the slashing attacks of the swordfighters and Altzaira's conjured weapons, particularly its tail. The end of the limb, like a claw in its own right, is hacked free and goes sailing off in an arc, as the dragon-energy blasts of Miraidon and Nitori further pressure it!
Tangling its limbs in any meaningful way is a pipe dream at this point, but the bolas do at least distract Gorm, forcing it to try and block Malzeno's wing slashes with its arms instead of teleport away again. It catches his final diving slash, the two mighty dragons pushing against each other, but the Demon God ultimately wins and shoves Malzeno away, before teleporting once more—to one of the walls of the crater, which it promptly starts climbing.
As if there weren't enough Qurio already, more flock to Majin Gaismagorm as it ascends, forming three clusters of rippling red energy on its back.
"Tch! It's trying to get a vantage point! Destroy those clusters of Qurio with whatever you have, but do not physically touch them!"
Indeed, touching a ball of volatile energy that has already proven to be dangerous with your body will not end well.
2 rounds until Majin Gaismagorm reaches the top
There's a slight problem. Zenitsu has no projectiles. Inosuke has no projectiles. Sub-Zero, who has plenty of projectiles, is down. And Baiken... is frenzied.
While Malzeno and Miraidon both shoot streams of dragon energy at the Qurio balls, Baiken charges at Haru, slashing at him with a fan of blades from underneath her sleeve!
Edited by KiriK on Oct 15th 2023 at 2:18:46 PM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Yawning Abyss.
"-uhoh."
Haru tanks the fan of blades with one of his wings before pulling out a certain pink-colored rifle
and firing a couple shots at Baiken while also kicking her backwards. His form has considerable physical strength despite looking scrawny as usual.
"Oi! Come to your senses!"
The bullets, rather than having any physical effect, seem to have a mental effect, attempting to restore Baiken back to a sane state. Haru also grabs an odd-looking handgun, and sets the dial to a red shield. He shoots himself with it...
...and gains a shield that protects him from physical damage.
9/10 left.
In absence of Meltdowns being a thing, he just gets more max Bullets as fights progress in phases.
He sighs and fires off another shot from the rifle he has, looking slightly worried. He can't assist when he has to fend off one of his own allies...
aeiou: the secondMorph Moth - Gaismagorm Fight
Heeding the warning, Morph Moth keeps her distance from the Qurio, while trying to bombard them with laser beams. Judging by the frantic expression on her face, she's trying to avoid a repeat Qurio infection.
Fallen of Albaz - Solopost
Of course, a unconscious white-haired boy with dark skin and a fashion-disaster outfit falls out of the sky, making a crash-landing into the world of the Arena. Who is this strange child and where did he come from?
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Yawning Abyss, Majin Gaismagorm
Arkana Dark Magician is a bit peeved that his attack was evaded. Dark Magician Girl, now able to act, flies up to her allies with a somewhat confused expression on her face. She gets to attention when Majin Gaismagorm starts climbing the walls.
Upon receiving the command to halt the beast's ascent, Master of Chaos begins launching various blasts towards the aforementioned Qurio clusters.
As for Dark Magician Girl (who has +300 ATK due to a Dark Magician having left the field) and Arkana Dark Magician, while the two aren't on the best of terms due to some stuff from the past, they choose to put that aside for now in favor of dealing with the main threat.
Dark Magician Girl activates the Dark Burning Magic
spell, allowing the two of them to launch a very powerful merged magical attack towards Majin Gaismagorm, aiming to hurt it enough to make it flinch and buy everyone else time.
After this attack (regardless of success), Arkane Dark Magician activates the fusing power of The Eye of Timaeus
, allowing himself to absorb draconic energy and 'fuse' into Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon
◊, a very powerful fusion monster. This also results in Dark Magician Girl gaining another +300, since another Dark Magician has been removed from the battlefield.
Since Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon technically did not act yet this turn, he gets to work immediately by helping his fellow fused magician, launching powerful blasts at the Qurio clusters.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Onyxis
"Okay you're weirding me out even more now." Yuki says to ruinborn afton. Deciding that she was wasting time worrying about the cloak that just got nommed anyway, she charges her magic up before firing an intense blast of flame at ruinborn afton to burn him to ashes hopefully.
Gaismagorm
Nitori decides to once again leave the frenzied folks to be someone else's problem. She instead aims her mech's palms at Gaismagorm and starts firing Dragon Element energy blasts at the clouds of Qurio. She also starts aiming what appears to be a simple targeting laser at the Elder Dragon, though for now nothing comes of that.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."Church
Mahito simply smiles sinisterly at Asuka as he start talking. Every one of these little things have led to me, fun, isn't it? How you humans will so eagerly create the means to your end... Although, he laughs. You don't look like much of an human anymore, hah-wh? Mahito is surprised by his attacks but keeping his distance does well to him: he quickly severs his legs and grow human arms all over his back, which he uses to try to crawl to safety.
You've got a thing for cubes, you sicko?! Mahito keeping his distance and readying himself was a smart move. And as he prepares to retaliate, he fearlessly wonder if he could open up a Domain again: he'd simply need to make it large enough to catch Asuka, this time. But before he can try that, having deemed close-combat unwise with the cubes, Asuka surprise him by taking the fight straight to him.
Mahito is lifted up into the air and sent flying into the cubes by an arrow of light that visibly drill through most of his head, sticking to it as his broken body get tossed around the cubes. Those aren't quite the right hits but they do hurt. Mahito is kind of surprised at the very fact that he might just die if he doesn't get out of the way. He raises his mouth to scream an insult but then his teeth slam into the edge of a cube and explode in a gory shower.
By the time he pulls himself together, he realizes he really need to escape.
And he does so. Seconds away from slamming into the HIGH COMPRESSION SUBMICRON PARTICLE SPHERE Mahito's body explode off into several much smaller, round little "heads" of his, floating around with little bat wings on top of their small cranium. It's as disturbingly cute and silly as it looks, with most of the Mahitos having dumb grins as they fly away.
It hides his sheer rage at being wounded for real. And Asuka is probably perceptive enough to identify the "real" Mahito as the one bleding from the mouth.
The Mahitos fly back together into the real one, who attempts to apparently bodyslam into Asuka from above. However, if Asuka attempts to stab him or just fight back, Mahito will either split his body in two or carve a big hole into it, widening the shape of his soul into literally a donut-like form in the latter case.
Hahahahahahaha!
Falling around Asuka, Mahito's halves grow bloody teeth at their edges as he attempts to pull himself back together with Asuka in the middle!
But what's worse is that Mahito reach for Asuka's head regardless of success (although he'll be a lot more bold about it if he succeeds) as he attempts to once again apply his move!
...
CHURCH
The doors of the church open up slowly, and though a few minutes ago all would've swarmed out desperately, there's a big pause as they stare at Artemis instead, appearing highly shocked at the power she just displayed. Was it fear? Were they about to shut the door to her face?
Were they...
Of course, of course! You've saved us all, haven't you? Meteorika, the pope leader, emerge out of her flock and attempts to take Artemis by the hand to carefully guide her deeper into the church. Her crowd assist, attempting to keep Artemis on her feet as they scramble for remaining food and water to give her.
She's saved us! Gor sent an angel to save us!
What could we have done without you?!
You can relax as much as you want!
Loki, on the outside, groans slightly at the gathering in Artemis's honor, adjusting his red tie with an annoyed grunt.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterChurch
"Wh-"
Artemis is caught off guard by the sudden praise but nonetheless takes it in stride, accepting food and drink despite not needing these things- but the flavor and refreshing sensations are welcome.
She's dragged off balance for a bit before falling into stride with Meteorika. Seeing as how Loki is still connected to her Party, she sends him a short little mental 'sorry' before getting dragged along more.
"I-It wasn't anything much, really..! Not to mention I only had a tenth of my real power..."
She mutters the last part quietly enough to where it probably isn't heard over the commotion of people flocking around her. Her wings have perked back up a bit, still giving her a (fittingly enough) angelic look.
Meanwhile, a small little mechanical dove finds its way into the Backyard. Because Artemis isn't the sort to watch through people's eyes, she instead sends a drone in. Simply to watch. She's in no shape to fight more right now.
Artemis is scratching the back of her head in that sheepish sort of way, not perfectly handling the praise- most of her past battles ended in tragedy, after all.
For now though, it's a welcome change from what she just went through.
Edited by RainbyPlays on Oct 15th 2023 at 9:54:29 AM
aeiou: the secondVs. Majin Gaismagorm
Quick! Get rid of all that Qurio!
Ulala yells at her partners, while firing her blaster at the clusters. Maxi, Lulú, and Pancho fire at the clusters, while Mega-Paco shots lightnings at all of them.
Blippi leaps high towards the sky, but not noticing Gaismagorm yet...
Three freaking ghosts!Filia's eyes weren't anything like binoculars, so she could only watch with quiet hope that the small shape beneath her would stop moving. The dark projectiles instantly dull that hope and Filia's airtime is not infinite. Gravity begins to take hold, the biting wind far more intense up here, something to use to her advantage. As Filia starts to fall, her opponent shoots into the air after her, and the two are set to clash in a matter of moments. Filia's eyes narrow, following the air current, taking her right toward Kain. Her robes and hair billow wildly, her steeled gaze showing pure confidence.
Smirking, Filia snapped, and the air just in front of Kain's path froze. Hoping he'd smash into it like a bug against a windshield, Filia would thaw it out an instant later to prevent her from suffering the same fate, falling just below Kain. She adjusts her body mid-air to level her soles with Kain's overall direction. Pulling her knees tight as if she were preparing to jump, she kicks her legs out. Two streams of lightning erupt from her legs, ephemeral flashes of deadly and beautiful iridescence powerful enough to impress even Thor. This attack was two-fold, as it also increased Filia's momentum drastically, sending her crashing into the lake below, shattering the icy barrier into chunks.
Sukuna knew from his fight with Courne that his Personas granted him bonuses and resistances (as well as maluses) depending on what they were strong or weak against, which he knew simply by "switching". And he wanted to see once again a particular type of resistance: repel, which involved simply, well, repelling a move by mere act of standing in front of it.
Chi-You could do it with physical attacks, an overly broad category for sure, but quite resistant to William's current output. As such, when William strikes him, his almost miraculous use of the one-inch punch is almost negated entirely. And the energy bounce of the inert Sukuna, hands on his hips and head held back as he watch the move instead turn against William as an exceedingly swift, if short-ranged and imprecise, shockwave.
Pfftt, that fancy bullshit is gonna make you lose faster.
Sukuna steps up and attempts to take the offensive. As strong as William was, with his easy annihilation of two so-called "Ultimate" Personas, Sukuna still partly saw the fight as a test. And right now, he wanted to corner William and see how he would react to being put to the test. Quickly stepping over to him, Sukuna attempts to stomp on his right foot with his left foot before moving to punch him sideways in the face once with his right fist then once more but with his left one, with even more force this time as he attempts to outright send him flying!
Let's see how well you adapt now. Sukuna keeps up the offensive, digging his fist into the earth and uppercuting it towards William in the form of a large amount of flying chunks imbued with cursed energy. It'll feel lie being blasted with a super shotgun!
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterThe dire nature of the situation is starting to hit Altzaira. Due to the nature of her shapeshifting, her armor and weaponry is all part of herself, which means that there is no way she can attack these Qurio clusters in close quarters without risking infection. Having specialized herself for overwhelming physical power, her ranged options, aside from throwing her halberd (not an option for the aforementioned reasons) are surprisingly limited for an ancient dragon, and Void Cutter would be nowhere near powerful enough to do the trick.
She scowls beneath her helmet. She hates admitting that there could exist even a shadow of a chance for her to lose, but the truth is, she could actually die to this opponent. She could die in here. Not to a worthy foe. Not to a noble opponent able to best her in honorable combat. And not even to her monster of a brother. To... this. This feral beast that uses borrowed, undeserved power and fights without a shred of skill.
No. She will not die like this.
Pride be damned, it looks like she'll have to start getting serious about this in earnest.
"Dimensional Hoard!"
Altzaira summons a portal to her stash and pulls out yet another red potion that she tosses to Zenitsu.
"Feed this to the cryomancer in blue! We need his magic now!" she shouts before turning towards Gaismagorm, will and wrath lighting up her eyes. There is a metallic clanging as her features begin to twist. A compression wave wafts off her form as it suddenly expands, forcefully knocking back anyone standing too close. A second later, the Dragon Lord stands in her full glory
◊, rivaling Gaismagorm himself in sheer size, with Wings like cast iron shields, a blade-tipped tail like a halberd the size of an elder oak, scales like steel plate, claws like scimitars and teeth like bastard swords. A kingdom-swallowing maw opens up like the gates of Hell itself, violent red light building up within as the Bane of Kin once again begins piling up enhancements, mixing both Wild Magic and Martial Arts.
"Martial Art: Power Overwhelming. Soul's Fire. Aura Flood. Martial Art: Focus Battle Aura."
Altzaira's entire body is practically set ablaze as her fighting spirit, a raging crimson Battle Aura laced with golden wisps of Wild Magic dancing within, surges out of her body. Even this residual energy, not actively used to attack, is enough to quake and splinter the earth around the Dragon Lord, causing earthen chunks to be set adrift in the air around her as she powers up to unleash an all-out attack...
1/2
Edited by Arachnos on Oct 15th 2023 at 10:07:15 AM
William realizes that Chi You appearing and disappearing wasn't Sukuna pulling a creative smokescreen but a way of imbuing himself with the power of the persona. His punch is reflected back onto him, which knocks him back but also rids him of the last layer of clothing covering his armor. The fact it was almost purely from the persona rather than a CT didn't help soften the blow either.
"You did ask for it though-"
Being hit by the stomp also makes him recoil a little, but considering they're somewhat still in the air, he quickly picks up on Sukuna's pattern so far and swiftly dodges the next strike by sinking down then flying back from the next one. William finally draws the hand of malenia to utilizes its full length to slice through the chunks by thinly imbuing the edge a bit of that glowing energy but without a lack of effort on his end. The traces of cursed energy stuck on the blade is absorbed into him once he recalls the imbuement. It makes him gag from having to take it in like that, the taste (while faint) was strong.
"It's more of that rotten cacao... What is this stuff anyway?!"
William, still reserved with his energy usage, re-clads the edge with a thicker glowing plasma-like energy with a completely glowing tip extending its reach by some degree. He dashes forward and starts a rush of thrusts and jabs for Sukuna's torso. The pokes that do hit would easily vaporize the area it makes in contact with.
Edited by BoniniBanana on Oct 15th 2023 at 10:49:29 PM
real

"i'm ruinborn afton, i always come-"
Cue a whirlwind of black ink hitting him, knocking him back and drawing his attention.
And then he gets knocked down into the snow by the spectral Avis.
ruinborn afton doesn't immediately get up but it's very clear that he's still kicking. Given the fact that his body is still twitching in the same creepy way.
Also his eyes are open.
And then he suddenly just disappears. Like... there wasn't even any form of teleportation visually, or no quick movements to suggest he's just fast, nothing. One second he's there, the other second he's not.
"-back."
Whoa wait when did he get behind Avi and Ranni. This man... thing straight up pulled a 'no personell kid' on them.
He now proceeds to try to lift Avi up, and while he won't immediately do anything if this is successful, the atmosphere seems tense, so it's likely planning to do something harmful eventually even if it's not doing anything at this very moment.
If he fails to lift Avi up... he'll just stand there and stare.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Oct 14th 2023 at 4:01:45 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.